Table of Contents Network Connection ...................... 1 Main Interface Introduction .................... 2 Log in ........................ 2 Live Interface ....................6 Encode Setup ....................6 System Menu ....................7 Video Window Function Option ................. 7 Video Window Setup ..................8 2.6.1 Hide Image Control ..................8 2.6.2 Original size ....................
1 Network Connection These series network camera products support the Web access and management via PC. Web includes several modules: monitor channel preview, PTZ control, system configuration, alarm and etc. Please follow the steps listed below for network connection. Make sure the network camera has connected to the network properly.
2 Main Interface Introduction 2.1 Log in Open IE and input network camera address in the address bar. For example, if your camera IP is 192.168.1.108, then please input http:// 192.168.1.108 in IE address bar. See Figure 2-1. Input your IP address here Figure 2-1 The login interface is shown as below.
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Figure 2-2 If it is your first time to login in, you may see the interface shown as in Figure 2-3. Figure 2-3...
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Click on “Please click here to download and install the plug-in”. The system pops up warning information to ask you whether run or save this plug-in. See Figure 2-4. Figure 2-4 You must either run or save the file to local and install it. Follow the following steps. Click on run, you will see Figure 2-5 and Figure 2-6.
When plug-in installation completes, the installation page closes automatically. The web-end will refresh automatically, and then you can view video captured by the camera. 2.2 Live Interface After you logged in, you can see the live monitor window. See Figure 2-7 Figure 2-7 There are four sections: ...
Figure 2-8 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function In normal network width environment, main stream can record Main stream audio/video file and realize network monitor. You can set the main stream resolution if your device supports. If network width is not sufficient, you can use sub stream to Sub (Extra) realize network monitor.
When the video is in the original status, click it you can Digital select any zone to zoom in. In the non-original status, zoom you can drag the zoom-in zone in specified range. Right click mouse to restore previous status. ...
Click this button to display/hide image control interface. 2.6.2 Original size Click this button to go to original size. It is to display the actual size of the video stream. It depends on the resolution of the bit stream. 2.6.3 Full screen Click it to go to full-screen mode.
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Adjust lens focal length. May adjust via single clicking on or long pressing + - . Zoom Step length is to adjust length of single step. Adjust lens definition. May adjust via single clicking on or long pressing + - . Focus Step length is to adjust length of single step.
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>Camera->Conditions to It is to adjust monitor video adjust corresponding items. hue. It is to adjust monitor video saturation. Reset Restore brightness, contrastness saturation and hue to system default setup.
3 PTZ Control Please note only some series product support PTZ function. Before PTZ operation, please make sure you have properly set PTZ protocol. (Please go to Setup- >System->PTZ to set.). Here you can view direction keys, speed, zoom, focus, iris, preset, tour, pan, scan, pattern, aux close, and PTZ setup button.
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Figure 3-2 Please refer to the following sheet for PTZ setup information. Parameter Function Click Setup button, you can set scan left and right limit. Scan Move the camera to you desired location and then click left limit button.
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Parameter Function Please input the corresponding aux value here. Assistant You can select one option and then click AUX on or AUX off button. You can turn on or turn off the light/wiper. Light and wiper...
4 Playback 4.1 Playback Interface The playback interface is shown as in Figure 4- 1. Figure 4- 1 There are four sections: Section 1: Function of play Section 2: Date Section 3: File list Section 4: Progress bar 4.2 Function of Play Figure 4- 2 The function of play is shown as in...
Figure 4- 2 Play: Play or pause video. Stop: Stop video. Play by frame: Skip to next frame. Slow play: Slow down the video. Quick play: Speed up the video. Silent: Switch off/on sound. Volume: Adjust volume of the video. Note: You must pause video before skipping to next frame.
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Figure 4- 3 Click on to enter file list. Double click on record file in the list and this file will be played. You can view file size, start and end time. Record type has four catagories: Green means general record. ...
Back: Click on this button, you will go back to calendar page. 4.5 Progress Bar means video in past 24 hours. means video in past 2 hours. means video in past 1 hour. means video in past 30 min.
5 Setup 5.1 Camera 5.1.1 Conditions Here you can view device property information. Slight differences may be found due to different network camera series. The setups become valid immediately after you set. See Figure 5-1. Note: Only motorized zoom lens device has zoom and focus function. Figure 5-1 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
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Contrast It is to adjust monitor window contrast. The larger the number, the higher the contrast is. You can use this function when the whole video bright is OK but the contrast is not proper. Please note the video may become hazy if the value is too low. If this value is too high, the dark section may lack brightness while the bright section may over exposure .
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Low noise The video whole brightness can automatically change within the proper exposure range according to the different environments. The higher the gain max value is, the lower the noise is. For the same environments, the noise of the low noise mode shall be smaller than the noise of the auto mode.
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Day&Night It is to set device day/night mode switch independently from config file. Default is auto mode. Color: Device outputs the color video. Auto: Device auto select to output the color or the B/W video according to the device feature (The general bright of the video or there is IR light or not.) ...
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3D NR This threshold is mainly for multi-frame (at least 2) image processing. It reduces noise with info between a frame and previous frame. The higher the value, the better NR will be. Default is enabled. NR level ranges from 0 to 100. The recommended value to from 40 to 60.
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If you select schedule, you can decide detained day time interval and night time interval as in Figure 5-64. You can set 0:00 ~ 12:00 as day, and 12:00 ~ 24:00 as night. Figure 5-4 The zoom and focus interface is shown as in Figure 5-5. Figure 5-5 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Adjust lens definition. May adjust via single clicking on or long pressing + - . Focus Step length is to adjust length of single step. Automatically adjust image definition. Click to adjust. Auto focus Note: During auto focus, you cannot perform other lens operation. Restore lens to zero to clear accumulated difference.
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Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function It includes general stream, motion stream and alarm Main Bit stream type stream. You can select different encode frame rates stream form different recorded events. System supports active control frame function (ACF). It allows you to record in different frame rates.
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Parameter Function This function allows you to verify the video is tampered Watermark or not. Here you can select watermark bit stream, watermark mode and watermark character. Default character is DigitalCCTV. The max length is 85-digit. The character can only include number, character and underline. Please check the box here to enable extra stream Enable function.
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Parameter Function I Frame Here you can set the P frame amount between two I frames. The value ranges from 1 to 150. Default value is 50. Recommended value is frame rate *2. 5.1.2.2 Snapshot The snapshot interface is shown as in Figure 5-7. Figure 5-7 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
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Figure 5-8 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can privacy mask the specified video in the Privacy mask monitor video. System max supports 4 privacy mask zones. You can enable this function so that system overlays time Time Title information in video window.
Figure 5-9 5.1.3 Audio Please note some series products do not support audio function. The audio interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-10. Figure 5-10 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Audio enable Main stream: Recorded file only contains video by default. You need to check the audio box here to enable audio function.
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The TCP/IP interface is shown as in Figure 5-11. Figure 5-11 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Host Name It is to set current host device name. It max supports 32-digit character. Ethernet Card Please select the Ethernet port. It is for the wire LAN by default. Please note for the -W series product, it has the wireless network card, and you can modify the default Ethernet port setup.
IP Version It is to select IP version. IPV4 or IPV6. You can access the IP address of these two version. IP Address Please use the keyboard to input the corresponding number to modify the IP address and then set the corresponding subnet mask and the default gateway.
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Figure 5-12 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function It is the max Web connection for the same device. The value ranges from 1 connection to 20. The max connection amount is 20. TCP port The default value is 37777. You can input the actual port number if necessary.
HTTPs The default value is 443. Enable 5.2.3 PPPoE The PPPoE interface is shown as in Figure 5-13. Input the PPPoE user name and password you get from the IPS (internet service provider) and enable PPPoE function. Please save current setup and then reboot the device to get the setup activated. Device connects to the internet via PPPoE after reboot.
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Figure 5-14 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Server Type You can select DDNS protocol from the dropdown list and then enable DDNS function. The QUICK DDNS protocol means you use your self-defined private protocol to realize DDNS function. Server Address DDNS server IP address Domain Name...
Figure 5-15 Parameter Function Server Type You can select DDNS protocol from the dropdown list and then enable DDNS function. The QUICK DDNS means you use your self-defined private protocol to realize DDNS function. Server Address DDNS server IP address. Under DDNS the default server address is www.quickddns.com Mode The default is auto, and you can select manual.
Please note: You must set MAC address in the same network segment. Figure 5-16 5.2.6 SMTP (e-mail) The SMTP interface is shown as in Figure 5-17. Figure 5-17 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
Parameter Function Input server address and then enable this function. SMTP Server Port Default value is 25. You can modify it if necessary. Anonymity For the server supports the anonymity function. You can auto login anonymously. You do not need to input the user name, password and the sender information.
In the Windows OS, From Start->Control Panel->Add or remove programs. Click the “Add/Remove Windows Components” and then select the “Network Services” from the Windows Components Wizard. Click the Details button and then check the “Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control client” and “UPnP User Interface”.
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Figure 5-19 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function SNMP port The listening port of the proxy program of the device. It is a UDP port not a TCP port. The value ranges from 1 to 65535. The default value is 161 It is a string.
Parameter Function The destination port of the Trap information from the proxy Trap port program of the device. It is for the gateway device and the client-end PC in the LAN to exchange the information. It is a non-protocol connection port. It has no effect on the network applications.
You can use the browse of the Bonjour service in the same LAN to search the network camera device and then access if you do not know the network camera information such as IP address. You can view the server name when the network camera is detected by the Bonjour. Please note the safari browse support this function.
Figure 5-21 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable Select to enable multicast function. Main stream and sub stream cannot be used at the same time. Multicast address Main/sub stream multicast address is 239.255.42.42 and its range is 224.0.0.0~239.255.255.255.
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Figure 5-22 Please check the box to enable WIFI function and then click the Search SSID button. Now you can view all the wireless network information in the following list. Double click a name to connect to it. Click on refresh button to obtain the latest connection status.
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Figure 5-23 Figure 5-24 Some series products (with WIFI) support WPS connection, and it includes PIN code and PBC connection.
PIN code: Step 1. Input PIN code and SSID of router. Step 2. Click on connecting for WPS connection. PBC: Step 1. Check button and click on connecting. Step 2. Press QoS button on router and connect to WPS. Note: PBC connection steps can be interchanged, and interval cannot exceed 120s.
Figure 5-26 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Authentication PEAP (protected EAP protocol). Username It needs the username to login, which is authenticated by the server. Password Please input password here. 5.2.13 QoS The QoS interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-27. Qos (Quality of Service) is network security mechanism.
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Figure 5-27 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Real-time The value ranges from 0 to 63. The router or the switcher can monitor provide different service for various data packets. Command The value ranges from 0 to 63. The router or the switcher can provide different service for various data packets.
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Wireless connection The default is auto and it supports dial-up, sms and incoming call. type Enable Check to enable 3G module. Authentication This function depends on your local 3G provider. Dial-up This function depends on your local 3G provider.
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function SMS sending In event management, check corresponding sms, so when there is event, a sms will be sent to mobile phone in corresponding receiving list. To use this function, you shall check sms enable in event management interface. SMS enable Mobile phone numbers in the list can enable/disable dial-up function and reboot device by sending sms to SIM card in the device.
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Parameter Function Here you can set arm/disarm period. Click on set button to Working Period open period setup menu. There are six periods every day for setup and you must check box in front of each period to enable it. System only memorizes one event during the anti-dither period.
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Figure 5-33 Different colors represent different areas. Each area can set different detection zones. Detection zone cam be irregular and discontinuous. If device monitoring zone is large, user can sub-divide the area into several zones for better motion detect. Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Default area name includes Region0, Region1, Region2,...
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Delete all Clear all areas. Delete Delete selected area. 5.3.1.2 Video Masking The video masking interface is shown as in Figure 5-34. Figure 5-34 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable You need to check the box to enable this function. You need to set arm and disarm time.
5.3.2 Alarm Please note some series products do not support this function. 5.3.2.1 Alarm activation The alarm activation interface is shown as in Figure 5-35. Figure 5-35 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Enable After enabled, relay activation will work. Alarm input The default is alarm 1 and for some devices may be alarm 2.
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Parameter Function Means flash become off after a period of time when relay Flash delay activation ends. Unit is in second, within 10s ~ 300s. Record System auto activates motion detection channel to record once alarm occurs (working with motion detection function). Record Delay System can delay the record for specified time after alarm ended.
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter1 Function Enable After enabled, PIR alarm will work. Flash After enabled, when alarm occurs, the system will automatically turn on flash. Means flash become off after a period of time when relay activation ends. Flash delay ...
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Figure 5-40 Figure 5-41 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function The abnormal events include: no disk, no space, disk error, net Event error, offline, IP conflict. Type Threshold: You can set the minimum percentage value here. The device can alarm when capacity is not sufficient.
Parameter Function Send After you enabled this function, the system can send out email to alarm email the specified user. This function is invalid when network is offline or IP conflict occurs. 5.4 Storage 5.4.1 Record Schedule and Snapshot Schedule In these two interfaces, you can add or remove the schedule record/snapshot setup.
Figure 5-43 You can set specified dates as holiday. When snapshot of holiday is enabled, the selected dates will be snapshot/recorded according to holiday setup. 5.4.2 Destination The destination interface is shown as in Figure 5-44. It is to set the storage mode of the network camera record file or snapshot pictures. There are two options: local/FTP.
Parameter Function Event It includes: general, motion detect and alarm. Type Local It saved in the Micro SD card. It saved in the FTP server. The local interface is shown as in Figure 5-45. Here you can view local Micro SD card or disk information.
The record control interface is shown as in Figure 5-47. Figure 5-47 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can select file size. Default setup is 8 minutes. Pack Duration Pre-record Please input pre-record value here. For example, system can record the four seconds video in the buffer.
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Figure 5-48 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function It is to set device name. Device No Video This is to display video standard such as PAL. Standard Language You can select the language from the dropdown list. 5.5.1.2 Date and time The date and time interface is shown as in Figure 5-49.
Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Here you can select date format from the dropdown list. Date format There are two options: 24-H and 12-H. Time Format The time zone of the device. Time zone It is to set system time.
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Figure 5-50 Enable anonymity login: Enable anonymity login, and input IP. No username or password is required, you can log in by anonymity (with limited rights). You can click logout to end your session. Add user: It is to add a name to group and set the user rights. See Figure 5-51. There are four default users: admin/888888/666666 and hidden user “default”.
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Figure 5-51 Modify user It is to modify the user property, belonging group, password and rights. See Figure 5-522. Modify password It is to modify the user password. You need to input the old password and then input the new password twice to confirm the new setup.
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Figure 5-52 5.5.2.2 Group The group management interface can add/remove group, modify group password and etc. The interface is shown as in Figure 5-53. Figure 5-53 Add group: It is to add group and set its corresponding rights. See Figure 5-54. Please input the group name and then check the box to select the corresponding rights.
Figure 5-54 Modify group Click the modify group button, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 5-55. Here you can modify group information such as remarks and rights. Figure 5-55 5.5.3 PTZ Please note only some series products support this function. The PTZ interface is shown as in Figure 5-56.
Figure 5-56 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function Select the corresponding dome protocol. Protocol Set corresponding dome address. Default value is 1. Please note your Address setup here shall comply with your dome address; otherwise you can not control the speed dome.
Figure 5-57 5.5.5 Import/Export The interface is shown as in Figure 5-58. Figure 5-58 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Parameter Function It is to import the local setup files to the system. Import It is to export the corresponding system setup to your local PC. Export 5.5.6 Auto Maintenance The auto maintenance interface is shown as in Figure 5-59.
Figure 5-59 5.5.7 Upgrade The upgrade interface is shown as in Figure 5-60. Please select the upgrade file and then click the update button to begin firmware update. Important Improper upgrade program may result in device malfunction! Figure 5-60 5.6 Information 5.6.1 Version The version interface is shown as in Figure 5-61.
Figure 5-61 5.6.2 Log Here you can view system log. See Figure 5-62. Figure 5-62 Please refer to the following sheet for log parameter information. Parameter Function Log types include: system operation, configuration operation, data Type operation, event operation, record operation, user management, log clear.
Parameter Function You can select log type from the drop down list and then click search Search button to view the list. You can click the stop button to terminate current search operation. You can select one item to view the detailed information. information Clear You can click this button to delete all displayed log files.
6 Alarm Please note some series product does not support this function. Click alarm function, you can see an interface is shown as in Figure 6-1. Here you can set device alarm type and alarm sound setup. Figure 6-1 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Type Parameter Function...
7 Log out Click log out button, system goes back to log in interface. See Figure 7-1. Figure 7-1 Note: This manual is for reference only. Slight difference may be found in user interface. All the designs and software here are subject to change without prior written notice. ...
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