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TP-Link TL-SC3130 User Manual

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TL-SC3130
2-Way Audio Surveillance Camera
REV: 2.0.3
1910010493

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  • Page 1 TL-SC3130 2-Way Audio Surveillance Camera REV: 2.0.3 1910010493...
  • 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 2.1 Front View ..........................3 2.2 Bottom view........................3 2.3 Hardware Connection......................4 Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser ................5 3.1 Obtain the IP Address......................5 3.2 Windows Web Browser ......................7 3.3 Mac Web Browser ......................9 Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone..............12 4.1 Mobile Phone Viewing ......................12...
  • Page 5 6.1.3 Initialize........................22 6.2 Camera ..........................23 6.2.1 General ........................24 6.2.2 MPEG4 ........................25 6.2.3 MJPEG ........................27 6.3 Network ..........................27 6.3.1 Information.........................28 6.3.2 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet)............30 6.3.3 DDNS (Dynamic DNS)....................31 6.3.4 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) ................36 6.3.5 Bonjour ........................36 6.3.6 IP Notification......................37 6.4 Security ..........................40 6.4.1 Account........................40 6.4.2 HTTPS ........................41...

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Package Contents The follow items should be found in your package: TL-SC3130 2-Way Audio 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 Card 64 MB RAM graphic cards(or equivalent on-board graphic cards) 512 MB...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Physical Overview

    Chapter 2 Physical Overview 2.1 Front View Focus Adjustment Ring: Adjust the focus ring to get a clear image. Network LED Indicator: It lights up when the IP Camera is well connected to the network. It flashes when there are data being transmitted. Power LED Indicator: It lights up when the IP Camera is powered on.

  • Page 9: Hardware Connection

    2.3 Hardware Connection Before proceeding, confirm that your PC is connected to your router and can access the Internet. Make sure that your router’s DHCP feature is enabled. (Most routers have DHCP turned on by default.) If DHCP feature is disabled, please refer to the operating instruction included with your router to enable it.

  • 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. Choose the Intelligent IP Installer, and then the next screen appears. Click on Intelligent IP Installer to begin the installation.
  • Page 11 After the installation is finished, click the icon on the desktop or click Start > All Programs > TP-LINK > Intelligent IP Installer > Intelligent IP Installer to start using the program.

  • Page 12: Windows Web Browser

    The following screen will then display. Click the Search button to search Network Cameras in the network; it displays the Network Cameras information including IP Address. 3.2 Windows Web Browser Click Link to IE button or launch your web browser, and enter the IP address (obtain from Obtain the IP Address) of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser.
  • Page 13 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 .3 Mac Web Browser Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address (obtain from (obtain from 3.1 Obtain the IP Address...
  • Page 15 Enter the default User name “admin” and password “admin” in the dialog box as shown below. 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 displayed 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.

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

    Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone 4.1 Mobile Phone Viewing 4.1.1 3G Mobile Phone Streaming Viewin 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.

  • Page 18: Using Ip Camera Via Iphone

    4.2 Using IP Camera via iPhone .2 Using IP Camera via iPhone You can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below. You can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below.

  • Page 19: Chapter 5 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 Client Setting, Image Setup and Setting.

  • 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 the to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be shown 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: Audio Buttons

    5.1.4 Audio buttons Note Symbols Meaning means the speakers of your computer are Speakers turned on turned on to transmit the sounds from the connected IP camera(s) Speakers turned off means broadcast Microphone turned on connected IP camera(s) via the Ethernet using your microphone Microphone turned off Volume control bar...

  • Page 22: Client Setting

    5.3 Client Setting .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 between MPEG4 and MJPEG 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 just after 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: Brightness

    5.4.1 Brightness The higher the brightness value is, the brighter the image is. 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.

  • 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.

  • Page 27: Initialize

    be the same as the current date / time option. Daylight Saving Time: You can select On to enable the Daylight Saving Time function. Start time: The time to start the Daylight Saving. Select By date and then select the start time by date;...

  • Page 28: Camera

    and then restarted. Firmware Upgrade: Upgrade the device software. Click Browse… and select the file for upgrading. A confirmation dialogue will appear. Click OK to start. This IP Camera will reboot after upgrading has been finished. Note: Use only upgrade files that are special for this IP Camera. Otherwise problems may occur. Don't turn off the IP Camera power or disconnect the network until the upgrading is completed.

  • Page 29: General

    6.2.1 General RTSP 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: Mpeg4

    6.2.2 MPEG4 A. Computer View 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 the video data (the default value is 8090). You can specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. If you change the setting of Video / Audio Port Number, the setting of Video / Audio Port Number (SSL) will change automatically. B.

  • Page 32: Mjpeg

    6.2.3 MJPEG Viewer Authentication: If the viewer authentication is On, the users will be requested to type in username and password. 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 33: 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 serve. Obtain DNS server address automatically: Select this to obtain the address of DNS server automatically.
  • Page 34 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 35: Pppoe (Point-To-Point Protocol Over Ethernet)

    Note: If you connect the IP Camera with your computer directly, the default network domain of camera is 192.168.1.x. 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.

  • Page 36: 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 37 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 38 Input all information and follow step by step with DynDNS.
  • Page 39 Log in with new account and click Account → My Hosts → Add Host Services. Type domain in the Hostname field and select sub-domain.
  • Page 40 After typing in information, check your DDNS service. Type your DDNS User ID, Password and Host name in Setting → Network → DDNS. After completing setting, reboot IP Camera.

  • Page 41: Upnp (Universal Plug And Play)

    6.3.4 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Choose menu “Network→UPnP”, and then you can view the information about UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) in the screen as shown in the following figure. The UPnP feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN.

  • Page 42: 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 43 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 44 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 45: Security

    6.4 Security Click Security to display the submenus including Account and HTTPS. 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.

  • Page 46: 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.
  • Page 47 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 48: Chapter 7 Setting-Advanced

    Chapter 7 Setting-Advanced Click Advanced to display the submenus including FTP client, SMTP, HTTP event, Schedule, 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 49: 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 50 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 51 Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page. (Please go to “Setting → Advanced →Motion detection → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.6. Use Alarm Buffer: Select Use alarm buffer when you forward the image and video of before and after the alarm detection (pre-alarm, post-alarm).
  • Page 52 Note: You can set motion detection on Alarm buffer page. (Please go to “Setting → Advanced → Alarm buffer → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective.

  • Page 53: Periodical Sending

    7.1.3 Periodical sending You can set to send an image file to FTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file to FTP server linked with setting period. 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).

  • Page 54: Smtp

    Sequence number clear: Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number returns to 1. Interval: Set the time interval of the period sending. Min value is 1 min and Max value is 24 hour. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective.

  • Page 55: General

    7.2.1 General Select On when you use the SMTP function. The common setting options are displayed below. Select Off if you do not wish to use the e-Mail (SMTP) function. Note: The Setting of General will be the same as the setting of IP Notification (Please check “SETTING →...
  • Page 56 Note: If you use g-mail as your mail server, you should set 587 as your port number and check SSL box. Authentication: Select the authentication required when you send an email. Off: Select it if no authentication is necessary when an email is sent. On: When authentication is necessary an e-mail is sent, select one of the authentication methods from the followings.

  • Page 57: Alarm Sending

    characters standing for the sensor type added to the subject. Message: Type the text of the E-mail up to 384 characters. (A line break is equivalent to 2 characters.) 7.2.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the built-in motion detection function.
  • Page 58 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 59 Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page. (Please go to “Setting → Advanced →Motion detection → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.6. Use Alarm Buffer: Select Use alarm buffer when you forward the image and video of before and after the alarm detection (pre-alarm, post-alarm).
  • Page 60 Note: You can set motion detection on Alarm buffer page. (Please go to “Setting → Advanced → Alarm buffer → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective.

  • Page 61: Periodical Sending

    7.2.3 Periodical sending You can set to send an image file by SMTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file by SMTP server linked with setting period. Image file name: Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score).

  • Page 62: Http Event

    digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus 14-digit number is added to the file name. Sequence number: A consecutive number is added to the Image file name. Sequence number clear: Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number returns to 1. Interval: Set the time interval of the period sending.

  • Page 63: General

    7.3.1 General HTTP event: Set up the HTTP server URL, port, User ID, Password, and Proxy Server settings.

  • Page 64: Alarm Sending

    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. 7.3.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the built-in motion detection function.
  • Page 65 Alarm sending: Select On to set to send mail with connection to the alarm detection. Alarm Motion Detection: Click it for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set motion detection function on the motion detection page. Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page.
  • Page 66 Note: You can set motion detection on Alarm buffer page. (Please go to “Setting → Advanced → Alarm buffer → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5. Parameter: the parameter of CGI (defined in Setting → Advanced → HTTP event →...

  • Page 67: Schedule

    Message: message will show up in the form of Message = PTZ down. If your target device didn’t support the parameter of message, you can’t see the message, so you can just take the message as a note. For example: PTZ down. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective.

  • Page 68: Setting

    7.4.1 Setting Schedule Selection: Select the list box to specify the schedule you want to set. FTP -Alarm FTP - Periodical e-Mail (SMTP) -Alarm e-Mail (SMTP) -Periodical HTTP event -Alarm Mon (Monday) to Sun (Sunday): The time period on the right of the checked day is the effective period of the schedule.

  • Page 69: Setting

    7.5.1 Setting Alarm buffer: The basic setting options are displayed below. Recording capacity Pre-alarm period: Display the maximum recording capacity of image/audio before the alarm detection. Post-alarm period: Display the maximum recording capacity of image/audio after the alarm detection. Recording time: Set the recording time for the Pre-alarm image/audio and Post alarm image/audio.

  • Page 70: Motion Detection

    Note: The value of Recording capacity differs depending on Image size, Bitrate (for MPEG4) and Image quality (for MPEG4 and MJPEG) in the camera setting menu. 7.6 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.

  • Page 71: Setting

    7.6.1 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 72: 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 73: 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 74 320*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 640*480...
  • Page 75 320*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 76 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 77: 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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