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Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use. It is important to first verify that all contents received are complete according to the list in the "Package Contents" chapter.
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Table of Contents Before You Use This Product......................................................................1 Package Contents ....................................................................................5 Installation .............................................................................................6 Hardware installation..........................................................................6 Software installation..................................................................
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WLAN Configuration .................................................................... 38 Mail & FTP....................................................................................... 40 SMTP ........................................................................................ 40 FTP .......................................................................................... 40 DDNS and UPnP settings ................................................................... 42 Video codec parameters ........
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DDNS & UPnP configuration URL ................................................... 61 Video configuration URL .............................................................. 62 Image quality configuration URL ................................................... 63 Application configuration URL ....................................................... 64 Homepage layout configuration URL .............................................. 65 D. Technical specifications .................................................
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Package Contents IP3133 Software CD Power adapter Quick installation guide Camera stand Warranty card I/O terminal block connector -5www.vivotek.
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Installation Hardware installation Please verify that your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents. Depending on the user’s application, an Ethernet cable may be needed. The Ethernet cable should meet the specs of UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length. Connect the power adapter jack to the Network Camera before plugging in to the power socket. This will reduce the risk of accidental electric shock.
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to next paragraph “Software installation”. If the Ethernet is not available, Network Camera will switch to wireless LAN mode. To install in wireless LAN If the Ethernet is not available while power on, the Network Camera will search for any access point with the SSID “default”. Once any access point is found, the LED will turn green to wait for installation. If the network environment cannot meet the default settings, install Network Camera in Ethernet to proceed with wireless LAN configuration.
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Software installation At the end of the hardware installation, users can use Installation Wizard program included in the product CDROM to find the location of the Network Camera. There may be many Network Cameras in the local network. Users can differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number. The serial number is the MAC address that is printed on the labels on the carton and the back of the Network Camera body. Please refer to the user’s manual of Installation Wizard for detail.
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Add Password to prevent Unauthorized Access The default Administrator’s password is blank and the Network Camera initially will not ask for any password. The Administrator should immediately implement a new password as a matter of prudent security practice. Once the Administrator’s password is saved, the Network Camera will ask for the user’s name and password before each access. The Administrator can set up a maximum of twenty (20) user accounts.
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How to Use Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful authentication, the following figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails. The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience. This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason. - 10 - www.vivotek.
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Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook. If the highest security level is set, the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt. This plug-in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in the browser. Users may click on to proceed.
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Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has two parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page. - 12 - www.vivotek.
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Digital Zoom Click on the magnifier icon under the camera view then the digital zoom control panel will be shown. Uncheck “Disable digital zoom” and use the slider control to change the zoom factors. Digital Output Clicking on the “On” or “Off” button turns the digital output to either on or off status. Snapshot Click on , web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot. Users can point at the snapshot and click the right button of mouse to save it. - 13 - www.vivotek.
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Client settings At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask for a new plug-in installation, the plug-in being the Network Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the client’s site. The user may click on to install the plug-in. If the web browser does not allow the user to complete the installation, check the Internet security to lower the security level or contact your IT or networking supervisor.
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The HTTP protocol must be selected if the network is protected by a firewall and it only allows HTTP Port (80) to be opened. In this mode, audio will not be sent and only video is operational. If no special need is required, UDP protocol is recommended. Generally speaking, the client’s choice will be in the order of UDP → TCP → HTTP. After the Network Camera is connected successfully, “Protocol Option” will indicate the selected protocol.
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Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Fix bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible.
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and set the maximum frame rate to 30 fps. If the images vary dramatically in your environment, you may want to slow the maximum frame rate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data transmission. This allows for better video quality and the human eyes cannot readily detect the differences between those of 20, 25, or 30 frames per second.
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Opening accounts for new users Protect Network Camera by passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is 1 to enable protection. intended to be accessed by others. Type a new word twice in ○ This password is used to identify the administrator. Then add an account with user 2 .
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3 . users from ○ 4 More flexible options for viewers ○ The first option allows anyone uses “demo” as the user name to view without password. The Administrator can also decide if more viewers are allowed to watch the video if the viewers exceed the limit. The overloaded viewers will have snapshot mode instead. Change homepage layout How to change the subject text of homepage 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Change the text in “Host name”, 3. Click on “Save” button. - 19 - www.vivotek.
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How to change the font color 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, 3. Find “Font color” and pull down the list to choose any color you like, 4. Click on “Save” button. * The font color is better to contrast with the background. How to change the background 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, If you want to display simple color without any image, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “blank”, 4.
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If you want to use the image from another web site as background, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “Url”, 4. Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, “http://dgl.microsoft.com/thumbnails/j023/j0235217(t).gif”, 5. Click on “Save” button. If you want to change the default background image stored in the Network Camera, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “default”, 4. Click on “Save” button, 5.
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How to change the image logo at the upper left corner of homepage 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, If you want to remove any logo, 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “blank”, 4. Click on “Save” button. If you want to use the image from another web site as logo, 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “Url”, 4. Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, “http://dgl.microsoft.com/thumbnails/j023/j0234430(t).gif”, 5.
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7. Transfer logo.gif in local folder to the Network Camera, 8. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera. If you want to add hyperlink to the logo image, 3. Find “Logo link” and type the hyperlink in the edit box, for example, http://www.mywebsite.com, 4. Click on “Save” button. - 23 - www.vivotek.
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How to design my own homepage to replace the current one 1. Prepare your own homepage with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to user.htm, 2. Insert the html codes of video object, the bold Italian text in the following example, into the appropriate position in user.htm. Note that the codes of video object must be copied exactly the same including the letter case. ****** Example homepage begin ******
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3. Open an FTP client program and connect to the Network Camera. The user name and password is as same as the Administrator’s. 4. Transfer user.htm in local folder to the Network Camera, 5. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera, 6. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 7. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, 8. Check “Use the customized homepage”. 9. Click on “Save” button and return to homepage. * The user.
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Build a multimedia web attraction site Demo on multiple sites – mid-scale service The Network Camera can allow ten visitors on-line simultaneously. After Installation, focus the Network Camera on any view you would like friends to share and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address. Caution: You may want to maintain your visitor’s list in the security configuration page to block out unexpected visitors. No need to have the geeks’ skill and equipments, no need to find suitable software.
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If you want to expand to allow in more viewers, the host server should be able to handle large network traffic, which must handle the picture refreshing from the Network Camera. If the web space has FTP service, Set the Network Camera as an FTP client to upload the pictures. The access to the Network Camera will be independent of the number of viewers and the picture quality will remain constant. 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Network” at the left column, 3.
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5. Click on “Application” at the left column, 6. Select the weekday and daily schedule you want to upload the pictures, 7. Select “Sequential operation” and set the interval, 8. Select FTP without date time suffix as the upload method and click on save, 9. The image file uploaded to the web space is named “video.jpg”. Check if the file is successfully uploaded to the correct folder, 10. Prepare a homepage with the embedded image reference to the image file uploaded via FTP in advance.
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Example - auto refresh Network Camera Demo