The user manual is terrible. Some advanced items are mentioned but not discussed. The camera has a manual focus ring which is not even mentioned!I was able to access all of the features using my Mac, except setting up motion detection zones and sensitivity it appears these features are Windows Explorer centric. I was able to set this up using Windows XP on my Mac in VMWare Fusion.
The camera has 4 independent streams of video, 3 of which you can configure to your own resolution and quality settings. You can have any number of streams recorded to a whole host of options ftp, email, SD card (I have a 16gig card in mine), SMB windows share. You can have the camera trigger events using motion detection or an external input. You can also have an external output trigger.
The camera is a very comprehensive server with more options than you could ever need.
I have mine set up to record a 800*600 stream to the SD card, (and recycle the card when it is full) in case my video capture machine is off or down. I also have the camera send a 1600*1200 (the maximum size) every second to a Windows share on one of my Macs, and again recycle the storage when it is full. If motion is detected it sends an email alert with a short stream of images of the event.
You can integrate this camera using standard HTTP POST and GET commands, and quickly view a static high res image using a URL, like
or view a stream using a web browser or QuickTime player like rtsp://192.168.20.80/live.sdp or rtsp://192.168.20.80/live2.sdp
It supports security using HTTPS including certificate creation, account access control, access lists, etc.
This camera does not have IR, so your target needs to be illuminated at night.
The quality is OK. Its not as sharp as a 2 megapixel stills camera. I'll upload some samples. For $300 its worth every penny!
UPDATE NOVEMBER 2012
The camera started to malfunction. The only way to contact support is to submit a ticket. It took a little over a week to get a response. The response was essentially, "it needs repairing, but you are outside your warranty. Sorry about that."
We have 9 other Vivotek cameras, and a Vivotek NVR. Given the failures over the past two years, we are starting to regret locking ourselves in on Vivotek,
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