Table of Contents Network Deployment 1.1 Network Topology 1.2 Connection 1.2.1 Checking Appearance 1.2.2 Default IP address 1.2.3 Connecting from a computer & Viewing Preparation 1.3 IP Finder Administration and Configuration 2.1 Live View 2.1.1 Model Reference Table 2.2 Configuration 2.2.1 Information 2.2.2 Image Parameter 2.2.3 Network Settings...
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WARNING ● The unit operates at DC 12V/AC 24V/ PoE (for Indoor Dome & Fixed Network Camera), AC 24V/ PoE (for Outdoor IR Dome & IR Bullet Network Camera), DC12V/PoE (for Flat Mini Dome Network Camera), PoE(for Indoor IR Dome Network Camera). ●...
FCC Compliance Statement Information to the user: This unit has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to 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.
Network Deployment Network Topology The unit, which is equipped with Ethernet RJ-45 network interface, can deliver video images and audio in real time via either Internet or Intranet. Please refer to the skeleton drawings shown below for understanding. (Here takes Indoor Dome Network Camera as the example in the illustration.) Figure 1 - 1: Network Topology Type 1 Figure 1 - 2: Network Topology Type 2...
Connection 1.2.1 Checking Appearance Below table lists the minimum requirement to implement and operate the unit. No hardware/software component inferior to the requirements is recommended. Table 1 - 1: System Requirements System Hardware Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz or equivalent 1 GB or above Display NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series or ATI Mobility Radeon 9500 System Software...
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Figure 1 - 3: Login Window Viewing Preparation Images of the unit can be viewed through Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or above. Before viewing, follow these steps to enable the display. Enable Cookies as instructions below In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu. ...
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Scroll down to the ActiveX controls and plug-ins radio buttons and set as follows: 【 Download signed ActiveX controls 】 Prompt (recommended) 【 Download unsigned ActiveX controls 】 Prompt 【 Initialize and script ActiveX not marked as safe for scripting 】 Prompt Figure 1 - 5: Security Settings 2/4 【...
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【 Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins 】 Enable 【 Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting* 】 Enable Figure 1 - 7: Security Settings 4/4 Press OK to save the settings. Close all Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows and restart a new window. This will allow the new settings taking effect. ...
Please note that IP Finder works only on Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows 7. Steps to get the utility program running are listed below. Download IP Finder from MESSOA Website to the computer. Double click on IPFinder.exe in the IP Finder folder, and the IP Finder window should pop out.
Administration and Configuration Live View Figure 2 - 1: First Login Page After accessing and login to the IP address of the unit, the screen will be shown as the above screenshot. There are 2 main options on the upper left side: “Live View” and “Configuration”. While the upper right side indicates your current login user level with “Logout”...
Icon Definition The “Snapshot” button is for taking a snapshot saved in a user-preferred file path. The “Fit” button is for users to display a fixed size live view screen. The “1:1” button is for users to display a real size streaming live view screen. The “Full Screen”...
2.1.1 Model Reference Table Below table tells the model differences that can be seen on the home page. “√” indicates functions which can be found on the model. “A-F” each indicates a model type, “a-d” indicates different lens as shown below: A.
Configuration After clicking the “Configuration” option, the screen will be shown as below with several menu options for users to configure on the left side. We will thoroughly introduce them one by one in the following chapters. Figure 2 - 4: Configure 2.2.1 Information Users can view, after clicking “Information”, the detailed information related to the unit including Firmware Version, MAC Address and Model Name in the middle of the screen.
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Figure 2 - 6: Basic Parameter Table 2 - 2: Edit Profile Options Item Option Description MJPEG: Each video frame is individually compressed as single jpeg image with full-scale contents itself and can be retouched freely with ease. However, due to completeness of each frame, it brings about larger file size and thus easily tends to lose frames under limited MJPEG Video Codec...
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Exposure Figure 2 - 7: Exposure ● Exposure Mode It controls the light intensity of picture. There are 2 modes, Manual Exposure and Auto Exposure for adjustment depending on different conditions. When in Manual mode, Shutter Speed is adjustable. ● Advanced Exposure Advanced exposure section is for users to modify more detailed options related to exposure.
White Balance To set the white balance values to meet ambience condition for best color rendition with 2 modes: Figure 2 - 8: White Balance Settings ● Auto It automatically controls color temperature ranging from 2500°K to 10000°K ● Manual To manually set preferred gain values including the following: •...
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● Gamma Correction Set gamma correction between 1 and 0.45. ● Video Orientation Set image to be left right reversal, upside down or both by selecting “Mirror”, “Flip” and “Both” individually. Selecting “OFF” will deactivate video orientation function. Note Settings will be restored to the factory defaults if pressing “Reset to default”. Remote Lens Control (For Motorized Lens Model) Figure 2 - 10: Remote Lens Control...
To define a smart encoding area, you need first to turn ON one of the Smart Encoding Regins and adjust by pressing with left click and dragging to outline a desired region, Click anywhere on the image to cancel the current defined region. Click “Save Window”...
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Region of interest (ROI) is used to determine the region what would be monitored. Figure 2 - 13: ROI Setting ● Enable Set “ON” to activate ROI function. The ROI setup screen will pop out a blue rectangle for defining the ROI by dragging the mouse to customize its size and position.
2.2.3 Network Settings Network This section for users to set detailed settings related to wired network condition for the unit. Figure 2 - 14: Network ● Network Settings • View current network settings: Click “View” to see your current network related settings. Figure 2 - 15: Current Network Settings •...
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• Default Gateway: Leave blank as default setting. No Default Gateway address required if not used. Ask your network administrator for further information. • Primary DNS: Same as the above. • Secondary DNS: Same as the above. ● IPv6 Address Configure To set your IP address with further settings under IPv6 here.
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RTSP To enable RTSP, simply enter the Login ID, Password and Port (554 by default) with selecting “ON” in Authentication. For accessing camera's live video over the Internet, click "ON" in NAT Setting to enable and enter the user-specified RTSP port number on the router in RTSP Port over NAT field.
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SNMP SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is an Internet standard protocol on top of application layer that restructures the exchange of management information among network-attached nodes, which helps administrators to remotely manage network devices and master network problems with ease. Figure 2 - 18: SNMP Settings ●...
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802.1X 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for Port-based Network Access Control and defines the encapsulation of the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over IEEE 802 which is known as EAP over LAN. Simply click “ON” to activate it and further select its related EAP protocol types. Figure 2 - 19: 802.1X Settings ●...
2.2.4 Account Management Figure 2 - 21: Account Settings Account Settings ● Admin: The unit privileged control can be defined under Admin level right here. The default settings for system Login ID and Password are: Username: admin • • Password: 1234 ●...
2.2.5 Event Settings Motion Detection This function is designed to trigger a corresponding action when the unit detects motion(s). Figure 2 - 22: Motion Detection Settings ● Enable Set “ON” to activate motion detection function. ● Sensitivity Choose different 3 levels of detecting sensitivity. “High”: Motion is activated with slight changes in brightness or motion. “Low”: Motion is activated with big changes in brightness or motion.
● Alarm Input • Enable: Set Alarm Input as “ON” or “OFF”. • Type: Choose NO for normally open or NC for normally close. NO (Normally Opened): An alarm will be triggered when the external contact closes. NC (Normally Closed): An alarm will be triggered when the external contact opens. ●...
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● SMTP Recording Condition Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for e-mail service across networking. Users can receive Alarm or Motion triggered event via email notification by setting here. ● SMTP Server • SMTP Server: Input a server name or address. •...
2.2.6 Record Settings FTP Recording Users can save image files via FTP server by setting FTP recording condition beforehand. Figure 2 - 25: FTP Recording ● FTP Recording Conditions You can store the image files by either mode including scheduled recording, alarm input triggered recording or motion detection triggered recording.
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● Alarm/Motion Event Recording to FTP These functions are to define the way to record video once a motion/alarm event is detected by the unit (1M/3M Flat Mini Dome Network Camera do not support alarm event recording). Figure 2 - 27: Alarm/Motion Event Recording to FTP Settings •...
● SD Recording Conditions Choose one of the conditions to enable the SD card recording: Schedule, Alarm, Motion, or Network Lose. ● SD Record Setting • Alarm/Motion Recording Time: Set a time interval for SD card recording of alarm or motion event triggered. •...
Audio (1MP Flat Mini Dome, 3MP Fixed Focal Lens IR Bullet and 5MP Indoor IR Dome Network Camera Excluding) Figure 2 - 30: Audio Settings ● Type Two audio codecs G711-Alaw/G711-Ulaw can be chosen from. (Audio Input only) ● Enable Set "ON"...
Initialize Figure 2 - 32: Initialize Settings ● Video Type Select “NTSC” or “PAL” as required. Flickering by fluorescent light can be reduced by selecting “PAL” for the power frequency 50Hz, “NTSC” for the power frequency 60Hz ● Import User Configuration Press “Browse”...
Appendix A: Specifications of Indoor Dome Network Camera (Manual Focus Model) Video Model Type 1M Manual Focus Model 3M Manual Focus Model Sensor Type 1/4" progressive scan CMOS sensor 1/3" progressive scan CMOS sensor Active Pixels 1280 x 800 (HxV) 2304 x 1536 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MJPEG...
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Network ARP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, ICMP, IGMP, IPv4, IPv6, NTP, RTSP/RTCP/RTP, QoS, SMTP, SNMP, TCP, UDP, Protocol UPnP, IEEE802.1X Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet connection for LAN / WAN, RJ-45 ONVIF Browser Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox Multiple user access levels with password protection; IP address filtering; Security IEEE 802.1X network access control, HTTPS encryption, and digest authentication I/O &...
Appendix B: Specifications of Indoor Dome Network Camera (Motorized Lens Model) Video Model Type 3M Motorized Lens Model 5M Motorized Lens Model Sensor Type 1/3" progressive scan CMOS sensor 1/3.2" progressive scan CMOS sensor Active Pixels 2304 x 1536 (HxV) 2592x1944 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MJPEG...
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Network ARP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, ICMP, IGMP, IPv4, IPv6, NTP, RTSP/RTCP/RTP, QoS, SMTP, SNMP, TCP, UDP, Protocol UPnP, IEEE802.1X Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet connection for LAN / WAN, RJ-45 ONVIF Browser Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox Multiple user access levels with password protection; IP address filtering; Security IEEE 802.1X network access control, HTTPS encryption, and digest authentication I/O &...
Appendix C. Specifications of Indoor IR Dome Network Camera(Fixed Lens Model) Video Sensor Type 1/3.2" progressive scan CMOS sensor Active Pixels 2592 x 1944 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MJPEG Streaming Triple simultaneous streams with multiple video profile Resolution 2592x1944, QXGA(2048x1536), 1080P, 1280x960, 720P, SVGA(800x 600), VGA(640x480), 640x360, QVGA(320x240), 320x180 5MP 4:3 (2592x1944) at 12 fps Max.
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Browser Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox Security Multiple user access levels with password protection; IP address filtering IEEE 802.1X network access control, HTTPS encryption, and digest authentication I/O & Controls Power All-in-one tail cable out, Female RJ-45 Power LED Indicator System power and status indicator Network Female RJ-45 System Reboot...
Appendix D: Specifications of Outdoor IR Dome Network Camera Video Model Type 3M Manual Focus Model 3M Motorized Lens Model 5M Motorized Lens Model 1/3.2" progressive scan CMOS Sensor Type 1/3" progressive scan CMOS sensor sensor Active Pixels 2304 x 1536 (HxV) 2592x1944 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MJPEG...
Appendix E: Specifications of Fixed Network Camera Video Model Type 3M Fixed Network Camera 5M Fixed Network Camera Sensor Type 1/3" progressive scan CMOS sensor 1/3.2" progressive scan CMOS sensor Active Pixels 2304 x 1536 (HxV) 2592x1944 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MJPEG Streaming Triple simultaneous streams with multiple video profile Q X G A ( 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 3 6 ) , 1 0 8 0 P, 1 2 8 0 x 9 6 0 , 7 2 0 P,...
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Multiple user access levels with password protection; IP address filtering; Security IEEE 802.1X network access control, HTTPS encryption, and digest authentication I/O & Controls Power 3-pin spring terminal/ Female RJ-45 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX PoE Power LED Indicator System power and status indicator Alarm In/Out Terminal block 1 in / 1 relay out(30V, 1A) Network...
Appendix F: Specifications of IR Bullet Network Camera Video Model Type 3M Motorized Lens Model 3MP Fixed Focal Lens Model 5M Motorized Lens Model Sensor Type 1/3" progressive scan CMOS sensor 1/3.2" progressive scan CMOS sensor Active Pixels 2304 x 1536 (HxV) 2592x1944 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MJPEG...
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Event snapshot to remote FTP storage/ email recipients, Edge recording to SD card, HTTP event query, HTTP Event Actions event client pulling Store Category Event snapshot, Edge recording, Manual Snapshot, Manual Recording Local Storage (3MP Fixed Focal Lens Model Excluding) Memory Card Slot microSDXC/SDHC card support Memory Card Overwrite...
Appendix G: Specifications of Flat Mini Dome Network Camera Video Model Type 1M Fixed Lens Model 3M Fixed Lens Model Sensor Type 1/4" progressive scan CMOS sensor 1/3" progressive scan CMOS sensor Active Pixels 1280 x 800 (HxV) 2304 x 1536 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MJPEG Streaming...
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Browser Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox Multiple user access levels with password protection; IP address filtering; Security IEEE 802.1X network access control, HTTPS encryption, and digest authentication I/O & Controls Power All-in-one tail cable out, Female RJ-45 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX PoE Power LED Indicator System power and status indicator Network Female RJ-45...
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