Mega-pixel Pan/tilt IP Network Camera User Manual Revision: 030605 Date: 2015/06/03 For firmware version v030605
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES...................................................................................................... 4 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 6 2. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION AND QUICK INSTALLATION/USAGE ................................ 8 4. 5. 2.1. M AJOR HARDWARE COMPONENTS. .........................................................
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera APPENDIX D. SNAPSHOT PICTURE ON ANY BROWSER .......................................................
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera List of Figures and Tables Figure 2-1: Major components in the front panel Figure 2-2: Major components in the back panel Figure 2-3: IP CAM connection diagram. Figure 2-4: Connect Ethernet cable to a switch/router.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-28: Stick on the reset button to set to the factory default Figure 5-1: The IP camera body Figure 5-2: Power Adaptor Figure 5-3: Quick installation guide Figure 5-4: Ethernet cable Figure 5-5: ID/Password Card 5
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 1. Introduction The IP Camera is designed for all day video surveillance on your iPhone/iPad and Android mobiles/pads. The setup is truly 1-2-3 : 1. Connect the camera to the network 2. Download the app mCamView into your iPhone/iPad or Android 3.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera connection of the camera with the router by clicking the WPS button on the camera and on the router at the same time. No more complicated WiFi configuration. The IP camera is ideal for securing small businesses, home offices and residences. The IP Camera is a perfect replacement of the alarm system and baby monitor in your house and shop. .
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 2. Hardware description and quick installation/usage The IP CAM is designed to be very easy to install and use. First, let’s see the major components of the IP CAM products. 2.1. Major hardware components. The major components on the front panel of the IP CAM products are the followings : 1. Lens – the lens is inside the mask and the focus of the lens is fixed, you do not need to spend time to adjust the focus, the effective focus range is from 30cm to infinity. 2.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-1: Major components in the front panel The major components on the back panel and bottom of the IP CAM products are the followings: 1. Bracket Slots – there are four bracket slots to mount the accompanied bracket. 2. Bracket screw holes – this is the position to screw in other bracket in the market. 3. Power jack – this is the place to plug in the power adaptor. The power needed for this IP CAM is 12V/1.0A, please make sure you are using the correct power adaptor. 4.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 2.2. Quick installation and usage There are only three things that you need to do to see the video from the IP CAM. 1. Connect the IP CAM to the home/office network. 2. Install the CamView/app software on the notebook/PC/mobiles. 3. Key in the ID/password of the IP CAM(from the ID/Password card) on the CamView, and then you can see the video.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-3: IP CAM connection diagram. Figure 2-4: Connect Ethernet cable to a switch/router. Second, Install the CamView/mCamView software on the notebook/PC/mobiles Please insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive in your notebook or personal computer (must be running Microsoft Windows OS). Execute the program CamViewInstaller-xxx.exe on the disk.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-5: The installation CD disk Third, Use CamView program to see the video Figure 2-5 is the running window of the CamView program. If the computer and IP CAM is connected to the same network, the IP CAM ID will be displayed in the “Auto Search” list. You can double click the “Auto Search” to search all the connected IP CAMs any time. The only thing left right now for seeing the video is to double click the IP CAM ID item in the “Auto Search” list.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Notice 2: 1. For the iPhone usage, please download “mcamview” from App Store 2. For the iPad usage, please download “mcamviewHD” from App Store 3. For the Android mobile phone/pad usage, please download “mcamview” from Android Market. Seeing the video in a remote location After the IP CAM is installed and you can see the video from the CamView software in the local network, it’s very easy to see the video in a remote location.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-8: Pop-up play-video password window 14
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 2.3. Wireless connection (if router/AP has WPS button) The IP Cam(w) can be connected to the home/office network through the 802.11 n wireless connection. If the router or AP has WPS button, then there are only three simple steps that you need to do to have the wireless connection: 1. Unplug the Ethernet cable from the camera. 2. Click the WPS button on the router. And then click the WPS button on the camera within one minute. 3.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Third, unplug the Ethernet cable If the WiFi test is successful, you can then enable the WiFi connection by unplugging the Ethernet cable from the IP CAM. The IP CAM will detect the Ethernet cable unplugged condition and start the WiFi connection. After the WiFi is connected, the IP CAM will connect to the Internet immediately. Notice : 1.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera To enable the push notification, go to the settings page of the specific camera, choose “alarm notification”, key in the login account( default is “admin”, no password ), and enable the alarm condition( motion detection or sound detection) you want. That’s all. The mobile device will receive push notification immediately when the alarm is triggered. If the SD card is inserted, the camera will start SD card recording when the alarm condition is detected.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3. Web configurations You can login into the web configuration page by directly key-in the IP address of the IP CAM or right-click the searched IP CAM in the “Auto Search” list of the CamView software and click the “Web Configure” to open the login window of the IP CAM. Figure 3-1: Open the web configuration page from CamView software The default login account is “admin”, leave the Password field empty.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.1. Information The first page of the web configuration of the IP CAM is the information page. You can see the model name/firmware version, IP CAM ID, registration status, network type and current video settings( bandwidth, resolution) in this page. The IP CAM can be viewed remotely by the CamView software only when the IP CAM is registered. If this IP CAM is not registered, please check the Ethernet wiring of your network environment.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.2. Network The Network page allows you to modify the network settings of the wired Ethernet. The default settings use DHCP to obtain an IP address automatically. In most of the home and office network environment, there is a DHCP server running. In this situation, by using this default settings, the IP CAM can work immediately in most of the time. If the Ethernet cable is unplugged, the IP CAM will lose connection.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-6: Network settings page for fixed IP address 21
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.3. WiFi security You can use the wireless to connect the IP CAM to the network. If your network environment has a 802.11 n router or AP running, you can check the “Enable WiFi function” button to use the wireless. Figure 3-7: WiFi security disabled page In order to use the wireless network, you need to fill the following fields: 1. SSID – this is the ID of the wireless router or AP of your wireless network environment, must be set correctly. 2.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-8: WiFi security enabled page You can click the “WiFi test” button to check if the IP CAM can connect to the wireless network for these settings. You will need to unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the wireless connection after the “WiFi test” is successful. You can click the “WiFi scan” button to scan for all the available access points nearby.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.4. Advanced Network In some special situation, your network environment only provides PPPoE connection(ADSL service), there is no NAT/router available. You will then need to set the PPPoE settings in the “Advanced Network” page. Only the PPPoE username and password are needed to let PPPoE work. After the “Save&Apply” button is pressed, the PPPoE function will work immediately.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.5. Video Settings The IP CAM is designed to provide high quality video for viewing from CamView software. In this page, you cam modify some settings related to the video viewing: 1. Password(play video) – this is the password needed for viewing the video from the CamView software. Together with the IP CAM ID, you can view the video of this IP CAM anywhere in the world through the Internet. 2. Internet speed – this is the Internet bandwidth of your network environment.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera this situation, change the setting to “Indoor video” will solve the problem. Please also be noticed that in “Indoor video” setting, the video display of outdoor view is very vague. For indoor usage, if there is strong sun light into the room, please select the “Indoor+sun light” choice. 13. Enable/disable audio microphone – you can enable or disable the audio microphone on the IP CAM. If disable, there will be no voice on the CamView video viewing. 14.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.6. Mobile Video settings The IP CAM is able to be viewed from a 3G mobile phone, please download “mcamview”/”mcamviewHD” software from App Store for iPhone/iPad and “mcamview” from Android Market for Android Mobiles and pads.. The video frame rate, resolution and bandwidth for 3G mobile access could be set independently from the video settings for CamView(PC) access. The maximum allowed resolution is 1280x800 and maximum allowed bandwidth is 2M bps.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.7. Night mode control The IP Cam is able to work both in day time and night time. There is an IR LED that can let the IP camera see the objects in the night time. This night mode control page is to control when the time the IR LED will be on. There are three ways to control the night mode( IR LED ) : 1. Automatic day and night mode switch : the IP cam will automatically turn on the IR LED when the night time is arrived or the environment is becoming dark.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.8. Email/ftp alarm The IP Camera provides the Email/ftp function, you can enable or schedule the Email/ftp ability in this page, the IP Camera will then send out an email with a jpeg picture attached in the email and/or send out the jpeg picture file to a ftp server. The related settings are explained below: 1. Email/FTP trigger – choose between “motion”, “schedule” and “disable” A.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera When this modification is “Save&Apply”ed, it works immediately, but all the connected video viewing users will be disconnected. The default setting is “Disable”. Figure 3-14: Email/FTP Alarm page For the email message to work, a SMTP server is required. Click the “advanced” button will display the SMTP server settings page. A default SMTP server is provided, so that the user does not need to use a specific SMTP server.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-15: SMTP server settings page 31
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.9. Speaker Alarm settings The IP Camera provides speaker alarm function, a motion detection could trigger the speaker alarm. The duration of the alarm could also be set. The related settings are explained below: 1. Speaker alarm trigger– select the trigger mode of the speaker alarm A. Motion trigger – if this is selected, the speaker alarm signal will be active when video motion is detected. The detection sensitivity is set In the “motion detection” page. B.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.10. NAS settings The IP Camera provides the recording of the video files into a standard NAS ( Network Access Storage ) device. The IP camera connects to the NAS device using the standard LMX_NS/CIFS/SSN protocols that are the same as the Microsoft Windows network neighborhood protocols. This makes the IP camera easily record the video files to all the standard NAS devices in the market.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera “NAS access account” and “NAS access password” to the prompted login window. The video files are recorded under the subfolder IPCamRecordFiles/Recording/ID-ID, where ID is the ID of this IP camera. All the recorded files are with the name of hhmmss.crf format, where hh is the hour, mm is the minute, ss is the second of the starting time of the recording video. The files are segmented every five minutes.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.11. SD-Card settings The IP camera provides the recording of the video files into a standard Micro SD-Card. Since this recording is directly to the SD-Card, there is no network packets loss problem when recording to remote device through internet. Notice : The resolution and frame rate of the recorded video is the same as that set for the video settings. 1.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-19: SD-Card information page 36
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.12. Scheduling The IP camera provides the scheduling function for the motion detection triggered email/ftp sending and/or the NAS recording with the individual parameters set in the “Email/ftp alarm” settings and the “NAS settings” page. Totally 12 schedule list items are allowed. There is no conflict check for the scheduling, it means that the scheduling time could be overlapped, and the IP camera will do all the scheduled events during the overlapped time period.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera scheduling period.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.13. Led Display Control The IP CAM provides the Led Display Control function, you can enable or disable the led display/indication on the front panel of the IP cam device. The related settings are explained below: 1. Normal led display – select this to enable the status led and ethernet led display. 2. Turn off led display always – select this to disable the status led and ethernet led display. 3.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.14. Date/Time The IP CAM can synchronize the date/time with the universally available time server( for example stdtime.gov.tw) through NTP protocol. The date/time will then be corrected with the time server anytime when the Internet is connected. Users can choose the different TimeZone of their areas to display the correct time. For some TimeZone areas, the “Daylight Saving Time” could be enabled or disabled.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.15. Admin In this page, you can modify the web login account. With this account, you can login to the IP CAM and do any modifications. The default account is “admin” without password. If the login account is forgotten, you can reset the IP CAM to the factory default settings by following the steps in section 3.19 and login with the “admin” account. Please be noticed that this account is different from the video play password in the “Video settings” page.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.16. Upgrade If there is some new firmware available from the supplier of this IP CAM, you can upgrade the firmware on this page. Please ask for the correct information about FTP server, username/password account and firmware filename from your supplier, and then do this upgrade. A status message about the percentage done in the upgrade procedure is displayed. Please be noticed that during the upgrade procedure, do not power off the IP CAM.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.17. Reboot You can restart the IP CAM manually on this page. All the connected video viewing users will be disconnected.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.18. Set to factory default For some reason, for example you forgot the web login password, you may want to set the IP CAM to the factory default settings. The only thing you need to do is using a stick to press the “reset” button on the back of the IP CAM body for more than 4 seconds and release it, do this when the IP CAM is powered on. The IP CAM will reset to the factory default settings and restart automatically.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 4. Features and specifications 4.1. Features Plug & play by ID/password, no IP address or DNS settings. H.264 video compression Mega-pixel for up to 1280x800 resolution at 30 fps. Pan/tilt control. Two sensors/lens for day and night separately. Two way audio, internal speaker. SD card video recording with 5 seconds of pre-recording.. 802.11 n wireless with WEP and WPA/WPA2 security support. WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) support.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 4.2. Specifications Models Mega-pixel with Pan/tilt Power DC 5V, 1.5A Processors RISC CPU, hardware video processing and compression. Network interface Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX, Auto-MDIX, RJ-45 Wireless interface IEEE 802.11n 90 - 150 Mbps IEEE 802.11g 6 - 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11b 1 - 11 Mbps Transmit power: 14.5dBm typically @ 802.11g 17.5dBm typically @ 802.11b Receiver sensitivity: 54Mbps: Typical -73dBm @ 10% PER 11Mbps: Typical -86dBm @ 10% PER Antenna gain: 1.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Video settings Resolution: (WXGA)1280x800, 1024x768, VGA(640x480), QVGA(320x240) Bandwidth : 64k, 128k, 256k, 512k, 768k, 1M, 1.2M, 1.5M, 2M, 3M bps Frame rate : 1~5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 fps Audio Built-in microphone for audio monitoring Built-in 0.5W speaker for alarm and half-duplex two-way audio. Speaker jack for external speaker Audio compression: G.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Approvals EMC - CE, FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class B Wireless RF - CE, FCC Part 15 Subpart C Power supply: CE, FCC, UL, EN 60950 Operating conditions 0-50 °C Humidity 20 – 80% RH (non-condensing) 48
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix A. Remote Viewing through NAT/router Devices Almost all the NAT/router devices in the market can work with the IP CAM and CamView software when viewing in a remote location. You do not need to do any modification on the default settings of the NAT/routers. In some office environment, if some strict firewall function is enabled, it’s possible that you can not view the IP CAM video through the firewall router.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix B. Performance Information 1. Video Performance Information The video quality is dependent on the video parameter settings and the network quality. If you want to have a better video quality, you will usually set higher resolution and higher frame rate. This is fine when you are viewing the video locally in the same network. But when you want to see the video remotely through the Internet, you need to know the Internet speed (bandwidth) connected to your home network.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix C. Trouble shooting 1. What’s going on when the red led light on the IP camera is flashing? A: When the IP Cam is connected to the Internet and working correctly, the red led light will be on constantly. If the red led light is flashing, it’s probably because there is some network connecting problem. Please check the network connection again and follow the instructions on the user manual to set it up again. 2.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera A: It’s probably because the internet bandwidth (internet speed) is not big enough. Please try to apply for a better internet connection from your Internet Service Provider or decrease the bandwidth settings of the IP Cam. You can adjust the bandwidth requirement of the IP Cam either from the CamView software or login into the web configuration page of the IP Cam to do the modification. 9.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix D. Snapshot picture on any browser If you want to have the live snapshot picture on any browser, use the URL http://ip_address/snapshot.cgi to access the snapshot of the camera. The ip_address is the IP address of the camera. This works for all the browsers on computer or mobile device. The only limitation is that the computer or mobile device needs to be on the same network as the camera or the camera has public IP address.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
