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  • Page 1 ShareTech AD1 IP Camera User Manual Version 1.04.01 Default Info. IP Address 192.168.1.99 Account / Password admin / admin...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS - Chapter I Introduction ........................4 1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera ..................... 4 1.2 Key feature of this network IP camera include: ..................4 1.3 Safety Instructions ........................... 5 1.4 Packaging Contents ..........................6 1.5 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera .................... 7 1.6 Installation of the Network IP Camera ....................
  • Page 3 3-7 Motion ..............................42 3-8 Privacy Mask ............................44 3-9 Event ..............................46 3-9-1 Settings ............................47 3-9-2 Media ............................. 49 3-9-3 Event Server ........................... 50 3-10 Recording............................. 55 3-11 SDHC ..............................57 3-12 Log ............................... 59 3-13 Device Info ............................60 3-14 Maintenance ............................

  • Page 4: Chapter I Introduction

    Chapter I Introduction 1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera This 2M network camera provides super image quality and remarkable bandwidth efficiency. The camera supports H.264 High Profile, Main Profile, and Baseline Profile video stream compression technology. With H.264 higher video compression performance, the file size of transmitted video stream is extremely reduced so as to optimize the network bandwidth efficiency.

  • Page 5: Safety Instructions

    1.3 Safety Instructions Please follow the safety instructions listed below when you’re using this Network IP Camera, or you would harm this camera and/or yourself! Also, the warranty will become void if you disobey these safety instructions.  This Network IP Camera is sophisticated electronic device; do not drop it from high places.

  • Page 6: Packaging Contents

    1.4 Packaging Contents Please check the contents of your new Network IP Camera when you unpack the package. If any item is missing, please contact your dealer of purchase for help. Item No. Description Quantity Network IP camera Manual (CDROM) Tools package...

  • Page 7: Familiar With Your New Network Ip Camera

    1.5 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera Item Description 1.Front Cover Bubble cover 2.Rear Cover Bubble cover [Front Cover] Item Description 1. Front Cover Transparent bubble cover, for lens protection. 2. Rear cover Inside protection. The front cover is firmly fixed to the rear cover. Screw...
  • Page 8 [Rear inside module] Item Description LENS Black inner cover DI: Digital input Micro SD slot Network, RJ45 connector, two LED index, orange color is power index, green is network index Release Tab Reset Button...
  • Page 9 [Back] Item Description Release Tab Routing hole position Screw slot...

  • Page 10: Installation Of The Network Ip Camera

    1.6 Installation of the Network IP Camera Please follow the instructions below to setup your new IP camera. 1. Push housing 'Release tab' and remove front cover, as arrow sign shows in the following figure. 2. Fix IP camera on the wall or ceiling and twist viewing angle through the screw slot, as arrow sign shows in the following figure.
  • Page 11 4. Adjust lens angle, user may watch video from remote PC site, as arrow sign shows in the following figure. 5. Re-mount the front cover and place the network cable at correct position.

  • Page 12: Chapter Ii Using Network Ip Camera By Web Interface

    Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface 2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera You can use your new Network IP Camera by its web user interface via web browser. Currently the viewing system requirement for Network IP camera is: OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 ■...
  • Page 13 When you connect to IP Camera for the first time, you’ll see the following message. This message prompts you that you need to install ActiveX plug-in before you can see the video from IP Camera. For IE 8: Right click the indication bar and click:‘‘Install This Add-on for All Users on This Computer…’...
  • Page 14 Click ‘Allow access’, or IP Camera will not be able to function properly. When you’re installing Internet Explorer plugin, you may also be prompted that if you want to allow changes to be made to your computer: Click ‘Yes’ to allow changes. After ActiveX plugin is installed, you should be able to see the video stream from camera.
  • Page 15 NOTE: If this is the first time you use this IP Camera, you can refer to chapter 2.4 for instructions on Setup Wizard, which will guide you to complete the software setup of your new IP Camera.

  • Page 16: Viewing Live Video

    2.3 Viewing Live Video After ActiveX control is installed, you can view IP camera’s video by web browser. Just connect to IP camera by web browser and login, then you can see live video from IP camera: There are various controls on web page, here are descriptions of every control item: Item Description ‘Home’...
  • Page 17 Available languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Original size / Switches live image view between original size (full size: Fit screen 3M pixels) and fit screen (smaller size). If you want to see video in detail, switch to original size. If your computer monitor’s resolution is not enough and you want to see full image view, switch to fit screen and image size will adjust automatically.

  • Page 18: Client Settings

    Please note: before turn on PC audio output, you have to enable microphone input. 2.4 Client Settings In ‘Client Settings’ menu, you configure basic IP camera settings like data transfer protocol and data storage folder. To access ‘Client Settings’ menu, click ‘Client Settings’ button on the left.
  • Page 19 The following screen will appear: Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description RTSP/RTP over TCP Select this option to use RTSP/RTP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data over TCP RTSP/RTP over UDP Select this option to use RTSP/RTP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data over UDP HTTP Select this option to use HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer...

  • Page 20: Chapter Iii Advanced Configuration

    Chapter III Advanced Configuration If you wish to configure IP camera’s settings, you can access IP camera’s ‘Configuration’ menu, which provides various kinds of system setting. To access configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button on the left. The ‘Configuration’ submenu will appear, please pick a setup item you wish to configure.

  • Page 21: System

    3-1 System In this menu, you can configure basic IP camera settings like hostname and time. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Host Name Input the IP camera’s hostname here, it can be any meaningful words or characters that will help you to identify...
  • Page 22 this IP camera. You can use IP camera’s installation location as host name, and this will help you to identify IP camera when you have many IP cameras installed. Indicator LED The LED lights located at the back of IP camera is switched on by default.

  • Page 23: Security

    3-2 Security In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s login account. There are three kinds of account: - Administrator (Can view IP camera’s video and make changes of camera setting) - User (Can view IP camera’s video and see LOG, and change Client Setting and language) - Guest (Can view IP camera’s video , and change language ) There can be multiple users, but only one administrator is allowed, and you can’t...
  • Page 24 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Password / Retype Here lists all users existed in IP camera. If you want to Password remove one user, click it in the list, and then click ‘Remove’ (Administrator) button. If no user is existed, ‘New Account’...

  • Page 25: Network

    3-3 Network In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s network setting. 3-3-1 ‘General’ setup page Setup IP address for this IP camera. This IP camera supports both IPv4 and IPv6 IP address.
  • Page 26 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN port (or obtain an address from DHCP server automatically). Available options are: DHCP IPv4: Obtain an IPv4 IP address from DHCP server on LAN automatically.
  • Page 27 PPPoE Select this option to use PPPoE to connect to network. You have to input PPPoE username and password assigned by network operator to get connected. HTTP Port Input IP camera’s web connection port number here. When this port number is changed, you need to change web browser’s port number you used to connect to IP camera.

  • Page 28: Advanced' Setup Page

    3-3-2 ‘Advanced’ setup page You can setup advanced network settings in this page. This page is intended for advanced settings only, and this IP camera will work fine even you don’t make any changes to this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Multicast...
  • Page 29 Multicast RCTP video port: Input port number for RCTP video here. Multicast audio port: Input port number for audio here. Multicast RCTP audio port: Input port number for RCTP audio here. Multicast TTL: Input TTL value for multicast here. Bonjour If you’re using MacOS and you have Bonjour installed, you can use it to discover this IP camera.
  • Page 30 provider. Input characters 1~30 are permitted. Password: Input the password used to login dynamic IP service provider. Input characters 1~30 are permitted. HTTPS Check ‘Enable HTTPS’ box to enable HTTPS channel to encrypt transferred data. You can also define HTTPS port number in ‘HTTPS Port’...

  • Page 31: Ip Filter

    3-4 IP Filter When this IP camera is directly connected to Internet and not protected by firewall, this function acts like a mini built-in firewall to protect the safety of this IP camera and avoid attacks from hackers. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable Filter...
  • Page 32 connections established from these IP address. If you want to specify one IP address only, input the same IP address in both field. Click ‘New’ button to add IP address into accepted IP list. Deny IP list Here lists all IP address that would not build connections to this IP camera.

  • Page 33: Video

    3-5 Video You can adjust the image of the IP camera in this menu. There are 3 sub-menus in this menu: Image Setting, Video Setting, and Overlay, which can be accessed by tabs on the top:...

  • Page 34: Image Setting

    3-5-1 Image Setting You can adjust the image parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Brightness / Control the image parameters. Click ‘ - ‘ to decrease value, or click Contrast / ‘ + ‘ to increase value. You can also input the value in the field Saturation / directly.
  • Page 35 horizontally, this will help to correct the orientation of image when IP camera is hanged bottom-up by camera holder. You can click both ‘Vertical’ and ‘Horizontal’ box at the same time. Exposure Mode This camera is able to adjust the exposure setting automatically by default.

  • Page 36: Video Setting

    3-5-2 Video Setting You can adjust the video transfer parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description H.264 Select the compression of main stream: H.264. Video Select video resolution. Resolution - H.264: 1920x1080 (1080p) / 1280x960 (960p) / 1280x720 (720p) 720x480 (D1) / 640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA)
  • Page 37 will help. Frame Rate Select video frame rate. Please note that some frame rate is not available when video encoder is ‘H.264’. When network speed is insufficient, select a lower frame rate will help. Rate Select video bit rate. You can control bit rate by both ‘Video quality’ Control and ‘Bitrate’: - Video quality: There are 5 levels of video quality, select ‘very...
  • Page 38 The ‘Mobile View’ is used to enable cell phone monitoring function. Please download APP from iPhone and Android APP store. Find the instruction guide on the CDROM for help.

  • Page 39: Overlay Setting

    3-5-3 Overlay Setting You can adjust the video overlay parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable Time Check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on video. Stamp Remove the Check this box to remove time stamp’s background color. You background color may find this will help the readability of time stamp text in of the text...
  • Page 40 Please input the text in ‘Text’ field. You can input up to 15 characters. Remove the Check this box to remove custom text’s background color. You background color may find this will help the readability of text in some cases. of the text (Text) Enable Image Check this box to overlay a specific image on video, so you can...

  • Page 41: Audio

    3-6 Audio This IP camera is microphone built in, you may enable microphone input function and fine tune audio input gain.

  • Page 42: Motion

    3-7 Motion This IP camera is capable to detect object’s motion, so IP camera will only record when there’s motion and save disk storage space. Motion detection is performed by examine the movement of objects in rectangular motion detection area. You can define up to 3 motion detection areas. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description...
  • Page 43 - To move / resize a motion detection window: - Move: Use the mouse to drag the title text. - Resize: Use the mouse the drag the four corners (upper-left/right, lower-left/right) to resize it. If you only want to adjust width or height, drag the four sidebars (top, bottom, left, and right).

  • Page 44: Privacy Mask

    3-8 Privacy Mask This IP camera is capable to setup privacy mask, so that IP camera will only record the specific area as user needs. You can define up to 3 privacy mask areas. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable Privacy...
  • Page 45 Filled color There are four different color for privacy mask window selection. Select the specific color and click 'Apply', then the privacy mask window will fulfill the specific color. When you finish with above settings, click ‘Home’ button to save changes.

  • Page 46: Event

    3-9 Event When there’s an event, you can use this setup page to define what IP camera should do, like send an Email or trigger digital output to activate external alarm. There are three setup pages: 1. Setting: Define a new event and manage events. 2.

  • Page 47: Settings

    3-9-1 Settings This page lists all existing events. You can click ‘Modify’ button to edit an existing event, or ‘Remove’ to delete an existing event. To create a new even, just click “New” button to add an Event setting.
  • Page 48 To add a new event, click ‘New’ button and the descriptions of every setup item is listed below: Item Description Enable Setting Check this box to enable this event. If you just want to disable this event temporarily, you can uncheck this box to keep this event and disabling while not deleting it.

  • Page 49: Media

    3-9-2 Media You can define what kind of media file should be saved on designated media. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description One Snapshot Save a picture file when event is triggered. Maximum Save a H.264 video clip. You can also select the recording Video File Size length before and / or after the time when event is triggered in ‘Pre Event’...

  • Page 50: Event Server

    3-9-3 Event Server You can define the details of remote media server: FTP (File), SMTP (Email), and Samba (File). A Samba server can be any computer running windows operating system with network neighbor function enabled. Many stand-alone network file server also support samba server function.
  • Page 51 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable FTP Check this box to enable FTP server upload. Server - FTP Server: Input FTP server’s IP address or hostname. - Port: Input FTP server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘21’.
  • Page 52 Enable SMTP Server then UI shows the items as below Item Description SMTP Server Check this box to enable Email send. - SMTP Server: Input SMTP server’s IP address or hostname. - Port: Input SMTP server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘25’.
  • Page 53 server’s username and password in corresponding field. - Requires SSL Encryption: If your Email server required SSL encryption, check this box. Please note that some Email server uses different port number than standard port 25 when SSL encryption is used. - STARTTLS: If your Email server required STARTTLS encryption, check this box.
  • Page 54 Enable Samba Server then UI shows the items as below. Item Description Samba Server Check this box to enable Samba server file upload. - Samba Server Address: Input Samba server’s IP address or hostname. - Path: Input the path where you want to save file on Samba server, like ‘upload/record’.

  • Page 55: Recording

    3-10 Recording IP camera provides continuous recording function. You can save video files on it. Note: 1. Be sure that the Micro SD Card format should be FAT32. The NTFS format cannot be supported by this camera. 2. Unlink motion detection; this function will record video at specified time period on selected weekday(s).
  • Page 56 Recording Define the recording schedule. You can check Sun to Sat Schedule boxes to represent a weekday, and specify time period in ‘From’ and ‘To’ field. Select ‘Always’ to record 24 hours in selected weekday(s). Storage Option User can select the external storage device that is SD-card or remote Samba server.

  • Page 57: Sdhc

    3-11 SDHC The IP camera module has an internal Micro-SD card slot. The UI shows the capacity is 'None' when no Micro-SD card inserted. Once the Micro-SD card is inserted, the UI will show the capacity of the Micro-SD card like the image hereunder.
  • Page 58 There are two UI pages to show the record on the Micro-SD card. They are mapping to the setting of “Recording” and “Event” accordingly. Click “All file” to list all files. You also can define the time domain range and click “Search”...

  • Page 59: Log

    3-12 Log You can check the usage log of IP camera here. In this page, you can click: 1. First page / Final page: Jump to first / final page of log. 2. Previous / Next: Jump to previous or next page of log. 3.

  • Page 60: Device Info

    3-13 Device Info You can check the information and network settings of this IP camera. The information are very useful when you need to repair or fix the problem of this IP camera. An example of device info page looks like this:...

  • Page 61: Maintenance

    3-14 Maintenance You can do some maintenance job about this IP camera here. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Reboot Click this button to reboot the IP camera. This function is useful when you find IP camera is not working properly. Reset Clear all settings of IP camera and reset to factory default setting.
  • Page 62 Restore Restore a previously-saved configuration file saved on your computer. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a file on your computer first, then click ‘Restore’ button. Restore from Restore IP camera’s configuration which is previously-saved on SD card device Micro-SD card. Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware.

  • Page 63: Language

    3-15 Language You can change the display language of web interface. Click ‘Language’ button and select one language. More languages may available in latest firmware file.

  • Page 64: Troubleshooting

    Chapter IV Troubleshooting Please don’t panic when you found this IP Camera is not working properly. Before you send this IP Camera back to us, you can do some simple checks to save your time: Problem description Possible solution(s) Can’t connect to IP 1) Please check the IP address of IP Camera again.

  • Page 65: Chapter V Digital Input User Guide

    Chapter V Digital input User Guide DI connector – Use in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering, SD recording and alarm notifications via FTP/EMAIL/SAMBA. •Digital input — An alarm input for connecting devices that can toggle between an open and closed circuit, for example: PIRs, door/window contacts, glass break detectors, etc.

  • Page 66: Specification

    Chapter VI Specification SMAX Model No. ShareTech AD1 200-Mega Pixels indoor H.264 plastic Description dome IP Camera System Special Features DSP Base Format 1/2.5" Effective Pixels 1920H x 1080V CMOS Pixel size 2.2 x 2.2μm Image Sensor 5.70mm(H) x 4.28mm(V), 7.13mm...
  • Page 67 Features Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Image Settings Saturation Adjustable 5 sec. pre-alarm / 5 sec. post-alarm, up to Alarm Buffer 3MByte Mirror Vertical / Horizontal ONVIF PTZ Control Digital zoom up to 10x ; Digital Pan / Tilt 3GPP Supported Packet Management IP Filer, QOS Manual Time Setting, Time Server &...

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