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DG-SC4600PI / DG-SC4600I
MEGAPIXEL BOX IP CAMERA WITH IR CUT
FILTER and POE/NON POE

User Manual

V1.0
2012-04-09
As our products undergo continuous development the specifications are subject to change without prior notice

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    DG-SC4600PI / DG-SC4600I MEGAPIXEL BOX IP CAMERA WITH IR CUT FILTER and POE/NON POE User Manual V1.0 2012-04-09 As our products undergo continuous development the specifications are subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 2 Trademarks: DIGISOL™ is a trademark of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of the respective manufacturers. Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it.

  • Page 3: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 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 limitations are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 4 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual FCC Caution This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions and a minimum 20 cm spacing must be provided between computer mounted antenna and person’s body (excluding extremities of hands, wrist and feet) during wireless modes of operation.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual INDEX 1. Product Information ......................8 1-1 Product Introduction..................... 8 1-2 Safety Information......................9 1-3 System Requirements....................10 1-4 Package Contents...................... 10 1-5 Get Familiar with your new Network Box IP Camera ..........11 1-6 Installation of the Network IP Camera................ 14 2.
  • Page 6 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-7 Motion ........................49 3-8 PTZ Control........................ 51 3-9 Event.......................... 53 3-9-1 Settings ....................... 54 3-9-2 Media ........................56 3-9-3 Event Server ....................... 57 3-10 Recording to SD Card....................61 3-11 Log ........................... 62 3-12 Device Info ....................... 63 3-13 Maintenance ......................
  • Page 7 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5-2-4 Video Playback ....................106 6 Appendix ........................109 6-1 Specification......................109 6-2 Troubleshooting ....................... 110 6-3 Glossary........................111  ...

  • Page 8: Product Information

    It can also send a Digital output to an external device, if the IP camera detects an activity. DG-SC4600PI supports PoE, which helps in easy installation by eliminating the need of a dedicated power source for the camera.

  • Page 9: Safety Information

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the safety instructions as mentioned below. The warranty will become void if you disobey these safety instructions.  This Network IP Camera is sophisticated electronic device; DO NOT drop it from a height ...

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    Before you start using this IP camera, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:  DG-SC4600I / DG-SC4600PI Megapixel Box IP Camera (1 No.)  Switching Power Adapter (12V DC, 2A) ...

  • Page 11: Get Familiar With Your New Network Box Ip Camera

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 1-5 Get Familiar with your new Network Box IP Camera Front View Item Description 1. Lens mounting slot Mounts C-mount or CS-mount Lens 2. Iris control port Connects to lens with iris control cable 3. Mounting hole Connects to tripod or pan-tilt camera cradle to secure the IP camera.

  • Page 12: Rear View

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Rear View Item Description Connects to external microphone to input audio signal to IP 1. MIC IN camera. Use 3.5mm audio cable. Connects to external audio amplifier to output voice. Use 2. AUDIO OUT 3.5mm audio cable.
  • Page 13 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Connects to 12VDC power adapter output. 7. DC12V 8. VIDEO OUT Output video signal, connect to external video devices. 9. DC lens drive Adjust the DC lens driving ability. DI/DO PIN ASSIGNMENT Item Description RS485 signal positive (+)

  • Page 14: Installation Of The Network Ip Camera

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 1-6 Installation of the Network IP Camera Please follow the instructions mentioned below to setup your new IP camera. 1. Connect the lens to IP camera. Fix the circular ring to the sensor by moving the ring in clockwise direction carefully until it is fixed.
  • Page 15 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 2. Hold the lens as shown below and twist lens set clockwise carefully and slowly until it is fixed.
  • Page 16 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3. Connect Ethernet cable to LAN port. This Ethernet port supports IEEE 802.3af PoE standard. It gets power wh it is connected to PoE switch. 4. Plug DC power adapter to power outlet on the wall. 5. C nect DC power cable to IP Camera’s DC power connector.

  • Page 17: Using Network Ip Camera By Web Interface

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 2. 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. You must know the IP address of IP Camera before you can connect to it.
  • Page 18 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP Cameras on your local network (make sure all IP Cameras are powered on and are connected to the local network first). When you find any IP Camera, you can click on it and click ‘Link’...

  • Page 19: Connect To Ip Camera's Web User Interface

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 2-2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface 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 the address bar. The user login screen will appear when you get connected: IP Camera’s administrator username and password are both ‘admin’...
  • Page 20 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual For IE 8: Right click the indication bar and click: ‘‘Run Add-on” for All Users on This Computer to install ActiveX plugin. For IE 9:...
  • Page 21 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Click ‘Allow 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’ as shown below. Click ‘Allow access’ or IP Camera will not be able to function properly.
  • Page 22 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Click on Continue. It will display the screen shown below: Click ‘OK’ to allow changes. After ActiveX plug-in is installed, you should be able to see the video stream from camera. NOTE: If this is the first time you are using this IP Camera, you can jump...

  • Page 23: Viewing Live Video

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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, and then you can see live video from IP camera: There are various controls on the web page;...
  • Page 24 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Language Opens language menu, you can switch web interface to other language. Available languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Original size / Switches live image view between original size Fit screen (full size: 3M pixels) and fit screen (smaller size).
  • Page 25 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual ‘Start Video Record’ Click this button to record video and save video file on your computer. The recorded file by button default will saved C:\Program Files\Recording. To change the path for saving video files go to Client settings-> Storage option->folder and change the path there.

  • Page 26: Client Settings

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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. of the web page as shown below.
  • Page 27 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description RTSP Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data. HTTP Select this option to use HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) to transfer video data.

  • Page 28: Advanced Configuration

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3. 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 of the...
  • Page 29 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual The ‘Configuration’ submenu will appear, please pick a setup item you wish to configure.

  • Page 30: System

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-1 System In this menu, you can configure basic IP camera settings like hostname and time. Here is the description 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 31 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Daylight Saving If the area you live uses daylight saving, check this box; otherwise do not check this box to keep correct time. Keep the current Select this option and date / time setting will not date and time be changed when you click ‘Apply’...

  • Page 32: Security

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 settings, but can’t make any change) Guest (Can view IP camera’s video only)
  • Page 33 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Password / Retype Input administrator’s new password in both Password ‘Password’ and ‘Retype Password’ field, and click ‘Modify’ button to change administrator’s (Administrator) password. Note: Don’t forget administrator’s...

  • Page 34: Network

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-3 Network You can configure the network camera’s general and advanced network settings here. 3-3-1 “General” Setup Page Setup IP address for this IP camera. This IP camera supports both IPv4 and IPv6 IP address.
  • Page 35 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN port (or obtain an address from DHCP server automatically). Available options are: DHCP IPv4: Obtain an IPv4 IP address from DHCP server on LAN automatically.
  • Page 36 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual HTTP Port Input IP camera’s web connection port number here. When this port number is changed, you need to change web browser’s port number you used to connect to IP camera. For example, IP camera’s IP address is 192.168.2.3, and if you...

  • Page 37: Advanced Setup Page

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 if you don’t make any changes to this page.
  • Page 38 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 Mac OS and you have Bonjour installed, you can use it to discover this IP camera.

  • Page 39: Ip Filter

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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.
  • Page 40 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 camera you wish to deny connections here.

  • Page 41: Video

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 42: Image Setting

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-5-1 Image Setting You can adjust the image parameters in this page. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Brightness / Control the image parameters. Click ‘-’ to decrease value, or click ‘+’ to increase value. You can also input the value in the Contrast / field directly.
  • Page 43 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Mirror Check ‘Vertical’ or ‘Horizontal’ box to flip the image vertically or horizontally, this will help to correct the orientation of image when IP camera is hanged bottom-up by camera holder. You can click both ‘Vertical’ and ‘Horizontal’ box at the same time.

  • Page 44: Video Setting

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-5-2 Video Setting You can adjust the video transfer parameters in this page. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description H.264 /MPEG4 Select the compression of main stream: H.264 / MPEG4. Video Resolution Select video resolution.
  • Page 45 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual - MPEG4: 1920x1080 (1080p) / 1280x960 (960p) 1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1) 640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA) - MJPEG: 1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1) 640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA) NOTE: 2048x1536 (QXGA) video resolution is not displayed when video encoder is ‘MPEG4’.

  • Page 46: Overlay Setting

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-5-3 Overlay Setting You can adjust the video overlay parameters in this page. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Enable Time Stamp Check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on video. Remove the background Check this box to remove time stamp’s background...
  • Page 47 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Please input the text in ‘Text’ field. You can input up to 15 characters. Remove the background Check this box to remove custom text’s color of the text (Text) background color which will help the readability of text in some cases.

  • Page 48: Audio

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-6 Audio You can adjust audio input / output parameters here. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Enable Microphone Check this box to enable microphone. If you don’t want to hear voice from IP camera, you can un-check this box to disable it.

  • Page 49: Motion

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 examining the movement of objects in rectangular motion detection area. You can define up to 3 motion detection areas.
  • Page 50 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual - Move: Use the mouse to drag the title text. - Resize: Use the mouse to 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).

  • Page 51: Ptz Control

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-8 PTZ Control RS-485 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...
  • Page 52 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Enable RS-485 Check this box to enable RS-485 functionality. Use Pelco-D Select this option and RS-485 interface will output pan-tilt control signal in Pelco-D format. This format is widely accepted by most of pan-tilt camera cradles.

  • Page 53: Event

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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.

  • Page 54: Settings

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 event, just click “New” button to add an Event setting.
  • Page 55 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual To add a new event, click ‘New’ button and the description 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 disable the event without deleting it.

  • Page 56: Media

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-9-2 Media You can define what kind of media file should be sav ed to designated path. Here is the descrip tion of every setup item: Item Description One Snapshot Save a picture file when event is triggered.

  • Page 57: Event Server

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 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 servers also...
  • Page 58 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Here is the description 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 hostnam - Port: Input FTP server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘21’.
  • Page 59 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual SMTP Server Check this box to enable Email alert. - 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 sent by IP camera.
  • Page 60 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual input Email server’s username password corresponding field. - Requires SSL Encryption: If your Email server requires SSL encryption, check this box. Please note that some Email servers use different port number than standard port 25 when SSL encryption is used.

  • Page 61: Recording To Sd Card

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-10 Recording to SD Card When a SD card is inserted into IP camera, you can save video files on it. Note: 1. Be sure that the SD Card format should be FAT32. The NTFS format cannot be supported by this camera.

  • Page 62: Log

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-11 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.

  • Page 63: Device Info

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-12 Device Info You can check the information and network settings of this IP camera. This information is 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 64: Maintenance

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 3-13 Maintenance You can do some maintenance job about this IP camera here. Here is the description 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.

  • Page 65: Language

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual computer. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a file on your computer first, then click ‘Restore’ button. Restore from Restore IP camera’s configuration which is previously-saved SD card device on SD card. Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a firmware image file on your computer first, then click ‘Upgrade’...

  • Page 66: Using Skyros Iview Software

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 4. Using SKYROS iView software   4-1 Installing SKYROS iView Software The SKYROS iView software provides various functions like video recording. After this software is installed, you can use your IP camera to safeguard your property. Please follow the below mentioned instructions to install the SKYROS iView software.
  • Page 67 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 2. Double click on ‘Setup.exe’ to install the ‘SKYROS iView’ software. The wizard as shown below will appear. 3. The screen as shown below will appear. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
  • Page 68 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 4. Now, click on ‘Install’ as shown below. 5. Please wait while installation is being performed. This may take few minutes, please be patient.
  • Page 69 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 6. Second part of installation will start automatically. 7. A new setup window will appear, please click ‘Next’ button to continue.
  • Page 70 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 8. Now, click on ‘Next’ as shown below. 9. The screen shown below will appear. Click on ‘Install’ as shown below.
  • Page 71 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 10. Installation will take few minutes, please be patient 11. Click ‘Finish’ when you see this message.
  • Page 72 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 12. MSDE (Microsoft SQL Database Engine) installation procedure will start at the same time. Please wait until it completes. 13. Following screen will appear. Click on ‘Finish’. A new icon will appear on your computer’s desktop, you can double click on it...

  • Page 73: Getting Familiar With Skyros Iview Software

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Getting familiar with SKYROS iView Software To start SKYROS iView, double click SKYROS iView icon on your computer’s desktop: Or click ‘Start’ button of Windows, and select ‘All Programs’ -> ‘SKYROS iew->Launch SKYROS iView’...

  • Page 74: Camera Index

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual SKYROS iView login screen will appear as shown below. Default user ID is ‘admin’ and default password is none (leave it blank), click ‘OK’. The main window of SKYROS iView will appear: EXIT Date/Time, Remaining disk space...
  • Page 75 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual The description of every item is listed below: Item Description Split-screen mode SKYROS iView supports from 1 to 64 cameras split selector views. The video from IP camera will display in split screen display cells , and you can view up to 64 IP cameras at the same time.
  • Page 76 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Select the file, and click ‘Open’ button to use the picture as background picture. To add a camera, right click on the background picture and select ‘Add Camera…’ A new window will appear: Select the camera you wish to add from ‘Camera’...
  • Page 77 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual orientation of camera on the EMAP. After you click ‘OK’ button, a camera icon will appear on EMAP with its camera number indicated: You can add more cameras to EMAP by repeating procedures listed above. Configuration Enter SKYROS iView configuration page. See next section for detailed instructions.
  • Page 78 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Logout, Minimise, Exit, Click this button to exit, minimize or log out from ver. 1.0.3 SKYROS iView. You can also view the software version number here. All camera’s video will be displayed in ‘Camera View’ area: (This example picture shows a camera view with only 1 IP camera configured) To select an IP camera, click its video and it will be highlighted;...
  • Page 79 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual The description of the items is listed as follows: Item Description Pan / Tilt control Click the direction arrow to control camera’s pan / tilt. Pan / Tilt speed Drag the slide bar to adjust the pan / tilt speed when you click pan / tilt control arrow.

  • Page 80: Configure Skyros Iview

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5‐1 Configure SKYROS iView  Before you can use SKYROS iView, you must configure at least 1 IP camera. To enter configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button in SKYROS iView main menu as shown below: The configuration menu will appear. There are 6 sub menus in the configuration menu: ...

  • Page 81: Device

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5‐1‐1 Device  You should configure at least one IP camera / video server before you can use SKYROS iView, and you can manage all IP cameras / video servers here. To add a new IP camera, click ‘Add’ button:...
  • Page 82 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual If your IP camera is located on local area network, click ‘Search’ button. Wait for few seconds or few minutes until the search is complete, and all IP cameras found on your local area network will be listed: In this example, an IP camera has been found at IP address 192.168.2.99.
  • Page 83 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual When an IP camera is found, you can also select it in the list and:  View Image: View the live image from selected IP camera.  Detail: Connect to selected IP camera’s web configuration menu. Check ‘Enable Camera’ to enable this camera in SKYROS iView.

  • Page 84: Recording

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual You can also manage the IP camera list by the following functions:  Enable All: Enable all IP cameras in the list.  Disable All: Disable all IP cameras in the list.  Remove: Remove selected IP camera.
  • Page 85 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual The description of every item is listed as follows: Item Description Select Camera Please select an IP camera from the list to setup its recording behavior. SKYROS iView will attempt to connect to selected IP camera, if it’s not connectable, you will receive an error message later.
  • Page 86 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual To add or erase blocks: To add blocks, click + button; to erase blocks, click - button. Click ‘Reset’ button to reset motion detection blocks to default setting. You can also change the color of block if the color is similar to the IP camera’s video and its...

  • Page 87: System

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5‐1‐3 System  You can configure system-wide configuration in this sub menu. The description of every item is listed below: Item Description Host Name The host name by default is ‘SKYROS iView’. Camera Caption Add a text caption on camera view or not: ...
  • Page 88 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual data storage space is full.  Alarm Space: When data storage space is less than the size you specified here, you’ll receive an alarm message to notify that you should do something to prevent running out of storage space.
  • Page 89 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual iView, must have adequate privileges to perform the action you wish to execute.  Password: Input user’s password.  Full screen view when auto login: Switch to full screen display mode when auto login. Alarm Transmitted Send an Email notification with picture when alarm is...

  • Page 90: Schedule

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual  Retry: Retry for the time you specified here.  Always retry: Retry to connect to IP camera until successfully connected. When you finish with the settings, click ‘OK’ button to save changes you made, or click ‘Cancel’ button to discard all settings you made.
  • Page 91 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual A new window will appear on the right: You can configure a new schedule recording job here.
  • Page 92 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual The description of every setup item is listed below: Item Description Weekly Schedule Select the time period in a week of this schedule. There are total 48 x 7 blocks in a week schedule, where every block represents half an hour.

  • Page 93: Event

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Comment You can input some text to help you to memorize the purpose of this schedule. Cameras/Devices Check all IP cameras that will be activated by this schedule. Add to list Click this button to add this schedule to the list.
  • Page 94 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual To remove an existing event, select an event in the list and click ‘Remove’ button. The description of every setup item is listed below: Item Description Select Camera Select the IP camera to define its event detail.

  • Page 95: Security

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5‐1‐6 Security  You can add or remove users which are allowed to access SKYROS iView. There are two kinds of users in SKYROS iView: Administrator and user. Administrator can configure SKYROS iView, while user can only view video of camera, and perform limited system configuration (schedule, record, camera map and video playback).
  • Page 96 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Administrator’s user ID is always ‘admin’ and cannot be changed. You can only change admin’s password in Administrator’s ‘Password’ and ‘Confirm Password’ field. Please input the same password in both fields for confirmation. To add a user, click ‘Add’ button, a new window will appear on the right:...
  • Page 97 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual The description of every setup item is listed below: Item Description User ID Input the user ID used to login SKYROS iView Description Input any descriptive text to help you to memorize the purpose of this user ID.

  • Page 98: Video Playback

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5‐2 Video Playback  5‐2‐1 Start Video Playback  To view recorded video, you can click ‘Playback’ button in SKYROS iView’s main screen: A new window will appear:...

  • Page 99: Advanced Search

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual To play a recorded video, you can use one of following two functions: Advanced Search Event Search Please refer to following chapters for detailed instructions of every search mode. 5‐2‐2 Advanced Search  You can search for recorded video within specific time period, and get a list of...
  • Page 100 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual When you enter this menu, please specify start time and stop time: HOUR IN A DAY DATE (You can input 0-23 in ‘Hour in a day’ field by keyboard directly). When you finish, click ‘SEARCH’ button to search for recorded video, and...
  • Page 101 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual In this picture, a recorded video of ‘Camera 1’ has been found at 12 o’clock. A blue mark indicates it’s a ‘Round Clock’ (manual) recording. Other record types include: Blue: Manual Recording Green: Recording is triggered by motion Red: Recording is triggered by Digital Input To view the video, check the box of camera ID, then click ‘Play’...
  • Page 102 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual And the video will be prepared for playback. ECORDED VIDEO CLIP For instructions of video playback, please see section 5-2-4 for detailed instructions.

  • Page 103: Event Search

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5‐2‐3 Event Search  You can search for video for playback by triggering event: round the clock, motion detection, or digital input. To search for video, you have to specify: 1) To search for video, you have to specify the Start and End time under Time...
  • Page 104 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 2) Recording mode: Round Clock, Motion Detection, and I/O Mode (Digital Input). You can check all boxes you wish to search for. 3) Camera: You can check all cameras you wish to search for video. To select camera ID more than 16, click right or left button to select camera...
  • Page 105 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual When you finish, click ‘Search’ button to search for recorded video, and a list similar to this will appear: ECORDED VIDEO FILES You can select the video clip you wish to play, and click ‘Play’ button. For instructions of video playback, please see...

  • Page 106: Video Playback

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 5‐2‐4 Video Playback  When a video is loaded, the video playback screen will look like this: The description of every setup item is listed as below: Item Description Close Window Click X mark to close video playback window. Video Playback...
  • Page 107 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Stop video playback Skip to previous video frame Skip to the beginning position of video Speed Control When video is stopped, you can click + or – button to adjust video playback speed: from 1/4 to 4x speed.
  • Page 108 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Click ‘Reset’ to reset image parameters back to default value. Time Displays the current time. displays video zoom in, displays video zoom out.

  • Page 109: Appendix

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 6 Appendix 6‐1 Specification   Image Sensor: 1/2.5” 3 Mega pixel Color CMOS sensor  Max Resolution: 2048x1536@20fps  Min. Illumination: 1 Lux /F1.4  Lens: CS mount Lens  Night vision function: Built-in removable IR cut filter ...

  • Page 110: Troubleshooting

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 6‐2 Troubleshooting  Please don’t panic when you find that 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 description Possible solution(s) ...

  • Page 111: Glossary

    DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual 6‐3 Glossary  MJPG: Motion JPEG or M-JPEG is a digital video sequence that is made up of a series of individual JPEG images. (JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group). The quality of the image is guaranteed, regardless of movement because the captured video is a series of separately compressed JPEG images that can be extracted individually.
  • Page 112 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual FTP (File Transfer Protocol): FTP is an application protocol that uses the TCP/IP protocols, used to exchange files between computers/devices on networks. Network cameras with embedded operating systems use FTP to send camera images to an authorized user’s computer or web site.
  • Page 113 DG-SC4600I/DG-SC4600PI User Manual Daylight saving time (DST): It is practiced especially in countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States to save energy because it refers to a time for saving daylight during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less.

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