ACTi A32 Mini Bullet Camera User Manual

: June 7, 2024
: ACTi

ACTi A32 Mini Bullet Camera User Manual

Precautions

Read these instructions
Read all the safety and operating instructions before using this product.

Heed all warnings
Adhere to all the warnings on the product and in the instruction manual. Failure to follow the safety instructions given may directly endanger people, cause damage to the system or to other equipment.

Servicing
Do not attempt to service this product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

Trademarks
ACTi and ACTi logo are registered trademarks of ACTi Corporation. All other names and products used in this manual are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Liability
Every reasonable care has been taken during the writing of this manual. Please inform your local office if you find any inaccuracies or omissions. ACTi will not be held responsible for any
typographical or technical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice.

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Warning: Changes or modifications to the equipment that are not expressly approved by the responsible party for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment

European Community Compliance Statement

This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B Information Technology Equipment according to European Standard EN 55022 and EN 55024. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which cause the user may be required to take adequate measures

Safety Instructions

Cleaning
Disconnect this product from the power supply before cleaning.

Accessories and Repair Parts
Use only the accessories and repair parts recommended by the manufacturer. Using other attachments not recommended by the manufacturer may cause hazards.

Water and Moisture
Install other devices (such as PoE injector, alarm, etc.) that will be used with the camera in a dry place protected from weather.

Servicing
Do not attempt to service this product yourself. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

Damage Requiring service
Disconnect this product from the power supply immediately and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions.

When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged
If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the product.
If the inner parts of product have been directly exposed to rain or water.
If the product does not operate normally even by following the operating instructions in this manual. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the instruction manual, as improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage, and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to its normal operation.

Safety Check

Upon completion of any service or repairs to this product, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine if the product is in proper operating condition.

Introduction

List of Models

This hardware manual contains the following models:

A32| |

3MP Mini Bullet with D/N, Adaptive IR, Advanced WDR, SLLS, Fixed lens

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Package Contents

Camera

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Mounting Screw Kit

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Drill Template

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Quick Installation Guide| Warranty Card|
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Physical Description

Item	Description
1	Ethernet Port

Installation Procedures

Step 1: Install the Camera

Mark the screw holes or attach the bundled drill template on the target surface.
NOTE: Depending on the surface where you will install the camera, it may be necessary to drill three (3) holes and use the supplied screw tox.
If the cable will pass through the surface, drill the cable hole within the radius of the camera bracket. If the cable will be routed along the surface, route the cable through the gap on the bracket.
Mount the camera to the surface using the three (3) screws.
Loosen the knob to adjust the camera tilt and orientation
Adjust the camera angle and orientation.

Sample of Wall Installation Sample of Ceiling Installation

Tighten the knob to fix the tilt angle position

Sample of Wall Installation Sample of Ceiling Installation

Step 2: Connect and Manage the Cable

The camera and the pre-installed network cable, “pigtail”, are resistant to salt, water, weak acid, alcohol, oil, grease and other common solvents. If the camera will be installed indoors, simply connect the network side cable to the camera Ethernet port. However, if the camera will be installed outdoors, ensure that the cable connection as marked on the cable and the network side cable itself are also protected from different environmental
factors. Use a waterproof tape to protect the cable connection. Connect the network cable to the Ethernet port of the camera and waterproof the cable.

Step 3: Connect to Network

Connect the other end of the network cable to a PoE switch or injector. Then, connect the switch or injector to a network, PC, and a power source. See Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
connection example below.

Step 4: Access the Camera Live View

After making the connections, access the camera live view to adjust the viewing angle of the camera and configure the settings according to your preference. See Accessing the Camera
on page 12 for more information.

Accessing the Camera

Configure the IP Addresses

In order to be able to communicate with the camera from your PC, both the camera and the PC have to be within the same network segment. In most cases, it means that they both should have very similar IP addresses, where only the last number of the IP address is different from each other. There are 2 different approaches to IP Address management in Local Area Networks – by DHCP Server or Manually.

Using DHCP Server to Assign IP Addresses

If you have connected the computer and the camera into the network that has a DHCP server running, then you do not need to configure the IP addresses at all – both the camera and the PC would request a unique IP address from DHCP server automatically. In such case, the camera will immediately be ready for the access from the PC. The user, however, might not know the IP address of the camera yet. It is necessary to know the IP address of the camera in other to be able to access it by using a Web browser.
The quickest way to discover the cameras in the network is to use the simplest network search, built in the Windows system – just by pressing the “Network” icon, all the cameras of the local area network will be discovered by Windows thanks to the UPnP function support of our cameras. In the example below, we successfully found the camera model that we had just connected to the network

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By double-clicking with the left mouse on the camera model, it is possible to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already.
If you work with our cameras regularly, then there is even a better way to discover the cameras in the network – by using IP Utility. The IP Utility is a light software tool that can not only discover the cameras, but also list lots of valuable information, such as IP and MAC addresses, serial numbers, firmware versions, etc, and allows quick configuration of multiple devices at the same time.
The IP Utility can be downloaded for free from http://www.acti.com/IP_Utility With just one click, you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows:

You can quickly see the camera model in the list. Click on the IP address to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the
address bar of the browser already.

Using the Default Camera IP Address

If there is no DHCP server in the given network, the user may have to assign the IP addresses to both PC and camera manually to make sure they are in the same network segment.
When the camera is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services, it will automatically assign itself a default IP:

192.168.0.100

Whereas the default port number would be 80. In order to access that camera, the IP address of the PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera. Manually adjust the IP address of the PC:
In the following example, based on Windows 7, we will configure the IP address to 192.168.0.99 and set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 by using the steps below:

Manually adjust the IP addresses of multiple cameras:

If there are more than 1 camera to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them, all of the cameras would then have the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100, which is not a proper situation for network devices – all the IP addresses have to be different from each other. The easiest way to assign cameras the IP addresses is by using IP Utility:

With the procedure shown above, all the cameras will have unique IP addresses, starting from 192.168.0.101. In case there are 20 cameras selected, the last one of the cameras would have the IP 192.168.0.120.
Later, by pressing the “Refresh” button of the IP Utility, you will be able to see the list of cameras with their new IP addresses.

Please note that it is also possible to change the IP addresses manually by using the Web browser. In such case, please plug in only one camera at a time, and change its IP address by using the Web browser before plugging in the next one. This way, the Web browser will not be confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time.

Access the Camera

Now that the camera and the PC are both having their unique IP addresses and are under the same network segment, it is possible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera.
You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access the camera

Functionality	Internet Explorer
Live Video	Yes
Live Video Area Resizable	Yes
PTZ Control	Yes
Capture the snapshot	Yes

Video overlay based configuration (Motion Detection regions, Privacy Mask regions)|

Yes

All the other configurations| Yes

When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will be downloaded from the camera directly – the user just has to accept the use of such control when prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case.

The following examples in this manual are based on Internet Explorer browser in order to cover all functions of the camera.
Assuming that the camera’s IP address is 192.168.0.100, you can access it by opening the Web browser and typing the following address into Web browser’s address bar:

http://192.168.0.100

Upon successful connection to the camera, the user interface called Web Configurator would appear together with the login page. The HTTP port number was not added behind the IP address since the default HTTP port of the camera is 80, which can be omitted from the address for convenience.

Before logging in, you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the camera.
Account: Admin Password: 123456