Table of Contents 1 Overview....................................3 1.1 Key Features................................3 1.2 Read Before Use..............................4 1.3 Package Contents..............................4 1.4 Physical Description...............................4 1.5.SD Card Management............................7 2 Access the IP Camera..............................7 2.1 Access the Camera in LAN...........................7 2.2 Access the Camera in WAN..........................11 2.2.1 Static IP Addresses...........................11 2.2.2 Dynamic IP Addresses..........................12 2.3 Using the VLC player............................14...
1 Overview The IP Camera is an integrated wireless IP Camera with a color CMOS sensor enabling viewing resolution 1280*960. It combines a high quality digital video camera, with a powerful web server, to bring clear video to your desktop from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet. Thanks to the P2P easy access technology, you don’t need to do complicated Port Forwarding and DDNS settings, you just need to scan the QR code on the bottom of the camera to connect it on smart phone, or input the UID to do remote access.
Supporting Third Party Domain name Providing Phone APPs for Android and iPhone users Supports multiple network protocols: HTTP /HTTPS /RTSP / TCP/IP / UDP/ FTP/ DHCP/ DDNS/ UPNP /ONVIF 1.2 Read Before Use Please first verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package Contents listed below. Before the IP Camera is installed, please carefully read and follow the instructions in the Quick Installation Guide to avoid damage due to faulty assembly and installation.
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Infrared Led Infrared Led Figure 1.1 Infrared LED: 21 IR LEDs, night visibility up to 20 meters LENS: CMOS sensor with zoom lens Back View Antenna Figure 1.2 WIFI Antenna: Wireless Antenna Interface View...
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Figure 1.3 I/O alarm terminal block This network camera provides a I/O alarm terminal block which is used to connect to external input / output device. The pin(there are four number in the terminal block from no. 1 to no. 4) definitions are descripted below: 1–...
5) LAN 10/100M adaptive Ethernet interface. Through this interface, IPCAM can be connected with various network devices, such as hub, router, etc. 6) Reset button Press and hold on the reset button for 5 seconds. Releasing the reset button, the password will back to the factory default administrator password.
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Figure 2.1 Double click the IP address of the camera; your default browser will open to the camera login page. (2) https:// LAN IP + HTTPS Port NO. The default Https port NO. is 443. You can use the url to access the camera: https:// LAN IP + HTTPS port. Go to Settings - Network - Port panel , you can see and change the https and https port NO.
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Figure 2.3 For Firefox, you can add the trusted as the following way: Tools ---- Options ---- Advanced --- View Certificates --- Servers Figure 2.4...
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Click View Certificates, and go to Servers option Figure 2.5 Go to Add Exception panel. Enter the camera’s url , here take https://192.168.8.129:443 for example . Click this button to add it . Figure 2.6...
2.2 Access the Camera in WAN 2.2.1 Static IP Addresses Users who have static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access. When you have finished connecting the camera using the LAN IP address and port forwarding, you can access the camera directly from the Internet using the WAN IP address and port number.
service settings to view it remotely. 2.2.2 Dynamic IP Addresses DDNS is a service that allows your IP Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name. This means that even though your WAN IP address is constantly changing, you will have a fixed hostname you can use to access your cameras at all times.
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Fill the HTTP Port of the camera in the columns of External Port and Internal Port. Example: 2000 Fill in this section with the LAN IP of the camera; we would enter “100” for our example. Assign a name for the port forward setting here Figure 2.7 First method :...
Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname, a user name and password you’ve got from www.no-ip.com Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info, user name test, password test2012 for example. Firstly, goes to option of DDNS Settings on the administrator panel. Secondly, select No-Ip as a server. Thirdly, fill test as DDNS user, fill password test2012 as DDNS password, fill ycxgwp.no-ip.info as DDNS domain and server URL, Then click save to make effect.
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Open the VLC, and go to MediaOpen Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC. Figure 2.9 Figure 2.10 Sometimes you may need to enter the user name and password again. Click OK and you can see the real-time preview.
Figure 2.11 Figure 2.12 If you cannot play the video in the VLC player, please check the port mapping. You can read Quick Installation Guide about How to configure port forwarding. NOTE: If you modify the camera’s username or password, you had better reboot the camera, or else the new username and password cannot take effect when you enter the authentication in the VLC.
3 Surveillance Software GUI Please refer to the Quick Installation Guide if you install the camera at first time. After finishing quick installation, you can take time to learn the operation of the software. 3.1 Login Window Figure 3.1 Please check the login window above, it was divided to 5 sections from no. 1 to 4. Section 1 Enter the User name and password The default administrator username is admin with a blank password, please reset the password at first using...
modify the username and password will appears.) 3.2 Modify the Username and Password When you log in for the first time, it will come to the operating of modify the username and password automatically. Figure 3.2 Enter the New Username, New password and Confirm the password. Click Modify button, you will see the login page again.
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Figure 3.3 System Time: Select the time zone you need to set the date, time,format, etc. Figure 3.4 Wireless networks: Click Scan, find the SSID of your wireless router, select and enter the password. Figure 3.5 IP: Set the IP address of the camera. You could choose to obtain an IP automatically (DHCP) or set the IP address manually according to your needs.
Figure 3.6 NOTE: It takes about 1 minute to connect the camera to your router. 3.3 Surveillance Window Figure 3.3 Section1 Live Video / Settings buttons : Path to surveillance window. Click this button and back to the surveillance window.
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: Path to Administrator Control Panel, Click it, and it will lead to Administrator Control Panel and do advanced settings. Click this button and back to the Playback panel to view the record files stored in the SD Card. Section2 Multi-Device Window The firmware inside the camera supports up to maximum of 9 cameras being monitoring at the same time.
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Figure 3.5 After changing, please re-login the camera and you can see the modification. Zoom Device Support 4x zoom feature, click ,The focal length of the camera lens will be larger or shrink, you can adjust the focus distance to the target object size, access to high-definition screen. Focus You can manually adjust the focus by clicking on the button Section4...
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3 ------ Left control button 4------ Right control button 5 ------ Up-Left control button 6------ Up-Right control button 7 ------ Down-Left control button 8------ Down-Right control button Click this button and go to center Section5 Cruise / Preset settings Cruise Settings The default cruise tracks have two types: Vertical and Horizontal.
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IPCAM supports 16 preset positions, which is considered enough for DIY home & small business surveillance market. The default preset position is TopMost, BottomMost, LeftMost, RightMost, you can add other preset positions. Click this icon to save the position you need the camera to remember Delete Select one preset position and click this button to delete it.
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Auto: Select it and the camera will adjust the infra led (on or off) automatically. Manual: Select it and you can turn on or turn off the infra led manually. Schedule: Select it and the IR led light will be off at the schedule period. If you want to define or change the IR led lights schedule time, please go to Settings--->...
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6----- Record Click the icon and the camera start recording, you can see a green dot in the live window. Click again and stop recording. The default storage path is C:\IPCamRecord. You can change the storage path: Go to Settings- >Record->Storage Location panel. 7------Full Screen Click it to make full-screen, or you can double click the surveillance screen to make full-screen.
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Figure 3.7 When you select the Full Screen, then click right mouse, there is a Screen PTZ button. Figure 3.8 Click the Screen PTZ button and put the mouse on the screen to indicate the camera move direction you prefer, press the left mouse, the camera will move to the corresponding direction. Loosen the mouse and stop moving.
4 Advanced Camera Settings Click the button “Settings”, goes to Administrator Control Panel to make advanced camera settings. 4.1 Status Status contains four columns: Device Information, Device Status, Session Status and Log, it will show you various information about your camera. 4.1.1 Device Information Figure 4.1 Camera Model: The model of the device.
Figure 4.2 4.1.3 Session Status Session status will display who and which IP is visiting the camera now. Figure 4.3 4.1.4 Log The log record shows who and which IP address accessed or logout the camera and when.
Click the page number and go to the corresponding page to see more logs. Fill in one page number, click Go button and go to the corresponding page. Figure 4.4 Reboot the camera and clear the log records. 4.2 Basic Settings This section allows you to configure your camera’s Name, Time, User account and Multi-Camera.
Figure 4.6 Time Zone: Select the time zone for your region from the drop-down menu. Sync with NTP server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera. Sync with PC: Select this option to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with your computer.
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How to change the password of administrator? Firstly, select the account of administrator, then select “Change password”, enter the old password and the new password, lastly click modify to take effect. Figure 4.8 How to add account ? Select one blank column, then enter the new user name, password and privilege, last click Add to take effect. You can see the new added account on the Account list.
Figure 4.10 Delete:Select the account which you want to delete, then click Delete button to take effect. Note: The default admin account cannot be deleted, but you can add other administrator users. How to change the username ? Firstly, select the account which you want to change the username, then select “Change username”, enter the new password, lastly click modify to take effect.
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multi-cams settings, you need to assign different port such as 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 to the cameras if there is 8 cams installed. The firmware within the camera can support a maximum of 9 devices monitoring all at the same time. This page you can both add MJPEG and H.264 series cameras to the first camera and view multi-surveillance screen on one window.
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Figure 4.13 Back to Surveillance Windows, and click Four Windows option, you will see four cameras you added. Figure 4.14...
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Figure 4.15 Add cameras in WAN If you want to view all cameras via the internet(remote computer), you will need to add them using DDNS domain name. Firstly, make sure all of the cameras you added can be accessed through the internet. Login to the first camera using a DDNS domain name and port.
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Figure 4.17 1 ---- The camera model: MJ or H264. 2 ---- The 2nd camera’s name 3 ---- Fill in the 2nd camera’s DDNS host not LAN IP 4 ---- Enter the 2nd camera’s user name and password 5 ---- Click Add button and to take effect NOTE: Here the Host must be entered as the second camera’s DDNS domain name, not its LAN IP.
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Figure 4.18 Return to video window. You will see all of the cameras accessible through the internet. When you are away from home, you can use the first camera’s DDNS domain name and port to view all the cameras via internet. Figure 4.19...
4.3 Network This section will allow you to configure your camera’s IP, PPPoE, DDNS, Wireless Settings, UPnP and Port. 4.3.1 IP Configuration If you want to set a static IP for the camera, please go to IP Configuration page. Keep the camera in the same subnet of your router or computer.
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Figure 4.21 Figure 4.22 If you don’t know the DNS server, you can use the same settings as the Default Gateway.
4.3.2 Wireless Settings Step 1: Choose “Settings” on the top of the camera interface, and go to the “Network” panel on the left side of the screen, then click “Wireless Settings.” Click the Scan button and the camera will detect all wireless networks around the area. It should also display your router in the list (Figure 4.23).
Figure 4.24 Step 3: Please click on the Save button after all settings have been entered and disconnect the network cable. Never shut down the power of the camera until the IP camera is able to connect to the wireless network. The LAN IP address will disappear on the window of Equipment Search Tool when the camera is configuring a wireless connection.
Figure 4.25 4.3.4 DDNS The camera has embedded a unique DDNS domain name when producing, and you can directly use the domain name, you can also use the third party domain name. IPCAM domain name Here take test09.myipcamera.org for example. Go to option of DDNS on the Settings->Network panel, you can see the domain name.
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① Step 1, Go to the website www.no-ip.com to create a free hostname Firstly: Login on www.no-ip.com and click No-IP Free to register. Figure 4.27 Click here to register Figure 4.28...
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Please register an account step by step according to instructions on www.no-ip.com After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email. Secondly: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your domain name.
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Step 2, DO DDNS Service Settings within the Camera Please set DDNS Settings within the camera by hostname, a user name and password you’ve got from www.no-ip.com Take hostname ycxgwp.no-ip.info, user name test, password test2012 for example. Firstly, goes to option of DDNS Settings on the administrator panel. Secondly, select No-Ip as a server..
Fill the Media Port no. of the Assign a name camera column as you like here External Port and Internal Port Figure 4.31 ③ Use domain name to access the camera via internet After the port forwarding is finished, you can use the domain name+ http no. to access the camera via internet.
Figure 4.33 The camera’s software will be configured for port forwarding. There may be issues with your routers security settings, and sometimes may error. We recommend you configure port forwarding manually on your router. 4.3.6 Port This camera supports HTTP Port. HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely. If you want to access the camera and view the video, the HTTP Port must both be configured correctly.
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Select which camera you’d like to change the port for, and right click Figure 4.35 Modify the Http Port. Enter the Username and password, click OK. Figure 4.36 Step 2: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with a blank password), and click “OK”...
Figure 4.37 Note: If the camera cannot be accessed, please make sure the port forwarding is succeed. HTTPS port: The default port is 443. You can use the url to access the camera: https:// IP + HTTPS port NO. ONVIF port: By default, the ONVIF port is set to 888.
2-----SMTP Username/ password ID account and password of the sender email address 3-----Sender E-mail Mailbox for sender must support SMTP 4-----Receiver Mailbox for receiver need not support SMTP,you can set 4 receivers 5-----Save Click Save to take effect 6-----Test Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured. Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured.
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Figure 4.40 Figure 4.41 FTP server: If your FTP server is located on the LAN, you can set as Figure4.43. If you have an FTP server which you can access on the internet, you can set as Figure 4.44 Port: Default is port 21. If changed, external FTP client program must change the server connection port accordingly.
4.3.9 P2P Access the IP Camera by Smart Phone (Android or iOS operating system) First of all, you need to open the P2P function of the IP Camera at “Settings-->Network-->P2P”. Figure 4.1 4.4 Video This section allows you to configure Video stream settings, On screen display and Snapshot settings. 4.4.1 Video Settings There are two ways to set the stream video settings.
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Figure 4.42 Enhanced Night video Definition: The camera will automatically drop the frame to extend the recording time in the night. Stream type: There are four types to identify different streams you have set. If select the HD Mode, the clearer video will become, and it will take up more bandwidth;...
Variable bitrate: Select the Bit rate type to constant or variable. If select Yes, the camera will change the video bit rate according to the situation, but will not more than the maximum parameter "Bit Rate"; If select No, the Bit Rate is unchanged.
The mask area Figure 4.45 Click Back button and return to the OSD page, click Save to take effect. Back to the surveillance window, you can see the mask area as the following picture: Figure 4.46 4.4.4 Snapshot Settings On this page you can set the snapshot pictures’ image quality and the storage path.
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Figure 4.47 Snap Quality: Low, Middle and High. The higher the quality, the picture will be clearer. Pictures Save To: FTP or SD Card. If you have done FTP and Alarm settings, when alarming, the camera will snap pictures to the FTP automatically. If select SD Card as the save path, make sure the camera has inserted in the SD card.
4.4.5 IR LED Schedule On this page you can set the schedule time for switching IR LED lights. When parameter Mode is set to the Schedule on the Live Video window, at these schedule time, the IR LED lights will be turned off. Figure 4.48 4.5 Alarm 4.5.1 Motion Detection...
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To enable motion detection, follow the steps below: Step 01: Enable Motion detection Step 02: Sensitivity---- It supports three modes: Low, Middle and High. The higher the sensitivity, the camera will be more easily alarmed. Select one motion sensitivity. Step 03: Trigger interval--- The interval time between two motion detections.
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If you select this checkbox, when the motion has been detected, the camera will record automatically and store the record files. Make sure you have set the Alarm record files storage path, please go to Record—> Storage location page to verify this settings.The default alarm record time is 30s and pre-alarm record time is 5s, please go to Record—>...
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Click this button and select all time range Figure 4.52 ② Specify an alarm schedule Click the week day words, the corresponding column will be selected. For example, click TUE, the all column of TUE turns to red, that means during Tuesday whole day, when something moving in the detection area, the camera will alarm.
When the motion has been detected during the detection time in the detection area, the camera will alarm and adopt the corresponding alarm indicators. NOTE: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. 4.5.2 IO Alarm This IP camera provides a I/O alarm terminal block which is used to connect to external input / output device.
Figure 4.56 Setting IO alarm On the IO page, Enable the I/O alarm, select the “Send E-mail”and ”Snapshot” before you have configured the mail and FTP. If an IO alarm is triggered and IO alarm output device will always alarm (sound alarm is issued a warning sound, alarm lights in flash etc.).
Figure 4.57 Recording Location: SD card or FTP. When the camera alarmed, it will store the alarm files to the SD card or FTP. If you select the SD card from the Recording Location, Make sure the camera has been inserted the SD card.
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When the parameter Recording Location is set SD Card on the Storage Location page, you can configure parameters as shown in follow figure. When the parameter Recording Location is set FTP on the Storage Location page, you can configure parameters as shown in follow figure. Click Save button to take effect.
4.6.5 SD Card Management This camera supports SD Card and the max size of SD card must be under 32G. When you plug in the SD card during the camera work process, please reboot the camera again, or else the SD Card may be cannot work well.
4.7.2 Cruise Settings This section explains how to add/ delete one cruise track. Figure 4.61 Setting the Cruise Mode There are two cruise mode: Cruise time and Cruise Loops. Cruise time: Select Cruise time from Cruise Mode dropdown, then you can set the Cruise time of the camera.
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Add: Add one cruise track, then click save button. Delete: Select one cruise track and delete it. Save: After you modify the Dwell time, you should click Save button to take effect. Example How to do add cruise tracks ? Firstly, Click Add button and enter a descriptive name to identify the cruise track.
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Add the preset. The cruise tracks have added to the “track 1” . Figure 4.64 After add the cruise track, back to the surveillance window, click Cruise, here you can see all cruise tracks you have added. There are other buttons between the Preset points and Cruise track, you can use these buttons to adjust the order of preset points or add/delete one preset points in one cruise track.
Figure 4.1 Add: Select one preset points and add it to the selected cruise track. Delete: Select one preset points you have added to one cruise track, click delete. Move up/ down: Select one cruise track, adjust the order of preset points in one cruise track. Attention: Considering the life time and thermal issue of the motor, it’s not recommend to do long-time cruise.
Then go to the “Settings” page to set time (min): 4.8 Firewall This section explains how to control the access permission by checking the client PC’s IP addresses. It is composed of the following columns: Block access from these IP addresses and Only allow access from these IP addresses..
Figure 4.66 Enable firewall, If you select Only allow access from these IP addresses and fill in 8 IP addresses at most, only those clients whose IP addresses listed in the Only allow access from these IP addresses can access the Network Camera.
Figure 4.67 4.9.2 System Upgrade Your current firmware version will be displayed on your screen. You may go to the Device Status Device Information Page to check for the latest firmware versions available. Click Browse, choose the correct bin file and then click System upgrade. Make sure you have unplugged the SD card.
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Figure 4.69 Figure 4.70 CAUTION: If your camera works well with the current firmware, we recommend not upgrading. Please don’t upgrade the firmware unnecessarily. Your camera may be damaged if mis-configured during an upgrade. NOTE: 1) Before upgrade the firmware, please unplug the SD card and reboot the camera, don’t upgrade the firmware in WAN through the web UI, or else the upgrade process may be failed.
4.9.3 Patch Installation Click "Browse" to select the correct patch file, and then click "Install Patch" to install the patch. Do not turn off the power during it installing. After installing is complete, you will receive a system prompt. 4.9.4 Factory Reset Click All reset and all parameters will return to factory settings if selected.
Figure 4.72 5 Playback On this page you can view the record files stored in the SD card. Section 1 Define the Record files time and Type : The storage path of record files : Here supports three types: current day, current month and All records. Another way,...
select the time on the time&date manually. : The type of records files, Here supports two typs: Normal record, Alarm record and All records. : Click this button to search all record files satisfy the conditions you selected. Continuous Play: Select the checkbox to play continuously all the record files. Section 2 Search record files On this panel you can see all record files satisfy the conditions you set.
6.1.1 How to download and install the ActiveX for Firefox users For the first time login the camera, it may prompt you to download plugin. Click here to download the plugin Figure 6.1 Drag the download file to Firefox web page and it will prompt you to Install it. Click Install Now Figure 6.2...
Reboot the Firefox after the plugin installation is successfully completely, then relogin the camera again, you can see the surveillance window NOTE: If you could not view living video after running the ActiveX, only a red cross in the center of the video or just a black screen.
Go to Extensions page Figure 6.4 Click Add button to install the Plugins. Click Add button to install the plugin Figure 6.5 Reboot the browser and relogin the camera, you will see the surveillance window. 6.1.3 I have forgotten the administrator password To reset the administrator username and password, press and hold down the RESET BUTTON for 5 seconds.
reset Default administrator username: admin Default administrator password: No password 6.1.4 Camera can not record Camera can not record when I click Record button or I can’t change the manually record path. When you use Windows7 or Vista, you may be not able to do manually record or change the record path because of the security settings of computer.
Figure 6.6 If you allow the ActiveX running, but still could not see living video. Please change another port number to try. Don’t use port 8000. Figure6.7 NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software does not block the camera or ActiveX. If you could not see video, please shut down firewall or anti-virus software to try again.
6.1.8 UPnP always failed UPnP only contains port forwarding in our recent software. Sometimes, it may be failed to do port forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus software. It also has much relation with router’s security settings. So we recommend you do port forwarding manually. You can view your camera in internet successfully after you do port forwarding manually in your router(Figure 4.29).
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ITEMS Camera Horizontal view angle 30°~70° (Pan/Tilt angle: H=355°, V=78°) Image Compression H.264 Image Frame Rate 30fps maximum, downward adjustable (1.3Megapixel)1280 x 960, 720P(1280 x 720), VGA(640 x 480), VGA(640 Resolution x 360), QVGA(320 x 240),QVGA(320 x 180) Stream dual stream Video Image adjustment The hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness are adjustable...
6.4 CE & FCC Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) FCC Statement This device compiles with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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