ACTi A1D-M2N-V2.05.12-AC User manual

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A1D-M2N-V2.05.12-AC
User’s Manual

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Table of Contents
1. INSTALLATION _______________________________________________ 1-1
1.1 Minimum System Requirements ___________________________________ 1-1
1.2 Preparation before setup _________________________________________ 1-2
1.2.1 Setup your PC network ________________________________________________ 1-2
1.3 Configuring the IP device_________________________________________ 1-7
1.3.1 Video Display _______________________________________________________ 1-9
1.3.2 Host Setting________________________________________________________ 1-10
1.3.3 WAN Setting _______________________________________________________ 1-13
1.3.4 Date Setting________________________________________________________ 1-16
1.3.5 Video Setting_______________________________________________________ 1-18
1.3.6 Event Setting _______________________________________________________ 1-24
1.3.7 Video Adjustment ___________________________________________________ 1-26
1.3.8 User Account Management ____________________________________________ 1-28
1.3.9 System Info ________________________________________________________ 1-29
1.3.10 Firmware Upgrade ________________________________________________ 1-31
1.3.11 Factory Default___________________________________________________ 1-33
1.3.12 Save Reboot _____________________________________________________ 1-34
1.3.13 Logout__________________________________________________________ 1-35

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1. INSTALLATION
1.1 Minimum System Requirements
CPU
Pentinum 4 2.4GHz and above
Hard Disk 40 GB or above
Memory 256 MB or above
Operating System Windows XP with SP2 or above / Windows 2000 with SP4 or
above
Video Resolution SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution
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1.2 Preparation before setup
To configure your IP device, you have to use the Internet Explorer to login.
Before that, your PC’s networks settings and the IP device’s IP address
must be setup. Make sure all the connections are connected correctly, and
then follow the procedures below to setup.
1. Setup your PC network
You have to match your PC’s TCP/IP setting with the IP device’s
default settings before you can use IE browser to login it. This section
tells you how to setup your PC’s TCP/IP settings.
2. Setup IP device’s IP address
This IP device’s IP address can be setup manually or automatically by
network service (DHCP). If it acquires the IP address by using the
DHCP service, please use the IP utility software bundled in the product
CD to search all the IP devices’ IP address.
1.2.1 Setup your PC network
To set up the network of IP device via a PC, you have to change the TCP/IP
settings of the PC.
The following are the default network settings of IP device.
IP Address: 192.168.0.100
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
To access the IP device, the IP address of the PC should match the address
below.
IP Address: 192.168.0.xxx
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254, but 100 is excepted.

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The procedures below is the setup procedure of a PC using Windows XP as
its OS. When running an OS other than Windows XP, please refer to the
manual included with the OS.
zSTEP1
Start up your PC.
zSTEP2
Click the [Start] and select the "Control Panel"

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zSTEP3
Double-click the "Network and Internet connections" icon.
zSTEP4
Double-click the "Network connections" icon

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zSTEP5
Click “Local Area Connections”, and then click “Change settings of
this connection” in the network Task menu.
zSTEP6
Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”, and then click the [Properties]
button.

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zSTEP7
Click the “Use the following IP address” radio button and enter the IP
address and the subnet mask.
zSTEP8
Click the [OK] button and the window dialog box closes.
Please set the settings as below.
IP address: 192.168. 0.xxx
Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0
(NOTE: xxx should be a number
from 1 to 254, but 100 is
excepted.)

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1.3 Configuring the IP device
This section describes how to configure the IP device. The product
administrator has unlimited access to all setup windows and normal users
can only watch the live image. The IP device is configured under a
standard browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or above).
Follow the procedures below to configure the IP device.
zSTEP1: Open a browser
zSTEP2: Enter the IP address of the IP device.
The default IP address is “192.168.0.100”
The “Login Page” is now displayed as below.
zSTEP3: Enter the Account name (factory default: Admin) and the
Password (factory default: 123456).
zSTEP4: Select the language of the IP device user interface. You can
select from English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese,
Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese,Czech and French. This user
interface setting will disappear once you log out, if you want to change
the default user interface language, please change the setting of [Host
setting] after login successed.
zSTEP5: Click the button to login or click the button
to re-enter again.
NOTE: Internet Explorer of 6.0 or above is highly recommended. If you
don’t have the it, please download it from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx

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Once successfully login, the “Main Setup page” will be displayed as
below.

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1.3.1 Video Display
This section tells you how to view live images via Internet Explorer.
zSTEP1: Click the [Video Display] on the “Main Setup page”.
The “Video Display page” is displayed as below.
zSTEP2: Check the [Mute] checkbox to select mute enable/disable
zSTEP3: Click the [Audio Out] checkbox to enable/disable audio
output from control PC to IP device.
zSTEP4: Click the if you cannot see the video, and follow the
instructions.
zSTEP5: Click the [Quit] to exit the live view and return to “Main
Setup page”.
NOTE: If the streaming is disabled, you cannot see the live images
here.
NOTE: Be sure to set the Network Connections Type to Auto
Negotiation to respective apparatus connected to this IP device via
network. Otherwise, the maximum transmission performance might not
be achieved. This is because the IP device follows MII standard.

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1.3.2 Host Setting
This section tells you how to setup IP device’s host settings and LAN
settings.
zSTEP1: Click the [Host Setting] on the “Main Setup page”.
The “Host setting page” is displayed as below.
zSTEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If
you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.

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■Host Setting
Parameters Description
Host name Enter a host name, and this host name will be shown when you
use the IP utility or the SDK to search for the IP device.
Language Select the language of default user-interface. Each user login
will see the default user-interface first.
■LAN Setting
Parameters Description
IP address The address shown is the current LAN port IP address of this IP
device. You can change its IP address by change the parameter
here.
Subnet mask The address shown is the current LAN port subnet mask of this
IP device. If the IP address is changed, adjust the subnet mask
accordingly..
■Network link speed & duplex
Parameters Description
LAN port
This item lets you select the network transmission speed of LAN
port. You can select from
1.Auto detect (default setting)
2.100Mbps / Full duplex
3.100Mbps / Half duplex
4.10Mbps / Full duplex
5.10Mbps / Half duplex
WAN port
This item lets you select the network transmission speed of
WAN port. You can select from
1.Auto detect (default setting)
2.100Mbps / Full duplex
3.100Mbps / Half duplex
4.10Mbps / Full duplex
5.10Mbps / Half duplex
■Port Mapping
Parameters Description
TOS (type of
service)
Select whether to add the TOS tag onto the streaming data.
Streaming data with a higher priority TOS tag will be transmitted
first while compared with other data to be transmitted.
TOS priority
Select the TOS tag’s priority to be added onto the streaming.
You can select between
1.Normal-Service
2.Minimize-Cost
3.Maximize-Reliability
4.Maximize-throughout
5.Minimize-Delay

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■ToS (Type of Service)
Parameters Description
HTTP port Select the port for this IP device to use HTTP protocol.
Search server
port1 Select the port1 for this IP device to support search function of
the application program (eg. IP utility).
Search server
port2 Select the port2 for this IP device to support search function of
the application program (eg. IP utility).
zSTEP3: Click the [Apply] button of each setting to confirm the
settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters.
NOTE: Check with your system administrator, if Client PC and IP device
are setting in different VLANs, please connect to WAN port.
NOTE: Be sure to set the Network Connections Type to Auto
Negotiation to respective apparatus connected to this IP device via
network. Otherwise, the maximum transmission performance might not
be achieved. This is because the IP device follows MII standard.
NOTE: Once finished all settings, be sure to click the [Save Reboot]
button, otherwise, some settings won’t take effect.

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1.3.3 WAN Setting
This section tells you how to setup IP device’s WAN, DNS server and
DDNS server settings.
zSTEP1: Click the [WAN Setting] on the “Main Setup page”.
The “WAN setting page” is displayed as below
zSTEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If
you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.

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■WAN Setting
Parameters Description
Failover
The LAN and WAN in IP device are binned to one single IP
configuration. All streaming traffics go through WAN by default. The
LAN will take over WAN's function when the WAN is linked down. As
WAN is recovered, LAN release the streaming function to WAN.
Dynamic IP
address
Click this to enable IP device’s DHCP function.
It will acquire its WAN port IP address from a DHCP server
within the same network. (You must have a DHCP server in
order to enable this function.)
Static IP
address
Click this to manually enter the IP device WAN port IP
address.
IP address: Enter the WAN port IP address.
Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask of WAN port. If
IP address is changed, adjust the subnet mask
accordingly.
ISP gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway
(the router).
PPPoE
Click this when you connect IP device directly to the xDSL
modem.
User name: Enter the user name of your xDSL
account.
Password: Enter the password of your xDSL
account.
Note: You have to click the [Save Reboot] after you click the
[Apply button] to let this IP device start xDSL connections.
■DNS server Setting
Parameters Description
Primary DNS
server Defines the IP address of the primary DNS server. This is used for identifying this computer by name instead of IP address.
Secondary DNS
server The IP address of the secondary DNS server. It will be used once the primary DNS server fails.
■DDNS server Setting
Parameters Description
DDNS type Click this to enable IP device’s DDNS function.
DDNS function enables user to connect to this IP device by
domain name even if its IP address is not static.
Service ISP Click one of the DDNS service providers.
You can visit their website to get a DDNS service account for
this IP device.
Host name Enter the host name of your DDNS service account. (ex:
xxxx.dyndns.org)

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User name Enter the user name to login your DDNS service account.
Password Enter the password to login your DDNS service account.
zSTEP3: Click the [Apply] button of each setting to confirm the
settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters.
NOTE: Be sure to set the Network Connections Type to Auto
Negotiation to respective apparatus connected to this IP device via
network. Otherwise, the maximum transmission performance might not
be achieved. This is because the IP device follows MII standard.
NOTE: Check with your system administrator, if Client PC and IP
device are setting in different VLANs, please connect to WAN port.
NOTE: Once finished all settings, be sure to click the [Save Reboot]
button, otherwise, some settings won’t take effect.

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1.3.4 Date Setting
This section tells you how to setup IP device’s date and time settings.
zSTEP1: Click the [Date Setting] on the “Main Setup page”.
The “Date setting page” is displayed as below
zSTEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If
you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
■Date Setting
Parameters Description
SNTP/NTP
server
Click this to enable IP device’s SNTP/NTP function.
SNTP/NTP function enables this video to synchronize its time
settings with a SNTP/NTP server. You can use this function to
make sure all your IP devices’ time is the same. Additionally,
with our embedded digital-time-code in the streaming, you can
tell the event sequence accurately.
IP address: Enter the IP address of the SNTP/NTP
server.
Sync time: Select the time interval for this IP device
to synchronize its time.
Set manually
Click this to manually setup the date & time.
Date : Select the date
Time: Select the time
Time zone Select the time zone offset for local settings
zSTEP3: Click the [Apply] button of each setting to confirm the
settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters.

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NOTE: Once finished all settings, be sure to click the [Save Reboot]
button, otherwise, some settings won’t take effect.
Manually set date and time will be gone, if power off.

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1.3.5 Video Setting
This section tells you how to setup IP device’s video and streaming settings.
zSTEP1: Click the [Video Setting] on the “Main Setup page”.
The “Video setting page” is displayed as below
zSTEP2: Select streaming protocol [Version V1.0] (without audio
function) or [Version V2.0] (with audio function), and click
[Setting] button to config settings, or [Reset] button to re-enter the
parameters. Configure these settings with reference to the table below.
If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.