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CAMERAS IP ADVANCE SERIES
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  • Page 1 CAMERAS IP ADVANCE SERIES Please read this manual thoroughly before use and keep it for future reference...
  • Page 2 WARNING  This product is intended to be supplied by a Listed Power Unit, marked with 'Limited Power Source', 'LPS' on unit, output rated minimum 12VDC/2 A or POE 48VDC/ 350mA or 24VAC (depending on models), no more than 2000m altitude of operation and Tma= 60°C.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Network Connection ..................1 LAN ......................1 1.1.1 Access through Comelit Advance IP Tool ........1 1.1.2 Access through Internet Explorer ........... 3 WAN ......................5 Live View ......................8 Network Camera Configuration ..............10 System Configuration ................10 3.1.1...
  • Page 4 3.5.8 UPNP ................... 44 3.5.9 Email .................... 44 3.5.10 FTP ....................45 3.5.11 HTTPS ..................46 3.5.12 P2P (Optional) ................47 3.5.13 QoS ....................48 Security Configuration ................48 3.6.1 User Configuration ............... 48 3.6.2 Online User .................. 49 3.6.3 Block and Allow Lists ..............

  • Page 5: Network Connection

    1.1.1 Access through Comelit Advance IP Tool Network connection: ① Make sure the PC and IPC are connected to the LAN and the Comelit Advance IP Tool is installed in the PC. ② Double click the Comelit Advance IP Tool icon on the desktop to run this software as shown below: ③...
  • Page 6 For example, the IP address of your computer is 192.168.1.4. Therefore, the IP address of the camera shall be changed to 192.168.1.X. After modification, please enter the password of the administrator and click the “Modify” button to modify the setting. ...

  • Page 7: Access Through Internet Explorer

    The system will pop up the above textbox to ask you to change the default password. It is strongly recommended to change the default password for account security. If “Do not show again” is checked, the textbox will not appear the next time. 1.1.2 Access through Internet Explorer The default network settings are shown below: IP address: 192.168.1.150...
  • Page 8 Select “Properties” and then select internet protocol (for example: IPv4). Next, click the “Properties” button to set the network of the PC. ② Open the Internet Explorer browser, enter the default address of the IPC and confirm. ③ Follow instructions to download and install the ActiveX control. ④...

  • Page 9: Wan

    1.2 WAN  Access through the router or virtual server ① Make sure the camera is connected to the local network and then log in the camera via LAN and go to ConfigNetworkPort menu to set the port number. Port Setup ②...
  • Page 10 Router Setup ④ Open the Internet Explorer browser and enter its WAN IP and http port to access. (for example, if the http port is changed to 81, please enter “192.198.1.150:81” in the address bar of web browser to access). ...
  • Page 11  Access through static IP Network connection The setup steps are as follow: ① Go to ConfigNetworkPort menu to set the port number. ② Go to Config NetworkTCP/IP menu to set the IP address. Check “Use the following IP address” and then enter the static IP address and other parameters. ③...

  • Page 12: Live View

    2 Live view After logging in, the following window will be shown. The following table show the icons on the live view interface. Icon Description Icon Description AZ control (only available for Original size the model with motorized zoom lens ) Fit correct scale SD card recording indicator Auto (fill the window)
  • Page 13 Those smart alarm indicators will flash only if the camera supports those functions and the corresponding events are enabled. In full screen mode, double click with the mouse to exit or press the ESC key on the keyboard. Click AZ control button to show AZ control panel. The descriptions of the control panel are as follows: Icon Description...

  • Page 14: Network Camera Configuration

    3 Network camera configuration In the client, choose “Config” to go to the configuration interface. Note: click the “Save” button to save the settings. 3.1 System Configuration 3.1.1 Basic Information In the “Basic Information” interface, the information of the device are listed. Some versions may support device ID and QR code.

  • Page 15: Local Configuration

    Select the time zone and DST as required. Click the “Date and Time” tab to set the time mode. 3.1.3 Local Configuration Go to ConfigSystemLocal Config to set up the storage path of captured pictures and recorded videos on the local PC. There is also an option to enable or disable the bitrate display in the recorded files.
  • Page 16  Micro-SD card management Click the “Format” button to format the micro-SD card. All data will be erased by clicking this button. Click the “Eject” button to stop writing data to micro-SD card. Then the micro-SD card can be removed safely. Snapshot Quota: set the capacity of captured pictures on the micro-SD card.
  • Page 17 Weekly schedule Set the alarm record time from Monday to Sunday for a single week. Each day is divided in one hour. Green means scheduled. Blank means unscheduled. “Add”: add the schedule for a specific day. Drag the mouse to set the time on the timeline.

  • Page 18: Image Configuration

    Set the format, resolution and quality of the image saved on the micro-SD card, the snapshot interval and quantity and the timing snapshot here. Snapshot Quantity: is the maximum quantity of snapshots. The actual quantity of snapshots may be less than this number. Supposing the occurrence time of an alarm event is less than the time of capturing pictures, the actual quantity of snapshots is less than the set quantity of snapshots.
  • Page 19 Brightness: set the brightness level. Contrast: set the contrast. Hue: set the hue. Saturation: set the saturation. WDR: see HWDR below. Sharpness: set the sharpness. Noise Reduction: decrease the noise to make the image more thorough. Increasing the value will make the noise reduction effect better but it will reduce the image resolution.
  • Page 20 HFR: High Frame Rate. If “ON” is selected, the system will restart and then the maximum value of the frame rate of the main stream can be set to 60 fps /50fps Antiflicker:  Off: disables the anti-flicker function. This is used in outdoor installations. ...

  • Page 21: Video / Audio Configuration

    3.2.2 Video / Audio Configuration Go to ImageVideo / Audio interface as shown below. In this interface, set the resolution, frame rate, bitrate type, video quality and so on. Click the “Audio” tab to go to the interface as shown below. Three video streams can be adjustable.

  • Page 22: Osd Configuration

    watermark text. Audio Encoding: G711A or G711U. Audio Type: LIN or MIC. 3.2.3 OSD Configuration Go to ImageOSD interface as shown below. Set timestamp, device name, OSD content and picture overlap here. After enabling, entering the content and drag them to change their position. Then click the “Save” button to save the settings.

  • Page 23: Roi Configuration

    To set up video mask: 1. Enable video mask. 2. Click the “Draw Area” button and then drag the mouse to draw the area. 3. Click the “Save” button to save the settings. 4. Return to the live to verify the area. Click the “Clear”...

  • Page 24: Lens Control

    1. Check “Enable” and then click the “Draw Area” button. 2. Drag the mouse to set the ROI area. 3. Set the level. 4. Click the “Save” button to save the settings. 3.2.6 Lens Control This function is only available for the models with motorized zoom lens. In this section, zoom and focus can be controlled.

  • Page 25: Alarm Configuration

    3.3 Alarm Configuration 3.3.1 Motion Detection Go to AlarmMotion Detection to set motion detection alarm. 1. Check “Enable” check box to activate the function. Alarm Out: if selected, this would trigger an external relay output that is connected to the camera on detecting a motion based alarm. Trigger Snap: if selected, the system will capture images on motion detection and save the images on the micro-SD card.

  • Page 26: Other Alarms

    Trigger SD Recording: if selected, video will be recorded on the micro-SD card on motion detection. Trigger Email: if “Trigger Email” and “Attach Picture” are checked (email address must be set first in the Email configuration interface), the captured pictures and triggered event will be sent via e-mail.
  • Page 27 2. Click “Enable” and set the Alarm Holding Time. 3. Set alarm trigger options. The setup steps are the same as motion detection. Please refer to motion detection chapter for details.  Micro-SD card error When there are some errors in writing the micro-SD card, the corresponding alarms will be triggered.

  • Page 28: Alarm In

    2. Click “Enable” and set the Alarm Holding Time. 3. Trigger Alarm Out. When the IP address of the camera is in conflict with the IP address of other devices, the system will trigger the alarm out.  Cable disconnected This function is only available for some models.

  • Page 29: Alarm Out

    1. Click “Enable” and set the Alarm Type, Alarm Holding Time and Sensor Name. 2. Set alarm trigger options. The setup steps are the same as motion detection. Please refer to motion detection chapter for details. 3. Click “Save” button to save the settings. 4.

  • Page 30: Alarm Server

    - Manual Operation: after selecting this mode, set the Alarm Type and click “Open” to trigger the alarm out immediately. Click “Close” to stop alarm output. - Day/Night Switch Linkage: after selecting this mode, set the Alarm Type and then choose to Open or Close the alarm output when the camera switches to day mode or night mode.

  • Page 31: Event Configuration

    3.4 Event configuration For more accuracy, here there are some recommendations for installation.  Camera should be installed on stable surface, the vibrations can affect the accuracy of detection.  Avoid pointing the camera at the reflective surfaces (like shiny floors, mirrors, glass, lake surfaces and so on).

  • Page 32: Line Crossing

    as motion detection. Please refer to motion detection chapter for details. 3. Click “Save” button to save the settings. 4. Set the sensitivity of the exception detection. Click “Sensitivity” tab to go to the interface as shown below. Drag the slider to set the sensitivity value or directly enter the sensitivity value in the textbox.
  • Page 33 1. Enable line crossing alarm and select the snapshot type and the detection target. Save Panoramic Picture: if it is enabled, the detected panoramic pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected. Save Target Cutout: if it is enabled, the detected target cutout pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected.

  • Page 34: Region Entrance

    from A to B. AB: the alarm will be triggered when the intruder/vehicle crossover the alarm line from B to A. Click the “Draw Area” button and then drag the mouse to draw a line in the image. Click the “Stop Draw” button to stop drawing. Click the “Clear” button to delete the lines.
  • Page 35 1. Enable region entrance detection and select the snapshot type and the detection target. Save Panoramic Picture: if it is enabled, the detected panoramic pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected. Save Target Cutout: if it is enabled, the detected target cutout pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected.

  • Page 36: Region Exiting

    2. Set the alarm holding time. 3. Set alarm trigger options. The setup steps are the same as motion detection. Please refer to motion detection chapter for details. 4. Click “Save” button to save the settings. 5. Set the area and the sensitivity of the line crossing alarm. Click the “Area” tab to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 37 1. Enable region exiting detection and select the snapshot type and the detection target. Save Panoramic Picture: if it is enabled, the detected panoramic pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected. Save Target Cutout: if it is enabled, the detected target cutout pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected.

  • Page 38: Intrusion

    2. Set the alarm holding time. 3. Set alarm trigger options. The setup steps are the same as motion detection. Please refer to motion detection chapter for details. 4. Click “Save” button to save the settings. 5. Set the area and the sensitivity of the line crossing alarm. Click the “Area” tab to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 39 1. Enable intrusion alarm and select the snapshot type and the detection target. Save Panoramic Picture: if it is enabled, the detected panoramic pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected. Save Target Cutout: if it is enabled, the detected target cutout pictures will be captured and saved to the local PC or micro-SD card when there are targets detected.
  • Page 40 4. Click “Save” button to save the settings. 5. Set the area and the sensitivity of the line crossing alarm. Click the “Area” tab to go to the interface as shown below. Set the alarm area number on the right side. Up to 4 alarm areas can be added. Click the “Draw Area”...

  • Page 41: Face Detection

    3.4.6 Face detection This function is only available for some models. Face detection function detect the face appearing in the surveillance scene. Alarm will be triggered when a face is detected. The setting steps are as follows: Go to ConfigEventFace Detection as shown below. Enable the face detection function.
  • Page 42 Click “Draw Area” and drag the border lines of the rectangle to modify its size. Move the rectangle to change its position. Click “Stop Draw” to stop drawing the area. Click “Clear” to clear the area. Then set the detectable face size by defining the maximum value and the minimum value (the default size range of a single face image occupies from 3% to 50% of the entire image).

  • Page 43: Network Configuration

    ※ Camera configuration and surrounding area 1. Cameras must be installed in the area with stable and adequate light sources. 2. The installation height ranges from 2.0m to 3.5m, adjustable according to the focal-length and object distances. 3. The mounting angle of the camera shall be less than or equal to 15°. 4.

  • Page 44: Port

    Enable PPPoE and then enter the user name and password from your ISP. Either methods of network connection can be used. If PPPoE is used to connect internet, the camera will get a dynamic WAN IP address. This IP address will change frequently.

  • Page 45: Server

    This function is used for connecting the Comelit Advance VMS. 1. Check “Enable”. 2. Check the IP address and port of the transfer media server in the Comelit Advance VMS. Then enable the auto report in the Comelit Advance VMS when adding a new device.

  • Page 46: 802.1X

    1. Go to ConfigNetworkSNMP. 2. Check the corresponding version checkbox (Enable SNMPv1, Enable SNMPv2, Enable SNMPv3) according to the version of the SNMP software that will be used. 3. Set the values for “Read SNMP Community”, “Write SNMP Community”, “Trap Address”, “Trap Port”...

  • Page 47: Rtsp

    To use this function, the camera shall be connected to a switch supporting 802.1x protocol. The switch can be reckoned as an authentication system to identify the device in a local network. If the camera connected to the network interface of the switch has passed the authentication of the switch, it can be accessed via the local network.

  • Page 48: Upnp

    Audio: by entering the main/sub stream address in the VLC player, the video and audio will play automatically. If “Allow anonymous login…” is checked, there is no need to enter the username and password to view the video. If “auto start” is enabled, the multicast received data should be added into a VLC player to play the video.

  • Page 49: Ftp

    Sender Address: sender’s e-mail address. Username and Password: sender’s username and password. Server Address: SMTP IP address or hostname. Select the secure connection type at the “Secure Connection” pull-down list according to what’s required. SMTP Port: SMTP port. Send Interval(S): time interval of sending email. For example, if it is set to 60 seconds and multiple motion detection alarms are triggered within 60 seconds, they will be considered as only one alarm event and only one email will be sent.

  • Page 50: Https

    Server Name: name of the FTP server. Server Address: IP address or domain name of the FTP server. Upload Path: directory where files will be uploaded. Port: port of the FTP server. Use Name and Password: Username and Password that are used to login into the FTP server.

  • Page 51: P2P (Optional)

    3.5.12 P2P (optional) If this function is enabled, the network camera can be quickly accessed by adding the device ID in mobile surveillance client or Comelit Advance VMS client via WAN. Enable this function by going to ConfigNetworkP2P interface.

  • Page 52: Qos

    3.5.13 QoS QoS (Quality of Service) function is used to provide different quality of services for different network applications. With insufficient bandwidth, the router or switch will sort the data streams and transfer them according to their priority to solve the network delay and network congestion by using this function.

  • Page 53: Online User

    the live video. Advanced user has the same permissions as an Administrator except for user management, backup settings, factory reset, and upgrading the firmware. 5. Enter the MAC address of the PC in “Bind MAC” textbox. If this option is enabled, only the PC with the specified MAC address can access the camera for that user.

  • Page 54: Block And Allow Lists

    3.6.3 Block and Allow lists Go to ConfigSecurityBlock and Allow Lists as shown below. The setup steps are as follows: Check the “Enable address filtering” check box. Select “Block/Allow the following address”, IPv4/IPv6/MAC and then enter IP address or MAC address in the address box and click the “Add” button. 3.6.4 Security Management Go to ConfigSecuritySecurity Management as shown below.

  • Page 55: Reboot

     Import & Export Settings Configuration settings of the camera can be exported form a camera into another camera. 1. Click “Browse” to select the save path for import or export information on the PC. 2. Click the “Import Setting” or “Export Setting” button. ...

  • Page 56: Operation Log

    1. Click the “Browse” button to select the path of the upgrade file 2. Click the “Upgrade” button to start upgrading the firmware. 3. The device will restart automatically Caution! Do not close the browser or disconnect the camera from the network during the upgrade.

  • Page 57: Search

    4 Search 4.1 Image search Click Search to go to the interface as shown below. The images saved on the micro-SD card can be found here.  Local image search Choose “Picture”—“Local”. Set time: select the date and choose the start and end time. Click to search the images.
  • Page 58 Set time: select the date and choose the start and end time. Choose the alarm events at the bottom of the interface. Click to search the images. Double click on the file name in the list to view the snapshots. Click to return to the previous interface.

  • Page 59: Video Search

    4.2 Video Search 4.2.1 Local video search Click Search to go to the interface as shown below. Videos were recorded locally to the PC can be played in this interface. Choose “Record”—“Local”. Set search time: select the date and choose the start and end time. Click to search the images.

  • Page 60: Micro-Sd Card Video Search

    Icon Description Icon Description Play button. After pausing the video, click Pause button this button to continue playing. Stop button Speed down Speed up Watermark display Enable / disable audio; drag the slider to adjust the volume after enabling audio. 4.2.2 Micro-SD card video search Click Search to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 61 The timetable can be shown in 24h/12h/2h/1h format by clicking the corresponding buttons. Video clip and downloading operations: Search the video files according to the above mentioned steps. Select the start time by clicking on the timetable. Click to set the start time and then this button turns green ( Select the end time by clicking on the timetable.

  • Page 62: Appendix

    C: Web port number has been changed: contact administrator to get the correct port number. D: Exclude the above reasons. Restore to default setting by Comelit Advance IP Tool. Comelit Advance IP tool cannot search devices. The anti-virus software in your computer may cause it. Please stop it and try to search device again.
  • Page 63 No sound can be heard. A：Audio input device is not connected. Please connect and try again. B: Audio function is not enabled at the corresponding channel. Please enable this function.

  • Page 64: Appendix 2 Installation Of Waterproof Rubber Plug

    Appendix 2 - Installation of waterproof rubber plug In order to improve the water-proof effect, the rubber plugs are attached to some network bullet cameras. You may mount the rubber plugs to the mounting base of the camera as requried when installing. The installation instructions are as follows. Please mount the rubber plug into the gap of the mounting base Please let the camber surface of...

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