IP camera tester User Manual （V01.
Thank you for purchasing the IP camera tester. Please read the manual before using the IP camera tester and use properly. For using the IP camera tester safely, please first read the「Safety Information」carefully in the manual. The manual should be kept well in case of reference. Keep the S/N label for after-sale service within warranty period. Product without S/N label will be charged for repair service.
Content 1. Safety information ...................................................................................................................................1 2. IP Camera Tester Introduction ................................................................................................................2 2.1 General ...........................................................................................................................................2 2.2 Packing list.................................
3.3.13 AutoHD ( *Optional ) .....................................................................................................44 3.3.14 HD Coaxial & Analog level test ( *Optional ) ...............................................................44 3.3.15 SDI Camera Test ( *Optional )....................................................................................46 3.3.16 CVI camera test ( *Optional ) .....................................................................................47 3.3.
3.3.35 Media Player ...................................................................................................................89 3.3.36 RTSP Player ...................................................................................................................90 3.3.37 Hik test tool ....................................................................................................................91 3.3.38 Dahua test tool ..........................................................................
1. Safety information ◆ The tester is intended to use in compliance with the local rules of the electrical usage and avoid to apply at the places which are inapplicable for the use of electrics such as hospital, gas station etc. ◆ To prevent the functional decline or failure, the product should not be sprinkled or damped. ◆ The exposed part of the tester should not be touched by the dust and liquid.
◆Never connect the meter with any voltage source while the function switch is in the current, resistance, capacitance, diode, continuity, otherwise it will damage the meter. ◆Never perform capacitance measurements unless the capacitor to be measured has been discharged fully. ◆Never measure any of resistance, capacitance, diode or continuity measurements on live circuits.
2.2 Packing list 1). Tester 2). Adaptor DC12V 2A 3). Network cable tester 4). Polymer lithium ion battery (7.6V DC 7800mAh) 5). BNC cable 6). RS485 cable 7). SC, ST connector（Only for optical power meter） 8). Multi-meter test leads one pair of red and black (only for the Multi-meter models) 9). Output Power cable 10). Audio cable 11). TDR alligator clamp (only for TDR models) 12). 8GB SD card 13). Safety cord 14). Tool bag 15). Manual Page.3.
2.3 Function interface 1 Press more than 2 seconds, turn on or off the device, short press to turn on or off the menu display 2 Menu key, press it to call short- menu. 3 4xzoom the image displays.
11 12 Upward, set function or add parameter. Tilt the PTZ upward Rightward, select the parameter whose value will be changed. Add the value of the parameter. Pan the PTZ right Downward, set function or reduce the value of the parameter.
Top interface Bottom interface 21 Visible red laser source emits Interface (Optional) 22 DC12V3A power output, for provisional DC power supply 23 HDMI IN (Optional ) 24 CVBS IN/AHD /TVI/CVI Coaxial interface /（BNC interface）(AHD /TVI/CVI (Optional) ) 25 Video signal output（BNC interface）/ cable tracer interface 26 Optical power meter interface (Optional) 27 LED lamp 28 RS485 Interface: RS485communication for the PTZ 29 HD-SDI/EX-SDI input (BNC interface) ( Optional) 30 TDR cable test in
31 HDMI output interface 32 Micro SD card moveable,(comes with 8GB, supports up to 32GB) 33 UTP cable port: UTP cable tester port/ Cable tracer port 34 PSE power sourcing equipment. Tests PoE voltage/LAN test port 35 PoE power supply output or LAN test port (Using test PoE or non-PoE IP camera) 36 Microphone 37 USB 5V 2A power output, transmit data 38 DC 12V 2A charging interface. 39 DC 24V 2A output 40 Audio input/Audio output and earphone interface. 3. Operation 3.
Notice: Press the key several seconds to restore the default settings when the instrument works abnormally. Multi-meter: the red and black multi-meter pen must insert the corresponding port. Warnings: Instrument communication port is not permitted access circuit voltage over 6V, otherwise damage the tester. Warnings: Not allow insert multi-meter pen in the current terminal to measure voltage. 3.2 Instrument connection 3.2.
2) If use the tester's menu to turn off the tester's PoE power supply, the PoE switch and the power sourcing equipment are allowed to connect to the tester's PSE port, and the PoE power will be supplied to the IP camera by the tester's LAN port. On this condition, the tester cannot receive data from IP camera, but the computer connected to the PoE switch can receive the data via the the tester.
3.2.3 HD Coaxial camera connection * SDI, CVI, TVI, AHD camera are classified as HD coaxial cameras. Hereby the following instruction of how to connect SDI camera to the tester is also applied to CVI, TVI, and AHD camera. 1) Connect the SDI camera's video output to the IP tester's "SDI IN" interface, the image will display on the tester. The tester only come with SDI input interface. There is no SDI output interface.
3.2.5 HDMI output The built in HDMI output port can output live video from an analog or IP camera, recorded files, media files and images to HDTV monitors. Connect an HDMI cable from the IP tester to an HDTV monitor at any time. It supports up to 1080P resolution. 3.3 OSD menu Press the key 2 seconds to turn on Press the key again to turn off short press the key to enter sleep mode, press it again to test.
network parameters. Settings: Enter settings interface. IP: Enter IP Settings interface. POE power output: Turn on or off the tester "PoE power" app. 3.3.2 Short cut-menu You can call shortcut –menu by press tester's "menu" key, you can self- define shortcut -menu. Press the key , you can turn on it, and switch functions, then press to enter app, tap other area on the screen, to exit the menu. You can long press any app in the all applications list, it will auto move to shortcut menu .
3.3.3 Screen capture Long press the key "enter", can capture screen interface and save it in any time. You can go file management to view "file Explorer –sdcard- Pictures—Screenshots". 3.3.4 Link monitor Tap icon "Link Monitoring" at left corner on the screen, to enter. It can detect instrument port rate 10/100/1000M, signal quality detection, upload and download speed, etc. in real time. It can be used to detect whether the network video access bandwidth of devices such as NVR is normal. Page.13.
When using a four-core cable to connect to a Gigabit device, would prompt "the link limited". Advanced link monitor It is for monitoring CVBS loop, Ethernet statistics, error frame statistics, frame length etc Page.14.
3.3.5 TesterPlay Mobile screen projection (Only for android version) The meter creates WIFI hotspot, connect mobile phone to the tester's WIFI hotspot, or the tester and mobile phone connect the same Wi-fi network. Download and install Remote control app to mobile phone, Tap icon " ", select "TesterPlay" app, Click "Start" will create the RTSP URL.
3.3.6 IP discovery Press IP discovery , tester auto-scan the whole network segment IP, as well as auto-modify the tester's IP to the same network segment with the scanned camera's IP. Local IP: Tester's IP address, Tester can auto-modify the tester's IP to the same network segment with the scanned camera's IP Page.16.
Discovery IP: Connected tester equipment's IP address. If the camera connected to the tester directly, tester will display the camera's IP address, if tester connects to Local Area Network, it displays the current IP address. Temp IIP: After searching IP address, the modified tester's IP address will not be saved, if you do not select "Temp IP" the modified tester's IP address will auto-save after searching.
Application: Support multi-segment IP address scan, can visual display camera manufacturer, click IP address to play the image. Connect IP camera, can supply the power to PoE camera. Real-time display network port connection status. By one key to connect camera test tool, browser can login and configure camera. Batch activate Hikvision and Dahua cameras. 3.3.8 Rapid ONVIF test Rapid ONVIF can display 4K H.265/H.264 camera image by tester mainstream, one key to activate Hikvision camera.
display camera image. Click the button "Refresh", tester will scan the ONVIF camera again. Click the newly displayed ONVIF camera on the "Device List". The tester will show the IP camera's relative information and settings. Activate HIKVISION Camera: When connected inactivated HIKVISION Camera, tester can auto recognized, and prompt "The camera have not been activated, activated now?", click "OK" to start activate . Pop-up settings menu when click the "ONVIF setting" icon in the upper left corner. Page.
Cross network scan: After open this function, enter "Setting - IP Settings - Advanced" to add other network segments IP, Rapid ONVIF function can across network segments to scan camera's IP. Auto Login: After open this function, tester can auto login camera and display camera image. (The login password is the same with last time, the first time using password is the default password "admin") Video transmission protocol: UTP and TCP protocol. Open password cracker: Cracks password of cameras.
ONVIF PTZ control: Tap the image in the direction you want the PTZ camera to move. Tap the left side of the image to move left, right to go right, up to go up and down to go down. Compatible IP PTZ cameras will rotate accordingly. PTZ rotation direction is displayed on top left corner of the image. IP camera video settings: Click "Video Set" to enter the IP camera's encoder and resolution settings. Make the desired changes and click "OK" to save. Page.21.
Image setting: Click "Imaging Set" to adjust image brightness, saturation, contrast, sharpness and backlight compensation mode. Profiles: Click "profiles", can view video streaming current configuration files, as well as switch between Major stream and minor stream. Preview pictures: Quickly preview and zoom in or out pictures, automatically and manual refresh. Identification: Click "Identification" to view information of the camera. Page.22.
Time set: Click "Time set", Select "Manual set" to set up the time of camera. Maintenance: For camera software reset or restore to factory settings. User Set: Modify camera user name, password etc parameters. Network setting: Click "Network Set" to change the IP address. Some cameras cannot support change IP address, so there is no change after saving. Page.23.
Zoom in image: Press the key to enter the zoom mode. Press it again to exit zoom mode.When the image is enlarged tap left, right, up or down on the image to move the whole image on the screen When the image is enlarged, if not operate on touch screen, it can operate by the keyboard, press the key to zoon in, press the key to zoom out, press upward and downward key to move image.
Image can only be enlarged on SD mode (The icon "ONVIF" is SD mode.) Select relative function on the bottom Toolbar to operate, "Snapshot" , "Record", "Photos", "Video playback", "Storage set", "PTZ control" etc. Snapshot: Click bottom "snapshot" to screenshot the image and store it to SD card.
To rename or delete a photo, click and hold on the file until this screen appears: OSD Menu: Select OSD and popup the OSD menu. include time, channel name and other optional items. After channel selecting, you can edit the channel name, modify the display position, and switch the font size. Select "default location" in "content location" is without modification. Select "Customization" to arbitrarily adjust the channel name and display location. Click "OK" and the effects will appear.
Video files can play in the Video player on the main menu. PTZ Set preset position: Move the camera to preset position, enter the preset number on the Bottom right corner to complete position preset. Call the preset position: Select the preset number on the left, click "Call" to call preset. PTZ Speed set: Horizontal and Vertical Speed set. Page.27.
RTSP: Get RTSP address of the current camera Doc: Auto generate test reports document of camera, click "generate document". Click Preview to view the report document. Enter the camera test information, click "Generate Document" to complete the report. Page.28.
Click "Doc" menu again, you can preview the report document. Icons description: The description of function icons on the bottom toolbar. Page.29.
3.3.9 NON ONVIF Display image from the 4K H.265 camera by mainstream Click icon to enter IP camera test Note: Currently, the IPC Test App only supports some brands' specific IP cameras, these include specific models made by ACTI, AXIS, Dahua, Hikvision, Samsung, and many more. If the camera is not fully integrated, please use the ONVIF or RTSP apps. IPC test interface Local IP: This is the tester's IP address. Click "Edit" to enter "IP setting" and change the tester's IP address settings.
Stream code: When test camera via RTSP, you can select mainstream or sub stream to test (if camera's RTSP have not been start or without, it will tip "auto match fail, please switch to manually selecting". IP Camera's IP: Enter the IP camera's IP address manually or click "Search" to auto-scan for the IP camera's IP address. It is better to directly connect the IP camera to the tester so the search results will only display the camera's IP address.
IPC User Name: Enter IP camera's user name. IPC Password: Enter IP camera's login password. IPC Port: When you select the IP camera type, it will default the camera's port number and doesn't need to be changed. After all settings are completed, click "Enter" to view the live video. If IP address setting has error or IP camera is not connected.. The tester prompts "Network Error" Click to quit from image display and return to IP camera test interface.
(1) Snapshot Click the icon "Snapshot", when the video in, to take a picture and save the current video frame in the SD card as JPEG file. If the unit is set to the manual mode an "Input Name" pop up box will appear and you can enter a title for the snapshot. If the unit is set up to automatically set file names, this box will not pop up. (2) Video record When you click the "Record" icon, video starts recording.
icon again to stop recording and save the video file to the SD card. if select manual storage, before recording begins, appears dialog box "Input Name", user-defined the files name(by Chinese character, English letter or digit) to store in SD card, tester will hereby store the files in SD card after recording. if select "Auto-storage", tester will auto store the files in SD card after recording. (3)Photo Click the icon "photo" to enter, click the selected thumbnail photo to display it on the screen.
(4) Recorded video playback Click the "Playback" icon to view your recorded videos. Tap on the video file image you want to watch. To rename or delete a video, click and hold on the file until this screen appears: Video files also can play in the main menu "Video Player". 3.3.11 Analog camera test Analog camera test and PTZ control, click icon to enter Display the input video image, click the top menu bar icon (PEAK level, SYNC level, COLOR BURST measurement) Page.35.
Select relative function on the right side Toolbar to operate, functions including "Photos", "Snapshot" , "Record", "Playback", "PTZ", "Set". Click , or press to quit. Click the screen twice quickly, can be full zoom in on the touch screen. 1) PTZ controller parameter setting Select and click icon "PTZ", to enter PTZ setting: A. Protocol Use the up and down arrow keys to move the yellow cursor to the "protocol", set corresponding Protocol and support more than thirty PTZ protocols.
E. Pan speed: Set the pan speed of PTZ camera (0~63) F. Tilt speed: Set the tilt speed of PTZ camera (0~63) G. Set preset position (Set PS) Click and select "Set PS", set and save preset position number(1~128). H.
3) 4 x zoom image display and Video out When image input, press to enter "zoom", press it again to quit. Using the touch screen to control PTZ camera movement: Tap left, right, upward or downward on the video image to move the PTZ camera in a desired direction. Stretch two fingers outward or inward on the touch screen to zoom the image in or out. If not use touch screen to operate, press the key to zoom out , press the key to zoom in, press upward and downward key to move the image.
clear. But for network digital video input, as it supports resolution up to 1280*960, the zoom in image is still very clear. This is very helpful for IP camera installation. 4) Snapshot Click the icon "Snapshot ", when the video in, to take a picture and save the current video frame in the SD card as JPEG file. If the unit is set to the manual mode an "Input Name" pop up box will appear and you can enter a title for the snapshot.
(6)Photo Click the icon "photo" to enter, click the selected thumbnail photo to display it on the screen. Double-tap the image you want to view to make it full screen. Double-click again the photo to return. To rename or delete an image, click and hold on the file until this screen below appears. Click to close and return to PTZ controller. (7) Recorded video playback Click the "Playback" icon to view your recorded videos. Tap on the video file image you want to watch. Page.40.
To rename or delete a video, click and hold on the file until this screen appears: Video files also can play in the main menu "Video Player". (8) Video level meter Click the icon to enter, the IP camera tester has adopted hardware high-speed sampling and processing technology, can perform both NTSC and PAL video amplitude signal measurements for PEAK to PEAK, SYNC levels and COLOR BURST chroma level.
NTSC PAL Video signal level 140±15IRE Chroma level( COLOR BURST) 40±5IRE SYNC signal level 40±5IRE Video signal level 1000±200mV Chroma level( COLOR BURST) 300±35mV SYNC signal level 300±35mV Video signal PEAK to PEAK level: For NTSC format, the video signal level is 140±15IRE For PAL format, the video signal level is 1000±200mV If the level is too low, it will cause the image to lose quality and limit the distance it will travel over cable. If the level is too high, it will distort the image.
For PAL format, the Chroma standard level is 280mV If the Chroma level is too low, the color will not be as deep, and some details of the image will become lighter. If the Chroma level is too high, there will be distortions on the image. If the coaxial cable is too long, it will reduce the chroma level.
A. When maintaining the dome camera, the tester sends out the color bar by its BNC output to the monitor at the monitoring center. If the monitor receive the color bar, it means the video transmit channel works normally. Meanwhile on the basis of the received color bar, the monitoring center can judge if transmission has loss or interference. B. The tester sends out the pure color bar (such as white and black color), to test the monitor whether has bright or black dots C.
Image display: Select the camera type, no need to select the resolution, click the camera icon, can browse the camera image directly. Level Meter Test: Need to select the camera type and resolution, click "test" to test the level Color bar generation: Click"CVBS", quickly enter color bar generation app Test Result：The percentage and signal grid of the level value. compared with the reference value. When the value is lower than the threshold, the background color will be grayed and appear the warning icon.
3.3.15 SDI Camera Test ( *Optional ) SDI camera test, Dome camera test and PTZ control, click icon Page.46. to enter.
When tester receives SDI camera image, it will display the image data. Double-taps on the screen to make the image displayed full screen. The tester supports resolution as follows: 1280x720P 25Hz, 1280x720P 30Hz, 1280x720P 50Hz, 1280x720P 60Hz, 1920x1080P 25Hz 1920x1080P 30Hz, 1920x1080I 50Hz, 1920x1080I 60Hz, EX-SDI: 2560x1440P /25/30FPS, 3840x2160 20/30FPS. IPC tester's HDMI output port can be use as SDI to HDMI converter, output HD SDI image to HD TV monitor.
1920x1080P 30FPS/2560x1440P 25FPS/2560x1440P 30FPS/ 2592x1944P 20FPS / 2960x1920P 20FPS / 3840 x 2160P 12.5/15 FPS （1）PTZ control 1.1 Coaxial PTZ control Click the icon"PTZ"on the right toolbar to do the corresponding setting. "Port": select coaxial control Enter PTZ address to perform parameters setting Page.48.
Operation instructions, please refer to "3.3.1 PTZ (1) Video monitor test" The PTZ address in the tester must be consistent with the dome camera or decoder, then the IPC tester can test. After setting the parameter, the tester can control the PTZ and lens. To control PTZ by screen touch: Tap left, right, upward and downward on the touch screen to control the PTZ rotation direction, PTZ cameras will rotate accordingly. By two fingers move outward and inward on the touch screen to zoom in and out the PTZ.
To control PTZ by key buttons Press arrow keys to control to control the PTZ direction of rotation Press the key Press the key to adjust the focus manually. Press the key to manually adjust the zoom. to switch on or turn off the aperture. Set preset position Setup preset position, move the PTZ camera to the preset position, the Tap it and input preset position number. Tap "Set position" to complete set preset position.
1.2 RS485 control Operation instructions, please refer to "3.3.1 PTZ (1) PTZ control parameters setting". （2）Coaxial camera menu setting Tap icon "UTC", select "menu setting" to enter the dome camera menu. Page.51.
Input calling dome camera menu address code, after finishing the parameter settings, you can press the key or click the icon Press arrow keys to call the dome camera menu. to set Page.52.
(3) Snapshot, record, photo viewer and video play back, please refer to "3.3.1 PTZ (1) Video monitor test". Tap "close menu" or press the key " " to close camera menu. (4) Save setting Click icon "Set" on the right toolbar to enter storage setting. Support auto-storage and manual storage. When select manual storage, user can name and store the files. Page.53.
3.3.17 TVI camera test ( *Optional ) HD TVI camera, TVI dome camera test and PTZ control, Click icon to enter The tester supports resolution as follows: 1280x720P 25FPS / 1280x720P30FPS / 1280x720P 50FPS / 1280x720P 60FPS 1920x1080P 25FPS / 1920x1080P 30FPS / 1920x1080P 50FPS / 1920x1080P 60FPS //2048x1536P 18FPS/2048x1536P 25FPS/2048x1536P 30FPS /2560x1440P 15FPS/2560x1440P 25 FPS/2560x1440P 30FPS/2688x1520P 15FPS/2592x1944P 12.5FPS/2592x1944P 20FPS/3840 x 2160P 12.5/15 FPS Page.54.
Coaxial camera menu settings Tap icon "UTC", select "menu setting" to enter the dome camera menu. Input calling dome camera menu address code, after finishing the parameter settings, you can press the key or click the icon to call the dome camera menu. More operation instructions (such as PTZ control, coaxial camera menu setting, snapshot, recording and playback etc), please refer to "3.3.6 CVI camera test". Page.55.
3.3.18 AHD camera test ( *Optional ) AHD camera, AHD dome camera test and PTZ control, Click icon to enter The tester supports resolution as follows: 1280x720P 25,30FPS / 1920x1080P 25FPS / 1920x1080P 30FPS/2048x1536P 18,25FPS/2048x1536P 30FPS /2560x1440P 15 FPS/2560x1440P 25,30 FPS/2592x1944P 12.
