Sarix Enhanced 3 Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Operations Manual Document number: C6652M Publication date: 06/20
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Table of Contents Important Notices 5 Regulatory Notices Radio and Television Interference 5 5 Warranty Statement 5 Legal Notice 5 Audio Notice 5 Video Quality Caution Frame Rate Notice Regarding User Selected Options 5 5 Open Source Software 6 Power Source 6 Korean Class A EMC 6 ESD Warning 6 Locating Updates and Other Resources 7 Accessing the Camera 8 Accessing Camera Settings 8 Understanding the Camera Configura
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Viewing Temperature Information Using the Network & Security Menu 14 15 Changing General Network Settings Network Hostname Port Settings Link Settings 15 15 15 15 Managing Users and Security User Management Configuring Users Setting Security/Authentication 17 17 17 17 Configuring TLS 17 Configuring Traffic Shaping 18 Configuring 802.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Understanding Smart Compression Configuring Smart Compression Configuring Long-Term Rate Control Using the Events Menu 28 28 29 30 Configuring Sources Configuring an Alarm Event Source Configuring an Analytic Event Source Configuring a Timer Event Source Configuring a System Event Source Configuring a Network Loss Event Source Deleting an Event Source 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 Configuring Handlers Configuring an Event Handler: Send Email Conf
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Important Notices Regulatory Notices This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras lowering the resolution, reducing the picture rate, or both. A picture degraded by having a reduced resolution may result in an image that is less clear or even indiscernible. A picture degraded by reducing the picture rate has fewer frames per second, which can result in images that appear to jump or move more quickly than normal during playback. Lower frame rates may result in a key event not being recorded by the system.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Locating Updates and Other Resources l l Before installing the camera, visit the online Pelco supplemental resources to check for firmware updates. All resources are available in one location: https://www.pelco.com/fixed-ip-sarix-enhanced-series. From this location, select the asset(s) you want to download. – Sarix Enhanced Series Firmware—Download the latest firmware for your Sarix Enhanced Series camera system.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Accessing the Camera Note: For security purposes, it is required that you create a user account when you access the camera for the first time.In its out-of-the-box configuration, the camera has no user name and password assigned. In this state the camera does not allow for video to stream or configurations to change. It is required that you set an administrative user name and password at this time.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Accessing the Live View The live video page provides access to video streams and, where applicable, to PTZ controls. By default, the camera does not have any pre-configured users. When a user is added to the system, that user must login before accessing the Live View. After logging in, the user will have access to the Live View from that point forward.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Using the System Menu The System menu provides access to the General Settings, Backup and Restore, Firmware, OSDi, Snapshot Viewer, Storage Management, and Diagnostics pages. Selecting General Settings Go to System > General (camera) Settings to configure General Settings, Time Settings, and GPS settings as well as Generate a System Log, Reboot a Camera, and Restore All Camera Defaults.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 3. Select the location in which to save the log file. 4. Select Save. Rebooting a Camera If you are recording video from your camera, restarting the camera will cause a gap in video recording. It is important that you schedule maintenance before restarting the camera. To restart the camera, select Reboot Camera. Restoring All Camera Defaults If necessary, you can reset your camera settings to the factory defaults. 1.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 1. Select Browse to select the firmware you would like to upgrade/downgrade (ppm file). 2. Select Upload. Note: Upgrading to version 3.3.x.x firmware requires user(s) to exist on the camera. Otherwise, the firmware update will fail. Configuring OSDi Overlays The OSDi (Intelligent On Screen Display) feature allows the camera to show pertinent information as an overlay within the field of view.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Note: For choosing SD cards, it is important to pick SD cards suited to surveillance video recording for use in Pelco cameras. These are available from reputable brands and are purposely designed to be used for the challenges of surveillance where high resolution, high frame rate video is recorded 24/7, often in elevated temperature conditions.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 1. Go to System > Storage Management. 2. Check that the recording state is Ready. 3. Check the Record Metadata box if you want metadata included. 4. Select REC. Exporting Recordings Export Recording will export video recorded on your SD card to additional formats. Viewing Diagnostics Go to System > Diagnostics to get information on Client Connections and Camera Temperature.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Using the Network & Security Menu The Network & Security menu contains Network configuration Settings and options for your camera; from this menu, you can set static IP addressing, create User & Security levels, enable TLS, add Traffic Shaping, configure 802.1x port security, point your camera to an SNMP manager, and configure Firewall settings.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras configure additional address, DNS servers, and gateways. l Manual Only: Provides a link-local address for the device, and it requires you to manually configure all other IPv6 address settings for the camera. Manually specified addresses require a prefix and must be input in the format prefix/IPv6Address. The camera will reject addresses that do not contain prefix information.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Managing Users and Security To manage user accounts and establish how your camera authenticates users (locally or remotely) go to Network & Security > Users & Security. This gives you the options for User Management and Security authentication. User Management Initially, the camera authentication is closed for viewing and configuring without a user name and password. No user accounts exist in the default factory state.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Set TLS to either disabled, optional, or required. You must install or generate a certificate before enabling HTTPS. The TLS settings include TLS configuration modes and certificate generation. The camera can generate a certificate signing request (CSR) that can be sent to a certificate authority for a signature (for example, VeriSign®), or it can generate a self-signed certificate using the Generate Self-Signed Certificate option.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Configuring SNMP Your camera supports No SNMP, SNMP V2c, and V3, and it can be configured to send traps. The MIB file for your camera is available at www.pelco.com. Configuring SNMP V2c 1. Go to Network & Security > SNMP. 2. Select SNMP V2c. 3. Provide the community string for your SNMP manager. The default community string is “public.” 4. Provide the Read/Write Community String. 5. Fill in the IP address of the host server. 6.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Configuring Firewall Settings 1. Go to Network & Security > Firewall. 2. Select Off, Allow, or Deny from the Mode drop-down menu. l Off: The default setting is Off. Disables Firewall Configuration. l Allow: Allows all IP addresses entered to view the camera. l Deny: Denies all IP address entered to view the camera. 3. Type up to 10 IP addresses in CIDR format in the boxes provided. Enter a valid IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Using the Imaging Menu The Imaging menu provides access to configuring and adjusting the General image, Exposure, Focus/Zoom, White Balance, and Window Blanking. Page Specific Default Settings and All Imaging Settings can be restored from any of these pages except Window Blanking. Go to Imaging > General to configure Image Enhancement and Digital Processing.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 1. Select the Exposure mode to be used; Frame Rate, Low Noise, or Manual. 2. Set the Max Exposure Time (msec) that the imaging sensor is exposed to light. Decreasing the maximum exposure time reduces motion blurring; increasing the maximum exposure time could help capture more detailed still images in low light. 3. Set the Max Gain, depending on the exposure mode you selected.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras IR Illumination Select IR Illumination as Off or Auto. Configuring Focus and Zoom Settings Go to Imaging > Focus / Zoom to optimize the Field of View of your camera and maintain a clear image regardless of the scene or environment. Using Auto Focus Mode Set Temperature Change Refocus to automatically refocus the camera if the environmental temperature increases or decreases by 5°C (9°F) or more.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras (consider using the Zoom slider if the chart is too small). 2. For each corner of the chart select the appropriate color button; Dark Skin, Bluish Green, White, or Black. Then using the image on the left, draw a rectangle within the corresponding color square. Using the Window Blanking Feature Window Blanks, or privacy masks, will block sections of your camera's image from being viewed.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Using the A/V Streams Menu The A/V Streams menu provides access to Video Preset Configurations, Video Configurations, Audio Configurations, RTP Settings, and Smart Compression settings for your device’s video and audio streams. Selecting Video Preset Configurations Go to A/V Streams >Video Presets for a set of fully-configured video configurations that offer a good balance of video performance to bandwidth.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Bit Rate: The quality of the video stream, rendered in kilobits per second. Higher values result in greater video quality but consume more bandwidth. Note: When you change video stream configuration settings, the camera automatically adjusts the bit rate. Choosing a bit rate below the camera’s automatic setting might reduce video quality and limit stream configuration options.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras audio through the primary video stream. Audio is disabled by default, but you can enable and configure audio streams from the Audio Configuration page. Audio and video might not be synchronized when viewing the primary stream through a Web browser. You might experience up to a 3-second delay in video when viewing the primary stream with audio enabled.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 3. Set the Time to Live (TTL) for each stream; this is the number of routers the stream can pass through before it expires. 4. Determine whether or not to Always Multicast this stream. This setting eliminates the need for a client to connect to the camera to initiate a stream; when enabled, the camera begins sending the multicast stream when it starts up, without requiring initiation from a client. 5. Select Save.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Note: The option to establish the Dynamic GoP Length is enabled when compression levels are set to Low, Medium, or High. 5. (Optional) Set the maximum GoP length for your streams if you want to impose an upper limit on the dynamic GoP setting. By enabling a dynamic Group of Pictures (GoP), the number of I-frames are automatically reduced in scenes with minimal motion.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Using the Events Menu The Events menu contains settings for camera events and analytics, and includes Source, Handlers, Analytic Configuration, and Event Stream pages. An event is a user-defined occurrence, consisting of a source and a handler. A source defines the trigger for an event; a handler defines the action your camera will take when the event source occurs.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Configuring a Timer Event Source A timer event source triggers an event at specified intervals of time. 1. Go to Events > Sources. 2. Select New, or select the source you want to edit. 3. Provide a name, between 2 and 23 alphanumeric characters, for the event source in the Name box. 4. Select Timer from the source Type . 5. Configure the frequency of the event, including the units of time available, in the pull-down menu. 6.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Configuring an Event Handler: Send Email The Send Email event handler sends an email from your camera when a source event is triggered. Note: You must have provided your camera with the address of an SMTP mail server on the System > General Settings page for your camera to send email notification for events. 1. Go to Events > Handlers. 2. Select New or select the handler you want to reconfigure. 3.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Configuring an Event Handler: Write JPEG to SD Card This event handler captures and uploads a JPEG to an SD Card when an event source is triggered. JPEG files are named according to the date and time at which they are recorded; although, you can determine the order of factors in the date-and-time filename. 1. Go to Events > Handlers. 2. Select New or select the handler you want to reconfigure. 3.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 4. Select the Display Overlay handler Type. 5. (Optional) Set time filters to determine the days and times during which the handler will be active. If you do not select any filters, the handler will remain active at all times. All time values must be formatted in 24-hour notation. 6. (Optional) If available, select the source(s) that you want to trigger this event handler. Sources are configured from the Events menu Sources page. 7.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras determine the order of factors in the date-and-time filename. 1. Go to Events > Handlers. 2. Select New or select the handler you want to reconfigure. 3. Provide a name, between 2 and 23 alphanumeric characters, for the event source in the Name box. 4. Select the Upload Recording to FTP Server handler Type. 5. Provide the address of your FTP server in the Server box. 6.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 4. Choose a Sensitivity level of Low, Medium, or High to establish what amount of change in motion within the camera's field view that triggers a handler behavior. 5. Use the slider bar or text input box to set the Threshold % in how much motion needs to occur in order to trigger the alarm. Configuring Edit Mask Mode Motion Detection requires a mask to be drawn to indicate where the camera should look for motion.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras 8. Select Set width. Two yellow lines appear. Measure the width of a far object using the line denoted by “Width of a far object” and the width of a near object using the line denoted by “Width of near object”. 9. Select Return to Main. The Calibration shows as Completed. Applying Select Behaviors The settings available are dependent on the analytic behavior that you are configuring.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras l Set Object Size filters: Allows the user to set the minimum and maximum object size for a zone. Objects that fall outside these limits will not be detected. Using Select Behaviors The following section describes the function of each Select Behavior and the ideal situation in which to use the behavior.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras l In an entrance or exit installation, a camera is pointed at an exit door. If a person tries to enter through the exit door, an alarm triggers. Install the camera in a ceiling or against a wall with the lens pointing at a slight downward angle, above regular motion activity. The width of the object you want to detect should be at least one-tenth of the total width of the scene.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Install the camera in a ceiling or against a wall with the lens pointing at a slight downward angle, above regular motion activities. The ideal scene for the Stopped Vehicle analytic behavior contains light traffic in which vehicles are continually moving, there are minimal scene obstructions, and the background is clean. If heavy traffic or a busy background is unavoidable, place monitoring zones relatively stable areas.
Sarix Enhanced 3 Operations Manual, Dome, Bullet, and Box Cameras Contacting Pelco for Troubleshooting For further instructions, contact Pelco Product Support at 1-800-289-9100 (USA and Canada) or +1-559292-1981 (international) for assistance. Have the serial number available when calling. Do not try to repair the unit yourself. Leave maintenance and repairs to qualified technical personnel only.
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