Failure to Receive Events from Illustra Pro Gen4 Multisensor

Description Users fail to receive alerts and/or ExacqVision actions configured through Event Linking or Event Monitoring fail to occur when using an Illustra Pro Gen4 Multisensor camera as the source. <br> Product <br> Steps to Reproduce None. This issue exists in firmware prior to Illustra.SS017.06.05.00.0008 <br> Expected Results Analytic events, including those caused by motion… Continue reading Failure to Receive Events from Illustra Pro Gen4 Multisensor

Create Illustra camera privacy zone

Description  This document will outline the process of creating a privacy zone on an Illustra camera. Expected Results  When the camera is connected to exacqVision you will be able to create a privacy zone through the inbuilt options. Actual Results  The inbuilt option is greyed out/disabled for Illustra cameras. Solution Create the privacy zone in… Continue reading Create Illustra camera privacy zone

Illustra Cameras Show Video Loss after Server Reboot or exacqVision Server Service Restart

Description Intermittently, Illustra cameras will show as “VIDEO LOSS” in the video panes after restarting the ExacqVision server service or rebooting the Exacq unit.  To restore normal operation, these Illustra cameras must have their “Enable” select box unchecked and then checked again in the “Add IP Cameras” configuration page. Products ExacqVision ServerIllustra cameras Steps to… Continue reading Illustra Cameras Show Video Loss after Server Reboot or exacqVision Server Service Restart

Illustra IPS02-P24-OI04 Fails to Load exacqVision Edge

Description  The exacqVision Edge software will not load successfully on the camera. A factory default of the camera will be required to undo the software installation attempt and recover normal operation of the camera. Product  Steps to Reproduce  Expected Results  The exacqVision Edge software would load properly and be accessible to license from an exacqVision… Continue reading Illustra IPS02-P24-OI04 Fails to Load exacqVision Edge

Low Light Motion Setup

Problem In lower light conditions motion may be triggered constantly or not at all. This can be seen in the camera webpage as well where the last motion alarm is a start alarm followed by no stop. Solution To reduce the false triggers the following can be done. Reduce the sensitivity of the motion area.Draw… Continue reading Low Light Motion Setup

Top 10 Illustra Camera Questions

What is the default IP address and credentials?192.168.1.168, admin/adminUnable to adjust Zoom on Camera?Windows XP/7 and IE7/8/9/10/11 Clean IE cacheAdd IP to Trusted siteJava Settings , lower security to MediumAdd IP to Compatibility ViewMake sure to install active X and accept java when promptedCamera picture Off set on Illustra 200/210/600/610Add IP address to compatibility viewZoom… Continue reading Top 10 Illustra Camera Questions

Illustra 825 Pro Minidome Motion Detection Limitation

To enable motion detection on an Illustra 825 Pro Minidome in exacqVision, Stream 2 should always be set for H.264 video compression format with a resolution of 1920×1080 or less. The encoder chip in this camera generates motion notification only on an H.264 stream at that resolution or lower.

Motion and input trigger events stop working for Illustra cameras

Affected platforms exacqVision Server 5.10 or later with Illustra cameras using the Illustra3 plugin <br> Symptom When exacqVision reconnects to an Illustra camera during a stream restart, the socket connection communicating motion events and input trigger events could fail. If this happens, exacqVision will stop processing motion events and input trigger events.This is caused by… Continue reading Motion and input trigger events stop working for Illustra cameras

Illustra3 – Invalid event linking item when analytic rule name is changed on the camera

Analytic support for the Illustra3 plugin in server version 8.0.x requires firmware 1.2.x and above. <br> There are two analytic engines, face detection and object tracking. For object tracking rules, the firmware does not provide a unique id but are based on name provided by the user when the the rules are created. Because of… Continue reading Illustra3 – Invalid event linking item when analytic rule name is changed on the camera

Illustra Essentials (Gen2 cameras) motion mask not working

Motion mask configuration from the api has been updated by the firmware and now uses motion window index instead of in the motion region. For Illustra Essentials, the updated firmware supports both version 1(motion region) and version 3(motion window) types for configuration of motion mask. The supported firmware to use for Essentials Gen2 should be… Continue reading Illustra Essentials (Gen2 cameras) motion mask not working