User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Accessing the Network Camera
- Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices
- Using RTSP Players
- Using VIVOTEK Recording Software
- Main Page
- Client Settings
- Configuration
- System > General settings
- System > Homepage layout
- System > Logs
- System > Parameters
- System > Maintenance
- Media > Image
- Media > Video
- Media > Video
- Media > Audio
- Network > General settings
- Network > Streaming protocols
- Network > SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
- Security > User Account
- Security > HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL)
- Security > Access List
- PTZ > PTZ settings
- Event > Event settings
- Applications > Motion detection
- Applications > DI and DO
- Applications > Tampering detection
- Applications > Audio detection
- Applications > VADP (VIVOTEK Application Development Platform)
- PIR
- Recording > Recording settings
- Local storage > SD card management
- Local storage > Content management
- Appendix
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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� The image and CGI-requests are handled by the built-in Web server�
2. Style Convention
In URL syntax and in descriptions of CGI parameters, text within angle brackets denotes content that
is to be replaced with either a value or a string� When replacing the text string, the angle brackets
should also be replaced� An example of this is the description of the name for the server, denoted with
<servername> in the URL syntax description below, that is replaced with the string myserver in the URL
syntax example further down in the page�
URL syntax is denoted with the word "Syntax:" written in bold face followed by a box with the referenced
syntax as shown below. For example, name of the server is written as <servername> and is intended to
be replaced with the name of the actual server� This can either be a name, e�g�, "mywebcam" or "thecam�
adomain�net" or the associated IP number for the server, e�g�, 192�168�0�220�
Syntax:
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg
Description of returned data is written with "Return:" in bold face followed by the returned data in a box� All data is
returned in HTTP format, i�e�, each line is separated with a Carriage Return and Line Feed (CRLF) printed as \r\n�
Return:
HTTP/1.0 <HTTP code> <HTTP text>\r\n
URL syntax examples are written with "Example:" in bold face followed by a short description and a light grey box
with the example�
Example: request a single snapshot image
http://mywebserver/cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg