Aztech HIPC700 Owner Manual

Aztech HIPC700

Aztech HomePlug IP Camera

V1.0

User Manual

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Contents

About the Product .................................................................. 4

How Does It Work? ............................................................................................................... 4

Package Contents ................................................................................................... 5

Pairing the Device ................................................................................................................ 7

How to Use Simple Connect .............................................................................................. 8

Creating a Secured HomePlug AV Network .......................................................... 10

Joining an Existing Secured HomePlug AV Network ............................................ 15

Enhance your HomePlug AV Performance ................................................................ 19

Using the PlugCam App ....................................................... 21

Plug Cam Installation ............................................................................................. 21

QR Code Scan .................................................................................................................... 23

Local Search ........................................................................................................................ 23

Add Manually ...................................................................................................................... 24

Activating Your Camera .................................................................................................. 24

Reload Camera .................................................................................................................. 26

Delete Camera ................................................................................................................... 26

Camera Setting ................................................................................................................... 26

Time & Date .......................................................................................................................... 28

View Albums ......................................................................................................................... 28

Delete Albums ..................................................................................................................... 29

View & Delete, Email Pictures ......................................................................................... 29

Passcode lock ...................................................................................................................... 30

Background Skin ................................................................................................................. 31

Basic Information ................................................................................................................ 38

Alarm Setting ........................................................................................................................ 38

5.5.4 Schedule Recording ................................................................................................ 40

Appendix ............................................................................... 42

FCC Statement ....................................................................................................... 42

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About the Product

The HIPC700 HPCam home monitoring solution is the first of its kind using HomePlug AV-

compliant Powerline Communications (PLC) technology. The advanced Plug and Play

Technology automatically configures and connects the HIPC700 HPCam to the plugCAM

App. After the initial setup, you can begin viewing the area selected for monitoring right

away from your smartphone, anytime, anywhere using the smartphone’s 3G, 4G, LTE or Wi-Fi

connections.

How Does It Work?

The Aztech HIPC700 Homeplug IP Camera basically monitors area-based activity with

additional features on its side. One, is that it allows you to monitor area-based activity

through the plugCAM App, allowing you to maintain 24 hour monitoring of the selected

area of your home anytime, anywhere using your smartphone’s 3G, 4G, LTE or Wi-Fi

connections via Motion Detection and its Infrared LED Feature. Lastly is that the advanced

Plug and Play technology present in almost all of Aztech devices automatically configures

and connects your plugCAM to the plugCAM App, assuring a simple and hassle-free setup

and monitoring of area-based activity in your smartphone.

The Aztech HIPC700 Homeplug IP Camera will also work with a HomePlug AV-

compliant powerline communications (PLC) technology, permitting you to make use of your

own wall cablings as your own public network.

To achieve the secured transmission of data over the powerline, pairing between

HomePlug AV compliant devices is essential. This is achieved by first pressing the Simple

Connect Button in each device (both for the IP Camera and the Homeplug) for more than

10 seconds in order to generate a new unique and secured random private network group

without involving any complex configurations. After which, press the Simple connect button

in each device for 2 seconds to pair the two devices.

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Package Contents

The package contains the following items:

 Aztech HIPC700  Power Cord  Easy Start Guide

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Item Name

Description

Light Sensor

Side Panel

Lens

Lens with IR reflection coating

IR Light LED

For night vision

Reset Button

Press and hold for over 1 second to reset factory default

Simple Connect

Button

Press 1 to 3 seconds to enter into “Pairing Procedure” (creating an encrypted PLC network). While it’s under “Pairing Procedure”, press and hold for 2 to 3

seconds to stop the procedure. Press and hold for 10 seconds to remove current encrypted network and generate a new one.

PLC Act/Link

LED

OFF: No PLC device is detected nor connected. ON: PLC device is detected. Blinking:

1. Fast: PLC UDP data transfer rate is higher than 60Mbps.

2. Normal: PLC UDP data transfer rate is between 10Mbps to

60Mbps.

3. Slow: PLC UDP data transfer rate is slower than 10Mbps.

Power LED

ON: Power on and ready Blinking:

1. During “Pairing Procedure” (creating an encrypted PLC

network). The device is creating or being joined into the same encrypted network and will last 2 minutes until it is been succeeded or canceled.

OFF: Power off.

DEVICE DESIGN

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Pairing the Device

Your HomePlug AV devices by default are preconfigured to have a common Private

Network Name. Setting up your HomePlugAV network is as easy as 1,2 and 3.

1. It is advisable that you plug in your HomePlugAV devices side by side to easily

observe the LED behaviors of each Homeplug AV. Wait until the Power and PL-ACT

LED turns ON to confirm that the connection has been established.

2. In ROOM A plug in your HomePlugAV into the wall outlet then connect it to your

Modem Router’s Ethernet LAN port using an Ethernet cable.

3. In ROOM B plug in your HIPC700 HPCam into the wall outlet then connect it to your

computer’s Ethernet Port using an Ethernet cable. Your HIPC700 HPCam is now ready

to use.

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How to Use Simple Connect

Simple Connect provides a more convenient way of creating your HomePlug AV network

without the need to open the HomePlug AV Web User Interface from a computer. The

button has three main functions which include:

 Resetting the Private Network Name  Creating a Secured HomePlug AV Network  Joining an existing Secured HomePlug AV Network

Resetting the Private Network Name

Simple Connect allows you to reset the HomePlug AV’s Private Network Name to a random

key. When a HomePlug AV is reset to a random key, it will not be able to communicate with

any other device.

Note: Resetting the Private Network Name is different from resetting the device to its factory

default settings. If you intend to reset the device to its factory default settings, press WPS

button on the device for more than 5 seconds.

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Step 1

Press Simple Connect button on your

HomePlug AV for 10 seconds. Power LED

and Ethernet LED will turn off on turn on

(Ethernet is connected). The Powerline

Activity LED will switch OFF on both units.

Step 2

On your HPCamera press the Simple Connect

button for 2 seconds and do it on the first

adapter to pair the devices. The Power LED

will blink to indicate that the button is pressed

HomePlug AV

HIPC700 HPCamera

To reset the Private Network Name using Simple Connect:

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Plug your HomePlug AVs side by side where you can easily observe the LED behavior.

Upon connection, the Ethernet LEDs will blink simultaneously and then the Power LED and

Powerline Activity LED lights on steadily.

Press the Simple Connect button of HomePlug AV X for 10 seconds. Powerline Activity LED

will turn OFF. Power LED will Turn off and ON indicating that the Private Network Name has

been randomized.

HomePlug AV

HIPC700 HPCamera

Creating a Secured HomePlug AV Network

To create a HomePlug AV network, you need at least two HomePlug AV devices using

random Private Network Names. When you press Simple Connect for 10-13 seconds on both

devices, a common Private Network Name will be automatically generated to enable them

to communicate with each other.

Note: New HomePlug AV can already communicate with each other once out of the box

and plugged. However, if you intend to create a new Private Network Name using Simple

Connect for both devices, you need to reset their Private Network Names to a random key

before proceeding.To create a Secured HomePlug AV network using Simple Connect:

Step 1

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Step 2

Press Simple Connect for two seconds on your HIPC700 HPCam. After you release the button,

the Power LED will blink. If the Power LED did not blink, press Simple Connect again for

two seconds.

Note: Do not press Simple Connect for more than two seconds.

Press Simple Connect for two seconds on HomePlug X. After you release the button, the

Power LED will blink. If the Power LED did not blink, press Simple Connect again for two

seconds.

Pairing between two devices are only given two minutes upon pressing the simple connect

button for two seconds. After pressing Simple Connect on HomePlug Y, make sure to press

Simple Connect on HomePlug X within two minutes to assure a successful connection,

otherwise repeat steps 2 and 3 until the LEDs of both devices switch off and on twice,

indicating that they are paired with one another.

Note: Do not press Simple Connect for more than two seconds

HomePlug AV

HIPC700 HPCamera

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Step 3

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To confirm if the connection was established, check the LEDs. The Power LEDs and the

Powerline Activity LEDs on both HomePlugs are ON.

HomePlug AV

HIPC700 HPCamera

HomePlug AV

HIPC700 HPCamera

Step 4

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When the Powerline Activity LED on either HomePlug X or HomePlug Y is off, this means the

pairing is not successful. In this case, you have to redo the entire process again (simply

repeat steps 1 to 3).

HomePlug AV

HIPC700 HPCamera

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