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| GENERAL QUESTIONS |
What is VPON? How does it work? Which network environments are supported?
What additional equipment is required to get VPON
up and running? How many users can access a VPON at the same time?
How many VPON can a user browse at the same time?
Is there a VPON demo in use on the web?
What type of hardware is required to view VPON footage?
What is OYO Viewer?
How to play recording files from other computers? |
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How many colors does VPON support? What video cameras can be used with a VPON unit?
What do the remote Pan/Tilt/Zoom controls do? |
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WHAT IS VPON?
VPON stands for Video Picture On Network. VPON is the registered
brand name of Aegis micro's camera server, video server
and Network DVR products.Please refer to product page for
detail.

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| HOW DOES IT WORK? VPON has
a built-in mini web server providing real-time video capture
and streaming over network. It grabs any footage, compresses
it, and then transmits it to your PC for viewing through
the Internet, Intranet, or direct dial-up modem connection
via a telephone line.

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| WHICH NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS ARE SUPPORTED?
VPON supports up to three network environments: Internet,
Intranet, and Direct Dial-Up. By using a
standard web browser, VPON can stream real-time video
to a PC via any of these connections.

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| WHAT ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED
TO GET VPON UP AND RUNNING? VPON is a self-contained
device with everything you need to get you up and running
in the LAN mode. An RJ-45 network connection is supplied,
so all you have to do is plug the power and a video feed
in and assign an IP address to the unit. If a PSTN connection
is desired, an external modem option must be purchased
to use the COM port mode.

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| HOW MANY USERS CAN ACCESS A VPON
AT THE SAME TIME? The number of users accessing
a VPON at the same time varies from different products.
LAN or Internet bandwidth is one of the most important
factors that limits the number.In general condition,15
to 20 is a reasonable number.

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| HOW MANY VPON's CAN A USER
BROWSE AT THE SAME TIME?
If you need to see the videos of multiple VPON units
at different locations from LAN or Internet, SecuWatch
central monitoring software is the right solution.

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| IS THERE A VPON DEMO IN USE
ON THE WEB?
Two of the main demo sites currently in use are listed
below.

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| WHAT TYPE OF HARDWARE IS REQUIRED
TO VIEW VPON FOOTAGE?
You need a PC-compatible system with the following configuration:
- Pentium 4 2.0GHz PC or higher
- 128MB RAM or higher
- AGP VGA Card
- Microsoft Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP
- Internet Explorer Browser (Version 5.5 or higher)

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| WHAT IS OYO VIEWER?
OYO Viewer is a Windows based application software for
point-to-point connections through telephone line to view
VP200 videos. OYO Viewer is ONLY used on VP200.

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| HOW TO PLAY RECORDING FILES FROM
OTHER COMPUTERS? Please download the file rpsetup.exe
from one of the vpon, or you can download this file from
www.vpondemo.com./rpsetup.exe

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| WHAT ARE TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
FOR VPON?
VPON has a wide range of uses for your particular application.
Several include:
- Security
- Daycare
- Business
- Theme Parks
- Weather
- Traffic
- Fast Food
- Gas Stations
- Banks
- and many more...

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| CAN I USE VPON FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING?
VPON is designed for remote surveillance applications.
Video conferencing is NOT an application support by VPON
although VPON can do two way video and audio transmission.

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| IS THE PRODUCT SUITABLE FOR
OUTDOOR SURVEILLANCE?
With a outdoor camera and a proper weatherproof enclosure,
you can use VPON for outdoor surveillance.

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| DO I NEED TO INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE
OR CONFIGURE ANY CLIENT/SERVER SYSTEM?
No more software or hardware modifications are needed
to view your video feed through the Internet or LAN. Make
sure the OYO Viewer software is installed on your remote
system for point-to-point communication with your VP200
unit.

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| CAN I CHANGE THE HOME PAGE
THAT APPEARS TO USERS ON THE NETWORK?
Yes. You can change the title banner on the home page
by yourself. Save the changes to the FLASH ROM and reboot
your VPON unit.

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| HOW IS THE CONFIGURATION OF
VPON DONE?
VPON supports IrDA remote controller or mouse operation
mode. You can use either one to do configuration locally.
You can also login in from remote using Micro Soft Internet
Exploer to do that.But you will need administrator name
& password.

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| DOES VPON WORK WITH ALL BROWSERS?
It is recommended to use Microsoft IE 6.0 up for better
performance. MAC or Linux users can use Netscape or MAC
IE by clicking "View Video without plug in" at VPON main
page.

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| HOW MANY COLORS DOES VPON SUPPORT?
VPON use 24-bits to display video. In other words, VPON
displays 16,777,216 colors.

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| WHAT VIDEO CAMERAS CAN BE USED
WITH A VPON UNIT?
Any standard NTSC or PAL composite camera can be used
with VPON.

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| WHAT DO THE REMOTE PAN/TILT/ZOOM
CONTROLS DO? The remote Pan/Tilt/Zoom functions
let you control the remote site video camera that connects
to the VPON COM2 port. You can move the video camera UP,
DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT. You can also ZOOM-IN and ZOOM-OUT.
We support most well-known brands of PTZ cameras. The
optional camera control box is also available from Aegis
micro Inc.

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