ACTi SED-2320Q User manual

4-CH Video Server
SED-2320Q
Ver. 061031
Quick Installation Guide

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0INTRODUCTION
1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS
SED-2320Q Software CD
Warranty Card Terminal Blocks & Screws
Power Adaptor (Option)
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1.2 PHYSICALDESCRIPTION
1. Video Output
The video server supports one analog video output of composite
signal with BNC connector
2. CAM1, CAM2, CAM3 and CAM4
Analog Video Input of Composite Signal with BNC Connectors.
3. Audio Input / Output
The video server supports one audio input and output with
earphone jack
4. Action LED Indicator
The LED will light up after video server has successfully
completed the boot process.
5. Serial Port LED Indicator
LEDs indicating when serial port is active.
6. Reset Button
Step 1: Switch off video server by disconnecting the power cable
Step 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.
Step 3: Keep holding the reset button depressed around 6 seconds,

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release the reset button. The unit will start up with factory default
settings.
7. Terminal Blocks Pin 1~6
PIN NAME DESCRIPTION
1 DO1 Digital Output 1
2 DO2 Digital Output 2
3 GND Ground Pin
4 DI1 Digital Input 1
5 DI2 Digital Input 2
6 GND Ground Pin
Please find Support package” TS-00045” for details.
8. Terminal Blocks Pin 7~12
DESCRIPTION
PIN NAME
RS-485 RS-422 RS-232
7 Tx+ D+ Tx+ Tx
8 Tx- D- Tx-
9 Rx+ Rx+ Rx
10 Rx- Rx-
11 12V Power Input (DC +12V)
12 GND Ground Pin of Power Input
9. 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).

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10. 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.
11. Dip Switch for Serial Port
RS-485 or RS-422 pin define (default is RS-485)
RS-232 pin define

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1.3 CONNECT NECESSARY CABLES
Follow the procedures below to connect the video server to the respective
apparatuses. Please refer to page 1-6 for more details.
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 a power adaptor to the video server (terminal block
connector)

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1Quick Tour
This section guides you with a quick tour on the 4-CH video server.
2.1 Configure the 4-CH 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.)

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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.

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

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Video Display
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.
zSTEP3: Click to choose a display mode, such as quad video, or a
single channel video.
zSTEP4: 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. Please refer to[Video Setting] for more details.

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2.1.4 Host Setting
This section tells you how to setup video server’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.
■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.

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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
■ToS (Type of Service)
Parameters Description
HTTP port Select the port for this IP device to use HTTP protocol.
Search server Select the port1 for this IP device to support search function of

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port1 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 video
server 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 video server via
network. Otherwise, the maximum transmission performance might not
be achieved. This is because the video server 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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2.1.5 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.

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■Video setting of Version V1.0
■Video setting of Version V1.0
Parameters Description
Camera name The camera name is reserved for customer use.
LAN streaming
Select the streaming mode in the LAN.
You can select TCP (TCP/IP) mode or Multicast mode to
send video streaming.
You can also select Disable to disable the streaming via
LAN.
WAN streaming Select the streaming mode in the WAN.
You can select TCP mode to send streaming or select
Disable to disable the video streaming.
Multicast IP Select the multicast IP. Default settings is 228.5.6.1
Multicast TTL Select the multicast TTL. Defualt setting is 255.
Analog video Select video type connected to the video-in of this IP
device. If you use an incorrect video type, some images
might be lost.
Resolution Select the video resolution of the IP device.

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Bitrate
Select the bit rate of the video streaming. You can select
from 28Kbps to 3Mbps.
Note: Lower bit rate consumes less bandwidth but
delivers lower quality images.
High bit rate consumes more bandwidth but delivers
higher quality images.
Frame rate mode
Select the frame rate mode.
Constant: The streaming’s frame rate remains
constant at all conditions.
Variant:: The streaming’s frame rate will variants
according to the images variability to keep the
image quality good.
Frame rate Select the frame rate of the video streaming.
Frame Integration Select the deinterlance mode.
Serial Port Baud
Rate Select the Baud Rate setting of serial port.
Serial Port Control Select the Control setting of serial port.
Video register port Select the port for this IP device to support video
registration function of the application program.
Video control port Select the port for this IP device to support video control
function of the application program.
Video streaming
port Select the port for this IP device to support video
streaming function of the application program.
Video multicast
port Select the port for this IP device to support video multicast
function of the application program.
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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■Video setting of Version V2.0
zSTEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If
you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
■Video setting
Parameters Description
LAN streaming
Select the streaming mode in the LAN.
You can select TCP mode or Multicast mode to send
video streaming.
You can also select Disable to disable the streaming via
LAN.
WAN streaming
Select the streaming mode in the WAN.
You can select TCP mode or Multicast mode to send
video streaming.
You can also select Disable to disable the streaming via
WAN.
Multicast IP Select the multicast IP. Default settings is 228.5.6.1

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Analog video Select video type connected to the video-in of this video
server. If you use an incorrect video type, some images
might be lost.
Multicast TTL Select the multicast TTL. Defualt setting is 255.
Resolution Select the video resolution of the video server.
Bit rate
Select the bit rate of the video streaming. You can select
from 28Kbps to 1.5Mbps.
Note: Lower bit rate consumes less bandwidth but
delivers lower quality images.
High bit rate consumes more bandwidth but delivers
higher quality images.
Frame Integration Select the deinterlance mode.
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
Frame rate mode
Select the frame rate mode.
Constant: The streaming’s frame rate remains
constant at all conditions.
Variant:: The streaming’s frame rate will variants
according to the images variability to keep the
image quality good.
Frame rate Select the frame rate of the video streaming.
Serial Port Baud
Rate Select the Baud Rate setting of serial port.
Serial Port Control Select the Control setting of serial port.
HTTP port Select the port for this video server to use HTTP protocol.
Search server
port1 Select the port1 for this video server to support search
function of the application program (ex: IP utility).
Search server
port2 Select the port2 for this video server to support search
function of the application program (ex: IP utility).
Video register port Select the port for this video server to support video
registration function of the application program.
Video control port Select the port for this video server to support video
control function of the application program.
Video streaming
port Select the port for this video server to support video
streaming function of the application program.
Video multicast
port Select the port for this video server to support video
multicast function of the application program.
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: If you change Search Server Port1 & Search Server Port2,
then you need to change ports in IP Utility when searching for this
video server. Otherwise, you might not find video server/video server in
the network
NOTE: Once finished all settings, be sure to click the [Save Reboot]
button, otherwise, some settings won’t take effect.