Monitor and Image

MJPEG Image Capturing

You can take a monitoring image or check the monitoring video in MJPEG format with the device. To view the video stream, you need to turn on the MJPEG video function and choose the image quality.

To set it up, go to the Surveillance > RTSP interface.

• Video Resolution: Specify the image resolution, varying from the lowest CIF(352×288 pixels) to the highest 1080P(1920x1080 pixels).

• Video Framerate: Frames per second, refers to how many frames are displayed in one second of video. The default frame rate is 30fps.

• Video Quality: The video bitrate ranges from 50 to 90.

You can set up the MJPEG authorization in the RTSP Basic section. It is enabled by default.

• MJPEG Authorization Enabled: Once enabled, accessing the door phone’s real-time image or video by entering the URL into the browser requires verification of the Authentication Mode, Username, and Password.

Tip

• To view a dynamic stream, use the URL http://device_IP:8080/video.cgi.

• For capturing a screenshot, use the following URLs, with the image formats varying accordingly:

  • http://device_IP:8080/picture.cgi

  • http://device_IP:8080/picture.jpg

  • http://device_IP:8080/jpeg.cgi

For example, if you want to capture the jpg format image of the door phone with the IP address 192.168.1.104, you can enter http://192.168.1.104:8080/picture.jpg on the web browser.

RTSP Stream Monitoring

RTSP Basic Setting

You are required to set up the RTSP function on the Surveillance > RTSP interface in terms of RTSP Authorization, authentication, password, etc, before you can use the function.

• RTSP Authorization Enabled: Once enabled, configure RTSP Authentication Mode, RTSP Username, and RTSP Password. These credentials are required for accessing the door phone's RTSP stream from other intercom devices like indoor monitors.

• Authentication Mode: It is Digest by default which uses hashing instead of the easily reversible Base64 encoding. A token is used for verification.

• Username: Set the username for authorization.

• Password: Set the password for authorization.

RTSP Stream Setting

Set it up on the Surveillance > RTSP > RTSP Stream interface.

• RTSP Audio: Decide whether the RTSP stream has sound.

• RTSP Video: Decide whether the RTSP stream has video. After enabling the RTSP feature, the video RTSP is enabled by default and cannot be modified.

• RTSP Video2: The device supports two RTSP streams.

• Audio Codec: Choose a suitable audio codec for RTSP audio.

• Video Codec: Specify the video compression formats.

  • H.264: Offer highly efficient compression but at a cost of higher latency and computational load.

  • H.265: Offer superior compression efficiency and support for higher resolutions, but it comes with higher computational requirements and potential compatibility issues.

  • MJEPG: Offer improved quality but inefficient compression.

You can set up the video parameters for H.264 and H.265 in the H.264 And H.265 Video Parameters section.

• Video Resolution: Specify the image resolution, varying from the lowest CIF(352×288 pixels) to the highest 1080P(1920x1080 pixels).

• Video Framerate: Frames per second, refers to how many frames are displayed in one second of video. The default frame rate is 30fps.

• Video Bitrate: The amount of video data transferred in a specific duration of time. A higher video bitrate means a higher possible quality, but also higher file sizes and more bandwidth. The default is 2048 kbps.

• 2nd Video Resolution: Specify the image resolution for the second video stream channel.

• 2nd Video Framerate: Set the frame rate for the second video stream channel.

• 2nd Video Bitrate: Set the bit rate for the second video stream channel. The default is 512 kbps.

RTSP OSD Setting

This feature is used to add a watermark to the RTSP video or picture.

Set it up on the web Surveillance > RTSP > RTSP OSD Setting interface.

• OSD Color: There are five color options, White, Black, Red, Green, and Blue for RTSP watermark text.

• OSD Text: Customize the watermark text.

NACK

To enable NACK, navigate to the Intercom > Call Feature > Others interface.

• NACK Enabled: It can be used to prevent losing data packets in the weak network environment when discontinued and mosaic video images occur.

ONVIF

To set it up, go to the Surveillance > ONVIF interface.

• Discoverable: When enabled, the video from the door phone camera can be searched by other devices.

• Username: Set the username required for accessing the door phone's video stream on other devices. It is admin by default.

• Password: Set the password required for accessing the door phone's video stream on other devices. It is admin by default.

Tip

Once the settings are configured, to access the video stream on the third-party device, simply enter the ONVIF URL: http://Device’s IP:80/onvif/device_service.

Live Stream

See the live stream on the device Surveillance > Live Stream interface. You are required to enter the username and password set on the RTSP Basic section before viewing the live stream.

Camera Mode

To set it up, go to the Device > Camera interface.

• Anti-Flicker Mode: The anti-flicker feature reduces or eliminates flickering in images or videos caused by varying light sources.

  • Auto: The device will switch automatically between 50Hz and 60Hz anti-flicker frequency.

  • Manual: Select the anti-flicker frequency manually.

  • Off: Disable the anti-flicker function.

• Anti-Flicker Frequency: Select the anti-flicker frequency between 50Hz and 60Hz.

• Sensor Framerate: Adjust the camera frame rate.

  • 30fps: Better for applications needing higher smoothness.

  • 25fps: Suitable for standard video recording and playback, especially under a 50Hz power frequency to minimize flicker.

Face Automatic Exposure

The FaceAE feature is used to adjust the exposure settings based on the lighting conditions, aiming to capture clear and well-exposed images of people.

To enable it, go to the Device > Camera interface.

• Exposure Brightness Threshold: Define which areas of an image are considered "overexposed" based on brightness levels. When the threshold is close to 255, only very bright areas are considered overexposed.

Data Transmission Type for Third-party Camera

You can select the data transmission type between the device and a third-party camera when it is connected to the SmartPlus Cloud.

To set it up, go to the Surveillance > RTSP > Third Party Camera interface.

• UDP: An unreliable but very efficient transport layer protocol.

• TCP: A less efficient but reliable transport layer protocol. It is the default transport protocol.