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04-2012 / v1.0

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  • Page 1 IC-3100 / IC-3100W / IC-3100P User Manual 04-2012 / v1.0...
  • Page 2     COPYRIGHT    Copyright © Edimax Technology Co., Ltd. all rights reserved. No part of this  publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system,  or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means,  electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without  the prior written permission from Edimax Technology Co., Ltd.    Edimax Technology Co., Ltd. makes no representations or warranties, either  expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims  any warranties, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software  described in this manual is sold or licensed as is. Should the programs prove  defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor,  or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any  incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.  Edimax Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the right to revise this publication and to make  changes from time to time in the contents hereof without the obligation to notify any  person of such revision or changes.    The product you have purchased and the setup screen may appear slightly different  from those shown in this QIG. For more information about this product, please refer  to the user manual on the CD‐ROM. The software and specifications are subject to  change without notice. Please visit our website www.edimax.com for updates. All  brand and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks and/or  registered trademarks of their respective holders.    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.    The GNU GPL and GNU LGPL software codes used in Edimax products are distributed  without any warranty and are subject to the copyrights of their respective authors.  The firmware files for this product can be found under the “Download” page at the  Edimax website (www.edimax.com).  ...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents    Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet Network Camera ........4  1.1 Package Contents ..................4  1.2 Basic Introduction ..................5  1.3 Product Highlights ..................6  1.4 Key Components ..................7  1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators ..............11  1.6 Camera Installation ..................12  1.7 Locate the IP Address of this Network Camera ........
  • Page 4 3-3-1 Configure cameras ................. 81  3-3-2 General Settings ................90  3-4 Change Display Layout ................96  3-5 Full-screen mode ..................99  3-6 Scan......................100  3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out ................. 101  3-8 PTZ ......................102  3-9 Snapshot ....................103  3-10 Recording ....................104  3-11 Video Playback ..................

  • Page 5: Chapter I: Familiar With Your Internet Network Camera

    Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet Network Camera 1.1 Package Contents Thank you for purchasing this Network Camera! Before you start to use this Network Camera, please check the package contents. If anything is missing, please contact the dealer of purchase and return the package to claim for missing contents.

  • Page 6: Basic Introduction

    You can view the Network camera's video from anywhere on your local computers or via the Internet. Besides, Edimax IC-3100 series features high quality and high frame rate video streaming through advanced video compression. In order to achieve the highest video quality, simply select H.264, MPEG4 or M-JPEG depending...

  • Page 7: Product Highlights

    1.3 Product Highlights No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet Explorer 6 (and above, with plugin installed). With supplied video surveillance software, you can connect up to 16 video cameras and view images captured by every camera at the same time. Supports 3 video resolutions: MJPG and H.264 SXGA(1280 x 1024), VGA (640 x 480), and QVGA (320 x 240);...

  • Page 8: Key Components

    1.4 Key Components Front View LAN LED Camera WLAN LED Focus Ring Power LED LAN LED: Indicates LAN activity WLAN LED: Indicates Wireless LAN activity (only work on wired model plugged with USB WiFi dongle and wireless model) Power LED: Indicates power status Focus Ring: Adjusts focus...

  • Page 9: Top View

    Top View Wired model USB Port SD Card Slot POE model Wireless model Antenna SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage USB Port: Connects to certain wireless module. Antenna Base: Connects to supplied antenna...

  • Page 10: Bottom View

    Bottom View Ethernet Connector Microphone Reset to Default /WPS Power Connector Audio Connector WPS: click the button on IP Cam and click it on the AP you want to connect wireless connection.(works on wired model with USB wifi dongle plugged or wireless model) Reset to Default Button: Press and hold for more than 10 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value.

  • Page 11: Back View

    Back View Tripod Connector: Connects to any standard tripod / camera wall holder. MAC Address Label: Shows the MAC address of this Network Camera. Useful when you can’t locate the camera on the network.

  • Page 12: Descriptions For Led Indicators

    1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators LED Name Status Description Power/Cloud Camera is not powered (camera off) Camera is correctly powered (camera on) Flash The power LED will flash and light up when the camera is powered on and ready for access to Cloud. LAN port not in use LAN port in use Flash...

  • Page 13: Camera Installation

    1.6 Camera Installation Please follow the following instructions to set your Network Camera up. 1. Unpack the product package and check if anything’s missing. 2. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local area network, and connect the other end to the LAN jack of this Network Camera. NOTE: You can skip this step if you plan to use wireless LAN only.

  • Page 14: Locate The Ip Address Of This Network Camera

    1.7 Locate the IP Address of this Network Camera Default IP address of this Network Camera is 192.168.2.3. If you wish to assign another IP address to this Network Camera, you have to log onto the web configuration interface of the camera first. If the left three fields of the IP address of your computer is not 192.168.2, you’ll have to change the IP address of your computer first: 1.
  • Page 15 2. Double-click ‘Network Connections’ icon. 3. Right-click ‘Local Area Connection’, and click ‘Properties’.
  • Page 16 4. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click ‘Properties’.
  • Page 17 5. In ‘IP address’ field, please fill in any IP address begins with ‘192.168.2’, and ends with a value greater than 2 and less than 254 (You can use the example in the picture ‘192.168.2.339’). In Subnet mask field, please fill ‘255.255.255.0’.

  • Page 18: Using The Camera Admin Software To Locate The Camera

    1.8 Using the Camera Admin Software to Locate the Camera If you can’t connect to the camera by the instructions given in last chapter, you can use camera admin software to search the camera which is connected to your local area network. The admin software is also capable to locate multiple cameras on your local area network.
  • Page 19 1. Double-click Ediview finder installer, and click ‘Run’ when you’re prompted: 2. Ediview finder will list all Ediamx network cameras found on local network, with their IP address and MAC address: You can click icon to find network cameras on local network again, or select an network camera and click Icon to configure it (see next step).
  • Page 20 3. Ediview finder will inspect network camera’s connection type and if it’s connected to Internet, this may take a few seconds, please be patient...
  • Page 21 4. This message will tell you if your network camera is connected to Internet (connected to the cloud), and the connection type (wired or wireless). When you see this message, click ‘Next’ to continue. If you don’t want to change network camera’s name and password, you can click ‘X’...
  • Page 22 After the camera finder utility is launched, all cameras found on your local area network will be displayed. To preview the image of network camera, please click the icon indicated by white arrow, and provide username / password, and a snapshot will be displayed This function is only available when this icon is displayed as blue color.
  • Page 23 Search camera: Click this button to search all cameras on local area network again. Configure camera: Click this button to configure camera’s network and security setting. You’ll be prompted to input camera’s password:...
  • Page 24 Input the password (default: 1234) and click OK to configure the camera’s network and security setting: In ‘Lan Setting’ page, you can configure camera’s network settings. Select ‘DHCP’ to set the camera to obtain an IP address from DHCP server on local area network automatically, and select ‘Manual IP’...
  • Page 25 1.9 Logging in the Management Interface Make sure the network camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then launch Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the network camera in address bar of Internet Explorer. You should be prompted to input the user name and password: Default user name is ‘admin’...
  • Page 26 If this is the first time you log onto web management interface, you’ll be prompted to install ActiveX Plugin: When you see this message, please click ‘OK’, and click ‘Download the latest ActiveX’ link to download plugin so you can use this camera: Click ‘Run’...
  • Page 27 Click ‘Run’ to install plugin: Please click ‘Next’ button to start installation (click ‘Next’ or ‘Install’ when you’re prompted, until installation is complete).
  • Page 28 Click ‘Finish’ to complete plugin installation. Now you can go back to web browser, and you should be able to see the image captured by camera (You may need to press F5 or CTRL-R to reload web page).
  • Page 29 Note: If you see one of these messages (or both): Your computer may not have the display capability that this Network Camera requires, or you don’t have Microsoft DirectX® installed. Please download Microsoft DirectX® from Microsoft’s website (http://www.microsoft.com), and try again. In some cases, your computer is able to display the image from Network Camera correctly, but you’ll still see these messages.

  • Page 30: Camera Settings

    Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface 2.1 Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is ‘Camera’, and this is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera. You can always back to this menu by clicking ‘Camera’ on the top of web management interface.
  • Page 31 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Type Specifies video encoding type. Available options are ‘MPEG4’, ‘MJPEG’, and ‘H.264’. Different encoding type requires different bandwidth, and provides different video quality. Frequency If the place where this Network Camera points to has a (or more) fluorescent light(s), the image may look flashing.
  • Page 32 can change the directory by clicking the text input box located at the right of ‘Snapshot’ button: and you’ll be prompted to select a new directory. Recording Press this button to record the displaying image as a video file in AVI format, and you can play the video file back by Windows Media Player.
  • Page 33 mode (uses all available space to display the image captured by this camera). *Please note: If you’re not using Microsoft Internet Explorer as web browser, some functionalities may not work properly.
  • Page 34 2.2 Video You can change video-related settings of this Network Camera in ‘Video’ menu. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Video’ on the top of web management interface. There are 5 types of video settings for this Network Camera. To set the option of a certain video setting, put mouse cursor on it and its options will appear.

  • Page 35: Mjpeg

    2.1.1 MJPEG You can adjust video settings when you select ‘MJPEG’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240.

  • Page 36: Mpeg4

    2.1.2 MPEG4 You can adjust video settings when you select ‘MPEG4’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240.

  • Page 37: H.264

    2.1.3 H.264 You can adjust video settings when you select ‘H.264’ as video type in ‘Camera’ menu. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Changes the resolution of video. Available options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240.

  • Page 38: Osd

    2.1.4 OSD If you need to display information about this camera, like camera’s name or current date / time, you can use OSD (On-Screen Display) menu: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description On-Screen Display Select ‘Enable’...
  • Page 39 2.2 Network Settings All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE, Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function. You can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface.

  • Page 40: Lan

    2.2.1 LAN You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here.
  • Page 41 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Network Type This camera can obtain the IP address from DHCP server automatically (if you have one), or set a fixed IP address. Select ‘DHCP’ to obtain IP address automatically or ‘Static IP Address’...
  • Page 42 most of ISPs and will give you a nice network performance. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

  • Page 43: Wlan

    2.2.2 WLAN The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Wireless Select ‘Enable’ to activate wireless network function of Connection this Network Camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it. Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection. Available options are ‘Infrastructure’...
  • Page 44 to it without wireless access point). You can set to ‘Adhoc’ when you don’t have any wireless access point, but your computer has wireless network card. Set to ‘Infrastructure’ when you have wireless access point, and you have computers with wired network connection.
  • Page 45 SSID Input the SSID of the wireless access point you wish to connect. It should be less than 32 alphanumerical characters. When you select a wireless access point above, it’s SSID will be filled in this field automatically. However, if the SSID is not displayed (the wireless access point you selected choose to hide it’s SSID), you have to know it’s SSID and input it here, or you will not be able to connect...

  • Page 46: Dynamic Dns

    2.2.3 Dynamic DNS If your ISP does not give you a fixed Internet IP address (i.e. the Internet address you’re using when you access the Internet is not always the same – ask your ISP for detailed information), you can use this function to help you locate the IP address of this Network Camera when you’re away from home or office.

  • Page 47: Upnp

    2.2.4 UPnP When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network devices will be able to discover this Network Camera automatically (only those in the same local network). This function is useful and you don’t have to remember the IP address of this Network Camera.
  • Page 48 Click the message to open ‘My Network Places’, and you’ll see the Network Camera: You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto Network Camera’s web management interface directly.

  • Page 49: Loginfree

    2.2.5 LoginFree This camera provides a method to let unauthorized users to view the image captured by this camera, which is called as ‘LoginFree’. When you wish to let everyone to view the image captured by this camera, or integrate the image with your own web application, you can use this function: Input the filename here, and click ‘Apply’...

  • Page 50: Rtsp

    2.2.6 RTSP If you want to watch video captured by this Network Camera by your own RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) media player, you can use this function to setup RTSP parameters, so your RTSP-compatible player will be able to receive video data. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description...

  • Page 51: Motion Detection

    2.3 Motion Detection When you wish to use this camera to monitor the activities, motion detection function will be very useful. Camera will detect the motion in captured image, and take a snapshot when motion is detected. So you can use this camera to keep the safety of the belongings you have.

  • Page 52: Motion Detection

    2.3.1 Motion Detection You can use this menu to setup basic motion detection settings: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable Motion Select ‘Enable’ to enable motion detection, and select Detection ‘Disable’ to disable this function. Motion Detection Select the time interval between two motions from Interval...
  • Page 53 Recording Time Select the duration you wish this camera to record image when a motion is detected from dropdown menu. Available options are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (seconds). Sending File Select the file type that will be saved when a motion is Type detected.

  • Page 54: Motion Region

    2.3.2 Motion Region You can define the motion detection region within the image that camera captures, so this camera will ignore motions which are not covered by the motion region setting, and reduce the chances of false alarm. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Region 1 –...
  • Page 55 Sensitivity Move the slide bar to change the motion detection sensitivity setting: Drag the slide to the right to increase sensitivity (camera will detect minor changes in the image), and drag the slide to the left to decrease sensitivity (camera will only detect major changes in the image).
  • Page 56 2.3.3 Email You can define the destination address of E-mail sending and mail server parameters here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Recipient E-Mail Input the email recipient’s Email address here. Address E-Mail Subject Specify the title of sending email, so you can identify the mail sent from this camera from others quickly.
  • Page 57 server requires you to do so, please select ‘Enable’, or select ‘Disable’ to disable it. If you don’t know, please refer to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask your network administrator or ISP. User Name Please input the user name of SMTP server here, if your SMTP server requires the use of authentication.
  • Page 58 2.3.4 FTP Configuration You can set FTP server’s parameters here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description FTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the FTP server you wish to use here. FTP Port Input the port number of the FTP server you wish to use here.
  • Page 59 found that non-passive mode is not working, you can try to use passive mode. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. After that, you can click ‘Upload a test file’ to send a file to the FTP server you set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and working.
  • Page 60 2.3.5 SD Card Configuration You can define the filename and destination folder when saving a file in SD card. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable Cycle Check this box and this camera will automatically erase Recording oldest image file to make rooms for new image files when SD card is full.

  • Page 61: System Info

    2.4 System Info You can use this menu to get the operational information of this camera: After you selected ‘System Info.’, a sub-menu will appear. There are 4 sub-menus available here: Detailed descriptions of every setting will be given below.

  • Page 62: Camera Information

    2.4.1 Camera Information Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator’s password of this camera. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Camera Name Please specify the name of this Network Camera here. This can be used to identify your camera on the network when you have more than one Network Camera in the same network.

  • Page 63: Date / Time Setting

    2.4.2 Date / Time Setting This setting allows you to change the date and time of the real time clock in this Network Camera. You can set the time manually, or use network time protocol (NTP) to set the time automatically. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description...
  • Page 64 Time ‘Yes’; otherwise select ‘No’. Synchronize to Click to input current time of your computer to ‘Set Date / PC time Time manually’ field. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. If you wish to use the date and time setting of the computer which is connecting to the camera, click ‘Synchronize to PC time’...
  • Page 65 Time Interval You can choose to upload one image to FTP server according to the time interval you wish, or choose to upload image as you wish to FTP server every second. File Control This option allows you to choose to upload each schedule snapshot with different file name composed of date/time, or to choose to upload the schedule snapshot with the same file name you wish.

  • Page 66: Utilities

    2.4.4 Utilities This menu allows you to upgrade firmware, clear all settings, reboot the Network Camera, and switch LED lights on/off. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Upgrade If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website, Firmware you can click ’Browse’...
  • Page 67 setting of your computer if the IP address of your computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to connect to this Network Camera again. Reboot Device If you found the Network Camera is responding slowly or behaves strange, you can click this button to try to reboot the Network Camera, this may help.

  • Page 68: Account

    2.4.6 System Log All activities of this network camera will be logged, and you are allowed to enter ‘System Log’ menu to view these logs. 2.5 Account If you wish to allow other people to view the live image captured by this camera, but don’t want to allow them to modify system settings, you can give them user-level user name and password, so they can only view the image and can not change any system setting.
  • Page 69 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description User List Lists all users currently available. Login Input the login name (user name) of this account. Password Input the password of this user here. Confirm Input the password of this user here again for password confirmation.
  • Page 70 2.6 SDHC … After you selected ‘System Info.’, a sub-menu will appear. There are 4 sub-menus available here: Please click the SD card setting you wish to set then refer to instructions given below:...

  • Page 71: Status

    2.6.1 Status Here shows the remaining card space for you.

  • Page 72: Space Alarm

    2.6.2 Space Alarm When you’re using SD card to store captured image and video clip, you can have this camera to send an E-mail to you when there’s only little remaining space left on SD card. Please note: If you have set E-mail settings in ‘Motion Picture’ function, you can click ‘Copy Mail Config’...
  • Page 73 SMTP Select ‘Enable’ if the SMTP server you’re using requires Authentication authentication, and input the username and password below; If the SMTP server you’re using does not require authentication, select ‘Disable’ here. If you’re not sure, ask your ISP or network administrator. User Name Type the user name of the user who has the mail account.

  • Page 74: File Management

    2.6.3 File Management You can use this menu to manage the files stored on SD card. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description FirstPage Jump to first page of file list. PrevPage Jump to previous page of file list. NextPage Jump to next page of file list.

  • Page 75: Chapter Iii: Using Surveillance Software

    Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software 3-1 Installing Network Camera Surveillance Software The Network Camera surveillance software provides various functions like video recording, after this software is installed, you can use your Network Camera to safeguard your property. Please follow the following instructions to install the surveillance software.
  • Page 76 3. If you need installation program to create a desktop icon or a quick launch icon for you, click all items you need here, than click ‘Next’ to continue.
  • Page 77 4. Here lists all options you chose in previous steps, if everything’s correct, click ‘Install’ to start installing procedure, or click ‘Back’ to go back to previous step to modify installing settings. 5. The installing procedure will take some time, please be patient.
  • Page 78 6. When you see this window, it means the software installing procedure is complete. Please click ‘Finish’ to finish the procedure (Network Camera surveillance software will start after you click ‘Finish’ button, if you want to start it later, uncheck ‘Launch IPCam Surveillance Software’ box).

  • Page 79: Using Network Camera Surveillance Software

    3-2 Using Network Camera surveillance software You can click ‘IPCam Surveillance Software’ icon from desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the Network Camera surveillance software. Before you start: Network Camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s resolution is ‘1024 x 768’.
  • Page 80 You can put the mouse cursor on a certain component and see its button name, and here’re detailed descriptions of all buttons: Item Description Video displaying The image of all connected cameras will be displayed area here. Language Select a language from this dropdown menu to change display language.
  • Page 81 Playback Playback a recorded video file. Snapshot Take a snapshot of current camera. Message display Displays all system messages like camera is disconnected etc. Close window Terminates Network Camera surveillance software. (stop surveillance) Minimize window Minimizes Network Camera surveillance software window.

  • Page 82: Configure Network Camera Surveillance Software

    3-3 Configure Network Camera surveillance software 3-3-1 Configure cameras Before you use this Network Camera surveillance software, you must configure the camera(s) you wish to connect. Please click ‘System configure’ button and a popup menu will appear: Please select ‘Configure Cameras’ to configure cameras: Note: If you’re prompted by a windows security alert which asks you if you want to block ‘IPCamViewer’...
  • Page 83 3-3-1-1 ‘Camera’ tab In this tab you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to 16 cameras can be connected simultaneously: Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Camera Search All cameras found on your local network will be displayed in ‘Camera Search’...
  • Page 84 name of camera so you can remember the camera’s location of purpose easily. Model Displays the model of selected camera, this field can not be changed. Input the IP address of camera. Username* Input the user name of camera. Web Port* Input the web port of the camera.
  • Page 85 3-3-1-2 Schedule Recording In this tab, you can setup scheduled video recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras you have by a pre-defined schedule. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. One Time You can specify the one-time schedule for selected Schedules...
  • Page 86 Please specify the time duration of this one-time schedule (the date and time of ‘From’ and ‘To’), then click ‘OK’ to save settings. Please note you must set a schedule that will be happened in the future, you can not set a schedule in the past.
  • Page 87 Please check all weekdays that applies, and set the start time in ‘From’ field. You can set the duration of video recording in ‘Period’ field (format is HH:MM:SS), and the end time will be calculated automatically and displayed in ‘To’ field. You can also click ‘All Time Record’ button to define a recording schedule that will be executed every weekday, from 12:00:00AM to 11:59:59PM.
  • Page 88 3-3-1-3 Audio For cameras that support audio, you can use this tab to decide if you wish to hear the audio captured by selected camera. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Mute Audio Check this box and the Network Camera surveillance software will not play the audio captured by this camera.
  • Page 89 3-3-1-4 Motion Record With this function activated, only motions captured by the camera will be recorded, so you don’t have to waste hard disk storage space on images you don’t need to pay attention to. WARNING: For applications that security is highly concerned, it’s not recommended to use this function since some tiny changes you may need to know may not be able to trigger the camera and the camera will not start recording.
  • Page 90 triggered Send mail when Send an email to a pre-defined address when a motion motion is has been detected by the camera. triggered Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

  • Page 91: General Settings

    3-3-2 General Settings You can set system-wide settings of this Network Camera surveillance software in this menu. 3-3-2-1 ‘General’ tab All general settings like file storage directory and recording spaces can be set here. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Data Directory...
  • Page 92 video. Scan Time Define the time period to pause between every camera switch when you activate ‘Scan’ function. Cycle Recording You can decide the behavior when hard disk space is full: Disable: Do not overwrite recorded video files. Enable: Overwrite recorded video files. Save settings in this tab.
  • Page 93 3-3-2-2 ‘E-Mail Setting’ tab If you want to use motion detection function and wish to get an email that contains the image captured by the camera, please setup your email related parameters here first. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description E-Mail Subject...
  • Page 94 Edit Select an email address from ‘Recipient E-Mail Address’ box, and click ‘Edit’ to edit the email address. Delete Delete selected email address. Sender E-Mail Specify the email address of email sender. Address SMTP Server Specify the IP address or host name of the SMTP server you wish to use.
  • Page 95 3-3-2-3 Security If you don’t want other people to access this Network Camera surveillance software, you can set a password to protect it. You’ll need to input the password every time you wish to use this Network Camera surveillance software: To set password, please use ‘Security’...
  • Page 96 Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Enable Requires password authentication when this software starts. Disable Password authentication is not required when this software starts. Password Input the password you wish to use here. Confirm Input the password you wish to use here again. Password 3-3-2-4 About This tab shows the version number of the Network Camera surveillance...

  • Page 97: Change Display Layout

    3-4 Change Display Layout This Network Camera surveillance software provides 8 kinds of display layout: Every layout displays different number of camera and camera arrangement, you can click the icon that presents a specific kind of layout, and the video displaying area will change accordingly.
  • Page 98 Layout style 3: 6 Displays the video of up to 6 cameras. Cameras Layout style 4: 8 Displays the video of up to 8 cameras. Cameras Layout style 5: 9 Displays the video of up to 9 cameras. Cameras Layout style 6: Displays the video of up to 10 cameras.
  • Page 99 Layout style 7: 13 Displays the video of up to 13 cameras. Cameras Layout style 8: 16 Displays the video of up to 16 cameras. Cameras...

  • Page 100: Full-Screen Mode

    3-5 Full-screen mode If you want to use all available spaces on your monitor to display surveillance image, you can click ‘Full Screen’ button to switch display mode to full-screen mode. To exit full-screen mode, press ‘ESC’ key.

  • Page 101: Scan

    3-6 Scan If you have more than one camera configured, and you wish to switch the displaying image between cameras, you can click ‘Scan’ button to switch between all configured cameras. NOTE: If a camera is configured but disconnected, it will still be displayed in a scan sequence (you’ll see nothing and you’ll see ‘Disconnected’...

  • Page 102: Zoom-In / Zoom-Out

    3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out For cameras that support zoom-in / zoom-out function, you can use this function to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera’s view, or enlarge the image size of a certain object to see its detail. Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image, then click button to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera’s view, or...

  • Page 103: Ptz

    3-8 PTZ For cameras that support pan - tilt function ( but this model doesn’t support PTZ function), you can change the position that camera points to, to see different places that fall in the scope of camera’s view. Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image, and then click the directions you wish the camera to move to (total 8 directions available).

  • Page 104: Snapshot

    3-9 Snapshot You can take a snapshot of selected camera and save it to ‘Snapshot’ sub-folder of pre-defined data directory. Click snapshot button once to take a snapshot; you can take as much snapshot as you want before hard disk is full.

  • Page 105: Recording

    3-10 Recording You can start video recording of selected camera manually by clicking ‘Start Recording’ button: When recording starts, you’ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 Start Manual’, which means camera 1 starts recording manually on 1/1 at 10:00:00.

  • Page 106: Video Playback

    3-11 Video Playback You can playback all recorded video by clicking this button. A new window will appear: You have to search the video file before you can play it. There are two kinds of video search: Time Search (search all videos file that falls in a specific period of time) and Motion Search (search all videos recorded by motion detection function and falls in a specific period of time).

  • Page 107: Chapter Iv: How To Access The Network Camera Remotely With Iphone & Android Phones

    Chapter IV: How to Access the Network Camera Remotely with iPhone & Android Phones IC-3100 series features smart phone support for iPhone users and Android phone users to monitor their home using Edimax Network-Cameras. Please check following instruction for installation. The following instruction...
  • Page 108 in the I-Phone. To apply for this, refer to the Appendix “How to apply for a free DNS account in the http://www.dyndns.org ” In this guide, we assume you have already got http://my-name.dyndns.org. (yours may vary) and go to Step Step 3: Configure the 1 Camera based on the following:...
  • Page 109 Configure the Broadband Router based on the following:...

  • Page 110: Iphone App Installation

    4.1 iPhone App Installation (1) Please download ‘Ediview’ application from Apple’s Appstore (2) You can launch EdiView by clicking ‘EdiView’ icon. You’ll see welcome screen and please wait for few seconds (3) When you launch EdiView, it will attempt to connect to existing configured network cameras.
  • Page 111 point if your Edimax network camera is located on your local area network. If you want search for network cameras on your local area network, or you want to add an Ediamx network camera on Internet, please click ‘Cameras’ button to abort and setup network camera manually (4) To view more than 4 network camera’s live image on your iPhone, click button on upper-left corner, and you can view up to 12 network camera’s live image at the same time...
  • Page 112 (5) You can manage network cameras in ‘Cameras’ list. To add a new network camera, click ‘Add New Camera’. (6) EdiView will search for network camera on your local area network, and list all network cameras found here. To add an network camera manually or add an network camera on Internet, click ‘Add Camera Manually’...
  • Page 113 (7) In this page, you can input network camera’s parameters manually Camera Type: Switch operating mode between Cloud and IP. In cloud mode you have to input Cloud ID**; In IP mode you have to input IP address or host name of network camera. Camera Name: You can define a name for this network camera to help you to remember the purpose / location of this network camera.
  • Page 114 (8) You can also setup video parameters of this network camera. Brightness: Select video brightness (1 to 5, darkest to brightest). Saturation: Select video saturation (1 to 5, lowest to highest). Sharpness: Select video sharpness (1 to 5, lowest to highest). Video Quality: (Highest to Lowest, select a lower video quality will help when network speed is slow).
  • Page 115 To delete an existing IP camera, click ‘Edit’ button. Click of the IP camera you wish to delete (10) Click ‘Delete’ button to delete IP camera...
  • Page 116 (11) Now you can back to ‘Live’ menu, if you see a snapshot appear, it indicates the network camera is correctly configured. Click snapshot picture to enlarge video view (12) If network camera you connected supports pan/tilt control, you can click the button on the upper-right corner to switch to ‘Gesture’...
  • Page 117 A white arrow will also appear to indicate the direction of camera movement. Please note: If the button appears on upper-right corner shows ‘Switch’, you can’t move camera. (13) To view events (motions detected by network camera), click ‘Events) button below in network camera’s live view All network cameras will be listed and you can choose one to see its events list.
  • Page 118 (15) Event’s snapshot and event date / time will be displayed. Click the button with network camera’s name (upper-left corner) to go back.
  • Page 119 (16) You can use this function to mark your network camera on Google map, so you can locate them and remember their physical location easily. Please note that you need active Internet connection to show map on your iPhone. Click ‘Map’ button at the bottom of your iPhone to access Map menu.
  • Page 120 If you’re using your iPhone indoor, your iPhone may fail to locate your location. You can still use your finger to drag the map and find your current location manually. If the network camera you’re about to mark on the map does not locate at your current location, you can also use your finger to drag the map and find the location where your network camera is installed.

  • Page 121: Android App Installation

    4.2 Android App installation (1) To install Ediview application, launch ‘Market’. (In your Android device’s ‘All apps’ menu) (2) Click magnifier icon at upper-right corner of Android market, and input ‘Ediview’ in search field...
  • Page 122 (3) You should able able to find Ediview utility (If not, please check spelling), and click ‘Download’ to download and install Ediview (4) Android will prompt you to confirm installation, please click ‘Install’ button below to start installation...
  • Page 123 (5) Please be patient while EdiView is being installed. (6) When EdiView utility is successfully installed, you’ll see this message. Click ‘Open’ to launch EdiView utility now, or click ‘Complete’ to launch EdiView utility later...
  • Page 124 (7) You can launch EdiView by clicking ‘EdiView’ icon in ‘All Applications (8) When you launch EdiView, it will search for all Edimax network cameras on your network. Please make sure you’re connected to wireless access point if your Edimax network camera is located on your local area network.
  • Page 125 If you want to add a Ediamx network camera on Internet, please click ‘Manually’ button to abort and setup network camera manually (9) In this page, you can input network camera’s parameters manually Name: You can define a name for this network camera to help you to remember the purpose / location of this network camera Cloud / IP Mode Switch: Click this button to switch operating mode between Cloud and IP.
  • Page 126 (10) When an network camera has been added successfully, you’ll see it appear in EdiView utility’s camera list Please repeat last step to add more network cameras you wish to connect. To repeat last step, press ‘Menu’ key on your Android device and click ‘Add’...
  • Page 127 If there are new events available, click icon To configure network camera’s parameters, click icon (12) When you click an network camera in camera list, you’ll see its live image Like this. You can hold your Android device horizontally to enlarge network camera’s live image view.
  • Page 128 (13) To take a snapshot of current live image and save it on your Android device, click button. You’ll see ‘Save Snapshot’ message appear, which indicates a snapshot has been taken.
  • Page 129 (14) If you have more than 1 network cameras, you can click button and you can see the image of up to 4 network cameras at the same time; Click on the camera’s image to enlarge it You can also click button to see up to 12 network cameras at the same time.
  • Page 130 Click ‘Done’ button when you finish, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort. You’ll see the result after you click Done’. (16) When a new event (movement) has been detected by network camera, you’ll see icon appear in network camera list. You can click it to see events.
  • Page 131 (17) All events will be displayed here, with the time which triggered this event. Click on the event to see enlarged picture (18) The image of this event will be displayed with the time triggered this event. To see enlarged picture, hold your Android device horizontally...
  • Page 132 (19) To save a snapshot of this event, click button. You’ll see ‘Saved event image successfully’ message to prompt you that image has been saved successfully. (20) When you’re in camera list, press ‘Menu’ button on your Android device. A menu will appear on the bottom of EdiView utility.
  • Page 133 (21) You can use this function to mark your network camera on Google map, so you can locate them and remember their physical location easily. Please note that you need active Internet connection to show map on your Android device. Click ‘Map’...
  • Page 134 (22) Google map will be shown on your Android device, and it will attempt to locate your current location by GPS and network If you’re using your Android device indoor, your A may fail to locate your location. You can still use your finger to drag the map and find your current location manually.
  • Page 135 (23) When you found the location where network camera is installed, press ‘Menu’ button on your Android device and click ‘Locate’ button and a camera list will be shown. Select the network camera you wish to mark on the map.

  • Page 136: Web Browser Installation

    4.3 Web browser installation Please make sure your web browser supports JAVA first. If your web browser does not support JAVA, you can install JAVA from website: www.java.com get JAVA software. (If your web browser does not support JAVA, you’ll see this message when you try to use JAVA browser) (1) If you’re not login Windows as system administrator, please use system administrator to launch Internet Explorer.
  • Page 137 (2) Input the following web address in your web browser’s address bar: “XXXXXXXXXXXX.myedimax.com”. Where XXXXXXXXXXXX is the 12 characters of your Edimax network camera’s MAC address. If you don’t know the MAC address of your Edimax IP camera, you can log onto network camera’s web configuration menu and click “System”...
  • Page 138 (5) You should be able to see the image of network camera now. You can click function buttons below. Enlarge / reduce image size Click + or – button to enlarge or reduce image size, this is very useful when you want to see details of certain object in the image.
  • Page 139 Configure network camera Click this button to display network camera configuration menu and you can chage the parameters of IP camera. Click ‘Apply’ to save changes or click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. Pan-tilt control Click this button and a set of arrow will be shown on the image. Click the arrow to move network camera to the direction indicated by the arrow.
  • Page 140 Snapshot Click this button to take a snapshot of current image and save on your computer’s hard drive. You’ll be prompted to select a folder on your computer. Full-screen view Click this button to enlarge image view to full-screen size, all functino buttons will disappear to maximumize display area.

  • Page 141: Chapter V: Appendix

    Chapter V: Appendix 5.1 Specifications Max Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Sensor: 1.3Mega pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MJPEG/MPEG4/H.264 Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 10-15fps@SXGA, XGA, 30fps@QVGA, 20fps@VGA Video resolution: MJPG&H.264: 1280x1024, 640x480, 320x240 MPEG4: 1024x768, 640x480, 320x240 System Hardware...

  • Page 142: How To Apply For A Free Dns Account At Http://Www.no-Ip.com

    How to apply for a free DNS account at http://www.no-ip.com It’s very likely your IP address (the Internet location) keeps changing every a couple of hours or every day depending on your ISP’s policy. Therefore, as shown in the following figure, you may be assigned with an IP address, “61.61.61.1”...
  • Page 143 And follow the steps: Now, you could locate your home network camera using http://your-name.no-ip.org...

  • Page 144: Troubleshooting

    5.3 Troubleshooting If the network camera is not working properly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for help, please check the troubleshooting list here, this may help you to solve the problem by yourself and therefore saves your valuable time. Scenario Possible Solution I can not connect to...
  • Page 145 c. If you’re connecting this camera from Internet, it could be caused by a slow Internet connection, and it’s not a problem caused by camera. However, when the network connection is slow, you should use lower frame rate / resolution. d.
  • Page 146 camera is located, switch it on and see if image looks better. I set the network a. If the image is send by Email, please make sure it’s camera to send not blocked by any anti-spam mechanism. image by Email or FTP, but nothing is b.

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