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IP PANORAMIC CAMERAS ART. IPSCAMA08F04A Please read this manual thoroughly before use and keep it for future reference...
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WARNING This product is intended to be supplied by a Listed Power Unit, marked with 'Limited Power Source', 'LPS' on unit, output rated minimum 12VDC/2 A or POE 48VDC/ 350mA or 24VAC (depending on models), no more than 2000m altitude of operation and Tma= 60°C.
Table of Contents Network Connection ................1 LAN ....................1 1.1.1 Access through Comelit Advance IP Tool ......1 1.1.2 Access through Internet Explorer ........3 WAN ....................5 Live View ....................8 Network Camera Configuration ............10 System Configuration ..............10 3.1.1...
1.1.1 Access through Comelit Advance IP Tool Network connection: ① Make sure the PC and IPC are connected to the LAN and the Comelit Advance IP Tool is installed in the PC. ② Double click the Comelit Advance IP Tool icon on the desktop to run this software as shown below: ③...
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For example, the IP address of your computer is 192.168.1.4. Therefore, the IP address of the camera shall be changed to 192.168.1.X. After modification, please enter the password of the administrator and click the “Modify” button to modify the setting. ...
The system will pop up the above textbox to ask you to change the default password. It is strongly recommended to change the default password for account security. If “Do not show again” is checked, the textbox will not appear the next time. 1.1.2 Access through Internet Explorer The default network settings are shown below: IP address: 192.168.1.150...
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Select “Properties” and then select internet protocol (for example: IPv4). Next, click the “Properties” button to set the network of the PC. ② Open the Internet Explorer browser, enter the default address of the IPC and confirm. ③ Follow instructions to download and install the ActiveX control. ④...
1.2 WAN Access through the router or virtual server ① Make sure the camera is connected to the local network and then log in the camera via LAN and go to ConfigNetworkPort menu to set the port number. Port Setup ②...
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Router Setup ④ Open the Internet Explorer browser and enter its WAN IP and http port to access. (for example, if the http port is changed to 81, please enter “192.198.1.150:81” in the address bar of web browser to access). ...
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Access through static IP Network connection The setup steps are as follow: ① Go to ConfigNetworkPort menu to set the port number. ② Go to Config NetworkTCP/IP menu to set the IP address. Check “Use the following IP address” and then enter the static IP address and other parameters. ③...
2 Live View After logging in, the following window will be shown. The following table show the icons on the live view interface. Icon Description Icon Description Original size Start/stop local recording Fit correct scale Zoom in Auto (fill the window) Zoom out Full screen PTZ control...
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The descriptions of the control panel are as follows: Icon Description Icon Description Move upper left direction Move upper right direction Move up Stop movement Move left Move right Move lower left direction Move lower right direction Move down Speed adjustment Zoom out Zoom in Focus -...
3 Network Camera Configuration In the client, choose “Config” to go to the configuration interface. Note: click the “Save” button to save the settings. 3.1 System Configuration 3.1.1 Basic Information In the “Basic Information” interface, the information of the device are listed. Some versions may support device ID and QR code.
3.1.3 Local Configuration Go to Config System Local Config to set up the storage path of captured pictures and recorded videos on the local PC. There is also an option to enable or disable the bitrate display in the recorded files. 3.1.4 Storage ...
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Video Quota: set the capacity of record files on the micro-SD card. Schedule Recording Settings Go to Config System Storage Record to go to the interface as shown below. Set record stream, pre-record time, cycle writing. Pre Record Time: set the time to record before the event recording begins.
Holiday schedule Set the alarm record time for a specific day, such as a holiday. Note: Holiday schedule takes priority over weekly schedule. Snapshot settings Go to Config System Storage Snapshot to go to the interface as shown below. Set the format, resolution and quality of the image saved on the micro-SD card, the snapshot interval and quantity and the timing snapshot here.
3.2.1 Display Configuration Go to ImageDisplay Settings interface as shown below. The image’s brightness, contrast, hue and saturation and so on for common, day and night mode can be set up separately. The image effect can be quickly seen by switching the configuration file.
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Backlight Compensation (BLC): Off: disables the backlight compensation function (default). HLC: lowers the brightness of the entire image by suppressing the brightness of the image’s bright area and reducing the size of the halo area. BLC: if enabled, the auto exposure will activate according to the scene so that the object of the image in the darkest area will be seen clearly.
configuration mode will automatically switch between day and night according to the schedule. 3.2.2 Video / Audio Configuration Go to Image Video / Audio interface as shown below. In this interface, set the resolution, frame rate, bitrate type, video quality and so on. Click the “Audio”...
Watermark: when playing back the local recorded video in the search interface, the watermark can be displayed. To enable it, check the watermark box and enter the watermark text. Audio Encoding: G711A or G711U. Audio Type: LIN. 3.2.3 OSD Configuration ...
To set up video mask: 1. Enable video mask. 2. Click the “Draw Area” button and then drag the mouse to draw the area. 3. Click the “Save” button to save the settings. 4. Return to the live to verify the area. Click the “Clear”...
1. Check “Enable” and then click the “Draw Area” button. 2. Drag the mouse to set the ROI area. 3. Set the level. 4. Click the “Save” button to save the settings. 3.3 PTZ Configuration Go to PTZProtocol interface as shown below. Set the protocol, address and baud rate according to the PTZ model.
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1. Check “Enable” check box to activate the function. Alarm Out: if selected, this would trigger an external relay output that is connected to the camera on detecting a motion based alarm. Trigger Snap: if selected, the system will capture images on motion detection and save the images on the micro-SD card.
Move the “Sensitivity” scroll bar to set the sensitivity. Higher sensitivity value means that motion alarm will be triggered more easily. Select “Add” and click “Draw Area”. Drag the mouse to draw the motion detection area; Select “Erase” and drag the mouse to clear motion detection area. After that, click the “Save”...
2. Click “Enable” and set the Alarm Holding Time. 3. Set alarm trigger options. Trigger alarm out, Email and FTP. The setup steps are the same as motion detection. Please refer to motion detection chapter for details. IP address conflict ...
1. Click “Enable” and set the Alarm Type, Alarm Holding Time and Sensor Name. 2. Set alarm trigger options. The setup steps are the same as motion detection. Please refer to motion detection chapter for details. 3. Click “Save” button to save the settings. 4.
- Day/Night Switch Linkage: after selecting this mode, set the Alarm Type and then choose to Open or Close the alarm output when the camera switches to day mode or night mode. - Timing: select the alarm type. Select “Add” and drag the mouse on the timeline to set the schedule of alarm out.
3.5 Network Configuration 3.5.1 TCP/IP Go to Config Network TCP/IP interface as shown below. Use IP address (IPv4 for example). There are two options for IP setup: "Obtain an IP address automatically" (by DHCP) and "Use the following IP address". Test: test the effectiveness of the IP address by clicking the button.
This function is used for connecting the Comelit Advance VMS. 1. Check “Enable”. 2. Check the IP address and port of the transfer media server in the Comelit Advance VMS. Then enable the auto report in the Comelit Advance VMS when adding a new device.
2. Apply for a domain name. Take www.comelitdns.com for example. Enter www.comelitdns.com in the IE address bar to visit its website. Choose your language and then click the “Register product” button. 3.5.5 SNMP To get camera status, parameters and alarm information and remotely manage the camera, the SNMP function can be used.
2. Check the corresponding version checkbox (Enable SNMPv1, Enable SNMPv2, Enable SNMPv3) according to the version of the SNMP software that will be used. 3. Set the values for “Read SNMP Community”, “Write SNMP Community”, “Trap Address”, “Trap Port” and so on. Please make sure the settings are the same as that of the SNMP software.
To use this function, the camera shall be connected to a switch supporting 802.1x protocol. The switch can be reckoned as an authentication system to identify the device in a local network. If the camera connected to the network interface of the switch has passed the authentication of the switch, it can be accessed via the local network.
Audio: by entering the main/sub stream address in the VLC player, the video and audio will play automatically. If “Allow anonymous login…” is checked, there is no need to enter the username and password to view the video. If “auto start” is enabled, the multicast received data should be added into a VLC player to play the video.
Sender Address: sender’s e-mail address. Username and Password: sender’s username and password. Server Address: SMTP IP address or hostname. Select the secure connection type at the “Secure Connection” pull-down list according to what’s required. SMTP Port: SMTP port. Send Interval(S): time interval of sending email. For example, if it is set to 60 seconds and multiple motion detection alarms are triggered within 60 seconds, they will be considered as only one alarm event and only one email will be sent.
Server Name: name of the FTP server. Server Address: IP address or domain name of the FTP server. Upload Path: directory where files will be uploaded. Port: port of the FTP server. Use Name and Password: Username and Password that are used to login into the FTP server.
3.5.12 P2P (optional) If this function is enabled, the network camera can be quickly accessed by adding the device ID in mobile surveillance client or Comelit Advance VMS client via WAN. ...
3.5.13 QoS QoS (Quality of Service) function is used to provide different quality of services for different network applications. With insufficient bandwidth, the router or switch will sort the data streams and transfer them according to their priority to solve the network delay and network congestion by using this function.
the live video. Advanced user has the same permissions as an Administrator except for user management, backup settings, factory reset, and upgrading the firmware. 5. Enter the MAC address of the PC in “Bind MAC” textbox. If this option is enabled, only the PC with the specified MAC address can access the camera for that user.
3.6.3 Block and Allow Lists Go to Config Security Block and Allow Lists as shown below. The setup steps are as follows: Check the “Enable address filtering” check box. Select “Block/Allow the following address”, IPv4/IPv6/MAC and then enter IP address or MAC address in the address box and click the “Add”...
Import & Export Settings Configuration settings of the camera can be exported form a camera into another camera. 1. Click “Browse” to select the save path for import or export information on the PC. 2. Click the “Import Setting” or “Export Setting” button. ...
1. Click the “Browse” button to select the path of the upgrade file 2. Click the “Upgrade” button to start upgrading the firmware. 3. The device will restart automatically Caution! Do not close the browser or disconnect the camera from the network during the upgrade.
4 Search 4.1 Image Search Click Search to go to the interface as shown below. The images saved on the micro-SD card can be found here. Local image search Choose “Picture”—“Local”. Set time: select the date and choose the start and end time. Click to search the images.
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Set time: select the date and choose the start and end time. Choose the alarm events at the bottom of the interface. Click to search the images. Double click on the file name in the list to view the snapshots. Click to return to the previous interface.
4.2 Video Search 4.2.1 Local Video Search Click Search to go to the interface as shown below. Videos were recorded locally to the PC can be played in this interface. Choose “Record”—“Local”. Set search time: select the date and choose the start and end time. Click to search the images.
Icon Description Icon Description Play button. After pausing the video, click Pause button this button to continue playing. Stop button Speed down Speed up Watermark display Enable / disable audio; drag the slider to adjust the volume after enabling audio. 4.2.2 Micro-SD card video search Click Search to go to the interface as shown below.
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The timetable can be shown in 24h/12h/2h/1h format by clicking the corresponding buttons. Video clip and downloading operations: Search the video files according to the above mentioned steps. Select the start time by clicking on the timetable. Click to set the start time and then this button turns green ( Select the end time by clicking on the timetable.
C: Web port number has been changed: contact administrator to get the correct port number. D: Exclude the above reasons. Restore to default setting by Comelit Advance IP Tool. Comelit Advance IP tool cannot search devices. The anti-virus software in your computer may cause it. Please stop it and try to search device again.
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No sound can be heard. A:Audio input device is not connected. Please connect and try again. B: Audio function is not enabled at the corresponding channel. Please enable this function.
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