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Box Camera Series Hardware Manual D2 1 (D21F / D21V) D22 (D22F / D22V ) E21 (E21F / E21V) E22 (E22F / E22V) E23 , E24, E25 201 3/ 12 / 04[...]
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Hardware Manual 2 T able of Con tents Precautions ............................................................. 3 Safety Instructions .................................................................................... 5 Introduction ............................................................. 6 The List of Models .................................[...]
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Hardware Manual 3 Precautions Read these instructio ns Y ou should read all the safety and operati ng instructions before usi ng this product. Heed all warnings Y ou must adhe re to a ll the warnings on the product and in the instruction m anual. Failure to follow the safet y instruction given m ay directly endan ger people, cause dam age to the s [...]
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Hardware Manual 4 Federal Communic ations Commission Statem ent This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, p ursuant to Part 15 of the FC C Rules. These lim its are designe d to provide reasonabl e protection against harm ful interference in a reside ntial installation. This equi pment generates[...]
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Hardware Manual 5 Safety Instructions Cleaning Disconnect this video prod uct from the power supp ly before cleaning. Attachments Do not use attachments not recommended by the video product manufacturer as they ma y cause hazards. Do not use accessories n ot recommended b y the manufacturer Only install this device i n a dry place protected from we[...]
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Hardware Manual 6 Introduction The List of Models This hardware m anual contains the following m odels: D 21 F (D21) 1MP Box with D/N, Fixed lens D21V (D21) 1MP Box with D/N, V ari-focal lens D22F (D22) 5MP Box with D/N, Fixed lens D22V (D22) 5MP Box with D/N, V ari-focal lens E21F (E21) 1MP Box with D/N, Basic W DR, Fixed lens E21V (E21) 1MP Box w[...]
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Hardware Manual 7 E25 1.3MP Box with D/N, Basic W DR, SLLS, V ari-focal lens From the installation p erspective these models are very sim ilar; therefore y o u can use one manual for all of them .[...]
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Hardware Manual 8 Package Contents 1. Camer a 2. Lens OR Fixed focal lens with manual focus and f ixed iris V ari- focal lens with manual focus and DC iris 3. M ounting Block Mounting block for mounting the camera to a brac ket. 4. Q uick Installation Guide[...]
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Hardware Manual 9 Physical Descri ption 1) Ethernet Port The IP device connects to t he Ethernet via a sta ndard RJ45 connec tor . 2) Reset Button The purpose of reset button is to restore the factor y def ault settings of the cam era, including administrator ’ s pass word. The reset button can be u sed for following purposes: 1. T he administrat[...]
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Hardware Manual 10 Installation and Access Camera Installa tion The box cam era may be installed indoors or o utdoors (requires waterpro of housing). In both cases, the m ounting block (included in the pack age) is needed. Indoor Installation For ceiling inst allations, the m ounting block has t o be m ounted to the top side of the c amera. F or wa[...]
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Hardware Manual 11 For pole or corner inst allations, you m ay consider following solutions : The housing can be either PMAX -0200, 0201 or PMA X- 0202.[...]
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Hardware Manual 12 Accessing Camera Connect th e Equipment T o be able to connect to the camera f irmware from your PC, both the cam era and the PC have to be connected to each other via Ethernet cable. At the sam e time, the camera has to have its own power supply . In cas e of PoE cam eras, you can use a PoE Injector o r a PoE Switch between the [...]
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Hardware Manual 13 In the exam ple below , we s uccessfully the cam era m odel that we had just co nnected to the network. By c licking with the m ouse c lick on th e cam era model, it is possible to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with th e IP address of the targ et cam era filled in the address bar of the browser alread y . If [...]
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Hardware Manual 14 W ith just one click , you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows: Y ou c an quick ly notice the cam era m odel in th e list. Click on th e IP addres s to automaticall y launch the default browser of the PC with the IP ad dres s of the target c amera filled i n the address bar of the browser a lr[...]
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Hardware Manual 15 Manually adjust the I P address of the PC : In the following exam ple, based on W indows 7, we will configure the I P address to 192.168.0.99 and set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 by using the steps be low: 1 2 3 4[...]
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Hardware Manual 16 Manually adjust the I P addresses of multipl e cameras : If there are more than 1 cam era to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHCP server to assign u nique IP addresses to each of them , all of th e cam eras would then have the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100 , which is not a prop er situation f or netwo[...]
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Hardware Manual 17 A ccess the Camera Now that the cam era and the PC are both hav ing their unique I P a ddresses and are under the same network s egment, it is possible to use the W eb browser of the PC to access the cam era. Y ou can use an y of the brow sers to access the cam era, however , the fu ll functionality is provided onl y for Microsof[...]
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Hardware Manual 18 The following examples i n this manual are bas ed on Internet E xplorer brow ser in orde r to cover all functions of the camera. Assum ing that the cam era ’ s IP address is 192.168 .0.100 , you can access it by opening the Web browser and t yping the following address into Web browser ’ s address bar: http://192.168.0.100 Up[...]
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Hardware Manual 19 T o check the firm ware version through the W eb Configurator , access the Setup page a nd click System > S ystem Info . For further operations , please refer to the F irmware User M anual . 1 2 3[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 21 Other Adjustments and Accesso ries How to Adjust the View ing Angle and Focus This section describes the procedures in adjusting the viewing angle and f ocus of the cam era. D51 / D52 / E51 Camera Parts Overview Adjustment Procedur es 1. Loosen the tilt adjustment screws, a djust the t ilt, and then tighten ba[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 22 D54 / D55 / E52 / E53 / E54 / E56 / E57 / E59 Camera Parts Overview Adjustment Procedur es 1. Loosen the tilt adjustment screws, adjust the tilt, an d then tighten ba ck the screws to fix the tilt position. 2. Move the rotation adj ustment to rotate the v iewing orientat ion. 3. Attach the bundled lens focus t[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 23 How to Replace the Dome Co ver For more disc rete surveillance needs, th e bundled dom e cover can be replaced with a sm oke dome cover available for purchase. T o replace the d om e cover , do the follo wing: 1. Rotate the current dome cover cou nter-clock wise and then pull to rem ove it. 2. Align the shroud[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 25 Accessing the Camera Configure the IP A ddresses In order to be able t o communicate w ith the camera from y our PC, both the cam era and the PC have to be within the sam e network segment. In m ost cases, it m eans that they both shoul d have very similar IP ad dresses , where on ly th e last num ber of the I[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 26 By double-click ing with th e left mouse on the cam era model, it is p ossible to a utomaticall y launch t he default bro wser of the PC with the IP address of the t arget cam era filled in the address bar of the bro wser already . If you work with our cam eras regularly , t hen there is e ven a better wa y to[...]