Content Content ............................1 Preface ..........................3 Product Specifications ....................... 3 Product Installation ......................6 A. Hardware Installation ...................... 6 Cable Connections........................ 6 I/O Connections ........................7 B. Monitor Setting ........................ 9 C. IP Assignment........................ 10 Live Video .......................... 12 Configuration ........................
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Connects to PC Directly ...................... 50 Connects to an Exist LAN ....................51 B. Internet Only ........................52 Connects to ADSL with Fixed Public IP Address ..............52 Connects to ADSL with Floating Public IP Address (PPPoE) ..........53 C. Intranet + Internet ......................55 Connects to Internet with Fixed Public IP Address ..............
1. Preface This camera is a professional CCD network camera which builds in web server. User views real-time video via IE browser. It supports H.264, JPEG and MPEG4 (3GPP Only) video compression which provides smooth and high quality video. This camera combines the features of a network camera with an infrared illuminator to provide good image quality, even in darkness.
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Audio In 1 Microphone in (3.5mm phone jack for connecting external passive-type of microphone) Audio Out 1 Line out (3.5mm phone jack for connecting external amplified speaker) Digital I/O 1 Digital in / 1 Relay out Power Supply Normal model: DC 12V, 1A PoE model (built-in PoE Splitter): Use PoE: PoE Injector (IEEE 802.3af) Or, use Power Adaptor: DC 12V, 1A...
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Suggested Hardware Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz, RAM: 1GB Graphic card: 128MB onboard RAM * Specifications are subject to change without notice...
3. Product Installation A. Hardware Installation Cable Connections Power Jack (DC 12V) Digital I/O Analog Video Output (Red) Microphone Input Zoom (Green) Audio Output Focus Network Connector To connect the DC 12V power adapter. Power Jack: ...
4. If the camera is PoE model, the power adapter is not necessary. The camera will get the power from the PoE injector or PoE switch. PoE (Power over Ethernet) is a technology that integrates power into a standard LAN infrastructure.
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Digital Input (Alarm Input) GND (Ground): Initial status is LOW. Alarm: Max. 50mA, 12VDC. Door/Window ALARM Contacts N.C. N.O. Relay Output COM: Common pin. N.O. (Normally Open): Max. 1A / 24VDC or 0.5A / 125VAC. N.C. (Normally Close): Max. 1A / 24VDC or 0.5A / 125VAC. ALARM N.C.
PC must be in the same subnet. For more information about subnets, please consult your network administrator. “Asoni IP Search” is a utility that provides an easier, more efficient way to configure the IP address and network settings of the network camera in Local Network (LAN).
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2. IP Search searches all the network devices which connect to the intranet and lists on the window. Click [Search] button to search again. 3. From the list, click and select the device with the MAC Address that corresponds to the device that is to be configured.
4. Live Video Start the IE browser, type the IP address of the network camera in the address field: http://<IP of camera> If the “HTTP Port” has been changed from “80”, type the URL as: http://<IP of camera>:<HTTP Port> After link to the camera, it will show a dialogue box.
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When popup the following dialogue box, click [Yes].
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The web page of the device shows as following. If you are using IE 8.0 or above, please click “Compatibility View” icon to make this web page works properly: ⑤ ① ② ③ ④ ⑥ Streaming : Select the streaming 1 or 2 from the pull-down list to display. ...
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Function Buttons : Click these buttons will perform the following functions. Full Screen : Click this button or double-click the video, the video will change to full screen mode. Press [Esc] key or double-click the video again, it will back to normal mode. Snapshot : Click this button to take snapshot of the video.
5. Configuration Click [Configuration] button to get into the configuration page. Click [Live View] button to back to the Live-View page. A. System System Information Set up the camera name, select language, and set up the camera time. System Information...
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Server Information MAC Address: The MAC address of the Ethernet network card in the device. Server Name: You can type a name into this field to identify this device. Show on Status Bar: Determine whether show the server name on the Status Bar. LED Indicator: Determine whether light-on or turn-off the network and power status LEDs on the device.
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Time Setting Date Format: Select the format to display the date. Time Zone: Select the GMT to match your time zone. Enable Daylight Saving: If using “Daylight Saving”, enable this option and select the start and end time. Synchronize with NTP Server: Select this option and type the IP address of a NTP (Network Time Protocol) server, this device will synchronize the time with the NTP server via network.
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The date and time remain the same: Keep the current date and time without change. After set up, click [Apply] to save the settings.
User Management You can add, remove and manage the users in this page. This device supports 3 user groups: Administrator: The administrator can view, operate and configure all functions and settings of this device. Guest: The users in Guest group can only view the live video in Live-View page. ...
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Edit: To change the username and password, click [Edit] and modify the administrator or user in the pop-up window. Remove: To remove the user, click [Remove].
System Upgrade This page allows user to upgrade firmware, restart device and restore the factory default settings. System Upgrade Firmware Upgrade The firmware can be upgraded online. To update the firmware, click [Browse…] to select the new firmware file, and then click [Upgrade] to the procedure.
System Logs System Logs System Status Logs Click the [View] button on the right side to list the logs of system status. Motion Trigger Logs Click the [View] button on the right side to list the logs of motion detection. Digital-In Trigger Logs Click the [View] button on the right side to list the logs of digital input detection.
B. Video/Audio Setting Video Format This device supports H.264/MJPEG and MPEG4 (only for 3GPP streaming) Triple Mode and Triple Streaming, set the video parameters in this page. Video Format...
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Streaming 1 and 2 Output Setting Basic / Advanced Mode: Select the mode to configure the parameters. Advanced mode provides more detail parameters for setting. Resolution: Select the resolution from the pull-down list. Frame Rate Per Second: The video refreshing rate per second. Select the frame rate from the pull-down list.
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Since the bandwidth of 3G is not fast usually, the 3GPP streaming will be set to the following configuration: Resolution – Fixed to 176x144. Frame Rate –Fixed to 5FPS. Video Format – Fixed to MPEG4. Audio Format – Fixed to AMR. 3GPP Path: Assign a name to identify the 3GPP video stream To view the live video with a 3G mobile phone or PDA, open “Streaming Player”...
Image Setting Image Setting Privacy Mask For the security purpose, there are 3 areas can be setup for privacy masks, the masked areas will not be shown in Live-View and recorded file. To set up or clear the...
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privacy mask, click [Draw/Clear Area] button, and then use mouse to drag the area on the video. After the configuration, click [Save Area Settings] button to save the configuration. Image Quality Brightness / Contrast / Hue / Saturation / Sharpness: Adjust these parameters to get clear video.
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Color Mode: The video will be always displayed in color. B/W Mode: The video will be always displayed in black/white. Automatic Gain Control: Enable/ disable this function depend on the environment. Night Mode: Adjust this parameter depend on the environment. 3D DNR: This device supports “3D-DNR (Digital Noise Reduction)”, adjust this parameter to get clear video.
Audio Setting This device supports 2-way audio. Note, the audio will not be smooth when enable SD card recording function simultaneously. Audio from Device to Local PC For this device to local PC, select [Enable] and then click [Apply] to start this function. If set to [Disable], the [Voice] icon on Live View page is not workable.
C. Network Setting Network Setting Network Setting...
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IP Assignment DHCP: If this device behinds a router and the router provides DHCP service, using DHCP, this device will get all network parameters from the router automatically. Static: Assign IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS manually. Port Assignment Set the port if necessary.
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RTSP Server Setting RTSP Server: The video stream can be direct retrieve via RTSP connection, you can close this function by disable this option. RTSP Port: Set the port for transfer the video and audio. The default is “554”, change the port if you want to use router’s NAT (Network Address Translation) to make this device can be linked from Internet.
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keeping the RTSP connection, this device will terminate the RTSP connection. If select “Disable”, this device will always keep the RTSP connection. If the “Time-out” error happens on NVC side, please disable this function. After set up, click [Apply] to save the settings.
Mail / FTP / Samba Setting To send out the event video to E-mail, FTP or Samba network storage, please set up the configuration first. Mail / FTP/ Samba...
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Mail Setting Login Method: This device provides 2 kinds of mail settings. “Anonymous” for the mail server which doesn’t need login with user name and password. “Account” for the mail server which needs login with user name and password. Send Mail Server: The IP address or URL of the send-mail server.
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FTP Port: The port of the FTP service. Default is 21. Store Path: The path to save the sent video file. FTP Mode: Select “PORT” or “PASV to fit the FTP server. “PORT” is for sending file to an Active FTP server; “PASV” is for sending file to a Passive FTP server. Auto Create Folder by Date: If select “Yes”, a folder will be created under the “Store Path”...
PPPoE Setting If this device connects to an ADSL modem directly and want to use PPPoE connection, set the parameters in this page. PPPoE Setting PPPoE Connection Select [Enable] to use PPPoE. Type in user name and password for the ADSL connection.
DDNS Setting This device supports DDNS, set the parameters in this page. DDNS Setting DDNS Setting There are several DDNS providers can be selected. Select the provider from the pull-down list, input Hostname, User name, Password and the Schedule Update time, and then click [Apply] to connect to the DDNS provider.
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Update Failed, check your internet connection: Network connection failed. Update Failed, please check the account information with you provider: input hostname, username or password may be wrong.
D. Event Handling Event Setting This device supports multiple event settings. Event This device supports 2 kinds of event detections: Motion Detection. Digital Input Detection.
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Motion Detection This device allows 3 areas for detect motion. When motion detection is triggered, it can send the video or snapshot to specific mail address; transmit the video or snapshot to remote FTP server or Samba network storage; trigger the digital out. Set the Area: To set up or clear the motion area, click [Draw/Clear Area] button on “Set Area”...
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FTP: When the motion detection is triggered in this area, send the recorded video or snapshot to the specific FTP site. Save to Samba: When the motion detection is triggered in this area, send the recorded video or snapshot to the Samba network storage. To set the mail account FTP site and Samba network storage, please refer to Configuration ...
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Motion! The moving object smaller than the 50% of the The moving object larger than the 50% of the motion motion area, it will not be detected! area, it will be detected, and the motion is triggered! To detect the smaller moving object, use 3 motion areas to replace a large motion area, refer the figure below: Motion! The moving object will be detected when it is in any of...
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Snapshot (Single): This option is available when the “Video Format” of streaming 1 is set as “JPEG” in Video Format page. When an event (Motion Detection or Digital Input Detection) is triggered, this device will take a snapshot with JPG format. Pre and Post Record Time Setting Configure the record time for the event recording file.
I/O Setting This device provides Digital Input and Digital Output. When the Digital Input is triggered, it can send the video or snapshot to specific mail address; transmit the video or snapshot to remote FTP server or Samba network storage; trigger the digital out. I/O Setting Digital Input Setting Input 1 Sensor Type:...
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The interval time between multiple detections. For example, if the time set to 10 seconds, when the Digital Input is triggered at time 10H:05M:10S, the next trigger will be accepted after 10H:05M:20S. The triggers between 10H:05M:10S to 10H:05M:19S will not be accepted. ...
Schedule This function provides the schedule for the following: Send Snapshot with the Scheduled Time: automatic send a snapshot to the E-mail address, FTP server or Samba network storage. The interval time can be set. Activate and Stop the Motion Detection with Scheduled Time: if the “Enable Configuration ...
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light-grey means the time is unselected. Select / Unselect Specific Time: Click the square of the time table to select or unselect the specific time. The square in green means the time is selected; the square in light-grey means the time is unselected. Send Snapshot with Scheduled Time Enable / Disable: To enable or disable the schedule function.
6. Network Configuration A. Intranet Only Connects to PC Directly If you want to connect the camera to PC directly for the very first time setup, please refer to the figure below for the connection. Ethernet Cable Camera This device supports Auto-MDI/MDIX, IP Address: 192.168.1.200 IP Address: 192.168.1.2 you can use a straight or cross-over...
Connects to an Exist LAN If the camera will be used in a local network (LAN) and don’t allow to access via Internet, please refer to the figure below for the connection. Intranet (LAN) Camera 1 Switch Router or IP Sharing IP Address: 192.168.1.200 IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0...
B. Internet Only Connects to ADSL with Fixed Public IP Address If the camera connects to Internet with an ADSL modem and the public IP address of ADSL is fixed, please refer to the figure below for the connection. Internet (WAN) Camera 3G Mobile Phone IP Address: 60.220.20.250...
Connects to ADSL with Floating Public IP Address (PPPoE) If the camera connects to Internet with an ADSL modem and the public IP address of ADSL is variable, the camera can use PPPoE function for the connection. Internet (WAN) Camera 3G Mobile Phone Configure the PPPoE Setting ADSL...
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After enable the DDNS, assume the registered URL is “test.dyndns.org”, now the camera can be linked with following URLs: Client Link Address Remark http://test.dyndns.org With audio: Must enable “3GPP Stream” in 3G Mobile rtsp://test.dyndns.org/3g Configuration Video/Audio Phone Without audio: ...
C. Intranet + Internet Connects to Internet with Fixed Public IP Address If the camera will be added into a local network (LAN), and will be accessed via both Intranet and Internet, please refer to the figure below for the connection. Intranet (LAN) Internet (WAN) 3G Mobile Phone...
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Set Subnet Mask of Router, PC and cameras. Set Gateway of PC and cameras with the same IP address. The Gateway is the IP address of router. Set the IP address of a valid DNS into cameras. An invalid DNS will cause the domain name can’t be resolved and reached, such as email address.
With audio: rtsp://60.220.20.250:555/3g Camera 2 Without audio: rtsp://60.220.20.250:555/3gx Connects to Internet with Floating Public IP Address If the public IP address of ADSL connection is variable, you can enable DDNS function to get a fixed URL to instead of the IP address. Note: only one device can enable the DDNS function in the local network (LAN), multiple devices use DDNS will update to the DDNS provider too frequently, and the DDNS provider will block your URL.
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