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V4.21
Network Camera
Please read this manual carefully before you attempt to
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  • Page 1 On A Bird User's Manual (for Indoor IP Camera) V4.21 Network Camera Please read this manual carefully before you attempt to Install this product and retain it for your future reference.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents MAIN FEATURES ..........................5 INSTALLATION ............................. 8 NETWORK CAMERA SCREEN AND SETUP WINDOW ............13 Viewing the camera from your mobile phone ................. 17 Network Camera Setting Interface ....................18 Camera ..............................20 Camera Setup ..........................20 Stream Setup ..........................21 OSD Setup .............................

  • Page 3: Product Assurance

    INTRODUCTION Thank you for your interest and support in our product and purchasing this wireless network camera. The camera can be accessed remotely, and controlled from any PC/laptop over the Intranet or Internet via web browser. The user-friendly installation procedure and intuitive web-based interface offer easy integration with your LAN environment or WiFi system.
  • Page 4 4. DO NOT use this product for any illegal activities. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the usage of this camera is of a legal nature. Maintenance 1. Ensure that the camera and its power source have sufficient ventilation; 2.

  • Page 5: Main Features

    MAIN FEATURES Easy Installation camera comes with built-in Wireless (IEEE802.11b/g) capability a Web Server, therefore there no need to install driver. setup CD-ROM includes the Camera Setup software, User Manual and Quick Installation Guide. With industry standard automatic configuration-UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), your PC will discover...
  • Page 6 Motion Detection Function camera can detect changes in the image being monitored. Once a change occurs it will send an email to up to 3 email addresses with a video file or snapshot attached. The video file or snapshot can also be uploaded to an FTP server.

  • Page 7: Pc System Requirements

    Adapter This product conforms with the authenticated AC adapter. The adapter is marked with one or more of the following: Note: When using the power adapter, make sure the rating voltage on it is compatible with that of the device to avoid potential damages resulting from incorrect usage of power supply.

  • Page 8: Installation

    INSTALLATION Connecting the camera Using a standard Ethernet network cable, connect the camera to your network (depending on your own setup, this may be to your router or switch). see figure below Connect the included power adapter to the power port on the camera and the other end into an electrical socket.
  • Page 9 2. Click on “Install Camera Setup” and the following screen will be displayed. 3. If you want to change the default folder click “Change” to replace otherwise click “Next”...
  • Page 10 4. Click Install to install Camera Setup. 5. Click Finish to end the installation. You should now find a icon on the desktop.
  • Page 11 6. Double-click the Camera Setup icon on the Desktop to launch the program. The Camera Setup utility should automatically find your camera if is correctly connected (See image below). [Refresh] Click Refresh to search for cameras on the local network. [Setup] Select the required camera and click Setup to configure the network settings for the camera.
  • Page 12 IP address” and follow the guidelines on the next page. If however you wish to leave the default settings please skip to NETWORK CAMERA SCREEN AND SETUP WINDOW. 4. To obtain the IP addresses specific to your network, click “Start” then “Run” and type “cmd” in the text box and click “Ok”.

  • Page 13: Network Camera Screen And Setup Window

    NETWORK CAMERA SCREEN AND SETUP WINDOW Review Images from the Network Camera You can select one of the three ways to review pictures from the camera. 1. Input the assigned IP address (or URL) of the camera on the Web Browser. Take 192.168. 168.100 as example.
  • Page 14 2. If your OS is Windows XP, click [My Network Places], double click the icon You will see the home page. 3. Run the Camera Setup and double-click the relevant camera item.
  • Page 15 Operating Bar Click Enter, you will see the screen.

  • Page 17: Viewing The Camera From Your Mobile Phone

    Viewing the camera from your mobile phone The camera provides the ability to view the cameras monitored through your mobile phone as a live video stream, it supports the telecommunications standard of 3GPP streaming format. All 3G enabled mobile devices and most 2G phones that support the streaming standard of 3GPP are compatible. Otherwise, you also can view the pictures even if your phone is not 3GPP compatible.

  • Page 18: Network Camera Setting Interface

    Network Camera Setting Interface 1. Click on settings from the home page. When connecting the camera for the first time or after resetting it to its default settings, the setup interface start page below will load. It is recommend that you change the admin password in order to avoid unauthorized access to the camera.
  • Page 19 3. You are required to re-login with the changed password. After successful login, the following page will appear.

  • Page 20: Camera

    Camera Camera Setup From the home page click settings and enter the administrator user name and password. Click on Camera Setup under the title Camera to change the image and audio parameters of the camera. [Light frequency] Two options: 50Hz & 60Hz. Set according to the mains frequency in the country of use. For UK this would be 50Hz.

  • Page 21: Stream Setup

    Stream Setup The camera supports three streams: primary stream, secondary stream and mobile stream.
  • Page 22 [Image size] Three image resolutions available: 640 x 480(VGA), 320 x 240(QVGA), 160 x 120. [Frame rate] Twelve options: 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/10/15/20/25/30 frames per second (fps). [MPEG4 bit rate] Select MPEG4 bit rate.Eight options: 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048 (kbps). [MJPEG quality] Type MJPEG video quality.
  • Page 23 A stream list page will be shown after clicking the stream name such as “Primary stream”. [Primary stream] cannot be disabled. A sample of primary stream list as below: You can use RealPlayer, VLC Player or QuickTime Player to play the live stream from camera in Intranet or Internet.

  • Page 24: Osd Setup

    OSD Setup This function can display system name, date and time, or use-defined on screen. [OSD] Enable or disable OSD function. [Transparent] Users can select whether change OSD to transparent or not. [Display date and time] OSD is date and time of camera. [Display system name] OSD is system name of camera.

  • Page 25: Night Vision Setup (Ir Ipcam)

    Night Vision Setup (IR IPCAM) Only IR IPCAM have infrared LED, which can be opened automatically when camera check dark environment. [Infrared LED control] When the environment is dark, the LED will be opened automatically due to a photosensitive component. Users also can select open or close the infrared LED manually. [Black and white mode] When the environment is dark, the moving images will be changed to Black and White automatically.

  • Page 26: Network

    Network Wireless Setup The camera corresponds to the wireless system based on IEEE802.11b/g. Encryption establishes the security to prevent unauthorized users to access the wireless data communication. [SSID] Type the ID of the wireless network you want to connect to using up to 32 ASCⅡ...
  • Page 27 When select Adhoc mode. See figure above. [Security mode] WEP64bit or WEP 128bit [Authentication] Select WEP authentication mode. [WEP Key type] Select the WEP key type. Either in hexadecimal or ASCⅡ characters. [WEP key Index] Specify up to 4 WEP keys. [WEP Key] Type the password.

  • Page 28: Tcp/Ip Setup

    When click search ,see figure above. [SSID] select the network name you searched . [Mode] Infrastructure mode and Adhoc mode [signal]It show out the strength of signal [Encryption ] on and off. Note: These settings have to match those of your access point or router. Please consult your access point or router manual on how to verify or modify these settings.
  • Page 29 If your network supports a DHCP server (e.g. router) select this option to have the IP address is assigned automatically. If you select Obtain an IP address automatically you should select Obtain a DNS Server address automatically. Use the following IP address: Select this option when a fixed IP is required.

  • Page 30: Pppoe Setup

    PPPoE Setup The camera can be installed without a PC on the network. Some XDSL services use PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet). [PPPoE dial-up] Enable or disable PPPoE connection. [Service name] Either an ISP name or a class of services that is configured on the PPPoE server. This field may be left empty.

  • Page 31: Ddns Setup

    DDNS Setup Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is simply a way of using a static hostname to connect to a dynamic IP address. When connected to your ISP, you are assigned a temporary IP address. DDNS services keep track of your IP address and route your Domain name to that address when you wish to connect to the camera from a remote location.

  • Page 32: Upnp Setup

    UPNP Setup The camera supports UPnP which is enabled by default. This function requires a Windows XP/Vista operating system. It is a quick way to discover the camera on your network. Please make sure that the UPnP function is enabled on your PC. [UPnP] Enable or disable the UPnP function.
  • Page 34 If DDNS setup successfully and go into effect, Internet URL will show DDNS host name instead. See figure below for example.

  • Page 35: Alarm

    Alarm Motion Detection Motion Detection can trigger an alarm that sends images or video feed via e-mail or FTP (File Transfer Protocol). You can set up to four different Motion Detection windows. [Window] Check this box to enable the window. [Threshold] Set the threshold bar to the amount of motion required to trigger the alarm.

  • Page 37: Schedule Setup

    Schedule Setup Alarm Sending, Periodical Sending and Buffer Sending sends images via e-mail or FTP according to schedule setup. [Every day] Select every day or not. [Sunday ~ Saturday] Select Sunday ~ Saturday or not. [Always] Enable in any time. [Range] Enable between start time and end time.

  • Page 38: Alarm Management

    Alarm Management Motion Detection can trigger an alarm that sends images via FTP or e-mail and send URL via HTTP. [Alarm mode] Enable or disable all alarm. [FTP alarm sending] Enable or disable FTP alarm sending function. [e-Mail alarm sending] Enable or disable e-Mail alarm sending function. [HTTP event alarm sending] Enable or disable HTTP event alarm function.
  • Page 39 restricted. Otherwise, the triggering interval will just be the setting alarm time. Alarm within the time will not be triggered. [Trigger time] How many seconds does camera keep snapshot the images after get a motion alarm. [Trigger FPS] How many images does camera snapshot every second after get a motion alarm. [e-Mail server ID] Select one e-Mail server, click Setting to set e-Mail server.

  • Page 40: Periodic Sending

    Periodic Sending The camera can send images via FTP or e-mail and send URL via HTTP periodically. [FTP periodic sending] Enable or disable FTP upload periodically. [e-Mail periodic sending] Enable or disable e-Mail upload periodically. [HTTP periodic sending] Enable or disable HTTP upload periodically. [Interval time] Type the interval at which you want to send the images periodically.
  • Page 41 [Interval time] Type the interval at which you want to send the images periodically. [e-Mail server ID] Select one e-Mail server, click Setting to set e-Mail server. [File attachment] switch file attachment on or off. [Snapshot from] Select stream that snapshot from. [Image file name] Type image file name.

  • Page 42: Buffer Management

    Buffer Management The camera can be configured to send images via FTP when the Motion Detection alarm is triggered. Note: This function just can be used when SD card does not plug in the SD slot of cameras. [Image buffer] Enable or disable this function. Click Browse to preview images. [Buffer time] Type buffer time.

  • Page 43: Alarm Server

    Alarm Server FTP Server [FTP server ID] Select FTP server ID. [FTP server name] Type the name or IP address of the FTP server. [FTP server port] The default port number is 21. [Anonymous] Enable or disable anonymous login. [User name] Type your user name. [Password] Type your password.

  • Page 44: E-Mail Server

    E-Mail Server [e-Mail server ID] Select e-Mail server ID. [SMTP server name] Type the name or IP address of the SMTP server you want to use for sending the e-Mails. Please note that networks do not allow e-mail relaying. Check with your system administrator for more details.

  • Page 45: Http Server

    HTTP Server [HTTP server ID] Select HTTP server ID. [HTTP server name] Type the HTTP server name. [HTTP server port] Type the HTTP server port. [Authentication] Select the authentication required by the HTTP server. [User name] Type the user name. [Password] Type the password.

  • Page 46: Storage

    Storage Storage setup Select storage destination to NAS or SD card. [Storage] Enable or Disable the storage function. [Store to] When select storage destination for videotape and photograph, NAS (network attached storage) or SD card can be used. While choosing NAS, SMB/CIFS should be used as File transmission protocol. [NAS remote path] Appoint NAS remote link address and shared folders.

  • Page 47: Record On Alarm

    folders. Record on Alarm [Alarm mode] Enable or disable all alarm. [Record on alarm] Enable or disable alarm recording function. Click Apply to confirm your settings. [Recordr time] how many seconds does camera keep recording after a motion alarm. [Record from] Select source stream that record from. [Record file name] Type record file name.

  • Page 48: Snapshot On Alarm

    Snapshot on Alarm [Alarm mode] Enable or disable all alarm. [Snapshot on alarm] Enable or disable alarm snapshot function. Click Apply to confirm your settings. [Trigger time] How many seconds does camera keep snapshot the images after get a motion alarm. [Trigger FPS] How many images does camera snapshot every second after get a motion alarm.

  • Page 49: Continuous Record

    Continuous Record [continuous record] Enable or disable continuous recording function. Click Apply to confirm your settings. [Record from] Select source stream that record from. [Record file name] Type record file name. [Suffix of file name] Select suffix of file name. [Split time of record file ] How many seconds does every recording file save video and audio.

  • Page 50: Snapshot At Interval

    Snapshot at Interval [Snapshot at interval] enable or disable interval snapshot function [Interval time] Type the interval at which you want to save snapshot to SD card periodically. [Snapshot from] Select stream that snapshot from. [Image file name] Type image file name. [Suffix of file name] Select suffix of file name.

  • Page 51: Ftp Sending

    FTP Sending This function is used for sending the files to FTP server. Notice: when users visit the video, uploading will automatically interrupt, and will restart when users stop visit the video. [FTP server ID] Select one FTP server, click Setting to set FTP server. [Remote path] Path where is to save the file on the FTP server.

  • Page 52: Browse Storage

    Browse Storage When click Browse and see figure below, you can browse, download, and delete the snapshot and recording files in it,...

  • Page 53: Format Sd Card

    Format SD Card To format SD card, all files will be lost after format.

  • Page 54: Tools

    Tools System Identity [System Name] Type a name to easily identify the camera. [System Contact] Type the contact name of the administrator of the camera. [System Location] Type the location of the camera. TIP: The information you fill in can be displayed on the camera. It can help to distinguish different Network Cameras in the network.

  • Page 55: User Management

    User Management [Add] Up to 64 users (including the admin) can created Note: 1. A maximum of 16 users are allowed to access the camera simultaneously. 2. As the number of simultaneously users increase, the overall performance will decrease. This is dependant on the Network bandwidth.

  • Page 56: Date & Time

    Date & Time [Current device time] Internal time for camera. [Proposed device time] PC system time. On clicking Apply the internal time of the camera will be changed to this time. [Select to change the time zone for the device location] choose proper time zone. [Daylight saving time]Daylight Saving Time (or summertime as it is called in many countries) is a way of getting more light out of the day by advancing clocks by one hour during the summer.

  • Page 57: Backup Or Reset

    Backup or Reset [Reset] Click Reset to initialize the camera to default factory setting. All users and settings will be lost, requiring you to reconfigure the camera. [Backup] Click Backup to backup the current configuration of the camera for future reference. [Browse...] Click Browse...

  • Page 58: Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware Upgrade From time to time a new firmware may be released. In order to upgrade your camera’s firmware you first need to download this firmware from Network Camera Technical Support Site. 1. Click Continue. 2. Click Browse... to search for the newest Firmware you downloaded, and then click Upgrade.

  • Page 59: Speedread Your Network Camera

    SPEEDREAD YOUR NETWORK CAMERA Wizard In order to facilitate the setup of the camera there is a Wizard that helps non technical users setup the camera easily. Click on Wizard at the top of the window to launch the wizard.

  • Page 60: System

    System Click System to see over system information about your camera. The data of the software activity of the camera and recorded in this. It includes data that are useful when a problem occurs. Support Click Support to see the support information Reboot Click Reboot to restart the camera.

  • Page 61: Advanced Settings

    ADVANCED SETTINGS Port Forwarding Setup） ，but some routers The UPnP Setup of camera show a method of Port Forwarding（see page UPnP configure maybe can’t support UPnP Port Forwarding, therefore, users need to Port Forwarding manually. Firewall security features built into the router may prevent users from accessing the camera over the Internet. The router connects to the Internet over a series of “ports”.

  • Page 62: Proxy Server Setting

    Proxy Server Setting A proxy server may prevent you from connecting to the camera in some corporate environments. The web browser can set up the IP address communication without using a proxy server. Consult your ISP or network administrator for further details. Note: A proxy server is generally used to maintain security on a network when connected to the internet.

  • Page 63: Reset The Camera

    Reset the camera There are two ways to reset the camera back to its factory defaults: 1. Press the Reset button on the side of the camera through the pin hole. 2. Through the camera setup under the heading Backup or Reset (click here for Backup or Reset pages)

  • Page 64: Default Settings

    DEFAULT SETTINGS Camera Camera Setup Privacy mode Moonlight mode Image rotation Light frequency 60Hz Microphone Enable Mic Volume Audio Bit Rate G. 726 (16kbps) Stream Setup Primary stream Enable Image size 640 x 480 Frame rate 30fps MPEG4 bit rate 2048kbps MJPEG quality Snapshot quality...
  • Page 65 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway Blank Primary DNS IP Address Blank Secondary DNS IP Address Blank HTTP Port RTSP port RTP port range 30000—30200 Authentication method Basic PPPoE Setup PPPoE Dial-up Disable Service Name Blank User Name Blank Password Blank Re-type Password Blank DDNS Setup...
  • Page 66 Snapshot from Primary stream Image file name Suffix of file name Date time Effective period Always HTTP event alarm sending Disable HTTP server ID Sending URL Blank Use MAC address as URL Disable suffix Effective period Always Periodical Sending FTP periodical sending Disable Interval time 0H 1M 0S 0mS...
  • Page 67 HTTP server port Authorization User Name Blank Password Blank Re-type Password Blank Tools System Identity System Name Network Camera System Contact Default Contact System Location Default Location User Management Admin/Administrators Date & Time Current Device Time Current PC Time Time Zone...

  • Page 68: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Note: Only IPCAMW is include Infrared LED and Night Vision Distance.

  • Page 69: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING If the Network Camera is not working properly, these suggestions might help you identify the problem. If the problem persists check the support pages on Network Camera Technical Support Site. Problem Cause and Remedy 1. Use Camera Setup. 2. Use UPNP (for XP/Vista OS) Forget the IP address of network camera.

  • Page 70: Glossary Of Terms

    GLOSSARY OF TERMS 1. Network Camera: A stand-alone device which allows users to view live, full motion video from anywhere on a computer network, even over the Internet, using a standard web browser. 2. JPEG: A standard image format, used widely for photographs, also known as JPG.
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