Mega-Pixel Pan/Tilt IP Network Camera User Manual Revision: 030706 Date: 2015/09/15 For firmware version v030706...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera APPENDIX B. PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ..............54 APPENDIX C. TROUBLE SHOOTING ................... 55 APPENDIX D. SNAPSHOT PICTURE ON ANY BROWSER ..........57...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera List of Figures and Tables Figure 2-1: Major components in the front panel Figure 2-2: Major components in the back panel Figure 2-3: IP CAM connection diagram. Figure 2-4: Connect Ethernet cable to a switch/router. Figure 2-5: Download the latest YesCamView software Figure 2-6: The ID/Password card Figure 2-7: Running window of YesCamView program Figure 2-8: Pop-up play-video password window...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-28: System reboot under-going page Figure 3-29: Stick on the reset button to set to the factory default Figure 5-1: The IP camera body Figure 5-2: Bracket Figure 5-3: Anchors and Screws Figure 5-4: Power Adaptor Figure 5-5: Quick installation guide Figure 5-6: Ethernet cable Figure 5-7: ID/Password Card...
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Android mobiles/pads. The setup is truly 1-2-3 : 1. Connect the camera to the network 2. Download the app YesCam View into your iPhone/iPad or Android 3. View video by the camera ID/password The push notification is supported, so that you will get the notification from...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera power speaker to the camera for your needs. The WPS(WiFi Protected Setup) is supported. You could set up the WiFi connection of the camera with the router by clicking the WPS button on the camera and on the router at the same time. No more complicated WiFi configuration.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 2. Hardware description and quick installation/usage The IP CAM is designed to be very easy to install and use. First, let’s see the major components of the IP CAM products. 2.1. Major hardware components. The major components on the front panel of the IP CAM products are the followings : 1.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-1: Major components in the front panel The major components on the back panel and bottom of the IP CAM products are the followings: 1. Bracket Slots – there are four bracket slots to mount the accompanied bracket. 2.
1. Connect the IP CAM to the home/office network. 2. Install the software/APP on the notebook/PC/mobiles. 3. Key in the ID/password of the IP CAM(from the ID/Password card) on the YesCam, and then you can see the video. First, Connect the IP CAM to the home/office network Please connect the IP CAM accessaries to the IP CAM body correctly, including the power adapter and Ethernet cable, as shown in Figure 2-3.
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“next” button to proceed with the installation. After the installation is complete, there will be a YesCam icon on the desktop of your computer screen, please execute this icon. The YesCam...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-5: Download the latest YesCamView software Third, Use YesCamView program to see the video Figure 2-5 is the running window of the YesCamView program. If the computer and IP CAM is connected to the same network, the IP CAM ID will be displayed in the “Auto Search”...
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YesCamView software for more functions. Notice 2: 1. For the iPhone usage, please download “YesCam View” from App Store 2. For the iPad usage, please download “YesCamViewHD” from App Store 3. For the Android mobile phone/pad usage, please download “YesCam View”...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-8: Pop-up play-video password window...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 2.3. Wireless connection (if router/AP has WPS button) The IP Cam(w) can be connected to the home/office network through the 802.11 n wireless connection. If the router or AP has WPS button, then there are only three simple steps that you need to do to have the wireless connection: Unplug the Ethernet cable from the camera.
You can immediately playback the recorded video(if SD card inserted) or do a live view. Please download the “YesCam View” app from App Store for iPhone. Please download the “YesCamViewHD” app from App Store for iPad.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera To enable the push notification, go to the settings page of the specific camera, choose “alarm notification”, key in the login account( default is “admin”, no password ), and enable the alarm condition( motion detection or sound detection) you want.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3. Web configurations You can login into the web configuration page by directly key-in the IP address of the IP CAM or right-click the searched IP CAM in the “Auto Search” list of the YesCamView software and click the “Web Configure” to open the login window of the IP CAM.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.1. Information The first page of the web configuration of the IP CAM is the information page. You can see the model name/firmware version, IP CAM ID, registration status, network type and current video settings( bandwidth, resolution) in this page. The IP CAM can be viewed remotely by the YesCamView software only when the IP CAM is registered.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.2. Network The Network page allows you to modify the network settings of the wired Ethernet. The default settings use DHCP to obtain an IP address automatically. In most of the home and office network environment, there is a DHCP server running. In this situation, by using this default settings, the IP CAM can work immediately in most of the time.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-5: Network settings page for fixed IP address...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.3. WiFi security You can use the wireless to connect the IP CAM to the network. If your network environment has a 802.11 n router or AP running, you can check the “Enable WiFi function” button to use the wireless. Figure 3-6: WiFi security disabled page In order to use the wireless network, you need to fill the following fields: SSID –...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-7: WiFi security enabled page You can click the “WiFi test” button to check if the IP CAM can connect to the wireless network for these settings. You will need to unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the wireless connection after the “WiFi test”...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.4. Advanced Network In some special situation, your network environment only provides PPPoE connection(ADSL service), there is no NAT/router available. You will then need to set the PPPoE settings in the “Advanced Network” page. Only the PPPoE username and password are needed to let PPPoE work.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.5. Video Settings The IP CAM is designed to provide high quality video for viewing from YesCamView software. In this page, you cam modify some settings related to the video viewing: 1. Password(play video) – this is the password needed for viewing the video from the YesCamView software.
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“Indoor+sun light” choice. 13. Enable/disable audio microphone – you can enable or disable the audio microphone on the IP CAM. If disable, there will be no voice on the YesCam video viewing. 14. Enable/disable time display on video – if enabled, the date/time of the system will be displayed on the left-upper corner of the video.
“YesCam View” from Android Market for Android Mobiles and pads.. The video frame rate, resolution and bandwidth for 3G mobile access could be set independently from the video settings for YesCam(PC) access. The maximum allowed resolution is 1280x800 and maximum allowed bandwidth is 2M bps.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.7. Night mode control The IP Cam is able to work both in day time and night time. There is an IR LED that can let the IP camera see the objects in the night time. This night mode control page is to control when the time the IR LED will be on.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.8. Email/ftp alarm The IP Camera provides the Email/ftp function, you can enable or schedule the Email/ftp ability in this page, the IP Camera will then send out an email with a jpeg picture attached in the email and/or send out the jpeg picture file to a ftp server. The related settings are explained below: 1.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera When this modification is “Save&Apply”ed, it works immediately, but all the connected video viewing users will be disconnected. The default setting is “Disable”. Figure 3-13: Email/FTP Alarm page For the email message to work, a SMTP server is required. Click the “advanced” button will display the SMTP server settings page.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-14: SMTP server settings page...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.9. Speaker Alarm settings The IP Camera provides speaker alarm function, a motion detection could trigger the speaker alarm. The duration of the alarm could also be set. The related settings are explained below: 1. Speaker alarm trigger– select the trigger mode of the speaker alarm Motion trigger –...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.10. NAS settings The IP Camera provides the recording of the video files into a standard NAS ( Network Access Storage ) device. The IP camera connects to the NAS device using the standard LMX_NS/CIFS/SSN protocols that are the same as the Microsoft Windows network neighborhood protocols.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera name”\”shared folder name” or keying the URL address \\”NAS \\”NAS address”\”shared folder name” in the windows Internet Explorer, and then key in the “NAS access account” and “NAS access password” to the prompted login window. The video files are recorded under the subfolder IPCamRecordFiles/Recording/ID-ID, where ID is the ID of this IP camera.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.11. Cloud Storage Settings The IP camera provides the recording of the video files into the Dropbox as the cloud storage. You can use your Dropbox account to do the recording and remotely playback the recorded video files on your mobile devices or computers. 1.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-18: Cloud Storage logged in page...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.12. SD-Card settings The IP camera provides the recording of the video files into a standard Micro SD-Card. Since this recording is directly to the SD-Card, there is no network packets loss problem when recording to remote device through internet. Notice : The resolution and frame rate of the recorded video is the same as that set for the video settings.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-20: SD-Card information page...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.13. Scheduling The IP camera provides the scheduling function for the motion detection triggered email/ftp sending and/or the NAS/cloud recording with the individual parameters set in the “Email/ftp alarm” settings and the “NAS settings” page. Totally 12 schedule list items are allowed.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera scheduling period. Figure 3-21: Schedule management page...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.14. Led Display Control The IP CAM provides the Led Display Control function, you can enable or disable the led display/indication on the front panel of the IP cam device. The related settings are explained below: 1.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.15. Date/Time The IP CAM can synchronize the date/time with the universally available time server( for example stdtime.gov.tw) through NTP protocol. The date/time will then be corrected with the time server anytime when the Internet is connected. Users can choose the different TimeZone of their areas to display the correct time.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.16. Admin In this page, you can modify the web login account. With this account, you can login to the IP CAM and do any modifications. The default account is “admin” without password. If the login account is forgotten, you can reset the IP CAM to the factory default settings by following the steps in section 3.19 and login with the “admin”...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.17. Upgrade If there is some new firmware available from the supplier of this IP CAM, you can upgrade the firmware on this page. Please ask for the correct information about FTP server, username/password account and firmware filename from your supplier, and then do this upgrade.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-26: Firmware upgrade status page...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.18. Reboot You can restart the IP CAM manually on this page. All the connected video viewing users will be disconnected. Figure 3-27: System reboot settings page Figure 3-28: System reboot under-going page...
The web login account will be “admin” (no password), the play-video password will be “yescam” after reset to factory default. Figure 3-29: Stick on the reset button to set to the factory default...
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 4. Features and specifications 4.1. Features Plug & play by ID/password, no IP address or DNS settings. H.264 video compression Mega-pixel for up to 1280x800 resolution at 30 fps. Pan/tilt control. Two sensors/lens for day and night separately.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera 4.2. Specifications Models Mega-pixel with Pan/tilt DC 5V, 1.5A Power Processors RISC CPU, hardware video processing and compression. Network interface Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX, Auto-MDIX, RJ-45 Wireless interface IEEE 802.11n 90 - 150 Mbps IEEE 802.11g 6 - 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11b 1 - 11 Mbps...
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Resolution: (WXGA)1280x800, 1024x768, Video settings VGA(640x480), QVGA(320x240) Bandwidth : 64k, 128k, 256k, 512k, 768k, 1M, 1.2M, 1.5M, 2M, 3M bps Frame rate : 1~5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 fps Built-in microphone for audio monitoring Audio Built-in 0.5W speaker for alarm and half-duplex two-way audio.
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Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera EMC - CE, FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class B Approvals Wireless RF - CE, FCC Part 15 Subpart C Power supply: CE, FCC, UL, EN 60950 Operating conditions 0-50 °C Humidity 20 – 80% RH (non-condensing)
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix A. Remote Viewing through NAT/router Devices Almost all the NAT/router devices in the market can work with the IP CAM and YesCamView software when viewing in a remote location. You do not need to do any modification on the default settings of the NAT/routers.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix B. Performance Information 1. Video Performance Information The video quality is dependent on the video parameter settings and the network quality. If you want to have a better video quality, you will usually set higher resolution and higher frame rate.
(2). Check if the microphone on the IP Cam is enabled. Please login into the web configuration page of the IP Cam or open the “video settings” from YesCam, select the “video” settings, click the “Enable audio microphone” choice.
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IP Cam to do the modification. 9. Does the IP Cam provide the recording function? A: You can do the recording of the video/audio of the IP Cam from the YesCam. Another software CamPlay is needed to play the recorded vide/audio files.
Mega-pixel Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix D. Snapshot picture on any browser If you want to have the live snapshot picture on any browser, use the URL http://ip_address/snapshot.cgi to access the snapshot of the camera. The ip_address is the IP address of the camera. This works for all the browsers on computer or mobile device.
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