Edimax IC-7010PTn manual

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2 ErP Announcem ent Product: Internet Camera (IP Cam era ) Pur pose : 24 hour surve illance and transfer of footage for safe ty and health reasons a s intente d use. Detaile d description: - Health pur pose s: Users can p ass through th e Inter net (from any where) t o control the product (IP Cam era). It 's inte nded t o watch and listen to p[...]

3 Copyright  by Edim ax T echnol ogy Co, L TD. a ll r ig hts reserved. No part of thi s publication may be repro duced, transm i tted, transcri bed, stored i n a retrieval syst em , or tra nslated into a ny langua ge or com puter l ang uage, i n any form or by any means, electronic, m echani cal, m agneti c, optical, chem ical , m anual or other[...]

4 T able o f Content s Chapter I : Fa miliar wi th your In ternet IP Camera ............................................. 6 1.1 Package Contents .............................................................................. 6 1.2 Basi c Intro duction ............................................................................... 7 1.3 Product H igh[...]

5 2.6.3 Schedule ........................................................................................ 77 2.6.4 Utilities ................................................................ .................... 79 2.6.5 S t atus ...................................................................................... 81 2.6.6 System Log ..............[...]

6 C h a p t e r I : F a m i l i a r w i t h y o u r I n t e r n e t I P C a m e r a 1.1 Package Co ntent s Thank you for purchasing this IP cam er a! Before you sta rt to use this IP cam era, pl ease check the package content s. If anything is missing, please contact the dea le r of purchase and r eturn the package to claim for m i ssing contents. [...]

7 1.2 Basi c In trod uction Thank you for purchasing this IP cam er a! Th i s IP ca mera is an ideal product for all kinds of video surveil la nce purposes, like hom e/office safety , kid/ pet m onito ri ng, and rem ote vid eo acqu i re etc. Edim a x IC-7010 ser ies is ta i lor m ade to stre am li ve video over your netw ork. Y ou can vi ew the IP [...]

8 1.3 Product Highli ght s No pre-loaded software required - all you nee d i s a brow ser like In ternet Ex pl orer 6 (and above, with plugin insta lled). With supplied video s urveillance software, you can connect up t o 16 v i deo cam eras and view images captured by every cam era a t the same tim e. Supports 3 video resolutions: MJPG and H.26 4 [...]

9 1.4 Famili ar with Key C ompo nent s Item Description Power W hen the camera is powered on an d read y for access, this LED will light up. Audio Indicates A udio status LAN W hen t h e IP Camera i s li nked to a wired network, this LED wi ll light up. T he LED will flash wh il e vi deo is tran smitted or received through a wi red network. ACT (IC[...]

10 PoE only) Wireless (IC - 7010 PT & IC - 7010 PTn only) W hen t he IP Cam era i s li nked to a wireless n et work, this LED will light up. T h e L ED will flash whil e video is transmitted or received through a wi rel ess network. Focus Ring Y ou ca n chan ge the aim and foc us of the c amera by adjusting the camera head's ai m and adj u[...]

11 IC -7010PT : USB Port Power Connector SD Card Sl ot Eth er net Port Audio Connector Back View[...]

12 IC -7010PTn: Antenna Base Power Connector W PS Bu tton SD Card Sl ot Audio Connector Eth er net Port[...]

13 IC - 7010PoE: Item Description Power Connector Connect s to 1 2V DC power adapter SD Card Sl ot Accept s SD / S D- HC memory card for image / vi deo storage USB Port* (IC -7010PT only) Accept s USB W i Fi adapter** to enable wi rel ess Audio Connector Connect s to e xternal speaker for a udio o utpu t Eth er net Connector Co nnect to your local [...]

14 only) W PS Bu tton (IC -7010PTn only) Press the W PS button (cli ck) on the IP Cam and cl i ck on the Access Poi nt that yo u want to wi relessly connect it to. Note: The USB p o rt only works w ith Edimax USB W iFi adapters. Note : Edimax EW-771 1HPn, EW-771 1UAn, EW- 771 1USN, EW -771 1UMn & EW-771 1UTn[...]

15 Item Description Reset Button Press the button wi th pen nib and hold for 5 seco nds to reset the camera settings to factory def a ult value. Side View Reset Button[...]

16 Item Description T ri pod Connect or Connect s to tri pod to secure t he camera w hen the camera is not put on a horizontal surface. Bottom View T ri pod Connector[...]

17 1.5 Camera Install ation Please follow the following in struct ion s to set your IP cam era up. 1. Unpack the product package an d check if anything ‟ s m issi ng. 2. Connect the Ethernet cab le to your loca l area netw ork, a nd connect the other end to the LAN jack of th i s IP cam era.[...]

18 3. Plu g the pow er ad apter to w all socket, and connect the power connector to the power jack located at the bottom of the IP cam er a. 4. Connect two antennas to the antenna ba ses, which is l ocated at th e back of thi s IP cam era.[...]

19 5. Pla ce the cam era at a secure place , and point the cam era to th e place you w i sh to m oni tor . If you w ish to hang the cam era on the ceiling or wall, ple ase use the tripod con nector (located at the bottom of the camera) to secure the cam era. 6. Launch Internet Ex p lor er on your com puter , and following the instructions give n in[...]

20 1.6 Lo cate the IP Address of this IP Cam era Default IP address of this IP cam er a is 192.16 8.2 .3 . If you w ish to assign another IP address to th is I P cam era, you have to log onto the w eb configura tion interface of the camera fir st. If the le ft t hree fields of the IP address of your computer is not 192.168.2, you ‟ ll have to cha[...]

21 2. Double- click „ Network Connections ‟ icon. 3. Ri ght-c l ick „ Local Area Connect ion ‟ , and click „ P roper ties ‟ .[...]

22 4. Sel ect „ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ‟ , then click „ P roper ties ‟ .[...]

23 5. In „ IP address ‟ field, p le ase fill in any IP address beg ins with „ 192.168.2 ‟ , and ends with a value greater than 2 and l ess than 254 (Y ou can use the exam pl e in the p icture „ 192.168.2.3 39 ‟ ). In Subnet m ask f ield , please f ill „ 255.255.255.0 ‟ . P le ase keep all other f ields em pt y , and cli ck „ OK ?[...]

24 1.7 Using Camera Ad m i n Softw are to Loca te Cam era If you can ‟ t connect to th e camera by the instr ucti ons g i ven in last chapter , you can use camera adm in softw are to sear ch the cam era which is connected to your local area network. The adm in softw are is al so cap able to locate m ul tiple cam eras on yo ur local area netw ork.[...]

25 1. Click „ Next ‟ to start insta ll camera adm in sof tw are: 2. Y ou can change the installation fo lder of cam era se tup softw are he re, click „ Browse ‟ to sel ect an ex i sting f older , or you can just cli ck „ Next ‟ to u se default installation fo l der:[...]

26 3. If you wish to create desktop icon and / or quick launch icon for cam era adm in softw are, pl ease check correspond in g box, and click „ Next ‟ to con tinue. 4. Y ou ‟ ll see a br i ef of a ll o ptions you selected, click „ Insta ll ‟ to install c am era adm in softw are n ow , or cli ck „ back ‟ to back to previous st eps to [...]

27 5. W hen you s ee this message, the insta lla tio n of cam era admin softw are i s com ple te. If you wish to launch cam era admin softw are now , ke ep „ Launch I P Ca m Ad m in Utility ‟ b ox checked, and click „ Finish ‟ to close in sta llation utility . Af ter the cam era admin softw are i s launched, all cameras found on your lo cal[...]

28 All camera-relate d inform atio n will be d i splayed here. If you wish to connect to certain cam era by web browser , double - click the cam e ra li sted here. The camera adm in softw are al so pr ovides sev eral functions: Language change: This cam er a adm i n softw ar e supports 3 languages: English, Chin ese, and Japanese. Y ou can select t[...]

29 Input the passw ord (d efau lt: 1 234) and c lick OK to configure t he cam era ‟ s network and security setting: In „ Lan Setting ‟ pa ge, you can configure cam e ra ‟ s network settings. Select „ DHCP ‟ to se t the camera to obta in an IP address from DHCP server o n local area network autom ati cally , and select „ Manual IP ‟ [...]

30 In „ Security ‟ page, you can c hange the cam e ra ‟ s nam e and passw ord ( user nam e i s al w ays „ a dm in ‟ and ca nnot be changed). Y ou have to input the sam e passw ord i n both „ New Passw ord ‟ and „ Confi rm Password ‟ fi eld, or you ‟ ll be prom pted t o input new passw ord again. Click „ OK ‟ to save settings[...]

31 1.8 Log Onto W eb Man agem ent Interface Make sure the IP cam era i s corr ectly powered (Pow er LED i s on), and then la unch Internet Ex plorer and type the IP ad dress of the IP cam er a i n address bar of Internet Ex pl orer . Y ou should be prom pted to input the user nam e and passw ord: Default user nam e i s „ a dm in ‟ an d passw or[...]

32 If this is the first tim e you l og onto web m a nagem ent i nter face, you ‟ ll be prom pted t o in sta ll ActiveX Plug i n: W hen you see th is message, please click „ OK ‟ , and click „ Downloa d the la test ActiveX ‟ link to download plugin so you can us e this camera: Click „ Run ‟ to dow nload plug in:[...]

33 Click „ Run ‟ to insta ll plugin: Please click „ Nex t ‟ button to start i nstallation (click „ Next ‟ or „ Install ‟ when you ‟ re prom pted, until installation is com pl ete).[...]

34 Click „ Fi nish ‟ t o complete plugin insta llation. Now you can go back to w eb br owser , and you should be ab l e to see the image captured by cam era ( Y ou may need to press F5 or C TRL -R to reload w eb page).[...]

35 Note: If you see o ne of these mess ages (or both): Y our computer m ay not have the di splay cap ability that this IP camera req uires, or you don ’ t h ave Mi crosoft Di rectX® i n stalled. Please download Mi crosoft Di rectX® fr om Microsoft ’ s websi te ( http ://ww w .microsoft.com ), and try agai n. In some ca ses, you r computer is [...]

36 Chapte r II: U s ing Web Managem ent Inter face 2.1 Camera Settings The fir st m enu after you logged onto w eb m anagem ent i nterface is „ Camera ‟ , and this is t he on ly menu you can see the real-ti me im age from cam era. Y ou can a lways back to this m enu by cli cking „ Cam era ‟ o n the top of web m anage m ent i nterfa ce.[...]

37 The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Pan/T ilt S peed S peci fies the m ovin g speed w hen you use p an / tilt funct ion to po int the c am era to a new direction. A vaila ble opt io ns are 1 (fastest) to 5 (s l owest). Select 1 to m ove t he cam era b y a faster speed, but you will not be a[...]

38 Pan / T il t Control Moves camera to a new direction. Press one of 8 directional buttons to m ove t he cam era, a nd press „ H ‟ to move the cam era back t o „ hom e ‟ (original) posi tion. Preset Points Y ou can set up to 9 preset po ints of cam era po sitio n; press the num ber to m ove the ca m era to pr eset poi nt instantly . See ne[...]

39 image, you can click this button to set digital zoom : Click „ Enable ‟ to enab le digita l zoom functi on, then you can drag the slide bar to adj ust zoom ratio. Y ou can also use your m ouse to drag the zoom area (the green square) to reposition the zoom area. Fi t to W in dow S i ze Click this button and the image size w ill be adjusted t[...]

40 2.2 Video Y ou can change video -rel ated settings of t his IP camera in „ V ideo ‟ menu . Y ou ca n access this menu by cl i cking „ Video ‟ on the to p of w eb m anage m ent i nterfa ce. There are 5 types of vi deo setti ngs for th i s IP camera. T o set t h e opti on of a certain video setti n g, put mouse curso r on it a nd its optio[...]

41 2.2.1 MJPEG Y ou ca n adjust video settings w hen you sel ect „ MJPEG ‟ as vi deo type in „ Camera ‟ me nu. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n V id eo Resolut io n Changes the resolution of video. A vailable options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provi[...]

42 2.2.2 MPEG4 Y ou ca n adjust video settings w hen you sel ect „ MPEG4 ‟ as vi deo type in „ Camera ‟ me nu. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n V id eo Resolut io n Changes the resolution of video. A vailable options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provid[...]

43 2.2.3 H.264 Y ou ca n adjust video settings w hen you sel ect „ H.264 ‟ as vi deo type in „ Camera ‟ me nu. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n V id eo Resolut io n Changes the resolution of video. A vailable options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. Higher resolution provi[...]

44 2.2.4 OSD If you need to display information about this camera, like camera ‟ s n ame or current date / time, yo u can use OSD ( On-Scree n Displ ay) menu: The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n On -Screen Display Select „ Enable ‟ t o enable on -screen d isplay function (information abo[...]

45 2.2.5 Night V i sion This camera equ i ps wi th 9 IR LEDs to enhan ce vi deo quality in the night. Y ou ca n enable or disabl e IR LEDs by „ Night Vision ‟ me nu: The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Al ways turn off IR led Do not use I R LEDs, even it ‟ s ve ry dark. Al ways turn on I[...]

46 2.3 Pan and T il t This IP cam er a suppor ts pan and tilt funct ion , as you ex pl ored in last section. Y ou can a lso m ake the camera move auto m atically in pan and t ilt m enu by defining a set of pre- def in ed pa th. Y ou can a ccess this m enu by cli cking „ PTZ ‟ on the top of w eb m anage m ent interface. 2. 3.1 Preset Points Y ou[...]

47 3. W hen you m ove the camera to the posit i on you w ant, type a nam e i n „ Position nam e ‟ fi eld, and click „ Set to Point n ‟ (w here „ n ‟ is the num ber o f m emory sl ot) button to save the position to selected m emory slot. Af ter you s et the pos ition , you can re call t h e p osition fr om „ Ca mera ‟ menu (cli ck th[...]

48 2. 3.2 Guard T our Y ou can make the ca m era move bet ween many pre -def in ed positions, and define the tim e you wish to pause at e v ery position; this is called as „ Guard T our ‟ . Before you can use this function, you have to define at least 2 positions in „ Preset Poi nts ‟ section (refer to l ast se ction fo r det ailed inform a[...]

49 The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Na m e Input the name of this set of guard tour here. As you m ay have m any sets of g uard tour , please give i t a m eanin gful nam e so you ca n rem e mber the m ai n purpose of this set. V ie w with random order Do not visit all positions in this guar[...]

50 Vi ew Ti me: Define the time you wi sh the ca mera to stop at this posi t i on in seconds. Vi ew Order : Give thi s position a numb er greater than 1 and not the same wi th other positi ons, and guard tour wi ll start vi siting positions by order (fro m 1 to last number , and then start from 1 agai n). Remove: Remove this positi o n from list. S[...]

51 2. 4 Network Settings All n etwork-related sett ing s ca n be found in this m enu, and you have to spec ify TCP/IP p aram eters i n this m enu if you w ant to ch ange IP a ddress, use PP PoE, Dynam ic DNS, and a ctivate UPnP function . Y ou can a ccess this m enu by cli cking „ L AN ‟ on the top of w eb management interface. Af ter you selec[...]

52 2.4.1 L AN Y ou can d efine IP ad dress and select the port num ber you wish to use here.[...]

53 The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Network T ype This camera can obta in the IP address from D HCP server autom ati call y ( if you have one), or set a fi xed IP address. Se le ct „ DHCP ‟ to obtain IP address autom ati call y or „ S tatic IP Address ‟ to ass i gn this IP cam era w[...]

54 perfor m ance. Click „ Apply ‟ to save settings and make the new setting s take ef fect.[...]

55 2.4 .2 W LAN The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Wirele ss Connection Select „ Enable ‟ t o activate w ireless network functi on of thi s IP cam era, sele ct „ Disable ‟ to disable it. Network T ype Select the network type of wireless connection. A vaila ble opt io ns are „ Infras[...]

56 poi nt). Y ou can se t to „ Adho c ‟ when you don ‟ t ha v e any w i reless access point, but your com puter h as wireless network card. Set to „ Infrastructu re ‟ when you ha ve w irel ess access point, and you have computers w i th wired network connection. A vaila ble Networks Here shows all wireless access points foun d by this IP [...]

57 SSID Input the SSID of the wireless access point you w ish to connect. It s hould be less than 32 alphanum eri cal characters. W hen you select a wireless access point abov e, it ‟ s SS ID w i ll be filled in th is field autom a tically . How ever , i f the SSID is not displa y ed (the wireless access point you sele cted cho ose to hide it ‟[...]

58 2.4 .3 Dy n ami c DNS If your ISP does not give you a fixed Internet IP a ddress (i .e. the Intern et address you ‟ r e using w hen yo u access the Internet is not a l w ays the sa m e – ask your ISP for det ailed inform a tio n), you can use this funct ion t o he lp you loca te the IP address of th is I P cam era when you ‟ r e away from [...]

59 2.4 .4 UPnP W hen UP nP function i s activated, all UPnP-comp ati ble com puters / network devi ces w i ll be able to d i scover this IP cam era auto m atica lly (only those in the sam e lo cal network). This function is useful and you don ‟ t have to r em e mber the IP address of th i s IP ca m era. Si m ply o pen „ Network neighbo r ‟ an[...]

60 Click the m essage to open „ My Netw ork Pl aces ‟ , and yo u‟ ll see the IP camer a: Y ou can d ouble -click the ico n to lau nch Inte rnet Ex pl orer and log onto IP cam era ‟ s web m anage m ent interface directly .[...]

61 2. 4.5 LoginFree This camera provides a m ethod to l et unautho ri zed users to v ie w the image captured by this camera, w hi ch is calle d as „ LoginFree ‟ . W hen you wish to let everyone to v iew the image captured by th i s cam era, or i ntegrate the im age w i th your o w n web appli cation, you can use this function: Input the f ilena[...]

62 2.4.6 RTSP If you want to watch vi deo captu red by this IP camera by your own RTSP (Real T i me S treami ng Protocol) media pl ayer , yo u can use this function to setup R TSP parameters, so your R T SP- compatibl e player will be abl e to receive vi deo data. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descri[...]

63 2.5 Moti on Detect i on W hen you w ish t o use th i s cam era to m oni tor the activities, m oti on detection function will be very useful. Cam era will detect the m oti on in cap tured i m age, and take a snap shot when m otio n is detected. S o you ca n use this camera to keep the safety of the belongings you have. T o use motion detection, c[...]

64 2.5.1 Motion Dete ction Y ou can u se this m enu to se tup bas i c m otion detect io n sett in gs: The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Enable Mot ion Detection Select „ Enable ‟ t o ena ble m oti on de tection, and select „ Disable ‟ to d isable this funct io n. Motion Dete ction In[...]

65 Recording T i m e Select the duration you wish this cam era to re cord im age w hen a motion is detected from dropd ow n m enu. A vaila ble opt io ns are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (second s). Sending File T ype Select the file type that will be saved when a m oti on i s detected. Select „ JPEG ‟ a nd a still picture i n J PE G format w i ll be saved[...]

66 2. 5.2 M otion Region Y ou can d efine the m otion detect ion region within the im age that ca mera captures, so th is camera w i ll ignore motions which are not covered by the m otion region setting, and reduce the chances of false alarm . The d escr iption s of every setting in this m enu will be given below: I t em Descriptio n Regi on 1 – [...]

67 Sensitivity Move the slide bar to change the m otion dete ctio n sensi tiv i ty sett ing : Drag th e slide to the right to increase sensi tiv i ty (cam e ra will d etect m i nor changes in the image), and drag the s lide t o the le ft t o decrea se sensi tiv i ty (cam e ra will o nly detect m aj or chan ges in the image). Refresh In case the obj[...]

68 2.5.3 Email Y ou can d efine the destinat io n address of E- mail send i ng and m ail server param eters here . The de sc ripti ons of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Recipie nt E-Mail Address Input the em ai l recipient ‟ s Em ai l address here . E-Mail Subj ect S peci fy the title of sending em ai l, so [...]

69 function SMTP Authentication Some SM TP server requir es m ail se nders to be authenticated before they can send Em a il . If y our SMTP server requires you to do so, p l ease select „ Enable ‟ , or sele ct „ Disable ‟ to di sable it. If you don ‟ t know , please refer to the SMTP se rver you ‟ re using in your Em ail softw are (li k[...]

70 2.5.4 FTP Conf i gurat i on Y ou can se t FTP server ‟ s p arameters here. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n FTP Server Input the IP addr ess or host nam e of the FTP server you w i sh to use h ere. FTP Port Input the port num ber of the FTP server you wish to use here. User Nam e Input[...]

71 found that non-passive m ode i s not w orki ng, y ou can tr y to use passive mode. Click „ Apply ‟ to save settings and m ake the new settings take eff ect. Af ter tha t, you can click „ Upload a test file ‟ to send a file to the FTP server you set here , so you c an m ake sur e the setting you specified here is correct and w orki ng.[...]

72 2.5 .5 SD Card Configuration Y ou can d efine the filenam e and de stination f ol der w hen saving a file in SD card. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Enable Cyc l e Recording Check this box and this camera w i ll au tom ati c all y erase old est im age file to m a ke rooms for new image[...]

73 2. 6 System I nfo Y ou can u se this m enu to g et the operat i onal inform ati on of th is camera: Af ter you selected „ System Info. ‟ , a sub-menu w ill app ear . There are 4 sub-menus available here: Detailed descriptions of every sett ing will be given below .[...]

74 2.6 .1 Camera Informati on Ca m era i nform a tio n allows you to set the nam e and a dm inistr ator ‟ s p assw ord of this camera. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Ca m era Nam e Please spec ify t he n am e of thi s IP Cam era here. This can be used to identify your cam era on the net[...]

75 2. 6 .2 Date / T i me Setti ng This settin g a llows you to change the date an d ti m e of the real time clock in thi s IP cam era. Y ou ca n set the tim e manuall y , or use network tim e pr otocol (NTP) to set the time autom aticall y . The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Set Date/T i m e[...]

76 T ime „ Y es ‟ ; otherwise sele ct „ No ‟ . Synchronize to PC tim e Click to input current time of your com pu ter to „ Set Date / T ime m anuall y ‟ field. Click „ Apply ‟ to save settings and m ake the new settings take eff ect. If you wish to use the date and tim e setti ng of the computer which is connecting to the cam era, c[...]

77 2.6 .3 Schedule Y ou can u se this m enu to se tup Schedu l e Snap shot/Recor di ng settings: I t em Descriptio n Enable FTP Schedule Select „Enable‟ to send the Schedule Snapsho t to the appointed FTP server , or select ‟Disable‟ to disable th i s function. Y ou have to conf ig ure FTP se rver pa ram eters i n „FTP Configurat io n ‟[...]

78 thi s funct ion . Y o u have to conf igu re e- m ail se ttings in „ Em ai l ‟ menu fir st, so th is f unct ion will take e ff ect. T ime Interval This option allows the IP cam era to se nd one im a ge according to the time interval you w ish. Enable Schedu le Recording Select „Enable‟ to enable schedule recording , or se lect „Disable?[...]

79 2. 6 .4 Uti lities This m enu all ows you to upgrade firmw are, clear all settings, reboot t he IP cam era, and sw i tch LED lig hts on/off. The de scr ip tions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n Upgrade Firmw are If you downloaded latest firm ware fil e from our website, you can click ‟ Browse ‟ button [...]

80 setting of your computer if the IP address of your computer does not begi n with ‘ 192.168.2 ’ , and subnet mask is not ‘ 255.255.255.0 ’ , or you ’ ll not be a ble to connect to this IP came ra ag ain. Reboot Device If you found the IP cam era i s responding slowly or behaves strange, you can click th i s button to try to reboot the I[...]

81 2. 6 .5 S tatus This m enu pr ovides all inform ati on about this IP camera, like firmw are versi o n, system upti m e, date / t ime, and network inform atio n.[...]

82 2.6 .6 System Log All activities of this IP ca m era wil l be logged, and you are allowed to enter „ System Log ‟ m enu to vi ew these logs.[...]

83 2. 7 Acco unt If you w i sh to a llo w other peop le to v ie w the liv e image capture d by th is cam era, but don ‟ t want to allow them to m odi fy system settings, yo u can g ive them user-l evel user nam e an d passw ord, so the y can on l y view the image and can not change any system settin g. This camera supports up to 16 user s. Af ter[...]

84 w hen acce ssing the cam e ra). Add Click this button to add the account. Modify Modify an existing user ‟ s inform ati on. Y ou have to select a user from user li st first. Re m ove Re m ove an existing u ser . Y ou have to select a user from user list first. Click „ Apply ‟ to save settings and m ake the new settings take eff ect. Please[...]

85 2.7 SDHC … Af ter you selected „ System Info. ‟ , a sub-menu w ill app ear . There are 4 sub-menus available here: Please click the SD card sett ing you w ish to s et, then refer to instructions given bel ow:[...]

86 2.7.1 S t atus Here shows the remaining card spac e for you.[...]

87 2.7.2 S pace Alarm W hen you ‟ re us ing SD car d to sto re cap tured im age an d vi deo clip, you can have this camera to send an E- m ail to you wh en there ‟ s only little rem aini ng space lef t on SD card. Please note : If you have set E- mai l settings in ‘ Moti on Picture ’ fu nction, you can click ‘ Copy Mail Config ’ b utton[...]

88 SMTP Authentication Select „ Enable ‟ i f the SM TP server you ‟ re usin g req uires authentication, and input the usernam e and passw ord bel ow; If the SMTP server you ‟ re using does n ot req uire authentication, sele ct „ Disable ‟ her e. If you ‟ re not sur e, ask your ISP or netw ork adm i nistrator . User Nam e T ype the use[...]

89 2.7.3 File Mana gem ent Y ou can u se this menu to m anage the files stored on SD card. The de sc riptions of every setting in this m enu will b e given below: I t em Descriptio n FirstPage Jum p to fi rst page of f ile list. PrevPage Jum p to pre vious page of file li st. NextP age Jum p to next page of fil e list. LastPage Jum p to l ast page [...]

90 Chapte r III: Using Surveill ance Sof tware 3-1 In sta lling IP Cam er a Surveillance S oftw are The IP cam e ra surveillan ce softw are provides various funct io ns like video recording, after th is so ftw a re is insta lle d, you c an use your IP cam er a to safeguard your property . Please follow the following in structions to insta ll the su[...]

91 3. If you need i nsta llation program to crea te a desktop icon or a quick launch icon for yo u, click all items you need here, tha n click „Next‟ t o continue.[...]

92 4. Here lists all options you chose in prev iou s step s, if everything‟s cor rect, click „Install‟ to sta rt install i ng procedure, or c lick „Back‟ to g o back to previous step to modify insta lling sett ing s. 5. The insta lling procedure w ill take som e ti m e , please be pat ie nt.[...]

93 6. W hen you s ee this window , i t m eans the softw a re i nsta lling procedure is com ple te. Pl ease c li ck „Finish‟ t o finish the procedure (IP cam era surveill ance softw are will start after you click „ Finish‟ button , i f you w ant to start it later , uncheck „Launch IPCam Survei llance Softw are‟ box).[...]

94 3-2 Using I P cam era sur veillance sof tware Y ou ca n click „IPCam S urveil lance Softw are‟ icon from desktop, quick launch bar , or sta rt m enu to start the IP cam era su rveillance sof tware. Here ar e descr i ptions fo r all components of IP cam era surveill ance softw are: Before you start: IP ca mera surveilla nce software will only[...]

95 Y ou can put th e m ouse cursor on a cert ain com ponen t and see its button nam e, and here‟re detailed desc riptions of all buttons: Item Description V id eo displaying area The image of all connected cam eras will be d ispla yed here. Language Select a langua ge from thi s dr opdown m enu to cha nge displ ay langua ge. Display la yout Chang[...]

96 Playba ck Playback a recorded video file. Snapshot T ake a snapshot of current cam er a. Message di s play Displays all system m essages l ike cam era is disco nnected etc. Close w i ndow (stop surveillance) T erm i nates IP cam er a surveill ance softw are. Mini m ize window Mini m izes IP cam era surveillance so ftw are window . V id eo displa[...]

97 3-3 Con figure IP cam era sur veil l ance sof tware 3-3- 1 Conf ig ure cam e ras Before you use this IP cam er a surveillance sof tw are, yo u m ust confi gure the cam era(s) you wish to connect. Please click „System confi gure‟ b utton and a popup menu w ill appear: Please select „Configure Cam eras‟ to configure cam eras: Note: I f yo [...]

98 3-3- 1- 1 „Cam era‟ tab In this tab you can configure a ll cameras you w ish to connect. Up to 16 cam eras can b e connected sim ultaneously: Here ar e the d escriptions of all setting item s: Item Description Channel Select the channel num ber yo u wish to set. Ca m era Search All cameras found on your local netw ork will be d i splayed in [...]

99 IP* Input the IP addr ess of cam e ra. Username* Input the user name of camera. Web Port* Input the web port of the cam era. By defa ult it‟ s „8 0‟. Passw ord Input the passw ord of ca m era. Default value is „1234‟. Y ou shou ld change the passw ord if you chang ed the passw ord of selecte d cam era. V id eo Form at** Select the vide[...]

100 3-3- 1-2 Schedule Recording In this tab, you can setup sche duled video recording, so you can record the vide o captu red b y a ll cameras you have by a pre -defined schedule. Here ar e the d escriptions of all setting item s: Item Description Channel Select the channel num ber yo u wish to set. One T i m e Schedules Y ou can sp ecify the one- [...]

101 Please specify th e tim e duration of this one -tim e schedule (the date and tim e of „From‟ and „T o‟), then click „OK‟ to save settings. Please note you m ust set a sche dule that w i ll be happened in the future, you can not set a schedule in the past. Edit Y ou can modify a scheduled recording item . Sel ect a schedule in „One[...]

102 Please check all weekdays that applies, and s et the start time in „From ‟ f iel d. Y ou can set the durat i on of video recording in „Period‟ field (form at is HH:MM:SS), and t he end tim e will b e ca lcula ted a utom ati cally and di splayed in „T o‟ fi eld. Y ou can also click „All T ime Record‟ button to define a recording [...]

103 3-3- 1-3 Audio For ca m eras that support audio, you can use this tab to decide if you wish to hear the audio captured by selected cam era. Here ar e the d escriptions of all setting item s: Item Description Channel Select the channel num ber yo u wish to set. Mute Audi o Check this box and the IP cam era sur veillance sof tware w i ll no t pla[...]

104 3-3- 1-4 Mot ion Re cord With t his funct ion act ivated , on ly motions captured by the cam era will b e record ed, so yo u don‟t have t o w aste har d disk storage sp ace on images you don‟t need to pay attent i on to. Here ar e the d escriptions of all setting item s: Item Description Channel Select the channel num ber yo u wish to set. [...]

105 m otion is trigger ed has been detected by the cam era. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all setting s in this tab.[...]

106 3-3- 2 Genera l Settings Y ou can se t system-w ide settings of thi s IP ca m era surveill ance softw are i n thi s m enu. 3-3- 2- 1 „Genera l ‟ tab All general settings like file storage directory a nd re cord ing spac es can be set here. Here ar e the d escriptions of all setting item s: Item Description Data Directory Set the directory ([...]

107 Scan T i m e Defin e the t i m e period to pause betw een every cam era sw i tch when you activate „ Scan‟ f unction. Cycle Re cord ing Y ou can decide the be havior w hen hard d isk sp ace is full: Disable : Do not overwrite recorded video files. Enable : Overw ri te rec orded video files. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all s[...]

108 3-3- 2- 2 „E - Mail Setting‟ tab If you want to use motion detection function a nd wish to get an email that contains the im age captur ed by the cam er a, pl ease setup your em ail r elated param eters here first. Here ar e the d escriptions of all s etting item s: Item Description E-Mail Subj ect S peci fy the subj ect of sending em ail. [...]

109 Edit Select an em ai l address from „Reci pient E - Mail Address‟ box, and click „Edit‟ to ed it the em ai l address. Dele te Dele te se lecte d em ai l address. Sender E-Mail Address S peci fy the em ail a ddress of em ai l sender . SMTP Ser ver S peci fy the IP address or ho st nam e o f the SMTP server you wish to use. For m ost of I[...]

1 10 3-3- 2-3 Security If you don ‟t want other people to access this I P ca m era surveillan ce softw are, you can set a passw ord to protect it. Y ou‟l l need to input the passw ord every tim e y ou wish to use this IP cam era surveillance softw are: T o set passw ord, ple ase use „Security‟ tab in „ General Options‟ m e nu:[...]

111 Here ar e the d escriptions of all setting item s: Item Description Enable Requires password authent ica tion w hen this sof tware start s. Disable Passw ord authentication is not r equired when this softw are starts. Passw ord Input the passw ord you wish t o use he re. Confirm Passw ord Input the passw ord you wish t o use he re again. 3-3- 2[...]

1 12 3-4 Cha nge D isplay L ayout This IP cam er a surveill ance softw are provides 8 kinds of display layou t: Every l ayout d ispla ys d ifferent num ber of camera a nd cam er a arr angem en t, you can click the icon that present s a specific kind of la yout, and the v ide o displ aying ar ea will change accordingly . Layout style 1: 1 Ca m era o[...]

1 13 Layout style 3: 6 Ca m eras Displays the video of up to 6 cam eras. Layout style 4: 8 Ca m eras Displays the video of up to 8 cam eras. Layout style 5: 9 Ca m eras Displays the video of up to 9 cam eras. Layout style 6: 10 Cameras Displays the video of up to 10 cam eras.[...]

1 14 Layout sty l e 7: 13 Ca m eras Displays the video of up to 13 cam eras. Layout sty l e 8: 16 Ca m eras Displays the video of up to 16 cam eras.[...]

1 15 3-5 Full-scr een m od e If you want to use all available spaces on your m oni tor to display surveillance image, you can click „Full Screen‟ button to sw itch display m ode to full -scr een m ode. T o exit full- screen m ode, press „ESC‟ ke y .[...]

1 16 3-6 Scan If you have m ore tha n one camera configured, and you wish to sw itch t he displ aying im age be tween cameras, you can click „Scan‟ button to sw i tch between all configured cam eras. Click „Scan‟ button once to activate scan funct ion (scan icon w i ll bec om e bl ue ), cli ck aga in to stop scanning (scan icon w ill becom [...]

1 17 3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom- out For ca m eras that support zoom-i n / zoom -out function , you can use th is function to see m ore o bj ects that fall in the scope of camera‟ s vi ew , or enlarge the im age si ze of a cert ain obj ect to see its det ail. Please select a camera in video display i ng ar ea by clicking on i ts im age, th en click butto[...]

1 18 3-8 PTZ For ca m eras that support pan - t ilt function ( but this m odel doesn‟t support PTZ function) , you can change t he position that cam era poi nts t o, to see different places that fa ll in the scope of cam era‟s view . Please select a camera in video display i ng ar ea by clicking on i ts im age, an d then click the directions yo[...]

1 19 3-9 Snapshot Y ou can take a sna psh ot of selected cam era and save it to „Snapshot‟ sub-fold er of pre-def ine d dat a directory . Click sna psh ot button once to take a snapshot; you can take as m uch snapshot as you w ant before hard disk is full.[...]

120 3-10 Re cord in g Y ou can start video recording of selected camera m a nuall y by clicking „S tart Recording‟ button: W hen reco rding start s, you‟l l see a m e ssage di splayed in m essage di sp laying box li ke „1/1 1 0:00:00, Cam era 2 S tart Manual‟, w h ich means ca m era 1 starts recording m anuall y on 1/1 at 10:00:00. T o st[...]

121 3-1 1 Video Playback Y ou can p layback all recorded video by c licking this button. A new windo w will appear: Y ou have to search the v id eo f ile before you can play it. Ther e a re tw o kinds of vide o searc h: T ime Search (search all videos file that falls in a specific per io d of ti m e) and Motion Search (search all videos recorded by[...]

122 Chapte r IV : How to V i ew IP Came ra over the Interne t with iPhone IC - 7010 ser i es feat ures iPhone suppor t for iP hone users to m onitor their hom e usin g E di m ax IP-Cameras. Please check followin g instruct i on for insta llation. The fo llowing instruction applies to all Edim ax routers S tep1 : Ensure My-PC is I nternet-ready v i [...]

123 DNS account in the http://www .d yndns.org ” In thi s gu ide, we assum e you have already got http://my-name.dyndns.org. (yours may vary) and go to S tep 3. S tep 3: Confi gure the 1 st Cam era base d on th e following: Confi gure the 2 nd Cam era base d on the following:[...]

124 Confi gure the Broadband Router based on the fo llowing:[...]

125 S tep 4: Confi gurat i on for iPhone. (1) Make sure Internet connection i s ok with iPhone and click “ Saf ari ” (2) Enter the I P address of your rout er ‟ s “ f i x ed and public IP address ” (check the S tep 2 for det ails) Note: “ / ipca m .asp ” i s needed If no fixed and public IP address is given by your ISP , you m ay ente[...]

126 (3) Enter user nam e & password for the Edim ax IP ca m era. By default, u ser nam e i s adm in and passw ord i s 12 34 (4) Let ‟ s add the 1 st IP cam era. Cli ck first w i ndow and Setting.[...]

127 (5) Click “ Add ” w hen fi nishing the fo llowing configuration: (6) Click “ Add ” w hen fi nishing the fo llowing configuration for the 2 nd IP ca m era[...]

128 (7) Confi guration is complete. Y ou could see t he live video of the 2 nd IP cam era.[...]

129 Chapte r V: Appendi x 5.1 S peci fi cati on M ax Reso lution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Sensor: 1.3M ega pixels 1/4" color CM OS sensor Gain control: Au tomatic Exposure: Aut omatic W hit e Balanc e: Aut omatic Im age (Video Setting) Im age compressi on: M JPEG /MPEG4/H.26 4 Im age Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 10 - 15fps@SXGA , XGA, 30 [...]

130 5.2 How to apply fo r a free DNS account i n th e http://www .dyndns.org It ‟ s very likely yo ur IP address (the Internet locati on) keeps c hanging every a couple of hours or every day depending on yo ur ISP ‟ s policy . There fore, as shown in the following figure, you m a y be assigned with an IP address, “ 61.61 .61.1 ” hours ago, [...]

131 First, go to h ttp://w ww .dyn dns.org and apply f or an a ccount. And foll ow the steps: Now , you coul d l ocate your hom e IP ca m era usi ng http://your- nam e.dyndns.org[...]

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133 5.3 Tro u bl eshooting If the IP camera is not working properly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for h elp, please check the troubleshooting list here, this may help you to solve the problem by your self and therefore saves your va lu able tim e. Scenario Possible Solution I can not connect to IP camera a. Ple ase conf i rm the IP add[...]

134 c. If you ‟ r e connecting th is ca m era fro m Internet, it coul d be caused by a slow Internet connection, and it ‟ s no t a problem caused by ca m era. However, when the network connection is slow, you should us e l ow er fram e rate / resolution. d. Adjust the antenna if you ‟ re us i ng wireless connection. T he antenna shou l d be p[...]

135 I set the IP cam era to send image by Em ai l or FTP, but nothing is received a. If the i mage is send by Em ai l , please m ake sur e it ‟ s not blocked by any anti- spam m echani sm . b. Plea s e m ake sur e you have enou gh perm issi on for FTP uploading (You can try this by clicking „ Upload a test file ‟ butt on). c. Make sure the us[...]

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