NC230 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera NC250 HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 1910011378 REV1.0.
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
RF Exposure Information This device meets the EU requirements (1999/519/EC) on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields by way of health protection. The device complies with RF specifications when the device used at 20 cm from your body.
1） l’appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage; 2） l’utilisateur de l’appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, meme si le brouillage est susceptible d’en compromettre le fonctionnement. Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera Model No.: NC230 Product Description: HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Model No.
CONTENTS Chapter 1 About this Guide.................................................................................... 1 1.1 1.2 Conventions..................................................................................................................1 Overview of This Guide ................................................................................................1 Chapter 2 Introduction............................................................................................ 2 2.1 2.2 2.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Chapter 1 About this Guide This User Guide contains information for setup and management of the Cloud Camera. Please read this guide carefully before operation. 1.1 Conventions In this Guide the following conventions are used: The camera mentioned in this Guide stands for NC230 and NC250 without any explanation. This User Guide is shared by NC230 and NC250. NC250 is used for demonstration in this guide.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Chapter 2 Introduction 2.1 Overview NC250 is a versatile solution for home and office monitoring to keep an eye on your home, kids or workplace; whatever it is that you care for most. NC250 has a complete system with a built-in CPU and web server that transmits high quality video images, which can fully meet the need of your small office or home’s security and surveillance.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Support wireless 802.11b/g/n with speed up to 300Mbps for NC250, and 150Mbps for NC230. Ethernet port for wired connectivity UPnP support for network setup & configuration 10x digital zoom for close-up viewing 2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 Front Panel Light Sensor Microphone System LED Figure 2-1 Front Panel Light Sensor: The camera has a built-in internal photodetector. It is used to identify day or night.
NC230 NC250 Flashing Green Solid Green HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi The camera is in firmware upgrade procedure. The camera is connected to a network or is transferring data. 2.3.2 Rear Panel ETHERNET Port Power Jack WPS LED Heat Emission Holes WPS/RESET Button Figure 2-2 Rear Panel WPS LED: Status Indication The camera starts booting up. Flashing Green Off Solid Green The camera is connecting to a network by last in the first 2 minutes. function.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi WPS/RESET Button: This button is used for both WPS and RESET function. To use the WPS function, press it for 1 second. To use the RESET function, press and hold for more than 5 seconds. Used as WPS button: If your wireless router or access point supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), you can connect the camera to your Wi-Fi network using WPS. Press the WPS or QSS button on your router or access point.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Internet 9V 0.6A Smartphone ETHERNE T Computer LAN Outlet Camera WAN Wireless Router 2.5 Mount the Camera 2.5.1 The Screw Size 2.5.2 Mount the Camera Note: If you use the camera wirelessly, mount the camera within the coverage of your wireless network. 1. Unscrew the camera head. 2. 6 Remove the base cover.
NC230 NC250 3. HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Use two screws (not included) to secure 4. Put the base cover and camera head back on. the base.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Chapter 3 Managing the Camera The camera’s built-in web management page is designed to allow you to easily access and configure your camera. 3.1 1. Login Find the management IP address of the camera from the web management page of its front device, such as a router. Here we use the web management page of TP-LINK Archer D20 for demonstration. 2.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Note: For the administrator, the default password is “admin”. We recommend that you change it in the Account menu. (Go to “System > Account”) If you log in to the camera as an administrator, you can perform all the settings provided by the camera. If you log in to the camera as a common user, you can only view the Live View. After logging as administrator, you can add up to five user accounts in the Account menu.
NC230 NC250 3.2 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Live View The Live View screen shows you the live video feed from your camera. On this screen, you can capture a picture, record a video, and so on.
NC230 NC250 Symbols HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Meaning Note Click to capture a still image shot by the camera. The image file will be saved to your local computer. You can select a save path and rename the image file. Click to record current video. the The video file will be saved to your local computer. You can select a save path and rename the video file. will turn yellow once the save The icon path is selected.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Brightness: Drag the slider to adjust the brightness level of camera. Large value will brighten the current displayed screen. Contrast: Drag the slider to adjust the contrast level of the camera. Large value will contrast the current displayed screen heavily. Saturation: Drag the slider to adjust the saturation level of the camera. Large value will saturate the current displayed screen to be more colorful.
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NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.3.2 Basic > Network On this page, you can configure your camera’s IP address which is used to access and configure the camera. Dynamic IP: Select this option when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP address assignment. With this setting, the IP address of the camera is assigned automatically. Static IP: Select this option when a static or fixed IP address is obtained for the camera.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Primary DNS Server: Enter a DNS address in dotted-decimal notation. Secondary DNS Server: Enter a DNS address in dotted-decimal notation. Click Save to save and enable the settings. 3.3.3 Basic > Wireless Connection The camera’s wireless function is enabled by default. This function helps to connect your camera to a wireless network wirelessly.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 1. Click Scan to scan the available wireless network and to refresh the Wireless Network List. 2. Select a wireless network from the wireless network list. 3. If the wireless network’s security mode is None, simply click Connect. If the security mode requires a password, enter the wireless network’s password and then click Connect. You can select Show password to display what you’ve entered. 4.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 5. Click OK on the pop–up screen to finish wireless connection procedure. 6. To start using camera wirelessly, unplug its Ethernet cable. 3.3.4 Basic > Cloud Setting A Cloud Camera can be viewed anytime and anywhere over the Internet with TP-LINK Cloud service. On this page, you can add your camera to an existing TP-LINK Cloud account.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Camera Name: The default value is the camera model. You can change it to an easy-to-remember one. Camera name can contain up to 30 characters. It cannot contain the following characters: \ / : = & ‘ “ < > { }. After your camera is registered successfully, you can go to www.tplinkcloud.com to view it. 3.3.5 Basic > LED The camera’s LED is on by default. If you want to turn it off, just select Off. 3.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.4.2 Advanced > Network On this page, you can configure your network settings. IP Address On this section, you can configure your camera’s IP address which is used to access and configure the camera. Dynamic IP: Select this option when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP address assignment. With this setting, the IP address of the camera is assigned automatically.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Static IP: Select this option when a static or fixed IP address is obtained for the camera. A static IP address will ease your access to the camera in the future. Add your camera’s static IP information to your router to avoid IP conflicts. MAC Address: Displays the Ethernet MAC address of the camera. The MAC address is read-only. IP Address: Enter a fixed IP address for the camera in dotted-decimal notation.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi PPPoE: To enable or disable the PPPoE service here. Status: Displays the PPPoE connection status. Username: Enter the username for PPPoE service provided by your ISP. Password: Enter the password for PPPoE service provided by your ISP. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) This feature allows you to access and manage your camera via its IP address.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi UPnP Port Forwarding: To enable or disable the UPnP Port Forwarding service here. If this function is enabled and your router supports UPnP, the cameras and router can communicate with each other so that the router knows which ports are used by which camera. UPnP Name: Displays the camera name.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 1. Select Enable to enable your camera’s wireless function. 2. Click Manually, and you will see the following screen. 3. In the Wireless Network Name field, enter the name of the wireless network to which your camera is ready to connect. Note: The name must be exactly the same as that used in the wireless access point, or the connection will not be established.
NC230 NC250 4. HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Select the wireless security mode used by your wireless network from the drop-down list. The security mode and its corresponding settings must be exactly the same as that used in the wireless network. 5. Click Connect and a screen will pop up. Click Change on the pop-up screen. 6. Click OK on the pop–up screen to finish wireless connection procedure. 7. To start using camera wirelessly, unplug its Ethernet cable.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Max Clients: Set the maximum number of clients that are allowed to connect to the extended network. Click Save to save and enable the settings. 3.4.5 Advanced > Cloud Setting Refer to 3.3.4 Basic > Cloud Setting. 3.4.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Service Provider: Select one of the built-in DDNS servers from the drop-down list: No-IP (www.noip.com), DynDNS (www.dyn.com), and Comexe (www.comexe.cn). Note: If you have not registered for any of the listed DDNS servers, please select one and click Go to register… and follow the instructions provided on the official website to register. Username: Enter the username that is used to log into DDNS.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Image Quality: Select the image quality from the drop-down list: Normal and Low. Normal settings offer better quality, but it may require more bandwidth to stream. Backlight Compensation: If enabled, this feature will compensate for bright backgrounds so foreground objects aren't silhouetted. It is disabled by default.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Motion Detection: To enable or disable the motion detection function. The area with blue mask indicates that it is the area with motion detection on. All areas are selected by default. You can drag your mouse to draw specific areas that you want to monitor. Sensitivity: Specify the level of difference between two sequential images that would indicate motion.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Sound Detection: To enable or disable the sound detection function. Sensitivity: Specify the level of difference between current sound and the threshold you set. Select one of the three levels of sensitivity from the drop-down list: High, Medium, and Low. Threshold: Select the threshold of sound level. Snapshots will be triggered when current sound exceeds this threshold.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi FTP Select FTP, you can configure your camera to send snapshots to a specified FTP sever on the following screen: FTP Server/ Port: Enter the IP or the domain (IP/domain without prefix ftp://) and the port of the FTP server that you will be connecting to. The port is 21 by default. Note: The FTP server you set and the camera should be in the same LAN.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 1. Enter an IP address or domain of your FTP server, e.g. 192.168.1.168 2. Remain the FTP port number as the default value: 21. 3. Enter your username to log in to the FTP server, e.g. test. 4. Enter your password to log in to the FTP server. 5. Enter the path to the destination on the FTP server, e.g. /test 6. Enable Passive Mode. 7. Click Save to save and enable the settings.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Recipient E-mail Address: Enter the receiver’s E-mail address that the notification E-mail will be sent to. Click Add recipient to add receiver’s E-mail addresses. You can specify up to four recipient E-mail addresses. Sender E-mail Address: Enter the sender’s E-mal address that is used to send the notification E-mail. Password: Enter your password if the SMTP server uses authentication.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 1. Enter the receiver’s E-mail address in Recipient E-mail Address, e.g. test@tp-link.com. 2. Enter your E-mail address in Sender E-mail Address, e.g. test@gmail.com. 3. Enter the password required to access the SMTP server. 4. Enter smtp.gmail.com in SMTP server. 5. Select TLS as the SSL encryption and the SMPT server port number will be changed to 465 automatically. 6. Set the Sending Interval, e.g. 1m. 7.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.5.1 Account On this page, you can change the administrator’s password and manage the user account(s) that are allowed to access to your camera. Username: Displays the name of user account. User Group: Displays the group that the user account is in. Different user group has different limits of authority. admin: This group has all authority of configuration. It can only have one account: admin.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 2. Enter a username for your new account. 3. Enter a password for your new account. The password should contain 5 to 20 characters. 4. Enter the password again to confirm it. 5. Click Save to save and enable the settings. Change Password You can change the password of all the accounts here. Note: The default account and password are both admin.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3. Enter the current password in the Old Password textbox. 4. Enter a new password. 5. Enter the new password again to confirm it. 6. Click Save to save and enable the settings. Delete a User Account You can delete a user account except admin here. Click a user entry in the list and click Delete. 3.5.2 Date/Time On this page, you can configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Current Time: Displays the current date and time of the camera. Time Zone: Select the time zone for the region where the camera is installed from the drop-down list. Enable Daylight Saving Time: Select this option to enable daylight saving time adjustment. If enabled, you will see the following screen: Automatically: If selected, the internal system clocks of the camera will adjust the DST automatically.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi NTP Server: You can either enter a domain name of the NTP server or select one which will be filled in automatically from the drop-down list. Set NTP Server from Dynamic IP: You can use the NTP server applied in the DHCP server on the network. Set Date and Time Manually: Select this option to set the date and time of the camera manually.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Reboot: Click Reboot and then click Reboot on the pop-up screen to confirm. Rebooting will not change the camera’s setting. After rebooting, you need to log in to this page again. Backup: Click Backup and follow the instructions on the browser to save the setting data file to your specified location. Restore: Click Browse to locate the saved backup file and then click Restore.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 2. Click Browse to locate the latest downloaded software. 3. Click Upgrade to update the camera’s software to the latest version. 4. Wait for the uploading process to complete, and the camera will reboot automatically. Note: 1. We recommend that you use a wired connection for your camera and PC when upgrading firmware. 2. The firmware upgrade procedure must not be interrupted or the camera may be damaged. 3.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Time: Displays the time when the log event occurs. The log can get the correct time after you configure on the Date/Time page. (go to Advanced > Date/Time) Module: Displays the module to which the log information belongs. You can specify the module by selecting one from the Module drop-down list at the bottom. Level: Displays the severity level of the log information.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Appendix: Specifications SYSTEM Image Sensor 1/4’’ Progressive scan CMOS sensor Resolution 1280*720 Lens F: 2.8, f: 3.85mm Viewing Angle FOV=64° Digital Zoom 10x Digital Video/Image Video Compression H.
NC230 NC250 HD Day/Night Wi-Fi Cloud Camera HD Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi TCP, UDP Security Multiple password-protected user levels Wireless NC230: IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Up to 150Mbps Wireless Data Rate NC250: IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Up to 300Mbps Frequency 2.4-2.4835GHz Wireless Encryption WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK System Requirements Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher Firefox 4.0 or higher Supported Browser Safari 4.0 or higher Chrome 5.0 or higher Opera 12.
