940-GSM4 1 Introduction Introduction 1.1 General Description This device is a digital infrared surveillance camera with 3G communications. It uses a highly sensitive Passive Infrared (PIR) motion sensor to detect movement to trigger the capture of high quality pictures (up to 12M pixels) and/or record video clips (720P HD).
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940-GSM4 1 Introduction Figure 1. Camera functional indicators...
940-GSM4 1 Introduction 1.4 Information display When the power switch is in the SETUP position, the current status and configuration will be displayed on screen. Figure 4. Information display Indicates the correct SIM card status. The space available on the SD card should be a non-zero value.
Before using the SD card, format it with a computer or when it is in the camera. SD cards formatted by other cameras may not be compatible with the 940-GSM4. • In SETUP mode, the device will shut off automatically after 3 minutes of...
On the same computer, download the camera setup utility BMC-Config.zip from www.supercircuits.com in the 940-GSM4 product page - Resources tab. Unzip the BMC-Config utility file, and then open (run) the embedded executable (*.exe) file. In the initial window, select camera model MG983G-12M, and then click OK.
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940-GSM4 3 Quick Start Guide In the window that opens, do the following: Step 1: Select your country and carrier for your SIM card. b. Step 2: Enter your receiving phone number in “administrator number” and receiving e-mail address in “Receive Email 1”.
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940-GSM4 3 Quick Start Guide d. Step 5: In the upper frame, select the options you want to use. See subsection 4.2 Configuration menu for more information about these settings. − Open the drop down lists to select the Language, Photo Size, Camera Mode, Photo Burst, Send To option, Video Size, and Video Length.
940-GSM4 3 Quick Start Guide camera (use the directory and filename shown in the window above), then click Save. Note that the drive (Z) of the card on your computer may not be that shown in the screen capture above.
940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations Advanced Operations 4.1 Work Mode SETUP mode: Use to configure the camera or to playback photos or video clips. ON mode: When motion is detected in the monitoring region, the camera will take pictures or videos in accordance with the configuration settings.
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940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations Set the camera date and time. You can change the date and time by setting this parameter Set Clock when necessary, e.g., after every battery change. The date format is month/day/year, the time format is hour: minute: second.
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940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations There are four Send modes: Manual works in SETUP mode, Daily and Instant work in ON mode. OFF closes the communication function. 1. Manual: Select Manual in the Send To frame. Ensure a SIM card is installed. Video information cannot be sent if you choose Phone MMS;...
940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations In this mode the camera can play an audio file. The audio file must be saved in the directory \DCIM\100BMCIM\ with the name AUDIxxxx (xxxx from 0000 to 9999) in WAV format. Set Game Call Game Call to ON, or choose the audio file in the Windows app.
940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations Setting Items Default Options Description Two way SMS Ctrl communication Set the time and Game Call frequency of audio playback čeština, Dansk (Version 1), Deutsch, Italiano, Language English Norsk, Pусский (Version 2), Suomi, Svenskt Beep Sound...
940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations Functions User Level Receive emergency calling administrator, normal user Send SMS for on spot picture administrator, normal user Call the camera to listen in live voice administrator, normal user Receive MMS when triggered administrator, normal user...
940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations 4.6 SMS Command List SMS command formats are shown below. A. Set GSM/WCDMA Parameters Function SMS Command Set Normal Users #n#13800138001#13800138002#13800138003# Phone Number #m#http://mmsc.monternet.com#10.0.0.172#80#c mwap# name#password# Set MMS Parameters (The parameters in this example are for the carrier...
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940-GSM4 4 Advanced Operations #e#po# (Off) or #e#ph# (High) or #e#pn# (Normal) Change PIR Trigger or #e#pl# (Low) Change PIR Interval #e#i30m# (30 min) or #e#i30s# (30 sec) #e#mp# (phone) or #e#me# (email) or #e#mc# (call) Change Send To or #e#mg# (email GPRS)
940-GSM4 Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone Figure 5 shows 5 kinds of detection ranges at different detection angles. This camera has an 120 foot detection zone with a 60 degree PIR. Figure 5. PIR Detection Zone The PIR detection angle (α) is smaller than the field of view (FOV) angle (β).
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940-GSM4 Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone This camera has a patented PIR design. The PIR detection range can extend up to 100 ft. Figure 7 shows the compared detection zone between normal PIR and the new PIR. Figure 7. Comparison of Detection Zones of new and existing PIRs...
940-GSM4 Appendix II: Error Codes Appendix II: Error Codes Code Meaning Description Possible cause: 1. No receiving cellphone number was setup. Non-existent 2. No receiving E-mail address was setup. 3915 address Suggestion: 1. Check the MMS settings; enter the necessary parameters.
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Appendix Ⅱ: Error Code 940-GSM4 Possible cause: 1. The GSM network is poor or not well covered with the GPRS network. 2. An instability in signal transmission causes some MMS parameters to be missing when the GSM base station perform a data analysis. If...
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