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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the bottom of device. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your dealer regarding this product.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Table of Contents Overview ..........................6 Introduction......................... 6 Features ........................6 Minimum System Requirements................. 7 Package Contents........................ 8 Physical Description......................9 Mounting the Camera ....................... 11 Install the Camera in LAN ....................12 Preparation ........................
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual System: Configure and maintain system............44 System....................... 44 Date & Time....................45 Maintenance....................47 Video: Configure profile ................... 49 Common....................49 MPEG4/VGA.................... 49 MPEG4/QVGA..................50 MPEG4/QQVGA..................51 Video/JPEG....................52 Audio: Audio parameters .................. 55 User: Manage user name, password and login privilege ........
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Overview This user’s guide explains how to operate this camera from a computer. User should read this manual completely and carefully before you operate the device. Introduction This camera is an inexpensive and fully scalable surveillance device. Because the Network Cameras can be plugged into your existing local area network (LAN), you will potentially save thousands of dollars from unnecessary cabling.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Image transmission using an FTP or e-mail for event DDNS and PPPoE Support UPnP device discovery and NAT router transversal Multi-channel control software for surveillance application On-line firmware upgrade Minimum System Requirements Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later VGA Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 or higher Pentium-4, 2.0 GHz or higher...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Package Contents User can find the following items in the package: Item Descriptions 1. Camera is the main element of the product package. (The color of the camera may vary) 2. Camera Mount Kit and pads for mounting the camera on the wall or ceiling.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Physical Description Front View IR LEDs Lens & focus ring Wireless Power & LAN LED Microphone IR LEDs These LEDs (for Night Vision function) are Infra-Red type. It’s very useful for low-lux environment to provide supplementary light source for image sensor.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Rear View Antenna Audio LAN Socket Connector Output Jack Factory DC Power Default Reset Jack Audio Output Jack Audio-out Jack allows this device to output audio or alerting sound. DC Power Jack The input power is 12VDC. Note that supply the power to the Camera with the power adapter included in package.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Mounting the Camera Ceiling Mount 1. Fix the camera to L-type bracket with the two supplied screws 2. Fix the bracket and camera to the ceiling using two holly wall anchors and screws Wall Mount 1.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual 2. Fix the camera to L-type bracket with the two supplied screws Install the Camera in LAN 1. Plug an Ethernet cable into the Camera Connect an Ethernet cable to the LAN socket located on the camera’s rear and attach it to the network.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual 2. Connect the external power supply to Camera Connect the attached power adapter to the DC power jack of the camera. Note: Use the power adapter, 12VDC, included in the package and connect it to wall outlet for AC power.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Preparation Search and Set up by IPWizard When you installed the Camera on a LAN environment, you have two easy ways to search your Cameras by IPWizard or UPnP discovery. Here is the way to execute IPWizard to discover Camera’s IP address and set up related parameter in a Camera.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual If IPWizard finds network devices, Wizard button will be available. Please select the device you want to set-up or connect and click the left button of the mouse on the Information Box. The words on the Information Box will turn from white to yellow which means this device is selected.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual selected device. Further procedures can be carried out when device is available on the LAN. After pressing Installation Wizard, please key in authorized username of the device and password when login dialog box appears on the screen. You can login the setting page if authorized name and password is approved.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Wizard page 3: Confirmation This page shows the information of the selected device to check if there is any mistake or not. If it is correct, please press “Submit” button and the setting information will be uploaded to the selected device.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual ® Using UPnP of Windows XP or Vista UPnP™ is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This device is an UPnP enabled device. If the operating system, Windows XP or Vista, of your PC is UPnP enabled, the Network Camera will be very easy to be found.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Install the Device behind a NAT Router Once installed, the device is accessible on your LAN. To access the device from the Internet you must configure your broadband router to allow incoming data traffic to the device.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Access the device from the Internet Explorer for the first time Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the Camera you want to monitor as below: The Login Window of the Camera is prompted: Type in your login name and password under “USERNAME”...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual According your browser’s security setting, the IE Web Page may prompt the “Security Warning” window. If so, select “Yes” to install and run the ActiveX control into your PC. Otherwise, the system will load the ActiveX silently.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Operating the Network Camera Start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. ActiveX Video Control Profile Streaming Protocol Language Setting Menu Control Monitor Image Section Monitor Image Section The image shot by the device is shown here.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Streaming Protocol User can select proper streaming protocol according to networking environment. Language The device could provide multiple languages to meet customer’s requirement. PTZ Control Click to display the following control panel: Hide PTZ...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Preset: Add/Update the preset positions or go to one of these positions. Tour: Select one of the camera tours. Camera tour is comprised by series of preset locations. Go tour: Execute the selected camera tour.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Digital Zoom Click Digital Zoom to active this function as above. User can drag or scale the box over the video to adjust zoom ratio and position. 25/86...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Record Click Record to activate this function. Press Record button to start recording. The video file is saved as ASF format into your local PC. While you want to stop it, press Stop to stop recording.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Check the volume mute will mute the speaker output. Statistics Click Statistics to activate this function. A window will be popup to show the statistics information of the streaming status. Note that this information is the statistics between the device and your local PC.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Administrating the Device System Setting This function is only available for user logged into Camera as administrator. Click on each menu name to display its setting page. Item Action Network Configure Network settings such as DHCP, DDNS, 3GPP, PPPoE...
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual MAC address: Displays the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that user can not change it. Obtain IP address automatically (DHCP): DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Enable this checked box when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP address assignment.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual could assign the second port number of http protocol, and the WAN users should follow the port number to login. If the http port is not assigned as 80, users have to add the port number in back of IP address.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual SSID: This is the name of the wireless network the device is configured for. The field accepts up to 32 alphanumeric characters. The name must be exactly the same as that used in the wireless access point, or the connection will not be established.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Key value of WEP. WPA settings: - WPA Key: Key value of WPA. The device uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for key management. The pre-shared key can be entered either as Manual hex, as 64 hexadecimal characters, or as a Passphrase, using 8 to 63 ASCII characters.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Dynamic Domain Name Server is necessary. DDNS: To enable or disable the DDNS service here. Server name: Choose the built-in DDNS server. DDNSHost: The domain name is applied of this device. User name: The user name is used to log into DDNS.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual up and get a dynamic IP address. For more PPPoE and Internet configuration, please consult your dealer or ISP. The device can directly connect to the xDSL, however, it should be setup on a LAN environment to program the PPPoE information first, and then connect to the xDSL modem.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Streaming RTSP is a streaming control protocol, and a starting point for negotiating transports such as RTP, multicast and Unicast, and for negotiating codecs. RTSP can be considered a "remote control" for controlling the media stream delivered by a media server. RTSP servers typically use RTP as the protocol for the actual transport of audio/video data.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual UPnP is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This device is an UPnP enabled Network Camera. If your operating system is UPnP enabled, the device will automatically be detected and a new icon will be added to “My Network...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Show the IP address and port for WAN access through Internet. If NAT traversal is configured successfully, user can use this IP address and port to access this device. IP Filter You can enter different user’s IP address which are allowing enter or denying by the device.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Type the receiver’s e-mail address. This address is used for reply mail. Subject: Type the subject/title of the E-mail. TCP Notification: If enable this functions, then the “TCP Server” and “TCP Port” field need to be filled in.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Camera : Adjust Camera parameters Use this menu to set the functions of the camera parameters of the device. Picture Rotation: Turn the “Mirror” and “Vertical Flip” On or OFF. The image will be overturned as below.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual White Balance: Auto: will adjust the white balance automatically. Hold: will hold the white balance. Exposure Control: Auto: will adjust the internal gain automatically. Hold: will hold the internal gain. Power Frequency: User should choose either 50 or 60 Hz to meet the power line frequency in your country.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual System : Configure and maintain system Use this menu to perform the principal settings of the device. System DIPS (Dynamic IP Service): To enable or disable the DIPS® (Dynamic IP Service) function. Device ID (for DIPS): It’s a unique number of each device for identification and this ID is used for DIPS.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual You can find web page as below: Enter your Device Number and press “OK” button. Then, a new web page will pop up and link to your device accordingly. You will see that DIPS is a much easier service than DDNS.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual - Synchronize with PC: Click this option to enable time synchronization with PC time. - Manual setting: Click this option to set time and date manually. - Synchronize with NTP: Click this option if you want to synchronize the device’s date and time with those of time server called NTP server (Network Time Protocol).
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Maintenance Default Settings (Including Network Setting): Factory Default Settings Recall the device to factory default settings. Note that pressing this button will reset all device’s parameters to the factory settings (including the IP address).
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual 2. Make sure that only you access this device while firmware updating. 3. Disable Motion Detection function. 4. Click “Browse” button. Select the Firmware binary file. (Note that it must make sure that the Firmware only applies to this device, once update, it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system.)
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Video : Configure profile This device provides 4 video profiles as below to support different request to each client simultaneously. Each user can choose his preferred video profile as his request independently. Common...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual 4096kbps. User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth. For VBR, user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate. The quality level is between 1 and 100. The higher value is the better quality.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Max Frame Rate: Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile. For example, set the frame rate to 15 fps, then the image will be updated for 15 frames per second as possible. User need to set reasonable max frame rate versus video quality under the limited bandwidth.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Video/JPEG Video type: It’s JPEG mode in this profile. Resolution: User can select VGA, QVGA, or QQVGA mode as the resolution of this JPEG profile. Rate Control: The quality level is between 1 and 100. The higher value is the better quality.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Audio : Audio parameters Audio: To enable or disable audio function Audio Mode: To select Simplex or Full duplex (2-way audio) mode Input Gain: To adjust gain of input audio Output Gain: To adjust gain of output audio...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual User : Manage user name, password and login privilege Use this menu to add, update, or remove the usernames and passwords of the Administrator and viewer. Viewer login: Select “Anonymous” to allow any one viewing the video once connected. Otherwise, only users in database can view the video after login.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual E-Mail : Setup E-Mail configuration You may setup SMTP mail parameters for further operation of Event Schedule. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message out, it will need to configure parameters here and also add at least one event schedule to enable event triggering.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Type the sender’s E-mail address. This address is used for reply e-mails. E-mail To: Type the receiver’s e-mail address. E-mail Subject: Type the subject/title of the e-mail. 58/86...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Object detection : Setup Object detection Use this menu to specify motion detection window 1 to window 4 and set the conditions for detection while observing a captured image. Add and Del: To add or delete the motion windows. User can specify up to 4 Included and/or Excluded windows to monitor the video captured by this device.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Event Server : Setup event server configuration FTP: Setup FTP configuration You may setup FTP parameters for further operation of Event Schedule. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message to an FTP server, it will need to configure parameters here and also add at least one event schedule to enable event triggering as SMTP.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual FTP Path: Set working directory path of FTP server. FTP Passive Mode: Select passive or active mode connecting to FTP server. TCP Server: Setup TCP Server configuration In addition to send video file to FTP server, the device also can send event message to specified TCP server.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Name: User can specify multiple HTTP servers as wish. Therefore, user needs to specify a name for each HTTP server setting. URL: Type the server name or the IP address of the HTTP server.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Event Schedule : Configure the event schedule This menu is used to specify the schedule of Events and activate the some actions provided by this device. Name: Name of the Event or Schedule.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix A: Restore Factory Default Settings There is a button hidden in the pinhole near to the RJ-45 connector. This button is used to restore the all factory default settings. Sometimes restarting the device will make the system back to a normal state.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix B: Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions Question Answer or Resolution Features The video and audio The device utilizes MPEG4 and JPEG dual compression to codec is adopted in the providing high quality images. Where MPEG4 is a standard device.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual holding down more than 3 seconds on the device. 2. Reconfigure the device. Forgot the IP address of Check IP address of device by using the IPWizard.exe the device. program or by UPnP discovery.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual router's manual for details. • Packet Filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network. Refer to your router's manual for details. • Access IR Network Camera from the Internet with the global IP address of the router and port number of IR Network Camera.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual characters are Encoding or the Character Set of the selected language on displayed. the Internet Explorer. Frame rate is slower • The traffic of the network and the object of the image affect than the setting.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix C: PING IP Address The PING (stands for Packet Internet Groper) command is used to detect whether a specific IP address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix D: Bandwidth Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the device depends on connection bandwidth between client and server, video resolution, codec type, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your device.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix E: Specifications Model CMOS IR Network Camera MPEG4 and JPEG simultaneously and multi-profile Video Encoder Video Resolution Up to 30fps @ 160x120 Up to 30fps @ 320x240 Up to 30fps @ 640x480 G.711, G.726(RTSP) / AMR(3GPP)
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix F: Configure Port Forwarding Manually The device can be used with a router. If the device wants to be accessed from the WAN, its IP address needs to be setup as fixed IP address, also the port forwarding or Virtual Server function of router needs to be setup.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Your WAN IP Address will be listed here. Note: Because a dynamic WAN IP can change from time to time depending on your ISP, you may want to obtain a Static IP address from your ISP. A Static IP address is a fixed IP address that will not change over time and will be more convenient for you to use to access your camera from a remote location.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual If you are using the default camera port settings, enter 80 into the Public and • Private Port section, click Apply. Scheduling should be set to Always so that the camera images can be accessed •...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix G: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem or xDSL, this is a great way to host your own Networked Device or other TCP/IP Service. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com, www.yourname.com.tw etc.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual (3). After the columns show up at the left side, click “Create Account”. (4). Fill the application agreement and necessary information. a. Username b. E-mail address and confirmation c. Password and confirmation d. Submit all the input information and finish creating an account...
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Click these two options (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Your DynDNS Account Information“. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied. Then DDNS you applied activated.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual (7). If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of the login page. (8). Click the “Services”. (9). Click the “ Dynamic DNS ”.
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual (11). We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (Pink No.1) Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember. (Pink No.2) Finally, click the “Add Host” to submit the domain name information. (Pink No.3)
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix H: Power Line Frequency COUNTRY VOLTAGE FREQUENCY COMMENTS *Neutral and line wires are reversed from that used in Argentina 220V 50 Hz Australia and elsewhere. *Outlets typically controlled by adjacent switch. Australia...
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix I: 3GPP To use the 3GPP function, in addition to previous section, you might need more information or configuration to make this function work. Note that to use the 3GPP function, it strongly recommends to install the Networked Device with a public and fixed IP address without any firewall protection.
ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Appendix J: Enable UPnP of Windows XP Use the following steps to enable UPnP settings only if your operating system of PC is running Windows XP. Go to Start > Settings. Click Control Panel...
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ABS MegaCam 4210/4220 Network Camera User’s Manual Click Add or Remove Programs Click Add/Remove Windows Components The following screen will appear: Select Networking Services 84/86...
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