Chapter 6: Use VPON through PSTN Table of Content 6.1 VPON Installation-----------------------------------------------------6-1 6.2 OYO Viewer Installation---------------------------------------------6-2 Chapter 1: Introduction 6.3 Dial up to VPON------------------------------------------------------6-2 6.4 Screen Splitting --------------------------------------------------------6-3 1.1 Main Features---------------------------------------------------------1-1 1.2 System Requirements ------------------------------------------------1-2 6.5 Camera Setting---------------------------------------------------------6-4 6.6 Set Account Name and Password------------------------------------6-5 Chapter 2: Getting Start 6.7 Record the Video -----------------------------------------------------6-5 2.1 Use VPON through Intranet------------------------------------------2-1 6.8 Play back ---------------------------------------------------------------6-6 2.2 Use VPON through Internet------------------------------------------2-2 6.9 Snapshot/Print ---------------------------------------------------------6-7 2.3 Use VPON through PSTN -------------------------------------------2-3 6.10 Disconnect from VPON----------------------------------------------6-8 2.4 Power On VPON------------------------------------------------------2-6 Chapter 7: GPI/O and Callback Setting ---------------------------- 7-1 Chapter 3: Installation through LAN Chapter 8: Remote Camera Control 3.1 Configuration----------------------------------------------------------3-1 8.1 Remote Camera Control using built in RS232 Interface Camera 3.2 Camera Setting---------------------------------------------------------3-7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------8-1 3.3 Set Date and Time -----------------------------------------------------3-10 8.2 Operation---------------------------------------------------------------8-2 3.4 Alarm and Remote Control ------------------------------------------3-10 8.3 Remote Camera Control using VP-201 and VP-202 ------------8-2 3.5 Set Name of Server and Camera -------------------------------------3-11 3.6 Set User’s Authority --------------------------------------------------3-12 Appendix A: Specifications ---------------------------------------------- A-1 3.7 Upload Resources -----------------------------------------------------3-13 Appendix B: LED Status ------------------------------------------------- B-1 Chapter 4: Connecting through Com Port Appendix C: Modem Compatibility ----------------------------------- C-1 4.1 OYO Viewer Installation---------------------------------------------4-2 Appendix D: Trouble Shooting ----------------------------------------- D-1 4.2 Hardware Installation-------------------------------------------------4-2 4.3 Connecting -------------------------------------------------------------4-3 4.4 Configuration ---------------------------------------------------------4-5 Chapter 5: Use VPON in Internet/Intranet------------------------ 5-1 1 2 Chapter 1 : Introduction 1.2 System Requirements VPON is a high performance camera server built-in as a mini web server with ??Composite CCD camera, V8 or camcorder… (NTSC or PAL standard) real-time video capturing capability. The video is grabbed and compressed for faster ??The equipment for connecting to Internet transmission to your PC through Internet, Intranet or PSTN/ISDN. 1. Dial up: telephone line, modem, a static Internet IP 2. Ethernet: Ethernet network connected to Internet and a static Internet IP The installation is easy: All you have to do is to plug the power and assign VPON an 3. PSTN: telephone line, modem IP address for Internet connection. Then, you can view the video through your ??PC for the configuration browser, Navigator or Internet Explorer, at any time, anywhere in the world. 1. Pentium233 PC or higher, desktop or notebook 2. 32MRAM or higher It is perfect for factory/office monitoring, ATM surveillance, children care, security 3. PCI VGA Card system, tourism, sales presentation and more... 4. Microsoft Windows 95 5. An empty COM port VPON is the new era of the network video transmission. It makes you see whatever ??PC for the browsing you want easily! 1. Pentium233 PC or higher, desktop or notebook 2. 32MRAM or higher 1.1 Main Features 3. PCI VGA Card ??Cost effective 4. Microsoft Windows 95 ??Wide applications 5. Internet Browser (such as Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher) ??Simple interface for plug-and-play ??Use web browser as the client application ??Real time video capturing ??Digital Input/ Output for surveillance - End of this chapter - ??Support video source selection, zoom-in ??Video adjustable for hue, contrast, saturation, brightness and quality ??Built-in web server for Internet browsing ??Hardware self-diagnosing when power on ??Easy system configuration(via HTTP Home Page/ RS232 Com Port) 1-1 1-2 Chapter 2 : Getting Start Figure 2.1 LAN As VPON can transmit videos through Internet, Intranet, PSTN/ISDN, to get the best performance, we suggest you reading the following instructions and choosing the correct way to install VPON. (Figure 2.0) POWER LTR READY POWER LAN Figure 2.0 VPON Private IP ( ) Use VPON Chapter 3 & 5 through Intranet 2.2 Use VPON through Internet First, make sure that you can assign a static Internet IP to VPON. Chapter 3 & 5 LAN ready Getting Use VPON a) If your environment is LAN ready and it is connected to Internet directly. Please Start through Internet read Chapter 3 for the installation and Chapter 5 for the usage of VPON. (Figure Through PSTN/ISDN Chapter 4 & 5 2.2a) to ISP b) If you want to connect VPON directly to Internet through PSTN/ISDN to ISP Use VPON (Internet Service Provider). Please read Chapter 4 for the installation and Chapter 6 through PSTN Chapter 5 for the usage of VPON. (Figure 2.2b) Figure 2.2a Starting from VPON firmware 1.4, you can set VPON operating mode from client Internet PC. Default mode is Modem/Null Modem connection when shipping out from factory. The status3 LED light (rightmost one) comes on when power up if there is LAN modem or null modem cable connected to VPON. You can change the operating mode by setting the corresponding parameters through the System Configuration function. Please refer to chapter 4 for details. POWER LTR READY POWER LAN READY 2.1 Use VPON through Intranet Static Internet IP ( ) First, make sure that you can assign a private IP to VPON. Then, read Chapter 3 for the installation and Chapter 5 for the usage of VPON.(Figure 2.1) 2-1 2-2 Figure 2.4. VPON front panel Figure 2.2b ISP Modem / ISDN TA Internet PSTN POWER LTR READY VIDEO DATA STATUS ISDN POWER LAN POWER LTR READY ?? Power LED ?? Flashing as LAN connected ?? VPON is ready ?? Flashing when capturing videos ?? Data transmitting/receiving 2.3 Use VPON through PSTN If there is no Internet connection, VPON can transmit videos through PSTN. Under Status3 this situation, you can still monitor the remote site. Please refer to Chapter 6 for Status2 the installation and the usage of VPON. (Figure 2.3) Status1 Figure 2.3 Modem / ISDN TA PSTN Modem / ISDN TA ISDN POWER LAN POWER LTR READY OYO Viewer 2-3 2-4 Figure 2.5 VPON back panel 2.4 Power On VPON Com1 Port Com2 Port Video Output Before power on VPON, you should check the followings: 1 2 3 2.4.1 Apply correct AC voltage to the external power supply. The AC power input Power 6 4 5 range is 100-240 volts, 50-60 Hz. Video Input 2.4.2 Connect the appropriate video inputs to the unite. Depends on the composite DC Input Default LAN GPI/GPO Audio I/O video standard used at your local area, VPON automatically detects NTSC/PAL video when power up. If you did not apply video signals when Power Press “ I ” to turn on the unit, press “ O ” to shut down the unit power up, it will set to default value which is NTSC standard. That will cause DC Input Connect the DC power cord to external power supply Horizontal Sync problem if your cameras are PAL standard. COM1 Port RS-232 serial port for configuration or for modem/ISDN TA 2.4.3 If your VPON firmware is version 1.4 or later, VPON is set to Modem/Null Modem connection after power up by default. You should hook it up with the COM2 Port RS-232 serial port RS232 cable provided with the unite to do further configurations. Please refer Video Output A DB-9 connector for composite video output to TV set or monitor to the LED lights for correct machine status. (Appendix B) Default Reset to default values 2.4.4 After power up successfully and get correct LED status, you can refer to LAN RJ-45 connector for 10BaseT Chapter 4 for further operations. Audio I/O Audio inputs and outputs (through one 8-pins mini-din connector) GPI General purpose input GPO General purpose output Video Input Six RCA video connectors - End of this chapter - 2-5 2-6 Chapter 3 : Connecting through LAN (Local Area Network) 3.1 Configuration 1. Plug one end of external power supply to DC Input on the back panel of VPON and the other end to an AC wall outlet (100V – 240V). 2. Connect the network cable (10BaseT) to the network socket marked 10BaseT on the back panel of VPON. (Figure 3.1.1) 3. Make sure that VPON is set at LAN mode if your firmware is version 1.4 up. For first time start up please refer to section 2.4.3 of Power On VPON at Chapter 2. Figure 3.1.1 POWER LTR READY Ethernet (IP address: 192.168.10.xxx) Ethernet (IP address: 192.168.10.10) 4. Connect video sources to “Video Input” by RCA cables. You can choose to connect up to 6 video sources. Note: VPON can auto-sense the standard of video sources (NTSC or PAL). But be sure that all video sources are the same standard. 5. Power on VPON and you will see “POWER” LED is lighted. After hearing two “bi” sounds from VPON, VPON will start to diagnose H/W automatically. During this period (around one minute), LEDs (except POWER and LAN) will be lighted one by one from left to right and then all are off. When you hear a long “bi” sound and “READY” and “STATUS1” LED (see Figure 3.1.2) are lighted, it means the VPON is ready at LAN mode. You can go on to operate VPON now. 2-7 3-1 Figure 3.1.2 POWER LTR READY VIDEO DATA STATUS 8. Choose “TCP/IP” and go to ? Properties? (Figure 3.1.4) 6. The default settings of VPON at LAN mode were as follows. The default configuration of VPON: User’s Name WEBMONITOR Figure 3.1.4 User’s Password OYO Administrator’s Name WEBMONITOR Administrator’s Password OYO Camera source 1 (1,2,3,4,5,6) Brightness 50 9. Change IP address of the host PC to : 192.168.10.20 Contrast 70 10. Change Subnet Mask of the host PC to : Saturation 95 Hue 50 255.255.255.0 Quality 70 (figure 3.1.5) IP address 192.168.10.10 DNS IP address 0.0.0.0 Gateway IP address 0.0.0.0 Sub net mask 255.255.255.0 7. Go to Network on Control ? ? ? Panel of the host PC. (Figure ? 3.1.3) Figure 3.1.5 Figure 3.1.3 3-2 3-3 Note: Remember the original IP address and Subnet Mask. When the configuration of VPON is finished, you need to reset the host PC to these original values. 14. On the left side of the home page, choose “System Configuration” (Figure 3.1.8) Figure 3.1.8 11. Reboot the host PC. 12. Run a web browser and connect to http://192.168.10.10. When it is connected, you will see a login homepage. Input the default Administrator’s name “webmonitor” and Administrator’s password “oyo”. Click the “Done” button. (Figure 3.1.6) Figure 3.1.6 13. Then you will see the home page of VPON. (You can also see live videos when 15. Input IP Address, DNS IP Address, Gateway IP Address and Subnet Mask. cameras are connected to VPON.) (Figure 3.1.7) Note: Do not input any data into ISP information (ISP phone number, login Figure 3.1.7 name, password and modem baud rate). If you want to connect VPON directly to ISP through PSTN/ISDN, please read Chapter 4. 16. You may change account name and the password. In “Account Setting”, input User Name, User Password, Administrator’s Name and Administrator’s Password. (Figure 3.1.9) 3-4 3-5 Compression Format Video Quality Data Stream JPEG Good High Do not input M-JPEG Good High (Less than JPEG) any data into ISP H.263 Common Low information 18. Click the “Done” button and go back to the home page of VPON. VPON will save these parameters and reboot. During the period of rebooting, VPON will not transmit any video. Figure 3.1.9 19. Change IP address and Subnet Mask of the host PC to the original ones. 20. When you are connected to Internet, run a web browser and input IP address of VPON at URL. You can login into the home page of VPON.(see chapter 5) Note1: VPON provides two layers protection. You can limit users with User Name and Password to login VPON. To set the configuration of VPON, you must have Administrator’s Name and Administrator’s Password. Note2: Keep the password carefully and remember it. When you forget the 3.2 Camera Setting password, you can reset VPON. The user name and the password will be reset to the default values. It also means you have to set the configuration again. 3.2.1 Camera setting via a local monitor or TV set: 1. Connect Video-Out cable (One end is a 9-pin male port and the other end are six RCA female ports) to Video Output on the back panel of VPON. 17. Choose “Video Compression Algorithm”. You may choose between JPEG, 2. Connect monitor(s) or TV set(s) to RCA female port(s). You can view the M-JPEG and H.263. The different compressions mean different video quality videos from a certain source by connecting a monitor or TV set to the RCA and transfer speed. cable marked the corresponding number. (You can view the videos of video Note1: If the compression algorithm is M-JPEG or H.263, you need a plug-in source 1 from the monitor or TV set connected to RCA cable marked 1.) program when you connect to VPON. You can get this plug-in program from the Setup Disk or from our web site Note: Make sure the standard of this monitor or TV set is the same as If the compression algorithm is H.263, you can only view one video on Note2: cameras’. firmware prior to version 1.4. 3. Adjust camera’s position, camera’s focus, iris… to get the best performance. 3-6 3-7 transmission. 4. When it is finished, disconnect Video-Out cable from VPON. 5. Click the “Done” button to make the new settings take effect. 3.2.2 Camera setting via the home page of VPON: 1. Run a web browser, connect to VPON and login as the administrator. Note1: The video performance is changed by the algorithm. Through this way, 2. On the left side of home page, click “Camera Setting” and you will have we cannot set the camera’s position, focus, iris... We suggest you to prompted out Figure 3.2.1. set cameras via a local monitor or TV set after a period to make sure of the best performance of videos. Note2: VPON will not save this setting. When you power off VPON, it will Figure 3.2.1 reset to the default values. 6. If you have equipped a camera control device with VPON, you can use the camera control interface to control a camera(Figure 3.2.2). Figure 3.2.2 7. Select the proper camera control device and the camera it is attached and you can use UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT to make the camera move a little bit 3. Choose a certain camera to set the videos toward the direction you clicked. Also you can use ZOOM and FOCUS Note: You can choose a certain camera to set the video. After the video is buttons to zoom or focus in and out. Due to the network transmission delay, set, the parameters are applied to all video sources. the video may not response as soon as you click the button. 4. You can set Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Quality. 8. If the device has built in preset function, you can use the buttons described ?? Brightness: Higher value, brighter of the videos above to move the camera to where you want and use Preset button to make ?? Contrast: Higher value, stronger contrast the camera control device to remember the position. After presetting, you can ?? Saturation: Higher value, more color saturation use Recall buttons to make the camera move to a preset position. ?? Hue: Higher value, higher hue ?? Quality: Higher value, better video quality Note: With a higher value of quality, it also means a heavier data 3-8 3-9 3.5 Set Name of Server and Camera 3.3 Set Date and Time You can choose the item " Set Name of Server & Camera " from VPON home page to enter this page as figure 3.5.1 You can set the server name if you have 1. Run a web browser, connect to VPON and login as the administrator. multiple VPONs on the LAN. You can also set the camera names to indicate 2. On the left side of home page, choose “Set Date & Time”. the physical location of the cameras or any identification for easy 3. Follow the format to enter the date and the time. understanding. 4. Click the “Done” button and go back to the home page of VPON. VPON will save these parameters as the system date and time. (Figure 3.3) Note: Please wait at least one minute for VPON rebooting to new system Figure 3.3 parameters Figure 3.5.1 3.4 Alarm and Remote Control You can choose the item " Alarm and Remote Control " from VPON home You can set a text string for each camera and this text will be overlaid directly page to enter this page as figure 3.4. The Alarm Status Shows the "ON" or on the video like time-stamp. You can specify the content and position of this "OFF" state of the GPIs. You can also control the outputs of GPOs by selecting text(Figure 3.5.2). Figure 3.5.2 the state of each GPO and clicking the output bottom. The output of the GPOs will latch on the state you selected. Figure 3. 4 3-10 3-11 Figure 3.6 On this page, you can also set the position of the time stamp of each camera. There are 6 pre-defined position, just select the position you like (Figure 3.5.3). Figure 3.5.3 3.7 Upload Resources You can choose the item "Upload Resources" from VPON home page to enter this page as Figure 3.7.1. Using this page, you can upload resources such as GIF file for homepage, camera control definition file, etc. 3.6 Set User’s Authority You can choose the item " Set User’s Authority" from VPON home page to Figure 3.7.1 enter this page as figure 3.6. Besides setting the user’s and administrator’s name and password, you can set up to 16 user’s name and password and their authority. For example, enter “USER” and “1234” as the name and password of User 1 and check camera 1 and 3. Later you can connect to VPON and login in using “USER” and “1234” as user 1. After logging in, only camera 1 and camera 3 will be displayed. If the name and password are left blank, this entry then will be removed. If the name and password are both the word ---“BLANK”, user logging without entering password will use this entry. 3-12 3-13 Firstly, select the type of the resource that you want to work with. Then use Chapter 4: Connecting through COM Port Delete button to remove the resource file that has been uploaded to server. Or use Upload button to upload a resource file to server, you can enter directly or On firmware 1.4 or later, VPON is configured to this mode after power up by default. browse the path of the file in File field. Write Resources To FlashROM You can change it to LAN mode or ISP mode by activating the configuration button will actually write the uploaded resources to FlashROM. function icon on the screen. OYO Viewer is the software you need for this connection. By OYO Viewer, user can view the videos transmitted from VPON through PSTN/ISDN. Besides viewing the videos, you can also record the videos, play them back, make a snapshot of picture or print it out and more... For the - End of this chapter - professional version of OYO Viewer, you can set the callback conditions if you connect some devices to VPON. In this way, VPON can automatically callback and transmit the videos to the preset PC when even happens. In this chapter, we will use OYO Viewer to make the configuration of VPON. Using the serial cable provided in the package, you will find it is convenient to set up VPON if you don’t have a network environment. (figure 4.0) Figure 4. 0 4-1 3-14 lighted, it Installation 4.1 OYO Viewer means the this product is ready. You can go on to the configuration now. 1. Start Windows95 on the host PC. (Figure 4.2) 2. Insert Setup diskette into the diskette drive (3.5”) of host PC. 3. From the Windows Program Manager, select FILE, then RUN Figure 4.2 4. Type “A:\setup.exe” (replace “A” with the letter of your 3.5” diskette drive), then click OK. POWER LTR READY VIDEO DATA STATUS 5. Follow installation instructions accordingly. 6. When it is installed successfully, you will find an icon of OYO Viewer on the desktop of Windows. (You can also find it on the startup toolbar.) Note: The Ready and Right Status3 LED lights indicate VPON is connected At Modem / Null Modem Mode 4.2 Hardware Installation 4.3 Connecting 1. Connect the external power supply to DC Input on the back panel of this product. 2. Connect one end of RS-232 null modem cable (included in the package) to 1. Run OYO Viewer on the Host PC by clicking the icon of OYO Viewer on on the back panel of this product and the other end to one of the desktop of Windows. COM1 Port COM Port (1 - 4) on the host PC. When the main screen of OYO Viewer shows, click the icon 2. “Connect” Connect video sources to by RCA cable. You can choose to on the left task bar. It will show the dialogue box. (Figure 4.3.1) 3. “Video Input” connect up to 6 video sources. Figure 4.3.1 Note1: It can auto-sense the standard of video sources (NTSC or PAL). But be sure that all video sources are the same standard. Note2: Please makes sure that you have connected video source to this product before you power on it. Power on and you will see LED are lighted. After 4. “POWER” and “LAN” hearing two “bi” sounds (one low, another high), it will start to boot around one minute. In The end of this period, LEDs (except POWER and LAN) will be fast lighted one by one from left to right and then all are off. When you hear a long “bi” sound and “STATUS3” LED (see below) are 4-2 4-3 3. You can connect through modem or using the null modem cable came with VPON. Figure 4.3.1 shows connecting through COM1 using direct cable When the connection (between Client PC and VPON) is done, you can view the connection. You can select COM port and baud rate you want, then click the videos transmitted from VPON immediately. Also, it shows “Call is "Connect" button to make the connection. If you are using modem, you connected” on the center of the screen. should click the "Modem Connection" button to bring up figure 4.3.2. You can select the modem type that were installed on your machine and type in the 4.4 Configuration login name, password ,phone number before making the connection. Make sure the modem was installed properly. Click the “Configuration” icon on the left task bar for configuration. Figure 4.3.2 4.4.1 User Account 1. VPON provides two level protections. You can limit users with Figure 4.4.1 4. After inputting all data, click on “CONNECT”. At this moment, you can get the connection window pump up on your OYO Viewer’s main screen. As figure 4.3.3 Figure 4.3.3 User’s Name and User’s Password to login into VPON. To set the configuration of VPON, you must have Super user’s Name and Password. 2. Keep the password carefully and remember it. When you forget the password, you can reset VPON by pushing the default button at the back panel. The user name and the password will be reset to the default values. It also means you 4-4 4-5 have to set the configuration again. 4.4.4 Running Mode 4.4.2 Machine Identifier Currently, there are two running modes for your selection, LAN and modem 1. You can enter the machine name of your VPON for identification if there are modes. Click on the "Running Mode Setting" block of the configuration multiple VPON in your system. Also you can enter the camera names for window, will bring up figure 4.4.4 ,the running mode setting window. For easier identification. LAN mode operation, you are requested to fill in the TCP/IP configurations. Check the "Switch to LAN mode" button. VPON will reboot from current Figure 4.4.2 modem mode into LAN Mode. Please wait for at least one minute for the reboot process. ISP mode is reserved for future release. After finishing the reboot process, VPON will back to ready state, the LEDs on the front panel will have "Ready" and "Status 1" lights on. You can login to VPON through IE or Netscape browsers. Figure 4.4.4 4.4.3 Multiple Account Management This function enables you to add, remove and edit user accounts for accessing VPON. There is a maximum of 16 accounts you can create with different access rights to the cameras. The check boxes before the camera names that are not checked when adding the user, will have no videos on the screen when the user connects to VPON. This prevents the user from viewing critical videos defined by the super user. You can remove or edit the access rights after users been created. Figure 4.4.3 4.4.5 Camera Control Settings In order to control the PAN,TILT, ZOOM functions of the remote cameras, you have to set up the camera control driver before operation. Click on the "Camera Control Setting" block and bring up the window as Figure 4.4.5. If you are using SONY EVI-D30 camera, select the plug –in for it and click OK. For details on camera control, please refer to Chapter 8," Controlling Remote Cameras". 4-6 4-7 Figure 4.4.6 Figure 4.4.5 4.4.7 Call Back Setting This function enables you to set the call back phone number, video quality, frame rate and record duration of the call. Be remember to enable the call 4.4.6 GPIO Settings back. The higher the quality setting, the smaller the frame rate and the smaller There are 4 general purpose inputs and 4 general purpose outputs on the Back the frames that can be recorded during the preset record time. panel of VPON. These are dry contact IO points. That means they can survive only under low voltage and low current. Suggested ratings are maximum 24 Figure 4.4.7 volts DC and 200 mA current. You can see the input status change on the OYO viewer window. You also can set the status of the IO points from the OYO windows. Fig 4.4.6 is for setting the relationship between the cameras and input points. An N.O. means "Normally Open", N.C. for "Normally Close" and "X" means don't care. The GPIs follow an OR combination. On Fig 4.4.6 for example, VPON is going to fire a call back when GPI1 detects a "Close" condition. Because GPI1 was set to a normally open condition and other GPIs are ignored on video1 setting. When the link between VPON and client OYO viewer sets up, the video from camera1 will be transmitted back. 4-8 4-9 4.4.8 Scheduled Call Back alarm panel finishes its job. VPON will record the video inside its memory Please make sure the call back parameters at 4.4.7 are setting correctly before and sends back after link establishes with OYO client. Please refer to working on scheduled call back. fig.4.4.9 for example. The are three choices on this function. Regular, irregular and disable call back. Figure 4.4.9 When regular call back, VPON will try to establish the link to remote client between the preset time period at the preset time interval. This is good for verification of the link and remote site. When non-regular call back, VPON will make call when the preset time is reached. You can add or remove the preset time from the time table. Please refer to fig 4.4.8 for example. Figure 4.4.8 4.4.10 Firmware version Click this block will show on the screen the firmware version currently used 4.4.9 Advance Call Back Setting on this VPON. This function is used mostly for security control. You can set 5 telephone numbers plus the one on call back setting adds up 6 numbers for call back. If 4.4.11 Miscellaneous Setting VPON fails on the number in call back setting, it will try the number in this The function is for the setting of date, time, com port baud rate and modem setting from call back number 2 until it makes through the call. The "wait initialization stream. Some modems may have compatibility problem. before dial" setting enables external alarm panel to use the same telephone Setting the correct initialization stream makes it easier to resolve line with VPON. You can set this number to give external alarm panel compatibility problems. Please refer to fig.4.4.11 for example. enough time for sending data back to control center and let VPON dial after 4-10 4-11 Chapter 5: Use VPON in Figure 4.4.11 Internet/Intranet When you finish the steps on Chapter 3 or 4, VPON should be connected to Internet or Intranet. Now, VPON can transmit the videos captured from cameras through Internet or Intranet. If you have connected to Internet or Intranet, you can follow the following steps to view the real time videos. 1. Make your PC connected to Internet or Intranet. 2. Run a web browser at your PC. Figure 5.1 End of this chapter - - 3. Input URL of VPON as below: http:// For example: http://203.70.228.88 or http://VPON.nfic.com.tw into the entry prompt in the browser. When it is connected to VPON, you will be required to enter the user’s name and password. After entering the correct password, the homepage of VPON will be shown.. 4. When the homepage is loaded, you can view the four video-windows. Use the scroll bar or the similar method to view the other two video-windows on the lower part. (Figure 5.1) 4-12 5-1 Note: If less than 6 cameras are connected to VPON, you will see a blank block Figure 5.3 on the correspondent windows. You can click the "NEXT" page icon at bottom left of the screen to view the other cameras. 5.View: You can choose to view only one video-window from a specified camera. Click the name of the chosen camera or on the window of that camera. Only one video-window is shown on the screen. You can view the other camera by clicking on the name of camera at the right side. (Figure 5.2) Figure 5.2 Advance Setting 1. You must have entered the administrator’s password to access these function. 2. On the left side of VPON’s home page, click “System Information” and you can see the system information of VPON. 6. Zoom-in: Choose the videos of a certain camera that you want to zoom-in (see 3. For “Camera Setting”, “Set Date and Time” and “System above). Click a point on the video-window, the surrounding portion Configuration”. Please refer to Chapter 3. will be zoomed-in. Click anywhere on the window and it is restored to the original size. 7. Snapshot: You can make a snapshot of a certain camera. Choose to view the video - End of this chapter - of this camera. Click “Snapshot” on the right. You can download the image and save it to a BMP file. (Figure 5.3) 5-2 5-3 Chapter 6: Use VPON through PSTN If you don’t have Internet/Intranet connection, you can use VPON to monitor the remote side through PSTN (Public Switching Telephone Network). Install VPON at the remote site, you can view, at the local site, the videos transmitted from VPON through PSTN. 6.1 VPON Installation 1. Plug one end of external power supply to DC Input on the back panel of VPON and the other end to an AC wall outlet (100V – 240V). 2. Connect video sources to “Video Input” by RCA cable. You can choose to connect up to 6 video sources. VPON can auto-sense the standard of video sources (NTSC or PAL). Note: This page is originally left blank But be sure that all video sources are the same standard. 3. Connect the external modem to COM Port on the back panel of VPON. 4. Connect the telephone line into LINE jack of external modem. 5. Power on VPON and Power LED is lighted. After hearing two “bi” sounds from VPON, VPON will start to diagnose H/W automatically. During this period (around one minute), LEDs (except POWER and LTR) will be lighted one by one from left to right and then all are off. When you hear a long “bi” sound and “READY” and “STATUS” LED (see below) are lighted, press the “Default” button on the back panel of VPON to reboot VPON. When you see “READY” and “STATUS3” LED (see below) are lighted again, it means the VPON is ready. You can go on to VPON configuration now. 6-1 5-4 6.2 Installation OYO Viewer Fig 4.3.3 Please refer to section 4.1 to 4.3 for OYO viewer installation. 6.3 Dial up to VPON 1. Run OYO Viewer on the Host PC by clicking the icon of OYO Viewer on the desktop of Windows. When the main screen of OYO Viewer shows, click the "Connect" icon on the top left of the screen. It will show the dialogue box as below Figure 4.3.2 6.4 Screen Splitting: Viewer has 6 video windows, you can view all of the videos at the same time as shown at figure 4.0. Or you can view only one single video by clicking the window you want. The result is as figure 6.4 Figure 6.4 Choose "Modem Connection" and fill in the corresponding blank fields and 2 . then click the "Connect" task bar on the bottom left. It will make the connection automatically you can see the connecting dialog box appears. When the connection (between Client PC and VPON) is done, you can view the videos transmitted from VPON immediately. Note1: Make sure to input the phone number completely and correctly. Don’t miss prefix, long-distance code (if have), extension number etc… 6-2 6-3 6.5 Camera Setting: 6.6 Set Account Name and Password 1. You can set Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Quality on the video 1. Click the Configuration icon on the top left of OYO window bring Window by tilting up and down of the control bars at the left bottom of OYO up "Configure the Remote camera server" dialog box and select "user window as shown on figure 6.5. account" block such as figure 4.4.1 Figure 6.5 2. Input User’s Name, User’s Password, Super User Name and Super User Password. And click OK button.(Figure 6.6) Note1: VPON provides two layers protection. You can limit users with User’s Name and Password to login VPON. To set the configuration of VPON, you must have Administrator’s Name and Administrator’s Password. Note2: Keep the password carefully and remember it. When you forget the password, you can reset VPON. The user name and the password will be reset to the default values. It also means you have to set the configuration again. 2. Cick the arrow to increase or decrease each value 3. Other configuration function , please refer to Chapter 4.4 for details. A B C D E 6.7 Record the video ?? Icon A : Brightness: Higher value, brighter videos OYO Viewer can record the videos appearing on the screen and save as a file to ?? Icon B Contrast: Higher value, stronger contrast the hard disk of Client PC. ?? Icon C Saturation: Higher value, more color saturation ?? Icon D Hue: Higher value, higher hue Start to record: ?? Icon E Quality: Higher value, better video quality Click the Capture icon on the top left of OYO window to record the videos. OYO Viewer will record all the videos appearing on the screen. 3. It takes a few seconds for the new settings to take effect. Note: The video performance is changed by the algorithm. If you find these settings don’t work well, we suggest you set cameras via a local monitor or TV. 6-4 6-5 task bar. Then execute Step 1 to 5 again. Please refer to figure 6.8 for Stop recording: example. Click the Stop icon on to stop recording. OYO Viewer will generate the file Figure 6.9 name of recorded videos automatically and save to the "VideoDir" directory of OYO Viewer. If you did not change anything when setup OYO Viewer, the directory should be under window's "Program File". The file name format is as below: LV_YYYY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss.vid 6.8 Play Back Before running this function, make sure to disconnect from VPON. 1. Click the Playback icon on the left top of OYO window. Go to 6.9 Snapshot your OYO "VideoDir" directory and choose the file you want to play. Play the recorded videos manually. 1. Choose the picture(s) on the screen that you want to make a snapshot by 2. 2. Open the file. It will show the first image of recorded video on the screen. clicking "Pause" button. Click the Snapshot icon on the top left of the screen. 3. 3. The default playing speed is NORMAL. Click the "Fast" button to switch the 4. It pops up a dialogue box showing the picture on the screen (figure 6.9). playing speed between FAST and NORMAL. Figure 6.9 4. You can play the recorded videos automatically or manually. Automatically: Click the “PLAY” button, OYO Viewer will play the entire recorded videos. Manually: Click the "Forward" button to browse the videos one picture by one. 5. To stop playing back, click the “Pause” button. 6. To play another recorded videos, click the “Stop” button on the left 6-6 6-7 5. Click “Save” to save this picture on the screen to a BMP file. The file name Chapter 7 : GPI/O & Callback Setting is automatically generated by the system in a "YYYY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss.BMP" firmat. If you click “Close” before VPON can call back automatically to a preset PC when some event happens. It is save, it means you give up to make a snapshot of this picture. perfect for the security purpose. 6. If you want to print out the picture, click "Print" button to do it. 1. Follow the procedures on Chapter 6 to install VPON at the remote site. 2. Connect GPI or GPO port on the back panel of VPON to external devices such as alarm, sensor for input to GPI or relay for output of GPO. 6.10 Disconnect from VPON Click the icon on the top left of OYO window to cut the connection. Note1: GPI means General Purpose Input. For this kind of device, like a sensor, it can make an open or short circuit of two points connected to VPON. Note2: GPO means General Purpose Output. For this kind of device, like an alarm, VPON can make a short circuit of its two points connected to VPON. - End of this chapter - Note3: The GPI/GPO points on VPON are dry contact points only. That means it can not survive with too heavy current or too high voltage. The suggested values are Max. 24 volts DC and Max. 200mA Note4: VPON has 4 sets of GPI/GPO, so you can connect 4 GPI equipment and 4 GPO equipment. 3. Run OYO Viewer to make a connection from your PC to VPON. When it is connected, configure the call back environment as stated in section 4.4.7. Configure the as stated in 4. GPIO Settings section 4.4.6 5. Disconnect from VPON. Setup at the callback center 1. Connect PC to a modem (external or internal). Note: Make sure that you have installed this modem successfully. 6-8 7-1 2. Connect the telephone line into LINE jack of modem Note1: The phone number is for VPON to callback. to the PC client Note2: Please refer to your modem manual to input the correct format of This telephone number should be the same as you input at the callback Note: phone number. Pay attention to prefix number, area number and telephone number of the VPON. extension number. 3. Run OYO Viewer on this PC. 4. The physical installation procedure for "scheduled call back" and "advance call back" are the same as above. For the corresponding parameter settings, When you want to use the callback function, you have to run Note: OYO please refer to section 4.4.8 and 4.4.9 Viewer permanently. You can minimize the window, but DO NOT exit OYO Viewer. Make sure to check the "Listen Call when idle" box before clicking the "Close" button. This process makes OYO viewer listen to incoming call when not communicating with remote VPON server. - End of this chapter - Fig 7.1 When the condition you have set happens, VPON will callback automatically to this PC. When the connection is done, you will see the recorded videos first and the recorded videos will be saved to a file. After the transmission is finished, you can see the real time videos. Note: It takes time to transmit the recorded videos. We suggest you to set Record Duration around 20 seconds and Frame Rate equals 5. 7-2 7-3 Chapter 8 : Remote Camera Control There are two kinds of remote camera control configurations. One is using PTZ cameras with built-in RS232 interface, the other is using VP-201 and VP-202 camera control interfaces to accomplish the job. VPON hardware box , OYO viewer and Internet browsers are transparent to both configurations. VP-201 and VP-202 are considered as external devices to VPON. 8.1 Remote Camera Control using built in RS232 Interface Cameras Currently, VPON support those cameras with built-in RS232 control interface that follow SONY standard. The typical camera model is SONY EVI-D30.The VP-203 camera supplied by Formosa Industrial Computing is functionally This page is originally left blank compatible with SONY EVI-D30. The configuration diagram is as figure 8.1 Maximum 6 cameras can be daisy chained by the above configuration. Figure 8.1 7-4 8-1 8.2 Operation In order to operate the camera control, you have to install the camera control The 6 preset buttons allow you to tell the camera to remember 6 positions that you Plug-in . prefer. When the camera is located at some position and you click the preset button, this position will be kept inside the camera's memory. After a while, if you move the 8.2.1 OYO Viewer camera to another position and you want it to move back to the previous preset Connect the PC client to VPON using OYO viewer. If you are not familiar with position, just click the corresponding recall button and it will move back to that it, please refer to Chapter 4. Select the configuration icon and click the "camera position automatically. This function is handy when it is difficult to adjust the camera control setting" button. The dialog box as figure 4.4.5 will prompt out. Follow to the right position. You can preset it locally and then recall it remotely. But one the procedure of section 4.4.5 to select the proper plug-in of your camera. Back thing bad is that after power off the camera, previous preset values will be lost ! to your OYO window and select the video that you want to control. The screen In this case you have to do the presetting from the beginning. will enter into single video mode. Click the camera control icon at the left top of the screen, the camera control dialog box will prompt out as figure 8.2 8.3 Remote camera control using VP-201 and VP-202 Figure 8.2 This configuration is waiting for release - End of this chapter - Click on the buttons on the Pan/Tilt, Zoom blocks will force the camera to operate follow the corresponding commands. But please be patient to allow enough time for the video to transmit back from the remote side. Don't click the buttons too fast or you will never get the right view you want ! Remember "click and wait" is the most efficient operation. 8-2 8-3 Appendix A: Specifications Video Input/ Output . Support NTSC/PAL standard (auto-sensing) . One video output to Six Video outputs . Six video inputs with auto detection of video standards Compression . Support H.263, M-JPEG, JPEG video compression format Resolution . Image size: 320x240 (JPEG), 176x144 (H.263) . 24 bits true color Performance Up to 10 frame/sec (JPEG), 10 frame/sec (H.263) . Typical Bandwidth 100K Byte/second (JPEG) . 5K Byte/second(H.263) . Hardware . 32bits CPU, 16MB DRAM 2MB Flash-ROM for firmware . Two RS-232 serial ports . This page is originally left blank 8 GPIO ports . LEDs showing the status on the front panel . . Built-in a mini web server Audio Input/ Output . One Mini-Din Audio I/O (Optional) System Compatibility All PCs running Windows95 with a web browser . Protocol . TCP/IP, PPP, HTTP Connectors . One 10 BaseT Ethernet port . Six RCA connectors for video input . One DB-9 port for video output . One 8 pin GPI/O terminal block Power 25watt, 90-264VAC, 47-63HZ . Size . 304mm(L) x 165mm(W) x 55mm(H) . 11.97inch(L)x6.50inch(W)x2.17inch(H) - End of this chapter - 8-4 A-1 Appendix B: LED Status Appendix C: Modem Compatibility VPON can diagnosis H/W and show the status by LEDs on the front panel of VPON Here is a list of certified modems/ISDN TA that we have tested and compatible with by a sound. Please check the tables below to know the meaning. this product 1. LED Status ISDN TA: Ready Video Network Status1 Status2 Status3 Zyxel 2864I 1 -- -- 1 0 0 LAN mode: Connected to LAN 1 -- -- 0 1 0 ISP mode : Connected to ISP MODEM: 1 -- -- 0 0 1 Modem/Null mode connected CinaAction V33600 0 0 0 0 0 1 Modem/Null mode unconnected CinaAction FM56JT 0 1 1 0 0 0 System Error LEMEL 56K External (V1456VQE) 0 0 1 1 0 0 LAN mode: wrong TCP/IP SmartLink 33.6K (3334AV) parameter 0 1 0 1 0 0 LAN mode:System startup error USRobotics Sportster Voice 33.6 FaxModem 0 0 0 0 1 0 ISP mode: Connecting to ISP GVC 33.6K (SF-1133V/R16) 0 0 1 0 1 0 ISP mode: wrong ISP parameter ADI 56K (SVD-56KIM) 0 1 0 0 1 0 ISP mode: System Startup Error - End of this chapter - - End of this chapter - B-1 C-1 Appendix D: Trouble Shooting 5. Network may be busy. Try later. 6. Reboot VPON. Q: READY LED is not lighted. A: Check STATUS LEDs and refer to Appendix B to find out the problem. If Q: VPON is connected directly to Internet through PSTN/ISDN to ISP. VPON still can not work after you solved this problem. Contact your local A: 1. If STATUS LEDs are not lighted as below, check Appendix B to find the distributor for the further examination. problem. 2. Ensure that you have connected an external modem or ISDN TA to COM Q: VPON cannot be installed through COM Port. Port on the back panel of VPON. A: 1. Ensure that you use the cable provided in the package. 3. Check if you input the correct phone number of ISP when installing. Pay 2. One end of this cable is connected to COM Port on the back panel of attention to the format, prefix, area code and extension. VPON. 4. Modem is switched on. 3. The other end of this cable is connected to one of COM Ports on the host PC. 5. Ensure that the telephone works well and is connected correctly. (Connect Be sure that this COM Port is not disabled by BIOS. the telephone line to LINE jack on modem or ISDN/TA.) 4. Set the correct parameters of this COM Port of host PC from SYSTEM in 6. ISP is busy. CONTROL PANEL Q: You cannot view videos after connecting to VPON. Q: VPON cannot be accessed from a web browser in Internet. A: 1. Reload this page. A: 1. If STATUS1 LEDs are not lighted as below, check Appendix B to find the 2. Make sure you use Netscape 2.0 or above. problem. 3. If you choose CODE as MJPEG or H.263 when you installed VPON, please copy Plug-ins to the propre directory on your PC. (~\Communications\Programs\Plugins or ~\Internet Explorer\Plugins) POWER LTR READY VIDEO DATA STATUS 4. If the video block is black, check the connection between VPON and cameras. Make sure that you have powered on cameras or cameras work well. 2. Ensure that LAN works well and is connected to Internet. 5. When you see black block, try to use CAMERA SETTING to adjust 3. Confirm that you input the correct IP address or Domain Name as the one Brightness or adjust the iris of cameras, and select “Redetect the you assigned to VPON. installed cameras”. 4. Check that you assigned correctly IP address, DNS, Gateway and Subnet mask of VPON. Q: Video quality is not good. A: 1. Use CAMERA SETTING to set Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and D-1 D-2 Quality. 2. Adjust the focus of cameras. (Use a local monitor or TV set to do this.) 3. Change COMPRESSION. 4. Make sure that the light at scene of cameras is enough. 5. Check to see if the video cable is good and is well connected. Q: RELOAD is failed. You cannot view the real-time videos. A: 1. Disable “CACHE” function of web browser. 2. VPON is rebooting now as you just changed the configuration. 3. Network is busy. Q: Videos are not clear. A: 1. Change the settings of cameras. 2. Make sure that your VGA card supports 16-bit hi-color or above. Q: The stamped time is not correct. A: As the stamped time on videos is the system time of VPON, use “SET DATE & TIME” to adjust. Q: When you alter VPON’s home page to Chinese Version, you can see nothing but random codes. A: You system does not support Chinese characters. Q: How can I know if I have downloaded the newest firmware successfully? A: Login VPON as administrator and access “System Information” page. You can find the version and date of the firmware. - End of this chapter - D-3