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TP-Link TL-SC3171G User Manual

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TL-SC3171G
Wireless Day/Night Surveillance Camera
REV: 1.0.1
1910010431

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  • Page 1 TL-SC3171G Wireless Day/Night Surveillance Camera REV: 1.0.1 1910010431...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Ce Mark Warning

    FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents.........................1 Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements ................2 Chapter 2 Physical Overview....................3 Front View ........................3 Bottom view........................3 Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser .................5 Obtain the IP Address ....................5 Windows Web Browser ....................7 Mac Web Browser ......................9 Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone..............12 3G Streaming Mobile View Mode .................12...
  • Page 5 6.3.1 Information ......................29 6.3.2 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) ............31 6.3.3 DDNS (Dynamic DNS) ..................32 6.3.4 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) ................36 6.3.5 Bonjour.........................37 6.3.6 IP Notification .......................38 6.3.7 Wireless .......................40 6.3.8 Messenger ......................44 Security ........................49 6.4.1 Account ........................50 6.4.2 HTTPS .........................51 Chapter 7 Setting-Advance.....................53...

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Package Contents The follow items should be found in your package: TL-SC3171G Wireless Day/Night Surveillance Camera Power Adapter Mounting Bracket with three screws, a Lock Ring, a Brace and a Base Plate RJ45 Cable Quick Installation Guide Resource CD, including:...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements

    Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements We strongly recommend your computers follow our minimum requirements in order to use this IP-Camera normally. If your computer doesn’t meet these requirements below, it might cause some problems. Item Requirements Pentium 4 1600MHz (or equivalent AMD) Graphic 64 MB RAM graphic cards(or equivalent on-board graphic cards) Card...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Physical Overview

    Chapter 2 Physical Overview 2.1 Front View Focus Adjustment Ring Built-in Microphone Figure 2-1 Focus Adjustment Ring: Adjust the focus to get a clear image. Built-in Microphone: Built-in microphone for two-way audio. 2.2 Bottom view Wireless Antenna Audio In Audio Out Power Connector Network Connector Reset...
  • Page 9 then press and hold the Reset Button for at least 10 seconds. The CPU of the camera starts to work completely 1 minute after you release the Reset button. I/O Terminal Connector: Input/Output to support External Alarm and Sensor used for motion detection, event triggering and alarm notification, etc.

  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Using Ip Camera Via Web Browser

    Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser 3.1 Obtain the IP Address Insert the provided CD into your CD-ROM driver. The Setup Wizard will automatically pop up on your computer’s screen as shown in the figure below. Figure 3-1 Choose the Intelligent IP Installer, and then the next screen appears.
  • Page 11 Figure 3-2 After the installation is finished, click Start > Program Files > TP-LINK >Intelligent IP Installer to start using the program. Figure 3-3 The following screen will then display. Click the Search button to search Network Cameras in the network; it displays Network Cameras information including IP Address.

  • Page 12: Windows Web Browser

    Figure 3-4 3.2 Windows Web Browser Click Link to IE button in Figure 3-4 or launch your web browser, and enter the IP address (obtain from Figure 3-4Figure 3-4) of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser.
  • Page 13 below. Figure 3-5 Note: The default User name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator. You can change them in the Account Menu (Please check “SETTING → BASIC → Security → Account”). The web-based management page will display on your screen. On the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup.

  • Page 14: Mac Web Browser

    3.3 Mac Web Browser Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address of the IP camera (which can be obtained from Figure 3-4) in the Location / Address field of your browser.
  • Page 15 Enter the default User name “admin” and password “admin” in the dialog box as shown below. Figure 3-8 Note: The default Name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator. You can change them in the Account Menu (Please check “SETTING → BASIC → Security → Account”).
  • Page 16 The web-based management page will be display on your screen. In the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup. For more details, you can refer to Section 5.2, Section 5.3 and Section 5.4. Figure 3-9...

  • Page 17: Chapter 4 Operating Ip Camera Via Mobile Phone

    Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone 4.1 3G Streaming Mobile View Mode 4.1.1 3G Mobile Phone Streaming Viewing For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp ” into your 3G Streaming Link. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera; <PORT> is the RTSP port of your IP camera (Default value is 554.) Example: rtsp://100.10.10.1:554/video.3gp Note: You can also use RTSP clients (RealPlayer, VLC, QuickTime Player…etc.) to view RTSP...

  • Page 18: Using Ip Camera Via Iphone

    4.2 Using IP Camera via iPhone You can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below. Then you can use TP-LINK Web UI via iPhone. 2. Enter IP address in your web link. 1. Select Safari function 3.

  • Page 19: Configuration Of Main Menu

    Chapter 5 Configuration of Main Menu You would find that the illustrative web pages in this Manual are all orange. Please note that they're from our latest firmware, which can be downloaded from our website. Web pages in our previous firmware are blue. On the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup.

  • Page 20: Zoom In/Out The Image Via The Monitor Window

    5.1.2 Zoom in/out the image via the monitor window Click to display the digital zoom in window. Pull to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be showed on the above window. You can use the left click of your mouse to move the to any where on the window to view the desired detail more clearly.

  • Page 21: Setting

    Microphone turned off Volume control bar 5.2 Setting This function is only for the Administrator. Click this button to get into the Basic and Advance settings menus. There are four sub-menus under the BASIC menu, which includes System, Camera, Network, and Security.

  • Page 22: Client Setting

    5.3 Client Setting This function is only for the client. Click this button to configure the settings of IP Camera, which includes Mode, View size, Protocol, and Video buffer. 5.3.1 Mode Click the drop-down list to choose MPEG4, MJPEG and JPEG video compression mode. Note: MJPEG streaming is unavailable if RTSP mode is On (Please check SETTING →...

  • Page 23: Protocol

    5.3.3 Protocol Select the transferring protocol from TCP, UDP, HTTP and Multicast. Note: This item appears only when RSTP mode is enabled (selecting SETTING → BASIC → Camera → General). 5.3.4 Video Buffer Turn the Video Buffer function ON / OFF. The Video Buffer function makes the streaming more smoothly in unsteady network environment, but might cause a little delay in live viewing.

  • Page 24: Contrast

    5.4.2 Contrast The contrast is a measure of a display system, defined as the ratio of white to black that the system is capable of producing. The higher value the contrast is, the more delicate color you can get. 5.4.3 Saturation The saturation of a color is determined by a combination of light intensity and how much it is distributed across the spectrum of different wavelengths.

  • Page 25: Chapter 6 Setting-Basic

    Chapter 6 Setting-BASIC Click BASIC to display the submenus including System, Camera, Network, and Security. 6.1 System Click System to display the submenus including Information, Date/Time, and Initialize. 6.1.1 Information The Information page provides the basic information of the product which includes Product name, Firmware version and Web version.

  • Page 26: Date/Time

    6.1.2 Date/Time The Date/Time page displays all options of time setting. Current date/time: Displays the current date and time of this IP Camera. PC clock: Displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock. Date/time format: You can click the drop-down list to select different time display formats. Adjust: You can select one of those four adjusting modes for your IP Camera.

  • Page 27: Initialize

    synchronize the date and time of this IP Camera with those of the time server, known as the NTP server. Note: The NTP server (Network Time Protocol) is the time server which is an Internet standard protocol built on the top of TCP / IP. This assures accurate synchronization to the millisecond of computer clock time in a network of computers.

  • Page 28: Camera

    turn off the IP Camera power or disconnect the network until the upgrading is completed. Upload language pack: Upgrade the device language pack. Click Browse… and select the file for upgrading. A confirmation dialogue will appear. Click OK to start upgrading. The upgrade is applied immediately.

  • Page 29: Mpeg4

    RTSP: Switch On or Off. RTSP Port: Specify the transmission port number of RTSP streaming. The default value is 554. Port Range: Specify the transmission port range of RTP streaming video. RTP will select a port randomly from this range. Note: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is a protocol used in streaming media system which allows clients to remotely control a streaming video server.
  • Page 30 Viewer Authentication: If the viewer authentication is On, the users will be requested to type in username and password when viewing through RTSP. Multicast Streaming (If it is ON) Multicast address: Specify the multicast server address. Video/Audio port: Specify the transmission port number of the video data, which is an even number from 1024 to 65534.
  • Page 31 B. Mobile View If RTSP is On (see Setting →Basic → Camera → General), the screen will display as shown below. Viewer Authentication: If the viewer authentication is On, the users will be requested to type in username and password when viewing through RTSP. Multicast Streaming (If it is On) Multicast Address: Specify the multicast server address.

  • Page 32: Mjpeg

    even number from 1024 to 65534. It is set to 10000 and 11000 by default. Time-To-Live: Set the maximum TTL(Transistor-Transistor Logic) that multicast can pass through. Image Size: The image size of Mobile View is fixed at 160 x 120. Frame Rate: Set the frame rate of the MPEG4 image.

  • Page 33: Network

    If RTSP is Off (see Setting →Basic → Camera → General), the screen will display as shown below. Image Size: Specify the image size when the network camera transmits. You can choose among 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120. Frame Rate: Set the frame rate of the MJPEG image.

  • Page 34: Information

    6.3.1 Information The page of Information displays the MAC address of the device. Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP): (If a DHCP server is installed on the network) Select this, the IP will be assigned by the DHCP server. Obtain DNS server address automatically: Select this to obtain the address of DNS server automatically.
  • Page 35 Use the following IP address: Select this when the fixed IP address is set. IP address: Enter the IP address of the device. Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask. Default gateway: Enter the default gateway. Use the following DNS server address: Select this when you set the fixed IP address as the IP address of DNS server.

  • Page 36: Pppoe (Point-To-Point Protocol Over Ethernet)

    6.3.2 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) If your ISP provides Dynamic IP with authentication by username and password, enter all PPPoE information in this part. When you use the PPPoE function, you need to turn on the DDNS or IP Notification function at the same time.

  • Page 37: Ddns (Dynamic Dns)

    Use the following DNS server address: Select this when you set the fixed IP address as the IP address of DNS server. Primary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server. Secondary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server. Note: PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet): PPPoE is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point Protocol frames insider Ethernet frames.
  • Page 38 Server name: Choose the DDNS Server from the list. User ID: Enter the user ID for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 64 characters. Password: Enter the password for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 32 characters. Re-type password: Re-type the password to confirm.
  • Page 39 Input all information and follow step by step with DynDNS. Log in with new account and click Account → My Hosts → Add Host Services.
  • Page 40 Type domain in the Hostname field and select sub-domain. After typing in information, check your DDNS service.

  • Page 41: Upnp (Universal Plug And Play)

    Type your DDNS User ID, Password and Host name in Setting → Basic → Network → DDNS. After completing setting, reboot IP Camera. 6.3.4 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Choose menu “Network→UPnP”, and you can view the information about UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) in the screen as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 42: Bonjour

    HTTP port: Enter the HTTP port number and the default HTTP port is 80. SSL port: Enter the SSL port number and the default SSL port is 443. MPEG4 RTSP port: Enter the MPEG4 RTSP port, default value is 554. Note: UPnP (Universal Plug and Play): UPnP is a set of computer network protocol.

  • Page 43: Ip Notification

    Device Name: Enter Device Name to your needs. Note: How to use Bonjour in your Windows Browser UI? Please check the link below: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/bonjourforwindows.html 6.3.6 IP Notification Once IP Notification is set to "On", the camera will automatically send an e-mail notification to tell users its updated network parameters if the network settings about IP address, network connection type, HTTP port or wireless connection is changed or completed.
  • Page 44 Notify Type: You can select the notify type among DHCP, Static IP, and PPPoE. When the network settings related to the chosen notify type are changed, an e-mail notification will be sent to inform you of the updated network information of the camera. SMTP Server Name: Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server.

  • Page 45: Wireless

    POP server name: It is necessary when the POP before SMTP is selected in Authentication. Type the POP (receiving mail) server name up to 64 characters, or type the IP address of the POP server. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server which sends e-mails performs authentication using the POP user account.
  • Page 46 The wireless network has to be set up by using cable network connection. After setting the camera correctly, the wireless function can work without cable network connection. Please follow the setting process below step by step: Connect IP Camera with Ethernet connection. 2.
  • Page 47 4. Select the AP you wish to connect. 5. Enter password in Passphrase field if you need. If you don't know the setting of the wireless AP, please ask your network administrator.
  • Page 48 6. Choose the option of Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) or Use the following IP address:...

  • Page 49: Messenger

    1 minute after you click OK. 8. Please unplug the Ethernet cable connecting the TL-SC3171G and the Router (or the PC), and log into the IP camera with its wireless address.
  • Page 50 Re-type password: Type the password again. Alias: Give an alias for the account of your IP Camera. The figure above takes “TL-SC3171G” for example. Port range: Enter the port range used. IP Notification: When this feature is enabled, the IP camera would notify "friends" on MSN about its IP address when it logs into the MSN account or when its IP address is changed.
  • Page 51 Configuring your IP camera Note: If you use a Modem Router to access the Internet, you should set your IP Camera as the virtual server with port range 20000-21000 on the Modem Router’s web-based management page. Click “BASIC->Network->Messenger” to enter the “Messenger” page. Enable Messenger and then set the Login Account, Password, Alias, Port range, IP Notification, Privacy and Allow list parameters as the above figure shows.
  • Page 52 Make sure the MSN view plugin is installed. This plugin is embedded in IntelligentIPInstallerSetup(TPLink)-1.1.16.09.exe and will be installed automatically when you install IntelligentIPInstallerSetup(TPLink)-1.1.16.09.exe. ▲ You can download the IntelligentIPInstallerSetup(TPLink)-1.1.16.09.exe here: http://www.tp-link.com/download/ipcamera/Intelligent_IP_Installer.rar Log into your MSN account. Add the camera’s MSN account as a contact.
  • Page 53 Check its status. Normally it should be online. Click the camera icon and select View a contact’s webcam to view the video.

  • Page 54: Security

    Wait for a moment, and you will see the video captured by your IP Camera. 6.4 Security Click Security to display the submenus including Account and HTTPS.

  • Page 55: Account

    6.4.1 Account The device default account and password setting is “admin / admin”. That means everyone who knows IP address can access the device including all configuration. Therefore, it is necessary to assign a password if the device is intended to be accessed by others. User name: Set a user name between 4-16 characters.

  • Page 56: Https

    The Operator mode can not only view the Live View but also control the PTZ (apply in speed dome). The Viewer mode only can view the Live View. Viewer Authentication: Select whether the authentication is needed when users access to live view. On: Authentication is required to let different users have different levels of permission to access the camera view.
  • Page 57 Note: When enable HTTPS with RTSP on mode, the IP Camera only protect the setting such as username and password and do not protect video and audio. When enable HTTPS with RTSP off mode, the IP Camera will protect all setting including video and audio.

  • Page 58: Chapter 7 Setting-Advance

    Chapter 7 Setting-Advance Click Advance to display the submenus including FTP client, SMTP, HTTP event, Alarm output, Schedule, Alarm input, Motion detection and System Log. 7.1 FTP client Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an FTP server. By using FTP client function, you can send the image and video file which has been shot and recorded linked with the built-in motion detection function to FTP server.

  • Page 59: General

    7.1.1 General Select On when you use FTP function. The FTP client setting page will appear. Select Off when you do not wish to use the FTP client function. Note: The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may decrease while a file is being transmitted by the FTP client function.
  • Page 60 Remote Path: Type the path to the destination in FTP server up to 64 characters. Image File Name: Type the file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. You can use up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.
  • Page 61 Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.7. Motion Detection works only when the MPEG4 function is On and the Cropping is set to Off.

  • Page 62: Periodical Sending

    Note: You can set the alarm input function at Alarm Input page. (Please go “Setting → Advance → Alarm Input → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.6. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective.
  • Page 63 Remote Path: Type the path to storage location of FTP server which you have authorized. Image file name: Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). Suffix: Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent by SMTP. None: The name of the sent file will be the Image file name.

  • Page 64: Smtp

    Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5. 7.2 SMTP Set the SMTP menu when you want to send an image via e-mail. By using Mail (SMTP) function, you can send a mail with attached image and video which has been shot linked with the built-in motion detection function.
  • Page 65 The Setting of General will be the same as the setting of IP Notification (Please check “SETTING → BASIC → Network → IP Notification”). SMTP server name: Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server.
  • Page 66 SMTP: Select it if SMTP authentication is necessary when an e-mail is sent. POP before SMTP: Select if POP before SMTP authentication is necessary when an e-mail is sent. Note: When you set to On, be sure to select either or both SMTP or / and POP before SMTP. POP server name: When the POP before SMTP is selected in Authentication, type the POP (receiving mail) server name up to 64 characters, or type the IP address of the POP server.

  • Page 67: Alarm Sending

    7.2.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function. Select On to send the image and file to SMTP server linked with the alarm detection. Alarm sending: Select On to set to send mail with connection to the alarm detection.
  • Page 68 Alarm Motion Detection: Click it for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set motion detection function on the motion detection page.
  • Page 69 Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.7. Motion Detection works only when the MPEG4 function is On and the Cropping is set to Off.

  • Page 70: Periodical Sending

    Note: You can set the alarm input function at alarm input page (Please go “Setting → Advance → Alarm input → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.6 Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective.
  • Page 71 Image file name: Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). Suffix: Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent by SMTP. None: The name of the sent file will be the Image file name. Date Time: The date &...

  • Page 72: Http Event

    Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.5. 7.3 HTTP event Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an HTTP server. By using HTTP client function, you can send the image file and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the built-in motion detection function to HTTP server.

  • Page 73: General

    For example: URL: 192.168.1.7/cgi-bin/operator/ptzset Note: 1. The setting of URL should be the same as CGI. 2. The example above is for reference only. For more details, please refer to SDK in the subdirectory of the IP camera product on our website http://www.tp-link.com.

  • Page 74: Alarm Sending

    7.3.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the built-in motion detection function. Select On to send the image and audio file to HTTP server linked with the alarm detection. Alarm sending: Select On to set to send command with connection to the alarm detection. Alarm Motion detection: Click it for using Motion Detection function as a sensor.
  • Page 75 Note: 1. You can set motion detection on motion detection page (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.7. 2. Motion Detection works only when the MPEG4 function is On and the Cropping is set to Off. Alarm input: Select the connected alarm.

  • Page 76: Alarm Output

    Note: You can set the alarm input function at alarm input page (Please go “Setting → Advance → Alarm input → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 8.6. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective.

  • Page 77: Setting

    7.4.1 Setting Alarm output: To activate the Alarm output function, select On. When you do not use the Alarm output function, select Off. Digital output: Select High signal output and Low signal output as your alarm. Trigger condition: Select the mode of the Alarm output function. You can choose “Alarm” or “Timer”.
  • Page 78 Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.7. 2. Motion Detection works only when the MPEG4 function is On and the Cropping is set to Off.

  • Page 79: Schedule

    Note: You can set the alarm input function at alarm input page (Please go “Setting →Advance →Alarm input → Setting”). For more details, you can check Section 7.6. Alarm duration: There are up to 60 second options to choose for alarm duration interval. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective.

  • Page 80: Setting

    This is the same menu as the setting menu which is displayed when you click Schedule to set Effective period and Schedule in FTP client setting menu, e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu, HTTP Event setting menu and so on. Example: When setting e-Mail (SMTP) (the alarm sending) in the Schedule setting menu. 7.5.1 Setting Schedule Selection: Select the list box to specify the schedule you want to set.

  • Page 81: Alarm Input

    set to Mon (Monday) are applied to all days. In this case, the Start time and End time of the other days than Mon (Monday) cannot be input. 7.6 Alarm input When you click Alarm Input on the Advance mode menu, the Alarm input setting menu appears. You can set in this menu to control the external alarm input of I / O port on the rear of the device linked to FTP, SMTP, and HTTP sending function.

  • Page 82: Motion Detection

    7.7 Motion detection There are three Motion Detection functions as sensors to set for different detecting zones. Each one has Threshold and Sensitivity inputs which you can adjust to specific zone sequentially. Motion Detection function can support to FTP, SMTP and Alarm output for capturing and sending images or starting alarm output.

  • Page 83: Setting

    7.7.1 Setting Threshold: It means the extent which the alarm will be triggered. The default value is 50 and the value range is 0~100. The larger the value, the higher the threshold. Sensitivity: It means that how often the sensor will scan the image different. The higher sensitivity it is and the more frequently it scans.

  • Page 84: Setting

    “*** ffmpeg”, “*** mjpeg”, “*** gsm” or “*** boa” will be shown in system log. In this case, please send the file “backup” to TP-LINK (you can save it from Setting > Basic > System > Initialize > Backup setting data), and also provide the router spec you’re using, we will analyze and solve the problem as soon as possible.

  • Page 85: Appendix

    Appendix APPENDIX a – FRAME RATE & BIT RATE TABLE This chapter provides tables that help you to optimize your IP camera with your network environment. Base on your network upload environment to choose the best Image-Quality setting. For example, if the network environment is ADSL 256Kb(upload) / 2Mb(download), the most fluent Image-Quality needs to set up under 256 Kb situation.
  • Page 86 320*240 320*240 160*120 1024 160*120 1024 160*120 160*120 160*120 160*120 A.3 MJPEG @ 15fps / kbps Quality 640*480 320*240 160*120 Excellent 4000 1500 Detailed 2400 Good 1600 Standard 1300 Medium A.4 MJPEG / kbps, fps Frame-Rate Current Image-Size Quality Setting Current Bitrate Setting Frame-Rate...
  • Page 87 320*240 Good 320*240 Medium 160*120 Medium 160*120 Excellent 160*120 Excellent 160*120 Good 160*120 Good 160*120 Medium 160*120 Medium APPENDIX b – STORAGE REQUIREMENT TABLE This chapter provides tables that help you set your recording storage system. Please refer to the following table to find out the capability for recording into your hard disk. B.1 MPEG4 Storage Requirement GB / channel / day @ 30fps Quality 640*480...
  • Page 88 B.3 MPEG4 Storage Requirement GB / channel / day Image-Size Bitrate Setting Frame-Rate Setting Current Bitrate 640*480 2048 23.0 640*480 2048 22.2 640*480 1536 18.5 640*480 1536 17.9 640*480 1024 10.5 640*480 1024 10.5 640*480 640*480 320*240 1536 15.8 320*240 1536 16.9 320*240...

  • Page 89: Faq

    Q1. What can I do if I forgot the login name and password? Press and hold the Reset button on the bottom panel with a pin or paperclip. Please continue holding down the Reset button for approximately 15 seconds. And then IP Camera will reboot. It will require 45 seconds.

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