Network Camera User’s Manual V5.
1 Network Camera User’s Manual This manual applies to the following camera models: Type Model(s) Box Camera IPC-BX3MPWDR, IPC-BX960P Dome Camera IPC-DFR960R, IPC-DFR3MP, IPC-DVR3MP Bullet Camera IPC-BVR3MP, IPC-BFR960P, IPC-BFR3MP Cube Camera IPC-CB1080P Mini-Dome Camera IPC-DF1080P
Network Camera User’s Manual 2 Thank you for purchasing our product. If you have any questions or requests, please do not hesitate to contact our Technical Support Staff. This manual applies to Network Cameras. NOTICE: This manual may contain printing errors, and the content is subject to change without notice. The updates will be added to new versions of this manual. We will readily improve or update the products or procedures described in the manual as required.
Network Camera User’s Manual 3 Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Network Camera User’s Manual 4 Safety Warnings and Cautions Please pay attention to the following warnings and cautions: Hazardous Voltage may be present: Special measures and precautions must be taken when using this device. Some potentials (voltages) on the device may present a hazard to the user. This device should only be used by employees from our company with knowledge and training in working with these types of devices that contain live circuits.
Network Camera User’s Manual 5 Power Cord Requirements: The connector that plugs into the wall outlet must be a grounding-type male plug designed for use in your region. It must have certification marks showing certification by an agency in your region. The connector that plugs into the AC receptacle on the power supply must be an IEC 320, sheet C13, female connector. See the following website for more information http://kropla.com/electric2.htm. Lithium Battery: This device contains a Lithium Battery.
Network Camera User’s Manual 6 Lead Content: Please recycle this device in a responsible manner. Refer to local environmental regulations for proper recycling; do not dispose of device in unsorted municipal waste.
7 Network Camera User’s Manual Safety Instructions These instructions are intended to ensure that the user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into ‘Warnings’ and ‘Cautions’: Warnings: Serious injury or death may be caused if any of these warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may be caused if any of these cautions are neglected. Warnings: Follow t h e s e s a f e g u a r d s t o prevent serious injury or death.
Network Camera User’s Manual 8 Cautions: ●Make sure the power supply voltage is correct before using the camera. ●Do not drop the camera or subject it to physical shock. ●Do not touch sensor modules with fingers. If cleaning is necessary, use a clean cloth with a bit of ethanol and wipe it gently. If the camera will not be used for an extended period of time, put on the lens cap to protect the sensor from dirt. ●Do not aim the camera lens at the strong light such as sun or incandescent lamp.
9 Network Camera User’s Manual Contents CHAPTER 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER 2 NETWORK CONNECTION .......................................................................................... 12 2.1 SETTING THE NETWORK CAMERA OVER THE LAN .............................................................................. 12 2.1.1 Wiring over the LAN ..................................................................
Network Camera User’s Manual 10 6.4.1 ConfiguringVideo Settings ................................................................................................ 46 6.4.2 Configuring Audio Settings ................................................................................................ 48 6.4.3 Configuring ROI Encoding .................................................................................................. 48 6.5 CONFIGURING IMAGE PARAMETERS ...............................................
Network Camera User’s Manual 11 Chapter 1 System Requirements Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP3/Vista/Win7/Win8/Server 2003/ Server 2008 32-bit CPU: Intel Pentium IV3.0 GHz or higher RAM: 1G or higher Display: 1024×768 resolution or higher Web Browser: Internet Explorer 8.0 and above, Apple Safari 5.02 and above, Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and above and Google Chrome 8 and above.
12 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 2 Network Connection Before you start: ●If you want to set the network camera via a LAN (Local Area Network), please refer to Section 2.1 Setting the Network Camera over the LAN. ●If you want to set the network camera via a WAN (Wide Area Network), please refer to Section 2.2 Setting the Network Camera over the WAN. 2.
13 Network Camera User’s Manual 2.1.2 Detecting and Changing the IP Address You need the IP address of the network camera to see it via a web browser. Steps: 1. To get the IP address, you can choose either of the following methods: ●Use SADP, a software tool which can automatically detect the online network cameras in the LAN and list the device information including IP address, subnet mask, port number, device serial number, device version, etc., shown in Figure 2-3.
Network Camera User’s Manual 14 2.2 Setting the Network Camera over the WAN Purpose: This section explains how to connect the network camera to the WAN with a static IP or a dynamic IP. 2.2.1 Static IP Connection Before you start: Please apply a static IP to the camera. With the static IP address, you can connect the network camera via a router or connect it to the WAN directly. ●Connecting the network camera via a router Steps: 1. Connect the network camera to the router. 2.
Network Camera User’s Manual 15 2.2.2 Dynamic IP Connection Before you start: Please apply a dynamic IP from an ISP. With the dynamic IP address, you can connect the network camera to a modem or a router. ●Connecting the network camera via a router Steps: 1. Connect the network camera to the router. 2. In the camera, assign a LAN IP address, the subset mask and the gateway. Refer to Section 2.1.2 Detecting and Changing the IP Address for detailed LAN configuration. 3.
Network Camera User’s Manual Steps: 16 Figure 2-7 Normal Domain Name Resolution Figure 2-7 Normal Domain Name Resolution 1. Apply a domain name from a domain name provider. 2. Configure the DDNS settings in the DDNS Settings interface of the network camera. Refer to Section 5.3.4 Configuring DDNS Settings for detailed configuration. 3. Visit the camera via the applied domain name.
17 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 3 Access to the Network Camera 3.1 Accessing by Web Browsers Steps: 1. Open the web browser. 2. In the address field, input the IP address of the network camera (Example: 192.0.0.64) and press the Enter key to enter the login interface. 3. Input the user name and password and click . Note: The default user name is admin, password is 12345. Figure 3-1 Login Interface 4. Install the plug-in before viewing the live video and operating the camera.
18 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 3-2 Download and Install Plug-in Figure 3-3 Install Plug-in (1) Figure 3-4 Install Plug-in (2)
19 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 3-5 Install Plug-in (3) Note: You may have to close the web browser to install the plug-in. Please reopen the web browser and log in again after installing the plug-in. 3.2 Accessing by Client Software 3.2.1 Accessing by VMS Client Software The product CD contains the VMS Client Software (Client or PCNVR). You can view the live video and manage the camera with the client software. Follow the installation prompts to install the software.
Network Camera User’s Manual 20 Figure 3-6 VMS CLIENT SOFTWARE Live View Figure 3-7 VMS CLIENT SOFTWARE Configuration Panel Note: For detailed information about VMS Client software, please refer to the user manual of the VMS CLIENT SOFTWARE software.
21 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 4 Configuring the Wi-Fi Settings Purpose: By connecting to the wireless network, you don’t need to use cable of any kind for network connection, which is very convenient for the actual surveillance application. Note: This chapter is only applicable for the cameras with the Wi-Fi module built-in. 4.1 Configuring Wi-Fi Connection in Manage and Ad-hoc Modes Before you start: A wireless network must be configured. Wireless Connection in Managed Mode Steps: 1.
22 Network Camera User’s Manual 4. Check the check box to select the Network Mode as Managed, and the Security mode and the Encryption Type of the network is automatically shown when you select the wireless network, please don’t change it manually. Note: These parameters are exactly identical with those of the router. 5. Enter the key to connect the wireless network. The key should be that of the wireless network connection you set on the router.
23 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 4-6 Ad-hoc Connection Point 6. Choose the SSID and connect. Security Mode Description: You can choose the Security Mode as not-encrypted, WEP, WPA-personal, WPAenterprise, WPA2-personal, WPA2-enterprise. WEP mode: ●Authentication - Select Open or Shared Key System Authentication, depending on the method used by your access point.
Network Camera User’s Manual 24 Authentication. ●Key length - This sets the length of the key used for the wireless encryption, 64 or 128 bit. The encryption key length can sometimes be shown as 40/64 and 104/128. ●Key type - The key types available depend on the access point being used. The following options are available: HEX - Allows you to manually enter the hex key. ASCII - In this method the string must be exactly 5 characters for 64-bit WEP and 13 characters for 128-bit WEP.
25 Network Camera User’s Manual ●User Name - Enter the user name to present to the network ●Password - Enter the password of the network ●PEAP Version - Select the PEAP version used at the access point. ●Label - Select the label used by the access point. ●EAPOL version - Select version (1 or 2) depending on the version used at the access point ●CA Certificates - Upload a CA certificate to present to the access point for authentication 4.
26 Network Camera User’s Manual 1. Check the check box of to enable WPS. 2. Choose the connection mode as PBC. Note: Support of this mode is mandatory for both the Access Points and the connecting devices. 3. Check on the Wi-Fi router to see if there is a WPS button. If yes push the button and you can see the indicator near the button start flashing, which means the WPS function of the router is enabled. For detailed operation, please see the user guide of the router. 4.
27 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 4-8 Wi-Fi Settings – WPS PIN Mode 2. Choose the . If the PIN code is generated from the router side, you should enter the PIN code you get from the router side in the 3. Click field. button. Or You can generate the PIN code on the camera side. And the expired time for the PIN code is 120 seconds. 1. Click 2. Enter the code to the router, in the example, enter 48167581 to the router.
28 Network Camera User’s Manual 4.3 IP Property Settings for Wireless Network Connection The default IP address of wireless network interface controller is 192.168.1.64. When you connect the wireless network you can change the default IP. Steps: 1. Enter the TCP/IP configuration interface. Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Network> TCP/IP or Configuration> Basic Configuration> Network> TCP/IP Figure 4-9 TCP/IP Settings 2. 3. Select the NIC as WLAN.
29 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 5 Live View 5.1 Live View Page Purpose: The live video page allows you to view live video, capture images, utilize PTZ control, set/call presets and configure video parameters. Log in the network camera to enter the live view page, or you can click on the menu bar of the main page to enter the live view page.
30 Network Camera User’s Manual pan/tilt unit has been installed). Live View Parameters: Configure the image size and stream type of the live video. 5.2 StartingLiveView In the live view window as shown in Figure 5-2, click live view of the camera. on the toolbar to start the Figure5-1LiveView Toolbar Table 5-1 Descriptions of the Toolbar Icon / Description Start/Stop live view Manually capture the pictures displayed in live view and then save it as a JPEG file. / Manually start/stop recording.
31 Network Camera User’s Manual click to record the live video. The saving paths of the captured pictures and clips can be set on the Configuration > Local Configuration page. To configure remote scheduled recording, please refer to Section 6.2. Note: The captured image will be saved as a JPEG file in your computer. 5.4 Operating PTZ Control Purpose: In the live view interface, you can use the PTZ control buttons to utilize pan/tilt/zoom control of the camera.
32 Network Camera User’s Manual Focus near/far Iris open/close Light on/off Wiper on/off One-touch focus Initialize lens Adjust speed of pan/tilt movements 5.4.2 Setting / Calling a Preset ●Setting a Preset: 1. In the PTZ control panel, select a preset number from the preset list. Figure 5-3 Setting a Preset 2. Use the PTZ control buttons to move the lens to the desired position. • Pan the camera to the right or left. • Tilt the camera up or down. • Zoom in or out. • Refocus the lens. 3.
33 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 5-4 Calling a Preset 5.5 ConfiguringLiveView Parameters Purpose: You can select the stream type and adjust the image size on the live view page. ●Click , or tab under the menu bar of the live view interface to select the stream type as main stream or sub-stream for live viewing. ●Click each tab to set the image size to 4:3, 16:9, original or auto fix. Note:PleaserefertoSection5.4.1ConfiguringVideo Settings for more detailed settings about video parameters.
34 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 6 Network Camera Configuration 6.1 Configuring Local Parameters Note: The local configuration refers to the parameters of the live view, record files and captured pictures. The record files and captured pictures are the ones you record and captured using the web browser and thus the saving paths of them are on the PC running the browser. Steps: 1.
Network Camera User’s Manual 35 Multicast function. For detailed information about Multicast, refer to Section 6.3.1 TCP/IP Settings. ●LiveView Performance: Set the live view performance to Least Delay, Balanced or Best Fluency. ●Record File Settings: Set the saving path of the recorded video files. Valid for the record files you recorded with the web browser. ●Record File Size: Select the packed size of the manually recorded and downloaded video files to 256M, 512M or 1G.
36 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure6-2Time Settings ●SelecttheTime Zone. SelecttheTime Zone which is the closest to the location of the camera from the drop-down menu. ●SynchronizingTime by NTP Server. (1) Check the check box to enable the NTP function. (2) Configure the following settings: Server Address: IP address of NTP server. NTP Port: Port of NTP server. Interval: The time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server.
37 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure6-4Time Sync Manually ●Click the tab page to enable the DST function and Set the date of the DST period. Figure 6-5 DST Settings 2. Click to save the settings. 6.3 Configuring Network Settings 6.3.1 Configuring TCP/IP Settings Purpose: TCP/IP settings must be properly configured before you operate the camera over network. The camera supports both the IPv4 and IPv6.
38 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-6 TCP/IP Settings 2. Configure the basic network settings, including the NIC Type, IPv4 or IPv6 Address, IPv4 or IPv6 Subnet Mask, IPv4 or IPv6 Default Gateway, MTU settings and Multicast Address. Notes: ●The valid value range of MTU is 500 ~ 1500. ●The Multicast sends a stream to the multicast group address and allows multiple clients to acquire the stream at the same time by requesting a copy from the multicast group address.
39 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-7 Port Settings 2. Set the HTTP port, RTSP port and Server/SDK port of the camera. HTTP Port: The default port number is 80, and can be changed to any port range 1024 to 65535. RTSP Port: The default port number is 554. HTTPS Port: The default port number is 443, and can be changed to any port range 1024 to 65535*. Server/SDK Port: The default SDK port number is 8000. (*The HTTPS port is not required to be configured or forwarded to view the network camera online.
40 Network Camera User’s Manual 6.3.4 Configuring DDNS Settings Purpose: If your camera is set to use PPPoE as its default network connection, you can use the Dynamic DNS (DDNS) for network access. Before you start: Registration on the DDNS server is required before configuring the DDNS settings of the camera. Steps: 1. Enter the DDNS Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Network > DDNS Figure 6-9 DDNS Settings 2. Check the Enable DDNS check box to enable this feature. 3.
41 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-10 DynDNS Settings IP Server: Steps: (1) Enter the Server Address of the IP Server. (2) Click to save the settings. Note: For the IP Server, you have to apply a static IP, subnet mask, gateway and preferred DNS from the ISP. The Server Address should be entered with the static IP address of the computer that runs the IP Server software. Figure 6-11 IPServer Settings Note: For the US and Canada area, you can enter 173.200.91.74 as the server address.
42 Network Camera User’s Manual device alias in the server. (4) Click to save the new settings. Note: It will ask for a reboot for the settings to take effect. 6.3.5 Configuring SNMP Settings Purpose: You can set the SNMP function to get camera status, parameters and alarm related information and manage the camera remotely when it is connected to the network. Before you start: Before setting the SNMP, please download the SNMP software and manage to receive the camera information via SNMP port.
43 Network Camera User’s Manual 2. Check the corresponding version check box ( , , ) to enable the feature. 3. Configure the SNMP settings. Note: The settings of the SNMP software should be the same as the settings you configure here. 4. Click to save and finish the settings. Note: it will ask for a reboot for the settings to take effect. 6.3.6 Configuring 802.1X Settings Purpose: The IEEE 802.
44 Network Camera User’s Manual 6.3.7 Configuring QoS Settings Purpose: QoS (Quality of Service) can help solve the network delay and network congestion by configuring the priority of data sending. Steps: 1. Enter the QoS Settings interface: Configuration >Advanced Configuration > Network > QoS Figure 6-14 QoS Settings 2. Configure the QoS settings, including video / audio DSCP, event / alarm DSCP and Management DSCP. The valid value range of the DSCP is 0-63.
45 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-15 FTP Settings 2. Configure the FTP settings; and the user name and password are required for login the FTP server. Directory: In the Directory Structure field, you can select the root directory, parent directory and child directory. When the parent directory is selected, you have the option to use the Device Name, Device Number or Device IP for the name of the directory; and when the Child Directory is selected, you can use the Camera Name or Camera No.
46 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-16 Configure UPnP Settings To port mapping with the default port numbers: Choose To port mapping with the customized port numbers: Choose And you can customize the value of the port number by yourself. 3. Click to save the settings. 6.4 ConfiguringVideo and Audio Settings 6.4.1ConfiguringVideo Settings Steps: 1.
Network Camera User’s Manual 47 Figure6-17ConfigureVideo Settings 2. Select the Stream Type of the camera to main stream (normal), sub-stream or third stream. The main stream is usually for recording and live viewing with good bandwidth, and the sub-stream and third stream can be used for live viewing when the bandwidth is limited. 3. You can customize the following parameters for the selected main stream or substream: Video Type: Select the stream type to video stream, or video & audio composite stream.
48 Network Camera User’s Manual Profile: Basic profile, Main Profile and High Profile for coding are selectable. I Frame Interval: Set the I-Frame interval to 1~400. SVC: Scalable video coding is an extension of the H.264/AVC standard. The technology encodes the video signal with layers; the basic layer and several enhanced layers and it is adaptive to the network condition to transfer different video streams.
Network Camera User’s Manual 49 quality of the ROI whereas the background information is less focused. Steps: 1. Enter the ROI settings interface Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Video / Audio >ROI 2. Draw the region of interest on the image. There are four regions can be drawn. 3. Choose the stream type to set the ROI encoding. 4. Choose the ROI type. There are two options for ROI encoding, the fixed region encoding and the dynamic tracking.
Network Camera User’s Manual 50 Figure 6-19 Display Settings Descriptions of parameter configuration Overexposure Prevention: Enable or disable the function in this field. Exposure T ime: Value ranges from 1/25 to 1/100,000s. Adjust it according to the lightening condition. Iris Mode: Auto and Manual are selectable. Auto Iris Level: If you choose the auto iris mode, you can set the auto iris level. Video Standard: 50 Hz and 60 Hz are selectable.
Network Camera User’s Manual 51 Wide dynamic range can be used when there is a high contrast of the bright area and the dark area of the scene. BLC Area: BLC area is the area sense the light intensity; Close, Up, Down, Left, Right and Center are selectable. White Balance: The below figure shows the white balance type selectable. You can choose it according to the real condition.
52 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-20 OSD Settings 2. Check the corresponding checkbox to select the display of camera name, date or week if required. 3. Edit the camera name in the text field of Camera Name. 4. Select from the drop-down list to set the time format, date format, display mode and the OSD font size. 5. You can use the mouse to click and drag the text frame view window to adjust the OSD position. Figure 6-21 Adjust OSD Location 6. Click to activate above settings.
53 Network Camera User’s Manual 6.5.3 Configuring Text Overlay Settings Purpose: You can customize the text overlay. Steps: 1. Enter the Text Overlay Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Image > Text Overlay 2. Check the checkbox in front of textbox to enable the on-screen display. 3. Input the characters in the textbox. 4. Use the mouse to click and drag the red text frame adjust the text overlay position. 5. Click in the live view window to .
54 Network Camera User’s Manual 3. Click . Figure 6-23 Privacy Mask Settings 4. Click and drag the mouse in the live video window to draw the mask area. Note: You are allowed to draw up to 4 areas on the same image. 5. Click to finish drawing or click areas you set without saving them. 6. Click to clear all of the to save the settings. 6.5.5 Configuring Picture Overlay Purpose: Picture overlay enables you to overlay a picture on the image. Steps: 1.
55 Network Camera User’s Manual 2. Click 3. Click button to add a picture from your PC. button to upload it. 4. Check the checkbox to enable the function. X Coordinate and Y Coordinate values are for the location of the picture on the image. And the Picture width and Height are for adjusting the size of the picture. 6.
56 Network Camera User’s Manual (2) Check the checkbox of Enable Motion Detection. Figure 6-24 Enable Motion Detection (3) Click . Click and drag the mouse on the live video image to draw a motion detection area. Note: You can draw up to 8 motion detection areas on the same image. (4) Click Note: You can click to finish drawing. to clear all of the areas. (5) (Optional) Move the slider sensitivity of the detection. 2. Set the Arming Schedule for Motion Detection.
57 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-25 Arming T ime (1) Click to edit the arming schedule. The Figure 5-28 shows the editing interface of the arming schedule. (2) Choose the day you want to set the arming schedule. (3) Click to set the time period for the arming schedule. (4) After you set the arming schedule, you can copy the schedule to other days (Optional). (5) Click to save the settings. Note: The time of each period can’t be overlapped. Up to 4 periods can be configured for each day.
58 Network Camera User’s Manual You can specify the linkage method when an event occurs. The following contents are about how to configure the different types of linkage method. Steps: Figure 6-27 Linkage Method (1) Check the checkbox to select the linkage method. Audible warning, notify surveillance center, send email, upload to FTP, trigger channel and trigger alarm output are selectable (Optional). ●Audible Warning Trigger the audible warning locally.
59 Network Camera User’s Manual 6.6.2 Configuring Tamper-proof Alarm Purpose: You can configure the camera to trigger the alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action. Steps: 1. Enter the Tamper-proof Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Events > Tamper-proof Figure 6-28 Tamper-proof Alarm 2. Check Enable Tamper-proof checkbox to enable the tamper-proof detection. 3. Set the tamper-proof area; refer to Step 1 Set the Motion Detection Area in Section 6.6.1. 4.
60 Network Camera User’s Manual 6.6.3 Configuring External Alarm Input Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Input Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Alarm Input: 2. Choose the alarm input No. and the Alarm Type. The alarm type can be NO (Normally Open) and NC (Normally Closed). Edit the name to set a name for the alarm input (optional). Figure 6-29 Alarm Input Settings 3. Click to set the arming schedule for the alarm input.
61 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 6-30 Linkage Method Network Camera User’s Manual 6.6.
Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Output Settings interface: Configuration>Advanced Configuration> Events > Alarm Output 2. Select one alarm output channel in the Alarm Output drop-down list. You can also set a name for the alarm output (optional). 3. The Delay time can be set to 5sec, 10sec, 30sec, 1min, 2min, 5min, 10min or Manual. The delay time refers to the time duration that the alarm output remains in effect after alarm occurs. 4. Click to enter the Edit Schedule Time interface.
63 Network Camera User’s Manual 6.6.5 Handling Exceptions The exception type can be HDD full, HDD error, network disconnected, IP address conflicted and illegal login to the cameras. Steps: 1. Enter the Exceptions Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Events > Exception 2. Check the checkbox to set the actions taken for the Exception alarm. Refer to Step 3 Set the Alarm Actions Taken for Motion Detection in Section 6.6.1. Figure 6-32 Exception Settings 3.
64 Network Camera User’s Manual 6.6.6 Email Sending Triggered by Alarm Purpose: The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated receivers if an alarm event is detected, e.g., motion detection event, video loss, tamperproof, etc. Before you start: Please configure the DNS Server settings under Basic Configuration > Network > TCP/IP or Advanced Configuration > Network > TCP/IP before using the Email function. Steps: 1.
Network Camera User’s Manual 65 And the SSL SMTP port is 465. Enable SSL: Check the checkbox to enable SSL if it is required by the SMTP server. Attached Image: Check the checkbox of Attached Image if you want to send emails with attached alarm images. Interval: The interval refers to the time between two actions of sending attached pictures.
Network Camera User’s Manual 66 6.6.7 Configuring Snapshot Settings Purpose: You can configure the scheduled snapshot and event-triggered snapshot. The captured picture can be stored in the SD card (if supported) or the netHDD (For detailed information about netHDD, please refer to Section 7.1 Configuring NAS Settings). You can also upload the captured pictures to a FTP server. Basic Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Snapshot Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Events > Snapshot 2.
67 Network Camera User’s Manual 2) Check checkbox in Motion Detection Settings or Alarm Input interface. Please refer to Step 3 Set the Alarm Actions Taken for Motion Detection in Section 6.6.1, or Step 4 Configuring External Alarm Input in Section 6.6.4. 3) Check the Enable Event-triggered Snapshot checkbox.
Network Camera User’s Manual 68 6.6.8 Face Detection Note: Face detection is only for certain modules, check the specification for whether the module supports the function. If you enable the face detection, once a face appears in the surveillance area, it will be detected and certain actions may be triggered by the detection. Steps: 1. Enter the face detection settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Events > Face Detection 2.
69 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 7 Storage Settings Before you start: To configure record settings, please make sure that you have the network storage device within the network or the SD card inserted in your camera. 7.1 Configuring NAS Settings Before you start: The network disk should be available within the network and properly configured to store the recorded files, log files, etc. Steps: 1.
70 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 7-3 Initializing When the initialization completed, the status of disk will become Normal. Notes: Figure 7-4 View Disk Status Figure 7-4 View Disk Status ●Up to 8 NAS disks can be connected to the camera. ●To initialize and use the SD card after insert it to the camera, please refer to the steps of NAS disk initialization.
71 Network Camera User’s Manual 7.2 Configuring Recording Schedule Purpose: There are two kinds of recording for the cameras: manual recording and scheduled recording. For the manual recording, refer to Section 5.3 Recording and Capturing Pictures Manually. In this section, you can follow the instructions to configure the scheduled recording. By default, the record files of scheduled recording are stored in the SD card (if supported) or in the network disk. Steps: 1.
Network Camera User’s Manual 72 Note: The record parameter configurations vary depending on the camera model. 4. Click to edit the record schedule. Figure 7-7 Record Schedule 5. Choose the day to set the record schedule. (1) Set all-day record or segment record: ●If you want to configure the all-day recording, please check the All Day checkbox. ●If you want to record in different time sections, check the Customize checkbox. Set the Start Time and End T ime.
Network Camera User’s Manual 73 Section 5.6.4. ●Record Triggered by Motion & Alarm If you select Motion & Alarm, the video will be recorded when the motion and alarm are triggered at the same time. Besides configuring the recording schedule, you have to configure the settings on the Motion Detection and Alarm Input Settings interfaces. Please refer to Section 5.6.1 and Section 5.6.4 for detailed information.
74 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 7-8 Edit Record Schedule (3) Check the checkbox and click to copy settings of this day to the whole week. You can also check any of the checkboxes before the date and click . (4) Click to save the settings and exit the Edit Record Schedule interface. 6. Click to save the settings.
75 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 8 Playback Purpose: This section explains how to view the remotely recorded video files stored in the network disks or SD cards. Steps: 1. Click on the menu bar to enter playback interface. Figure 8-1 Playback Interface 2. Select the date and click . Figure 8-2 Search Video 3. Click to play the video files found on this date.
76 Network Camera User’s Manual process. Figure 8-3 Playback Toolbar Table 8-1 Description of the buttons Button Operation Button Play Operation Capture a picture Pause / Start/Stop clipping video files Stop Audio on and adjust volume/Mute Speed down Download video files Speed up Playback by frame Download captured pictures Enable/Disable digital zoom Note: You can choose the file paths locally for downloaded playback video files and pictures in Local Configuration interface.
77 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 9 Log Searching Purpose: The operation, alarm, exception and information of the camera can be stored in log files. You can also export the log files on your demand. Before you start: Please configure network storage for the camera or insert a SD card in the camera. Steps: 1. Click on the menu bar to enter log searching interface. Figure 9-1 Log Searching Interface 2.
4. To export the log files, click to save the log files in your computer.
78 Network Camera User’s Manual Chapter 10 Others 10.1 Managing User Accounts Enter the User Management interface: Configuration >Basic Configuration> Security > User Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> Security > User The admin user has access to create, modify or delete other accounts. Up to 15 user accounts can be created. ●Add a User Steps: 1. Click Figure 10-1 User Information Figure 10-1 User Information to add a user. 2. Input the new User Name, select Level and input Password.
79 Network Camera User’s Manual ●Modify a User Steps: Figure 10-2 Add a User Figure 10-2 Add a User 1. Left-click to select the user from the list and click . 2. Modify the User Name, Level or Password. 3. In the Basic Permission field and Camera Configuration field, you can check or uncheck the permissions. 4. Click to finish the user modification.
80 Network Camera User’s Manual ●Delete a User Steps: 1. Left-click the user name you want to delete and click 2. Click ●Anonymous Visit . on the pop-up dialogue box to delete the user. Figure 10-4 Delete a User Figure 10-4 Delete a User 10.2 Configuring RTSP Authentication Purpose: You can specifically secure the stream data of live view. Steps: 1. Enter the RTSP Authentication interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Security > RTSP Authentication Figure 10-5 RTSP Authentication 2.
81 Network Camera User’s Manual 10.3 Anonymous Visit Purpose: Enabling this function allows visit for whom doesn’t have the user name and password of the device. Steps: 1. Enter the Anonymous Visit interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> Security > Anonymous Visit Figure 10-6 Anonymous Visit 2. Set the Anonymous Visit permission Enable or Disable in the drop-down list to enable or disable the anonymous visit. 3. Click to save the settings.
82 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 10-8 IP Address Filter Interface 2. Check the checkbox of Enable IP Address Filter. 3. Select the type of IP Address Filter in the drop-down list, Forbidden and Allowed are selectable. 4. Set the IP Address Filter list. ●Add an IP Address Steps: (1) Click the button to add an IP. (2) Input the IP Adreess. Figure 10-9 Add an IP (3) Click the button to finish adding.
83 Network Camera User’s Manual Figure 10-10 Modify an IP (3) Click the button to finish modifying. ●Delete an IP Address Left-click an IP address from filter list and click button. ●Delete all IP Addresses Click 5. Click button to delete all the IP addrsses. button to save the settings. 10.
84 Network Camera User’s Manual 10.6 Maintenance 10.6.1 Rebooting the Camera Steps: 1. Enter the Maintenance interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration> System > Maintenance Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance: 2. Click to reboot the network camera. Figure 10-12 Reboot the Device 10.6.2 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1.
85 Network Camera User’s Manual start importing configuration file. Note: You need to reboot the camera after importing configuration file. 2. Click storage. and set the saving path to save the configuration file in local Figure 10-14 Import/Export Configuration File 10.6.4 Upgrading the System Steps: 1. Enter the Maintenance interface: Configuration > Basic Configuration> System > Maintenance Or Configuration > Advanced Configuration> System > Maintenance 2.
86 Network Camera User’s Manual 1. Enter RS-232 Port Setting interface: Configuration> Advanced Configuration> System > RS232 Figure 10-16 RS-232 Settings Note: If you want to connect the camera by the RS-232 port, the parameters of the RS-232 should be exactly the same with the parameters you configured here. 2. Click to save the settings. 10.8 RS-485 Settings Purpose: The RS-485 serial port is used to control the PTZ of the camera.
87 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix Appendix 1 SADP Software Introduction ●Description of SADP V2.0 SADP (Search Active Devices Protocol) is a kind of user-friendly and installation-free online device search tool. It searches the active online devices within your subnet and displays the information of the devices. You can also modify the basic network information of the devices using this software.
88 Network Camera User’s Manual Note: You can click or information; you can click on each column heading to order the to expand the device table and hide the network parameter panel on the right side, or click to show the network parameter panel. ●Modify network parameters Steps: 1. Select the device to be modified in the device list and the network parameters of the device will be displayed in the Modify Network Parameters panel on the right side. 2.
89 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix 2 Port Mapping The following settings are for TP-LINK router (TL-R410). The settings vary depending on different models of routers. Steps: 1. Select the WAN Connection Type, as shown below: Figure A.2.1 Select the WAN Connection Type 2. Set the LAN parameters of the router as in the following figure, including IP address and subnet mask settings. Figure A.2.2 Set the LAN parameters 3. Set the port mapping in the virtual severs of Forwarding.
90 Network Camera User’s Manual ports of another camera as 81, 8001, 555, 8201 with IP 192.168.1.24. Refer to the steps as below: Note: The 8200 port changes with the 8000 port with a constant value of 200. So, if the 8000 port is changed to 8005, then the 8200 port should be changed to 8205. Steps: 1. As the settings mentioned above, map the port 80, 8000, 554 and 8200 for the network camera at 192.168.1.23 2. Map the port 81, 8001, 555 and 8201 for the network camera at 192.168.1.24. 3.
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