ACTi SED-2300Q User manual

Quad Video Server
SED-2300Q
Ver. 070821
Quick Installation Guide

1 Getting Started
1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS
SED-2300Q WarrantyCard
Product CD Terminal Blocks & Screws
Power Adaptor (Option)
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1.2 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Read the following information to familiarize yourself with the video server, and make particular
notes of where the connectors and LEDs are located.
Front Panel
1. Red LED
LED indicating Power or H/W Reset Function
2. Yellow LED
LED indicating when RS-485 is active
3. Green LED
LED indicating when LAN/WAN is active
4. Reset Button
Get back to default value while forgetting Login Name & Password
Procedure
1. Switch off the video server by disconnecting the power cable
2. Using a suitable pointed object, press and continue to hold the Reset Button depressed.
While continuing to hold the Reset Button depressed, reconnect the power cable.
3. Keep holding the Reset Button depressed around 6 seconds, release the Reset Button.
The unit will start up with the factory default settings.
5. Terminal Blocks Pin 1~6
PIN NAME DESCRIPTION
1 DO1 Digital Output 1
2 NC Non Connector
3 GND Ground Pin
4 DI1 Digital Input 1
5 NC Non Connector
6 GND Ground Pin

6. Terminal Blocks Pin 7~12
DESCRIPTION
PIN NAME RS-485 RS-232
7 Rx+ D+ Rx
8 Tx- D- Tx
9 NC Non Connector
10 NC Non Connector
11 12V Power Input (DC +12V)
12 GND Ground Pin of Power Input
7. WAN port
The video server connects to the WAN (wide area network) via a standard RJ45 connector. Supporting
NWAY, this video server can auto detect the speed of local network segment (10Base-T/100Base-TX
Ethernet). The WAN port is for FTTH and can connect to a xDSL or cable modem.
8. LAN port
The video server connects to the LAN (local area network) via a standard RJ45 connector. Supporting
NWAY, this video server can auto detect the speed of local network segment (10Base-T/100Base-TX
Ethernet).
Rear Panel
1 Cam1
Analog Video Input of Composite Signal with BNC Connector
2 Cam2
Analog Video Input of Composite Signal with BNC Connector
3 Cam3
Analog Video Input of Composite Signal with BNC Connector
4 Cam4
Analog Video Input of Composite Signal with BNC Connector
5 Monitor Out

Analog Video Ouput of Composite Signal with BNC Connector
1.3 CONNECT NECESSARY CABLES
The BNC cable for video input, Ethernet cable and power cable are necessary
for previewing function. Make sure all cables are correctly and firmly
connected.
1. Connect an analog video source (eg. CCD Camera) to the video server’s CAM1 ~ CAM4
(BNC connector).
2. Connect an analog monitor to the video server’s Monitor-Out (BNC connector)
3. Connect the video server’s LAN port to an Ethernet hub (RJ45 connectors)
4. Connect a PC to the Ethernet hub (RJ45 connectors)
5. Connect the power adaptor to the video server (terminal block connector)

2 Quick Tour
This section guides you with a quick tour on this Quad video server
2.1 Configure the Quad Video Server
2.1.1 Make sure network environment
Default IP of video server is 192.168.0.100. Please make sure the video
server and your PC on the same network segment before running the
installation.
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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.)

2.1.2 Open Internet Explorer with IP address
This section describes how to configure the video server. The product administrator has unlimited
access to all setup windows and normal users can only watch the live images. The video server is
configured under a standard browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or above).
Follow the procedures below to configure the video server.
zSTEP1: Open a browser
zSTEP2: Enter the domain name or the IP address of the video server.
The default IP address is “192.168.0.100”
zSTEP3: Enter the Account name (factory default: Admin) and the Password (factory
default: 123456).
zSTEP4: Select the language of the video server user interface. You can select from
English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.
zSTEP5: Click the button to login or click the button to re-enter
again.

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

zSTEP1: Click to choose a display mode, such as quad video, or a single channel video.
Click the [Apply] button to confirm the setting.
2.1.4 Set a new IP address
*Host Name : Enter a domain name. The default Host Name is ACTi.
*Language : Language setting for Web Configurator after [Save Reboot]. Default setting is
English.
*IP Address : The IP address of the LAN interface. The default IP address is 192.168.0.100.
*Subnet Mask : The subnet mask of the LAN interface.The default subnet mask is
255.255.255.0
*Click button
NOTE: Check with your MIS department, if Client PC and the video
server are setting in different VLANs, please connect to WAN port.
NOTE: In your Client PC, please make sure the setting of Network
Connections Type is set to Auto Negotation, since video server
follows MII standard. Otherwise, you might not see the live video.

IMPORTANT: After the IP address is changed, please record this IP
address. There is no way to connect to the video server if user forgets
the new IP address.
2.1.5 Check Default Video Setting
NOTE: Please make sure the TV Input (NTSC / PAL) is meet your
requirement, and click button.
2.1.6 Click Save Reboot to restore all settings and please wait about 30
seconds for system reboot.