Page 3 - Before You Use This Product; For paragraphs preceded by
- 2 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s ...
Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 3 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Table of Contents Before You Use This Product...................................................................... 2Package Contents .................................................................................... 6Installation ............
Page 7 - Package Contents; Power adapter
- 6 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Package Contents IP7131 Power adapter Camera stand Software CD Quick installation guide Warranty card User's Manual - 6 VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions
Page 8 - Installation; Hardware installation; Connect the power adapter jack to the Network; Status LED Color; To install in Ethernet
- 7 - www.vivotek.com Installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. Hardware installation Please verify that your product packa...
Page 9 - switch to wireless LAN mode.; Software installation
- 8 - www.vivotek.com switch to wireless LAN mode. This Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block with one digital input and one digital output device control. The pin definition is as below. Software installation At the end of the hardware installation, users can use Installation Wizard ...
Page 10 - Initial Access to the Network Camera; Check Network Settings; Once the password
- 9 - www.vivotek.com Once installation is complete, the Administrator should proceed to the next section "Initial access to the Network Camera" for necessary checks and configurations. Initial Access to the Network Camera Check Network Settings The Network Camera can be connected either bef...
Page 11 - How to Use; Authentication
- 10 - www.vivotek.com only option is to restore to the original factory default settings. How to Use Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful authentication, the following ...
Page 12 - to proceed. If the web browser does not allow the
- 11 - www.vivotek.com Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook. If the highest secu...
Page 13 - Primary user’s capability; Main Screen with Camera View; The main page layout has two parts:; Configuration functions; : The camera can be configured using these user interfaces.; Camera View
- 12 - www.vivotek.com Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has two parts: Configuration functions : The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View : What the camera sees. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to...
Page 14 - Click on “; Snapshot; ”, web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot.
- 13 - www.vivotek.com Digital Zoom Click on the magnifier icon under the camera view then the digital zoom control panel will be shown. Uncheck “Disable digital zoom” and use the slider control to change the zoom factors. Snapshot Click on “ Snapshot ”, web browser will pop up a new window to show ...
Page 15 - Client settings; to install the plug-in. If the web browser
- 14 - www.vivotek.com Client settings At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask for a new plug-in installation, the plug-in being the Network Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the cli...
Page 16 - There are two settings for the client side. One is “; Media Options; ” for users to; Protocol Options; ” which; UDP; TCP. After the Network Camera is
- 15 - www.vivotek.com There are two settings for the client side. One is “ Media Options ” for users to determine the type of media to be streaming. The other is “ Protocol Options ” which allows choices on connection protocol between client and server. There are two protocols choices to optimize y...
Page 17 - Digital output; ON; on “; OFF; ” can let the digital output turn into normal state.
- 16 - www.vivotek.com re-connect. <url> http://<Network Camera>/client.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera. Digital output Click on “ ON ”, the digital output of the Network Camera will be triggered. Or, Clicking on “ OFF ” can...
Page 18 - Administrator’s capability; Fine-tuning for Best Performance
- 17 - www.vivotek.com Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Constant bit rate”, and “Fix...
Page 20 - Somewhere Between Real-time and Clear Images
- 19 - www.vivotek.com Somewhere Between Real-time and Clear Images If you have a broadband network, set “Fix quality” at ”Normal” or better, rather than setting “Fix bit rate”. You can also fix the bandwidth according to your actual network speed and adjust the frame rate. Start from 30 fps down fo...
Page 21 - Opening accounts for new users; Protect Network Camera by passwords; to enable protection.
- 20 - www.vivotek.com Opening accounts for new users Protect Network Camera by passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a passw...
Page 22 - Build a security application; Configuration; Application; ” at the left column,; delay before detecting next motion; to avoid continuous false alarms
- 21 - www.vivotek.com Build a security application The Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to monitor any movement to perform many useful security applications. To upload the snapshots, users can choose either email or FTP according to user’s needs. Both e-mail and FTP use the netwo...
Page 23 - Software revision upgrade
- 22 - www.vivotek.com Software revision upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site of Vivotek. An easy-to-use Upgrade Wizard is provided to upgrade the Network Camera with just a few clicks. The upgrade function is opened to the Administrator only. To upgrade the system,...
Page 24 - Definitions in Configuration
- 23 - www.vivotek.com Definitions in Configuration Only the Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages. The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to d...
Page 26 - System parameters
- 25 - www.vivotek.com System parameters "Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the main page. “Turn off the LED indicator” Check this option to shut off the LED on the rear. It can prevent the camera’s operation being noticed. "Keep current date and time" Click on thi...
Page 27 - Security settings; “Root password”
- 26 - www.vivotek.com Security settings “Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new password identically in both text boxes. The typed entries will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes. After pressing , the web browser will ask the Administrator for the new p...
Page 28 - Network settings; Network type
- 27 - www.vivotek.com Network settings Any changes made on this page will restart the system in order to validate the changes. Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on . Network type “LAN” & “PPPoE” The default type is LAN. Select PPPoE if using ADSL "Get IP address aut...
Page 29 - “Password”; The password of PPPoE account; “Confirm password”; Input password again for confirmation; HTTP; “Http port”; RTSP Streaming; “Access name”; This is the access URL for making connection from client software.; “RTSP port”; This can be other than the default Port 554
- 28 - www.vivotek.com “Password” The password of PPPoE account “Confirm password” Input password again for confirmation HTTP “Http port” This can be other than the default Port 80. Once the port is changed, the users must be notified the change for the connection to be successful. For instance, whe...
Page 31 - DDNS; “Enable DDNS”; This option turns on the DDNS function.; “Provider”; input the hostname that is registered in the DDNS server.; Save
- 30 - www.vivotek.com DDNS “Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function. “Provider” The provider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please connect to the service provider’s website to make sure the service charges. “Host Name” If the User wants to use DDNS service, this fi...
Page 32 - Access List
- 31 - www.vivotek.com Access List The access list is to control the access permission of clients by checking the client IP address. There are two lists for permission control: Allow List and Deny List . Only those clients whose IP address is in the Allow List and not in the Deny List can connect to...
Page 33 - Audio and Video; General
- 32 - www.vivotek.com Audio and Video General “Configure for computer viewing” To make quick setting for computer viewing “Configure for mobile viewing” To make quick setting for cell phone viewing Video Settings “Video title” The text string can be displayed on video “Color” Select either for colo...
Page 34 - Audio settings
- 33 - www.vivotek.com “Mirror” Horizontally rotate the video. Check options both if the Network Camera is installed upside down. “White balance” Adjust the value for best color temperature. Audio settings “Use” Switch “internal” or “microphone” to set up the source of audio input “mute” Audio mute ...
Page 35 - Image Settings
- 34 - www.vivotek.com <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/audiovideo.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. Image Settings Click on this button to pop up another window to tune “Brightness” , “Contrast” , “Hue” and “Saturation” for v...
Page 37 - “FTP server port”; This can be other than the default port 21. The user can change; “User name”; Granted user name on the external FTP server.; Granted password on the external FTP server.; “Remote folder name”; Granted folder on the external FTP server. The string must
- 36 - www.vivotek.com “FTP server port” This can be other than the default port 21. The user can change this value from 1025 to 65535. “User name” Granted user name on the external FTP server. “Password” Granted password on the external FTP server. “Remote folder name” Granted folder on the externa...
Page 38 - Motion detection; “Enable motion detection”; Check this option to turn on motion detection.; “Sensitivity”; is clicked. The monitoring window
- 37 - www.vivotek.com Motion detection “Enable motion detection” Check this option to turn on motion detection. Click on this button to add a new window. At most three windows can exist simultaneously. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window frame to resize or the title bar to move. Click...
Page 39 - Application settings; “Status”; Select the days of the week to perform the application.; “Time”; show; “Always”; or input the time interval.; “Trigger”; trigger digital output.
- 38 - www.vivotek.com Application settings Application Application has two snapshot, one video clip and one digital output. “Status” ON/OFF show the status of application. “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. “Time” show “Always” or input the time interval. “Trigger...
Page 40 - “Enable snapshot”; Weekly schedule; Snapshot file name prefix; undefined
- 39 - www.vivotek.com Snapshot “Enable snapshot” Enable/Disable snapshot application. Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. Select “Always” or input the time interval. Snapshot file name prefix The prefix name will be added on the file name of the sna...
Page 41 - Sequential operation; Network Camera will send snapshots at the; Method for sending snapshot; “Email”; This option sets up the snapshot
- 40 - www.vivotek.com Sequential operation “Snapshot interval : second(s)” Network Camera will send snapshots at the specified intervals to the external server using the method selected below. Remember: This operation is still subject to the conditions set in the weekly schedule. Method for sending...
Page 44 - Network Camera will send video clip file at the
- 43 - www.vivotek.com Sequential operation “Snapshot interval : second(s)” Network Camera will send video clip file at the specified intervals to the external server using the method selected below. Remember: This operation is still subject to the conditions set in the weekly schedule. Method for s...
Page 46 - “Enable digital output”; Enable/Disable digital output application.; Digital input; Set the time delay before
- 45 - www.vivotek.com Digital output “Enable digital output” Enable/Disable digital output application. Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. Select “Always” or input the time interval. Digital input Network Camera will trigger digital output when the...
Page 48 - System log; “Enable remote log; ” and input the; “IP address; ” and; “port”; number of the; “Current log”; , it displays the current system log file. The content of the log
- 47 - www.vivotek.com System log The Network camera support log the system messages on remote server. The protocol is compliant to RFC 3164. If you have external Linux server with syslogd service, use “-r” option to turn on the facility for receiving log from remote machine. Or you can use some sof...
Page 49 - Viewing system parameters
- 48 - www.vivotek.com Viewing system parameters Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system’s parameter set. The content is the same as those in CONFIG.INI. User's Manual - 48 VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions
Page 50 - Maintenance; Three actions can be selected; “reboot”; click the reboot button to restart system; “factory default”; Select the firmware file and click upgrade button
- 49 - www.vivotek.com Maintenance Three actions can be selected “reboot” click the reboot button to restart system “factory default” Click on Factory default button on the configuration page to restore the factory default settings. Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be reset t...
Page 51 - Appendix; Status LED
- 50 - www.vivotek.com Appendix A. Troubleshooting Status LED The following table lists the LED patterns in general. Condition LED color Loading system after power on Steady green and blink red (once) During booting procedure Steady green Detecting and setting network Steady orange (green + red) til...
Page 52 - Restoring the factory defaults; B. URL commands of the Network Camera; Get server parameter values; This request require administrator access
- 51 - www.vivotek.com Restoring the factory defaults will erase any previous settings. Reset or restore the system after power on. 1. Press on the button continuously. 2. Wait for self-diagnostic to run twice. 3. Free the button as soon as the second self-diagnostic starts. B. URL commands of the N...
Page 53 - request IP address and it’s response; Set server parameter values
- 52 - www.vivotek.com Successful control requests returns paramter pairs as follows. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: <length>\r\n \r\n <parameter pair> where <parameter pair> is <parameter>=<value>\r\n [<parameter pair>] &l...
Page 54 - return; Only the parameters that you set and readable will be returned.
- 53 - www.vivotek.com [nosync= <value> &] <parameter>=<value> [&<parameter>=<value>…][&return=<return page>] parameter value description <group>_<name>. value to assigned Assign <value> to the parameter <group>_<name>. . ...
Page 55 - Available parameters on the server; System
- 54 - www.vivotek.com Request: http://myserver/cgi-bin/admin/setparam.cgi?Network_IPAddress=192.168.0.123 Response: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: 33\r\n \r\nnetwork.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n Available parameters on the server NOTE: The bold characters in table ar...
Page 56 - Security
- 55 - www.vivotek.com updateinterval (r/w) 0 ~ 2592000 0 to Disable automatic time adjustment,otherwise, it means the seconds betweenNTP automatic update interval. <0> serialnumber (r) <mac address> 12 characters mac address without hyphenconnected firmwareversion (r) <text string sh...
Page 57 - Network
- 56 - www.vivotek.com (r) including root. <1> Group: Network NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 LAN type (r/w) 1 PPPoE pppoeuser (r/w) <text string shorter than80 characters> PPPoE account user name <blank> pppoepass (r/w) <text string shorter than15 characters> PPPoE account password...
Page 61 - Audio
- 60 - www.vivotek.com 1000000 set bit rate to 1000K bps 1500000 set bit rate to 1500K bps 2000000 set bit rate to 2000K bps 3000000 set bit rate to 3000K bps 4000000 set bit rate to 4000K bps 1 set maximum frame rate to 1 fps 2 set maximum frame rate to 2 fps 3 set maximum frame rate to 3 fps 5 set...
Page 65 - Application page CGI command; This request requires administrator privilege.
- 64 - www.vivotek.com serverip (r/w) <IP address> Log server IP address serverport (r/w) <514> Server port used for log Application page CGI command Note: This request requires administrator privilege. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://< servername >/cgi-bin/admin/gen-eventd-conf.cg...
Page 66 - weekday; Capture single snapshot
- 65 - www.vivotek.com Else if(method == normal) { Application page contents } parameter Value description 0 Enable snapshot application snapshot_enable 1 Disable snapshot application weekday 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 The array indicate weekly schedule always 24 hours full day time_method interval Select begin ...
Page 67 - Account management; servername
- 66 - www.vivotek.com Syntax: http://< servername >/cgi-bin/video.jpg Server will return the most up-to-date snapshot in JPEG format. The size and quality of image will be set according to the video settings on the server. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n [Content-Leng...
Page 68 - System logs
- 67 - www.vivotek.com edit Modify the account password and privilege. Whenusing this method, “username” field is necessary, andother fields are optional. If not specified, it will keeporiginal settings. username <name> The name of user to add, delete or edit userpass <value> The passwor...
Page 69 - Configuration file; Upgrade firmware; This request requires administrator privilege
- 68 - www.vivotek.com Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <syslog length>\r\n \r\n<system log information>\r\n Configuration file Note: This request requires administrator privilege Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://< servername >/cgi-bin/admin/configfile.cgi Server will re...
Page 72 - AMR Technology; Technology License Notice; MPEG-4 AAC Technology
- 71 - www.vivotek.com Technology License Notice AMR Technology This product includes AMR narrowband speech coding technology licensed by VoiceAge. Please refer to http://www.voiceage.com/ for more details. MPEG-4 AAC Technology This product includes MPEG-4 AAC audio coding technology licensed by Vi...
Page 73 - FCC Statement; interference by one or more of the following measures:; CE Mark Warning; case the user may be required to take adequate measures.; Liability
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) FCC Statement This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. ■ This device may not cause harmful interference, and■ This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesir...