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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 - 1 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532
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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 Content
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Table of Contents Before You Use This Product......................................................................2 Package Contents....................................................................................6 Installation.............................................................................................7 Hardware installation..........................................................................7 Software installation....................................
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General..................................................................................... 32 Video Settings............................................................................ 32 Video orientation........................................................................ 32 Audio settings............................................................................ 33 Image Settings .......................................................................... 34 Email & FTP
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D. Technical specifications ................................................................. 70 - 5 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532
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Package Contents IP7131 Software CD Power adapter Quick installation guide Camera stand Warranty card - 6 - www.vivotek.com T: 886-2-82455282 F: 886-2-82455532
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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 ex
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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 seria
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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 o
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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. T
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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 t
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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. - 12 - www.vivotek.com
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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. 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.com
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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
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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. The TCP protocol all
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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.com
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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”, “Constant bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Audio and Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible. For Viewing by Mobile Phone Most 3GPP cell phone supports media streamin
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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. If the broadband network is over 1 Mbps, set the “Fix bit
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speed and adjust the frame rate. Start from 30 fps down for best results but not below 15 fps. If the image qualities are not improved, select a lower bandwidth setting. - 19 - www.vivotek.com
