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Megapixel vandal proof fixed dome ip camera with ir led, ir cut filter & digital wdr feature
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DG-SC8860VI
Megapixel Vandal Proof Fixed Dome IP Camera with IR
LED, IR Cut Filter & Digital WDR feature

User Manual

V1.0
2014-06-05
As our products undergo continuous development the specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    DG-SC8860VI Megapixel Vandal Proof Fixed Dome IP Camera with IR LED, IR Cut Filter & Digital WDR feature User Manual V1.0 2014-06-05 As our products undergo continuous development the specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
  • Page 2 Trademarks: DIGISOL™ is a trademark of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of the respective manufacturers. Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual INDEX 1. Product Information......................... 5 1-1 Product Introduction......................5 1-2 Safety Information.........................6 1-3 System Requirements......................7 1-4 Package Contents........................7 1-5 Get Familiar with your new Network Fixed Dome IP Camera..........8 1-6 Installation of the Network IP Camera................11 2 Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface..................15...
  • Page 4 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-11 Log.............................56 3-12 Device Info........................57 3-13 Maintenance........................58 3-14 Language........................... 59 4. Using SKYROS i-View software....................60 4-1 Installing SKYROS i-View Software..................60 5 Getting familiar with SKYROS iView Software................68 5-1 Configure SKYROS iview....................74 5-1-1 Device........................

  • Page 5: Product Information

    1. Product Information 1-1 Product Introduction DG-SC8860VI is a 2Megapixel Fixed Dome IP camera with IR LED and IR-cut Filter. This camera offers the latest compression technology with a CMOS sensor & a real time image processing hardware. With its high performance H.264 compression, users can stream high quality video at low bandwidth and storage capacity requirements.

  • Page 6: Safety Information

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the safety instructions as mentioned below. The warranty will become void if you disobey these safety instructions.  This Network IP Camera is sophisticated electronic device; DO NOT drop it from a height.

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Before you start using this IP camera, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:  DG-SC8860VI Megapixel Fixed Dome IP Camera (1 No.)  PU foam pad ...

  • Page 8: Get Familiar With Your New Network Fixed Dome Ip Camera

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 1-5 Get Familiar with your new Network Fixed Dome IP Camera Item Description 1. Front Cover Transparent & Metal cover 2. Rear Cover Metal Cover Front cover:...
  • Page 9 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Item Description 1. Bubble Cover Transparent bubble cover, for lens and LEDs protection. 2. Black inner cover Inside protection. 3. Anti - drop line Protective front cover drop during installation. Rear Cover: Item Description 1. IR LED Board IR illumination 2.

  • Page 10: Installation Of The Network Ip Camera

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5. LENS Varifocal Lens 6. Main Board PCBA platform 7. SD Board Micro SD card slot 8. Reset button For resetting function (on SD card board) 9. Power Terminal Block 10. RJ45 connector Network connection 1-6 Installation of the Network IP Camera Please follow the instructions mentioned below to setup your new IP camera.
  • Page 11 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 2. Attach your PU foam pad on the bottom of your rear cover. Please refer to the definition of the terminal blocks chart below. It is also printed on the motherboard. Power Terminal Blocks (J15, 2pins) Pin No.
  • Page 12 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3. Insert all your cables through the conduit hole (optional A or B). If necessary, use the standard M20x15 water proof straight plug to prevent the device from water or dirt. Or the other equivalence plug to assembly.
  • Page 13 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 8. If local storage is required then insert micro SD card in the slot then the camera can detect the card and enable the UI of SD card. 9. See the above image and find the location of reset button on the SD card board. Press the button...

  • Page 14: Using Network Ip Camera By Web Interface

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 2 Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface 2-1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera You can use your new Network IP Camera by its web user interface via web browser. You must know the IP address of IP Camera before you can connect to it. The IP Camera will use DHCP server on your local network to obtain an IP address automatically by default.

  • Page 15: Connect To Ip Camera's Web User Interface

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP cameras on your local network (make sure all IP cameras are powered on and are connected to the local network first). When you find any IP camera, you can click on it and click ‘Link’ button to connect to it by your web browser.
  • Page 16 DG-SC8860VI User Manual IP Camera’s administrator username and password are both ‘admin’ (lower case) by default. Click ‘OK’ button or press ‘ENTER’ key on your keyboard when you finish entering username and password. When you connect to IP Camera for the first time, you’ll see the following message. This message prompts you that you need to install ActiveX plug-in before you can see the video from IP Camera.
  • Page 17 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Click ‘Allow’ button located at the bottom of IE to install ActiveX plugin. If you’re prompted that Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program as shown below. Click ‘Allow access’ or IP Camera will not be able to function properly.
  • Page 18 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Click on Continue. It will display the screen shown below: Click ‘Run’ to install the Active X control. After ActiveX plug-in is installed, you should be able to see the video stream from camera. NOTE: If this is the first time you use this IP Camera, you can refer to chapter 2.4...

  • Page 19: Viewing Live Video

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 2-3 Viewing Live Video After ActiveX control is installed, you can view IP camera’s video by web browser. Just connect to IP camera by web browser and login, than you can see live video from IP camera: There are various controls on the web page;...
  • Page 20 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Original size / Fit Switches live image view between original size (full size: 3M pixels) screen and fit screen (smaller size). If you want to see video in detail, switch to original size. If your computer monitor’s resolution is not enough and you want to see full image view, switch to fit screen and image size will adjust automatically.
  • Page 21 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Button can see objects in the video in detail. Note: Digital zoom uses computer algorithm to enlarge the video and some details may be lost. If you need to focus on the detail of specific objects in video view, please use optical zoom ring on lens...

  • Page 22: Client Settings

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 2-4 Client Settings In ‘Client Settings’ menu, you configure basic IP camera settings like data transfer protocol and data storage folder. To access ‘Client Settings’ menu, click ‘Client Settings’ button on the left of the web page as shown below.
  • Page 23 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description RTSP/ RTP Over TCP Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data over TCP. RTSP/ RTP Over UDP Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data over UDP.

  • Page 24: Advanced Configuration

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3. Advanced Configuration If you wish to configure IP camera’s settings, you can access IP camera’s ‘Configuration’ menu, which provides various kinds of system setting. To access configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button on the left of the webpage.

  • Page 25: System

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-1 System In this menu, you can configure basic IP camera settings like host name and time. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Host Name Input the IP camera’s hostname here, it can be any meaningful words or characters that will help you to identify this IP camera.

  • Page 26: Security

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual when you click ‘Apply’ in the page. You can check ‘Camera Date and Time’ item in this page to know IP camera’s current date and time setting. Synchronize with computer time Select this item and IP camera will use your computer’s time as its time.
  • Page 27 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Password / Retype Password Input administrator’s new password in both ‘Password’ and ‘Retype Password’ field, and click ‘Modify’ button to change (Administrator) administrator’s password. Note: Don’t forget administrator’s password! Or you’ll need to reset all IP cameras’...

  • Page 28: Network

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-3 Network You can configure the network camera’s general and advanced network settings here. 3-3-1 “General” Setup Page Setup IP address for this IP camera. This IP camera supports both IPv4 and IPv6 IP address. Here is the description of every setup item:...
  • Page 29 DG-SC8860VI User Manual to specify an IP address. IP Address (IPv4): Input IPv4 IP address. IP address (IPv6): Input IPv6 IP address. Pr Prefix Length: Input IPv6 IP address prefix length. (0-128) Su Subnet Mask: Input subnet mask. Ga Gateway: Input gateway address.

  • Page 30: Advanced" Setup Page

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-3-2 “Advanced” setup page You can setup advanced network settings in this page. This page is intended for advanced settings only, and this IP camera will work fine even you don’t make any changes to this page.
  • Page 31 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Multicast video port: Input port number for video multicast here. Multicast RCTP video port: Input port number for RCTP video here. Multicast audio port: Input port number for audio here. Multicast RCTP audio port: Input port number for RCTP audio here.

  • Page 32: Ip Filter

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-4 IP Filter When this IP camera is directly connected to Internet and not protected by firewall, this function acts like a mini built-in firewall to protect the safety of this IP camera and avoid attacks from hackers.

  • Page 33: Video

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual If you want to specify one IP address only, input the same IP address in both fields. Click ‘New’ button to add IP address into accepted IP list. Deny IP list Here lists all IP address that cannot build connections to this IP camera. If you want to remove a set of IP address from the list, click on the IP address and click ‘Remove’...

  • Page 34: Image Setting

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual There are 3 sub-menus in this menu: Image Setting, Video Setting and Overlay which can be accessed by tabs on the top: 3-5-1 Image Setting You can adjust the image parameters in this page.
  • Page 35 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Brightness / Control the image parameters. Click ‘- ' to decrease value, or click ‘+‘ to increase value. You can also input the value in the field directly. The maximum Contrast / value these fields can accept is 255.
  • Page 36 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Exposure Time: Increase the exposure time to increase light sensitivity of the camera. The exposure times are selectable from 1/15 to 1/10000 sec. Gain: Increasing the gain increases the brightness of the image, but it also increases the amount of noise in the image. The gain ranges from 00 to 08.

  • Page 37: Video Setting

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-5-2 Video Setting You can adjust the video transfer parameters in this page. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description H.264 Select the compression of main stream: H.264 / MPEG4. /MPEG4 Video Select video resolution.
  • Page 38 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 320x240 (QVGA) MJPEG: 1280x720 (720P) / 720x480 (D1) 640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA) Please note that in MJPEG, 720P is not displayed when the resolution of “H.264” & “MPEG4” is higher than 1280x720 (720P) When network speed is insufficient, selecting a lower video resolution will help.

  • Page 39: Overlay Setting

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-5-3 Overlay Setting You can adjust the video overlay parameters in this page. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Enable Time Check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on video. Stamp Remove the Check this box to remove time stamp’s background color which will help the...
  • Page 40 DG-SC8860VI User Manual background readability of text in some cases. color of the text (Text) Enable Image Check this box to overlay a specific image on video, so you can show certain Overlay text / picture on the video and help people to identify this IP camera.

  • Page 41: Motion

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-6 Motion This IP camera is capable to detect object’s motion, so IP camera will only record when there’s motion and save disk storage space. Motion detection is performed by examining the movement of objects in rectangular motion detection area.
  • Page 42 DG-SC8860VI User Manual - Move: Use the mouse to drag the title text. - Resize: Use the mouse to drag the four corners (upper-left/right, lower-left/right) to resize it. If you only want to adjust width or height, drag the four sidebars (top, bottom, left and right).

  • Page 43: Privacy Mask

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-7 Privacy Mask This IP camera allows you to set privacy zones for selected areas within the captured view, to prevent it while viewing and recording video. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Enable Privacy Check this box to enable Privacy Masking.

  • Page 44: Event

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual - Move: Use the mouse to drag the title text. - Resize: Use the mouse to drag the four corners (upper-left/right, lower-left/right) to resize it. If you only want to adjust width or height, drag the four sidebars (top, bottom, left and right).

  • Page 45: Settings

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-8-1 Settings This page lists all existing events. You can click ‘Modify’ button to edit an existing event, or ‘Remove’ to delete an existing event. To create a new event, just click “New” button to add an Event setting.

  • Page 46: Media

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual Motion Detection Check this box and this event will be activated when one of motion detection window detects motion. Enable Schedule Check this box and this event will be activated when designated weekday Time and time is reached.

  • Page 47: Event Server

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual starting from 14:10:25 to 14:10:35. Tips: You may want to know what happened before event is triggered in many cases, especially when object is outside motion detection window. When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
  • Page 48 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Enable FTP Check this box to enable FTP server upload. Server - FTP Server: Input FTP server’s IP address or host name. - Port: Input FTP server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘21’.
  • Page 49 DG-SC8860VI User Manual - SMTP Server: Input SMTP server’s IP address or host name. - Port: Input SMTP server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘25’. - Sender Email Address: Input the sender’s email address that will appear in the Email send by IP camera.
  • Page 50 DG-SC8860VI User Manual number than standard port 25 when SSL encryption is used. - STARTTLS: If your Email server requires STARTTLS encryption, check this box. Please note that some Email server uses different port number than standard port 25 when STARTTLS encryption is used.

  • Page 51: Recording To Sd Card/ Samba Server

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-9 Recording to SD Card/ Samba Server When a SD card is inserted into IP camera, you can save video files on it. Note: 1. Be sure that the SD Card format should be FAT32. The NTFS format cannot be supported by this camera.
  • Page 52 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Enable External Check this box to record video on SD card. storage Recording Maximum Size of Input the maximum size of every video file from 1MB to 50MB. IP camera...

  • Page 53: Sdhc

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-10 SDHC This IP camera has an optional Micro-SD card slot for local storage. You can view the Recordings saved on SD card under this tab. There are three sub menus under this option as shown below:- Status Under Status, it displays the capacity of inserted Micro SD card.
  • Page 54 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Recording: This tab will display the files stored by enabling “Recording to SD card” feature Click “All file” to list all files. You can also search the files depending on Time/ Date range. Event: This tab will display the files stored by defining an Event triggered by Motion Detection/ Digital Input.

  • Page 55: Log

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-11 Log You can check the usage log of IP camera here. In this page, you can click: 1. First page / Final page: Jump to first / final page of log. 2. Previous / Next: Jump to previous or next page of log.

  • Page 56: Device Info

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-12 Device Info You can check the information and network settings of this IP camera. This information is very useful when you need to repair or fix the problem of this IP camera. An example of device info page looks like this:...

  • Page 57: Maintenance

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 3-13 Maintenance You can do some maintenance job about this IP camera here. Here is the description of every setup item: Item Description Reboot Click this button to reboot the IP camera. This function is useful when you find IP camera is not working properly.

  • Page 58: Language

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual Restore from SD Restore IP camera’s configuration which is previously-saved on SD card. card device Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a firmware image file on your computer first, then click ‘Upgrade’ button.

  • Page 59: Using Skyros I-View Software

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 4. Using SKYROS i-View software 4-1 Installing SKYROS i-View Software The SKYROS i-View software provides various functions like video recording. After this software is installed, you can use your IP camera to safeguard your property. Please follow the below mentioned instructions to install the SKYROS i-View software.
  • Page 60 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 2. Double click on ‘Setup.exe’ to install the ‘SKYROS iView’ software. The wizard as shown below will appear. 3. The screen as shown below will appear. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
  • Page 61 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 4. Now, click on ‘Install’ as shown below. 5. Please wait while installation is being performed. This may take few minutes, please be patient.
  • Page 62 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 6. Second part of installation will start automatically. 7. A new setup window will appear, please click ‘Next’ button to continue.
  • Page 63 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 8. Now, click on ‘Next’ as shown below. 9. The screen shown below will appear. Click on ‘Install’ as shown below.
  • Page 64 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 10. Installation will take few minutes, please be patient. 11. Click ‘Finish’ when you see this message.
  • Page 65 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 12. MSDE (Microsoft SQL Database Engine) installation procedure will start at the same time. Please wait until it completes.
  • Page 66 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 13. Following screen will appear. Click on ‘Finish’. A new icon will appear on your computer’s desktop, you can double click on it to start SKYROS iView...

  • Page 67: Getting Familiar With Skyros Iview Software

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5 Getting familiar with SKYROS iView Software To start SKYROS iView, double click SKYROS iView icon on your computer’s desktop: Or click ‘Start’ button of Windows, and select ‘All Programs’ -> ‘SKYROS iView->Launch SKYROS iView’...
  • Page 68 DG-SC8860VI User Manual SKYROS i-View login screen will appear as shown below. Default user ID is ‘admin’ and default password is none (leave it blank), click ‘OK’. The main window of SKYROS iView will appear: EXIT Date/Time, Remaining disk space...
  • Page 69 DG-SC8860VI User Manual The description of every item is listed below: Item Description Split-screen mode SKYROS iView supports from 1 to 64 cameras split views. The video from IP camera will display in split screen display cells, and selector you can view up to 64 IP cameras at the same time. Click the button to select the number of IP cameras you wish to view on display.
  • Page 70 DG-SC8860VI User Manual background picture and select ‘Add Camera…’ A new window will appear: Select the camera you wish to add from ‘Camera’ dropdown list, and check the box ‘Image Lost’ and / or ‘Motion Detected’, then select the direction of camera icon, this will help you to remember the orientation of camera on the EMAP.
  • Page 71 DG-SC8860VI User Manual You can add more cameras to EMAP by repeating procedures listed above. Configuration Enter SKYROS iView configuration page. See next section for detailed instructions. Playback Playback recorded video. A new video playback window will appear. See section 5-2 for detailed instructions.
  • Page 72 DG-SC8860VI User Manual All cameras video will be displayed in ‘Camera View’ area: (This example picture shows a camera view with only 1 IP camera configured) To select an IP camera, click its video and it will be highlighted; some IP cameras support additional control, and a control panel will appear at the bottom right area of SKYROS iView.

  • Page 73: Configure Skyros Iview

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual Auto Focus Click + or – to adjust the focus. This function is only available for supported cameras. Cruise control Click ‘Go’ button to start camera cruise and click ‘Stop’ button to stop cruise. This function is only available for supported cameras.

  • Page 74: Device

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual  System (Configure system wide settings)  Schedule (Configure schedule recording)  Event (Configure event recording)  Security (Configure SKYROS i-view user list) Detailed description of every sub menu will be given in following sections. 5-1-1 Device You should configure at least one IP camera / video server before you can use SKYROS iView, and you can manage all IP camera / video server here.
  • Page 75 DG-SC8860VI User Manual If your IP camera is located on local area network, click ‘Search’ button. Wait for few seconds or few minutes until the search is complete, and all IP cameras found on your local area network will be listed: In this example, an IP camera has been found at IP address 192.168.1.10.
  • Page 76 DG-SC8860VI User Manual  View Image: View the live image from selected IP camera.  Detail: Connect to selected IP camera’s web configuration menu. Check ‘Enable Camera’ to enable this camera in SKYROS iview. If the IP camera you wish to add...

  • Page 77: Recording

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual  Remove: Remove selected IP camera. When you select an IP camera in the list, you can also click ‘Update to list’ button to update its information, like IP address and user name / password. 5-1-2 Recording You can specify the video recording behavior for all IP cameras: recording all the time, motion detection, or not recording at all.
  • Page 78 DG-SC8860VI User Manual this IP camera.  Round The Clock: SKYROS iView will record video of this IP camera all the time.  Motion Detection: SKYROS iView will only record video when motion is detected.  Apply to All Cameras: Click this button to apply current record control settings to all IP cameras on the list.
  • Page 79 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Drag red, green, and blue slide bar to set color, and click ‘Set’ button to save changes, click ‘Default’ button to reset settings, and click ‘Cancel’ to leave this menu without saving changes. You also have to setup sensitivity: Drag the slide bar to setup sensitivity level from 1 to 10.

  • Page 80: System

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5-1-3 System You can configure system-wide configuration in this sub menu. The description of every setup item is listed below: Item Description Host Name The host name by default is ‘SKYROS iView’. Camera Caption Add a text caption on camera view or not: ...
  • Page 81 DG-SC8860VI User Manual specified here, you’ll receive an alarm message to notify that you should do something to prevent running out of storage space.  Locations: Lists all data storage space configured. You can add / modify spaces below.  Browse: Select a drive or folder on your computer for recording data storage.
  • Page 82 DG-SC8860VI User Manual  SMTP Server: Input the IP address or host name of SMTP server (mail server) you wish to use.  Sender: Input the sender’s email address in sent email. This will help you to identify the email sent by SKYROS iView. For some SMTP servers, you must set a sender email address of the same domain name.

  • Page 83: Schedule

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5-1-4 Schedule You can configure recording schedule in this sub-menu.When you enter this sub-menu for first time, click ‘Add Job’ button to add a new schedule recording job: A new window will appear on the right:...
  • Page 84 DG-SC8860VI User Manual You can configure a new schedule recording job here. The description of every setup item is listed below: Item Description Weekly Schedule Select the time period in a week of this schedule. There are total 48 x 7 blocks in a week schedule, where every block represents half an hour.
  • Page 85 DG-SC8860VI User Manual main screen of the software. Events Select the event to trigger recording: Round-The-Clock: Recording is time activated (according to schedule). Motion Detection: Recording is motion-activated. DI Input: Recording is activated by DI (Digital Input) signal located on IP camera.

  • Page 86: Event

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5-1-5 Event SKYROS iView can send you an alarm email message so you can know something happened on the IP camera (motion detected, video lost, or connection lost). A sound can be played to notify the operator at the computer where SKYROS iView is installed, too.

  • Page 87: Security

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual IP camera.  Video lost: Alarm will be triggered when video server’s external camera signal is lost.  Connection Lost: Alarm will be triggered when network connection to this IP camera is lost. You can select only one alarm condition here.
  • Page 88 DG-SC8860VI User Manual There are two kinds of users in SKYROS iView: Administrator and user. Administrator can configure SKYROS iView, while user can only view video of camera, and perform limited system configuration (schedule, record, camera map and video playback).
  • Page 89 DG-SC8860VI User Manual The description of every setup item is listed below: Item Description User ID Input the user ID used to login SKYROS iview Description Input any descriptive text to help you to memorize the purpose of this user Password / Input this user’s password in both fields.

  • Page 90: Video Playback

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5-2 Video Playback 5-2-1 Start Video Playback To view recorded video, you can click ‘Playback’ button in SKYROS iview’s main screen: A new window will appear:...

  • Page 91: Advanced Search

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual To play a recorded video, you can use one of following two functions: Advanced Search Event Search Please refer to following chapters for detailed instructions of every search mode. 5-2-2 Advanced Search You can search for recorded video within specific time period, and get a list of record modes of all...
  • Page 92 DG-SC8860VI User Manual When you enter this menu, please specify start time and stop time: HOUR IN A DAY DATE (You can input 0-23 in ‘Hour in a day’ field by keyboard directly). When you finish, click ‘SEARCH’ button to search for recorded video, and You will get a similar output like this: In this picture, a recorded video of ‘Camera 1’...
  • Page 93 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Blue: Manual Recording Green: Recording is triggered by motion To view the video, check the box of camera ID, then click ‘Play’ button.
  • Page 94 DG-SC8860VI User Manual And the video will be prepared for playback. Recorded Video Clip For instructions of video playback, please see section 5-2-4 for detailed instructions.

  • Page 95: Event Search

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5-2-3 Event Search You can search for video for playback by triggering event: round the clock, motion detection, or digital input. To search for video, you have to specify: 1) Starting and Ending time for video searching in ‘Start time’ and ‘Stop time’ field.
  • Page 96 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 2) Recording mode: Round Clock & Motion Detection. You can check all boxes you wish to search for. 3) Camera: You can check all cameras you wish to search for video. To select camera ID more than 16, click right or left button to select camera ID up to 64, or click ‘Select All’...
  • Page 97 DG-SC8860VI User Manual RECORDED VIDEO FILES You can select the video clip you wish to play, and click ‘Play’ button.
  • Page 98 DG-SC8860VI User Manual For instructions of video playback, please see section 5-2-4 for detailed instructions.

  • Page 99: Video Playback

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 5-2-4 Video Playback When a video is loaded, the video playback screen will look like this: The description of every item is listed as below: Item Description Close Window Click X mark to close video playback window.
  • Page 100 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Pause a playing video, click the same button to resume video playback Stop video playback Skip to previous video frame Skip to the beginning position of video Speed Control When video is stopped, you can click + or – button to adjust video playback speed: from 1/4 to 4x speed.

  • Page 101: Secureview Application For Android Phones/ Devices

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual You can click ‘Save as’ button to save current image (you’ll be prompted for image saving location), or click ‘Print’ to print current image to printer. To go back to previous menu, click ‘Cancel’. Click ‘Reset’ to reset image parameters back to default value.
  • Page 102 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Step2: Click magnifier icon at upper-right corner of Android market, and input ‘Secureview’ in search field. You should be able to search the Secureview App (If not, please check the spelling again).
  • Page 103 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Step3: Tap on the “Install” button to download & install Secureview App. Step4: Once you tap “Install’, Android will prompt you to confirm installation, please tap “Accept & Download” button below to start installation.
  • Page 104 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Please be patient while the application is getting installed. Step 5: Once the application is installed, tap on “Open” to launch the Secureview utility.
  • Page 105 DG-SC8860VI User Manual You can also launch the ‘Secureview’ APP from the ‘All Applications’, please refer the below screen for more detail. Step6: Launch the utility by clicking on Secureview icon in the menu option.
  • Page 106 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Step7: Once you launch Secureview, Click on “Add” to add the Digisol IP cameras connected in your network. Ensure that your Android device is wirelessly connected to same wireless access point to which the DIGISOL IP camera’s are connected.
  • Page 107 DG-SC8860VI User Manual User: Input the login username of IP camera. Default username is ‘admin’ Password: Input the password of IP camera. Default password is ‘admin’ Location: If you click on this field, it will open a window as shown below: Click OK.
  • Page 108 DG-SC8860VI User Manual When an IP camera has been added successfully, it will be listed under Device List. List: Displays the added IP cameras under Device List. Map: Displays a Map window. To view the video, click on the desired camera. You can view one camera at a time using this...
  • Page 109 DG-SC8860VI User Manual The following icons will be displayed on the bottom of the screen: 1. PTZ: Tap this option to show the PTZ controls for PTZ supported IP cameras. For non-supported IP cameras, this tab will be grayed out.
  • Page 110 DG-SC8860VI User Manual The highlighted icons are for future update. The arrows indicate the directions to Pan/ tilt the IP camera. Home: Tap this option to move the IP camera to Home position ( as defined in the Web GUI of an IP camera).
  • Page 111 DG-SC8860VI User Manual 4. Speak: Tap this option to enable the two-way communication via this utility. To disable this feature, tap the same button again. This tab will be highlighted only if Audio feature is enabled on an IP camera.
  • Page 112 DG-SC8860VI User Manual To remove/delete an IP camera, click “Edit” tab on the upper- left corner under ‘List’ tab:- Click “Done” to apply the changes. It will direct to main interface. To exit the Application, click on back button of your phone in the main interface of Secureview...

  • Page 113: Secureview Application For I-Phones/ I-Pads

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 7 Secureview Application for i-Phones/ i-Pads To Install SecureviewIP camera utility on Apple device, follow the below mentioned instructions: Step 1: To install Secureview application, launch “App Store” (In your Apple device tap ‘All Apps’ menu). Step 2: Click ‘magnifier icon’ at upper-right corner of App Store, and input ‘Secureview’ in search field.
  • Page 114 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Step 3 :Tap on the “Install” button to download & install Secureview App. Please be patient while the application is getting installed.
  • Page 115 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Step 4 : Once the application is installed, tap on “Open” to launch the Secureview utility. You can also launch the ‘Secureview’ APP from the ‘All Applications’, please refer the below screen for more detail.
  • Page 116 If you are using an iPad, go to “App Store” & input ‘Secureview’ in Search Field. The following screen will be displayed: Under “iPhone Apps”, Secureview application will be listed. Click on it to install the utility on an iPad. Step 5: Tap on “+” sign to add the connected Digisol IP cameras.
  • Page 117 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Ensure that your Apple device is wirelessly connected to same wireless access point to which the DIGISOL IP camera’s are connected. In this page, you need to input the IP camera’s parameter manually: Name: You can define a name for this IP camera for easy identification.
  • Page 118 DG-SC8860VI User Manual It will prompt you a message as displayed above. If you want to allow the Secureview app to use your current location. Click Ok. Tap ‘Save’ to add the IP Camera and proceed. When an IP camera has been added successfully, it will be listed under Device List.
  • Page 119 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Login to the Web GUI of an IP camera: Under Configuration>>Video>>Video Setting: Under Mobile View: enable “3GPP with audio” to get the real time audio & video while streaming on an iPad/ iPhone using Secureview App. To view the video, click on the desired camera. You can view one camera at a time using this...
  • Page 120 DG-SC8860VI User Manual The following icons will be displayed on the bottom of the screen: 1. PTZ: Tap this option to show the PTZ controls for PTZ supported IP cameras. For non-supported IP cameras, this tab will be grayed out.
  • Page 121 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Enter the desired preset name or number as specified in the Web GUI of an IP camera & click on Go to move the IP camera to that particular position. 1. Patrol: Tap this option to keep the IP camera on auto patrol.
  • Page 122 DG-SC8860VI User Manual To Edit/ modify the settings of an added IP camera, Click on arrow mark in front of the desired IP camera: Click on “Edit” tab on upper-right corner & make the modifications. It will display the screen...
  • Page 123 DG-SC8860VI User Manual Click on “Save” to apply the changes or else tap cancel button. To remove/delete an IP camera, tap and hold the desired camera in the list. It will display a “delete” button as shown in below image: You can also click “Edit”...

  • Page 124: Appendix

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 8 Appendix 8-1 Specification Image Sensor: 1/2.5" 2MP CMOS sensor Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080@30fps Min. Illumination: 0.1 Lux @ F1.2 Lens: Varifocal Lens; f: 2.8 - 12mm Night Vision: Built-in IR cut filter Video Compression: H.264, MPEG-4, MJPEG...

  • Page 125: Troubleshooting

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 8-2 Troubleshooting Please don’t panic when you found this IP camera is not working properly. Before you send this IP camera back to us, you can do some simple checks to save your time: Problem description Possible solution(s) Cannot connect to IP Camera ...

  • Page 126: Glossary

    DG-SC8860VI User Manual 8-3 Glossary MJPG : Motion JPEG or M-JPEG is a digital video sequence that is made up of a series of individual JPEG images. (JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group). The quality of the image is guaranteed, regardless of movement because the captured video is a series of separately compressed JPEG images that can be extracted individually.
  • Page 127 DG-SC8860VI User Manual FTP (File Transfer Protocol): FTP is an application protocol that uses the TCP/IP protocols, used to exchange files between computers/devices on networks. Network cameras with embedded operating systems use FTP to send camera images to an authorized user’s computer or web site.
  • Page 128 Reflection type filters are short-pass interference filters that reflect infrared light with high efficiency. Day/Night function: DG-SC8860VI has IR LED array for better visibility under no light environment. If the environment light is not sufficient enough to view the camera then the IR LEDs are triggered automatically for better visibility.

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