Flexwatch Web Admin
Flexwatch Web Admin
User’s Manual
Version 4.12
October 10, 2011
101 Wrangler, Suite 201 • Coppell, Texas 75019 • Phone: 469-635-6800 • Fax: 469-635-6822 • Toll Free: 1-888-694-STAR (7827)
www.costarvideo.com
Web Admin User’s Manual
Index
1. Admin Menu of Costar Video Servers ........................................................................................... 6
1.1. Entering Admin Menu ................................................................................................... 6
1.2. Admin Menu Structure ................................................................................................. 7
2. Quick Configuration .................................................................................................................... 9
2.1. Step 1: Changing Server Name ..................................................................................... 9
2.2. Step 2: Time Setup ...................................................................................................... 9
2.3. Step 3: Network Setup ................................................................................................. 9
2.4. Step 4: IP-CCTV DNS ................................................................................................... 9
2.5. Step 5: IP Devices Registration for FW-NVR series ......................................................... 9
2.6. Step 6: Recording Configuration for FW-NVR series ....................................................... 9
2.7. Finish .......................................................................................................................... 9
3. System Configuration Menu ...................................................................................................... 11
3.1. Server Name Setup .................................................................................................... 11
3.2. Date & Time .............................................................................................................. 11
3.3. Admin Password ........................................................................................................ 12
3.4. Access Control ........................................................................................................... 13
3.5. User Registration ....................................................................................................... 13
3.5.1. Add.................................................................................................................... 13
3.5.2. Edit .................................................................................................................... 14
3.5.3. Delete ................................................................................................................ 14
3.6. IP Devices Registration .............................................................................................. 15
3.6.1. Adding VS Module ID (IP Devices) ....................................................................... 15
4. Network Configuration.............................................................................................................. 18
4.1. Network Configuration ............................................................................................... 18
4.1.1. Static IP Configuration ........................................................................................ 18
4.1.2. DHCP Client Configuration ................................................................................... 19
4.1.3. PPPoE Configuration ........................................................................................... 19
4.2. Wireless LAN Configuration ........................................................................................ 19
4.2.1. ESSID ................................................................................................................ 20
4.2.2. Authentication Mode & Encryption ....................................................................... 20
4.3. Network Ports ............................................................................................................ 21
4.4. Bandwidth Control Configuration................................................................................. 21
4.5. View Network Status .................................................................................................. 22
4.6. Network Status Notify ................................................................................................ 23
4.7. IP-CCTV DNS Setup ................................................................................................... 24
4.8. Port Forwarding & UPnP ............................................................................................. 25
4.9. RTP/RTSP Setup ........................................................................................................ 26
Copyright Notice
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contents hereof. In addition, information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Every
precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, nevertheless, Costar Video assumes no
responsibility for errors or omissions or any damages resulting from the use of the information
contained in this document.
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Telephone: 888-694-7827
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Now the Admin Menu will be displayed as shown below. This will guide you to the top level menu
items, which are Quick, System, Network, Device, Advanced, Recording, and Utilities. Clicking any of
these top level menu items will display submenu items and brief descriptions.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Quick configuration Step 4 n/a n/a
Step 5
Step 6
Finish
Server Name Setup
Date & Time
System Admin. Password n/a
n/a
Configuration Access Control
User Registration
IP Devices Registration IP Device 0 ~ 15
Network Configuration
Network Ports
Bandwidth Control
Network n/a n/a
View Network Status
Configuration
Network Status Notify
IP-CCTV DNS™
Port Forwarding & UPnP
Serial Input Mode
Device Configuration Serial ports Serial Output Mode
n/a
Transparent Mode
Built-in module 0
PTZ Mode
Built-in module 1
Camera 1
Camera 2
Camera & Motion
Built-in module 0 Camera 3
(FW-3450/5470) Camera 4
DI/DO
n/a
DI Status / DO Control
Camera 1
Camera 2
Camera & Motion
Built-in module 1 Camera 3
( FW-3850/5850/5870) Camera 4
DI/DO
n/a
DI Status / DO Control
E-mail
FTP(Buffered) Camera 1
Advanced Services
FTP(Periodic) Camera 2
(Network cameras)
Sensor Notification
Alarm Output
E-mail
Camera 1
FTP(Buffered)
Advanced Built-in module 0 Camera 2
FTP(Periodic)
Configuration (FW-3450/5470) Camera 3
Sensor Notification
Camera 4
Alarm Output
E-mail
Camera 1
FTP(Buffered)
Built-in module 1 Camera 2
FTP(Periodic)
( FW-3850/5850/5870) Camera 3
Sensor Notification
Camera 4
Alarm Output
HDD Status & Format
HDD Configuration n/a
HDD Information
Camera 1
Built-in Module 0
Camera 2
Recording Configuration Built-in Module 1
Camera 3
(registered cam)
Camera 4
Recording Camera 1
Configuration Server Module 0 Camera 2
Recording Profile
Recording configuration Camera 3
Camera 4
Recording Mode
HDD Status Report
n/a n/a
Clear Recording Config.
Delete Recorded Data
System Log
Save Configuration
Utilities Reboot n/a n/a
Factory Default
System Update
2. Quick Configuration
In Quick Configuration, you will be able to set up many of the essential
parts of the configuration in a simple manner without going into details.
Selecting Quick Configuration gives you the menu as below. You can
perform each setup by clicking the one you would like to configure.
2.7. Finish
You need to save all the changes to the Flash Memory after finishing the configuration. The changes
made to Costar Video Server will be permanent by this step. Click Finish on Quick Configuration
menu.
Click Save Configuration button. This will write the new settings to the system’s flash memory. If
you don’t want to save them, click Back button.
As an administrator, you can change the name of the server name, but other values are not allowed
to change. To change the server name, enter a new server name in the Server Name filed. You may
use up to 21 alphanumeric or up to 10 Unicode characters. Tab or any other special characters are
not allowed. Click Apply button to save the setting and it will take effect immediately.
If you only changed Date and Time setting, simply click Apply button to take it into effect
immediately. If you want to retrieve the exact current time from NTP server on the network, click Get
NTP Server Time button. Clicking Refresh button will display the date and time retrieved from
Costar Video® Server. Then click Apply button to save it.
Note: In order to retrieve Time and Date information from a NTP server, you need to put
NTP server address in advance of setting up, such as pool.ntp.org.
Default ID for admin account is fixed as “root” and not allowed to change. In Old Password field,
enter the current password. In both New Password and Confirm Password fields, enter the same
new password. The password must be between 4 and 23 alphanumeric letters. Click Apply button to
put it into effect.
Because you have replaced the password with a new one, the existing network connection made with
old password to Costar Video Server is lost now. You will have to reconnect to the Costar Video server
using new password.
From the Access Permission window, select either one you would like to use. Click Apply button to
save the change.
• Full Access: Any user can access the server and use all the features without limit.
• Limited Access: Only registered users can access the server and have limited privileges.
3.5. User Registration
You can add, modify, or delete users for your Costar Video Server here. Once registered as Limited
Access setting, the user can access the Costar Video Server with some limited privileges.
3.5.1. Add
When Add is selected, you can add users and define their passwords, names, and access permission
levels respectively. To add a user, click User Registration on System Configuration menu. Next,
select Add, then the User Registration (Add) selection screen will be displayed.
Enter a user ID, which must consist of up to 23 alphanumeric characters. In both Password and
Confirm Password fields, enter the identical password respectively. The password must be between
4 and 23 alphanumeric characters. In Name filed, enter the user’s name that must be up to 31
alphanumeric or 15 Unicode characters.
Now select one of the four items from System Resource Access Permission, which defines the
permission level for registered users to the Costar Video server.
• All Channels Access: User can use all the features except for Configuration in Admin Page.
• General Access (only live viewing access): User can use only use Live View feature.
• No Access: User is not permitted of any of the features.
• Selective Access: User is allowed to use only the selected features. With this item selected,
user can now configure the details under the menu.
Costar Video Server can have multiple VS modules registered in it. When user ticks on any of Enable
checkboxes, other fields in that row are enabled to select.
• VS Module ID: The registered user can select VS Modules that are available. (VS Module is a
network device that has been registered in Costar Video® Server)
• Camera No.: Among the cameras of VS Module, select one to set up. (between 1 and 4)
• Alarm Control: Determine if Alarm control is to be allowed.
• PTZ Control: Determine if PTZ Control is to be allowed.
• Audio Control: Determine if Audio Control is to be allowed.
• Playback: Determine if searching can be done by recording conditions.
After finishing the registration process, click Apply button to add the user.
3.5.2. Edit
To edit a user account, select Edit. In this part, you can modify the existing user’s name, password,
and access permission. User ID is not allowed to change. Once selecting a user ID for edit, the usage
is the same as in Add section.
To see existing users, click Select UserId, and select a user to be edited. Then change the password,
name, or access permission, and click Apply button to save the setting. Setup of Access Permission
can be done the same way as in Add section.
3.5.3. Delete
To delete an existing user, select Delete.
From the list of the users, select a user to delete. Click Delete button to confirm the deletion.
After each addition of VS Module ID (IP Devices), make sure to click Apply button to save settings.
Item Description
Vendor Vendor’s name of the server
Model Number of the channels to be added
Name Name of the server
IP Address IP Address of the server
Applicable to Costar Video only. Enter 0 for other vendor’s models. For
VS Module ID FW-3850, FW-5071, FW-5450, FW-5470,FW-5850, or FW-5870, you
can enter the value from 0 to 16.
Service Port Web port number of the server
Login ID User’s ID
Password / Confirm
User ID and Password of the server
Password
Now select the video resolution of the server to add. Put check marks on the resolutions supported by
the server you’re adding here. If PTZ functionality is provided by the server, put check marks on
Camera 1 to 4 on PTZ Installation Status. Then you will be able to control each camera’s PTZ in
Live Viewer.
After setup is finished, click Save button to add the server. If Delete button is pressed, the added
server is removed from the setup and Live Viewer doesn’t provide you the video.
Note: After you’re back to the I P Device R egistration menu by clicking Save button,
make sure to click Apply button to take the changes into effect.
Costar Video Server supports vendors such as Axis, Panasonic, Vivotek and more than 10 others as
well as Costar Video products. When multiple servers are added, the maximum number of total
channels from the servers can’t exceed 16. Each Costar Video NVR model has different number of
supported channels which can be added.
• FW-5071: Up to 16 channels including other vendor’s model (3M pixel supported)
• FW-5450: Up to 16 channels including other vendor’s model and analog (D1 supported)
• FW-5470: Up to 16 channels including other vendor’s model and analog (D1 supported)
• FW-5850: Up to 16 channels including other vendor’s model and analog (D1 supported)
• FW-5870: Up to 16 channels including other vendor’s model and analog (D1 supported)
Note: Please refer to the User’s Manual of each product to find out the supported
resolutions.
4. Network Configuration
Configuration the network is dependent on how an IP address is assigned in Ethernet-based
environment, which is static IP, dynamic IP (DHCP), or PPPoE. For wireless LAN, additional
configuration is necessary to have a connection with wireless AP.
In the case of wireless models, users have to choose between wired or wireless connection. In other
words, both connections can’t be used at the same time. The way how to choose one of them is
whether wired LAN cable is plugged into the product. When LAN cable is plugged in for longer than 5
seconds, the wired LAN is activated for data transmission. If LAN cable is unplugged more than
5secconds, wireless LAN is activated instead. If PPPoE is selected by user, wired LAN will be activated
regardless of condition of LAN cable. For network configuration, select Network configuration from
Admin page.
To make a connection to the Internet, it is required to figure out the type of the Internet service
you’re using. Depending on the service type, the network configuration can be in any of Static
IP, DHCP Client, or PPPoE. You need to set up the Costar Video Server according to your network
type.
Note: For wireless models, additional options will be shown. Please refer to 오류! 참조
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For static IP, select static IP and input values for IP address, NetMask, Gateway, DNS1, DNS2 and
click apply for saving settings. After apply, program will ask closing web brower for updates, which
will take 20~30 seconds. If Back button is pushed while configuration, all values will be discarded.
If Refresh button is pushed, the program will load previous values.
4.2.1. ESSID
ESSID(or SSID) stands for an dedicated name of AP(Access Point). Whether typing name of AP
manually or select from results after scanning nearby AP.
To scan nearby AP, click Scan IP, which will pop up a new window. After a few seconds, results will
be shown. Click desired AP from list.
Note: Access points that are set to hide ESSID information for security won’t be scanned
by this method.
For WPASK or WPA2PSK, TKIP and AES can be available and the max length of encryption key is 63
digits of ASCII.
Note: If the HTTP port number is changed to other value than default (80), make sure
the new HTTP port number goes together with the Costar Video Server's Internet
address. For example, when Costar Video's IP address is 192.168.1.00 and set the
HTTP port to 8080, you will have to enter http://192.168.1.100:8080 to connect to
the server.
data size transferred from Costar Video products won’t exceed bandwidth limit set by users. If
transferred data is exceeded, part of data will be randomly lost
If multiple users try to access a FW product which bandwidth control is enabled, users connected to
the FW product will share network bandwidth limit.
Note: This bandwidth control feature works fairly well in M-JPEG video transmission. But,
for MPEG-4 and H.264, dropping data packets may cause low quality of video, so
it is recommended to utilize CBR and frame rate control instead of bandwidth
control for MPEG-4 and H.264 video.
Note: Network Bandwidth control is managed by Costar Video Server and it drops any
data packets if required, thus you may experience slow connection to the server
when the feature is enabled.
First, select Enable to use the feature. Then enter the address of the SMTP server which is needed
for email service. If your SMTP server requires a user ID and a password for authentication, you will
have to get them from ISP or network admin. Enter the ID and password.
In Sender field, enter your email address or other meaningful words that will show the message was
sent from the Costar Video server as a notification. Now enter the email addresses of the recipients in
the Recipient fields, up to 3 persons. In the User-Defined Message box, you may put a message
to explain why the message was sent. After finishing the setup, click Apply to save settings.
found from IP-CCTV DNS Setup menu. Enable service and click Apply. If it is configured properly,
you can check the result by clicking Confirm button.
.
Note: Refer to IP-CCTV DNS™ User’s Manual for further details of the configuration.
Multicast Port Port number for viewing the video with a multicast address
5. Device Configuration
You set up the connection between Costar Video Server and the camera in this part of configuration.
That includes Video data, external devices, Input / Output, Alarm control, and etc.
After rebooting, open the Serial Ports window in Device Configuration menu again. Select the
Serial Input Mode, then the Serial Input Mode Configuration windows will be displayed as
shown below.
• Current Port: This shows the name of the port currently configured.
• Current Protocol: This shows the protocol being used. (only RS-232 can be displayed)
• Serial Input Model: You can select the sensor’s model number to use for Serial Input.
Note: If additional sensors need to be added, it will require installation of the device
drivers.
After selecting the proper PTZ model from the pull-down list, click Module 0 to activate the camera
channel and finish the configuration.
Note: Before pFlxwatchhasing receivers or PTZ cameras, please contact Costar Videoor
distributor to find out if the product’s protocol is supported by Costar Video server.
Note: When a PTZ model is selected from the list, Current Protocol and Current Baud rate
will be set to the default values. You can change them if required.
Note: The table below shows the PTZ protocols supported by Costar Video. (Currently 43
types of PTZ models are supported and subject to change in the future.)
Base Address should be matched to the address of the PTZ camera or the receiver used here. (Base
Address = PTZ Camera’s Base Address – 1). For example, if PTZ camera’s address is 1, then the base
address becomes 0. You can find out the PTZ camera’s address from its user’s manual.
After put a checkmark on the channel that is connected to PTZ camera or receiver, click Save button
to apply the change. The picture above is the example of PTZ camera wired to Channel 1 only.
If the PTZ camera or receiver has a Preset function, click Camera 1 to configure the Preset Name
and the camera location. With Preset function, you can move the camera directly to previously
configured position promptly.
Up to 32 different Preset can be configured and saved. The picture above shows the example of four
different Presets made. After configuring Preset is done, click Save button to take effect.
To preset the camera position, click Preset & Menu, then the video monitoring screen will appear as
shown below. Control the camera’s position as you desire, and click Set button.
After all the Preset items are set up, click Close button to exit the configuration.
Enter the Preset names as required. You can make up to 32 Preset names. Below is the example of
entering 4 different room names.
Use the buttons to configure Preset, OSD, Swing, Group, and Tour. (Swing, Group, and Tour are
supported in FW-1177PE and FW-1178PE)
• Preset & Menu: You can pre-define the spot you want to see. Up to 32 settings can be stored.
Click Menu button to configure the camera’s attributes.
• Swing: Repeat moving between two positions in certain period.
• Group: Each group moves around up to 6 pre-defined positions in certain period.
• Tour: Move around up to 6 different groups in certain period.
Group Set
Click the button and it will display the Group setting window as shown below. Select a group number
as you’d like, and click Start Set button. Preset numbers from 1 to 32 will become active for the
group.
• Speed: How fast it will move between Preset items when Group function is executed.
• Time: How long it will stay at the Preset. Each Group can have up to 6 Presets.
After Preset is configured, click Save Set button. Group setup window will be displayed. You can
configure up to 6 groups. The usage of Group can be controlled at PTZ Control window in Smart
Viewer.
Tour Set
Click the button and it will display the Tour Set window. Up to 6 groups can be combined to run in
Tour mode.
Select a Group number as desired, then click Save Set button to finish setup. The usage of Tour can
be controlled at PTZ Control window in Smart Viewer.
Swing Set
Click the button and it will display the Swing Set window. Use PTZ to direct the camera to put the
desired spot on the center of the camera viewing area, then click Set Start Position button.
Select the start position and the waiting period, then click Time button. Select the moving speed
between the starting position and the ending position, then click Speed button. Click Confirm button.
Now use PTZ to move to the ending position, and then click Set End Position.
The control of Swing function can be made at PTZ Control window in Smart Viewer.
Privacy zone is marked with a rectangular shape. When you click New button, red-colored box will
pop up and users can change its size and location. After that, click Apply button which will make box
to green-color and finish the configuration.
Users can define the Privacy zone as many as 8 parts of the screen. If you add more than 8, an error
message will pop up on the screen.
To delete a privacy zone, click the zone and click Delete button followed by Apply button.
• Watermark: The technique that imposes a particular pattern or code into images.
Watermarking is used for identifying counterfeit or illegal copy.
• M-JPEG: This format requires much higher network bandwidth than MPEG-4 compression. But
because of its higher quality of still image, it is adequate for detailed reviewing of stored video.
• MPEG-4: In this format, each frame data is related to other nearby frames. For this reason, it
provides much higher compression ratio than M-JPEG and is adequate for video transfer.
However, if network condition is not very good and having dropped frames in video data, the
video quality can be relatively low. With Costar Video server, you can set the number of P-frames
in the video which is independent still images between I-frames.
Note: For Dual Stream products, the most of parameters are dependent on primary
stream value.
• Video with UART sensor Data: If Enabled, video data will contain UART sensor data from
COM port.
• Video with user defined message: If Enabled, video data will contain the user-defined
data. (Reserved Field)
• Video with PPP status: If Enabled, video data will contain PPP connection status.
• Video with camera name: If Enabled, video data will contain the camera name.
• Video with server name: If Enabled, video data will contain the server name that you
defined.
• Video with IP address: If Enabled, video data will contain the IP address of the video server.
• Audio: Select if Audio function is to be used (applies to Primary Stream only). Costar Video
Server provides 2-way audio streaming by combining microphone input with video data. Users
can listen to the streamed audio on PC speakers.
• Light Frequency: Used for Flickering Reduction. Select the electric power frequency used in the
region, either 50 or 60Hz.
• Frame Rate: For Primary Stream, this is the number of frames compressed in every second.
You can control the network traffic with this parameter. For Secondary Stream, it can be set to
manner of 1/2, 1/4, 1/8... of the primary stream.
Note: Frame Rate control for secondary stream is not supported by FW1173-MM, FW-
1175-MM, and FW-1176-MM.
In the example shown below, Primary Stream is set to M-JPEG, and Secondary Stream set to H.264
for compression format. Enter detailed parameters of the camera selected here.
When the image sensor is VGA CMOS/CCD or 1.3M CMOS/CCD, there will be no Hue, Saturation,
Contrast, or Brightness setting items shown. Only with NTSC or PAL will those parameters be
configured.
• Camera Name: Enter the name of the channel in up to 21 alphanumeric or up to 10 Unicode
letters.
In Image Quality level setup, select the left for higher image quality, but it requires higher network
bandwidth. Selecting the right requires lower network bandwidth, but gives decreased image quality.
After configuration is finished, click Apply button to save the setting. If you click Default button, the
entire configuration will be reset to the original values.
Camera Control for FW-1173B-MS
Select Camera Control on the bottom of Camera & Motion Configuration menu.
• Power Frequency: Select NTSC (60Hz) or PAL (50Hz) according to the region.
• Lens Type:
Lens Type Description
DC IRIS Select when automatic iris is used on the camera.
Manual IRIS Select when manual iris is used on the camera.
• The threshold of day to night: This is the point of transition from Day to Night mode. Select
between 1 and 32, and lower the value the earlier the transition point.
• The threshold of night to day: This is the point of transition from night to day mode. Select
between 1 and 32, and lower the value the earlier the transition point.
• Manual Shutter Enable: If enabled, the shutter speed will be selected manually. If disabled, it
is controlled automatically.
• Manual shutter Speed: Select the shutter speed of camera between 1/30 and 1/24000.
• Video Output: Video output (NTSC/PAL) is enabled. (applies only on some models)
After all the setting is done, click Apply button to save it. If Default button is clicked, all the fields
return back to original value.
Motion Detection
• Motion Detection: If enabled, Motion Detection feature is activated and user can configure the
areas where motion detection function will work. (this is only available in Primary Stream)
• Motion Sensitivity: Set the sensitivity of motion defined in Motion Detection Area. Select
between -100 and 100. 100 is the most sensitive.
After all the setting is done, click Apply button to save it. If Default button is clicked, all the fields
return back to original value.
This menu is used to set up the selection of video format, data added to video data, encoding speed,
audio control, image resolution, video quality, motion detection, and etc.
Note: The image size of Primary Stream is the maximum size of the Secondary Stream,
because Secondary Stream’s video soFlxwatche is the output of the Primary
Stream.
Note: For Dual Stream products, most of parameters are dependent on primary stream
value.
Click Camera & Motion on Device Configuration menu, then the following window will be displayed.
Configure the video data format and other information to be contained in it.
• Default Video Format (FW-3170 only): Select the video transmission format of the camera
attached to Costar Video Server. Select one from NTSC or PAL.
• Video with UART sensor Data: If Enabled, video data will contain UART sensor data from
COM port.
• Video with user defined message: If Enabled, video data will contain the user-defined data.
(Reserved Field)
• Video with PPP status: If Enabled, video data will contain PPP connection status.
• Video with camera name: If Enabled, video data will contain the camera name.
• Video with server name: If Enabled, video data will contain the server name that you
defined.
• Video with IP address: If Enabled, video data will contain the IP address of the video server.
• Audio: Select if Audio function is to be used (applies to Primary Stream only). Costar Video
Server provides 2-way audio streaming by combining microphone input with video data. Users
can listen to the streamed audio on PC speakers.
• Encoding Frame Rate (Per Channel): Compression speed every second. This attribute
applies to all the channels. You can control the server’s total traffic with this parameter.
• Image Size: Select the resolution of each channel’s video data.
• Encoding Standard: Select the compression method of each video, either M-JPEG or H.264.
• Watermark (MPEG-4 Only): If Enabled, video image will have water mark on it. This
attribute applies to all the channels.
Camera Configuration
On the lower part of Camera & Motion Configuration menu, select a channel to configure.
M-JEPG
H.264
In Image Quality level setup, selecting the left results in higher image quality, but requires higher
network bandwidth. Selecting the right requires lower network bandwidth, but gives decreased image
quality.
Camera Control
Click Camera Control on the bottom of Camera & Motion Configuration menu.
Motion Detection
Click Motion Detection on the bottom of Camera & Motion Configuration menu.
• Motion Sensitivity: This value sets how sensitively the motion detection works for the motion
detection functionality. It can be between –100 and 100 while 100 is the most sensitive.
• Motion Detection: This decided whether the Motion Detection is to be used. If Enable is
selected, you can set which part of the camera image the Motion Detection does functioning.
(Primary Stream only)
After configuration is finished, click Apply button to save the setting. If you click Default button, the
entire configuration will be reset to the original values.
• Default Video Format: Video transmitting format of the camera attached to Costar Video
Server. Select one from NTSC or PAL.
• Video with UART sensor Data: If Enabled, video data will contain UART sensor data from
COM port.
• Video with user defined message: If Enabled, video data will contain the user-defined data.
(Reserved Field)
• Video with PPP status: If Enabled, video data will contain PPP connection status.
• Video with camera name: If Enabled, video data will contain the camera name.
• Video with server name: If Enabled, video data will contain the server name you defined.
• Video with IP address: If Enabled, video data will contain the IP address of the video server.
• Time Stamp: If Enabled, encoded video image will have the time display on it.
• Image Size: Select the resolution of each channel’s video data.
• Encoding Frame Rate (per channel): Video compression rate per second. You can control
the total network traffic of the server with this parameter.
• Encoding Standard: Select the compression method of each video, either M-JPEG or MPEG-4.
• Watermark (MPEG-4 only): If Enabled, video image will have water mark on it when the
Encoding Standard is set to MPEG-4. This attribute applies to all the channels.
Camera Configuration
On the lower part of Camera & Motion Configuration menu, select a channel you want to
configure. Then, enter the detailed parameters of the camera selected here.
Configure the video data format and other information to be contained in it.
• Default Video Format: Video transmitting format of the camera attached to Costar Video
Server. Select one from NTSC or PAL.
• Video with UART sensor Data: If Enabled, video data will contain UART sensor data from
COM port.
• Video with user defined message: If Enabled, video data will contain the user-defined data.
(Reserved Field)
• Video with PPP status: If Enabled, video data will contain PPP connection status.
• Video with camera name: If Enabled, video data will contain the camera name.
• Video with server name: If Enabled, video data will contain the server name you defined.
• Video with IP address: If Enabled, video data will contain the IP address of the video server.
• Time Stamp: If Enabled, encoded video image will have the time display on it.
• Image Size: Select the resolution of each channel’s video data.
• Encoding Frame Rate (per channel): Video compression rate per second. You can control
the total network traffic of the server with this parameter.
• Encoding Standard: Select the compression method of each video, either M-JPEG or H.264.
• Watermark (MPEG-4 Only): If enabled, MPEG-4 video will have the watermark blended on the
image. This is applied on all the other settings.
Below is the table of images sizes supported in this mode.
Click Apply button to save the changes. If required, click Built-in Module 1 on Device Configuration
menu to set up the other channel as well.
Camera Configuration
FW-3850 and FW-5850 have two modules, 8 channels respectively. Each channel represent the
camera attached to FW-3850 or FW-5850.
On the lower part of Module 0 > Camera & Motion Configuration menu, select a channel you
want to configure.
In Image quality level setup, selecting the left results in higher image quality, but requires higher
network bandwidth. Selecting the right requires lower network bandwidth, but gives degraded image
quality.
• Hue: Set the color of image between -100 and 100.
• Saturation: Set the intensity of the image between -100 and 100.
• Contrast: Set the contrast of the image between -100 and 100.
• Brightness: Set the brightness of the image between -100 and 100.
• Motion Sensitivity: This value sets how sensitively the motion detection works for the motion
detection functionality. It can be between –100 and 100 while 100 is the most sensitive.
• Motion Detection: This decided whether the Motion Detection is to be used. If Enable is
selected, you can set which part of the camera image the Motion Detection does functioning.
After configuration is finished, click Apply button to save the setting. If required, click Built-in
Module 1 on Device Configuration menu to set up the other channel as well.
Set the video data format and the information to be included in the data.
• Video with UART sensor Data: If Enabled, video data will contain UART sensor data from
COM port.
• Video with user defined message: If Enabled, video data will contain the user-defined data.
(Reserved Field)
• Video with camera name: If Enabled, video data will contain the camera name.
• Video with server name: If Enabled, video data will contain the server name you defined.
• Video with IP address: If Enabled, video data will contain the IP address of the video server.
Click Apply button to save the changes.
Camera Configuration
Each camera’s parameters can be defined in this section. Select a channel that you’d like to configure.
In Image quality level setup, selecting the left results in higher image quality, but requires higher
network bandwidth. Selecting the right requires lower network bandwidth, but gives degraded image
quality.
After finishing the setting, click Apply button to save the changes. If you default button, every fields
will be filled with the default values.
On the center is the Enter button, and when it’s pressed it goes to Menu Mode so that you can see
the status of the menu. Moving on the menu items is done by Up and Down buttons, and the value
change is done by Left and Right buttons.
• Max Exposure Time: Select the exposure duration of the image sensor.
• Brightness: Select the brightness level of the screen.
• Noise Filter: Select Enable to use the noise filter.
• Sharpness: Select from 5 presets (Blur, Smooth, Normal, Enhanced, Sharp)
DI/DO functionality can be set to either Normal Open or Normal Closed type as follows.
• Normal Open Type: Normal is OPEN, and goes CLOSED when triggered by an event.
• Normal Close Type: Normal is CLOSED, and goes OPEN when triggered by an event.
Note: Make sure the type of the sensor and use it correctly to the type. If a Sensor Input
is not used, it must be set to Normal Open Type to avoid a false input.
You can define Sensor Input Name and Alarm Output Name as you want, which should be up to
31 alphanumeric or up to 15 Unicode characters.
DI/DO Control
These models have 4 output ports and they act like a push button. When you click On button, it
works like the push button pressed. When you click Off button, it works like the push button is
released.
With DI (Sensor Input) Status, you can find out the status of the Alarm Input port. If the
checkbox of Check (On) is displayed as checked, that means the alarm is activated. If not checked,
that means no alarm is activated.
You can define Sensor Input Name and Alarm Output Name as you want, which should be up to
31 alphanumeric or up to 15 Unicode characters. After assigning names, click Apply button to take
effect.
DI/DO Control
FW-3850 and FW-5850 have 8 output ports and they act like a push button. When you click On
button, it is essentially like the push button is pressed. When you click Off button, it is like the push
button is not pressed.
FW-3850 and FW-5850 have 2 built-in Module respectively, and each Built-in Module has 4 Alarm
Outputs. The status of Sensor Input can be monitored through DI. When the checkbox is marked,
that means the Alarm is activated. When it’s not marked, then the Alarm is not activated.
6. Advanced Configuration
Costar Video can be configured to start and stop certain pre-defined services by scheduling, event, or
conditions. It also has ISENS feature, which is a way of integrating Costar Video with CMS software.
You can set up the advanced services in Advanced Configuration menu.
There are two types of advanced service, one is Buffered Service and the other is Periodic
Service. In Buffering Service, a series of images are continuously being stored in a buffer memory of
server for a certain period of time. When the server is triggered by an event or schedule, the images
or alarm status just before and after the event/schedule are reported to you by email or buffered FTP
services.
In Periodic Service, only the image, alarm/sensor status after an event/schedule is reported to you
upon the server is triggered.
• Pre-Alarm Buffer Size: You can set the buffer size which will store the images before event.
The unit is in frame, and each channel can be set with different values. The total number of
frames for Pre-Alarm Buffer and Post-Alarm Buffer is limited to 10 frames.
• Pre-Alarm Speed: You can set the buffering speed. If it’s set to Fastest, the server will store
images as fast as it can. Each cannel can be set with different values.
This configuration applies to E-mail and FTP (Buffered), and click Save button to apply changes.
Item Description
Camera 1~2 (max 4) Select a channel to be configured for email notification
Service Select Enable in order to use this service
SMTP server address Enter SMTP server’s address for sending email.
Authentication Login Select Enable if SMTP server requires ID and password
User ID Enter User ID to log in to SMTP server
Password Enter Password to log in to SMTP server
Sender Enter email address of the sender
1st Recipient Enter the email address of the first recipient
2nd Recipient Enter the email address of the second recipient
3rd Recipient Enter the email address of the third recipient
Click Save button to apply the change. If you don’t want to change, click Back button.
For each channel, the following items can be configured for email service: Condition, Post-Alarm
Buffer Size, and Post-Alarm speed. The content of text message and display style of DI value can be
configured as well.
Item Description
Condition 1 ~ Condition 3 Select a condition for Email service to be activated.
Pre-Alarm Buffer Size The Buffer size assigned for Pre-Alarm.
Check Video buffer Click this link to go to Advanced Services for buffer setup.
Pre-Alarm Images The number of image frames to store before Alarm
Post-Alarm Images The number of image frames to store after Alarm
This field shows the speed of Pre-Alarm. Configuration can be done in
Pre-Alarm Speed
Advances Services page.
Post-Alarm Speed Select the speed of Post-Alarm. Fastest is the highest value.
Subject Subject of the E-mail message to send.
1 Content of the first line in the email message.
2 Content of the second line in the email message.
3 Content of the third line in the email message.
4 Content of the fourth line in the email message
Select the format for the Event or DI data to email.
Value Format NONE: Don’t Send, INT: Decimal, HEX: Hexadecimal,
BIN: Binary, IPA: IP Address, EVT: Name of Event
After finishing setup, click Save button to apply. If you don’t want to change, click Back button.
If you click on a Condition link, the Advanced Service windows is displayed as shown below.
Alarm Service is activated only when the conditions in Advanced Services are met.
Item Description
Service This shows what service this condition is for.
Module ID Module ID for current setup
Camera ID Channel ID for current setup
Enable / Disable Select Enable to use Condition, otherwise select Disable.
Always This Condition applies all the time. (Schedule or Event is not usable)
Use Week, Time, and Date in Condition parameter. If none of
Schedule Only
weekdays is set, it is activated every day.
It is activated only when any of the following events occurs.
Event Only
(Sensor, Motion Detection, Camera Connection, Server Booting)
To save the setting, click Save button. If you want to cancel it, click Back.
Item Description
Camera 1 - Camera 4 Select which channel to set up for FTP (Buffered).
Service Select Enable to use the FTP (Buffered) service. Otherwise select Disable.
Server Address FTP Server Address.
The directory in FTP server where the data will be uploaded.
Base Directory Name
(You should make the directory in the FTP server before using the service.)
Base File Name The base file name of the data to be uploaded in FTP server.
User ID Enter a User ID to log in to FTP server.
Password Enter the Password for the user ID to log in to FTP server
FTP Control Port Port number for FTP server (Normally 21 is used)
Date Description Mode Select Date Display Style (e.g. 20090228)
Connection Mode Select connection mode for FTP server
If Directory Name is checked, new directory is created with server name.
Server Name
If File Name is checked, new file is created with server name.
If Directory Name is checked, new directory name is created with weekday.
Weekday
If File Name is checked, new file name is created with weekday.
If Directory Name is checked, new directory name is created with month.
Month
If File Name is checked, new file name is created with month.
Item Description
Condition 1 ~ Condition Select a condition for FTP (Buffered) service to be activated. Up to 3
3 conditions can be set.
Pre-Alarm Buffer Size The Buffer size assigned for Pre-Alarm.
Check Video buffer Click this link to go to Advanced Services for video buffer setup.
Pre-Alarm Images The number of image frames to store before Alarm.
Post-Alarm Images The number of image frames to store after Alarm.
This field shows the speed of Pre-Alarm. Configuration can be done in
Pre-Alarm Speed
Advances Services page.
Post-Alarm Speed Select the speed of Post-Alarm. Fastest is the highest value.
After finishing setup, click Save button to apply. If you don’t want to change, click Back button.
Item Description
Camera 1 - Camera 4 Select which channel to set up for FTP (Periodic) service
Service Select Enable to use the FTP (Periodic) service. Otherwise select Disable.
Server Address FTP Server Address.
The directory in FTP server where the data will be uploaded.
Base Directory Name
(You should make the directory in the FTP server before using the service.)
Base File Name The base file name of the data to be uploaded in FTP server.
User ID Enter a User ID to log in to FTP server.
Password Enter the Password for the user ID to log in to FTP server
Sequence Modulo Maximum number used in sequential file name
FTP Control Port Port number for FTP server (Normally 21 is used)
Date Description Mode Select Date Display Style (e.g. 20090228)
Connection Mode Select connection mode for FTP server
Overwrite If checked, new file overwrites the existing file with the same name.
If Directory Name is checked, new directory is created with server name.
Server Name
If File Name is checked, new file is created with server name.
To create a directory with the options shown above, click Make Directory button. After finishing the
configuration, click Save button to apply the change and continue to the next page. Clicking Back
button will cancel the changes and go back to the previous page. (This service is available only in M-
JPEG mode.)
Item Description
Select a condition for FTP (Periodic) service to be activated. Up to 3
Condition 1 ~ Condition 3
conditions can be set respectively.
Alarm Speed Select the speed of images to send in FTP(Periodic) service
After finishing setup, click Save button to apply. If you don’t want to change, click Back button.
Item Description
Input 1 - Input 4 Select which input to set up for Sensor Notification Service
Service Mode Select network mode for CGI. Select one among HTTP, TCP, or UDP.
Main IP address Enter IP address to use in CGI or other functions
Aux1 ~ Aux 3 IP address Enter 3 more addresses to use in CGI or other functions if needed.
Port Enter port number for CGI or other functions. Default is 80.
CGI Path or
Enter CGI Path for CGI or other functions.
Alarm Common Message
User ID Enter User ID to log in.
After finishing the configuration, click Save button to apply the change and continue to the next page.
Clicking Back button will cancel the changes and go back to the previous page.
Item Description
CGI Name or Alarm Port Message Enter the contents of CGI when it is used.
Click Save button to save the change. Clicking Back button will cancel the change and go back to
previous page.
Category Contents
Output 1 – Output 4 Select the output port to configure for Alarm Output Service.
After finishing the configuration, click Save button to apply the change and continue to the next page.
Clicking Back button will cancel the changes and go back to the previous page.
Item Description
Select a condition to configure Alarm Output Service. Up to 3 conditions
Condition 1 - Condition 3
can be set respectively.
Alarm Output Duration Select how long the Alarm Output signal is maintained. Unit is in second.
Note: Before attaching a hard disk drive, make sure the Costar Video Server is turned off.
Otherwise, the hard drive may get defected. Also check if the hard drive you’re
installing is in the list of usable hard drive since an unlisted hard drive may not
function properly.
If HDD Information window displays all the fields as -None-, that means the hard drive is not in a
formatted condition. To start formatting, click Back button to go back to the previous menu, and
then click HDD Status & Format.
The list of hard drives will be displayed with the format status. Click on the one you’d like to format.
If you put check mark on Check Bad Block option, it’ll take much longer time to complete the
formatting process. In case of installing a new hard drive, it’s not necessary to use that option.
Click Partition and Format button, then a confirmation window will be displayed. Click OK button
to proceed formatting, otherwise click Cancel button. The progress of formatting will be displayed as
below.
Now you will see the HDD Status & Format window, and the status of 1st HDD has been changed
to Formatted. If there’re more HDD’s newly installed, go ahead with formatting them. After
completing all the hard drive’s formatting, click Reboot button.
Reboot process will take about 30 seconds. Then with your PC’s web browser, open the Admin Page
of the Costar Video Server, and check HDD Information on Recording Configuration menu.
If you want to use RAID 1 feature, two hard drives are required in the system. It is strongly
recommended to use the same sized drives. With two drives in the system, you will see the HDD
mode configuration window will be shown as below. You have choice of Normal and RAID1. If you
choose Normal, the two hard drives will store different data and the total amount of storage space
will be the combined capacity of them. If you choose RAID1, there will be only one hard drive seen
on the system and the total amount of storage space will be the capacity of smaller drive.
When using RAID1 feature, if either one of the hard drives fails you will still be able to record and
search video data without any problem. To replace the failed hard drive, it is required to turn the
power off and replace it with a new one. Then turn the power back on, enter the HDD Mode page,
choose Data Recovery menu, select the new hard drive, and click Recovery. By doing that
procedure, RAID1 feature will start functioning again. If HDD Mode is set to Normal, Data Recovery
menu is not shown on the window.
Note: Be sure to turn off the device before installing a SD card. Otherwise, the SD card
may become defective. Always check the recommended type of SD card because
non-conforming SD cards can cause abnormal behavior of the system.
Enter Recording Configuration menu, then click the SD Information to find out the SD card’s format
information.
If entire SD Information is shown as -None-, that means the SD card is not formatted. In that case,
click the Back button followed by clicking SD Status & Format.
Now you will see the list of SD cards available and whether they are formatted or not. To perform
formatting the unformatted one, click the SD card.
Click the Partition and Format button, then a pop-up window will be shown to confirm the
formatting. Click the OK button to proceed, or click the Cancel button to abort the formatting.
Note: If the program is terminated during the format process, the SD card may be
damaged. To avoid this problem, make sure to close the program in the right
manner and check the SD card.
After formatting is finished, the following window will appear informing it. Click the OK button.
On SD Status & Format window, you will be able to see that the 1ST SD is shown formatted. After
formatting SD card is finished, click the Reboot button to restart the system.
After about 30 seconds, the system will be rebooted. You will be able to see the following information
when you log in to the Admin web page of the Costar Video server.
Click on Camera 1, and it will display the screen for detailed configuration such as recording speed,
camera name, Pre- and Post-alarm image speed. After configuring them properly, click the Save
button to save the change.
Item Description
Condition 1~4 Set the conditions for recording
Graphs for Time, Day of week,
Graphic displays of conditions for recording
Alarm, Motion, Camera Connection
Recording Service Click Enable to record the video. Click Disable otherwise.
Server Module ID Server ID number of the added VS Module ID (IP Devices).
Camera Number Camera number to select.
The name of the camera selected. Use up to 31
Camera Name
alphanumeric or 15 Unicode characters.
Recording speed before Event. Valid only when Recording
Pre-Recording Speed
condition is set to Always or Schedule.
The number of frames stored before Event. Up to 5 frames.
Pre-Alarm Count
Valid only for Event-Driven Recording.
Recording speed after Event. Valid only when Recording
Post-Recording Speed
condition is set to Event-Driven Recording.
The number of frames stored after Event. Up to 5 frames.
Post-Alarm Count
Valid only for Event-Driven Recording.
Up to 4 different recording conditions can be set per camera. All the conditions are checked by OR
logic, so it will start recording when at least one of the conditions is met. To set a condition, click
Condition 1, then Condition setup screen will be displayed.
Below is an example of configuring the recording condition, which means “Video is recorded if Alarm
is activated or Motion is detected, on Saturday and Sunday every week.” If time condition is not
specified, it is taken as setting 24 hours. If date is not specified, it is taken as setting all the months
and weeks. Click the Back button if you want to return to previous page without saving. Click the
Save button to save the change and return to previous page.
The graph displayed below means “Video is recorded if alarm is activated on Saturday and Sunday.”
You need to select Enable on Recording Service field for recording to be made by recording
condition setup. If you want to prevent recording from starting even though recording conditions are
configure, select it as Disable. It is possible to set the number of video frames to be recorded by
setting up a recording condition. You can configure it as shown below.
If there are two recording conditions configured, it can start recording when at least one condition is
valid. After configuration is finished, click the Save button to apply the change and return to previous
screen.
Now you will notice that the Recording Configuration is made. If the video is already being recorded,
the status will display Recording. You need to click the Apply button in this case. If recording
conditions are configured properly and video is not being recorded at the moment, you need to click
the Record button to start recording.
Once recording has been started, the Status field will change to Recording. From that point on,
when the conditions meet the setup value in recording condition, the video will be recorded to the
HDD.
Note: Record button will become Stop button after pressing. If you want stop recording,
click the Stop button again.
Now you are to choose the action between two options. If you want the Costar Video Server to keep
recording without interruption, select Circulation. In this setting, the oldest file in HDD will be
deleted first to make space for new video. If you want the Costar Video Server to stop recording and
let you to replace the HDD, click Pause at full and then select Pause at Full.
• Circulation: The base file size for video is 630 Mbytes in HDD. So every time the HDD is out
of space, it will delete the oldest 630 Mbytes file to make space.
• Pause at full: When the HDD is out of space, it will stop recording and display STOP status.
The capacity information of a HDD can be sent to you by email, so you can be aware of the
HDD capacity information before it’s full.
You can set a time limit on how long the recorded video will be kept in the hard drive by putting a
check on Restrict Duration. If chosen to use, a time setting menu will be enabled to enter in days.
The default is 90 days and it can be changed between 1 and 3650. For instance, if it’s set to 3 days,
only the video since the 3 days ago will be kept.
Now enter the email addresses to receive the email and the contents of the notification.
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Costar Video Admin User’s Manual
Configuration on Utilities menu. The confirmation screen will be displayed as shown below. Click Save
Configuration button to finalize the action, otherwise click Back button to cancel it.
In some Costar Video models which automatically save the configured contents, Save Configuration
button will not be displayed.
8.3. Reboot
It is recommended to reboot the system after making changes and saving the configuration. To reboot,
click Reboot on Utilities menu. A confirmation screen will be displayed as shown Click Save
Configuration button, otherwise click Back button to cancel the rebooting.
The second confirmation screen will be shown. This is only to confirm closing of web browser that Costar
Video Server is on. Click OK button to close the web browser and reboot right away. If you click Cancel,
the web browser is still open, but you will not be able to access the Costar Video Server until the rebooting
is finished.
• All (Firmware, RAM disk, System, Web) Update: Update all four system images.
• System and Web Update: Only System and Web images are to be updated.
• Web Only Update: Only Web image is to be updated.
Up-to-date system files can be downloaded in Support page of Seyeon Tech’s homepages at
http://www.Costar Video.com. After the update is done, it is required to reboot the server.
Note: If your web browser’s pop-up blocker is enabled, your PC many not display the
confirmation window above. In that case, the pop-up blocking feature of the web
browser should be disabled for system update to be completed.
In the next window, enter the location of the Firmware Image file to update with. You can use the Browse
button to navigate the directories in your PC to find the file. Once the image file is selected, click Next
button to proceed. You can cancel the update by clicking Skip button.
Now you can check the file name and the size in the new window. If you want to go back to the previous
stage, click the Previous button. Click the Next button to update the firmware right away and proceed to
next stage. If you want to stop the update process, click the Cancel button.
The next window is for locating the RAM Disk Update file.
Go through the same steps as in Firmware Update, and do the same in update process for System and
Web Update files.
After all the update processes pare finished, the window for Factory Default is displayed. If there was no
problem in the entire update processes and you want to continue, click Next button. If you’re not sure
about the system update, you can restore the Factory Default condition by clicking Factory Default
button.
Now the final confirmation window will appear. Click Reboot button and the system will reboot.
Using Browse button, locate the PtzModel.bin file from your PC.
Note: If your web browser’s pop-up blocker is enabled, the PC many not display the
confirmation window above. In that case, the pop-up blocking feature of the web
browser should be disabled for system update to be completed.
Click Next button to continue with the file. If Skip button is clicked, it will go to the next step without
updating PTZ Device Image. If Next button was clicked in the previous step, you’ll see the window
displaying the file name and size.
Now the update process is finished and the window for rebooting will be displayed. Click Reboot button to
start the server over.
Note: If a new SensorModel.bin file needs to be made, please contact Seyeon Tech.
Now you can check the file name and the size in the new window. If you want to go back to the previous
stage, click Previous button. Click Next button to update the System Image right away and proceed to
next stage. If you want to stop the update process, click Cancel button.
Now the window to locate the Config Image file is displayed. Select a file after clicking Browse button.
Click Next button to move to the next stage. If Previous button is clicked, it will go back to the file
selection step. If Skip button is clicked, it will go to the next step without updating the file.
Check the file name and the size of Config Image file. If Previous button is clicked, it’ll go back to start of
file locating stage. If Next button is clicked, the update process will be done and go back to the next stage.
If you want to stop the update, click Cancel button.
After finishing all the update process, it displays a window for editing the configuration file.
If you click Edit button, now you can edit the Config file after clicking Edit button which is found on the
right of the file name.
Click Save button to save the Config file. Click Close button to close the editing window.
If you click Next button, a window for rebooting is displayed. Click Reboot button, and the system will
start over.