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Contents About This Guide ......................1 Login ............................. 2 1. 1 Connect the Camera to Network ......................3 1. 2 Log in to the Web Interface........................3 Live View ..........................6 View Device Information ....................9 3. 1 View System Logs ............................10 3.
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5. 11 Abnormal Sound Detection ........................40 5. 12 Vehicle Detection ............................40 5. 13 Human Detection ............................41 5. 14 LPR (Only for some models) ........................42 5. 15 Exception Event ............................43 5. 16 Smart Frame ..............................44 5. 17 Light Alarm (Only for some models) .....................44 5.
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10. 2 Modify System Time ...........................69 10. 3 Manage User Accounts ..........................70 10. 4 System Management ..........................73 10. 5 Upgrade Firmware ............................74 10. 5. 1 Online Upgrade ..............................74 10. 5. 2 Local Upgrade ..............................74 10. 6 Reboot Device Regularly ..........................75...
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■ The Quick Installation Guide can be found where you find this guide or inside the package of the product. ■ To ask questions, find answers, and communicate with TP-Link users or engineers, please visit https://community.tp-link.com to join TP-Link Community.
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Login This chapter guides you on how to log in to the web UI of the VIGI camera: • Connect the Camera to Network • Log in to the Web Interface...
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Chapter 1 Login After the cameras are added to network, multiple methods are provided for you to monitor and manage cameras. You can manage and monitor the cameras remotely via the VIGI app, and you can also directly monitor and manage your camera via a web browser. Check the support page of the product for more manuals at https://support.vigi.com/.
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Chapter 1 Login 3. Select your Country/Region Time Zone. 4. Set a password to activate the camera. Click Next. Now, you can log in to the camera using the password set here. 5. Set Password Protection. If you forget password, you can reset it with your security questions or recovery email.
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Chapter 1 Login Enter your email address to receive the verification code during the recovery operation process. Note: 1. For future logins, use the default username admin and the password you set for this camera. 2. If you forgot the password, click Forgot password? and follow the web instructions to reset the password.
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Live View You can monitor the camera in real time and respond to abnormal conditions with quick operations, such as zooming in the image and capturing screenshots.
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Chapter 2 Live View This chapter introduces the live view parameters and function icons. 1. Find the camera’s IP address on your gateway’s client page. 2. On your local computer, open a web browser and enter https://camera’s IP address (https://192.168.0.60 by default). 3.
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Chapter 2 Live View Full Screen: Click to change the live view image to the entire screen. Zoom Out: (Only for certain cameras) Click to zoom out the live image. Zoom In: (Only for certain cameras) Click to zoom in the live image. Focus -: (Only for certain cameras) Shorten the focal length.
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View Device Information This chapter introduces how to check the system logs and view your device information on the web UI. This chapter contains the following sections: • View System Logs • View Device Information...
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Chapter 3 View Device Information 3. 1 View System Logs The camera uses logs to record, classify, and manage system and device messages. You can search, view, and export the logs. 1. Go to Settings > Information > System Log >...
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Chapter 3 View Device Information 3. 2 View Device Information You can view basic information about the camera, including device model, firmware version, network information, stream information, and device QR code. Go to Settings > Information > Device Information > Device Information.
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Change Camera Settings This chapter introduces how to change the camera display settings and camera streams settings. It contains the following sections: • Camera Display Settings • Camera Stream Settings...
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings 4. 1 Camera Display Settings You can adjust image features according to your needs. 4. 1. 1 Image Settings 1. Go to Settings > Camera > Display > Image. 2. Configure the following parameters. Rotation Choose to turn the live view image by 0, 90 or 270 degrees on your display.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings General Settings Power Line Set the Power line frequency consistent with local utility settings to eliminate Frequency image flickering associated with fluorescent lights. Night Vision Human/Vehicle Triggered Full-Color: The camera switches to the full-color Mode mode once it detects a person or vehicle.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings Exposure Settings Exposure Select the exposure mode as needed. Auto: The camera adjusts the exposure automatically. Manual: The image exposure is fixed. If you select Manual, adjust the slide bar of Gain to specify its value, and select a shutter speed. Higher gain and slower shutter speed result in brighter images.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings Image Enhancement Prevent Select the standard mode or enhanced mode or manually adjust the overexposure brightness of image. to infrared Standard Mode: In this mode, the brightness of the infrared light will light be automatically adjusted to prevent overexposure. The brighter the environment, the dimmer the infrared supplement light.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings Always Full- The camera will automatically turn on Full-Color Night Vision when you Color at Live stream Live Video. View Restore Click to restore to factory default settings. 4. 1. 2 OSD Settings You can configure OSD (On Screen Display) to edit the information displayed in Live View and recordings. Follow the steps below to configure OSD settings.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings Font Size Set the font size. Font Color Set the font color. Restore Click to restore to factory default settings. 4. 1. 3 Privacy Mask Privacy Mask conceals parts of the image from view and protects your privacy. The area you set cannot be recorded and monitored.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings 4. 2 Camera Stream Settings In Stream Settings, you can configure video stream levels, change the audio output settings and ROI (Region of interest) level. Video stream levels decide the video quality in Live View and recording, and you can adjust the video quality of certain area by specifying the ROI level.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings Bite Rate Type VBR: The bit rate changes with the image within Maximum Bit Rate. CBR: The bit rate is Maximum Bit Rate all the time. Image Quality When VBR selected as the bit rate type, set the video quality as high, medium, or low.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings Audio Coding Select the encoding type of the audio. Audio Input Select audio input device. Input Volume Adjust the volume of the input device. Noise Filtering Enable noise filtering to remove the noise from the video. Audio Switch Turn on the microphone.
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Chapter 4 Change Camera Settings QoS (Quality of Service) can help improve the network delay and network congestion by setting the priority of data sending. SRTP (Secure Real-time Transport Protocol) is a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) internet protocol, intended to provide encryption, message authentication and integrity, and replay attack protection to the RTP data in both unicast and multicast applications.
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Events This chapter guides you on how to configure the event settings and alarm actions when your cameras detect different types of events. VIGI camera monitors your pre-defined areas and you’ll be automatically alerted to any suspicious activity in your home and office. This chapter includes the following sections: •...
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Chapter 5 Events 5. 1 Arming Schedule and Linkage Method Arming schedule is a customized time period in which the device performs certain tasks. Linkage is the response to the detected certain incident or target during the scheduled time. This configuration is optional.
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Chapter 5 Events 4. Set linkage methods as needed. 5. 2 Motion Detection Motion detection allows cameras to detect the moving objects in the monitored area and triggers alarm actions. You can customize the motion detection settings, set the alarm schedule, and select the triggered actions.
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Chapter 5 Events 3. In Area Settings section, you may modify the following parameters: Adjust the value of sensitivity. The higher the value is, the easier it is to Sensitivity trigger an alarm. Set the minimum and maximum object width to filter the corresponding Object Width Filter events.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Basic Event > Camera Tampering. 2. Enable Camera Tampering. 3. Set the sensitivity of video tampering. A higher value can trigger the alarm actions more easily. 4. Set the Linkage Method. Note that the options vary by model. 5.
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Chapter 5 Events 4. Refer to Arming Schedule and Linkage Method for settings if needed. 5. Click Save. 5. 5 Line Crossing Detection Line crossing detection triggers alarm actions when cameras detect that moving objects cross a customized virtual line. Follow the steps below to finish the configuration.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event, select Line Crossing Detection from the drop-down list, and click the toggle to turn it on. 2. Draw lines on the preview screen. Select the line and configure its settings. Note: You can draw up to four lines and need to configure settings for each line.
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Chapter 5 Events Choose the direction from which the target crosses the line. A->B: Only the target crossing the configured line from the A side to the B side can be detected. Direction B->A: Only the target crossing the configured line from the B side to the A side can be detected.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event, select Intrusion Detection from the drop-down list, and enable it. 2. Draw intrusion areas on the preview screen. Select the area and configure the settings. Note: You may draw up to four areas and need to configure settings for each area. The higher the value is, the more easily an intrusion action can be Sensitivity detected.
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Chapter 5 Events Intrusion time stands for the threshold a target loiters in the area. Any Intrusion Time stay longer than the intrusion time will trigger the linkage action. Set the minimum and maximum width for the target to be detected. Object Width Filter Only targets with sizes between the maximum and minimum value will be detected.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event. Select Region Entering Detection from the drop-down list and enable it. 2. Draw shapes for area entrance detection on the preview screen. Note: You may draw up to four areas and need to configure settings for each area. Adjust the value of sensitivity.
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Chapter 5 Events Set the minimum and maximum height for the target to be detected. Object Height Filter Only targets with sizes between the maximum and minimum value will be detected. Object Choose whether you want to detect humans only, vehicles only, or Classification: both.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event, select Region Exiting Detection from the drop-down list, and enable it. 2. Draw shapes for area exiting detection on the preview screen. Note: You may draw up to four areas and need to configure settings for each area. Adjust the value of sensitivity.
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Chapter 5 Events Set the minimum and maximum height for the target to be detected. Object Height Filter Only targets with sizes between the maximum and minimum value will be detected. Object Choose whether you want to detect humans only, vehicles only, or Classification: both.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event, select Loitering Detection from the drop-down list, and enable it 2. Draw shapes for area exiting detection on the preview screen. Note: You may draw up to four areas and need to configure settings for each area. Adjust the value of sensitivity.
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Chapter 5 Events Set the minimum and maximum width for the target to be detected. Object Width Filter Only targets with sizes between the maximum and minimum value will be detected. Set the minimum and maximum height for the target to be detected. Object Height Filter Only targets with sizes between the maximum and minimum value will be detected.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event, select Object Abandoned/Removal Detection from the drop-down list, and enable it. 2. Draw shapes for area exiting detection on the preview screen. Note: You may draw up to four areas and need to configure settings for each area. Adjust the value of sensitivity.
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Chapter 5 Events Set the minimum and maximum height for the target to be detected. Object Height Filter Only targets with sizes between the maximum and minimum value will be detected. 3. Refer to Arming Schedule and Linkage Method for settings if needed. 4.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event, select Vehicle Detection from the drop-down list, and click the toggle to turn it on. 2. Draw shapes for area exiting detection on the preview screen. Note: You may draw up to four areas. 3.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > Smart Event, select Human Detection from the drop-down list, and click the toggle to turn it on. 2. Adjust the value of sensitivity. A higher value can trigger alarm actions more easily. 3.
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Chapter 5 Events 1. Go to Settings > Event > and click the toggle to turn it on. 2. Define detection area (marked by blue) and trigger area (marked by white) by drawing shapes. Detection area specifies where you wish to detect motion; trigger area specifies where you wish to trigger alarm responses.
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Chapter 5 Events 5. 16 Smart Frame Smart frame is an AI-powered function that can precisely mark and capture detected movement, people, or vehicle objects on the screen. Click the toggles to specify the type of detection: motion, human, or vehicle. You may enable more than one types.
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Chapter 5 Events 5. 18 Sound Alarm (Only for some models) Enable Sound Alarm, then the alarm on the camera will be triggered when an event is detected. 1. Go to Settings > Event > Active Defence > Sound Alarm. 2.
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4. Click Save. 5. 20 Alarm Input Alarm signal from the external device triggers the corresponding actions of the current device. Before you start, make sure the external alarm device is connected. See https://www.tp-link.com/hk/support/ faq/4227/ for cable connection. 1. Go to Settings >...
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If the device has been connected to an alarm output device, and the alarm output No. has been configured, the device sends alarm information to the connected alarm output device when an alarm is triggered. Before you start, make sure the external alarm device is connected. See https://www.tp-link. com/hk/support/faq/4227/ for cable connection.
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Smart Settings This chapter guides you on how to configure settings about human or vehicle analysis on your camera. Some features require an NVR that has Smart Analysis compatibility. This chapter includes the following sections: • Configuration • Object Attribute Analysis...
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Chapter 6 Smart Settings 6. 1 Configuration In the Configuration section, you may choose between the Smart Event Mode and Object Attribute Analysis Mode. The former enables the basic event and smart event features, while the latter can capture the human face or vehicle detected in the surveillance video and send it to the NVR for analysis and processing.
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Recording and Storage This chapter guides you on how to view and configure recording and storage settings on your camera. VIGI camera allows you to set your own recording schedules and parameters. This chapter includes the following sections: • Recording Schedule •...
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Chapter 7 Recording and Storage 7. 1 Recording Schedule Recording schedule section provides convenience and flexibility for the daily monitoring of your camera. You can customize the recording schedules. You can set different schedules for each day. In Advanced Settings page, you can set the pre-recording time and delay time for recording. 1.
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Chapter 7 Recording and Storage Event Recording or Continuous Recording for each time period and check Set. You may copy a schedule for a day to any other days. Click when you are done. 4. Click Save. 7. 2 Storage Management In Storage Management, you can view the parameters and configure the properties and disk group of SD card.
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Chapter 7 Recording and Storage When the Status of memory card turns from Uninitialized to Normal, the memory card is ready for use. 3. Specify advanced settings. Select the stream type for recording. Main Stream stands for the best stream performance the device supports.
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Network Management With proper network configurations, you can connect your camera to the internet, build up mapping between internal and external ports. This chapter contains the following sections: • Internet Connection • Port • Platform Access • Email • Port Forwarding •...
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Chapter 8 Network Management 8. 1 Internet Connection In Internet Connection, you can view the connection status and configure the camera to obtain a dynamic or static IP address. Follow the steps below to configure the network settings. 1. Go to Settings >...
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Chapter 8 Network Management IPv4 Mode Configure the camera to obtain a dynamic or static IP address. IPv4 Address Specify an IP address for the camera. The IP address should be in the same segment as the gateway; otherwise, the camera cannot connect to the internet.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 2. Specify HTTPS port and service port. HTTPS Specify a port for HTTPS protocol. Specify a port for RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) protocol. RTSP is an application layer protocol for connecting, transferring, and streaming media data in real time from IP cameras connected to the network.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 3. Click Save. 8. 4 Email When the email is configured and enabled as a linkage method, the device sends an email notification to all designated recipients if an alarm event is detected. 1. Input the sender’s email information, including the Sender’s name, Sender Email, SMTP Server, and SMTP Port.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 8. 5 Port Forwarding Port Forwarding is used to establish the mapping between the internal port and external port. When Port Forwarding is enabled, you can access the device and watch the videos when accessing the external port remotely.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 8. 6 IP Restriction When IP Restriction is enabled, you can add IP addresses to the deny list or allow list to restrict the access to the camera. The IP address in the deny list cannot access the camera, while only the IP addresses in the allow list can access the camera.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 1. Go to Settings > Network Settings > Multicast. 2. Select the stream type, then enable Multicast. 3. Disable Random IP Port and specify a static address and port, or enable Random IP Port. 4. Click Save. After Multicast enabled, you can watch the video with the URL rtsp://A:B:C:D/multicastStreamN, for example, rtsp://192.168.0.3/multicastStream1.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 5. If the FTP server supports picture uploading by anonymous users, you can check Anonymous to hide your device information during uploading. Note: Anonymous login is not supported when SFTP protocol is selected. 6. Select the saving path of images uploaded in the dropdown box of Upload Path and Edit the Name. 7.
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Chapter 8 Network Management Record Audio Enable to record audio and video simultaneously. The time period you set to record before the scheduled time. For example, the schedule for continuous recording starts at 10:00. If you Pre-recording Time set the pre-recording time as 5 seconds, the camera starts to record at 9:59:55.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 1. Go to Settings > Network Settings > Advanced > SNMP. 2. Enable SNMP v2c. 3. Enter the SNMP community name. Note that the access is Read only, meaning that the network management system can only view but not modify parameters of the specified view. 4.
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Chapter 8 Network Management 1. Go to Settings > Network Settings > Advanced > DDNS. 2. Select the type of Service Provider for domain name resolution. 3. Enter the domain name information, and click Save.
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Cloud Service After connecting your camera to the internet, you can manage it remotely via Cloud Services.
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3. After binding your TP-Link ID, download the VIGI app on your mobile phone by scanning the QR code below. Log in with your TP-Link ID. Then you can monitor the live view and manage the camera remotely on your computer or mobile phone.
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System Settings This chapter guides you to configure the basic and advanced settings of your camera, export and import settings. You can create and modify administrator accounts based on your needs. This chapter includes the following sections: • Configure Basic Settings •...
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Chapter 10 System Settings 10. 1 Configure Basic Settings 1. Go to Settings > System Settings > Basic Settings. 2. View and change the name of your camera. 3. Specify the Web Session Timeout. You will be logged out when you make no operation (not including viewing live image) to the device via web browser within the set timeout period.
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Chapter 10 System Settings may also click Synchronize with computer to synchronize the time settings of your camera with that of your PC. Server address Enter the IP address of the NTP server. Time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server. Interval Note: The interval can be set from1 to 10080 minutes, and the default value is 60 minutes.
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Chapter 10 System Settings 1. Go to Settings > System Settings > User Management. Click Add. Enter Username, select User Group, and enter Password. Assign remote permission to users based on needs. Note: The system pre-defines a default user group: administrator, which has all the permission of the system.
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Chapter 10 System Settings ■ Set the permission for the user. Under the Permission List, check the accesses you grant to the user. ■ Add a remark for the user. Enter your personalized notes in the Remark field. 4. Click Password Protection for account security settings.
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Chapter 10 System Settings to reset the admin password when access the device via browser. After setting the email, you can receive the verification code during the recovering operation process. 10. 4 System Management You can reset the camera to factory default settings, import and export the configuration file of your camera.
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Import. 10. 5 Upgrade Firmware TP-Link aims at providing better network experience for users. We will inform you through the web management page if there’s any update firmware available for your camera. Also, the latest firmware will be released at the TP-Link official website www.tp-link.com, and you can...
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Chapter 10 System Settings 10. 6 Reboot Device Regularly The Scheduled Reboot feature cleans the cache to enhance the running performance of the camera. 1. Go to Settings > System Settings > System Management > Reboot Device. 2. Enable Scheduled Reboot.
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