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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
●清潔本產品之前請先拔掉電源線。請勿使用液體、噴霧清潔劑或濕布進行清潔。 ●注意防潮,請勿將水或其他液體潑灑到本產品上。 ●插槽與開口供通風使用,以確保本產品的操作可靠並防止過熱,請勿堵塞或覆蓋開口。 ●請勿將本產品置放於靠近熱源的地方。除非有正常的通風,否則不可放在密閉位置中。 ●請不要私自打開機殼,不要嘗試自行維修本產品,請由授權的專業人士進行此項工作。 Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних документів та вимогам, що передбачені чинними законодавчими актами України. Safety Information When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; ...
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Model No.: NC220 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:...
CONTENTS Chapter 1 About this Guide ..................1 Conventions ........................1 Overview of This Guide ....................1 Chapter 2 Introduction .................... 2 Overview ........................2 Main Features ........................ 2 Appearance Description ....................3 2.3.1 Front Panel ......................3 2.3.2 Rear Panel ......................4 Mount the Camera ......................
Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi. Please read this guide carefully before operation. 1.1 Conventions In this Guide the following conventions are used: The camera or NC220 mentioned in this Guide stands for NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi without any explanation.
Thanks for choosing the NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi! 2.1 Overview NC220 is a versatile solution for home & office monitoring to keep an eye on your home, kids or workplace; whatever it is that you care for most.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 2.3 Appearance Description 2.3.1 Front Panel Light Sensor Microphone System LED Figure 2-1 Front Panel Light Sensor: The camera has a built-in internal photodetector. It is used to identify day or night. Microphone: The camera has a built-in internal microphone. This microphone is hidden in ...
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 2.3.2 Rear Panel ETHERNET Port Power Jack WPS LED Heat Emission Holes WPS/RESET Button Figure 2-2 Rear Panel WPS LED: Status Indication The camera starts booting up. Flashing Green The camera is connecting to a network by WPS function. This process will last in the first 2 minutes.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Used as RESET button: With the camera powered on, press and hold the WPS/RESET button (more than 5 seconds) until both the System LED and WPS LED turn off. Then release the button and wait the camera to reset to its factory default settings.
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Drill two mounting holes and fix the Put the base cover and camera head back. mounting base.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Chapter 3 Managing the Camera The camera’s built-in web management page is designed to allow you to easily access and configure your camera. 3.1 Login Find the management IP address of the camera via one of the following methods: Run the Setup Wizard.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Click Download to download and install the required plugin. Note: If the installed plugin doesn't work, set your browser security settings to allow plugins. Here we take the settings for IE browser as an example. Go to "Tools→Internet Options→Security". Click "Internet→Custom Level", find the item "Download signed ActiveX controls"...
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Symbols Meaning Note The image file will be saved to your local Click to capture a still computer default name image shot by the camera. image-yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss. You can select a save path and rename the image file.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi You can set the camera working mode to Auto Click to choose a camera working mode. ), Day ( ), or Night ( Drag the slider to adjust the size of the current The maximum zoom ratio is 4 times.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.3.1 Basic → Status The Status page displays the current configuration information of the camera. You can find out camera’s settings such as wireless connection settings here. All the information is read-only.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.3.2 Basic → Network On this page, you can configure your camera’s IP address which is used to access and configure the camera. Dynamic IP: Select this option when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP ...
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Primary DNS Server: Enter a DNS address in dotted-decimal notation. Secondary DNS Server: Enter a DNS address in dotted-decimal notation. Click Save to save and enable the settings. 3.3.3 Basic → Wireless Connection The camera’s wireless function is enabled by default.
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi If the wireless network’s security mode is None, simply click Connect. If the security mode requires a password, enter the wireless network’s password and then click Connect. You can select Show password to display what you’ve entered.
TP-LINK Cloud account and then add your camera to it. Note: To add a camera to TP-LINK Cloud account or to sign up for a TP-LINK Cloud account, make sure that the camera is connected to the Internet. Add Your Camera to TP-LINK Cloud Account If you already have a TP-LINK Cloud account, to add your camera to your account, just enter the TP-LINK Cloud account and password, and then click Register.
Confirm Password: Enter the password again to confirm it. Click Sign up to sign up for a TP-LINK Cloud account. After signing up successfully, you can add your camera to this account. Click Back if you don’t want to sign up.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.4 Advanced Click the Advanced menu to display the submenus including Status, Network, Wireless Connection, Wireless Extender, Cloud Setting, DDNS, Video, Motion Detection, Sound Detection, Notification Delivery, and LED. 3.4.1 Advanced → Status Refer to 3.3.1 Basic →...
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi IP Address On this section, you can configure your camera’s IP address which is used to access and configure the camera. Dynamic IP: Select this option when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP ...
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi MAC Address: Displays the Ethernet MAC address of the camera. The MAC address is read-only. IP Address: Enter a fixed IP address for the camera in dotted-decimal notation. Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask in dotted-decimal notation. The default value is ...
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi PPPoE: To enable or disable the PPPoE service here. Status: Displays the PPPoE connection status. Username: Enter the username for PPPoE service provided by your ISP. Password: Enter the password for PPPoE service provided by your ISP.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi UPnP Port Forwarding: To enable or disable the UPnP Port Forwarding service here. If this function is enabled and your router supports UPnP, the cameras and router can communicate with each other so that the router knows which ports are used by which camera.
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Select Enable to enable your camera’s wireless function. Click Manually, and you will see the following screen. In the Wireless Network Name field, enter the name of the wireless network to which your camera is ready to connect.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Click Connect and a screen will pop up. Click Change on the pop-up screen. Click OK on the pop–up screen to finish wireless connection procedure. To start using camera wirelessly, unplug its Ethernet cable.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Max Clients: Set the maximum number of clients that are allowed to connect to the extended network. Click Save to save and enable the settings. 3.4.5 Advanced → Cloud Setting Refer to 3.3.4 Basic → Cloud Setting.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Service Provider: Select one of the built-in DDNS servers from the drop-down list: No-IP (www.noip.com), DynDNS (www.dyn.com), and Comexe (www.comexe.cn). Note: If you have not registered for any of the listed DDNS servers, please select one and click Go to register…...
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Mode: Displays the bit rate mode of the camera. This camera uses the VBR (variable bit rate) mode. In this mode, the bit rate varies to keep consistent video quality. It allows a higher rate (and therefore requires more bandwidth) to be allocated to dynamic scenes while less rate to be allocated to static scenes.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Enabled Disabled 2015-03-10 09:51:21 NC220 Click Save to save and enable the settings. 3.4.8 Advanced → Motion Detection Motion detection allows you to specify areas of your camera’s video to monitor for motion, which can be used to trigger snapshots.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Motion Detection: To enable or disable the motion detection function. Sensitivity: Specify the level of difference between two sequential images that would indicate motion. Select one of the three levels of sensitivity from the drop-down list: High, Medium, and Low.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.4.10 Advanced → Notification Delivery Notification Delivery settings are available only after the motion detection or sound detection function is enabled. It is used to inform you immediately by sending the snapshots triggered by a detected motion or sound to the specified FTP server or E-mail address.
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Passive Mode: Enabling passive mode may help you reach your FTP server if your camera is behind a router protected by a firewall. To set up a FTP to receive notification, follow the steps below: Enter an IP address or domain of your FTP server, e.g.
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Recipient E-mail Address: Enter the receiver’s E-mail address that the notification E-mail will be sent to. Click Add recipient to add receiver’s E-mail addresses. You can specify up to four recipient E-mail addresses.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Enter the receiver’s E-mail address in Recipient E-mail Address, e.g. test@tp-link.com. Enter your E-mail address in Sender E-mail Address, e.g. test@gmail.com. Enter the password required to access the SMTP server. Enter smtp.gmail.com in SMTP server.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi 3.5.1 Account On this page, you can change the administrator’s password and manage the user account(s) that are allowed to access to your camera. Username: Displays the name of user account. User Group: Displays the group that the user account is in. Different user group has different ...
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Enter a username for your new account. Enter a password for your new account. The password should contain 5 to 20 characters. Enter the password again to confirm it. Click Save to save and enable the settings.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Enter the current password in the Old Password textbox. Enter a new password. Enter the new password again to confirm it. Click Save to save and enable the settings. Delete a User Account You can delete a user account except admin here. Click a user entry in the list and click Delete.
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Current Time: Displays the current date and time of the camera. Time Zone: Select the time zone for the region where the camera is installed from the drop-down list. Auto Time zone is recommended.
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi NTP Server: You can either enter a domain name of the NTP server or select one which will be filled in automatically from the drop-down list. Set NTP Server from Dynamic IP: You can use the NTP server applied in the DHCP ...
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Reboot: Click Reboot and then click Reboot on the pop-up screen to confirm. Rebooting will not change the camera’s setting. After rebooting, you need to log in to this page again. Backup: Click Backup and follow the instructions on the browser to save the setting data file ...
NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Click Browse to locate the latest downloaded software. Click Upgrade to update the camera’s software to the latest version. Wait for the uploading process to complete, and the camera will reboot automatically. Note: 1.
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NC220 Day/Night Cloud Camera, 300Mbps Wi-Fi Time: Displays the time when the log event occurs. The log can get the correct time after you configure on the Date/Time page. (go to Advanced → Date/Time) Module: Displays the module to which the log information belongs. You can specify the ...