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Airsight XX36A User Manual

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  • Page 1 Outdoor Wireless/Wired IP Network Camera Model XX36A User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................3     1.1 F ......................................3 EATURES   1.2 P ....................................... 3 ACKING   1.3 P ....................................4 RODUCT IEWS   1.4 PC S ................................. 5 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS   1.5 H ................................... 5 ARDWARE NSTALLATION  ...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1. INTRODUCTION This is an integrated wireless IP Camera solution. It combines a high quality digital Video Camera with network connectivity and a powerful web server to bring clear pictures to your Desktop from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet. The main function of the camera is to transmit remote video over IP network.

  • Page 4: Product Views

    1.3 Product Views 1.3.1 Front View Figure 1.1 Light Sensitive Hole: For light sensitive photocell. Infrared LEDs: For night Vision. LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens. (Default is 6mm, 3.6mm optional). Antenna: WI-FI Antenna. Sliding Shell: For protection from sun and waterproofing. 1.3.2 Connections Figure 1.2...

  • Page 5: Pc System Requirements

    Network Indicator LED: The green LED is on when connected to the network, the yellow LED blinks when data is transferred. RJ45 Port: RJ-45/10-100 base T, connect the network cable here. Power Jack: DC 5V/2A power supply. RESET BUTTON: Press and hold the RESET BUTTON for 30 Seconds to reset the camera back to the factory default settings.

  • Page 6: Software Installation

    4. It takes approx 30 seconds to boot up the camera, then you will find the IP address from “IP Camera Tool” (Figure: 1.9). 5. When the power is on and the network cable is connected, the green LED on the rear panel will stay on. The yellow LED will keep flashing, and the Indicator LED on the front of the camera will flash.
  • Page 7 Figure 1.7 Figure 1.8 After this is done, the icon “IP Camera Tool” will be displayed on your desktop . CAUTION: Before installing and using the product, please read the following precautions carefully and make sure they are fully understood. Use only the power adaptor included with the product.

  • Page 8: Software Operation

    2. SOFTWARE OPERATION 2.1 IP Camera Tool When the Device has been mounted properly, you can double-click the Icon “IP Camera Tool” and a dialog box as Figure 1.9 will pop up . Figure 1.9 Note: The software searches IP Servers automatically over your LAN. There are 3 cases: 1.
  • Page 9 Figure 2.0 2.1.1 .1 Basic Properties There is some device information in the Basic Properties, such as Device ID, System Firmware Version, and Web UI Version.（Figure 2.1). The Device ID is the camera’s MAC ID, which should be the same as shown on the sticker on the bottom of the camera.
  • Page 10 Figure 2.2 Obtain IP from DHCP server: If clicked, the device will obtain IP from DHCP server. In other words, the camera will have a dynamic IP. (Make sure the Router which the camera connects to has DHCP function and DHCP is enabled).

  • Page 11: Camera Login

    2.1.1.3 Upgrade Firmware Enter the correct User and Password to upgrade system Firmware and Web UI. Please upgrade system firmware first and then upgrade Web UI or it may damage the camera.（Figure 2.4). Figure 2.4 Please download the firmware package for the correct type of your camera before you upgrade. Follow the upgrade document carefully to upgrade.
  • Page 12 1. Double click the IP address of the IP Camera listed (Figure 1.9). The default browser you use will run automatically and go to the camera login interface. (Figure 2.6). 2. To access the camera by IE Browser directly, just type the camera’s IP address, for example, if the camera’s IP address is 192.168.1.123: Figure 2.5 Figure 2.6...

  • Page 13: For Ie Browser

    (1) Active Mode (For IE Browser): available in IE 6.0 or above. (2) “Server Push Mode”: available in Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome browser. (3) “Sign in mobile phone”: available in Mobile phone. 2.3 For IE Browser Choose ActiveX Mode (For IE Browser), and sign in. Figure 2.8 Figure 2.9 The first time you login to the camera, you might get an ActiveX prompt as in the picture above, please click...
  • Page 14 Figure 3.0 Note: If there is still no live video after you run ActiveX, and a red cross shows in the center of the screen, or even just a black screen, please try to enable the ActiveX options of IE security settings. Please do the following steps: 1.

  • Page 15: For Safari , Firefox , Google Browser

    Figure 3.1 You can also click “Start” menu->“Internet Explorer”, and choose “Internet attributes”, or via “Control Panel” ->“Internet Explorer”, to access Security settings. If you allowed the ActiveX to run, but still cannot not see live video, only a Red Cross i n the center of the video, and the device status light changed to yellow color not green, please change to another port...
  • Page 16 Figure 3.3...

  • Page 17: For Mobile Phone

    2.5 For Mobile Phone Choose Sign in mobile phone, and sign in. Mobile phone doesn’t support ActiveX, only some basic functions can be available in this mode. It supports iPhone, Smart phone, 3G phone etc. Normally, if the mobile phone supports network video, then it can work with our IP Camera.
  • Page 18 Figure 3.5 Channels: The IE software supports 9 channels. Click to get different windows. Click this one to view the main channel of the camera you login to. Click this one to view 4 Channels of cameras that are connected, from CH1 to CH4. Click this one to view 9 Channels of cameras that are connected, from CH1 to CH9.
  • Page 19 Figure 3.6 OSD Settings:   Figure 3.7 OSD: Means “On-Screen Display”, click “Video” > “OSD”, set display date and time on the video. Disabled: Clicking this one means clear the OSD. Color: Can set the OSD text color as black, yellow, red, white, blue etc. Add time stamp on record: if you click this, there will be time OSD on record video files.
  • Page 20 Rate and Resolution: Rate: Set video frame here, from “full-speed to 1fp/5s”. (Figure 3.9) Resolution: Set the resolution to be 160*120, VGA(640*480), QVGA (320*240). (Figure 4.0). NOTE: When doing recording, Rate and Resolution parameter settings is very helpful for getting small size record files, the lower parameter to get the smaller file.

  • Page 21: For Operator

    2.8 For Operator When you login as Operator, you can enter the IP Camera for Operator. For operator, it not only supports all the functions for Visitor, but also supports these functions below: Figure 4.2 Video Settings  Figure 4.3 Reversal: Click this icon to reverse (flip) the image.

  • Page 22: For Administrator

    Mode, Bright, Contrast Settings  Figure 4.4 Mode: This mode is optional, 50HZ/60HZ for the users who use 50HZ/60HZ frequency, outdoor for users who want to use the camera to monitor an outdoor environment. Bright: Set the parameters to adjust the image quality of the video. Click to adjust the value.

  • Page 23: Settings As Administrator

    3 SETTINGS AS ADMINISTRATOR Administrator supports all the settings and operations of the camera. There are some special functions only for administrator as below: Figure 4.5 3.1 Multi-Device Settings  Figure 4.6 Multi-Device Settings This camera can support max. 9 channels device at the same time. 3.1.1 Set Multi-Device in LAN In the Multi-Device Settings page, you can see all devices searched in LAN.
  • Page 24 Click The 2nd Device and click the item in the Device List in Lan, it will fill the Alias, Host, Http Port automatically, then input the correct user name and password, click Add. Set more devices in the same way, after you’re done, click Submit.
  • Page 25 Figure 4.9 3.1.2 Set Multi-Device for WAN If you want to view cameras from internet, you have to add these devices by DDNS domain name. Make sure all these cameras you want to add have DDNS set successfully. (See 3.7 DDNS Service Settings) Login the first camera by DDNS domain name and port, this camera will be as the host camera.
  • Page 26 Figure 5.1 Note: Add the other camera in the same way, Click submit to add all of them. Figure 5.2 Click Live Video and then selec t to see four channels, or to see nine channels. In this case, you can see all the cameras from a remote position by internet, for example, if you are on a business trip, you can use the first camera’s (Host camera) DDNS to view all the devices via the internet.
  • Page 27 Figure 5.3 3.1.3 Upgrade Device Firmware If you want to upgrade the camera, please upgrade Device Firmware first, then upgrade Web UI. Click Browse and choose correct bin file, then click Submit to do upgrading. NOTE: Before doing an upgrade via Browser, please make sure the IP Camera Tool of your computer could find the camera’s IP.

  • Page 28: Network Settings

    3.1.4 Restore Factory Settings Click Restore Factory Settings, will pop-up a prompt, select OK, all the parameter will be returned to factory settings, and the device will reboot. Figure 5.5 3.1.5 Reboot Device Click Reboot the device, will pop-up a prompt, select OK, then the device will reboot Figure 5.6 3.2 Network Settings Click Network, will pop-up the prompt as below:...

  • Page 29: Basic Network Settings

    3.3 Basic Network Settings Here you can set the camera’s IP address; i.e., set the static IP address of the camera manually. You can also do the same settings from IP Camera Tool. (Figure 2.3).  Figure 5.8 If you don’t know the Subnet Mask, Gateway, DNS Server. Please check the Local Area Connection Status of your computer;...

  • Page 30: Wireless Lan Settings

    Figure 6.0 If you don’t know the DNS Server, you can set it the same as Gateway. If the router supports DHCP function, you can choose “Obtain IP from DHCP Server” to get dynamic IP. Figure 6.1 Http Port: In most cases, you can leave this value as-is. However, if your Internet Service Provider blocks this port, you may change it to another port number such as 8060.
  • Page 31 You should set up your camera using a network cable (wired) first before you attempt to use it wirelessly. (See Hardware Installation). 1. Make sure your router is a wireless router. 2. Make sure the Wi-Fi antenna is installed on the camera. 3.

  • Page 32: Adsl Settings

    Figure 6.5 Figure 6.6 3.5 ADSL Settings When connected to the Internet through ADSL directly, you can enter the ADSL username And password obtained from ISP.  Figure 6.7...

  • Page 33: Upnp Settings

    3.6 UPnP Settings Click UPnP Settings to choose Using UPnP to Map Port:  Figure 6.8 Select it and click Submit, then the camera will support UPnP port forwarding automatically. It’s helpful for using DDNS, if your router supports UPnP, then you won’t need do port forwarding in router . Figure 6.9 NOTE: Here UPnP is only for port forwarding.
  • Page 34 Third Party DDNS If you use third party DDNS, please choose the server you use, such as “3322.org” or “dyndns.org” as below: Figure 7.2 Figure 7.3 You have to register an account first, enter the user, password, and host. NOTE: Only one DDNS can be chosen, for example, if you use the manufacturer’s DDNS, the third party one won’t work, if you use the third party DDNS, the manufacturer’s one won’t work.
  • Page 35 Figure 7.4 Make sure the “Subnet Mask”, “Gateway”, “DNS Server” is the same as your router. Set Port Forwarding in the router. This is the most important step. You need to set port forwarding in your router, to refer to the IP of your camera correctly, for DDNS to work.
  • Page 36 BELKIN: 1. Login to the router. 2. Choose “Firewall”, select “Virtual Servers” 3. Input the port (don’t use 80) and IP address, then click save. NOTE: The port and IP address should be the same as the camera. Figure 7.6 DLINK: 1.

  • Page 37: System Settings

    Figure 7.7 After all these 4 steps are done, you can use DDNS, check the DDNS status from the camera as below, and get the link of DDNS for internet viewing. Step: “Login”>”System”>”Device Info”: Figure 7.8 Figure 7.9 3.8 System Settings ...

  • Page 38: Alias Settings

    Figure 8.1 3.9 Alias Settings Default device name is anonymous. You set any new name for your camera here, then click Submit . Figure 8.2 3.10 Date &Time Settings Set the date and time for your camera. Choose the Clock Time zone of your country. You can choose Sync with NTP Server (Figure 8.3) or Sync with PC Time (Figure 8.4).

  • Page 39: Users Settings

    Figure 8.4 3.11 Users Settings Eight accounts are acceptable for this system. Here you can set the user names and password as Administrator, Operator or Visitor, the permission for them as below:  Visitor: In this mode, you can only view. (Details 2.7) ...

  • Page 40: Backup & Restore

    3.12 Backup & Restore Figure 8.7 1）Backup: Backup IP Camera all the Parameter, if you want to save all the current settings that you have set already, you can click Submit, then all the parameters you set will store as a parameters bin file. 2）Restore: Restore IP Camera all the Parameter, if you want to change the camera’s settings to a certain status which has a backup, click Browse to load the bin file, then Submit it.

  • Page 41: Other Settings

    NOTE: Set the port forwarding successfully before setting MSN (Refer to port forwarding in DDNS settings). Then get to the MSN settings page, fill in the correct user name and password, add the MSN buddy, max. up to 10 friends, after submit, the user will be shown in your MSN friend list. Click System—Device Info to check the MSN status.
  • Page 42 Figure 9.0 Sender: Make sure the sender mailbox server provider supports SMTP, and the mailbox should not enable SSL or TSL encryption. Receiver: Here you can set four receivers. For receiver, there is no SMTP limitation. SMTP Server: The sender’s SMTP Server. SMTP Port: The sender’s SMTP Port, usually is 25, some SMTP server have its own port such as 587.

  • Page 43: Ftp Service Settings

    4) Incorrect user or password. 5) The sender is denied by the server. Maybe the server needs to authenticate the user, please check and try again. 6) The receiver is denied by the server. Maybe because of the anti-spam privacy of the server. 7) The message is denied by the server.

  • Page 44: Alarm Service Settings

    NOTE: Here upload image now means it can upload images freely, no alarm trigger needed. Click Submit after these settings. Then click Test. You will see the following picture. Figure 9.4 If it prompts error information as follows. 1) Cannot connect to the server. Please check FTP Server is correct. 2) Network Error.
  • Page 45 Figure 9.6 After you enable motion detect armed, if there is motion detected, the Alarm Status will turn to Motion Detect Alarm. (Figure 9.7). Figure 9.7 3.16.2 Motion Detect Sensitivity You can choose level 1-10; level 10 means the most sensitive, 1 means the least sensitive.

  • Page 46: Send Mail On Alarm

    Figure 9.8 3.17 Send Mail on Alarm When chosen, it will send picture and e-mail to your e-mail once alarmed. (First you should finish the e-mail Service Settings. Figure 9.0). NOTE: Usually 6 snapshots will be sent by one e-mail to your mailbox for each alarm triggered. Each alarm will last for 60 seconds.

  • Page 47: Path Settings

    Sound on Alarm When motion is detected, there will be a beep sound during the alarm, you can control this sound here. If Enabled, there will be sound once alarmed. If Canceled, there will be no sound once alarmed. Record on Alarm If you want the camera do recording for every alarm, choose Record on Alarm to enable it.
  • Page 48 Figure 10.7 Record Path: Here you can set the manually record path. Click then start manual recording, the record file will be saved to the specified path you set here. Alarm Record Path: Here you can set the alarm record path. When motion is detected, and record enabled, it will start alarm record automatically, the record file will be saved to the specified path you set here .

  • Page 49: Server Push Mode

    3.19 Server Push Mode (For Safari, FireFox, and Google Browser) Choose Server Push Mode, login the camera, you will see the main user interface as below: Figure 11.0 NOTE: Server Push Mode does not support ActiveX. Play, Stop, Record, Multi-device settings, Path settings functions are controlled by ActiveX, so if you use Safari, Firefox, Google chrome browser, it is not possible to use these options.

  • Page 50: Sign In Mobile Phone

    3.20 Sign in mobile phone If you are using a mobile phone, choose Sign in mobile phone, login the camera, you will see the main user interface as below: Figure 11.1 NOTE: Mobile phone Mode doesn’t support ActiveX. In mobile phone mode, it only supports some simple functions, such as Resolution, Mode, Bright, Contrast, Snapshot, Reversal, Mirror functions.

  • Page 51: Appendix

    4. APPENDIX 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Note: For most problems you might encounter, please check Network connections first. Check the working status revealed by the indicators on the network server, hub, exchange and network card. If abnormal, check the network connections. 4.1.1 I have forgotten the administrator username and/or password.
  • Page 52 4.1.6 UPnP always fails UPnP only contains port forwarding in our recent software. Sometimes, it might fail to do port forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus software. It also relates to your router’s security settings. So we recommend you do port forwarding manually. You can view your camera via the Internet successfully after you do port forwarding manually in your router.

  • Page 53: Default Parameters

    4.1.13 There’s no picture (Problems with ActiveX Controller) If using IE browser to connect the camera for the first time, and there is no image displayed, you might need to install ActiveX. You need to change some browser settings to enable ActiveX. (See: For IE Browser). 4.1.14 Problems with network bandwidth The image frame rate is subject to the following factors: 1.

  • Page 54: Specifications

    5. SPECIFICATIONS Model XX36A Image Sensor Sensor 1/4” Color CMOS Sensor Resolution 640 x 480 Pixels (300k Pixels) IR Lens f: 6mm, F 2.0 (3.6mm lens optional) Viewing Angle 60 Degree (3.6mm lens is 90Degree) Minimum Illumination 0.5Lux @ F2.0...

  • Page 55: Obtaining Technical Support

    6. OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT We hope your experience with your IP network camera is enjoyable, but if you experience any issues or have any questions that this User’s Guide has not answered, please visit www.x10.com/support, e-mail support@x10.com or call 1-800-442-5065. This user manual is based on the latest version of our camera.

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