Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- IME and IXE Series Network IP Cameras
- Important Notices
- Introduction
- Operation
- Zoom and Focus Controls
- Live Video Page
- Settings Page
- System Tab
- Changing the Device Name
- Enabling LEDs
- Configuring SMTP Server
- Configuring Time Server Settings
- Customizing the Appearance of the Text Overlay
- Customizing the Appearance of the Image Overlay
- Generating a System Log
- Rebooting the Camera
- Restoring All Camera Defaults
- Downloading a Full Backup of Camera Settings
- Uploading a Backup File to Restore Camera Settings
- Network Tab
- Imaging Tab
- Configuring the Orientation of the Scene
- Changing the Digital Processing Settings
- Selecting Exposure Settings
- Day Night Settings
- Configuring Manual Focus Settings
- Selecting Tone Map Settings
- Turning On Window Blanking
- Turning Off Window Blanking
- Deleting a Window Blanking Area
- Restoring Window Blanking Defaults
- A/V Streams Tab
- Users Tab
- Events Tab
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CONFIGURING TIME SERVER SETTINGS
Your device supports two methods for synchronizing with a time server: Auto and Manual. The Auto setting allows the device to discover and
synchronize with a network time server over IPv4 or IPv6. If a network time server is not available for discovery on the network, select the Manual
time server setting.
1. Place your mouse pointer over the System tab.
2. Select General Settings from the drop-down menu.
3. Select Auto or Manual for the Time Server. If you select Manual, provide the address or host name of the server.
4. Select the Time Zone.
NOTE: If your selected location observes daylight saving time (DST), the device with alutomatically change time on the associated dates.
5. Click the Save button to save the settings, or click the Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
CUSTOMIZING THE APPEARANCE OF THE TEXT OVERLAY
1. Place your mouse pointer over the System tab.
2. Select General Settings from the drop-down menu.
3. Set the Text Overlay settings:
Date/Time Overlay: Select Show to display the date and time in the live view overlay. The default setting is Hide.
Camera Name Overlay: Select Show to display the camera name in the live view overlay. The default setting is Hide.
4. Select the display position for the overlay from the Position drop-down menu. Selections include Top Right, Top Center, Top Left, Bottom
Right, Bottom Center, and Bottom Left.
5. If an overlay is set to Show, view the format of the overlay in the Overlay Format area.
6. Click the Save button to save the settings, or click the Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
CUSTOMIZING THE APPEARANCE OF THE IMAGE OVERLAY
1. Place your mouse pointer over the System tab.
2. Select General Settings from the drop-down menu.
3. Set the Image Overlay settings. Select Show to display the image overlay in the live view. The default setting is Hide.
4. Click Choose File and locate a portable pixel map (PPM) image for the overlay.
NOTE: PPM is the only image format that can be used in the image overlay. The PPM image must be a minimum resolution of 32 x 32 or a
maximum resolution of 256 x 192. GIF, JPEG, PNG and other formats are not recognized and cannot be uploaded. Free software
applications, such as GIMP, can be used to convert image formats to PPM.
5. Select the PPM image file to display in the live view overlay, and click Open.
6. Select the display position for the overlay from the Position drop-down menu. Selections include Top Right, Top Center, Top Left, Bottom
Right, Bottom Center, and Bottom Left.
7. Click the Save button to save the settings, or click the Reset button to clear all of the information you entered without saving it.
NOTE: The image overlay is not transparent and appears in front of most informational and text overlays and window blanking regions.