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Digitus DN-16058-1 manual

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    ADV ANCED NETWORK SUR VEILLANCE DOME CAMERA User Manual Please read instruct ions thoroughl y before operation and retain it for future reference.[...]

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    IMPORT ANT SAFEGU ARD All lead-fre e products of fered by the compa ny comply with the requi rements of the European law on the Restricti on of Hazardous Substa nces (RoHS) directive, which means our manufactu re processes and products a re strictly “lead-free” and with out the hazardous substances cited i n the dir ective. The crossed-out whee[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1. OVERVIEW ................. ................ ..................... .................... ................ ..................... ................ ........ .. 1 1.1 Produc t Features ............ ........................ ........................ ........................ ...................... ................ ............... 1 1.2[...]

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    1 1. O VER VIEW 1.1 Product Features  Powerful mo bile surv eillance supporti ng iPhon e, BlackB erry , Windows Mobile & S ymbian  Smart Zoom: zoom in on the object that triggered the motion detection  Excellent lo w lux performance for da rk environment s  Low-latency video streaming with H.264 com pression format  Motion detect[...]

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    2 2. BEFORE USING Y OUR NETW ORK CAMERA Before using the network camera, make sure: 1) Y ou have installed the supplied CMS software, “Video V iewer”. 2) Y ou have configured the network setti ngs, and the network connec tion is fine. If not, please refer to your camera installation guide. This network camera can be accessed via our s upplied C[...]

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    3 3. ACCESSING THE CAMERA VIA VIDEO VI EWER 3.1 Accessin g the came ra Step1: Double-click “ ” on your PC desktop to open Video Viewer. By defaults, the “Address Book” panel will be displayed on the right side of the control panel. Step2: Click “ ” to select the IP address of the camera you intend to c onnect, and double-click it. Step3[...]

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    4 3.2.2 Full Function Version 3.2.3 Main Button Overview Button Function Description Simplified Full Function Address Book Click to show the predefined IP address(es). You can add, remove or search the IP address to log in the DVR remotely. Miscellaneous Control Remote Config Click to go to the detailed system configuration. For details, please ref[...]

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    5 3.3 Frequently-used functions 3.3.1 Record T o record remotely , click “ ” or “ ” → “ ” to go to the “Record Setting” page. In the “Record Setting” page, you can set the following items: ‧ Record type ‧ Pre- / post-event record time (0~10 seconds) ‧ Record time setting ‧ Record path Note: The record function will be [...]

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    6 3.3.3 Firmware Upgrade This function is used when users need to upgrade the network camera for function scalability . Note: Before using this function, make sure you have the correct upgr ade files provided by your installer or distributor . S tep1: Click “ ”, and select the IP address of your network camera in the address book. S tep2: Click[...]

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    7 STEP2: Right-click to show the shortcut menu on the top-le ft panel, and select the E-M ap group you want to add. There are three E-Map groups you can add: G oogle E-MAP , Single E-MAP , and Building E-MAP .[...]

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    8 STEP3: When the E-Map group is created, you will see th e tree on the top-left panel, show ing all the devices you’ve added to this group. Icon Description The connected device is ca mera. When it’s selected, it will become red. The connected device is D VR. When it’s selected, it will become red. For any motion or alarm event, it will appe[...]

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    9 How to Edit / Remove an Existing E-Map Group  For Google E-Map Group Right-click on the group n ame to show the shortcut m enu list, and select “Edit E-MAP” or “Rem ove E-MAP” as needed. Y ou can also add a single E-Map group (Ad d Single E-MAP) o r Building E-Map group (Add Bui lding E-MAP) into the exi sting Google E-Map group.  F[...]

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    10  For Building E-Map Group Right-click on the group n ame to show the shortcut m enu list, and select “Edit Building E-MAP” or “Remove E-MAP” as needed . 3.3.5 Smart Zoom Click or to display the PTZ control panel as follows. Function Button Description Simplified Full Function Smart Zoom Click to activate the smart zoom function. There[...]

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    11 4. SY STEM CONFIGURA TION Before using the network camera, make sure you have installed the supplied software, “V ideo Viewer”, and configure network settings. If not, please refer to y our installer or the installation guide. Note: It’s recommended to consult with your installer before changing system configuratio ns. Note: Y ou need to b[...]

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    12 4.1 General In “General”, you can check the general information for your network camera, such as the firmware version and MAC address, and also modify the identification name of your camera (up to 15 alphanumeric characters). 4.1.1 Log T o quickly search the system log you want by ev ent type, click the drop-down list to select the system lo[...]

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    13 Column Description User Name Set a user name that will be used for camera access. The user name allows up to 16 alphanum eric characters. Password Set the password that will be used for remote login. The password allows up to 16 alphanumeric characters. User Level Set the security level of an account to give the permission to control different f[...]

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    14 4.1.3 OnLineUser Y ou can check the current online user(s) with resp ective online information. T o refresh the list, click “Refresh ”. 4.1.4 Trigger Y ou can set the motion or alarm detection and select the notification function.  Trigger Setting In this section, you can select to enable or disable the alarm or motion detection. Item Des[...]

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    15  Notification Setting In this section, you can select to enable e-mail and/or FTP notificat ion when an alarm or a motion happened. Item Descr iption Method ‧ Email When this option is checked, the network camera will upload the captured video clip to the ass igned e-mail address(s) once motion or alarm recording happened. ‧ FTP When this[...]

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    16 4.2.3 SNTP SNTP (Simple Network T ime Protocol) is used to synchronize your camera time with the networked computer systems. Function Description GMT (Greenwich Mean T ime) Once users choose the time zone, the network camera will adjust the local area tim e of the system automatically . Server Name Simply use the default SNTP server (For example[...]

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    17 Function Description Server Enter the SMTP server address provided from your e-mail system supplier . Port Enter the port number provided from your e-mail system supplier. If this column is left blank, the e-mail server will use port 25 to send e-mails. Mail From Enter your name or the title you want the receiver to know where this mail is f rom[...]

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    18 Function Description Recipient Click “Add” to enter the phone number, including the country code, to receive the text message. Five sets of phone numbers are allowed. T est SMS T o know whether your SMS setting is corr ect, click this button to immediately send a SMS to your phone. Note: This testing is not free and you will be charged for S[...]

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    19 For details about camera access v ia your web browser , pl ease refer to “5. ACCESSING THE CAMERA VIA YOUR WEB BROWSER” at page 22. 4.3 Video Set the image resolution, quality and frame rate. Item Description JPEG / MPEG / H264 Select the image resolution and quality . Image Resolution: CIF / 4CIF Image Quality: BEST / HIGH / NORMAL / LOW Fr[...]

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    20 Item Descrip tion Color Color helps to set the color level of image through the camera. There are three options available: Light / Normal / Colorful. Backlight It is the function to adjust the image to compensate for an area that is overpowered by brightness because of excessive light. The image will be properly exposed for clearness. Select to [...]

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    21 4.4.3 Time Set daylight saving time and the current time. Function Description Daylight Saving S pecify whether to use daylight saving time (ON / OFF). If this function is enabled, set the time period (ST ART / END), and adjust the daylight saving time in hours (ADJUST). Time Set the current time.[...]

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    22 5. ACCESSING THE CAMERA VIA Y OUR WEB BRO WSER Users can also access the netw ork camera via a web br owser , such as Microsof t Internet Explorer or Mozilla F irefox. However , the web browser is only available for singl e device access. If users want t o access more than two devices through one interface, it’s recommended to use our supplied[...]

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    23 5.2 Control panel overview 5.2.1 Live View Panel Function Icon User Lev el Description Media T ype -- Supervisor / Power User / Normal User / Guest Select the web transmission format from the dr op-down list: H.264 / MPEG-4 / Motion JPEG / QuickTime For users using Mozilla Firefox, only “QuickTime” is selectable. QuickTime is Apple Inc.’s [...]

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    24 Function Icon User Lev el Description image. Full Screen Supervisor / Power User / Normal User Click to display the image in full screen. Flip Supervisor / Power User / Normal User Click to rotate the image 180 0 counterclockwise when nece ssary . Zoom-in / out / Supervisor / Power User / Normal User Click to zoom in / out the current image. Sma[...]

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    25 Main Menu Sub-menu Ref erence Network Network  Remote Co nfig  Network QoS  Remote Co nfig  Network  QoS DDNS  Remote Co nfig  Network  DDNS SNTP  Remote Co nfig  Network  SNTP FTP  Remote Co nfig  Network  FT P Mail  Remote Co nfig  Network  M AIL SMS  Remote Co nfig  Network  SMS Filt[...]

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    26 APPENDIX 1 PRODUCT SPECIFIC A TIO NS ▓ Netwo rk Network Compression H.264 / MPEG4 / MJPEG LAN Por t YES LAN Speed 10/100 Based-T Ethernet Supported Protoco ls DDNS, PPPoE, DHCP , NTP , SNTP , TCP/IP , ICMP , SMTP , FTP , HTTP , R TP , RTSP Frame Rate NTSC:30, P AL:25 Number of Online User s 10 Security Multiple user access levels with password[...]

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    27 APPENDIX 2 API ID APPLICA TION FOR SMS MESSA GING T o allow the camera automatically sending a text message when an event happens, you need to apply an API ID from Clickatell, one mobile messaging company , first. Note: The S MS messaging is not total ly free. Y ou will be charged starting from the 1 1 th message. Please follow the steps below f[...]

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    28 Email address and ask you to activate your account. Click the link in the Email to complete accoun t activation, and enter the login page as follow s. Enter the password you set, and click “Login”. S tep3: Enter the mobile phone number (including your country code) you want the text message to be sent, and click “SEND ACTIV A TION CODE”.[...]