FD8173-H Fixed Dome FD8373-(E)HV Network Camera User’s Manual 3MP • 20M IR • Smart IR • Smart Focus System 3MP • 20m IR • IP66 • Smart IR • Smart Focus System Rev. 1.
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VIVOTEK Overview VIVOTEK’s FD8173-H and FD8373-EHV network camera features a 3-Megapixel WDR CMOS sensor to cope with challenging lighting conditions. The WDR Pro feature allows the camera to capture both the dark and bright areas of an image and combine the differences to generate a highly realistic representation of the original scene. This feature enables the camera to provide video quality very close to the capabilities of the human eye.
VIVOTEK Read Before Use The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but can also be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use. It is important to first verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents listed below.
VIVOTEK Physical Description (FD8173) Inner View (FD8173) Light Sensor Vari-focal Lens IR LEDs (8 units, effective up to 20m) Built-in Microphone Focus & Zoom Buttons PIR Sensor NOTE: The max. output load from pins #7 and 8 is 50mA. MicroSD/SDHC/SDXC Card Slot Reset Button Jumpers General I/O Terminal Block Microphone Video Output internal NTSC 60Hz Audio/Video Out (green) external PAL 50Hz 1 2 6 - User's Manual Ethernet 10/100 RJ45 Microphone In (pink) Socket 1. DC 12V2. DC12V+ 3.
VIVOTEK General I/O Terminal Block This Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block which is used to connect external input / output devices. The pin definitions are described below. The 24V AC can be used as an alternate power source. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC12VDC12V+ AC24V_2 AC24V_1 DI- (GND) DI+ DODO+ (12V) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NOTE: 1. For the FD8373, there is no internal microphone. Connect an external microphone if you need audio inputs. 2.
VIVOTEK DI/DO Diagram Please refer to the following illustration for the connection method. DI- DIVDC DO+ DO+ DI+ BJT transistor +12 VDC Max. Switch DI+ DO- BJT transistor NO NC AC Source +12 VDC Switch DO- NO NC AC Source Relay Relay AC Device NOTE: The maximum output load from pins #7 & 8 is 50mA.
VIVOTEK Hardware Reset Recessed Reset Button The reset button is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings. Sometimes resetting the system can return the camera to normal operation. If the system problems remain after reset, restore the factory settings and install again. Reset: Press and release the recessed reset button with a straightened paper clip. Wait for the Network Camera to reboot. Restore: Press and hold the recessed reset button until the status LED rapidly blinks.
VIVOTEK Installation (FD8173) Top View Side View 50 5m 50 41 5m 41 Before installing your camera, make sure the built-in PIR (Passive Infrared Sensor) can be directed toward the area of interest, where possible intrusion may occur. (The sensitivity of PIR sensor depends on the object size and temperature differences between the object and the background environment). You need to manually enable the PIR function in a web console. See page 134 for information.
VIVOTEK Wall Mount Ceiling Mount 1. Attach the alignment sticker to the ceilling/wall. 2. Through the two circles on the sticker, drill two pilot holes into the ceilling/wall. 3. The Network Camera can be mounted with the cable routed through the ceiling/wall or from the side. If you want to feed the cable through the ceiling/wall, drill a cable hole. 4. Hammer the supplied plastic anchors into the holes. 5.
VIVOTEK Adjusting the Lens Adjust the camera lens to the desired viewing angle: 1. Loosen the tilt adjustment screws on both sides 2. Turns the lens modules toward the direction you prefer. 3. Tighten the adjustment screws.
VIVOTEK To adjust the zoom factor and focus range 1. The camera comes with a motorized vari-focal lens module. With a web console, you can enter the Configuration > Media > Image > Focus page to tune the image zoom and focus. Focus window 2. On this page, you can pull the Zoom and Focus pointers, set up a Focus window, and use the Perform auto focus button to automatically obtain an optimal focus result. You may also manually fine-tune zoom and focus using the various functional buttons.
VIVOTEK Completion 1. If you choose to feed the cable through the ceiling/wall, arrange the cables neatly through the cable hole A (not shown in the drawing). If you choose to feed the cable from the side, remove plate B. 2. Attach the dome cover to the camera as the direction shown below. Tighten two screws from the sides of the dome cover. 3. Finally, make sure all parts of the camera are securely installed.
VIVOTEK Physical Description (FD8373) Inner View IR LEDs (4 units, effective up to 20m) Vari-focal Lens Tilt Adjustment Screw Focus & Zoom Buttons MicroSD/SDHC/SDXC Card Slot Reset Button Jumpers Video Output NTSC 60Hz Audio/Video Out (green) PAL 50Hz 2 Microphone In (pink) General I/O Terminal Block Ethernet 10/100 RJ45 Socket FD8373-EHV Record the MAC address before installing the camera.
VIVOTEK NOTE: Use the included AV cable to connect to a camera tester or LCD monitor to begin initial setup. Camera tester AV Out Replace the side opening cover with the included side outlet bushing if you want to route cables from the side of camera. NOTE: 1. This equipment is only to be connected to PoE networks without routing to outside plants. 2. For PoE input, use only UL listed I.T.E. with PoE output.
VIVOTEK Installation (FD8373) Removing Dome Cover First, use the included T20 hex key wrench to loose the four screws and detach the dome cover from the camera base. Follow the steps below to install the camera either to a ceiling or a wall. IMPORTANT: The dome cover should be removed first because if it should fall during the installation process, physical injury could occur to your co-workers.
VIVOTEK Waterproof Connector (A) Sealing Nut (A) (B) Housing (B) Seals (C) Seal (D) (D) (E) Screw Nut (E) Hex Nut (F) Assembling Steps 1. D isassemble the components of the waterproof connector into parts (A) ~ (F) as shown above. 2. Place the screw nut (E) on the Power and GPIO opening. 3. F eed the power cables through the waterproof connector (F --> E --> D --> B --> A) as the illustration shows. Then connect the power cables to the power source.
VIVOTEK Connecting RJ45 Ethernet Cable RJ45 Cable Dimension (unit: mm) Recommended cable gauge: 24AWG (0.51 mm) Assembling Steps Rubber Seal Plug 1 1. Drill a hole on the rubber seal plug and insert an Ethernet cable through the opening. 2. Strip part of the sheath from the Ethernet cable. 2 3 o: white/orange stripe O: orange solid g: white/green stripe B: blue solid b: white/blue stripe G: green solid br: white/brown stripe BR: brown solid o O g B b G br BR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4.
VIVOTEK IMPORTANT: Record the MAC address under the camera base before installing the camera. Tips: Replace the side opening cover with the included side outlet bushing if you want to route cables from the side of camera. The 1/2" protection conduits and tubing, if applied, are separately purchased.
VIVOTEK Mounting the Camera 1. Attach the supplied alignment sticker to the wall. 2. Using the circle marks on the sticker, drill at least 2 pilot holes symmetrically on each side into the wall. Then hammer the four supplied plastic anchors into the holes. 3. Through three or four holes on the mounting plate, insert the supplied screws into the corresponding holes and secure the mounting plate with a screwdriver. 4. Feed the cables through the triangular cutout A or side opening B.
VIVOTEK Network Deployment General Connection (without PoE) Non-PoE Switch Red Pin 2 POWER Black Pin 1 COLLISION 1 2 3 4 5 LINK RECEIVE PARTITION DC 12V±10% Ethernet 1. Connect RJ45 Ethernet cable to a switch. 2. Connect the AC cables from the terminal block as an alternate power source. The IO cables are user-supplied. Power over Ethernet (PoE) When using a PoE-enabled switch The Network Camera is PoE-compliant, allowing transmission of power and data via a single Ethernet cable.
VIVOTEK When using a non-PoE switch Use a PoE power injector (optional) to connect between the Network Camera and a non-PoE switch.
VIVOTEK Internet connection via a router Before setting up the Network Camera over the Internet, make sure you have a router and follow the steps below. 1. Connect your Network Camera behind a router, the Internet environment is illustrated below. Regarding how to obtain your IP address, please refer to Software Installation on page 26 for details. WAN (Wide Area Network ) IP address : 192.168.0.3 Router IP address : from ISP Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 Internet Default router : 192.168.0.
VIVOTEK For example, your router and IP settings may look like this: Device IP Address: internal IP Address: External Port (Mapped port on port the router) Public IP of router 122.146.57.120 LAN IP of router 192.168.2.1 Camera 1 192.168.2.10:80 122.146.57.120:8000 Camera 2 192.168.2.11:80 122.146.57.120:8001 ... ... ...
VIVOTEK Software Installation Installation Wizard 2 (IW2), free-bundled software included on the product CD, helps you set up your Network Camera on the LAN. IW2 1. Install IW2 under the Software Utility directory from the software CD. Double-click the IW2 shortcut on your desktop to launch the program. Installation Wizard 2 2. The program will conduct an analysis of your network environment. After your network environment is analyzed, please click Next to continue the program. 3.
VIVOTEK Ready to Use 1. A browser session with the Network Camera should prompt as shown below. 2. You should be able to see live video from your camera. You may also install the 32-channel recording software from the software CD in a deployment consisting of multiple cameras. For its installation details, please refer to its related documents. To adjust the viewing angle -- 3-axis mechanism design 1. Loosen the tilt adjustment screws and then turn the lens module up or down, or swing left or right.
VIVOTEK To adjust the zoom factor and focus range Focus window 1. The camera comes with a motorized varifocal lens module. With a web console, you can enter the Configuration > Media > Image > Focus page to tune the image zoom and focus. 2. On this page, you can pull the Zoom and Focus pointers, set up a Focus window, and use the Perform auto focus button to automatically obtain an optimal focus result. You may also manually fine-tune zoom and focus using the various functional buttons.
VIVOTEK Completion 1. Attach the dome cover to the camera by combining it to the retainer and aligning with the mounting holes. 2. Secure the four dome screws with the supplied hex key wrench. Make sure all parts of the camera are securely installed. 1 2 2 NOTE: You will find a desiccant bag attached to the dome cover. Replace the desiccant bag included in the camera with the one in the accessory bag.
VIVOTEK Accessing the Network Camera This chapter explains how to access the Network Camera through web browsers, RTSP players, 3GPP-compatible mobile devices, and VIVOTEK recording software. Using Web Browsers Use Installation Wizard 2 (IW2) to access the Network Cameras on LAN. If your network environment is not a LAN, follow these steps to access the Netwotk Camera: 1. Launch your web browser (e.g., Microsoft® Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). 2.
VIVOTEK ► By default, the Network Camera is not password-protected. To prevent unauthorized access, it is highly recommended to set a password for the Network Camera. For more information about how to enable password protection, please refer to Security on page 96. ► If you see a dialog box indicating that your security settings prohibit running ActiveX ® Controls, please enable the ActiveX ® Controls for your browser. 1. Choose Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level. 2.
VIVOTEK IMPORTANT: • Currently the Network Camera utilizes a 32-bit ActiveX plugin. You CAN NOT open a management/view session with the camera using a 64-bit IE browser. • If you encounter this problem, try execute the Iexplore.exe program from C:\Windows\ SysWOW64. A 32-bit version of IE browser will be installed. • On Windows 7, the 32-bit explorer browser can be accessed from here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.
VIVOTEK Using RTSP Players To view the streaming media using RTSP players, you can use one of the following players that support RTSP streaming. Quick Time Player VLC media player mpegable Player 1. Launch the RTSP player. pvPlayer 2. Choose File > Open URL. A URL dialog box will pop up. 3. The address format is rtsp://:/ As most ISPs and players only allow RTSP streaming through port number 554, please set the RTSP port to 554.
VIVOTEK Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices To view the streaming media through 3GPP-compatible mobile devices, make sure the Network Camera can be accessed over the Internet. For more information on how to set up the Network Camera over the Internet, please refer to Setup the Network Camera over the Internet on page 22. To utilize this feature, please check the following settings on your Network Camera: 1.
VIVOTEK Using VIVOTEK Recording Software The product software CD also contains an ST7501 recording software, allowing simultaneous monitoring and video recording for multiple Network Cameras. Please install the recording software; then launch the program to add the Network Camera to the Channel list. For detailed information about how to use the recording software, please refer to the user’s manual of the software or download it from http://www.vivotek.com.
VIVOTEK Main Page This chapter explains the layout of the main page. It is composed of the following sections: VIVOTEK INC. Logo, Host Name, Camera Control Area, Configuration Area, Menu, and Live Video Window. VIVOTEK INC. Logo Resize Buttons Host Name Configuration Area Camera Control Area Hide Button Live View Window VIVOTEK INC. Logo Click this logo to visit the VIVOTEK website. Host Name The host name can be customized to fit your needs. For more information, please refer to System on page 47.
VIVOTEK Configuration Area Client Settings: Click this button to access the client setting page. For more information, please refer to Client Settings on page 41. Configuration: Click this button to access the configuration page of the Network Camera. It is suggested that a password be applied to the Network Camera so that only the administrator can configure the Network Camera. For more information, please refer to Configuration on page 46.
VIVOTEK PTZ Panel: This Network Camera supports “digital“ (e-PTZ) pan/tilt/zoom control, which allows roaming a smaller view frame within a large view frame. Please refer to PTZ settiings on page 107 for detailed information. Global View: Click on this item to display the Global View window. The Global View window contains a full view image (the largest frame size of the captured video) and a floating frame (the viewing region of the current video stream).
VIVOTEK Video and Audio Control Buttons: Depending on the Network Camera model and Network Camera configuration, some buttons may not be available. Snapshot: Click this button to capture and save still images. The captured images will be displayed in a pop-up window. Right-click the image and choose Save Picture As to save it in JPEG (*.jpg) or BMP (*.bmp) format. Digital Zoom: Click and uncheck “Disable digital zoom” to enable the zoom operation.
VIVOTEK ■ The following window is displayed when the video mode is set to MJPEG: Video Title Title and Time Video (HTTP-V) 2014/09/25 17:08:56 Time Video 17:08:56 2014/09/25 Video Control Buttons Video Title: The video title can be configured. For more information, please refer to Media > Image on page 60. Time: Display the current time. For more information, please refer to Media > Image on page 60. Title and Time: Video title and time can be stamped on the streaming video.
VIVOTEK Client Settings This chapter explains how to select the stream transmission mode and saving options on the local computer. When completed with the settings on this page, click Save on the page bottom to enable the settings. H.264 Media Options H.264 Media Options Select to stream video or audio data or both. This is enabled only when the video mode is set to H.264. H.264 Protocol Options H.264 Protocol Options Depending on your network environment, there are four transmission modes of H.
VIVOTEK MP4 Saving Options Users can record live video as they are watching it by clicking page. Here, you can specify the storage destination and file name. Start MP4 Recording on the main Folder: Specify a storage destination for the recorded video files. The location can be changed. File name prefix: Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the video file name. A specified folder will be automatically created on your local hard disk.
VIVOTEK Joystick Settings Enable Joystick Connect to the USB plug of the joystick to a USB port on your management computer. Once a USB joystick is connected, the related joystick configuration will be available on the Client settings window. The joystick should work properly without installing any other driver or software. Then you can begin to configure the joystick settings of connected devices. Please follow the instructions below to enable joystick settings. 1. Click on the Configure buttons button.
VIVOTEK Buttons Configuration In the Joystick Settings window, you can use the combinations of pull-down menus, Actions and Button number, to assign joystick buttons with different functions. The number of buttons may differ from the joystick you attached. Please follow the steps below to configure your joystick buttons: 1. Select the number of the button you want to configure from its pull-down list. For example: Assign Preset 1 (move to preset 1 position) to Button 1. 2.
VIVOTEK NOTE: • • If you want to assign Preset actions to your joystick, the PTZ preset locations should be configured in advance. If your joystick is not working properly, it may need to be calibrated. Click the Calibrate button to open the Game Controllers window located in Microsoft Windows control panel and follow the instructions for trouble shooting. • The joystick will appear in the Game Controllers list in the Windows Control panel.
VIVOTEK Configuration Click Configuration on the main page to enter the camera setting pages. Note that only Administrators can access the configuration page. Please refer to page 96 Security > User Account for how to configure access rights for different users. Navigation Area Configuration List Firmware Version Each function on the configuration list will be explained in the following sections.
VIVOTEK System > General settings This section explains how to configure the basic settings for the Network Camera, such as the host name and system time. It is composed of the following two columns: System and System Time. System Host name: Enter a desired name for the Network Camera. The text will be displayed at the top of the main page. Turn off the LED indicator: Click to disable the onboard LEDs.
VIVOTEK System > Homepage layout This section explains how to set up your own customized homepage layout. General settings This column shows the settings of your hompage layout. You can manually select the background and font colors in Theme Options (the second tab on this page). The settings will be displayed automatically in this Preview field. The following shows the homepage using the default settings: ■ Hide Powered by VIVOTEK: If you check this item, it will be removed from the homepage.
VIVOTEK Theme Options Here you can change the color of your homepage layout. There are three types of preset patterns for you to choose from. The new layout will simultaneously appear in the Preview filed. Click Save to enable the settings.
VIVOTEK ■ Follow the steps below to set up the customed homepage: 1. Click Custom on the left column. 2. Click the field where you want to change the color on the right column. Color Selector Custom Pattern 3. The palette window will pop up as shown below. 2 3 1 4 4. Drag the slider bar and click on the left square to select a desired color. 5. The selected color will be displayed in the corresponding fields and in the Preview column. 6. Click Save to enable the settings.
VIVOTEK System > Logs This section explains how to configure the Network Camera to send the system log to a remote server as backup. Log server settings Follow the steps below to set up the remote log: 1. Select Enable remote log. 2. In the IP address text box, enter the IP address of the remote server. 2. In the port text box, enter the port number of the remote server. 3. When completed, click Save to enable the setting.
VIVOTEK Access log Access log displays the access time and IP address of all viewers (including operators and administrators) in a chronological order. The access log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain limit. System > Parameters The View Parameters page lists the entire system’s parameters. If you need technical assistance, please provide the information listed on this page.
VIVOTEK System > Maintenance This chapter explains how to restore the Network Camera to factory default, upgrade firmware version, etc. General settings > Upgrade firmware This feature allows you to upgrade the firmware of your Network Camera. It takes a few minutes to complete the process. Note: Do not power off the Network Camera during the upgrade! Follow the steps below to upgrade the firmware: 1. Download the latest firmware file from the VIVOTEK website. The file is in .pkg file format. 2.
VIVOTEK General settings > Restore This feature allows you to restore the Network Camera to factory default settings. Network: Select this option to retain the Network Type settings (please refer to Network Type on page 79). Daylight Saving Time: Select this option to retain the Daylight Saving Time settings (please refer to Import/Export files below on this page). Custom Language: Select this option to retain the Custom Language settings.
VIVOTEK 3. Open the file with Microsoft® Notepad and locate your time zone; set the start and end time of DST. When completed, save the file. In the example below, DST begins each year at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. Update daylight saving time rules: Click Browse… and specify the XML file to update. If the incorrect date and time are assigned, you will see the following warning message when uploading the file to the Network Camera.
VIVOTEK The following message is displayed when attempting to upload an incorrect file format. Export language file: Click to export language strings. VIVOTEK provides nine languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, 日本語, Português, 簡体中文, and 繁體中文. Update custom language file: Click Browse… and specify your own custom language file to upload. Export configuration file: Click to export all parameters for the device and user-defined scripts.
VIVOTEK Media > Image This section explains how to configure the image settings of the Network Camera. It is composed of the following four columns: General settings, Picture settings, Exposure, and Privacy mask. General settings Video title Show_timestamp_and video_title_in_video_and_snapshots: Enter a name that will be displayed on the title bar of the live video as the picture shown below.
VIVOTEK Day/Night Settings Switch to B/W in night mode Select this to enable the Network Camera to automatically switch to Black/White during night mode. Turn on external IR illuminator in night mode Select this to turn on an external IR illuminator (connected via Digital Output lines) when the camera detects low light condition and enters the night mode.
VIVOTEK Tips: If there is an object in close proximity, the IR lights reflected back from it can mislead the Smart IR’s calculation of light level. To solve this issue, you can place an “Exposure Exclude” window on an unavoidable object in the Exposure setting window. See page 61 for how to do it. You can also configure the “Exposure Exclude” window in a night mode “Profile” setting so that your day time setting is not affected.
VIVOTEK Image settings On this page, you can tune the White balance, Image adjustment and WDR enhanced . Sensor Setting 1: For normal situations Sensor Setting 2: For special situations White balance: Adjust the value for the best color temperature. ■ You may follow the steps below to adjust the white balance to the best color temperature. 1.
VIVOTEK Noise 3D noise reduction ■ Enable noise reduction: Check to enable noise reduction in order to reduce noises and flickers in image. This applies to the onboard 3D Noise Reduction feature. Use the pull-down menu to adjust the reduction strength. Note that applying this function to the video channel will consume system computing power. 3D Noise Reduction is mostly applied in low-light conditions. When enabled in a low-light condition with fast moving objects, trails of after-images may occur.
VIVOTEK Measurement Window: This function allows users to configure measurement window(s) for low light compesation. ■ Full view: Calculate the full range of view and offer appropriate light compesation. ■ Custom: This option allows you to manually add specific windows as measuring areas. The measuring window refers to “weighed window“ where the lighting condition within the particular area is taken into account. Camera firmware then adopts the weighed averages method to calculate the value.
VIVOTEK ■ WDR Pro : When enabled, you can select the strength of the WDR function. The Low, Medium, High options correspond to the level of contrast between the overly-lit area and the shaded areas. For example, the High option applies to a high contrast scenario. Note that when the exposure time is set to longer than 1/60 second, the WDR function will be disabled. You can click Restore to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes.
VIVOTEK Focus The camera comes with a motorized vari-focal lens, and therefore a smart focus function panel is provided to facilitate zoom and focus configuration. Focus window ■ Zoom: If you need to zoom in to a field of view, click and drag the pointer to the right to zoom in. Note that the size of the field of view will also be reduced. ■ Focus: Whenever the zoom factor is changed, the focus is automatically updated. You can use the Fine-tune focus button to help achieve best image focus.
VIVOTEK ■ Full-range scan: If selected, the auto focus scan will be performed throughout the complete range of focus. The full-range scan takes a longer time to complete. A full-range scan usually takes approximately 3 minutes or longer. ■ Fully-open Iris: By default, this checkbox is selected for performing an auto scan and should provide an optimal scan result. Focus window: By default, the optimal focus is found on a full view window.
VIVOTEK Privacy mask Click Privacy Mask to open the settings page. On this page, you can block out sensitive zones to address privacy concerns. 2010/12/09 17:08:56 2010/12/09 17:08:56 ■ To set the privacy mask windows, follow the steps below: 1. Click New to add a new window. 2. You can use the mouse cursor to size and drag-drop the window, which is recommended to be at least twice the size of the object (height and width) you want to cover. 3. Enter a Window Name and click Save to enable the setting.
VIVOTEK Media > Video FOV (Field of View) Select a resolution from the list. The default is 3 Megapixels, and if bandwidth or frame rate per second is of the concern you can select a lower resolution. You can configurea the FOV to 1080P (16:9) at 30fps.
VIVOTEK Stream settings This Network Camera supports multiple streams with frame size ranging from 176 x 144 to 2028 x 1536 pixels. The definition of multiple streams: ■ Stream 1: Users can define the "Region of Interest" (viewing region) and the "Output Frame Size" (size of the live view window). ■ Stream 2: The default frame size for Stream 2 is set to the minimized 640 x 480 for viewing on mobile devices. ■ Stream 3: Stream 3 does not support the "Region of Interest" configuration.
VIVOTEK Click Viewing Window to open the viewing region settings page. On this page, you can configure the Region of Interest and the Output Frame Size for streams 1. For example, you can crop only a portion of the image that is of your interest, and thus save the bandwidth needed to transmit the video stream. As the picture shown below, the area of your interest in a parking lot should the vehicles. The blue sky is of little value for the surveillance purpose.
VIVOTEK NOTE: Media > Video ► All the items in the “Region of Interest” should not be larger than the “Output Frame Size“ (current maximum resolution).
VIVOTEK Click the stream item to display the detailed information. The maximum frame size will follow your settings in the above Viewing Window sections. This Network Camera offers real-time H.264 and MJPEG compression standards (Triple Codec) for real-time viewing. If H.264 mode is selected, the video is streamed via RTSP protocol. There are several parameters for you to adjust the video performance: ■ Frame size You can set up different video resolution for different viewing devices.
VIVOTEK The frame rate will decrease if you select a higher resolution. ■ Intra frame period Determine how often to plant an I frame. The shorter the duration, the more likely you will get better video quality, but at the cost of higher network bandwidth consumption. Select the intra frame period from the following durations: 1/4 second, 1/2 second, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, and 4 seconds.
VIVOTEK • Smart stream: Smart stream can effectively reduce the video packet size while maintaining good video quality in the selected areas of your interest. When properly configured, Smart stream can reduce the stream size to half or even lower. Unfold the Smart stream configuration menu by selecting the Smart stream checkbox. You can then configure the following parameters: • • • Foreground quality: Foreground is the area of your interest where you want to maintain its video quality.
VIVOTEK • Mode: - Auto: When set to Auto, only the moving objects and the areas around them will be displayed with the Foreground quality. The rest of the screen will be displayed with the Background (lower) quality. - Manual: When selected, the Manual window setting option will be displayed. Click on it to display the setting window. You can then manually allocate the regions of your interest on the current field of view. Click New, drag, and pull the window to cover the regions of your interest.
VIVOTEK - Auto and Manual: When enabled, moving objects in the Background areas will also be displayed using the Foreground (better) quality. Note the following with the Smart stream setting: 1. When using the “Auto” or “Auto and Manual” modes, up to 30 moving objects can be displayed using the Foreground quality. 2. The Smart stream will not be so effective in terms of bandwidth saving when applied in a complex scene where there are objects moving constantly all over the screen. 3.
VIVOTEK If JPEG mode is selected, the Network Camera sends consecutive JPEG images to the client, producing a moving effect similar to a filmstrip. Every single JPEG image transmitted guarantees the same image quality, which in turn comes at the expense of variable bandwidth usage. Because the media contents are a combination of JPEG images, no audio data is transmitted to the client.
VIVOTEK Media > Audio Audio Settings Mute: Select this option to disable audio transmission from the Network Camera to all clients. Note that if muted, no audio data will be transmitted even if audio transmission is enabled on the Client Settings page. In that case, the following message is displayed: Internal microphone input gain: Select the gain of the internal audio input according to ambient conditions. Adjust the gain from 100% (most sensitive) to 0% (least sensitive).
VIVOTEK Network > General settings This section explains how to configure a wired network connection for the Network Camera. Network Type LAN Select this option when the Network Camera is deployed on a local area network (LAN) and is intended to be accessed by local computers. The default setting for the Network Type is LAN. Rememer to click Save when you complete the Network setting.
VIVOTEK Primary DNS: The primary domain name server that translates hostnames into IP addresses. Secondary DNS: Secondary domain name server that backups the Primary DNS. Primary WINS server: The primary WINS server that maintains the database of computer names and IP addresses. Secondary WINS server: The secondary WINS server that maintains the database of computer names and IP addresses.
VIVOTEK NOTE NOTE: ► If the default ports are already used by other devices connected to the same router, the Network Camera will select other ports for the Network Camera. ► If UPnP TM is not supported by your router, you will see the following message: Error: Router does not support UPnP port forwarding. ► Steps to enable the UPnP TM user interface on your computer: Note that you must log on to the computer as a system administrator to install the UPnP TM components. 1.
VIVOTEK 4. In the Networking Services dialog box, select Universal Plug and Play and click OK. 5. Click Next in the following window. 6. Click Finish. UPnP TM is enabled. ► How does UPnP TM work? UPnP TM networking technology provides automatic IP configuration and dynamic discovery of devices added to a network. Services and capabilities offered by networked devices, such as printing and file sharing, are available among each other without the need for cumbersome network configuration.
VIVOTEK Enable IPv6 Select this option and click Save to enable IPv6 settings. Please note that this only works if your network environment and hardware equipment support IPv6. The browser should be Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.5, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or above. When IPv6 is enabled, by default, the network camera will listen to router advertisements and be assigned with a link-local IPv6 address accordingly. IPv6 Information: Click this button to obtain the IPv6 information as shown below.
VIVOTEK Please follow the steps below to link to an IPv6 address: 1. Open your web browser. 2. Enter the link-global or link-local IPv6 address in the address bar of your web browser. 3. The format should be: http://[2001:0c08:2500:0002:0202:d1ff:fe04:65f4]/ IPv6 address 4. Press Enter on the keyboard or click Refresh button to refresh the webpage.
VIVOTEK Port HTTPS port: By default, the HTTPS port is set to 443. It can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535. Two way audio port: By default, the two way audio port is set to 5060. Also, it can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535. The Network Camera supports two way audio communication so that operators can transmit and receive audio simultaneously.
VIVOTEK Audio is being transmitted to the Network Camera 2014/06/09 17:08:56 Mute Talk Button Mic Volume Click to enable audio transmission to the Network Camera; click to adjust the volume of to turn off the audio. To stop talking, click again. microphone; click FTP port: The FTP server allows the user to save recorded video clips. You can utilize VIVOTEK's Installation Wizard 2 to upgrade the firmware via FTP server. By default, the FTP port is set to 21.
VIVOTEK Network > Streaming protocols HTTP streaming To utilize HTTP authentication, make sure that your have set a password for the Network Camera first; please refer to Security > User account on page 96 for details. Authentication: Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides two types of security settings for an HTTP transaction: basic and digest.
VIVOTEK URL command -- http://:/ For example, when the Access name for stream 2 is set to video2.mjpg: 1. Launch Mozilla Firefox or Netscape. 2. Type the above URL command in the address bar. Press Enter. 3. The JPEG images will be displayed in your web browser. http://192.168.5.151/video2.
VIVOTEK Authentication: Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides three types of security settings for streaming via RTSP protocol: disable, basic, and digest. If basic authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format, but there can be potential risks of it being intercepted. If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using MD5 algorithm, thus providing better protection against unauthorized access.
VIVOTEK Multicast settings for stream 1, 2, and 3: Click the items to display the detailed configuration information. Select the Always multicast option to enable multicast for stream 1 or 2. Unicast video transmission delivers a stream through point-to-point transmission; multicast, on the other hand, sends a stream to the multicast group address and allows multiple clients to acquire the stream at the same time by requesting a copy from the multicast group address.
VIVOTEK Network > DDNS This section explains how to configure the dynamic domain name service for the Network Camera. DDNS is a service that allows your Network Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name. Express link Express Link is a free service provided by VIVOTEK server, which allows users to register a domain name for a network device. One URL can only be mapped to one MAC address.
VIVOTEK Manual setup DDNS: Dynamic domain name service Enable DDNS: Select this option to enable the DDNS setting. Provider: Select a DDNS provider from the provider drop-down list. VIVOTEK offers Safe100.net, a free dynamic domain name service, to VIVOTEK customers. It is recommended that you register Safe100.net to access VIVOTEK’s Network Cameras from the Internet. Additionally, we offer other DDNS providers, such as Dyndns.org(Dynamic), Dyndns. org(Custom), TZO.com, DHS.
VIVOTEK [Register] Successfully Your account information has been mailed to registered e-mail address 4. Select Enable DDNS and click Save to enable the setting. ■ CustomSafe100 VIVOTEK offers documents to establish a CustomSafe100 DDNS server for distributors and system integrators. You can use CustomSafe100 to register a dynamic domain name if your distributor or system integrators offer such services. 1. In the DDNS column, select CustomSafe100 from the drop-down list. 2.
VIVOTEK Network > QoS (Quality of Service) Quality of Service refers to a resource reservation control mechanism, which guarantees a certain quality to different services on the network. Quality of service guarantees are important if the network capacity is insufficient, especially for real-time streaming multimedia applications. Quality can be defined as, for instance, a maintained level of bit rate, low latency, no packet dropping, etc.
VIVOTEK QoS/DSCP (the DiffServ model) DSCP-ECN defines QoS at Layer 3 (Network Layer). The Differentiated Services (DiffServ) model is based on packet marking and router queuing disciplines. The marking is done by adding a field to the IP header, called the DSCP (Differentiated Services Codepoint). This is a 6-bit field that provides 64 different class IDs. It gives an indication of how a given packet is to be forwarded, known as the Per Hop Behavior (PHB).
VIVOTEK Network > SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) This section explains how to use the SNMP on the network camera. The Simple Network Management Protocol is an application layer protocol that facilitates the exchange of management information between network devices. It helps network administrators to remotely manage network devices and find, solve network problems with ease.
VIVOTEK Security > User Account This section explains how to enable password protection and create multiple accounts. Root Password The administrator account name is “root”, which is permanent and can not be deleted. If you want to add more accounts in the Manage User column, please apply the password for the “root” account first. 1. Type the password identically in both text boxes, then click Save to enable password protection. 2.
VIVOTEK Security > HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) This section explains how to enable authentication and encrypted communication over SSL (Secure Socket Layer). It helps protect streaming data transmission over the Internet on higher security level. Create and Install Certificate Method Before using HTTPS for communication with the Network Camera, a Certificate must be created first.
VIVOTEK 5. Click Home to return to the main page. Change the address from “http://” to “https://“ in the address bar and press Enter on your keyboard. Some Security Alert dialogs will pop up. Click OK or Yes to enable HTTPS. https:// https://192.168.5.151/index.
VIVOTEK Create certificate and install : Select this option if you want to create a certificate from a certification authority. 1. Select this option from a method pull-down menu. 2. Click Create certificate to generate the certificate. 3. The following information will appear in a pop-up window after clicking Create. If you see the following Information bar, click OK and click on the Information bar at the top of the page to allow pop-ups.
VIVOTEK 4. The Certificate Information will automatically be displayed in the third column as shown below. You can click Property to see detailed information about the certificate. 5. Copy the contents of the Certificate request (in PEM format). Use the contents to apply for a 3rd-party certification authority such as Symantec VeriSign. Wait for the certificate authority to issue an SSL certificate; click Browse to search for the issued certificate, and then click Upload to finish the process.
VIVOTEK NOTENOTE: ► How do I cancel the HTTPS settings? 1. Click on the Remove certificate button. 2. If you are currently running a secure connection The webpage will redirect to a non-HTTPS page automatically. Enable HTTPS Check this item to enable HTTPS communication, then select a connection option: "HTTP & HTTPS" or "HTTPS only". Note that you have to create and install a certificate first before clicking the Save button.
VIVOTEK Security > Access List This section explains how to control access permission by verifying the client PC’s IP address. General Settings Maximum number of concurrent streaming connection(s) limited to: Simultaneous live viewing for 1~10 clients (including stream 1 to stream 3). The default value is 10. If you modify the value and click Save, all current connections will be disconnected and automatically attempt to re-link (IE Explorer or Quick Time Player).
VIVOTEK ■ Refresh: Click this button to refresh all current connections. ■ Add to deny list: You can select entries from the Connection Status list and add them to the Deny List to deny access. Please note that those checked connections will only be disconnected temporarily and will automatically try to re-link again (IE Explore or Quick Time Player). If you want to enable the denied list, please check Enable access list filtering and click Save in the first column.
VIVOTEK There are three types of rules: Single: This rule allows the user to add an IP address to the Allowed/Denied list. For example: 192.168.2.1 Network: This rule allows the user to assign a network address and corresponding subnet mask to the Allow/Deny List. The address and network mask are written in CIDR format. For example: IP address range 192.168.2.x will be bolcked. Range: This rule allows the user to assign a range of IP addresses to the Allow/Deny List.
VIVOTEK Security > IEEE 802.1X Enable this function if your network environment uses IEEE 802.1x, which is a port-based network access control. The network devices, intermediary switch/access point/hub, and RADIUS server must support and enable 802.1x settings. The 802.1x standard is designed to enhance the security of local area networks, which provides authentication to network devices (clients) attached to a network port (wired or wireless).
VIVOTEK 3. When all settings are complete, move the Network Camera to the protected LAN by connecting it to an 802.1x enabled switch. The devices will then start the authentication automatically. NOTE: ► The authentication process for 802.1x: 1. The Certificate Authority (CA) provides the required signed certificates to the Network Camera (the supplicant) and the RADIUS Server (the authentication server). 2. A Network Camera requests access to the protected LAN using 802.
VIVOTEK PTZ > PTZ settings This section explains how to control the Network Camera’s Pan/Tilt/Zoom operation. Digital PTZ Operation (E-PTZ Operation) The e-PTZ control settings section will be displayed as shown below: 2010/12/10 17:08:56 2011/12/10 17:08:56 x1.8 Select Stream: Select a video stream to set up the e-PTZ control. Please note that each stream can possess its own preset and patrol settings. For detailed information about how to set up preset and patrol settings, please refer to page 107.
VIVOTEK Home page in E-PTZ Mode 2014/08/10 17:08:56 x3.3 ■ The e-Preset Positions will also be displayed on the home page. Select one from the drop-down list, and the Network Camera will move to the selected position. ■ If you have set up different preset positions for different streams, you can select one of the video streams to display its separate preset positions.
VIVOTEK Patrol settings You can select some preset positions for the Network Camera to patrol. Please follow the steps below to set up a patrol schedule: 1. Select the preset locations on the list, and click . 2. The selected preset locations will be displayed on the Patrol locations list. 3. Set the Dwelling time for the preset location during an auto patrol. 4. If you want to delete a preset location from the Patrol locations list, select it and click Remove. 5.
VIVOTEK NOTE: ► The Preset Positions will also be displayed on the home page. Select one from the Go to drop-down list, and the Network Camera will move to the selected preset position. ► Click Patrol: The Network Camera will patrol along the selected positions repeatedly. Please refer to page 109 to see more details.
VIVOTEK Event > Event settings This section explains how to configure the Network Camera to responds to particular situations (event). A typical application is that when a motion is detected, the Network Camera sends buffered images to an FTP server or e-mail address as notifications. Click on Help, there is an illustration shown in the pop-up window explaining that an event can be triggered by many sources, such as motion detection or external digital input devices.
VIVOTEK ■ Event name: Enter a name for the event setting. ■ Enable this event: Select this option to enable the event setting. ■ Priority: Select the relative importance of this event (High, Normal, or Low). Events with a higher priority setting will be executed first. ■ Detect next event after seconds: Enter the duration in seconds to pause motion detection after a motion is detected. This can prevent event-related actions to be too frequently performed. 1.
VIVOTEK ■ Audio detection A preset threshold can be configured with an external microphone as the trigger to system event. The triggering condition can be an input exceeding or falling below a threshold. Audio detection can take place as a complement to motion detection or as a method to detect activities not covered by the camera's view. Once you have a preset audio alarm level, you can define the triggering condition either as an audio input rises above or falls below the alarm level.
VIVOTEK ■ VADP It is presumed that you already uploaded and enabled the VADP modules before you can associatee VADP triggers with an Event setting. Click on the Set VADP Trigger button to open the VADP setup menu. The triggering conditions available with 3rd-party software modules known as VADP will be listed. Use the arrow buttons to select these triggers. Users may implant these modules for different purposes such as triggering motion detection, or applications related to video analysis, etc.
VIVOTEK 3. Action Define the actions to be performed by the Network Camera when a trigger is activated. ■ Trigger digital output for seconds Select this option to turn on the external digital output device when a trigger is activated. Specify the length of the trigger interval in the text box. ■ Backup media if the network is disconnected Select this option to backup media file on SD card if the network is disconnected.
VIVOTEK Add server To set an event with recorded video or snapshots, it is necessary to configure the server and media settings so that the Network Camera will know what action to take (such as which server to send the media files to) when a trigger is activated. Click Add server to open the server setting window. You can specify where the notification messages are sent when a trigger is activated. A total of 5 server settings can be configured.
VIVOTEK To verify if the email settings are correctly configured, click Test. The result will be shown in a pop-up window. If successful, you will also receive an email indicating the result. Click Save server to enable the settings. Note that after you set up the first event server, the new event server will automatically display on the Server list. If you wish to add other server options, click Add server. Server type - FTP Select to send the media files to an FTP server when a trigger is activated.
VIVOTEK ■ Passive mode Most firewalls do not accept new connections initiated from external requests. If the FTP server supports passive mode, select this option to enable passive mode FTP and allow data transmission to pass through the firewall. The firmware default has the Passive mode checkbox selected. To verify if the FTP settings are correctly configured, click Test. The result will be shown in a pop-up window as shown below. If successful, you will also receive a test.txt file on the FTP server.
VIVOTEK Network storage: Select to send the media files to a network storage location when a trigger is activated. Please refer to NAS server on page 138 for details. Click Save server to enable the settings. ■ SD Test: Click to test your SD card. The system will display a message indicating success or failure. If you want to use your SD card for local storage, please format it before use. Please refer to page 121 for detailed information. ■ View: Click this button to open a file list window.
VIVOTEK Click 20140820 to open the directory: The format is: HH (24r) Click to open the file list for that hour 2014/08/20 2014/08/20 Click to go back to the previous level of the directory Click to delete selected items Click to delete all recorded data 2014/08/20 2014/08/20 The format is: File name prefix + Minute (mm) You can set up the file name prefix on Add media page. Please refer to next page for detailed information.
VIVOTEK Add media Click Add media to open the media setting window. You can specify the type of media that will be sent when a trigger is activated. A total of 5 media settings can be configured. There are three choices of media types available: Snapshot, Video Clip, and System log. Select the item to display the detailed configuration options. You can configure either one or all of them. Media type - Snapshot Select to send snapshots when a trigger is activated.
VIVOTEK ■ Add date and time suffix to the file name Select this option to add a date/time suffix to the file name. For example: Snapshot_20101213_100341 File name prefix Date and time suffix The format is: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS Click Save media to enable the settings. To note that after you set up the first media server, a new column for media server will automatically show up on the Media list. If you wish to add more other media options, click Add media.
VIVOTEK ■ Maximum file size Specify the maximum file size allowed. ■ File name prefix Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the file name. For example: Video_20140813_100341 File name prefix Date and time suffix The format is: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS Click Save media to enable the settings. Media type - System log Select to send a system log when a trigger is activated. Click Save media to enable the settings, then click Close to exit the page.
VIVOTEK In the Event settings column, the Servers and Medias you configured will be listed; please make sure the Event -> Status is indicated as ON, in order to enable the event triggering action. When completed, click Save event to enable the settings and click Close to exit Event Settings page. The new Event / Server settings / Media will appear in the event drop-down list on the Event setting page.
VIVOTEK Customized Script This function allows you to upload a sample script (.xml file) to the webpage, which will save your time on configuring the settings. Please note that there is a limited number of customized scripts you can upload; if the current amount of customized scripts has reached the limit, an alert message will prompt. If you need more information, please contact VIVOTEK technical support.
VIVOTEK Applications > Motion detection This section explains how to configure the Network Camera to enable motion detection. A total of three motion detection windows can be configured. 2010/12/10 17:08:56 Motion Detection Setting 1: For normal situations Follow the steps below to enable motion detection: Follow the steps below to enable motion detection: Motion Detection Setting 2: For special situations 1. Click New to add a new motion detection window. 2.
VIVOTEK A green bar indicates that even though motions have been detected, the event has not been triggered because the image variations still fall under the defined threshold. Percentage = 30% If you want to configure other motion detection settings for day/night/schedule mode, please click Profile to open the Motion Detection Profile Settings page as shown below. A total of three motion detection windows can be configured on this page as well.
VIVOTEK NOTE: ► How does motion detection work? A C B D There are two motion detection parameters: Sensitivity and Percentage. In the illustration above, frame A and frame B are two sequential images. Pixel differences between the two frames are detected and highlighted in gray (frame C) and will be compared with the sensitivity setting. Sensitivity is a value that expresses the sensitivity to moving objects.
VIVOTEK Applications > DI and DO Connect DI or DO devices to the camera's terminal block, the camera will automatically detect the current connection state as pulled-high or pulled-low. You may then define the triggering condition. Digital input: Select High or Low to define the "Normal status" for the digital input. The Network Camera will report the current status. Digital output: Select Grounded or Open to define the "Normal status" for the digital output.
VIVOTEK Applications > Audio detection Audio detection, along with video motion detection, is applicable in the following scenarios: 1. Detection of activities not covered by camera view, e.g., a loud input by gun shots or breaking a door/window. 2. A usually noisy environment, such as a factory, suddenly becomes quiet due to a breakdown of machines. 3. A PTZ camera can be directed to turn to a preset point by the occurrence of audio events. 4.
VIVOTEK You can use the Profile window to configure a different Audio detection setting. For example, a place can be noisy in the day time and become very quiet in the night. 1. Click on the Enable this profile checkbox. Once the Audio detection window is opened, the current sound input will be interactively indicated by a fluctuating yellow wave diagram. 2. Use a mouse click to drag the Alarm level tab to a preferred location on the slide bar. 3. Select the Day, Night, or Schedule mode check circles.
VIVOTEK Applications > VADP (VIVOTEK Application Development Platform) Users can store and execute VIVOTEK's or 3rd-party software modules onto the camera's flash memory or SD card. These software modules can apply in video analysis for intelligent video applications such as license plate recognition, object counting, or as an agent for edge recording, etc. • Once the software package is successfully uploaded, the module configuration (vadp. xml) information is displayed.
VIVOTEK To start a module, select the checkcircle in front, and click the Start button. If you should need to remove a module, select the checkcircle in front and then click the Stop button. By then the module status will become OFF, and the X button will appear at the end of the row. Click on the X button to remove an existing module. When prompted by a confirm message, Click Yes to proceed.
VIVOTEK PIR The indoor camera, FD8173-H, comes with a PIR (Passiv Infrared sensor) detector. Select the checkbox on this page to enable the PIR function.
VIVOTEK Recording > Recording settings This section explains how to configure the recording settings for the Network Camera. Recording Settings Insert your SD card and click here to test NOTENOTE: ► Please remember to format your SD card when using it for the first time. Please refer to page 140 for detailed information. Recording Settings Click Add to open the recording setting window. On this page, you can define the adaptive recording, recording source, recording schedule, and recording capacity.
VIVOTEK If you enable adaptive recording and enable time-shift cache stream on Camera A, only when an event is triggered on Camera A will the server record the full frame rate streaming data; otherwise, it will only request the I frame data during normal monitoring, thus effectively save lots of bandwidths and storage space. NOTE: NOTE ► To enable adaptive recording, please make sure you’ve set up the trigger source such as Motion Detection, DI Device, or Manual Trigger.
VIVOTEK 2. Destination You can select the SD card or networked storage (NAS) for the recorded video files. If you have not configured a NAS server, see details in the following. NAS server Click Add NAS server to open the server setting window and follow the steps below to set up: 1. Fill in the information for your server. For example: 3 Network storage path (\\server name or IP address\folder name) 1 2 4 User name and password for your server 2. Click Test to check the setting.
VIVOTEK If successful, you will receive a test.txt file on the network storage server. 3. Enter a server name. 4. Click Save to complete the settings and click Close to exit the page. ■ Capacity: You can choose either the entire free space available or limit the reserved space. The recording size limit must be larger than the reserved amount for cyclic recording. ■ File name prefix: Enter the text that will be appended to the front of the file name.
VIVOTEK f you want to enable recording notification, please click Event to configure event triggering settings. Please refer to Event > Event settings on page 111 for more details. When completed, select Enable this recording. Click Save to enable the setting and click Close to exit this page. When the system begins recording, it will send the recorded files to the network storage. The new recording name will appear in the drop-down list on the recording page as shown below.
VIVOTEK Local storage > SD card management This section explains how to manage the local storage on the Network Camera. Here you can view SD card status, and implement SD card control. SD card staus This column shows the status and reserved space of your SD card. Please remember to format the SD card when using for the first time. no SD card SD card control ■ Enable cyclic storage: Check this item if you want to enable cyclic recording.
VIVOTEK Local storage > Content management This section explains how to manage the content of recorded videos on the Network Camera. Here you can search and view the records and view the searched results. Searching and Viewing the Records This column allows the user to set up search criteria for recorded data. If you do not select any criteria and click Search button, all recorded data will be listed in the Search Results column. ■ File attributes: Select one or more items as your search criteria.
VIVOTEK Search Results The following is an example of search results. There are four columns: Trigger time, Media type, Trigger type, and Locked. Click to sort the search results in either direction. Numbers of entries displayed on one page Enter a key word to filter the search results Highlight an item ■ View: Click on a search result which will highlight the selected item in purple as shown above. Click the View button and a media window will pop up to play back the selected file.
VIVOTEK ■ Lock/Unlock: Select the desired search results, then click this button. The selected items will become Locked, which will not be deleted during cyclic recording. You can click again to unlock the selections. For example: Click to switch pages ■ Remove: Select the desired search results, then click this button to delete the files.
VIVOTEK Appendix URL Commands for the Network Camera 1. Overview For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, the Network Camera/Video Server can be easily integrated through URL syntax. This section specifies the external HTTP-based application programming interface. The HTTP-based camera interface provides the functionality to request a single image, control camera functions (PTZ, output relay etc.), and get and set internal parameter values.
VIVOTEK NOTE: The FD8173-H and FD8373-EHV use very similar ULR commands. The key differences in the command set are listed below: FD8173-H capability_npir 1 capability_audio_ 1 mic videoin_c0_piris_ indoor mode videoin_c0_irismode indoor Audioin_c0_mute 0 FD8373-EHV URL command 0 0 7.27 Capability 7.27 Capability outdoor 7.8.1 Video input outdoor 1 7.8.1 Video input Not in use 7.
VIVOTEK 3. General CGI URL Syntax and Parameters CGI parameters are written in lower-case and as one word without any underscores or other separators. When the CGI request includes internal camera parameters, these parameters must be written exactly as they are named in the camera or video server. The CGIs are organized in functionally-related directories under the cgi-bin directory. The file extension .cgi is required. Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/[/...]/.
VIVOTEK 5. Get Server Parameter Values Note: The access right depends on the URL directory. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/anonymous/getparam.cgi?[] [&…] http:///cgi-bin/viewer/getparam.cgi?[] [&…] http:///cgi-bin/operator/getparam.cgi?[] [&…] http:///cgi-bin/admin/getparam.cgi?[] [&…] Where the should be [_] or [.].
VIVOTEK Example: Request IP address and its response Request: http://192.168.0.123/cgi-bin/admin/getparam.cgi?network_ipaddress Response: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: 33\r\n \r\n network.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n 6. Set Server Parameter Values Note: The access right depends on the URL directory. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/anonymous/setparam.
VIVOTEK (Note: The return page can be a general HTML file (.htm, .html) or a VIVOTEK server script executable (.vspx) file. It cannot be a CGI command or have any extra parameters. This parameter must be placed at the end of the parameter list Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: \r\n \r\n where is =\r\n [] Only the parameters that you set and are readable will be returned.
VIVOTEK 7. Available parameters on the server Valid values: VALID VALUES DESCRIPTION string[] Text strings shorter than ‘n’ characters. The characters “,’, <,>,& are invalid. string[n~m] Text strings longer than `n’ characters and shorter than `m’ characters. The characters “,’, <,>,& are invalid. password[] The same as string but displays ‘*’ instead. integer Any number between (-231 – 1) and (231 – 1). positive integer Any number between 0 and (232 – 1).
VIVOTEK 7.1 system Group: system NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) hostname string[64] Mega-Pixel 1/6 Host name of server Network (Network Camera, Camera Wireless Network Camera, Video Server, Wireless Video Server). ledoff 0 6/6 Turn on (0) or turn off (1) all led indicators. lowlight 1 6/6 Turn on white light LED under all conditions. Only turn on white light LED in low light conditions.
VIVOTEK -360: GMT-09:00 Alaska -320: GMT-08:00 Las Vegas, San_Francisco, Vancouver -280: GMT-07:00 Mountain Time, Denver -281: GMT-07:00 Arizona -240: GMT-06:00 Central America, Central Time, Mexico City, Saskatchewan -200: GMT-05:00 Eastern Time, New York, Toronto -201: GMT-05:00 Bogota, Lima, Quito, Indiana -180: GMT-04:30 Caracas -160: GMT-04:00 Atlantic Time, Canada, La Paz, Santiago -140: GMT-03:30 Newfoundland -120: GMT-03:00 Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Georgetown, Greenland -80: GMT-02:00 Mid-Atlantic -4
VIVOTEK 121: GMT 03:00 Iraq 140: GMT 03:30 Tehran 160: GMT 04:00 Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan 180: GMT 04:30 Kabul 200: GMT 05:00 Ekaterinburg, Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent 220: GMT 05:30 Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi 230: GMT 05:45 Kathmandu 240: GMT 06:00 Almaty, Novosibirsk, Astana, Dhaka, Sri Jayawardenepura 260: GMT 06:30 Rangoon 280: GMT 07:00 Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Krasnoyarsk 320: GMT 08:00 Beijing, Chongging, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Taipei 360: GMT 09:00 Osaka, Sap
VIVOTEK -280,-240, daylight saving time. -241,-200, -201,-160, -140,-120, -80,-40,0, 40,41,80, 81,82,83, 120,140, 380,400,48 0 updateinterval 0, 0 6/6 0 to Disable automatic time 3600, adjustment, otherwise, it indicates 86400, the seconds between NTP automatic 604800, update intervals. 2592000 restore 0, N/A 99/6 seconds.
VIVOTEK language file the user has uploaded. This command can cooperate with other “restoreexceptXYZ” commands. When cooperating with others, the system parameters will be restored to the default value except for a union of the combined results. 7.1.1 system.info Subgroup of system: info (The fields in this group are unchangeable.
VIVOTEK 7.2 status Group: status NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) di_i<0~(ndi-1)> 0 1/99 0 => Inactive, normal 1 => Active, triggered (capability.ndi > 0) daynight day, night onlinenum_rtsp integer 0 connections. onlinenum_httppush integer 0 0/0 Current number of HTTP push server connections.
VIVOTEK 7.5 security Group: security NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) privilege_do view, operator, admin operator 1/6 Indicate which privileges and above can control digital output (capability.ndo > 0) privilege_camctrl view, operator, admin view 1/6 Indicate which privileges and above can control PTZ (capability.ptzenabled > 0 or capability.
VIVOTEK 7.6 network Group: network NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) preproces 6/6 An 32-bit integer, each bit can be set separately as follows: Bit 0 => HTTP service; Bit 1=> HTTPS service; Bit 2=> FTP service; Bit 3 => Two way audio and RTSP Streaming service; To stop service before changing its port settings. It’s recommended to set this parameter when change a service port to the port occupied by another service currently.
VIVOTEK dns1 6/6 Primary DNS server. 6/6 Secondary DNS server. 6/6 Primary WINS server. 6/6 Secondary WINS server. address> dns2 wins1 wins2 7.6.1 802.1x Subgroup of network: ieee8021x (capability.protocol.ieee8021x > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 6/6 Enable/disable IEEE 802.
VIVOTEK 7.6.2 QOS Subgroup of network: qos_cos (capability.protocol.qos.cos > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 6/6 Enable/disable CoS (IEEE 802.1p) vlanid 1~4095 1 6/6 VLAN ID video 0~7 0 6/6 Video channel for CoS audio 0~7 0 6/6 Audio channel for CoS (capability.
VIVOTEK 7.6.4 FTP Subgroup of network: ftp NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) port 21, 1025~65535 21 6/6 Local ftp server port. 7.6.5 HTTP Subgroup of network: http NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) port 80, 1025 ~ 80 1/6 HTTP port. 65535 alternateport 1025~65535 8080 6/6 Alternate HTTP port. authmode basic, basic 1/6 HTTP authentication mode. video.mjpg 1/6 HTTP server push access name for digest s0_accessname string[32] stream 1.
VIVOTEK 7.6.6 HTTPS port Subgroup of network: https_port (capability.protocol.https > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) port 443, 1025 ~ 443 1/6 HTTPS port. 65535 7.6.7 RTSP Subgroup of network: rtsp (capability.protocol.rtsp > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) port 554, 1025 ~ 554 1/6 65535 anonymousviewing RTSP port. (capability.protocol.rtsp=1) 0 1/6 Enable anoymous streaming viewing.
VIVOTEK 7.6.7.1 RTSP multicast Subgroup of network_rtsp_s<0~(n-1)>: multicast, n is stream count (capability.protocol.rtp.multicast > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) alwaysmulticast 0 4/4 Enable always multicast. ipaddress For n=0, 4/4 Multicast IP address. 239.128.1.99 For n=1, 239.128.1.100, and so on. videoport 1025 ~ 65535 5560+n*2 4/4 Multicast video port. audioport 1025 ~ 65535 5562+n*2 4/4 Multicast audio port. (capability.
VIVOTEK 7.6.10 PPPoE Subgroup of network: pppoe (capability.protocol.pppoe > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) user string[128] 6/6 PPPoE account user name. pass password[64] 6/6 PPPoE account password. 7.7 IP Filter Group: ipfilter NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 6/6 Enable access list filtering. admin_enable 0 6/6 Enable administrator IP address.
VIVOTEK 7.8 Video input Group: videoin NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) cmosfreq 50, 60 60 1/4 CMOS frequency. (capability.videoin.type=2) whitebalance auto, auto2, auto 1/4 “auto” indicates auto white balance. manual, “auto2” indicates auto white balance manual2, rbgain 2 which is designed for non-bundle lens models. “manual” indicates keep current value. “manual2” indicates keep current value for auto2. “rbgain” indicates using rgain and gbain.
VIVOTEK Bit 1 => Built-in or external camera; 0 (external), 1(built-in) Bit 2 => Support pan operation; 0(not support), 1(support) Bit 3 => Support tilt operation; 0(not support), 1(support) Bit 4 => Support zoom operation; 0(not support), 1(support) Bit 5 => Support focus operation; 0(not support), 1(support) text string[64] 1/4 Enclose caption. imprinttimestamp 0 1/4 Overlay time stamp on video. maxexposure 1, 15, 30, 30 1/4 Maximum exposure time.
VIVOTEK and gbain. rgain 0~100 30 1/4 Manual set rgain value of gain control setting. bgain 0~100 30 1/4 Manual set bgain value of gain control setting. exposurelevel 0~12 6 1/4 Exposure level autoiris 0~1 0 1/4 set 1 to enable auto iris, set 0 to disable auto iris. irismode fixed, indoor, outdoor 1/4 Video Iris for DC Iris. indoor 1/4 P-Iris mode. 4 1/4 P-Iris sensitivity for indoor and outdoor piris_mode manual, indoor, outdoor piris_sensitivity 1~10 outdoor mode.
VIVOTEK exposuremode auto,fixed auto 1/4 Exposure mode minexposure 1~32000 32000 1/4 Minimum exposure time. maxexposure 1~32000 30 1/4 Maximum exposure time. enablepreview 0 1/4 Usage for UI of exposure settings. Preview settings of video profile. crop_position 0,0 1/99 Crop left-top corner coordinate. 2048x1536 1/99 Crop width and height.
VIVOTEK (s<0~(m-1)>_h264_quant = 99) s<0~(m-1)>_h264_qpercen 1~100 44 1/4 t Manual video quality level input. (s<0~(m-1)>_h264_quant = 100) s<0~(m-1)>_h264_bitrate 1000~400000 6000000 1/4 00 Set bit rate in bps when choosing cbr in “ratecontrolmode”. s<0~(m-1)>_h264_maxvbr 1000~"capabili 40000000 1/4 The maximum allowed bit rate bitrate ty_videoin_c< in fixed quality mode. n>_h264_max When the bit rate exceeds this bitrate" value, frames will be dropped to restrict the bit rate.
VIVOTEK eam_foreground_quant 99, 100 1 = worst quality, 5 = best quality. s<0~(m-2)>_h264_smartstr 0~51 40 1/4 eam_background_qvalue Manual video quality level input. (s<0~(m-1)>_h264_smartstre am_background_quant = 99) s<0~(m-2)>_h264_smartstr 0~5, eam_background_quant 99, 100 1 1/4 Quality of background quality 1 = worst quality, 5 = best quality.
VIVOTEK “ratecontrolmode”. s<0~(m-1)>_mjpeg_maxvb 1000~"capabili 40000000 1/4 The maximum allowed bit rate rbitrate ty_videoin_c< in fixed quality mode. n>_mjpeg_ma When the bit rate exceeds this xbitrate" value, frames will be dropped to restrict the bit rate. * Only valid when "ratecontrolmode"= vbr s<0~(m-1)>_mjpeg_maxfra 1~50, 10 1/4 Set maximum frame rate in fps me 51~60 (only (for JPEG).
VIVOTEK 7.8.1.1 Alternative video input profiles per channel In addition to the primary setting of video input, there can be alternative profile video input setting for each channel which might be for different scene of light (daytime or nighttime). Group: videoin_c0_profile_i<0~(m-1)> (capability.
VIVOTEK gbain. rgain 0~100 30 1/4 Manual set rgain value of gain control setting. bgain 0~100 30 1/4 Manual set bgain value of gain control setting. irismode fixed, indoor, outdoor 1/4 Video Iris for DC Iris. indoor 1/4 P-Iris mode. 4 1/4 P-Iris sensitivity for indoor and outdoor piris_mode manual, indoor, outdoor piris_sensitivity 1~10 outdoor mode. piris_response 1~10 2 1/4 P-Iris response time for manual mode. piris_position 1~100 51 1/4 P-Iris position for manual mode.
VIVOTEK 7.9 Video input preview The temporary settings for video preview Group: videoinpreview NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) exposuremode auto,fixed auto 4/4 Exposure Mode minexposure 1~32000 32000 4/4 Minimum exposure time. maxexposure 1~32000 30 4/4 Maximum exposure time. exposurelevel 0~12 6 4/4 Exposure level enableblc 0 4/4 Enable backlight compensation. irismode fixed, indoor, outdoor 4/4 Video Iris for DC Iris.
VIVOTEK 7.10 IR cut control Group: ircutcontrol (capability.nvideoinprofile > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) mode auto, auto 6/6 Set IR cut control mode day, night, di, schedule sir 0 4/4 Enable/disable Smart IR daymodebegintime 00:00~23:59 07:00 6/6 Day mode begin time daymodeendtime 00:00~23:59 18:00 6/6 Day mod end time enableextled 0 1/6 Enable/disable external IR led (capability.
VIVOTEK gammacurve 0~100 0 4/4 Gamma curve. lowlightmode 1 4/4 Enable/disable low light mode. dnr_mode 0~1 0 4/4 Enable/disable noise reduction dnr_strength 1~100 50 4/4 The strength of noise reduction. 1~33: low 34~67: medium 68~100: high profile_i0_enable 0 4/4 Enable/disable this profile setting profile_i0_policy day, night 4/4 The mode which the profile is applied night, to. schedule profile_i0_begintime hh:mm 18:00 4/4 Begin time of schedule mode.
VIVOTEK profile_i0_dnr_strength 1~100 50 4/4 The strength of noise reduction. 1~33: low 34~67: medium 68~100: high 7.12 Image setting for preview Group: imagepreview_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel products NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) brightness -5~5 -5 4/4 Adjust brightness of image according to mode settings. saturation -5~5,100 0 4/4 Adjust saturation of image according to mode settings. 100 for saturation percentage mode.
VIVOTEK according to mode settings videoin_rgain 0~100 0 4/4 Manual set rgain value of gain control setting. videoin_bgain 0~100 0 4/4 Manual set bgain value of gain control setting. 7.13 Audio detection settings Group: audioin_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel products (capability.
VIVOTEK Or Gain of input (%). (audioin_c<0~(n-1)>_source = micin) s<0~(m-1)>_codectype aac4, g711, g711 4/4 Set audio codec type for input. 16000 4/4 Set AAC4 bitrate in bps. pcmu 4/4 Set G.711 mode. 32000 4/4 Set G.726 bitrate in bps. little 4/4 Set G.
VIVOTEK 7.16 Motion detection settings Group: motion_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel product NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 4/4 Enable motion detection. win_i<0~2>_enable 0 4/4 Enable motion window 1~3. win_i<0~2>_name string[40] 4/4 Name of motion window 1~3. win_i<0~2>_left 0 ~ 320 0 4/4 Left coordinate of window position. win_i<0~2>_top 0 ~ 240 0 4/4 Top coordinate of window position.
VIVOTEK i<0~(m-1)>_win_i<0~2>_height 0 ~ 240 0 4/4 Height of motion detection window. i<0~(m-1)>_win_i<0~2>_objsize 0 ~ 100 0 4/4 Percent of motion detection window. i<0~(m-1)>_win_i<0~2>_sensitivity 0 ~ 100 0 4/4 Sensitivity of motion detection window. 7.17 Tempering detection settings Group: tampering_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel product (capability.tampering > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 4/4 Enable or disable tamper detection.
VIVOTEK rvername (This field only exists if the provider is customsafe100) 7.19 Express link Group: expresslink PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 6/6 Enable or disable express link. state onlycheck, NULL 6/6 Camera will check the status of network onlyoffline, environment and express link URL checkonline, badnetwork url string[63] NULL 6/6 The url user define to link to camera 7.
VIVOTEK 7.22 System log Group: syslog NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enableremotelog 0 6/6 Enable remote log. serverip 6/6 Log server IP address. serverport 514, 514 6/6 Server port used for log.
VIVOTEK NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) baudrate 110,300,600,120 9600 4/4 Set baud rate of COM port. 0,2400,3600,480 0,7200,9600,192 00,38400,57600, 115200 databit 5,6,7,8 8 4/4 Data bits in a character frame. paritybit none, none 4/4 For error checking. 1 4/4 1 odd, even stopbit 1,2 2-1.5 , data bit is 5 2-2 uartmode rs485, rs485 4/4 RS485 or RS232. string[128] 1/4 PTZ command for custom camera.
VIVOTEK 7.24 SNMP Group: snmp (capability.snmp > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) v2 0~1 0 6/6 SNMP v2 enabled. 0 for disable, 1 for enable v3 0~1 0 6/6 SNMP v3 enabled.
VIVOTEK 7.25 Layout configuration Group: layout (New version) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) logo_default 1 1/6 0 => Custom logo 1 => Default logo logo_link string[128] http://ww 1/6 Hyperlink of the logo 1/6 0 => display the power by vivotek w.vivotek.
VIVOTEK 7.26 Privacy mask Group: privacymask_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel product NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 4/4 Enable privacy mask. win_i<0~4>_enable 0 4/4 Enable privacy mask window. win_i<0~4>_name string[40] 4/4 Name of the privacy mask window. win_i<0~4>_left 0 ~ 320 0 4/4 Left coordinate of window position. win_i<0~4>_top 0 ~ 240 0 4/4 Top coordinate of window position.
VIVOTEK naudioin 0, 1 0/99 Number of audio inputs. 1 0/99 Number of audio outputs. 1 0/99 Number of video inputs. 1 0/99 Number of video outputs. 3 0/99 Number of media stream per naudioout 0, nvideoin nvideoout nmediastream nvideosetting naudiosetting
VIVOTEK 0(not support), 1(support) Bit 5 => Support focus operation; 0(not support), 1(support) Bit 6 => Support iris operation; 0(not support), 1(support) Bit 7 => External or built-in PT; 0(built-in), 1(external) Bit 8 => Invalidate bit 1 ~ 7; 0(bit 1 ~ 7 are valid), 1(bit 1 ~ 7 are invalid) Bit 9 => Reserved bit; Invalidate lens_pan, Lens_tilt, lens_zoon, lens_focus, len_iris. 0(fields are valid), 1(fields are invalid) windowless 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support windowless plug-in.
VIVOTEK protocol_spush_mjpeg 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support server push MJPEG. protocol_snmp 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support SNMP. protocol_ipv6 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support IPv6. protocol_pppoe 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support PPPoE. protocol_ieee8021x 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support IEEE802.1x. protocol_qos_cos 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support CoS.
VIVOTEK videoin_nresolution < number 7 0/99 How many resolution options of available (listed in "resolution") in current resolution video mode. list> videoin_maxframerate videoin_mjpeg_maxframerate 20
VIVOTEK audio_linein 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support external line input. (It will be replaced by audio_mic and audio_extmic.) audio_lineout 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support line output. audio_headphoneout 0 0/99 Indicate whether to support headphone output. audioin_codec aac4, gamr, g711 0/99 Available codec list for audio input. g711 0/99 Available codec list for audio g711 audioout_codec output.
VIVOTEK derivative_brand 1 0/99 Indicate whether to support the upgrade function for the derivative brand. For example, if the value is true, the VVTK product can be upgraded to VVXX. (TCVV<->TCXX is excepted) npreset 0, eptz 0, separately as follows: Bit 0 => stream 1 supports ePTZ or not. Bit 1 => stream 2 supports ePTZ or not.
VIVOTEK media_snapshot_maxpreevent media_snapshot_maxpostevent event occurred. media_videoclip_maxsize Maximum snapshot number before Maximum snapshot number after event occurred. media_videoclip_maxlength media_videoclip_maxpreevent videoclip.
VIVOTEK 7.28 WebAPI: Information for a channel Group: capability_videoin_c, n = channel index from 0 to "capability_nvideoin"-1 PARAMETER VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) nmode maxsize Indicate how many video modes supported by this channel. 2048x1536 0/99 The maximum resolution of all modes in this channel, the unit is pixel. mode 0 0/99 Indicate current video mode.
VIVOTEK h264_ maxframerate A list of 20, 0/99 Maximum fps that the device can encoded and 20, mode. "-" 20, "-" means not support. 20, 20, 20 h264_maxbitrate streamcodec Represent supported codec types of each stream. This contains a list of positive integers, split by comma.
VIVOTEK resolution A list of dependent> 0/99 Resolution options in this video mode. The last one is the maximum resolution in this video mode. maxframerate A list of 0/99 Indicate how many frame rate image sensor outputs in this video mode. Integer> maxfps_h264 maxfps_mjpeg maxfps_h264 A list of 0/99 Maximum fps which the device can encoded with H264 on resolutions in this Integer> and video mode.
VIVOTEK 7.31 Event setting Group: event_i<0~2> PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) name string[40] 6/6 Identification of this entry. enable 0, 1 0 6/6 Enable or disable this event. priority 0, 1, 2 1 6/6 Indicate the priority of this event: “0” = low priority “1” = normal priority “2” = high priority delay 1~999 20 6/6 Delay in seconds before detecting the next event.
VIVOTEK mdwin 0 6/6 Indicate the source window id of motion detection. This field is required when trigger condition is “md”. One bit represents one window. The LSB indicates the 1st window. For example, to detect the 1st and 3rd windows, set mdwin as 5. mdwin0 0 6/6 Similar to mdwin. The parameter takes effect when profile 1 of motion detection is enabled. vi 0 6/6 Indicate the source id of vi trigger. This field is required when trigger condition is “vi”.
VIVOTEK action_do_i<0~(ndo-1) 0, 1 0 6/6 Enable or disable trigger digital output. 1~999 1 6/6 Duration of the digital output trigger in >_enable action_do_i<0~(ndo-1) >_duration action_goto_enable seconds. 0 6/6 Enable/disable ptz goto preset position on event triggered. action_goto_name string[40] 6/6 Specify the preset name that ptz goto on event triggered. action_cf_enable 0 6/6 Enable or disable sending media to SD card.
VIVOTEK action_autofocus_enable 0 6/6 (only for FD series with Enable/disable auto focus when event triggered. remote focus function) 7.
VIVOTEK ns_passwd string[64] NULL 6/6 Password of the user. ns_workgroup string[64] NULL 6/6 Workgroup for network storage. 7.33 Media setting for event action Group: media_i<0~4> (media_freespace is used internally.) PARAMETER VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) name string[40] NULL 6/6 Identification of this entry type snapshot, snapshot 6/6 Media type to send to the server or store systemlog, on the server.
VIVOTEK videoclip_maxduration 1 ~ 20 5 6/6 Maximum duration of one video clip in seconds. videoclip_maxsize 50 ~ 6144 500 6/6 Maximum size of one video clip file in Kbytes. 7.34 Recording Group: recording_i<0~1> PARAMETER VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) name string[40] NULL 6/6 Identification of this entry.
VIVOTEK notifyserver 0~31 0 6/6 Indicate which notification server is scheduled. One bit represents one application server (server_i0~i4). bit0 (LSB) = server_i0. bit1 = server_i1. bit2 = server_i2. bit3 = server_i3. bit4 = server_i4. For example, enable server_i0, server_i2, and server_i4 as notification servers; the notifyserver value is 21. weekday 0~127 127 6/6 Indicate which weekday is scheduled. One bit represents one weekday.
VIVOTEK cffolder string[128] NULL 6/6 Folder name. maxsize 100~2000 100 6/6 Unit: Mega bytes. When this condition is reached, recording file is truncated. maxduration 60~3600 60 6/6 Uuit: Second When this condition is reached, recording file is truncated.
VIVOTEK stateorprovincename string[128] Asia 6/6 State or province name in the certificate information. localityname string[128] Asia 6/6 The locality name in the certificate information. organizationname string[64] VIVOTEK Inc. 6/6 Organization name in the certificate information. unit string[32] VIVOTEK Inc. 6/6 Organizational unit name in the certificate information. commonname string[64] www.vivotek. 6/6 com validdays 0 ~ 3650 3650 Common name in the certificate information.
VIVOTEK 7.38 ePTZ setting Group: eptz_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel product. (capability.eptz > 0) PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) osdzoom 1 1/4 Indicates multiple of zoom in is “on-screen display” or not smooth 1 1/4 Enable the ePTZ "move smoothly" feature tiltspeed -5 ~ 5 0 1/7 Tilt speed (It should be set by eCamCtrl.cgi rather than by setparam.cgi.) panspeed -5 ~ 5 0 1/7 Pan speed (It should be set by eCamCtrl.cgi rather than by setparam.
VIVOTEK preset_i<0~19>_size 1/7 Width and height of the preset. (It should be set by ePreset.cgi rather than by setparam.cgi.) 7.39 Exposure window setting per channel Group: exposurewin_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel products (capability_videoin_supportexpwin = 1) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) mode auto, custom, blc auto 4/4 The mode indicates how to decide the exposure. auto: Use full view as the only one exposure window.
VIVOTEK of the window. i<0~(m-1)>_win_i<0~9>_size 100x75 4/4 Width and height of the window. 7.40 Focus Window setting Group: focuswindow_c<0~(n-1)> for n channel product. PARAMETER VALUE Default SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) win_i0_enable 0 4/4 Enable or disable the window. win_i0_home (300,180) 4/4 Left-top corner coordinate of the window. win_i0_size (1280x720) 4/4 Width and height of the window. 7.
VIVOTEK 7.42 PIR behavior define Group: pir (capability.npir > 0) NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) enable 0 1/1 Enable/disable PIR 7.43 VIVOTEK Application Development Platform setting Group: vadp NAME VALUE DEFAULT SECURITY DESCRIPTION (get/set) version
VIVOTEK enable 0 6/6 Indicate if the module is enabled or not. If yes, also add the index of this module to the module_order. name string[40] 6/6 Module name url string[120] 6/6 Define the URL string after the IP address if the module provides it own web page. vender string[40] 6/6 The provider of the module. vendorurl string[120] 6/6 URL of the vendor. version string[40] 6/6 Version of the module.
VIVOTEK 8. Useful Functions Query Status of the Digital Input (capability.ndi > 0) Note: This request requires Viewer privileges Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/dido/getdi.cgi?[di0][&di1][&di2][&di3] If no parameter is specified, all of the digital input statuses will be returned. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: \r\n \r\n [di0=]\r\n [di1=]\r\n [di2=]\r\n [di3=]\r\n where can be 0 or 1.
VIVOTEK Capture Single Snapshot Note: This request requires Normal User privileges. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg?[channel=][&resolution=] [&quality=][&streamid=] If the user requests a size larger than all stream settings on the server, this request will fail. PARAMETER VALUE DEFAULT DESCRIPTION channel 0~(n-1) 0 The channel number of the video source. resolution
VIVOTEK method Add Add an account to the server. When using this method, the “username” field is necessary. It will use the default value of other fields if not specified. Delete Remove an account from the server. When using this method, the “username” field is necessary, and others are ignored. edit Modify the account password and privilege. When using this method, the “username” field is necessary, and other fields are optional. If not specified, it will keep the original settings.
VIVOTEK Upgrade Firmware Note: This request requires Administrator privileges. Method: POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/admin/upgrade.cgi Post data: fimage=[&return=]\r\n \r\n Server will accept the file named to upgrade the firmware and return with if indicated. ePTZ Camera Control (capability.eptz > 0) Note: This request requires camctrl privileges.
VIVOTEK PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION channel <0~(n-1)> Channel of video source. stream <0~(m-1)> Stream. move home Move to home ROI. up Move up. down Move down. left Move left. right Move right. pan Auto pan. patrol Auto patrol. stop Stop auto pan/patrol. wide Zoom larger view with current speed. tele Zoom further with current speed. wide or tele Zoom without stopping for larger view or further view with zs speed, auto zoom zooming used for joystick control.
VIVOTEK speedapp 1~5 Set the auto pan/patrol speed. return Redirect to the page after the parameter is assigned. The can be a full URL path or relative path according to the current path. ePTZ Recall (capability.eptz > 0) Note: This request requires camctrl privileges. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/camctrl/eRecall.
VIVOTEK addpos delpos return Redirect to the page after the parameter is assigned. The can be a full URL path or relative path according to the current path. IP Filtering Note: This request requires Administrator access privileges.
VIVOTEK Event/Control HTTP Tunnel Channel (capability. evctrlchannel > 0) Note: This request requires Administrator privileges. Method: GET and POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/admin/ctrlevent.cgi ------------------------------------------------------------------------GET /cgi-bin/admin/ctrlevent.
VIVOTEK Get SDP of Streams Note: This request requires Viewer access privileges. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///_accessname> “m” is the stream number. “network_accessname_<0~(m-1)>” is the accessname for stream “1” to stream “m”. Please refer to the “subgroup of network: rtsp” for setting the accessname of SDP. You can get the SDP by HTTP GET. When using scalable multicast, Get SDP file which contains the multicast information via HTTP.
VIVOTEK Storage managements (capability.storage.dbenabled > 0) Note: This request requires administrator privileges. Method: GET and POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/admin/lsctrl.cgi?cmd=[&=…] The commands usage and their input arguments are as follows. PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION cmd_type Required. Command to be executed, including search, insert, delete, update, and queryStatus.
VIVOTEK Indicate if the file is locked or not. 0: file is not locked. 1: file is locked. A locked file would not be removed from UI or cyclic storage. triggerTime Optional. Indicate the event trigger time. (not the file created time) Format is “YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS” Please embrace your input value with single quotes. Ex. triggerTime=’2008-01-01 00:00:00’ If you want to search for a time period, please apply “TO” operation. Ex.
VIVOTEK Command: update PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION label Required. Identify the designated record. Ex. label=1 isLocked Required. Indicate if the file is locked or not. Ex. Update records whose key numbers are 1 and 5 to be locked status. http:///cgi-bin/admin/lsctrl.cgi?cmd=update&isLocked=1&label=1&label=5 Ex. Update records whose key numbers are 2 and 3 to be unlocked status. http:///cgi-bin/admin/lsctrl.
VIVOTEK return means inactive or normal Ex: vi0=0(200)1 state while “1” means Setting virtual input 0 to normal state, waiting 200 active or triggered state. milliseconds, setting it to trigger state. Where "nstate" is next Note that when the virtual input is waiting for next state, it state after duration. cannot accept new requests. Redirect to the page after the request is completely assigned.
VIVOTEK PARAMETER VALUE DESCRIPTION codectype mjpeg, mpeg4, h264 Set codec type for Anystream. resolution capability_videoin_resolution Video resolution in pixels. mjpeg_quant 1~5, Quality of JPEG video. 99 99 is the customized manual input setting. 1 = worst quality, 5 = best quality. mjpeg_qvalue 2~97 Manual video quality level input. (This must be present if mjpeg_quant is equal to 99) mjpeg_maxframe 1~30 Set maximum frame rate in fps.
VIVOTEK h264_maxframe 1~30 Set maximum frame rate in fps.
VIVOTEK Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Model FD8173-H System Information Interface 10Base-T/100 BaseTX Ethernet (RJ-45) ONVIF Supported, specification available at www.onvif.
VIVOTEK Technical Specifications Model FD8373-EHV ONVIF System Information Supported, specification available at www.onvif.
VIVOTEK Technology License Notice MPEG-4 AAC Technology THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 AAC AUDIO PATENT LICENSE. THIS PRODUCT MAY NOT BE DECOMPILED, REVERSE-ENGINEERED OR COPIED, EXCEPT WITH REGARD TO PC SOFTWARE, OF WHICH YOU MAY MAKE SINGLE COPIES FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO HTTP://WWW.VIALICENSING.COM.
VIVOTEK Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) FCC Statement This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. ■ This device may not cause harmful interference, and ■ This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
