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- 1 - www .vivotek.com T : 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Product name: Wireless Network Camera (IP3137) Rel ea s e D at e: 2005/05/20 Manual R evision: 1.0 We b s i t e : www .vivotek.com Email: technical@vivotek.com sales@vivotek.com Made in T aiwan.
- 2 - www .vivotek.com T : 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 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-read y camer a but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system.
- 3 - www .vivotek.com T : 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Table of Contents Before Y ou Use This Prod uct ...................................................................... 2 P ackage Contents ....................................................
- 4 - www .vivotek.com T : 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Mail & FTP ....................................................................................... 38 SMTP ................................................................................
- 5 - www .vivotek.com T : 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Application configurat ion URL ....................................................... 61 Homepage layo ut configuration URL .............................................. 62 D . T echnical specifications .
- 6 - www .vivotek.com T : 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532 Package Contents IP3137 Antenna P ower adapter Camera stand Software CD Quick installation guide W arrant y card.
- 7 - www .vivotek.com Installation In this manual, "User" refers t o whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the pe rson who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera.
- 8 - www .vivotek.com To install in Ethernet Make sure the Ethernet is firmly connected to a switch hub. After attaching the Ethernet cable p lug in the power adapter . If the LED turns out to be steady blue after self -test, go to next paragr aph “Software installation” .
- 9 - www .vivotek.com Once installation is complete, the Admi nistrator should proceed to the next section "Initial access to the Networ k Camera" for necessary checks and configurations.
- 10 - www .vivotek.com only option is to restore to the original factory default settings. How to Use Authentication After opening the W eb browse r and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window po ps up to request a username and p assword.
- 11 - www .vivotek.com Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prom pt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. P ermission re quest depends on the Internet security se tting s of the user’s PC or notebook.
- 12 - www .vivotek.com 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 le ft of the image window to enter the configur a tion page.
- 13 - www .vivotek.com Digital Zoom Click on the ma gnifier icon under the camera view then the digital zoom control panel will be shown. Uncheck “D isable digital zoo m” and use the slider contr ol to change the zoom factors.
- 14 - www .vivotek.com Snapshot Click on “ Snapshot ” , web browser will po p up a new window to show the snapshot. Users can point at the snapshot and click the right button of mouse to save it.
- 15 - www .vivotek.com lower the security level or contact y our IT or networking supervisor . There are two settings for the client side. One is “ Media Option ” for users to determine if audio should be muted. The other is “ Protocol Option ” which al lows choices on connection protocol between cl ient and server .
- 16 - www .vivotek.com to re-connect. <url> http://<Network Camera>/protocol.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera.
- 17 - www .vivotek.com Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fa stest image refresh rate with the best video quality , and at the lo west network bandwidth as possible.
- 18 - www .vivotek.com and set the maximum frame rate to 30 fps. If the images vary dramatically in your environment, you may want to slow the maximum frame r ate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data transmission.
- 19 - www .vivotek.com Opening accounts for new users Protect Network Camera by passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camer a including th e configur ation as long as the IP address is known.
- 20 - www .vivotek.com 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.
- 21 - www .vivotek.com 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 y ou like, 4. Click on “Save” button.
- 22 - www .vivotek.com If you want to use the image from another web site as background, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “Url” , 4. T ype the URL of the image on the Inte rnet in the edit box, for example, “http://dgl.microsoft.com/thumbnails/j023/j0235217(t).
- 23 - www .vivotek.com 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 remo ve any logo, 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “blank” , 4.
- 24 - www .vivotek.com 6. Open an F TP client program and connect to the Network Camera. The user name and password is as same as the Administrator’ s. 7. T ransfer logo.gif in local folder to the Network Camer a, 8. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera.
- 25 - www .vivotek.com How to design my own homepage to replace the current one 1. Prepare your own homepag e with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to user .htm, 2. Insert the html codes of video obje ct, the bold Italian text in the following example, into the appropriate position in user .
- 26 - www .vivotek.com 3. Open an F TP client program and connect to the Network Camera. The user name and password is as same as the Administrator’ s. 4. T ransfer user .htm in local folder to the Network Camera, 5. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera, 6.
- 27 - www .vivotek.com Build a multimedia web attraction site Demo on multiple sites – mid-scale service The Network Camera can allow ten visitors on-line simultaneously . After Installation, focus the Network Camera on any view you would like friends to share and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address.
- 28 - www .vivotek.com If you want to expand to allow in more viewers, the host server should be able to handle large network traffic, which m ust hand le the picture refres hing from the Network Camera. If the web space has FTP service, Set the Network Camera as an F TP client to upload the pictures.
- 29 - www .vivotek.com ****** Example homepage begin ****** <html> <head> <title>Example - auto refresh</title> </head> <body background="/pic/wallppr .
- 30 - www .vivotek.com Build a security application The Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to monitor any movement to perform many useful security ap plications. T o upload the snapshots, us ers can choose either email or F TP according to user’s needs.
- 31 - www .vivotek.com Software revision upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date so ftw are from the web site of Viv ote k. 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 .
- 32 - www .vivotek.com Definitions in Configuration Only the Administrator can access sy stem configuration. Each category in the left column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phr ases on the Option pages. The Administrator may t ype the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration.
- 33 - www .vivotek.com System parameters "Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the main page. "Keep current date and time" Click on this to reserve the current date and t ime of the Network Camera. An internal rea l-time clock maintains the dat e and time even when the power of the system is turned off .
- 34 - www .vivotek.com Security settings “Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new passwo rd ident ically in both t ext box es. The typed e ntries wi ll be display ed as asterisks for security purposes. After pressing , the web browser wi ll ask the Administr ator for the new password for access.
- 35 - www .vivotek.com Network settings Any changes made on this page will restart the system in order to validate the changes. Make sure ev ery field is entered correctly before clicking on . "Reset IP address at next boot" , the default status is che ck ed to get IP add ress automatically at the server start.
- 36 - www .vivotek.com order to work with the port opened by the firewall. “Audio channel port” This can be something other than the default port 5002 in order to work with the port opened by the firewall. “Video channel port” This can be something other than the default port 5003 in order to work with the port opened by the firewall.
- 37 - www .vivotek.com transmission errors) for communication between the Access Point and the roaming wireless device. Long Preamble is the default setting. Note: High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type. “Security” Choosing one of the following data encr yptions.
- 38 - www .vivotek.com Mail & FTP SMTP When the SMTP server support SMTP authenti cation, users need to give the v alid user name and password to send email via the server . “SMTP (mail) server 1” The domain name or IP addre ss of the external email serv er .
- 39 - www .vivotek.com the external FTP server for details. The folder privilege must be open for upload. “Primary FTP passive mode” The Network Camera is located inside th e network protected by a firewall, data con nection for FTP may be proh ibited.
- 40 - www .vivotek.com DDNS and UPnP settings “Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function. “Provider” The p rovider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please connect to the service provider’ s website to mak e sure the service charges.
- 41 - www .vivotek.com “Color” Select either for color or monochrome video display . “Size” There a re five options for three video sizes. “Hal f” is the quarter size of “Normal” . “Half x 2” has the same video si ze as “Normal” but of a lesser quality , while consuming less network bandwidth.
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- 43 - www .vivotek.com 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 simult ane o usl y . Use the mouse to cl ick, hold, and drag t h e wi ndo w fr ame to resize o r the title bar to move.
- 44 - www .vivotek.com Application settings Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the following operations. “Snapshots begin at” Set the time to start operations. “Snapshots stop at” Set the time to stop oper ations.
- 45 - www .vivotek.com “Send snapshots by FTP” The sn apshots will be uploaded to the external F TP server with the file name defined in the next op tion. This can also be used to refresh the captured images stored in the external web server to build creativ e homepages.
- 46 - www .vivotek.com Homepage layout settings “Use the customized homepage” , check this option to use “user .htm” uploade d by the Administrator instead of the default one. R efer to the section “ Administrator’ s capability” for detail us age.
- 47 - www .vivotek.com Viewing system log Click the link on th e configur ation pag e to view the syst em log file . The content of the file provides usefu l information about configuration and connection after system boot- up. Viewing system parameters Click on this link on th e configuration page to view the entire system’ s par ameter set.
- 48 - www .vivotek.com Appendix A. Troubleshooting Status LED After powering up, the Network Camera pe rforms a self -dia gnostic to detect any hardware defects. The follow ing table lists the LED patterns in general. In case o f any fatal error , the LED will blink in a pattern other than those below.
- 49 - www .vivotek.com B. Frequently asked questions Q What if I forget my password? A After the Administrator's password is assigned, e very access to the Network Camera needs authentication. If y ou a re one of the managed users, you have to ask the Administrator for the password.
- 50 - www .vivotek.com Differences of sever al hours may result from the time zone setting. Q Can I install it on ceiling? A Y es. Th ere are flip and mirror options in video co nfigur ation page to correct the images for upside down installation. Q The image is not clear enough.
- 51 - www .vivotek.com of users, it is recommended to build another web server to host the retrieving contents from the Network Camera. Q How fast is the video rate of the Network Camer a? A The MPEG4 codec engine can process 30 fr ames per second in ternally .
- 52 - www .vivotek.com C. URL commands of the Network Camera For some customers who already have their own web site or web control a pplication, the Network Camera can be easily integr ated through convenient URLs. This se ction lists the commands in URL fo rmat corresponding to the basic functions of th e er a se Network Camera.
- 53 - www .vivotek.com Page URL The configuration page has a frame layout including an option list frame and an option page frame. R eferen ced URLs, except for th e configuration page, direct users to the option page frame only . Some pages, such as image quality setting and preset setting, are opened in new windows for preview .
- 54 - www .vivotek.com R esource name R eferenced URL system logo image /pic/logo.gif background image /pic/wallppr .jpg General format of command URL Every configur ation can be set through URL with POST method by the Administrator only .
- 55 - www .vivotek.com Security configuration URL URL: /setup/security .cgi NAME V ALUE DESCRIPTION rootpass <text string shorter than 16 characters> change root password username <text stri.
- 56 - www .vivotek.com dns2 <IP address> secondary DNS server http <number less than 65535> HT TP port cport <number less than 65535> control Channel port aport <number less than.
- 57 - www .vivotek.com auto authentication mode shared authentication mode auth open authentication mode 1 key length in 64 bits klen 2 key length in 128 bits h key format in HEX kform a key format in ASCII DDNS & UPnP configuration URL URL: /setup/ddns.
- 58 - www .vivotek.com Mail & FTP configuration URL URL: /setup/mailftp.html NAME V ALUE DESCRIPTION smtp1 <domain name or IP address> primary SMTP serv er smtp1Usr <string shorter than .
- 59 - www .vivotek.com ftpuser2 <text string shorter than 6 3 characters> user name for secondary FTP server ftppass2 <text string shorter than 1 5 characters> password for secondary FTP .
- 60 - www .vivotek.com 128000 set bit rate to 128K bps 256000 set bit rate to 256K bps 384000 set bit rate to 384K bps 512000 set bit rate to 512K bps 768000 set bit rate to 768K bps 1000000 set bit .
- 61 - www .vivotek.com contrast <-5 ~ 5> adjust contrast of image hue <-5 ~ 5> adjust hue of image saturation <-5 ~ 5> adjust saturation of image preview <not required> not sa.
- 62 - www .vivotek.com Homepage layout configuration URL URL: /setup/layout.cgi NAME V ALUE DESCRIPTION blank hide logo def use default logo cuslogo url use image from URL logourl <text string sho.
- 63 - www .vivotek.com D. Technical specifications - System CPU: T ri media PNX1300 RAM: 16MB SDRAM ROM: 2MB FLASH ROM - Networking Protocol TCP /IP , HT TP , SMTP , F TP , DDNS, UPnP , T elnet, NT P , DNS and DHCP Physical 10 base T or 100 base T Fast Ethernet auto negotiation WLAN 802.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. • This devi ce may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, in cluding interference tha t may cause undesired operation.
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