F210A &F312A User Manual - CONTENT - CHAPTER 1 AFETY INSTRUCTION..............1 CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT & PRODUCT FEATURE ....3 2.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ................3 2.2. PRODUCT FEATURE ...................4 CHAPTER 3 USING IP CAMERA VIA WEB BROWSER ........5 3.1. WINDOWS WEB BROWSER...............5 3.2.
F210A &F312A User Manual AFETY INSTRUCTION Chapter 1 Before you use this product This product has been designed with safety in mind. However, the electrical products can cause fires which may lead to serious body injury if not used properly. To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following.
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F210A &F312A User Manual In case of a breakdown In case of system breakdown, discontinue use and contact your authorized dealer. In case of abnormal operation If the unit emits smoke or an unusual smell, If water or other foreign objects enter the cabinet, or ...
F210A &F312A User Manual Chapter 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT & PRODUCT FEATURE 2.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENT We strongly recommend your computers follow our minimum requirements in order to use this IP-Camera normally. If computer level is lower than this, it might cause some problems.
F210A &F312A User Manual 2.2. PRODUCT FEATURE SYSTEM MPEG-4 / Motion JPEG / JPEG: 2 resolutions from 640x480 to 320x240 via API and configuration web Resolutions page MPEG-4 / Motion JPEG / JPEG Compressing format MPEG-4: Up to 30 fps at 640x480...
F210A &F312A User Manual Chapter 3 USING IP CAMERA VIA WEB BROWSER 3.1. WINDOWS WEB BROWSER 1. Start your web browser, and enter the IP address or host name of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser.
F210A &F312A User Manual 3.2. MAC WEB BROWSER 1. Click the Safari icon, and enter the IP address of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser. Note : If you only want to view the video without setting page, enter “http://<IP>/index2.htm”...
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F210A &F312A User Manual 3. The monitor image will be displayed in your browser. In the far left side of main configuration are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup. For more details, you can check Chapter 6.2、Chapter 6.3 and Chapter 6.4.
Chapter 4 USING IP CAMERA VIA MOBILE PHONE 4.1. MOBILE PHONE VIEWING You can use Zavio Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below. Then you can use Zavio web UI via iPhone. 1. Select Safari function 2.
F210A &F312A User Manual 4.2. USING IP CAMERA VIA IPHONE To use IP cameras via mobile phones, please make sure your RTSP is set to “On” (Default is “On”). To change the settings of IP cameras, Please check “Settings →...
F210A &F312A User Manual Chapter 5 MSN MESSENGER Please see the following steps to set up the Messenger function. 1. Application of a new MSN account: You can download MSN software freely and create a new MSN account (camera at home) to use Microsoft Live Messenger.
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F210A &F312A User Manual 6. The Camera at home will show up with its Public IP and Private IP after enter “Ping” in the lower key-in column to show up with Public IP and Private IP. (If the option of IP Notification is “On.”) 7.
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F210A &F312A User Manual 9. Click Action button and choose Start control panel to use control panel. 10. The dialog box will show up with “This application is not part if Window Live Message…….” Tick the box of “Don’t show me this again” and click OK...
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F210A &F312A User Manual 11. The IP Camera will accept your invitation to start Control Panel. 12. You can click Camera icon to snapshot then the picture will send to you immediately. Snapshot...
F210A &F312A User Manual 13. You can click paint palette icon showing up with tool bar to set up image. Then, you can use the tool bar to optimize video Brightness , Contrast Saturation and Hue . After the adjustment of all setting, you can still click to make the setting back to the original setting.
F210A &F312A User Manual Chapter 6 CONFIGURATION OF MAIN MENU In the far left side of main configuration are Setting, Client Setting, Image Setup. Please see the content behind for more details. In the right hand side of the below picture, you can see the Live View screen of web user interface.
F210A &F312A User Manual 6.1.2. Zoom in / out the image via the monitor window Click to display the digital zoom in window. Pull the to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be showed on the above window.
F210A &F312A User Manual 6.1.4. Audio Buttons Note Symbols Meaning mean the speakers of your computer are Speakers turned on turned on to transmit the sounds from the connected IP camera(s) Speakers turned off mean you can broadcast to the connected...
F210A &F312A User Manual 6.3. CLIENT SETTING This function is only for the client. Click this button to control Mode, View Size, Protocol, and Video Buffer. 6.3.1 Mode Click the pull-down box to choose between MPEG-4 MJPEG, and JPEG video compression mode.
F210A &F312A User Manual 6.4. IMAGE SETUP You can use the tool bar to optimize video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue. 6.4.1 Brightness The higher value the brightness is, the brighter the image is. 6.4.2 Contrast The contrast is a measure of a display system, defined as the ratio of white to black that the system is capable of producing.
F210A &F312A User Manual Chapter 7 SETTING-BASIC Click the folder of Basic to display the sub folders including System, Camera, Network, and Security. 7.1. SYSTEM Click the folder of System to display the sub-folders including Information, Date / Time, and Initialize.
F210A &F312A User Manual Current Date / Time: This displays the current date and time of this IP Camera. PC Clock: This displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock. Date / Time Format: You can click the pull down box to select different time display formats.
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F210A &F312A User Manual Reboot: Click this bottom to reboot. A confirmation dialogue will appear and then click “OK” to process. It takes two minutes to reboot this IP Camera. Factory Default: Click this bottom to reset this IP Camera to the factory default setting.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.2. CAMERA Click the folder of Camera to display the sub folders including General, MPEG4 and MJPEG. 7.2.1. General RTSP : Switch RTSP “On” or “Off.” The default value is 554. Note: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is a protocol for use in streaming media system which allows clients to remotely control a streaming video server.
F210A &F312A User Manual select Auto mode, you can adjust threshold for LED Auto-On and Auto-Off respectively. In the right hand side of threshold, if the tool bar is closer to the right, the LED will auto-on easily in the dark environment. Conversely, in the left hand side of threshold, if the tool bar is more approach to the left, the LEDs will auto-off easily in the bright environment.
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F210A &F312A User Manual Multicast Address: Specify the multicast server address. Video / Audio Port: Specify the transmission port number of the video data. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Time to Live: Set the maximum TTL that multicast can pass through.
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F210A &F312A User Manual If RTSP is ON, the option of Viewer Authentication & Multicast Streaming will appear. (Please check “Setting → Basic → Camera → General ”) Note: If RTSP is off, Mobile View will be disabled. Viewer Authentication: If the viewer authentication is On, the users will be requested to key-in username and password when viewing through RTSP.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.2.3. MJPEG If RTSP is OFF, the option of Image Size & Frame Rate & Quality will appear. (Please check “Setting → Basic → Camera → General ”) Image Size: Specify the image size when the network camera transmits.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.3. NETWORK Click the folder of Network to display the sub folders including Information, PPPoE, DDNS, UPnP, Bonjour, IP Notification, Wireless(for wireless models) and Messenger. 7.3.1. INFORMATION Display the MAC address of the device. Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP): If a DHCP server is installed on the network, to select this while the IP address is assigned by the DHCP server.
F210A &F312A User Manual Use the following IP address: Select this when the fixed IP address is set. IP address: Enter the IP address of the device. Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask. Default gateway: Enter the default gateway.
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F210A &F312A User Manual IP Address: The IP address obtained at the PPPoE connecting with network. User ID: Enter the user ID for authentication necessary for PPPoE connections. Type it up to 64 characters. Password: Enter the password for authentication necessary for PPPoE connections.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.3.3. DDNS(Dynamic DNS) DDNS is a system which allows the domain name data held in a name server to be updated in real time. The most common use for DDNS is allowing an internet domain name to be assigned to a computer with a varying / dynamic IP Address. This makes it possible for other sites on the internet to establish connection to the machine without needing to track the IP Address themselves.
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F210A &F312A User Manual Note : How to apply DDNS username and Host name?? You can apply DDNS username and Host name by the following steps: 1. Login http://www.dyndns.org, click the Create Account 2. Input all information and follow step by step with DynDNS.
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F210A &F312A User Manual 3. Login with new account and click Account → My Hosts → Add Host Services 4. Type domain in the Hostname field and select sub-domain...
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F210A &F312A User Manual 5. After type information, check your DDNS service. 6. Type your DDNS User ID, Password and Host name in Setting → Network → DDNS. After completing setting, reboot IP Camera.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.3.4. UPnP(Universal Plug and Play) You can select UPnP function “On” or “Off”. If a ROUTER is used to access to internet and it supports UPnP IGD function, please turn on the UPnP Port Forwarding function.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.3.5. Bonjour Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.
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F210A &F312A User Manual the IP address of the SMTP server. SMTP Server Port: You can set port number from 1~65535 according to your mail server. The default value is 25. Security setting: Tick SSL box if the mail server you use has security ...
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.3.7. Wireless (only for F312A) The wireless network has to be set up by using cable network connection. After setting the camera correctly, the wireless function can work with cable network connection. Wireless settings must be the same as the access point or ad-hoc device.
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F210A &F312A User Manual Ad-Hoc (another client). Security - Shows which type of security the network uses. See below for the security types supported by the camera. Channel - Shows the wireless channel currently in use. Signal strength - Shows the signal strength.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.3.8. Messenger If Messenger option is selected On, you can set out the setting of MSN account. Messenger function provide an easy-connect feature. User can easy to know what camera’s private and public IP address is.
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F210A &F312A User Manual Protocol: support MSN only. Login Account: Camera will use this account to login MSN server. This MSN account should be applied form http://www.msn.com. Password: password for this msn account. Re-type password: re-type password to double confirm.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.4. SECURITY Click the folder of Security to display the sub folders including Account and HTTPS. 7.4.1. Account The device fault account and password setting is “admin / admin”. That means everyone who knows IP address can access the device including all configuration. It is necessary to assign a password if the device is intended to be accessed by others.
F210A &F312A User Manual 7.4.2. HTTPS HTTPS is a URI scheme used to indicate a secure HTTP connection. It is syntactically identical to the http:// scheme normally used for accessing resources using HTTP. Using an https: //URL/ with a different default TCP port (443) and an additional encryption / authentication layer between the HTTP and TCP.
F210A &F312A User Manual Chapter 8 SETTING-ADVANCE Click the folder of Advance to display the sub folders including FTP client, SMTP, Schedule, Motion detection and System Log. 8.1. FTP CLIENT Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an FTP server. By using FTP client function, you can send the image file which has been shot and recorded linked with the built-in motion detection function to FTP server.
F210A &F312A User Manual Retype password: To confirm the password, type the same characters as you typed in the Password box. Passive mode: Set whether you use the passive mode of FTP server or not when connecting to FTP server. Select On to connect to FTP server using the passive mode.
F210A &F312A User Manual Sequence number clear: Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number returns to 1. Alarm Motion Detection: Click it on for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set motion detection function at the motion detection function page.
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F210A &F312A User Manual Image file name: Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). Suffix: Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent by SMTP.
F210A &F312A User Manual 8.2. SMTP Set the SMTP menu when you want to send an image via e-mail. By using Mail (SMTP) function, you can send a mail with attached image file which has been shot linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function.
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F210A &F312A User Manual Security setting: Tick SSL box if the mail server you use has security restriction. Note: If you use g-mail as your mail server, you should set 587 as your port number and tick SSL box.
F210A &F312A User Manual 8.2.2. Alarm Sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the built-in motion detection function. Select On to send the image file to SMTP server linked with the alarm detection. Alarm sending: Select On to set to send mail with connection to the alarm detection.
F210A &F312A User Manual to 1. Alarm Motion Detection: Click it on for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set motion detection function at the motion detection function page. Note: You can set motion detection at motion detection page. (Please go “Setting →...
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F210A &F312A User Manual Image file name: Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score). Suffix: Select a suffix to be added to the file name sent by SMTP.
F210A &F312A User Manual 8.3. HTTP EVENT Set up this menu for sending commands to an HTTP server. By using HTTP client function, you can send the command defined by yourself, linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function to HTTP server. HTTP Event setting menu is composed of two tabs, General and Alarm sending.
F210A &F312A User Manual 8.4. SCHEDULE When you click Schedule on the Advance mode menu, the Schedule setting menu appears. This is the same menu as the setting menu which is displayed when you click Schedule to set Effective period and Schedule in FTP client setting menu, and E-Mail (SMTP) setting menu.
F210A &F312A User Manual 8.5. MOTION DETECTION There are three Motion Detection functions as sensors to set for different detecting zones. Each one has Threshold and Sensitivity inputs which you can adjust to specific zone sequentially. Motion Detection function can support to FTP, SMTP and Alarm output for capturing and sending images or starting alarm output.
F210A &F312A User Manual 8.6. SYSTEM LOG The System Log function allows users to review any changes and events happened. The system starts logging automatically after started. Enable remote log: Enables user to send the log data to a specified log server.
F210A &F312A User Manual APPENDIX A. FRAME-RATE AND BITRATE TABLE Help to set IPCamera with your network environment to access Internet. Base on your network UPLOAD environment to choose the suitable Image-Quality setting. For example, if the network environment is ADSL 256Kb/s(upload) / 2Mb/s(download), the most fluent Image-Quality needs to set up under 256 Kb situation.
F210A &F312A User Manual B. STORAGE REQUIREMENT TABLE Help to set Recording Storage System. Please refer to the following table to find out the capability for recording into your hard disk. B.1. MPEG4 Storage Requirement GB / channel / day @ 30fps...
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F210A &F312A User Manual 320*240 160*120 1024 10.0 160*120 1024 160*120 160*120 160*120 160*120 B.4. MJPEG Storage Requirement GB / channel / day @ 15fps Quality 640*480 320*240 160*120 Excellent 42.2 15.8 Detailed 25.3 Good 16.9 Standard 13.7 Medium B.5. MJPEG Storage Requirement GB / channel / day...
F210A &F312A User Manual C. TESTING SYSTEM SPECIFICATION MainConsole Version 2.6.4 Professional Software: AMD Athlon 64*2 @3600+MHz CPU: 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM ) Memory: VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter Ethernet: ST3250620A (250 GB) Hard Disk: ATI Technologies Inc EAX1600 Series...
F210A &F312A User Manual EUROPE – EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This device complies with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. The following test methods have been applied in order to prove presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive...
F210A &F312A User Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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F210A &F312A User Manual minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
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