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TP-Link TL-SC3130G User Manual

Wireless 2-way audio surveillance camera
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TL-SC3130G
Wireless 2-Way Audio Surveillance Camera
REV: 2.0.2
1910010429

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  • Page 1 TL-SC3130G Wireless 2-Way Audio Surveillance Camera REV: 2.0.2 1910010429...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Ce Mark Warning

    FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents.........................1 Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements................2 Chapter 2 Physical Overview .....................3 2.1 Front View........................... 3 2.2 Bottom view ..........................3 Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser................4 3.1 Windows Web Browser ......................4 3.2 Mac Web Browser ........................5 Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone ..............9 4.1 Mobile Phone Viewing ........................
  • Page 5 6.2.2 MPEG4 ..........................21 6.2.3 MJPEG ..........................24 6.3 Network ............................ 24 6.3.1 Information......................... 25 6.3.2 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet)..............27 6.3.3 DDNS (Dynamic DNS) ...................... 29 6.3.4 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) ..................33 6.3.5 Bonjour ..........................34 6.3.6 IP Notification........................

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Package Contents The follow items should be found in your package: TL-SC3130G Wireless 2-Way Audio Surveillance Camera Power Adapter Mounting Bracket with three screws, a Lock Ring, a Brace and a Base Plate RJ45 Cable Quick Installation Guide Resource CD, including:...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements

    Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements We strongly recommend your computers follow our minimum requirements in order to use this IP-Camera normally. If your computer doesn’t meet these requirements below, it might cause some problems. Item Requirements Pentium 4 1600MHz (or equivalent AMD) Graphic Card 64 MB RAM graphic cards(or equivalent on-board graphic cards) 512 MB...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Physical Overview

    Chapter 2 Physical Overview 2.1 Front View Focus Adjustment Ring: Adjust the focus ring to get a clear image. Network LED Indicator: It lights up when the IP Camera is well connected to the network. It flashes when there are data being transmitted. Power LED Indicator: It lights up when the IP Camera is powered on.

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Using Ip Camera Via Web Browser

    Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser 3.1 Windows Web Browser Launch your web browser, and enter the IP address (the default value is 192.168.1.10) of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser. Note: If you only want to view the video without setting page, enter “http://<IP>/index2.htm”...

  • Page 10: Mac Web Browser

    3.2 Mac Web Browser Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address (the default value is 192.168.1.10) of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser. Note: If you only want to view the video without setting page, enter “http://<IP>/index2.htm”...
  • Page 12 Enter the default User name “admin” and password “admin” in the dialog box as shown below. Note: The default Name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator. You can change them in the Account Menu. (Please check “SETTING → BASIC → Security → Account”)
  • Page 13 The web-based management page will be display on your screen. In the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup. For more details, you can refer to Section 5.2、Section 5.3 and Section 5.4.

  • Page 14: Chapter 4 Operating Ip Camera Via Mobile Phone

    Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone 4.1 Mobile Phone Viewing 4.1.1 3G Mobile Phone Streaming Viewing For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp ” into your 3G Streaming Link. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera; <PORT> is the RTSP port of your IP camera (Default value is 554.) Example: rtsp://100.10.10.1:554/video.3gp Note: You can also use RTSP clients (RealPlayer, VLC, QuickTime Player…etc.) to view RTSP...

  • Page 15: Using Ip Camera Via Iphone

    4.2 Using IP Camera via iPhone You can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below. Then you can use TP-LINK Web UI via iPhone. 2. Enter IP address in your web link. 1. Select Safari function 3.

  • Page 16: Chapter 5 Configuration Of Main Menu

    Chapter 5 Configuration of Main Menu You would find that the illustrative web pages in this Manual are all orange. Please note that they're from our latest firmware, which can be downloaded from our website. Web pages in our previous firmware are blue. On the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, Image Setup.

  • Page 17: Zoom In / Out The Image Via The Monitor Window

    5.1.2 Zoom in / out the image via the monitor window Click to display the digital zoom in window. Pull the to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be showed on the above window. You can use the left click of your mouse to move the to any where on the window to view the desired detail more clearly.

  • Page 18: Audio Buttons

    5.1.4 Audio buttons Note Symbols Meaning mean the speakers of your computer are Speakers turned on turned on to transmit the sounds from the connected IP camera(s) Speakers turned off mean you can broadcast to the connected Microphone turned on IP camera(s) via the Ethernet using your microphone Microphone turned off...

  • Page 19: Client Setting

    5.3 Client Setting This function is only for the client. Click this button to configure the settings of IP Camera, which includes Mode, View Size, Protocol, and Video Buffer. 5.3.1 Mode Click the drop-down list to choose between MPEG4 and MJPEG video compression mode. Note: MJPEG streaming is unavailable if RTSP mode is On (Please check SETTING →...

  • Page 20: Protocol

    5.3.3 Protocol Select the transferring protocol from TCP, UDP, HTTP and Multicast. Note: This item appears just after RSTP mode is enabled (selecting SETTING → BASIC → Camera → General) 5.3.4 Video Buffer Turn the Video Buffer function ON / OFF. The Video Buffer function makes the streaming more smoothly in unsteady network environment, but might cause a little delay in live viewing.

  • Page 21: Brightness

    5.4.1 Brightness The higher value the brightness is, the brighter the image is. 5.4.2 Contrast The contrast is a measure of a display system, defined as the ratio of white to black that the system is capable of producing. The higher value the contrast is, the more delicate color you can get.

  • Page 22: Chapter 6 Setting-Basic

    Chapter 6 Setting-Basic Click BASIC to display the submenus including System, Camera, Network, and Security. 6.1 System Click System to display the submenus including Information, Date / Time, and Initialize. 6.1.1 Information The Information page provides the basic information of the product which includes Product Name, Firmware Version and Web Version.

  • Page 23: Date / Time

    6.1.2 Date / Time The Date/ Time page displays all options of time setting. Current date / time: Displays the current date and time of this IP Camera. PC clock: Displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock. Date / Time format: You can click the drop-down list to select different time display formats.

  • Page 24: Initialize

    6.1.3 Initialize Reboot: Click this button to reboot this IP Camera. A confirmation dialogue will appear and then click OK to process. It takes two minutes to reboot this IP Camera. Factory Default: Click this button to reset this IP Camera to the factory default settings. A confirmation dialogue will appear and then click OK to process.

  • Page 25: General

    6.2.1 General RTSP: Switch is On or Off Note: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is a protocol used in streaming media system which allows clients to remotely control a streaming video server. RTSP is supports by most of the media clients such as Real Player, QuickTime and VLC...etc.

  • Page 26: Mpeg4

    Black & White. Overlay: Text Overlay: You can see some information on the display screen which includes Date / Time and user-defined text. Also, you can change the background color. Privacy Mask: You can cover a specific area of the video image. 6.2.2 MPEG4 A.
  • Page 27 Multicast Streaming (If it is ON) Multicast Address: Specify the multicast server address. Video / Audio Port: Specify the transmission port number of the video data, which is an even number from 1024 to 65534. Time- to- Live: Set the maximum TTL(Transistor-Transistor Logic) that multicast can pass through.
  • Page 28 RTSP (if RTSP mode is On, please check “SETTING → BASIC → Camera → General”) RTSP Port: Specify the transmission port number of RTSP streaming. The default value is 554. RTP (if RTSP mode is On, please check “SETTING → BASIC → Camera → General”) Unicast Streaming Video / Audio Port Range: Specify the transmission port range of RTP streaming video.

  • Page 29: Mjpeg

    6.2.3 MJPEG MJPEG Viewer Port ( If RTSP is off, please check “SETTING → BASIC → Camera → General”) Unicast Streaming Video / Audio Port Number: Specify the transmission port number of the video data (the default value is 8070). You can specify an even number from 1024 to 65534.

  • Page 30: Information

    6.3.1 Information The page of Information displays the MAC address of the device. Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP): (If a DHCP server is installed on the network) Select this, the IP will be assigned by the DHCP serve. Obtain DNS server address automatically: Select this to obtain the address of DNS server automatically.
  • Page 31 Use the following IP address: Select this when the fixed IP address is set. IP address: Enter the IP address of the device. Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask. Default gateway: Enter the default gateway. Use the following DNS server address: Select this when you set the fixed IP address as the IP address of DNS server.

  • Page 32: Pppoe (Point-To-Point Protocol Over Ethernet)

    Note: If you connect the IP Camera with your computer directly, the default network domain of camera is 192.168.1.x. 6.3.2 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) If your ISP provides Dynamic IP with authentication by username and password, enter all PPPoE information in this part.
  • Page 33 Use the following DNS server address: Select this when you set the fixed IP address as the IP address of DNS server. Primary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server. Secondary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server. Note: PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet): PPPoE is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point Protocol frames insider Ethernet frames.

  • Page 34: Ddns (Dynamic Dns)

    6.3.3 DDNS (Dynamic DNS) Choose menu “Dynamic DNS”, you can configure the Dynamic DNS function. The IP Camera offers the DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) feature, which allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (named by yourself) and a dynamic IP address, and then your friends can connect to your server by entering your domain name no matter what your IP address is.
  • Page 35 Host name: Enter the host name that is registered to the DDNS server. Note: How to apply DDNS username and Host name? You can apply DDNS username and Host name by the following steps: Log in http://www.dyndns.org, click the Create Account. Input all information and follow step by step with DynDNS.
  • Page 36 Log in with new account and click Account → My Hosts → Add Host Services. Type domain in the Hostname field and select sub-domain.
  • Page 37 After typing in information, check your DDNS service. Type your DDNS User ID, Password and Host name in Setting → Network → DDNS. After completing setting, reboot IP Camera.

  • Page 38: Upnp (Universal Plug And Play)

    6.3.4 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Choose menu “Network→UPnP”, you can view the information about UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) in the screen as shown in the following figure. The UPnP feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN.

  • Page 39: Bonjour

    MPEG4 viewer port (SSL): Enter the MPEG4 SSL viewer port and the default MPEG4 viewer port number is 8091. MJPEG viewer port: Enter the MJPEG viewer port number and default MJPEG viewer port is 8070. MJPEG viewer port (SSL): Enter the MPEG4 SSL viewer port and default MJPEG viewer port number is 8071.

  • Page 40: Ip Notification

    6.3.6 IP Notification Once IP Notification is set to "On", the camera will automatically send an e-mail notification to tell users its updated network parameters if the network settings about IP address、network connection type 、HTTP port or wireless connection is changed or completed. (Some settings will take effect after rebooting.) Notify Type: You can select the notify type among DHCP, Static IP, and PPPoE.

  • Page 41: Wireless

    POP before SMTP: Select this if POP before SMTP authentication is necessary when an e-mail is sent. If this option is selected, the IP Notification page will be different as following figure shown. POP server name: It is necessary when the POP before SMTP is selected in Authentication.
  • Page 42 The wireless network has to be set up by using cable network connection. After setting the camera correctly, the wireless function can work without cable network connection. Please follow the setting process below step by step: Connect IP Camera with Ethernet connection. Go to SETTING →...
  • Page 43 Select the AP you wish to connect. Enter password in Passphrase field if you need. If you don't know the setting of the wireless AP, please ask your network administrator.
  • Page 44 Choose the option of Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) or Use the following IP address: Use the following IP address: Select this when the fixed IP address is set.

  • Page 45: Messenger

    Please click OK button to finish the wireless setting. Now please have a short rest or work on other business, for the wireless setting will take effect 1 minute after you click OK. Please unplug the Ethernet cable connecting the TL-SC3130G and the Router (or the PC), and log into the IP camera with its wireless address.
  • Page 46 Re-type password: Type the password again. Alias: Give an alias for the account of your IP Camera. The figure above takes “TL-SC3130G” for example. Port range: Enter the port range used. IP Notification: When this feature is enabled, the IP camera would notify "friends" on MSN about its IP address when it logs into the MSN account or when its IP address is changed.
  • Page 47 Note: If you use a Modem Router to access the Internet, you should set your IP Camera as the virtual server with port range 20000-21000 on the Modem Router’s web-based management page. Click “BASIC->Network->Messenger” to enter the “Messenger” page. Enable Messenger and then set the Login Account, Password, Alias, Port range, IP Notification, Privacy and Allow list parameters as the above figure shows.
  • Page 48 Make sure the MSN view plugin is installed. This plugin is embedded in IntelligentIPInstallerSetup(TPLink)-1.1.16.09.exe and will be installed automatically when you install IntelligentIPInstallerSetup(TPLink)-1.1.16.09.exe. ▲ You can download the IntelligentIPInstallerSetup(TPLink)-1.1.16.09.exe here: http://www.tp-link.com/download/ipcamera/Intelligent_IP_Installer.rar Log into your MSN account. Add the camera’s MSN account as a contact.
  • Page 49 Check its status. Normally it should be online. Click the camera icon and select View a contact’s webcam to view the video.

  • Page 50: Security

    Wait for a moment, and you will see the video captured by your IP Camera. 6.4 Security Click Security to display the submenus including Account and HTTPS.

  • Page 51: Account

    6.4.1 Account The device default account and password setting is “admin / admin”. That means everyone who knows IP address can access the device including all configuration. Therefore, it is necessary to assign a password if the device is intended to be accessed by others. User name: Set a user name between 4-16 characters.

  • Page 52: Https

    speed dome). The Viewer mode only can view the Live View. Viewer Authentication: Select whether the authentication is needed when users access to live view. On: Authentication is required to let different users have different levels of permission to access the camera view. Off: Authentication is not required to access the camera.
  • Page 53 Note: When enable HTTPS with RTSP on mode, the IP Camera only protect the setting such as username and password and do not protect video and audio. When enable HTTPS with RTSP off mode, the IP Camera will protect all setting including video and audio.

  • Page 54: Chapter 7 Setting-Advance

    Chapter 7 Setting-Advance Click Advance to display the submenus including FTP client, SMTP, HTTP event, Schedule, Motion detection and System Log. 7.1 FTP Client Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an FTP server. By using FTP client function, you can send the image and video file which has been shot and recorded linked with the built-in motion detection function to FTP server.

  • Page 55: General

    7.1.1 General Select On when you use FTP function. The FTP client setting page will appear. Select Off when you do not wish to use the FTP client function. Note: The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may decrease while a file is being transmitted by the FTP client function.
  • Page 56 Remote Path: Type the path to the destination in FTP server up to 64 characters. Image File Name: Type the file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. You can use up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.
  • Page 57 Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 6.5. Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always: The periodical sending is always effective. Schedule: You can specify the period when the periodical sending is effective in the Schedule setting in the other section.

  • Page 58: Periodical Sending

    7.1.3 Periodical sending You can set to send an image file to FTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file to FTP server linked with setting period. Remote Path: Type the path to storage location of FTP server which you have authorized. Image file name: Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score).

  • Page 59: Smtp

    Date & time: The date & time suffix is added to the Image file name. The date & time suffix consists of lower two-digits of year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus 14-digit number is added to the file name.

  • Page 60: General

    7.2.1 General Select On when you use the SMTP function. The common setting options are displayed below. Select Off if you do not wish to use the e-Mail (SMTP) function. Note: The Setting of General will be the same as the setting of IP Notification (Please check “SETTING →...
  • Page 61 The default value is 25. Security setting: Check SSL box if the mail server you use has security restriction. Note: If you use g-mail as your mail server, you should set 587 as your port number and check SSL box. Authentication: Select the authentication required when you send an email.

  • Page 62: Alarm Sending

    Recipient e-mail address: Type the recipient e-Mail address up to 64 characters. You can specify up to three recipient E-mail addresses. Administrator e-mail address: Type the Administrator e-Mail address up to 64 characters. This address is used for reply mail and sending system messages from the SMTP server. Subject: Type the subject/title of the e-Mail up to 64 characters.
  • Page 63 Alarm Motion Detection: Click it for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set motion detection function on the motion detection page. Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Motion detection →...

  • Page 64: Periodical Sending

    Schedule: You can specify the period when the periodical sending is effective in the Schedule setting in the other section. Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.4. 7.2.3 Periodical sending You can set to send an image file by SMTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file by SMTP server linked with setting period.
  • Page 65 Image file name: Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). Suffix: Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent by SMTP. None: The name of the sent file will be the Image file name. Date &...

  • Page 66: Http Event

    7.3 HTTP event Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an HTTP server. By using HTTP client function, you can send the image file and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the built-in motion detection function to HTTP server. HTTP client setting menu is composed of two items, General and Alarm sending.

  • Page 67: General

    For example: URL: 192.168.1.7/cgi-bin/operator/ptzset Note: 1. The setting of URL should be the same as CGI. 2. The example above is for reference only. For more details, please refer to SDK in the subdirectory of the IP camera product on our website http://www.tp-link.com.

  • Page 68: Alarm Sending

    7.3.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the built-in motion detection function. Select On to send the image and audio file to HTTP server linked with the alarm detection. Alarm sending: Select On to set to send mail with connection to the alarm detection. Alarm Motion detection Effective period: Set the period when the periodical sending is effective.
  • Page 69 Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Motion detection → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5. Motion Detection works only when the MPEG4 function is On. Parameter: the parameter of CGI (defined in Setting →...

  • Page 70: Schedule

    Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting”) For more details, you can check Section 7.4. 7.4 Schedule When you click Schedule on the Advance mode menu, the Schedule setting menu appears. This is the same menu as the setting menu which is displayed when you click Schedule to set Effective period and Schedule in FTP client setting menu, e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu, HTTP Event setting menu and so on.

  • Page 71: Setting

    7.4.1 Setting Schedule Selection: Select the list box to specify the schedule you want to set. FTP -Alarm FTP - Periodical e-Mail (SMTP) -Alarm e-Mail (SMTP) -Periodical HTTP event -Alarm Mon (Monday) to Sun (Sunday): The time period on the right of the checked day is the effective period of the schedule.

  • Page 72: Setting

    7.5.1 Setting Threshold: It means the extent which the alarm will be triggered. The default value is 50 and the value range is 0~100. The larger the value, the higher the threshold. Sensitivity: It means that how often the sensor will scan the image different. The higher sensitivity it is and the more frequently it scans.

  • Page 73: Setting

    ,”*** ffmpeg”, ”*** mjpeg”, ”*** gsm” or “*** boa”will be shown in system log. In this case, please send the file ”backup” to TP-LINK ( you can save it from Setting > Basic > System > Initialize > Backup setting data) , and also provide the router spec you’re using, we will analyze and solve the problem as soon as possible.

  • Page 74: Chapter 8 Appendix

    Chapter 8 Appendix APPENDIX a – FRAME RATE & BIT RATE TABLE This chapter provides tables that help you to optimize your IP camera with your network environment. Base on your network upload environment to choose the best Image-Quality setting. For example, if the network environment is ADSL 256Kb(upload) / 2Mb(download), the most fluent Image-Quality needs to set up under 256 Kb situation.
  • Page 75 320*240 160*120 1024 160*120 1024 160*120 160*120 160*120 160*120 A.3 MJPEG @ 15fps / kbps Quality 640*480 320*240 160*120 Excellent 4000 1500 Detailed 2400 Good 1600 Standard 1300 Medium A.4 MJPEG / kbps, fps Frame-Rate Current Image-Size Quality Setting Current Bitrate Setting Frame-Rate 640*480...
  • Page 76 320*240 Medium 160*120 Medium 160*120 Excellent 160*120 Excellent 160*120 Good 160*120 Good 160*120 Medium 160*120 Medium APPENDIX b – STORAGE REQUIREMENT TABLE This chapter provides tables that help you set your recording storage system. Please refer to the following table to find out the capability for recording into your hard disk. B.1 MPEG4 Storage Requirement GB / channel / day @ 30fps Quality 640*480...
  • Page 77 B.3 MPEG4 Storage Requirement GB / channel / day Image-Size Bitrate Setting Frame-Rate Setting Current Bitrate 640*480 2048 23.0 640*480 2048 22.2 640*480 1536 18.5 640*480 1536 17.9 640*480 1024 10.5 640*480 1024 10.5 640*480 640*480 320*240 1536 15.8 320*240 1536 16.9 320*240...

  • Page 78: Chapter 9 Faq

    Chapter 9 FAQ Q1. What can I do if I forgot the login name and password? Press and hold the Reset button on the bottom panel with a pin or paperclip. Please continue holding down the Reset button for approximately 15 seconds. And then IP Camera will reboot. It will require 45 seconds.

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