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  • Page 1 F531E, F731E...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    F531E & F731E User Manual - CONTENT - CHAPTER 1 AFETY INSTRUCTION..............3 CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT & PRODUCT FEATURE ....5 2.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ................5 2.2. PRODUCT FEATURE ...................6 CHAPTER 3 USING IP CAMERA VIA WEB BROWSER ........7 3.1. WINDOWS WEB BROWSER...............7 3.2.
  • Page 3 F531E & F731E User Manual 7.3.7. Messenger ..................40 7.4. SECURITY ....................42 7.4.1. Account ..................42 7.4.2. HTTPS ..................43 CHAPTER 8 SETTING-ADVANCE ...............44 8.1. FTP CLIENT....................44 8.1.1. General..................44 8.1.2. Alarm Sending ................45 8.1.3. Periodical Sending ...............46 8.2. SMTP ......................48 8.2.1. General..................48 8.2.2.

  • Page 4: Before You Use This Product

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 5 F531E & F731E 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 ...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 System Requirement & Product Feature

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 7: Product Feature

    Simultaneous Connection -30°C ~ 50 ℃ (-22℉ ~ 122 ℉) Operating conditions HARDWARE F1.5, 4.0mm board lens (for F531E) / 4.3&6&8mm (selectable for F731E) Lens 8 φ LEDs x 21 (850nm) / 15M (for F531E) IR LEDs / Working Distance 8 φ...

  • Page 8: Chapter 3 Using Ip Camera Via Web Browser

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 9: Mac Web Browser

    F531E & F731E 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”...
  • Page 10 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 11: Chapter 4 Using Ip Camera Via Mobile Phone

    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.

  • Page 12: Using Ip Camera Via Iphone

    F531E & F731E 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 →...

  • Page 13: Chapter 5 Msn Messenger

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 14 F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 15 F531E & F731E 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...
  • Page 16 F531E & F731E 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...
  • Page 17 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 18: Chapter 6 Configuration Of Main Menu

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 19: Video Play Buttons

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 20: Setting

    F531E & F731E 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...

  • Page 21: Client Setting

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 22: Image Setup

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 23: Chapter 7 Setting-Basic

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 24: Initialize

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 25 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 26: Camera

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 27: Mpeg-4

    F531E & F731E User Manual can adjust threshold for IR Auto-On and Auto-Off respectively. In the right hand side of threshold, if the tool bar is closer to the right, the IR 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 IR will auto-off easily in the bright environment.
  • Page 28 F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 29 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 30: Mjpeg

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 31: Network

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 32: Pppoe(Point-To-Point Protocol Over Ethernet)

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 33 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 34: Ddns(Dynamic Dns)

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 35 F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 36 F531E & F731E 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...
  • Page 37 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 38: Upnp(Universal Plug And Play)

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 39: Bonjour

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 40 F531E & F731E 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 ...

  • Page 41: Messenger

    F531E & F731E User Manual 7.3.7. 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.
  • Page 42 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 43: Security

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 44: Https

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 45: Chapter 8 Setting-Advance

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 46: Alarm Sending

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 47: Periodical Sending

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 48 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 49: Smtp

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 50 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 51: Alarm Sending

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 52: Periodical Sending

    F531E & F731E 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 →...
  • Page 53 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 54: Http Event

    F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 55: Alarm Sending

    F531E & F731E User Manual 8.3.2. Alarm Sending Set to send the commands via the alarm detection, external sensor input or built-in motion detection function. Select On to send the commands to HTTP server linked with the alarm detection. Alarm sending: Select On to set to send command with connection to the alarm detection.
  • Page 56 F531E & F731E User Manual Parameter: the parameter of CGI (defined in URL of HTTP →  General) is from your target device. For example, move=down. Message: message will show up in the form of Message = PTZ  down. If your target device didn’t support the parameter of message, you can’t see the message.
  • Page 57 F531E & F731E User Manual Parameter: the parameter of CGI (defined in URL of  HTTP→General) is from your target device. For example, move=down. Message: message will show up in the form of Message = PTZ  down. If your target device didn’t support the parameter of message, you can’t see the message.

  • Page 58: Alarm Output

    F531E & F731E User Manual 8.4. ALARM OUTPUT When you click Alarm output on the Advanced mode menu, the Alarm output setting menu appears. You can set in this menu to control the alarm out of I / O port on the rear of the device linked to the alarm detection and the timer.
  • Page 59 F531E & F731E User Manual and the Cropping is set to Off. Use Alarm Buffer: Select Use alarm buffer when you forward the  image / audio of before and after the alarm detection (pre-alarm, post-alarm). If you do not select it, only the image of the moment of the alarm detection is forwarded.

  • Page 60: Schedule

    F531E & F731E User Manual 8.5. 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.

  • Page 61: Alarm Input

    F531E & F731E User Manual 8.6. ALARM INPUT When you click Alarm Input on the Advanced mode menu, the Alarm input setting menu appears. You can set in this menu to control the external alarm input of I / O port on the rear of the device linked to FTP, SMTP, and HTTP sending function.

  • Page 62: Alarm Buffer

    F531E & F731E User Manual 8.7. ALARM BUFFER You can set the Pre-alarm image and audio (the image and audio before the alarm detection) and the Post - alarm image and audio. These can be set when Alarm sending FTP client setting menu or Image memory setting menu is set to On, and besides when Use alarm buffer is selected.

  • Page 63: Motion Detection

    F531E & F731E User Manual 8.8. 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.

  • Page 64: System Log

    F531E & F731E User Manual 8.9. 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.

  • Page 65: Appendix

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 66 F531E & F731E User Manual 320*240 160*120 1024 160*120 1024 160*120 160*120 160*120 160*120 A.3. MJPEG @ 15fps / Kbps Quality 640*480 320*240 160*120 Excellent 4000 1500 Detailed 2400 Good 1600 Standard 1300 Medium A.4. MJPEG / Kbps, fps Quality...

  • Page 67: Storage Requirement Table

    F531E & F731E 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...
  • Page 68 F531E & F731E 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.

  • Page 69: Testing System Specification

    F531E & F731E 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...

  • Page 70: Europe - Eu Declaration Of Conformity

    F531E & F731E 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...

  • Page 71: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    F531E & F731E 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.
  • Page 72 F531E & F731E 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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