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Model XX52A
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  • Page 1 Outdoor Wireless/Wired P2P Network Camera Model XX52A User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................3   1.1 F ......................................4   EATURES 1.2 P ....................................... 4   ACKING 1.3 P ....................................5   RODUCT IEWS 1.4 PC S ................................. 7   YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 1.5 H ................................... 7   ARDWARE NSTALLATION 1.6 S ..................................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1. INTRODUCTION It is recommended that you first read the Quick Setup Guide. This shows you how to set up your camera using Peer to Peer (P2P). This setup method is extremely fast and easy, and will get you set up in a matter of minutes.

  • Page 4: Features

    1.1 Features ☆Powerful high-speed video protocol processor ☆High-sensitivity 1/4’’ CMOS sensor ☆Picture total 300K pixels ☆Optimized MJPEG video compression for transmission ☆Multi-level user management and passwords definition ☆Embedded Web Server for users to visit by IE ☆Supports wireless network (WI-FI/802.11/b/g) ☆Supports Dynamic IP (DDNS) and UPNP LAN and Internet (ADSL, Cable Modem) ☆Gives alarm in case of motion detection ☆Supports Peer to Peer (P2P)

  • Page 5: Product Views

    1.3 Product Views 1.3.1 Front View Figure 1.1 Light Sensitive Hole: For light sensitive photocell. Infrared LEDs: For night Vision. LENS: CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens. (3.6mm). Antenna: WI-FI Antenna. Sliding Shell: For protection from sun and waterproofing. 1.3.2 Connections Figure 1.2...

  • Page 6: Bottom View

    Network Indicator LED: The green LED is on when connected to the network, the yellow LED blinks when data is transferred. RJ45 Port: RJ-45/10-100 base T, connect the network cable here. Power Jack: DC 5V/2A power supply. RESET BUTTON: Press and hold the RESET BUTTON for 30 Seconds to reset the camera back to the factory default settings.

  • Page 7: Pc System Requirements

    1.4 PC System Requirements System configuration requirements: CPU: 2.06 GHZ or above. Memory: 256M or above. Network Card: 10M or above. Display Card: 64M or above memory. Recommendable Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7. 1.5 Hardware Installation You need to set up your camera using a network cable (wired) first before you attempt to use it wirelessly. It is recommended that you set the camera up indoors first, before routing the cables through an external wall to mount it outdoors.

  • Page 8: Software Installation

    1.6 Software Installation Attention: In order to make the installation correctly, we suggest that you turn off your Firewall and Antivirus software before installing ActiveX. Correct software installation is essential to the successful use of this product. Install the following software: 1.

  • Page 9: Software Operation

    Figure 1.8 After this is done, the icon “IP Camera Tool” will be displayed on your desktop . CAUTION: Before installing and using the product, please read the following precautions carefully and make sure they are fully understood. Use only the power adaptor included with the product. Use of an unauthorized power adapter may cause damage to your IP Camera.
  • Page 10 Figure 1.9 Note: The software searches IP Servers automatically over your LAN. There are 3 cases: 1. No IP Cameras found within LAN. After about 1 minute search, the Result Field will show “not found IP Server” and the program shut down automatically. 2.

  • Page 11: Basic Properties

    2.1.1 .1 Basic Properties There is some device information in the Basic Properties, such as Device ID, System Firmware Version, and Web UI Version.（Figure 2.1). The Device ID is the camera’s MAC ID, which should be the same as shown on the sticker on the bottom of the camera.

  • Page 12: Upgrade Firmware

    Obtain IP from DHCP server: If clicked, the device will obtain IP from DHCP server. In other words, the camera will have a dynamic IP. (Make sure the Router which the camera connects to has DHCP function and DHCP is enabled).

  • Page 13: Refresh Camera List

    Figure 2.4 Please download the firmware package for the correct type of your camera before you upgrade. Follow the upgrade document carefully to upgrade. Please see readme file first before you upgrade. CAUTION: You should not upgrade the firmware unnecessarily. It is possible to damage the camera if a mistake is made during the upgrade.
  • Page 14 Figure 2.5 Figure 2.6 The default user name is admin, no password (leave blank). Input the correct user name and password, the Sign In interface will pop-up. There are three models to login (figure 2.7). Figure 2.7 (1) Active Mode (For IE Browser): available in IE 6.0 or above. (2) “Server Push Mode”: available in Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome browser.

  • Page 15: For Ie Browser

    2.3 For IE Browser Choose ActiveX Mode (For IE Browser), and sign in. Download Active X and install if required. Figure 2.8 Figure 2.9 The first time you login to the camera, you might get an ActiveX prompt as in the picture above, please click the prompt and choose Run Add-on, refresh and login to the camera again, then will see live video, as in Figure 3.0.
  • Page 16 Figure 3.0 Note: If there is still no live video after you run ActiveX, and a red cross shows in the center of the screen, or even just a black screen, please try to enable the ActiveX options of IE security settings. Please do the following steps: 1.
  • Page 17 Figure 1.4 Click OK and restart the browser. You can also click “Start” menu->“Internet Explorer”, and choose “Internet attributes”, or via “Control Panel” ->“Internet Explorer”, to access Security settings. NOTE: Make sure that your firewall or anti-virus software doesn’t block the software or ActiveX. If you couldn’t see live video, please close your firewall or anti-virus software, and try again.

  • Page 18: For Safari, Firefox, And Google Browser

    2.4 For Safari, Firefox, and Google Browser Choose Server Push Mode (For Safari, Firefox, and Google Browser), and sign in. Server Push Mode doesn’t support ActiveX, so some functions are not available, such as Play, Stop, Record, etc. If you want to use these functions, please use IE browser . Figure 3.3...

  • Page 19: For Mobile Phone

    2.5 For Mobile Phone Choose Sign in mobile phone, and sign in. Mobile phone doesn’t support ActiveX, only some basic functions can be available in this mode. It supports iPhone, Smart phone, 3G phone etc. Normally, if the mobile phone supports network video, then it can work with our IP Camera.
  • Page 20 Figure 3.5 Channels: The IE software supports 9 channels. Click to get different windows. Click this one to view the main channel of the camera you login to. Click this one to view 4 Channels of cameras that are connected, from CH1 to CH4. Click this one to view 9 Channels of cameras that are connected, from CH1 to CH9.

  • Page 21: Osd Settings

    Figure 3.6 OSD Settings:   Figure 3.7 OSD: Means “On-Screen Display”, click “Video” > “OSD”, set display date and time on the video. Disabled: Clicking this one means clear the OSD. Color: Can set the OSD text color as black, yellow, red, white, blue etc. Add time stamp on record: if you click this, there will be time OSD on record video files.

  • Page 22: Top Menu

    Rate and Resolution: Rate: Set video frame here, from “full-speed to 1fp/5s”. (Figure 3.9) Resolution: Set the resolution to be 160*120, VGA(640*480), QVGA (320*240). (Figure 4.0). NOTE: When doing recording, Rate and Resolution parameter settings is very helpful for getting small size record files, the lower parameter to get the smaller file.

  • Page 23: For Operator

    2.8 For Operator When you login as Operator, you can enter the IP Camera for Operator. For operator, it not only supports all the functions for Visitor, but also supports these functions below: Figure 4.2 Video Settings  Figure 4.3 Reversal: Click this icon to reverse (flip) the image.

  • Page 24: For Administrator

    Mode, Bright, Contrast Settings  Figure 4.4 Mode: This mode is optional, 50HZ/60HZ for the users who use 50HZ/60HZ frequency, outdoor for users who want to use the camera to monitor an outdoor environment. Bright: Set the parameters to adjust the image quality of the video. Click to adjust the value.

  • Page 25: Settings As Administrator

    3 SETTINGS AS ADMINISTRATOR Administrator supports all the settings and operations of the camera. There are some special functions only for administrator as below: Figure 4.5 3.1 Multi-Device Settings    Figure 4.6 Multi-Device Settings This camera can support max. 9 channels device at the same time.
  • Page 26 3.1.1 Set Multi-Device in LAN In the Multi-Device Settings page, you can see all devices searched in LAN. The 1st device is the default one. You can add more cameras listed in LAN for monitoring. This web software supports up to 9 IP Cameras online simultaneously.
  • Page 27 Figure 4.8 Figure 4.9 3.1.2 Set Multi-Device for WAN If you want to view cameras from internet, you have to add these devices by DDNS domain name. Make sure all these cameras you want to add have DDNS set successfully. (See 3.7 DDNS Service Settings) Login the first camera by DDNS domain name and port, this camera will be as the host camera.
  • Page 28 Figure 5.0 Click Multi-Device, select Multi-Device Settings. Choose the 2nd Device; fill in the 2nd camera’s Alias, Host, Http Port, User, Password, click Add. Set more devices in the same way, after all done, click Submit. NOTE: The Alias is optional; you can set the alias as you wish. The Host must be the camera’s DDNS domain name, and without “http://”, it’s not the LAN IP address.
  • Page 29 Figure 5.2 Click Live Video and then selec t to see four channels, or to see nine channels. In this case, you can see all the cameras from a remote position by internet, for example, if you are on a business trip, you can use the first camera’s (Host camera) DDNS to view all the devices via the internet.

  • Page 30: Upgrade Device Firmware

    3.1.3 Upgrade Device Firmware If you want to upgrade the camera, please upgrade Device Firmware first, then upgrade Web UI. Click Browse and choose correct bin file, then click Submit to do upgrading. NOTE: Before doing an upgrade via Browser, please make sure the IP Camera Tool of your computer could find the camera’s IP.

  • Page 31: Network Settings

    Figure 5.6 3.2 Network Settings Click Network, will pop-up the prompt as below: Figure 5.7 3.3 Basic Network Settings Here you can set the camera’s IP address; i.e., set the static IP address of the camera manually. You can also do the same settings from IP Camera Tool. (Figure 2.3).  ...
  • Page 32 Figure 5.9 Figure 6.0 If you don’t know the DNS Server, you can set it the same as Gateway. If the router supports DHCP function, you can choose “Obtain IP from DHCP Server” to get dynamic IP. Figure 6.1...

  • Page 33: Wireless Lan Settings

    Http Port: In most cases, you can leave this value as-is. However, if your Internet Service Provider blocks this port, you may change it to another port number such as 8060. 3.4 Wireless LAN Settings  Figure 6.2 You should set up your camera using a network cable (wired) first before you attempt to use it wirelessly. (See Hardware Installation).
  • Page 34 Figure 6.4 Figure 6.5 Figure 6.6...

  • Page 35: Adsl Settings

    3.5 ADSL Settings When connected to the Internet through ADSL directly, you can enter the ADSL username And password obtained from ISP.  Figure 6.7 3.6 UPnP Settings Click UPnP Settings to choose Using UPnP to Map Port:  Figure 6.8 Select it and click Submit, then the camera will support UPnP port forwarding automatically.

  • Page 36: Ddns Service Settings

    3.7 DDNS Service Settings  Figure 7.0 There are 2 options: Manufacturer’s DDNS: This domain is provided by the manufacturer. Third Party DDNS: This domain is provided by the third party, such as Dyndns, Oray, 3322 etc. Figure 7.1 Third Party DDNS If you use third party DDNS, please choose the server you use, such as “3322.org”...
  • Page 37 Figure 7.3 You have to register an account first, enter the user, password, and host. NOTE: Only one DDNS can be chosen, for example, if you use the manufacturer’s DDNS, the third party one won’t work, if you use the third party DDNS, the manufacturer’s one won’t work. To change the camera’s port.
  • Page 38 This is the most important step. You need to set port forwarding in your router, to refer to the IP of your camera correctly, for DDNS to work. There are so many kinds of routers, so it’s difficult to show fixed steps, but here are some samples of different router’s port forwarding settings, just for reference: TP-LINK:...
  • Page 39 Figure 7.6 DLINK: 1. Login to the router. 2. Choose “Advanced”, select “Virtual Servers” 3. Input the port, IP address, Protocol, then click save. NOTE: The “public port” & “private port” should be the same as camera’s port, choose the protocol to be “both”.

  • Page 40: P2P Settings

    Figure 7.8 Figure 7.9 3.8 P2P settings Check P2P information here, using the GUID, you can view the camera via iPhone, or Android phone at any time, from anywhere,  when connected to the network.  You can set your own user name and password here. ...

  • Page 41: System Settings

    3.9 System Settings  Figure 8.0 3.9.1 Device Info You can find the information about Device ID, Firmware Version, Embedded Web UI Version, Alias, Alarm Status, DDNS Status, UPnP Status and MSN status. Figure 8.1 3.10 Alias Settings Default device name is anonymous. You set any new name for your camera here, then click Submit . Figure 8.2...

  • Page 42: Date &Time Settings

    3.11 Date &Time Settings Set the date and time for your camera. Choose the Clock Time zone of your country. You can choose Sync with NTP Server (Figure 8.3) or Sync with PC Time (Figure 8.4). Figure 8.3 Figure 8.4 3.12 Users Settings Eight accounts are acceptable for this system.

  • Page 43: Backup & Restore

    Figure 8.5 3.13 Backup & Restore Figure 8.7 1）Backup: Backup IP Camera all the Parameter, if you want to save all the current settings that you have set already, you can click Submit, then all the parameters you set will store as a parameters bin file. 2）Restore: Restore IP Camera all the Parameter, if you want to change the camera’s settings to a certain status which has a backup, click Browse to load the bin file, then Submit it.

  • Page 44: Other Settings

    MSN Settings NOTE: Set the port forwarding successfully before setting MSN (Refer to port forwarding in DDNS settings). Then get to the MSN settings page, fill in the correct user name and password, add the MSN buddy, max. up to 10 friends, after submit, the user will be shown in your MSN friend list.

  • Page 45: Mail Service Settings

    3.15 Mail Service Settings Set Mail Service Settings to enable the camera to send e-mail alerts when motion is detected. Figure 9.0 Sender: Make sure the sender mailbox server provider supports SMTP, and the mailbox should not enable SSL or TSL encryption. Receiver: Here you can set four receivers.

  • Page 46: Ftp Service Settings

    If it prompts these following errors when you click Test. Please check that the information you filled in is correct and try it again. 1) Cannot connect to the server. 2) Network Error. Please try later. 3) Server Error. 4) Incorrect user or password. 5) The sender is denied by the server.

  • Page 47: Alarm Service Settings

    FTP Upload Folder: Make sure that the folder you plan to store images in exists. The camera cannot create the folder itself. Also, the folder must be erasable. FTP Mode: It supports standard (POST) mode and passive (PASV) mode. Upload Image Now: It will upload images when you selected it. Here Upload Interval refers to the time between the current image and the next image.

  • Page 48: Motion Detect Sensitivity

    3.17.1 Motion Detect Armed If you enable Motion Detect Armed, it will record and make a sound of alarm when there is motion detected. Figure 9.6 After you enable motion detect armed, if there is motion detected, the Alarm Status will turn to Motion Detect Alarm.

  • Page 49: Send Mail On Alarm

    Figure 9.8 3.18 Send Mail on Alarm When chosen, it will send picture and e-mail to your e-mail once alarmed. (First you should finish the e-mail Service Settings. Figure 9.0). NOTE: Usually 6 snapshots will be sent by one e-mail to your mailbox for each alarm triggered. Each alarm will last for 60 seconds.

  • Page 50: Path Settings

    Sound on Alarm When motion is detected, there will be a beep sound during the alarm, you can control this sound here. If Enabled, there will be sound once alarmed. If Canceled, there will be no sound once alarmed. Record on Alarm If you want the camera do recording for every alarm, choose Record on Alarm to enable it.
  • Page 51 Figure 10.7 Record Path: Here you can set the manually record path. Click then start manual recording, the record file will be saved to the specified path you set here. Alarm Record Path: Here you can set the alarm record path. When motion is detected, and record enabled, it will start alarm record automatically, the record file will be saved to the specified path you set here .

  • Page 52: Server Push Mode (For Safari, Firefox, And Google Browser)

    3.20 Server Push Mode (For Safari, FireFox, and Google Browser) Choose Server Push Mode, login the camera, you will see the main user interface as below: Figure 11.0 NOTE: Server Push Mode does not support ActiveX. Play, Stop, Record, Multi-device settings, Path settings functions are controlled by ActiveX, so if you use Safari, Firefox, Google chrome browser, it is not possible to use these options.

  • Page 53: Sign In Mobile Phone

    3.21 Sign in mobile phone If you are using a mobile phone, choose Sign in mobile phone, login the camera, you will see the main user interface as below: Figure 11.1 NOTE: Mobile phone Mode doesn’t support ActiveX. In mobile phone mode, it only supports some simple functions, such as Resolution, Mode, Bright, Contrast, Snapshot, Reversal, Mirror functions.

  • Page 54: Appendix

    4. APPENDIX 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Note: For most problems you might encounter, please check Network connections first. Check the working status revealed by the indicators on the network server, hub, exchange and network card. If abnormal, check the network connections. 4.1.1 I have forgotten the administrator username and/or password.
  • Page 55 4.1.6 UPnP always fails UPnP only contains port forwarding in our recent software. Sometimes, it might fail to do port forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus software. It also relates to your router’s security settings. So we recommend you do port forwarding manually. You can view your camera via the Internet successfully after you do port forwarding manually in your router.

  • Page 56: Problems With Network Bandwidth

    4.1.13 There’s no picture (Problems with ActiveX Controller) If using IE browser to connect the camera for the first time, and there is no image displayed, you might need to install ActiveX. You need to change some browser settings to enable ActiveX. (See: For IE Browser). 4.1.14 Problems with network bandwidth The image frame rate is subject to the following factors: 1.

  • Page 57: Specifications

    5. SPECIFICATIONS Model XX52A Image Sensor Sensor 1/4” Color CMOS Sensor Resolution 640 x 480 Pixels (300K Pixels) IR Lens 3.6mm, F 2.0 90° Diagonally, 68° Horizontally Viewing Angle Minimum Illumination 0.5Lux @ F2.0 Video/Image Setting Video Compression MJPEG Video Frame Rate...

  • Page 58: Obtaining Technical Support

    NOTE: Modifications to this product will void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. X10 AIRSIGHT 90 Day Limited Warranty X10.com, a division of Authinx Inc., warrants this product to be free from defective material and workmanship for a period of 90 days from the original date of purchase at retail.

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