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PiXORD Mega-Pixel IP Camera Series P415M User’s Manual Version: 1.0 Date: 09/10/2008...
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WARINGS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC & ELETRIC CONDUCTIVE OBJECT THROUGH VENTILATION GRILLS. CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION:TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Chapter 1 Preface This IP camera is a high resolution Mega-Pixel IP Camera. It has the web server built in. User can view real-time video via IE browser. It supports MPEG-4 & MJPEG video compression which provides smooth and high video quality. The video can be stored in the SD card, and playback remotely. With user friendly interface, it is an easy-to-use IP camera which is designed for security application.
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Full screen monitoring Compression format MPEG-4/ MJPEG Video bitrate adjust CBR, VBR Motion Detection Yes, 3 different areas Triggered action Mail, FTP, Save to SD card Pre/ Post alarm Yes, configurable Security Password protection Firmware upgrade HTTP mode, can be upgraded remotely Simultaneous connection Up to 10 SD card management...
2. Hardware Installation Connect power adaptor II. Connect Ethernet cable III. Connect IP Camera to PC or network IV. Set up the network configurations according to the network environment. For further explanation, please refer to chapter VI, “Network Configuration for IP CAMERA”.
Click “IP Installer” from the CD menu to start the installation. Once IP Installer has been successfully installed on the computer, double click the IP Installer icon on the desktop, or select it from Start > Programs > PiXORD Corporation > IP Installer > IP Installer.
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After filling in the properties, click [Synchronize] button to complete the configuration settings and save in the network camera and PC immediately. If click [OK] button, the configuration is only be saved in the PC. To access the Web-based UI of the selected unit, run the View > Open Web on the menu bar. If the device has been configured correctly, the default Web browser will open to the home page of the selected device.
4. Install ActiveX control For the first time to view the camera video via IE, it will ask you to install the ActiveX component. If the installation failed, please check the security setting for the IE browser. Tools Internet Options… Security Tab Custom Level…...
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When popup the following dialogue box, click “Yes”.
Chapter 4 Live Video Start an IE browser, type the IP address of the IP Camera in the address field. It will show the following dialogue box. Key-in the user name and password. The default user name and password are “admin” and “admin”.
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Languages: Select a language for the interface. Currently 4 languages can be selected; English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and French. Display the video image in actual size. Video snapshot Get into the administration page. Select video streaming source (When streaming 2 setting in『Video Setting』 is closed, this function will not display) Shows how many people connect to this IP camera Show system time, video resolution, and video refreshing rate...
Chapter 5 IP Camera Configuration Click Configuration to get into the administration page. Click Live Video to back to the live video page. 1. System System Information a. Server Information:Set up the camera name, select language, and set up the camera time. Server Name:This is the Camera name.
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b. OSD Setting:select a position where date & time display on screen. c. Server time setting : Select options to set up time - “NTP”, “Synchronize with PC’s time”, “Manual”, “The date and time remain the same”.
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User Management IP Camera supports three different users, administrator, general user, and anonymous user. a. Anonymous User Login: Yes:Allow anonymous login No:Need user name & password to access this IP camera b. Add user: Type the user name and password, then click “Add/Set”. c.
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iii. System update: a. To update the firmware online, click “Browse…” to select the firmware. Then click “Upgrade” to the proceed. b. Reboot system:re-start the IP camera c. Factory default:delete all the settings and restore defaults system. d. Setting Management:User may download the current setting to PC, or upgrade from previous saved setting.
2. Network IP Setting The camera supports DHCP and static IP. a. DHCP:Using DHCP, camera will get all the network parameters automatically. b. Static IP:Please type in IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS manually. c. Port Assignment: user may need to assign different port to avoid conflict when setting up IP assignment.
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Select Add/Remove Windows Components and open Networking Services section Click Details and select UPnP to setup the service The IP device icon will be added to “MY Network Places” User may double click the IP device icon to access IE browser PPPoE:...
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Please enable this service Key-in the DynDNS server name, user name, and password. Set up the IP Schedule update refreshing rate. Click “Apply” If setting up IP schedule update too frequently, the IP may be blocked. In general, schedule update every day (1440 minutes) is recommended.
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b. Camddns service: Please enable this service Key-in user name. IP Schedule update is default at 5 minutes Click “Apply”. DDNS Status Updating:Information update Idle:Stop service DDNS registration successful, can now log by http://<username>.ddns.camddns.com:Register successfully. Update Failed, the name is already registered:The user name has already been used. Please change it.
3. A/V Setting Image Setting Adjust “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Hue”, “Saturation” to get clear video. Automatic gain control, night mode, and video orientation are adjustable. Night mode: This function can be set at different Frame rate to increase night illumination. Lower the Frame rate set, slower the frame refresh rate, but better the night illumination.
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a. Streaming 1 Basic Mode: Resolution: There are 4 resolutions to choose. SXGA – 1280x1024 – 640×480 QVGA – 320×240 QQVGA – 160×120 Quality: There are 5 levels to adjust: Best/ High/ Standard/ Medium/ Low The higher the quality is, the bigger the file size is. Also not good for internet transmitting Video Frame Rate:The video refreshing rate per second.
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b. Streaming 1 Advanced Mode: Resolution: There are 4 resolutions to choose. SXGA – 1280x1024 – 640×480 QVGA – 320×240 QQVGA – 160×120 Bitrate Control Mode There are CBR﹝Constant Bit Rate﹞and VBR﹝Variable Bit Rate﹞to use. CBR:32Kbps~4Mbps (the higher the CBR is, the better the video quality is , vice versa) VBR:1~10 (Compression Rate) Video Frame Rate Picture display frame per second...
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c. Streaming 2 Basic Mode: Resolution: There are 4 resolutions to choose. SXGA – 1280x1024 – 640×480 QVGA – 320×240 QQVGA – 160×120 Quality: There are 5 levels to adjust: Best/ High/ Standard/ Medium/ Low The higher the quality is, the bigger the file size is. Also not good for internet transmitting Video Frame Rate: The video refreshing rate per second Max 30 FPS (10FPS at resolution 1280x1024)
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d. Streaming 2 Advanced Mode: Resolution: There are 4 resolutions to choose. SXGA – 1280x1024 – 640×480 QVGA – 320×240 QQVGA – 160×120 Bitrate Control Mode There are CBR﹝Constant Bit Rate﹞ and VBR﹝Variable Bit Rate﹞to use. CBR:32Kbps~4Mbps (the higher the CBR is, the better the video quality is) VBR:1~10 (Compression Rate) Video Frame Rate The video refreshing rate per second.
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e. Streaming 2, 3GPP mode: 3GPP default value is QQVGA,128Kbp,5FPS,GOP=1XFPS 3GPP mode suggested setting: QQVGA, lower than 128kbps, 5FPS, GOP= 1x FPS or 2x FPS, MPEG4 format 3GPP can achieve up to 10FPS, In 3GPP mode, Stream 1 & Stream 2 combined frame rate is 20FPS Fix Resolution:...
4. Event List This IP Camera provides multiple event settings. Event Setting a. Motion Detection IP CAMERA allows 3 areas motion detection. When motion is triggered, it can send video to some specific mail addresses, transmit video to remote ftp server, trigger the relay, and save video to local SD card.
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b. Record File Setting: IP CAMERA allows 3 different types of recording file to change its record size. When motion/alarm is triggered, there are 3 different types of record mode. AVI File (With Record File Setting ) Multi-JPEG (With Record File Setting), only with JPEG compression format. Single JPEG (Single File with Interval Setting) c.
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Mail & FTP To send out the video via mail or ftp, please set up the configuration first. iii. SD card Please Insert SD card before use it. Make sure pushing SD card into the slot completely. Note:The use of the SD card will affect the operation of this IP camera slightly, such as affecting the frame rate of the video...
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a. Playback: It will show the capacity of the SD card. Click the date listed on this page. It will show the list of the video. The video format is AVI. Click the video to start Microsoft Media Player to play it. To delete the video, check it, then click Del.
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iv. Log List Sort by System Logs, Motion Detection Logs and I/O Logs. In addition, System Logs and I/O Logs won’t lose data due to power failure.
Chapter 6 Network Configuration Configuration 1: a. Internet Access:ADSL or Cable Modem b. IP address:One real IP or one dynamic IP c. Only this IP camera connects to the internet d. For fixed real IP, set up the IP into this IP camera. For dynamic IP, start PPPoE. Configuration 2:...
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iii. Configuration 3: a. Internet Access:ADSL or Cable Modem b. IP address:one real IP or one dynamic IP c. This IP Camera and PC connect to the internet d. Device needed:IP sharing e. Use virtual IP, set up port forwarding in IP sharing.
Chapter 7 Factory Default i. To recover the default IP address and password, please follow the following steps. ii. Remove power, and press and hold the button as circled in the below figure. iii. Power on the camera. Don’t release the button during the system booting. iv.
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