Page 3 - Before You Use This Product
- 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
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Page 7 - Package Contents
- 6 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Package Contents PT7137 Software CD Power adapter Quick installation guide Mounting Kit & Pads Warranty card Antenna User's Manual - VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions
Page 8 - Installation; Hardware installation
- 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 10 - Software Installation
- 9 - www.vivotek.com Software 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. At the end of the hardware installation, the Admin...
Page 14 - Initial Access to the Network Camera; Check Network Settings
- 13 - www.vivotek.com Initial Access to the Network Camera Check Network Settings The Network Camera can be connected either before or immediately after software installation onto the Local Area Network. The Administrator should complete the network settings on the configuration page, including the...
Page 15 - How to Use; Authentication
- 14 - www.vivotek.com 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 figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the back...
Page 17 - Primary user’s capability; Main Screen with Camera View
- 16 - www.vivotek.com Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has three parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Pan/Tilt control buttons: These buttons provide a command interfac...
Page 21 - Client settings
- 20 - 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 24 - Administrator’s capability; Fine-tuning for Best Performance
- 23 - 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 27 - Opening accounts for new users
- 26 - 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 28 - Build a security application
- 27 - 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 29 - Software revision upgrade
- 28 - 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 30 - Definitions in Configuration
- 29 - 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 31 - System parameters
- 30 - 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. "Daylight Saving Time" Click on this to r...
Page 32 - Security settings
- 31 - 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 33 - Network settings; Network type
- 32 - 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 34 - HTTP
- 33 - www.vivotek.com “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, when the Administrator changes the HTTP port...
Page 37 - WLAN Configuration
- 36 - www.vivotek.com WLAN Configuration “SSID” (Service Set Identifier), it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) must use the same SSID. The default setting is default. Note: The maxi...
Page 40 - DDNS
- 39 - 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 41 - Access List
- 40 - 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 42 - Audio and Video; General
- 41 - 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 43 - Audio settings
- 42 - 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 “mute” Audio mute “Audio type” Select audio codec “AAC” or “GSM-AMR” and the bit rate <url&...
Page 44 - Image Settings
- 43 - www.vivotek.com Image Settings Click on this button to pop up another window to tune “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Hue” and “Saturation” for video compensation. Each field has eleven levels ranged from -5 to +5. In “Brightness” and “Contrast” fields the value 0 indicates auto tuning. The user ma...
Page 45 - Camera Control
- 44 - www.vivotek.com Camera Control On the Camera Control page, there are two main function control areas: Camera control area The pan and tilt functions can be controlled with these buttons. The “Left” button aims the camera to the left; the “Right”, “Up”, and “Down” buttons aim the camera accord...
Page 48 - Motion detection
- 47 - www.vivotek.com 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 external FTP server. The string must conform to that of the external FTP server. Some FTP...
Page 50 - Application settings; Snapshot
- 49 - www.vivotek.com Application settings The server provides two kinds of applications, snapshot and videoclip. There are two independent snapshot items to set, and they are named as Snapshot #1 and Snapshot #2. The status, schedule, trigger condition, and action of three applications are summari...
Page 53 - Video Clip
- 52 - www.vivotek.com Video Clip The setting for video clip is mostly the same as snapshot. “Video clip max file size” This indicates the maximum file size for video clip (Kbytes). User's Manual - VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions
Page 55 - System log
- 54 - 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 56 - Viewing system parameters
- 55 - 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 VIVOTEK - A Leading Provider of Multimedia Communication Solutions
Page 57 - Maintenance
- 56 - www.vivotek.com Maintenance Four 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 to...
Page 58 - Appendix; Status LED
- 57 - 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 red During booting procedure Steady green, blue and red Detecting and setting network Steady green and blue. Blink red till IP...
Page 59 - B. URL commands of the Network Camera; Get server parameter values
- 58 - www.vivotek.com Restoring the factory defaults will erase any previous settings. B. URL commands of the Network Camera For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, the Network Camera can be easily integrated through convenient URLs. This section lists the...
Page 60 - Set server parameter values
- 59 - www.vivotek.com where <parameter pair> is <parameter>=<value>\r\n [<parameter pair>] <length> is the actual length of content. Example: request IP address and it’s response Request: http://192.168.0.123/cgi-bin/admin/getparam.cgi?network_ipaddress Response: HTTP/...
Page 62 - Available parameters on the server
- 61 - www.vivotek.com \r\nnetwork.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n Available parameters on the server NOTE: The bold characters in table are the default value of each parameter. Group: SystemNAME VALUE DESCRIPTION hostname(r/w) <text string shorterthan 40 characters> host name of server <<Wi...
Page 74 - Recall
- 73 - www.vivotek.com Syntax: http://< servername >/cgi-bin/camctrl.cgi ? [move=<value>][&focus=<value>] [&iris=<value>][&speedpan=<value>][&speedtilt=<value>][&speedzoom=<value>][&speedapp=<value>][&auto=<value>][&am...
Page 75 - Application page CGI command
- 74 - www.vivotek.com Syntax: http://< servername >/cgi-bin/recall.cgi ? recall=<value>[&return=<return page>] parameter value description recall Text string lessthan 30 characters One of the present positions to recall. return <return page> Redirect to the page <retu...
Page 78 - Capture single snapshot; Account management
- 77 - www.vivotek.com ftp_suffix 0/1 Enable/Disable file name prefix Capture single snapshot Note: This request require normal user privilege Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://< servername >/cgi-bin/video.jpg Server will return the most up-to-date snapshot in JPEG format. The size and quality o...
Page 79 - System logs
- 78 - www.vivotek.com parameter value Description add Add an account to server. When using this method,“username” field is necessary. It will use default valueof other fields if not specified. delete Remove an account from server. When using thismethod, “username” field is necessary, and others are...
Page 80 - Configuration file
- 79 - www.vivotek.com http://< servername >/cgi-bin/admin/syslog.cgi Server will return the up-to-date system log. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <syslog length>\r\n \r\n<system log information>\r\n Configuration file Note: This request re...
Page 81 - Upgrade firmware
- 80 - www.vivotek.com Upgrade firmware Note: This request requires administrator privilege Method: POST Syntax: http://< servername >/cgi-bin/admin/upgrade.cgi Post data: fimage=<file name>[&return=<return page>]\r\n \r\n<multipart encoded form data> Server will accept t...
Page 82 - C. Technical specifications; Networking; - Operating Environment
- 81 - www.vivotek.com C. Technical specifications - System CPU: Vivotek VVTK-1000 RAM: 32MB SDRAM ROM: 4MB FLASH ROM - Networking ProtocolTCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, DDNS, UPnP, Telnet, NTP, DNS, DHCP and RTSP Physical10 baseT or 100 baseT Fast Ethernet auto negotiation WLAN802.11g wireless LAN - Vide...
Page 83 - Technology License Notice; MPEG-4 AAC Technology
Technology License Notice MPEG-4 AAC Technology THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 AAC AUDIO PATENT LICENSE. THIS PRODUCT MAY NOT BE DECOMPILED, REVERSE-ENGINEERED OR COPIED, EXCEPT REGARD TO PC SOFTWARE, YOU MAY MAKE SINGLE COPIES FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO ...
