================================================================================ MOBOTIX MxServer ================================================================================ * General Information Date: 2008-08-06 Release: MxServer 1.2.1 For Hardware: Intel Pentium 3, 4 and AMD processors Manufacturer: MOBOTIX AG Kaiserstrasse 67722 Winnweiler GERMANY http://www.mobotix.com/ * General Notes No warranty for any function. No warranty for compatibility to former or future versions. USE ONLY AT YOUR OWN RISK! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The MOBOTIX MxServer project has been developed to integrate traditional analog video cameras (PAL/NTSC/SECAM) and non-Mobotix IP cameras into a computer network as if they were MOBOTIX digital cameras. A user working with MOBOTIX MxControlCenter will be able to 'connect' and view the analog cameras the same way as digital MOBOTIX cameras. MxServer has these additional benefits: - MxServer can permanently save the input video streams on the hard disk of a file server to allow offline video analysis. - MxServer can control one or more pan/tilt heads, such as the BOSCH AutoDome or the Siemens SpeedDome; more systems are added on a continuous basis. - MxServer can retrieve digital video streams from IP cameras or VDRs from third-party manufacturers and save them on a file server. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Pentium IV class PC with a network card properly configured and connected to a LAN. - To connect analog cameras you need at least one IDS FalconQuattro connected to the PCI bus and properly configured (IDS drivers installed, each input video channel must be assigned a unique ID using the 'IdsID' utility from IDS). - Make sure that you are using the latest drive for the IDS FalconQuattro card (the most recent driver is included in this setup). Go to www.ids-imaging.com and download the most recent FALCON/EAGLE driver. - To connect digital IP cameras you need a properly configured Ethernet network card. - MOBOTIX MxServer must be installed and running on the PC. ================================================================================ Installing MOBOTIX MxServer ================================================================================ 1. Download the correct file for your hardware platform (the P3 release is optimized for Pentium 3 with SSEI and AMD machines, the P4 release is optimized for Pentium 4 with SSEII. 2. Start the 'MxServer-_Px.msi' Windows installer. 3. Follow the instructions from the setup wizard. 4. Find more documentation on the MxServer system in the MxServer manual PDF that is installed in the same directory as application itself. ================================================================================ Running MOBOTIX MxServer ================================================================================ The 'MxServer_XX_Pn.exe' program (where "XX" represents the language and "n" is either 3 or 4) accepts two optional parameters as shown in the following command line: MxServer_XX_Pn [config. srv ip = 0.0.0.0] [config. srv port = 80] The first is the IP address on which the configuration server socket will listen for connection requests. If no argument is provided, the application will use the value of the 'MOBOTIX/MxServer/System/ConfIPAddr' Windows registry key. If this value cannot be found, MxServer uses the special address 0.0.0.0, i.e. every available address on the local host. The second argument sets the port number for the configuration server. If no argument is provided, the application will use the value of the 'MOBOTIX/MxServer/System/ConfIPPort' Windows registry key. If this value cannot be found, MxServer uses the default port 80. If you are starting MxServer without arguments after installing it for the first time, MxServer opens a configuration server socket on every available host IP address on port 80 of the computer. To quickly test if MxServer runs and answers request after installing it for the first time, enter the 'localhost' url with a web browser on the same computer on which MxServer is running. A summary HTML page with the available links should display in the browser: click on the 'MxServer configuration' link and use the default user name "admin" and the password "meinsm" to open the configuration page. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////