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  • Page 1 NETWORK CAMERAS User Manual M-44-V-V3, M-46-V-V2, M-49-V-V2...

  • Page 2: Disclaimer

    Thank you for your purchase. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your dealer. Disclaimer CAUTION! The default password is intended for your first login. For security, please set a strong password after your first login. A strong password shall include at least nine characters comprising digits, letters, and special characters.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Disclaimer ························································································································································ 2 Environmental Protection ······························································································································· 2 Safety Symbols ··············································································································································· 2 1 Login ······························································································································································ 5 1.1 Preparation ················································································································· 5 1.2 Login ························································································································· 5 2 Live View ······················································································································································· 7 2.1 Live View ···················································································································· 7 2.1.1 Pixel Calculation ·································································································· 8 2.1.2 Digital Zoom ······································································································· 9 2.2 General Parameters ·····································································································...
  • Page 4 5.5.3 Cross Line Detection ··························································································· 45 5.5.4 Intrusion Detection ······························································································ 46 5.6 Common Alarm ··········································································································· 47 5.6.1 Motion Detection ································································································· 47 5.6.2 Tampering Detection ··························································································· 50 5.6.3 Audio Detection ·································································································· 51 5.6.4 Alarm Input ········································································································ 52 5.6.5 Alarm Output ····································································································· 53 5.7 Storage ·····················································································································...

  • Page 5: Login

    Login Preparation Refer to the camera’s quick guide to complete installation, and then connect the camera to power to start it up. You can log in to the camera’s web interface to perform management or maintenance operations. Windows 7, 8 or later is installed on the PC. The following takes Windows 7 as an example. Check before login The camera runs normally.
  • Page 6 Enter the username and password (admin/123456 by default) and click Login. To clear the Username and Password text boxes, click Reset. After first login, the Change Password dialog box appears, in which you must set a strong password and enter your email address in case of password retrieval. (1) Set a strong password of 9 to 32 characters including all three elements: digits, letters, and special characters.

  • Page 7: Live View

    Live View Live View After login, the Live View page appears, showing the live video from the camera. You may double- click the window to enter or exit full screen mode. Live view page of single-channel camera NOTE! Live view operations supported may vary with device model.

  • Page 8: Pixel Calculation

    Live View toolbar Item Description Set the image display ratio in the window. Scale: Displays 16:9 images.  Stretch: Displays images according to the window size (stretch  images to fit the window). Original: Displays images with original size.  Select a live video stream according to your camera.

  • Page 9: Digital Zoom

    Adjust the position and size of the detection area. The pixel value changes with the size of the detection area. To adjust the position of the detection area, point to a border of the area and drag it to the desired ...

  • Page 10: General Parameters

    Click in the live view window and drag your mouse to specify the area (rectangular area) to be  magnified. Drag your mouse to view all the magnified area. To restore, right-click in the window. To exit, click General Parameters Set general parameters to view image effects directly.

  • Page 11: Playback

    Playback NOTE! Edge recordings refer to video recorded on storage media of cameras; local recordings refer to • video recorded on a local PC. Before you search for edge recordings, make sure that the camera has storage resources • such as memory card, and the storage parameters in Storage are properly configured.

  • Page 12: Search And Playback

    Playback timeline, including two colors: Blue: Normal recording.  Red: Alarm recording. To view alarm recordings, you need to configure alarm-triggered recording. See Alarm-triggered Actions for details. Search and Playback NOTE! Certain cameras support simultaneous playback on two clients. Select the date on the calendar. Click Search.
  • Page 13 Click Browse… and set the download destination. Select the checkboxes for the recordings you want to download and click Download.

  • Page 14: Photo

    Photo View the photo storage status. See Storage for photo storage policy. NOTE! This function is only available on cameras with storage capabilities. On the home page, click Photo. Item Description Refresh Refresh the displayed content. Export Export the selected photos. Delete Delete the selected photos.

  • Page 15: Setup

    Setup Local Parameters Set local parameters for your PC, including smart, video, recording and snapshot. NOTE! The local parameters displayed may vary with camera model. Go to Setup > Common > Local Parameters. Set local parameters as needed. Item Description Set the display mode according to the network status, including Min.

  • Page 16: Network

    Set the location where snapshots and recordings are saved. Click Browse... to select the storage location.  Click Open to quickly open the folder.  Files Folder NOTE! The maximum length of the directory is 260 bytes. If the limit is exceeded, recording or snapshot during live view will fail.
  • Page 17 MTU: Maximum transmission unit. Input an appropriate value. The greater the value, the higher  the transmission efficiency, and the higher the delay. Port Type: The default type is FE Port.  Operating Mode: The default is Auto-negotiation.  Click Save. 2.
  • Page 18 Click Save. 4. Port Go to Setup > Network > Basic Config > Port. You can use the default ports. If a port entered has been used for other services, you need to change the port to avoid conflict. CAUTION! If the HTTP port number you entered is being used by another service, a message indicating •...

  • Page 19: Service Configuration

     Auto: When enabled, the camera will negotiate external ports with the router automatically. Make sure UPnP is enabled on the router.  Manual: In this mode, you need to enter external ports manually and make sure the ports entered are available; otherwise, port mapping does not take effect. Manual ...
  • Page 20 Set the sender and recipient information. Item Description Sender Name Enter the device name. Sender Address Enter the device IP. Enter the IP address and port number of the sender’s SMTP server. SMTP Server/SMTP Port The default SMTP port number is 25. When enabled, emails will be encrypted by TLS or SSL during transmission.

  • Page 21: Click Save

    Item Description When enabled, an alarm e-mail with attached snapshots (3 by default) taken at set interval will be sent after an alarm occurs. For some alarm types, only one snapshot will be taken and there’s no need to set snapshot interval. 1.
  • Page 22 2. SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows the camera to be remotely managed by a management server. The camera can be configured to support SNMP and send messages to the management server for important events or status change. Go to Setup >...
  • Page 23 Item Description SNMP Type The default is SNMPv3. Password Set an authentication password. Confirm Confirm the authentication password by entering it again. Password Set an encryption password. Confirm Confirm the encryption password by entering it again. Trap Server Address It is filled in automatically after you complete management server configuration. SNMP Port The default is 161.

  • Page 24: Video & Audio

    Item Description after you choose SNMPv2. To choose SNMPv2 anyway, click OK to ignore the reminder. The default is public. You may change it as needed, but make sure you also change it on Read Community the server; otherwise, authentication will fail. Trap Server Address Go to Setup >...

  • Page 25: Video

    5.3.1 Video Go to Setup > Video & Audio > Video. Select a capture mode for your camera. After you change the capture mode, the encoding settings will be reset to defaults and some models of cameras will restart. Set stream parameters. The streams are independent of each other and can be set with different resolutions, frame rates, video compression formats, etc.

  • Page 26: Snapshot

    Item Description Configurable when Bitrate Type is set to VBR. Image Quality The closer the slider is to Quality, the higher the bit rate, and the higher the image quality. The closer the slider is to Bit Rate, the lower the bit rate, and the image quality will be affected. Set the number of frames between I-frames.

  • Page 27: Audio

    To delete a snapshot time, click  Repeat: Set a snapshot interval. For example, with snapshot plan set to 16:00:00 to 20:00:00 on Monday, Interval set to 120s, Snapshot Interval set to 20s, and Number to Snapshot set to 2, the camera will take a snapshot at 16:00:00, 16:00:20, 16:02:00 and 16:02:20.
  • Page 28 Set audio input parameters. Item Description Enable/disable audio input. Audio Input NOTE! If audio is not needed, it is recommended to turn it off to improve camera performance. Access Mode Choose the audio input mode; Line/Mic. Input Volume Drag the slider or input a value to set the input volume. Audio Choose the audio compression format: G.711U or G.711A.

  • Page 29: Roi

    NOTE! • The audio output function is only available on certain models. Click Save. 5.3.4 ROI Region of Interest (ROI) ensures image quality of specified areas on the image at low bit rate. Go to Setup > Video & Audio > ROI. Set ROI areas.

  • Page 30: Media Stream

    NOTE! When setting the ROI, you can click to lock the scene to prevent pan/tilt/zoom movement caused by triggered detection rules, and click to unlock the scene after finishing setting the ROI. 5.3.5 Media Stream 1. Media Stream You can configure a media stream for your camera so that media contents from the camera such as audio and video can be transmitted over the network and played immediately on a third-party client rather than being downloaded first.

  • Page 31: Image

    Set the multicast address and port number (multicast address range: 224.0.1.0 to 239.255.255.255, port number range: 0 to 65535). Click Save. Image 5.4.1 Image 1. Scenes A scene is a collection of image parameters preset in the camera for users to choose according to the actual scene.
  • Page 32 Item Description The camera provides multiple scenes for you to choose according to the actual scene. After you select a scene, the corresponding image settings apply automatically (you may also fine-tune image settings as needed). Common: For outdoor scenes.  Image Scene Indoor: For indoor scenes.
  • Page 33 Item Description The intensity or vividness of colors in the image. Saturation Low saturation High saturation The difference between the lightest and darkest tones in the image. Contrast Low contrast High contrast The definition of edges in the image. Sharpness Low sharpness High sharpness 2D Noise...
  • Page 34 Item Description The rotation of the image. Normal Flip vertical Image Rotation Flip horizontal 180° 90° clockwise 90° anti-clockwise To restore defaults, click Default. 3. Exposure NOTE! The exposure settings may vary with device model. • The default settings are scene-adaptive. Use default settings unless modification is necessary. •...
  • Page 35 Set the exposure parameters. Item Description Select the exposure mode. Automatic: The camera automatically sets the optimum shutter speed according to the scene.  Custom: User can set exposure parameters as needed.  Indoor 50Hz/Indoor 60Hz: Reduce stripes by adjusting the exposure time. ...
  • Page 36 Item Description Adjust the compensation value as required to achieve the desired image effect. Compensation NOTE! This parameter is configurable when Exposure Mode is not set to Manual. Adjust the linear stripes in the image. Range: 1 to 9, the default is 5. The greater the value, the more obvious the linear stripe suppression effect is, but it may cause overexposure in the image.

  • Page 37: Smart Illumination

    Item Description Adjust the WDR level. NOTE! Level 7 or higher is recommended if there is a high contrast between the bright and WDR Level dark areas in the scene. In the case of low contrast, it is recommended to disable WDR or use level 1 to 6.
  • Page 38 Item Description NOTE! This parameter is configurable when Control Mode is set to Custom Level. Range: 0 to 1000. 0 is the weakest, 1000 is the strongest. To restore defaults, click Default. 5. White Balance White balance is used to eliminate unnatural color casts in images under different color temperatures for optimal color reproduction.
  • Page 39 NOTE! This function is only available when WDR is disabled. Set the defog parameters. Item Description Select the defog mode, including Automatic, On, and Off. Defog In Automatic mode, the camera automatically adjusts the defog intensity according to the fog concentration for clear images.

  • Page 40: Osd

    Click Save. 5.4.2 OSD On Screen Display (OSD) are characters displayed with video images, for example, camera name, date and time. NOTE! This function may vary with device model. • For dual-channel cameras, you can set OSD parameters for the channels separately. •...
  • Page 41 NOTE! OSD operations supported may vary with device model. Item Description Select the checkboxes in the Enable column to overlay the corresponding OSD contents on Enable live video. Set OSD content you want to overlay. Point to the OSD content, click , select the OSD content from the drop-down list or customize it.

  • Page 42: Privacy Mask

    5.4.3 Privacy Mask Privacy mask is used to cover certain areas on the image for privacy, for example, ATM keyboard. NOTE! This function may vary with device model. • For dual-channel devices, you can set privacy mask parameters for the channels separately. •...

  • Page 43: Smart

    Smart On the Intelligent > Smart page, you can select the smart event to be monitored and click configure relevant parameters. The smart events supported by the device and the parameters supported by the events may vary with device model. 5.5.1 Alarm-triggered Actions Configure linkage actions to be triggered when an alarm occurs.

  • Page 44: Arming Schedule

    2. Alarm-triggered storage Item Description The camera saves alarm recordings to its memory card or NAS when an alarm occurs. Recording Edge 1. Configure Memory Card Network Disk. Storage 2. Select the Recording Edge Storage checkbox. The camera saves alarm snapshots to its memory card or NAS when an alarm occurs. Image Edge Storage 1.

  • Page 45: Cross Line Detection

    NOTE! Up to 4 time periods are allowed per day. The time periods cannot overlap. • To apply the same time settings to other days, select the desired day(s), and then click Copy. • 5.5.3 Cross Line Detection Cross line detection detects objects crossing a user-specified virtual line in a specified direction. The camera reports an alarm when the detection rule is triggered.

  • Page 46: Intrusion Detection

    Set the detection rule. Item Description Select the direction from which the object crosses the line to trigger an alarm. • A->B: The camera reports a cross line alarm when it detects an object crossing the line from A to B. Trigger Direction •...

  • Page 47: Common Alarm

    (2) Adjust the position and size of the area or draw an area as needed.  Adjust the position and size of the area. ̶ Point to a border of the area and drag it to the desired position. ̶ Point to a handle of the area and drag to resize it.

  • Page 48: Basic Mode

    Ultra: Objects (motor vehicle, non-motor vehicle, and pedestrian) in the specified areas in the  ultra mode and moving objects in the basic mode will both be detected. Basic Mode The camera detects motions in specified detection areas or grids on the image and will take snapshots and report an alarm when detection rules are triggered.
  • Page 49 (5) Set Suppress Alarm to avoid receiving the same alarms within a certain length of time (alarm suppression time). For example, alarm suppression time is set to 5s, after an alarm is reported:  If no motion is detected within the next 5s, new alarms can be reported after 5s when the alarm suppression time (5s) is over.

  • Page 50: Tampering Detection

    The camera detects motions of motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and pedestrians in specified detection areas and will take snapshots and report an alarm when detection rules are triggered. Set detection rules. (1) To add a detection area, click , then a rectangle appears on the image. Up to four detection areas are allowed.

  • Page 51: Audio Detection

    (1) Drag the slider to adjust detection sensitivity. The higher the sensitivity level, the higher the detection rate, and the higher the false alarm rate. Set based on the scene and your actual needs. (2) Set the duration of lens blocking. The camera reports an alarm when the duration of lens blocking exceeds the set value.

  • Page 52: Alarm Input

    Item Description Audio detection results are displayed and updated in real time. You can control the display  progress by clicking the Start/Stop button. The scales are used to measure sound volume. Gray indicates relative sound intensity. Red means  sound volume that has triggered alarms.

  • Page 53: Alarm Output

    The number of alarm inputs available may vary with camera model. For example, if the camera has two alarm inputs on the tail cable, you can configure alarm input 1 and alarm input 2 separately. Configure alarm input. Item Description Alarm The default name is the alarm input channel ID.
  • Page 54 Item Description The default is Monostable. Monostable: The circuit can only remain in one stable state. When a trigger pulse is applied, the circuit  switches to another state, and then automatically switches back to the original stable state. The circuit will repeat the same actions when the next trigger pulse arrives.
  • Page 55 NOTE! Four periods are allowed each day. The periods must not overlap. • To apply the current settings to other days, select the checkbox for the days one by one or • select the Select All checkbox, and then click Copy. Click Save.

  • Page 56: Storage

    Storage Go to Setup > Storage > Storage. 5.7.1 Memory Card NOTE! Before you use this function, make sure a memory card has been mounted on the camera. Set Storage Media to Memory Card, and select Enable. 1. Storage Management Caution! To format a storage medium such as a memory card, stop using it first.

  • Page 57: Network Disk

    Item Description Overwrite: When space is used up on the memory card, new data overwrites old data. When Storage  Full Stop: When space is used up on the memory card, the camera stops saving new data.  Post-Record(s) Sets the duration of alarm-triggered recording after the alarm ended. To store scheduled recordings and alarm recordings ...

  • Page 58: Ftp

    Enter the path to the destination folder on the NAS server. You can find the path by viewing the folder properties. NOTE! For dual-channel cameras, the server address and folder path are the same for the two channels. By default, the folder space is evenly shared by the two channels, among which, 85% space is used to store videos, and 15% is used to store common snapshots.
  • Page 59 Configure server parameters. Item Description Server IP IP address of the FTP server. Port No. The default is 21. You can set a different port as needed. Username Username used to log in to the FTP server. Password Password used to log in to the FTP server. Test Test the connection to the FTP server.

  • Page 60: Security

    Click Save. Security The security functions available may vary with camera model and version. 5.8.1 User Go to Setup > Security > User to add, edit, or delete users. Add user  Click Add. Common User...

  • Page 61: Configure The Parameters

    Operator Configure the parameters. Item Description Username Set the username that you prefer. Choose Common User or Operator. NOTE! • Up to 32 users are allowed, including admin (at least one), common users and operators (up to 31). User Type •...
  • Page 62 Common User Admin Configure the parameters. Item Description Admin Password Password of administrator, not the user being editing. Password Enter a password that you prefer. Confirm Password Enter the password again. Different user types have different permissions. Select permissions you want to assign to the new user.

  • Page 63: Https

    Click OK. NOTE! Only admin can change the device password. The new password must be different from the • old. Only admin can change the username and password of a new user. If the user is logged in, • the user will log out automatically and must use the new username and password to log in. Delete a user ...

  • Page 64: Arp Protection

    Item Description Digest: Digest authentication. Displays RTSP digest algorithm configuration. The default is MD5.   Digest MD5: Digest authentication, which uses MD5 to protect the username, password, and domain of the requester, not transferred on network in plaintext and provides higher security. ...

  • Page 65: Access Policy

    Choose Allowlist or Deny Access to filter IP addresses. When Allowlist is selected, access is allowed only from the added IP addresses. If Deny Access is selected, access is forbidden from the added IP addresses. Click , enter IP addresses. ...

  • Page 66: Registration Information

    NOTE! Only admin can enable or disable this feature. Item Description Sessions are counted as follows. Take one device as an example. If the session is established using one web browser from one client IP, there is one session.  If sessions are established using one web browser from one client IP, there are two sessions.
  • Page 67 Enable Watermark. Set watermark contents, which may include uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits. Up to 16 characters are allowed. Click Save.

  • Page 68: System

    System NOTE! User operations in this module may vary with camera model. 5.9.1 Time Set the device’s system time manually or sync it with a server. Go to Setup > System > Time. Set the system time. Sync Mode  Item Description Sync with System...

  • Page 69: Device Information

    Enable DST, and set the start time, end time, and DST bias. Click Save. 5.9.3 Device Information Set device information including device name, location, mounting height, etc., which can be used in smart FTP, OSD, etc. Go to Setup > System > Device Info. Complete the information as needed.
  • Page 70 You can export the current configurations of the camera to the client computer or an external storage device for backup, so when necessary, you can restore camera configurations by importing the backup file. CAUTION! Restoring defaults will restore all settings to factory defaults except the administrator •...

  • Page 71: Logs

    NOTE! Diagnosis information is exported as a compressed file. You need to decompress it first (using decompression tools like WinRAR) and then open the file using a text editor (like Notepad). 5.9.5 Logs Search camera operation logs and download them to your computer. Go to Setup >...

  • Page 72: Appendix A Glossary

    Appendix A Glossary Acronym Description Address Resolution Protocol Constant Bit Rate Domain Name Service DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Service DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Daylight Saving Time File Transfer Protocol Group Of Pictures HTTPS Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over SSL Internet Explorer Internet Protocol IP Camera...

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