Arktan Systems AT-16SD180-N User manual

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AT-16SD180-N Quick Start Guide
Low Lux Panoramic Cameras
Revision 1.0
10/02/2010

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Contents
Network Setup
Network Configuration
Software Installation
Camera application
Camera API
Contact Information

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Connecting the Network and Power
1.AT-16SD180-N is a network camera which supports POE (Power Over Ethernet). It uses a
single RJ-45 connector for both power and network connectivity.
2.The camera must be connected to 100Mbps POE switch or a Mid Span POE adapter to
power up.
•Some POE switches easily available in the market are:
1.Netgear ProSafe 8PT 100Base-TX Switch with POE #FS108PNA
2.D-Link Web Smart#DES-1316
3.TRENDnet #TPE-S88
•Some POE Mid Span Adapters easily available in the market are:
1.Altronix Netway 3012
2.Microsemi PD-3001
3.Start by connecting the short CAT-5 cable that comes out of the camera to the RJ-45
extender provided with the camera.
4.Connect your POE switch to the RJ-45 extender using a standard CAT-5 Ethernet cable.
5.AT-16SD180-N takes about 60 seconds to power up. Once up and running, the camera is
ready to be configured by the network configuration utility provided in the USB flash drive.
Network Setup

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Network Configuration
•To run the network configuration utility, you will need a computer running Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
operating system.
•Make sure your computer is connected to the same network as the camera.
Note: If you have multiple network connections on your computer, it is recommended to disable all of the network
connections except the network where camera is connected. You can enable all network connections after the camera
configuration is complete.
Instructions on disabling/enabling network connections can be found at:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Enable-or-disable-a-network-adapter
1. Open Network Connections by clicking the Start button , click on Control Panel, click on Network and Internet, click on
Network and Sharing Center, and then click Manage network connections.
2. Right-click the network adapter, and then do one of the following:
To disable the network adapter, click Disable. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation,
type the password or provide confirmation.
To enable the network adapter, click Enable. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation,
type the password or provide confirmation.
If you disable the adapter, you have to enable it again to connect to a network.

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Network Configuration
•To launch the network configuration utility, plug in the USB flash drive to a USB port on your computer.
Left Click on Start button on bottom left and left click on the “Computer” option. This will open Windows Explorer listing all
drives in the system.
Double click on the USB flash drive. This will list all camera related utilities and documents.
Launch netconfig.exe by double clicking on it. You might get a “Security Warning” from the security software installed on
your computer. Press “Run” or “OK” to launch the application.

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•Click on “Discover All Arktan Systems Products On this Subnet”
Network Configuration

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Network Configuration
•The netconfig.exe utility will send mutlicast UDP probe on the network. All Arktan Systems cameras respond to the
probe and utility lists all discovered cameras.
- Column 1 highlights the cameras discovered.
- Column 2 lists Ethernet MAC address of the camera. The MAC address is also listed on the sticker on
the camera. This helps you identify a specific camera if you are installing multiple cameras on the same
network.
- Column 3 lists current IP address. The Arktan cameras have DHCP client enabled by default. If your
network has a DHCP server, it is more likely that the camera has already acquired an IP address on
your subnet.
If you are fine with DHCP based IP address assignment, you do not need any network configuration. You can go ahead
and access camera web interface through any web browser like Windows “Internet Explorer”. The camera can be
accessed through default URL http://camera_ip_address, e.g. based on the screenshot below http://192.168.96.17
If your network does not have a DHCP server, the camera IP address will be a factory assigned static IP address.

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Network Configuration
•To assign a static IP address to the camera you need three configuration parameters.
1. Column 5: IP address for the camera. Please make sure this is an unused IP address on your subnet. You can verify
this by pinging the IP address before assignment. The pings should fail if no other device has same IP address.
Instructions on how to run a “ping” command from Windows command shell can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ping.mspx?mfr=true
2. Column 6: Subnet Mask. This is the subnet mask you have programmed for all networking devices on this subnet
3. Column 7: Gateway IP address. The gateway IP address must belong to the same subnet as camera IP address.

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•Verify static IP address assignment by refreshing the camera discovery screen by clicking on the “Discover All Arktan
System Products on this Subnet”. Check column 3 to verify your static IP address.
You can go ahead and access camera web interface through any web browser like Windows “Internet Explorer”. The
camera can be accessed through URL http://camera_ip_address, e.g. based on the screenshot below
http://192.168.5.45
Network Configuration

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Software Installation
Camera Discovery
If only the Arktan Systems IP Cameras need to be located on a LAN, it is sometimes more convenient to use a more
standard discovery tool.
Arktan Systems cameras can be discovered on the network via Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking.
Bonjour allows discovery of the camera even if DHCP mode is switched off on the camera and it has a static IP.
Bonjour plug-in for Internet Explorer browser can be installed by launching the bonjoursdk.msi setup file on the USB
flash drive.

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Software Installation
If the Bonjour plug-in icon does not appear on the toolbar, make sure to look under the chevron (>>) on the toolbar in
case it is hidden.
On selecting the bonjour plug-in, a browser frame is created, and an auto scan for bonjour devices on the network will
begin. Below you see an zoom-in view of the previous figure showing a single Arktan Systems camera with the
following syntax mac_address-current_ip_address-internal_ip_addr-ArktanSystems. From this, the mac address and
the current IP address of the camera may be determined easily.

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Software Installation
Silverlight Installation
Once the IP address of the camera is known on the network, it is possible to directly view the camera by going to that
address using any of the popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla FireFox).
The camera serves a Microsoft Silverlight Application for viewing, configuring or updating the camera software. If the
required Silverlight runtime is not present on the PC used to view the camera, a web page will appear requesting an
Internet Download shown below. In this case, please make sure that the PC has InternetAccess. Click to Run the
installer and install the runtime.

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Camera Application
Direct Camera Viewing
By connecting to the IP address of the camera (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) you will be shown a panoramic
Motion JPEG stream for the default channel along with an interactive watch window (an orange border
rectangle) to zoom and pan within the panorama.

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Camera Application
The top panoramic viewer has a sliding tool bar shown below. The entire page can go to full-screen by selecting the
Full Screen check box. Note the other information provided here are the channel ID, frame rate and current average bit
rate. The toolbar also has a toggle button to pause/play the stream.

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Camera Application
Software Image Alignment
The camera imagers can be aligned using the Settings -> Alignment menu as shown below.

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Camera Application
Both vertical and horizontal alignment is possible. Adjust each right imager relative to its left, individually, for each of the
four imager edges. Changes take effect only when the Apply button is pressed. Reset buttons, Reset Vertical and
Reset Horizontal, have been provided for quickly setting all the values to zero for vertical and horizontal alignment
sliders respectively.
Min-Max and Average Optimization methods are supported. Default is Min-Max, in some cases, where complex
alignment needs to be corrected, the Average method may be helpful.

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Camera Application
Installing Updates
Arktan Systems Cameras allow updates to camera firmware, application and programmability
interfaces. This functionality is available through Settings->Install Updates menu. Updates are done
using anAUP (Arktan Update Package) file.

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Camera Application
•To install a new update saved on your PC, select the Browse button to navigate to the location of the file. Select
Apply to install the update on the camera. The camera application web page will get refreshed, and will reconnect to
the camera to obtain the updated features.
•To restore the camera to the state (including user-settings) prior to installing the update use the Restore button. If the
camera needs to be reset to the factory defaults use the Factory button.

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Camera API
Programmability
Arktan Systems Cameras support PSIA 1.1 and other open camera interfaces supported by major VMS providers.
They are available as AUP updates to the camera.
Factory version of the camera supports 2 basic URLs to access an M-JPEG stream and still picture snapshot.
M-JPEG Stream: http://<IP address>/psia/streaming/channels/1/http (view)
http://<IP address>/psia/streaming/channels/0/http (archive)
JPEG Snapshot: http://<IP address>/psia/streaming/channels/1/picture (view)
http://<IP address>/psia/streaming/channels/0/picture (archive)
Note:
1. PSIA stands for Physical Security InteroperabilityAlliance. Arktan Systems cameras support comply with the IP
Media Device Specification. For details, go to http://www.psialliance.org

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Contact Info
580 California Street,
Suite 1200 ,
San Francisco, CA 94104
1-888-757-6610
[e-mail]
www.arktansystems.com