Page 2 - Before You Use
1 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Before You Use Surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. Though Network Camera is not only a high performance surveillance system but also a networked video server, ensure that the operation of such devices are legal before i...
Page 3 - Table of Contents
2 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Table of Contents Before You Use ....................................................................................... 1 Package Contents ................................................................................... 6 Physical Description...
Page 7 - Package Contents
6 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Package Contents Network Camera IP3111/IP3121 Power adapter Null modem cable I/O terminal block connector Software CD Quick installation guide Warranty card
Page 9 - Physical Description; Rear Panel; COM port
8 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Physical Description Rear Panel Ethernet 10/100 socket Connect to Ethernet network with a UTP category 5 cable that cannot exceed 100 meters. Once the Ethernet cable is connected without error, Network Camera will utilize Ethernet interface regar...
Page 10 - General I/O terminal block
9 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 General I/O terminal block 1 Å DI+ INPUT (Max. 50mA, 12VDC) 2 Å DI- INPUT 3 Å SW_COMMON OUTPUT (short with NC at initial state) 4 Å SW_NOPEN OUTPUT (Max. 1A, 24VDC or 0.5A, 125VAC) 5 Å RS485 B (inverting) 6 Å RS485 A (non-inverting) Network Camer...
Page 11 - Status LEDs
10 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Status LEDs Each time Network Camera starts, it will perform a Power-On Self Test, abbreviated as POST hereafter, to examine every hardware module. As soon as the administrator plugs in the power adapter, both LEDs under the network LED will fla...
Page 13 - How to Install
12 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 How to Install To easily fit into various environments, Network Camera automatically detects the attached interfaces and configures itself to the best condition. Therefore users need not care how to select the network between Ethernet and modem,...
Page 14 - Ethernet Environment; Hardware installation; Cable connection
13 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Ethernet Environment Hardware installation Before installing multiple Network Cameras at the well-chosen locations, the administrator should memorize the serial numbers on the packages respectively for future use. Cable connection Shut down all ...
Page 15 - Power on
14 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Power on Make sure all cables are correctly and firmly connected before turning on Network Camera. Turn on cameras, sensors, alarm devices, and then attach the power adaptor of Network Camera to the electric power socket*. After the POST (power-...
Page 16 - Software configuration; Easy way with installer program
15 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Software configuration Easy way with installer program In order to configure Network Cameras remotely, administrators should keep the serial numbers of the new Network Cameras for identification and initial passwords. After successfully mounting...
Page 21 - Manual way with existing programs
20 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Manual way with existing programs For those environments such as MAC, Linux, Unix or other operating systems, whose installer is not yet available, some common network tools including ARP and PING can be used to install Network Camera. Make sure...
Page 22 - First access to Network Camera
21 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 First access to Network Camera When connecting to Network Camera for the first time, administrators should check security and network settings on the configuration page. For complete protection from illegal usage, Network Camera provides two pri...
Page 24 - Modem Environment
23 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Modem Environment Hardware installation Before installing Network Camera, the administrator should memorize the serial numbers on the packages respectively for the initial passwords. To use a dial-up network, the Ethernet socket should be left d...
Page 26 - Install a new modem
25 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Software configuration For the first time, users should connect the included null modem cable between the COM port of Network Camera and any COM port of the PC for initial setup. Install a new modem Open the control panel and double click the mo...
Page 29 - Setup a new connection
28 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Setup a new connection After the 33600 bps modem is installed, open the dialup network folder in Windows to build a new connection. Select the device as the newly installed standard 33600 bps modem and click on . Just enter arbitrary digits as p...
Page 36 - How to Use
35 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 How to Use Network Camera is a well-designed stand-alone network camera. With the built-in web server, authorized users may use web browser Internet Explorer to watch the video and hear the audio captured by Network Camera. The powerful video co...
Page 37 - Authentication
36 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of Network Camera, a dialogue window will pop up to request a username and password. For administrator’s initial usage of Network Camera, enter the username as “root” and the pas...
Page 39 - Primary user’s capability; Main screen with camera view
38 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Primary user’s capability Main screen with camera view There is a logo image shown in the upper left corner. It can link to other web sites or resources depending on the settings in configuration. The assigned caption and system date/time will d...
Page 40 - Pan/Tilt positioning device control
39 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Pan/Tilt positioning device control An external PT positioning device may connect to bear the Network Camera with motion capability. If the camera control option has been enabled, there are buttons under the image. It allows users to control the...
Page 42 - System configuration
41 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 <url> http://<Network Camera>/client.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of Network Camera. When using modem as the network connection, Network Camera will not send the audio automatically, and send ...
Page 43 - System parameters
42 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 administrators also want to set certain options through the URL, read the section on advanced usage for reference. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/config.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of Ne...
Page 45 - User group administration
44 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 User group administration To change the administrator’s password, type the new password in both text boxes identically. What is typed will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes. After pressing , the web browser will ask administrators ...
Page 46 - Network settings
45 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Network settings Any change made to this page will make the system restart to validate. Make sure every field is correctly typed before clicking on . To eliminate incautious mistakes during installation, Network Camera will stay in installation ...
Page 49 - Video codec parameters
48 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Video codec parameters Options on this page will affect the image on the main page seen by users. " Text on Video " will be displayed above the video window with a timestamp. The timestamp is captured from date and time of Network Camera...
Page 52 - Motion detection
51 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Motion detection Please note that the option " Enable Motion Detection " on the video page must be enabled to make detection effective. Network Camera allows administrators to define at most three detection windows to cover different are...
Page 54 - Camera positioning device configuration
53 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Camera positioning device configuration Since Network Camera can be used in either PPP network or Ethernet network, the single serial port can control either external serial port devices like camera positioning devices or a data modem. While in ...
Page 56 - Modem and dialup settings
55 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Modem and dialup settings In PPP interface, a modem option will work instead of camera control. Configurations include modem initialization and outside dial-up server. If the users will setup with external sensors and alarms for property securit...
Page 58 - Application
57 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Application Administrators can use combinations of options on the application page to perform many useful security applications. The sending method is selected at the bottom of the page. Both e-mail and FTP use the network settings on the networ...
Page 60 - Homepage layout settings
59 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Homepage layout settings Administrators may give Network Camera a different presence of homepage. The " logo graph " for the system logo in the upper-left corner can be hidden; or the default image from the system memory can be used; or ...
Page 61 - One-shot fast configuration via FTP
60 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 One-shot fast configuration via FTP For quick setup of Network Camera, the administrator can utilize the default CONFIG.INI that may be downloaded from the FTP daemon of Network Camera. To log into the FTP daemon, enter “root” as the user name a...
Page 69 - Viewing system log
68 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Advanced functions Web Viewing system log Click the button on the configuration page to view the system log file. The content of the file reveals useful information about configuration and connection after the system boots up. Viewing system par...
Page 70 - FTP; Uploading snapshots periodically to an external FTP server
69 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 FTP Network Camera not only has web service for easy access but also has a built-in FTP service to make system integrators easy to use. According to settings on the application page, Network Camera can sequentially send updated snapshots over a ...
Page 71 - Uploading the configuration file; Software revision upgrade
70 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 information about configuration and connections after the system boots up. It helps administrators to easily find out who and how Network Camera was accessed since all network access to Network Camera is recorded with timestamp. The system log w...
Page 73 - Stop information dumping
72 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Telnet Network Camera has a Telnet daemon for administrators to access some seldom used functions. Using any general terminal program to connect to Network Camera will prompt the user for a password. Username is not requested here since only adm...
Page 75 - URL commands of Network Camera; Capture update Snapshot of JPEG image; Drive digital outputs
74 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 URL commands of Network Camera For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, Network Camera can be easily integrated through convenient URLs. This section lists the commands in URL format corresponding to the...
Page 77 - Page URL
76 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Page URL The configuration page has a frame layout including an option list frame and an option page frame. Referenced URLs, except for the configuration page, direct users to the option page frame only. Some pages, like image quality setting an...
Page 78 - System resource URL
77 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 System resource URL There are some images used on the homepage when the homepage layout is in image mode. Administrators may use the following links to show the images saved in Network Camera on another page. To change the images referenced by t...
Page 79 - Security configuration URL
78 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Security configuration URL URL: /setup/security.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION rootpass <text string shorter than 15 characters> change root password username <text string shorter than 15 characters> add new user userpass <text string...
Page 80 - Video configuration URL
79 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 ftpuser1 <text string shorter than 15 characters> user name for primary FTP server ftppass1 <text string shorter than 15 characters> password for primary FTP server ftpfolder1 <text string shorter than 40 characters> upload fol...
Page 83 - Application configuration URL
82 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 com3 <text string shorter than 80 characters> custom command 3 of COM com4 <text string shorter than 80 characters> custom command 4 of COM com5 <text string shorter than 80 characters> custom command 5 of COM Modem configurati...
Page 85 - Appendix
84 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Appendix A. POST procedure After the power has been turned on, Network Camera will perform a self-diagnostic to locate any possible hardware defects. If the power indicator is dim at the beginning, the power fails to proceed further. While the P...
Page 86 - B. Frequently asked questions
85 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 B. Frequently asked questions Q. What if I forget my password? A. Every access to Network Camera needs authentication. If you are one of the managed users, you have to ask the administrators for the password. If you are the administrators, there...
Page 89 - C. Technical specifications
88 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 C. Technical specifications Remote Management Configuration and system log can be accessed via Web browser and FTP application remotely. Networking Protocol TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, NTP, DNS and DHCP Modem PPP(dial-up, direct cable conne...
Page 90 - Liability; web
89 www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-22404099 F: 886-2-22404097 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) USA - This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against h...
