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  • Page 1 3MP_IP_Bullet Network Camera User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS - Chapter I Introduction ....................3 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera ............. 3 Safety Instructions ....................4 Packaging Contents ....................5 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera ............6 Installation of the Network IP Camera ..............10 Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface ..........
  • Page 3 3-9-1 Settings ........................47 3-9-2 Media ........................49 3-9-3 Event Server ......................50 3-10 Recording to SD Card ....................54 3-11 Log ..........................55 3-12 Device Info ........................56 3-13 Maintenance ....................... 57 3-14 Language ........................59 Chapter IV Troubleshooting ..................60...

  • Page 4: Chapter I Introduction

    Chapter I Introduction 1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera Congratulates on purchasing this high-resolution 5Mega pixels network IP Camera! This IP Camera provides 5Mega pixels high-resolution video quality, with the advanced megapixel lens, you can view images remotely in more detail than conventional close-circuit cameras.

  • Page 5: Safety Instructions

    1.2 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

    1.3 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 DC power adapter Bracket Kit Sun Shield Kit CDROM...

  • Page 7: Familiar With Your New Network Ip Camera

    1.4 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera Item Description 1. Sun Shield Protect camera device body from sun shine or rain directly 2. I/O cable Including -Alarm I/O -TV output -Network -Audio I/O -RS485 +- -Reset button -GND 3. IP camera device IP camera...
  • Page 8 [Front site] Item Description 1. IR-LED Used for illumination assistance under night mode 2. Day/night sensor Used for day/night detection and IR-LED ON/OFF control 3. Lens Varifocal focal length.
  • Page 9 [Back] Item Description 1. Screw Connects between camera device body & sun shield. 2. Sun Shield Protect camera device body from sun shine or rain directly 3. Camera device body IP camera metal case 4. Bracket mount The portion to mount bracket 5.
  • Page 10 [DI/DO PIN ASSIGNMENT] Item Description Blue, Sensor IN1, for alarm input, DV3.3Volt level allowed. Yellow, RS485 D- Orange, RS485 D+ Black, GND Green, Alarm out1, DV3.3Volt level allowed. DC12Volt/2A input Reset Button Audio output Audio input Network, RJ45 connector, two LED index, orange color is power index, green is network index TV output, BNC connector ※Please check the I/O cable attached index before insert or release any...

  • Page 11: Installation Of The Network Ip Camera

    1.5 Installation of the Network IP Camera Please follow the instructions below to setup your new IP camera. 1. Remove the front glass mask to fine tune lens focus. When lens focus fine tune ready, then screw the glass mask to the end position which can not do any more.
  • Page 12 4. Plug DC power adapter to power outlet on the wall. 5. Connect DC power cable to IP Camera’s DC power connector. If everything’s ok, you should see the left LED light on LAN port light up. If not, please recheck every step and try again, or ask your dealer of purchase for help.

  • Page 13: 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/7 ■...
  • Page 14 Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP Cameras on your local network (make sure all IP Cameras are powered on and connect to local network first). When you find any IP Camera, you can click on it and click ‘Link’ button to connect to it by your web browser.

  • Page 15: Connect To Ip Camera's Web User Interface And Install Activex Plugin

    2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin When you know the IP address of IP Camera, you can connect to it by Internet Explorer web browser by entering its IP address in address bar. The use login screen will appear when you get connected: IP Camera’s administrator username and password are both ‘admin’...
  • Page 16 to install ActiveX plugin. For IE 9: Click ‘Install’ button located at the bottom of IE to install ActiveX plugin. If you’re prompted that: ‘Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program’ 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:...
  • Page 17 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 18: 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...
  • Page 19 Original size / Switches live image view between original size Fit screen (full size: 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 20 Zoom’ button from 1X to 10X, so you can see objects in video in detail. Please note: that digital zoom uses computer algorithm to enlarge the video and some details may lost. If you need to focus on detail of specific objects in video view, please use optical zoom ring on lens set of IP camera.

  • Page 21: Client Settings

    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. The following screen will appear:...
  • Page 22 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description RTSP Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data. HTTP Select this option to use HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) to transfer video data. If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘RTSP’.

  • Page 23: 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 24: 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 this IP camera.
  • Page 25 Timezone Select the time zone of residence from dropdown menu to keep correct date and time. Daylight Saving If the area you live uses daylight saving, check this box; otherwise do not check this box to keep time correct. Keep the current Select this option and date / time setting will not date and time be changed when you click ‘Apply’...

  • Page 26: 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 settings, but can’t make any change) - Guest (Can view IP camera’s video only) There can be multiple users, but only one administrator is allowed, and...
  • Page 27 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Password / Retype Input administrator’s new password in both Password ‘Password’ and ‘Retype Password’ field, and (Administrator) click ‘Modify’ button to change administrator’s password. Please note: Don’t forget administrator’s password! Or you’ll need to reset IP camera’s all settings to get administrator’s password recovered.

  • Page 28: 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. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN port...
  • Page 29 DHCP IPv4: Obtain an IPv4 IP address from DHCP server on LAN automatically. DHCP IPv4 / IPv6: Obtain both IPv4 and IPv6 address from DHCP server on LAN automatically. Static IPv4 / IPv6: Assign an IPv4 / IPv6 address to IP camera manually.
  • Page 30 For example, IP camera’s IP address is 192.168.2.3, and if you changed HTTP port number to 82, please input ‘http://192.168.2.3:82’ in web browser’s address bar to access IP camera’s web configuration interface. RTSP Port Input RTSP port number. When this port number changes, you must change corresponding settings in external network devices (NVR or CMS software) so they can receive this IP camera’s video.
  • Page 31 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 32 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 33 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 34 camera will only accept 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 cannot build connections to this IP camera.

  • Page 35: 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: 3-5-1 Image Setting You can adjust the image parameters in this page.
  • Page 36 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Brightness / Control the image parameters. Click ‘ - ' to decrease Contrast / value, or click ‘ + ‘ to increase value. You can also input Saturation / the value in the field directly. Sharpness Default Set all above values to default value ‘128’.
  • Page 37 Exposure Auto : It will according to the environment to set Manual : it can set Exposure value and time for day & night Mirror Check ‘Vertical’ or ‘Horizontal’ box to flip the image vertically or horizontally, this will help to correct the orientation of image when IP camera is hanged bottom-up by camera holder.

  • Page 38: Video Setting

    know if you should use IR filter, select this option. - Always ON: IR filter is always on. - Always OFF: IR filter is always off. IR-cut filter will only be switched on when there’s sunlight. You can define the starting and ending time when IR-cut filter should be switched on by select ‘Schedule’...
  • Page 39 /MPEG4 Video Select video resolution. Resolution - H.264: 2048x1536 (QXGA) / 1920x1080 (1080p) 1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1) / 320x240 (QVGA) - MPEG4: 1920x1080 (1080p) / 1280x960 (960p) 1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1) 640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA) MJPEG: 1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1) 640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA) Please note that some video resolution is not available when video encoder is ‘MPEG4’.

  • Page 40: 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 Stamp video. Remove the Check this box to remove time stamp’s background color background color.
  • Page 41 Enable Image Check this box to overlay a specific image on Overlay video, so you can show certain text / picture on the video and help people to identify this IP camera. Click ‘Browse’ button to pick a picture on your computer, then click ‘Update’...

  • Page 42: Audio

    3-6 Audio You can adjust audio input / output parameters here. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable Check this box to enable microphone. If you don’t Microphone want to hear voice from IP camera, you can uncheck this box to disable it.

  • Page 43: 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.
  • Page 44 - 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). Title Input characters in title field to change motion (Window 1 to...
  • Page 45 3-8 PTZ Control If you mount the IP camera on pan-tilt camera cradles that support pan-tilt control via RS-485 connection, you can use this function to control pan-tilt camera cradle so you can control the orientation of IP camera from remote place. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description...

  • Page 46: Rs-485

    is widely accepted by most of pan-tilt pan-tilt camera cradles. You have also input pan-tilt camera cradle’s address code in ‘Address’ field. This code must be identical to pan-tilt camera cradle’s address code. Use Custom When the pan-tilt camera cradle does not support Protocol Pelco-D protocol, you can define a protocol’s detail by this function.

  • Page 47: 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 48: 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 49 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 50: 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. H.264 Video Save a H.264 video clip. You can also select the recording length before and / or after the time when event is triggered in ‘Pre Event’...

  • Page 51: 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 52 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 53 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’. - Sender Email Address: Input the sender’s email address that will appear in the Email send by IP camera.
  • Page 54 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 55: Recording To Sd Card

    3-10 Recording to SD Card When a SD card is inserted into IP camera, you can save video files on it. Note: 1. Be sure that the SD Card format should be FAT32. The NTFS format cannot be supported by this camera. 2.

  • Page 56: Log

    3-11 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 57: Device Info

    3-12 Device Info You can check the information and network settings of this IP camera. These information are very useful when you need to repair or fix the problem of this IP camera. An example of device info page look like this:...

  • Page 58: Maintenance

    3-13 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.
  • Page 59 button. Restore from Restore camera’s configuration which SD card device previously-saved on SD card. Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a firmware image file on your computer first, then click ‘Upgrade’ button.

  • Page 60: Language

    3-14 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 61: Chapter Iv 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 Camera again.

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