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Хорошее руководство по эксплуатации

Законодательство обязывает продавца передать покупателю, вместе с товаром, руководство по эксплуатации ACTi E44. Отсутствие инструкции либо неправильная информация, переданная потребителю, составляют основание для рекламации в связи с несоответствием устройства с договором. В законодательстве допускается предоставлении руководства в другой, чем бумажная форме, что, в последнее время, часто используется, предоставляя графическую или электронную форму инструкции ACTi E44 или обучающее видео для пользователей. Условием остается четкая и понятная форма.

Что такое руководство?

Слово происходит от латинского "instructio", тоесть привести в порядок. Следовательно в инструкции ACTi E44 можно найти описание этапов поведения. Цель инструкции заключается в облегчении запуска, использования оборудования либо выполнения определенной деятельности. Инструкция является набором информации о предмете/услуге, подсказкой.

К сожалению немного пользователей находит время для чтения инструкций ACTi E44, и хорошая инструкция позволяет не только узнать ряд дополнительных функций приобретенного устройства, но и позволяет избежать возникновения большинства поломок.

Из чего должно состоять идеальное руководство по эксплуатации?

Прежде всего в инструкции ACTi E44 должна находится:
- информация относительно технических данных устройства ACTi E44
- название производителя и год производства оборудования ACTi E44
- правила обслуживания, настройки и ухода за оборудованием ACTi E44
- знаки безопасности и сертификаты, подтверждающие соответствие стандартам

Почему мы не читаем инструкций?

Как правило из-за нехватки времени и уверенности в отдельных функциональностях приобретенных устройств. К сожалению само подсоединение и запуск ACTi E44 это слишком мало. Инструкция заключает ряд отдельных указаний, касающихся функциональности, принципов безопасности, способов ухода (даже то, какие средства стоит использовать), возможных поломок ACTi E44 и способов решения проблем, возникающих во время использования. И наконец то, в инструкции можно найти адресные данные сайта ACTi, в случае отсутствия эффективности предлагаемых решений. Сейчас очень большой популярностью пользуются инструкции в форме интересных анимаций или видео материалов, которое лучше, чем брошюра воспринимаются пользователем. Такой вид инструкции позволяет пользователю просмотреть весь фильм, не пропуская спецификацию и сложные технические описания ACTi E44, как это часто бывает в случае бумажной версии.

Почему стоит читать инструкции?

Прежде всего здесь мы найдем ответы касательно конструкции, возможностей устройства ACTi E44, использования отдельных аксессуаров и ряд информации, позволяющей вполне использовать все функции и упрощения.

После удачной покупки оборудования/устройства стоит посвятить несколько минут для ознакомления с каждой частью инструкции ACTi E44. Сейчас их старательно готовят или переводят, чтобы они были не только понятными для пользователя, но и чтобы выполняли свою основную информационно-поддерживающую функцию.

Содержание руководства

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    w w w . a ct i. co m Encoder Firmware V4.06.09 User ’ s Manual 1 Firmware User ’s Manual A1D-500- V6.04.15 - AC 2013/09/04[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 2 T able of Con tents Recommended PC Specifications 4 Preparation 5 Connect the Equipment ............................................................................. 5 Configure the IP Addresses ................................ ....................................... 5 A cc e ss the Came[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 3 DNS ...................................................................................................... 35 DDNS .................................................................................................... 36 Video ...............................................................[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 4 Recommended PC Spe cifi cation s In order to configure or t es t the cam eras, a PC wi th follo w in g b asic specif i cations is needed: CPU Core2Duo 2.13GHz or a bove Memory 2 GB or abov e Operating Sy stem  Windows XP with SP2 or abov e.  Windows 2003  Windows V ista  Wind[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 5 Preparation Connect the Equipment T o be a ble to connect to the c amera f i rmware from y our PC, bo th the cam era an d the PC have to be connected to each other v ia Ethernet cable. At the sam e t ime, the cam era ha s to have its o wn power supply . I n case of P oE cam eras , y ou c[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 6 In the example below , we successfully f ou nd D1 1 cam era that we had just connected to the network. W i th the left m ouse c lick on D1 1 i t is possible to aut o m ati cally launch the def au lt browser of the PC with the IP address of the targ et cam era f illed in the addres s bar [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 7 Use the default IP addres s of a came ra : If there is no DHCP server in the give n n etwork , th e user m ay have to assign the I P address es to both PC and cam era manua ll y to m a ke sure the y are in the s ame netwo rk seg m e nt . W h en the cam era is plugge d i n to net w ork an[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 8 Manually adjust the IP addresses of mu lt iple cam e ras : If there are more than 1 cam era to be used in the same local area network an d there is no DHCP server to assign unique IP address es to each of them, all of the cam eras would then ha v e the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 9 A cc e ss the Camera Now that the cam era an d the PC are bo th having the i r unique IP addresses and a r e under the same network s eg m en t, it is possible to use th e W eb brow ser of the PC to ac cess the cam era. Y ou can use any of the bro wse rs to acc es s the cam era, ho we v [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 10 Assum i ng that the camera ’ s IP address is 19 2.168.0.100 , y ou can access i t by opening t he Web browser and t y pi ng the follo wi ng address i nto Web browser ’ s address bar: http://192.168.0.100 Upon s uc cessf ul connection to th e camera, the user interfac e called Web Co[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 11 Live View This section descr i bes how to configure the IP camera. The administrator has unlim i ted access to all settings, while the n orm al user ca n o nl y vie w l ive video. Login Initially there exists only a dmini str ato r ’ s account in the camera (Account: A dmin, P assw o [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 12 Live V iew The live v ie w will app e ar a utom ati cally with the v ideo resolution of 1280x720 (1MP cameras) or 1920x1080 (2 -5MP cameras ) . W hi le being on the Live View page, the Live View icon appears as being press ed : If you leave the Li v e View page, you can lat er r eturn b[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 13 Y ou can also digitally re-scale the v ideo to full y match the si z e of y our disp l a y with j ust 1 click : - Full screen M o de Y ou may use ESC key from th e keyboard to exit th e full sc reen mode. The cameras have th e dual stream capabilit y – the Stream 1 is us ua ll y the h[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 14 The cameras w it h a udio function s hall have the a ud io c ontrol s o n L i ve View page. T o adjust the volume level of the speak ers connected to the PC t ha t runs the W eb Configurator in order to hear the audio from the camera ’ s microphone or line-in device, use the aud i o c[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 15 Y ou can change the viewing m od e into: - ePTZ View Mode - Panorama View Mo d e - Fisheye View Mode ePTZ Vie w Mod e ePTZ mode work s as an optical PT Z (pan - tilt- z oom) function. Y ou can change the vie w i ng direction by moving t he mouse o v er the Live View screen and cl i ckin[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 16 If Miniature Fishe y e -v iew is en abled, t he current sc op e of view is sho wn o n the M iniature Fisheye-view windo w wi th t he red mark i ng. Fisheye V iew Mod e This mode sho w s th e cam e ra view as though vie w ing from a f i sh ’ s ey e with the whole viewing angle in sight[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 17 Setup The following chapters g uide y ou t hroug h the S etu p functions of the cam era. A cc e ss the Setup Page T o configure any of th e cam era setti ngs, go to t he Setup m en u by pressing th e f ollowing butto n on Live View page: - Go to Setup The left side of the Setu p p age c[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 18 Host The section “ Host ” a l lows the a dmini strator to de fine t he nam e of the camera and pref err ed user i nterface languag e. There are two kinds of na mes – Host N ame and Camera Name. Host Name is used to identify the camera by a DHCP s erver . In some networks with very[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 19 Date & T ime Each video f r am e contai ns a time stam p. The accurac y of the t i m e sta m p is very im po rtant for incident investigators. Therefore the clock of the ca m er a has to be adjusted to m os t accurate tim e possible. The section Date & Time provides the options [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 20 If all the cameras are getting the date and tim e f rom the same NTP Server , you can be m os t sure that the video c l ips from di ff erent cam eras can be w ell s y nchronized l ate r for c omparison purposes. T o choose the most suitable NT P Server to s y nchro ni ze date and tim e [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 21 Net w ork The section Netw o rk provides the l i st of network related functions and serv i ces. The [+] mark before Network indicates that the list can be expan de d by click i ng on it. Once expanded, the l i st can later be c ollapsed ag ai n by click i ng on the [ -] mark. IP Addres[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 22 “ Allowed ” m od e will refus e a ccess to a l l IP addresses except the on es listed belo w . “ Blocked ” m od e will accept all inc omi ng acces s except the IP addresses list ed below . Using Netmask (Subnet Mask) allows you to set filtering for a w hole range of IP address a[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 23 Port Mapping T h e secti on Port M apping prov ides the l i st of s erv ices an d protocols that require their own p ort number for co m m unication. By de fau l t, th e camera al ready has all the ports defined. On this page, the user can m od if y the port num be rs in ca se there is [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 24 HTT PS HTTPS protocol a llows creating a s ecure channel over an insecure network i n order to protec t t he data s ent bet wee n the camera and its c ou nterpart. T wo th i ngs are required to have a sec ure comm un ication – encr y p ted d ata , and v erifie d counterpart of the com[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 25 IEEE 802.1X IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE s tan dard for port - bas ed Network Acc es s Control. 802.1X authentication invol v es thre e parties: a supplic an t, an au thent i cator , and an authentication server . The s up plicant is a c l ient device ( such as an IP cam er a) tha t wi shes t[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 26 If certificates or pri vate k ey ex ist alread y , there wi ll be a “ Remove ” button be hind these item s, in order to remove these i tems w h en necess ar y . After changing an y of the items abov e, press Apply to s av e the changes. The Reset button undoes the changes th at had [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 27 SNMP Setting The SNM P Sett ing item displays the SNMP configurat i on p age . SNMP provides an easy way to m an age net w ork devices. The m ai n features are: 1. Monitori ng device up tim e 2. System de tail descript i on. (Ex: m od el name, m od el description and f i rmware version.[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 28 SNMP functio n is now enabled. Y ou m ay now install and run the SNMP m an agement software on computer server . SNMP T rap Usage: SNMP tr aps enable notif i cations from devices. Devices may s e nd message to th e m an agem en t server whenever signif i cant events occur such as cold s[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 29 RTP The RT P section allows user to c on figure RTP Settings. If the RTSP Authentication is “ Enabled ” , then the RTP stream i ng will require account name and password authenticatio n. If the RTP B2 Frame i s “ E nabled ” then the B2 fra m e is added to every video fram e, con[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 30 Network (T oS, UPnP , Bonjour , ONVIF) The section Net w ork contains the controls for following f un ctio ns : T ype of Service UPnP Bonjour ONVIF T ype of Service The “ T ype of S ervice ” provides 4 options to define the priorities of how the d ata f r om the camera should be han[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 31 undoes the changes th at had just been m ad e but not Applied y et. Most of the W ind ows-base d c om pu ters have the ca p abilit y to discover the d ev ic es that support UPnP TM . Below is the example of W indows 7: by clicking on the Network icon of Windows 7 , the PC will discover [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 32 ONVIF The camera with given firm w are is ONVIF 2.2 compliant. By default, the ON V IF func ti on is disabled. T o enable to the ONVIF support, check the box and press Apply . If y ou need to activate O NV IF on m ul tiple cam eras c on veniently , you m ay use the IP Ut i lit y instead[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 33 IP Settings The section IP Settings prov ides the o pti ons to defi ne how the camera would obta i n its IP address; and to w h i ch DNS s erv er should the c am era c onnect to, in order to resolve dom ai n nam e s. Connection T y pe The sub- s ection Connecti o n T ype allows d ef ini[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 34 recommended to activate a DDNS service f or such scenario, and let t he control center connect to the camera b y t he dom ai n nam e i nstead. P l ease refer to th e DDN S secti on for m o re details. T o set the cam era i n PPPoE m od e, set the radio button to PPPoE an d ke y in the U[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 35 DNS The section D NS allows s etting up th e Domain Name S ervice for the cam era. T he camera will connect to the DNS server when th ere is a need to resolve a dom ai n name for s en ding data to. The most common usage i s the f tp or e -mail server in th e Event Hand l er s ec tio n i[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 36 DDNS There are s ur v eillance solutions that consist of s ingle cameras sc att ered over a wide territor y , the refore each of those cam eras should be c on nected to Internet in order to becom e acc es sible by Control C en ter . For exam pl e, the chain s tor es, bus stops, currenc [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 37 Every t i me the IP cam era gets an IP that is different from previous one, it notifies t he public DDNS Service abou t the chan ge . The DDNS Ser v ice upd at es i ts database i mm ed iatel y , mapping the assigned domain nam e (for exam pl e camera123. dy ndns.org ) to the ne w IP add[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 38 T o activate DDNS, please check the „ Enabled “ . Select the service reference, input the Host Name (the domain name given to the camera by DDNS service, User Name an d Passw o rd of the DDNS server acc ou nt. Y ou will get the needed H os t Nam e, User Name and Password inform ati [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 39 V ideo The section V ideo provides the options to a dj ust the video quality and co nf igure the stream i ng details of the camera. The default settings of the camera are sufficient f or most envi ro nments and the video adjustments are not nec es sar y . The f ol lowing sections exp l [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 40 The sub-section is al so nam ed Video . For Aud io supported cam eras , there w ill also be a sub-section named Audio. T he video section is divided into t ab s. The functionality of each ta b i s explained sep arate l y be l ow . Upon opening the s u b- s ection named Video, the live v[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 41 Compression The section “ Com pression ” allows the user to define t he com pres sion settings of the video stream 1 and stream 2. The purpose of compression is to reduce t he bandwidth and VMS storage consum pti on. Usually the stream 1 is configured to be the best qualit y stream [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 42 Resolution Depending o n the c am era model, the n umber of av ailable r esolutions ma y be different. The def au lt resolution set ti ng of the c amera m ay n ot necessarily be the m axi mum resolution of t he camera. If the user wants to use the m ax imum resolution, it is possi bl e [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 43 GOP (only for H.264) Under VBR mode it is possible to ad just the GOP length - that is the occurrence rate of I - f r ames. B y default, there is one I- f ram e pe r second. F or example, in ca s e of 30 f ps , t here will be 1 I -frame an d 2 9 P-frames every second by def au lt. W hen[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 44 Motion Detection The section “ Motion Detec ti on ” allows the user to co nf igure the video motion detection s y stem of the camera. Motion detection regions are b as ed on t he Stream 1. By default, all the regions are disa bl ed. Click on “ Setup ” to adjust the m oti on dete[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 45 Enabled or disabled Each of the 3 motion de tection regions c an be enab l e d or di sabled individually . Look at the exa mple: Only the region 1 is enabled while 2 and 3 ar e disabled. T he disable d regions di sa pp ear fro m the video displa y . Note that the nu m be r of the m oti [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 46 T rigger threshold Look at the moving objec t entering th e area of motion detection: although moving quite slowly , it caused m oti on activity – s ev eral pixel regio ns reported a m oti on that was f as ter than allowed “ speed limit ” of s ensitivit y ( 70 ). The blue graph on[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 47 possible com bi nations of settings using sens i tivit y le v el and trigg er thr eshold per c entage. The objects listed in ea ch cell w ill trigger an ala rm un d er gi v en setting s: Low threshold ( 0 -5%) High threshold (5-1 00 %) Low sensitiv it y (0 -65) Big and fast Small and fa[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 48 actions again. There is one more item on the Motion Detec ti on conf i guration page which was not explained above – the Profile of Motion Detection . T hi nk of the m as Profile 1 ( Runtim e MD P r of ile) a nd Profile 2 ( E vent MD Profile). It m ea ns that y ou c an c on figure two[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 49 Day/Night Th e section Day/Night allo w s user to co ntrol the swit c hing between da y m od e and night mode. This section will be di s p la y e d o nl y f or da y/ ni g ht m od els. Parameters Description Day/Night mode There are three m od es: Auto: The camera will autom ati cally sw[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 50 Image Th e section Image allows user to contro l certain param ete rs of a v i deo fram e. Parameters Description Video Flipping Check this box to flip the v ideo up -down. Usuall y used tog eth er with Video Mirroring to achieve the 1 80 -de gree rot ation ef f ec t. Video Mirroring Ch[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 51 Exposure / White Balance The sec ti on Exposure / White Balance a l lows th e user to c onfigure Exposure (shutter , iris and gain c on trol) and White Balance s et tings . In most cases, the default settings are sufficient and n o ad justm en t i s ne eded. Som e options will only appe[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 52 Shutter speed choi ce s according to env ironment: Shutter Speed 1/5 1/13 1/15 1/25 1/30 1/50 1/60 1/100 1/120 1/250 1/500 1/1000 1/2000 Indoor Y Y Y Y Y - - - - Outdoor Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y In extreme low light con di tions, the shu tt er s peed is sl o wn down to get m ore l ight into on[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 53 and wait a few seconds – the aut o white balance system w ill adjust the c ol ors until the whi t e paper will really look white on the display . At that m o m en t, the user can fr ee ze these white balance settings by pressing the Ho ld button. After press i ng that button, the Whit[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 54 Exposure M o de - M anu al W h en the l ighting conditions are stable 24 hours a day , the advanced users m ay consider us i ng manual ex posure mode, to further f i ne tun e the i m ag e qu alit y i n order to f ul fill the special project requirements. Please n ote that i n most cases[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 55 OSD/Privacy Mask The s ec tion OSD / Privacy Mask allows user to do one of the t wo on - vid eo operation s: 1. Add t ex t to th e up pe r or l ower l eft c orner of the v i deo. Thi s f un ction is c alled T ext Overlay or On -Screen Displa y ( O SD) . It is possible to disp l ay the c[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 56 Below is the list of c haracte r s with speci al meaning t ha t can b e u sed in the text f i eld: Parameters Description %YYYY Y ear in four-digit form at . For exam pl e, 2008 %YY Y ear in two-digit form at . For exam pl e, 08 %MM Month in two- di g i t form at . For ex ampl e, 01 for[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 57 There are 4 pre- de f i ned color op t i ons for privacy m as ks. If the user wants to use any other colors, please use URL com mand s to set up the privacy mask instead. T o do that, please ref er to the Guide that explains the us e of URL commands. W h en switching back to live vie w [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 58 On -Screen Graphics On -Screen Graph i cs ( O SG) is a n e w f eature that allows plac i ng cus tom image files on the top of the video as a layer . For e xa m pl e, it c an be used as a waterm ar k for security purposes, or a brand logo in the corner of the video i mage. There is no in[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 59 W h en done, use a no ther U RL comm an d to configure its position: http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?OSG_ CONF IG= 1,0,0,240,106,EB8080,4 ... where the 7 param ete rs beh i nd OSG_CONFIG m ea n f ol lo wi ng: Parameter Position Description 1 1 means enabled, 0 m ea ns disable d[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 60 A u dio The section A ud io is a vailable on l y for audio - sup po rted m od els. The user interface f or aud io control look s as below: Parameters Description Audio In The op tion “ E n ab led ” would activate incoming audio (ei th er line in or built - in microphone). T he o pti[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 61 Event This section describes ho w to setup the Eve nt Handler , which dea l s with how the IP devices respond t o situations. Each IP device can hav e a maxim u m of 10 Event Rules. Ea c h rule includes one s i ngle trigger , and one or m an y resp on ses. Several types of r es ponses a[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 62 T o setup FTP servers, make sure to e nter the n etwork ad dress of FT P s erv er , the Netw ork ( FT P ) port, the User Nam e and Password of FTP account , Conn ect i on m od e (Passive or Acti v e) an d Connection time bef ore ti meout. After changing an y of the items abov e, press A[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 63 T o setup SMTP servers, m a ke sure to enable the SMT P account and c h o os e the pro pe r Authentication type. There are many types available. The default is L og in. W e recomm en d you to use Auto Detection. Available authentication t y pes include: Auto Detection, None, Login, Plai[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 64 T o setup HTTP servers , make s ure to en able the HT TP server , enter t he user name, the user password, Network (HTTP S erv er) address, Network (HTTP Server) port number and Max connection tim e b efore timeout ( i n seconds ) . After changing an y of the items abov e, press Apply t[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 65 disable it. This will allow y o u to k ee p the settings without using it, which will be useful in testing and troubleshooting. T o setup Notification Messages, make sure to enable the message and then determ i ne w h at t y pe of message to send (HT TP CGI or email). If y ou are se nd [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 66 *Pre-re qu is ites: SMTP ser v er / FTP ser v er / HTTP CGI ser v er se tup. Upload Video/snapshot IP devices m a y s en d video recording / s n apshots to your chosen server upon event. V ideo will be in .R A W f or mat, w hile s nap s hots wi ll be .JPG files. Y o u can define up to t[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 67 Upload V ideo/ snap shot and Audio checkbox : this decides if th is rule is i n effect, or di sab l ed. Sometim es it is useful to keep the settin gs for troubleshooting purposes , but keep them as disabled. Upload M edia to : these def i ne the task at hand, and chang e t he f ield tha[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 68 CGI server designer f or this section. IP devices do not allo w upload of Sna ps hots / Video into their embedded CGI s ervers . E-Mail Recipient / Subject : W hen uploading video/ s na pshots via email, t h ese fields are required. Video Source : Choosing the v i deo source from video [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 69 *Pre-re qu is ites: HTTP CG I serv er setup. *Pre-requisi tes: SMTP server / HTTP CGI se r v er setup. Send URL commands URL comm an ds c an be s e nt to HT TP CGI servers u po n event. This pro v ides the p os sibilit y of highly i ntelli ge nt r esp on se upon e v ent. IP devices and [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 70 Event List Y ou m ay define a m ax imum of 10 Event rules, w hich will be sho wn in abbreviat ed f or m in the Event L i st panel. I t will displa y under ea ch Event ID, the days of the week it w ill be a ctive, the start time and duration of the active period, the type of the source o[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 71 How is it triggered? Events may be triggered by one of the several s ource s . In th e example b elo w , Motion Detection region 1 is used as the e v ent trigger . Y ou may also as k the ev en t to b e r epeatedl y triggered during this s chedu l e d time. The interval is determined in [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 72 Reboot device : This triggers the event response when the device is shut down via web UI “ Sav e and Reboot ” . Use thi s to keep record of w h en was the device setting edited. N ote that this will not take effect when the device is unplugge d, as this i s not norm al shutdown. Wha[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 73 Go to a preset po i nt: if the device is a P T Z camera, and there are preset po ints alread y configured in PTZ setup page, then you m ay include this in the response section of the event rule by using Send U RL Command m eth od . It is possible to let the c amera return to another pre[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 74 Local Storage Management The ca m eras that co m e with built-in loca l s torag e capability will have the [Local Storage] item shown i n the “ Setup Page ” when the m as s storage has been inserte d into the stora ge drive slot of the device. Under [Local Storage ] i tem it is po s[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 75 Status W h en the mass storage ha s not be en f or matted or mounted yet, the c am era would not k no w the status of the storage, and t he outpu t would be as f ollows: If the mass storage has been f ormatted or mounted already , the Status page will show the details of the storage: In[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 76 Utilities The “ Uti lities ” are res p onsib l e for managing the st orage itse l f r ather t ha n th e f i les o n th e sto rage. There are three ut i lities – M ou nt, Form at and Scan. Mount W h en the Mo u nt storage media button shows “ Mount ” button then it m ea ns that[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 77 Unmount Once th e drive has been m ou nted, it c a n later be unm ou nted b y pressin g “ Unmount ” button, if necessary . That Unm ou nt function is used when the cam era i s to be shut down for m ai ntenance or when the mass s torage has t o be physically rem ov ed for some reason[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 78 the l oca l storage i s being used b y camera an d some videos or snapshots are being record ed to the disk, then the sud de n shutdo wn or r em ov al of the disk w ithout unm ou nting m ay corrupt the file that is c urrentl y b eing u sed b y the c amera. The rest of the f iles are no [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 79 Format Failure If the disk i s da m ag ed or it i s not w it hi n the specifications of the camera, the formatting m ay fail. W h en this happe ns , there i s no wa y to c o ntinue using tha t disk, and it has to be r ep laced with a proper one.[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 80 Scan T o chec k th e “ health ” of th e disk, i t i s possible to us e t he “ Sc an ” function. If th e disk ha s alread y been mounted, the “Sca n” bu tto n is grayed out, un m ou nt the disk first to enable the “Sca n” button. Scan Failure The scanning would f ai l i f[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 81 Setup The “ Setup ” function provides the option to m an age the f i le writing behavior of the camera. B y default, the cam era i s s et to “ Remove old recordings when ra n ou t of s torage space automatically ” . By using this m od e, the camera ’ s recording process will n[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 82 By this option, the poss i bility of send i ng notification e -mails automaticall y has be en enabled. The % refers to the rem ai ning size of a v ailable storage at which the cam era should send a notif i cation e-mail, in case such task ha s bee n l isted in E v ent Handler of the cam[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 83 W h en click i ng on the “ ? ” m ark on th e upper ri gh t corner , the usef ul help m es sage would appe ar: In order to let the cam era r ecord f i les e i ther b y e v ent or b y sched ul e, please go to Event Hand l er to set it up ( “ Event Han dler with Loca l Storage ” on[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 84 Search Recording s b y Time If you are looking for the recordings of specific time peri o d, then you m a y check the “ Search recordings by time ” , an d select the starting tim e of th e searchable r a nge as well as the length of the time period. W i th s earch s ett ings abo v e[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 85 Download Recordings Y ou can download the files m an ually to remote PC b y click i ng on the File Nam e. Delete Recordings Y ou can manuall y delete the files b y filling the check bo xes and then press i ng the “ Remov e ” button. Search Snapshots If the eve nt rule of the Event H[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 86 View and Download Snapshot s By click i ng on t he sna ps hot file nam e in file l ist it is p os sible to view the sn ap shot wi t hi n W eb Configurator . T o download the snapshot, right c l ick on the p i cture and save it to the computer . Deleting Snapshots Y ou can manually delet[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 87 Downloading Files by FTP Client In addition to W eb Configurator ’ s File Managem en t, it is also possible to use any of the FTP Clients to list and download the recordings from the local storage thanks to the built -in FT P Server of the cam era. Use the ftp:// follo w e d b y c ame[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 88 Event Handler with Local Storage In order to save v ideo clips or snapsho ts on a l ocal stor ag e, there has to be a t as k c reated under Event Handler system of the camera that defines what type of files and when are they to be recorded on local storage. Event Handler suppo r ts foll[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 89 Check the “ Upload V ideo/Snapsho t1 ” . Please note that l ater on scheduler page this i tem will be referred to as “ Image 1 ” . Let ’ s s ee the exam pl e of video form at first – Upload Med ia T ype s hall be Video. Upload Media T o sha ll be “ Lo cal Stor ag e ” . T[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 90 Make sure to hav e the rule “ E nabled ” by filling the c he ckbox. By the exam pl e above, the camera will be 24/7 on guard to watch for motion events. W hen motion detection region 1 detects intrusion, it will tri g ge r the r es ponse of uploading “ image 1 ” according to th [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 91 Scheduled Video Recording Although it i s not r eal l y recommended to hav e full- t ime recording for MicroSDHC due to i t is n ot physically as c ap able as hard di sk , the f i rmware still allows it to be configured for full - tim e recording m od e. Let ’ s use the same media par[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 92 As a r esult, t he c amera will be cont i nuousl y recording, having ea ch v ideo f i le w ith the l eng th of 1 minute. Event T riggered Snapsho t s Choose the “ Upload video/snapshot ” item in the “ E vent Configuration ” page and check the Upload Media T ype as “ Snapshot ?[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 93 Scheduled Snapshot s Media configuration:[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 94 Schedule configuration: As a r esult, The re wi ll be one s naps ho t f r om Me dia 1 stored on l ocal s tora ge on c e ever y m i nute, 24 hours a day . The snapshots can be accessible fr om “ Local Storage ” -> “ F ile Managem en t ”[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 95 System The s ection System pro v i des the list of functio ns th at help manage the camera. The [+] mark be f o re System i ndicates that th e list can be expanded b y clicking on it. Once expanded, the l i st can later be c ollapsed ag ai n by click i ng on the [ -] mark. User Account [...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 96 System Info The section System Info provides the full i nform ati on about cam er a status, settings and log. This i nform ati on is ver y helpful w hile doing the cam er a conf i guration , maintenance or troub l eshooting. The Server Report i s a convenient way of exporting the full l[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 97 Factory Default The section Factor y Defau lt allows the camera setti n g s be rese t to the original factor y sett i ngs. If you want to k ee p n et work sett ings a nd res tore ot he r settings to f ac tor y default, p l ea s e s elect the f i rst option. If you s el ec t the second o[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 98 Firmware Upload The section Firmw ar e Upload allows rem ote upgrade or downgrade of camera firm w are. The upgr ad e to ne wer version is us uall y do ne i n order to ga in n e w functions or fix existing b ug s or limitations while downgrade to older version is used m ostly f or integ[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 99 Save & Reboot Th e Save & Reboot s ection allows sa v ing the s ett ings and rebooting the camera remotely . This is critic al because some settings might not tak e eff ec t before save & reboot.[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 100 Logout Clicking this item allows you to log out of the IP device. Be sure to logout this IP device once you hav e c om pl eted all the task s via Web Conf i gurator .[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 101 Troubleshooting Although the default settin gs of the cam era are id ea l for 90% of the cases , t here m ay be some rare cases when the s ett ings need t o b e adjusted or the devi ce has to be examined. T he following section provi d e s eas y troubleshooti ng solutions for most case[...]

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    w w w . a ct i. c o m Firmware User ’ s Manual V6.04 . 15 102 IR light reflection Make sure the dome o r bullet cover is tightly mo u nted; Reduce the AE reference target in Auto Exposure mode; Reduce the Exposure Gain in M anua l Exposure mode Streaming Quality T roubles h oo tin g Frame Rate T o o Low at Night In a uto e xposure m ode, s et th [...]