How to Adjust the Viewing Angle and Focus ....... 22 How to Rotate the Viewing Orientation (E96 / E98) ...... 24 How to Replace the Dome Cover ........... 25 How to Replace the Lens (D91 / D92 only) ........27 Accessing the Camera Configure the IP Addresses ............30...
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Hardware Manual Using DHCP Server to Assign IP Addresses ........ 30 Using the Default Camera IP Address .......... 32 Access the Camera ................. 34 www.acti.com...
Every reasonable care has been taken during the writing of this manual. Please inform your local office if you find any inaccuracies or omissions. We cannot be held responsible for any typographical or technical errors and reserve the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. www.acti.com...
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This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B Information Technology Equipment according to European Standard EN 55022 and EN 55024. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which cause the user may be required to take adequate measures. www.acti.com...
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...
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How to remove the memory card? Access the Web Configurator to “safely unmount” the card (see the camera Firmware Manual for details). Once unmounted from the firmware, push the card to eject it from the slot. www.acti.com...
Gang Box Mount: If the camera will be mounted on a gang box (applicable in some areas in the US), a gang box converter (not included in the camera package) is needed. See Installing the Camera on a Gang Box on page 16. www.acti.com...
(3) holes with φ 3.5 on the ceiling and use the supplied screw tox. 2. Route the cables through the ceiling, taking the Conduit Hole on the drilling template as a reference. Or, slide off the cable exit tab on the dome cover to route the cable through that hole later. www.acti.com...
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3. Use the camera body and locate the three (3) screw holes. 4. Install the camera body to the ceiling using the three (3) screws included in the camera package. NOTE: Please make sure the screw is flat on the plate. www.acti.com...
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6. Adjust the camera viewing angle and focus. See How to Adjust the Viewing Angle Focus on page 22. NOTE: Not applicable to E96 model. 7. Attach the cover to the camera body and tighten the three (3) screws to secure it. www.acti.com...
The camera can then be installed onto the gang box converter. NOTE: The gang box and the gang box converter are not included in the camera package. www.acti.com...
1. Remove a knockout on the gang box to route the network cable. 2. Route the network cable along the surface or inside the surface and into the gang box. 3. Attach the gang box on the surface or inside the surface according to the recommended orientation above. www.acti.com...
Note which screw holes to attach to secure the converter to the gang box. Screw Holes from Left to Right Screw Holes from Right to Left Same screw holes apply when using the 4” octagon gang boxes. NOTE: www.acti.com...
Step 4: Install the Camera 1. Align the camera screw holes to the screw holes of the gang box converter. 2. Attach the three (3) screws (included in the gang box converter package) to secure the camera to the converter. www.acti.com...
1. Align cable tab side of the dome cover to the direction of the network cable. 2. Tighten the three (3) screws using the supplied hex screwdriver to attach the dome cover. Final installation should look similar to the illustration below. www.acti.com...
Please use a PoE (Power over Ethernet) supported switch or injector: 1) Connect your IP Camera to the PoE Switch / Injector using an Ethernet cable. 2) Connect your PoE Switch / Injector to a PC / network using another Ethernet cable. www.acti.com...
The following procedures are not applicable to Mini Fisheye Dome cameras. 1. Loosen the three (3) screws to remove the dome cover. 2. Based on the live view from the camera, adjust the viewing angle with pan and tilt direction (for Mini Dome models only). www.acti.com...
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Attach the focus tuner (included in the camera package) on the lens and adjust the focus of the lens. b. Remove the lens focus tuner. 4. Attach the dome cover to the camera and tighten the three (3) screws. www.acti.com...
2. Loosen the screw as marked below. 3. Turn the lens holder to rotate the viewing orientation. Note that the arrow indicates the viewing direction. 4. When the desired orientation is achieved, tighten the screw to fix the orientation position. 5. Close the dome cover. www.acti.com...
Optional Accessories PDCX-1106 To replace the dome cover, follow the procedures below: 1. Loosen the three (3) screws to remove the dome cover. 2. Push the clips outwards to release the dome cover latches. www.acti.com...
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Hardware Manual 3. Remove the ring from the cover. 4. Insert ring to the new dome cover and latch it to the cover body. www.acti.com...
Hardware Manual How to Replace the Lens (D91 / D92 only) For wider viewing angle, the bundled lens can be replaced with the optional IR-compatible lens. Contact your sales agent to purchase. To replace the lens, follow the procedures below: 1.
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Hardware Manual 4. Remove the transparent plastic from the replacement lens. 5. Attach the spring to the replacement lens. 6. Continuously rotate the replacement lens to attach it to the camera. www.acti.com...
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7. Attach the lens focus tuner when the tip of the lens is difficult to hold then turn it clockwise or counter-clockwise to adjust the camera focus. See How to Adjust the Viewing Angle and Focus on page 22 for more information. 8. Close the dome cover. www.acti.com...
Windows system – just by pressing the “Network” icon, all the cameras of the local area network will be discovered by Windows thanks to the UPnP function support of our cameras. In the example below, we successfully found the camera that we had just connected to the network. www.acti.com...
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The IP Utility can be downloaded for free from http://www.acti.com/IP_Utility With just one click, you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows: You can quickly see the camera model in the list. Click on the IP address to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already.
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PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera. Manually adjust the IP address of the PC: In the following example, based on Windows 7, we will configure the IP address to 192.168.0.99 and set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 by using the steps below: www.acti.com...
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In such case, please plug in only one camera at a time, and change its IP address by using the Web browser before plugging in the next one. This way, the Web browser will not be confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time. www.acti.com...
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When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will be downloaded from the camera directly – the user just has to accept the use of such control when prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case. www.acti.com...
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HTTP port of the camera is 80, which can be omitted from the address for convenience. Before logging in, you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the camera. Account: Admin Password: 123456 For further operations, please refer to the Firmware User Manual. www.acti.com...
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