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Firmware User ’s Manual A1D-500- V6 .0 8. 30 - AC 201 5/ 01 / 22.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 2 T able of Con tents Recommended PC Specifications 5 Preparation 6 Connect the Equipment ............................................................................. 6 Configure the IP Addresses .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 3 Host ............................................................................................................ 32 Serial Setting ...........................................................
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 4 Save & Reboot ..................................................................................... 1 15 Logout ...........................................................................
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 5 Recommended PC Specification s In order to configure or t est the cam eras, a PC with f ollowing basic specifications is needed: CPU Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz or above Memory 2 GB or abov e Operating Sy stem Windows XP with SP2 or above .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 6 Preparation Connect the Equipment T o be able to connect to the camera f irmware from your PC, both the cam era and the PC have to be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the same time, the cam era has to have its o wn power supply .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 7 In the example below , w e s uccessfully found D1 1 c am era that we had just connected to the network.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 8 Use the default I P add ress of a camera: If there is no DHCP server in the give n network, the user m ay have to assig n the IP addresses to both PC and cam era manually to m ake sure the y are in the sam e network segment.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 9 Manually adjust the I P add resses of multiple came ras: If there are more than 1 cam era to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP server to assig n unique IP addresses to each of them, all of the cam eras would then have the initial IP address of 192.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 10 A cc ess the Camera Now that the cam era and the PC are both hav ing their unique I P addresses an d are under the same network s egment, it is possible to us e the Web browser of the PC to acc ess the camera.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 11 The following examples i n this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to co ver all functions of th e camera.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 12 Using IPv6 to Access the Camera The camera is IP v6-ready and has been as signed its unique static IPv6 a ddress. The IPv6 address can be foun d under the System > Sytem Info menu (see System Info on page 1 12 for more inform ation).
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 13 Live View This section describ es ho w to configure the IP camera . The administrator has unlimited acces s to all settings, while the n ormal user ca n only view live video.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 14 Live V iew The live view will appear a utomatically with th e video resolution of 128 0x720 (1M P cam eras) or 1920x1080 (2 -5MP cameras ).
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 15 Notice: These digital zoom adjustments do not influence the actual video resolution of the camera. Regardless of how large or small the video appears on the display after pressing th e digital zoom buttons, the actual video stream size of the camera is the same as before.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 16 T o capture the snapshots of the c urrent live view , press the snapsho t button. T he snapshots are saved in Pictures f older . - T ake a Snapshot Cameras wi th au dio function have the aud io contro ls on Live View page.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 17 The digital output c ontrols appear on the Live V iew pa ge of the cam eras with digital input/output function. The controls allow users to manually trigger a DO de vice. - Select DO Port Each DO ports are co ntrolled separatel y .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 18 V iew Modes For Hem ispheric and Fishe ye cameras, the Min iature Fisheye- V iew an d View Mode buttons appear on the Live V ie w screen.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 19 ePTZ Vie w Mode ePTZ mode work s as an optical PTZ (pan -tilt-zoom ) function. Y ou can change the vie wing direction by moving the m ouse o ver the Live View screen and click ing towards the direction you wish to view .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 20 Panorama Vie w Mode This mode allows you to view the cam era in panorama view where det ails can be seen more clearly . W hen the ca m era is i nstalled on the ceiling, there will be two panorama views, one for the upper hemisphere and another for the lower hemisphere.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 21 Fi sheye Vie w Mode This mode sho ws the camera view as though vie wing from a fish ’s ey e with the whole viewing angle in sight but details may be too sm all and not be seen clearl y .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 22 PTZ Control Panel (For PTZ and Zoom Cameras) For PTZ and zoom camera m odels, click the PTZ button on the Live View screen to display the PTZ Contro l Panel. For PT Z cameras , the PTZ button can be one of t he following: Joystick Mode This is the basic PT Z button.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 23 How to Use Pan/Tilt Click the pan/tilt contro ls to pan/tilt th e PTZ camera. Other pan/tilt features include: Auto pan/tilt speed : Wh.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 24 How to Zoom the Camera In or Out Zooming can be done co ntinuously or b y one step (one click) at a time. T o zoom continuously , do t he following: 1. On Zoom Control , select the Speed , wherein the bigger the num ber , the f aster is the zooming speed.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 25 How to Set the Home Position 1. Pan, tilt, and zoom on the area that y ou want to set as the h ome position.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 26 How to Set T ouring Preset Poin ts Preset points are us er-defined areas that th e camera can zoom in to. A s eries of preset points can be grouped as on e T our . T o create a preset point, do the following: 1.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 27 b. How to Set the Home Position on page 25 . c. Preset point name : The camera will go to the pres et point which is alrea dy configured (see How to Set T ouring Preset Poin ts ). d. DISABLE : T o disable this functiion.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 28 How to Set and Enable T ours Once a preset point is created, the T ouring Control pa ge tab appears.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 29 T o directly go to the preset point, click the icon. T o delete the preset point fr om the list, click the icon. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add m ore preset points to the tour . 5. Once done, click the Save button o n Select a Preset Point .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 30 W hen a scan po int has been set, the corresponding D elete icon appears. T o rem ove the scan point, click . How to M anage Scan T o start scanning, click . T o restart scanning from the starting point while scanning is in progress , click .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 31 Setup The following chapters g uide you through th e Setup functions of the cam era. A cc ess the Setup Page T o configure an y of the ca m.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 32 Host The section “ Host ” a llows the adm inistrator to define t he name of the camera and pref erred user interface lang uage. There are two kinds of names – Host N ame and Cam era Name.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 33 Serial Setting This section allo ws the user to s et the serial port configuration of the cam era to synchronize it with the serial port co nfigurations of a Pan -Til t (PT ) device.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 34 GPS Position This section allo ws users to manuall y set the GPS position of the cam era and find the location of the camera on the m ap when using a Net work V ideo Recorder (NV R). Check the Enabled box to enable this f eature.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 35 Date & T ime Each video fram e c ontains a time stamp. T he accurac y of the tim e s tamp is very important for incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the ca m era has to b e adjusted to m ost accurate time possible.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 36 If all the cameras are getting the date and tim e from the same NTP Serv er , you can b e most sure that the video c lips from different cameras can be well s y nchro nized later for c omparison purposes.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 37 Net w ork The section Network pro vides th e list of network related functions and serv ices. T he [+] mark before Net work indicates that the list can be ex panded by click ing on it. Once expanded, th e list can later be col lapsed again by clicking on the [ -] m ark.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 38 Using Netmask (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a w hole range of IP address at once, without t he need to en ter all of them individually . If you are not sure about the function of Netmask , then you shou ld use 255.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 39 Port Mapping The section Port M apping provides t he l ist of services and protoc ols that require their own port num ber for communication. By defau lt, the camera already has all the ports defined.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 40 Multicast Setting a llows users to conf igure the IP addresses and ports f or multicast video and audio (supported m odels only) stre ams. Multicast is a protocol where a data str eam is sent only once and shared to req uesting devices.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 41 HTT PS HTTPS protocol allows creating a secure c hannel over an insecure network in order to protect the data s ent between the c amera and its counterpart. T wo th ings are required t o have a sec ure c ommunication – encrypted data, and verified counterpart of the communication.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 42 IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port -based Network Access Control. 8 02.1X aut hentication involves three p arties: a s upplicant, an auth enticator , and an authentication ser ver .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 43 If certif icates or private ke y ex ist already , there will be a Remove butto n beh ind these items , in order to remove these items when necessar y . After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save th e changes.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 44 SNMP Setting T he SNM P Setting item displays the SN MP co nfiguration p age . SNMP provides an easy way t o manage net work devices. The main features are: 1. Monitoring device upt ime 2. System detail descr iption.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 45 The securit y m ethod of SNM P V3 uses acc ount/password for aut hentication. “Securit y Nam e” is the account nam e to be used with your “Pass word”. The default secur ity name is “public” and the password m ust be at least 8 characters lon g.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 46 ICMP Provide the status and statistics of ICMP . Ex: amount of receive/error message of ICMP . TCP Provide the status and operation of T rans port Layer (Layer 4) using TCP protocol. Ex: TCP Local Port, incoming/outgoing TCP segments.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 47 RTP The RT P section allows user to conf igure RTP Setting s . If the RTSP Authentication is “ Enabled ” , then the RTP stream ing w ill require account name and password authentica tion.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 48 Network (T oS, UPnP , Bonjour , ONVIF) The section Net work contains the controls for f ollowing functions: T ype of Service UPnP Bonjour O.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 49 After changing an y of the items above, press Apply to save the changes. T he Reset button undoes the changes th at had just been made b ut not Applied yet. Most of the W indows-based computers have the ca pability to discov er the devic es that support UPnP TM .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 50 ONVIF The camera with g iven firm ware is O NVIF 2.2 com pliant. By d efault, the ONVIF function is enabled.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 51 IP Settings The section IP Settings provides the options t o define how the camera would obta in its IP address; and to which DNS server s hould the cam era connect to, in order to resolve dom ain names.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 52 In som e rare cases, the camera m ay be connected to the control center over Internet. Usually , the m ost cost efficient wa y is to use ADSL connection with PPPo E .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 53 DNS T he section D NS allows setting up t he Domain N ame Service for the cam era. The cam era will connect to the DN S server w hen there is a need to resolve a dom ain name for s ending data to.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 54 DDNS There are sur veillance solutions that co nsist of single ca meras scattered over a wide terr itory , theref ore each of those cam eras should be connected to Internet in order to become accessible by Control C enter .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 55 Every tim e the IP c amera gets an IP that is different from previous one, it not ifies the public DDNS Service about the change. T he DDNS Service updat es its databas e i mm ediately , m apping the assigned domain name (for example camera1 23.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 56 T o activate DDNS, please check the “ Enabled “ . Selec t the s ervice reference, inp ut the Host Name ( the dom ain name given to the cam era by DDNS service, User Name and Passw ord of the DDNS server acc ount.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 57 V ideo & A udio The s ection Video or Video & Audio (for audio supported cameras) provides the options to adj ust the video quality.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 58 Camera Options o f Fisheye and Hemisphe ric Cameras Choose the M ounting T ype accordi ng to how the cam era is mounted to displa y the appropriate view . There are three options: Wall , Ceiling or Ground .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 59 Select Ceiling mount if the camera is installed on the ceiling. A double panorama is show n on the window , sho wing the upper and lower hemisphere of the video.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 60 Stream M ode: Dual (for Hem ispheric Cameras only) The Dual view m ode of the Hem ispheric cam eras simply streams a 180° panarom a view for cameras m ounted on the wall, in this case, th e Mo unting T ype must be set to Wall .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 61 Preset T our After you set the Preset Point, the T our function will be enabled. See How to Set Touring Preset Poin ts on page 26 f or more inform ation.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 62 Camera Calibration Camera Calibration allows users to manually calibrat e and find the center image of the c amera. Since the cam era has already been ca librated before shipm ent, calibrating the cam era is not usuall y need ed.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 63 Video The s ub-section is also na med Video . For Audio s upported cam eras, there w ill also be a sub -section named Audio. The video section is d ivided into tabs. The functionality of each ta b is explained separatel y below .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 64 Parameters Description Encoder T ype There are two encoder types availab le: H.264 (High Prof ile) and MJPEG. H.264 Profile This item is available only if the Encoder T ype is H.264. The H.264 Profile defines the video c ompression sc heme: High Profile , M ain Profile , and Baseline .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 65 Video Max Bit Rate (only for H.264) Defines the upp er limit of the bitrate (onl y a vailab le under CBR mode). The bitrate will be f loating sl ightly un der that lim it. For example, if the limit is set as 2M, the bitrate will be floating around 1.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 66 Motion Detection The section “ Motion Detec tion ” allows the user to configure the v ideo motion detection s ystem of the cam era. Motion detect ion regions are based on Stream 1. By default, there are three (3) e nabled pre- defined regions cover ing the whole cam era view .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 67 Enabled or disabled Although all 3 m otion detection reg ions are enab led b y default, each can be disabled and enabled individually . Look at the example: Only the r egion 1 is e nabled while 2 and 3 are disabled.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 68 T rigg er threshold Look at the moving object entering the area of m otion detection: although moving quite slowly , it caused m otion activity – s everal pix el regions reported a motio n that was faster than allowed “ speed lim it ” of sensitivity (70).
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 69 possible com binations of settings using sensitivit y level and trigger threshold percentage.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 70 There is one more item on the Motion Detec tion configuration page which was not explained above – the Profile of Mot ion Detection . T hink of them as Profile 1 (Runtim e MD Profile) a nd Profile 2 ( Event MD Profile).
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 71 Day/Night Th e section Day/Night allows user to c ontrol the switc hing between day mode a nd night mode.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 72 Image Th e section Image allows user to contro l certain parameters of a video frame. For D / E / B Serie s For I-Series Onl y Parameters Description Video Flipping / Video Mirrori ng Check this box to flip the video up -down and lef t-right to ach ieve the 180 -degree rotat ion effect.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 73 Parameters Description 3DNR. Edge Enhancem ent (for I-s eries only ) Select t he E dge Enhancem ent value. T he higher t he valu e, the sharper the image. Defogging (for I-s eries only ) This feature provides a clear image even when the camera is installed in a fogg y environment.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 74 Exposure / White Balance The sec tion Exposur e / Wh ite Balance allows th e user to c onfigure Exposure (shut ter , iris a nd gain contro l) an d W hite Balance settings. In m ost cases , the default settings are sufficient and n o adjustm ent is needed.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 75 the shutter spee d within the allo wed r ange (set b y us er under Slo west Auto Shutter Speed) and increase the signal gai n. Slowest Auto Shutter Sp eed is the user defined threshold f or slowest allowed s peed of auto shutter .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 76 white color to fine tu ne the rest of the colors. In such cases, the installer can “ help ” the camera to understand the true co lors b.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 77 Exposure M ode - Manual W hen the lighting conditions are stable 24 hours a da y , the ad vanced users m ay consider using manual exposure m ode, t o further fine tune the image quality in or der to fulfill the special project requirements.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 78 OSD/Privacy Mask The section OSD / Privac y Mask allo ws user to do one of the two on -video operations: NOTE: Privacy Mask is not available on zoom and PT (Z) cam eras under the E and B camera series as well as on hem ispheric cam eras in ePTZ mode.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 79 Below is the list of characters with special meaning tha t can be used in the text f ield: Parameters Description %YYYY Y ear in four -digit form at. For example, 2008 %YY Y ear in two-d igit form at.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 80 Privacy M ask Setup Privacy Mask is not a ailable on zoom and PT(Z) cameras under the E and B camera series. For Privacy Mask s etup of PTZ / speed dom e cam eras under the I 9x ser ies, see Privacy M ask Setup of PTZ Camer as on page 81 .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 81 After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save th e changes. T he Reset button undoes the changes th at had just been made b ut not Applied yet.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 82 4. Check Enabled an d press Apply to sa ve the changes . The reg ion is now covered with a black mask .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 83 On -Screen Graphics On -Screen Graph ics (OSG ) is a n ew featur e that allows placing custom im age files on the to p of the vide o as a la yer . For example, it can be used as a waterm ark f or security purposes, or a brand logo in the corn er of the video im age.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 84 W hen do ne, use a nother URL com mand to configure its pos ition: http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_CONFIG= 1,0,0,240,106,EB8080,4 .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 85 A udio The section Audio is available on ly for audio-sup ported models. T he user interface f or audio control looks a s below: Parameters Description Audio In The option “ Enabled ” would activate incoming au dio (either line in or built-in microphone).
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 86 Event This section describes ho w to s etup the Event Han dler , which deals with how the IP d evices respond to situations. Each IP device can h ave a maxim um of 10 Event Rules. Ea ch rule includes one single trigg er , and on e or m any responses.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 87 FTP Server FTP servers can rec eive snapshot or vid eo uploads that are iss ued as part of th e response from event handlers.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 88 T o setup SMTP servers, m ake sure to enable the SMTP account and cho ose the proper Authentication type. There are many types available. The def ault is Logi n. W e recommend you to use A uto Det ection.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 89 T o setup HTTP servers, make sure to enable the HTTP server , enter t he user name, the user password, Network (H TT P Server) address, Network (HTT P Server) port number and Max connection tim e before timeout (in seco nds).
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 90 Digital I/O ports Digital input/outp ut ports (select m odels onl y) are used to connect digital input (DI) and digit al output (DO) devices . DI is a trigger device like a switch or sensor (e.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 91 Sound Detection Sound detection is a vailable on cam eras with Audi o in capabilit y an d is sho wn on the user interface o nly if the Audio In function is enabled in Audio s etup m enu (see Aud io on page 85 ) .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 92 Notification message Notification mess ages m ay be sent to either an email or a HTTP CGI server . If sent to a CG I server , it work s the sam e as an URL comm and, bu t it does not allow a second message at end of event.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 93 *Pre-re quisites: SMTP server / FTP ser ver / HTTP CGI ser ver setup. Upload Video/snapshot a nd Audio IP devices ma y send video recording / snapsho ts to y our chosen server upon event. V ideo will be in .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 94 Upload Video/snapshot and A udio ch eckbox : this decides if this rul e is in effect, or disabled. Sometim es it is useful to keep the settings for troubleshooting purposes, but k eep them as disabled.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 95 CGI path & Program : Some CGI servers m ay requir e special info and settings. Please refer to CGI server designer for this section. IP devices do not all ow upload of Snapshots / V ideo into their embedded CGI servers.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 96 *Pre-re quisites: HT TP CGI ser ver se tup . *P re -requisi tes: SMTP serve r / HTTP CGI serv er setup. Send URL commands URL commands can be s ent to HT TP CGI servers upon event. This provides the p ossibility of highly intelligent response upon event.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 97 Event List Y ou m ay define a m aximum of 10 Event rules, which will be shown in abbreviated form in the Event Li st pane l.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 98 How is it triggered? Events ma y be triggered by one of the se veral sources. Scheduler : Y ou can trigger an event based on the set schedule.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 99 Device boot s successfully : This will trig ger the event responses once the device boots up. Y ou can use this to create a notificati on s ystem that k eeps record of when the device has b een rebooted via em ail.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 100 Change M otion Detection profile : This will switch th e profile of the selected M otion Detection region from Runtime profile to Event profile. The prof ile wi ll return to runtim e settings at the end of this event.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 101 Manual Event Y ou m ay se lect one event in the Manual Event area below the event list to be trig gered via web user interface. After changing an y of the item s above, press Apply to save th e changes.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 102 Local Storage Management The cameras that come with built-in local storage capa bility will have the Local Storage m enu shown on the Setup Page when a m emor y card is ins erted into the m emor y card s lot of the device.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 103 Status W hen the m ass storage h as not been f ormatted or mounted yet, t he camera would n ot k now the status of the storage, an d the o.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 104 Utilities The “ Utilities ” are r esponsible f or m anaging the st orage itse lf rather than the files on th e storage.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 105 Unmount Once the drive has been m ounted, it can later be unm ounted by pressing t he “ Un mount ” button, if necessary . That Unm ount function is used when the camera is to b e shut down for m aintenance or when the mass s torage has to be physicall y rem oved for some reason.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 106 Mount Failure If the inserted disk ’ s file s ystem is not EXT 3, then the Mounting would fail an d an error message would appear . The c ommon reason i s tha t the disk ma y have prev iously been use d in ot her file system s, such as W indows based P C or photo camera.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 107 Format Failure If the disk is damaged or it is not within the specifications of the c amera, the formatting ma y fail. W hen this happe ns, there is no wa y to conti nue using that disk , and it has to be replaced with a proper one.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 108 Scan T o check the “ health ” of the disk, it is possible to us e the “ Scan ” f unction. If the disk has already been mounted, the “ Scan” button is gra yed out, unmo unt the disk f irst to enable the “Scan” button.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 109 File Management The File M anagement subm enu allows users to graphical ly see the amount of v ideos recorded on the mem ory card through its tim eline, as well as the type of triggers that m ay have occured during the record ing.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 10 SD (Sound Detecti on): When SD box is check ed, the timeline bar will sho w orange bars if the sound detection is triggered o n a timeslot. 5 Go to Current Ti me Click the button to go t he current tim e.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 111 System The section System provid es the l ist of functi ons that help m anage th e camera. T he [+] m ark before System indicates that th e list can b e expanded by click ing on it. Once expanded, the l ist can later be collapse d again by clic king on the [-] m ark.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 12 System Info The section System Info provides the full inform ation about camera status, sett ings and log. This inform ation is ver y helpful while doing the cam era configuration , maintenance or trou bleshooting.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 13 Factory Default The section Factor y Defau lt allows the camera settings be rese t to the original factor y settings. If y ou want to k eep n etwork settings a nd restore ot her settings t o factor y default, plea se select the first opti on .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 14 Firmware Upload The section Firmw are Upload allows remote upgrade or downgrade of camera firm ware.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 15 Save & Reboot Th e Save & Reboot section a llows saving the settings and rebooting the camera remotely . This i s critical because some settings might not take ef fect before save & reboot.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 16 Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP devi ce. Be s ure to logout this IP device once you ha ve completed all th e tasks via W eb Configurator .
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 17 Troubleshooting Although the def ault settin gs of the cam era are ideal f or 90% of the cas es, t h ere m ay be som e rare cases w hen th e sett ings need t o b e a djusted or the de vice has to be examined.
w w w .a ct i. co m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.08 . 30 1 18 IR light reflection Make sure the dome o r bullet cover is tightly mou nted; Re duce the AE reference target in Auto Exposure mode; Reduc.
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il ACTi E34A è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del ACTi E34A - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso ACTi E34A imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul ACTi E34A ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il ACTi E34A, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del ACTi E34A.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il ACTi E34A. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo ACTi E34A insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
