ARH FREEWAYCAM3 User manual

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USER MANUAL
Document version: 2021.01.27.
Table of Contents
1. THE FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY.............................................................................................4
11. About this manual .................................................................................................................................5
12. Accessing the camera..........................................................................................................................6
13. WEB INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................... 7
11. First Steps (Wizard)...............................................................................................................................9
11. System settings ...................................................................................................................................12
11.1. Network.........................................................................................................................................12
11.1. Date & Time..................................................................................................................................16
11.1. Users..............................................................................................................................................18
11.2. IP Filter ..........................................................................................................................................21
11.1. Plain Config ..................................................................................................................................23
12. Image Setup .........................................................................................................................................24
12.1. imaging pipeline ..........................................................................................................................24
12.1. Post-processing ..........................................................................................................................29
12.1. Brightness Control ......................................................................................................................36
12.2. Exposure Control.........................................................................................................................38
12.3. Optics ............................................................................................................................................39
12.1. Secondary Sensor.......................................................................................................................40
12.2. Flash Control................................................................................................................................41
12.1. Miscellaneous..............................................................................................................................42
13. Events and ANPR ................................................................................................................................44
13.1. Events............................................................................................................................................47
13.2. ANPR .............................................................................................................................................74

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14. Maintenance.........................................................................................................................................91
14.1. System Info ..................................................................................................................................91
14.2. Sensors .........................................................................................................................................92
14.3. Camera Log..................................................................................................................................93
14.4. Backup/Update............................................................................................................................94
14.5. Restart & Recovery Mode..........................................................................................................95
CONTACT INFORMATION..................................................................................................................................99

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1. The FCC declaration of conformity
47 CFR PART 15 SUBPART B
FREEWAYCAM-04
FCC statement
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case
the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer responsible for compliance
could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Warning: Where shielded interface cables or accessories have been provided with the product or
specified additional components or accessories elsewhere defined to be used with the installation of
the product, they must be used in order to ensure compliance with FCC. Changes or modifications to
product not expressly approved by ARH Inc., Inc could void your right to use or operate your product
by the FCC.

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11. ABOUT THIS MANUAL
The structure of this manual follows the approach of configuring a new camera for its first-time use.
•The camera provides access to all its features through a web interface, its entire
configuration control is available using a web browser. No external components need to be
installed.
•First, system settings are discussed, so that the device will be operational.
•Next, the user will be guided through the process of setting up the image capturing process,
so that the camera will provide good quality images both for internal use and for the video
feed streamed with the chosen encoding.
•In the third part, the manual will discuss how to capture events using internal or external
triggers, and depending on the model, read, store, and communicate the license plate
corresponding to the event.
•In the last section, the tools of camera maintenance (firmware update, logs, etc.) are
described.

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12. ACCESSING THE CAMERA
In order to access the camera, power and network connectors have to be connected appropriately.
For more information see the Quick Install Guide. Follow the five steps below:
1. Connect the camera to a computer or a network switch using the Ethernet cable, then power
the camera on. Soon both status LEDs (at the camera front) turn on and stay lit while the
camera is booting. When the green status LED flashes two times and the red LED turns off the
camera is ready for operation.
2. Set your computer’s IP address as 192.0.2.x (with x other than 3 or 255, for example
192.0.2.54), with the subnet mask 255.255.255.0
3. Use the ping command to test network connection to the camera
Windows: c: \ping -t 192.0.2.3
Linux: [username@mylinux ~]$ ping 192.0.2.3
4. In a couple of second the ping echo package will be received, if not:
•check the Ethernet link LEDs at the computer or network switch for a physical link
•check the IP of the computer by pinging its own address (using the example at step #2:
ping 192.0.2.54)
5. Start a browser and enter the default IP of the camera: http://192.0.2.3 into the address bar.
The camera’s user interface starts up with administrator privileges, ready to be set up and
configured. If the web interface is not accessible, make sure that neither a proxy nor a firewall
is blocking access, and that the browser is not in offline mode.
Under recent versions of Firefox (v. 56.0) it might be necessary to disable the feature "Use hardware
acceleration when available" to avoid possible browser/machine hangs (Located at:
Preferences/Performance/Use Recommended Performance Settings).

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13. WEB INTERFACE
Main areas of the camera interface:
Info bar
The information bar displays the menu and the current SW version.
•ARH logo
•Version number
•Camera type, menu points
Side menu
•Basic Setup, advanced Setup, ANPR, Maintenance, Help menu –click to open
•Access camera settings via the navigator. Menu is organized into a tree structure.
Workspace
•Use the workspace for settings. Save your changes, otherwise the previous settings remain in
effect.
Workspace
Sidemenu
Info bar

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Click the icon on the workspace to display Help on the page.
Workspace buttons have a popup help. Hover the mouse over the label of the setting to see the
tooltip. This function only available with some of the settings.
Use the Save button to save settings. All settings will be lost if you leave the page without saving
settings. A popup window will remind you to save settings.
Menu subpages can also be addressed via direct links, like http://192.0.2.3/#liveview/,
http://192.0.2.3/#eventman, etc.
Using Internet Explorer, you may encounter problems with certain sections of the Web User
Interface. For best user experience use a recent edition of Google Chrome or Firefox.

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11. FIRST STEPS (WIZARD)
WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > WIZARD
The Wizard will help with the initial configuration of the system settings of the camera. It will guide
you through few steps:
It will guide you through setting up an administrator user

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Set the current date & time
Set up the network

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Displays a checklist of the settings: a properly configured entry is displayed in green. Entries that
need further attention are displayed in red
All of these settings are also available as separate configuration pages (see System settings).

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11. SYSTEM SETTINGS
11.1. NETWORK
WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > NETWORK
This page provides access to the network settings of the camera.

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11.1.1. NETWORK SETUP
•Hostname: The name of the device in the network.
•Title of this site: Textual description of the device, for example CameraFrontRight, that will
appear as the title of the browser tab.
•DHCP: Check this checkbox to have the camera to operate in DHCP mode, that is to obtain its.
oIP address
oNetmask
oGateway
oPrimary and Secondary DNS
from a DHCP server (DHCP mode).
11.1.2. IP VERSION 4 AND 6
The camera supports IPv4 and IPv6. Both versions can be enabled simultaneously. At most two IPs
can be assigned to a device.
•IPv4: The IP address for the camera can be set
oAutomatically via DHCP (see option above), or
oManually, a static IP address.
•IPv6:
oOnly static IP addresses are supported.
oThe /16 option stands for the length of the subnet mask (16 refers to a 8 characters long
mask)

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11.1.1. HTTPS
The camera’s onboard webserver is capable of running in HTTPS mode, which ensures an
encrypted, secure channel between you and the camera.
For more information on HTTPS, please check the HTTPS Guide in the HELP menu of the web
interface.
11.1.2. ADVANCED CAMERA INTERFACE PROTOCOLS
Enable ONVIF: Checking this checkbox will enable the ONVIF interface of the camera. Please note
that with ONVIF enabled the amount of memory available for image buffering will be smaller.
Enable RTP: Select this option to enable RTP streaming.
Enable NTCIP: Enables the National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation
System (ITS) Protocol (NTCIP) which creates a seamless integration into standardized ITS systems.
For more information on NTCIP, please check the NTCIP Guide in the HELP menu of the web
interface.
11.1.3. MODEM
You can enable the modem by clicking Enabled. Enter the Access Point Name of your network
operator in APN. If required, credentials can be entered in Username and Password. Set the predial
number in Phone. Use a SIM card with unlocked PIN. Only available on devices equipped with a
GPS/4G modem.

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11.1.1. DYNAMIC DNS
Dynamic DNS services provide a consistent addressing method for devices that change IP address
frequently. The host device needs to periodically (Update Period, given in minutes) ask for an update
at the dynamic DNS service provider (URL, as given by the DDNS provider), which will in turn keep the
DNS tables (where the domain/host names are translated to the corresponding IP addresses) of the
service provider up to date. The current status of the process is shown in Status. Please note that
network settings such as IP domains, gateway settings, etc. may affect this feature, in short: the
DDNS service provider must be accessible from the device.
11.1.2. MIB FILES FOR NTCIP/SNMP
A management information base (MIB) is a formal description of a set of network objects that can
be managed using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The format of the MIB is
defined as part of the SNMP. You are able to download it and open it with any text editor. The
function only works if the Enable NTCIP box is checked in the Advanced camera interface protocols
menu.
Settings are applied after clicking SAVE.

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11.1. DATE & TIME
WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > DATE AND TIME
Current date and time and timekeeping settings are managed from this page. Users can choose to set
date and time manually once, or to use a time synchronization protocol (NTP), which will keep time
synchronized to a server over network.
Before you set the time please make sure that your time zone is valid (has the correct continent /
Capital City). You can do this by using the Time zone’s drop-down list.
For manual time adjustment, either enter date and time in the corresponding fields, or
click to adjust the internal clock of the camera according to the PC’s clock. Please
note that the latter is a one-time adjustment only, it will not keep the camera synchronized to the client
PC.

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Continuous synchronization is based on NTP (Network Time Protocol). The following settings are
available with NTP client:
•Off: No NTP synchronization
•Regular NTP client: Regular NTP synchronization, according to the NTP standard. This is
compatible with all NTP servers and network configurations. Approximately one second
accuracy is guaranteed.
•Local network NTP client: Works only if the camera and the NTP server is on the same local
network, but guarantees higher accuracy than the standard NTP client. Also places a higher
load on the NTP server.
The following parameters have to be set:
NTP server hostname/IP: The address of the NTP server. (If the NTP server does not run on the default
port (123), specify the port in the following format: [hostname/ip]:[port].
Max. I/O time: Maximal duration of a query-answer cycle between the camera and the NTP server,
before the answer is dropped. This influences the accuracy. Best practice is to set it to 10000 µs on a
local network.
Log: If it is enabled, the current state of synchronization can be monitored at the Maintenance /
Camera log page.
To initiate an immediate synchronization to the NTP server, click the button.
The camera has an internal battery feeding its Real Time Clock (RTC) while the camera is powered
off. In a power down state the battery is able to provide power to the RTC for approximately 2
weeks. It takes about 12 hours in a power up state for the battery to completely recharge.

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11.1. USERS
WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > USERS
User management settings are displayed in this page.
If user management is not required, it can be turned off with the checkbox.
This increases performance. Administrator rights will be granted to all. This is also the factory default
state. In order to create new users, a user with 'Administrator' privileges must be created first.
Users can be added , deleted and edited with the corresponding buttons.
Adding a new user: On clicking the plus ('+') button a form appears requesting the following fields:
Name: The user name, this will be used to login.
If you enable ‘User authentication’, all connections to the camera will require username and
password.

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Full name: The full name of the user.
Password: Corresponding password.
Confirm password: Confirm the given password to rule out mistyping.
User name cannot be 'root'. User name must contain only letters of the English alphabet, numbers
or underscore ('_') (with regular expression: /^[0-9A-Za-z_]*$/)
Full name should contain only letters of the English alphabet, numbers, space or the following
characters: '.','/','_','+','-',',' (with regular expression: /^[0-9A-Za-z\.\/_\+\- ,]*$/)
Password should contain only letters of the English alphabet, numbers or underscore ('_') (with
regular expression: /^[0-9A-Za-z_]*$/)

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Access Level: Check the table below for the extent of each access level.
Access Level
Privileges
Viewer
Login
Live View
Help
Normal
Login
Basic Setup –Live View
Advanced Setup –Motion Detection, Private Zone, Event Manager
ANPR - Browse
Maintenance –System Information, Camera Log
Help
Power
Login
Basic Setup –All Menu Items
Advanced Setup –All Menu Items (except IP Filter)
ANPR –All Menu items
Maintenance –System Information, Camera Log, Restart
Help
Administrator
Access to every camera feature
Edit/Delete: It is possible to edit user parameters or delete existing users from the system with the
exception of the main "admin" user. This user cannot be deleted and its username and access level
cannot be modified.
Settings will be applied only after restarting the camera. If you click VALIDATE after modification
the camera will automatically restart.