IP Camera VCMA-99 User Manual

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Mega-Pixel IP CAMERA
VCMA-99
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual Mega-Pixel IP CAMERA VCMA-99 1/37...
  • Page 2 WARINGS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC OBJECT THROUGH VENTILATION GRILLS. CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION:TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ........................7 ARDWARE NSTALLATION IP A ............................7 SSIGNMENT :........................10 NSTALL CTIVE CONTROL LIVE VIDEO............................12 IP CAMERA CONFIGURATION......................14 ..............................15 YSTEM ..............................18 ETWORK A/V S ............................24 ETTING .............................. 31 VENT NETWORK CONFIGURATION ......................35 VII.
  • Page 4: Preface

    I. 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 & JPEG video compression which provides smooth and high video quality. The video can be stored in the SD card, and playback remotely.
  • Page 5 Network Ethernet 10/ 100 Base-T Wireless (Optional) 802.11b/g 64/ 128 bit Network Protocol HTTP, TCP/ IP, SMTP, FTP, PPPoE, DHCP, DDNS, NTP, 3GPP, UPnP System Video Resolution 1280x1024, 640x480, 320x240, 160x120 Video adjust Brightness, Contrast, exposure, sharpness Dual Streaming Image snapshot Full screen monitoring Compression format MPEG-4/ MJPEG...
  • Page 6: Product Installation

    III. Product Installation A. Monitor Setting Right-Click on the desktop. Select “ Properties” Change color quality to highest (32bit). 6/37...
  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    For further explanation, please refer to chapter VI, “Network Configuration for IP CAMERA”. C. IP Assignment Use the software, “IP Installer” to assign the IP address of IP CAMERA. The software is in the attached software CD. IP Installer supports two languages: IPInstallerCht.exe:Chinese version...
  • Page 8 “Search Device” to search again. viii. Click one of the IP Camera listed on the left side. The network configuration of this IP camera will show on the right side. You may change the “name” of the IP Camera to your preference (eg: Office, warehouse).
  • Page 9 Properties Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties Please make sure your IP Camera and PC have the same Subnet. If not, please change IP Camera subnet or PC IP subnet accordingly. A quick way to access remote monitoring is to left-click the mouse twice on a selected IP Camera listed on “Device list”...
  • Page 10: Install Active Xcontrol

    D. 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…...
  • Page 11 When popup the following dialogue box, click “Yes”. 11/37...
  • Page 12: Live Video

    IV. 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”.
  • Page 13 Shows how many people connect to this IP camera Show system time, video resolution, and video refreshing rate IP CAMERA supports 2-way audio. Click the “Chatting” check box. Then you can use microphone which connect to the PC to talk to server side, which is IP CAMERA side.
  • Page 14: Ip Camera Configuration

    V. IP CAMERA Configuration Click to get into the administration page. Click to back to the live video page. 14/37...
  • Page 15: System

    A. System i、 System Information: Server Information:Set up the camera name, select language, and set up the camera time. Server Name:This is the Camera name. This name will show on the IP Installer. Select language:There are English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese to select.
  • Page 16 Anonymous User Login: Yes:Allow anonymous login No:Need user name & password to access this IP camera Add user: Type the user name and password, then click “Add/Set”. Note: Allow guest to login as a Guest. Guest is only allowed to browse the page.
  • Page 17 To update the firmware online, click “Browse…” to select the firmware. Then click “Upgrade” to proceed. Reboot system:re-start the IP camera Factory default:delete all settings and restore defaults system. Setting Management : User may download the current setting to PC, or upgrade from previous saved setting.
  • Page 18: Network

    B. Network i、 IP Setting IP Camera supports DHCP and static IP. DHCP:Using DHCP, IP Camera will get all the network parameters automatically. Static IP:Please type in IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS manually. Port Assignment: user may need to assign different port to avoid conflict when setting up IP assignment.
  • Page 19 UPnP This IP camera supports UPnP, If this service is enabled on your computer, the camera will automatically be detected and a new icon will be added to “My Network Places.” Note: UPnP must be enabled on your computer. Please follow the procedure to activate UPnP...
  • Page 20 DDNS: IP camera supports DDNS (Dynamic DNS) service. DynDNS: 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.
  • Page 21 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.
  • Page 22 iv、 Wireless Setting (Wireless Network Optional) Supports 802.11 b/g wireless connection. Notice:Wireless network and Ethernet network use the same IP, the user has to unplug Ethernet cable, if Ethernet cable is not unplug, wireless setting can not be executed. Status of Wireless Networks: scan all wireless services.
  • Page 23 Channel : This is used only when the user selects Ad-hoc mode in order to avoid conflict. Security:It supports “None”, “WEP”, “WPA-PSK” security encryption based on the setting of the Router. WEP: Authentication:There are Open System and Shared Keys, it is based on different encryptions. This has to be the same as the Router’s setting.
  • Page 24: A/V Setting

    C. A/V Setting i、 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.
  • Page 25 Streaming 1 Basic Mode: Resolution: There are 4 resolutions to choose. SXGA – 1280×1024 VGA – 640×480 QVGA – 320×240 QQVGA – 160×120 Quality: There are 5 levels to adjust. The higher the quality is, the bigger the file size is. Video Frame Rate: The video refreshing rate per second Max 30 FPS (10FPS at resolution 1280x1024)
  • Page 26 Streaming 1 Advanced Mode: Resolution: There are 4 resolutions to choose. SXGA – 1280×1024 VGA – 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...
  • Page 27 Streaming 2 Basic Mode: (Dual Streaming is supported only when resolution is set at VGA or below) Resolution: There are 3 resolutions to choose. VGA – 640×480 QVGA – 320×240 QQVGA – 160×120 Quality: There are 5 levels to adjust. The higher the quality is, the bigger the file size is.
  • Page 28 Streaming 2 Advanced Mode: Resolution: There are 3 resolutions to choose. VGA – 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...
  • Page 29 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:...
  • Page 30 Camera) For local PC to IP camera, check “chatting” in the browsing page (You will need a mic to send audio from local PC to IP Camera) The Audio will not be smooth when enable SD card recording function simultaneously.
  • Page 31: Event List

    IP CAMERA provides multiple event settings. i、 Event Setting 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.
  • Page 32 This function is only enabled in wire connection. Network IP check For the use of recording software, IP CAMERA supports the detection of network connection. Whenever the connection is down, it records the video to SD card. To use this function, key in the IP address of the PC which is installed in the recording software, and enable the function of “Save to SD card”, then click “Apply”.
  • Page 33 ii、 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 the IP CAMERA slightly, such as affecting the frame rate of the video.
  • Page 34 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 the box, then click Del.
  • Page 35: Network Configuration

    IP address:More than one real IP or one dynamic IP c. IP CAMERA and PC connect to the internet d. Device needed:Switch Hub e. For fixed real IP, set up the IP into IP CAMERA and PC. For dynamic IP, start PPPoE. 35/37...
  • Page 36 Configuration 3: Internet Access:ADSL or Cable Modem IP address:one real IP or one dynamic IP IP CAMERA and PC connect to the internet Device needed:IP sharing Use virtual IP, set up port forwarding in IP sharing. 36/37...
  • Page 37: Factory Default

    To recover the default IP address and password, please follow the following steps. ii、 Remove power, and press and hold the button in the back of IP CAMERA. iii、 Power on the camera. Don’t release the button during the system booting.

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