Product name: Network Camera (IP7131) Release Date: 2007/03/02 Manual Revision: 1.1 Web site: www.vivotek.com Email: technical@vivotek.com sales@vivotek.com Made in Taiwan. ©Copyright 2007-2012. All rights reserved -1www.vivotek.
Before You Use This Product 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 also can 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 list in the "Package Contents" chapter.
Table of Contents Before You Use This Product......................................................................2 Package Contents ....................................................................................6 Installation .............................................................................................7 Hardware installation..........................................................................7 Software installation..................................................................
General ..................................................................................... 32 Video Settings............................................................................ 32 Video orientation ........................................................................ 32 Audio settings ............................................................................ 33 Image Settings .......................................................................... 34 Email & FTP ...........................
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Package Contents IP7131 Software CD Power adapter Quick installation guide Camera stand Warranty card -6www.vivotek.
Installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. Hardware installation Please verify that your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents. Depending on the user’s application, an Ethernet cable may be needed. The Ethernet cable should meet the specs of UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length.
switch to wireless LAN mode. This Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block with one digital input and one digital output device control. The pin definition is as below. Software installation At the end of the hardware installation, users can use Installation Wizard program included in the product CDROM to find the location of the Network Camera. There may be many Network Cameras in the local network. Users can differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number.
Once installation is complete, the Administrator should proceed to the next section "Initial access to the Network Camera" for necessary checks and configurations. Initial Access to the Network Camera Check Network Settings The Network Camera can be connected either before or immediately after software installation onto the Local Area Network. The Administrator should complete the network settings on the configuration page, including the correct subnet mask and IP address of gateway and DNS.
only option is to restore to the original factory default settings. How to Use Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful authentication, the following figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails. The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience.
Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook. If the highest security level is set, the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt. This plug-in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in the browser. Users may click on to proceed.
Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has two parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page. - 12 - www.vivotek.
Digital Zoom Click on the magnifier icon under the camera view then the digital zoom control panel will be shown. Uncheck “Disable digital zoom” and use the slider control to change the zoom factors. 1 2 3 Snapshot Click on “Snapshot”, web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot. Users can point at the snapshot and click the right button of mouse to save it. - 13 - www.vivotek.
Client settings At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask for a new plug-in installation, the plug-in being the Network Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the client’s site. The user may click on to install the plug-in. If the web browser does not allow the user to complete the installation, check the Internet security to lower the security level or contact your IT or networking supervisor.
There are two settings for the client side. One is “Media Options” for users to determine the type of media to be streaming. The other is “Protocol Options” which allows choices on connection protocol between client and server. There are two protocols choices to optimize your usage – UDP and TCP. The UDP protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, some packets may be lost due to network burst traffic and images may be obscured.
re-connect. http:///client.html is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera. Digital output Click on “ON”, the digital output of the Network Camera will be triggered. Or, Clicking on “OFF” can let the digital output turn into normal state. - 16 - www.vivotek.
Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Constant bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Audio and Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible.
audio. Due to the limitation of the bandwidth for 3GPP, only 176x144 video solution will be supported for cell phone viewing. Select the “Configure for mobile viewing” option will change the range of other related video settings. For Best Real-time Video Images To achieve good real-time visual effect, the network bandwidth should be large enough to allow a transmission rate of greater than 20 image frames per second.
speed and adjust the frame rate. 15 fps. Start from 30 fps down for best results but not below If the image qualities are not improved, select a lower bandwidth setting. - 19 - www.vivotek.
Opening accounts for new users 1 2 3 Protect Network Camera by passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is 1 to enable protection. intended to be accessed by others. Type a new word twice in ○ This password is used to identify the administrator. Then add an account with user 2 .
Build a security application The Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to monitor any movement to perform many useful security applications. To upload the snapshots, users can choose either email or FTP according to user’s needs. Both e-mail and FTP use the network settings on the Email and FTP page. Refer to the definition section for detail configuration. 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Motion detection” at the left column, 3. Check “Enable motion detection”, 4.
Software revision upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site of Vivotek. An easy-to-use Upgrade Wizard is provided to upgrade the Network Camera with just a few clicks. The upgrade function is opened to the Administrator only. To upgrade the system, follow the procedures below. 1. Download the firmware file named “xxx.pkg” from the appropriate product folder. 2. Run the Upgrade Wizard and proceed following the prompts. Refer to the instructions of the Upgrade Wizard for details.
Definitions in Configuration Only the Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages. The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration. If the Administrator also wants to set certain options through the URL, read the reference appendix for details. http:///setup/config.html - 23 - www.vivotek.
is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. http:///setup/system.html is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 24 - www.vivotek.
System parameters "Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the main page. “Turn off the LED indicator” Check this option to shut off the LED on the rear. It can prevent the camera’s operation being noticed. "Keep current date and time" Click on this to reserve the current date and time of the Network Camera. An internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the system is turned off.
Security settings “Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new password identically in both text boxes. The typed entries will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes. After pressing , the web browser will ask the Administrator for the new password for access. “Add user” Type the new user's name and password and press to insert the new entry. The new user will be displayed in the user name list. There is a maximum of twenty user accounts.
Network settings Any changes made on this page will restart the system in order to validate the changes. Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on . Network type “LAN” & “PPPoE” The default type is LAN. Select PPPoE if using ADSL "Get IP address automatically" & “Use fixed IP address” The default status is “Get IP address automatically”. This can be tedious having to perform software installation whenever the Network Camera starts.
“Password” The password of PPPoE account “Confirm password” Input password again for confirmation HTTP “Http port” This can be other than the default Port 80. Once the port is changed, the users must be notified the change for the connection to be successful. For instance, when the Administrator changes the HTTP port of the Network Camera whose IP address is 192.168.0.100 from 80 to 8080, the users must type in the web browser “http://192.168.0.100:8080” instead of “http://192.168.0.100”.
http:///setup/network.html is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. - 29 - www.vivotek.
DDNS “Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function. “Provider” The provider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please connect to the service provider’s website to make sure the service charges. “Host Name” If the User wants to use DDNS service, this field must be filled. Please input the hostname that is registered in the DDNS server. “Username/E-mail” The Username or E-mail field is necessary for logging in the DDNS server or notify the User of the new IP address.
Access List The access list is to control the access permission of clients by checking the client IP address. There are two lists for permission control: Allow List and Deny List. Only those clients whose IP address is in the Allow List and not in the Deny List can connect to the Video Server or Network Camera for receiving the audio/video streaming. Both Allow List and Deny List consist of a list of IP ranges.
Audio and Video General “Configure for computer viewing” To make quick setting for computer viewing “Configure for mobile viewing” To make quick setting for cell phone viewing Video Settings “Video title” The text string can be displayed on video “Color” Select either for color or monochrome video display. “Frame Size” There are four options for video sizes. “160x120”. “176x144”, “320x240”, “640x480”.
“Mirror” Horizontally rotate the video. Check options both if the Network Camera is installed upside down. “White balance” Adjust the value for best color temperature. Audio settings “Use” Switch “internal” or “microphone” to set up the source of audio input “mute” Audio mute “Boost external microphone input” Enhance the gain of the external microphone “Internal input Gain” Modify the gain of the internal audio input “Audio type” Select audio codec “AAC” or “GSM-AMR” and the bit rate - 33 - www.vivotek.
http:///setup/audiovideo.html is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. Image Settings Click on this button to pop up another window to tune “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Hue” and “Saturation” for video compensation. Each field has eleven levels ranged from -5 to +5. In “Brightness” and “Contrast” fields the value 0 indicates auto tuning. The user may press to fine-tune the image. When the image is O.K., press to set the image settings.
Email & FTP Email When the SMTP server support SMTP authentication, users need to give the valid user name and password to send email via the server. “Sender email address”, the email address of the sender. There are two external mail server can be configured, primary and secondary email server, The network camera will use primary server as default , and use secondary server when primary server is unreachable. “Server address” The domain name or IP address of the external email server.
“FTP server port” This can be other than the default port 21. The user can change this value from 1025 to 65535. “User name” Granted user name on the external FTP server. “Password” Granted password on the external FTP server. “Remote folder name” Granted folder on the external FTP server. The string must conform to that of the external FTP server. Some FTP servers cannot accept preceding slash symbol before the path without virtual path mapping.
Motion detection “Enable motion detection” Check this option to turn on motion detection. Click on this button to add a new window. At most three windows can exist simultaneously. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window frame to resize or the title bar to move. Clicking on the ‘x’ at the upper right-hand corner of the window to delete the window. Remember to save in order to validate the changes. Click on this button to save the related window settings.
Application settings Application Application has two snapshot, one video clip and one digital output. “Status” ON/OFF show the status of application. “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. “Time” show “Always” or input the time interval. “Trigger” Event trigger type has digital input, motion detection and sequential. “Send” After Event has been triggered, IP cam will send something by email, ftp or trigger digital output. - 38 - www.vivotek.
Snapshot “Enable snapshot” Enable/Disable snapshot application. Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. Select “Always” or input the time interval. Snapshot file name prefix The prefix name will be added on the file name of the snapshot images. Digital input Network Camera will send snapshots when the digital input is triggered. Send out the snapshot while motion detection There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name.
Sequential operation “Snapshot interval : second(s)” Network Camera will send snapshots at the specified intervals to the external server using the method selected below. Remember: This operation is still subject to the conditions set in the weekly schedule. Method for sending snapshot “Email” This selects the uploading method following the intervals set above. The snapshot named “prefix-yyyymmdd-hhmmss.jpg” will be attached in the email.
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Video clip “Enable video clip” Enable/Disable video clip application. Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. Select “Always” or input the time interval. Video clip file name prefix The prefix name will be added on the file name of the video clip files. Video clip max file size Define the maximal file size of one video clip file. Digital input Network Camera will send video clip file when the digital input is triggered.
Sequential operation “Snapshot interval : second(s)” Network Camera will send video clip file at the specified intervals to the external server using the method selected below. Remember: This operation is still subject to the conditions set in the weekly schedule. Method for sending snapshot “Email” This selects the uploading method following the intervals set above. The snapshot named “prefix-yyyymmdd-hhmmss.jpg” will be attached in the email.
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Digital output “Enable digital output” Enable/Disable digital output application. Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. Select “Always” or input the time interval. Digital input Network Camera will trigger digital output when the digital input is triggered. Trigger digital output while motion detection There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name. Select the windows which need to be monitored.
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System log The Network camera support log the system messages on remote server. The protocol is compliant to RFC 3164. If you have external Linux server with syslogd service, use “-r” option to turn on the facility for receiving log from remote machine. Or you can use some software on Windows which is compliant to RFC 3164. Check “Enable remote log” and input the “IP address” and “port” number of the log server to enable the remote log facility. In the “Current log”, it displays the current system log file.
Viewing system parameters Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system’s parameter set. The content is the same as those in CONFIG.INI. - 48 - www.vivotek.
Maintenance Three actions can be selected “reboot” click the reboot button to restart system “factory default” Click on Factory default button on the configuration page to restore the factory default settings. Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be reset to the initial factory settings. The system will restart and require the installer program to set up the network again. “upgrade firmware” Select the firmware file and click upgrade button - 49 - www.vivotek.
Appendix A. Troubleshooting Status LED The following table lists the LED patterns in general.
1. Press on the button continuously. 2. Wait for self-diagnostic to run twice. 3. Free the button as soon as the second self-diagnostic starts. Restoring the factory defaults will erase any previous settings. Reset or restore the system after power on. B. URL commands of the Network Camera For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, the Network Camera can be easily integrated through convenient URLs.
Successful control requests returns paramter pairs as follows. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: \r\n \r\n where is =\r\n [] is the actual length of content. Example: request IP address and it’s 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.
[nosync=&]= [&=…][&return=] parameter value description _. value to assigned Assign to the parameter _.. return Redirect to the page after the parameter is assigned. The can be a full URL path or relative path according the the current path. If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an empty page. (note: The return page can be a general HTML file(.htm, .
Request: http://myserver/cgi-bin/admin/setparam.cgi?Network_IPAddress=192.168.0.123 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 Available parameters on the server NOTE: The bold characters in table are the default value of each parameter.
updateinterval 0 ~ 2592000 0 to Disable automatic time adjustment, (r/w) otherwise, it means the seconds between NTP automatic update interval. <0> serialnumber 12 characters mac address without hyphen (r) connected firmwareversion company, and version number restore 0 Restore the system parameters to default (w) value.
(r) including root.
name or IP secondary SMTP server smtp2 than 40 characters> mailto2 mailuser2 mailpass2 returnemail localftpport
ftppass2 ftpfolder2 ftppasvmode2 1 Enable passive mode of primary FTP server (r/w) 0 Disable passive mode of primary FTP server httpport rtspport number less RTSP port (r/w) (restart) than 65535> <554> videoport
(r/w) 1 MJPEG keyinterval 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60, 90, Key frame interval (r/w) 120 <60> size 1 half (r) 2 half x 2 3 normal 4 normal x 2 5 double 256 This field is obsolete (use resolution) resolution 176x144 (for mobile) Video resolution 176 x 144 (r/w) 160x120 Video resolution 160 x 120 320x240 Video resolution 320 x 240 640x480 (for Video resolution 640 x 480 computer) color 0 monochrome (r/w) 1 color quality 0 fix bit rate (r/w) 1 fix quantization quant 1 lowest
1000000 set bit rate to 1000K bps 1500000 set bit rate to 1500K bps 2000000 set bit rate to 2000K bps 3000000 set bit rate to 3000K bps 4000000 set bit rate to 4000K bps maxframe 1 set maximum frame rate to 1 fps (r/w) 2 set maximum frame rate to 2 fps 3 set maximum frame rate to 3 fps 5 set maximum frame rate to 5 fps 10 set maximum frame rate to 10 fps 15 set maximum frame rate to 15 fps 20 set maximum frame rate to 20 fps 25 set maximum frame rate to 25 fps 30 (for 60Hz only)
(r/w) GAMR (for mobile) set codec to GSM-AMR aacbitrate 16000 set AAC bitrate to 16K bps (r/w) 32000 set AAC bitrate to 32K bps 48000 set AAC bitrate to 48K bps 64000 set AAC bitrate to 64K bps 96000 set AAC bitrate to 96K bps 128000 set AAC bitrate to 128K bps amrbitrate 4750 set AMR bitrate to 4.75K bps (r/w) 5150 set AMR bitrate to 5.15K bps 5900 set AMR bitrate to 5.9K bps 6700 set AMR bitrate to 6.7K bps 7400 set AMR bitrate to 7.4K bps 7950 set AMR bitrate to 7.
(r/w) 1 enable motion window #1 winname_<0~2> winleft_<0~2> 0 ~ 320 Left coordinate of window position. string shorter name of motion window #1 (r/w) <0> wintop_<0~2> 0 ~ 240 Top coordinate of window position. (r/w) <0> winwidth_<0~2> 0 ~ 320 Width of motion detection window. (r/w) <0> winheight_<0~2> 0 ~ 240 Height of motion detection window.
(r/w) characters. provider passwordkey Text string shorter than 20 Your password or key to login ddns service (r/w) characters. provider update 0, 1 Update the above ddns settings to take (w) effect Group: UPNP NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION enable 0, 1 Enable or disable the UPNP presentation (r/w) service. <1> Group: UPNPfor NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION enable 0, 1 Enable or disable the UPNP port forwarding (r/w) service.
serverip Log server IP address <514> Server port used for log (r/w) serverport (r/w) Application page CGI command Note: This request requires administrator privilege. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/admin/gen-eventd-conf.
Else if(method == normal) { Application page contents } parameter Value snapshot_enable 0 description Enable snapshot application 1 Disable snapshot application weekday 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 The array indicate weekly schedule time_method always 24 hours full day interval Select begin time and end time begin_time hh:mm Begin time of weekly schedule end_time hh:mm End time of weekly schedule ss_prefix
Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/video.jpg Server will return the most up-to-date snapshot in JPEG format. The size and quality of image will be set according to the video settings on the server. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n [Content-Length: \r\n] Account management Note: This request requires administrator privilege Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/admin/editaccount.
edit Modify the account password and privilege. When using this method, “username” field is necessary, and other fields are optional. If not specified, it will keep original settings. username The name of user to add, delete or edit userpass The password of new user to add or that of old user to modify. The default value is an empty string. privilege The privilege of user to add or to modify. The privilege can be the addition of the following values.
Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: \r\n \r\n \r\n Configuration file Note: This request requires administrator privilege Method: GET/POST Syntax: http:///cgi-bin/admin/configfile.cgi Server will return the up-to-date configuration file. Return: HTTP/1.
Post data: fimage=[&return=]\r\n \r\n Server will accept the upload file named to be upgraded the firmware and return with if indicated. - 69 - www.vivotek.
D. Technical specifications - System - Audio CPU: Vivotek VVTK-1000 Supports GSM-AMR RAM: 32MB SDRAM Supports AAC compression ROM: 4MB FLASH ROM Supports audio mute Image Sensor: VGA CMOS Bit rate: Embedded OS: Linux2.4 GSM-AMR: 4.75k~12.
Technology License Notice AMR Technology This product includes AMR narrowband speech coding technology licensed by VoiceAge. Please refer to http://www.voiceage.com/ for more details. MPEG-4 AAC Technology This product includes MPEG-4 AAC audio coding technology licensed by Via Licensing. Please refer to http://www.vialicensing.com/ for more details. MPEG-4 Visual Technology This product includes one MPEG-4 encoder and one MPEG-4 decoder license. Installation of more than one decoder is prohibited.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 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. USA - 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.
