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4MP White Light License Plate Recognition
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O4BXLP1M
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  • Page 1 User Manual 4MP White Light License Plate Recognition IP Camera O4BXLP1M Please read this instruction carefully before operating the unit and keep it for further reference...
  • Page 2 Important Safeguards and Warnings 1. Electrical safety All installation and operation here should conform to local electrical safety codes. Use a certified/listed 12VDC/24VAC Class2 power supply or adequate PoE switch. Improper handling and/or installation could run the risk of fire or electrical shock. 2.
  • Page 3 Statement This guide is for reference only. Product, manuals and specifications may be modified without prior notice. Speco Technologies reserves the right to modify these without notice and without incurring any obligation. Speco Technologies is not liable for any loss caused by improper operation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ..........................................2 Web Access and Login ......................................3 Live View ..........................................5 Camera Configuration ......................................7 System Configuration ................................7 4.1.1 System Information ..............................7 4.1.2 Date and Time ................................7 4.1.3 Local Recording ................................8 4.1.4 Storage ..................................8 Video Configuration ................................10 4.2.1 Image Configuration ..............................10 4.2.2...
  • Page 5 4.7.4 Operation Log ................................39 Search ............................................ 40 Image Search ..................................40 Video Search ..................................42 5.2.1 Local Video Search ..............................42 5.2.2 SD Card Video Search ...............................43 Vehicle Data Search ................................45 Appendix ............................................46 Appendix 1 Troubleshooting ......................................46...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Thank you for purchasing this network camera! Please read this manual carefully before operating the unit and retain it for further reference. Should you require any technical assistance, please contact Speco Technologies Technical Support. Main Features  Built-in PoE (Power over Ethernet) ...

  • Page 7: Web Access And Login

    IP address by the DHCP server. Make sure that the local network has a DHCP server. Routers typically have a DHCP server built in. ② Install Speco Blue Scanner and run it after installation. Speco Blue Scanner is the tool for discovering the IP cameras on the local network. It can be downloaded from www.specotech.com.
  • Page 8 (ConfigNetworkPorts/ConnectionsOnvif)

  • Page 9: Live View

    3 Live View The window below will be shown after logging in. The following table describes the icons on the live view interface Icon Description Icon Description Original size Zoom out Fit correct scale Zoom/Focus control Auto (fill the window) SD card recording indicator Full screen Sensor alarm indicator...
  • Page 10 Icon Description Icon Description Zoom - Zoom + Focus - Focus + One key focus (used when image is out of focus after manual adjustment)

  • Page 11: Camera Configuration

    4 Camera Configuration Press the “Setup” button to go to the configuration interface. Note: Wherever applicable, click the “Save” button to save the settings. 4.1 System Configuration 4.1.1 System Information In the “System Information” interface, the system information of the device is listed. 4.1.2 Date and Time To set the time and date, go to SystemDate and Time.

  • Page 12: Local Recording

    4.1.3 Local Recording Go to SystemLocal Recording 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 audio in the recorded files. Show Bitrate: enable or disable bitrate display on the live video. Local Smart Snapshot Storage: the snapshots triggered by smart events can be selected to save to the local PC.
  • Page 13 2. Set record stream, pre-record time and cycle writing. Pre Record Time: Set the time to record before the actual recording begins. 3. Set schedule recording. Check “Enable Schedule Record” and set the schedule. Weekly schedule Set the alarm time from Monday to Sunday for a single week. Each day is divided in one hour increments. Green means scheduled. Blank means unscheduled.

  • Page 14: Video Configuration

    Set the format, resolution and quality of the image saved on the SD card and the snapshot interval and quantity and the timing snapshot here. Snapshot Quantity: The number you set here is the maximum quantity of snapshots. The actual quantity of snapshots may be less than this number.
  • Page 15 Brightness: Set the brightness level of the camera’s image. The brightness value can be kept around 50 in day mode, and in night mode it’s suggested to be lower value to capture the license plate clearly. Gain Mode: “Auto” is suggested to set. The gain value will be automatically adjusted in Auto mode. Gain Limit: It is recommended not to exceed 20.

  • Page 16: Video / Audio Configuration

    Schedule: the default setting is “Full Time”. Config File: the default setting is “Common”. Delay Time of Turning the Lights Off: Under auto white light mode, once a traffic jam happens at night, a car with the light on may stay for a long time in the front of the camera, the white light of the camera may be automatically turned off (because the illmination condition reaches the threshold).

  • Page 17: Osd Configuration

    Three video streams can be adjustable. Resolution: The size of image. Frame rate: The higher the frame rate, the video is smoother. Bitrate type: CBR and VBR are optional. Bitrate is related to image quality. CBR means that no matter how much change is seen in the video scene, the compression bitrate will be kept constant.

  • Page 18: Video Mask

    Set time stamp, device name, OSD content and picture overlap here. After enabling the corresponding display and entering the content, drag them to change their position. Then click the “Save” button to save the settings. Picture Overlap Settings: Check “OSD Content1”, choose “Picture Overlay” and click “Browse” to select the overlap picture. Then click “Upload” to upload the overlap picture.

  • Page 19: Roi Configuration

    To clear the video mask: Click the “Clear” button to delete the current video mask area. 4.2.5 ROI Configuration Go to ImageROI Config interface as shown below. An area in the image can be set as a region of interest. This area will have a higher bitrate than the rest of the image, resulting in better image quality for the identified area.

  • Page 20: Alarm Setup

    4.3 Alarm Setup 4.3.1 Motion Detection Go to Alarm Motion Detection to set motion detection alarm. 1. Check “Enable” check box to activate motion based alarms. If unchecked, the camera will not send out any signals to trigger motion-based recording to the NVR or CMS, even if there is motion in the video. Alarm Out: If selected, this would trigger an external relay output that is connected to the camera on detecting a motion based alarm.

  • Page 21: Other Alarms

    Move the “Sensitivity” scroll bar to set the sensitivity. Higher sensitivity value means that motion will be triggered more easily. Select “Add” and click “Draw”. Drag the mouse to draw the motion detection area; Select “Erase” and drag the mouse to clear motion detection area.
  • Page 22 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 section for details.  IP Address Conflict 1.

  • Page 23: Alarm In (Sensor Input)

    4.3.3 Alarm In (Sensor Input) To set sensor alarm (alarm in): Go to AlarmAlarm In interface as shown below. 1. Click “Enable” and set the alarm type, alarm holding time and sensor name. 2. Set alarm trigger options. Day/night switch linkage: For IR models, if enabled, daytime mode or night mode can be triggered as needed. The setup steps of other alarm trigger options are the same as motion detection.

  • Page 24: Alarm Server

    Timing: Select the alarm type. Then click “Add” and drag the mouse on the timeline to set the schedule of alarm out; click “Erase” and drag the mouse on the timeline to erase the set time schedule. After this schedule is saved, the alarm out will be triggered in the specified time.

  • Page 25: License Plate Detection Settings

    1. Enable the applicable detection that’s desired. Scene Change Detection: Alarms will be triggered if the scene of the monitor video has changed. Video Blur Detection: Alarms will be triggered if the video becomes blurry. Abnormal Color Detection: Alarms will be triggered if the image is abnormal caused by color deviation. 2.
  • Page 26 2. Enable license plate detection. Select Save Original Picture/Target Picture to SD Card, License Plate Detection Area, and Capture Plate Absence Vehicle as needed. Set alarm holding time and alarm trigger options. The alarm trigger setup steps are the same as motion detection setup. Please refer motion detection section for details.
  • Page 27  Add vehicles Click “Add” to show a vehicle adding box as shown in the above figure. Enter the license plate number, select list type, start and end time, enter owner and license plate type. Then click “Save” to save the vehicle. List type: temporary vehicle, allow list and block list can be selected.
  • Page 28 Set the fault tolerance, alarm list and check “alarm out”. Finally, click “Save” to save all the settings. Allow fault character(s) of the plate number: up to 2 characters are allowed. For example, if “2” is selected, the captured license plate will be matched successfully and trigger the corresponding alarm even if there are 2 characters (or less) of the captured license plate not matched with the license plate of the vehicle list.
  • Page 29 9. RS232 settings. This function is only available for the model with RS232 interface. It is used to connect the LED screen, card reader or other third-party device. Please set the relevant parameters according to the device you connect. After all above information are set, go to the live interface and click to see the captured pictures as shown below.
  • Page 30 Overhead monitoring : The installation height (H) shall range from 15 ~ 20ft.  The recommended plate capture distance (D) is 23~115ft.  The depression angle of the camera shall be within 25°.  If the camera is installed on the side of the road, the pan angle of the camera shall range from 0° to 20°. ...

  • Page 31: Network Configuration

    After the camera is installed, you can log in the web client and view whether the license plate tilts in the video. The tilt angle shall range from -5° to 5°. If the captured license plate doesn’t meet the above requirement, you can adjust the pan angle of the camera to correct it. 4.5 Network Configuration 4.5.1 TCP/IP Go to NetworkTCP/IP interface as shown below.

  • Page 32: Port

    Trigger Email: when the IP address of the device is changed, the new IP address will be sent to the email address that has been set Trigger FTP: when the IP address of the device is changed, the new IP address will be sent to FTP server that has been set up. 4.5.2 Port Go to NetworkPort/Connections interface as shown below.

  • Page 33: Ddns

    4.5.4 DDNS If the camera is set up with a DHCP connection, DDNS should be set for accessing the camera from the internet. 1. Go to Network DDNS. 2. Enable, save and use DDNS to log in. 4.5.5 SNMP To get camera status, parameters and alarm information and remotely manage the camera, the SNMP function can be used. Before using SNMP, please install an SNMP management tool and set the parameters of the SNMP, such as SNMP port, trap address.

  • Page 34: 802.1X

    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.

  • Page 35: Rtsp

    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.

  • Page 36: Upnp

    Check “Enable”, select stream type, set the reconnection time after timeout and server address as needed. Server address: Enter the server address allocated by the third party server. After that, click “Save” to save the settings. Then click “Refresh” to view the connection status. 4.5.9 UPNP If this function is enabled, the camera can be quickly accessed through the LAN.

  • Page 37: Ftp

    different alarms are triggered at the same time, multiple emails will be sent separately. Click the “Test” button to test the connection of the account. Recipient Address: receiver’s e-mail address. 4.5.11 FTP After an FTP server is set up, captured pictures from events will be uploaded to the FTP server. Go to Network FTP.

  • Page 38: Http Post

    * If there is a signed certificate, click “Browse” to select it and then click “Install” to install it. * Click “Create a private certificate” to enter the following creation interface. Click the “Create” button to create a private certificate. Enter the country (only two letters available), domain (camera’s IP address/domain), validity date, password, province/state, region and so on.

  • Page 39: Qos

    Server address: the IP address/domain name of the third-party platform. Server port: the server port of the third-party platform. After the above parameters are set, click “Save” to save the settings. Then the camera will automatically connect the third-party platform. The online state can be viewed in the above interface. After the camera is successfully connected, it will send the alarm information (HTTP format) to the third-party platform once the smart alarm is triggered.
  • Page 40 2. Enter user name in “User Name” textbox. 3. Enter letters or numbers in “Password” and “Confirm Password” textbox. Please set the password according to the requirement of the password security level (Go to SetupSecuritySecurity ManagementPassword Security interface to set the security level). 4.

  • Page 41: Online User

    Note: To change the access level of a user, the user must be deleted and added again with the new access level. Delete user: 1. Select the user to be deleted in the user configuration list box. 2. Click the “Delete” button to delete the user. Note: The default administrator account cannot be deleted.

  • Page 42: Maintenance Configuration

     Password Security Please set the password level and expiration time as needed. Password Level: Weak, Medium or Strong. Weak level: Numbers, special characters, upper or lower case letters can be used. You can choose one of them or any combination of them when setting the password.

  • Page 43: Reboot

    Running Log Settings  After enabling it, select the log level and file size and click “Save”. Then the system will collect logs accordingly. When the device error occurs, you can export these logs and send them to the technician to find out the problem. Log Level: it is recommended to select “INFO”...

  • Page 44: Search

    5 Search 5.1 Image Search In the Setup interface, click Search to go to the interface as shown below. Images that are saved on the PC or SD card can be found here.  Local Image Search 1. Choose “Picture”—“Local”. 2.
  • Page 45 Click to return to the previous interface.  SD Card Image Search 1. Choose “Picture”—“SD Card”. 2. Set time: Select date and choose the start and end time. 3. Choose the alarm events at the bottom of the interface. 4. Click to search the images.

  • Page 46: Video Search

    Icon Description Icon Description Close: Select an image and click Close all: Click this button to close all this button to close the image. images. Save: Click this button to select the Save all: Click this button to select the path for saving the image on the path for saving all pictures on the PC.

  • Page 47: Sd Card Video Search

    Icon Description Icon Description Play button. After pausing the video, Pause button click 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. 5.2.2 SD Card Video Search Click Search to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 48 4. Select the alarm events at the bottom of the interface. 5. Select mix stream (video and audio stream) or video stream as needed. 6. Double click on a file name in the list to start playback. The time table can be shown in 24H/12H/2H/1H format by clicking the corresponding buttons. Video clip and downloading 1.

  • Page 49: Vehicle Data Search

    Click “Set up” to set the storage directory of the video files. Click “Open” to play the video. Click “Clear List” to clear the downloading list. Click “Close” to close the downloading window. 5.3 Vehicle Data Search Click “Data Record” to enter the vehicle log search interface. Set the start time and end time and click “Search”...

  • Page 50: Appendix

    Appendix Appendix 1 Troubleshooting IP Scanner does not show any device. Make sure that the PC that’s running IP Scanner is on the same local network as the devices. Internet Explorer cannot download ActiveX control. IE browser may be set up to block ActiveX. Follow the steps below. 1.
  • Page 51 Models: O4BXLP1M Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statements This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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