Fisheye Network Camera MS-C9674-PB This Manual explains how to use and manage Milesight Fisheye Network Camera on your network. Previous experience of networking will be of use when using the products. Please read this manual carefully before operation and retain it for future reference.
Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measures are divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may be caused if any of these warnings is neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may be caused if any of these cautions are neglected.
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EU Conformity Statement 2012/19/EU (WEEE directive): Products marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. For proper recycling, return this product to your local supplier upon the purchase of equivalent new equipment, or dispose of it at designated collection points.
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3.1.1 Assigning An IP Address Using Smart Tools ..............6 3.1.2 Assign An IP Address via Browser ................10 3.2 Accessing from the Web Browser ..................12 3.3 Accessing from Milesight VMS (Video Management Software) ........... 15 Chapter IV System Operation Guide....................16 4.1 Live Video..........................16 4.1.1 Operations on Live View Page..................
Chapter I Product Description 1.1 Product Overview Milesight provides a consistent range of cost-effective and reliable Fisheye Network Camera to fully meet your requirements. Based on embedded Linux operating system, Milesight Fisheye Network Camera could be easily accessed and managed either locally or remotely with great reliability.
1.3 Hardware Overview Fisheye Network Camera Figure 1-3-1 Fisheye Network Camera Note: 1) DC 12V and PoE are available for power supply. 2) Built-in SD card slot can be seen after rotating open the cover, removing the 3 screws and open the front panel.
1.4 System Requirements Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/Server 2000/Server 2008 CPU: 1.66GHz or higher RAM: 1G or higher Graphic memory: 128MB or more Internet protocol: TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6) Web Browsers: Internet Explorer 8.0 and above version, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.
Chapter II Network Connection 2.1 Setting the Camera over the LAN Connecting the camera to a switch or a router is the most common connection method. The camera must be assigned an IP address that is compatible with its LAN. 2.1.1 Connect the Camera to the PC Directly In this method, only when the computer connected to a camera, it will be able to view the camera.
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Step5: Configure the DDNS settings in the setting interface of the router; Step6: Visit the camera via the domain name. Figure 2-2 Connect the network camera via a router using dynamic IP...
3.1 Assigning An IP Address The Network Camera must be assigned an IP address to be accessible. The default IP address of Milesight Network Camera is 192.168.5.190. The default user name is “admin”, and password is “ms1234”. You can either change the IP address of the camera via Smart Tools or browser. Please connect the camera in the same LAN of your computer.
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Step3: Select a camera or multiple cameras according to the MAC addresses; Figure 3-1-2 Select single camera Figure 3-1-3 Select multiple cameras...
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Step4: Type the User Name and Password (admin/ms1234 for default, please change your password for your device security); Figure 3-1-4 Type the User Name and Password Step5: Change the IP address or other network values, and then click “Modify” button; Figure 3-1-5 Modify...
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Step6: Change the IP address successfully; Figure 3-1-6 Change IP address successfully Step7: By double clicking the selected camera or the browser of interested camera, you can access the camera via web browser directly. The Internet Explorer window will pop up. Figure 3-1-7 Login interface More usage of Smart Tools, please refer to the Smart Tools User Manual.
Click “Advanced”, and then click “IP settings” “IP address” “Add” (See Figure 3-1-9). In the pop-up window, enter an IP address that in the same segment with Milesight network camera ( e.g. 192.168.5.61, but please note that this IP address shall not conflict with the IP address on the existing network);...
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Figure 3-1-9 Setting IP Address of Computer Step2: Start the browser. In the address bar, enter the default IP address of the camera: http://192.168.5.190; Step3: Enter the user name and password when the LOGIN page appears; Default user name: admin Default password: ms1234 Figure 3-1-10 Login...
Figure 3-2-2. Please click “Finish” and refresh the browser, then you will see the video. Figure 3-2-2 Finish installation If IE9 or higher version browser is used, it is suggested that the Milesight camera web link should be added as a trusted site. See the instructions as follows:...
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Figure 3-2-3 To add the permission Step2: Select “Security” to “Trusted”; Figure 3-2-4 To trust the control Step3: Enter the IP address of the camera in the blank and click “Add”; Figure 3-2-5 Add the website to the zone...
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Step4: Enter the IP address. After logging on network camera’s web GUI successfully, user is allowed to view live video as follows. Figure 3-2-6 Live View Interface (Multi-Channel Mode) Figure 3-2-7 Live View Interface (Bundle-Stream Mode)
The interface of Milesight VMS is very easy to use, intuitive, with easy access to the most common activities, such as viewing live video, searching through recordings and exporting videos and snapshots.
Chapter IV System Operation Guide 4.1 Live Video After logging in the network camera web GUI successfully, you are allowed to view live video as follows. Figure 4-1-1 Live view interface (Multi-Channel Mode) Figure 4-1-2 Live view interface (Bundle-Stream Mode)
4.1.1 Operations on Live View Page Display Control Display Control allows you to select install type, display mode, window screen and channel of live view. Table 4-1-1 Description of Display Control buttons Parameter Description Click to select ceiling mounting. Ceiling Mounting Click to select wall mounting.
Click to set window layout to “1*1”/ “2*2”/ “1+4”. Window Layout (Only for Multi-Channel Mode) Click to display images at a window size. Window Size Click to display images at a real size. Real Size Click to display images at full-screen. Full Screen Note: A.
Set the saving path for captured images and video recordings of operating on the live view Saving Path Settings When it is enabled, you can zoom in in a specific area of video image with your mouse wheel Enable Digital Zoom Brightness: Adjust the Brightness of the scene Contrast: Adjust the color and light contrast Saturation: Adjust the Saturation of the image.
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PTZ Speed Click to zoom in and zoom out Enable to set 255 preset positions for each regional view channel Preset Enable to set 8 patrol paths for each regional view channel Patrol Other Table 4-1-1 Description of other buttons/icons Parameter Description Choose Primary Stream/Secondary Stream to show on the...
4.1.2 Set / Call a preset / Patrol A preset is a predefined image position. You can click the call button from the preset list to quickly go to the desired image position. Set a preset: Step1: In the PTZ control panel, select a preset number from the preset list; Figure 4-1-3 Set a Preset Step2: Use the PTZ control buttons to move the lens to the interested position;...
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Set a patrol: Step1: In the PTZ control panel, click to enter the patrol settings interface; Step2: Select a patrol number, the setting icon will appear , click it; Step3: Click to add presets to this patrol, as shown in Figure 4-1-5; Figure 4-1-5 Configure a Patrol Step4: Configure the preset number, patrol speed and patrol time;...
Note: The three buttons behind the Patrol list means: Play, Set and Delete. 4.2 Playback This section explains how to view the recorded video files stored in SD cards. Step1: Click and then click on the menu bar to enter playback interface;...
Table 4-2-1 Description of the buttons Button Operation Play Pause Stop Speed Down Speed Up Audio On/Off Search Go To Time Narrow/Expand Start/Stop Recording Snapshot Zoom On/Off Full Screen Note: Drag the progress bar with the mouse to locate the exact playback point. You can also input the time and click to locate the playback point in the Set Playback Time filed.
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Figure 4-3-1 Stream Settings (Multi-Channel Mode) Figure 4-3-2 Stream Settings (Bundle-Stream Mode) Parameters Function Introduction The number of channels are variable according to the selected display mode. Channel 1O and 1P display one channel. 2P displays two channels. (Only for Multi-Channel 4R, 1O3R and 1P3R display four channels.
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4000*3000, 3000*3000, 2560*2560, 1920*1920, 1280*1280 are available frame size for original fisheye view in 1O. 2560*2560, 1920*1920, 1280*1280 are available frame size for original fisheye view in 1O3R and 1O1P3R. 3000*752, 2560*640, 1920*480 are available frame size for 360° panoramic view Frame Size in 1P and 1P3R.
4.3.2 Image Display information, enhancement of image and Day/Night setting can be set in this module. OSD (On Screen Display) content and video time can be displayed to rich the image information. Display Figure 4-3-3 Display Settings Table 4-3-2 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Power Line Frequency...
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Customize mode is available. Near view level Adjust the light strength of Low-Beams LED light level from 0 to 100. Far view level Adjust the light strength of High-Beams LED light level from 0 to 100. Outdoor/Indoor Mode Select indoor or outdoor mode to meet your needs. Enhancement Figure 4-3-4 Enhancement Settings Table 4-3-3 Description of the buttons...
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Single Mode/Schedule Set single mode or schedule mode for BLC/WDR/HLC Mode Off, Customize, and Centre are available (in single mode, only enable when WDR is disable) Off: Calculate the full range of view and offer appropriate light compensation BLC Region This option enables you to customize inclusive or exclusive Customize: region manually...
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Table 4-3-4 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Exposure Level Level 0~10 are available to meet your need. Minimum Shutter Set the maximum exposure time to 1/5~1/100000. IR-CUT Interval The interval time of switching one mode to another. IR-CUT Turn on or turn off IR-CUT.
By using Milesight ROI technology, more than 50% of bit rate can be saved and therefore less bandwidth demanded and the storage usage reduced. So according to this, you can set a small bit...
Figure 4-3-11 ROI Settings Table 4-3-7 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Enable Check the checkbox to enable the ROI function Clear All Clear all areas you drew before Video Stream Choose the Video Stream Note: A. You can set a low bit rate. For example, you can set a bit rate of 512Kbps and a resolution of 1080P, then you can see the image quality of ROI is more clear and fluent than the other region.
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Figure 4-3-12 Audio Settings Table 4-3-8 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Enable Audio Check on the checkbox to enable audio feature. Denoise: Set it as On/Off. When you set the function on, the noise detected can be filtered. Encoding: G711-ULaw, G711-ALaw and AAC LC are available;...
Figure 4-3-13 Audio File 4.3.4 Network TCP/IP Figure 4-3-14 TCP/IP Settings Table 4-3-9 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Get IPv4 Address Get an IP address from the DHCP server automatically. Automatically IPv4 Address: It is used to identify a network camera on the network; Use fixed IP address IPv4 Subnet Mask: It is used for identifying the subnet where the network...
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camera is located; IPv4 Default Router: It is the default router address; Preferred DNS Server: The DNS Server translates the domain name to IP address; IPv6 Mode: Choose different mode for IPv6: Manual/Route Advertisement/ DHCPv6; IPv6 Address: It is used to identify a network camera on the network; IPv6 Prefix: Define the prefix length of IPv6 address;...
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HTTP URL are as below: Stream Main Stream http://username:password@IP:port/ipcam/mjpeg.cgi Secondary Stream http://username:password@IP:port/ipcam/mjpegcif.cgi RTSP Figure 4-3-16 RTSP Settings Table 4-3-11 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction RTSP Port The port of RTSP, the default is 554. Playback Port The port of playback, the default is 555. There are Better Compatibility and Better Performance two options.
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RTSP URL for Multi-Channel Mode are as below: Stream Channel 01 rtsp://IP:RTSP Port/main rtsp://IP:RTSP Port/sub Channel 02 Channel 03 rtsp://IP:RTSP Port/third rtsp://IP:RTSP Port/forth Channel 04 Channel 05 rtsp://IP:RTSP Port/fifth Note: 1) Get the format of RTSP URL by clicking “ ”on the right side of RTSP Port.
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IP address and update your domain information dynamically. You need to register an account from a provider. Figure 4-3-18 DDNS Settings You can choose “ddns.milesight.com” as provider for DDNS. After enabling, you can access the device via the URL “http://ddns.milesight.com/MAC address” . Table 4-3-13 Description of the buttons...
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Host name DDNS name enabled in the account Note: 1)Please do the Port Forwarding of HTTP Port and RTSP Port before you use Milesight DDNS. 2)Make sure that the internal and the external port number of RTSP are the same. Email Alarm video files can be sent to specific mail account through SMTP server.
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Recipient Email Email address to receive video files Address1 Recipient Email Email address to receive video files Address2 Encryption Check the checkbox to enable SSL or TLS if it is required by the SMTP server. Alarm video files can be sent to specific FTP server. You must configure the FTP settings correctly before using it.
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Figure 4-3-21 VLAN Settings Note: 1) How to set up VLAN in switches, please refers to your switches user manual. PPPoE This camera supports the PPPoE auto dial-up function. The camera gets a public IP address by ADSL dial-up after the camera is connected to a modem. You need to configure the PPPoE parameters of the network camera.
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Figure 4-3-23 SNMP Settings Table 4-3-16 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction The version of SNMP, please select the version of your SNMP software. SNMP v1: Provide no security SNMP v1/2/3 SNMP v2: Require password for access SNMP v3: Provide encryption and the HTTPS protocol must be enabled Write Community Input the name of Write Community Read Community...
Note: 1) The settings of SNMP software should be the same as the settings you configure here; 2) A reboot is required for the settings to take effect. 4.3.5 Date&Time Figure 4-3-24 Date&Time Settings Current System Time Current date&time of the system Set the System Time Table 4-3-17 Description of the buttons Parameters...
4.4 Advanced Settings 4.4.1 Alarm Motion Detection Step1: Check the checkbox to enable the motion detection; Step2: Set motion region; Figure 4-4-1 Motion Region Settings Table 4-4-1 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Enable Motion Check the checkbox to enable Motion Detection function. Detection Normal and Compatible are available for the option.
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Step3: Set motion detection schedule; Figure 4-4-2 Schedule Settings Step4: Set alarm action; Figure 4-4-3 Alarm Action Table 4-4-2 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Save Into SD Card Save alarm recording files into SD Card. Save Into NAS Save alarm recording files into NAS.
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If the camera equips with Speaker, you can enable the action after configuring the Play Audio audio speaker. Alarm to SIP Phone Support to call the SIP phone after enable the SIP function. HTTP Notification Support to pop up the alarm news to specified HTTP URL. NOTE: The HTTP notification function is just one way for camera to send messages to VMS Software.
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Step3: Choose use motion detection by external notification; Step4: If successful, you can see the device icon turn yellow in the Surveillance when the camera is under Motion Detection Alarm; So, it's the VMS Software which decides whether we can use this function successfully. Step5: Set alarm settings.
Audio Alarm Enable the Audio before using Audio Alarm function. Figure 4-4-5 Schedule Settings Figure 4-4-6 Alarm Settings Please refer to table 4-4-2 and 4-4-3 to get the meaning of items.
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External Input Figure 4-4-7 Schedule Settings Figure 4-4-8 Alarm Settings The meaning of items please refer to table 4-4-2 and 4-4-3, here will not repeat again.
Other Alarm Figure 4-4-9 Other Alarm Table 4-4-4 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Network Lost, Tampering and IP Address Conflicted are available Alarm Type Check the checkbox to enable the alarm type you selected Save Into SD Card: Save alarm recording files into SD Card External Output: If the camera equips with External Output, you can enable the Alarm Action action after configuring the trigger duration...
External Output Figure 4-4-10 External Output Settings Please set the Normal Status firstly, when the Current Status is different with Normal Status, it will lead to the alarm. 4.4.2 Storage Before you start: To configure record settings, please make sure that you have the network storage device within the network or the SD card inserted in your camera.
Record Schedule Figure 4-4-14 Record Schedule Table 4-4-5 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Record Storage Type SD or NAS are available. File Sizes: Set record file size, (10-256)M Record Frame Type: All/Key Record Settings (All: Record all the frame Key: Only record I-frame) Schedule Settings Click the Edit button to edit record schedule.
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Figure 4-4-15 NAS Settings Table 4-4-6 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Server Address IP address of NAS server File Path Input the NAS file path, e.g. “\path”. NFS and SMB/CIFS are available. And you can set the user name and password to Mounting Type guarantee the security if SMB/CIFS is selected.
Table 4-4-7 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Enable Time Snapshot: Check the checkbox to enable the Timing Snapshot function; Interval: Set the snapshots interval, input the number and choose the unit(millisecond, second, minute, hour, day); Save Into SD Card: Save the snapshots into SD card, and choose the file name to add time suffix or overwrite the base file name;...
Table 4-4-8 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Allow anonymous viewing: Check the checkbox to enable visit from whom Manage Privilege doesn’t have account of the device. User Name: Input user name for creating an account; User Password: Input password for the account; Account Management Confirm User Password: Confirm the password;...
Internet Protocol(IP) networks. This page allows user to configure SIP related parameters. Milesight cameras can be configured as SIP endpoint to call out when alarm triggered; or allow permitted number to call in to check the video if the video IP phone is used.
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SIP Settings Figure 4-4-21 SIP Settings Table 4-4-11 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Unregistered/ SIP registration status. Display “Unregistered” or “Registered” Registered Enable Start or stop using SIP Choose to use Enable mode or Disable mode. Enable mode means to use SIP with Register Mode register account.
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Note: 1) SIP supports Directly IP call; 2) SIP only supports second stream with H.265/H.264 Video Compression. Alarm Phone List Figure 4-4-22 Alarm Phone List Table 4-4-12 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Phone Number(Call by phone number) & Direct IP Call(Check to accept peer to Phone Type peer IP call).
Table 4-4-13 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Phone Type Phone Number(Call by phone number) & Direct IP Call Phone Number/ Including the phone number or IP address on the white list IP Address Enable White List When enabled, it can only visited by the designated phone number or IP Number Filter address.
Multi-Channel Mode: the Multi-Channel Mode sends all the original channels to NVR or VMS, so the channels can be modified separately. Note: We recommend Bundle-Stream mode with Milesight NVR. 4.4.6 Logs The logs contain the information about the time and IP that has accessed the camera through web.
4.5 System All information about the hardware and software of the camera can be checked on this page. Figure 4-5-1 System Information Table 4-5-1 Description of the parameters Parameters Function Introduction Device Name The device name can be customized. It will be seen in file names of video files. Product Model The product model of the camera Hardware Version...
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Figure 4-5-2 Maintenance Table 4-5-2 Description of the buttons Parameters Function Introduction Hardware Version: The hardware version of the camera; Software Version: The software version of the camera; System Upgrade Firmware File: Select the firmware used to upgrade. Reset after Upgrading: Select this option to reset camera after upgrading it. Reboot the device: Click “Reboot”...
Chapter V Services Milesight Technology Co., Ltd provides customers with timely and comprehensive technical support services. End-users can contact your local dealer to obtain technical support. Distributors and resellers can contact directly with Milesight for technical support. Technical Support Mailbox: support@milesight.com Web: http://www.milesight.com...
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