Video Insight Support | IP Server Configuration FAQ's
The following are common questions we receive about the IP Server installation. If you have any other issues, please contact technical support.
IP Server Configuration
Camera ConfigurationOnce you have loaded the application, double click the IP Server icon to start the server. The system will automatically start recording. To access the menus, look in the lower right corner and right mouse click the icon.
Once activated, the first step is to setup the cameras.
- Name: Assign a name that will be descriptive of the camera when viewing it in a list
- Type: Choose your camera from the drop down list
- IP Address: IP address of the camera
Press Next to continue.
- Frame Rate: Specify the number of images per second you want to record between 1 and 30.
- Recording Type: Specify between "Recording Always" or "Motion Recording". With motion activated recording, the system automatically compares each incoming image to the new image. If the new image is different than the previous, it saves the image. If it's the same, this new image is discarded.
- Show date and time on the video: By checking this box the date and time will be stamped on each recorded frame.
- Show text on the video: By checking this box you can display the camera name on each recorded image.
Press Next to continue.
User Name and Password: For Video Insight Server to access the camera, you need to support a user name and password that has administrative privileges to this camera. The software will request images from the sever using.
Repeat this step for each of your cameras.
Setting up the IP Server
The second step is setting up the IP server.
- Name: Enter a name for the IP Server. This name will display in the list of available servers.
- IP Address: Enter the IP address of the computer running the IP Server.
Press Next to continue.
Video Data Storage Path: Select the subdirectory to store the recorded video. If you are using the Video Insight Analog Server, you should put the IP camera recorded video in the same location.
Press Next to continue.
Remote Data Storage Path: This will display the network share for your video data storage. The Video Insight Network Client and Web Client use this path to access-recorded video. You should accept the default settings unless your network settings require additional information.
Press Finish to continue.
The next step is to specify which cameras will be recorded and viewable with this server. Select the cameras from the left side and move them into the right side box. You can modify this at any point in the future.
The IP Server is now configured and will immediately start recording. The IP Server icon is shown in the bottom right tray next to the clock. You can exit, view live video or modify server settings by right mouse click on the IP Server icon in this tray.
- Control Panel - Access the IP Server Setup, Camera Setup, SQL Setup and Motion Detection Settings.
- Show Video - Displays live video from any selected camera. Allows you to control a PTZ camera with control buttons.
- Exit - Stop the IP Server from recording or displaying live video.
By double clicking on the server setup icon in the IP Server control panel, you see the dialog box to the right. By double clicking on the server, you can adjust the properties of the server.
Server Properties- Name: The IP Server Name
- IP Address: IP address of the computer running the Server application (usually the local system)
- Primary Port: The port used by the Network Client to receive live video.
- Secondary Port: An additional port used by the Network Client to receive live video.
- Maximum number of remote connections to the IP Server:
Video Data Storage Path: Select the subdirectory to store the recorded video. If you are using the Video Insight Analog Server, you should put the IP camera recorded video in the same location.
Remote Data Storage Path: This will display the network share for your video data storage. The Video Insight Network Client and Web Client use this path to access-recorded video. You should accept the default settings unless your network settings require additional information.
Advanced Tab- File Size: This is the size of each AVI file. The default size is 200 MB. When the IP Server has captured enough video from the camera to fill a 200 MB file, the system creates a new file.
- Reserved Disk Space: This is the amount of disk space that the IP Server should set aside and not use to store recorded video.
By selecting the Server and clicking the "Cameras" button you can access the dialog box to select which cameras recorded by this server. By highlighting the camera and selecting the arrows you can move a camera from left to right in addition you can double click on the camera to move it from left to right.
Modifying or Adding a CameraBy double clicking the "Network Camera Setup" icon you can add or modify a IP camera.
General Tab- Name: Assign a name that will be descriptive of the camera when viewing it in a list
- Type: Choose your camera from the drop down list
- IP Address: IP address of the camera
- User Name and Password: For Video Insight Server to access the camera, you need to support a user name and password that has administrative privileges to this camera. The software will request images from the sever using.
- Frame Rate: Specify the number of images per second you want to record between 1 and 30.
- Recording Type: Specify between "Recording Always" or "Motion Recording". With motion activated recording, the system automatically compares each incoming image to the new image. If the new image is different than the previous, it saves the image. If it's the same, this new image is discarded.
Pre and Post Motion Recording: If your recording type is "Motion Recording" you can specify the number of frames to automatically save before the system detects motion. For example, you have a camera in hallway that is using "Motion Recording". As a person walks away from the camera, down the hallway they suddenly disappear while reviewing the recorded video. This happens because as they move away from the camera their movement no longer is significant enough to satisfy the "motion" requirement. By specifying the "Post" motion you can add additional frames onto every motion-recording event. The end result is the person walking down the hallway is viewable the entire time on the recorded video.
The same is true with Pre-Motion. Continuing our example from above, if the person was walking toward the camera by using the normal "Motion Recording" the person would just appear in the recorded video. If you specify a Pre-Motion, the system keeps a buffer and when the motion detection is triggered the system writes the buffered video as well as the live video. The end result of pre and post motion recording is a smooth video. It will take some trial and error to get the settings optimized.
- Show date and time on the video: By checking this box the date and time will be stamped on each recorded frame.
- Show text on the video: By checking this box you can display the camera name on each recorded image.
- Camera Number X shares the same IP address. - you can setup multiple cameras on the same IP address
- Record frames every x seconds: This is a time lapse photography feature. The system will take a single image at the specified interval
- URL Pattern: a specific URL address to access the camera
- Max allocated space: This is maximum amount of disk space that that the camera will use before the recorded files is overwritten.
Use this icon to change the default location of the SQL database.
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