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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Table of Contents Overview ..........................6 Package Contents........................ 8 Connections........................11 Hardware Installation....................... 13 Logging in to Homepage....................15 Before Operation....................... 15 Access the MJPEG IP Camera from the Internet Explorer for the first time.... 19 Logging in as an ordinary User.................
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Schedule ..................49 Motion Detection................50 Time Setting ................. 51 Popup .................... 53 Firmware upgrade:................ 54 Factory Default................57 Reboot................... 58 Trigger....................... 59 Capture......................60 RightMouseButton of ActiveX Control................61 View Menu........................ 62 “Image Recording…-> Save as JPEG” ..............68 “Save Current Picture As …”...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Overview This user’s guide explains how to operate the MJPEG IP Camera from a computer. Basically, the user’s guide is written to be read on the computer display. However, users might consider printing it out to access easily and read it before you operate the MJPEG IP Camera.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Application: Remote monitoring Surveillance Minimum System Requirement Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later VGA Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 Pentium 4 1.3GHz or above Memory Size: 256MB or above Windows ME, 2000, XP, or 2003 7/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Package Contents User can find the following items in the package: PT MJPEG IP Camera 2. Power adapter x 1 3. Power cord x 1 4. Decoration ring x 1 5. Screw x 4 6. Terminator for Alarm I/O x 1 7.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide 3. Power Cord provides connection between AC Power Adapter and Power Outlet for electricity. 4. Decorate the mounting parts. Provide four screw holes to fix MJPEG IP Camera. 5. Screws are used to fix MJPEG IP Camera.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide 8. Quick Start Guide provides important information and instructions for installing this device. If any of the above items are missing, please contact your dealer immediately. Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the MJPEG IP Camera will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Connections DC Power and Video Output Cable The DC power input and video output cable are located on the MJPEG IP Camera’s back panel. The input power is 12VDC. Note that supply the power to the MJPEG IP Camera with standard power adapter included in package.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Alarm I/O Connector The MJPEG IP Camera provides a terminal block with 8 pins of connectors located on the center of the back panel. There are 3 pins for two alarm inputs and 5 pins are for alarm output.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Hardware Installation 1. Fix the MJPEG IP Camera to Ceiling Use 4 screws to fix the MJPEG IP Camera onto the ceiling as below. You can also put the MJPEG IP Camera on the table directly. 2.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide 3. Connect the external power supply to MJPEG IP Camera Connect the external power supply to the DC power connector attached on the extension cable from the MJPEG IP Camera. Note: Use the power adapter, 12VDC, included in the package and connect the other end to wall outlet for AC power.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Logging in to Homepage Before Operation Install the IP Address of MJPEG IP Camera When you installed your MJPEG IP Camera on your LAN environment, you may execute IPFINDER.EXE to discover MJPEG IP Camera’s IP address. IPCam Finder program (IPFINDER.EXE) is used to scan the Installed MJPEG IP Camera, setting the MJPEG IP Camera Name, IP address settings and so on.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide environment, you can find out its IP address and other IP parameters as follows: 1. Edit the Name of this MJPEG IP Camera. Note that use “_” or “-“ to replace “space” character to separate the name string. For example, “PT_IP”...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide First time uses the MJPEG IP Camera The MJPEG IP Camera web page communicates with the MJPEG IP Camera using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the MJPEG IP Camera and installed on your PC. Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for MJPEG IP Camera. 18/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Access the MJPEG IP Camera from the Internet Explorer for the first time Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the MJPEG IP Camera you want to monitor as below: The Login Window of the MJPEG IP Camera is displayed: Type in your login name and password under “USERNAME”...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide That’s, type in “admin” on the “USERNAME” as a default name and leave PASSWORD textbox blank. Click “OK” button to start the main menu. Now, you login to the MJPEG IP Camera as a full-authorized administrator. You can enter “Setting”...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Logging in as an ordinary User For ordinary user usage, “Setting”, “Trigger”, and “Capture” will be not available. On the right side of the screen, there are lots of controls and function buttons. If “Remote camera control”...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Operating the MJPEG IP Camera Start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Viewing Area: Images from the MJPEG IP Camera 22/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Control Panel Control Panel Area: MJPEG IP Camera Manipulation and image quality control Item Button Meaning Camera Control camera up/down/left/right and home position direction Camera Adjust camera speed up / down speed Preset / Preset: Set up camera to fixed locations before operation Recall mode Recall: Drive camera position to preset location 23/94...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide During preset mode, click the number and a dialogue box for the inquiry of location name input will appear. Preset / Preset or Recall camera 1~16 location(s) Recall camera Ex. If you press 5, then the camera will move to preset location locations Camera tour Turn on or off the camera tour.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Advanced Function Area Advanced function area: only available for administrator. It has contained three categories. Setting System Configuration Trigger Send out current message or setup activities Capture Capture current screen and save to HDD or other media Setting menu consists of the Basic menu and the Application menu.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide System : Define Frame Rate and Turn on/off “Remote camera control” System ID: It’s a unique number for each MJPEG IP Camera for identification. Camera Name: You can enter the name of this unit here. It’s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide User can check the log information of the MJPEG IP Camera, including the Main Info, Appended Info, Operator IP, Operator MAC, and Time. Select the “View” button to check the log file. 27/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Camera Adjust Camera parameters Camera PT: User can control the direction of Pan and Tilt as wish. Reverse Pan: Check this option to reverse pan direction. Reverse Tilt: Check this option to reverse tilt direction. Image Size: MJPEG IP Camera provides 4 resolutions: •...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Default: System default value. Note: The value on the list box display the current setting of the current image, when you make a new selection, the value on the list box will be changed until you save the new setting.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Now, you could choose one of the camera tours and click “SAVE” button to enable it. Reset to Default: Restore the values of these pages to factory default value. 30/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Network : Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off, DDNS and PPPoE DHCP: DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. “DHCP ON” is default network setting of the MJPEG IP Camera, when a MJPEG IP Camera is joined into the LAN, it will issue the DHCP packets to request an IP address that is dynamically assigned by the DHCP server.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS: If you turn DHCP OFF, then you need to enter those network parameters by yourself. Note: User need to reboot the MJPEG IP Camera to make this setting to take effect. HTTP Port 1: Users could assign the port number of http protocol, and the WAN users should follow the port number to login.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide the Internet we have IP numbers for each host (computer, server, router, and so on), and we replace these IP numbers to easy remember names, which are organized into the domain name. As to ADSL environment, most of the users will use dynamic IP addresses.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide PPPoE: PPPoE: Stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet A standard builds on Ethernet and Point-to-Point network protocol. It allows a local PC with xDSL or cable connects with broadband network. Also this local PC gets a dynamic IP address.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide The MJPEG IP Camera can directly connect to the ADSL, however, it should be setup on LAN environment to setup the PPPoE information, and then connect to the ADSL modem. Power on again, then the MJPEG IP Camera will dial on to the ISP connect to the WAN through the ADSL modem.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide do the PPPoE dial. • Input the “User” and “Password” fields by the account and password provided by the ISP. • If the check box of “Send Mail after dialed” was checked, then the “MailServer“ and “User on the MailServer”...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide User : Setup user name, password and login privilege Disable Authentication: If user checks this option, MJPEG IP Camera or Video Server will not check username and password any more while user log into the system. User only can input or modify the password of “Administrator”.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide IP Filter : Setup user login right (This function should be used with function “User” respectively). You can enter 10 different user’s IP address which are allowing enter or disregarding by the MJPEG IP Camera. You should configure “User”...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Function Notification The page of user setting is very closely related to the IP filter settings. While the administrators are setting these two pages, they should notice that login authorities are no t only based on the login names but also the range of IP addresses. Administrators could reject login users according to both login names and IP addresses.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Application Setting Application Symbol Item Action FTP Client Setup the MJPEG IP Camera as a client site and configure Server site in order to upload images to server SMTP Setup Mail configuration Image Setup CF memory card setting or view the pictures stored in Memory CF memory card (Note: for CF memory card enabled version only)
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide FTP Client : Setup the MJPEG IP Camera as a client site and configure Server site in order to upload images to server When alarm was enabled, user can send the captured images to the pre-set FTP server. Entering server name and your login username and password, you will be able to upload those previous captured image to the FTP server.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Type the path to the destination. Image file name: Type the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. Suffix: Select the suffix to add to the file name. - None: No suffix is added.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide SMTP : Setup Mail configuration When alarm was enabled, user can setup the mail to send the captured images to the pre-set mail address. You may setup SMTP mail parameters for future event-message receiving such as motion detected or sensor activated.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Sender’s e-mail address: Type the sender’s E-mail address. Receiver’s e-mail address: Type the receiver’s e-mail address. This address is used for reply mail. Note: you can key in multiple receiver’s email address at the time. Subject: Type the subject/title of the E-mail up to 64 characters.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Image Memory : Setup CF memory card setting or view the pictures stored in CF memory card Note1: This function is for CF memory card enabled version only. If this option is not listed on setting menu, it means this MJPEG IP Camera does not support CF memory card function.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide then plug this CF memory card securely. When you want to remove this CF memory card from device, make sure click the disable button first, power off this device, and then remove this CF memory card. Otherwise, this CF memory card may be damaged and all image files are lost.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Alarm 1 : Setup Alarm Output 1 action Duration: Set up the alarm duration. “0” means the alarm working always. Mode: You can issue an alarm output action by manual or event such as motion detected or sensor1/2 activated.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Alarm 2 : Setup Alarm Output 2 action Duration: Set up the alarm duration. “0” means the alarm working always. Mode: You can issue an alarm output action by manual or event such as motion detected or sensor1/2 activated.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Schedule : Setup event schedule The schedule setting is used to set the time schedule for events. The event may be “Star Motion Detection” or others. There are 6 schedules to be programmable. Select “SAVE” to save the setting. 49/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Motion Detection : Setup motion detection area and sensor sensitivity The motion detection is implemented by a patented software algorithm, it runs on the MJPEG IP Camera, due to a larger processing power of motion detection, the overall performance of MJPEG IP Camera will be degraded;...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Time Setting : Setup the MJPEG IP Camera time configuration You can setup the MJPEG IP Camera time or make it synchronized with PC or remote server. Also, you may select your time zone in order to synchronize time locally. Synchronize the time with PC’s time: This is the default time adjust mode, the check box of “Synchronize with PC’s time”...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Get Time from a NTP server: Select “NTP” Button Key in the NTP server’s IP address. Press “SAVE” to activate it. After the MJPEG IP Camera gets the time from NTP server, it will update the MJPEG IP Camera’s time field.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Popup : Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled, and one of them detected, then a message window will be displayed on the screen. You can have output message in case of events activated such as sensors or motion detection to warn user.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Firmware upgrade The MJPEG IP Camera supports firmware upgrades (the software that controls the operation in the MJPEG IP Camera). We would supply the latest firmware version for upgrade. Please contact your dealer for the latest version. Download the latest firmware file from our website.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide MJPEG IP Camera, once update, it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system.) 9. Once the firmware file was selected, select “Upload”. 10. Press the “here” button to begin to upgrade firmware. 11. Press the “OK” button to continue. 55/94...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen. Warning: The download firmware procedure can not be interrupted. If the power and/or network connection are broken during the download procedure, it might possibly cause serious damage to the MJPEG IP Camera. Suggest that do not upgrade firmware via Wireless LAN due to high error rate possibly.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Factory Default : Recall the MJPEG IP Camera factory default setting The “Factory Default” button will restore to the factory default configuration, all information changed and saved on the flash will be lost, and restored to the factory default setting.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Reboot : Reboot the MJPEG IP Camera by hardware reset The “Reboot” button will reboot the MJPEG IP Camera. It’s useful while the MJPEG IP Camera got problem. You will be prompt before restore to factory default setting. Select “OK”...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Trigger You can send an image or output a trigger to control the alarm output, using Trigger section on the main page. Action Meaning Upload a captured image to server Mail Mail captured image to specific mail address Alarm 1 Enable Alarm output 1 Alarm 2...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Capture You can capture current image and save it to storage media. The image is saved in the JPEG format. Noted: This function is available for logging-in as an administrator only. 60/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide RightMouseButton of ActiveX Control On the view of video, the plug-in ActiveX control support a lot of functions by clicking the right mouse button. This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsfoft® Internet Explorer. On the ActiveX control, right click the RightMouseButton, then a menu pop-up.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide View Menu “Resizable” Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the “Splits” is supported on this mode. “Actual size “ Make the image show as the actual size, the “Splits” function does not work on this mode.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide After the “Actual size” was selected, the image will displayed as the actual size, in this example, the image displays as a 640 x 480 pixels. After the “Statusbar” was selected, a status bar will be displayed on the bottom of the image.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide • Status Open/Close camera status • Resolution 704x576, 640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (PAL) 640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (NTSC) • Quality Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest • Split 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 • Rotate - Normal: “Rotate 0”, the defau state.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide “Split” This function is used to support 4CH Video Server. Therefore, it’s not so useful in Speed Dome MJPEG IP Camera. 65/94...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide After the “Rotate 180” was selected, the image will be overturned from 0 to the angle 180. After the “Flip Vertical” was selected, the image will be overturned vertically. After “Flip Horizontal” was selected, the image will be overturned horizontally. “Resolution”...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide “Quality” Highest (The same as “Clarity” on control panel ) High Medium (The same as “Default” on control panel ) Lowest (The same as “Fluency” on control panel ) The control method is the same as control panel’s “Quality”. “Image Recording…->...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Select “Start” to do the images download and save as JPEG files into the local PC. During the download and save as JPEG files process, the yellow mark will be displayed on the right-down position to indicate the saving as JPEG files operation. Before the “Download Number”...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide “Image Recording…-> Save as AVI” 1. Select “Image Recording…” 2. The “Image Recording” pop-up window displays, select 3. “Save as AVI” 4. Input the ”Avi Frame” and “Max Jpeg Num” on each AVI file, until the “Stop Image Recording”...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Press the “Stop Image Recording” to stop the save as AVI process. After the “Stop Image Recording”, list the file on the selected saved directory, the file were saved by the filename_prefix_date_time.avi. 72/94...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide The AVI files can be display by the standard Windows Media Player, but it needs the DixectX 9.0 or higher version to be installed. 73/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide “Save Current Picture As …” Use the “Save Current Picture As …” to save the current display image into the local PC. Input the saved “File name”, select “Save” If you like to retrieve the saved image, select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix A: Restore Factory Default Settings There is a button hidden in the pinhole above the Alarm I/O connector. It is used to restore the factory default settings. Sometimes restarting the MJPEG IP Camera will make the system back to a normal state.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix B: Alarm I/O Connector Interfacing to the External I/O Some features of the MJPEG IP Camera can be activated by an external sensor that senses physical changes in the area MJPEG IP Camera is monitoring. These changes can include intrusion detection or certain physical change in the monitored area.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Alarm Input #1 (A). Max 24VDC, 12mA. Explanation of External I/O Circuit Diagram Example CAUTION! • THE LOW VOAGE/CURRENT CIRCUITS AND HIGH VOAGE/ CURRENT CIRCUITS ARE IN THE MJPEG IP CAMERA CIRCUIT. THE QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN SHOULD DO THE WIRING NOT BY YOURSELF.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix C: Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions Question Answer or Resolution Features The video and audio The MJPEG IP Camera utilizes JPEG compression to codec is adopted in the providing high quality images. JPEG is a standard for image MJPEG IP Camera.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide MJPEG IP Camera. 2. Reconfigure the MJPEG IP Camera. Forgot the IP address of Check IP address of MJPEG IP Camera by using the IP the MJPEG IP Camera. Finder program. IP Finder program • Re power the MJPEG IP Camera if cannot find the unit cannot find MJPEG IP within 1 minutes.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide to MJPEG IP Camera, set up not to use the proxy server. • Confirm that Default Gateway address is correct. • The router needs Port Forwarding feature. Refer to your router's manual for details. • Packet Filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide The unreadable Use the operating system of the selected language. Set the characters are Encoding or the Character Set of the selected language on displayed. the Internet Explorer. Frame rate is slower • The traffic of the network and the object of the image affect than the setting.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Press the Auto Focus button and put it into operation again. When the objects are still out of focus, adjust the focus using manual focusing, or change the objects using Pan/Tilt operation or Zooming features (for PTZ model). The color of the image is •...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix D: PING IP Address The PING (stands for Packet Internet Groper) command is used to detect whether a specific IP address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply. It’s also a very useful tool to confirm MJPEG IP Camera installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over the network.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix E: Bandwidth Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the MJPEG IP Camera depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your MJPEG IP Camera. Image bandwidth is approximately equal to the average frame rate in frames per second multiplied by the average frame data size in kilobits.
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix F: Specifications Model MJCAS-310PTD Internet Explorer Control Interface Preset Number Horizontal rotation range 0° to 325° Vertical rotation range 0° to 90° O.P Temperature 5°C to 45°C (40°F to 113°F) Operating Humidity 10% ~ 80% Power Supply 12V DC ±...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide 704*576, 640*480, 352*288, 320*240, 176*144, 162*120 Resolution Frame Rate Up to 30fps for all resolutions Audio Streaming Compatibility Windows ME, 2000, XP, 2003 LAN I/F 10/100M Notification Email, FTP 64Mb SDRAM Flash 16Mb NOR Flash Memory Image Storing Memory By CF Card Operating System...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix G: Time Zone Table GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time which is the global time that all time zones are measured from. 88/94...
MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide Appendix H: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem, xDSL, ISDN or Dialup, this is a great way to host your own Web Server, FTP Server, Mail Server, MJPEG IP Camera or other TCP/IP Service. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com*, www.yourname.com.tw* etc.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide 3. Application Steps—DDNS & Domain Name (1). Visit the following web site : http://www.dyndns.org/ (Pink No.1) (2). Click “Account” (Pink No. 2) (3). After the columns show up at the left side, click “Create Account”. (4).
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Your DynDNS.org Account Information “. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied. Then DDNS you applied activated. 92/94...
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide (6). Enter the web page http://www.dyndns.org/ again. Input your username and password that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS service. (7). If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of the login page.
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MJPEG IP Camera User’s Guide (10). We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (Pink No.1) Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember. (Pink No.2) Finally, click the “Add Host”...
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