ErP Announcement Product: Internet Camera (IP CAM) Purpose: 24 hours surveillance and transfer the picture for safety and health of intended use. Detail description: Health purpose: User can pass through the internet (from everywhere) to control the product (IP CAM). To watch and listen the people who needs to be cared in house and automatically send e-mail and phone to warn you and ask your attention. The product also provides a record function to keep all images and voice information for record.
Table of Contents Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera ......................................... 8 1.1 Package Contents .................................................................................. 8 1.2 Basic Introduction ................................................................................... 9 1.3 Product Highlights ................................................................................ 10 1.4 Familiar with Key Components ..............................................
2.7.3 Date / Time Setting ............................................................... 565 2.7.4 Utilities .................................................................................. 587 2.8 Status ................................................................................................. 609 2.9 Users .................................................................................................... 60 2.10 Log…………………………………………………………………………..62 Chapter III: Windows-Based Utility ............
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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 68 This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On the bottom of this equipment is a label that contains the FCC Registration Number and Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this equipment. You must provide this information to the telephone company upon request. The REN is useful to determine the quantity of devices you may connect to the telephone line and still have all of those devices ring when your number is called.
FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of 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.
(R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000. Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment.
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 vide 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). Supports VGA (640 x 480), QVGA (320 x 240), and QQVGA (160 x 120) and MJPG mega pixel mode SXGA(1280x1024), VGA(640x480)and QVGA(320x240) video resolution. Supports 2-way audio transmission with speaker output and built-in microphone. Anti-flicker function (eliminates flash caused by fluorescent lights, 50 / 60Hz selectable).
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Top View Bottom View Reset Button: Press and hold for 5 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value. Power Jack: Connect to power adapter for power supply. LAN Jack: Connect to your local area network by network cable.
Back View Tripod Connector: Connects to any standard tripod / camera wall holder. MAC Address Label: Shows the MAC address of this IP camera. Useful when you can‟t locate the camera on the network.
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1.6 Camera Installation Please follow the following instructions to set your IP camera up. Unpack the product package and check if anything‟s missing. Connect the antenna to the antenna base, which is located at the top of this IP camera. Plug the power adapter to wall socket, and connect the power connector to the power jack located at the bottom of the IP camera. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local area network, and connect the other end to the LAN jack of this 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.
Double-click „Network Connections‟ icon. Right-click „Local Area Connection‟, and click „Properties‟. Select „Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)‟, then click „Properties‟.
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‟.
1.8 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‟ (in lower case) 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.
After logged on, you should see the following messages at the top of Internet Explorer: This IP camera requires a special ActiveX control (A.K.A. „Plugin‟) to work. Please click on the message, and select „Install ActiveX Control…‟: When you‟re prompted, click „Install‟ to continue.
You should be able to see the image from camera now: 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 Video Format Specifies video encoding format. You can choose MPEG4 or MJPEG (Motion-JPEG). MPEG4 mode also supports motion detection (see chapter 2.2.1). Audio Output If your computer is equipped with a microphone, you can click „Speak to IPCAM‟ button and speak to the microphone. Your voice will be transmitted to the external speaker connected to the IP camera.
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 yellow square) to reposition the zoom area. On/Off Fit to Window Click this button and the image size will be adjusted to fit the size of browser window.
2.1.1 Mute Audio IC-3010(Wg) is able to transmit all sound received by built-in microphone to your computer by default. If you don‟t want to hear it or want to save more bandwidth for video on a slow network connection, you can mute audio for a while. To mute audio, please right-click on the image. A pop-up menu will appear: Click „Mute Audio‟ to mute audio. A check will appear in front of „Mute audio‟ to indicate that sound received by IP camera‟s microphone will not be transferred to your computer.
2.1.2 About This function will provide you with the version number of current IP camera plugin, which is useful when you need online support. To see version information, right-click on the image.
2.2 LAN 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. 2.2.1 IP Address 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.
2.2.2 RTSP Before using RTSP player to view video image from camera, you will need to configure the RTSP settings in this menu. Item Description Enable RTSP You can select „Enable‟ when you wish to use RTSP player to view video image from camera. RTSP Port This option allows you to enter RTSP port. The default value of RTSP port is 554. Please make sure the RTSP port applied on the RTSP player shall be same as the RTSP port applied on the IP cam. RTSP Path You can input RTSP path here.
2.2.3 PPPoE If the ISP requires you to connect to the Internet by PPPoE, you can specify PPPoE username and password here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable PPPoE Select „Enable‟ to activate PPPoE function of this IP camera, select „Disable‟ to disable it. User Name Input the PPPoE username assigned by your ISP here. Password Input the PPPoE password assigned by your ISP here.
2.2.4 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.
2.2.4 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.
2.2.5 LoginFree You can specify a filename here, and everyone who know this filename can gain access to the picture captured by the IP camera with this name with .jpg file extension. For example, if the filename you specified here is „loginfree‟ and your IP camera‟s IP address is „192.168.2.3‟, then everyone on the network can access to the picture taken by the IP camera at „http://192.168.2.3/loginfree.jpg‟.
2.3 Audio/Video You can specify the video and audio parameters of this IP camera here.
2.3.1 Dual Mode This IP camera supports two video encoding formats: MPEG4 and MJPEG. You can select the encoding format from one of them. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Default Video Format Specify default video encoding format of this IP camera here. Available options are MPEG4 and MJPEG. Default Video Mode Specify default video mode of this IP camera hear.
2.3.2 MPEG4 If you selected „MPEG4‟ as the video encoding format of this IP camera, you can specify the parameters of MPEG4 video encoder here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Specify video resolution of MPEG4 video encoder. Available options are XGA, VGA and QVGA resolution under mega pixel mode, VGA, QGVA and QQGVA under Normal mode. VGA resolution provides more details than QVGA, but requires more network bandwidth.
2.3.3 MJPEG If you selected „MJPEG‟ as the video encoding format of this IP camera, you can specify the parameters of MPEG4 video encoder here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Specify video resolution of MJPEG video encoder. Available options are SXGA, VGA and QVGA under megapixel mode, VGA, QVGA, and QQVGA resolution under normal mode. VGA resolution provides more details than QVGA and QQVGA, but requires more network bandwidth.
2.3.4 Audio This IP camera supports audio function, that is, when external speaker is connected to this IP camera, you can talk to the people in front of the IP camera like using a telephone, when your computer is equipped with speaker and microphone. Using audio function requires additional bandwidth. If your network bandwidth is not enough, you may not be able to use audio function smoothly.
2.4 Email & FTP This IP camera is capable to send an Email or perform FTP upload with captured image, when a motion is detected. This is very convenient since IP camera will guard the environment automatically for you, and you don‟t have to look at the monitor all the time. You can access this menu by clicking „E-Mail & FTP‟ on the top of web management interface. The instructions of Email and FTP settings will be given below.
2.4.1 Email Settings These settings are used to send the captured picture via Email: 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. SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server (the server that delivers the Email for you) here. If you don‟t know, please refer to the SMTP server you‟re using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.
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. After that, you can click „Send a test email‟ to send a testing Email to the address you set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and working.
2.4.2 FTP Settings These settings are used to send the captured picture by FTP: 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.
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.
2.5 Motion Detection Motion detection function makes this IP camera become your non-stop guard. You don‟t have to waste all the time monitoring the images from the camera, and camera will detect all motions for you. Once motion is detected, a captured image or video recording will be sent to you by Email or via FTP. You can access this menu by clicking „Motion Detection‟ on the top of web management interface. 2.5.
is happened between time interval; if the time interval is too short, you may receive too much unnecessary images, and consumes too much disk Pre Recording Time This option allows the IP cam to capture additional image frames prior to the event. The duration of pre-recording is based on the settings of Resolution, Video Type, and Frame Rate and estimated by the IP cam automatically. For example, if the Resolution is 640x480@MPEG4 and Frame Rate is 15fps, the pre-recording time is about 2 sec.
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.
To change the motion detection region, you can „resize‟ and „reposition‟ it: Move the mouse cursor to the eight dots located at the border of motion detection region, and the mouse cursor will switch to , , or . You can click and hold mouse button and move the mouse to resize the motion detection region. To move reposition the motion detection region, move the mouse within the motion detection region, and the mouse cursor will switch to .
2.6 Schedule In this menu, you can setup scheduled video recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras you have by a pre-defined schedule. 2.6.1 Schedule Snapshot You can use this menu to setup Schedule Snapshot settings: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable FTP Schedule Select „Enable‟ to send the Schedule Snapshot to the appointed FTP server, or select‟ Disable‟ to disable this function.
function. You have to configure e-mail settings in „email & FTP‟ menu first, so this function will take effect. Time Interval This option allows the IP camera to send one image according to the time interval you wish.
2.6.2 You can use this menu to setup Schedule Snapshot settings: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable Schedule Recording Select „Enable‟ to enable schedule recording, or select „Disable‟ to disable this function. Time Interval Recording Time Send Recording File to FTP This option allows the IP camera to send one recording file according to the time interval you wish. This option allows you to adjust the recoding time based on your preference.
Enable E-Mail Schedule Select „Enable‟ to send the recorded video to the appointed e-mail address, or select‟ Disable‟ to disable this function. You have to configure e-mail settings in „email & FTP‟ menu first, so this function will take effect.
2.7 System The system menu allows you to set some system-specific parameters, like password and time setting. You can also upgrade the firmware of this IP camera, to make new functions available on this IP camera. You may also clear all settings or reboot the IP camera here. You can access this menu by clicking „System‟ on the top of web management interface. 2.7.1 Camera Information Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator‟s password of this camera.
2.7.2 On-Screen Display This setting allows you to show the name of the IP camera, date and time on the real-time image. Item Description On-Screen Display enable Select „Enable‟ to display the name of the IP camera, date and time on real-time image from camera, or select „Disable‟ to not to display the name of the IP camera, date and time on real-time image from camera.
2.7.3 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 Please input the date and time you wish to set here. Date / time format is YYYY / MM / DD HH:MM:SS Time is in 24-hour format.
2.7.4 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 the firmware file you wish to use. Then click „Upgrade‟ button to start firmware upgrade procedure.
You can click this button again to switch LED lights on again.
2.8 Status This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time, and network information. You can access this menu by clicking „Status‟ on the top of web management interface.
2.9 Users If you wish to allow other people to view the 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 IP camera supports up to 4 users.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description User (1 - 4) Select „Enable‟ to enable this user (allow him / her to login), and select „Disable‟ to disallow him / her to login. Selecting „Disable‟ won‟t erase the user name and password, so you can select „disable‟ to disallow a user from logging in temporarily, without erasing it‟s account information. Login Specify the user name here. Please use alphanumerical characters (0 to 9, A to Z, and a to z).
2.10 Log All activities of this IP camera will be logged, and you and enter „Log‟ menu to view these logs. You can access this menu by clicking „Log‟ on the top of web management interface. Click „Refresh‟ to get latest update.
Chapter III: Windows-Based Utility 3.1 Install Windows-based Utility Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly through the Installation process. The following installation is implemented in Windows XP. The installation procedures in Windows 2000/Server 2003 are similar. Insert the CD shipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The “Autorun.exe” program should be executed automatically. If not, run “Autorun.exe” manually from “Autorun” folder in the CD.
The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation. If you wish to install the software program in an alternate location, click “Change”; otherwise click “Next” to move on to the next step.
Click “Install” to start installing the program. The system will install the program automatically.
Click “Finish” to complete „‟Administrator Utility‟‟ installation. ”Administrator Utility“ will run automatically after installation. On the Internet Camera first page, the cameras found in the network are listed. Choose the one you want to configure and click “Configure Camera” to proceed.
Please enter the default password “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page. Internet Camera is working through the network (TCP/IP Protocol). The IP address and subnet mask setting must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera. The wizard program will detect the IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IP address for the Camera. You can accept the suggested value or enter the value manually.
3.2 Using the Administrator Utility The Administrator Utility allows users to search and setup the cameras located within the Intranet or on the Internet. From the utility, users can view all the information of the selected camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard, which can guide users to add the camera to the network easily and promptly. There are two ways to run the Administrator Utility as follows. Click “Start”, select “Programs\IP Camera\Admin Utility” to run the utility.
3.2.1 General Setting Information of Camera Camera Information It displays all information of the selected camera. The information includes MAC address, IP Address, Camera Name and Model. Task Bar Search Camera Click „‟Search Camera‟‟ to search cameras on the network. Browse Camera via Web Click „‟Browse Camera via Web‟‟ to activate browser and auto connect to IP cam to get video Configure Camera Click „‟configure camera‟‟ to change the IP setting and user name password of the IP Cam you selected.
3.2.2 Configure Camera When you click the “Configure Camera”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “Admin” Password: “1234” If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.
3.2.3 LAN Setting LAN Setting IP Address Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250. NetMask The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN. For example: 255.255.255.0. Gateway The Gateway is used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet on the Internet.
Web Port This Camera support web connection, the default web port is 80. You could give the port name from 1-65536. Since the web server may use port 80, you can use a different port for the camera. If you change the web port from 80 to 8080, you must type http://192.168.2.3:8080 to connect the camera through web browser.
3.2.4 Security Security Camera Name The default camera name is “IC1500WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.. New Password Enter the new password you want to use for the camera. Confirm Password Retype the new password to confirm the setting.
3.3 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).
3.4 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.
area 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. Full screen Click this button to switch to full screen mode (only display all camera‟s image), press „ESC‟ key to quit full screen mode.
Video displaying area Displays the image of all cameras by the display layout you selected.
3.5 Configure IP Camera Surveillance Software 3.5.1 Configure Cameras Before you use this IP camera surveillance software, you must configure the camera(s) you wish to connect.
3.5.1.1 „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.
Video Format** Select the video encoding format of this camera (MJPEG or MPEG4). Reset Clear all fields in „Camera Configuration‟ section. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab. *: It‟s recommended to use „Select‟ button to fill the content of this field. **: Only available for cameras support this function.
3.5.1.2 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. Click this button and a new window will appear: New (One Time Schedules) Please specify the time duration of this one-time schedule (the date and time of „From‟ and „To‟), then click „OK‟ to save settings.
Click „OK‟ to save changes. 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. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.
3.5.1.3 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.
3.5.1.4 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.
3.5.2 General Settings You can set system-wide settings of this IP camera surveillance software in this menu. 3.5.2.1 „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 Space Displays remaining storage space.
Disable: Do not overwrite recorded video files. Enable: Overwrite recorded video files. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.
3.5.2.2 „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. Click this button and you‟ll be prompted to input the email address. Click „OK‟ to save changes.
click „Edit‟ to edit the email address. Delete Delete selected email address. Sender E-Mail Specify the email address of email sender. Address SMTP Server Specify the IP address or host name of the SMTP server you wish to use. For most of ISPs they will only allow its subscriber to use their SMTP server, if you don‟t know which SMTP server you should use, please refer to the setting of your email software or ask your ISP / network administrator.
3.5.2.3 Security If you don‟t want other people to access this IP camera surveillance software, you can set a password to protect it. You‟ll need to input the password every time you wish to use this IP camera surveillance software: To set password, please use „Security‟ tab in „General Options‟ menu: 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.
3.5.2.4 About This tab shows the version number of the IP camera surveillance software you‟re using.
3.6 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. Displays the video of 1 camera only. Layout style 1: 1 Camera only Displays the video of up to 4 cameras.
Displays the video of up to 6 cameras. Layout style 3: 6 Cameras Displays the video of up to 8 cameras. Layout style 4: 8 Cameras Displays the video of up to 9 cameras. Layout style 5: 9 Cameras Displays the video of up to 10 cameras. Layout style 6: 10 Cameras Displays the video of up to 13 cameras.
Displays the video of up to 16 cameras.
3.7 Full-Screen Modes 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.
3.8 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).
3.9 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.
3.10 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 ( ) to return to camera‟s home (default) position.
3.11 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.
3.13 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: Trouble Shooting 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 a. If the image is send by Email, please make sure it‟s to send image by Email or FTP, but nothing is received 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.
Specification Max Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Sensor: 1.3 mega pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Focal Length: 4.8 mm Aperture: F=1.8 Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MPEG4/ MJPEG Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 30fps@VGA, QVGA Video resolution: 160x120, 320x240, 640x480, 1280x1024 System Hardware LAN Connector: One RJ-45 port to connect to 10/100Mbps Ethernet Wireless: IEEE 802.
