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Edimax IC-3030i User Manual

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  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera ........... 4 1.1 Package Contents ..................4 1.2 Basic Introduction ..................5 1.3 Product Highlights ..................6 1.4 Familiar with Key Components ..............7 1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators ..............11 1.6 Camera Installation ..................
  • Page 4 3-2 Using IP camera surveillance software ........... 79 3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software ..........82 3-3-1 Configure cameras ................. 82 3-3-2 General Settings ................91 3-4 Change Display Layout ................97 3-5 Full-screen mode ..................100 3-6 Scan......................101 3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out .................

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

    Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera 1.1 Package Contents Thank you for purchasing this IP camera! Before you start to use this IP 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

    1.2 Basic Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Internet IP camera! This IP camera is an ideal product for all kinds of video-surveillance purposes, like home/office safety, kid/pet monitoring, and remote video acquire etc. Unlink conventional close-circuit video camera; you‟re not limited to the length of cable! Once this IP camera is connected to Internet, you can receive video from anywhere in the world where Internet access is available.

  • 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: Familiar With Key Components

    1.4 Familiar with Key Components Front View Light Sensor IR LED 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 IR LEDs: Lights up when environment is too dark Light Sensor: Detects lights of the environment...

  • 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 IP 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 Camera is not powered (camera off) Camera is correctly powered (camera on) LAN port not in use LAN port in use Flash Transferring data via LAN port WLAN Wireless LAN not in use Wireless LAN in use Flash at low Waiting for WPS connection from AP and...

  • Page 13: Camera Installation

    1.6 Camera Installation Please follow the following instructions to set your IP 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 IP camera. NOTE: You can skip this step if you plan to use wireless LAN only.

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

    1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera Default IP address of this IP camera is 192.168.2.3. If you wish to assign another IP address to this IP 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 Camera Admin Software To Locate Camera

    1.8 Using Camera Admin Software to Locate 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 3. Click „Next‟ to start install camera admin software: 4. You can change the installation folder of camera setup software here, click „Browse‟ to select an existing folder, or you can just click „Next‟ to use default installation folder:...
  • Page 20 5. If you wish to create desktop icon and / or quick launch icon for camera admin software, please check corresponding box, and click „Next‟ to continue. 6. You‟ll see a brief of all options you selected, click „Install‟ to install camera admin software now, or click „back‟...
  • Page 21 7. When you see this message, the installation of camera admin software is complete. If you wish to launch camera admin software now, keep „Launch IP Cam Admin Utility‟ box checked, and click „Finish‟ to close installation utility. After the camera admin software is launched, all cameras found on your local area network will be displayed:...
  • Page 22 All camera-related information will be displayed here. If you wish to connect to certain camera by web browser, double-click the camera listed here. The camera admin software also provides several functions: Language change: This camera admin software supports 3 languages: English, Chinese, and Japanese.
  • Page 23 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 24 In „Security‟ page, you can change the camera‟s name and password (user name is always „admin‟ and cannot be changed). You have to input the same password in both „New Password‟ and „Confirm Password‟ field, or you‟ll be prompted to input new password again. Click „OK‟ to save settings or click „Cancel‟...
  • Page 25 1.9 Log Onto Web Management Interface Make sure the IP camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then launch Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the IP 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 IP 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 IP 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 IP 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 IP 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 IP 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 Select „Enable‟...

  • Page 39: Night Vision

    2.1.5 Night Vision This camera equips with 10 IR LEDs to enhance video quality in the night. You can enable or disable IR LEDs by „Night Vision‟ menu: The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Do not use IR LEDs, even it‟s very dark.

  • Page 40: Network Settings

    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 41: Lan

    2.2.1 LAN You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here.
  • Page 42 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 43 performance. Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

  • Page 44: Wlan

    2.2.2 WLAN The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Select „Enable‟ to activate wireless network function of Wireless this IP camera, select „Disable‟ to disable it. Connection Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection. Available options are „Infrastructure‟...
  • Page 45 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. Available Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP Networks camera.
  • Page 46 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 47: 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 IP camera when you‟re away from home or office.

  • Page 48: Upnp

    2.2.4 UPnP When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network devices will be able to discover this IP 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 IP camera.
  • Page 49 Click the message to open „My Network Places‟, and you‟ll see the IP camera: You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera‟s web management interface directly.

  • Page 50: 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 51: Rtsp

    2.2.6 RTSP If you want to watch video captured by this IP 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 52: 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 53: 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 Select „Enable‟ to enable motion detection, and select Enable Motion „Disable‟ to disable this function. Detection Motion Detection Select the time interval between two motions from...
  • Page 54 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 detected.

  • Page 55: 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 56 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 57 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 58 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 59 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 60 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 61 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 62: 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 63: 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 IP Camera here. This can be used to identify your camera on the network when you have more than one IP camera in the same network.

  • Page 64: 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 IP 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 65 „Yes‟; otherwise select „No‟. Time Click to input current time of your computer to „Set Date / Synchronize to 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 66: Utilities

    2.4.3 Utilities This menu allows you to upgrade firmware, clear all settings, reboot the IP 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, 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 IP camera again. Reboot Device If you found the IP camera is responding slowly or behaves strange, you can click this button to try to reboot the IP camera, this may help.

  • Page 68: Status

    2.4.4 Status This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time, and network information.

  • Page 69: Account

    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 70 Modify Modify an existing user‟s information. You have to select a user from user list first. Remove Remove an existing user. You have to select a user from user list first. Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. Please note: only one user (including administrator) will be able to view the image of IP camera at the same time.
  • Page 71 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 72: Status

    2.5.1 Status Here shows the remaining card space for you.

  • Page 73: Space Alarm

    2.5.2 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 74 reserved and will not be used from dropdown menu. Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. You can click „Send a test email‟ button to send a test E-Mail by the configuration you set here.

  • Page 75: File Management

    2.5.3 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 76: Chapter Iii: Using Surveillance Software

    Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software 3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software The IP camera surveillance software provides various functions like video recording, after this software is installed, you can use your IP camera to safeguard your property. Please follow the following instructions to install the surveillance software.
  • Page 77 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 78 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 79 6. When you see this window, it means the software installing procedure is complete. Please click „Finish‟ to finish the procedure (IP camera surveillance software will start after you click „Finish‟ button, if you want to start it later, uncheck „Launch IPCam Surveillance Software‟ box).

  • Page 80: Using Ip Camera Surveillance Software

    3-2 Using IP camera surveillance software You can click „IPCam Surveillance Software‟ icon from desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software. Before you start: IP camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s resolution is ‘1024 x 768’.
  • Page 81 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 82 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 IP camera surveillance software. (stop surveillance) Minimize window Minimizes IP camera surveillance software window. Video displaying Displays the image of all cameras by the display layout area...

  • Page 83: Configure Ip Camera Surveillance Software

    3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software 3-3-1 Configure cameras Before you use this IP 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 84 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 85 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. Input the web port of the camera. By default it‟s „80‟. Web Port* Input the password of camera.
  • Page 86 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 87 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 88 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 89 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 IP camera surveillance software will not play the audio captured by this camera.
  • Page 90 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 91 when motion is camera. 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 92: General Settings

    3-3-2 General Settings You can set system-wide settings of this IP 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 93 Space Max Video File Defines the maximum file size of every video file. When Size the size of file exceeds this value, IP camera surveillance software will open another file to record the video. Scan Time Define the time period to pause between every camera switch when you activate „Scan‟...
  • Page 94 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 95 Select an email address from „Recipient E-Mail Address‟ Edit 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 96 3-3-2-3 Security If you don‟t want other people to access this IP 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 IP camera surveillance software: To set password, please use „Security‟...
  • Page 97 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 IP camera surveillance software...

  • Page 98: Change Display Layout

    3-4 Change Display Layout This IP 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 99 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 100 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 101: 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 102: 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 103: 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 button to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera‟s view, or click...

  • Page 104: 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 105: 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 106: 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 107: 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 108: Chapter Iv: Appendix

    Chapter IV: Appendix 4.1 Specification 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 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 109: Troubleshooting

    4.2 Troubleshooting If the IP 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 110 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 111 I set the IP camera a. If the image is send by Email, please make sure it‟s to send image by not blocked by any anti-spam mechanism. Email or FTP, but nothing is received b. Please make sure you have enough permission for FTP uploading (You can try this by clicking „Upload a test file‟...

  • Page 112: Obtain A Free Dyndns Account

    Obtain a free Dyndns account If your ISP is issuing dynamic (non-static) IP address to you and you can‟t connect to your IP camera when you‟re away from it, you can follow the following steps to obtain a free Dyndns account, which will provide you free IP address to host name mapping service: 1.
  • Page 113 3. Click „Create an Account‟ in pop-up menu. 4. Fill all fields appear in this menu, and click „Create Account‟ button to create a new account. You‟ll be prompted if the account you selected is not available.
  • Page 114 5. When you see this image, you‟ll receive an e-mail confirmation at the e-mail box you registered with dyndns.org. 6. Check your e-mail box and you should be able to get confirmation e-mail. Click the link to connect to dyndns.org website and complete registration procedure.
  • Page 115 7. When you see „Account Confirmed‟ webpage, indicates your dyndns.org account has been confirmed and activated. Now you can click „Create a dynamic DNS host within our Free domains‟ link to continue. 8. Click „Create Hostname‟ button.
  • Page 116 9. In this page: Input the hostname of your choice in „Hostname‟ field, Select a domain name in dropdown menu, Select „Host with IP address‟ for „Service Type‟, Input current IP address in „IP Address‟ field (or click the link below to use detected IP address to fill this field‟.
  • Page 117 11. Click „Next‟ to continue. 12. Click „Activate Services‟ to continue. 13. When you see this message, indicates your free dyndns.org hostname mapping service has been activated. You can go to chapter 2-2-3 to use your dyndns.org username, password, and hostname + domain name to locate your IP camera on Internet even you‟re using dynamic IP address!

  • Page 118: Use This Ipcam With A Router Or Firewall

    4.4 Use this IPCAM with a router or firewall If this IPCAM is not directly connected to Internet (behind router or firewall), you‟ll need to setup your router / firewall so you can access this IPCAM from other computers on Internet. The following instruction describes how to configure your router or firewall device so your IPCAM can work with them.

  • Page 119: Open Ports Required By Ip Cam

    3. Enable Dynamic DNS function, select „DynDNS‟ as service provider, and fill the information you obtained from Dyndns.org into Domain name, Account, and Password field (these field‟s name may different on your router). 4.4.2 Open Ports Required by IP CAM To access IP CAM located behind router or firewall, you must open ports on router or firewall so you can access IP CAM from Internet.
  • Page 120 IP CAM web configuration and view live image: 80 AV Control Port: 4321 RTSP: 554 and 50000 to 60000 Please note that if you changed the port number of web configuration / view or RTSP, you have to change the port forwarding setting for your router accordingly.

  • Page 121: Using Cellphone As Image Viewer

    4.5 Using Cellphone as Image Viewer You can use your cellphone to connect to this IP CAM and view captured image. Currently this IP CAM supports iPhone (Apple) and Google Android 4.5.1 iPhone 1. Launch Safari web browser 2. Input IP CAM‟s IP address / host name in safari‟s address bar in the following format: 111.222.333.444/ipcam.asp or hostname/ipcam.asp Please note that appending „/ipcam.asp‟...
  • Page 122 3. Enter user name & password for the Edimax IP camera. By default, user name is admin and password is 1234.
  • Page 123 4. You‟ll see the image of connected camera displayed on upper-left corner of quad-split screen. If you have more than one IP CAM, you can add other 3 IP CAMs to the quad-split screen. Click an unused corner and a yellow square will appear to indicate it‟s being marked, then click „Setting.

  • Page 124: Windows Vista / Windows 7 Uac Configuration

    4.6 Windows Vista / Windows 7 UAC Configuration When you attempt to save a snapshot or record video file, you will see UAC (User Account Control) pop-up notification window to restrict you from saving file like below: To avoid this from happening, you can: a.
  • Page 125 c. Add IP Camera‟s IP address to „Trusted sites‟ in Internet Explorer‟s security setting (RECOMMENDED) Input IP CAM’s IP address here!
  • Page 126 d. If you don‟t want to change Internet explorer‟s security setting, you can run Internet explorer as administrator as workaround.

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