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Product name: Video Server (VS3100P) Release Date: 2005/04/07 Manual Revision: 1.30 Web site: www.vivotek.com Email: technical@vivotek.com sales@vivotek.com Made in Taiwan. ©Copyright 2000-2005. All rights reserved -1- www.vivotek.
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Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Video Server 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 Physical Description .................................................................................7 Front Panel .......................................................................................7 BNC video input .......................................................................
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Fine-tuning for Best Performance .................................................. 19 Opening accounts for new users ................................................... 21 Change homepage layout ............................................................ 22 Build a multimedia web attraction site ........................................... 29 Build a security application .......................................................... 33 Software revision upgrade .................................................
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Query status of the digital input ................................................... 55 Drive the digital output ............................................................... 55 Restore factory default settings .................................................... 55 Restart system........................................................................... 56 Page URL .................................................................................. 57 System resource URL ..................................
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Package Contents VS3100P Software CD Power adapter Quick installation guide I/O terminal block connector Warranty card -6- www.vivotek.
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Physical Description Front Panel BNC video input 75Ohms resistance video port for connecting an external camera. To ensure video modulation type being correctly detected, cameras should be attached and powered on before the Video Server is powered on. -7- www.vivotek.
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BNC video output Bypass the video input signal to additional terminal or surveillance equipment. RCA audio input The audio input is connected by RCA connector of mono-audio Line-In signal. Status LED The Video Server provides a LED to show its status. Please refer to the appendix "Troubleshooting” for detail. Rear Panel Ethernet 10/100 socket Connect to Ethernet network with a UTP category 5 cable that cannot exceed 100 meters.
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relay switch for device control. Pin 1 and pin 2 can be connected to an external sensor device and the state of voltage will be monitored from the initial state 'LOW'. The relay switch of pin 3 and pin 4 can be used to turn on or off the external device. Consult with the dealer of the peripherals for correct installation. Restore button There is a button hidden in the box for restoring the system factory default settings. Please refer to the appendix "Troubleshooting” for detail.
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Installation Hardware installation Before installing multiple Video Servers at the well-chosen locations, the Administrator should memorize the serial numbers on the packages respectively for future use. Cable connection Shut down all the peripheral devices prior to connection. Connect the supplied cables from the Video Server to related devices according to the figure. The Ethernet cable should meet UTP category 5 that cannot exceed 100 meters.
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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 Video Server. There may be many Video Servers in the local network. Users can differentiate the Video Servers with the serial number. The serial number is printed on the labels on the carton and the back of the Video Server body. Please refer to the user’s manual of Installation Wizard for detail.
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Initial Access to the Video Server Check Network Settings The Video Server 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 Video Server, 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. - 13 - www.vivotek.
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Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Video Server in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Video Server. 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 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. - 15 - www.vivotek.
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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. Digital Output Clicking on the “On” or “Off” button turns the digital output to either on or off status. Snapshot Click on , 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. - 16 - www.vivotek.
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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 Video Server. 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 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. Generally speaking, the client’s choice will be in the order of UDP → TCP → HTTP. After the Video Server is connected successfully, “Protocol Option” will indicate the selected protocol.
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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”, “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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the bit rate according to your bandwidth and set the maximum frame rate to 25 fps or 30 fps. If the images vary dramatically in your environment, 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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Opening accounts for new users Protect Video Server by passwords The Video Server is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Video Server including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Video Server is intended to be 1 to enable protection. This password is accessed by others. Type a new word twice in ○ used to identify the administrator. Then add an account with user name and password 2 .
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4 More flexible options for viewers ○ The first option allows anyone uses “demo” as the user name to view without password. The Administrator can also decide if more viewers are allowed to watch the video if the viewers exceed the limit. The overloaded viewers will have snapshot mode instead. Change homepage layout How to change the subject text of homepage 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Change the text in “Host name”, 3. Click on “Save” button. - 22 - www.vivotek.
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How to change the font color 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, 3. Find “Font color” and pull down the list to choose any color you like, 4. Click on “Save” button. * The font color is better to contrast with the background. How to change the background 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, If you want to display simple color without any image, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “blank”, 4.
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If you want to use the image from another web site as background, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “Url”, 4. Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, “http://dgl.microsoft.com/thumbnails/j023/j0235217(t).gif”, 5. Click on “Save” button. If you want to change the default background image stored in the Video Server, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “default”, 4. Click on “Save” button, 5. Prepare an image file with size less than 131000 bytes and rename it to wallppr.
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How to change the image logo at the upper left corner of homepage 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, If you want to remove any logo, 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “blank”, 4. Click on “Save” button. If you want to use the image from another web site as logo, 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “Url”, 4. Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, “http://dgl.microsoft.com/thumbnails/j023/j0234430(t).gif”, 5.
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7. Transfer logo.gif in local folder to the Video Server, 8. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Video Server. If you want to add hyperlink to the logo image, 3. Find “Logo link” and type the hyperlink in the edit box, for example, http://www.mywebsite.com, 4. Click on “Save” button. - 26 - www.vivotek.
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How to design my own homepage to replace the current one 1. Prepare your own homepage with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to user.htm, 2. Insert the html codes of video object, the bold Italian text in the following example, into the appropriate position in user.htm. Note that the codes of video object must be copied exactly the same including the letter case. ****** Example homepage begin ******
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3. Open an FTP client program and connect to the Video Server. The user name and password is as same as the Administrator’s. 4. Transfer user.htm in local folder to the Video Server, 5. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Video Server, 6. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 7. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, 8. Check “Use the customized homepage”. 9. Click on “Save” button and return to homepage. * The user.
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Build a multimedia web attraction site Demo on multiple sites – mid-scale service The Video Server can allow ten visitors on-line simultaneously. After Installation, focus the Video Server on any view you would like friends to share and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address. Caution: You may want to maintain your visitor’s list in the security configuration page to block out unexpected visitors. No need to have the geeks’ skill and equipments, no need to find suitable software.
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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 Video Server. If the web space has FTP service, Set the Video Server as an FTP client to upload the pictures. The access to the Video Server will be independent of the number of viewers and the picture quality will remain constant. 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Network” at the left column, 3.
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5. Click on “Application” at the left column, 6. Select the weekday and daily schedule you want to upload the pictures, 7. Select “Sequential operation” and set the interval, 8. Select FTP without date time suffix as the upload method and click on save, 9. The image file uploaded to the web space is named “video.jpg”. Check if the file is successfully uploaded to the correct folder, 10. Prepare a homepage with the embedded image reference to the image file uploaded via FTP in advance.
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****** Example homepage begin ******
Example - auto refresh Video Server Demo
