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- Page 1 Wire / Wireless / Power over Ethernet Digital Pan/Tilt Internet Camera IC-1520DP / IC-1520DPg / IC-1520POE Quick Installation Guide Version: 1.0 (October, 2007)
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera ... 1 1.1 Package Contents ... 1 1.2 Basic Introduction... 2 1.3 Product Highlights ... 3 1.4 Familiar with Key Components... 4 1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators... 6 1.6 Camera Installation ... 6 1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera ... - Page 3 Chapter III: Windows-Based Utility... 56 3.1 Install Windows-based Utility... 56 3.2 Locate Camera on Local Network and Network Setting... 59 3.3.1 Network Settings ... 64 3.3.2 Wireless Settings ... 66 3.3.3 E-Mail Settings ... 70 3.3.4 PPPoE Settings ... 72 3.3.5 FTP Settings ...
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Page 5: Chapter I: Familiar With Your Internet Ip Camera
Quick installation Quide Accessaries Note：The User Manual is for three models as follows： ※ IC-1520DP is a wire internet camera . ※ IC-1520DPg is a wireless internet camera. ※ IC-1520POE is a wire internet camera with power over Ethernet function . -
Page 6: Basic Introduction
1.2 Basic Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Internet IP camera! This IP camera is an ideal product for all kinds of video-surveillance purposes, like home/office safety, kid/pet monitoring, and remote video acquire etc. Unlink conventional close-circuit vide camera, you’re not limited to the length of cable! Once this IP camera is connected to Internet, you can receive video from anywhere in the world where Internet access is available. -
Page 7: Product Highlights
1.3 Product Highlights No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet Explorer 6 (and above, with plugin installed). Supports 3 video resolutions: VGA (640 x 480), QVGA (320 x 240), and 160 x 120. Anti-flicker function (eliminates flash caused by fluorescent lights, 50 / 60Hz selectable). -
Page 8: Familiar With Key Components
1.4 Familiar with Key Components Front View Wireless SMA Connector (IC-1520DPg only) LED Green: LAN Activity LED Amber : WLAN Activity (IC-1520DPg only) LED Blue: Power On LAN LED: Indicates LAN activity WLAN LED: Indicates Wireless LAN activity Power LED: Indicates power status Camera: Video camera with lens Focus Ring: Adjusts focus Focus Ring... - Page 9 Bottom View Power Jack Reset Button LAN Port Reset Button: Press and hold for 5 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value. LAN Jack: Connect to your local area network by network cable. Power Jack: Connect to power adapter for power supply.
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Page 10: Descriptions For Led Indicators
1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators LED Name Status Flash WLAN Power 1.6 Camera Installation Please follow the following instructions to set your IP camera up. 1. Unpack the product package and check if anything’s missing. 2. Connect the antenna to the antenna base, which is located at the top of this IP camera. -
Page 11: Locate The Ip Address Of This Ip Camera
4. Connect your tripod / camera holder, and point the camera to the place you wish to monitor. 5. Launch Internet Explorer on your computer, and following the instructions given in next section to set the IP camera. 1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera Default IP address of this IP camera is 192.168.2.3. - Page 12 1. Click ‘Start’ -> ‘Control Panel’...
- Page 13 2. Double-click ‘Network Connections’ icon. 3. Right-click ‘Local Area Connection’, and click ‘Properties’.
- Page 14 4. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click ‘Properties’.
- Page 15 5. In ‘IP address’ field, please fill in any IP address begins with ‘192.168.2’, and ends with a value greater than 2 and less than 254 (You can use the example in the picture ‘192.168.2.339’). In Subnet mask field, please fill ‘255.255.255.0’. Please keep all other fields empty, and click ‘OK’.
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Page 16: Log Onto Web Management Interface
1.8 Log Onto Web Management Interface Make sure the IP camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then launch Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the IP camera in address bar of Internet Explorer. You should be prompted to input the user name and password: Default user name is ‘admin’... - Page 17 After logged on, you should see the following messages at the top of Internet Explorer: This IP camera requires a special ActiveX control (A.K.A. ‘Plugin’) to work. Please click on the message, and select ‘Install ActiveX Control…’: When you’re prompted, click ‘Install’ to continue.
- Page 18 You should be able to see the image from camera now: Note: If you see one of these messages (or both): Your computer may not have the display capability that this IP camera requires, or you don’t have Microsoft DirectX® installed. Please download Microsoft DirectX® from Microsoft’s website (http://www.microsoft.com), and try again.
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Page 19: Chapter Ii: Using Web Management Interface
Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface 2.1 Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is ‘Camera’, and this is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera. You can always back to this menu by clicking ‘Camera’ on the top of web management interface. - Page 20 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Resolution Specifies the video resolution. Available options are 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120. Higher resolution provides more details about the objects captured by camera, but will consume more bandwidth, which will make the image refreshes very slow.
- Page 21 more) fluorescent light(s), the image may look flashing. In this case, you can adjust this setting to the frequency of electrical power; this can improve the image quality effectively. If you don’t know which one you should use, just try any of them and select one with less flicker. Brightness This camera will adjust the brightness of captured image automatically, however, you can adjust the brightness of...
- Page 22 With brightness setting 45, you can see more details about the lamp now. With brightness setting 5, you can see few more details about the lamp, but the image is a little bit dark.
- Page 23 NOTE: When you change any setting(s) listed above, please click ‘Apply’ button so the change(s) will take effect. Zoom Controls These buttons can change the zoom rate of IP camera: Zoom in (see more details about a certain place) Zoom out (see more things which camera can get) Full view (see everything which camera can get) Example: Click full view button to see everything camera can get:...
- Page 24 And click zoom in to see details: Pan / Tilt There are 4 directions in pan / tilt control: Up, Down, Control Left, and Right. Click the direction button to move camera to respective direction. Note: You can also click the image to move camera to the direction you want.
- Page 25 Click on the position away from the center of image to move the camera to the direction. The distance from the center will affect the speed that camera moves. You can not move the camera when in full view mode. Pan / Tilt Speed This setting will affect the speed when you use pan / tilt control.
- Page 26 Then click ‘Goto’, and camera will move to the position immediately. If you no longer need a position and wish to delete it, please select it from dropdown list, then click ‘Remove’. Cruise Tour Click ‘Start Cruise Pan/Tilt’ button to start automatic camera cruise.
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Page 27: Ptz
2.2 PTZ This IP camera supports PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) function, as you explored in last section. You can also make the camera move automatically in PTZ menu by defining a set of pre-defined path. You can access this menu by clicking ‘PTZ’ on the top of web management interface. 2.2.1 Grand Tour You can make the camera move between many pre-defined position, and define the time you wish to pause at every position, this is called as ‘Grand Tour’. - Page 28 grand tour can be activated at the same time. Remove Remove a grand tour from the list. If you wish to add a new set of grand tour, click ‘Add’ to start to add a new grand tour set: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Name...
- Page 29 View Time: Define the time you wish to stop at this position in seconds. View Order: Give this position a number greater than 1 and not the same with other positions, and grand tour will start visiting positions by order (from 1 to last number, and then start from 1 again).
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Page 30: Cruise Tour Path
2.2.2 Cruise Tour Path You can select one cruise tour path from 4 available options. If you want to start camera cruise, please go to ‘Camera’ menu and click ‘Start Cruise Pan / Tilt’ button to begin cruise. Please select one of cruise, and click ‘Apply’ to select a cruise mode, you have to go back to ‘Camera’... -
Page 31: Lan Settings
2.3 LAN Settings All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE, Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function. You can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface. 2.3.1 IP Address You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here. - Page 32 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Network Type This camera can obtain the IP address from DHCP server automatically (if you have one), or set a fixed IP address. Select ‘DHCP’ to obtain IP address automatically or ‘Static IP Address’...
- Page 33 then you have to input ‘http://10.20.20.30:90’ in the address bar of Internet explorer. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
- Page 34 2.3.2 PPPoE If the ISP requires you to connect to the Internet by PPPoE, you can specify PPPoE username and password here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable PPPoE Select ‘Enable’ to activate PPPoE function of this IP camera, select ‘Disable’...
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Page 35: Dynamic Dns
2.3.3 Dynamic DNS If your ISP does not give you a fixed Internet IP address (i.e. the Internet address you’re using when you access the Internet is not always the same – ask your ISP for detailed information), you can use this function to help you locate the IP address of this IP camera when you’re away from home or office. -
Page 36: Upnp
2.3.4 UPnP When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network devices will be able to discover this IP camera automatically (only those in the same local network). This function is useful and you don’t have to remember the IP address of this IP camera. - Page 37 Click the message to open ‘My Network Places’, and you’ll see the IP camera: You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’s web management interface directly.
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Page 38: Wlan Parameters
2.4 WLAN Parameters (For IC-1520DPg only) If you wish to use wireless network instead of wired network connection, you have to set wireless LAN parameters here. You can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface. - Page 39 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Wireless Select ‘Enable’ to activate wireless network function of Connection this IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it. Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection. Available options are ‘Infrastructure’...
- Page 40 SSID, in this case, you have to identify them by their MAC address. MAC Address: If you there are many wireless access points in proximity or some wireless access point hides it’s SSID, you can use MAC address to distinguish them. Signal: Shows the radio signal strength in percent.
- Page 41 auto-selected according to the channel that wireless access point uses. You can only select the channel number when network type is ‘Adhoc’. Basic Rate Select the maximum wireless data transfer rate here, from 1Mbps to 54Mbps. Maximum transfer rate for 802.11b wireless network is 11Mbps, and maximum transfer rate for 802.11g wireless network is 54Mbps.
- Page 42 options available here will vary depends on the authentication type you selected above. If an authentication type does not support need encryption, this field will be grayed out. WPA Pre-Shared Input the WPA pre-shared key here. This field is only available when authentication type is WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK, and will be grayed out when other authentication type is selected.
- Page 43 is used. Available options are 1 to 4. WEP Key 1 Input the 1 key is required and you should use 1 only have one WEP key. WEP Key 2 Input the 2 WEP Key 3 Input the 3 WEP Key 4 Input the 4 Click ‘Apply’...
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Page 44: Email & Ftp
2.5 Email & FTP This IP camera is capable to send an Email or perform FTP upload with captured image, when a motion is detected. This is very convenient since IP camera will guard the environment automatically for you, and you don’t have to look at the monitor all the time. -
Page 45: Email Settings
2.5.1 Email Settings These settings are used to send the captured picture via Email: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Recipient E-Mail Input the email recipient’s Email address here. Address SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server (the server that delivers the Email for you) here. - Page 46 refer to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask your network administrator or ISP. User Name Please input the user name of SMTP server here, if your SMTP server requires the use of authentication. Password Please input the password of SMTP server here, if your SMTP server requires the use of authentication.
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Page 47: Ftp Settings
2.5.2 FTP Settings These settings are used to send the captured picture by FTP: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description FTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the FTP server you wish to use here. - Page 48 Some FTP servers require passive mode, if you don’t know, please ask FTP server’s administrator; most of FTP servers will work fine with both modes, but if you found that non-passive mode is not working, you can try to use passive mode. Click ‘Apply’...
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Page 49: Motion Detection
2.6 Motion Detection Motion detection function makes this IP camera become your non-stop guard. You don’t have to waste all the time monitoring the images from the camera, and camera will detect all motions for you. Once motion is detected, a captured image will be sent to you by Email or via FTP. - Page 50 small and always moving), please set to the most insensitive one. Available options are from 1 (most sensitive) to 6 (least sensitive). Send snapshot Select ‘Yes’ to send a picture to the Email address you file to Email specified in ‘E-Mail & FTP’ menu when a motion is detection, and select ‘No’...
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Page 51: System
2.7 System The system menu allows you to set some system-specific parameters, like password and time setting. You can also upgrade the firmware of this IP camera, to make new functions available on this IP camera. You may also clear all settings or reboot the IP camera here. -
Page 52: Camera Information
2.7.1 Camera Information Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator’s password of this camera. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Camera Name Please specify the name of this IP Camera here. This can be used to identify your camera on the network when you have more than one IP camera in the same network. -
Page 53: Date / Time Setting
2.7.2 Date / Time Setting This setting allows you to change the date and time of the real time clock in this IP camera. You can set the time manually, or use network time protocol (NTP) to set the time automatically. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description... -
Page 54: Utilities
2.7.3 Utilities This menu allows you to upgrade firmware, clear all settings, reboot the IP camera, and switch LED lights on/off. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Upgrade If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website, Firmware you can click this button to start to upload the firmware file to the IP camera. - Page 55 uploading new firmware and IP camera will start upgrading, please be patient. The IP camera will reboot after the upgrade procedure is done. Reset Clear all settings in the camera. Please think again before you do this, and then click this button to reset all settings.
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Page 56: Status
2.8 Status This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time, and network information. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Status’ on the top of web management interface. -
Page 57: Users
2.9 Users If you wish to allow other people to view the image captured by this camera, but don’t want to allow them to modify system settings, you can give them user-level user name and password, so they can only view the image and can not change any system setting. - Page 58 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description User (1 - 4) Select ‘Enable’ to enable this user (allow him / her to login), and select ‘Disable’ to disallow him / her to login. Selecting ‘Disable’...
- Page 59 2.10 Log All activities of this IP camera will be logged, and you and enter ‘Log’ menu to view these logs. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Log’ on the top of web management interface. Click ‘Refresh’ to get latest update.
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Page 60: Chapter Iii: Windows-Based Utility
Chapter III: Windows-Based Utility 3.1 Install Windows-based Utility To install windows-based Utility of this IP camera, please put the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. The following message should appear within 1 minute: **missing autorun capture If the autorun function of your computer is not enabled, or nothing appears after CD-ROM has been loaded, you can click ‘My Computer’... - Page 61 click ‘Change’ and pick another folder you wish to use. Click ‘Install’ to install utility to the folder selected in previous step:...
- Page 62 Setup procedure may require several minutes, please be patient. When you see this message, the setup procedure is completed. Click ‘Finish’ to exit.
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Page 63: Locate Camera On Local Network And Network Setting
If you have Windows Defender (Windows XP) or other 3 software, you may see the following (or similar) message: Please click ‘Unblock’ (or similar option) to let IP camera Utility pass the firewall, or the IP camera utility may not be able to function properly. A new folder named ‘IP Camera’... - Page 64 Admin utility will launch automatically after installation is complete. If not, please launch ‘IP Camera Admin’ from ‘IP Camera’ group in ‘All Programs’ by yourself. If the IP camera is correctly installed and connected to your network, you should see something similar like this: All found cameras will be displayed at the left of admin utility, which begins with ‘IC-‘...
- Page 65 ‘N’ indicates the camera is newly found and not configured; ‘D’ indicates the camera is disconnected, and ‘M’ indicates the camera is connected. Please select a camera, and the camera’s current setting will be displayed at ‘Information of Camera’ section (right). You can click the ‘+’ sign at the left of ‘Network Information’...
- Page 66 The default user name is ‘admin’ (you can not change it), and the default password is ‘1234’, and then click ‘OK’ to continue. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Internet Camera The name of this IP camera. If you have more than one IP Name camera, it’s suggested to use the place’s name where camera is located, so you can identify the camera easily,...
- Page 67 When you finish setting, click ‘Finish’, and you’ll be prompted that the camera is rebooting: The following message will appear after few seconds, if you wish to connect to the IP camera and see the images captured by IP camera, click ‘OK’; otherwise click ‘Cancel’...
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Page 68: Network Settings
3.3 Detail Setting Please click ‘Detail Setting’ in admin software for detailed IP camera setting, and you’ll be prompted to input user name and password: The default user name is ‘admin’ (you can not change it), and the default password is ‘1234’, and then click ‘OK’... - Page 69 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description DHCP Select ‘Enable’ to use DHCP to configure the IP address of this IP camera via DHCP server automatically; select ‘Disable’ to configure the IP address manually. Camera Name The name of this IP camera.
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Page 70: Wireless Settings
3.3.2 Wireless Settings (For IC-1520DPg The ‘Wireless Settings’ tab lets you to configure the wireless network settings of the IP camera. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Wireless Connection Select ‘Enable’ to enable the wireless interface of this IP camera;... - Page 71 wireless device will not be shown before you click ‘Refresh’ for several times. Connect Connect to the selected wireless device in the list. If the wireless device requires authentication / encryption, you’ll be prompted to input required information. Add to Profile Save selected wireless device to profile.
- Page 72 wish to connect; you MUST know the SSID of wireless device you wish to connect. Channel: Select the radio channel number of this profile, must be the same with the wireless device you wish to connect. Network Type: If the network device is a wireless access point, you should select ‘Infrastructure’;...
- Page 73 wireless device you wish to connect. Default Key: Select the default encryption key of WEP encryption. Available options are Key 1 to Key 4; in most cases you should use Key 1, unless otherwise instructed. Key 1 to Key 4: Input the WEP encryption key here in respective field.
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Page 74: E-Mail Settings
3.3.3 E-Mail Settings The ‘E-Mail Settings’ tab lets you to configure the E-mail alert settings of the IP camera. An E-mail will be sent to the address you specified here when the IP camera detects motion, so you can be alerted by E-mail anywhere & anytime. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description... - Page 75 SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server (the server that delivers the Email for you) here. If you don’t know, please refer to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask your network administrator or ISP.
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Page 76: Pppoe Settings
3.3.4 PPPoE Settings The ‘PPPoE Settings’ tab lets you to setup the PPPoE account required to build a PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) connection, primarily used by ADSL. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable PPPoE... -
Page 77: Ftp Settings
3.3.5 FTP Settings When the IP camera detects motion, besides E-Mail, it can send the captured file via FTP also. If you have a FTP server or has a FTP account with write permission, you can use FTP server to keep captured image. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description... - Page 78 Remote Folder Input the remote folder name on the FTP server here. If nothing is specified here, all uploaded image files will be placed in FTP server’s root directory. Please ask FTP server’s administrator to know which folder you should use. Certain user name may have restrictions and therefore can not place the file in the directory not owned by the user.
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Page 79: Date / Time Settings
3.3.6 Date / Time Settings You can set the internal calendar / clock of the IP camera, so the camera can keep correct timestamp when recording the video / capturing the image. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Set Date/Time... - Page 80 Please select this option only when Internet connection is available (Internet can be reached by this IP camera). Time Zone Please select the time zone of the country / city of resident from dropdown menu here. NTP Server Please input the IP address or host name of NTP server here.
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Page 81: Resolution
3.3.7 Resolution You can set the resolution of the video / image captured by IP camera. Higher resolution setting will provide more details of the image, but will consume more disk storage space and network bandwidth. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Resolution... -
Page 82: Advanced Settings
3.3.8 Advanced Settings You can set advanced network settings like UPnP and DDnS here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description UPnP Select ‘Enable’ to activate UPnP (Universal Plug-and-Play) function, so the IP camera can be located by UPnP-compatible computers / devices. - Page 83 as the one you applied on dyndns.org. Password Input dynamic DNS password here, must be the same as the one you applied on dyndns.org. After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort and discard changes.
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Page 84: Users
3.3.9 Users You can change IP camera administrator’s password here. You can also create up to 4 users which only have permission to view the image captured by IP camera, but can not modify the settings of the IP camera. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description... - Page 85 Uncheck the user won’t erase the user name and password, so you can select uncheck someone to disallow a user from logging in temporarily, without erasing it’s account information. Login Specify the user name here. Please use alphanumerical characters (0 to 9, A to Z, and a to z). Not using symbols and space.
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Page 86: Tools
3.3.10 Tools Here provides several tools to upgrade the firmware of this IP camera, clear all settings, or switch LED notification off. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Upgrade If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website, Firmware you can click this button to start to upload the firmware file to the IP camera, and you’ll be prompted to provide... - Page 87 before you do this, and then click this button to reset all settings. NOTE: IP address will be reset to default value ‘192.168.2.3’ also. You’ll need to change the IP address setting of your computer if the IP address of your computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to connect to this IP camera again.
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Page 88: About
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Page 89: Camera Viewer
3.4 Camera Viewer The camera viewer is the utility to view the video / image captured by IP camera. Up to 4 cameras can be connected simultaneously. You can also use this utility to capture still images / record videos, and store them in the hard disk of your computer. Before you can connect to any IP camera, you must collect the following information: IP Camera’s IP address Video port number... - Page 90 The user inteface of camera viewer utility looks like this, and consists two parts: 1) Real-time camera video viewer: Displays live video from IP camera, up to 4 videos from different 4 cameras can be displayed in the same viewer window. Cameras are arranged in the following order: If any camera is not connected, nothing will be displayed in the corresponding area.
- Page 91 capture image, and record video. When you’re playing video, you can control the video playing by dashboard also.
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Page 92: Connecting To Ip Camera
3.4.1 Connecting to IP Camera Before you can view the image captured by IP camera, you need to input camera information, so viewer utility can connect to IP camera and display the image for you. Please follow the following instructions to input camera information: 1. - Page 93 Note: Detailed descriptions of other tabs in this window (AV Setting, Recording, Status, General, and About will be given in section 3.5 ‘Advanced Camera Settings’) Item Description Name Specify the name of this camera, so you can distinguish every camera from each other. You can set a different name in this field, if the camera already has a name.
- Page 94 All found camera will appear on the left, select it, then click ‘Apply’ and discover utility will to input the information of selected IP camera for you; if you click ‘Close’, the information of selected camera will not be inputted. When a camera is connected, its image will be displayed in the corresponding area in the video viewer window.
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Page 95: Select The Camera To View And Control
3.4.2 Select the Camera to View and Control The status of every camera will be shown in the dashboard (the color bar above the camera’s number): Where: Blue indicates the video camera is connected, Red indicates the camera is recording now. Pink indicates the video camera’s information has been set already, but unable to connect to selected camera, or the camera is being stopped or paused, and... - Page 96 In this mode, only the image of selected camera will be displayed in view window, and the PTZ control Window will appear, so you can control the pan and tilt of selected camera. In PTZ control window, the descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Camera Video View Window...
- Page 97 Item Description Zoom Controls These buttons can change the zoom rate of IP camera: Zoom in (see more details about a certain place) Zoom out (see more things which camera can get) Full view (see everything which camera can get) Example: Click full view button to see everything camera can get: And click zoom in to see details:...
- Page 98 Pan / Tilt There are 4 directions in pan / tilt control: Up, Down, Control Left, and Right. Click the direction button to move camera to respective direction. Pan / Tilt Speed This setting will affect the speed when you use pan / tilt control.
- Page 99 The description of other camera controls on dashboard in single-camera mode will be given below: Item Description Camera Setup Click this button to setup selected camera. Detailed instructions will be given in next section. Quad View Back to 4-camera view mode. Reduce View Reduce the size of camera view window (resolution 320 Window...
- Page 100 Capture Stop Capture Save current image as an JPEG image file, you’ll hear the sound of camera shutter release when you click this button. The filename of captured file will be named as the time when you hit this button. Stop Stop getting image from camera.
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Page 101: Advanced Camera Setting
3.5 Advanced Camera Setting By clicking camera setup button or the number of camera, the advanced setup menu of selected camera will popup: The description of every setup menu will be given in this section. 3.5.1 Setting This menu provides basic network and username / password setting of selected camera, as described in section 3.4.1. -
Page 102: Recording (Scheduled)
3.5.2 Recording (Scheduled) If you wish to record video at certain time period, you can use this function to make a scheduled recording list. Please note that computer must switch on and connected to the IP camera you wish to perform scheduled recording by camera viewer utility. The recording schedule consists two parts: one-time schedule (only executes once), and weekly schedule (executes at specified time and weekday every week). - Page 103 weekly schedule) If this check box is unchecked and the disk is full, viewer utility will stop recording, and upcoming recording schedule will not be executed. Create a new one-time recording schedule. After you click this button, you’ll be prompted to specify the recording schedule: From: Please specify the date and time you wish to start recording for this schedule.
- Page 104 The descriptions of every setting of weekly schedule in this menu will be given below: Item Description Create a new weekly recording schedule. After you click this button, you’ll be prompted to specify the recording schedule: Sun - Sat: Check the weekday(s) that recording should be executed for this schedule.
- Page 105 Edit You can select an existing schedule and click ‘Edit’ to change its start / end time. Delete You can delete an existing schedule. Please select a schedule, then click ‘Delete’. You’ll be prompted to confirm the delete.
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Page 106: Status
3.5.3 Status This menu shows the statistics of this IP camera since it’s connected: The descriptions of every item in this menu will be given below: Item Description Connected Shows if this camera is connected. Stream Started At Shows the total elapsed time since the camera is connected, in second. -
Page 107: General
3.5.4 General In this menu, you can set various parameters of image capturing / video recording, like set the directory used to store image and video file, and set the limit of disk usage. The descriptions of every item in this menu will be given below: Item Description Snap Shot... - Page 108 Used Disk Space Shows the disk spaces taken by recorded video files. Max Video File Specify the maximum size of every video file. When a Size recording video file exceeds this limit, viewer utility will open a new file and continue recording on the new file. Large video files will take more time to open, so you can use this function to set the max video file size to a smaller value.
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Page 109: About
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Page 110: Play Recorded Video
3.6 Play Recorded Video If you need to play recorded video file, please follow the following instructions to select video file to play. Click open file button A new video playback window will appear, you can use mouse to resize the window. - Page 111 When a video file is opened, you can use these controls to control video playback: Play Stop Play The video file will play automatically when it loads. If you paused video playback, you can click this button to resume playing. Stop Stop video playback and close video file.
- Page 112 The slide pointer of progress indicator will move right as video plays. You can also use mouse to drag the slide pointer, to control the progress of video playback.
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Page 113: Chapter Iv: Appendix
Chapter IV: Appendix 4.1 Specification Max Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels Sensor: 300K pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Focal Length: 4.8 mm Aperture: F=1.8 Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MJPEG Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 30fps@QVGA, 20fps@VGA Video resolution: 176 x 144, 320x240, 640x480... -
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4.2 Troubleshooting If the IP camera is not working properly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for help, please check the troubleshooting list here, this may help you to solve the problem by yourself and therefore saves your valuable time. Scenario Possible Solution I can not connect to... - Page 115 Image refreshes a. Try a higher frame rate setting, if it’s not 30. very slow b. Try a lower resolution. c. If you’re connecting this camera from Internet, it could be caused by a slow Internet connection, and it’s not a problem caused by camera. However, when the network connection is slow, you should use lower frame rate / resolution.
- Page 116 b. Use a soft cloth to clean the lens on the camera. You can use cloth with water, but DO NOT use alcohol or other chemical solution. c. Try to adjust brightness setting. d. If there’s any light at the place where IP camera is located, switch it on and see if image looks better.
- Page 117 R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.