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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual WEATHERPROOF IP CAMERA...
  • Page 2 WARINGS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC OBJECT THROUGH VENTILATION GRILLS. CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENT Preface ............. Product Specifications ......III. Product Installation ........Monitor Setting ................Hardware Installation..............IP Assignment ................Install ActiveX control ............... Live Video ..........IP Camera Configuration ......System ..................Network ..................A/V Setting ................Event List.................. Network Configuration ......I/O Configuration ........

  • Page 4: Preface

    Preface This IP Camera is a 5 Megapixel Weatherproof IP camera with the web server built in. User can view real-time video via IE browser. IP Camera supports simultaneously H.264, Motion JPEG & MPEG4 video compression and dual streaming which provides smooth and high video quality. The video can be stored in the SD card and played back remotely.
  • Page 5 Angle of View 18.5° ~ 73.26° (horizontal) 12.98° ~ 51.9° (vertical) Mechanism IR cut Filter Built-in 35 IR LED IR Distance-25M 1 DI/ 1 DO Video Output Audio G.711(64K) and G.726(32K,24K) audio compression Input : 3.5mm phone jack, audio in Output: 3.5mm phone jack, Support 2-way.
  • Page 6 Triggered Action Mail, FTP, Save to SD card, DO, Samba Pre/ Post Alarm Yes, configurable Security Password protection, IP address filtering, HTTPS encrypted data transmission, 802.1X port-based authentication for network protection, QoS/DSCP Firmware Upgrade HTTP mode, can be upgraded remotely Simultaneous Connection Up to 10 Micro SD card management (option) Recording Trigger...

  • Page 7: Product Installation

    III. Product Installation Monitor Setting 1. Right-Click on the desktop. Select “ Properties” 2. Change color quality to highest (32bit).

  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    B. Hardware Installation 1. Connector Instruction The Cable and connector are as below. Connect power adaptor first, then connect the IP Camera to PC or network, and set up the network configurations according to the network environment. About I/O setting, please refer to chapter VII in User Manual: "I/O Configuration"...
  • Page 9 4. For the waterproof reason, if you install a Micro SD card, please turn and lock the screws on the Micro SD card lid tightly and make sure it's sealed. 5. PoE (Power Over Ethernet) 802.3af PoE Switch is recommended Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a technology that integrates power into a standard LAN infrastructure.

  • Page 10: Ip Assignment

    C. IP Assignment 1. You can use the software“IP Installer” to assign the IP address of IP Camera. The software is in the attached CD. 2. There are two language versions of IP installer. Choose one as your need: IPInstallerCht.exe: Chinese version IPInstallerEng.exe: English version 3.
  • Page 11 7. IP Installer will search for all IP Cameras connected on Lan. Click “Search Device” to refresh the result list. 8. Click one of the IP Camera listed on the left side. The network configuration of this IP camera shows on the right side. You may change the “name” of the IP Camera as your preference (eg: Office, warehouse).

  • Page 12: Install Activex Control

    Camera listed on “Device list” of IP Installer. An IE browser will be opened. 11. If you link to the IP Camera successfully, there pops a box asking you to log in. Please key in the default user name"admin" and password"admin" when you link to the IP Camera for the first time.
  • Page 13 When popup the following dialogue box, click “Yes”.
  • Page 14 b. You can choose another way. Go to: IE→Tools → Internet Options… → Security Tab → Trusted sites → Add the IP address and click "OK". In the site list you can key one single IP address or a LAN address. For example, if you add "192.168.21.*", all the IP address under .21 LAN will be regarded as trusted sites.
  • Page 15 2. Use Non-IE Web Browser If you use firefox or google chrome to access the IP camera but fail to watch the live video, please follow the steps to install necessary tools: (the following pictures are based on chrome.) a. You may see the prompt message as the picture below. First, Click the link: "Firstly, please install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)."...
  • Page 16 (iii) After finishing downloading, execute the two files respectively to install them.The windows may ask you to reboot the PC when the installation finished. b. Then, Click the second link "Please click here to download the installation program which does not support IE browser." to download Setup ActiveX. After fininshing downloading, execute the files to install ActiveX.
  • Page 17 c. If you execute the steps above but still cannot see the live video normally, please try the solution: (i) Search for the file "np_hoem_x.dll" in your system disk. For Windows XP users, please go to "Start" → "Search" → Search for "All files and folders"...

  • Page 18: Live Video

    IV. Live Video Start an IE browser, type the IP address of the IP camera in the address field. It will show the following dialogue box. Key-in the user name and password. The default user name and password are “admin” and “admin”. When the IP Camera is connected successfully, it shows the following program interface.
  • Page 19 3. Show system time, video resolution, and video refreshing rate 4. Adjust image, 1/2x, 1x, 2x 5. Select video streaming source (If in”Video Setting” the streaming 2 setting is closed, this option will not appear here.) 6. IP Camera supports 2-way audio. Click the “Chatting” check box, then you can use microphone connected to the PC to talk to the Camera side.

  • Page 20: Ip Camera Configuration

    V. IP Camera Configuration Click to get into the administration page as below. Click to back to the live video page.

  • Page 21: System

    A. System 1. System Information a. Server Information: Set up the camera name, select language, and set up the camera time. Server Name: This is the Camera name. This name will show on the IP Installer. (ii) Select language: There are 11 languages to choose from. When you change the language, it will show the following dialogue box for confirmation.
  • Page 22 c. Server time setting: Select options to set up time - “NTP”, “Synchronize with PC’s time”, “Manual”, “The date and time remain the same”. • Server Time: It shows current IPCam server time. • Date Format: Select the date display format. •...
  • Page 23 During daylight saving, the time will be 1 hour faster. • NTP: Key in the NTP server IP address and update interval. The camera time will be synchronized with NTP server time. To use this option, if the NTP Server is under WAN, the camera must be set to access WAN. •...
  • Page 24 2. User Management IP CAMERA supports three different users, administrator, general user, and anonymous user. a. Anonymous User Login: Select “Yes”, then anyone access the camera can watch the live video without username and password. However, if you try to enter the configuration page, the camera will ask you to key in the username and password to log in.
  • Page 25 3. System update: a. To update the firmware online, click “Browse…” to select the firmware. Then click “Upgrade” to proceed. Note: The firmware upgrade might be accompanied by the changing of some setting and function, and the setting options might become different to the user manual that you're reading now.

  • Page 26: Network

    B. Network 1. IP Setting a. IP Assignment IP Camera supports DHCP and static IP. DHCP: Using DHCP, IP CAMERA will get all the network parameters automatically. (ii) Static IP: Please type in IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS manually.
  • Page 27 address generated automatically by IP camera. This virtual IPv6 address cannot use on WAN. To use IPv6 address to access the IP camera, please open the web browser, and key in [IPv6 address] in address bar. The [ ] parentheses mark is necessary.
  • Page 28 • The IP device icon will be added to “MY Network Places” • User may double click the IP device icon to access IE browser <Approach 2> • Open "My Network Space", and click "Show icons for networked UPnP devises" in the tasks column on the left of the page. Windows may ask your confirmation for enabling the components.
  • Page 29 e. RTSP setting If you have a media player that supports RTSP protocol, you can use it to receive the video streaming from IP camera. The RTSP address can be set for two streaming respectively. Please jump to Chapter V-C:"Video Setting".
  • Page 30 Multicast, appoint IP Address and port here. TTL means the life time of packet, the larger the value is, and the more users can receive the packet. To use Multicast, be sure to enable the function "Force Multicast RTP via RTSP"...
  • Page 31 i. LLTD If your PC supports LLTD, enable this function then you can check the connection status, properties, and device position(like IP address) of this IP Camera in the network map. In the computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can find LLTD through the path: Call out the Control Panel →...
  • Page 32 2. Advanced a. Https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) When the users access cameras via Https protocol, the transmitted information will be encrypted so that the security level is arisen. You can select the connection type. • Http: user can access the camera via Http path but cannot via Https path.
  • Page 33 (ii) Created Request: Fill in the following form and click “apply”. (iii) After you generate a certificate request, if you choose to turn it to the trusted third-party to verify, please click “Content” and copy all the request content. (iv) According to the certificate source, there are two ways to install the...
  • Page 34 certificate. If you had sent the certificate request to do sign and received a signed certificate, please click” browse” and find the certificate file in your computer. Click “Apply” to install it. If you choose to generate a self-signed certificate, fill in the following forms and set validity day, click “Apply”...
  • Page 35 b. SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol) SNMP provides a simple framework for administering networked hardware. To manage the IP camera, you have to prepare a MIB browser or similar tools first. SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 can be enabled simultaneously. The following examples are based on MG-SOFT MIB Browser. Depending on your MIS Browser, you may see different interface and options.
  • Page 36 correct Read Community name “public”, the user has read authority to camera; Key in the correct Read Community name “public” and Key in the correct Set community name “write”, the user has write authority to camera.). Connection succeeds. (ii) SNMPv3: For data security reason, the authentication and encryption assurances are added when developing SNMPv3.
  • Page 37 • Example: Select SNMPv3, add new user, and key in correct security user name(write). Select the same authentication type with camera setting for authentication protocol(MD5), and key in authentication password of write security. Select the same encryption type with camera setting for privacy protocol (DES), and key in encryption password of write security.
  • Page 38 • Cold Start: The camera starts up or reboots. • Setting changed: The SNMP setting is changed. • Network Disconnected: The network connection was broken down. (The camera will send trap messages after the network being connected again) • V3 Authentication Failed: A SNMPv3 user account tries to get authentication but failed.
  • Page 39 c. Access List You can deny an IP address or a range of IP address so that they cannot access the IP camera. Tick the "enable" box, key in the IP address you want to deny, select"deny" then click"Add" to add it to the list. You can also choose to deny a range of IP address but allow one or several IP address of them.
  • Page 40 d. QoS/DSCP(Quality of Server/Differentiated Services Code-point) DSCP specifies a simple mechanism for classifying and managing network traffic and provide QoS on IP networks. DSCP is a 6-bit in the IP header for packet classification purpose. Set up instruction: The number 0~63 for Live Stream, Event / Alarm, and Management represent the ratio that the bandwidth is divided.
  • Page 41 e. IEEE 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is an IEEE standard for port-based Network Access Control. It provides an authentication mechanism to device wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN. To use this function, you need a device to build IEEE 802.1x LAN at first. The EAPOL protocol support service identification and optional point to point encryption over the local LAN segment.
  • Page 42 3. PPPoE & DDNS a. PPPoE: Select “Enabled” to use PPPoE. Key-in Username and password for the ADSL connection. Send mail after dialed: When connect to the internet, it will send a mail to a specific mail account. For the mail setting, please refer to Server settings.
  • Page 43 (vi) DDNS Status • Updating: Information update • Idle: Stop service • DDNS registration successful, can now log by http://<username>. ddns.camddns.com: Register successfully. • Update Failed, the name is already registered: The user name has already been used. Please change it. •...
  • Page 44 4. Server setting The settings of Email, FTP and SAMBA are used when the event happens, schedule snapshot executes, or the alarm input is triggered. Select the item to display the detailed configuration options. You can configure either one or all of them.
  • Page 45 connection. A message box will tell you “OK!” if it works, and a test file will be uploaded to FTP space. In PORT mode, the FTP server builds the connection to the user’s data port actively. However, from the user-side firewall’s standpoint, the action of connecting from FTP server is often considered to be dangerous and should be blocked.
  • Page 46 5. Wireless Setting (Optional): Support 802.11 b/g/n To set up the IP camera via wireless network, use ethernet cable to connect the camera first. After you finish the wireless setting and save it, remove the ethernet cable. Note: The IP address is the same under both wireless and wired network. If the ethernet cable is plugged in the camera, the IP camera will use it to link to the Internet instead of wireless router.
  • Page 47 Please select as the wireless system in your location. FCC is American standard. ETSI is European standard. JP is Japan standard. (iv) Channel: Assign a channel for the camera in order to avoid interference. (v) Security: Select WEP, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK according to your wireless router setting.

  • Page 48: A/V Setting

    C. A/V Setting 1. Image Setting For the security and privacy purpose, there are three areas can be setup for privacy mask. Click Area button first and drag an area on the above image, and remember to save your setting. The masked area will not show on both the live view and recording.
  • Page 49 under dim light, but the level of noise may also increase. c. Shutter Time: Choose as the location of your camera or fixed shutter time. The shorter the shutter time is, the less light the camera receives and the image becomes darker. d.
  • Page 50 Note: When you select a number in "Shutter Time", actually the shutter time varies in a range and controlled by camera automatically. Following table shows the shutter time option and corresponding range. Option Shutter Time Range (sec.) Outdoor 1/10000 ~ Selected number in "Sense-up" Indoor NTSC: 1/120 ~ Selected number in "Sense-up"...
  • Page 51 2. Video Setting a. idea System Setting: Choose the input resolution, the option affects the max value of video frame rate. Choose the Video System (digital signal) and TV Output (analog signal). b. Basic Mode of Streaming 1 and Streaming 2: Resolution: If “2592x1944 @15fps”...
  • Page 52 value is affected by the input resolution you choose. Video Format: H.264 or M-JPEG (vi) RTSP Path: Set the RTSP output connecting route. c. Advanced Mode of Streaming 1 and Streaming 2: Resolution: If “2592x1944 @15fps” is selected in Input Resolution option, you can select 2592x1944, 2048x1536, 1600x1200, 1280x960, 640x480, 320x240, or 176x144 here.
  • Page 53 become broken or lagged when your bandwidth is not enough for the data quantity you selected. (iv) Video Quantitative: The quality parameter of VBR. You can choose 1~10 compression rate. The higher the value is, the higher the image quality (v) Video Bitrate: The quality parameter of CBR.
  • Page 54 3. Audio: IP Camera supports 2-way audio. Audio can be received by the microphone connected with IP camera and transmitted to remote PC. User can also send audio from remote PC mic to IP Camera’s external speaker. a. IP Camera to PC To receive Audio from IP camera, select “Enable”...

  • Page 55: Event List

    D. Event List IP Camera provides multiple event settings. 1. Event Setting a. Motion Detection To enable motion detection, please tick "Area 1/2/3". Click "Area 1/2/3" in Area Setting, and draw an area on the preview screen. When motion in the area is detected, "Motion!"...
  • Page 56 Monday has not been colored in the schedule table, then no action will be triggered even the camera detects motion during 11:00~12:00 on Monday. b. Record File When an event happens, the IP camera can record a video clip or take snapshot, and then send to mail/ FTP/ Samba.
  • Page 57 d. Network Dis-connected To avoid video loss, the camera will start to save the video to local Micro SD card when it detect Ethernet cable is unplugged. The video recording will continuously be saved into Micro SD card and divided into every 5 minutes a file until the network is reconnected successfully.
  • Page 58 2. Schedule a. Schedule: After complete the schedule setup, the camera data will be recorded according to the schedule setup. b. Snapshot: After enable the snapshot function; user can select the storage position of snapshot file, the interval time of snapshot and the reserved file name of snapshot.
  • Page 59 3. I/O Setting a. Input Setting: IP Camera supports input and output. When the input condition is triggered, it can trigger the relay out; send the video to mail addresses /FTP server / SAMBA. • Intervel: For example, if you select "10 sec" here, once the input alarm is detected and action is triggered, it cannot be triggered again within 10 seconds.
  • Page 60 4. Log List Sort by System Logs, Motion Detection Logs and I/O Logs. In addition, System Logs and I/O Logs won’t lose data due to power failure.
  • Page 61 5. SD card (Optional) a. Playback Please Insert Micro SD card before use it. Make sure pushing Micro SD card into the slot completely. Click the date listed on this page, and it shows the list of the video. The video format is AVI.
  • Page 62 c. Copy to PC You can insert the Micro SD card to PC and read the files directly, or use FlashGet instead to download the files from IP camera. (In this way you do not need to pull out Micro SD card from the camera.) To use FlashGet for downloading the image and video data from the Micro SD card, please follow the steps: Enter the data list and right-click "Files link daily", select "save target...
  • Page 63 (iv) Click OK to start download. • FlashGet is a free software that can be downloaded from FlashGet official website. The example above is based on FlashGet ver.1.9.6.

  • Page 64: Network Configuration

    VI. Network Configuration • Configuration 1: a. Internet Access: ADSL or Cable Modem b. IP address: One real IP or one dynamic IP c. Only IP Camera connects to the internet d. For fixed real IP, set up the IP into IP Camera. For dynamic IP, start PPPoE. •...
  • Page 65 • Configuration 3: a. Internet Access: ADSL or Cable Modem b. IP address: one real IP or one dynamic IP c. IP Camera and PC connect to the internet d. Device needed: IP sharing e. Use virtual IP, set up port forwarding in IP sharing.

  • Page 66: I/O Configuration

    VII. I/O Configuration 1. I/O Connection a. Please connect the GND & DO pin to the external relay (buzzer) device. When no event happens, DO output is 5V (DO and GND are disconnected). When the camera detects event happening and triggers external alarm, DO output is 0V (DO and GND are connected).
  • Page 67 c. I/O PIN definition • GND (Ground): Initial state is LOW • DO (Digital Output): DC 5V • DI (Digital Input): Max. 50mA, DC 5V 2. I/O Setup a. Click I/O Setting from the system setup page via IE, and check “Out1” to enable I/O signal.
  • Page 68 (ii) Time Switch mode: Click "Pulse", the camera will trigger the external output devise for several seconds, The duration length is according to the "interval" setting in Output Setting.

  • Page 69: Viii.factory Default

    VIII.Factory Default If you forget your password, please follow the steps to revert back to default value. • Remove the power and ethernet cable. • Take a electronic wire, plug one side of the wire into "Default" and the other side into "GND"...

  • Page 70: Micro Sd Card Compatibility

    IX. Micro SD Card Compatibility The following is the Micro SD Card recommended: Transcend SDHC class4 16GB SDHC class4 32GB class4 16GB class4 32GB SDHC class6 SDHC class6 SDHC class6 16GB class6 class6 class6 16GB SDHC class10 4GB SDHC class10 8GB SDHC class10 16GB SanDisk...

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