ACTi VMGB-351 User manual

VMGB-351
User’s Manual
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Table of Contents
Recommended PC Specifications 8
Preparation 9
Connect the Equipment .............................................................................9
Configure the IP Addresses.......................................................................9
Using DHCP Server to Assign IPAddresses........................................... 9
Use the Default IPAddress of a Camera ...............................................11
Manually Adjust the IPAddress of the PC..............................................11
Manually Adjust the IPAddresses of Multiple Cameras........................ 12
Access the Camera...................................................................................13
Using IPv6 to Access the Camera............................................................ 14
Temperature Measurement 15
Notice.........................................................................................................15
Thermography Configuration Flow Chart...............................................16
Automatic Thermography........................................................................17
Set Thermography Parameters............................................................. 17
Set Normal Mode.................................................................................. 18
Set Expert Mode................................................................................... 19
Set Thermography Rule........................................................................ 19
Point Thermography.............................................................................. 20
Line Thermography............................................................................... 21
Area Thermography.............................................................................. 21
Set Shielded Region............................................................................. 21
Manual Thermography .............................................................................22
Fire Source Detection 23
Select Recommended Scene...................................................................23
Set Fire Detection Parameters.................................................................23

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Behavior Analysis 25
Flow Chart of Behavior Analysis.............................................................25
Set VCA Parameters.................................................................................25
Calibration.................................................................................................26
Calibrate Automatically.......................................................................... 26
Calibrate Manually................................................................................ 27
Verify the Calibration Result.................................................................. 28
Set Rules ...................................................................................................28
Advanced Configuration..........................................................................30
Detection Parameters ........................................................................... 30
Restore Parameters.............................................................................. 30
Set Global Size Filter................................................................................31
Event and Alarm 32
Set Motion Detection................................................................................32
Normal Mode ........................................................................................ 33
Expert Mode.......................................................................................... 33
Set Video Tampering Alarm .....................................................................34
Set Alarm Input .........................................................................................35
Set Exception Alarm.................................................................................36
Detect Audio Exception............................................................................36
Arming Schedule and Alarm Linkage 38
Set Arming Schedule................................................................................38
Linkage Method Settings .........................................................................38
Trigger Alarm Output............................................................................. 38
Manual Alarm........................................................................................... 39
Automatic Alarm....................................................................................... 39
FTP/NAS/Memory Card Uploading....................................................... 39
Send Email............................................................................................ 40
Set Email ................................................................................................. 40
Notify Surveillance Center..................................................................... 40
Trigger Recording ................................................................................. 41
Set Audible Alarm Output...................................................................... 41

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Set Flashing Alarm Light Output ........................................................... 41
Live View 42
Live View Parameters...............................................................................42
Window Division.................................................................................... 42
Live View Stream Type ......................................................................... 42
Enable and Disable Live View............................................................... 42
Start Digital Zoom................................................................................. 42
View Previous/Next Page...................................................................... 42
Full Screen............................................................................................ 42
Light...................................................................................................... 43
Wiper..................................................................................................... 43
Lens Initialization .................................................................................. 43
Auxiliary Focus...................................................................................... 43
Quick Set Live View.............................................................................. 43
Lens Parameters Adjustment................................................................ 43
Zoom ....................................................................................................... 43
Focus....................................................................................................... 43
PTZ Speed............................................................................................... 44
Iris............................................................................................................ 44
Set Transmission Parameters..................................................................44
Video and Audio 46
Video Settings...........................................................................................46
Stream Type.......................................................................................... 46
Video Type............................................................................................ 46
Resolution............................................................................................. 46
Bitrate Type and Max. Bitrate................................................................ 47
Video Quality......................................................................................... 47
Frame Rate........................................................................................... 47
Video Encoding..................................................................................... 47
H.264....................................................................................................... 47
H.265....................................................................................................... 47
MJPEG .................................................................................................... 47
Profile ...................................................................................................... 48
I-Frame Interval........................................................................................ 48
SVC......................................................................................................... 48
Smoothing............................................................................................. 48
Display VCA Info................................................................................... 48

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Audio Settings....................................................................................... 49
Audio Encoding........................................................................................ 49
Audio Input............................................................................................... 49
Environmental Noise Filter....................................................................... 49
Two-way Audio...................................................................................... 49
Set ROI................................................................................................. 50
Display Settings........................................................................................51
Image Adjustment ................................................................................. 51
Image Adjustment (Thermal Channel) .................................................. 51
Background Correction ............................................................................ 51
Manual Correction.................................................................................... 51
Thermal AGC Mode ................................................................................. 51
Exposure Settings................................................................................. 52
Day/Night Switch................................................................................... 52
Set Supplement Light............................................................................ 52
BLC....................................................................................................... 53
WDR..................................................................................................... 53
White Balance....................................................................................... 53
DNR...................................................................................................... 53
Defog .................................................................................................... 53
Set Palette ............................................................................................ 53
Set Target Color.................................................................................... 54
DDE ...................................................................................................... 55
Brightness Sudden Change.................................................................. 55
Enhance Regional Image...................................................................... 55
Mirror..................................................................................................... 55
Video Standard..................................................................................... 55
Digital Zoom.......................................................................................... 56
Scene Mode.......................................................................................... 56
OSD............................................................................................................56
Displayed Information .............................................................................. 56
Text Overlay............................................................................................. 56
OSD Parameters...................................................................................... 56
Set Privacy Mask ......................................................................................56
Overlay Picture .........................................................................................57
Set Manual DPC (Defective Pixel Correction).........................................57
Set Picture in Picture................................................................................57
Video Recording and Picture Capture 58
Storage Settings.......................................................................................58

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Set Memory Card.................................................................................. 58
Set NAS................................................................................................ 58
Set FTP................................................................................................. 59
Set Cloud Storage................................................................................. 59
Video Recording.......................................................................................60
Record Automatically ............................................................................ 60
Record Manually................................................................................... 61
Playback and Download Video ............................................................. 61
Capture Configuration..............................................................................62
Capture Automatically........................................................................... 62
Capture Manually.................................................................................. 62
View and Download Picture.................................................................. 63
Network Settings 64
TCP/IP........................................................................................................64
Multicast Discovery............................................................................... 65
Port ............................................................................................................65
Port Mapping.............................................................................................66
Set Auto Port Mapping.......................................................................... 66
Set Manual Port Mapping...................................................................... 66
Multicast....................................................................................................67
SNMP .........................................................................................................67
Access to Device via Domain Name .......................................................67
Access to Device via PPPoE Dial Up Connection..................................68
Set ONVIF..................................................................................................69
Set HTTP Listening...................................................................................69
System and Security 70
View Device Information ..........................................................................70
Search and Manage Log ..........................................................................70
Import and Export Configuration File .....................................................70
Export Diagnose Information...................................................................71
Reboot .......................................................................................................71
Restore and Default..................................................................................71

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Upgrade.....................................................................................................71
View Open Source Software License......................................................72
Time and Date...........................................................................................72
Synchronize Time Manually.................................................................. 72
Set NTP Server..................................................................................... 72
Set DST ................................................................................................ 72
Set RS-485.................................................................................................73
Security .....................................................................................................73
Authentication....................................................................................... 73
Set IPAddress Filter ............................................................................. 74
Set SSH................................................................................................ 74
Set HTTPS............................................................................................ 74
Create and Install Self-signed Certificate................................................. 75
Install Authorized Certificate..................................................................... 75
Set QoS ................................................................................................ 75
Set IEEE 802.1X................................................................................... 76
User and Account.....................................................................................76
Set User Account and Permission......................................................... 76
Appendix 77
Common Material Emissivity Reference.................................................77

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Recommended PC Specifications
In order to configure or test the cameras, a PC with following basic specifications is needed:
CPU
Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz or above
Memory
1 GB or higher
Operating System
Windows XP SP1 and above
Windows 7
Windows 8, 8.1
Windows 10
Browser for Accessing
Firmware
Internet Explorer 8 and above
Apple Safari 5.0.2 and above
Mozilla Firefox 5.0 and above
Google Chrome 18 and above
Video Resolution
1024x768 or higher

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Preparation
Connect the Equipment
To be able to connect to the camera firmware from your PC, both the camera and the PC have to
be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the same time, the camera has to have its own
power supply. In case of PoE cameras, you can use a PoE Injector or a PoE Switch between the
camera and the PC. The cameras that have the DC power connectors may be powered on by
using a power adaptor.
The Ethernet port LED or Power LED of the camera will indicate that the power supply for the
camera works normally.
Configure the IP Addresses
In order to be able to communicate with the camera from your PC, both the camera and the PC
have to be within the same network segment. In most cases, it means that they both should have
very similar IP addresses, where only the last number of the IP address is different from each
other. There are 2 different approaches to IP Address management in Local Area Networks –by
DHCP Server or Manually.
Using DHCP Server to Assign IP Addresses
If you have connected the computer and the camera into the network that has a DHCP server
running, then you do not need to configure the IP addresses at all –both the camera and the PC
would request a unique IP address from DHCP server automatically. In such case, the camera
will immediately be ready for the access from the PC. The user, however, might not know the IP
address of the camera yet. It is necessary to know the IP address of the camera in other to be
able to access it by using a Web browser.

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If you work with our cameras regularly, then there is even a better way to discover the
cameras in the network –by using IP Utility. The IP Utility is a light software tool that can not
only discover the cameras, but also list lots of valuable information, such as IP and MAC
addresses, serial numbers, firmware versions, etc, and allows quick configuration of multiple
devices at the same time. Firmware upgrade can also be done through the IP Utility (see IP utility
documentation for more details).
Search and downloand IP Utility for free from http://www.acti.com/DownloadCenter.
With just one click, you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows:
You can quickly notice the camera model in the list. Double-click on the IP address to
automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled
in the address bar of the browser already.

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Use the Default IP Address of a Camera
If there is no DHCP server in the given network, the user may have to assign the IP addresses to
both PC and camera manually to make sure they are in the same network segment.
When the camera is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services, it will
automatically assign itself a default IP:
192.168.0.100
Whereas the default port number would be 80. In order to access that camera, the IP address of
the PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera.
Manually Adjust the IP Address of the PC
In the following example, based on Windows 7, we will configure the IP address to 192.168.0.99
and set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 by using the steps below:
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Manually Adjust the IP Addresses of Multiple Cameras
If there are more than 1 camera to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP
server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them, all of the cameras would then have the
initial IP address of 192.168.0.100, which is not a proper situation for network devices –all the IP
addresses have to be different from each other. The easiest way to assign cameras the IP
addresses is by using IP Utility:
With the procedure shown above, all the cameras will have unique IP addresses, starting from
192.168.0.101. In case there are 20 cameras selected, the last one of the cameras would have
the IP 192.168.0.120.
Later, by pressing the “Refresh” button of the IP Utility, you will be able to see the list of cameras
with their new IP addresses.
Please note that it is also possible to change the IP addresses manually by using the Web
browser. In such case, please plug in only one camera at a time, and change its IP address by
using the Web browser before plugging in the next one. This way, the Web browser will not be
confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time.

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Access the Camera
Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the
same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera.
Open the web browser, input the IP address of the camera, and then press Enter to go to the
login page.
Assuming that the camera’s IP address is 192.168.0.100, type the following address into Web
browser’s address bar:
http://192.168.0.100
Upon successful connection to the camera, the user interface will appear together with the login
page.
Before logging in, the admin user should configure first the device account and password. This
account and password will be used for future administrator logins.
NOTE: The IP address gets locked if the admin user fails to login 7 times; while gets locked after
5 failed attempts for other users).
NOTE: You may be prompted to install the necessary plug-ins in before viewing the live video
and operating the camera. Follow the on-screen instructions to install plug-ins.

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Using IPv6 to Access the Camera
The camera is IPv6-ready. You need to configure this address in the Configuration page after
accessing the camera. The IPv6 address can be found under the Configuration > Basic
Settings > TCP/IP menu (see ** for more information).

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Temperature Measurement
When you enable this function, the device measures the actual temperature of the scene. It
alarms when temperature exceeds the temperature threshold value.
Notice
This part introduces the notices of configuring temperature measurement function.
The target surface should be as vertical to the optical axis as possible. It is
recommended that the angle of oblique image plane should be less than 45°.
The target image pixels should be more than 5 × 5.
If multiple presets will be taken for temperature measurement, it is recommended to set
the patrol time above 20 s.
Please select line thermography or area thermography for a certain area temperature
measurement. The point thermography is not recommended in case of deviation
occurred during device movement to affect the accuracy of temperature measurement.

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Thermography Configuration Flow Chart
This part introduces the process of configuring temperature measurement.
Note
Please refer to the Quick Start Guide for detail information of Installation part in the flow chart.

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Automatic Thermography
Configure the temperature measurement parameters and temperature measurement rules. The
device can measure the actual temperature and output alarms when temperature exceeds the
alarm threshold value.
Set Thermography Parameters
Configure the parameters of temperature measurement.
Go to Configuration → System → Maintenance → VCA Resource Type, select Temperature
Measurement.
1. Go to Configuration → Local, enable Display Temperature Info.
Display Temperature Info.
Select Yes to display temperature information on live view.
Enable Rules to display the rules information on live view.
2. Click Save.
3. Go to Configuration → Temperature Measurement → Basic Settings to configure
parameters.
Enable Temperature Measurement
Check to enable temperature measurement function.
Enable Color-Temperature
Check to display Temperature-Color Ruler in live view.
Display Temperature Info. on Stream
Check to display temperature information on the stream.
Display Temperature in Optical Channel
Check to display thermal channel temperature information in the optical channel.
Display Max./Min./Average Temperature
Check to display maximum/minimum/average temperature information on liveview when
the temperature measurement rule is line or area.
Position of Thermometry Info
Select the position of temperature information showed on the live view.
Near Target: display the information beside the temperature measurement rule.
Top Left: display the information on the top left of screen.
Add Original Data on Capture
Check to add data on alarm triggered capture of thermal channel.
Add Original Data on Stream
Check to add original data on thermal view.
Data Refresh Interval
It means the refresh interval of temperature information.

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Unit
Display temperature with Degree Celsius (°C)/Degree Fahrenheit (°F)/Degree Kelvin (K).
Temperature Range
Select the temperature measurement range.
Version
View the version of current algorithm.
4. Click Save.
Set Normal Mode
This function is used to measure the temperature of the whole scene and alarm.
1. Go to Configuration → Temperature Measurement → Basic Settings, and check
Enable Temperature Measurement.
2. Refer to Set Thermography Parameters to set the parameters.
3. Go to Configuration → Temperature Measurement → Advanced Settings, and select
Normal.
4. Configure the parameters of normal mode.
Emissivity
Set the emissivity of your target. The emissivity of each object is different.
Distance
The distance between the target and the device.
Pre-Alarm Threshold
When the temperature of target exceeds the pre-alarm threshold, and this status keeps
more than Filtering Time, it triggers pre-alarm.
Alarm Threshold
When the temperature of target exceeds the alarm threshold, and this status keeps more
than Filtering Time, it triggers alarm.
Pre-Alarm Output and Alarm Output
Check Pre-Alarm Output and Alarm Output to link the pre-alarm or alarm with the
connected alarm device.
5. Refer to Set Arming Schedule for setting scheduled time. Refer to Linkage Method
Settings for setting linkage method.
6. Click Save.
The maximum and minimum temperature will be displayed on the live view.
Note
Go to Image → VCA Rules Display to adjust the fonts size and the temperature colour of
normal, alarm and pre-alarm.

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Set Expert Mode
Select the temperature measurement rules from Point, Line, or Area and configure parameters,
the device alarms if the alarm rules are met.
1. Go to Configuration → Temperature Measurement → Basic Settings, check Enable
Temperature Measurement.
2. Refer to Set Thermography Parameters to set the parameters.
3. Go to Configuration → Temperature Measurement → Advanced Settings, select
Expert.
4. Select and enable the temperature measurement rules. Please refer to Set
Thermography Rule for setting the rule.
5. Optional: Click Area's Temperature Comparison to set the alarm rules and the
temperature.
6. Refer to Set Arming Schedule for setting scheduled time. Refer to Linkage Method
Settings for setting linkage method.
7. Click Save.
The maximum temperature and thermography rules will be displayed on the liveview.
Note
Go to Image → VCA Rules Display to adjust the fonts size and the temperature colour of normal, alarm
and pre-alarm.
Set Thermography Rule
1. Customize the rule name.
2. Select the rule type to Point, Line, or Area. Then draw a point, line, or area on the
interface where the position to be measured.
Point
Please refer to Paint Thermography for detailed configuration.
Line
Please refer to Line Thermography for detailed configuration.
Area
Please refer to Area Thermography for detailed configuration.
3. Configure the temperature measurement parameters.
Emissivity
Set the emissivity of the target. The emissivity of the surface of a material is its
effectiveness in emitting energy as thermal radiation. Different objects have different
emissivity. Refer to Common Material Emissivity Reference to search for the target
emissivity.
Distance
The distance between the target and the device.

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Reflective Temperature
If there is any object with high emissivity in the scene, check and set the reflective
temperature to correct the temperature. The reflective temperature should be set the
same as the temperature of the high emissivity object.
4. Click and set the Alarm Rule.
Alarm Temperature and Pre-Alarm Temperature
Set the alarm temperature and pre-alarm temperature. E.g., select Alarm Rule as Above
(Average Temperature), set the Pre-Alarm Temperature to 50 °C, and set the Alarm
temperature to 55 °C. The device pre-alarms when its average temperature is higher
than 50 °C and alarms when its average temperature is higher than 55 °C.
Filtering Time
It refers to the duration time after the target temperature reaches or exceeds the
pre-alarm temperature/alarm temperature.
Tolerance Temperature
Set the tolerance temperature to prevent the constant temperature change to affect the
alarm. E.g., set tolerance temperature as 3°C, set alarm temperature as 55°C, and set
pre-alarm temperature as 50°C. The device sends pre-alarm when its temperature
reaches 50°C and it alarms when its temperature reaches 55°C and only when the
device temperature is lower than 52°C will the alarm be cancelled.
Pre-Alarm Output and Alarm Output
When the temperature of target exceeds the pre-alarm or alarm threshold, it triggers the
pre-alarm or alarm output of the connected device.
Area's Temperature Comparison
Select two areas and set the comparison rule, and set the temperature difference
threshold. The device alarms when the temperature difference meets the setting value.
5. You can shield certain area from being detected. Refer to Set Shielded Region for
detailed settings.
6. Click Save.
Click Live View, and select thermal channel to view the temperature and rules
information on live view.
Point Thermography
Configure the temperature measurement rule and click any point in live view to monitor the
temperature.
1. Click in the live view and a cross cursor showed on the interface.
2. Drag the cross cursor to desired position.
Go to Live View interface to view the temperature and rule of the point in thermal
channel.