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Cube Camera E Series Hardware Manual E1 1, E 12 , E13 V er . 2013/ 12 / 04[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 2 T able of Conte nts Precautions 3 Safety Instructions ........................................................................... 5 Introduction 6 List of Models .................................................................................... 6 Package Contents ..............................................[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 3 Precautions Read these instructio ns Y ou sho uld read all the safet y and op erating instructions bef ore using this produc t. Heed all warnings Y ou m ust adhere to all the warni ngs on the prod uct and in the instruction manual. Failure to follow the safet y instruction given m ay directly endanger people, c[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 4 Federal Communic ations Commission Statem ent This equipm ent has been tested and found to comply with the lim its for a class B digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese limits are designed to provide r easonable prot ection against harm ful interference in a residential installation. T his[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 5 Safety Instructions Don’t open the housing of the product Cleaning Disconnect this video prod uct from the power su pply before cleaning. Attachments Do not use attachm ents not recomm ended by the video product m anufacturer as they ma y cause hazards. W ater and Moistu re Do not use this video product near [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 6 In troduction List of Models This hardware m anual contains the following m odels: E11 1MP Cube with Basic WDR, Fixed lens E12 3MP Cube with Basic WDR, Fixed lens E13 5MP Cube with Basic WDR, Fixed lens[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 7 Package Contents Cube Cam era Camera Stand Accessories Warranty Card QIG[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 8 Physical Descri ption 1) Built-in M icrophone 2) Audio Output The IP device supports audio outp ut with earphone jack 3) Reset Button Step 1 : Pr ess and continue to hold the Reset Button for 15 seconds (with a s harp tipped object, like a pen.) after th e unit has suc cessfully completed the boot process . Ste[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 9 Basic Connections Follow the procedures b elow to connect the I P device to the respective apparatuses . Please use a Po E (Power over Ethernet) suppo rted sw itch or injector: 1) Connect your IP Camera to the PoE Switch / Injector by CA T5 or C A T 6 cables with RJ45 connector . 2) Connect your PoE Switch / In[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 10 Accessing the Camera Configure the IP A ddresses In order to be able t o communicate with the camera from y o ur PC, both the camera and the PC have to be within th e sam e network segment. In m ost c ases, it m eans that the y both sh ould have very s imilar IP addres ses, where only th e last nu mber of the [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 11 By dou ble-clicking with the left m ouse on the camera model, it is possible to autom atically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP addres s of the target cam era filled in the address bar of the bro wser already . If you work w ith our cam eras regularly , then there is even a bett er w ay to disc[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 12 Us ing the Default Camera IP A ddress If there is no DHCP server in the given network, the user ma y have to assign the IP addresses to both PC and cam era manuall y to m ake sure they are in the s ame network segm ent. W hen the camera is plugged into net work and it does not detect a ny DHCP services, it wil[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 13 Manually adjust the I P addresses of mult iple cameras : If there are more than 1 cam era to be used in th e sam e local are a network and there is no DHCP server to assign uni que IP addresses to e ach of them , all of the cam eras would then have the i nitial IP address of 192.168.0.100 , which is not a prop[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 14 Access the Ca mera Now that the cam era and the PC are both ha ving their unique I P addresses and a re under the same network segm ent, i t is possible to use the W eb brow ser of the PC to access the cam era. Y ou can use any of the br owsers to access the camera, however , the full func tionality is provide[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 15 The follow ing examples in this manual a re bas ed on Internet Explore r b rowser in order to cover all functions of t he camera. Assum ing that the camera ’ s IP address is 192.168.0.100 , you can access it by opening t he Web browser and typing the f ollowing address into W eb browser ’ s address bar: ht[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 16 T o check the firmware version through the Web Configurator , access the Setup page and click Syst em > System Info . For further operations , please refer to the Firmware User M anual . 1 2 3[...]