Arktan Systems AT-16SD180-N, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...1 AT 16SD180 N Quick Start Guide Low Lux Panoramic Cameras Revision 1 0 10 02 2010 ...

Page 2: ...2 Contents Network Setup Network Configuration Software Installation Camera application Camera API Contact Information ...

Page 3: ... 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 ab...

Page 4: ...an 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 ...

Page 5: ...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 ...

Page 6: ...6 Click on Discover All Arktan Systems Products On this Subnet Network Configuration ...

Page 7: ...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 Ex...

Page 8: ...ignment 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...

Page 9: ... 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 ...

Page 10: ...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 ...

Page 11: ...onjour 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 ...

Page 12: ...t 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 Internet Access Click to Run the installer and i...

Page 13: ...g 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 ...

Page 14: ...g 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 ...

Page 15: ...15 Camera Application Software Image Alignment The camera imagers can be aligned using the Settings Alignment menu as shown below ...

Page 16: ...ffect 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 ...

Page 17: ... 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 an AUP Arktan Update Package file ...

Page 18: ...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 ...

Page 19: ...m 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 Interoperability Alliance Arktan Systems cameras support comply with the IP Media ...

Page 20: ...20 Contact Info 580 California Street Suite 1200 San Francisco CA 94104 1 888 757 6610 info arktansystems com www arktansystems com ...