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Edimax VD-233ED User Manual

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  • Page 1 VD-233ED User Manual 08-2013 / v1.1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS - Chapter I Introduction ....................3 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera ............3 Key feature of this network IP camera include: ............. 4 Safety Instructions ....................5 Packaging Contents ..................... 6 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera ............7 Installation of the Network IP Camera ..............
  • Page 3 3-8 PTZ Control ......................47 3-9 Event ........................49 3-9-1 Settings ........................50 3-9-2 Media ......................... 52 3-9-3 Event Server ....................... 53 3-10 Recording to Micro SD Card ..................57 3-11 SDHC ........................58 3-12 Log ......................... 60 3-13 Device Info ......................61 3-14 Maintenance ......................

  • Page 4: Chapter I Introduction

    The digital motion detector feature transmits an alarm signal when moving subjects enter the scene. Together with Edimax central software management software for live view and recording.

  • Page 5: Key Feature Of This Network Ip Camera Include

    1.2 Key feature of this network IP camera include:  IR Illumination Distance over 15~20 Meters.  Mechanical IR-Cut Filter Removable.  Up to QXGA Resolution at 20 FPS.  H.264 /MPEG4 /MJPEG Multiple Stream Output for Simultaneously Live Monitoring and High Resolution Recording. ...

  • Page 6: Safety Instructions

    1.3 Safety Instructions Please follow the safety instructions listed below when you’re using this Network IP Camera, or you would harm this camera and / or yourself! Also, the warranty will become void if you disobey these safety instructions.  This Network IP Camera is sophisticated electronic device; do not drop it from high places.

  • Page 7: Packaging Contents

    1.4 Packaging Contents Please check the contents of your new Network IP Camera when you unpack the package. If any item is missing, please contact your dealer of purchase for help. Item No. Description Quantity Network IP Camera PU foam pad CDROM(User manual, QIG, EdiView 32) Tools package Terminal block(2 pins X1, 5 pins X2)

  • Page 8: Familiar With Your New Network Ip Camera

    1.5 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera Item Description 1.Front Cover Bubble cover, metal cover. 2.Rear Cover Metal cover. Front cover: Item Description 1. Bubble Cover Transparent bubble cover, for lens and LEDs protection. 2. Black inner cover Inside protection. 3.
  • Page 9 Rear Cover: Item Description 1. IR LED Board IR illumination 2. Top Mount For Rotated function 3. Mid Mount For tilt function 4. Down Mount For pan function 5. LENS Vari-focal Lens 6. Main Board PCBA platform 7. SD Board Micro SD card slot 8.

  • Page 10: Installation Of The Network Ip Camera

    1.6 Installation of the Network IP Camera Please follow the instructions below to setup your new IP camera. 1. Unscrew your front cover by using the tool from the tools package. 2. Attach your PU foam pad on the bottom of your rear cover. 3.
  • Page 11 2-1. Please refer to the definition of the terminal blocks chart below. It is also printed on the motherboard. GPIO Terminal Block GPIO Terminal Block Power Terminal Blocks (J17, 5pins) (J18, 5pins) (J15, 2pins) Pin No. Function Pin No. Function Pin No.
  • Page 12 5. Connect all your cables to their respective terminals. Insert your micro SD/SDHC card for option. Please see the location refer to the chart in chapter 1-1.4. 6. If this camera is connected to a PoE switch then the device can be powered on without using the power adapter.
  • Page 13 10. See the above image and find the location of reset button on the SD card board. Press the button 0ver 10 seconds to reboot the device when needed.

  • Page 14: Chapter Ii Using Network Ip Camera By Web Interface

    Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface 2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera You can use your new Network IP Camera by its web user interface via web browser. Currently the viewing system requirement for Network IP camera OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 ■...
  • Page 15 Note: The contents of the CD-ROM can also be downloaded from the Edimax website: http://www.edimax.com/en/index.php 2. After the installation is complete, double-click the “EdiView_Finder” icon to execute the application. 3. Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP Cameras on your local network (make sure all IP Cameras are powered on and connect to local network first).
  • Page 16 If you need to change a certain IP Camera’s IP address, you can also click on the IP Camera you wish to change IP address, then click ‘Change IP’ button to change select IP Camera’s IP address setting. If you no longer need to use this utility, click ‘Exit’ button to close it. Please note: If you have several network connections, such as “Wireless...

  • Page 17: Connect To Ip Camera's Web User Interface And Install Activex Plugin

    2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin When you know the IP address of IP Camera, you can connect to it by Internet Explorer web browser by entering its IP address in address bar. The use login screen will appear when you get connected: IP Camera’s administrator username and password are both ‘admin’...
  • Page 18 For IE 9: Click ‘Install’ button located at the bottom of IE to install ActiveX plugin. If you’re prompted that: ‘Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program’...
  • Page 19 Click ‘Allow access’, or IP Camera will not be able to function properly. When you’re installing Internet Explorer plugin, you may also be prompted that if you want to allow changes to be made to your computer: Click ‘Yes’ to allow changes. After ActiveX plugin is installed, you should be able to see the video stream from camera.
  • Page 20 NOTE: If this is the first time you use this IP Camera, you can refer to chapter 2.4 for instructions on Setup Wizard, which will guide you to complete the software setup of your new IP Camera.

  • Page 21: Viewing Live Video

    2.3 Viewing Live Video After ActiveX control is installed, you can view IP camera’s video by web browser. Just connect to IP camera by web browser and login, then you can see live video from IP camera: There are various controls on web page, here are descriptions of every control item: Item Description...
  • Page 22 If you want to see video in detail, switch to original size. If your computer monitor’s resolution is not enough and you want to see full image view, switch to fit screen and image size will adjust automatically. ‘Connect’ button Start live video view.
  • Page 23 volume. Start / Stop talk Start or stop playing your voice through IP camera’s audio Button output. When talk is stopped, people at IP camera will not hear you. Please note: you need a microphone connected to your computer, and computer’s mixer setting must enable microphone recording, or nothing will be outputted by IP camera.

  • Page 24: Client Settings

    2.4 Client Settings In ‘Client Settings’ menu, you configure basic IP camera settings like data transfer protocol and data storage folder. To access ‘Client Settings’ menu, click ‘Client Settings’ button on the left. The following screen will appear:...
  • Page 25 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description RTSP Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data. This protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, network packets may be lost due to network burst traffic and images may be broken.

  • Page 26: Chapter Iii Advanced Configuration

    Chapter III Advanced Configuration If you wish to configure IP camera’s settings, you can access IP camera’s ‘Configuration’ menu, which provides various kinds of system setting. To access configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button on the left. The ‘Configuration’ submenu will appear, please pick a setup item you wish to configure.

  • Page 27: System

    3-1 System In this menu, you can configure basic IP camera settings like hostname and time. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Host Name Input the IP camera’s hostname here, it can be any meaningful words or characters that will help you to identify this IP camera.
  • Page 28 Daylight Saving If the area you live uses daylight saving, check this box; otherwise do not check this box to keep time correct. Keep the current Select this option and date / time setting will not be date and time changed when you click ‘Apply’...

  • Page 29: Security

    3-2 Security In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s login account. There are three kinds of account: - Administrator (Can view IP camera’s video and make changes of camera setting) - User (Can view IP camera’s video and see LOG, and change Client Setting and language) - Guest (Can view IP camera’s video , and change language ) There can be multiple users, but only one administrator is allowed, and...
  • Page 30 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Password / Retype Input administrator’s new password in both ‘Password’ and Password ‘Retype Password’ field, and click ‘Modify’ button to change (Administrator) administrator’s password. Please note: Don’t forget administrator’s password! Or you’ll need to reset IP camera’s all settings to get administrator’s password recovered.

  • Page 31: Network

    3-3 Network In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s network setting. 3-3-1 ‘General’ setup page Setup IP address for this IP camera. This IP camera supports both IPv4 and IPv6 IP address. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN port (or obtain...
  • Page 32 DHCP IPv4 / IPv6: Obtain both IPv4 and IPv6 address from DHCP server on LAN automatically. Static IPv4 / IPv6: Assign an IPv4 / IPv6 address to IP camera manually. If you don’t have a DHCP server on your local area network, you must use this option to specify an IP address.
  • Page 33 must change corresponding settings in external network devices (NVR or CMS software) so they can receive this IP camera’s video. RTP Data Input RTP data port number here. Port When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.

  • Page 34: Advanced' Setup Page

    3-3-2 ‘Advanced’ setup page You can setup advanced network settings in this page. This page is intended for advanced settings only, and this IP camera will work fine even you don’t make any changes to this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Multicast...
  • Page 35 Multicast audio port: Input port number for audio here. Multicast RCTP audio port: Input port number for RCTP audio here. Multicast TTL: Input TTL value for multicast here. Bonjour If you’re using MacOS and you have Bonjour installed, you can use it to discover this IP camera. Enable QoS to improve the data transfer priority of this IP camera (Your local area network must support QoS).

  • Page 36: Ip Filter

    3-4 IP Filter When this IP camera is directly connected to Internet and not protected by firewall, this function acts like a mini built-in firewall to protect the safety of this IP camera and avoid attacks from hackers. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable Filter...
  • Page 37 Click ‘New’ button to add IP address into accepted IP list. Deny IP list Here lists all IP address that cannot build connections to this IP camera. If you want to remove a set of IP address from the list, click on the IP address and click ‘Remove’ button. IP Address Input the starting and ending IP address of IP address you (Accepted IP list)

  • Page 38: Video

    3-5 Video You can adjust the image of the IP camera in this menu. There are 3 sub-menus in this menu: Image Setting, Video Setting, and Overlay, which can be accessed by tabs on the top:...

  • Page 39: Image Setting

    3-5-1 Image Setting You can adjust the image parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Brightness / Control the image parameters. Click ‘ - ‘ to decrease value, or click Contrast / ‘ + ‘ to increase value. You can also input the value in the field Saturation / directly.
  • Page 40 Power Line Select the frequency of power line of the place you’re using this IP Frequency camera. This will help to reduce the flicker of certain lights in the image. Condition Select the condition that you’ll be using this IP camera from (ABW) dropdown menu.

  • Page 41: Video Setting

    3-5-2 Video Setting You can adjust the video transfer parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description H.264 Select the compression of main stream: H.264 / MPEG4. /MPEG4 Video Select video resolution. Resolution - H.264: 2048x1536 (QXGA) / 1920x1080 (1080p) 1280x960 (960p) / 1280x720 (720p) 720x480 (D1)
  • Page 42 640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA) Please note that some video resolution is not available when video encoder is ‘MPEG4’. When network speed is insufficient, select a lower video resolution will help. Frame Rate Select video frame rate. Please note that some frame rate is not available when video encoder is ‘H.264’.

  • Page 43: Overlay Setting

    3-5-3 Overlay Setting You can adjust the video overlay parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable Time Check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on video. Stamp Remove the Check this box to remove time stamp’s background color. You background color may find this will help the readability of time stamp text in of the text...
  • Page 44 Overlay show certain text / picture on the video and help people to identify this IP camera. Click ‘Browse’ button to pick a picture on your computer, then click ‘Update’ button to use the picture. Please note that there are certain restrictions: - Select .bmp / .jpg / .jpeg image files only.

  • Page 45: Audio

    3-6 Audio You can adjust audio input / output parameters here. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable Check this box to enable microphone. If you don’t want to hear Microphone voice from IP camera, you can uncheck this box to disable it. Audio Type The format is fixed as G.711 (Microphone)

  • Page 46: Motion

    3-7 Motion This IP camera is capable to detect object’s motion, so IP camera will only record when there’s motion and save disk storage space. Motion detection is performed by examine the movement of objects in rectangular motion detection area. You can define up to 3 motion detection areas.
  • Page 47 - Resize: Use the mouse the drag the four corners (upper-left/right, lower-left/right) to resize it. If you only want to adjust width or height, drag the four sidebars (top, bottom, left, and right). Title Input characters in title field to change motion detection area’s (Window 1 to title text so you can identify it.

  • Page 48: Ptz Control

    3-8 PTZ Control If you mount the IP camera on pan-tilt camera cradles that support pan-tilt control via RS-485 connection, you can use this function to control pan-tilt camera cradle so you can control the orientation of IP camera from remote place.
  • Page 49 RS-485 connection is very long (longer than 200M), it’s not recommended to use high speed connection (greater than 2400bps). - Data Bits: Select data bits of RS-485 connection. - Parity: Select parity bit: odd, even, or space. - Stop Bit: Select stop bit: 1 or 2. - Home/Up/Down/Left/Right: Input the command string used to move pan-tilt camera cradle to home or up/down/left/right position.

  • Page 50: Event

    3-9 Event When there’s an event, you can use this setup page to define what IP camera should do, like send an Email or trigger digital output to activate external alarm. There are three setup pages: 1. Setting: Define a new event and manage events. 2.

  • Page 51: Settings

    3-9-1 Settings This page lists all existing events. You can click ‘Modify’ button to edit an existing event, or ‘Remove’ to delete an existing event. To create a new even, just click “New” button to add an Event setting.
  • Page 52 To add a new event, click ‘New’ button and the descriptions of every setup item is listed below: Item Description Enable Setting Check this box to enable this event. If you just want to disable this event temporarily, you can uncheck this box to keep this event and disabling while not deleting it.

  • Page 53: Media

    3-9-2 Media You can define what kind of media file should be saved on designated media. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description One Snapshot Save a picture file when event is triggered. H.264 Video Save a H.264 video clip. You can also select the recording length before and / or after the time when event is triggered in ‘Pre Event’...

  • Page 54: Event Server

    3-9-3 Event Server You can define the details of remote media server: FTP (File), SMTP (Email), and Samba (File). A Samba server can be any computer running windows operating system with network neighbor function enabled. Many stand-alone network file server also support samba server function. Enable FTP server then it will show the related items of FTP server setting.
  • Page 55 Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Enable FTP Check this box to enable FTP server upload. Server - FTP Server: Input FTP server’s IP address or hostname. - Port: Input FTP server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘21’.
  • Page 56 SMTP Server Check this box to enable Email send. - SMTP Server: Input SMTP server’s IP address or hostname. - Port: Input SMTP server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘25’. - Sender Email Address: Input the sender’s email address that will appear in the Email send by IP camera.
  • Page 57 Enable SMTP Server then UI shows the items as below. Item Description Samba Server Check this box to enable Samba server file upload. - Samba Server Address: Input Samba server’s IP address or hostname. - Path: Input the path where you want to save file on Samba server, like ‘upload/record’.

  • Page 58: Recording To Micro Sd Card

    3-10 Recording to Micro SD Card When a Micro SD card is inserted into IP camera, you can save video files on it. Note: 1. Be sure that the Micro SD Card format should be FAT32. The NTFS format cannot be supported by this camera. 2.

  • Page 59: Sdhc

    3-11 SDHC The IP camera has an optional Micro-SD card slot. The UI shows the capacity is 0 MB when the module without Micro-SD card slot and memory card. If you need the function please check the option when you place the order of the IP camera module.
  • Page 60 Set the time range then click “Search” then shows the records like below.

  • Page 61: Log

    3-12 Log You can check the usage log of IP camera here. In this page, you can click: 1. First page / Final page: Jump to first / final page of log. 2. Previous / Next: Jump to previous or next page of log. 3.

  • Page 62: Device Info

    3-13 Device Info You can check the information and network settings of this IP camera. These information are very useful when you need to repair or fix the problem of this IP camera. An example of device info page looks like this:...

  • Page 63: Maintenance

    3-14 Maintenance You can do some maintenance job about this IP camera here. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Description Reboot Click this button to reboot the IP camera. This function is useful when you find IP camera is not working properly. Reset Clear all settings of IP camera and reset to factory default setting.

  • Page 64: Language

    SD card device SD card. Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a firmware image file on your computer first, then click ‘Upgrade’ button. 3-15 Language You can change the display language of web interface. Click ‘Language’ button and select one language. More languages may available in latest firmware file.

  • Page 65: Chapter V Troubleshooting

    Chapter V Troubleshooting Please don’t panic when you found this IP Camera is not working properly. Before you send this IP Camera back to us, you can do some simple checks to save your time: Problem Possible solution(s) description Can’t 1) Please check the IP address of IP Camera again.
  • Page 66 Digital I/O User Manual DI/DO connector – Use in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering, SD recording and alarm notifications via FTP/EMAIL/SAMBA. •Digital output — For connecting external devices such as relays, alarm bell or LEDs. Connected devices can be activated by the ConfigurationEvent interface or digital output buttons on the Home page.
  • Page 67 Please refer to the following illustration for DI connection method CAMERA Power Trigger Suggested Component Value Power(VDC) RL(Ω) 3.3V 100Ω 200Ω 510Ω...
  • Page 68 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 69 The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
  • Page 70 EU Declaration of Conformity English: This equipment is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2004/108/EC. French: Cet équipement est conforme aux exigences essentielles et autres dispositions de la directive 2004/108/EC. Czechian: Toto zařízení je v souladu se základními požadavky a ostatními příslušnými ustanovení...
  • Page 71 WEEE Directive & Product Disposal At the end of its serviceable life, this product should not be treated as household or general waste. It should be handed over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment, or returned to the supplier for disposal.

  • Page 72: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of Conformity We, Edimax Technology Co., Ltd., declare under our sole responsibility, that the equipment described below complies with the requirements of the European EMC directive (2004/108/EC). Equipment: Vandal Dome IP Camera Model No.: VD-233ED Report No.: T120815D05-E The following European standards for essential requirements have been followed: EN 55022:2006+A1: 2007 +A2:2010 (Class A) CISPR 22: 2008 (Ed 6.0)

  • Page 73: Notice According To Gnu General Public License Version 2

    Notice According to GNU General Public License Version 2 This product includes software that is subject to the GNU General Public License version 2. The program is free software and distributed without any warranty of the author. We offer, valid for at least three years, to give you, for a charge no more than the costs of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code.
  • Page 74 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The ‘“Program’“, below, refers to any such program or work, and a ‘“work based on the Program’“...
  • Page 75 b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange;...
  • Page 76 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original copyright holder who places the Program under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded.

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