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Megapixel IP Cameras and AV100 Video System Software

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AV100 Software Rev 5.6.8.90.c

February 13, 2012

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USER MANUAL Megapixel IP Cameras and AV100 Video System Software AV100 Software Rev 5.6.8.90.c February 13, 2012 AV100 SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AS-IS BASIS. ARECONT VISION, LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL ii Table of Contents Chapter I - Introduction ................................................................................................... 5 Product Overview........................................................................................ 5 Product Contents ........................................................................................ 5 Server Requirements ..................................................................................
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL iii Archive…. ................................................................................................. 32 Motion Detection ....................................................................................... 33 Save To… ................................................................................................. 36 Advanced .................................................................................................. 37 Authentication ........................
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL iv Chapter IV - Troubleshooting and Useful Tips ............................................................... 80 Connecting Directly to a Laptop or PC ...................................................... 80 Switches and Routers ............................................................................... 80 Low Sharpness ......................................................................................... 80 Frequently Asked Questions ..................................
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 5 Chapter I - Introduction Product Overview Arecont Vision offers AV100, a full-featured video surveillance software system, to complement its line of megapixel IP cameras.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 6 Inspect the package and its contents for visible damage. If any components are damaged or missing, do not use the unit; contact the supplier immediately. If you need to return the unit, you must ship it in the original box. Server Requirements We recommend a dedicated PC to receive the image streams from cameras for archiving and display. The suggested minimum computer requirements are detailed for standard and high performance installations.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 7 Tested models:  Netgear ProSafe 8PT 100Base-TX Switch with PoE #FS108PNA, 10/100Base-TX w/4 PoE 100BaseTX (www.netgear.com)  Netgear ProSafe 24+2 Gigabit Switch with PoE, 1 Gigabit output w/12 PoE, 100Base-TX (www.netgear.com)  D-Link Web Smart #DES-1316 (POE Switch/Hub)10/100Base-TX, 8 PoE ports and 8 non-PoE ports, True IEEE 802.3af (www.compuplus.com)  TRENDnet #TPE-S88 (POE Switch/Hub, www.trendnet.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 8 AV2100/2110/2105/2155/2805/2115/2125 is a 2-megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution of 1600 by 1200, achieving a maximum frame rate of 24 fps. AV2100 and AV2110 support MJPEG compression only. AV2105/2155 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV2155 is a dome camera. AV3100/3110/3105/3155/3115/3125 is a 3-megapixel resolution camera with a maximum resolution is 2048 by 1536.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 9 AV8360/8365/8365DN is a quad-sensor 8-megapixel panoramic camera consisting of four 2-megapixel sensors and operating at up to 22 fps at 1600 by 1200 resolution. It is capable of providing 360 degree field of view. AV8365 supports both MJPEG and H.264 (MPEG4 Part 10) compression. AV8360 supports MJPEG only. DN designated models support true Day Night operation with ICR filter for each sensor.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 10 Connectors All Arecont Vision Megapixel cameras have the following connectors located on the rear panel of the camera housing:  LAN connector, accepting a network UTP or STP cable carrying 100 Base-T. The LAN connector also accepts Power-over-Ethernet (PoE).
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  11 AV8185, AV8365, AV8185DN, AV8365DN, AV20185, AV20365 – 9.0 W Housing and Mounting All Arecont Vision camera models feature a durable aluminum housing that minimizes fire hazards. The housing is not hermetically sealed. The ambient temperature should be maintained between 0ºC and 50ºC (32ºF to 122ºF). Cameras used outdoors require appropriate protective enclosures. Cameras are mounted using a ¼” x 20 threaded hole on the bottom of the housing.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  12 Fujinon HF9HA-1B (9mm), HF12.5HA-1B (12.5mm), HF16HA-1B (16mm), HF25HA-1B (25mm), HF35HA-1B (35mm), HF50HA-1B (50mm), HF75HA-1B (75mm), HF12.5SA-1 (12.5mm), HF16SA-1 (16mm), HF25SA-1(25mm), HF35SA-1(35mm), HF50SA-1(50mm), HF75SA-1 (75mm)  Kowa: LM8JC10M (8mm), LM12JC10M (12mm), LM16JC10M (16mm), LM25JC10M (25mm), LM35JC10M (35mm), LM50JC10M (50mm)  Tokina: KCM-0914MP5 (9mm), KCM-12514MP5 (12.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 13 An auto-iris lens typically operates as follows:  If illumination is sufficient, the camera will partially close the iris within half a minute.  When the iris is partially closed, the image should become visibly sharper. As the iris is gradually closed the image brightness may fluctuate slightly.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL Configure Firewall As you start AV applications, your PC may prompt you to permit access to the network. AV100 Video System includes below applications that need access to the network:  AVInstaller.exe: the camera finding and installation program  LocalMachine.exe: the viewing and archiving program Both executables are located in the AV100 installation folder. You should grant access to these two applications when the firewall prompts you. Figure 2.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL For newer versions of Norton Internet Security (Figure 3), go to Settings->Personal Firewall (under Web Browsing) and select Turn Off. Figure 3. Newer version of Norton Internet Security Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St, 7th Floor Glendale, CA 91205 www.arecontvision.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL If you are using Windows XP firewall, follow these instructions: 1. Click the Windows Start button and select Control Figure 5. Windows Firewall General Tab Panel>Windows firewall. 2. The Windows Firewall settings dialog will appear. If the firewall is on, make sure “Don’t allow exceptions” is unchecked (Figure 5). 3. Click the “Exceptions” tab. Make “AV Installer” appears in the list of programs and services and have a checkmark next to them (Figure 6).
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 17 AV Application Manager After the software installation is complete, a shortcut to the AV Application Manager will appear on the user’s Desktop. All programs and utilities comprising the AV100 Video System can be launched from the AV Application Manager. By default, the installation will include the Camera Installer, Video System, and AVI Maker. Figure 8. Application manager The AV Application Manager selections include: Camera Installer - setup cameras (see pg.15).
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 18 configure their IPs and verify their operability. Once the installation is complete, the list of newly installed cameras will appear in the top panel with the result “Installed, online”. This list can be sorted by the MAC address or IP address by clicking on the respective column name. The list may also include previously installed cameras which may be listed as “Installed, online” or “Installed, offline”, depending on whether the camera is still accessible.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 19 Figure 10. Advanced mode Advanced Mode In advanced mode the user has the ability to manually control which cameras are installed, in contrast with the basic mode where the installation is performed automatically. In the advanced mode the installer offers a mechanism to protect previously installed cameras, if any, from accidental changes of their IP address. To access Advanced Mode on your menu bar select Mode, then select Advanced.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 20 Camera Installer. The top panel will list the previously installed cameras, if any, that may be marked as “Installed, online” or “Installed, offline”; depending on whether the camera is still accessible. The bottom panel will list any newly detected cameras that were not previously installed, with the result “Ready to install”.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 21 for third party software, then exits the Installer. These files are located by default in “C:\Documents & Settings\All Users\Application Data\Video Application” in Windows XP This option opens a dialog to add cameras manually. Remote units are cameras that may not be present on the local area network or may not have been installed normally. Users should use this feature only if the camera’s MAC and an available IP address is known and connectivity has been verified.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 22 Operating AV100 Video System Note: The AV100 Video System requires a license file for each Arecont Vision camera that is used for archiving video. The license is tied to the unique MAC address of a particular camera. License files are located in the C:\Program Files\Arecont Vision\Video Surveillance\license folder. However, for evaluation purposes, AV100 will operate any number of Arecont Vision cameras without a license, displaying live video with no archiving capabilities.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 23 Toolbar The toolbar of the AV100 Video System is located in the upper portion of the screen above the video display area. It contains the following icons: Toggles a drop-down list of the installed cameras. Individual cameras are disabled / enabled by left double-clicking on the camera number. When disabled, the live video image from the disabled camera is replaced with a blue rectangle, and the camera number in the drop-down list is marked with a red X.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 24 the snapshot folder is specified in the Settings menu (see Settings), or using the Right-Click menu under “Save To” (see Right-Click menu). By default, this is the directory C:\Documents and Settings\(User Profile)\My Documents\My Pictures\Arecont Vision Photos. Reports the current CPU usage and network usage. The first two LED bars on the left show the CPU usage and total network usage, respectively. The rest of LED bars show the network usage for each camera.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 25 NOTE: Selecting “Reset all” restores default settings for that camera. Selecting Full / Reduced Resolution Display Arecont Vision cameras offer two options for image resolution: full and reduced (quarter) resolution where the image resolution is reduced by a factor of two in horizontal and vertical dimensions. Either resolution image can also be cropped to any size. In order to save bandwidth the images are displayed at a reduced resolution.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 26 ROI (Region of Interest) To zoom-in on a region of interest (ROI), draw a rectangle with the mouse (by left-clicking and holding down the mouse button). A separate zoom window will open up showing live video of the selected area at full resolution. A green outline of the selected area will appear in the underlying reduced resolution image.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 27 ROI can be configured by right-clicking on the green outline of a selected region of interest and selecting “ROI” from the menu. A separate ROI sub menu will open.  Lock this ROI will freeze the ROI position in place and disable PTZ functions.  Delete this ROI deletes the selected ROI and is the same as closing an ROI window.  As New Camera creates a new video window of the selected ROI as a virtual camera, and assigns new numbers to the cameras starting at ROI-101.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 28 outside of the ROI. A typical use of this feature is backlight compensation when the camera is facing a window where bright backlight makes objects in the foreground appear dark. By positioning ROI over the foreground object, and selecting “As Exposure Reference”, the foreground objects can be made brighter.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 29 Exposure Figure 15. Exposure menu The Exposure (Figure 15) menu adjusts exposure related settings for the selected camera. Illumination adjusts the camera’s white balance computation based on the scene’s illumination. “Automatic” enables the camera to adjust for illumination automatically while indoor/outdoor settings use presets assuming the camera is indoors or outdoors. Correction aids in flicker control for AV5100/05 camera models.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 30 Auto exposure On/Off is an option to enable/disable the on-camera automatic exposure control. Auto exposure maintains the user-set image brightness under changing lighting conditions. This must be enabled to ensure the ‘Low Light Mode’ settings function. Image Quality Figure 16-1.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 31 Zoom & Focus Zoom & Focus allows control of the MegaDome® 2 camera remote zoom & focus functions. Selecting Zoom radio button allows control of the camera lens zoom in steps of +/- 5 or 20. Selecting Focus radio button allows control of the camera remote focus feature in steps of +/- 5 or 20. Reset button will cause the camera to reset to out of box zoom and focus default settings. Rate Control Rate Control is an option available only for H.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 32 There are three options available for Rate Control:  Use bitrate control in full view video enables a constant bit rate for live video display at full resolution.  Use bitrate control in multi view video enables a constant bit rate for live video display at a reduced resolution when viewing multiple cameras at once.  Use bitrate control in archive video enables a constant bit rate for archiving. The frame rate and bandwidth usage can be displayed by pressing Ctrl-S.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 33 Resolution selects between archiving the video at full resolution or at quarter resolution. Filter is a group of archiving options:  Save all frames archives the entire video stream received from the camera.  Save all and mark motion archives the entire video stream, marking the frames where motion was detected.  Save motion frames only archives only when motion is detected by the on-camera motion detector and disables archiving in the absence of motion.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  34 The software mode performs motion detection by processing the images after they are transmitted from the camera to the computer. In contrast, the on-camera mode performs motion detection prior to transmitting the images to the computer. As such, the on-camera motion detection setting allows for a significant reduction in CPU load and network load when motion detection is enabled.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 35 Motion detection settings apply only to the camera which number is displayed in the Camera field on the left of the Motion Settings menu: use drop-down list to change the camera number. The settings are: Detected by provides two options for toggling between software motion detection and on-camera motion detection.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  Detail adjusts the size of the detectable objects within each motion detection zone. 36 Lower settings may cause false motion detection due to noise. Higher settings require larger objects for motion detection. This is useful when motion detection should only detect something of the size of a car and ignore smaller objects like an animal.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 37 Advanced Select Advanced (figure 19) to set the following options: Figure 19. Advanced menu Use DirectX if possible causes AV100 to use DirectX functions that utilize graphics card hardware for displaying images rather than using software processing. This reduces the load on the CPU. The drop-down list “DirectX size” provides options for the graphics area supported by DirectX – the selected size should correspond to the resolution used for live video.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 38 Authentication Authentication allows for password protected access to AV100 Video System. There are three levels of access available (Figure 20): Figure 20. Authentication menu a) “Administrator” grants full access to all features of AV Video System. b) “Viewer” grants access to live video and browsing the archives, but not to the settings. c) “Only Live” grants access to live video only.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 39 Remote Viewing AV100 has a built-in web server allowing Arecont Vision cameras and archives to be viewed remotely (Figure 22). Figure 22. Remote viewing menu To enable the built–in HTTP server, select Remote viewing from the Setting menu and do the following: 1. Select Allow Remote Viewing. 2. On the bottom of the menu click Apply then Ok. 3. Start Internet Explorer and type in the address of the web server.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 40 Day/Night Day/Night (Figure 23) settings apply only to dual-sensor cameras as well as single-sensor DN camera models equipped with a switching IR filter. Figure 23. Day/Night setting menu Automatic enables the camera to automatically switch from daylight to nighttime conditions and vice versa based on the Threshold settings. Day forces day mode and disables night mode. Night forces night mode and disables day mode.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 41 Auto-Iris The Auto-Iris menu allows you to monitor the state of the automatic DC iris. If the scene is too dark, the camera will open the iris fully. This allows more light onto the sensor and will substantially improve the lowlight performance. If the scene is too dark when the camera is started, the camera will not close the iris until there is enough illumination. Camera DC auto-iris can be configured using “Auto-Iris” menu (Figure 24): Figure 24.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 42 Right-Click Menu Right-clicking anywhere within the AV100 Video System screen brings up an additional menu (Figure 25): Figure 25. Additional menu within AV100 Video System screen Settings enables access to configuring the main settings groups as described in Settings (see pg.22): Camera enables access to a combined menu that includes:  Exposure (see pg. 27)  Image Quality (see pg.28)  Rate Control (see pg.29)  Archive (see pg.31)  Day/Night (see pg.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  43 Dump logs camera settings to a file named LocalMachine.ini located in the installation directory. When contacting Arecont Vision’s technical support, this file should be included.  Video displays live video in full-screen mode.  Import License will import a specified license file so that the software’s archive functionality is accessible.  Save to Flash saves camera setting to camera flash memory.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 44 Language Selection The AV100 Live Video System supports user interfaces in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, Finnish, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian and other languages. To select language press the F2 button to bring up the language menu (Figure 26). Figure 26. Language menu Browsing Archives Archive browsing is enabled by pressing the button in the Toolbar, or via the right-click menu (see Right-Click Menu on pg.40).
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 45 Figure 27. Archive screen Archive browsing controls are located on the bottom of the playback screen (Figure 27). Archives are best viewed when the video is displayed in full-screen mode. The date-and-time stamp is located on the top lefthand side of the image. The user can select playback speed and frame skipping, as well as the image quality.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 46 The slider on the bottom of the screen displays/positions the current frame position in the archive. It has a date-and-time display located to the right side of the slider to reference a particular event. Press the button on the Toolbar to take a snapshot from the archive. Alternatively, snapshots can be taken by right-clicking on the video image, and then selecting “photo”, “save”.
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ARECO ONT VISION U USER MANUA AL 47 To make e video clipss from your archives a clicck Run on AVI A Maker fro om AV Application Man nager. Under “C Click here to o start”: Loading g an Archive 1. Specify S whic ch drive con ntains the video archive e under “Loa ad Archive on o Drive.” If AV100 A has the d default settin ngs, then C: would be the t default a archive drive e. Otherwise e type in the e correct drivve letter i the edit box, including in g the colon, i.e. D: 2. Click .
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 48 with time, the resulting video will be played accordingly faster or slower, depending on how much the actual frame rate deviate from the average.  Timestamp adds date/time information to the resulting video clip. Notice that it works differently in case “MJPEG/H.264” codec is selected. When the selected archive is JPEG format, AviMaker will decompress and recompress the top 64 lines of each frame to incorporate the timestamp, but the rest of the image will remain intact.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 49 8. The AVI Maker will begin to create the AVI and show the progress in the progress bar. Clicking ‘Stop’ will terminate the AVI creation. Viewing Your Recorded Video To view your exported AVI, download the latest Apple Quick Time (v7.4.5 or higher) for Windows XP or Vista from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ 1. Select the drive where you stored your video recording by pressing and locate the recording. 2. Double Click on the video recording to start the player.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 50 Firmware Loader – Upgrading Camera Firmware / Hardware in the Field All models of Arecont Vision cameras are field-upgradeable. The AV Firmware Loader is the utility for upgrading the camera’s firmware and/or hardware. Please contact your distributor to obtain the latest firmware upgrade file and utility. Please disable any recording software/NVR applications prior to updating the firmware.
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ARECO ONT VISION U USER MANUA AL 51 To upgra ade a camerra: 1. Start S the AV V Firmware Loader L by clicking c the correspondi c V Applicatio on ng Run buttton in the AV M Manager. Alternatively, run Firmwa areLoader.e exe. 2. Click C “Find Cameras”. C It may take up to a minute to find any a camerass. Once the e cameras have h been f found selectt the approp priate camerras to upgra ade. 3. To T upgrade the firmwarre:  Click k “Upgrade Firmware” F a choose the firmware upgrade ffile.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 52 Chapter III - HTTP Access Arecont Vision cameras support three protocols: TFTP, HTTP, and RTSP/RTP. TFTP protocol is recommended for application scenarios where high quality video at full frame rate is required. The drawback (if any) is that the implementation of TFTP protocols requires custom software application development based on Arecont Vision’s SDK. RTSP/RTP protocol is supported only in camera models that are equipped with h.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 53 HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual JPEG Frames NOTE: A complete set of http requests described in this document is supported for firmware versions 61430 and above. If you have an Arecont Vision camera with a lower firmware version contact your distributor for a firmware upgrade.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 54 HTTP Request Format for Continuous MJPEG Video Streaming Continuous sequence of JPEG images (MJPEG) separated by the boundary separator can be requested from Arecont Vision cameras by using the following GET method request format: GET/mjpeg?res=resolution_value&x0=X0&y0=Y0&x1=X1&y1=Y1&quality=quality_value&doublescan =doublescan_value&fps=value&id=value HTTP/1.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 55 Content-Type: multipart/x-mixed-replace;boundary=fbdr\r\n \r\n --fbdr\r\n Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n \r\n \r\n --fbdr\r\n Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n \r\n \r\n --fbdr\r\n ... Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n \r\n \r\n --fbdr\r\n HTTP Request Format for Receiving Individual H.264 Frames NOTE: The h.264 http requests described below are supported only by camera models AVxxx5. To maintain a continuous H.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  56 X0, Y0, X1, Y1 are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window, respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera model and should be divisible by 32 if Res = full and 64 if Res = half.  QP is the quantization parameter for H.264 encoder. To achieve a higher quality image, a lower QP is needed. Recommended values are in the range (16..
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 57 http://camera/setreg?page=3®=21&val=(number of P-frames) If there are no iframe=1 requests, then intra_period parameter is not required and the bitrate control will rely on the default number of P-frames set in register 3:21. The following example illustrates a request to a camera with IP address 192.168.0.36 for a full resolution 1600x1200 image as a part of the stream with a constant bitrate set to 2 Mbits/sec: http://192.168.0.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  58 QP is the quantization parameter for H.264 encoder. To achieve a higher quality video, a low qp is needed. Recommended values are in the range (16..37);  Doublescan allows the user to specify whether the camera should delay the image output until a new image is available from the sensor (doublescan = 0) or the image request should be serviced by outputting the content of the image buffer that has been already once output (useful for picture-inpicture display).
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 59 The following example illustrates a request to a camera with IP address 192.168.1.11 for full resolution 1600x1200 images as a part of the stream with a constant bitrate set to 2 Mbits/sec with maximum frame rate: GET/h264stream??res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&qp=26&ssn=1&doublescan=0&bitrate= 2048 HTTP/1.1\r\n Host: 192.168.1.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 60 An H.264 video stream is requested via RTSP using the following URL. Please note that this URL will not work in a typical web browser. A media player such as VLC or Apple Quicktime is required for this to function properly. rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=(half | full)&x0=(0..max_sensor_width)&y0=(0.. max_sensor_height)&x1=(32..max_sensor_width)&y1=(32..max_sensor_height)&qp=(4..51)& ssn=(1..65535)&[doublescan=(0|1)]&[bitrate=(0..65536)]&[fps=1..
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 61 PLAY – starting RTP video stream; The camera also recognizes PAUSE and TEARDOWN but terminates the RTSP session when it receives these commands. To resume the stream it is necessary to repeat stream initialization. The following is a sequence of resolving camera’s parameters and starting an RTP stream: 1) Open a TCP connection on port 554 (RTSP) of the camera. 2) Request the camera’s data format via DESCRIBE. The camera will respond with SDP parameter set of the H.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 2) 62 Request the camera’s data format via DESCRIBE. The camera will respond with two SDP parameter sets of the H.264 stream (SPS/PPS) with different Payload types (97 and 96), and the method of forming RTP data packets and synchronization (90 KHz timer). 3) Specify via SETUP the client ports for receiving the video stream. The client needs to send two SETUP's corresponding to two parameter sets.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 63  freq – frequency of AC powered light sources (valid values are 50 and 60)  lowlight – low light mode of the camera, allows tradeoff between frame rate and image quality (valid values are balance, speed, quality, highspeed, moonlight). If highspeed is used, an additional parameter shortexposures can be set with valid values from 1 to 10.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  64 save – saves current camera configuration (all parameter values) in the non-volatile memory http://ip_address/set?params=save  mac – retrieves the MAC address of the camera (read-only)  make – retrieves the manufacturer abbreviation(requires firmware version 64116)  model – retrieves a four-digit camera model number (read-only, e.g.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL  65 daygain – allows to specify the automatic switching point for night-to-day transition as “hysteresis” relative to night-to-day transition; Higher values will cause the transition to day mode at higher illumination level (valid values for AV3130 are 0..6, for –DN models are 1..
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 66 resolution in terms of the number of pixels)some zones may not correspond to the active image area (valid value 64)  mdzonesize – size of motion detection zones measured in number of 32x32 pixel blocks in each zone; All zones are squares of the same size from 7x7 to 15x15 (valid values are 7 to 15 for AV1300 and AV2100 and 8 to 15 for AV3100 and AV3130)  mdlevelthreshold – motion detection threshold that determines the sensitivity to local inter-frame brightness changes
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 67 where is the SPACE symbol, and the byte value, byteN, indicates the number of sub-zones (blocks of 32x32 pixels) with motion within zone N. Note: the sub-zone size is fixed to 32x32 and cannot be changed. Important: the user should keep in mind that the total number of zones is always 64 (8 vertically and 8 horizontally). Therefore, if the zone size is large, some zones may not correspond to the active pixel array.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 68 NOTE: If the admin password has been set and forgotten, it can only be erased through reprogramming the camera’s firmware, or by accessing the camera registers via developers’ register access from AV100 software. HTTP commands for password setting: 1. For admin passwords: http://camera_IP/get?admin http://camera_IP/set?admin=(a string of 1..8 ASCII symbols or “empty”) The reserved password empty is used to erase the existing password. 2.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 69 Figure 30. Camera’s web page menu for setting passwords Access Control for Panoramic Cameras Arecont Vision cameras support dual-level password-protected access control. Camera authentication is compatible with RFC-2068 HTTP 1.1 and is supported by all standard browsers and video surveillance software. There are two types of users with the following reserved names: admin – has full access to all camera settings and the video.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 70 3. Convey the viewer password to the users. In order to delete viewer password, log-in as admin and change the viewer password to a reserved password empty – this would restore the full anonymous access to the camera. The admin user can change the viewer password at any time, without knowing the current viewer password.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL get 71 : get a parameter from camera via http; set : set a parameter on camera via http; : panoramic camera channel number from 1 to 4; "" : a symbol string in ASCII; | : means one or another, but not both; () : allowable values; .. : a range of values incrementable by 1; +/- : positive values do not need the “+” sign, while the negative values do need the “- “ sign in front of the value; [] : non-mandatory value which could be dropped.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 72 x0,y0,x1,y1 are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window, respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 73 x0,y0,x1,y1 are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window, respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 74 Where:  Res can have value of either “half” or “full” and specifies whether the camera should decimate the image by a factor of 2 in each dimension or produce the full resolution image.  X0, Y0, X1, Y1 are the left, top, right and bottom coordinates of the requested image window, respectively. These values cannot exceed the size of the image sensor array for the specific camera model and should be divisible by 32 if Res = full and 64 if Res = half.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL http://camera_ip/get?rotate http://camera_ip/set[]?rotate=(0|180) 3. Brightness: http://camera_ip/get?brightness http://camera_ip/set?brightness=(-50..+50) 4. Sharpness: http://camera_ip/get?sharpness http://camera_ip/set?sharpness=(0..4) 5. Saturation: http://camera_ip/get?saturation http://camera_ip/set?saturation=(0..6) 6.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL http://camera_ip/get?shortexposures http://camera_ip/set?shortexposures=(1..10) 12. Auto exposure control: http://camera_ip/get?autoexp http://camera_ip/set?autoexp=("on"|"off") 13. Auto exposure mode: http://camera_ip/get?exposure http://camera_ip/set?exposure=("auto"|"on"|"off") 14. Exposure window: http://camera_ip/get?expwndleft http://camera_ip/set?expwndleft=(0..
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 16. Image settings used as the implicit parameter list in img.jpg image requests: http://camera_ip/get?imgleft http://camera_ip/set?imgleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size) http://camera_ip/get?imgtop http://camera_ip/set?imgtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size) http://camera_ip/get?imgwidth http://camera_ip/set?imgwidth=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size) http://camera_ip/get?imgheight http://camera_ip/set?imgheight=(0..
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 22. Getting PCB revision http://camera_ip/get?revision 23. Store current settings into the flash memory: http://camera_ip/set?params=save 24. Restore factory default settings: http://camera_ip/set?params=factory 25. Custom mode settings: http://camera_ip/get?kneepoint http://camera_ip/set?kneepoint=(1..100) http://camera_ip/get?analoggain http://camera_ip/set?analoggain=(1..
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL http://camera_ip/set?viewer=( text string of 1..8 ASCII symbols | “empty”) NOTE: to erase the password use the reserved word “empty”. 29. Camera’s register access: http://camera_ip/getreg?page=(0..6)®=(0..255) http://camera_ip/setreg?page=(0..6)®=(0..255)&value=(0..65535) Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St, 7th Floor Glendale, CA 91205 www.arecontvision.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 80 Chapter IV - Troubleshooting and Useful Tips Connecting Directly to a Laptop or PC In a typical scenario cameras are connected using network cables to a network switch. A camera can also be connected to a PC or laptop directly by using a cross-over network cable between the camera and PC. When a camera is connected directly, you may need to change the TCP/IP configuration on your PC. For example, the PC may need to be configured to use a static IP address.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 81 2. How much storage space is required when using Arecont Vision cameras? The storage space requirements will vary depending on the compressibility of your imagery. Shown below (Figure 31) is an example of a system running at 22 FPS. However, the user can specify the archival frequency to be lower than the full frame rate. Most Arecont Vision cameras also provide highly sophisticated on-board motion detection.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 82 connection on your network. Additionally, try isolating the camera and your PC from the rest of the network if you are continuing to have difficulty detecting the camera. Figure 33. Windows firewall 5. Which DVRs/NVRs support your cameras? Several DVRs/NVRs support Arecont Vision cameras such as Bosch, March networks and Sanyo DVRs. For a full list of verified NVRs, please see http://www.arecontvision.com/nvrintegrationmatrix.html. 6.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 83 Figure 34. About dialog 8. What is the cost of an Arecont Vision camera? The cost varies from camera to camera but for unparallel clarity our prices are unbeatable. Almost all cameras have MSRP well below $1000. Visit us online at http://www.arecontvision.com/buy.html. Fill out the form and our sales staff will contact you. 9.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 84 lenses available on the market today are not megapixel and will yield the images that are less crisp than those that can be obtained with manual megapixel lens. 11. What adjustments can be made to reduce motion blur? The shutter speed is automatically controlled by the camera. Motion blur may occur when the camera operates at slow shutter speeds (long exposure times, such as the scene being relatively dark.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 85 and has better low-light sensitivity than the 3-mega pixel product, AV3100. If that still does not yield sufficient low-light performance then, the user should consider the AV3130 day-night camera that uses a monochrome sensor in low light conditions and is sensitive to 0.00 lux. Or consider installation of 3rd party 850nm Infrared illuminators. Figure 35. Exposure menu 12.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 86 Additionally, Arecont Vision’s online support portal at http://support.arecontvision.com/ allows for quick online submission of issues with email notification of responses and fixes. 13. How do I disable the auto startup of the Arecont Vision software? Click on Advanced on the AV Software Settings and uncheck “Auto – Startup”. 14. Is there a link to view live video from your camera systems? We have three sites that are accessible.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 87 not send images until motion is detected. The user can adjust 3 motion detection sensitivity settings and specify up to 64 motion detection zones. 21. Can image archival be configured for cyclic recording? AV100 software will overwrite old files every few minutes once the available disk space reaches a limit value that the end user can set. This value is set under the “Archive” menu in “Minimum Free Disk Space” in the AV100 software. 22.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 88 26. When I attempt to update the firmware on the Arecont Vision camera with the firmware update option I receive the “Ack Timeout” message. Why do I get this error? If you get the timeout message take the following steps:  Make sure that no application, aside from FirmwareLoader.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 89 33. How do I assign a subnet mask and gateway to my camera? a) On the camera’s web interface, click ‘Network’ and enter the desire information, then click ‘Apply’. b) Save the changes to the camera’s flash memory by going to Administration and clicking ‘Save all settings to flash. 34. How do I get online technical support for Arecont Vision cameras? Create an account on our support portal located at http://support.arecontvision.com/.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 90 http://www.arecontvision.com/index.php?section=downloads&subsection=list_files&s_fk_category_id= 5 41. What is the default password of Arecont Vision cameras? Arecont Vision cameras do not ship with a password set on the web interface. If a password is required to secure the camera or because 3rd party software requires one, log in to the camera’s web interface by typing the camera’s IP address into your web browser.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 91 Arecont Vision cameras operate using TFTP on port 69, HTTP on port 80 or an alternative HTTP port of 8080 (default) and RTSP on port 554. The alternate HTTP port can be modified through the ‘Network’ portion of the camera’s web interface. 48. Why is multicasting not working in my web browser? A media player such as VLC or QuickTime will support multicasting via RTSP. Arecont Vision 425 E Colorado St, 7th Floor Glendale, CA 91205 www.arecontvision.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 92 Chapter V - Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement All Arecont Vision cameras have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 93 (12) months from the date of shipment (the “Warranty Period”); (b) during the Warranty Period, the Products will materially conform with the specification in the applicable documentation; (c) all licensed programs accompanying the Product (the “Licensed Programs”) will materially conform with applicable specifications.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 94 repaired or replaced Product; or (ii) ninety (90) days following delivery to Purchaser's of the repaired or replaced Product. 5. Shipment and Risk of Loss. All Products shipped by AV shall be packaged in AV’s shipping cartons so as to prevent damage and shall be delivered to a common carrier FOB AV’s facility in Altadena, CA, USA, at which time risk of loss shall pass to Purchaser.
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ARECONT VISION USER MANUAL 95 such return or rejection. AV shall be responsible for returning, at AV’s cost, repaired or replaced Products to Purchaser. 9. General Provisions.