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TL-SC3230N Wireless N Megapixel Surveillance Camera REV: 1.0.0 1910010754...
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Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital camera, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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This camera has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of 3 dBi. Antennas not included in this list or having a gain greater than 3 dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this camera. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that permitted for successful communication.”...
Safety Information When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: Wireless N Megapixel Surveillance Camera Model No.: TL-SC3230N Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...
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6.3.1 System ..................38 6.3.2 Date & Time ................. 39 6.3.3 Maintenance ................40 6.4 Video: Configure profile................41 6.4.1 Common ..................42 6.4.2 Video Profile................. 43 6.4.3 ROI ....................44 6.5 Audio: Audio parameters ................45 6.6 User: Manage user name, password and login privilege......45 6.7 E-Mail: Set up E-Mail configuration ............
Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: TL-SC3230N Wireless N Megapixel Surveillance Camera Power Adapter Camera Stand with screws Detachable WLAN antenna RJ45 Cable Quick Installation Guide Resource CD, including: This User Guide Other helpful information Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
Chapter 1 Overview The user guide explains how to operate this camera from a computer. The user should read this manual completely and carefully before operating the camera. 1.1 Introduction This camera is an inexpensive and fully scalable surveillance camera. Because the cameras can be plugged into your existing local area network (LAN), you will potentially save thousands of dollars from unnecessary cabling.
Chapter 2 Physical Description 2.1 Front View Antenna Microphone Lens & focus ring Micro SD Card Slot Antenna: The user can attach the included antenna to antenna connector (SMA type) or use another high-gain antenna to get higher performance. This camera has a SMA type antenna. Lens &...
2.2 Bottom View Power/Wireless LAN LED DC Power Jack Audio Output Jack Factory Default Reset LAN Port Audio Output Jack: Audio-out Jack allows this camera to output audio or alerting sound. DC Power Jack: The input power is 12VDC. Supply the power to the camera with the power adapter included in package.
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Follow the steps below to mount your camera. Attach the camera with the included stand Place the camera on the table or fix it onto ceiling or wall Use three screws to fix the camera onto the ceiling or wall. You could also put the camera on the table directly.
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Connect the external power supply to camera Connect the attached power adapter to the DC power jack of the camera. Note: Use the power adapter, 12VDC, included in the package and connect it to wall outlet for AC power. Power Cable Once you have installed the camera well and powered it on, the Power LED (orange) will turn on later.
Chapter 4 Preparation 4.1 Search and Set up by IP Search When you installed the camera on a LAN environment, you have two easy ways to search your cameras by IP Search or UPnP™ discovery. Here is the way to execute IP Search to discover camera’s IP address and set up related parameter in a camera.
4.1.2 View If IP Search finds network cameras, View button will be available. Please select the camera you want to view and click the View button. Then you could see the video from camera directly. Furthermore, you could double click the left button of mouse to link to the network camera by browser.
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If you do not want to change username and/or password, just click “Submit” button to perform your setting accordingly. Click “<<” button to go back to the previous page. If you like to change username and/or password of the camera, just click the check button. Then, the related fields will show up as below.
4.1.4 Wireless In case you want to change the IP related parameters of wireless interface, please select the camera you want to configure and click the WIRELESS button. Relative settings will be carried out as above. Click SSID to select your wireless AP or router and key in WEP or WPA key. Click >>...
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Confirm the wireless setting and then submit the settings. Click OK to confirm these parameters, then IP Search will start to configure this camera with specified information.
Once this step is finished, IP Search will prompt you to unplug the Ethernet cable to activate wireless access. Then IP Search will prompt you to test wireless setting or finish wireless procedure as below. 4.2 UPnP of Windows® XP, Vista or 7 UPnP™...
Note: Windows 2000 does not support UPnP feature. To discover your camera, go to your Desktop and click My Network Places. Click the targeted camera. Then Internet Explorer will connect to this camera automatically. 4.3 Install the camera behind a NAT Router Once installed, the camera is accessible on your LAN.
Step2: Enable UPnP NAT traversal option of the camera Refer to Setting Network UPnP page for detail NAT traversal setting. Note that this option is enabled by default. 4.4 Access the camera from the Internet Explorer for the first time Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera you want to monitor as below: The Login Window of the camera is prompted.
4.5 Logging in as a User If you log in the camera as an ordinary user, “Setting” function will not be accessible. 4.6 Logging in as an Administrator If you log in the camera as an Administrator, you can perform all the settings provided by the camera.
Chapter 5 Operating the Camera Start-up screen will be shown as follow no matter you log into the camera as an ordinary user or as an administrator. Monitor Image Section About 2-Way Digital Full Screen Record Snapshot Audio Zoom 5.1 Monitor Image Section The image shot by the camera is shown here.
5.5 Full Screen Enlarge video to full screen display. : Enlarge video to full screen display. Press “ESC” key to return to the original screen display. 5.6 Digital Zoom Click to activate this function as above. The user can scroll the mouth over the video to adjust zoom ratio and position.
5.8 Record Click the icon to activate this function. Press to start recording. The video file is saved as ASF format into your local PC. While you want to stop it, press Stop to stop recording. Select Browser and the pop-up window will display. Select the save path and file name prefix, and select OK to continue.
5.9 Snapshot Click the icon to activate this function. Press to take a picture. The image file is saved as JPEG format into your local PC. Select Browser and the pop-up window will display. Select the save path and file name prefix, and select OK to continue. If you like to retrieve the saved image, select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools.
Chapter 6 Administrating the Camera This function is only available for the user logged into camera as administrator. Click on each menu name to display its setting page Item Action Network Configure Network settings such as DHCP, DDNS, 3GPP, PPPoE and UPnP Camera Adjust camera parameters, position, and set camera tour...
6.1.1 Network This section provides the menu for connecting the camera through Ethernet cable. MAC address: Displays the Ethernet MAC address of the camera. Note that the user can not modify it. Obtain IP address automatically (DHCP): DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
user can access the camera by either http://xx.xx.xx.xx/, or http://xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx/. If multiple cameras are installed on the LAN and also required to be accessed from the WAN, then the HTTP Port can be assigned as the virtual server port mapping to support multiple cameras. Click OK to save and enable the setting.
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Step 2: Key in security key of WEP or WPA. Then click “Submit” button to activate wireless setting. If the user wants to configure wireless settings manually, please follow the steps as below: MAC address: Displays the Ethernet MAC address of the WLAN card. Note that the user can not change it.
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of a network scan. Access points with a disabled SSID Broadcast will not appear unless the camera is associated with it. The following information is provided: Interface Select: “Wired (Ethernet) only” or “Auto – wired if cable is connected, otherwise wireless”: Choose wired or wireless mode.
6.1.3 HTTPS HTTPS: Stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure HTTPS is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with the SSL/TLS protocol to provide encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server. HTTPS connections are often used for sensitive transactions in corporate information systems. The main idea of HTTPS is to create a secure channel over an insecure network.
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WAN IP address is when you want to access your camera over the Internet. One of the possible solutions to the dynamic IP address problem comes in the form of a dynamic DNS service. A dynamic DNS service is unique because it provides a means of updating your IP address so that your listing will remain current when your IP address changes.
6.1.5 PPPoE PPPoE: Stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet A standard builds on Ethernet and Point-to-Point network protocol. It allows your camera with xDSL or cable connects with broadband network directly, then your camera can dial up and get a dynamic IP address.
6.1.6 Streaming RTSP is a streaming control protocol, and a starting point for negotiating transports such as RTP, multicast and Unicast, and for negotiating codecs. RTSP can be considered a "remote control" for controlling the media stream delivered by a media server. RTSP servers typically use RTP as the protocol for the actual transport of audio/video data.
UPnP: To enable or disable the UPnP service here. Friendly Name: To show the friendly name of this camera here. UPnP NAT Traversal: When enabled, the camera will attempt to configure port mapping in a NAT router on your network, using UPnP™. Note that UPnP™ must be enabled in the NAT router first.
Bonjour: To enable or disable the Bonjour service here. Friendly Name: To show the friendly name of this camera here. 6.1.9 ONVIF ONVIF is a global and open industry forum with the goal to facilitate the development and use of a global open standard for the interface of physical IP-based security products.
ONVIF: To enable or disable the ONVIF interface here. Version: Currently, the V1.0 or V1.01/V1.02/V2.0/V2.1.1 is available. 6.1.10 IP Filter You can enter different users’ IP addresses which are allowed or denied to enter by the camera.
IP Filter: To enable or disable the IP filter function here. IP Filter Policy: Choose the filter policy where is denying or allowing. 6.1.11 IP Notification In case the IP address is changed, system is able to send out an email to alert someone if the function is enabled.
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SMTP Notification (e-mail): If this function is enabled, the “Send to” and “Subject” fields need to be filled. Send To: Type the receiver’s e-mail address. This address is used for mail reply. Subject: Type the subject/title of the E-mail. TCP Notification: If this function is enabled, the “TCP Server“, “TCP Port”, and “Message” fields need to be filled.
Proxy Login Password: Type the password for the HTTP Proxy. Custom parameter: The user can set specific parameters to HTTP server. Message: The message will be sent to HTTP server. 6.2 Camera: Adjust camera parameters Use this menu to set the functions of the camera parameters of the camera. 6.2.1 Picture Rotation: Turn the “Mirror”...
White Balance: Auto: will adjust the white balance automatically. Hold: will hold the white balance. Exposure Control: Auto: will adjust the internal gain automatically. Hold: will hold the internal gain. Maximum Exposure Time: Set the Maximum Exposure Time. However, the real exposure time may be shorter in good light condition.
windows to mask the video captured by this camera. By dragging mouse on the image, you can change the position and size of the selected window accordingly. Name: Name of the specified privacy window. Level: To define the gray level of mask block. The smaller value, the darker. 6.3 System: Configure and maintain system Use this menu to perform the principal settings of the camera.
6.3.2 Date & Time You can set up the camera or make it synchronized with PC or remote NTP server. Also, you may select your time zone in order to synchronize time locally. Server Date & Time: Displays the date and time of the camera. PC Time: Displays the date and time of the connected PC.
6.3.3 Maintenance Hard Factory Default (Include the network setting): Recall the camera hard factory default settings. Note that click this button will reset all camera’s parameters to the factory settings (including the IP address). Factory Default (Except the network setting): The unit is restarted and most current settings are reset to factory default values.
Once the firmware file was selected, click “Firmware Upgrade” button. The upgrade progress information will be displayed. Once the uploading process completed, the camera will reboot the system automatically. Please wait for timer countdown, and then you can use IP Search to search the camera again.
6.4.1 Common Text Overlay Setting: There are some important information can be embedded into image, including date, time, and/or text. The user also can change the font color, background color, or transparency.
6.4.2 Video Profile Name: To assign a name to the selected profile. Video Type: Video codec of the selected profile. Resolution: Shows the resolution of the selected profile. ROI: Assign the selected profile as a ROI stream or not. (Only available for the profiles with max resolution) Rate Control: Defines the rate control method of this profile.
Max Frame Rate: Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile. For example, set the frame rate to 30 fps, then the image will be updated for 30 frames per second as possible. The user needs to set reasonable max frame rate versus video quality under the limited bandwidth. GOP Control: Defines the Intra/Inter-frame (I/P) ratio of this profile.
6.5 Audio: Audio parameters Audio: To enable or disable audio function Audio Type: To select audio codec Audio Mode: To select Simplex or Full duplex (2-way audio) mode Input Gain: To adjust gain of input audio Output Gain: To adjust gain of output audio 6.6 User: Manage user name, password and login privilege Use this menu to add, update, or remove the usernames and passwords of the Administrator and viewer.
Viewer login: Select “Anonymous” to allow all users to view the video as long as they are connected. Otherwise, only users in database can view the video after login. Access Right: Administrator can access every function in this camera. However, viewers only can view the video and access limited function.
SMTP Server: Type the SMTP server name or the IP address of the SMTP server. Test: Send a test mail to mail server to check this account is available or not. SMTP Port: Set port number of SMTP service. SSL: Enable SSL function or not. SMTP Authentication: Select the authentication required when you send an e-mail.
Add and Del: To add or delete the motion windows. The user can specify up to 10 Included and/or Excluded windows to monitor the video captured by this camera. By dragging mouse on the image, you can change the position and size of the selected motion window accordingly.
6.9.1 SD Card Enable automatic disk cleanup: Delete old recorded files while the conditions are reached as below. Remove recordings order than: Delete old files by days. Remove oldest recordings when disk is: Delete old files by left capacity. 6.9.2 SAMBA Server The camera can send video stream to specified SAMBA server.
SAMBA Host: Type the IP address of the SAMBA server. Share: Type the video storage destination on the SAMBA server. SAMBA username: Type the user name to login the SAMBA server. SAMBA Login Password: Type the password to login the SAMBA server. 6.10 Continuous Recording The camera provides continuous video recording feature to store camera video clip to SD card or samba server in local network.
Disable / Enable: Enable or disable the continuous recording feature in camera. Record File Type: Select video profile to be used in video recording. Please note that max. 5 minutes of video can be recorded. Disk: Select SD card or SAMBA server as recording destination. Path: Type the password to login the SAMBA server.
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This page shows the event triggered or scheduled recorded video files list in SD card or on the samba server. The user may play or delete the selected file.
6.12 Event Server: Set up FTP/TCP/HTTP/SAMBA server configuration 6.12.1 FTP Server You may set up FTP parameters for further operation of Event Schedule. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message to an FTP server, it will need to configure parameters here and also add at least one event schedule to enable event triggering as SMTP.
6.12.2 TCP Server In addition to send video file to FTP server, the camera also can send event message to specified TCP server. Name: The user can specify multiple TCP servers as wish. Therefore, the user needs to specify a name for each TCP server setting. TCP Server: Type the server name or the IP address of the TCP server.
Name: The user can specify multiple HTTP servers as wish. Therefore, the user needs to specify a name for each HTTP server setting. URL: Type the server name or the IP address of the HTTP server. Test: Check the HTTP server whether it is available or not. HTTP Login name: Type the user name for the HTTP server.
Name: The user can specify multiple HTTP servers as wish. Therefore, the user needs to specify a name for each HTTP server setting. SAMBA Server: Type the server name or the IP address of the SAMBA server. Test: Check the SAMBA server whether this account is available or not. SAMBA Login name: Type the user name for the SAMBA server.
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Name: Name of the Event or Schedule. Enable: Enable or disable this Event or Schedule. Type: Event trigger or Schedule trigger. Enable Time: Define the feasible time slot. Trigger by: Select the triggered sources. Action: Define the actions once event triggered. Example 1: Send file to FTP server by motion triggered always: Select event trigger...
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Example 2: Send file to E-Mail server by motion triggered from Friday 18:00 to Saturday 06:00 Select event trigger. Enable time: start from Friday 18:00 and keep work in 12 hours, so it will stop on Saturday 06:00. Trigger by : Motion Area (Added in Object Detection page) Action : Send e-mail (Add in E-Mail page) To email address: You need to input the receiver email address.
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Example 3: Enable Voice Alert every 10-minute during 18:00 to 24:00 from Monday to Friday. Type: Select schedule trigger and interval is 10-minute. Enable time: Select Monday to Friday, and set start time from 18:00 and keep work in 6 hours.
6.13.2 Record The user can choose the type of record file for event or schedule application.
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Record File Type: Choose a profile to record. Record File Prefix: Define the prefix of recorded filename. JPEG Picture Numbers: Define the picture numbers of JPEG to be sent out. (by mode) Pre-Trigger Duration: Define the maximum duration of pre-alarm. Best Effort Duration: Define the best effort duration of post-alarm.
Appendix A: Troubleshooting & FAQ Question Answer or Resolution Features camera utilizes H.264, MPEG4 JPEG triple compression to provide high quality images. H.264 and MPEG4 video audio are standards for video compression and JPEG is a standard for codec is adopted in the image compression.
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Re-power the camera if the program cannot find the unit within 1 minute. Do not connect camera over a router. IP Search program cannot detect camera over a router. If IP address is not assigned to the PC which running IP Search program Search program, then IP Search program cannot find camera.
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The port number assigned in your camera might not be available via Internet. Check your ISP for available port. The proxy server may prevent you from connecting directly to the camera, set up not to use the proxy server. Confirm that Default Gateway address is correct. The router needs Port Forwarding feature.
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Check the bandwidth of Internet connection. If the Internet bandwidth is lower than target bit rate, the video streaming will not work correctly. Use the operating system of the selected language. Set the unreadable Encoding or the Character Set of the selected language on the characters are displayed.
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around the camera brighter. The video images might be noisy if the camera is located in a Noisy images occur. very low light environment. Make the condition around the camera brighter or turn the White-light LED on. Miscellaneous Have installed Microsoft®’s DirectX 9.0 or later and use the Cannot play the recorded Windows Media Player 11.0 or later to play the AVI filed ASF file...
Appendix B: PING IP Address The PING (stands for Packet Internet Groper) command is used to detect whether a specific IP address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply. It’s also a very useful tool to confirm the camera installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other cameras over the network.
Appendix C: Bandwidth Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the camera depends on connection bandwidth between client and server, video resolution, codec type, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your camera. The required bandwidth depends on content of video source.
Appendix D: Specifications Camera WLAN Image Camera 1.3 Mega-pixel image sensor Effective Pixels 1280 x 1024 pixels Sensitivity 1.0V/lux-sec Lens 4.3mm IP Module Video Video Encoder H.264, MPEG4 and Motion JPEG simultaneously (Tri-encoders) Video Profile 8 profiles simultaneously (including 3GPP profile) Frame Rate Up to 30fps for all resolutions AE, AWB...
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Power Supply 12V DC external power adapter Power Consumption RJ-45 10BaseT/100BaseTX DC power jack Connectors Audio out Factory default reset Micro SD card (Max 32GB, Class 6) Indication LED Green and orange LEDs Operating 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Temperature Operating Humidity 20% ~ 80% (non-condensing)
Manually set up the camera with a fixed IP address, for example, 192.168.0.100. (2) Access the Router with Your Web browser The following steps generally apply to any router that you have on your network. The TP-LINK TL-WR841ND is used as an example to clarify the configuration process. Configure the initial settings of the router by following the steps outlined in the router’s Quick Installation Guide.
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Your WAN IP Address will be listed here. Note: Because a dynamic WAN IP can change from time to time depending on your ISP, you may want to obtain a Static IP address from your ISP. A Static IP address is a fixed IP address that will not change over time and will be more convenient for you to use to access your camera from a remote location.
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the video from the camera over the Internet. The router connects to the Internet over a series of numbered ports. The ports normally used by the camera are blocked from access over the Internet. Therefore, these ports need to be made accessible over the Internet. This is accomplished using the Virtual Server function on the router.
Appendix F: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem or xDSL, this is a great way to host your own camera or other TCP/IP Service. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com, www.yourname.com.tw etc. (Note: This domain must be registered with Internic via registration authorities such as Network Solutions, DirectNIC, Register.com etc).
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(3) After the columns show up at the left side, click “Create Account”. (4) Fill the application agreement and necessary information. Username E-mail address and confirmation Password and confirmation...
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Submit all the input information and finish creating an account Click these two options (5) Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Your DynDNS Account Information“. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied.
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Then DDNS you applied activated. Click to confirm (6) Enter the web page http://www.dyndns.org/ again. Input your username and password that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS server. Input your account (7) If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the...
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top-right of the login page. (8) Click the “Services”. (9) Click the “Dynamic DNS ”. (10) Click the “Get Started”.
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(11) We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (Pink No.1) Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember. (Pink No.2) The 3 step is to click “Offline Hostname” from Service Type. (Pink No.3) Finally, click the “Create Host”...
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access the DDNS and PPPoE pages. After saving the modification, restart the camera. Then the external users could browse the Networked camera by the input of their domain name.
Appendix G: Power Line Frequency Country Voltage Frequency Comments *Neutral and line wires are reversed from Argentina 220V 50 Hz that used in Australia and elsewhere. *Outlets typically controlled by adjacent switch. Australia 230V* 50 Hz Though nominal voltage been officially changed to 230V, 240V is within tolerances and commonly found.
Appendix H: 3GPP To use the 3GPP function, in addition to previous section, you might need more information or note that to use the 3GPP function, it configuration to make this function work. Please strongly recommends to install the camera with a public and fixed IP address without any firewall protection.
Appendix I: Enable UPnP of Windows XP Use the following steps to enable UPnP settings only if your operating system of PC is running Windows XP. Go to Start > Settings. Click Control Panel Click Add or Remove Programs...
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Click Add/Remove Windows Components The following screen will appear: Select Networking Services Click Details...
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Select Universal Plug and Play Click OK Click Next...
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Please wait while Setting up configures the components. Click Finish...