Digitus DN-16035 manual

INTERNET P AN & TIL T WIRELESS HD IP CAMERA User Manual DN-16035[...]

2 T able of Contents Chapter I: Familiar with y our Internet IP Camera ............................................. 4 1.1 Package Content s .............................................................................. 4 1.2 Basic Intr oduction ............................................................................... 5 1.3 Product Hi ghlight[...]

3 2.7.1 S tatus ...................................................................................... 80 2.7.2 S pace Alarm ........................................................................... 81 2.7.3 File Managemen t .................................................................................. 83 Chapter III: Using Surveillance Softw[...]

4 Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera 1.1 Package Content s Thank you for purchasing this IP camera ! Before you start to use this IP camera, please check the package content s. If anything is missing, please contact the dealer of purchase and re turn the p ackage to claim for missing contents. Item Name Quantity 1 IP Camera 1 2 Antenn[...]

5 1.2 Basic Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Internet IP camera! This IP camera is an ideal product for all kinds of video-surveill ance purposes, like home/office safety , kid/pet monitoring, and remote vi deo acquire etc. Unlink conventional close-circuit video camera; you’re not limit ed to the length of cable! Once this IP camera is[...]

6 1.3 Product Highlights  No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet Explorer 6 (and above, with plugin installed).  With supplied video surveillance software, you can connect up to 16 video cameras and view images captured by every camera at the same time.  Supports 3 video resolutions: MJPG and H.264 SXGA(1[...]

7 1.4 Familiar with Key Component s Power LED: Indicates power status Audio LED: Indicates Audio status LAN LED: Indicates LAN activity ACT LED: Indicates Dat a activity WLAN LED: Indicates Wireless LAN activity Focus Ring: Adjusts focus IR LEDs: Lights up when environment is too dark Microphone: Collects audio Fr ont V iew Focus Ring IR LEDs Micro[...]

8 Antenna Base: Connects to supplied antenna Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage WPS Button: click the buttom on IP Cam and click it on the AP you want to connect for wireless Audio Connector: Connects to ex ternal speaker for audio output Ethernet Connector: Conne[...]

9 Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage USB Port: Connects to cert ain wireless module. Audio Connector: Connects to ex ternal speaker for audio output Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network Back V iew of W ired model Power Connector SD Card Slot USB [...]

10 Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage Audio Connector: Connects to ex ternal speaker for audio output Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network Back V iew of POE model Power Connector SD Card Sl ot Audio Connector Ethernet Connector[...]

11 Reset Button: Press the button with pen ni b and hold for 5 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value. Side V iew Reset Button[...]

12 T ripod Connector: Connects to tripod to secure the camera when the camera is not put on a horizontal surface. Bottom V iew T ripod Connector[...]

13 1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators Wired and Wireless model LED Name S tatus Description Power Off Camera is not powered (camera off) On Camera is correctly powered (camera on) LAN Off LAN port not in use On LAN port in use Flash T ransferring data via LAN port WLAN Of f Wireless LAN not in use On Wireless LAN in use Flash at low speed W aiting[...]

14 1.6 Camera Inst allation Please follow the following instructi ons to set your IP camera up. 1. Unpack the product p ackage and check if anything’s missing. 2. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local area network, and connect the other end to the LAN jack of this IP camera. NOTE : Y ou can skip this step if you plan to use wireless LAN only .[...]

15 3. Plug the power adapter to wall socke t, and connect the power connector to the power jack located at t he bottom of the IP camera.[...]

16 4. Connect two antennas to the antenna bases , which is located at the back of this IP camera.[...]

17 5. Place the camera at a secure place, and point the camera to the place you wish to monitor . If you wish to hang the camera on the ceiling or wall, please use the tripod connector (located at the bottom of the camera) to secure the camera. 6. Launch Internet Explorer on your computer , and fo llowing the instructions given in next section to s[...]

18 1.7 Locate the IP Addre ss 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 192.168.2, you’ll have to change the IP addres[...]

19 2. Double-click ‘Network Connections’ icon. 3. Right-click ‘Local Area Connec tion’, and click ‘Properties’.[...]

20 4. Select ‘Internet Protocol (T CP/IP)’, then click ‘Properties’.[...]

21 5. 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 (Y ou 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’. If you changed the IP addres[...]

22 1.8 Using Camera Admin Soft ware to Locate Camera If you can’t connect to the ca mera by the instructions gi ven in last chapter , you can use camera admin software to sear ch the camera which is connected to your local area network. The admin sof tware is also capable to locate multiple cameras on your local area network. Please insert the us[...]

23 1. Click ‘Next’ to start install camera admin sof tware: 2. Y ou can change the installation folder of camera setup software here, click ‘Browse’ to select an existing folder , or you can just click ‘Next’ to use default installation folder:[...]

24 3. If you wish to create desktop icon and / or quick launch icon for camera admin software, please check correspondi ng box, and click ‘Next’ to continue. 4. Y ou’ll see a brief of a ll options you selected, click ‘Install’ to install camera admin software now , or click ‘back’ to back to previous steps to change settings.[...]

25 5. When you see this message, the installation of camera admin sof tware is complete. If you wish to launch camera admin software now , keep ‘Launch IP Cam Admin Utility’ bo x checked, and click ‘Finish’ to close installation utility . After the camera admin sof tware is launched, all cameras found on your local area network will be disp[...]

26 All camera-related information will be displa yed here. If you wish to connect to certain camera by web browser , double-click the camera listed here. The camera admin software also provides several functions: Language change: This camera admin softwa re supports 3 languages: English, Chinese, and Japanese. Y ou can select the language you wish [...]

27 Input the p assword (default: 1234) and cli ck OK to configure the camera’s network and security setting: In ‘Lan Setting’ page, you can configur e camera’ s network settings. Select ‘DHCP’ to set the camera to obtain an IP address from DHCP server on local area network automatically , and select ‘Manual IP’ to input the IP addre[...]

28 In ‘Security’ page, you can change the camera’ s name and password (user name is always ‘admin’ and cannot be changed). Y ou have to input the same password in both ‘New Password’ and ‘Confirm Password’ field, or you’ll be prompted to input new password again. Click ‘OK’ to save settings or click ‘Cancel’ to discard c[...]

29 1.9 Log Onto W eb Ma nagement Interface Make sure the IP camera is correct ly 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 . Y ou should be prompted to input the user name and password: Default user name is ‘admin’ and pa ssw ord is ‘1234’. Click[...]

30 If this is the first time you log onto web management interface, you’ll be prompted to install ActiveX Plugin: When you see this message, please cli ck ‘OK’, and click ‘Download the latest ActiveX’ link to download plugin so you can use this camera: Click ‘Run’ to download plugin:[...]

31 Click ‘Run’ to install plugin: Please click ‘Next’ button to start installati on (click ‘Next’ or ‘Install’ when you’r e prompted, until installation is complete).[...]

32 Click ‘Finish’ to complete plugin installation. Now you can go back to web browser , and you should be able to see the image captured by camera (Y ou may need to press F5 or CTRL-R to reload web page).[...]

33 Note: If you see one of these messages (or both): Y our computer may not have the display ca pability that this IP camera requires, or you don’t have Microsoft DirectX® installed. Please download Microsoft DirectX® from Microsof t’s website ( http://www .microsof t.com ), and try again. In some cases, your computer is able to display the i[...]

34 Special notes: Because this IP camera has IR coating on its lens, plants will appear as white because of photosynthesis effect, THIS IS N OT MALFUNTION. Plants seen by hum an’s naked eyes: Plants seen through this IP camera:[...]

35 Chapter II: Using W eb Management Interface 2.1 Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto w eb management interface is ‘Camera’, and this is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera. Y ou can always back to this menu by clicking ‘Camera’ on the top of web management interface.[...]

36 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Pan/T ilt S peed S pec ifies the moving speed when you use pan / tilt function to point the ca mera to a new direction. A vailable options are 1 (f astest) to 5 (slowest). Select 1 to move the camera by a faster speed, but you will not be able to control the mov[...]

37 Pan / T ilt Control Moves camera to a new direction. Press one of 8 directional buttons to move the camera, and press ‘H’ to move the camera back to ‘home’ (original) position. Preset Points Y ou can set up to 9 preset points of camera position; press the number to move the camera to preset point instantly . See next chapter for detail i[...]

38 image, you can click this button to set digital zoom: Click ‘Enable’ to enable digi tal zoom function, then you can drag the slide bar to adjust zoom ratio. Y ou can also use your mouse to drag the zoom area (the green square) to reposition the zoom area. Fit to Window Size Click this button and the image size will be adjusted to fit the siz[...]

39 2.2 Video Y ou can change vide o-related settings of this IP camera in ‘Video’ menu. Y ou can access thi s menu by clicking ‘Video’ on the top of web management interface. There are 5 types of vid eo settings for this IP ca mera. T o set the option of a certain video setting , put mouse cursor on it and it s options will appear .[...]

40 2.2.1 MJPEG Y ou can adju st video settings when yo u select ‘MJPEG’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description V ideo Res olution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provides better video [...]

41 2.2.2 MPEG4 Y ou can adju st video settings when yo u select ‘MPEG4’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description V ideo Res olution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provides better video q[...]

42 2.2.3 H.264 Y ou can adju st video settings when you select ‘H.264’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description V ideo Res olution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provides better video q[...]

43 2.2.4 OSD If you need to display infor mation ab out this camera, like camera’s name or current date / time, you can use OSD (On-Sc reen Display) menu: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description On-Screen Display Select ‘Enable’ to enable on-screen display function (information about this camera wi[...]

44 2.2.5 Night V ision This camera equip s with 9 IR LEDs to enhance video qua lity in the night. Y ou can enable or disable IR LEDs by ‘Night V ision’ menu: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Alaways** turn off IR led Do not use IR LEDs, even it’ s very dark. Alaways** turn on IR led T urn IR[...]

45 2.3 Pan and T ilt This IP camera supports pan and tilt func tion, as you explored in last section. Y ou can also make the camera move automatically in pan and tilt menu by defining a set of pre-defined path. Y ou can access this menu by clicking ‘PTZ’ on the top of web management interface. 2.3.1 Preset Point s Y ou can define the camera pos[...]

46 3. When you move the camera to t he position you want, type a name in ‘Position name’ field, and click ‘Set to Point n ’ (where ‘n’ is the number of memory slot) button to save the position to selected memory slot. After you set the position, you can reca ll the position from ‘Camera’ menu (click the position number button), and [...]

47 2.3.2 Grand T our Y ou can make the camera move between many pre-defined positions, and define the time you wish to pause at every position; this is called as ‘Grand T our ’. Before you can use this function, you have to define at least 2 positions in ‘Preset Points’ section (refer to last section for detailed information). The descripti[...]

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49 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Name Input the name of this se t of grand tour here. As you may have many sets of grand tour , please give it a meaningf ul name so you can remember the main purpose of this set. V ie w with random order Do not visit all positions in th is grand tour by order; v[...]

50 2.4 Network Settings All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify TCP/IP parameters in this menu if y ou want to change IP address, use PPPoE, Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function. Y ou can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface. After you selected ‘Network’, netwo [...]

51 2.4.1 LAN Y ou can define IP address and select t he port number you wish to use here.[...]

52 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Network T ype 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 ‘S tatic IP Address’ to assign this IP camera with a fixed IP address. Wh[...]

53 2.4.2 WLAN The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Wireless Connection Select ‘Enable’ to activate wireless network function of this IP camera, select ‘Disab le’ to disable it. Network T ype Select the network type of wireless connection. A vailable options are ‘Infra structure’ (Connect t[...]

54 Y ou can set to ‘Adhoc’ when you don’t have any wireless access point, but your com puter has wireless network card. Set to ‘Infrastructure’ when you have wireless access point, and you have computers with wired network connection. A vailable Networks Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP camera. Please note not all ac[...]

55 SSID Input the S SID of the wir eless access point you wish to connect. It should be less than 32 alphanumerical characters. When you select a wireless a ccess point above, it’ s SSID will be filled in this field automatically . However , if the SSID is not displayed (the wireless access point you selected choose to hide it’ s SSID) , you ha[...]

56 2.4.3 Dynamic DNS If your ISP does not give you a fixed In ternet 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 of fice. Before you ca[...]

57 2.4.4 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 hav e to remember the IP address of this IP camera. Simply open ‘Networ k neighbor ’ and it’ s there! The descripti[...]

58 Click the message to open ‘My Network Places’, and you’ll see the IP camera: Y ou can double-click the icon to launc h Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’ s web management interface directly .[...]

59 2.4.5 LoginFree This camera provides a method to le t unauthorized users to view the image captured by this camera, which is called as ‘LoginFree’. When you wish to let everyone to view the image captured by this camera, or integrate the image with your own web application, you can use this function: Input the filename here, and click ‘App[...]

60 2.4.6 R TSP If you want to watch video captured by t h i s I P c a m e r a b y y o u r o w n R T S P (Real T ime S treaming Protocol) medi a player , you can use this function to setup R T SP p arameters, so your RTSP-compatible player will be able to receive video data. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item De[...]

61 2.5 Motion Detection When you wish to use this camera to monitor the activities , motion detection function will be very useful. Camera will detect the motion in captured image, and take a snap shot when motion is detected. So you can use this camera to keep the safety of the belongings you have. T o use motion detection, click the fo llowing li[...]

62 2.5.1 Motion Detection Y ou can use this menu to setup basic motion detection settings: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable Motion Detection Select ‘Enable’ to enable motion detection, and select ‘Disable’ to disable this function. Motion Detection Interval Select the time interval [...]

63 Recording T ime Select the duration yo u wish this camera to record image when a motion is detected from dropdown menu. A vailable options are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (seconds). Sending File Ty p e Select the file type that will be saved when a motion is detected. Select ‘JPEG’ and a still picture in JPEG format will be saved; and select ‘A VI?[...]

64 2.5.2 Motion Region Y ou can define the motion detection r egion within the image that camera captures, so this camera will ignore mo tions which are not covered by the motion region setting, and reduce t he chances of false alarm. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Region 1 – 3 Check the box t[...]

65 Sensitivity Move the slide bar to change the motion detection sensitivity setting: Drag the s lide to the right to increase sensitivity (camera will detect minor changes in the image), and drag the slide to the left to decrease sensitivity (camera will only detect major changes in the image). Refresh In case the objects of the image captured by [...]

66 2.4.3 Email Y ou can define the destination addre ss of E-mail sending and mail server parameters here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Recipient E-Mail Address Input the email recipien t’ s Email address here. E-Mail Subject S pec ify the title of se nding email, so you can identify the mai[...]

67 select ‘Disable’ to disable it. If you don’t know , please refer to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask yo ur network administrator or ISP . User Name Please input the user nam e of SMTP server here, if your SMTP server requires t he use of aut hentication. Password Please inpu[...]

68 2.4.4 FTP Configur ation Y ou can set FTP server ’ s parameters here. 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 t[...]

69 Passive Mode Select ‘Enable’ to use pa ssive mode to send file, or select ‘Disable’ to not to use passive mode to send file. Some FTP servers require passive mode, if you don’t know , please ask FTP server ’s administrator; most of FTP servers will work fine with bot h modes, but if you found that non-passive mode is not working, you[...]

70 2.4.5 SD Card Configuration Y ou can define the filename and destination folder when saving a file in SD card. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable Cycle Recording Check this box and this camera will automatically erase oldest image file to make r ooms for new image files when SD card is ful[...]

71 2.6 System Info Y ou can use this menu to get the oper ational information of this camera: After you selected ‘System Info.’, a sub-menu will appear . There are 4 sub-menus available here: Detailed descriptions of ever y setting will be given below .[...]

72 2.6.1 Camera Information Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator ’s password of this camera. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Camera Name Please specify the name of this IP Camera here. This can be used to identify your came ra on the network when you have more than on[...]

73 2.6.2 Date / T ime Setting This setting allows you to change the dat e and time of the r eal time clock in this IP camera. Y ou can set the time manually , or use network time protocol (NTP) to set the ti me au tomatically . The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Set Date/T ime manually / NTP Server [...]

74 T ime ‘Y es’; otherwise select ‘No’. Synchronize to PC time Click to input current time of y our computer to ‘Set Date / T ime manually’ field. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take ef fect. If you wish to use the date and time setting of the computer which is connecting to the camera, click ‘Synchroni z[...]

75 2.6.3 Utilities This menu allows you to upgrade firmwar e, clear all settings, reboot the IP camera, and switch LED lights on/of f. 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 a firmware fil[...]

76 setting of your computer if the IP address of your computer does not begin wit h ‘192.168.2’ , and subnet mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ ll not be able to connect to this IP camera again. Reboot Device If you found the IP camera is responding slowly or behaves strange, you can click th is button to try to reboot the IP camera, th[...]

77 2.6.4 S tatus This menu provides all information about th is IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time , and network information.[...]

78 2.7 Account If you wish to allow other people to view the live image captured by this camera, but don’t want to allow them to modi fy 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 t[...]

79 After you selected ‘Account’, you’ll be prompted to input user account information: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description User List Lists all users currently available. Login Input the login name (use r name) of this account. Password Input the p assword of this user here. Confirm password Inp[...]

80 2.7 SDHC … After you selected ‘System Info.’, a sub-menu will appear . There are 4 sub-menus available here: Please click the SD card setting you wish to set, then refer to instructions given below: 2.7.1 S tatus Here shows the remaining card sp ace for you.[...]

81 2.7.2 S pace Alarm When you’re using SD card to stor e captured image and video clip, you can have this camera to send an E-mail to you when there’ s only little remaining space lef t on SD card. Please note: If you have set E-mail settings in ‘Motion Picture’ function, you can click ‘Copy Mail Config’ button to us e the same setting[...]

82 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Recipient E-Mail Address Input the E-mail address you wish to receive sp ace alarm. E-Mail Subject Input the title of space alarm E-mail. SMTP Serv er Input the SMTP server address you wish to use to send E-mail. Sender E-Mail Address Input the sender E-mail add[...]

83 2.7.3 File Management Y ou can use this menu to manage the files stored on SD card. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description FirstPage Jump to first page of file list. PrevPage Jump to previous page of file list. NextPage Jump to next page of file list. LastPage Jump to last page of file list. SelectAl[...]

84 Chapter III: Using Surveillance Sof tware 3-1 Installi ng IP Camera Surveillance Sof tware The IP camera surveillance software provides various functions like video recording, after this sof tware is inst alled, you can use your IP camera to safeguard your property . Please follow the following instructions to install the surveillance software. [...]

85 2. Y ou can specify the destination folder of software installation, you can just use the default folder , and click ‘Next’ to continue. 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.[...]

86 4. Here lists all options you chose in pr evious step s, if ev erything’s correct, click ‘Install’ to start installing procedure, or click ‘Back’ to go back to previous step to modify installing settings. 5. The inst alling procedure will take some time, please be p atient.[...]

87 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 af ter you click ‘Finish’ button, if you want to start it later , uncheck ‘Launch IPCam Surveillance Software’ box).[...]

88 3-2 Using IP camer a surveillance software Y ou can click ‘IPCam Surveillance So ftware’ icon from desktop, quick launch bar , or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software. Here are descriptions for all components of IP camera surveillance software: Before you start: IP camera surveillance software will only work when your moni[...]

89 Y ou can put the mouse cursor on a ce rtain component and see its button name, and here’re detailed descriptions of all buttons: Item Description V ideo displaying area The image of all connected cameras will be displayed here. Language Select a language from this dropdown menu to change display language. Display layout Change camera image dis[...]

90 Playback Playback a recorded video file. Snapshot T ake a snapshot of current camera. Message display Displays all system messages like camera is disconnected etc. Close window (stop surveillance) T erminates IP camera surveillance software. Minimize window Minimizes IP camera surveillance software window . V ideo displaying area Displays the im[...]

91 3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance sof tware 3-3-1 Configure cameras Before you use this IP camera survei llance software, you must configure the camera(s) you wish to connect. Please click ‘System configure’ button and a popup menu will appear: Please select ‘Configure Cameras’ to configure cameras: Note: If you’re prompted by a wi [...]

92 3-3-1-1 ‘Camera’ t a b 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 y our local network will be displayed in ‘Camera Searc[...]

93 Name* Input the name of camera her e. Default value is the first 6 bytes of camera’ s MAC address, you can change the name of camera so you can remember the camera’ s location of purpose easily . Model Displays the model of sele cted camera, this field can not be changed. IP* Input the IP address of camera. Username* Input the us er name of [...]

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95 3-3-1-2 Schedule Recording In this tab, you can setup scheduled vi deo recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras y ou 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 T ime Schedules Y ou can specify the one-time schedule f[...]

96 New (One T ime Schedules) Click this button and a new window will appear: Please specify the time duration of this one-time schedule (the date and time of ‘From’ and ‘T o’), then click ‘OK’ to save settings. Please note you must set a schedule that will be happened in the future, you can not set a schedule in the past. Edit Y ou can [...]

97 Y ou can define recording schedule that will be executed at the specified time of certain weekday(s) in a week. Please check all weekdays that applies, and set the start time in ‘From’ field. Y ou can set the duration of video recording in ‘Period’ fiel d (format is HH:MM:SS), and the end time will be calculated automatically and display[...]

98 3-3-1-3 Audio For cameras that support audi o, 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 sof tware will not play the audio cap[...]

99 3-3-1-4 Motion Record With this function activated, only mo tions captured by the camera will be recorded, so you don’t have to waste hard disk storage sp ace on images you don’t need to pay attention to. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Enable Enable motion r[...]

100 Invoke alarm when motion is triggered Send an alarm when a motion has been detected by the camera. Send mail when motion is triggered Send an email to a pre-defined address when a motion has been detected by the camera. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.[...]

101 3-3-2 General Settings Y ou can set system-wide settings of this IP camera surveillance software in this menu. 3-3-2-1 ‘General’ tab All general settings like file storage dire ctory and recording spaces can be set here. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Data Directory Set the directory (f older) you wish to s[...]

102 Free Recording Sp a c e Displays remaining storage space. Max Video File Size Defines the maximum file size of every video file. When the size of file exceeds this value, IP camera surveillance software will open another file to record the video. Scan T ime Define the time period to pause between every camera switch when you activate ‘Scan’[...]

103 3-3-2-2 ‘E-Mail Setting’ tab If you want to use motion detection f unction and wish to get an email that contains the image captured by the came ra, please setup your email related parameters here first. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description E-Mail Subject S pec ify the subject of sending email. Recipient E-Mail A[...]

104 Edit Select an email address from ‘Recipient E-Mail Address’ box, and click ‘Edit’ to edit the email address. Delete Delete selected email address. Sender E-Mail Address S pec ify the email address of email sender . SMTP Serv er S pecify the IP address or host name of the SMTP server you wish to use. For most of ISPs they will only allo[...]

105 3-3-2-3 Security If you don’t want other people to access th is IP camera surveillance software, you can set a password to protect it. Y ou’ll need to input the password every time you wish to use this IP camera surveillance software: T o set password, please use ‘Securit y’ tab in ‘General Options’ menu:[...]

106 Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Enable Requires password aut hentication when this sof tware start s. Disable Password authent ication is not required when this software st arts. Password Input the p assword you wish to use here. Confirm Password Input the pa ssword you wish to use here again. 3-3-2-4 About This[...]

107 3-4 Change Display Layout This IP camera surveillance software provides 8 kinds of display layout: Every layout displays different number of camera and ca mera arrangement, you can click the icon that presents a specific kind of layout, and the video displaying area will change accordingly . Layout style 1: 1 Camera only Displays the video of 1[...]

108 Layout style 3: 6 Cameras Displays the video of up to 6 cameras. Layout style 4: 8 Cameras Displays the video of up to 8 cameras. Layout style 5: 9 Cameras Displays the video of up to 9 cameras. Layout style 6: 10 Cameras Displays the video of up to 10 cameras.[...]

109 Layout style 7: 13 Cameras Displays the video of up to 13 cameras. Layout style 8: 16 Cameras Displays the video of up to 16 cameras.[...]

11 0 3-5 Full-screen mode If you want to use all available spaces on your monitor to display surveillance image, you can click ‘Full Screen’ butt on to switch display mode to full-screen mode. T o exit full-screen mode, press ‘ESC’ key .[...]

111 3-6 Scan If you have more than one camera configured, and you wish to switch the displaying image between cameras, you c an click ‘Scan’ button to switch between all configured cameras. Click ‘Scan’ button once to activate scan function (scan icon will become blue ), click again to stop scanning (scan icon will become white ). NOTE: If [...]

11 2 3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out For cameras that support zoom-in / z oom-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 it s detail. Please select a camera in video displa ying area by clicking on its image, then click button to see more objec[...]

11 3 3-8 PTZ For cameras that support p an - tilt function, you c an change the position that camera points to, to see dif ferent places that fall in the scope of camera’s view . Please select a camera in video displa ying area by clicking on its image, and then click the directions you wish the came ra to move to (total 8 directions available). [...]

11 4 3-9 Snapshot Y ou can take a snap shot of selected camera and save it to ‘Snapshot’ sub-folder of pre-defined data directory . Click snapshot button once to t ake a snapshot; you can take as much snapshot as you want before hard disk is full.[...]

11 5 3-10 Recording Y ou can start video recording of selected camera manually by clicking ‘S tart Recording’ button: When recording start s, you’ll see a message displaye d in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 S tart Manual’, which means camera 1 starts recording manually on 1/1 at 10:00:00. T o stop recording, click ?[...]

11 6 3-1 1 Video Playback Y ou can playback all recorded video by clicking this button. A new wind ow will appear: Y ou have to search the video file before y ou can play it. There are two kinds of video search: T ime Search (search all videos file that falls in a specific period of time) and Motion Search (search all videos recorded by motion dete[...]

11 7 Chapter IV : Appendix 4.1 S pecification Max Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Sensor: 1.3Mega Pixel 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic FNO.=2.0 Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MJPEG/MPEG4/H.264 Image Video Frame rate: 30fps@VGA,QVGA, 10-15fps@SXGA,XGA Video resolution: MJPG/H[...]

11 8 4.2 Troubleshooting If the IP camera is not working proper ly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for help, please check the tr oubleshooting 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 set[...]

11 9 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 gro[...]

120 I set the IP camera to send image by Email or FTP, but nothing is received a. If the image is send by Email, please make sure it’s 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[...]

121 4.3 Obtain a free Dyndns account If your ISP is issuing dynamic (non -static) IP address to you and you can’t connect to your IP camera when you’re away from it, you can follow the following steps t o obtain a free Dyndns account, wh ich will provide you free IP address to host name mapping service: 1. Launch your web br owser and navigate [...]

122 3. Click ‘Create an Account’ in pop-up menu. 4. Fill all fields appear in this me nu, and click ‘Creat e Account’ button to create a new account. You’ll be prom pted if the acco unt you selected is not available.[...]

123 5. When you see this image, you’ll receive an e-mail confirmation at the e-mail box you registered with dyndns.org. 6. Check your e-mail box and you should be able to get confirmation e-mail. Click the link to connect to dyndns.org website and complete registration procedure. If you didn’t get the mail, please re-che ck the e-mail address, [...]

124 7. When you see ‘Account Confirmed’ webpage, indicates your dyndns.org account has been confirmed and activa ted. Now you can click ‘Create a dynamic DNS host within our Free domains’ link to continue. 8. Click ‘Create Hostname’ button.[...]

125 9. In this page: Input the hostname of your c hoice in ‘Hostname’ field, Select a domain name in dropdown menu, Select ‘Host with IP address’ for ‘Service T ype’, Input current IP address in ‘IP Address’ field (or click the link below to use detected IP address to fill this field’. 10. Click ‘Add to cart’ continue.[...]

126 11. Click ‘Next’ to continue. 12. Click ‘Activate Services’ to continue. 13. When you see this message, indi cates your free dyndns.org hostname mapping service has been activated. Y ou can go to chapter 2-2-3 to use your dyndns.org username, passwor d, and hostname + domain name to locate your IP camera on Internet even you’re using [...]

127 4.5 Use this IPCAM with a router or firewall If this IPCAM is not directly connected to Internet (behind r outer or firewall), you’ll need to setup your r outer / firewall so you can access this IPCAM from other computers on Internet. The following instruction describes how to configure your router or firewall device so your IPCAM can work wi[...]

128 3. Enable Dynamic DNS func tion, select ‘DynDNS’ as service provider , and fill the information you obtained from Dyndns .org into Domain name, Account, and Password field (these field’ s nam e may different on your router). 4.4.2 Open Port s Required by IP CAM T o access IP CAM located behind router or firewall, you must open ports on ro[...]

129 2. Enable this function, and fill IP CAM’ s IP ad dress in ‘Private IP’ (or similar field), select ‘TCP’ or ‘BOTH’ as dat a type, and input these port numbers for the services you wish to access from Internet: IP CAM web configuration and view live image: 80 A V Control Port: 4321 R TSP: 554 and 50000 to 60000 Please note that if [...]

130 4.5 Using Cellphone as Image Viewer Y ou can use your cellphone to connect to this IP CAM and view captured image. Currently this IP CAM suppor ts iPhone (Apple) and Google Android OS. 4.5.1 iPhone 1. Launch Safari web browser 2. Input IP CAM’s IP address / host name in safari’s address bar in the following format: 1 1 1.222.333.444/ipcam.a[...]

131 3. Input username / password to login.[...]

132 4. Y ou’ll see the image of connected ca mera display ed on upper-left corner of quad-split screen. If you have more than one IP CAM, you can add other 3 IP CAMs to the quad-split screen. Click an un used corner and a yellow square will appear to indicate it’ s being marked, then click ‘Setting. 5. Click ‘Camera Setting’.[...]

133 6. Input camera’ s name, IP address, port number , username, and password in respective field, then click ‘Done’. Please note that these fields are case-sensitive. Y ou can click ‘Preview’ to check connec tion.[...]

134 4.6 Windows Vi s ta / Window s 7 UAC Configuration When you attempt to save a snapshot or record video file, you will see UAC (User Account Control) pop-up notificati on window to restrict you from saving file like below: T o avoid this from happening, you can: a. Switch UAC off in control p anel (NOT RECOMMENDED) b. Select a lower security lev[...]

135 c. Add IP Camera’s IP address to ‘T ru sted sites’ in Internet Explorer ’ s security setting (RECOMMENDED) Input IP CAM’ s IP addr ess here![...]

136 d. If you don’t want to change Internet ex plorer ’s security setting, you can run Internet explorer as administrator as workaround.[...]