E41 Hardware User’s Manual Table of Contents Precautions Introduction Package Contents ................4 Features and Benefits ..............5 Safety Instructions ................6 Physical description ................ 8 Basic Connections ................9 Product Specification ..............10 Installation How to Do the Waterproof with Conduit Installation ....11 How to replace pre-installed network cable with cable gland ..
E41 Hardware User’s Manual 0. Precautions Read these instructions You should read all the safety and operating instructions before using this product. Heed all warnings You must adhere to all the warnings on the product and in the instruction manual. Failure to follow the safety instruction given may directly endanger people, cause damage to the system or to other equipment.
To extend the capabilities of the IP Camera series, a powerful surveillance video management software can be downloaded from ACTi website for free. Users can easily use an existing PC as a digital video recorder. Scheduled recording and manual recording keep every important video recorded in the local hard disk.
E41 Hardware User’s Manual Safety Instructions Don’t open the housing of the product Cleaning Disconnect this video product from the power supply before cleaning. Attachments Do not use attachments not recommended by the video product manufacturer as they may cause hazards.
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this video product, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine if the video product is in proper operating condition. www.acti.com...
E41 Hardware User’s Manual Physical description 1) Reset Button Step 1: Press and continue to hold the Reset Button for 15 seconds (with a sharp tipped object, like a pen.) after the unit has successfully completed the boot process. Step 2: The Ethernet LED light will turn off for about 1~2 seconds and flash on for another second.
E41 Hardware User’s Manual Basic Connections Follow the procedures below to connect the IP device to the respective apparatuses. Please use a PoE (Power over Ethernet) supported switch or injector: 1) Connect your IP Camera to the PoE Switch / Injector by CAT5 or CAT6 cables with RJ45 connector.
E41 Hardware User’s Manual Product Specification • Device Device Type Bullet Camera Image Sensor Progressive Scan CMOS Day / Night Minimum Illumination Color: 0.1 lux at F1.6 (30 IRE, 2400°K); B/W: 0 lux (IR LED on) Color to B/W switch...
E41 Hardware User’s Manual 2. Installation How to Do the Waterproof with Conduit Installation Beside the bundled network cable, you also can use conduit and follow the installation procedure to make the camera be water-resistant even for the situations where the camera can easily be flooded by pouring rain.
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual Remove the bundled network cable and connector from back side cover of the camera. The third piece of conduit gland goes through the back side cover of the camera. The fourth piece (locking nut) is used to lock the gland firmly from the inside of the back side cover.
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual Tighten the domed sealing nut. Plug the network cable into the camera’s RJ-45 connector before closing the back side of the camera. If you are not using PoE and need an additional power cord then please connect it at this stage, too.
E41 Hardware User’s Manual How to replace pre-installed network cable with cable gland The camera bundled cable gland with pre-installed network cable is M20 X 1.5 Matric thread. It is resistant to salt water, weak acid, alcohol, oil, grease and common solvency.
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual The following images show the step-by-step procedure of replacing network cable and completing the water-proof installation. 1.Open the back side cover from camera, and remove the network cable, and loosen the sealing nut to release the network cable from camera.
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual 5.Assemble the Seal and Claw, and then Insert the network cable to RJ-45 PoE connector. 6. Tighten the screws of the back side cover on the camera properly 7.Tighten the sealing nut as far as possible.
E41 Hardware User’s Manual 3.Accessing Camera If you have DHCP server / router in your network: Many network server / routers are able to automatically provide IP addresses through DHCP. If you are using such a network, just plug in your computer and IP Camera into the network and your IP device will acquire network address by itself.
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual Please set the settings as below. IP address: 192.168. 0.xxx Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0 (NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254 except 100, which is used by the IP device. Please also...
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual 6. After logging in, you will see the video from camera. To go to the main menu, click the “Setup” button on the top left. If you are using a single camera, this is enough to access the device.
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E41 Hardware User’s Manual 10. Click “Apply” 11. Please go to System -> Save & Reboot, and click “Apply”. Internet Explorer will close after a few seconds. This is normal. 12. Wait for 30 seconds, and open IE again to connect to the IP.
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