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4. Security Level
SECURITY LEVEL SUB-DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION
0 anonymous Unprotected.
1 [view] viewer Can view, listen, and talk to camera.
4 [operator] operator Operator access rights can modify most of the camera’s
parameters except some privileges and network options.
6 [admin] admin Administrator access rights can fully control the
camera’s operations.
7 N/A Internal APIs. Unable to be changed by any external
interfaces.
A viewer account can access all APIs with security level 0 and 1. An operator account can access all
APIs with security level 0, 1, or 4. An admin account can access all APIs except internal APIs.
Access management is based on the URL directory structure and is described in following
paragraphs.
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5. Get Server Parameter Values
Note: The access right depends on the URL directory.
Method: GET/POST
Syntax:
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/anonymous/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]
[&<parameter>…]
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/viewer/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]
[&<parameter>…]
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/operator/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]
[&<parameter>…]
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/getparam.cgi?[<parameter>]
[&<parameter>…]
Where the <parameter> should be <group>[_<name>] or <group>[.<name>]. If you do not specify
any parameters, all the parameters on the server will be returned. If you specify only <group>, the
parameters oftherelated group will be returned.
When querying parameter values, the current parameter values are returned.
A successful control request returns parameter pairs as follows:
Return:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n
Content-Type: text/html\r\n
Context-Length: <length>\r\n
\r\n
<parameter pair>
where<parameter pair> is
<parameter>=<value>\r\n
[<parameter pair>]
<length> is the actual length of content.
Example: Request IP address and its response
Request: