Table of Contents INSTALLATION _______________________________________________ 1-1 Minimum System Requirements ___________________________________ 1-1 Preparation before setup _________________________________________ 1-2 1.2.1 Setup your PC network ________________________________________________ 1-2 Configuring the IP device_________________________________________ 1-7 1.3.1 Video Display _______________________________________________________ 1-9 1.3.2 Host Setting ________________________________________________________ 1-10 1.3.3 WAN Setting _______________________________________________________ 1-13 1.3.4 Date Setting ________________________________________________________ 1-16 1.3.5...
INSTALLATION 1.1 Minimum System Requirements Pentinum 4 2.4GHz and above Hard Disk 40 GB or above Memory 256 MB or above Windows XP with SP2 or above / Windows 2000 with SP4 or Operating System above Video Resolution SVGA or XGA with 1024x768 resolution...
1.2 Preparation before setup To configure your IP device, you have to use the Internet Explorer to login. Before that, your PC’s networks settings and the IP device’s IP address must be setup. Make sure all the connections are connected correctly, and then follow the procedures below to setup.
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The procedures below is the setup procedure of a PC using Windows XP as its OS. When running an OS other than Windows XP, please refer to the manual included with the OS. STEP1 Start up your PC. STEP2 Click the [Start] and select the "Control Panel"...
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STEP3 Double-click the "Network and Internet connections" icon. STEP4 Double-click the "Network connections" icon...
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STEP5 Click “Local Area Connections”, and then click “Change settings of this connection” in the network Task menu. STEP6 Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”, and then click the [Properties] button.
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STEP7 Click the “Use the following IP address” radio button and enter the IP address and the subnet mask. Please set the settings as below. IP address: 192.168. 0.xxx Subnet mask: 255.255.255. 0 (NOTE: xxx should be a number from 1 to 254, but 100 is excepted.) STEP8 Click the [OK] button and the window dialog box closes.
1.3 Configuring the IP device This section describes how to configure the IP device. The product administrator has unlimited access to all setup windows and normal users can only watch the live image. The IP device is configured under a standard browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or above).
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Once successfully login, the “Main Setup page” will be displayed as below.
1.3.1 Video Display This section tells you how to view live images via Internet Explorer. STEP1: Click the [Video Display] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Video Display page” is displayed as below. STEP2: Check the [Mute] checkbox to select mute enable/disable STEP3: Click the [Audio Out] checkbox to enable/disable audio output from control PC to IP device.
1.3.2 Host Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s host settings and LAN settings. STEP1: Click the [Host Setting] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Host setting page” is displayed as below. STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
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■ Host Setting Parameters Description Enter a host name, and this host name will be shown when you Host name use the IP utility or the SDK to search for the IP device. Select the language of default user-interface. Each user login Language will see the default user-interface first.
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■ ToS (Type of Service) Parameters Description Select the port for this IP device to use HTTP protocol. HTTP port Search server Select the port1 for this IP device to support search function of the application program (eg. IP utility). port1 Search server Select the port2 for this IP device to support search function of...
1.3.3 WAN Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s WAN, DNS server and DDNS server settings. STEP1: Click the [WAN Setting] on the “Main Setup page”. The “WAN setting page” is displayed as below STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
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■ WAN Setting Parameters Description The LAN and WAN in IP device are binned to one single IP configuration. All streaming traffics go through WAN by default. The Failover LAN will take over WAN's function when the WAN is linked down. As WAN is recovered, LAN release the streaming function to WAN.
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Enter the user name to login your DDNS service account. User name Enter the password to login your DDNS service account. Password STEP3: Click the [Apply] button of each setting to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters. NOTE: Check with your system administrator, if Client PC and IP device are setting in different VLANs, please connect to WAN port.
1.3.4 Date Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s date and time settings. STEP1: Click the [Date Setting] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Date setting page” is displayed as below STEP2: Configure these settings with reference to the table below. If you are still unsure what to set, contact your system administrator.
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NOTE: Once finished all settings, be sure to click the [Save Reboot] button, otherwise, some settings won’t take effect. Manually set date and time will be gone, if power off. 1-17...
1.3.5 Video Setting This section tells you how to setup IP device’s video and streaming settings. STEP1: Click the [Video Setting] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Video setting page” is displayed as below STEP2: Select streaming protocol [Version V1.0] (without audio function) or [Version V2.0] (with audio function), and click [Setting] button to config settings, or [Reset] button to re-enter the...
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■ Video setting of Version V1.0 ■ Video setting of Version V1.0 Parameters Description The camera name is reserved for customer use. Camera name Select the streaming mode in the LAN. You can select TCP (TCP/IP) mode or Multicast mode to send video streaming.
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might be lost. Select the video resolution of the IP device. Resolution Select the bit rate of the video streaming. You can select from 28Kbps to 3Mbps. Note: Lower bit rate consumes less bandwidth but Bitrate delivers lower quality images. High bit rate consumes more bandwidth but delivers higher quality images.
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■ Video setting of Version V2.0 ■ Video setting of Version V2.0 Parameters Description The camera name is reserved for customer use. Camera name Select the streaming mode. 1. TCP only 2. Multicast only 3. TCP & Multicast Streaming Method 4.
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Select video type connected to the video-in of this IP device. If you use an incorrect video type, some images IGMP might be lost. Select video type connected to the video-in of this IP device. If you use an incorrect video type, some images Analog video might be lost.
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Search Server Port1 & Search Server Port2, NOTE: If you change then you need to change ports in IP management software when searching for this IP device. Otherwise, you might not find this IP device in the network 1-23...
1.3.6 Event Setting This section tells you the related setting of event triggering. ■ Event setting Parameters Description FTP Server Set settings of FTP site Setting Set settings of SMTP SMTP Setting Select event number Event Select the trigger mode Trigger 1-24...
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Select the action mode Action Windows to show event settings Status Window STEP1: Click the [Apply] button of each setting to confirm the settings or click the [Reset] button to re-enter the parameters. 1-25...
1.3.7 Video Adjustment This section tells you how to adjust the streaming video. STEP1: Click the [Video Adjust] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Video adjust page” is displayed as below STEP2: Set the sensitivity of motion detection windows. STEP3: Adjust the video by changing the value of “Hue”, “Brightness”, “Saturation”...
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NOTE: You may find a support package for helping you on better video quality adjustment. Please visit our web site, and get the support document TS-00103. 1-27...
1.3.8 User Account Management This section tells you how to setup the accounts. STEP1: Click the [User account] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Account management page” is displayed as below STEP2: Setup the account names and their respective passwords. There are 1 root (administrator) account and 10 common user...
1.3.9 System Info This section tells you how to see the system information of this IP device including system information, WAN status and system log. STEP1: Click the [System info] on the “Main Setup page”. The “System information page” is displayed as below STEP2: View the information at the 3 columns.
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of the IP device. STEP4: Click [Server Report] to export related information of the IP device while reporting a support to your support channel. 1-30...
1.3.10 Firmware Upgrade This section tells you how to see update IP device’s firmware. You can always visit our web site for the latest firmware. STEP1: Click the [Firmware] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Firmware upgrade page-1” is displayed as below STEP2: Click [Apply] button.
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NOTE: The version of the firmware image and the MD5 file to be uploaded must be the same, otherwise, the firmware upgrading will fail and the IP device will continue using previous firmware version. STEP3: Click the [Upload] button to start upgrading or click the [Reset] to re-select the files.
1.3.11 Factory Default This section tells you how to see load IP device’s factory default setting. STEP1: Click the [Factory Default] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Factory default setting page” is displayed as below STEP2: Click the [Apply] button to go to loading confirmation page or click the [Reset] button to exit to previous page.
1.3.12 Save Reboot This section tells you how to save all the settings and reboot this IP device. This is critical because some settings might not take effect before save and reboot. STEP1: Click the [Save and reboot] on the “Main Setup page”. The “Save and reboot page”...
1.3.13 Logout This section tells you how to logout the IP device. Be sure to logout this IP device once your setting is completed. STEP1: Click the [Logout] on the “Main Setup page”. You will logout and return to the “Login Page” displayed as below. 1-35...
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