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Product name: Wireless Network Camera (PT3117/PT3127) Release Date: 2006/08/14 Manual Revision: 1.10 Web site: www.vivotek.com Email: technical@vivotek.com sales@vivotek.com Made in Taiwan. ©Copyright 2000-2006. All rights reserved -1www.vivotek.
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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.
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Table of Contents Before You Use This Product 2 Package Contents 6 Installation 1 Hardware Installation 1 Software Installation 3 Initial Access to the Network Camera 7 Check Network Settings 7 Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access 7 How to Use 8 Authentication 8 Installing Plug-in 9 Primary User’s Capabilities 10 Main Screen with Camera View 10 Client Settings 13 Administrator’s Capabilities 15 Fine-tuning for Best Performance 15 Opening Accounts for New Users 17 Bui
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FTP 33 DDNS and UPnP Settings 34 Audio/Video Codec Parameters 35 Audio Parameters 35 Video Parameters 35 Camera Control 37 Motion Detection 39 Application Setup 40 Weekly Schedule 40 Event Operation 40 Sequential Operation 41 Remote Controller 42 Viewing System Parameters 43 Factory Default 43 Appendix 44 A. Troubleshooting 44 B. Frequently Asked Questions 46 C.
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Image Quality Configuration URL 59 Application Configuration URL 59 D. Pan/Tilt Data 61 Pan 61 Tilt 61 Technical Specifications 63 -5www.vivotek.
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Package Contents PT3117 or PT3127 Camera stand Power adapter Software CD A/V Cable Quick installation guide Remote Controller Warranty card Antennas -6www.vivotek.
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Installation 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. Connect the power adapter jack to the Network Camera before plugging in to the power socket. This will reduce the risk of accidental electric shock.
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self-test, go to next paragraph “Software installation”. If the Ethernet is not available, Network Camera will switch to wireless LAN mode. To install in wireless LAN If the Ethernet is not available while power on, the Network Camera will search for any access point with the SSID “default”. Once any access point is found, the LED will turn green to wait for installation.
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Software 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. At the end of the hardware installation, the Administrator must place the product software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in MS Windows. An auto-run program will pop up (If the program is not on auto-run, go to the root directory of the software CD and click on “autorun.exe”).
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Upon Installation Wizard’s start up, a searching box will pop up. This program searches for Vivotek’s product on the same LAN: After searching, Vivotek Video Servers or Network Cameras will be located by the Installation Wizard. There may be several entries shown Administrator in may the window. The differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number. For the series number in the “Serial Number” field, please check the label on the bottom of the camera. -4www.vivotek.
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The IP addresses shown in the "Current IP Address" field reflect those on the local network. They may be from the DHCP server. If there is no DHCP server, the camera will try to find a free IP address (this takes from 15 second to 3 minutes, depending on the LAN status). The method of finding IP address is seeking from 192.168.0.99, to 192.168.0.254. If any of the address inside this range is free, the Network Camera will be assigned to this IP address, and its subnet mask would be 255.255.255.0.
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For more detailed usage of the Installation Wizard, please refer to the user’s manual of the Installation Wizard. -6www.vivotek.
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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. Ask your network administrator or Internet service provider for the detail information.
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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. This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason. -8www.vivotek.
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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.
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Primary User’s Capabilities Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has three parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Pan/Tilt control buttons: These buttons provide a command interface to control the aim of the camera. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page. - 10 www.vivotek.
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The Configuration: “Digital Output” Clicking on the “On” or “Off” button turns the digital output to either on or off status. “Snapshot” The button provides users a fast way to capture a single image of the video from the Network Camera. “Client Settings” Clicking on this button links you to the client setting pages, please check the following session for more details. “Configuration” Only the Administrator can access camera configurations.
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“Disable digital zoom” The checkbox selection allows users to disable/enable the digital zoom function. “Zoom Factors” The range of zoom factor is from 100% to 400%, users can select any integer factor inside this area. “Hide” Click on this button can close the digital zoom control window. The pan/tilt control buttons: The direction buttons are for Left, Right, Up, Down, and Home functions. The Home button centers the camera.
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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.
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The TCP protocol allows for less packet loss and produce a more accurate video display. The downside with this protocol is that the real-time effect is worse than that with the UDP protocol. The HTTP protocol must be selected if the network is protected by a firewall and it only allows HTTP Port (80) to be opened. In this mode, audio will not be sent and only video is operational. If no special need is required, UDP protocol is recommended.
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Administrator’s Capabilities Fine-tuning for Best Performance There are a few choices the Administrator is allowed to maximize the capabilities of the Network Camera. 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”, “Fix bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible.
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system and 30 fps in a 60Hz system. If your network bandwidth is more than 384Kbps, you can fix the bit rate according to your bandwidth and set the maximum frame rate to 25 fps or 30 fps. If you are shooting fast-moving images, you may want to slow the maximum frame rate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data transmission. This allows for better video quality and the human eyes cannot readily detect the differences between those of 20, 25, or 30 frames per second.
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Besides, “Normal x 2” selection will do 200% digital zoom for both the width and height of the video. Opening Accounts for New Users Protect Network Camera by passwords 1 2 3 4 Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access 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 intended to be 1 to enable protection. This password accessed by others.
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valuable customers or friends. Each account identifies the access right rather than the real visitor. That allows multiple visitors share the same account of different level. An option to access DI/DO is provided for each account. Some users may need to prohibit from controlling your attached devices. Another option allows different control to 3 . pan/tilt functions of the Network Camera.
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2. Click on “Security” in the left column, 3. Go to the bottom of the page and check off on “Allow more viewers with snapshot mode”, 4. Set the snapshot interval to refresh the still image automatically. The longer the snapshot interval, the better the snapshot mode works for multiple viewers. If you want to expand to allow in more viewers, the host server should be able to handle large network traffic, which must handle the picture refreshing from the Network Camera.
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4. Click on “Application” in the left column, 5. Select the day or days of the week in “Weekly schedule” you want to upload the pictures, 6. Select “Sequential operation” and set the interval, 7. Unselect "FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix" as the upload method and click on "Save", 8. The image file uploaded to the web space is named “video.jpg”. Check if the file is successfully uploaded to the correct folder, 9.
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Example of an auto-refresh web page:
Network Camera Demo
