Digitus DN-16050 manual

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    IP / A N A LOG SUR VEI LLANCE C A MERA User ’ s Manual DN-16050 / DN -16051 Please read instruct ions thoroughly be f ore operat ion and retain it for future reference . The image sh own abov e may dif f er from the actual produ ct appearance.[...]

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    IMPOR T ANT SAFEGU ARD CAU TION RISK OF EL ECTRIC SHOC K CAUTION: To r educe the risk of e lectric shock, do not expose this a pparatus to ra in or moisture. Only operate this apparatus from the type of power source indicated on the label. The com pany shall n ot be l ia ble for any damages arising out of any im prope r use, eve n if we have been a[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PRODU CT OVERVIEW ............... ................................ ................ ................ ................ ............... 1 1.1 Descri ption ....... .............. ........... .............. .............. ........... .............. ....... ........... .............. ........... .............. ......... 1 1.2 F eat[...]

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    OVERVIE W -1- 1. PRODUCT O VERVIEW 1.1 Description This camera series is a netw ork-based digital survei llance device w ith a built-in w eb server for the purpose of rem ote m onitori ng and recording. It supports TCP/IP netw orking for live video transm issi on in the for m at of MPEG4 or M JPEG , and you can easily operate the cam era via the we[...]

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    OVERVIE W -2- 1.4 Specifications SPECIFICATIONS DN - 16050 DN - 16051 ▓ Network LAN Port YES LAN S peed 10/100 Bas ed-T Ethernet Supported Protocols DDNS, PPPoE, DHCP , NTP , SNTP , TCP/IP , ICMP , SMTP , FTP , HTTP , RTP , RTSP Frame Rate NTSC:30, P AL:25 Number of Online Use rs 10 Security Multiple user acces s levels with pas sw ord Web manage[...]

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    HARD WARE OVER VIEW -3- 2. HARD WARE O VERVIEW 2.1 Rear Panel CONNECTOR / BUTTON DESCRIPTION Res et Def ault This button is hidden in t he p inhole. Press and hold t he reset button until the network ca m era rebooted. Thi s w ill res et all p arameters , i nc luding the IP address to factory default settings. Pow er Indic ator W hen the camera i s[...]

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    INST ALLA TION -4- 3. INST ALL A TION 3.1 Inst all the Hardware This camera can be insta lled in tw o ways: ceiling -m ounted and d esktop. During the inst allation, please make sure the upper s ide of the cam era is alw ays fac in g up, as show n in Figure 1 be lo w , regardless of w hich installation w ay you’ re using. This is to ensure the vi[...]

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    INST ALLA TION -5- 3. Assemble th e bracket: a). Align the ste m with the central hole of the base, a nd rotate it to secure, as show n i n F igure 3. b). Align the joint lock w ith the stem, and rotate it to secure, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 3: Connect the stem to the base Figure 4: Connect the joint lock to the stem 4. Connect t he cam era t o[...]

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    INST ALLA TION -6- 3.2 A ssign an IP address and A ccess the Camera S tep 1. Inst all the Soft ware Place the supplied V id eo V iewer AP softw are CD in to your DVD- / CD-ROM drive. The installation process w ill automaticall y sta rt. Follow the on-screen instructions to insta ll t he application program s. Af ter installation, a “ Video V ie w[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R BASIC OPER A TION -7- 4. VIDEO V IEWER BASIC OPERA TION 4.1 The Live V iew Page Af ter se tting up th e netw ork information, login user nam e and passw ord, double-click “ ” on the PC desktop to open and log int o the V id eo V ie wer control pane l. Y ou will see a screen sim il ar to the following with 6 m a jor sectio ns: ‧ [...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R BASIC OPER A TION -8- 4.2 A ddress Book This view is di splayed w hen th e Video View er i s activated for you to log in / out the network cam era fro m the curre nt addre ss list, or search the available IP addr ess as follows: Ø Ø ( ( A A d d d d r r e e s s s s B B o o o o k k ) ) Click to view the pre- defined netw ork cam era a[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R BASIC OPER A TION -9- Ø Ø ( ( S S e e a a r r c c h h ) ) Click to search and view the available IP address(es) for the network cam era connectio n. Y ou can choose one addre ss to add into the address book, edit the det ails, or update the address list. NO. Button Function Description 4 Add into address book Select from the availab[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R BASIC OPER A TION -10- 4.4 Play back T o play a recording, c lick “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (S tat us List), and select the “ Record” tab. A list of all the recordings will be shown by defaults, a nd you can a lso sort out the logs you want to speed up the search time. For det ails, please see “ 5.6 S tatus Lis[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R BASIC OPER A TION -1 1- 4.5 Snap shot T o take a snapshot of the current view , cl ick “ ” (Sna pshot) on the m ai n control panel. Once the current view is captur ed, you’ ll see an icon “ ” shown at the b ottom right cor ner of the im age di splay v iew . The snapsh ot will be saved in the path you specified in “ ” (Re[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -12- 5. VIDEO V IEWER MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL P ANEL Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) on the Video V iewer control panel, and 7 functions are available as follows: Click the button to show the current version of the Video Viewer . The aud i o / broadcast function i s on ly for DN-16051 m ode l s. NO. B[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -13- 5.1 Color Setting In the live view p age, ch oose the desired network cam era from the i m age di splay tab . Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Color Setting) to go into the “ C ol or Sett ing” page, and you can adjust the brightness / contrast / hue / saturation for the selected[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -14- NO. Function Descript ion ‧ T o quickly fi nd the events you need, check or uncheck the event type “ System” / “ Manual” / “ Alarm” / “ Motion” , and select the log you w ant. ‧ T o v iew the earlier or later logs that are not s how n in the current p age, click “ Pre v . Page ?[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -15- Prev / Post Eve nt Record Time In this se ction, you can set the pre- / post-event record tim e from 0 ~ 10 seconds b y pressing and dragging the slider . Hard Disk O verwrite Check this ch eckbox to ove rwrite from the oldest r ecorded data w hen th e HDD is full. Record Time Range Ther e are two op[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -16- T o delete a certain item , choose the item you want to de lete, and click “ Delete” . T o modify a cer ta in item, choose the item you want to m odi fy , change the sta rt time and end time, and cli ck “ Update ” . Record Path Select and v iew the location for saving the recorded video and s[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -17- Log Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Server Setting) → “ General” → “ Log” to go into the “ Log ” p age. I n the “ Log” page, yo u can see all the lo gs fo r the network ca m era, such as “ Power On” , “ Reset Default” , “ Net Login ” and “ SNTP Upd[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -18- Column Descript ion For t he functions each use r l e v e l is allowe d to access , please s ee t he information below : Supervisor Power User Normal User Guest A ddress Boo k ● ● ● ● Miscellaneous Control Color Setting ● X X X Backup ● X X X Record Setting ● ● ● ● Serv er Setting[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -19- u Motion T rigger: In this se ction, you can select to enable the function of motion trigger . Before t hi s funct ion is enabled, you need to set t he m otion detection area first . For m oti on detection area setting, please refer t o “ Detection” at p age 25. Item Descript ion Moti on In t h i[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -20- Function Descript ion PPPOE PPP OE st ands for Po int- to-Po int Pr o toco l o v er E the rne t. Use rs can eas ily ha v e the Inte rnet s er v ic e as long as the y’ re read y for the fo llow ing th ings: 1) Ins e rt an Eth ern et car d i n to the PC . 2) Ob ta in the ADSL ser vice via any ISP . 3[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -21- ‧ Then , you will see the screen “ Account Created” , and Dyndns will email the instr uctions to your specified E-mail addre ss for enab ling your account. Y ou m ust com pl ete the procedure according to the instruct io ns in the m ail. That is to must visit the confirmation address w it hi n [...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -22- ‧ Log in with your account inform ati on and click ” My Service” . ‧ Click ” Add Host Serv ices” . ‧ Click ” Add Dynam ic DNS Host” . ‧ Fill in and choose the desired host nam e. ‧ The host nam e is created. Y ou will be connected to the corresponding IP address whenever you ent[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -23- SNTP SNTP (Si m pl e Network T ime Protocol) is for tim e setti ng. Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Server Setti ng) → “ Network” → “ SNTP” to go into the “ SNTP” page. Function Descript ion GMT (Greenw ich Mean T ime) Once users choose the tim e zone, the netw ork [...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -24- MAIL Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Server Setting) → “ Network” → “ MAIL” to go into the “ MAIL” page. Enter the detailed E-m ail in form ati on and press “ Apply” to confirm . The information you set here will be applied when the funct ion of E-m ai l notific[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -25- Item Descript ion The actual frame rate depends on the actual network con nection, and may be low er than the specified one. Maximum Exposu re Limits T o compensate for the lighting conditions , the ma ximum exposu re tim e can be adjusted. There are five levels of the e x pos ure control. The sh ort[...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -26- Function Description Update Ser ver Select the IP address of the network cam era. Make sure the network settings of the select ed network cam era a re correct. Curren t V ersion In the “ Firmware” section, you will see the current firmw are ve rsion. For exam pl e, 1022-1020-1001 Add T o upgrade [...]

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    VIDEO VIEWE R MISCELLANE OUS CONTROL P ANEL -27- 5.6 St atus List C lick “ ” (S t atus Lis t) to v iew all the rec ord li st and log in/ logout e vent lis t ( All ) , or sea rch the desi red log li st(s ) b y date , o r p layb ack t he rec ord ing of the s elec ted lo g lis t ( C ondi ti on ) . The re are three types of lo gs: R eco rd, E ven t[...]

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    AP MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL P ANEL -28- ‧ Condition Button / F unction Descript ion Date Selection (From / T o) Choose the specifi c date range including the ev en t / record logs you might want. Record T ype This section is enabled only when the “ Record” ta b is selected. Select the record type you wa nt t o search (User / Alar m / Motion). Qu[...]

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    AP MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL P ANEL -29- Login / Logout E vent List Select “ All ” to show all event logs (Login / Logout), or “ Condition ” to sea rch for the specific event log(s) by date. ‧ All ‧ Condition[...]

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    AP MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL P ANEL -30- Backup List (For DV R onl y ) The network cam eras d on’ t support network backup function. This function is ava ilabl e when the Video V ie w er i s connected to a DVR. Y ou can rem otel y vie w the backup list and playback the selected item. Select “ All ” to show all download logs, or “ Condition ” [...]

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    AP MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL P ANEL -31- Pla y bac k Scr een When you se lect and play th e reco rded dat a for a spec ific log , you w ill imm ediately go into th e playb ack m ode, an d the follow ing play back pane l appear s. NO. Function Descript ion j Playback / Down load Info Display This area sho ws the detailed playback / dow nload info rmatio[...]

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    IE W EB B RO W SER -32- 6. IE WEB BROWSER 6.1 A ccess the Camera from an IE Web Browser Y ou can view the images or operate your netw ork ca m era from an IE web bro w ser . Note: The supported PC operat i on syste ms are W indows 2000 and Windows XP . S tep 1: Key in the IP address used by your network cam era in the URL address box , such as “ [...]

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    IE W EB B RO W SER -33- NO. Function Descript ion 3 Camera Snap shot Pat h Se t t he loca tion whe re the snap shot pictures a re saved. Frame Ra te Accord ing to the bandwidth , set the requ ired fram e rate ( FULL / HALF / ONE TH IRD / QUAR TER / ONE FIFTH / ONE TENTH / ONE FIFT EEN TH ). For detai ls, p lease refe r to “ V ideo” se cti o n o[...]

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    QUICKTIME PLA YER -34- 7. QUI CKTIME PLA YER Y ou can also use the QuickT ime player to log into the netw ork camera and che ck the live view only . Note: QuickTi me is Apple’ s multimedia software. Y ou need to have QuickTime installed in you c omp uter first, and y ou can ac cess the network camer a to see the live view . Step 1: Go to Apple’[...]

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    APPENDIX 1 DEF AUL T V ALUE -35- APPENDIX 1 DEF A UL T V AL UE ‧ Default V alue Items Default V alue ‧ Default Net work Settings: User Name adm in Passw ord adm in Port 80 IP Address 192.16 8.1.10[...]