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Security and Disposal Hints for Batteries: Hold children off batteries. When a child
swallowed a battery go to a doctors place or bring the child into a hospital promptly!
Look for the right polarity (+) and (–) of batteries! Always change all batteries. Never use
old and new batteries or batteries of different types together. Never short, open, deform
or load up batteries! Risk of injury! Never throw batteries into fire! Risk of explosion!
Hints for Environment Protection: Packages materials are raw materials and can be
recycled. Do not disposal old devices or batteries into the domestic waste. Cleaning:
Protect the device from contamination and pollution (use a clean drapery). Avoid using
rough, coarse-grained materials or solvents/aggressive cleaner. Wipe the cleaned
device accurately. Important Notice: Should battery fluid leak from a battery, wipe the
battery case with a soft cloth dry. Distributor: Technaxx Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG,
Kruppstr. 105, 60388 Frankfurt a.M., Germany
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Wipe the cleaned device accurately. Important Notice: Should battery fluid leak from a battery, wipe the battery case with a soft cloth dry. Distributor: Technaxx Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG, Kruppstr. 105, 60388 Frankfurt a.M., Germany...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1 Overview ................................. 1 1.1 Key Features ............................1 1.2 Product Overview ..........................2 1.2.1 Front Panel for TX-61 (above) and TX-62 (below) ............... 2 1.2.2 Bottom View ..........................3 1.3 MicroSD card [only for TX-62] ........................ 3 2 Accessing the Network Camera ........................4 2.1 Access the Camera in LAN ........................
  • Page 3 6.1.6 No Pictures Problems ..........................63 6.1.7 Cannot access IP camera in internet ....................64 6.1.8 UPnP always failed ..........................64 6.1.9 Camera can not connect wireless ......................64 6.2 Default Parameters............................64 6.3 Technical Specifications TX-61 and TX-62 ....................65...

  • Page 4: Overview

    (640x480), QVGA (320x240) [TX-62] Image Sensor: HD Color CMOS, 1.0MP, 0 Lux with 2x IR lamp (to switch ON/OFF via APP) [TX-61] / Image Sensor: HD Color CMOS, 2.0MP, 0 Lux with 30x IR lamp (to switch ON/OFF via APP) [TX-62] Glass Lens: f 4mm, F=2.6, Viewing angle horizontal 70°/diagonal 75°...

  • Page 5: Product Overview

    Product Overview 1.2.1 Front Panel for TX-61 (above) and TX-62 (below) 1 Induction IC = Light Sensor 2 LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens 3 Infrared Lamp Array 1 WIFI Antenna: Wireless Antenna 2 Infrared LED: 30 IR LEDs...

  • Page 6: Bottom View

    2 LAN 10/100M adaptive Ethernet interface. Through this interface, IPCAM can be connected with various network devices, such as hub, router, etc. 3 Reset button Press and hold on the reset button for 5 seconds. Releasing the reset button, the password will back to the factory default administrator password.

  • Page 7: Accessing The Network Camera

    2 Accessing the Network Camera This chapter explains how to access the network camera through web browsers and RTSP players. 2.1 Access the Camera in LAN This camera support HTTP and HTTPS protocols, so here will allow you to use HTTP and HTTPS port No. (1) Http:// LAN IP + Http Port No.
  • Page 8 Open Internet Explorer if it is not already opened. Click on Tools, then click Internet Options. Next, click the Security tab, then click the Trusted sites button. Figure 2.3...
  • Page 9 For Firefox, you can add the trusted as the following way: Tools ---- Options ---- Advanced --- View Certificates --- Servers Figure 2.4 Click View Certificates, and go to Servers option . Figure 2.5...

  • Page 10: Access The Camera In Wan

    Go to Add Exception panel. Enter the camera’s url , here take https://192.168.8.129:443 for example . Click this button to add it . Figure 2.6 2.2 Access the Camera in WAN 2.2.1 Static IP Addresses Users who have static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access. When you have finished connecting the camera using the LAN IP address and port forwarding, you can access the camera directly from the Internet using the WAN IP address and port number.
  • Page 11 Figure 2.7 Access your IP Camera from the Internet You can access the IP Camera from the Internet (remote access). Enter the WAN IP address and port number in your standard browser. For example, you would enter http:// 183.37.28.254:85 NOTE: Make sure port forwarding is successful.

  • Page 12: Dynamic Ip Addresses

    2.2.2 Dynamic IP Addresses DDNS is a service that allows your IP Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name. This means that even though your WAN IP address is constantly changing, you will have a fixed hostname you can use to access your cameras at all times.
  • Page 13 Figure 2.10 What is Port forwarding? If you have never done port forwarding before, you can open and view the following link to understand the basic concept. Port forwarding allows for outside connections to access a specific device on your network from anywhere in the world.
  • Page 14 First method: Use the embedded DDNS to access the camera via the Internet Each camera has an embedded unique DDNS domain name, the format of this domain name is xxxxxx.myipcamera.org. On the bottom of the camera, you can see the domain name sticker with this information on it.

  • Page 15: Using The Vlc Player

    2.3 Using the VLC player This camera supports RTSP streaming, here you can view the camera using VLC player. RTSP URL rtsp:// [user name][:password]@IP:HTTP port number/videosream The part in the square brackets may be omitted. user name & password: The user name and password to access the camera. This part can be omitted. IP: WAN or LAN IP address.
  • Page 16 Figure 2.15 Figure 2.16 Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. If you cannot play the video in the VLC player, please check the port mapping. You can read Quick Installation Guide about How to configure port forwarding.

  • Page 17: Surveillance Software Gui

    3 Surveillance Software GU I Please refer to the Quick Installation Guide if you install the camera at first time. After finishing quick installation, you can take time to learn the operation of the software. 3.1 Login Window Figure 3.1 Please check the login window above, it was divided to 4 sections from no.

  • Page 18: Modify The Username And Password

    3.2 Modify the Username and Password When you log in for the first time, it will come to the operating of modify the username and password automatically. Figure 3.2 Enter the New Username, New password and confirm the password. Click Modify button, you will see the login page again. 3.3 Setup Wizard After logging in for the first time, you will be directed to the „Setup Wizard „automatically.
  • Page 19 System Time: Select the time zone you need to set the date, time, format, etc. Figure 3.4 Wireless networks: Click Scan, find the SSID of your wireless router, select and enter the password. Figure 3.5 IP: Set the IP address of the camera. You could choose to obtain an IP automatically (DHCP) or set the IP address manually according to your needs.

  • Page 20: Surveillance Window

    3.4 Surveillance Window Figure 3.3 Section 1 LiveVideo / Settings buttons : Path to surveillance window. Click this button and back to the surveillance window : Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, and it will lead to Administrator Control Panel and do advanced settings.
  • Page 21 Stream The default stream supports multiple modes, For example: 0/720P/30fps/2M meanings: Stream type no. / Resolution / Maximum frame rate/ Bit rate. (Different models support different specific mode.) 1) Stream type no. : The number is used to identify the stream type. 2) Resolution The lowest resolution is QVGA.
  • Page 22 Section 5 Image quality settings In this page, you can tune Hue, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness to get higher quality. Section 6 OSD If you have added time and camera name in the video, you can see it in the live window. Go to Settings ---Basic settings---Camera name panel and you can change another device name.
  • Page 23 Onscreen Mouse Control Right click the mouse and you can adjust the full screen and Zoom up. Figure 3.5 Full Screen: Select it and Click it to make full-screen, press ESC and exit full-screen. Zoom up/down: Click it and the live view will be digital zoomed up, then click Zoom Down and the live view back to original size.

  • Page 24: Advanced Camera Settings

    4 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 4.1 Device Status Device Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your cameras. 4.1.1 Device Information Figure 4.1 Camera Model: The model of the device.

  • Page 25: Device Status

    4.1.2 Device Status On this page you can see device status such as Alarm status, NTP/DDNS status, WIFI status and so on. Figure 4.2 4.1.3 Session status Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now.

  • Page 26: Log

    4.1.4 Log The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera and when. Figure 4.3 4.2 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your Camera Name, Camera Time, Mail, User Accounts and Multi-Device. 4.2.1 Camera Name Default alias is anonymous.

  • Page 27: Camera Time

    4.2.2 Camera Time This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera. Figure 4.4 Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the dropdown menu. Sync with NTP server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera.

  • Page 28: How To Change The Password

    How to change the password? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the password, then select “Change password”, enter the old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. Figure 4.5 How to add account? Select one blank column and then enter the new user name, password and privilege, last click Add to take effect.
  • Page 29 Figure 4.7 Delete: Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect. NOTE : The default administrator account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. How to change the username? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the username, then select “Change username”, enter the new password, lastly click modify to take effect.

  • Page 30: Multi-Camera

    4.2.4 Multi-Camera If you want to view multi-surveillance screens on one window, you need to login one camera, and set it as the main device, and do Multi-Device Settings, add other cameras to the first one camera. Before you do multi-cams settings, you need to assign different port such as 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 to the cameras if there is 8 cams installed.
  • Page 31 Figure 4.9 Add cameras in WAN If you want to view all cameras via the internet (remote computer), you will need to add them using DDNS domain name. Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you added can be accessed through the internet. (Read How to configure DDNS settings in chapter 4.3.3) Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port.
  • Page 32 Figure 4.11 1 The camera model: MJ or H264. 2 The 2nd camera’s name 3 Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP 4 Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 5 Click Add button and to take effect NOTE : Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP.

  • Page 33: Network

    4.3 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, PPOE, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP, Port, Mail Settings and FTP Settings. 4.3.1 IP Configuration If you want to set a static IP for the camera, please go to IP Configuration page. Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer.

  • Page 34: Wireless Settings

    Set the same Subnet Mask and gateway of the camera with your PC . There are two DNS servers . You can set any of them . Same with gateway is also OK . Figure 4.15 If you do not know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway. 4.3.2 Wireless Settings Step 1: Choose “Settings”...

  • Page 35: Ddns

    Step 2: Click the SSID (name of your router) in the list, the corresponding information related to your network, such as the name and the encryption, will be filled into the relevant fields automatically. You will only need to fill in the password of your network.
  • Page 36 Figure 4.16 Now you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the camera via internet. Take hostname cp4911.myipcamera.org and HTTP Port no. 8000 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http://cp4911.myipcamera.org:8000 Restore DDNS to factory: If you have configured Third Party DDNS successfully, but you want to use Manufacturer’s DDNS again , here click this button and start Manufacturer’s DDNS Service.
  • Page 37 After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email. Click here to register Figure 4.17 Second: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your domain name. Figure 4.18...
  • Page 38 Figure 4.19 Please create the domain name step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com Step 2 DO DDNS Service Settings within the Camera Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname, a user name and password you’ve got from www.no-ip.com Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info, user name test, password test2012 for example.

  • Page 39: Upnp

    Second, create a new column by LAN IP address & HTTP Port No. of the camera within the router showed as below. Fill the Media Port no. of the Assign a name camera column as you like here . External Port and Internal Port . Figure 4.20 Use domain name to access the camera via internet After the port forwarding is finished, you can use the domain name+ http no.

  • Page 40: Port

    4.3.6 Port This camera supports HTTP Port / HTTPS Port/ ONVIF Port. HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely. HTTP port : By default, the HTTP is set to 88. Also, they can be assigned with another port number between 1 and 65535.
  • Page 41 Modify the Http Port . Enter the Username and password, click OK. Figure 4.25 Step 2: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with a blank password), and click “OK” to apply changes. Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds, you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has changed. In our example it was changed to 2000, so we see http://192.168.8.102:2000 in IP Camera Tool.
  • Page 42 For example: IP: 192.168.1.11 HTTP Port number: 88 User name: admin Password: 123 Here I can enter one of the following URLs in the VLC. 1．rtsp://admin:123@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain 2．rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:88/videoMain 3．rtsp://:123@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain 4．rtsp://admin@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain Open the VLC, and go to Media Open Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC. Figure 4.27 Figure 4.28...
  • Page 43 Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview. Figure 4.29 Figure 4.30 If you cannot play the video in the VLC player, please check the port mapping. You can read Quick Installation Guide about How to configure port forwarding.

  • Page 44: Mail Settings

    4.3.7 Mail Settings If you want the camera to send emails when motion has been detected, here Mail will need to be configured. Figure 4.31 1 SMTP Server/ Port /Transport Layer Security Enter SMTP server for sender. SMTP port is usually set as 25.

  • Page 45: Ftp Settings

    If the test success, you can see the Success behind the Test, at the same time the receivers will receive a test mail. If the test fails with one of the following errors after clicking Test, verify that the information you entered is correct and again select Test.

  • Page 46: P2P

    4.3.9 P2P Access the IP Camera by Smart Phone (Android or iOS operating system) First of all, you need to open the P2P function of the IP Camera at “Settings-->Network-->P2P”. Figure 4.3 Search and install IPCam Viewer on Google Play for Android devices, search and install IPCam_Viewer on APP Store for iOS devices.
  • Page 47 Enhanced Night video Definition (Except TX-62): The camera will automatically drop the frame to extend the recording time in the night. Stream type: There are four types to identify different streams you have set. If select the HD Mode, the clearer video will become, and it will take up more bandwidth;...

  • Page 48: On Screen Display

    4.4.2 On Screen Display This page is used to add timestamp and device name on the video. Figure 4.34 Display Timestamp: There are two options: Yes or NO. Select Yes and you can see the system date on the video, Display Camera Name: There are two options: Yes or NO.

  • Page 49: Ir Led Schedule

    Enable timing to capture.:To enable capture interval, follow the steps below: 1 Select Enable timing to capture 2 Capture interval:The interval time between two captures. 3 Select the capture time (1) Capture anytime: Click the black button up the MON, you will see all time range turn red. When something moving in the detection area at anytime, the camera will capture.
  • Page 50 To enable motion detection, follow the steps below: 1 Enable Motion detection 3 Trigger interval --- The interval time between two motion detections. Here supports 5s/6s/7s/8s/9s/10s/11s/12s/13s/14s/15s. Select one interval time. 4 Select the alarm indicators When the motion has been detected, the alarm status will turn to Detect alarm. Figure 4.37 There are three alarm indicators: A Camera Sound and PC Sound: If the camera has connected with a speaker or other audio output device, if...
  • Page 51 Figure 4.38 6 Alarm Schedule Alarm anytime when motion is detected: Click the black button up the MON, you will see all time range turn red. When something moving in the detection area at anytime, the camera will alarm. Click this button and select all time range . Figure 4.39 Specify an alarm schedule: Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected.

  • Page 52: Record

    Press the left mouse and drag it on the time boxes, you can select the serial area, Figure 4.41 7. Click Save button to take effect. When the motion is detected during the detection time in the detection NOTE area, the camera will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm indicators. : You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime.

  • Page 53: Alarm Record

    4.6.2 Alarm Record Figure 4.43 4.6.3 Local Alarm Recording On this page you can enable local alarm record, and select the local alarm record time. Figure 4.44 4.6.4 Schedule Recording When the video is selected as FTP, the device supports scheduled recording. Figure 4.1...
  • Page 54 Figure 4.2 When the video is selected as MicroSD card, the device supports pumping frame recording (only TX-62 support MicroSD card !!!). Figure 4.3...

  • Page 55: Microsd Card [Only Tx-62]

    Record frame: There are six frame selections, such as 1/30, 4/30, 8/30, 15/30, 24/30, 30/30. Recommended default is 4/30. The greater the Frame rate is, the sharper picture quality is, and the greater of storage space is, the shorter the storage time is. Record full strategy: When the MicroSD card is full, you can choose to cover the previous recording, or stop recording.

  • Page 56: Firewall

    4.8 Firewall This section explains how to control the access permission by checking the client PC’s IP addresses. It is composed of the following columns: Block access from these IP addresses and Only allow access from these IP addresses. Figure 4.45 Enable firewall, If you select Only allow access from these IP addresses and fill in 8 IP addresses at most, only those clients whose IP addresses listed in the Only allow access from these IP addresses can access the Network Camera.

  • Page 57: System Upgrade

    Figure 4.46 4.9.2 System Upgrade Click Browse, choose the correct bin file( System firmware or Web UI) and then click System upgrade. Don’t shut down the power during upgrade. After upgrading, you can see the upgrade result. Figure 4.47 If you want to verify the firmware version of you camera, please go to Device Status-> Device Information Page to check.

  • Page 58: Patch Installation

    Enter the User name and password . Figure 4.49 CAUTION: If your camera works well with the current firmware, we recommend not upgrading. Do not upgrade the firmware unnecessarily. Your camera may be damaged if misconfigured during an upgrade. NOTE: 1) Do not upgrade the firmware through the web UI in WAN, or else the upgrade may be failed.

  • Page 59: Factory Reset

    4.9.4 Factory Reset Click Factory Reset button and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected. The default administrator username is admin with a blank password. Figure 4.50 4.9.5 Reboot Click Reboot to reboot the camera. This is similar to unplugging the power to the camera. Figure 4.51 5 Playback (only for TX-62) On this page you can view the record files stored in the SD card.
  • Page 60 Section 1 Define the Record files time and Type : The storage path of record files : Here supports three types: current day, current month and All records. Another way, select the time on the time & date manually. : The type of records files here supports three types: Normal record, Alarm record and All records.

  • Page 61: Appendix

    6 APPENDIX 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) NOTE : Any questions you would meet, please check Network connections firstly. Check the working status revealed by the indicators on the network server, hub, exchange and network card. If abnormal, check the network connections.
  • Page 62 Figure 6.3 Figure 6.4...
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  • Page 64: Uninstall The Add-On Of Firefox Browser, Google Chrome And Ie Chrome

    6.1.2 Uninstall the add-on of Firefox browser, Google Chrome and IE Chrome. Figure 6.7 Figure 6.8...

  • Page 65: I Have Forgotten The Administrator Password

    Figure 6.9 6.1.3 I have forgotten the administrator password To reset the administrator password, you had better unplug the network cable firstly. After that, press and hold down the RESET BUTTON about 5 seconds. Releasing the reset button, the password will turn to the factory default.

  • Page 66: No Pictures Problems

    6.1.6 No Pictures Problems The video streaming is transmitted by the ActiveX controller. If ActiveX controller isn’t installed correctly you will see no video image. You can resolve this problem by this way: Download ActiveX controller and set the safety property of IE in the PC when you view it first time: IE browser--Tool--Internet Proper--Security--Custom Level--ActiveX control and Plug-ins.

  • Page 67: Cannot Access Ip Camera In Internet

    6.1.7 Cannot access IP camera in internet There are some reasons: (1) ActiveX controller is not installed correctly (2) The port which camera used is blocked by Firewall or Anti-virus software. Please change another port number and try again. (Figure6.7) (3) Port forwarding is not successful (Figure4.30) Check these settings and make sure they are correct.

  • Page 68: Technical Specifications Tx-61 And Tx-62

    Storage Humidity 0% ~ 90% non-condensing Weight / Dimensions 550g / (L) 19.9 x (W) 11.8 x (H) 9.6cm Package Contents IP-Cam HD 1.0MP outdoor TX-61, DC power adapter 12V/1.0A, Ethernet cable, WiFi antenna, Mounting bracket and screws, CD, User Manual...
  • Page 69 IP-Cam FullHD 2.0MP outdoor TX-62 Image Sensor Sensor High Definition Color CMOS Sensor Display Resolution 2.0M Pixels (1920 x 1080 video resolution) Min. illumination 0 Lux with 30x IR lamps (to switch ON/OFF via APP) Lens Lens type / Focal length / Aperture Glass lens f 2.8mm/ F=1.2 Angle of View Horizontal 96°...
  • Page 70 GPL v2 without charge except for the cost of media, shipping, and handling, upon written request to Technaxx GmbH & Co. KG, Kruppstraße 105, 60388 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • Page 71 know that what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors' reputations. Any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary.
  • Page 72 based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.) These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works.
  • Page 73 5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.
  • Page 74 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
  • Page 75 HOW TO APPLY THESE TERMS TO YOUR NEW PROGRAMS (1) If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. (2) To do so, attach the following notices to the program.

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