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PT -31E/PT - 31W User Manual 11 - 2012 / v1.1[...]
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1 COPYRIGHT Copyright Ed imax Technology Co., Ltd . all rights reserved . No part of this p ublication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translat ed into any langu age or comp uter language , in any form or b y any means, ele ctronic, mechan ical, magnetic, optic al, chemical, man ual or otherwise, wi[...]
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2 CONTENTS CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION ................................................................................................ ............... 4 1-1 Package Contents ................................................................................................................................ 4 1-2 Getting Familiar with Your New Networ[...]
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3 4-3-4 Schedule ................................................................................................................................ . 84 4-3-5 Event ....................................................................................................................................... 86 4-3-6 Security .................................[...]
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4 CHAPTER I: PR ODUCT INFORMATION 1-1 Package Contents Before you start using this produc t, please check if th ere is anything m issing in the package, and contac t your dealer to claim th e missing item (s): 1 x Network c amera 1 x Power adap ter 1 x Ethern et cable 1 x Mountin g kit 1 x CD with utility software an d user man [...]
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5 3 - Focus ring If the im age looks fuzzy, try to turn this focus ring clockwise or c ounter-clockwise to adju st focus until the image looks clear 4 - Microphone Receives voice 5 - LED indicators There are 2 LED lights inside to in dicate the operat ion of this IP cam era: Left: Network ac tivity LED On: Ethernet cable c onnected Off: Ethernet ca[...]
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6 3 - RESET When th e IP camera is not fun ctioning properly, you can use a pen or similar object to press this reset b utton to reset the I P camera. You can also press and h old this button for more than 5 seconds t o clear all settings of IP camera, inc lude administrator pas sword. 4 - DI/DO connec tors For external sensor and alarm. WARNING: D[...]
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7 second. IP camera will connect AP and set value during 5 ~10 seconds. 4 - DI/DO connectors Digital input / output d ry contacts. Connects to external peripherals b y wire. See next page for pin defin itions. WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT POWERED CABLE! 5 – ETHERNET Connect to your local area net work by Ethernet cab le. 6 - SD card slot Inserts SD ca[...]
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8 Step 2: Insert moun ting plate B int o the slot at the bottom of the network camera. Step 3: Screw mounting plate B to th e network camera via th e 2 holes indicate d by the arrows. Step 4: Mount the network camera on to t he wall.[...]
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9 Step 5: Scre w mountin g plate A an d B togeth er via the hole indicated by the arrow. Step 6: When m ounted on the wall, the cables can pass through mounting plate A as in the picture. Step 7: Connect an Ethernet cable to th e network camera via th e Ethernet p ort. Note: PT-31E ( PoE model) supports th e IEEE 802.3af P oE standard. It can b e p[...]
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10 Step 8: Insert the DI/DO signal cable(s) into the DI/DO port. If you d o not have DI/DO accessories, you can skip this step . Step 9: Connect the power adapter to th e network camera, th en plug the power adapte r into a wall socket. The camera’s LED ligh ts should light u p after a few seconds, and the cam era will test its pan and tilt motor[...]
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11 Chapter II Using Networ k IP Camera by Web Interface 2.1 Locate the IP a ddress of Network IP Ca mera You can use your new Network I P Camera by its web u ser interface via web b rowser. Currently th e viewing system requirement for Net work IP camera is: ■ OS: Microsoft Wind ows XP/Vista/7 ■ Browser: IE7 , 8, 9 ■ Cell phone: 3GPP player B[...]
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12 2. After the installation is complete, double-click the “ Ed iView_Finder ” icon to e xecute the application. 3. Press ‘Discover’ b utton to search for all IP Cameras on your local network (m ake sure all IP Cam eras are powered on and connect to local net work first). When you find any IP Camera, you can double click on it or click ‘L[...]
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13 2.2 Connect to IP Camera ’s Web User Interface an d Install ActiveX Plugi n When you know the IP add ress of IP Camera, you can conn ect to it by Internet Explorer web browser by entering its I P address in ad dress bar. The use login screen will app ear when you get conn ected: IP Cam era’s administrator username is ‘ admin ’ ( lower ca[...]
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14 For IE 9: Click ‘Install’ button located at the bottom of IE to install ActiveX plugin. If you’re prom pted that: ‘Windows Firewa ll has blocked some features of this p rogram’ Click ‘Allow access’, or IP Camera will not be able to function p roperly. When you’re installing In ternet Explorer plugin, you may also be p rom pted th[...]
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15 After ActiveX p lugin is installed, you should b e able to see th e video stream from cam era. NOTE: If this is the firs t time you use this IP Camera, you c an refer to chapter 2.4 for instructi ons on Setup Wizard, whic h will guide you to complete the software setup of your new IP C amera. 2.3 Viewing Live V ideo After ActiveX c ontrol is ins[...]
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16 There are various c ontrols on web page, here are description s of every control item : Item Description ‘Home’ bu tton This button is visible in all setup pages of IP c amera, and you can go back to live video view by click ing this button when you’re in other page. Stream Select video stream type: H.264 or MJPEG. H.264 required less netw[...]
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17 Click ‘Save’ button w hen you see the image you wish to save, and you’ll be p rompted to indic ate the folder on your computer t o save image f ile. If you c hanged your mind and don’t want to save image file, click ‘Cancel’. ‘Start Video Rec ord’ button Click this b utton to record vide o and save video file on your computer. Yo[...]
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18 2.4 Client Settings In ‘Clien t Settings’ menu, you configure basic I P camera setting s like data tran sfer protocol and data storage folder. To access ‘C lient Settings’ m enu, click ‘Client Settings’ b utton on the left. The following scree n will appear:[...]
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19 Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description RTSP Select this opt ion to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data. HTTP Select this opt ion to use HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) to transfer video data. If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘RTSP’. Folder Select a folder on your co[...]
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20 Chapter III Ad vanced Configuration If you wish to c onfigure IP c amera’s settings, you c an access IP camera’s ‘ Configuration’ menu, which provides various kind s of system setting. To access configurati on menu, click ‘Configuration’ button on the left. The ‘Configuration’ submenu will ap pear, please pick a setup item you wi[...]
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21 Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description Host Name Input th e IP camera’s hostn ame here, it can be any mean ingful words or charac ters that will help you to iden tify this IP cam era. You can use IP camera’s installation locati on as host name, and th is will help you to identify IP cam era when you have many IP cam[...]
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22 Please note that if this IP camera can’t access Internet, you mu st have a time server on local area network, or set the time manually. Set Manually Set IP camera’ s date and tim e manually. Please set current date and time by ‘Date’ and ‘Time’ dropdown men u. When you finish with above sett ings, click ‘App ly’ button to save ch[...]
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23 Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description Password / Ret ype Password (Administrato r) Input ad ministrator’s new p assword in both ‘P assword’ and ‘Retype Password’ field, and click ‘Modify’ button to c hange administrator’s password. Please note: Don’t forget admini strator’s password! Or you’ll n e[...]
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24 3-3 Network You can c onfigure the network cam era’s general and advanced network settings h ere. 3-3-1 “General” Setup Page Set up IP address for this I P camera. This IP camera supports b oth IPv4 and IPv6 IP address. Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description LAN Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN po[...]
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25 Available options are : DHCP IP v4: Obtain an IPv4 IP address from DHCP server on LAN automatically. DHCP IP v4 / IPv6: Obtain both IPv4 and I Pv6 address from DHCP server on LAN au tomatically. Static IPv4 / IPv6: Assign an IPv4 / IP v6 address to IP cam era manually. If you don’t have a DHCP server on your local area network, you m ust use t[...]
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26 camera’s web configuration interface . RTSP Port Input RTSP p ort number. When this port num ber changes, you must chan ge corresponding sett ings in external n etwork devices (NVR or CMS soft ware) so they can receive th is IP camera’s video. RTP Data Port Input RTP data port numb er here. When you finish with above sett ings, click ‘App [...]
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27 Here are the descriptions of every setu p item: Item Description Multicast Enable video m ulticast: Multicast Group Address: Inp ut multicast group address here, must be an address bet ween 232.0.0.0 to 232.255.255.255. Multicast video p ort: Inpu t port number for video multic ast here. Multicast RCTP video port: Input port nu mber for RCTP vid[...]
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28 you. You must register a d ynamic IP service first. Currently th is IP camera sup ports Dyndns, TZO an d No - ip dynam ic IP service.. Provider: Select dynamic I P service provider. Host Name: In put the host nam e you obtained from dynamic IP service provider . User name: Input user nam e used to login dyn amic IP service provider. Password: I [...]
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29 The descript ions of every setting in this menu will be given b elow : Item Description Wireless Connection Select „Enab le‟ to activate wireless n etwork function of this IP camera, select „Disable‟ to d isable it. Network Type Select the network type of wireless connec tion. Available options are „Infrastructure‟ (Connect the IP ca[...]
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30 SSID Input th e SSID of the wireless acc ess point you wish to c onnect. It should be less than 32 alph anumerical characte rs. When you select a wireless ac cess point above, it‟s S SID will be filled in this field automa tically. However, i f the SSID is not d isplayed (the wireless ac cess point you selec ted ch oose to hide it‟s SSID), y[...]
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31 connection. Configure via Push Butt on Click this b utton and this camera will enter PBC-style WPS connection state for 120 sec onds. Please push „Start PBC‟ button on the wireless access p oint you wish to c onnect within 120 second s to establish WPS conn ection (The rem aining time will be displayed on the b utton). If connection can not [...]
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32 Method 2: USE PINCODE SETTING St ep 1: Power on the wireless AP and the wireless network camera. Wait fo r 1 minute for both devic es to be up and running. Step 2: Open web browser and logo in wireless serve r. Go to wi reless/WPS setting p age. Step 3: Open web brows er and logo in wireless n etwork camera. Go to network/Wireless setting page .[...]
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33 3-4 IP Filter When th is IP camera is directly connecte d to Internet and not protected by firewall, this function ac ts like a mini b uilt-in firewall to protec t the safety of this IP camera and avoid attacks from h ackers. Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description Enable Filter Check this box to enable I P address filte[...]
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34 camera. If you want to remove a set of IP address from the list, click on the IP address and click ‘Remove’ bu tton. IP Address (Accepte d IP list) Input th e starting and en ding IP address of IP address you wish to deny c onnections here. IP camera will deny c onnections estab lished fr om these I P address. If you want to sp ecify one IP [...]
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35 3-5 Video You can ad just the image of the IP camera in this menu. There are 3 sub-menus in th is menu: Image Setting, Video Setting, and O verlay, which can be acc essed by tabs on the top: 3-5-1 Image Setting You can adjust the image p arameters in this page . Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description Brightness / Contra[...]
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36 Shaprness Default Set all above value s to default value ‘128’. Mirror Check ‘Vertical’ or ‘Horizontal’ b ox to flip the image vertically or horizontally, this w ill help to correct th e orientation of image w hen IP camera is hanged bottom-up by camera holder. You can c lick both ‘Vertical’ and ‘Horizontal’ box at the same t[...]
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37 Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description H.264 /MPEG4 Select the compression of main stream: H.264 / MP EG4. Video Resolution Select video resoluti on. - H.264: 2048x1536 (QXGA) / 1920x1080 (1080p) 1280x960 (960p) / 1280x720 (720p) 720x480 (D1) / 640x480 (VGA) 320x240 (QVGA) - MPEG4: 1920x1080 (1080p) / 1280x960 (960p) 12[...]
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38 3-5-3 Overlay Setting You can adjust the video overlay paramet ers in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description Enable Time Stamp Check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on video. Remove the background color of the text (for Time Stamp) Check this box to remove time stamp’s background color. You m ay fi[...]
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39 ‘Update’ button to use the pic ture. Please note that there are certain restrictions: - Select .bmp / .jpg / .jpeg image files only. - Image’s resolut ion should be less than 160 x 128, and can be divided b y 4. - Do not upload image files that size is greater th an 64KB. When you finish with above sett ings, click ‘App ly’ button to s[...]
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40 Enable Speake r (Speaker) Check this box to enable spe aker. If you don’t want people at IP camera to hear you, you can unch eck this box to disable it. Audio Type (Speaker) The format is fixed as G.711 When you finish with above sett ings, click ‘App ly’ button to save changes. 3-7 Motion This IP c amera is capable to det ect object’s m[...]
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41 Enable (Window 1 to Window 3) Check this box to enable th is motion detection window. You can select window 1 to 3 to enable u p to 3 motion d etection windows. Wh en a motion detec tion window is enab led, a rectangu lar will appear on camera’s view, with its title on the top. - To move / resize a motion det ection window: - Move: Use the mou[...]
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42 Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description Enable RS- 485 Check this box to enable RS-485 fun ctionality. Use Pelco-D Select this opt ion and RS-485 interface will output pan-tile control signal in Pelco- D format. Th is format is widely accepte d by most of pan-tilt camera cradle s. You have also inp ut pan- tilt camera cr[...]
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43 - Stop Bit: Select stop bit: 1 or 2. - Home/Up/Down/L eft/Right: Inp ut the command string used to move pan-tilt c amera cradle to home or up/down/left/ right position. You c an click ‘Test’ button to send command string for testing. - Command 1 ~ 5: You can define extra pan-tilt camera cradle control strings here by giving it a name (Comman[...]
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44 3-9-1 Settings This page lists all e xisting even ts. You can click ‘Modify’ button to e dit an existing event, or ‘Remove’ to dele te an existing event. To create a new even, just c lick “ New ” button to add an Event setting. To add a new event, click ‘New’ b utton and th e descriptions of every setup item is listed below:[...]
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45 Item Description Enable Setting Check this box to enable th is event. If you just want to disable this even t temporarily, you c an unc heck this box to keep this event an d disabling while not dele ting it. Title Input an y description text for th is event so you c an identify it quickly. You can use alphabets, num bers, and symbols includ e: ![...]
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46 3-9-2 Media You can define what kind of media file should be saved on d esignated media. Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description One Snapshot Save a pictu re file when eve nt is triggered. H.264 Video Save a H.264 vide o clip. You can also select the recording len gth before and / or after the time when event is triggere[...]
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47 3-9-3 Event Server You can define the details of remote med ia server: FTP (File), SMTP (Email), and Samba (File). A Samba server can be any computer ru nning windows operating syste m with network neighbor function e nabled. Many stand-alone network file se rver also support sam ba server function. Here are the descriptions of every setup item [...]
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48 on FTP server, like ‘upload/record’. I f you want to save file on this FTP u ser’s home directory, you can leave th is field blank. - Enable Passive Mode: Check th is box to force IP camera to communic ate with FTP server in passive mode (Some FTP Server may only w ork when you check this box, while others don’t). - Test FTP: Click this [...]
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49 input Em ail server’s username an d password in corresponding field . - Requires SSL Enc ryption: I f your Email server requ ired SSL encryption, check this box. Please note that some Email server uses differen t port num ber than standard port 25 when SSL en cryption is used. - STARTTLS: If your Email server required ST ARTTLS encryption, che[...]
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50 3-10 Recording to SD Car d When a SD card is inserted int o IP camera, you c an save video fil es on it. Note: 1. Be sure that the SD Card format sh ould be FAT32. The NTFS format cannot be supported by this came ra. 2. Unlink motion detect ion, this functio n will record video at specified time period on selected w eekday(s). Here are the descr[...]
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51 3-11 SDHC The IP c amera module has an optional SD card slot PC BA board. The stand ard module does not includ e this board. The UI shows the capac ity is 0 MB when the module without SD card slot and mem ory card. f you need the function p lease check the option when you place the order of the IP camera module. Once the module equipped SD card [...]
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52 Set the tim e range then click “ Search ” then shows the records like b elow.[...]
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53 3-12 Log You can chec k the usage log of IP camera here. In this page , you can click: 1. First page / Final p age: Jump to first / final page of log. 2. Previous / Next: Jum p to previous or n ext page of log. 3. Remove: Clear log. Y ou’ll be p rompted for c onfirmation.[...]
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54 3-13 Device Info You can c heck the information an d network settings of this I P cam era. These information are very useful when you nee d to repair or fix th e problem of this IP camera. An example of device info page look like this:[...]
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55 3-14 Maintenance You can do some maintenan ce job about this I P camera here . Here are the descriptions of every setup item : Item Description Reboot Click this b utton to reboot the IP camera. This function is useful w hen you find IP ca mera is not working properly. Reset Clear all settings of IP camera and reset to factory default setting . [...]
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56 Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Brow se’ button to select a firmwa re image file on your computer first, then click ‘Upgrade’ b utton. 3-15 Language You can change the display langu age of web interface. Click ‘Language’ button and select one language. More language s may available in latest firmware file .[...]
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57 CHAPTER IV: E DIVIEW 64-CHANNEL VIEW ER 4- 1 EdiView I nstallation Please follow the following instructions to setup EdiView on Windows Vista / 7 operating system. Please note: You mu st login as sys tem administra tor when yo u’re installing EdiV iew . 1. Locate EdiView setu p file, and d ouble-click on it to start EdiVie w software installat[...]
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58 2. You’ll see a User Acc ount Control security warning message ap pear, click ‘Yes’ to continue. 3. Click ‘Next’ to c ontinue. 4. Click ‘Install’ to begin installation.[...]
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59 5. ase wait while install ation is being performed. This m ay take few minutes t o done, please be patient.[...]
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60 6. The second part of installation will start au tomatically. 7. A new setup wind ow will appear, please click ‘Next’ b utton to continue. 8. You can select a folder on your compu ter to install EdiView by click ing ‘Chan ge’ button, or simply click ‘Next’ button directly to accept default folder.[...]
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61 9. Click ‘Install’ to continue. 10. Installation will take few minu tes, please be patient.[...]
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62 11. Click ‘Finish’ when you see this message. EdiVie w is read y to use now. 12. MSDE (Microsoft SQL Database Engin e) installation procedure will start at the same time. Please wait un til it complet es.[...]
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63 13. You’ll be p rompted that this program has comp atibility issues, click ‘Run program’ to continue.[...]
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64 14. MSDE installation req uires compu ter reboot to comp lete, click ‘Finish’ to reboot the computer. 15. A new icon will ap pear on your comp uter’s desktop, you can double c lick on it to start EdiView. 4- 2 EdiView I nterface To start EdiView , double-click Ed iView icon on your c omputer’s desktop: Or click ‘Start’ button of Wind[...]
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66 You’ll see a User Account Control sec urity warning m essage appear, c lick ‘Yes’ to contin ue. EdiView login wind ow will appear . Default user I D is ‘admin’ and d efault password is ‘123 4’, click ‘OK’ when read y.[...]
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67 The main window of EdiView will appear: Split-screen mode selector Function Keys Date/Time, Remaining disk space Snapshot camera selection Exit Camera View[...]
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68 The descript ions of every item are listed as follow: Item Description Split-screen mode selector EdiView supp orts from 1 to 6 4 cameras split views. The video from I P camera will display in split-screen display cells, an d you can view up to 64 IP cam eras at the same time. Click the bu tton to select the n umber of IP cam eras you wish to vi[...]
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69 Select th e file, and click ‘O pen’ button to use the picture as b ackground pic ture. To add a camera, right- click on the background p icture and select ‘Add Camera…’ A new window w ill appear: Select the camera you wish to ad d from ‘Camera’ dropdown list, an d check the box ‘Image Lost’ and / or[...]
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70 ‘Motion Detecte d’ if you want to get a warning message when image lost of moti on is detecte d, then select the direction of camera ic on, this will help yo u to remember the orientation of camera on th e EMAP. After you click ‘OK’ button, a camera icon will appear on EMAP with its c amera nu mber indicated: You can add more cameras to [...]
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71 Date / Time, Remaining Disk Space Displays current date, time, and remaining d isk storage space. Exit Click this b utton to leave EdiVie w All camera’s video will displayed in ‘Camera View’ area: (This example picture shows a 4-split cam era view with only 2 IP cam eras configured) To select an IP camera, click its video and it will be hi[...]
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72 The description of these items is listed as follow: Item Description Pan / Tilt control Click the direc tion arrow to control camera ’s pan / tilt. Pan / Tilt speed Drag the slide bar to adjust the pan / tilt speed when you click pan / tilt control arrow. Zoom Optical zoom control. Click + or - to control zoom level. Exposure Exposure control.[...]
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73 The configuration menu will ap pear. There are 6 sub menu s in the configuration menu: Device (Add or remove IP camera / video server) Recording (C onfigure video rec ording) System (Configure system-wide setting s) Schedule (Configure schedu le recording) Event (C onfigure event rec ording) Security (C onfigure EdiView user list) Detailed desc [...]
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75 IP camera setup window will app ear on the right: If your IP camera is located on local area network, click ‘Search’ b utton. Wait for few seconds or few minu tes until th e search is complete, and all IP cameras found on your local area network will b e listed: In this e xample, an IP camera has been found at IP address 192.16 8.2.3. If thi[...]
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76 When an IP camera is found , you can also select it in the list and: View Image: View the live image from selec ted IP camera. Detail: Connec t to selected IP camera’s web configurati on m enu. You can also select the video stream type you wish to u se: Check ‘Enable Camera’ to en able this camera is EdiVie w. If the IP cam era you wish to[...]
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77 Every IP c amera has a chec k box, indicating if it is enabled. If a camera is not enab led, it will not be d isplayed in EdiView’s video vie w. You can also m anage IP camera list by the following function: Enable All: En able all IP c ameras in the list. Disable All: Di sable all I P cameras in th e list. Remove: Remo ve selecte d IP camera.[...]
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78 The descript ions of every item are listed as follow: Item Description Select Camera All IP cam era’s Please selec t an IP camera from the list to setup its re cording beh avior. EdiView will attempt to connect to selected IP c amera, if it’s n ot connectab le, you’ll receive an error message later. Record Mode You can decide the recording[...]
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79 Use the m ouse to click blocks on the grid pattern to assign the areas you wishes EdiView to d etect / ignore motion. EdiView will d etect m otion for areas which are NOT covered by blocks only. To add or erase blocks: To add b locks, click + butt on; to erase blocks, click- button. Click ‘Reset’ button to re set motion det ection blocks to [...]
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80 Drag the slide bar to setup sensitivity level from 1 to 10. Larger nu mber indicates m ore sensitivity. To apply th is motion detec tion settings to all IP cameras, click ‘Apply to All Cameras’ button. When you finish setting, c lick ‘OK’ button to save chan ges you made, or click ‘C ancel’ button to d iscard all settings you m ade. [...]
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81 No: Do not display c aption on cam era view Camera ID: Display Camera’s ID n um ber Camera ID + Camera Name: Display b oth camera’s ID and camera’s name. Data Storage Setting Setup hard disk data storage: Enable Recyc le: Check this b ox and the latest recording vide o will overwrite oldest record ed video file automatic ally. If you d id [...]
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82 you specified here, you’ll receive an alarm message to notify yo u should d o something to prevent from run ning out of storage spac e. Start-up Condition Select the behavior of EdiView whe n computer starts up. You c an select m ultiple options you want to use: Auto run, when Windows start: C heck this box and EdiVie w will run automatic ally[...]
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83 same domain name. Receiver: In put the E- mail receiver’s ad dress here. CC: input additional E- mail receiver’s ad dress here. Subject: In put the subject of sen t E-mail. This will also help you to identify t he E-mail sent by EdiView . Number of attac hments: Inpu t the number of snapshot attac hments that will sen t with E-mail, so you c[...]
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84 4-3-4 Schedule You can configure recording sch edule in this sub-menu. When you enter this sub- menu for first time, c lick ‘Add Job’ button to add a new sched ule recording job:[...]
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85 A new window w ill appear on the right: You can configure a new sched ule recording job here. The d escriptions of every setup items are listed as foll ow: Item Description Weekly Sched ule Select the time period in a week of this schedule. Th ere are total 48 x 7 blocks in a week sched ule, where every b lock represents half an h our. You can u[...]
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86 ‘DEL’ first, th en click the tim e period block. Events Select the event to trigger rec ording: Round-The-Clock: Re cording is tim e-activated (according to schedule). Motion Detection: Recording is motion-activated. DI Input: Rec ording is activated by DI (Digital Input) signal located on IP camera. IP camera must have DI port and not every[...]
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87 EdiView can send you an alarm E-Mail message so you c an know something happened on the IP c amera (motion det ected, video lost, or conn ection lost). A sound can be played to notify the operat or at the comp uter where EdiVie w is installed, too. To add a new event, click ‘Ad d’ button, and a new window will ap pear on the right for you to[...]
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88 you want to spec ify more than one alarm condition for the same IP cam era, Trigger Operation( s) Define the action which will be taken when alarm is triggered: Send E-Mail: an E-mail will be sen t when alarm is triggered. Play Sound: Play a sound on the compute r where EdiView is in stalled. To ad d a new soun d file, copy th e .wav file to t h[...]
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89 There are two kin ds of user in Ed iView: Administrator an d user. Administrat or can c onfigure EdiView, while u ser can only view video of camera, and perform limited system configuration (sch edule, rec ord, and video playb ack).[...]
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90 Administrator’s u ser ID is always b e ‘admin’ an d cannot be changed. You can only change admin’s p assword in Administrator’s ‘ Password’ and ‘Confirm Password ’ field. Please inpu t the same password in both fields for confirmation . To add a user, click ‘Add ’ button, a new wind ow will appear on th e right:[...]
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91 The descript ions of every setup items are listed as follow: Item Description User ID Input th e user ID used to login EdiView Description Input an y descriptive text to help you to memorize th e purpose of this user I D. Password / Confirm Password Input th is user’s password in both fields. User Privilege Defines the p rivilege of this user [...]
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92 A new window w ill appear: To play a rec orded video, you can use one of following two functions: Please refer to fo llowing c hapters for detailed instructions of every searc h mode. Advanced Search Event Search[...]
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93 4-4-1 Advanced Se arch You can search for recorded video within spec ific time p eriod, and get a list of rec ord modes of all IP cameras. When you enter this menu, please specify start time and stop time: (You can input 0 - 23 in ‘Hour in a day’ field by ke yboard directly). DATE Hour in a day[...]
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94 When you finish, click ‘SEARCH’ b utton to search for recorded v ideo, and you’ll get a similar output like this: In this pictu re, a recorded video of ‘Camera 1’ has been found at 12 o’c lock. A blue mark indicates it’ s a ‘Round Cloc k’ (manual) recording. Other rec ord type include: Blue: Manu al Recording Green: Recording i[...]
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95 And the video will be prep ared for playback.[...]
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96 4-4-2 Event Searc h You can search for video for playbac k by triggering even t: round the clock, motion detection, or digital inpu t.[...]
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97 To search for video, y ou have to sp ecify: 1) starting and ending time for video search ing in ‘Start time’ and ‘Stop time’ field 2) Recording mode: Round C lock, Motion Detection, and I/O Mode ( Digital Input). You can check all boxes you wish to search for. 3) Cam era: You can check all cameras you wish to search for video. To selec t[...]
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98 When you finish, click ‘Search ’ button to search for recorded vide o, and a list similar to this will appear: You can select the video clip you wish to play, an d click ‘P lay’ button.[...]
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100 4-4-3 Video Playbac k When a video is loaded, th e video playback screen will look like this: The descript ions of every item are liste d as follow: Item Description Close Window Click X m ark to close video playb ack window. Video Playbac k Control You can use following bu ttons to control video playb ack: Skip to the begin ning position of vi[...]
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101 Pause a p laying video, click ‘Play’ to resume vide o playback Skip to next vide o frame Skip to the ending position of video clip Speed Control When vide o is stopped, you can click + or – bu tton to adjust video playback speed: from 1/4 to 4x speed. You cannot adjust vid eo playback speed when video is playing. Search / C apture Click o[...]
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102 You can click ‘Save as’ butt on to save current im age (you’ll be promp ted for image saving location) , or click ‘Print’ to print cu rrent image to printer. To back to p revious menu , click ‘Cancel’; click ‘Reset’ to reset image p arameters back to default value. Time Current tim e will be displayed here. You can click ‘ b[...]
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103 Chapter V Troublesho oting Please don’t panic when you found this IP C amera is not worki ng properly. Before you sen d this IP Camera back to us, you c an do some simple c hecks to save your tim e: Problem description Possible sol ution(s) Can’t connect to IP Cam era 1) Please check the IP address of IP Camera again. 2) Please make sure th[...]
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104 Federal Communic ation Commis sion Interference S tatement This equipment has b een tested and found to comply with the limi ts for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide reas onable protection against harmful in terference in a r esidential installation. This equip ment generat es, use[...]
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105 EU Declaration of Conformity English: This equipment is in compliance with the essentia l requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2004/108/EC, 2006/95/EC. French: Cet équipement est conforme aux exigences essentielles e t autres dispositions de la directive 2004/108/EC, 2006/95/EC. Czechian: Toto zařízení je v souladu se zá[...]
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106 Declaration of Conformity We, Edimax Te chnology Co., L td ., dec lare under our sole responsibility, th at the equipmen t described below c omplies with the requiremen ts of the European directive 2004/108 /EC and 2006/95/EC. Equipment: 3Mpx PoE Day & Night PT Network Camera Model No.: PT - 31E Report No.: T11090622 0-E, T110906220 - LV Th[...]
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107 Notice Accord ing to GNU General Public License Version 2 Declaration of Conformity We, Edimax Te chnology Co., L td ., dec lare under our sole responsibility, th at the equipmen t described below c omplies with the requiremen ts of the European R&TTE directive and EMC directive, ETSI. Equipment: 3Mpx Wireless Day & Night PT Netwo rk Ca[...]
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108 This product includes software that is sub ject to the GNU General Pu blic License version 2. The program is fr ee software and distributed without an y warranty of th e author. We offer, valid for at least three years, to give you, for a charge no more t han the costs of ph ysically performing source distribu tion, a complete machin e -readabl[...]
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109 2. You may modify you r copy or copies of the Progra m or an y portion of it, thus forming a work based on t he Pro gram, and cop y and distribute such mod ifications or work un der the terms of Section 1 above, p rovided that y ou also meet all of these conditions: a) You must cause the modi fied files to carry pro minent notices stating that [...]
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110 License, they do n ot excuse you from the cond itions of this License. If you cannot distribute so as to sati sfy simultaneo usly your obligations under th is License and an y other pertinent obligations, th en as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a p atent license would n ot permit royalty -free redistrib[...]
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