USER MANUAL IPCAM-8309F IP Camera, CMOS, with Dual Stream CTC Union Technologies Co., Ltd.
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BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT This CTC Union product has been designed with safety in mind. However, if not used properly, electrical products can cause fires which may lead to serious bodily injury. To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following. Legal Caution: Video and audio surveillance may be forbidden by laws that vary from country to country. Please check the laws in your local region before using this product for surveillance purposes.
CHAPTER#1 INSTALLATION CHAPTER#2 USING IP CAMERA VIA MOBILE PHONE CHAPTER#3 USING IP CAMERA VIA WEB BROWSER CHAPTER#4 HOW TO USE 1 2 3 4 4.1. INITIAL ACCESSING THE IP CAMERA 5 4.2. CONFIGURATION OF MAIN MENU 6 4.2.1 Setting 4.2.2 Client Setting 4.2.3 Image Setup 4.2.4 Live View 4.3. BASIC SETTING 4.3.1 System 4.3.1.1 Information 4.3.1.2 Day&Time 4.3.1.3 Initialize 4.3.2 Camera 4.3.2.1 General 4.3.2.2 MPEG4 4.3.2.3 MJPEG 4.3.3 Network 4.3.3.1 Information 4.3.3.2 PPPoE 4.3.3.3 DDNS 4.3.3.4 UPnP 4.3.3.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use
CHAPTER 1 Installation CHAPTER 1 Installation Installation Steps Follow these steps to install the CTC Union IPCAM-8309F on your LAN: 1. Check the package contents against the list below. 2. Setup the device. See IP Installer User Manual on the available methods.
CHAPTER 2 Using IP Camera via Mobile Phone CHAPTER 2 Using IP Camera via Mobile Phone To use IP cameras via mobile phones, please make sure your RTSP is set to “ON”. (Default is “ON”) To change the settings of IP cameras, please see “Settings” for details. 3G Mobile Phone viewing For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “rtsp://:/video.3gp” into your 3G web browser. is the IP address of your IP camera, is the RTSP port of your IP camera (Default value is 8554.) Example: rtsp://100.10.10.
CHAPTER 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser CHAPTER 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser System Requirement To use the product normally, we strongly recommend your computer follows our minimum system requirement (Computer level lower than this might cause some problems) Item Requirements CPU Pentium 4 1600MHz (or equivalent AMD) Graphic Card 64MB RAM graphic cards (or equivalent on-board graphic cards) RAM 512MB Operating System Windows 98, ME (Please see Note) Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista Web Browser
CHAPTER 4 How to Use CHAPTER 4 Configuration This chapter introduces how to monitor the image from the device using Microsoft's Internet Explorer ™ web browser. The CTC Union IP camera can be used with Microsoft web browsers and Intelligent IP Installer in Windows operation systems. The recommended browser for Windows is Internet Explorer 6.0.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.1. Initially accessing the IP camera 1. Start your web browser, and enter the IP address or host name of the CTC Union IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser. Note： • If you only want to view the video without seeing the setting page, enter “http:///index2.htm” as your web URL. 2. Use the default account “admin” and default password “admin”. Note： • The default user name “admin” and the password are set at the factory for the administrator.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.2. Configuration of Main Screen Language You can click the pull-down box to select the system language, including English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, German, Japanese or Spanish. 4.2.1 Setting This function is only for the Administrator. Click this button to get into the Basic and Advance settings screen pages.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.2.2 Client Setting Mode: Click the pulldown box to choose between MPEG-4 and M-JPEG (Motion JPEG) video compression mode. Note：M-JPEG streaming is unavailable if RTSP mode is ON. View Size: Select the desired display image resolution to 640X480 (4CIF) or 320X240 (CIF). Protocol: Select the transferring protocol from TCP, UDP, HTTP and Multicast. Video Buffer: Turn the Video Buffer function On/Off.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use Zoom in / out the image via the monitor window 1. Click to display the digital zoom in window. 2. Pull the to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be shown on the above window. 3. You can left click your mouse to move the to any location on the window. Audio buttons： ：Speakers turned on. ：Microphone turned on. ： Volume control bar. ：Speakers turned off. ：Microphone turned off.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3. Basic SETTING Click the “Basic” menu item to display the sub menus, including System, Camera, Network, and Security. 4.3.1 System 4.3.1.1 Information The Information page provides you with product information, including Product name, Firmware version, and Web version.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.1.2 Date & Time Setting Current date & time：This displays the current date and time of the device. PC clock：This displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock. Date & time format：Click the pull-down box to select among different time display formats, including yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss (year-month-day hour:minute:second), mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss (month-day-year hour:minute:second), and dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss (day-month-year hour:minute:second).
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.1.3 Initialization Reboot：Click this button to reboot the device. A confirmation dialogue will appear. Click OK to proceed. It takes about two minutes to reboot the device. Factory default：Click this button to reset the device to the factory default settings. A confirmation dialogue will appear. Click OK to proceed, the network indicator on the device will start to blink. After completing adjustments to the default settings, the device will reboot automatically.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.2 Camera 4.3.2.1 General RTSP: Switch the RTSP streaming On/Off. Note： • RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol. RTSP is supported by most media clients. (RealPlayer, Media Player, QuickTime, etc…) Image Rotate：Enables user to mirror or flip the display screen. Night Mode：Turn Night Mode ON/OFF. Lighting：Choose the lighting environment among 50Hz, 60Hz and Outdoor. White Balance：Set the white balance to Auto, Fluorescent, Incandescent or Black&White.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.2.2 MPEG-4 Computer View RTSP (If RTSP mode is ON) RTSP port: Specify the transmission port number for RTSP streaming video. Default value is 554. Viewer authentication: If the viewer authentication is ON, users viewing through RTSP will be requested to key-in username and password. RTP (If RTSP mode is ON) Unicast streaming: Unicast streaming Video/Audio port range: Specify the transmission port range for RTP streaming video. RTP will select a port randomly from the range.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use MPEG-4 viewer port (If RTSP mode is OFF) Unicast streaming Video/Audio port number : Specify the transmission port number of the video data. It is initially set to 8090. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Image Size：Specify the image size the network camera transmits. You can choose among 704 × 480, 352 × 240 and 176 × 120 for NTSC mode or 704 × 576, 352 × 288 and 176 × 144 for PAL mode. Frame rate：Set the frame rate of the MPEG4 image.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use Mobile View RTSP (If RTSP mode is ON) RTSP port: Specify the transmission port number for RTSP streaming video. Default value is 8554. RTP (If RTSP mode is ON) Unicast streaming: Unicast streaming Video/Audio port range: Specify the transmission port range of RTP streaming video. RTP will select a port randomly from the range. Multicast streaming: Multicast address: Specify the multicast server address. Video / Audio Port: Specify the transmission port number for the video data.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.2.3 M-JPEG Note： • Motion JPEG settings are unavailable if the RTSP mode is ON, which means the M-JPEG streaming is closed. MJPEG viewer port Unicast streaming Video/Audio port number : Specify the transmission port number for the video data. It is initially set to 8070. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.3 Network 4.3.3.1 Information MAC address：Displays the MAC address of the device. Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP)：If a DHCP server is installed on the network, select this so the IP address is assigned by the DHCP server. Note： • When you set Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP), make sure that the DHCP server is working on the network. Use the following IP address：Select this when a fixed IP address is set. IP address：Enter the IP address of the device.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.3.2 PPPoE Use this when you connect the device through PPPoE (Point -to- Point Protocol over Ethernet). PPPoE connection is a protocol that is widely used in xDSL (digital subscriber line such as ADSL, VDSL or SHDSL) as the authentication and connection system. IP address：The IP address obtained from the PPPoE connecting to network. User ID：Enter the user ID for authentication necessary for PPPoE connections. Type it up to 64 characters.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.3.3 DDNS DDNS or Dynamic DNS allows this device to register its IP address with a DDNS service provider. This allows accessing this device by using a real name, rather than having to remember the device's IP address. Server name：Choose the DDNS Server from the list. User ID：Enter the user ID for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 64 characters. Password：Enter the password for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 32 characters.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.3.4 UPnP This device includes support for UPnP (Universal Plug 'n Play), which is enabled by default. If also enabled on your computer, the device will automatically be detected and a new icon will be added to “My Network Places.” It provides port forwarding for opening a port in a router or firewall in a private network in order to let a party from the outside world contact a user device inside the firewalled network. HTTP port：Enter the HTTP port number.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.3.5 IP Notification When IP Notification is set to On, you can send an e-mail notification of the completion of the network setting. Notify type：Select type of DHCP, Static IP and PPPoE will notify. SMTP server name：Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server used to relay the email notification messages. Authentication：Select the authentication required when you send an email.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use Note： • When you set to On, be sure to select either or both SMTP or/and POP before SMTP. POP server name：It is necessary when the POP before SMTP is selected in Authentication. Type the POP (receiving mail) server name up to 64 characters, or type the IP address of the POP server. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server which sends e-mails performs authentication using the POP user account. User name, Password：Type the user name and Password of the user who has the mail account.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.4 Security 4.3.4.1 Accounts The device default account and password setting is “admin/admin”. That means anyone might gain access the device, including the configuration, as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the device is intended to be accessed by others. Use this menu to set the user names and passwords of Administrator and up to 9 different users (User 1 to User 9), and the access right of each user.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.3.4.2 HTTPS HTTPS is a URI scheme used to indicate a secure HTTP connection. It is syntactically identical to the http:// scheme normally used for accessing resources using HTTP. Using an https: URL indicates that secure HTTP is to be used, but with a different default TCP port (443) and an additional encryption/authentication layer between the HTTP and TCP. You can use the IP camera through HTTPS easily by using https:// instead of http://.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.4 Advanced Settings 4.4.1 FTP Client Use this menu to set up the capturing and sending of images to an FTP server. By using FTP client function, you can send an image and audio file which has been shot and recorded triggered by an external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function to FTP server. FTP client setting menu is composed of two tabs, General, Alarm sending and Periodical sending. 4.1.1.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.1.1.2 Alarm sending This function is used to forward the image and audio file to the specified FTP server when an alarm is detected by an external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function. Select On to send the image and audio file to FTP server triggered by the alarm detection. Remote path：Type the path to the destination on the FTP server, up to 64 characters. Image file name：Type the file name to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.1.1.3 Periodical sending You can setup to send an image file to FTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file to FTP server triggered with setting period. Remote path：Type the remote path, up to 64 characters. Image file name：Type the file name of the image sent to FTP server, up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). Suffix：Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent to FTP server.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.4.2 SMTP Use the SMTP setting page when you want to send an image via e-mail. By using the Mail (SMTP) function, you can send a mail with attached image which has been shot triggered by the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function. The image file can also be sent periodically. E-Mail (SMTP) setting menu is composed of three tabs, General, Alarm sending and Periodical sending. 4.4.2.1 General Select On when you wish to use the SMTP function.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use SMTP server name：Type the SMTP server name, up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server. Authentication：Select the authentication method required when you send an email. Off: Select if no authentication is necessary when an email is sent. On: When authentication is necessary, to send an e-mail, select one of the authentication methods from the following. SMTP: Select if SMTP authentication is necessary when an e-mail is sent.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.4.2.2 Alarm sending Use this setting to send the mail in response to the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function. Alarm sending：Select On to setup send mail in response to the alarm detection. File attachment：Set whether an image file is attached to the mail sent or not. When On is selected, the image file made by the settings below is attached. When Off is selected, only the message is sent.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.4.2.3 Periodical sending You can setup to send an image file by SMTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file by SMTP server linked with setting period. Image file name：Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). Suffix：Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent by SMTP. None：The name of the sent file will be the Image file name.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.4.3 HTTP Event Use this menu to setup capturing and sending images to an HTTP server. By using HTTP client function, you can send the image and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function to HTTP server. HTTP client setting menu is composed of two tabs, General and Alarm sending. 4.4.3.1 General HTTP event: Set up the HTTP server URL, port, user id, password, and proxy server settings.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.4.3.2 Alarm sending Use this setting page to trigger the email sending in response to an alarm detected by the external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function. Alarm sending：Select On to set the alarm detection action. Motion Detection：Click On to use Motion Detection function as a trigger. You can then setup the details on the motion detection function page. Note： • Motion Detection works only when the Video mode is set to MPEG-4 and Cropping is set to Off.
CHAPTER 4 How to Use 4.4.4 Schedule When you click Schedule on the Advanced mode menu, the Schedule setting menu appears. This is the same menu as the setting menu which is displayed when you click Schedule to set Effective period and Schedule in FTP client setting menu, e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu, Alarm out setting menu and so on. Example: When setting e-Mail (SMTP) (the alarm sending) in the Schedule setting menu. 4.4.4.
Chapter#4 How to Use 4.4.5 Motion Detection When you click Motion Detection on the Advance mode menu, the Motion Detection setting menu appears. There are three Motion Detection functions which act as sensors and can be set for different detecting zones. Each one has Threshold and Sensitivity inputs which you can adjust to specific zone sequentially. Motion Detection function can support triggering FTP, SMTP and Alarm output for capturing and sending images or starting alarm output.
Chapter#4 How to Use 4.4.6 System Log The System Log function allows users to review any changes and events that have happened. The system starts logging automatically after started. Remote Log: Enables user to send the log data to a specified log server.
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