Manual
Table Of Contents
- Y-cam User Manual
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1.0 INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Approval Information
- 1.2 Restrictions
- 1.3 Power Supply
- 1.4 Maintenance
- 1.5 Recommendations
- 1.6 Minimum System Requirements
- 2.0 MAIN FEATURES
- 2.1 Y‐cam at a glance
- 3.0 INSTALLATION
- 3.1 Connecting your Y‐cam into a Router
- 3.2 Connecting your Y‐cam directly to a
- 4.0 Y‐CAM SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
- 4.1 Y‐cam Software Installation for PC
- 4.11 Manually Setting TCP/IP Settings fo
- 4.2 Y‐cam Software Installation for Mac
- 4.3 Finding your Camera with Y‐cam Setup
- 5.0 WELCOME TO YOUR Y‐CAM!
- 5.1 User Interface (Internet Explorer)
- 5.2 User Interface (Firefox and Safari)
- 6.0 Y‐CAM SETTINGS
- 6.01 Wizard – Easy Setup
- 6.1 CAMERA MENU
- 6.11 Camera Setup
- 6.12 Stream Setup
- 6.13 OSD Setup
- 6.14 Night Vision Setup*
- 6.2 Network Menu
- 6.21 Wireless Setup
- 6.211 Infrastructure Wireless Setup Opti
- 6.212 Adhoc Wireless Setup Options
- 6.22 TCP/IP Setup
- 6.23 PPPoE Setup
- 6.24 DDNS Setup
- 6.25 UPnP Setup
- 6.26 Viewing your camera externally
- 6.3 Alarm Menu
- 6.31 Motion Detection (Internet Explorer
- 6.32 Schedule Setup
- 6.33 Alarm Management ‐ FTP
- 6.34 Alarm Management ‐ Email
- 6.35 Periodic Sending ‐ FTP
- 6.36 Periodic Sending ‐ Email
- 6.37 Buffer Management
- 6.4 Alarm Server
- 6.41 FTP Server
- 6.42 E‐mail Servers
- 6.421 Y‐cam with Gmail Servers
- 6.5 Tools Menu
- 6.51 System Identity
- 6.52 User Management
- 6.53 Date & Time
- 6.54 Backup and Reset
- 6.55 Firmware Upgrade
- 6.6 System Menu
- 6.7 Support Menu
- 6.8 Reboot
- 7.0 ADVANCED SETTINGS
- 7.1 Port Forwarding
- 7.2 Proxy Server Setting
- 7.3 Enabling Active X in Internet Explor
- 7.4 Recovering from a failed Firmware up
- 7.5 Resetting the Y‐cam to Factory Defau
- 7.6 Third Party Software
- 7.7 Alternative methods of accessing th
- 7.8 Viewing your Y‐cam on a Mobile Phone
- 8.0 TROUBLE SHOOTING
- 9.0 GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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7.5 ResettingtheY‐camtoFactoryDefaults
TherearetwowaystoresettheY‐cambacktoitsfactorydefaults:
1.PresstheResetbuttononthesideofthecamerathroughthepinhole.
2.ThroughtheCameraSettings/Tools Menuundertheheading“BackuporReset”
7.6 ThirdPartySoftware
Y‐camissupportedbynumberofsecuritysoftware.Someofthemarelistedbelow.Howeveryouareadvisedtovisit
http://www.y‐cam.com
periodicallyfortheupdate dlist.
Icatcherhttp://www.icode.co.uk
Luxriot http://www.luxriot.com/
VerifiedAlarm http://www.initsys.co.uk
BlueIris http://www.blueirissoftware.com
SecuritySpy http://www.securityspy.com
Camvista http://www.camvista.co.uk
NuuoNVRIP+ http://www.nuuo.com
Eyesoft http://www.bikal.co.uk
NetcamWatcher http://www.netcam‐watcher.com
NuuoNVR(IP+) http://www.nuuo.com/product.php?id=12
AnysoftwarethatsupportsgenericMJPEGcamerasshouldworkwithY‐camIPcameras.
InordertousetheY‐camswithsoftwarethatsupportsaddingagenericMJPEGcamera,pleaseusethepathofyour
camerawith“/stream.jpg”ontheendofit.ThiswillinstructthesoftwaretoextracttheMotionJPEGvideostreamfrom
thespecifiedpathintheY‐cam.AllcurrentY‐cammodelssupportthismethod.
7.7 Alternativemethodsofaccessingthevideostream
Youcanalsoaccessvideo/imagesfromthenetworkcamerainthefollowingways:
• MotionJPEGserverpush(ifsupportedbytheclient,Firefox,forexample).ThisoptionmaintainsanopenHTTP
connectiontothebrowserandsendsdataasandwhenrequired,foraslongasrequired.Enterthepath‐
http://<ip>/stream.jpg
• StillJPEGimagesinabrowser.Enterthepath‐http://<ip>/snapshot.jpg
• MJPEGviaRTSP:rtsp://<ip>/live_mjpeg.sdp
• MPEG4viaRTSP:rtsp://<ip>/live_mpeg4.sdp
RTSPMPEG4stream: rtsp://10.10.10.133/live_mpeg4.sdp
RTSPMJPEGstream: rtsp://10.10.10.133/live_mjpeg.sdp
HTTPMPEG4stream: http://10.10.10.133:8009/stream.av
HTTPMJPEGstream: http://10.10.10.133:8009/stream.jpg
HTTPsnapshotimage: http://10.10.10.133:8009/snapshot.jpg
Forfurtherdetailspleaseclickonthelinksinthe“StreamSetup”pageofthecamerasettingsbythenameof“Primary
Stream”,“SecondaryStream”and“MobileStream”.