Start Up Guide JVC VN-H37/57 series V4.05 and IndigoVision NVR-AS and ControlCenter4 July 12, 2013 JVCKENWOOD Corporation Content 1. Setup of Camera... 2 1.1. Version... 2 1.2. Setting of IP Address... 3 1.3. Adjusting Clock... 4 1.4. Selecting ONVIF Mode... 5 1.5. Configuration of encoding... 6 2. Setup of IndigoVision Software... 7 2.1. Add camera to IndigoVision... 7 2.2. Camera Settings after adding the Camera... 10 2.3. Configuration of recording...11 2.4. Configuration of Live... 13 2.5. Configuration of Playback... 15 3. Limitations and notes... 17 1
1. Setup of Camera 1.1. Version Available versions: VN-H35/57 series : Version 4.05.013 IndigoVision NVR-AS : 4.8.1 May 2013 IndigoVision Control Center 4 : 4.8.1 build 4 release version How to check Version of the camera Start IE, enter IP address of the camera, and enter username and password. Default IP address : 192.168.0.2 Default username : admin Default password : jvc (JVC-VN-SearchTool.exe is available to find IP address of JVC camera.) Click Details button, click Advanced Settings -> Maintenance menu. Version is written in the page. If necessary, you can update firmware on the page. See Instructions manual for details of IE settings. 2
1.2. Setting of IP Address IP address can be changed on the Web page or IP Setting Tool. (1) On Web page Click Network menu, change IP address and other settings, then click OK button. (2) By IP Setting Tool Search cameras, select the camera in the list. Enter password of the camera. Enter IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Click Setting button. 3
Confirmation window appears. Click OK button. 1.3. Adjusting Clock Set same time to the camera as PC that you installed NVR-AS component. Start IE on the PC of Indigo Vision NVR-AS, open web page of the camera. Click Time menu. Click Set button, or enter time by manual, or setup NTP server. Click OK button. To use Set button: 4
To use NTP server: 1.4. Selecting ONVIF Mode Click Protocol menu, select Standard in ONVIF Mode (if it is not selected), then click OK button. Factory default values of VN-H37U/57U series were changed from v4.02. (Default values in Instruction manual are obsolete.) Current ONVIF related default values are: Item Factory Defaults PSIA/ONVIF ONVIF ONVIF Mode Standard 5
1.5. Setting of encoder Click Encoding menu and select preferable encoder settings. Limitations of encoder settings: [1] Indigo Vision uses Encoder 1 only. Multiple encoders are not available. [2] If you want high frame rate like 30 or 15 fps, do not set high bitrate 3072 kbps and over. Otherwise live and playback will be jerky. [3] For I frame interval setting of H.264, selecting frame rate value and fewer is recommended. Live view will not be available if I frame interval is larger than frame rate. [4] High resolution, high quality and high fps configuration of JPEG (Ex: 1080p, AFS Lv1, 30fps) causes very low frame rate of live and playback. [5] MPEG-4 is not available because it cannot be set to encoder 1. 6
2. Setup of IndigoVision Software 2.1. Add camera to IndigoVision (1) Start IndigoVision Control Center 4. (2) Click Setup button. Right click [001] Top Site in Video tab at left, select Add Devices. Add Devices Top Site window appears. 7
(3) Select Cameras in Device Type:. Click camera icon in Discovered devices:, or select Enter device details radio button and input Name and IP address, select Third party cameras in Type. Click OK button to finish the process. Camera icon appears under [001] Top Site. You can see it if you expand the tree. 8
(4) Expand [001] Top Site tree and right click the camera and select Properties. VN-H_Series Properties window appears. Select Device Access tab, uncheck Use same settings as parent site and click Add button. Confirm Full Administrators is selected and check Authenticate with device. Input Username and Password for ONVIF (Defaults are admin and jvc) and click OK. Note: Warning window may appear when properties window is opened but it can be ignored. After you set Device Access, the warning windows will not appear. VN-H37/57 series have 2 sets of username and password, for Web page and ONVIF. Both sets have same default settings, admin and jvc. To change password of Web page, use Password page. To change password of ONVIF, use ONVIF command. 9
2.2. Camera Settings after adding the Camera If you want to change encoder settings after you added the camera, please follow these steps. (1) Delete the camera. Click Setup button, right click the camera under [001] Top Site tree, and select Delete. IndigoVision Control Center window appears. Select Yes of the window. (2) Change configuration of the camera using web page of the camera. (3) Add the camera to Indigo Vision. See previous chapter for details. 10
2.3. Configuration of recording (1) Right click [001] Top Site in Video tab, and select Add Devices from the menu. Add Devices Top Site window appears. (2) Select NVRs in Device Type:. Click NVR icon (blue box) in Discovered devices:, or select Enter device details radio button and input Name and IP address. Click OK button to finish the process. NVR icon appears under [001] Top Site. Close warning window if it appears. It can be ignored. 11
(3) Expand [001] Top Site tree and click the camera you want to configure recording schedule. Select Recording Schedule tab in right pane. Right click blank space of Recording Schedule tab area, select New Recording Job. New Recording Job VN-H_Series window appears. (If you meet warning message, please check settings in Device Access of the camera.) Default configuration is 24/365 recording with default (encoding) profile. Configure Recording Times and click OK button. Limitations: Please select default.profile in Profile Token. Other profiles are not available. Do not check "Record Audio" because the camera does not support audio via RTSP/RTP. Please select Reliable RTP/RTSP/TCP. Other protocols are not available. 12
2.4. Configuration of Live Click Live button. Select aspect ratio and layout icon. Drag and drop the camera icon from left pane into window area of right pane. 13
The software starts connecting. You will see live image of the camera. 14
2.5. Configuration of Playback (1) Click Playback button. Select aspect ratio and layout icon. (2) Drag and drop the camera icon from left pane into window area of right pane. 15
You will see playback image of the camera. 16
3. Limitations and notes [1]. Motion Detect of the camera is not available. (When codec is H.264 Motion Detect of playback is available.) [2]. Dual stream is not available. [3]. Alarm I/O of the camera is not available. [4]. Audio is not available. [5]. Onvif Configuration Utility is not available to change encoding settings of the camera. Please use web page of the camera. [6]. Live window layout does not recover automatically after power failure. You need to set live layout again. Video recording is restarted automatically after power failure. 17