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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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COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2014 by Smartlink Network Systems Ltd. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer
language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical,
manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company
This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to
the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any
particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the
programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor,
or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or
consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software. Further, this company reserves
the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents thereof
without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
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.
However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when
working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacturer must
therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment.
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INDEX
1. Product Information
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1-1 Product Introduction
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1-2 Safety Information
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1-3 System Requirements
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1-4 Package Contents
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1-5 Get Familiar with your new Network Fixed Dome IP Camera
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1-6 Installation of the Network IP Camera
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2 Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface
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2-1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera
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2-2 Connect to IP camera’s Web User Interface
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2-3 Viewing Live Video
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2-4 Client Settings
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3. Advanced Configuration
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3-1 System
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3-2 Security
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3-3 Network
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3-3-1 “General” Setup Page
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3-3-2 “Advanced” setup page
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3-4 IP Filter
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3-5 Video
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3-5-1 Image Setting
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3-5-2 Video Setting
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3-5-3 Overlay Setting
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3-6 Motion
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3-7 Privacy Mask
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3-8 Event
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3-8-1 Settings
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3-8-2 Media
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3-8-3 Event Server
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3-9 Recording to SD Card/ Samba Server
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3-10 SDHC
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3-11 Log
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3-12 Device Info
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3-13 Maintenance
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3-14 Language
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4. Using SKYROS i-View software
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4-1 Installing SKYROS i-View Software
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5 Getting familiar with SKYROS iView Software
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5-1 Configure SKYROS iview
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5-1-1 Device
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5-1-2 Recording
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5-1-3 System
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5-1-4 Schedule
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5-1-5 Event
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5-1-6 Security
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5-2 Video Playback
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5-2-1 Start Video Playback
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5-2-2 Advanced Search
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5-2-3 Event Search
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5-2-4 Video Playback
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6 Secureview Application for Android phones/ devices
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7 Secureview Application for i-Phones/ i-Pads
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8 Appendix
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8-1 Specification
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8-2 Troubleshooting
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8-3 Glossary
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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. It has IR LED for visibility under no light
condition.The IR cut filter offers a true image quality during day/night operations.
DG-SC8860VI supports Power over Ethernet, which helps in easy installation by eliminating the
need of a dedicated power source for the camera.
DG-SC8860VI supports Digital WDR, a software-based technique that enables the camera to
produce clearer images in less than ideal lighting conditions. Digital-WDR balances the contrast of
light and shadow to improve visibility in dark areas within a scene.
This IP camera complies with IP66 standard thus protecting it from dust and direct sprays from all
directions (limited ingress permitted). The weather-proof and vandal-resistant casing is perfectly
adapted for harsh environments.
Other features of this network IP Camera include:
Ultra-high resolution 2Mega pixel CMOS image sensor.
Supports Digital-WDR
Built-in Micro SD slot for local storage, which can act like a stand-alone DVR.
3GPP Mobile Surveillance Supported.
ONVIF Compliant.
Continuous Recording to Samba Server.
Support IEEE802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard.
Weatherproof
Vandalproof
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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.
DO NOT place this IP Camera at hot / humid places, and avoid direct sunlight.
Accessories of this IP Camera like power supply are dangerous to small children. KEEP THIS
IP CAMERA OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
If you want to use this IP Camera at any place that may be spilled by water or dirt, a secure and
water-proof camera housing is required.
DO NOT pull any cord that is connected to this IP Camera by force.
The IP Camera will get heated up when used for a long time. (This is normal and is not a
malfunction). DO NOT put this IP camera on paper, cloth, or other flammable materials.
If the IP Camera falls into water when powered, DO NOT attempt to retrieve it back yourself!
Find a qualified electrical technician for help.
1-3 System Requirements
Windows XP, Vista or Win 7 operating system (both 32 or 64 bits version)
2GB of system memory
1GB of Display card memory
20GB of available hard disk space on system drive
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1-4 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
Installation Guide CD (includes User Manual, QIG & Utility)
Tools Package (includes one allen key, 4 nylon anchors, 4 screws and 4 washers)
Patch Cord
Note: Power Adapter (12V DC, 2A) is NOT a part of the standard package. It will have to be
ordered separately.
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1-5 Get Familiar with your new Network Fixed Dome IP Camera
Front cover:
Item Description
1. Front Cover
Transparent & Metal cover
2. Rear Cover
Metal Cover
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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. Top Mount For Rotation
3. Mid Mount For Tilt function
4. Down Mount For Pan function
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7,8
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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 J15
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.
1. Unscrew your front cover by using the tool from the tools package.
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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. Function
Pin 1 DC 12V
Pin 2 GND
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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.
Note: The water proof straight plug shown above will be inserted into the conduit
hole labeled ‘B’. This plug will not be provided along with the product.
4. Connect all your cables to their respective terminals. Insert your micro SD/SDHC card for
storage option.
5. If this camera is connected to a PoE switch then the device can be powered on without using the
power adapter.
6. Repower on the camera and refer to the following procedures in section 2 to access and
configure it.
7. If everything works fine, you can put the camera on the wall or ceiling by using the screw in the
tools package.
A
B
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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
0ver 10 seconds to reset the device when needed.
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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. So, you can check
your DHCP server’s IP address lease table to find the IP address of IP Camera.
You can also use the utility named ‘IP Finder.exe’ to find the IP address of IP Camera, which is
located on CD-ROM.
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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.
If you need to change a certain IP camera’s IP address, you can also click on the dome camera
whose IP address you wish to change, then click ‘Change IP’ button to change selected dome
camera’s IP address setting.
If you no longer need to use this utility, click ‘Exit’ button to close it.
2-2 Connect to IP camera’s Web User Interface
When you know the IP address of IP camera, you can connect to it by Internet Explorer web
browser by entering its IP address in address bar. The user login screen will appear when you get
connected:
Note:
If you have several network connections, such as “Wireless Function”, disable the “Wireless
Functions” or other network connections that are not connected to the IP camera, as IP finder
may fail to search IP camera.
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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.
For IE 8 version:
Right click the indication bar and click: ‘‘Run Add-on” for All Users on this Computer to install
ActiveX plug-in
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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.
When you’re installing Internet Explorer plug-in, you may also be prompted if you want to allow
changes to be made to your computer:
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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 for instructions
on Setup Wizard, which will guide you to complete the software setup of your new
IP Camera.
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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; here is the description of every control item:
Item Description
‘Home’ button This button is visible in all setup pages of IP camera, and you can go
back to live video view by clicking this button when you’re in other
tab.
Stream Select video stream type: H.264 or MJPEG. MPEG4 option is visible,
when you navigate to Video-> video settings and enable the ‘MPEG4’
option. H.264 requires less network bandwidth and this will help when
network connection is slow.
Client Settings Open ‘Client Setting’ menu.
Configuration Open ‘Configuration’ menu.
Language Open language menu, you can switch web interface to other language.
Available languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional
Chinese.
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Original size / Fit
screen
/
Switches live image view between original size (full size: 3M pixels)
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.
‘Connect’ button Start live video view.
‘Disconnect’ button Stop live video view.
‘Snapshot’ button Take a snapshot and save image file on your computer. When you
click this button, a new window will appear:
Click ‘Save’ button when you see the image you wish to save, and
you’ll be prompted to indicate the folder on your computer to save
image file. If you don’t want to save image file, click ‘Cancel’.
‘Start Video Record’
button
Click this button to record video and save video file on your computer.
The recorded file by default will be saved at C:\Program
Files\Recording. To change the path for saving video files go to
Client settings-> Storage option->folder and change the path there.
‘Enable Digital Zoom’ This function will enlarge video view digitally from 1X to 10X, so you
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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
set of IP camera.
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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.
The following screen will appear:
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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.
HTTP Select this option to use HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) to
transfer video data.
If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘RTSP’.
Folder Select a folder on your computer to save recorded video. Click
‘Browse’ button and you’ll be prompted to select a folder.
Prefix When saving video files, the characters you typed in ‘Prefix’ field
will be used as leading characters of video file’s name. For example,
the default setting of ‘Prefix’ is ‘CLIP’, and video file’s name will
be ‘CLIP.avi’
Add date and time suffix
to file name
Check this box to add date and time to the ending part of video file’s
filename, so you can see the date and time the video file is created
directly from its filename.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
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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.
The ‘Configuration’ submenu will appear, please pick a setup item you wish to configure.
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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. You can use IP camera’s installation
location as host name, and this will help you to identify IP
camera when you have many IP cameras installed.
Indicator LED The LED lights located at the back of IP camera is switched
on by default. But, if you don’t want other people to know
the status of this IP camera (so they will know this IP
camera is operating etc.), you can select ‘Off’ and LED
lights will be switched off.
Timezone Select the time zone of residence from drop down menu to
keep correct date and time.
Daylight Saving If the area you live uses daylight saving, check this box;
otherwise do not check this box to keep correct time.
Keep the current date and time Select this option and date / time setting will not be changed
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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.
Synchronize with NTP Server Select this item and IP camera will keep its date and time
setting synchronized with specified time server (NTP
server). Please input NTP server’s IP address or host name
in ‘NTP Server Address’ field, and select time update
interval from ‘Update Interval’ drop down menu.
Please note that if this IP camera can’t access Internet, you
must have a time server on local area network, or set the
time manually.
Set Manually Set IP camera’s date and time manually. Please set current
date and time by ‘Date’ and ‘Time’ drop down menu.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
3-2 Security
In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s login account. There are three kinds of accounts:
Administrator (Can view IP camera’s video and make changes of camera setting)
User (Can view IP camera’s video and see settings, but can’t make any change)
Guest (Can view IP camera’s video only)
There can be multiple users, but only one administrator is allowed, and you can’t change
administrator’s user name (it will always be ‘administrator’)
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Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
Password / Retype Password
(Administrator)
Input administrator’s new password in both ‘Password’ and
‘Retype Password’ field, and click ‘Modify’ button to change
administrator’s password.
Note: Don’t forget administrator’s password! Or you’ll
need to reset all IP cameras’ settings to recover
administrator’s password.
Account List It lists all users existing in IP camera. If you want to remove
one user, click it in the list, and then click ‘Remove’ button.
If no user is existing, ‘New Account’ message will be shown
here.
User Name Input new user’s username here. User name must be greater
than 1 character and less than 32 characters.
Password / Retype Password Input this user’s password in both ‘Password’ and ‘Retype
Password’ field.Password length must be between 4 to 8
characters.
Authority To define this user’s access privilege, select ‘User’ or ‘Guest’ in
drop down menu.
When you finish inputting new user’s information, click ‘New’
button to create a new user.
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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:
Item Description
LAN Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN port (or obtain an address from
DHCP server automatically).
Available options are:
DHCP IPv4: Obtain an IPv4 IP address from DHCP server on LAN
automatically.
DHCP IPv4 / IPv6: Obtain both IPv4 and IPv6 address from DHCP server on
LAN automatically.
Static IPv4 / IPv6: Assign an IPv4 / IPv6 address to IP camera manually. If you
don’t have a DHCP server on your local area network, you must use this option
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to specify an IP address.
IP Address (IPv4): Input IPv4 IP address.
IP address (IPv6): Input IPv6 IP address.
blank.
Enable UPnP Discovery: Check this box to enable other devices on network to
discover the presence of this IP camera by UPnP. It’s recommended to enable
this function.
Enable UPnP Port Mapping: When UPnP is enabled, check this box to enable
UPnP’s port mapping.
PPPoE Select this option to use PPPoE to connect to network. You have to input PPPoE
username and password assigned by network operator to get connected.
HTTP Port Input IP camera’s web connection port number here. When this port number is
changed, you need to change web browser’s port number you used to connect to
IP camera.
For example, IP camera’s IP address is 192.168.2.3, and if you changed HTTP
port number to 82, please input ‘http://192.168.2.3:82’ in web browser’s address
bar to access IP camera’s web configuration interface.
RTSP Port Input RTSP port number. When this port number changes, you must change
corresponding settings in external network devices (NVR or SKYROS software)
so they can receive this IP camera’s video.
RTP Data Port Input RTP data port number here.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
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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.
Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
Multicast
Multicast Group Address: Input multicast group address here, must be an
address between 232.0.0.0 to 232.255.255.255.
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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.
Multicast TTL: Input TTL value for multicast here.
Bonjour If you’re using Mac OS and you have Bonjour installed, you can use it to
discover this IP camera.
QoS Enable QoS to improve the data transfer priority of this IP camera (Your local
area network must support QoS).
You can select Video / Audio’s QoS DSCP value (0 to 63), or both video and
audio.
DDNS Enable DDNS support if your ISP assigns dynamic IP address to you. You
must register a dynamic IP service first. Currently this IP camera supports
Dyndns, No-ip and TZO dynamic IP service.
Provider: Select dynamic IP service provider.
Host Name: Input the host name you obtained from dynamic IP service
provider.
User name: Input user name used to login dynamic IP service provider.
Password: Input the password used to login dynamic IP service provider.
HTTPS Check ‘Enable HTTPS’ box to enable HTTPS channel to encrypt transferred
data. You can also define HTTPS port number in ‘HTTPS Port’ field if you
don’t want to use default value ‘443’.
When you finish, click ‘Apply’ to save changes.
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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.
Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
Enable Filter Check this box to enable IP address filter, uncheck this box to disable this
function.
Accepted IP
list
Here lists all IP address that can 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’ button.
IP Address
(Accepted IP
list)
Input the starting and ending IP address of IP camera whose connections you
wish to accept. IP camera will only accept connections established from these
IP addresses.
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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’ button.
IP Address
(Deny IP list)
Input the starting and ending IP address of IP camera you wish to deny
connections here. IP camera will deny connections established from these IP
addresses.
If you want to specify one IP address only, input the same IP address in both
field.
Click ‘New’ button to add IP address into deny IP list.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
3-5 Video
You can adjust the image of the IP camera in this menu.
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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.
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Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
Brightness /
Contrast /
Saturation /
Sharpness
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
value these fields can accept is 255.
Default Sets all above values to default value ‘128’.
Exposure
Setting
Exposure Mode: Exposure is the amount of light detected by the camera sensor.
The camera supports Auto and Manual exposure settings.
Auto: Camera sensor automatically adjusts the lens iris based on light
conditions at the site. By default it is Auto on IP camera.
Manual: Camera sensor adjusts the lens based on a user-defined setting.
Manual exposure is recommended only for indoor applications that have a
single, unchanging primary light source.
Day Mode Setting:
Exposure Value: Select a proper exposure value from 0 to 255 (dark to bright).
Exposure Time: Select a proper exposure time depending on the light source of
the surroundings. Decreasing Max Exposure Time reduces the blur caused by
fast moving objects as the light dims, but it also reduces the 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
Night Mode Setting:
Exposure Value: Select a proper exposure value from 0 to 255 (dark to bright).
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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.
Mirror Check ‘Vertical’ or ‘Horizontal’ box to flip the image vertically or horizontally,
this will help to correct the orientation of image when IP camera is hanged
bottom-up by camera holder.
You can click both ‘Vertical’ and ‘Horizontal’ box at the same time.
Power Line
Frequency
Select the frequency of power line of the place you’re using this IP camera.
This will help to reduce the flicker of certain lights in the image.
Condition
(AWB)
Select the condition that you’ll be using this IP camera from drop down menu.
- Outdoor: Enable this condition on an IP camera for Outdoor installation.
-Indoor: Enable this condition on an IP camera for Indoor installation.
- B/W: You’ll be using this IP camera in dark places where lights are
insufficient.
- Tungsten: To be used for yellow/ orange lighting conditions.
IR-cut (Day /
Night)
An IR-cut filter is built in this IP camera to reduce the effect of IR lights (which
will change the color of the image and make it look different than what you see
through your eye), and most of IR lights are coming from sunlight.
You can select the behavior or IR-cut filter:
-
Auto: IR filter will act automatically. If you don’t know if you should use
IR filter, select this option.
-
Night Mode (B/W): IR filter will be Off if Night Mode is selected.
-
Day Mode (Color): IR filter will be ON if Day Mode is selected.
Day IR-cut filter will only be switched on when there’s sunlight. You can define the
starting and ending time when IR-cut filter should be switched on by selecting
‘Schedule’ and define starting and ending time by drop down menu.
Digital WDR
Click this option to enable the camera to produce clearer images in less than
ideal lighting conditions. Digital-WDR balances the contrast of light and
shadow to improve visibility in dark areas within a scene.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
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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
/MPEG4
Select the compression of main stream: H.264 / MPEG4.
Video
Resolution
Select video resolution.
-
H.264/ MPEG-4:
1920x1080 (1080P)
1280x960 (960P) / 1280x720 (720P)
720x480 (D1) / 640x480 (VGA)
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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.
Frame Rate When network speed is insufficient, selecting a lower frame rate will help.
Rate Control Select video bit rate. You can modify Rate Control by both ‘Video quality’ and
‘Bitrate’:
Video quality: There are 5 levels of video quality, select ‘very high’ to
improve video quality but consumes more network bandwidth, and
selecting ‘very low’ will decrease video quality and consumes less
network bandwidth.
Bitrate: Input video’s bit rate directly. It must be an integer between 512
and 6000. Higher bit rate provides better video quality, but consumes
more network bandwidth.
Mobile View
Enable ‘3GPP without audio’ option to get the real time video while streaming
on the mobile phone using the secure view app.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
Note: MJPEG options are only available for portable devices like cell phone.
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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
Stamp
Check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on video.
Remove the
background
color of the text
(Time Stamp)
Check this box to remove time stamp’s background color which will help the
readability of time stamp text in some cases.
Enable Text
Display
Check this box to display certain text on video, this will help when you need
to identify certain IP camera when you have a lot of IP cameras.
Please input the text in ‘Text’ field. You can input up to 15 characters.
Remove the Check this box to remove custom text’s background color which will help the
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background
color of the text
(Text)
readability of text in some cases.
Enable Image
Overlay
Check this box to overlay a specific image on video, so you can show certain
text / picture on the video and help people to identify this IP camera.
Click ‘Browse’ button to pick a picture on your computer, then click ‘Update’
button to use the picture. Please note that there are certain restrictions:
1) Select .bmp / .jpg / .jpeg image files only.
2) Image’s resolution should be less than 160 x 128, and can be divided by 4.
3) Accepts image files only up to 64KB in size.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
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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. You can define up to 3 motion detection areas.
Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
Enable Motion
Detection
Check this box to enable motion detection.
Enable
(Windows 1 to
Windows 3)
Check this box to enable this motion detection window. You can select
window 1 to 3 to enable up to 3 motion detection windows. When a motion
detection window is enabled, a rectangular screen will appear on camera’s
view, with its title on the top.
- To move / resize a motion detection window:
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- 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).
Title
(Windows 1 to
Windows 3)
Input characters in title field to change motion detection area’s title text so
you can identify it.
Please note that you have to click ‘Apply’ button and the text will change.
Percentage Select the percentage of pixel change that will trigger motion detection alert.
Select a lower percentage and you can detect tiny changes in motion
detection area.
Sensitivity Select the sensitivity level that will trigger motion detection alert. Select a
higher sensitivity and you can detect tiny changes in motion detection area.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
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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
Mask
Check this box to enable Privacy Masking.
Enable
(Mask 1 to
Mask 3)
Check this box to enable Privacy Mask window. You can select Mask 1 to
Mask 3 to enable up to 3 Privacy Mask zones. When a Privacy Mask
window is enabled, a rectangular screen will appear on camera’s view, with
its title on the top.
- To move / resize a Privacy Mask window:
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- 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).
Title
(Mask 1 to
Mask 3)
Enable the Mask Window & select the desired color for Masking window.
3-8 Event
When there’s an event, you can use this setup page to define what IP camera should do, like send
an Email or trigger digital output to activate external alarm.
There are three setup pages:
1. Setting: Define a new event and manage events.
2. Media: Define what kind of media file should be saved to designated path.
3. Event Server: Define the details of remote server.
Please refer to following sections for detailed instructions.
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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.
To add a new event, click ‘New’ button and the description of every setup item is listed below:
Item Description
Enable Setting Check this box to enable this event. If you just want to disable this event
temporarily, you can uncheck this box to disable the event without deleting
it.
Title Input any description text for this event so you can identify it quickly. You
can use alphabets, numbers and symbols include:!$-.@^_~ (Note: no spaces
allowed).
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Motion Detection Check this box and this event will be activated when one of motion
detection window detects motion.
Enable Schedule
Time
Check this box and this event will be activated when designated weekday
and time is reached.
You also have to check weekday box, and select time from drop down list. If
you select ‘Always’ as time, this event will be activated during all the day.
Enable FTP Check this box and IP camera will save file on FTP server (refer to ‘FTP
Server’ setting in ‘Event Server’ tab) when this event is activated.
Enable EMAIL Check this box and IP camera will send an Email to designated recipient
address (refer to ‘SMTP Server’ setting in ‘Event Server’ tab) when this
event is activated.
Enable Samba
(Net Storage)
Check this box and IP camera will save file on samba server (refer to
‘Samba Server’ setting in ‘Event Server’ tab) when this event is activated.
Enable SD CARD Check this box and IP camera will save file on SD card when this event is
activated. A working SD card must be inserted into IP camera in advance.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
3-8-2 Media
You can define what kind of media file should be saved to designated path.
Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
One Snapshot Save a picture file when event is triggered.
H.264 Video Save a H.264 video clip. You can also select the recording length before and
/ or after the time when event is triggered in ‘Pre Event’ and ‘Post Event’.
For example, if you set ‘Pre Event’ to ‘5’ and ‘Post Event’ to 5’, and an
event is triggered at 14:10:30, then the video file will be 10 seconds long,
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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.
3-8-3 Event Server
You can define the details of remote media server: FTP (File), SMTP (Email) and Samba (File).
A Samba server can be any computer running windows operating system with network neighbor
function enabled. Many stand-alone network file servers also support samba server function.
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Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
Enable FTP
Server
Check this box to enable FTP server upload.
- 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’.
- User Name: Input FTP server’s username.
- Password: Input FTP server’s password.
File Path Name: Input the path where you want to save file on FTP server,
like ‘upload/record’. If you want to save file on this FTP user’s home
directory, you can leave this field blank.
- Enable Passive Mode: Check this box to force IP camera to communicate
with FTP server in passive mode (Some FTP Server may only work when
you check this box, while others don’t).
- Test FTP: Click this button to test FTP server settings above immediately.
SMTP Server Check this box to enable Email alert.
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- 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. This will help you to identify the Email sent
by this IP camera, and may help when you have anti-spam software installed
(you can set this Email address to ‘White List’ in your anti-spam software)
- Receiver #1 Email Address: Input primary recipient’s Email address. This
field is required.
- Receiver #2 Email Address: Input backup recipient’s Email address. This
field is optional.
- Subject: Input Email title that will appear in the Email sent by IP camera.
This will help you to identify the Email sent by this IP camera.
- Authentication: Check this box when authentication is required by the
Email server you’re using. You also need to input Email server’s username
and password in corresponding field.
- Requires SSL Encryption: If your Email server requires SSL encryption,
check this box. Please note that some Email server uses different port
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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.
Test SMTP: Click this button to test SMTP server settings above
immediately.
Samba Server Check this box to enable Samba server file upload.
- Samba Server Address: Input Samba server’s IP address or host name.
- Path: Input the path where you want to save file on Samba server, like
‘upload/record’. If you want to save file on this user’s home directory, you
can leave this field blank.
- User Name: Input Samba server’s username.
- Password: Input Samba server’s password.
- Test SMB: Click this button to test Samba server settings above
immediately.
Tips: Some samba server does not have username and password check,
you can just input samba server address and path to access the file storage
space.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
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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.
2. Unlike motion detection, this function will record video at specified time period on
selected weekday(s).
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Here is the description of every setup item:
Item Description
Enable External
storage Recording
Check this box to record video on SD card.
Maximum Size of
Each File
Input the maximum size of every video file from 1MB to 50MB. IP camera
will start a new video file when a recording video file reaches the size limit
stated here.
Recording
Schedule
Define the recording schedule. You can check Sun to Sat boxes to represent
a weekday, and specify time period in ‘From’ and ‘To’ field. Select ‘Always’
to record 24 hours in selected weekday(s).
Storage Option
Memory Card:
Select this option to save the recorded video files of defined size on
continuous/ schedule-basis to SD card.
Samba Server:
Select this option to save the recorded video files of defined size on
continuous/ schedule-basis to Samba Server.
Capacity: It will display the HDD capacity of defined Samba Server.
Max Capacity: You can define the Max capacity between 10GB to 500GB to
overwrite the recorded files to Samba Server.
Test SMB: Click this button to verify the configured Samba Server settings.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes. It will create a folder
called Backup on SD card in which the recorded video files get stored.
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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. It will display as None if
Micro-SD card is not inserted.
If you click on Recording/ Event tab, it will display as “No SD card Found”.
Once the SD card is inserted, the Web Interface will display the capacity of Micro-SD card as
below:-
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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.
Click “All file” to list all files. You can also search the files depending on Time/ Date range.
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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.
3. Remove: Clear log. You’ll be prompted for confirmation.
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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:
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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.
Reset Clear all settings of IP camera and reset to factory default setting.
Reset Clear all settings of IP camera except for the IP , time zone and daylight
saving parameters , to factory default setting.
Backup Backup IP camera’s setting and save it on your computer.
Backup to SD
card device
Backup IP camera’s setting and save it on SD card. A SD card must be
inserted into SD card slot when you click this button, or you’ll receive an
error message.
Restore Restore a previously-saved configuration file saved on your computer. Click
‘Browse’ button to select a file on your computer first, then click ‘Restore’
button.
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Restore from SD
card device
Restore IP camera’s configuration which is previously-saved on SD card.
Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a firmware
image file on your computer first, then click ‘Upgrade’ button.
3-14 Language
You can change the display language of web interface.
Click ‘Language’ button and select one language. More languages may be available in latest
firmware file.
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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.
1. Please insert the Installation Guide CD supplied in the product package.
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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.
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4. Now, click on ‘Install’ as shown below.
5. Please wait while installation is being performed. This may take few minutes, please be patient.
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6. Second part of installation will start automatically.
7. A new setup window will appear, please click ‘Next’ button to continue.
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8. Now, click on ‘Next’ as shown below.
9. The screen shown below will appear. Click on ‘Install’ as shown below.
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10. Installation will take few minutes, please be patient.
11. Click ‘Finish’ when you see this message.
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12. MSDE (Microsoft SQL Database Engine) installation procedure will start at the same time.
Please wait until it completes.
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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
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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’
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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
Camera
Index
Selection
Function
Keys
Camera
View
Split screen mode selector
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The description of every item is listed below:
Item Description
Split-screen mode
selector
SKYROS iView supports from 1 to 64 cameras split views. The
video from IP camera will display in split screen display cells, and
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.
If the number of IP cameras is less than the number of split
screens, unused display cell will be displayed blank to indicate it’s
not been connected to any IP camera.
Full screen Click this button to display video from IP cameras in full screen
mode. All control buttons will be hidden, only IP camera’s video
will be displayed. To leave full screen mode, press ‘Esc’ key on
your keyboard.
Camera Scan When you click this button, SKYROS iView will scan the camera
for the video display, and switch to next camera’s video after few
seconds, and so on.
Snapshot Take a snapshot of selected IP camera and save the picture on your
computer. When you click this button, the picture of IP camera
selected in ‘camera index selection’ dropdown menu will be saved.
EMAP Display the EMAP (Electronic map) image on camera view area,
which indicates the position and orientation in physical
environment of every IP camera. To set a picture as EMAP’s
background picture: Right click on the EMAP display area, and
you’ll be prompted to select a picture on your computer:
Select the file, and click ‘Open’ button to use the picture as
background picture. To add a camera, right click on the
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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. After you click ‘OK’
button, a camera icon will appear on EMAP with its camera
number indicated:
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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.
Recording Start / stop video recording. When recording video, this button
will appear as red.
Schedule Enable schedule recording. You must define schedule in advance
before you can enable schedule recording.
Camera Index Selection Here lists all IP cameras you have, select one camera from
dropdown list for snapshot.
Date / Time,
Remaining Disk Space
Displays current date, time and remaining disk storage space.
Logout, Minimize, Exit, ver.
1.0.18
Click this button to exit, minimize or log out from SKYROS
iView. You can also view the software version number here.
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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.
The description of the items is listed as follows:
Item Description
Pan / Tilt control Click the direction arrow to control camera’s pan / tilt.
Pan / Tilt speed Drag the slide bar to adjust the pan / tilt speed when you click pan / tilt
control arrow.
Preset Control
Click ‘Go’ to move the camera to the preset point and click ‘set’ to define
the highlighted preset point.
Zoom
Optical zoom control. Click + or - to control zoom level. This function is
only available for supported cameras.
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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.
5-1 Configure SKYROS iview
Before you can use SKYROS iView, you must configure at least one IP camera.
To enter configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button in SKYROS iView main menu:
The configuration menu will appear. There are 6 sub menus in the configuration menu:
Device (Add or remove IP camera / video server)
Recording (Configure video recording)
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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.
To add a new IP camera, click ‘Add’ button:
IP camera setup window will appear on the right:
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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.
Add the password of the respective IP camera and click on ‘Detect Device’ to verify the settings
before you click ‘Add to list’ button. You can repeat above procedures to add all IP cameras you
wish to connect
.
When an IP camera is found, you can also select it in the list and:
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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
is not located on local area network, you have to input the details of IP camera manually:
Input the network settings of IP camera, including IP address, HTTP port number, user name /
password.
After you found an IP camera add it manually, click ‘Add to list’ button and the IP camera will be
listed in SKYROS iView as shown below:
Every IP camera has a check box, indicating if it is enabled. If a camera is not enabled, it will not
be displayed in SKYROS iView’s video view.
You can also manage IP camera list by the following function:
Enable All: Enable all IP cameras in the list.
Disable All: Disable all IP cameras in the list.
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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.
Please note that if you don’t have any IP camera added in the camera list, you will not be able to
enter this setup menu.
The description of every item is listed as follows:
Item Description
Select Camera Please select an IP camera from the list to setup its recording behavior.
SKYROS iView will attempt to connect to selected IP camera, if it’s not
connectable, you will receive an error message later.
Record Mode You can decide the recording behavior for this IP camera:
Monitor only, not record: SKYROS iView will not record video of
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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.
Motion Detection
Setting
Sets motion detection area and sensitivity. Please select an IP camera from
the list, and its video will appear with a grid pattern:
Use the mouse to click blocks on the grid pattern to assign the areas you
wish SKYROS iView to detect / ignore motion. SKYROS iView will detect
motion for areas which are NOT covered by blocks only.
To add or erase blocks:
To add blocks, click + button; to erase blocks, click - button. Click ‘Reset’
button to reset motion detection blocks to default setting. You can also
change the color of block if the color is similar to the IP camera’s video and
its
difficult for you to identify the
blocks
by clicking the color brick between
+ and
- button:
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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. Larger number
indicates more sensitivity. To apply this motion detection settings to all IP
cameras, click ‘Apply to All Cameras’ button.
When you finish setting, click ‘OK’ button to save changes you made, or click ‘Cancel’ button to
discard all settings you made.
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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:
No: Do not display caption on camera view
Camera ID: Displays Camera’s ID
Camera ID + Camera Name: Displays both camera’s ID and
camera’s name.
Data Storage Setting Setup hard disk data storage:
Enable Recycle: Check this box and the latest recording video
will overwrite oldest recorded video file automatically. If you
didn’t check this box, SKYROS iView will stop recording when
data storage space is full.
Alarm Space: When data storage space is less than the size you
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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. You can also create a new folder when you’re
prompted to select a drive or folder on your computer.
Safe Space: Specify the lower limit of storage space you
specified. When remaining storage space is less than the size you
specified here, SKYROS iView will stop recording.
Add/Modify: You can click this button to add the drive / folder
you specified above to storage space list, or select an existing
storage space in the list to change its parameters then click this
button to update its parameter.
Remove: Select a pre-defined storage space and click this button
to remove it from the list.
Start up Condition Select the behavior of SKYROS iView when computer starts up. You
can select multiple options you want to use:
Auto run, when Windows start: Check this box and SKYROS
iView will run automatically when computer starts.
Start program in minimum: Start SKYROS iView as minimized
window.
Auto record: Start video recording automatically when
SKYROS iView starts.
Auto Login Input the user ID and password to login SKYROS iView automatically.
This function is useful when you want to start recording automatically
when computer starts.
User ID: Input user ID used to login SKYROS iView, must have
adequate privileges to perform the action you wish to execute.
Password: Input user’s password.
Full screen view when auto login: Switch to full screen display
mode when auto login.
Alarm Transmitted
email
Send an Email notification with picture when alarm is triggered (motion
is detected):
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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.
Receiver: Input the email receiver’s address here.
CC: input additional email receiver’s address here.
Subject: Input the subject of sent email. This will also help you
to identify the email sent by SKYROS iView .
Number of attachments: Input the number of snapshot
attachments that will sent with email, so you can see the image
of camera by email (1 to 10 attachments only).Email alerts
Interval: Input the time interval between two emails. A new
email will not be sent within the interval you specified here even
a new event is detected.
User: Input the user name for SMTP authentication. Input only
when it’s required by your SMTP server, you can leave it blank
if it’s not required.
Password: Input the password used by SMTP authentication.
Camera Scan Interval Input the time interval to wait between camera scan.
Connection Retry Decides the behavior when SKYROS iView lost communication with IP
camera:
Retry: Retry for the time you specified here.
Always retry: Retry to connect to IP camera until successfully
connected.
When you finish with the settings, click ‘OK’ button to save changes you made, or click ‘Cancel’
button to discard all settings you made.
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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:
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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.
You can use mouse to click on the block to add or delete time period. If
recording is activated in that time period, the block will appear as light blue.
To add or delete a time period, select ‘ADD’ or ‘DEL’ first, then click the
time period block.
In order to start the schedule recordings click the schedule button on the
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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. IP camera must have DI port and not every IP camera is equipped
with DI.
Dedicated
Schedule
If you just want to add a new recording schedule between certain time and this
schedule will only happen once but not every week, you can use this function
to specify a time period.
Select ‘Start’ and ‘End’ date / time, and click ‘Add/Modify’ button to add
the time period to the list. You can also select an existing time period and
make changes, and click ‘Add /Modify’ button to save changes.
To remove an existing schedule, select an existing schedule, and then click
‘Remove’ button.
Comment You can input some text to help you to memorize the purpose of this schedule
Cameras/Devices Check all IP cameras that will be activated by this schedule.
Add to list Click this button to add this schedule to the list.
When you finish the settings, click ‘OK’ button to save changes you made, or click ‘Cancel’ button
to discard all settings you made.
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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.
To add a new event, click ‘Add’ button, and a new window will appear on the right for you to setup
a new event.
To remove an existing event, select an event in the list and click ‘Remove’ button.
The description of every setup item is listed below:
Item Description
Select Camera Select the IP camera to define its event detail.
Alarm Condition Define the type of event which will trigger an alarm:
Motion detected: Alarm will be triggered when motion is detected at this
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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.
Trigger Operation(s) Define the action which will be taken when alarm is triggered:
Send E-Mail: An email will be sent when alarm is triggered.
Play Sound: Play a sound on the computer where SKYROS iView
is installed. To add a new sound file, copy the .wav file to the
following directory: C:\Program Files\SKYROS iView\media
You can click ‘Play’ button to play the sound file you selected.
Alarm Remark You can input descriptive text here to help you to remember the purpose of
this event.
When you finish setting, click ‘Add/Modify’ button to add this event to the list.
5-1-6 Security
You can add or remove users which are allowed to access SKYROS iView.
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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).
Administrator’s user ID is always ‘admin’ and cannot be changed. You can only change admin’s
password in Administrator’s ‘Password’ and‘Confirm Password’ field.
Please input the same password in both fields for confirmation.
To add a user, click ‘Add’ button, a new window will appear on the right:
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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
ID.
Password /
Confirm Password
Input this user’s password in both fields.
User Privilege Defines the privilege of this user (Check the boxes that you wish to give
privilege):
Multi-Camera View Operation: Allows multi-camera view.
Camera Map Operation: Allows to show E-MAP.
Scheduling: User can start or stop schedule recording.
Recording: User can start or stop video recording.
Playback: User can playback saved video.
Camera List Select IP cameras you wish to allow this user to view.
When you finished settings, click ‘Add/Modify’ button to add this new user.
You can also select an existing user and change his / her user information, then click ‘Add /
Modify’ button to save changes for this user.
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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:
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To play a recorded video, you can use one of following two functions:
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
IP cameras.
Advanced Search
Event Search
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When you enter this menu, please specify start time and stop time:
(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’ has been found at 12 o’clock. A blue mark indicates
it’s a ‘Round Clock’ (manual) recording. Other record types include:
DATE
HOUR IN A DAY
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Blue: Manual Recording
Green: Recording is triggered by motion
To view the video, check the box of camera ID, then click ‘Play’ button.
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And the video will be prepared for playback.
For instructions of video playback, please see section 5-2-4 for detailed instructions.
Recorded Video Clip
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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.
HOUR IN A DAY
DATE
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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’ to select all cameras.
When you finish, click ‘Search’ button to search for recorded video, and a list similar to this will
appear:
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You can select the video clip you wish to play, and click ‘Play’ button.
RECORDED VIDEO
FILES
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For instructions of video playback, please see section 5-2-4 for detailed instructions.
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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.
Video Playback
Control
Start video playback
Skip to the ending position of video clip
Skip to next video frame
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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.
You cannot adjust video playback speed when video is playing.
Image
Processing
Click this button to take a snapshot picture of current video
playback position. A new window will appear:
You can adjust image brightness / contrast by dragging corresponding slide bar,
or click ‘Gray Scale’, ‘Sharpness’, ‘Soften’ to adjust image parameters.
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