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  • Page 1 Fixed Network Camera User’s Manual 201305.750. A1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Important Notices – Read Before Use ................2 Overview ......................... 2 Package Contents ......................3 Installation........................4 Hardware Installation............................... 4 Software Installation ................................ 4 Discover IP Cameras................................ 4 Assigning IP Address to the device ..........................5 Discovering devices in Windows Network........................7 ActiveX add-on Installation .............................

  • Page 3: Important Notices - Read Before Use

    Important Notices – Read Before Use This instruction manual is intended for administrators and users of the IP Camera, including instructions for using and managing the camera on your network. The use of video surveillance devices can be prohibited by laws that vary from country to country.

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    Package Contents Camera Fixed Lens Camera Stand Product CD Hardware Pack Power Adapter Screws Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 5: Installation

    Installation Hardware Installation Define the type of network device. If the network device supports PoE (Power over Ethernet) function, simply connect the camera to it via an Ethernet cable. If not, the connections to the network device (via Ethernet cable), and AC 24V or DC 12V adapter are required.

  • Page 6: Assigning Ip Address To The Device

    Assigning IP Address to the device The steps of applying this search tool are described as below. 1. Launch Discovery Tool (IPCAMDiscovery.exe) 2. Assign IP address The selection is based on a single or multiple camera devices. [Set IP] This is applied to one specific camera selected from the Device List. Step1: Select one specific camera device Step2: Input desired IP information The default settings of account /password are admin / 1234.
  • Page 7 [Auto Set IP] This is applied to a group of specific cameras selected from the Device List. Step1: Select specific cameras Step 2: Input Account / Password The default settings of account /password are admin / 1234. If that were been changed, please enter the set values.

  • Page 8: Discovering Devices In Windows Network

    Discovering devices in Windows Network If the IP camera is installed in a network with DHCP and UPnP services, after obtaining an IP address from DHCP server, it can then be discovered in “Windows Network” of a client PC, see figure below. The reason for ...
  • Page 9 NOTE If, however, there is not any prompted message or ActiveX can not be installed at all, it is needed to change the IE security level and settings. <Example> Internet Explorer 9: Internet options  Security  Custom level… Ensure the “Download signed ActiveX controls” setting is either “Enable” or “Prompt” selected and “Download unsigned ActiveX controls”...

  • Page 10: Accessing The Camera

    Accessing the camera Viewing the live video With the correct installation and IP settings, the camera device can be approached via network. There are three ways to view the live video from the camera: Internet Explorer, RTSP players, and NVR / CMS software. 1.
  • Page 11 NOTE IP cameras also support the other web browsers for viewing the live video such as Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. The default settings of account /password are admin / 1234. 2. RTSP Player The live video of the camera can be played with RTSP players, such as VLC or QuickTime. ...

  • Page 13: The Live View Page

    The Live view page The following illustration shows you the front page of IP camera website. Quick Index Video Stream Operations Live Window Live Video Window Quick Functional Buttons...
  • Page 14 Snapshot: Press the button to capture an image photo Record: Press the button to start recording. Press again to stop it. Set Path: set up a file path that video clips and snapshots can be stored. Full Screen: Press the button to enter the full screen mode. Press ESC key to return. Manual Trigger: Press the button as triggering an event.

  • Page 15: Video & Audio

    Video & Audio This section describes how to configure the video streaming of the device and the related camera image  configurations. Users with Administrator or Operator authority (see System User Management) are able to do these configurations. Click on “Setup” of Quick Index to enter the “Video & Audio” page shown as below. There are 3 sub-settings under “Video &...
  • Page 16 Camera Setting Image Setting Brightness: the luminance of image view. Default value is 8; adjustable from 0 to 16. Contrast: the ratio of luminance of white to black. Default value is 8; adjustable from 0 to 16. Saturation: colorfulness of a color related to its own brightness. Default value is 8, adjustable from 0 to 16.
  • Page 17 Day/Night Day/Night Mode: Switch the video images for Day (plenty of light) or Night (Low light) scene. In default “Auto” mode, camera will switch to Day or Night vision according to the light intensity. The Day / Night modes contain 2 actions: switching IR Filter On / Off, and image hue Color / Mono. In day mode, the IR filter is switched in to avoid the image sensor from receiving the infrared, thus the true color image is provided.
  • Page 18 : represents the Day mode : represents the Night mode The setting items with the Day or Night mode symbol will be altered along with the setting of Day/Night mode. The examples are illustrated as below. Video Setting Video Stream This tab provides detailed stream configurations.
  • Page 19 Video Format: H.264, MPEG4 and MJPEG are available for the selection. The demand of bandwidth and storage requirement differs from the selection of video format. In the request of same video quality, H.264 contributes to less bandwidth and storage requirement, which can be more efficient than MPEG4 or MJPEG.
  • Page 20 This setting configures the time period between 2 I-frames. The shorter period means the higher frequency of I-frame. Video can then be well handled whereas the bit rate may increase. Video Quality: There are two types of bit rate controls for video quality adjustment, Constant Bit Rate (CBR) and Variable Bit Rate (VBR).

  • Page 21: Network Configuration

    Network Configuration The IP Camera acts as one of the network devices. It allows user to configure the network functionalities based on applications. This section will describe the network configurations. Fundamentally, for instance, the IP assignment of the device can be done via DHCP server, static IP option or PPPoE to obtain IP from the service provider.
  • Page 22 Network Connectivity This page provides the connectivity configuration, so that IP camera can be accessed without necessarily providing the numerical IP address. Enable UPnP Service: with UPnP enabled, IP camera device can be easily discovered in Windows Network (My Network Places). See “Discover devices in Windows Network” in previous section. Enable DDNS Service: By registering this sort of service, camera can be assigned and accessed over Internet with a hostname instead of IP address.
  • Page 23 Access Port This page provides the ports configuration for requesting the services from the camera device. These services include Web Page access, HTTP and RTSP streaming services. HTTP port / HTTPS port: By default, the HTTP and HTTPs ports are set to 80 and 443 respectively. They can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535.
  • Page 24 Access IP Filter This setting also provides a basic security by filtering the accesses from other hosts. Enable this function and choose “Allow / Deny” of the listed IP addresses. Up to 15 IP address can be added in the list.

  • Page 25: Recording

    Recording This section provides the recording configuration on the camera. Unlike the recording function (Quick Functional Button) on the live view page, video can also be is recorded to the storage attached to the camera (micro SD card) or local network storage (Samba) according to a time based schedule.
  • Page 26 Remove: Click to delete this recording plan. Add / Edit Recording Plan Plan Name: Identifier of the recording plan Video Source: The selection of the video source to be recorded. Options: None or Stream 2. NOTE: Stream 2 should be enabled prior to recording plan. Maximum File Size: This option defines the maximum file size of each video clip.
  • Page 27 SD Card Status:  Syncing: Display when the card database is in the process of synchronization  Ready: Display when the micro SD card is in a ready state  Detached: Display when there is no micro SD card detected ...
  • Page 28 Example: Trigger Type – Schedule Recording There are 3 categories of search criteria: 1. Trigger Type: It includes Motion Detection, Digital Input, Manual Trigger and Network Fail and Periodically as the type of “triggered-by-events” and Schedule Recording as the type of “triggered-by-schedule”. 2.
  • Page 29 Samba This page allows user to configure the file storage via Samba. To begin with it, click Enable Samba and then input the related information. NOTE Samba can only support mounting a shared folder located in the root directory. For example, to mount a folder called “Shared”...

  • Page 30: Event Management

    Event Management Event management describes the handling of events with the corresponding actions. A common case can be exampled is storing a captured image to a local storage (Actions), when there is a Motion Event (Trigger Condition). This chapter gives the configurations of Triggers (what to detect?) and Actions (“what to send”...
  • Page 31 Server Name: Identifier of the event server Server Type Email: Send the media file via email when an event is triggered.  Mail Server Address: Enter a host name or IP address of the email server.  User Name: Enter the user name of the email account. ...
  • Page 32 Motion Configuration There are 3 MD (Motion Detection) areas can be enabled. Each MD can be individually enabled/disabled, defined the covering range and trigger sensitivity. To enable and verified the MD, follow the steps provided below. 1. Check the box to enable the motion area 2.
  • Page 33 DI/DO Setting The DI/DO setting provides the information of Digital I/O’s trigger condition and current status. Digital input (DI) can be configured as one of the trigger conditions. If the current status of the Digital input (DI) is same as the configured trigger condition of DI, the Digital output (DO) will be activated with configured trigger condition.
  • Page 34 Schedule Pattern: User-defined time frame Triggered by: This describes the selection of trigger conditions which include:  Motion Detection: Select the motion detection area(s) used for trigger condition. To enable and configure the motion detection areas, go to Motion Configuration. ...

  • Page 35: Examples Of Event Handling

    Examples of Event Handling The following cases are provided as the examples of Event Handling. Scenario 1 While viewing live video, user can manually trigger an event anytime simply by pressing the button, on the web page. It will then start generating a video clip to SD card and sending email with the captured pictures.
  • Page 36 Step 3: Configure Event List  On Event List page, click on “Add New” button.  Enable and configure this event - Event of manual triggering - Check the box to enable this event. It can be deselected later with all the following settings remained.
  • Page 37 Scenario 2 A user is to define the motion detection area(s) in the camera view. When someone goes across these areas, camera is aware of the trigger activated and starts generating video clips to SD card. Meanwhile, an illuminator device attached to the camera will be lighted up. This detection should be activated from 22:00 to 08:00 everyday.
  • Page 38 - Event of Motion Detection - Check the box to enable this event. Give a name of this event setting; e.g. MD Event (stands for Motion Detection). This is an identity of an object of event handling. Select time frame in the schedule table, for the requirement that is available from 00:00 to 08:00 every day.

  • Page 39: System Options

    System Options System Options provide users to obtain and configure the system settings of the IP camera system. It contains the page of System Information, Date and Time, User Management, Maintenance and Log Service. The details about each subcategory will be described as below. System Information The page gives details of the IP camera system.
  • Page 40 Date and Time This section describes the date/time adjustment for the IP camera system. The ways to adjust the IP camera’s date/time can be automatic (Synchronize with NTP Server / PC) or manual settings. Current Date & Time Display current system date/time of the IP camera. The date format can be changed from the drop-down list in Configure Date &...
  • Page 41 User Management By default, the access to the camera is user authenticated. For security, the IP camera should be restricted to account only accesses. It is able to enable/disable user accounts, as well as to manage the added users in this page.
  • Page 42 Maintenance This page provides tools for camera system maintenances. Reboot: Restart the camera system Restore to Factory Default: Restore camera factory default settings. The network setting can be kept by checking the “Except Network Type” checkbox. Backup Configurations: The system settings can be backed up and exported to a file. The file can be applied to upload the previous user settings to the camera, or other cameras.

  • Page 43: Connectors & Led

    Connectors & LED Front and Back Panels Focus Assist Button I/O connectors – Pin definitions Signals Function RX-IN Digital Input Ground DO-OUT Digital Out Schematic diagram of Digital I/O...

  • Page 44: Led Indicators

    LED Indicators There are 2 type of LED indicators; RJ45 LEDs (back panel) and System LED (front, bicolor). These LEDs can help to recognize the current device status. RJ45 LEDs for Network Status: LED1 (Green) LED2 (Amber) 10 Link / Traffic Steady ON / Flashing 100 Link / Traffic Steady ON / Flashing...

  • Page 45: Focus Assist Button

    Focus Assist Button Focus Assist Button allows users to adjust the camera focus with precision by a simple click. [Steps of Process] Step 1: "Press" Focus Assist Button  Rotate the lens focus clockwise or anticlockwise to either end (N or ∞) ...

  • Page 46: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Check firmware version Firmware version may imply the functionalities’ updates or availability in the camera system. Therefore, in the first step of troubleshooting and then reporting, it helps to locate the found issues. Newer version firmware may have these issues corrected. The version code can be found in Setup ->...
  • Page 47 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3...

  • Page 48: Recover Device Settings

    Recover device settings In some cases, camera system does not respond to any operation. A certain recovering processes would help to get the unit back to initial status, so that it can resume operable / configurable. This will be the operations on the “Reset Button”.

  • Page 49: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Video Sensor Type 1/4" 1M progress scan CMOS sensor Active Pixels 1280 x 800 (HxV) Compression H.264 / MPEG4 / Motion JPEG Streaming Dual simultaneous streams Resolution (WXGA)1280x 800, 1280x 720, 800x450, 640x360, 320x180 Max. Frame Rate Megapixel (1280x 800) at 30 fps (NTSC/PAL) Day/Night Mechanical (ICR) D/N Control Day/Night Mode...
  • Page 50 Ethernet Detection Network Fail detection Others Snapshot, digital Zoom, Optimized i-frame setting Events Motion detection, External alarm, Manual Trigger, Network Fail, Periodically Trigger. File upload via FTP, SMTP, SAMBA and SD Card; Notification via FTP, email and Event Actions External output activation; Video and audio recording to SD Card or SAMBA Alarm / Motion / Schedule/ Un-interrupt recording Store Category...

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