Physical Description ................ 8 Basic Connections ................9 Accessing the Camera Configure the IP Addresses ............10 Using DHCP Server to Assign IP Addresses ........ 10 Using the Default Camera IP Address .......... 12 Access the Camera ................. 14 www.acti.com...
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This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B Information Technology Equipment according to European Standard EN 55022 and EN 55024. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which cause the user may be required to take adequate measures. www.acti.com...
Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this video product, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine if the video product is in proper operating condition. www.acti.com...
Hardware Manual Introduction List of Models This hardware manual contains the following models: 1MP Cube with Basic WDR, Fixed lens 3MP Cube with Basic WDR, Fixed lens 5MP Cube with Basic WDR, Fixed lens www.acti.com...
The unit will start up with factory default settings automatically. 4) Ethernet Port The IP device connects to the Ethernet via a standard RJ45 connector. Supporting NWAY, this IP device can auto detect the speed of local network segment (10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet). www.acti.com...
Please use a PoE (Power over Ethernet) supported switch or injector: 1) Connect your IP Camera to the PoE Switch / Injector by CAT5 or CAT6 cables with RJ45 connector. 2) Connect your PoE Switch / Injector to PC with another CAT5 / CAT6 network cable. www.acti.com...
Windows system – just by pressing the “Network” icon, all the cameras of the local area network will be discovered by Windows thanks to the UPnP function support of our cameras. In the example below, we successfully found the camera that we had just connected to the network. www.acti.com...
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The IP Utility can be downloaded for free from http://www.acti.com/IP_Utility With just one click, you can launch the IP Utility and there will be an instant report as follows: You can quickly see the camera model in the list. Click on the IP address to automatically launch the default browser of the PC with the IP address of the target camera filled in the address bar of the browser already.
PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera. Manually adjust the IP address of the PC: In the following example, based on Windows 7, we will configure the IP address to 192.168.0.99 and set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 by using the steps below: www.acti.com...
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In such case, please plug in only one camera at a time, and change its IP address by using the Web browser before plugging in the next one. This way, the Web browser will not be confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time. www.acti.com...
When using Internet Explorer browser, the ActiveX control for video stream management will be downloaded from the camera directly – the user just has to accept the use of such control when prompted so. No other third party utilities are required to be installed in such case. www.acti.com...
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HTTP port of the camera is 80, which can be omitted from the address for convenience. Before logging in, you need to know the factory default Account and Password of the camera. Account: Admin Password: 123456 www.acti.com...
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Hardware Manual To check the firmware version through the Web Configurator, access the Setup page and click System > System Info. For further operations, please refer to the Firmware User Manual. www.acti.com...