X10 Wireless Technology XX34A manual

Indoor Wireless/W ired IP Network Camera Model XX34A User Manual[...]

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  3 1 INTRODUCTION This is an integrated wirel ess IP Camera sol ution. It co mbines a high quality digital Video Camera wi th network connectivity and a pow erful web server to bring clear pictures to your Desktop from any where on your local network or over the Internet. The main function of the camera is to[...]

  4 1.3 Product Views 1.3.1 F ront View Figure 1.1 1 Light Sensiti ve Hole: For light sensitive photocell 2 Infrared LED : 10 LEDs 3 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens . (Default is 6mm, 3.6mm optional) 4 Network Indicator LED: If ther e is network activity , the LED will blink 5 Microphone: Build-in micr[...]

  5 1.3.2 R ear Pane l Figure 1.2 LAN: RJ-45/10-100 base T Power: DC 5V/2A pow er supply Network Light : The green LED is on when connected to the network, the y ellow LED blinks when dat a is transferred. Audio Output: The jack is used to con nect an external speaker I/O PINS: 1: Output A 2: Output B 3: Alarm[...]

  6 1.4 PC System Requirement s System configuration requirements: CPU: 2.06 GHZ or above. Memory : 256M or above. Net work Car d: 10M or abov e. Display Card : 64M or above memory . Recommended Operating system: Windows XP , Windo ws Vista, Windows 7. 1.5 Hardware Inst allation Follow the steps below to set u[...]

  7 2. ActiveX : Double click “ Appinstall.exe ”—“ Next ”—“ Inst all ”—“ Fini sh ”. Figure 1.5 Figure 1.6 Figure 1.7[...]

  8 Figure 1.8 After this is done, the icon “IP Camera T ool” will be displayed on your desktop . CAUTI ON: Before inst alling and usin g the product, please read the following precautions ca refully and make sure they are fully und erstood. Use only the power a daptor included with the prod uc t. Use of a[...]

  9 2. SOFTWARE OPERATION 2.1 IP Camera T ool When the Device has been mounted pro perly , you can double-click the Icon “IP Camera T ool” and a dialog box shown in Figure 1.9 will pop up . Figure 1.9 Note: The software s earches IP Se rvers automatically over y our LAN. There are 3 cases: 1. No IP Cameras[...]

  10 Figure 2.0 2.1.1 .1 Basic P roperti es There is some device in formation in the Basic Pro perties, such as Dev ice ID, System Firm ware V ersion, and Web UI V ersion. （ Figure 2.1). The Device ID is the camera’s MAC ID, which shou ld be the same as shown on t he sticker on the botto m of the camera. E[...]

  11 Figure 2.2 Obtain IP from DHCP server: If clicked, the device will obtain IP from DHCP server . In other words, the camera will have a dynam ic IP . (Make sure the Router which the camera connect s to has DHCP function and DHCP is enab led) . (Figure 2.2). Figure 2.3 IP address: Fill in the IP a ddress as[...]

  12 2.1.1.3 Upgr ade Firmw are Enter the correct User a nd Password to upgrade sy stem Firmware and W eb UI. Please upgrad e system firm ware fi rst and then upgrade Web UI or it may damage the cam era. （ Figure 2.4). Figure 2.4 Please download the firmwa re package for the correct type of your camera befor[...]

  13 2. T o access the camera by IE Browse r directly , ju st type the camera’s IP addr ess, for example, if the camera’ s IP addr ess is 192.168.1.1 23: Figur e 2.5 Figur e 2.6 The default user name is admin, no pa ssw ord (leave blank). Input the correct user name an d password, the Sign I n interface wi[...]

  14 2.3 For IE Bro wser Choose ActiveX Mode (For IE B rowser) , and sig n in . Figure 2.8 Figure 2.9 The first time you login to the camera, you might get an ActiveX promp t as in the picture above, please clic k the prompt and choose Run Add-on, refresh and login to the camera again, then will see live video[...]

  15 Note: If there is still no live v ideo after you run Activ eX, and a red cross shows in t he center of the screen, or even just a bl ack screen, please try to enabl e the ActiveX options of IE security settings. Please do the following steps: 1. Close the firewall of your computer . 2. Change the ActiveX [...]

  16 Figure 3.2 NOTE : Mak e sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does n’t block the software or ActiveX . If you couldn’t see live video, pl ease close your firewall or an ti-virus software, and tr y again . 2.4 For Safari , Firefox, G oogle Br owser Choose Server Push Mode (For S afari, Firefox[...]

  17 2.5 For Mobile Phone Choose Sign in mobile phone , and sign in. Mobile phone doesn ’t support ActiveX, so only some basic functions are available in this mo de. It supports iPhone, Smart phone, 3G ph one, etc. Normally , if the mob ile phone supp orts net work video, then it should work with your IP Cam[...]

  18 Figure 3.5 Chann els : The IE software supports 9 channel s. Click to get different windows. Click this one to v iew the main ch annel of the cam era you lo gin to. Click this one to view 4 Channels of ca me ras that are connected, from CH 1 to CH4. Click this one to view 9 Chan nels of ca meras that are [...]

  19 OSD Setting s :   Figure 3.6 OSD: Means “On- Screen Di splay”, c lick “ Audio video ” > “ OSD ”, set display date and time on the v ideo. Disabled : Clicking this one means clear th e OSD. Color : Can set the OSD text color as blac k, yellow, red, white, blue etc. Add time stamp on re[...]

  20 Figure 3.8 Figure 3.9 TOP M e n u : Figure 4.0 Click to get live video. When you want to get back to liv e video from other menus , just click it. Only under live v ideo, you can do the operat ion on the rig ht side, such as play , stop, snapshot etc. Click to get in to play mode, when you click the stop [...]

  21 2.8 For Operato r When you login as Opera tor , you can enter the IP Ca mera for Operator . For operator , it not only supports all the functions for V isitor , but also supports these functions below: Figure 4.1 Audio Video Settings   F i g u r e 4 . 2 Audio buffer : Click this icon, it will show f[...]

  22 Mode, Bright, Contrast Sett ings  Figure 4.3 Mode : This mode is optional, 50 HZ/60HZ for the users who use 50 HZ/60HZ frequency , outd oor for users who want to use the came ra to monitor towards a n outdoor environ ment. NOTE : The camera should be used in an ind oor environment (unless p rotected fr[...]

  23 Preset Settings Figure 4.5 Set Preset Position. It support s 15 preset pos itions. T o contro l the came ra’s rotation to a preset pos ition, click Set Preset Posit ion button it will pop-up a dialog frame (Fig ure 4.5), choose the numb er (1-15) you want to set it to. NOTE: if you set different po siti[...]

  24 3 SETTINGS AS ADMINISTRATOR Administrator suppo rts all the settin gs and operations of the cam era. There are some special function s only for administrator as below: Figure 4.6 3.1 Multi-Device Se ttings  Multi-Dev ice Settings This camera can support max. 9 device channel s at the same time. 3.1.1 S[...]

  25 Figure 4.7 Click Live Video and the n select to see four c hannels, or click to see nine cha nnels. Figure 4.8[...]

  26 Figure 4.9 3.1.2 Set Multi-Devi ce for W AN If you want to view cameras fro m the internet, you have to add th ese devices by DDNS doma in name. Make sure all the se cameras you want to add hav e DDNS set succe ssfully . (See 3.7 DDNS Service Settings ) Login to the first camera by DDNS domain name and po[...]

  27 name, and without “ http:// ”, it’ s not the LAN IP address. If you hav e several cameras, you c an use the same DDNS domain name, just set di fferent po rt n umber for each different camera. Figure 5.1 Note: Add the other camera in the same way , Click submit to add all of them. Figure 5.2[...]

  28 Click Live Video and the n selec t to see four chan nels, or to see nine channe ls. In this case, you can se e all the cameras from a remote position by in ternet, for example, if you are on a business trip, you can use the first camera’ s (Host came ra) DDNS to view all the devices via the internet. Fi[...]

  29 3.1.4 R estore Factory Setti ngs Click Restore Factory Settings , will pop-up a prompt, select OK , all the parameter will be returned to factory settings, and the device will re boot. Figure 5.5 3.1.5 R eboot Devic e Click Reboot the device , will pop-up a prompt, s elect OK , then the d evice will reboo[...]

  30  Figure 5.7 If you don’t k now the Subne t Mask, Ga teway , DNS Server . Please check the Local Area Connection S tatus of your computer; it c ontains all this information, step s as below: 1. Control Panel  Network Connections  Local Area Connections  Support  Details 2. Find the local c[...]

  31 If you don’t know the DNS Server , you can set it the same as Gateway . If the router supports DHCP function , you can choose “Obtain IP from DHCP Server” to get dynamic IP . Figure 6.0 Http Port: In most cases, you can leave this value as-is. Howeve r , if your Internet Service Provider blocks this[...]

  32 Figure 6.2 Figure 6.3 Figure 6.4[...]

  33 Figure 6.5 3.5 ADSL Settings When connected to the Interne t through ADSL dire ctly , you can enter the ADSL us ername And password obt ained from ISP .  F i g u r e 6 . 6 F i g u r e 6 . 7 3.6 UPnP Settings Click UPnP Settings to choose Using UPnP to Map Port :  Figure 6.8 Select it and click Submi[...]

  34 Figure 6.9 NOTE : Here UPnP is only for port forwar ding. It rela tes to the security settings of y our router , make sure the UPnP function of your router is ON. Attention : If you r router d oesn’t supp ort UPnP function, i t may sh ow error in formation. So we recommend you do port forwarding man ual[...]

  35 Third Party DDNS If you use third party DDNS, please choose the s erver you use, such as “3 322.org” or “dyndns.org” as below: Figure 7.2 Figure 7.3 Y ou have to re gister an account first, enter the us er , p assword, and host. NOTE : Only one DDNS can be chosen, for example, if you use the ma nu[...]

  36 Figure 7.4 Make sure the “ Subnet Mask ”, “ Gate wa y ”, “ DNS Server ” is the s ame as your rou ter . Set Port Forwarding in the router . This is the most import ant step. Y ou need to set port forwarding in yo ur router , to refer to the IP of your camera correctly , for DDNS to work. There [...]

  37 BELKI N: 1. Login to the router . 2. Choose “ Firewall ”, select “ Virtu al Serv ers ” 3. Input the port ( don’t use 80 ) and IP address, then click save. NOTE : The port and IP address shoul d be the same as the cam era. Figure 7.6 DLINK: 1. Login to the router . 2. Choose “ Advanced ”, sel[...]

  38 After a ll these 4 step s are done, y ou can use DDNS, check the DDNS status from the camera as below , and get the link of DDNS for intern et viewing. S tep: “ Login ”>” Sy ste m ”>” Device Info ” Figure 7.8 Figure 7.9 3.8 System Settings  Figure 8.0[...]

  39 3.8.1 D evice Info Y ou can fin d the information about Device ID, Firmware V ersion, Embedded Web UI V ersion, Alias, Alarm St atus, DDNS Status, UPnP St atus and MSN status. Figure 8.1 3.9 Alias Settings Default device na me is anonymous . Y ou set any new name for your camer a here, then click Submit .[...]

  40 Figure 8.4 3.1 1 Users Settings Eight account s are accept able for this system. Her e you can set the user names and pass word as Administrator , Operator or Visitor , with permission for them as below:  Visi to r: In this mode, you can only view . (Details 2.7).  Operator: Y ou can control the dir[...]

  41 3.12 Pan, Tilt, (PTZ) Set tings (note, there is no Zoom feat ure on this model) Figure 8.6 1. Go center on boot : The camera rotates to the center automatically when it start s. 2. PT speed : Set Pan/Tilt speed. 3. Upward patrol speed : Set the speed of cruising up ward. 4. Downward patrol speed : Set the[...]

  42 1 ） Backup : Backup all the IP Camera Parame ters, if you want to save all the cur rent settings that you h ave set already , you can c lick Subm it , then all the parameters you set will be stored as a parameters bin file. 2 ） Restore : Restore all the IP Camera Parameters, if you w ant to ch ange th[...]

  43 After you run your MSN, open the chat d ialog, type in the word “ url? ”, after a few seconds, you will get a reply for the remote access IP add ress for this IP camera. 3.15 Other Settings  Figure 9.0 Here yo u can conf igure some additional functions such as Mot ion Detection , Alarm , IO Linkage[...]

  44 Sende r : Make sure the sender mailbox server provider supp orts SMTP , and the mailbox should not enable SSL or TSL encryption. Receiver : Here you can set four receivers. Fo r receiver , there is no SMTP lim itation. SMTP Serve r : The sender’s SMTP Server . SMTP Port : The sender’s SMTP Port, usual[...]

  45 3.17 FTP Se rvice Se ttings Set the FTP Service , you can upload imag es to your FTP serv er when motion is detecte d . Figure 9.3 Figure 9.4 FTP Server : If your FTP server is set up in LAN. You can se t as Figure 9.3. If you have an FTP server that can b e accessed from the Interne t, you can set as Fig[...]

  46 Figure 9.5 If it prompts error informat ion as follows. 1) Cannot co nnect to the s erver. Please ch eck FTP Server is correct. 2) Network Error. Please try later. 3) Server Error. 4) Incorrect user or pas sword. Please check th e username and p assword is correct. 5) Cannot access the folder. Please be s[...]

  47 Figure 9.7 After you e nable motion detect armed, if ther e is motion detected, the Alarm St atus will turn to Motion Detect Alarm . (Figure 9.8). Figure 9.8 3.18.2 Moti on Detect Sensit ivity Y ou can ch oose level 1-10; level 10 me ans the most sensitiv e, 1 means the least sensitive. Figure 9.9[...]

  48 3.18.3 Alarm Input Armed / IO Linkage on Alarm If you want to connect ex ternal alarm devices, wh en it’s an alarm in put device, choose Alarm Input Armed to enable it, when it’ s an output dev ice, choose IO Linkage on Alarm to enable it. Figure 10.0 There are two option s for Tr i g g e r L e v e l [...]

  49 3.18.4 IO Pins for IO Alarm Linkage Figure 10.3 I/O PINS: 1 Output 2 Output 3 Alarm input 4 Input (G ND) Input pins : The inpu t pins can be used for 1- way external sens or input. For example, you may connect a Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensor to it for motion detection. When the external sensor is tri gger[...]

  50 Figure 10.5 Sound on Alarm When motion is detected, th ere will be a beep sound durin g the alarm, you can co ntrol this sound here. If Enabled, there will be sound o nce alarmed. If Cancel ed, there will be no sou nd once alarme d. Record on Alarm If you want the camera do recording for every alarm, cho [...]

  51 3.20 Path Settings  F i g u r e 1 0 . 8 Here you can set record path and alarm record path for the camera . Figure 10.9 Record Path: Here you can set the manu ally record path. Click then start manual recordi ng, the record file will be saved to the specified path you s et here. Alarm Record Pa th : He[...]

  52 3.21 Server Push Mode (For Safari, FireFox, Google Browser) Choose Server Push Mode , login the camera, you will see the main user inte rface as below: Figure 1 1.2 NOTE: Server Push Mode do es not support ActiveX . Play , Stop, Record, A udio, T alk, Multi-device sett ings, Path sett ings functions ar e [...]

  53 3.22 Sign in mobile phone If you are using a mobile phon e, choose Sign in mobile phone , login to the ca mera, you will se e the main user interface as below : Figure 1 1.3 NOTE : Mo bile phone Mode d oesn’t support ActiveX. In mobile pho ne mode, it only su pports som e simple func tions, such as Reso[...]

  54 4. APPENDIX 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Note: For most problems you mig ht encounter , please check Network connections firs t. Check the working st atus reveale d by the indicators on the network server , hub, exchange and network card. If abnormal, check the network connections. 4.1.1 I have for gott[...]

  55 4.1.6 UPnP alw ays fails UPnP on ly contai ns port forwarding in our recent sof t ware. Sometimes, it might fail to do port forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus sof tware. It also relates to your rout er ’s security settings. So we recommend you do port forwardin g manually . Y ou [...]

  56 4.1.13 There’s no picture (Proble ms wi th ActiveX Contro ller) If using IE browser to connect the camera for the first tim e, and there is no image display ed, you might n eed to install ActiveX. Y ou need to change s ome browser settings to enab le Active X. (See: For IE Brow ser ). 4.1.14 Problems wi[...]

  57 5. SPECIFICA TIONS Model XX34A Image Sensor Sensor 1/4” Colo r CMOS Sensor Resol utio n 640 x 480 Pixels (300k Pi xels) IR Lens f: 6mm, F 2 .0 (3.6mm l ens optional) Viewing An gle 60 Degree (3.6mm lens is 90Degree) Minimum Ill umination 0.5Lux @ F2.0 Video/Image S etting Vid eo Co mp re ss i on MJPEG V[...]

  58 6. OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT We hope your experienc e with your IP network cam era is enj oyable, but if you e xperience an y issues or ha ve any questions that this User ’s Guide has no t answered, pleas e visit www. x10.c om/support , e-mail support@x10.c om or call 1- 800-442-506 5. This user manua[...]