Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Product Overview Features TRENDnet’s Indoor / Outdoor 4 MP Varifocal PoE IR Network Camera, model TV‐IP344PI, provides powerful 4 MP HD night vision at 30 fps in complete darkness for up to 30m (100ft.). This IP66 weather rated camera features auto‐focus / optical zoom which provides installation flexibility and time savings. Use the included pro‐grade software to manage up to 32 TRENDnet cameras or download the free iOS® or Android™ mobile app. 4 Megapixel Record 2688 x 1520 pixel resolution at a 30 fps in the space saving H.264 compression format Auto‐Focus / Optical Zoom Auto‐focus saves installation and troubleshooting time and remote optical zoom allows users to capture the precise desired viewing field ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Audio Support Product Hardware Features Audio in and out ports for third party microphone and speaker (sold separately) Camera Overview Power Port Save installation costs with Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af) Camera Stand Micro SD Card Slot Add up to 64 GB memory for on‐board video storage Shield D‐WDR Digital Wide Dynamic Range improves video quality in high contrast lighting environments IR Lens Motion Detection Create motion detection windows with separate sensitivity settings and event triggers IPv6 / ONVIF ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Camera Connectors Installation Hardware Installation Viewing Angle Choose the location where has good angle to shoot the image you expect to see. The motion detection area should also be considered when installing the camera. Bracket Installation Turn and lock the bracket into the mounting hole of IP camera. Use screws to fix the ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Waterproofing Camera Installation The camera is designed featuring waterproof. However, you need to protect the cable connectors from water soaking. For example, you can tape the junction points of the 1. Insert the Installation CD‐ROM into your computer’s CD‐ROM drive to initiate the connectors while you connect the cables or purchase a weatherproof cable/power cord Auto‐Run program. Click the Install Camera. protector. Micro SD Slot After installed a Micro SD Card, please ensure the cover was screw tightly to protect water soaking. ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide 3. Plug in and connect the power adapter to the camera. If you are using the PoE to 5. The founded cameras will show on the screen. The camera already selected by supply power to the camera, please skip to the next step. Click Next when you are default if you have only one camera installed. If you have more than one camera in done. the same Network, you will need to identify the camera by the MAC ID. Click Next. 4. Wait while camera is searching. 6. Select "DHCP" option to assign an IP by DHCP server or Select "Fixed IP" to set IP ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide 7. If you select "Fixed IP", fill out the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS 9. Click the hyperlink here to access to the camera’s web page or click Next. It is server. Please ensure that the IP address of the camera and the computer must ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide After you login into the live screen of the camera, the main page will appear as below: Configuration Viewing Camera Basic Function Open the Web browser on your computer (example showed in this User’s Guide is based on the Internet Explorer). In the Address bar, type the IP address you got from "Camera Installation" chapter or found by IP Installer, and then press [Enter]. When the login window appears, enter the User name (admin) and Password and press OK to access to the main screen of the camera’s Web Configuration. The live screen of the IP camera configuration provides you with many useful information and functions, including: SETUP: Click the button to configure the camera. LOGOUT: Click the button to log out of the camera viewing and configuration page. Digital Zoom: Click on the + or – or the digital button to zoom in and out, or right click on the live view and select zoom to configure from 100% to 400% zoom size. FOCUS: Click on + or – button or AF button to adjust the focus of the camera. Home button: resume the camera back to default viewing settings. Snapshot button: Click on snap shot button to save the current image to a destination ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Speaker/Microphone: Click the "Mic" to speak out through the camera. Click the “Speaker” to receive the on‐side sound and voice from the camera. Online Visitor: It shows how many people connect to this IP camera. Relay On: Click the Relay out "ON" to trigger the relay output for testing. click "Off" to stop triggering. To switch between these two types of relay out, please refer to Event Configuration >> GPIO Setting session for detail. One the live view video, right click the mouse for the additional menu options. Frame Buffer mSec: This function is to build a temporary buffer to accumulate several video frames. This function can make video smooth‐going when the Network speed is slow and lag. ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide System >> System Information >> Server Information System >> System Information >> Time Setting MAC Address: It indicates the IP Camera’s MAC address. Server Time: It shows current IP camera server time. Server Name: The Camera name. Date Format: Select the date display format. LED Indicator: Turn the LED light on or off by click the ON/OFF button. Time Zone: Select your time zone. It affect server time when you use "NTP" time. Language: There are 5 languages options. When changing the language, it will ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Direct Video Stream Authentication: System >> Tools To stream the video directly without going through the configuration page, you can access it via Internet. Stream 1 Video: http://camera_ip_address:port/stream1view.htm Stream 1 Video: http://camera_ip_address:port/stream2 view.htm Enable Password Protection: Yes: User needs to enter user name and password to stream the camera. No: User can stream the camera without entering the username and password. Add user: Enter the username and password to add guest users to access the ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Network >> Network Setting >> IPv6 Setting NETWORK IPv6 is a newer numbering system that provides a much larger address pool than IPv4, which accounts for most of today’s Internet traffic. You can manually enter IPv6 address , enable DHCPv6 to get IPv6 address automatically. Manually setup the IPv6 address: You can set up IPv6 manually by enter IP Address, Gateway, and DNS. DHCPv6: If you have a DHCPv6 server, enable this option to assign the IPv6 from server. The assigned IP address will be displayed ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Network >> Network Setting >> Web Authentication The router is with some problems. Please reboot it: The camera cannot detect the router. Please check your router. If this router has a WAN IP, this function allows the camera to do WAN access. In the address bar of browser, key in: "https:// (router WAN IP): (external web port) /" to The camera supports two levels of authentication, Basic and Digest. The Basic option access the IP camera. having the username and password transmitted as plain text. The digest option ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Network >> Network Setting >> Multicast Setting (Based on the RTSP Server) Security: Select "Disable", then the username and password are not required when accessing the camera via ONVIF. Select "Enable", then username and password are necessary. RTSP Keepalive: When the function is enabled, the camera checks once in a while if the user who links to the camera via ONVIF still keeps connecting. If the connection had been broken, the camera stops transmitting video to user. Network >> Network Setting >> Bonjour Multicast is a bandwidth conservation technology. This function allows several users to share the same packet sent from IP camera. To use Multicast, appoint IP Address and port ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Network >> Advanced >> HTTPS When the users access cameras via Https protocol, the transmitted information will be encrypted so that the security level is arisen. You can select the connection type. Http: user can access the camera via Http path. Https: user can access the camera via Https path but cannot via Http path. Http & Https: Both the Http and Https path can be used to access the camera. When you change the setting of connection type, it may cause connection error or disconnection error if you switch the protocol directly. Therefore, Http & Https mode is necessary. If you want to change from Http to Https, please switch to “Http & ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide 5. To use Https to access camera, open your browser, and key in "https://(IP address)/" in the address bar. Now your data will be transmitted via encrypted communications, and the browser will check your certificate status. If it shows you a warning message. The warning message meant that the certificate is self‐signed or signed by distrusted institution. Click Continue to this website to view the view the camera. 4. According to the certificate source, there are two ways to install the certificate. If you had sent the certificate request to do sign and received a signed certificate, please click” browse” and find the certificate file in your computer. Click “Apply” to install it. If you choose to generate a self‐signed certificate, fill in the following forms and set validity day, click “Apply” to finish installed it. Network >> Advanced >> SNMP SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides a simple framework for ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Click the box to enable SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c protocol, and specify the community name can be any English characters and numbers, and must be shorter than 31 name for write (read and write) and read (read‐only). The user who use read ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Network >> Advanced >> IP Address Filter Network >> Advanced >> QoS/DSCP DSCP specifies a simple mechanism for classifying and managing network traffic and provide QoS on IP networks. DSCP is a 6‐bit in the IP header for packet classification ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Network >> Advanced >> IEEE 802.1x Network >> PPPoE & DDNS IEEE 802.1x is an IEEE standard for port‐based Network Access Control. It provides an authentication mechanism to device wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN. To use this ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide PPPoE DDNS Status: Updating: Information update Idle: Stop service DDNS registration successful, can now log by http://<username>.no‐cp.com: Register successfully. Update Failed, the name is already registered: The user name has already been used. Please change it. Select “Enabled” to use PPPoE. Type in the username and password for the ADSL Update Failed, please check your internet connection: Network connection ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Network >> Event Server The settings of Email, FTP and SAMBA are used when the event occurs, schedule snapshot executes, or the alarm input is triggered. Select the item to display the detailed configuration options. You can configure either one or all of them. Mail Setting Login Method: Select "Anonymous" to disable the authentication feature, or ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Secure Connection: If the mail server requires an encrypted connection, you Click Apply to save the settings, then click Test button to test the server connection. should select the SSL option. TTLS is an extension to plain text communication A message box will tell you “OK!” if it works, and a test file will be uploaded to FTP protocols. It offers a way to upgrade a plain text connection to an encrypted (TLS server. or SSL) connection. Click Apply to save the setting, then use Test button to test the server connection. A ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Audio/Video Setting >> Image Setting AUDIO/VIDEO SETTING Privacy Mask: For the security and privacy purpose, there are three areas can be setup for privacy mask. Click Area button first and drag an area on the above image, and remember to save your setting. The masked area will not show on both the live view and recording. ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, Sharpness can be adjusted here. Sense‐Up: This function increases the sensitivity of camera to get brighter image at night. The smaller the value you select, the slower the shutter speed becomes so that AGC: Automatic gain control. The sensitivity of camera can be adjusted with the the image will get brighter, and moving subjects might be blurred. environmental light. Enable this function and the brighter image can be got under dim light, but the level of noise may also increase. Sense‐Up option is only enabled when users select "outdoor" or "indoor" in shutter time option. Shutter Time: Choose as the location of your camera or fixed shutter time. The ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Audio/Video Setting >> Video Setting Basic Mode of Streaming 1 or Streaming 2: Video Settings Select Input Resolution and corresponding Video System (digital signal). Resolution: 2688x1520, 1920x1080, 1280x720 , 640x480, 640x360, or 320x240 Quality: The higher the quality is, the bigger the file size is. It might affect Internet transmitting speed if the file gets too large. ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide RTSP Path: Set the RTSP output connecting route. You can use the RTSP address Video Format: H.264 or M‐JPEG displaying beside the column to access this IP camera. RTSP Path: RTSP output connecting route. You can use the RTSP address displaying beside the column to access this IP camera. Advanced Mode of Streaming 1 or Streaming 2: 3GPP Streaming mode: 3GPP Streaming is designed for specific mobile viewing. To receive video via 3gpp, please remember to enable rtsp server in the "Network Setting" page. Resolution: 640x480, 640x360, or 320x240 Video Bitrate: You can choose 32kbps ~1Mbps. The higher the value is, the ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Audio/Video Setting >> Audio EVENT CONFIGURATION IP Camera supports 2‐way audio. Audio can be received by the microphone connected with IP camera and transmitted to remote PC. User can also send audio from remote computer’s microphone to IP Camera’s external speaker. Two‐Way Audio Select “Enable”, then you can see "Mic" and "Speaker" options on the live page. The Audio compression format can be chosen from 3 options. You can also adjust the ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Event Configuration >> Motion Detection Based on the schedule: The motion detection will be triggered based on the schedule you define. Event Configuration >> Motion Detection >> Tampering Detection Tampering: Enable / Disable Tampering. When enabled and tampering is detected, the camera will send video or snapshot to Email, FTP, Output device or Samba. Event Configuration >> Motion Detection >> Record File When an event occurs, the IP camera can record a video clip or take snapshot, and then send the file to mail/ FTP/ Samba. Select what format you want to save. Area Setting: Click Area 1 /Area 2/Area 3 icon then draw the motion detection area AVI File (with Record Time Setting): Save AVI video file. The video length is according on the live screen. If there is any motion detected in these areas, the "Motion!" ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Event Configuration >> Motion Detection >> Record Time Setting Event Configuration >> Sound Detection >> Sound Detection When an event occurs, the IP camera can record a video clip or take snapshot, and then send to mail/ FTP/ Samba. Select the video recording length before and after event occurs. Event Configuration >> Motion Detection >> Network Disconnected When enabled, the live view will be stored into the SD card if the IP Camera has no ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Click on the week calendar to draw color. The actions will be performed during the Event Configuration >> GPIO Setting colored time. When Record is enabled: Enabled / Disabled Destination: Select between sending the record to Samba or saving it into the SD ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide If you select "N.C" in "Input sensor setting", when external devise or circuit Event Configuration >> GPIO Setting >> Output Setting makes DI and GND pin disconnected, the camera input alarm is triggered, and Mode Setting then camera will execute the action user has set, for example, send snapshot to On/Off Switch: E‐mail address. When event occurs, the camera triggers the external devise and lasts for ...
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Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Event Configuration >> SD Card Event Configuration >> Logs Click "Logs" to see System Logs, Motion Detection Logs, GPIO Logs and All Logs. If you remove the power from IP camera, Motion Detection Logs will be cleared away. Playback: Event Record The record data that triggered by motion detection, sound detection, tampering detection, or GPIO is listed here. Click the date listed on this page, and it shows the list of the video. Click the video to download and start your player to play the .avi file. To delete the video, check it, then click "Del". ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide Playback: Schedule Record LOGOUT The scheduled record data or scheduled snapshot are listed here. Click the date listed on this page, and it shows the list of the snapshot and the video. Click the video to download and start your player to play the .avi file. Click the snapshot to watch the album. To delete the file, check it, then click "Del". SD Management Delete after the “1 day” means the recorded files will be deleted after 1 day from the time you decided to delete. For example: if right now is 5 pm, when you choose Delete after the 1st day, the SD card will keep the file from 5 pm Click "LOGOUT" button to logout the camera. Note: Closing the browser does not logout yesterday to 5 pm today. The rest of recorded files will be deleted. the camera. It will remain in the same session. If camera in the idle time for 3 minutes, The oldest file will be deleted if the Micro SD card is full. it will automatic logout the session. 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. ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide 3. The camera app will be added to Chrome browser, click on Surveillance Client Accessing the camera with Chrome to launch the camera page. If you are viewing or configuring the camera by using the Chrome browser, please follow below steps. 1. Click on Install button if you are logging into the camera for the first time using Chrome, otherwise, click Launch. 4. Enter the IP address of the camera on the address bar and click Go. 2. You will be redirect to a Chrome plug in page, click on Add to Chrome to activate this feature then click on Add App. 5. Enter the user name and password to access the camera’s live view and ...
Limited Warranty TRENDnet User’s Guide 2. The autorun program is unable to detect my camera. What should I do? Troubleshooting Verify that you have followed all the steps in Section 2: Hardware 1. I inserted the Utility CD‐ROM into my computer's CD‐ROM Drive but the Installation. installation menu does not appear automatically. What should I do? b. Disable any software firewall programs such as ZoneAlarm or Norton Internet Security. If you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, disable the Windows 10/8/8.1 built in firewall. If the installation menu does not appear automatically, press the windows icon Reset the IP Camera and press “r” simultaneously. In the “run” box, type D:\autorun.exe, where d. Run the Autorun program from the CD‐ROM again. “D” in “D:\autorun.exe” is the letter assigned to your CD‐ROM Drive, and then press the ENTER key on your keyboard . 3. I do not have a DHCP server or DHCP is disabled on my network and I am unable ...
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INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, USE, PERFORMANCE, FAILURE, OR INTERRUPTION OF THE the original date of purchase. All products that are replaced become the property of TRENDnet. POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND LIMITS ITS LIABILITY TO REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, OR REFUND Replacement products may be new or reconditioned. TRENDnet does not issue refunds or credit. OF THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID, AT TRENDNET’S OPTION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY FOR Please contact the point‐of‐purchase for their return policies. DAMAGES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED IF ANY REMEDY PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL FAIL OF ITS ESSENTIAL TRENDnet shall not be responsible for any software, firmware, information, or memory data of PURPOSE. customer contained in, stored on, or integrated with any products returned to TRENDnet pursuant to any warranty. Governing Law: This Limited Warranty shall be governed by the laws of the state of California. There are no user serviceable parts inside the product. Do not remove or attempt to service the ...
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