Day & Night IP Camera User Manual
CATALO G Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera ................................................... 4 1.1 Package Contents ........................................................................................ 4 1.2 Basic Introduction ......................................................................................... 5 1.3 Product Highlights ........................................................................................ 6 1.4 Familiar with Key Components ..........................
2.7.1 Status ................................................................................................... 81 2.7.2 Space Alarm ........................................................................................ 82 2.7.3 File Management............................................................................................. 84 Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software ............................................................... 85 3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software .............
Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera 1.1 Package Contents Thank you for purchasing this IP camera! Before you start to use this IP camera, please check the package contents. If anything is missing, please contact the dealer of purchase and return the package to claim for missing contents.
1.2 Basic Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Internet IP camera! This IP camera is an ideal product for all kinds of video-surveillance purposes, like home/office safety, kid/pet monitoring, and remote video acquire etc. Unlink conventional close-circuit video camera; you’re not limited to the length of cable! Once this IP camera is connected to Internet, you can receive video from anywhere in the world where Internet access is available.
1.3 Product Highlights No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet Explorer 6 (and above, with plugin installed). With supplied video surveillance software, you can connect up to 16 video cameras and view images captured by every camera at the same time. Supports 3 video resolutions: MJPG and H.264 SXGA(1280 x 1024), VGA (640 x 480), and QVGA (320 x 240); MPEG4 XGA (1024 x 768), VGA (640 x 480), and QVGA (320 x 240).
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Back View Ethernet Connector Antenna Base (L/R) Power Connector SD Card Slot WPS Button Audio Connector Antenna Base: Connects to supplied antenna Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage WPS Button: click the buttom on IP Cam and click it on the AP you want to connect for wireless Audio Connector: Connects to external speaker for audio output Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network
Back View of Wired model Ethernet Connector Power Connector SD Card Slot USB Port Audio Connector Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage USB Port: Connects to certain wireless module.
Back View of POE model Ethernet Connector Power Connector SD Card Slot Audio Connector Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage Audio Connector: Connects to external speaker for audio output Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network
Side View Reset Button Reset Button: Press the button with pen nib and hold for 5 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value.
Bottom View Tripod Connector Tripod Connector: Connects to tripod to secure the camera when the camera is not put on a horizontal surface.
1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators Wired and Wireless model LED Name Status Description Power Off Camera is not powered (camera off) On Camera is correctly powered (camera on) Off LAN port not in use On LAN port in use Flash Transferring data via LAN port Off Wireless LAN not in use On Wireless LAN in use Flash at low speed Waiting for WPS connection from AP and flash speed is once a second.
1.6 Camera Installation Please follow the following instructions to set your IP camera up. 1. Unpack the product package and check if anything’s missing. 2. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local area network, and connect the other end to the LAN jack of this IP camera. NOTE: You can skip this step if you plan to use wireless LAN only.
3. Plug the power adapter to wall socket, and connect the power connector to the power jack located at the bottom of the IP camera.
4. Connect two antennas to the antenna bases, which is located at the back of this IP camera.
5. Place the camera at a secure place, and point the camera to the place you wish to monitor. If you wish to hang the camera on the ceiling or wall, please use the tripod connector (located at the bottom of the camera) to secure the camera. 6. Launch Internet Explorer on your computer, and following the instructions given in next section to set the IP camera.
1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera Default IP address of this IP camera is 192.168.2.3. If you wish to assign another IP address to this IP camera, you have to log onto the web configuration interface of the camera first. If the left three fields of the IP address of your computer is not 192.168.2, you’ll have to change the IP address of your computer first: 1.
2. Double-click ‘Network Connections’ icon. 3. Right-click ‘Local Area Connection’, and click ‘Properties’.
4. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click ‘Properties’.
5. In ‘IP address’ field, please fill in any IP address begins with ‘192.168.2’, and ends with a value greater than 2 and less than 254 (You can use the example in the picture ‘192.168.2.339’). In Subnet mask field, please fill ‘255.255.255.0’. Please keep all other fields empty, and click ‘OK’. If you changed the IP address of this IP camera and you forget it, there’re 2 methods to recover it: a.
1.8 Using Camera Admin Software to Locate Camera If you can’t connect to the camera by the instructions given in last chapter, you can use camera admin software to search the camera which is connected to your local area network. The admin software is also capable to locate multiple cameras on your local area network. Please insert the user manual CD-ROM supplied in the product package, and the CD will automatically running the installation, if not please double-click ‘Setup_Admin_3.0.
1. Click ‘Next’ to start install camera admin software: 2.
3. If you wish to create desktop icon and / or quick launch icon for camera admin software, please check corresponding box, and click ‘Next’ to continue. 4. You’ll see a brief of all options you selected, click ‘Install’ to install camera admin software now, or click ‘back’ to back to previous steps to change settings.
5. When you see this message, the installation of camera admin software is complete. If you wish to launch camera admin software now, keep ‘Launch IP Cam Admin Utility’ box checked, and click ‘Finish’ to close installation utility.
All camera-related information will be displayed here. If you wish to connect to certain camera by web browser, double-click the camera listed here. The camera admin software also provides several functions: Language change: This camera admin software supports 3 languages: English, Chinese, and Japanese. You can select the language you wish to use from language dropdown menu located at upper-right corner of camera admin software.
Input the password (default: 1234) and click OK to configure the camera’s network and security setting: In ‘Lan Setting’ page, you can configure camera’s network settings. Select ‘DHCP’ to set the camera to obtain an IP address from DHCP server on local area network automatically, and select ‘Manual IP’ to input the IP address information manually. Click ‘OK’ to save settings.
In ‘Security’ page, you can change the camera’s name and password (user name is always ‘admin’ and cannot be changed). You have to input the same password in both ‘New Password’ and ‘Confirm Password’ field, or you’ll be prompted to input new password again. Click ‘OK’ to save settings or click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes.
1.9 Log Onto Web Management Interface Make sure the IP camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then launch Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the IP camera in address bar of Internet Explorer. You should be prompted to input the user name and password: Default user name is ‘admin’ and password is ‘1234’. Click ‘OK’ to continue after user name and password has entered. If you’re rejected, maybe the password has been modified previously.
If this is the first time you log onto web management interface, you’ll be prompted to install ActiveX Plugin: When you see this message, please click ‘OK’, and click ‘Download the latest ActiveX’ link to download plugin so you can use this camera: Click ‘Run’ to download plugin:
Click ‘Run’ to install plugin: Please click ‘Next’ button to start installation (click ‘Next’ or ‘Install’ when you’re prompted, until installation is complete).
Click ‘Finish’ to complete plugin installation. Now you can go back to web browser, and you should be able to see the image captured by camera (You may need to press F5 or CTRL-R to reload web page).
Note: If you see one of these messages (or both): OR Your computer may not have the display capability that this IP camera requires, or you don’t have Microsoft DirectX® installed. Please download Microsoft DirectX® from Microsoft’s website (http://www.microsoft.com), and try again. In some cases, your computer is able to display the image from IP camera correctly, but you’ll still see these messages. If this happens, just ignore them.
Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface 2.1 Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is ‘Camera’, and this is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera. You can always back to this menu by clicking ‘Camera’ on the top of web management interface.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Pan/Tilt Speed Specifies the moving speed when you use pan / tilt function to point the camera to a new direction. Available options are 1 (fastest) to 5 (slowest). Select 1 to move the camera by a faster speed, but you will not be able to control the movement precisely. If you wan to move the camera in a more accurate manner, select a slower speed. Video Type Specifies video encoding type.
Pan / Tilt Control Moves camera to a new direction. Press one of 8 directional buttons to move the camera, and press ‘H’ to move the camera back to ‘home’ (original) position. Preset Points You can set up to 9 preset points of camera position; press the number to move the camera to preset point instantly. See next chapter for detail instructions of how to set preset points. Press ‘C’ and the camera will cruise between all preset points automatically.
image, you can click this button to set digital zoom: Click ‘Enable’ to enable digital zoom function, then you can drag the slide bar to adjust zoom ratio. You can also use your mouse to drag the zoom area (the green square) to reposition the zoom area. Fit to Window Size Click this button and the image size will be adjusted to fit the size of browser window. Full Screen Click this button to display the image in full-screen mode (uses all available space to display the image captured by this camera).
2.2 Video You can change video-related settings of this IP camera in ‘Video’ menu. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Video’ on the top of web management interface. There are 5 types of video settings for this IP camera. To set the option of a certain video setting, put mouse cursor on it and its options will appear.
2.2.1 MJPEG You can adjust video settings when you select ‘MJPEG’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provides better video quality and more detail, but requires more network bandwidth. Video Quality Changes video quality. There are 5 levels of video quality from ‘Lowest’ to ‘Highest’.
2.2.2 MPEG4 You can adjust video settings when you select ‘MPEG4’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provides better video quality and more detail, but requires more network bandwidth. Video Quality Changes video quality. There are 5 levels of video quality from ‘Lowest’ to ‘Highest’.
2.2.3 H.264 You can adjust video settings when you select ‘H.264’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provides better video quality and more detail, but requires more network bandwidth. Video Quality Changes video quality. There are 5 levels of video quality from ‘Lowest’ to ‘Highest’.
2.2.4 OSD If you need to display information about this camera, like camera’s name or current date / time, you can use OSD (On-Screen Display) menu: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description On-Screen Display Select ‘Enable’ to enable on-screen display function (information about this camera will be displayed on camera’s display image), and select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
2.2.5 Night Vision This camera equips with 9 IR LEDs to enhance video quality in the night. You can enable or disable IR LEDs by ‘Night Vision’ menu: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Always turn off IR led Do not use IR LEDs, even it’s very dark. Always turn on IR led Turn IR LEDs on, even it’s very bright. Auto mode Let camera decide to switch LED lights on or off automatically: LEDs will light up when it’s too dark.
2.3 Pan and Tilt This IP camera supports pan and tilt function, as you explored in last section. You can also make the camera move automatically in pan and tilt menu by defining a set of pre-defined path. You can access this menu by clicking ‘PTZ’ on the top of web management interface. 2.3.1 Preset Points You can define the camera position and save the position so you can recall the position later again.
3. When you move the camera to the position you want, type a name in ‘Position name’ field, and click ‘Set to Point n’ (where ‘n’ is the number of memory slot) button to save the position to selected memory slot. After you set the position, you can recall the position from ‘Camera’ menu (click the position number button), and the camera will move to preset position instantly.
2.3.2 Grand Tour You can make the camera move between many pre-defined positions, and define the time you wish to pause at every position; this is called as ‘Grand Tour’. Before you can use this function, you have to define at least 2 positions in ‘Preset Points’ section (refer to last section for detailed information). The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Add Add a new set of grand tour (see instructions below) Edit Edit a selected grand tour.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Name Input the name of this set of grand tour here. As you may have many sets of grand tour, please give it a meaningful name so you can remember the main purpose of this set. View with random order Do not visit all positions in this grand tour by order; visit them randomly instead. Available positions Select preset points from dropdown menu here, then click ‘Add to list’ to add this position to this grand tour.
View Time: Define the time you wish the camera to stop at this position in seconds. View Order: Give this position a number greater than 1 and not the same with other positions, and grand tour will start visiting positions by order (from 1 to last number, and then start from 1 again). Remove: Remove this position from list. Save: Save settings for this position. Close: Close this window and discard all changes.
2.4 Network Settings All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE, Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function. You can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface. After you selected ‘Network’, network setting menu will appear.
2.4.1 LAN You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Network Type This camera can obtain the IP address from DHCP server automatically (if you have one), or set a fixed IP address. Select ‘DHCP’ to obtain IP address automatically or ‘Static IP Address’ to assign this IP camera with a fixed IP address. When ‘DHCP’ is selected, IP address parameters below will be grayed out. IP Address Specify the IP address for this IP camera here.
performance. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
2.4.2 WLAN The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Wireless Connection Select ‘Enable’ to activate wireless network function of this IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it. Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection.
point). You can set to ‘Adhoc’ when you don’t have any wireless access point, but your computer has wireless network card. Set to ‘Infrastructure’ when you have wireless access point, and you have computers with wired network connection. Available Networks Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP camera.
SSID Input the SSID of the wireless access point you wish to connect. It should be less than 32 alphanumerical characters. When you select a wireless access point above, it’s SSID will be filled in this field automatically. However, if the SSID is not displayed (the wireless access point you selected choose to hide it’s SSID), you have to know it’s SSID and input it here, or you will not be able to connect it. Channel Select the radio channel you wish to use here.
2.4.3 Dynamic DNS If your ISP does not give you a fixed Internet IP address (i.e. the Internet address you’re using when you access the Internet is not always the same – ask your ISP for detailed information), you can use this function to help you locate the IP address of this IP camera when you’re away from home or office. Before you can use this function, you’ll need to apply for an account at dyndns.org (http://www.dyndns.org). Detailed instructions of how to apply a new account can be found on dyndns.
2.4.4 UPnP When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network devices will be able to discover this IP camera automatically (only those in the same local network). This function is useful and you don’t have to remember the IP address of this IP camera.
Click the message to open ‘My Network Places’, and you’ll see the IP camera: You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’s web management interface directly.
2.4.5 LoginFree This camera provides a method to let unauthorized users to view the image captured by this camera, which is called as ‘LoginFree’. When you wish to let everyone to view the image captured by this camera, or integrate the image with your own web application, you can use this function: Input the filename here, and click ‘Apply’ to save settings, then other users can access the image by this filename with .jpg extension with the camera’s IP address as prefix.
2.4.6 RTSP If you want to watch video captured by this IP camera by your own RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) media player, you can use this function to setup RTSP parameters, so your RTSP-compatible player will be able to receive video data. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description RTSP Port Input the port number of RTSP here. Default setting is 554. MPEG4 RTSP Path Input the path of MPEG4 RTSP video file.
2.5 Motion Detection When you wish to use this camera to monitor the activities, motion detection function will be very useful. Camera will detect the motion in captured image, and take a snapshot when motion is detected. So you can use this camera to keep the safety of the belongings you have. To use motion detection, click the following link from the top of menu: After you selected ‘Motion Detection’, a sub-menu will appear.
2.5.1 Motion Detection You can use this menu to setup basic motion detection settings: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable Motion Detection Motion Detection Interval Select ‘Enable’ to enable motion detection, and select ‘Disable’ to disable this function. Select the time interval between two motions from dropdown menu. When a motion is detected, camera will not detect any motion again within the time interval you specified here.
Recording Time Select the duration you wish this camera to record image when a motion is detected from dropdown menu. Available options are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (seconds). Sending File Select the file type that will be saved when a motion is Type detected. Select ‘JPEG’ and a still picture in JPEG format will be saved; and select ‘AVI’ to save a motion video clip.
2.5.2 Motion Region You can define the motion detection region within the image that camera captures, so this camera will ignore motions which are not covered by the motion region setting, and reduce the chances of false alarm. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Region 1 – 3 Check the box to enable motion detection region 1 to 3. You can check multiple boxes to enable multiple motion detection regions.
Sensitivity Move the slide bar to change the motion detection sensitivity setting: Drag the slide to the right to increase sensitivity (camera will detect minor changes in the image), and drag the slide to the left to decrease sensitivity (camera will only detect major changes in the image). Refresh In case the objects of the image captured by the camera moved, click this button to reload the image captured by camera, so you can decide the motion detection region more precisely.
2.4.3 Email You can define the destination address of E-mail sending and mail server parameters here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Recipient E-Mail Address Input the email recipient’s Email address here. E-Mail Subject Specify the title of sending email, so you can identify the mail sent from this camera from others quickly. SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server (the server that delivers the Email for you) here.
select ‘Disable’ to disable it. If you don’t know, please refer to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask your network administrator or ISP. User Name Please input the user name of SMTP server here, if your SMTP server requires the use of authentication. Password Please input the password of SMTP server here, if your SMTP server requires the use of authentication. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
2.4.4 FTP Configuration You can set FTP server’s parameters here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description FTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the FTP server you wish to use here. FTP Port Input the port number of the FTP server you wish to use here. User Name Input the user name of the FTP server you wish to use here. Password Input the password of the FTP server you wish to use here.
found that non-passive mode is not working, you can try to use passive mode. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. After that, you can click ‘Upload a test file’ to send a file to the FTP server you set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and working.
2.4.5 SD Card Configuration You can define the filename and destination folder when saving a file in SD card. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable Cycle Recording Check this box and this camera will automatically erase oldest image file to make rooms for new image files when SD card is full. If you don’t want to lose old image files, do not check this box.
2.6 System Info You can use this menu to get the operational information of this camera: After you selected ‘System Info.’, a sub-menu will appear. There are 4 sub-menus available here: Detailed descriptions of every setting will be given below.
2.6.1 Camera Information Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator’s password of this camera. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Camera Name Please specify the name of this IP Camera here. This can be used to identify your camera on the network when you have more than one IP camera in the same network. Default name begins with ‘IC-‘ plus the last 6 characters of the MAC address of this IP camera.
2.6.2 Date / Time Setting This setting allows you to change the date and time of the real time clock in this IP camera. You can set the time manually, or use network time protocol (NTP) to set the time automatically. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Set Date/Time manually / NTP Server If you select ‘Set Date/Time manually’, you can set the date and time of this camera manually. Please input the date and time you wish to set here.
Time ‘Yes’; otherwise select ‘No’. Synchronize to PC time Click to input current time of your computer to ‘Set Date / Time manually’ field. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. If you wish to use the date and time setting of the computer which is connecting to the camera, click ‘Synchronize to PC time’ button. The date and time setting of the computer will be filled to date and time setting in this page.
2.6.3 Utilities This menu allows you to upgrade firmware, clear all settings, reboot the IP camera, and switch LED lights on/off. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Upgrade Firmware If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website, you can click ’Browse’ button to pick a firmware file located on your computer’s hard drive and you can upload the firmware file to the IP camera later.
setting of your computer if the IP address of your computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to connect to this IP camera again. Reboot Device If you found the IP camera is responding slowly or behaves strange, you can click this button to try to reboot the IP camera, this may help.
2.6.4 Status This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time, and network information.
2.7 Account If you wish to allow other people to view the live image captured by this camera, but don’t want to allow them to modify system settings, you can give them user-level user name and password, so they can only view the image and can not change any system setting. When they want to click menus other than ‘Camera’, they will see the following message informing that they don’t have permission to do that: This camera supports up to 4** users.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description User List Lists all users currently available. Login Input the login name (user name) of this account. Password Input the password of this user here. Confirm password Input the password of this user here again for confirmation. Authority Select the privilege of this user: Operator (able to change system settings) or Guest (View images only). Add Click this button to add the account.
2.7 SDHC … After you selected ‘System Info.’, a sub-menu will appear.
2.7.1 Status Here shows the remaining card space for you.
2.7.2 Space Alarm When you’re using SD card to store captured image and video clip, you can have this camera to send an E-mail to you when there’s only little remaining space left on SD card. Please note: If you have set E-mail settings in ‘Motion Picture’ function, you can click ‘Copy Mail Config’ button to use the same setting. However, you can use a different setting here.
reserved and will not be used from dropdown menu. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. You can click ‘Send a test email’ button to send a test E-Mail by the configuration you set here.
2.7.3 File Management You can use this menu to manage the files stored on SD card. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description FirstPage Jump to first page of file list. PrevPage Jump to previous page of file list. NextPage Jump to next page of file list. LastPage Jump to last page of file list. SelectAll Select all files in this page. ClearAll Clear all files in this page. Delete Delete selected files.
Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software 3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software The IP camera surveillance software provides various functions like video recording, after this software is installed, you can use your IP camera to safeguard your property. Please follow the following instructions to install the surveillance software. 1. Double click the setup file located in ‘xxx’ folder in supplied CD-ROM, when the following window appears, click ‘Next’. 2.
3. If you need installation program to create a desktop icon or a quick launch icon for you, click all items you need here, than click ‘Next’ to continue.
4. Here lists all options you chose in previous steps, if everything’s correct, click ‘Install’ to start installing procedure, or click ‘Back’ to go back to previous step to modify installing settings. 5. The installing procedure will take some time, please be patient.
6. When you see this window, it means the software installing procedure is complete. Please click ‘Finish’ to finish the procedure (IP camera surveillance software will start after you click ‘Finish’ button, if you want to start it later, uncheck ‘Launch IPCam Surveillance Software’ box).
3-2 Using IP camera surveillance software You can click ‘IPCam Surveillance Software’ icon from desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software. Before you start: IP camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s resolution is ‘1024 x 768’. Please change the resolution before you use IP camera surveillance software, or it won’t start.
You can put the mouse cursor on a certain component and see its button name, and here’re detailed descriptions of all buttons: Item Description Video displaying area The image of all connected cameras will be displayed here. Language Select a language from this dropdown menu to change display language. Display layout Change camera image display layout (Click a layout icon to change camera display layout). There are 8 kinds of available display layouts.
Playback Playback a recorded video file. Snapshot Take a snapshot of current camera. Message display Displays all system messages like camera is disconnected etc. Close window (stop surveillance) Terminates IP camera surveillance software. Minimize window Minimizes IP camera surveillance software window. Video displaying area Displays the image of all cameras by the display layout you selected.
3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software 3-3-1 Configure cameras Before you use this IP camera surveillance software, you must configure the camera(s) you wish to connect.
3-3-1-1 ‘Camera’ tab In this tab you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to 16 cameras can be connected simultaneously: Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Camera Search All cameras found on your local network will be displayed in ‘Camera Search’ box.
location of purpose easily. Model Displays the model of selected camera, this field can not be changed. IP* Input the IP address of camera. Username* Input the user name of camera. Web Port* Input the web port of the camera. By default it’s ‘80’. Password Input the password of camera. Default value is ‘1234’. You should change the password if you changed the password of selected camera. Video Format** Select the video encoding format of this camera (MJPEG or MPEG4).
3-3-1-2 Schedule Recording In this tab, you can setup scheduled video recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras you have by a pre-defined schedule. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. One Time Schedules You can specify the one-time schedule for selected camera; this schedule will be executed once only.
Please specify the time duration of this one-time schedule (the date and time of ‘From’ and ‘To’), then click ‘OK’ to save settings. Please note you must set a schedule that will be happened in the future, you can not set a schedule in the past. Edit You can modify a scheduled recording item. Select a schedule in ‘One Time Schedules’ list, and click ‘Edit’ button to edit the start and end time of this schedule. Delete Delete a selected schedule item.
Please check all weekdays that applies, and set the start time in ‘From’ field. You can set the duration of video recording in ‘Period’ field (format is HH:MM:SS), and the end time will be calculated automatically and displayed in ‘To’ field. You can also click ‘All Time Record’ button to define a recording schedule that will be executed every weekday, from 12:00:00AM to 11:59:59PM. Click ‘OK’ to save changes. Edit You can modify a scheduled recording item.
3-3-1-3 Audio For cameras that support audio, you can use this tab to decide if you wish to hear the audio captured by selected camera. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Mute Audio Check this box and the IP camera surveillance software will not play the audio captured by this camera. Record Video Only Check this box and the IP camera surveillance software will not record the audio captured by this camera.
3-3-1-4 Motion Record With this function activated, only motions captured by the camera will be recorded, so you don’t have to waste hard disk storage space on images you don’t need to pay attention to. WARNING: For applications that security is highly concerned, it’s not recommended to use this function since some tiny changes you may need to know may not be able to trigger the camera and the camera will not start recording.
when motion is triggered camera. Send mail when motion is triggered Send an email to a pre-defined address when a motion has been detected by the camera. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.
3-3-2 General Settings You can set system-wide settings of this IP camera surveillance software in this menu. 3-3-2-1 ‘General’ tab All general settings like file storage directory and recording spaces can be set here. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Data Directory Set the directory (folder) you wish to store the recorded video and captured image. You can click ‘Browse’ button to pick a directory in your hard disk. Free Recording Displays remaining storage space.
Space Max Video File Size Defines the maximum file size of every video file. When the size of file exceeds this value, IP camera surveillance software will open another file to record the video. Scan Time Define the time period to pause between every camera switch when you activate ‘Scan’ function. Cycle Recording You can decide the behavior when hard disk space is full: Disable: Do not overwrite recorded video files. Enable: Overwrite recorded video files. OK Save settings in this tab.
3-3-2-2 ‘E-Mail Setting’ tab If you want to use motion detection function and wish to get an email that contains the image captured by the camera, please setup your email related parameters here first. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description E-Mail Subject Specify the subject of sending email. Recipient E-Mail Address Here lists all email addresses you set. New Click this button and you’ll be prompted to input the email address. Click ‘OK’ to save changes.
Edit Select an email address from ‘Recipient E-Mail Address’ box, and click ‘Edit’ to edit the email address. Delete Delete selected email address. Sender E-Mail Address Specify the email address of email sender. SMTP Server Specify the IP address or host name of the SMTP server you wish to use.
3-3-2-3 Security If you don’t want other people to access this IP camera surveillance software, you can set a password to protect it.
Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Enable Requires password authentication when this software starts. Disable Password authentication is not required when this software starts. Password Input the password you wish to use here. Confirm Password Input the password you wish to use here again. 3-3-2-4 About This tab shows the version number of the IP camera surveillance software you’re using.
3-4 Change Display Layout This IP camera surveillance software provides 8 kinds of display layout: Every layout displays different number of camera and camera arrangement, you can click the icon that presents a specific kind of layout, and the video displaying area will change accordingly. Layout style 1: 1 Camera only Displays the video of 1 camera only. Layout style 2: 4 Cameras Displays the video of up to 4 cameras.
Layout style 3: 6 Cameras Displays the video of up to 6 cameras. Layout style 4: 8 Cameras Displays the video of up to 8 cameras. Layout style 5: 9 Cameras Displays the video of up to 9 cameras. Layout style 6: 10 Cameras Displays the video of up to 10 cameras.
Layout style 7: 13 Displays the video of up to 13 cameras. Cameras Layout style 8: 16 Displays the video of up to 16 cameras.
3-5 Full-screen mode If you want to use all available spaces on your monitor to display surveillance image, you can click ‘Full Screen’ button to switch display mode to full-screen mode. To exit full-screen mode, press ‘ESC’ key.
3-6 Scan If you have more than one camera configured, and you wish to switch the displaying image between cameras, you can click ‘Scan’ button to switch between all configured cameras. NOTE: If a camera is configured but disconnected, it will still be displayed in a scan sequence (you’ll see nothing and you’ll see ‘Disconnected’ text displayed at the upper-left corner of display image).
3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out For cameras that support zoom-in / zoom-out function, you can use this function to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera’s view, or enlarge the image size of a certain object to see its detail.
3-8 PTZ For cameras that support pan - tilt function, you can change the position that camera points to, to see different places that fall in the scope of camera’s view. Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image, and then click the directions you wish the camera to move to (total 8 directions available). Click ‘Home’ button ( position.
3-9 Snapshot You can take a snapshot of selected camera and save it to ‘Snapshot’ sub-folder of pre-defined data directory. Click snapshot button once to take a snapshot; you can take as much snapshot as you want before hard disk is full.
3-10 Recording You can start video recording of selected camera manually by clicking ‘Start Recording’ button: When recording starts, you’ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 Start Manual’, which means camera 1 starts recording manually on 1/1 at 10:00:00. To stop recording, click ‘Start Recording’ button again, and you’ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 Stop Manual’.
3-11 Video Playback You can playback all recorded video by clicking this button. A new window will appear: You have to search the video file before you can play it. There are two kinds of video search: Time Search (search all videos file that falls in a specific period of time) and Motion Search (search all videos recorded by motion detection function and falls in a specific period of time).
Chapter IV: Appendix 4.1 Specification Max Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Sensor: 1.3Mega pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MJPEG/MPEG4/H.264 Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 10-15fps@SXGA, XGA, 30fps@QVGA, 20fps@VGA Video resolution: MJPG&H.
4.2 Troubleshooting If the IP camera is not working properly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for help, please check the troubleshooting list here, this may help you to solve the problem by yourself and therefore saves your valuable time. Scenario Possible Solution I can not connect to IP camera a. Please confirm the IP address setting of the computer you’re using. If they’re not in the same subnet, they will not be able to communicate with each other. b.
c. If you’re connecting this camera from Internet, it could be caused by a slow Internet connection, and it’s not a problem caused by camera. However, when the network connection is slow, you should use lower frame rate / resolution. d. Adjust the antenna if you’re using wireless connection. The antenna should be perpendicular to the ground to get best reception, and the distance between IP camera and computer / wireless access point should not be too far. e.
I set the IP camera to send image by Email or FTP, but nothing is received a. If the image is send by Email, please make sure it’s not blocked by any anti-spam mechanism. b. Please make sure you have enough permission for FTP uploading (You can try this by clicking ‘Upload a test file’ button). c. Make sure the user name and / or password of SMTP server is correct, if your SMTP server requires authentication (You can try this by click ‘Send a test Email’ button). d.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
