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Safety Precautions

We appreciate you purchasing the ANT-4000E.

Before installing the product, please read the following carefully.

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Make sure you turn off the power before installing the ANT-4000E.

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Do not install under the direct sunlight or in dusty areas.

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Make sure you use the product within the temperature and humidity specified in the specification.

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Do not operate the product in presence of vibration or strong magnetic fields.

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Do not put electrically conducting materials in the ventilation hole.

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Do not open the top cover of the product. It may cause a failure or electric shock from the components.

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To prevent the unit from overheating, make sure you keep the ventilation holes at the top least 10cm from any other object. Also allow air underneath the unit and do not obstruct vent holes

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Make sure the mains voltage is correct (220V/110V) before connecting the power adapter supplied in the box (12V DC output).

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Do not obstruct ventilation holes above and below the server box. Rubber feet are provided to allow air flow below the server case , in addition to outlet holes at the top of the case.

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

1. About this Manual

This User Manual provides information on operating and managing the ANT-4000E in a number of video systems. The Manual includes instructions for installation, operation and configuration of the ANT-4000E as well as troubleshooting. The ANT-4000E will be used as a generic part number and where options are mentioned this will be referred to as the ANT-4000EXX where XX is used to identify the options part number

2. Features

ANT-4000E is a Full HD 1920 x1080 at 60 frames/second encoder designed to be used for various streaming applications where high quality video or PC output needs to be sent over an IP network at low data rates. Video resolutions from PAL and NTSC up to 1080P60 are supported as well as stereo audio.In combination with the ANT-40000D Decoder unit the ANT-4000E can additionally stream video at extremely low latencies (delay) typically 30mS. The ANT-4000E provides a number of different video and audio interfaces together with a general purpose virtual 2 way serial cable interface. Network transmission is via a 10/100 ethernet port. Power is supplied by the 240/110V AC to12Volt DC converter supplied.

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Video

" State-of- the art Compression Algorithm, H.264 Baseline level 4.2

" 24 bit RGB + YUV (4:2:2)

" Low latency encode decode typ. 30mS (when used with ANT-4000D)

" Single stream + Stereo Audio

" Video and PC interfaces supported YCbCr & RGB

" HDMI v1.3 (DVI-D) VGA, Composite Video and Component video supported

" YPbPr Component plus CVBS composite video

" Compression and Decompression with multiple Resolution options

: 1920x18080i60/P60, 1280x720P60, 720x480i60/P60

: WSXGA + (1680 x1050), SXGA (1280x1024) WXGA(1280x800)

XGA (1024x768) SVGA (800x600) , VGA (640x480) see table for more

" Wide Range of Video Transmission Rates : 100kbps ~ 12Mbps

" Various Transmission Modes : I frame GOP mode, Slice Mode (I frame in P frames)

" HDCP compliant v1.1

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Audio

" 2x HDMI audio supported - Compressed or uncompressed

" Stereo Audio one way 44.1kHz / 48kHz , 16 bit ADC.

" RCA stereo jacks and mini stereo headphone jacks

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Network

" Static IP & Dynamic IP (DHCP) Support 10/100 ethernet

" One to One Connection & One to Multiple Connection

" Multi-Casting and Simulcast modes

" Various Protocols supported : TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast, DHCP, HTTP, RTSP,

" RTSP , One to one proprietary low latency plus MPEG-TS (Video only)

" PLC modem connection

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Serial Data

" Two serial ports : RX and TX bi directional data

" 3.3v TTL serial data (external level shift for RS232 required)

" Data pass-through mode : Serial data communication between Encoder - Decoder

" Virtual serial cable between encoder and decoder, Bi Directional.

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USB

" Engineering applications only

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User Interface

" Internet Explorer for system setup

" Firmware upgrade via PC command interface (simple)

" OSD system status if required

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Operating conditions

" 0 to +40 ambient operating temp

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Reliability Reliable embedded system

" System recovery utilizing dual watch-dog functions

" System reset switch

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3. Contents of Box

Contents of Box

ANT-4000E

User Manual (CD)

Power adapter and Cable

Software CD

S c r e w s

(fitted)

B r a c k e t s

(fitted)

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4. Panel Layout

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Front View

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

No.

1 HDMI 1

Parts

2 HDMI 2

3 CVBS Video

4 Audio L

5 Audio R

6 IR Out

7 Audio Jack

8 PC-IN

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LAN

"# 12V DC

Function

HDMI input number 1

HDMI input number 2

Composite Video Input RCA

Audio input left

Audio input Right

Not used

Stereo audio input jack

VGA input for PC interface

10/100 LAN RJ45 interface

12 Volt DC input

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Rear View

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1

No.

Serial

2 Rx

3 Tx

4 3.3V

5 Ground

6 LED1

Part

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LED2

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LED3

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LED4

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LED5

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Reset switch

Function

Two way serial connector

Serial Data Rx output

Serial Data Tx input

3.3 volts DC out

Ground

Power indicator LED1=On= 12v Power On

System booting (blinking), Booted (On)

Connected to Client On=Decoder Blink=IE

Video streaming On=Video streaming selected video port has a valid input signal

System reset to factory default/ IP address

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5.Quick Start Guide

The ANT-4000E is a high quality 1080P60 maximum video and audio encoder with virtual serial connections. ANT-4000E compresses Video and Audio using H264 standards and streams this compressed signal over an IP network via Ethernet. Using an ANT-4000D decoder unit will allow the IP network stream to be decoded and converted back to Video plus Audio. Alternatively a Software decoder such as VLC player may be used to decode the IP network stream generated by the ANT-4000E

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Quick Start - Power up and streaming video

The ANT-4000E comes with a 12 volt power converter (220/240/110V AC to 12 VDC) plus a kettle lead for connection to the mains supply. Plug the Kettle lead into the 12 volt supply and the other end of the kettle lead into the local mains AC supply.

Remove the ANT-4000E from its packaging and connect the 12Volt DC plug into the 12 socket of the

ANT-4000E. 5x LEDs will illuminate then gradually change state as the unit boots into its standby/ ready condition. (See LED description for exact meaning of LEDs)

Connect a suitable video source via one of the external Video and Audio inputs provided on the

ANT-4000E. Video resolution can be from PAL NTSC up to 1920 x1080 at 60 Hz or frames/second. A full list of supported video formats is described later in this manual. (HDMI , CVBS, VGA and Component

(using a Component to VGA dongle) . DVI-D may be connected using a DVI-D to HDMI dongle.

If you are using an ANT-4000D decoder unit connect this in a similar way as described above except

Video and Audio connections will be Outputs instead of inputs .

ANT-4000E + ANT4000D are shipped with the following defaults:

- Encoder will communicate / stream to the Decoder via LAN

- HDMI Port 1 (upper most input) on ANT-4000E is input and HDMI output on ANT-4000D

- IP addresses are 192.168.0.151 (E) and 192.168.0.152 (D)

- Connection via LAN will allow video from the ANT-4000E to be streamed to the ANT-4000D without any changes being made to the settings. Customers with both units should test this configuration first. This is the low latency mode proprietary mode.

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Quick Start- Connecting a web browser to adjust/ change settings.

The ANT-4000E/D has a web interface for setting up all parameters , network functions etc. Currently you must use Internet Explorer for this function.

Having connected the ANT-4000E to a video/audio source and 12vDC next connect the ethernet port to an ethernet network/ switch using an RJ45 ethernet cable (not supplied).

Connect a laptop or PC to the same network that the ANT-4000E is connected to.

ANT-4000E Factory default IP address is 192.168.0.151 (ANT-4000D is 192.168.0.152)

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Quick Start- Streaming video to VLC player/ Set Top Box.

The ANT-4000E can be set to stream video to a software decoder such as VLC player. There are two modes supported : a) RTSP video plus Audio b) MPEG-TS mode Video Only!

Top test Software decoding using VLC player please follow these instructions:

1) Browse to the ANT-4000E IP address using Internet Explorer. Active X is used to control and change settings so your browser may ask if it is safe to install Active X control.

2) On the Streaming Control page select the RTSP SERVER pull down menu and select ON. Then press

SUBMIT to save these setting changes to RAM

3) If you wish to save this configuration to FLASH memory so that after next power up these settings will be default, go to SAVE SETTINGS and click SAVE then confirm.

4) Open VLC player and in Network type : rtsp:192.168.0.151:8054/stream

5) VLC will now decode the incoming rtsp stream from the ANT-4000E

More details on setting up VLC player and using MPEG-TS are explained in more detail further on in this manual.

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INSTALLATION

6. Installation- Connecting Video & Audio

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Encoder System

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Connecting Video

The ANT-4000E has multiple inputs which can be used to input video

# HDMI 1 and HDMI 2: These inputs support video plus audio but must be selected in the Web Setup (See System Configuration)

# Composite CVBS: Composite video input in the form of an RCA socket (Yellow) together with Audio Left and Right RCA sockets (White and Red)

# VGA D-Sub: Supports VGA analogue inputs from a PC , audio is input separately via the stereo Jack socket or RCA socket above.

# DVI-D: Supported via one of the HDMI inputs using an external DVI to HDMI dongle

(not supplied)

# Component Video: Supported via the VGA input using an external Component Video to VGA converter dongle. Supplied as an option

6. Installation- Connecting Audio

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Connecting Audio.

The ANT-4000E has two methods to connect Audio

# Via the stereo 3.5mm Jack socket

# Via the RCA stereo left and right input sockets

" Audio signal is at line level, therefore, a microphone or speaker with an amplification function should be used

6. Installation- Connecting Network & Serial Ports

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Connecting the Network Cable

The ANT-4000E has a 10/100 RJ45 Ethernet port for connection to a network or external wireless device

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Connecting the Serial Ports

The ANT-4000E has a two way serial connection capability via a “Virtual Cable” function. This

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allows two way serial data to be sent/received if the ANT-4000E is paired up with an

ANT-4000D decoder unit. 3.3V data may be sent bi-directionally for control and command applications. Serial data is sent as is subject to the serial port configurations (See System setup- Serial Ports)

# Serial Data Tx

# Serail Data Rx

# +3.3V DC

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6. Installation- Powering Up & LED Status

Connect the 12V power converter to 110/240 V AC supply with the power lead provided.

Connect the 12V connector into the front panel of the ANT-4000E marked 12V DC Input.

1) Observe ALL LEDs are illuminated and flashing momentarily, this is to check all LEDs are working

2) LED1: This indicates if 12V DC power is connected

ON= Power On, OFF =Power OFF, Flashing= test mode on power up

3) LED2 : Booting Status of the onboard CPU

Flashing= Booting , On= Booted (LED3/4/5 will flash )

4) LED3: Client Connected

Flashing: No Client connected (decoder) , On= Client decoder Connected

5) LED4: Video Stream Data:

On= Video data is streaming, Flashing = Streaming is Off.

6) LED5: Video Input Connected

On= Video is connected to the selected input and identified as valid ,flashing= No Video

If the Encoder is working correctly in a typical system and connected to decoder and is streaming video then ALL LEDs will be ON.

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Web Based System Setup

7. System Configuration

IP

Address of Encoder (Fixed)

Gateway of

Network

Submit changes: changes will be saved when this buttion pressed.However if system is rebooted changes will be lost unless also saved in “Save Changes” menu on left menu bar.

Multicast IP address

IP

Adress of Decoder

Click to cause LED3 to Flash

To identify which Encoder is being setup

Refresh this web page.

Select

Peer 2 Peer mode or multicast one to many mode.

P2P uses Peer IP address above,

Mcast uses Mcast IP address

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7. Serial Port Configuration

Submit changes: changes will be saved when this buttion pressed.However if system is rebooted changes will be lost unless also saved in “Save Changes” menu on left menu bar.

Refresh this web page.

Set

Serial data Baud Rate

1200-11520

Stop

Bit 1-2

Character size

CS5-CS8

Parity Odd

Even Disable

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7. S/W Images

This section allows users to easily upgrade the Firmware of the ANT-4000E

# To upgrade the firmware use the Browse button below to locate the new Firmware file on your computer

# Once the F/W file is selected click UPLOAD. This will cause the ANT-4000E to upload the file into temporary memory. This may take several seconds

# Once the UPLOAD process is finished the web page will show a WRITE TO FLASH box as shown below.

# Pressing WRITE TO FLASH will cause the ANT-4000E to save the file to its Flash memory. WARNING! Once you press this button do not unplug the power lead as

this may cause the system to be corrupted and may not recover or function correctly. Make sure the Firmware file is correct before pressing UPLOAD TO

FLASH.

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Once UPLOAD TO FLASH is pressed the system will take several minutes to write the file to Flash and then reboot. Do NOT UNPLUG the system at this time or make any further changes until it has rebooted fully (All LEDs illuminated and as a minimum LED1 and LED2 illuminated permanently if video is not connected or a decoder is not connected) Allow 5 minutes for this take place.

Current

Firmware

Write to Flash

WARNING SEE ABOVE

New

Firmware to be written to

Flash

Press to upload FW file

Browse to

Firmware file

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7. Streaming Control (1) - Information Screen

Information about Decoder connected to this encoder

Information about this

Encoder

Select Video and

Audio Ports

Information on Video/

Audio/Streaming if connected

In systems where a large

GOP is used it may be necessary to force an I frame to be generated to assist the decoder in locking on to the decoder stream. Press here to force I frame

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7. Streaming Control (2)- Video Encapsulation/ Streaming

Turn ON/OFF Video Streaming

Select Method of

Encapsulation:

RTP or MPEG TS

ANT-4000E has 2 modes of Video encapsulation:

# RTP mode is used when the RTSP server is enabled and the ANT-4000E streams to an RTSP software or hardware decoder or when ANT-4000E is used in low latency

P2P mode with an ANT-4000D decoder.. Note: The ANT-4000D may also decode

RTSP mode but ultra low latency is not supported. P2P mode is default if the RTSP server is turned OFF.

# MPEG-TS mode is used when the ANT-4000E is streaming via UDP to a set top box or soft decoder capable of decoding MPEG Transport Stream (H264 only) . Note Audio is currently not supported in this mode.

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7. Streaming Control (2)- GOP and Intra Modes

ANT-4000E supports two modes of sending the I frame:

# I and P frames sent separately. This is referred to as GOP mode (Group Of Pictures).

An I frame or reference frame is generated followed by a number of P frames

(Predictive) determined by the GOP SIZE setting (e.g GOP=60 is 1x I frame followed by 60 P frames)

# RandIntraCoded and ContIntraCoded are similar methods of “Slice” encoding where the I frame data is broken into pieces and sent together with the P frames. A traditional

I frame is generated when a new client joins in or at the start of a transmission.

# Contiguous Intra Coded (ContIntraCoded) is where the top left macroblock of an I frame is sent with the first P frame. The next Macroblock of the I frame is sent with second P frame and so on . Last macroblock is bottom right.

# Random Intra Coded (RandIntraCoded) is where macroblocks of the I frame are randomly selected and sent embedded in P frames.

# Intra Count defines the period over which I frames are dispersed over P frames, simply number of P frames to each I frame.

Coding Method selection

Intra Coding P frame count/I frame

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7. Streaming Control (2)- Video Bitrate, Framerate & Audio

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Video maximum bitrate framerate and On Screen Display can be set using these settings. Very low bitrates for certain fast action video sequences or higher resolutions may cause blocking / artifacts.

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RTSP streaming can be turned ON or OFF , when OFF P2P mode is enabled to ANT-4000D Decoder.

The remote configuration window may be slightly different depends on the system modes (Encoder,

Decoder). The general explanation of the configuration in this manual is based on an Encoder system and differences according to the modes will be clarified when needed.

Preset, Record and User. Any configuration changes are not applied until the Apply button is pressed.

Leaving the page without pressing the Apply button will cause changes on the page to be discarded.

Video Frame Rate setting 1-30

Turn On Screen

Display On or Off

Encoder Configuration

Audio Direction xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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8. Save Changes

On each Setup page there is a button called SUBMIT . This causes the changes on that page to be enabled. However if the system is rebooted these changes will be lost. To write the changes on ALL pages into the system FLASH memory go to this page and click SAVE

Click here to Save

ALL changes made and submitted on individual pages to FLASH. Next

Reboot the system will restart with all settings which were modified and saved using this button

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9. Reboot System & Factory Reset

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Reboot

Simply this is a Soft Reboot of the system which saves unplugging the 12 volt power cord. This is useful if a remote reboot is required

Press here to Reboot

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FACTORY RESET

To restore the Encoder to Factory default settings and factory IP address 192.168.0.151

HDMI 1 input is default on factory reset

Instructions

Depower the encoder- unplug 12 volt lead

Press and Hold

Power Up.

Hold for 6 seconds after power up

Factory Reset of all settings

Using paper clip press and hold the reset button on the panel

Power Up continuing to hold reset button

Hold for 6 seconds after power up

All settings are now restored to Factory Default

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10 Using P2P Low Latency Mode with ANT-4000D

Connect ANT-4000E plus ANT-4000D to a network

Configure the Decoder with the Encoders IP address and Encoder with Decoders IP address in the PEER IP section of System Setup

The example below shows the encoder System Configuration page with the IP address of the

Decoder in PEER IP (LAN)

Encoder IP address

Decoder IP address here

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Factory Reset

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Factory Reset

Streaming mode is P2P cleared. Log In User name and Password for log in will not be cleared however so it is important to remember these.

STREAMING CONTROL

WEB PAGE

Turn RTSP OFF

Encapsulation= RTP

Video Streaming ON other settings as required

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10 Using P2P Low Latency Mode with ANT-4000D

Select the correct Video Input and Output ports on the ANT-4000E and ANT-4000D

In all cases make sure you save the setting changes by clicking SUBMIT on each web page and then on completion SAVE CHANGES on the save changes web page.

The Encoder will now stream Video to the Decoder which will display the decoded video on a suitable monitor or TV.

If the Encoder is streaming correctly all 5 LEDs will be solidly lit. On the Decoder all 4 LEDs will be solidly lit (LED5 not used on the Decoder)

Select appropriate Video ports on Encoder for Video and

Audio.

Similar setup for video output port on Decoder

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10 Using VLC player as a video Decoder

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VLC Setup

VLC player can be used as a decoder in both RTSP and MPEG-TS modes. RTSP supports full AAC audio plus video whilst MPEG-TS only supports video.

Open VLC Player and click MEDIA the OPEN

NETWORK STREAM. This will open the window shown below. Type rtsp://192.168.0.151:8554/ stream into the the “Please enter a network URL” box

By checking the Show more options box in the bottom left corner you will have the option to increase or decrease the video buffer size

(cache). Smaller buffer/cache = lower latency but possible jitter in video under certain network conditions. We suggest 120mS as a starting point

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Resolution

Select video compression resolution. Compression resolutions are different depending on input formats. The scaling option is used when compression resolution is different from input compression. Without the scaling option, the input video image will be cut according to compression resolution. On the other hand, if scaling is selected, the input video size will be adjusted to the compression resolution.

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Frame rate

Determine the maximum number of frames per second for the video images to be compressed.

The frame rate of actually transmitted video can be affected by a network bandwidth limitation

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Preference

Preference for video compression and transmission: With ‘Bit rate’ selected, the video compression will be affected by the ‘Bit rate’ value entered. With ‘Quality’ selected, the video compression will be effected by the quality of image selected. Therefore, ‘Bit rate’ and ‘Quality’ corresponds to CBR (Constant Bit rate) and VBR (Variable Bit rate) respectively. CBR will try and maintain an average bit rate equal to the Bitrate value set. In Quality mode the bit rate will vary within limits determined by the Quality setting selected.

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Quality

Select Video quality. 8 levels of quality are available.

Quality mode (VBR encoding) adjusts the bit rate according to the image complexity, using higher bandwidth for increased activity in the video and lower bandwidth for decreased activity.

It is preferred when the activity changes in the video are significant or the network capacity is insufficient to maintain certain bit rates continually.

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Bit rate

Determine bit rate value between 32 ~ 8000kbps.

Bit rate mode (CBR encoding) allows you to set a fixed target bit rate that consumes a predictable amount of bandwidth.

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I-Frame Interval

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Possible values between 0 and 255. There will be no I-frames if 0 is selected.

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H.264 Profile

Select H.264 Profile: High Profile or Baseline Profile

The standard defines various sets of capabilities, which are referred to as profiles, targeting specific classes of applications.

High Profile (HiP)

The primary profile for broadcast and disc storage applications, particularly for high-definition television applications (for example, this is the profile adopted by the Blu-ray Disc storage format and the DVB HDTV broadcast service).

Baseline Profile (BP)

Primarily for low-cost applications that require additional data loss robustness, this profile is used in some videoconferencing and mobile applications. This profile includes all features that are supported in the Constrained Baseline Profile, plus three additional features that can be used for loss robustness (or for other purposes such as low-delay multi-point video stream compositing).

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Dual Encode

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Use Dual Encode

1. Select Off button on the Enable Preview to Enable use of Dual Encode

2. Select ON to dissable use of Dual Encoding

The secondary video can be viewed on Live View window by selecting Secondary on Video

selection

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Dual Compression Algorithm

Select Secondary Video compression between H.264 and MJPEG. Maximum resolution is

720 x 480. There are 8steps for adjusting this mode. If MJPEG is selected, only Quality mode is supported

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Motion Detection

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Use Motion Detection

Select Motion Detection function

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Motion Detection Area Editing

Configure regions for motion detection. Regions of arbitrary shape can be configured by the following steps.

$ Enable Edit item.

% Select editing Mode. Set is for including cells into the motion detection region and Erase is for excluding.

& Select cells using the right button of the mouse. Multiple cells can be selected conveniently by clicking and dragging.

' Press Apply Edited Area to save the editing

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Sensitivity

Set the condition to trigger an event for motion detection. The value determines the sensitivity of the motion detection within a block: the smaller, the more sensitive

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Information Display

System ID and/or server time can be display over the video window in Internet Explorer. Each item can be turned on or off separately, and position can also be configured. This information is displayed after the video is decompressed.

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Burn-in OSD

Insert system ID and date/time in the compressed video. System ID and time respectively can be turned on or off in the video. And position and Font size can be selectable.

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Color

Adjust Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation

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Output Format

Output Format menu appears only when Enable Preview is on

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Select the output format for the monitor preview according to the video Input and monitor specification.

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Output format

NTSC (720x480)

PAL (720x576)

720p60 (1280x720)

1080i60 (1920x1080)

720p50 (1280x720)

1080i50 (1920x1080)

Available Input format

Composite NTSC, SD-SDI NTSC, HDMI

Composite PAL, SD-SDI PAL, HDMI

Composite, HD-SDI, HDMI

Composite, HD-SDI, HDMI

Composite, HD-SDI, HDMI

Composite, HD-SDI, HDMI

3. Audio Configuration

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Algorithm

" Select audio algorithm between G.711 and AAC.

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Domain Name System (DNS) is a database system that translates a computer's fully qualified domain name into an IP address. Networked computers use IP addresses to locate and connect to each other, but IP addresses can be difficult for people to remember. For server, called a name server, will hold a list of all the IP addresses within its network, plus a cache of IP addresses for recently accessed computers outside the network.

The sampling rate is fixed to 32KHz when AAC is selected.

Note that when ANT-4000E is connected to a decoder, the decoder’s audio algorithm should be set identically to transmit audio settings.

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Mode

" Select audio operation mode

Mode

Off

Tx-Only

Rx-Only

Tx & Rx

Action

No operation

Transmit only

Receive only

Transmit and Receive

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Input Gain

" Set audio input gain

4. Network Configuration

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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used by network management systems to communicate with network elements. SNMP lets TCP/IP-based network management clients use a TCP/IP-based internetwork to exchange information about the configuration and status of nodes.

SNMP can also generate trap messages used to report significant TCP/IP events asynchronously to interested clients. For example, a router could send a message if one of its redundant power supplies fails or a printer could send an SNMP trap when it is out of paper

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Local

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IP mode

Two IP modes are supported. Depending on the selected mode, further configuration items come as follows

IP Mode Selection Description

Local IP

Fixed IP address

Local Gateway Gateway IP address

Local Subnet Subnet mask

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DHCP

N/A networked device, such as a router or computer system using the Internet Protocol Suite, to notify a domain name server to change, in real time (ad-hoc) the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS.

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DNS

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Obtain DNS server address automatically

Get DNS server address automatically when IP mode is DHCP.

" Use the following DNS server addresses

Enter the DNS server IP address.

Primary DNS server

Secondary DNS server

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Port

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Base Port

Network base port is used for communication between systems. In order for the servers and remote systems to be connected together, the port number must be set identically .

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HTTP Port

HTTP port use for web-based connection

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RTSP Port

Enter RTSP port used for RTSP-based connection. The default RTSP port is 554

RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is a standard for connected client(s) to control streaming data over the World Wide Web

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Authentication

" RTSP Authentication

If RTSP Authentication is set on the network page, the user should enter the correct user ID

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and password when any RTSP client is connected.

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HTTP API Authentication

When HTTP API authentication set to ON, HTTP Authentication is requested for all clients which use HTTP API .

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RTP Session

" RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol) is an Internet protocol used for transmitting single realtime multimedia data such as audio and video to a select group of connected clients. Normally

RTSP uses RTP to format packets of multimedia content. The RTP Session menu is used when using RTP only streaming ,without RTSP connection. An RTP stream will be transmitted to the destination IP and Port set. The SDP (Session Description Protocol) file can be found in the server, and a client can retrieve it using an http connection.

Related settings are as following.

Destination IP : Set the IP Address for your destination system which will receive the RTP stream

Destination Port : Set the Port for your destination system which will receive the RTP stream

User Name: Enter the User name that will be used as session name in the SDP file.

File Name: Enter the file name that will be used as the name of the SDP file. Then, it can be accessed through http://ServerAddress/filename

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SNMP

" ANT-4000E can be used as an SNMP agent. It is compatible to both SNMPv1 and SNMPvec.

Settings for using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) are as following

SNMP Listen Port: The port is for connecting external devices when the system operates as an SNMP client. SNMP is not used by setting a 0 value.

SNMP Trap Destination IP: Set the SNMP Trap Destination IP.

SNMP Trap Destination Port: Set the SNMP Trap Destination Port. SNMP is not used by setting a 0 value.

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Multicast

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Multicast IP

The multicast IP address selection range is between 224.0.1.0 and 238.255.255.255. The selection can be used only when media protocol is set to Multicast. The Multicast menu is used for the Multicast connection request from a decoder or VMS / NVR software to transmit

Multicast stream to the decoder or VMS / NVR software. The multicast address must be the same for the system to be connected using the multicast protocol.

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DDNS

Select the DDNS (Dynamic DNS) server to use. One of two servers can be selected.

" True DNS: TrueDNS service is used in this mode. Systems can be registered on the website for TrueDNS service: http://ns1.truecam.net. System will get a domain name of xxx.truecam.net style. Please, refer to user guide document for True DNS service.

" DynDNS: DynDNS service is used in this mode. Refer www.dyndns.org for details. ID,

Password and Domain name are needed when DynDNS is set.

" Check IP Disable: If “Check IP Disable” is selected, IP Server will skip checking its own IP. In

Fixed IP mode, the set IP will be registered on the DDNS server. In DHCP mode, the Allotted

IP will be registered on DDNS server.

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Bitrate Control

" When there is more than one client (decoder) connected to an IP camera (or video server) and some of them do not have enough bandwidth to receive the encoded stream fully, it is possible to select the way to stream video to clients as followings

Frame Drop Mode: Frames are dropped on sending routine. Only clients with limited bandwidth are affected by the dropping.

Suppression Mode: Video encoding is suppressed. All clients are affected.

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Address Info

The following network information is displayed (Read only)

" IP Address: The servers own IP address. This information is useful when the server’s IP mode is set to DHCP.

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" Domain Name: In case the server is registered with a DDNS server, the registered domain name is displayed.

" MAC Address: Display the MAC address of the server. In case the server is registered with a

DDNS server, the MAC address is used for DDNS registration.

" Connecting: Client IP Addresses that are currently connected to system are listed.

" (1) Indicates Primary streaming and (0) indicates Secondary streaming

5. Serial Port Configuration

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Serial Port Type and Configuration

" Serial Port type: There are two serial ports, RS-232, RS-422/485 in ANT-4000E. Select

RS-422 or RS-485 in RS-422/485 port

" Serial Port Configuration: The serial ports can be configured as follows.

Each of the serial ports configurations must be same as the connecting device.

Mode

Bitrate

Selection

2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 bps

Data Bits

5, 6, 7, 8 bits

Parity

NONE, EVEN, ODD bit

Stop Bit

1, 2 bit

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PTZ

" PTZ Type: Select the type of PTZ camera or receiver.

" PTZ ID: Since it is possible to control multiple PTZ cameras or receivers over a single control line, each camera or receiver will be assigned with a unique ID. Enter PTZ ID of a camera or receiver for control. The ID value range can be between 0 and 255.

" PTZ Port: Select the serial port used for the PTZ camera control.

" Direct Keyboard Control: Keyboard controller can be connected to ANT-4000E directly to control pan tilt zoom and focus

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Sensor Type

There are two sensor input ports on ANT-4000E. Each of the sensor ports can be configured to the following.

Function

OFF

NO (Normally Open)

NC (Normally Closed)

Not used

Operation

The port is normally open and activated when closed.

The port is normally closed and activated when opened.

The function of the sensor port is set based on the type of the sensor connected.

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Sensor Schedule

Each sensor port can be enabled or disabled by a day (of week) and hour unit. Sensor is disabled with a grey-colored block.

6. Event Configuration

$ Enter a name

# Save

" Press Set Button

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Move PTZ Camera to the desirable view.

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Local & Remote Event Configuration

" The event configuration configures the actions for each event type. Local section configures the actions for events from local (self) system, and the configuration activates local devices.

Remote sections configure the actions for events from remote (peer) system.

" The following table lists the possible actions for events.

Action

Beep

Description

Outputs a beep sound using the buzzer in the system

Alarm1/Alarm2 Triggers alarm (relay) port.

E-mail

FTP

Sends E-mail to the specified address. AVI file can be attached

Upload AVI file to a specified FTP server

Preset

Moves the PTZ to associated preset position

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The Sensor1 / Sensor2/ Sensor3 / Sensor4.

Configure the actions when the sensor is activated. Multiple actions can be set for a single event.

"

On Video Loss

Configure the actions when video input signal is lost. Multiple actions can be set for a single event.

"

On Motion

Configure the actions when motion is detected. Multiple actions can be set for a single event.

"

On Disconnect

Configure the actions when the link(connection) with peer system is disconnected. Multiple actions can be set for a single event.

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Alarm and Beep activation duration

" Set the duration of alarm or beep activation in case of an event. If it is set to continuous, it will be in a inactive state until an operator resets it manually.

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E-mail Notification

Specify the settings to send event information, when E-mail is selected as an event action.

" Server Address: Enter an address of mail(SMTP) server

" Port: Specify a port for SMTP operation (Port 25 is the default port in SMTP operation. If a

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different port is configured in the SMTP server, this port needs to be changed accordingly).

" Sender Address: Enter an account registered in the SMTP server.

" ID & password: When the server requires authentication, ID and Password of an E-mail account need to be entered.

" Destination address: Enter Destination address. More than one address can be entered by delimiting comma (,) or semi-colon (;). Destination address can take up to 63 characters.

" Video Clip Attaching: A video clip stored at the moment of the event can be attached as an

AVI or JPEG file format. If using dual Encoding, Primary video or Secondary video (H.264 only) can be selected.

" Number of Frame: Enter frame number of JPEG Capture (from 1 to 10)

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FTP Upload

Specify the settings to upload event information, when FTP is selected as an event action.

" Server Address: Enter an address of an FTP server to receive video files

" Port: Specify a port for FTP operation (Port 21 is the default port in FTP operation. If a different port is configured in the FTP server, this port needs to be changed accordingly.).

" ID & password: Enter ID and Password for accessing the FTP server.

" Upload video: Primary video and Secondary video (H.264 only), JPEG can be selected as an upload method.

" Continuous upload: Continuous upload “on” allows the video image to be transmitted regularly, regardless of occurrence of events.

" Number of Frame: Enter frame number of JPEG Capture (from 1 to 10)

" Upload duration: Specify recording duration of a video clip to be transmitted.

" Upload interval: Specify transmission interval.

Recording duration is not included in transmission interval. For example, if upload interval is 60 seconds and upload duration is 20 seconds, a video clip for 20 seconds is transmitted every 80 seconds.

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Event Record

Specify duration of recording video generated by events to send through e-mail or upload through FTP.

" Pre-event Time: Specify the duration of recording before an event happens.

" Post-event Time: Specify the duration after the event is cleared.

" Max duration is 30 seconds

7.Preset Configuration

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Configure up to 15 preset positions. Preset function is not available on some PTZ receivers. Make sure to check if a PTZ receiver supports preset

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Preset Configuration

" Set the PTZ Presets by following the next steps

$ Move cameras to desired view using PTZ control buttons.

% Enter Preset name.

& Press Set button.

' Once all the presets are set, press Save List button.

"

Move to Preset Position

Select a preset from the Preset and press Go To button, the camera will move to the selected preset position.

8.Recording Configuration

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USB Device

USB hard disk or a memory stick can be used, and at least 1GB size is recommended.

Either EXT3 or FAT32 file system can be used. A disk with either EXT3 or FAT32 file system can be read in a Linux PC. However, only a memory stick with FAT32 file system can be read in a Windows PC. In

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case of formatting through True Manager, the disk is formatted as EXT3. The File system can be unstable and easily broken if you format the disk in FAT32 on Windows PC.

* Recording features has been added from 102D_001 firmware version.

* Less than 4Mbps of video bit rate is recommend when you record and monitor video at the same time since it may cause frame loss.

Disk information and recording setup

Be sure to restart the system after connecting a USB disk. During booting, the system reads status of disk and initializes it. Once the initialization of a disk is finished, the status of disk is shown on Record page of web-based setup.

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Disk Information

" The status of a disk can be checked from the Disk Manage menu of True Manager as well.

Refer to the chart for checking the status of disk.

Disk status

Disk error detected

No disk

Description

Error

Disk is not connected to the system.

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Searching Disk information

Mounting and

Recovering Disk...

Disk format needed

Unknown disk type detected

USB Disk available

- (format is recommanded)

USB Disk available

Disk formatting – Start

Disk formatting

– Progressing……

Disk formatting

– Writing inode tables 63/619

Disk formatting

– Creating journal……

Disk formatting

– Writing Superblocks……

Disk format done,

Please wait for reboot.

Disk removed or in abnormal state

Checking the status of disk. Refresh the page and wait until the status is changed.

Performing recovery process when disk damage is found.

It takes from seconds to minutes for recovering.

Disk is available, but formatting is recommended.

Available to be used for recording

Disk is detached during operation or there is damage on the file system. If it happens while disk is connected, it is recommended to format the disk.

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General

" Use record - On: Recording function will be used when “On” is selected.

- Off: Recording function will not be used when “Off” is selected

" Select Video: Select video streaming between primary video and secondary video

" Overwrite: In overwrite option, an action can be configured when the disk is full. If Overwrite

Off is set, recording stops automatically when there is less than 100MB free space in the disk.

If Overwrite On is set, recording continues by deleting the oldest data first on disk, maintaining free space of 300MB for normal operation.

" Max File Size: Max File Size option is for limiting the size of AVI file. If a small file size is set, files of small size will be generated but numbers of the files will be increased. If recording time is more than 10 minutes, a new file will be created even though the previous file size is smaller than set max file size.

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Event Type

" Three recording modes are supported in ANT-4000E: Full-time, Event, Disconnect. In case of

Event recording, event types can be selected among several events. Selected event type is used for configuring the schedule table. Up to 4 event types can be configured and each event type can be a combination of sensor, video loss and motion event.

" Pre-event Time: Specify the duration of recording before an event happens.

" Post-event Time: Specify the duration after the event is cleared

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Schedule Table

" Actual recording mode is determined by Schedule Table, where recording mode configured by day

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(of a week) and time.

" Each of recording mode configures the recording operation as follows:

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Record off : No recording

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Continuous : Records continuously

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Disconnect: Data is recorded when the system loses the connection to its client(Decoder,

VMS/NVR) etc. When one of its multiple clients system is disconnected, this doesn’t happen.

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Event Type: Records when an event configured in Event Type setting happens.

Checking status of recording

" Recording status can be shown on the main view page.

" Recording status can be also shown in True Manager. When data is being recorded, Record column displays the ON sign

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Search and Playback

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Recorded File

" Recorded video and audio data can be saved as AVI format on the disk.

" In general, one AVI file is created for an event in case of event-based recording. However, it is possible that recorded data, caused by series of events happening quickly and continuously, may be merged to a single AVI file. (depending on pre/post event time settings.) The size of file is limited to 10 ~ 200MB or 10 minutes.

" In case of continuous recording, AVI files are created in series and the size of each is limited to 10

~ 200MB or 10 minutes.

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Search

" A file currently being recorded doesn’t appear until it is completed. In case of Continuous recording, a file will be shown after 10 minutes from the start of recording, for a file is generated every 10 minutes.

" Press Search Page button on the Record setup page. Dates with recording data will be shown as follows.

" First, choose the date to be searched and the list of AVI files will be shown.

" The file name shows the date and time: “Date Begin Time End Time.avi”

.

" Press Root to move back to the page with date list.

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Playback

" Selecting an AVI file will show a dialog for opening or saving the file

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" Pressing the Save button, the file will be stored in the PC. The AVI file can be played with Windows

Media Player.

" If you press Open in the dialog, the file will be downloaded and played automatically with Media

Player.

" Another connection through the web is disabled during downloading and it is also not possible to download two AVI files at the same time.

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Deletion

" If you want to delete recorded files, select the files by checking the item in front of each file and press the Delete button.

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" It is possible to delete multiple files at once.

Formatting Disk

" True Manager is used to format a disk which is connected to the system.

" After connecting True Manager to a system, choose Disk Manage on the Tools menu

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" Check the status of the disk in the dialog and press Disk Format to format the disk.

" During formatting a disk, the progress will update on the Disk Status item. The system may be rebooted depending on the situation. Once USB Disk available is displayed, it means that formatting is completed successfully.

" Once formatting is started, it is not possible to cancel this. Even if you close the Disk Manage dialog, formatting will continue.

Trouble Shooting

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" There may be a damaged file system if you turn off the power of the ANT-4000E or disconnect the

USB memory stick or USB HDD while data is being written.

" In case of FAT32, recording can’t be done normally if the file system is damaged. If this happens, the disk or memory stick should be reformatted on the PC.

" In case of EXT3, if the trouble in the file is not serious, it can may recover by itself. The recovery is executed at initialization of the system. Recording is not performed while recovery is in progress.

9.User Configuration

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User List

" User can be registered and privilege level of a user can be specified. User configuration is allowed only to admin user. Max 16 users can be registered and each user can have one of four privileges.

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Privilege

Admin

Manager

User

Guest

Allowed Operations

All operations

All operations except for user configuration

Live viewing and PTZ control

Live viewing only

Remarks

User id = admin

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Add User

The Page for adding a user appears on pressing the Add button

User ID and password need to be entered and privilege level needs to be selected.

User ID and password consists of alphanumeric string of max 15 characters.

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Delete User

A user is deleted by pressing Delete button.

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Change Password

Pressing Modify Password button after selecting a user shows a page for changing password.

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In case of changing the admin password, old password is checked first.

"

Modify Privilege Level

Pressing Modify Privilege button after selecting a user shows a page for changing the privilege. It is not permitted to change the privilege level of admin user.

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Login Policy

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Authentication Type

For user login, access algorithm can be selected : Basic or Digest

HTTP authentication based on RFC 2617(HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access

Authentication) is supported.

" Skip Login provides for convenient access to the server when authentication is not required.

When Skip Login is set to Enable, login step is skipped. The privilege level after login in this way is determined by the setting of Privilege Level After Login Skipp

Decoder Configuration

Decoder Configuration

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Decoder Configuration is slightly different from Encoder Configuration. Different configurations from the encoder will be explained in this Decoder Configuration section

1. System Configuration

By setting System Mode to Decoder in System configuration, the system will reboot and start to work as a Decoder.

2. Video Configuration

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Output format

Regardless of input resolution of the Encoder or IP camera, Decoder of the ANT-4000E can display video format as follows;

" NTSC (720 x 480)

" PAL (720 x 576)

" 720p60 (1280x720)

" 1080p60 (1920 x 1080)

" 720p50 (1280 x 720)

" 1080i50 (1920 x 1080)

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Buffering

" You can store a maximum 30 decoded frames temporarily by using buffering before displaying the frames. Displaying stored frames is smoother than displaying in real time. However, displaying stored frames causes delay because of process of buffering.

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Network page of Decoder has a section for specifying the remote system to connect to.

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Remote Type

" Normal : Connection for ANTRICA Encoder and decoder

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" RTSP/RTP: Decoder system can make connection though RTSP protocol and get the stream via RTP. It is also possible to make connection with other vendor’s H.264 IP camera supporting standard RTSP/RTP and standard H.264 algorithm.

" To make an RTSP connection, set Remote Type to “RTSP”, enter the RTSP URL of remote system to Remote Address, and RTSP access port number to Remote Port. Currently it supports only video.

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Media Protocol

" Select protocol used for transmission of audio and video data between remote system and decoder. The decoder system or VMS can choose media protocols among TCP, UDP and

Multicast.

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Remote Address

" Address of the remote system to be connected

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Port

" Port of the remote system to be connected

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Remote Channel

" The channel can be selected when the remote system has multiple video channels

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Use Streaming Server

" Decoder system has settings to connect to the Encoder or IP Camera via the Streaming

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Server. To connect to Encoder or IP Camera via Streaming Server, Use Streaming Server should be set to On and information about the Streaming Server (SS) needs to be configured appropriately.

" SS IP address: IP address of Streaming server

" SS port: Enter Port number that is set when registering Streaming server.

" SS ID: Enter Streaming Server ID.

" SS password: Enter Streaming Server Password.

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Disconnection

" Decoder system’s output mode on disconnected state can be configured

Freeze : Video image of the last frame is shown when there is a disconnection.

Black Screen: Black Screen is shown when there is a disconnection.

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LED

" Select from Video, Audio and Serial to be indicated by Data LED. When you have selected data (Video or Audio or Serial) communication between the encoder and the decoder, the Data

LED will indicate the status.

Appendix

1. Appendix A : Sensor and Alarm Port

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Sensor Port

"

Terminal Type

- Voltage Rating: 150VAC

- Current Rating : 2A

- Color : Red

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Sensor Signal Input Type

- NO Contact Signals

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Connection to External Device

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Alarm Port

"

Terminal Type

- Voltage Rating: 150VAC

- Current Rating : 2A

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"

Relay Type

- Contact Rating : 1A 30VDC

- Switching Power : Max 30W 62.5VA

- Switching Voltage : Max 60VDC

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Alarm Signal Output Type

- NO/NC Contact Signals

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Connection to External Device

2. Appendix B : Serial Port

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RS-232 Port

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Port Type

-3 PIN

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-Pin Arrangement

-Pin Description

Pin NO

1

2

3

Pin Name

TX

RX

GND

Description

RS232 TX(Transmit)

RS232 RX(Receive)

Ground

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RS-422/485 Port

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Port Type

-4 PIN

-Pin Diagram

-Pin Description

Pin No.

1

2

3

4

Pin Name

RX-

RX+

TX-

TX+

Description

RS422 RX-

RS422 RX+

RS422 TX- or RS485 TRX- selectable by S/W Setup

RS422 TX+ or RS485 TRX+ selectable by S/W Setup

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