Digitus DN-16026 User Manual

WIRELESS 11N
HD IP CAMERA

User Manual

DN-16026

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-CONTENTS-

Chapter I Introduction ............................................................................................. 5

1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera ......................................... 5

1.2 Safety Instructions ............................................................................... 6

1.3 Packaging Contents ............................................................................ 7

1.4 Install IP Camera ............................................................................... 10

Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface ....................................... 12

2.1 Network Setup ................................................................................................. 12

2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin(for IE

browser only) ......................................................................................................... 15

2.3 Viewing Live Video .......................................................................................... 20

Chapter III Setup IP Camera ..................................................................................... 23

3-1 Basic / Network Settings ................................................................................. 24

3-2 Wireless ........................................................................................................... 27

3-3 Dynamic DNS .................................................................................................. 32

3-4 Date & Time .................................................................................................... 34

3-5 Users ............................................................................................................... 36

3-6 UPnP ............................................................................................................... 38

3-7 Bonjour ............................................................................................................ 39

Chapter VI Video Configuration .............................................................................. 40

4-1 Video Settings ................................................................................................. 40

4-2 Image Appearance .......................................................................................... 42

Chapter V Events Configuration ............................................................................. 43

5-1 Motion Detection Setup ................................................................................... 43

5-1-1 Detection Region ...................................................................................... 45

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5-1-2 FTP ........................................................................................................... 48

5-1-3 SMTP ........................................................................................................ 50

Chapter VI System Configuration ........................................................................... 53

6-1 ‘Basic’ Settings ................................................................................................ 53

6-1 ‘Advanced’ Settings ......................................................................................... 55

Chapter VII System Status ..................................................................................... 57

7-1 System Information ......................................................................................... 57

7-2 System Log ..................................................................................................... 59

Chapter VIII Advanced Operations ........................................................................... 61

8.1 Apply for free DYNDNS account ..................................................................... 61

Chapter IX Windows Surveillance Utility ................................................................ 68

9-1 Installing IP Camera Administration Software ................................................. 68

9-2 Using IP camera surveillance software ........................................................... 77

9-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software ..................................................... 80

9-3-1 Configure cameras ................................................................................... 80

9-3-1-1 ‘Camera’ tab .......................................................................... 81

9-3-1-2 Schedule Recording .............................................................. 84

9-3-1-3 Audio ..................................................................................... 87

9-3-1-4 Motion Record ....................................................................... 88

9-3-2 General Settings ....................................................................................... 90

9-3-2-1 ‘General’ tab .......................................................................... 90

9-3-2-2 ‘E-Mail Setting’ tab ................................................................ 92

9-3-2-3 Security ................................................................................. 94

9-3-2-4 About ..................................................................................... 96

9-4 Change Display Layout ................................................................................... 97

9-5 Full-screen mode ........................................................................................... 100

9-6 Scan .............................................................................................................. 101

9-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out ....................................................................................... 102

9-8 PTZ ................................................................................................................ 103

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9-9 Snapshot ....................................................................................................... 104

9-10 Recording .................................................................................................... 105

9-11 Video Playback ............................................................................................ 106

Chapter X Appendix ............................................................................................. 107

10.1 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................... 107

10.2 Specification ................................................................................................ 108

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Chapter I Introduction

1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera

Congratulations on purchasing this tiny network IP Camera! Its tiny
size maximizes portability and eases installation; you can easily
install the camera in most places where you need video surveillance.
If there’s no Ethernet cable available at the place you wish to install
this IP camera, you can use built-in wireless network to connect to
your network, and saves the cost of cabling.

Other highlights of this network IP Camera include:

 Compact size and lightweight design, installs anywhere.

 Mounting hole located at camera’s back, compatible with most of

camera tripods.

 Wireless network with data security (encryption), secures data

transfer over the air.

 Fixed-focus lens, works with most of environments.

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1.2 Safety Instructions

Please obey the safety instructions listed below when you’re using
this Network IP Camera, or you would harm this camera and / or
yourself! Also, the warranty will become void if you disobey these
safety instructions.

 This Network IP Camera is sophisticated electronic device; do not

drop it from high places.

 Do not place this IP Camera at hot / humid places, and avoid

direct sunlight.

 This IP Camera is not a toy; keep it out from the reach of children.

 Do not insert any accessories of this IP Camera into your body.

 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.

 IP Camera will become hot after long time of use. Refrain from

touch IP Camera with hand, or cover this IP camera with paper or
cloth.

 If the IP Camera falls into water when powered, do not attempt to

retrieve it back by yourself! Find a qualified electric technician for
help.

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1.3 Packaging Contents

Please check the contents of your new Network IP Camera when you
unpack the package. If any item is missing, please contact your
dealer of purchase for help.

Item No. Description Quantity

1 Network IP Camera 1
2 AC power adapter 1
3 Ethernet cable 1
4 User manual Windows Utility CDROM 1
5 Quick installation guide 1

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Familiar with your new Network IP Camera

[Front]

Item Description
1 - Lens IP Camera’s lens. Please keep the lens clean and do

not touch by finger.

2 - POWER LED POWER LED will light when the IP camera is powered

on, and will flash when resetting IP camera’s settings.

(LED light can be switched off even IP camera is
powered on when necessary for security reasons)

3 - Network LED Ethernet LED will light when IP camera is connected to

Ethernet network, and it will flash fast when
transferring data (It will flash slow when using WPS).

(LED light can be switched off even IP camera is
powered on when necessary for security reasons)

4 - Antenna Wireless antenna. Please keep the antenna

perpendicular to the ground for best signal reception.

Power / WPS LED
LAN/WiFi LED

Lens

Antenna

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[Back]

Item Description
1 - Tripod connector This mounting hole is compatible with most of camera

tripod or camera stand, so you can fix the camera at a

secure place.
2 - LAN Connects to your local area network.
3 - 5VDC Connects to 5V DC power adapter.
4 - WPS / RESET When the IP camera is not functioning properly, you

can press reset button to reset the IP camera. You can

also press and hold this button for more than 10

seconds to clear all settings of IP camera, include

administrator password.

LAN port

Tripod Connec tor

WPS / Reset POWER

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1.4 Install IP Camera

Please follow the following instructions to setup your new IP camera.

1. Secure the IP Camera to the tripod or camera stand by mounting
hole. If you want to place the IP camera on desk, please make
sure it will not fall down by accident.

2. Connect Ethernet cable to LAN port. For first-time installation
you’ll need Ethernet cable to do configuration; If this IP camera is

configured to use wireless network, you can skip this step.

3. Plug DC power adapter to power outlet on the wall.

4. Connect DC power cable to IP Camera’s DC power connector.

Connect Ethernet net cable

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If everything’s ok, you should see the POWER LED light up (and
Ethernet LED, if Ethernet cable is inserted). If not, please recheck
every step and try again, or ask your dealer of purchase for help.

Please note if you configured IP camera to switch LED lights off,
two LED lights won’t light.

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Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface

2.1 Network Setup

This IP camera’s default IP address is 192.168.2.3, and you must use
a computer that uses 192.168.2.x IP address to connect to it.

Please follow the following instructions to setup your computer’s IP
address:

1. Please click ‘Start’ button and then click ‘Control Panel’.

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2. Click ‘View network status and tasks’ under ‘Network and Internet’

3. If you didn’t see ‘Network and Internet’ in control panel, please
look for ‘Network and Sharing Center’ icon and double-click it.

4. Click ‘Local Area Connection’

5. Click ‘Properties’

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6. Click ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click
‘Properties’

7. Click ‘Use the following IP address’, and then input ‘192.168.2.1’ in
‘IP address’ and ‘255.255.255.0’ in Subnet mask’, just like shown
on the left. Click ‘OK’ when finish, and close all open windows you
opened

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2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install

ActiveX Plugin (for IE browser only)

For first-time installation, you can connect to IP camera by Internet
Explorer web browser by entering its default IP address: 192.168.2.3
in address bar:

The use login screen will appear when you get connected:

IP Camera’s administrator username is ‘admin’ (lower case) and
password is ‘1234’ by default. Click ‘OK’ button or press ‘ENTER’ key
on your keyboard when you finish entering username and password.

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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 plugin
before you can see the video from IP Camera. Click ‘Download

ActiveX’ link to install ActiveX plugin:

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Click ‘Run’ to start installation. After few seconds, you’ll see this
message:

For IE9: The message will appear at the bottom of Internet Explorer:

Click ‘Run’ to begin installation. You may see UAC (User Account
Control) message after you click ‘Run’ button:

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Click ‘Yes’ to continue. Installation procedure will begin:

Click ‘Next’ and ‘Install’ when you’re prompted to install ActiveX
control. When you see this message, installation is complete:

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Click ‘Finish’ to close the window. Now, go back to web browser
window and login again, you should be able to see camera’s image:

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2.3 Viewing Live Video

To view the live video from IP camera, please log onto IP camera’s
web interface as described in last chapter, and you can see live video
view:

When you’re in other setup pages of IP camera, you can click ‘Live
View’ link located at the upper-right corner of IP camera’s web
interface:

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There are also some functions you can use in camera’s live view
page:

The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Snapshot

Take a snapshot (save a picture) of current
live view. Click the folder field (‘c:\’ by default)
and you’ll be prompted to select a folder in
your computer, and click ‘Get snapshot’
button to save a picture.

Record

Start recording video. Click the folder field
(‘c:\’ by default) and you’ll be prompted to
select a folder in your computer, and click
‘Start recording’ button to start recording.

Fit to window

Click this button and the live view area will
adjust according to the size of web browser
automatically.

Full Screen

Click this button and the live view will expand
and fit the size of your computer monitor.
Press ‘Esc’ key on your keyboard to resume.

Digital Zoom

Click this button and a new window will
popup:

Check ‘Enable’ box to enable digital zoom

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(enlarge video so you can see objects in
detail). Drag the slide bar from 100% (no
enlargement) to 400% to enlarge the image.
The level of enlargement will be displayed in
‘Zoom Factor’ field.

When you’re enlarging image (i.e. Zoom
Factor > 100%), a green rectangular will
appear in the image area:

Drag the green rectangular to move the
position of enlarged area in image.

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Chapter III Setup IP Camera

To setup the IP camera, please log onto IP camera’s web interface
and click ‘Setup’ link on the upper-right corner:

The setup menu will appear:

There are five setup categories: Basic, Video, Events, System, and
Status, which are located at the left of web interface. When you click
on the link of every category, it will expand and show sub-menu.

Please refer to following chapters for detailed instructions.

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3-1 Basic / Network Settings

In this menu, you can setup Ethernet network settings.

(NOT Wireless Network!)

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Network Type Select the type of Ethernet connection: Static IP,

DHCP, and PPPoE. Please select one from
dropdown menu, if you’re not sure, please consult
your network administrator or ISP.

Static IP:

IP: Please assign an IP address to this IP
camera.

Netmask: Please input the netmask of IP
address.

Gateway: Please input the gateway address of
your network.

Primary DNS: Input the IP address of DNS
server.

Secondary DNS: Input the IP address of
secondary (backup) DNS. You can leave this
field blank if no secondary DNS is available.

HTTP port: The default web port number is 80,
if you want to change it, you can input it from

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1024 ~ 65535 in this field. When you connect to
this IP camera next time, you have to add a
colon and port number after IP camera’s IP
address. For example, if the camera’s IP
address is 192.168.2.3 and HTTP port number
is 82, you have to input ‘http://192.168.2.3:82’
in web browser’s address bar.

DHCP: IP camera will obtain IP address from
DHCP server on your local area network
automatically.

PPPoE: IP camera will connect to network by
PPPoE.

Please input PPPoE user name and password, and
input MTU value when required.

Please note: In some cases you can improve
network efficiency or correct connection problem
by setting a new MTU value, however, In most
cases you don’t have to change MTU setting.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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3-2 Wireless

You can establish wireless connections to other network devices
such as network AP.

When you enter this

page, IP camera will scan

for wireless devices

nearby automatically

and display them here.

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Wireless
Connection

You can enable or disable wireless
functionality here.

Please note: You can switch wireless network
off, but you can’t switch wired Ethernet off.

Network Type Select the type of network you wish to

connect: Infra (infrastructure: wireless access
point) or Ad Hoc (point to point wireless
connection).

Mode Select the wireless operating mode:

B (802.11b, maximum 11mbps)
G (802.11g, maximum 54mbps)
N (802.11n, maximum 150mbps).

You can select mixed mode (2.4GHz B+G+N)
so IP camera will work with all kinds of
wireless network. If you select B, G, or N only,
then IP camera will be able to communicate
with wireless network of same operating
mode only.

Band Select wireless band: 20MHz only or

20/40MHz auto switch. It’s recommended to

select ‘Auto 20/40MHz’.
Available
Networks

IP camera will list all nearby networks and

their parameter in this field. If the network you

wish to connect does not appear hear, click

‘Refresh’ to rescan again. You can click

‘Refresh’ button for many times until the

network you wish to connect appear in the

list.

If you wish to connect to a specific network,

select the radio button of the network you

wish to connect (under ‘Connect’ field), and

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the network’s connection parameter will

appear in the fields below.

Tips: If you can’t see the network you wish to

connect after you click ‘Refresh’ button for

many times, please move IP camera closer to

the network’s access point).

SSID Input network’s SSID (access point’s wireless

name) here, or select one network from

network list above.

If he network you wish to connect is a ‘hidden’

network (SSID is hidden to the public), you

have to input SSID manually.
Channel Select wireless channel number. Use ‘Auto’ to

select channel automatically.
Authentication Select authentication type:

None: no encryption

WEP: use WEP encryption

WPA-PSK: Use WPA with PSK encryption.

WPA2-PSK: Use WPA2 with PSK encryption.

The authentication type you selected here

must be identical with the setting of access

point.
Encryption Type Select wireless encryption type. This option

will vary depends on the authentication type

of the network you wish to connect.

The encryption type you selected here must

be identical with the setting of access point.

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WPA Pre-shared
Key

Input WPA pre-shared key here, must be

identical with the setting of access point.

(This field is not available when

authentication type is none or WEP).

WEP Key Format Select WEP key’s format: Hex or ASCII.

This setting must be identical with the setting

of the network you wish to connect.
WEP Key length Select WEP key’s length: 64 or 128-bit.

This setting must be identical with the setting

of the network you wish to connect.
WEP Key Input WEP key here.

This setting must be identical with the setting

of the network you wish to connect.

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You can also setup encrypted wireless connection by WPS (Wi-Fi
Protected Setup):

The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Self PinCode Displays the 8-digit pin code of this IP

camera. Write this number down and you’ll
need this number so get connected with other
WPS-enabled network devices when

requested.
Configure via
Push Button

Click ‘Start PBC’ button to start PBC-style

WPS pairing sequence: Click this button, and

push WPS button of the access point (or click

a software button in access point’s

configuration web page).

You must press WPS button of the wireless

device you wish to connect within 120

seconds.
Configure via
PinCode

Click ‘Start PIN’ to start PIN-style WPS

pairing sequence. You have to input WPS

registrar’s SSID in ‘Registrar SSID’ field first.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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3-3 Dynamic DNS

If your Internet service provider didn’t issue you a fixed IP address,
you can use this function to report your current IP address to dynamic
DNS service provider, so you can locate your IP camera without
having a fixed IP address.

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Enable DDNS Select ‘Enable’ to enable DDNS functionality,

orselect ‘Disable’ to disable DDNS
functionality.

Provider Select Dynamic DNS service provider you’re

using from dropdown menu.

Host Name Input the hostname you registered with

DDNS service provider.

User Name Input the user name you registered with

DDNS service provider.

Password Input the password you registered with DDNS

service provider.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

TIPS: You can register free (or paid) dynamic DNS service from
following website:

Dyndns: www.dyndns.org
Refer to Chapter VIII for DDNS application.

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3-4 Date & Time

You can setup IP camera’s system date and time here. Maintaining a
correct system time is very essential when you need to replay
recorded video.

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Mode Select date & time setup mode:

Manually: Set time manually.

NTP: Use NTP (Network Time Protocol) to
setup date and time automatically via
network. If you have Internet connection or
there’s a NTP server on your local network,
you can select this function to help you to

keep IP camera’s date and time correct.
Set Date/Time
Manually

There are 6 fields for you to input current date

/ time. The format is:

YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS
Synchronize to
PC time

Click this button the fill date / time field with

your computer’s date and time.
NTP Server Input NTP server’s hostname or IP address.
Time Zone Select the time zone of the place you live

from dropdown menu.
Daylight Saving If the area you live uses daylight saving,

select ‘Enable’, or select ‘Disable’ when

daylight saving is not used.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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3-5 Users

Besides default system operator account ‘administrator’, you can add
additional operator account or user account here:

Operator accounts can perform all functionalities and do
configurations of this IP camera, while guest accounts can view
image only.

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
User List Lists all existing operators / users here. To

modify an operator / user’s setting, click his /

her name here first.
User Name Input user’s name here.
Password Input user’s password here.
Confirm password Input user’s password here again for

confirmation.
Authority Select this user’s privilege:

Operator can view video and go to setup

page to change video setting.

Guest can view video only.
Add Click this button to add a new user with

settings above.
Modify Click this button to save changes of an

existing user.
Remove Click this button to remove a user. You must

select a user in ‘User List’ field first.
Anonymous Login Select ‘Enable’ to enable anonymous user to

login this IP camera and view image. This

function is useful when you want to establish

a remote video server which welcomes

everyone to view the video.

If you only want to allow registered user to

login, select ‘Disable’.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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3-6 UPnP

When you enable this function, Windows computers can discover this
IP camera from windows network neighbor directly, and you don’t
have to know this IP camera’s IP address in advance (This only
works on local area network).

Select ‘Enable’ to enable this function, or select ‘Disable’ to prevent
users on local area network to discover this IP camera.

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3-7 Bonjour

When you enable this function, Macintosh computers can discover
this IP camera from safari web browser directly, and you don’t have to
know this IP camera’s IP address in advance (This only works on
local area network).

Select ‘Enable’ to enable this function, or select ‘Disable’ to prevent
users on local area network to discover this IP camera by safari
browser.

Tips: Bonjour function must be enabled in safari browser first.

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Chapter VI Video Configuration

In video configuration setup page, you can change the resolution and
frame rate, so you can decide the video quality by the bandwidth you
have.

4-1 Video Settings

You can change resolution and frame rate settings here.

The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Resolution Change video resolution from dropdown list.

Available resolutions are:

SXVGA (1280 x 960)
VGA (640 x 480)
QVGA (320 x 240)

Higher resolution provides mode video
details, but requires more bandwidth.

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MAX. Frame rate Select the maximum video frame rate. Higher

frame rate provides more fluent video, but
also requires more bandwidth.

Please note: When the environment is
dark, this IP camera will automatically
adjust frame rate to a lower setting to
provide better video quality by using a
longer exposure time.

Power frequency Select the AC utility power’s frequency (50 or

60Hz). This will help reduce the flicker of
video when there’s certain kind of lamp.

If you don’t know the frequency of power
you’re using, you can consult your utility
power company.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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4-2 Image Appearance

You can change video appearance settings here.

The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Brightness /
Contrast /
Saturation /
Sharpness /
Hue

Change video’s appearance. If you think you
don’t like the video as it appears, you can
change these parameters.

Drag the blue lever by mouse to change the
value.

Reset to default Click this button to reset all settings back to

default value (50).

Save value Save changes you made.

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Chapter V Events Configuration

This IP camera is capable to detect motions. You can use this
function to use this IP camera as a security alarm and send the image
to you by E-Mail or upload to FTP server when there’s motion.

5-1 Motion Detection Setup

You can enable or disable motion detection settings here.

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Motion Detection
enable

Select ‘Enable’ to enable motion detection

function, or ‘Disable’ to disable it.
Motion Detection
Interval

Select the time interval this IP camera detects

motion.

To detect minor motions, select a shorter

time; to ignore minor motions, select a longer

time.
Send snapshot to
E-Mail

Select ‘Enable’ to send a snapshot picture to

designated email recipient; select ‘Disable’ to

disable this function.
Send snapshot to
FTP

Select ‘Enable’ to upload a snapshot picture

to designated FTP server; select ‘Disable’ to

disable this function.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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5-1-1 Detection Region

You can setup the area in video where IP camera should detect
changes in video (motion). Motions outside of detection region will be
ignored by IP camera, and IP camera will do nothing when a motion
is detected outside of detection region. This will help you to minimize
the chance of false alarm.

When you select this setup page, you’ll see the following setup page:

(The setup page’s video view window is intentionally set to black so
you can see 3 motion detection regions clearly).

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Region 1 /
Region 2 /
Region 3

Check the box to enable this motion detection

area. A rectangle will appear on the video

view when it’s checked (enabled).

To change the size of motion detection area:

Point the mouse to the upper-left, upper-right,

lower-left, lower-right corner of motion

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detection rectangle, and drag the mouse.

Move motion detection area:

Put the mouse within the motion detection

area, and drag the mouse.
Sensitivity Change the sensitivity of motion detection.

Set to a higher value (right) and IP camera

will trigger the alarm when there’re only small

changes in video. If you found that IP camera

sends E-mail or uploads picture to FTP too

frequently, and there’s nothing happen in the

snapshot video, you can set to a lower value.
Threshold Set the motion detection threshold here (input

number 0 to 100). A higher value represents

IP camera will only trigger alarm when the

object in motion detection area is really big.
Refresh Refresh the reference picture.
Save Save changes you made in this page.

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5-1-2 FTP

You can upload a snapshot picture when motion detected by this IP
camera.

When you select this setup page, you’ll see the following setup page:

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
FTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the FTP

server.
User Name Input the user name required by FTP server.
Password Input the password of FTP server.
Port Input the port number of FTP server, this

should an integer between 1 to 65535.

Please don’t change this value until

instructed by FTP server’s administrator.
Path Input the path (folder) you wish to save

snapshot file on FTP server. If you don’t want

to specify folder, you can leave this field

blank, and snapshot files will be saved in the

default folder when logged onto FTP server.
Passive mode Default setting is ‘Enable’ (use passive

mode). If the FTP server you’re going to use

does not support passive mode (using active

mode), select ‘Disable’ here.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made. You can also click
‘Send a test file’ button to upload a test file to FTP server, and a
message box will appear to indicate if the FTP upload is successful,
so you can examine if the parameters you set in this page are correct.

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5-1-3 SMTP

You can send a snapshot picture by E-Mail when motion detected by
this IP camera.

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When you select this setup page, you’ll see the following setup page:

The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Public Server If you’re using Hotmail, Yahoo mail, or

Google mail, select appropriate item from

dropdown menu, and IP camera will fill the

SMTP server address and port number for

you automatically.
SMTP Server Input the host name or IP address of SMTP

server. SMTP server is usually provided by

your ISP.
SMTP Port Input the SMTP port number here. Most of

SMTP servers use port number ‘25’, while

some SMTP servers uses encrypted

connection and port number is ‘465’. Consult

mail server administrator when in doubt.
Recipient E-Mail
Address

Input E-mail recipient (receiver)’s E-mail

address here.

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Sender E-Mail
Address

Input an E-Mail address here, which will be

used by E-Mail sender’s address. This will

help you to identify the E-Mail sent by this IP

camera, and will help you to prevent

problems caused by anti-spam software.
SSL/TLS Select ‘SSL or TLS’ when your SMTP server

requires encryption.

When in doubt, consult your SMTP server

administrator.
SMTP
Authentication

Select ‘Enable’ when your SMTP server

requires authentication.

When in doubt, consult your SMTP server

administrator.
Account Input SMTP account when your SMTP server

requires authentication.
Password Input the password used for SMTP server

authentication.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made. You can also click
‘Send a test E-mail’ button to send a test E-mail to SMTP server, and
a message box will appear to indicate if the E-mail send is successful,
so you can examine if the parameters you set in this page are correct.

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Chapter VI System Configuration

You can configure the basic system settings in this setup page, or
backup / restore system configurations.

6-1 ‘Basic’ Settings

You can set the camera’s name and password here. You can also
change the behavior of LED lights.

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
IPCamera Name Set the name of IP camera. It’s

recommended to use a meaningful name
which can describe the location where the IP
camera is installed. This will help you to
identify IP camera when you have more than

one IP cameras.
Administrator
Password

Input administrator’s new password here if

you want to change it.
Confirm Password Input administrator’s new password here

again for confirmation.
LED Indication For security reasons, you can disable the

LED lights in front of IP camera by select ‘off’

here, so other people can’t identify if the IP

camera is working by them.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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6-1 ‘Advanced’ Settings

You can save or restore IP camera’s configuration file here. You can
also reboot the IP camera remotely here.

The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Firmware
Filename

You can improve the functionality of this IP

camera by uploading new firmware file when

available.

Please download new firmware file from our

website, and save it to your computer’s hard

disk. Then, click ‘Browse’ button to select the

file on your hard disk, and click ‘Apply’ button

to upload the firmware to IP camera.
Backup Config Click ‘Apply’ button to download current

configuration as a file and save it on your

computer’s hard drive.

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Restore Config Click ‘Browse’ button to select a

previously-saved configuration file on your

computer’s hard drive, and then click ‘Apply’

to upload the configuration file.
Reboot Now Click this button to reboot IP camera. This

function is useful when you think IP camera is

not working properly.
Reset to default Reset the IP camera’s setting back to default

value. There are 2 options:

1) Keep Network Setting: Reset all settings
back to default value, except network
settings. You can still use the same IP
address to connect to the IP camera.

2) Factory Default: Reset all settings, include
network settings. Please reconnect to IP
camera by its default IP address:

192.168.2.3

Click ‘Apply’ to reset. You can press and hold
‘WPS / Reset’ button for more than 10
seconds to reset IP camera’s setting to
default value.

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Chapter VII System Status

You can view the status of this IP camera, which is helpful when you
need to do detailed configuration, or debug.

7-1 System Information

You can see system-wide information of this IP camera here.

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A system information summary page will appear like this:

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7-2 System Log

The IP camera’s usage and actions will be displayed here.

The system log will appear here, you can use scroll bar to view logs,
with some adjustable parameters:

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The descriptions of these items are listed below:

Item Description
Log Level Select the log level from dropdown list. Select

0 and the IP camera will only log very
important information, or select 4 to log
everything.

Remote Log This IP camera can send log information to a

remote server for archive. Select ‘Enable’ to
enable this function.

This IP camera supports syslog log server.
Remote Log
Server

Input the IP address or host name of log

server you wish to use.

Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made.

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Chapter VIII Advanced Operations

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to apply a free DYNDNS account to
use with this IP camera when you don’t have a fixed IP address, and
view the video of this IP camera on your iPhone.

8.1 Apply for free DYNDNS account

If your ISP issues you with an IP address which is not fixed, please
follow the following instructions to apply for a free DYNDNS account
to get a host name which is dynamically mapped to your current IP
address.

1. Launch your web browser and navigate to http://www.dyndns.org

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2. Click ‘Sign In’ button (located at upper-right corner of dyndns.org’s
webpage)

3. Click ‘Create an Account’ in pop-up menu.

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4. Fill all fields appear in this menu, and click ‘Create Account’ button
to create a new account. You’ll be prompted if the account you
selected is not available.

5. When you see this image, you’ll receive an e-mail confirmation at
the e-mail box you registered with dyndns.org.

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6. Check your e-mail box and you should be able to get confirmation
e-mail. Click the link to connect to dyndns.org website and
complete registration procedure. If you didn’t get the mail, please
re-check the e-mail address, or click ‘resending it’ link in last step.

Also, if nothing happen after you click the link, please copy the link
text and paste it in web browser’s address bar.

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7. When you see ‘Account Confirmed’ webpage, indicates your
dyndns.org account has been confirmed and activated. Now you
can click ‘Create a dynamic DNS host within our Free domains’
link to continue.

8. Click ‘Create Hostname’ button.

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9. In this page:

Input the hostname of your choice in ‘Hostname’ field,
Select a domain name in dropdown menu,
Select ‘Host with IP address’ for ‘Service Type’,
Input current IP address in ‘IP Address’ field (or click the link below
to use detected IP address to fill this field’.

10. Click ‘Add to cart’ continue.

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11. Click ‘Next’ to continue.

12. Click ‘Activate Services’ to continue.

13. When you see this message, indicates your free dyndns.org

hostname mapping service has been activated. You can go to
chapter 2-2-3 to use your dyndns.org username, password, and
hostname + domain name to locate your IP camera on Internet
even you’re using dynamic IP address!

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Chapter IX Windows Surveillance Utility

Besides using web browser to operate this IP camera, you can also
use windows utility to use this IP camera, which provides faster
access to all functions of this IP camera.

9-1 Installing IP Camera Administration Software

There are two files in the surveillance software’s folder:
Setup_Admin_xxx and Setup_Viewer_xxx (xxx is version number
and will be different as the version number changes). Please install
Administration software first. You can use administration software to
locate and administer IP cameras on your local area network.

Please note that you still have to configure remote IP cameras (i.e. IP
cameras on Internet) manually.

1. Double click the Setup_Admin_xxx file located in ‘xxx’ folder in

supplied CD-ROM, when the following window appears, click ‘Next’.

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2. You can specify the destination folder of software installation, you

can just use the default folder, and click ‘Next’ to continue.

3. If you need installation program to create a desktop icon or a quick

launch icon for you, click all items you need here, than click ‘Next’ to
continue.

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4. Here lists all options you chose in previous steps, if everything’s

correct, click ‘Install’ to start installing procedure, or click ‘Back’ to go
back to previous step to modify installing settings.

5. The installing procedure will take some time, please be patient.

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6. When you see this window, it means the software installing

procedure is complete. Please click ‘Finish’ to finish the procedure (IP
camera surveillance software will start after you click ‘Finish’ button, if
you want to start it later, uncheck ‘Launch IPCam Surveillance
Software’ box).

7. After software is launched, you can click

button to search for IP

cameras on your local area network.

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8. When one (or more) IP camera(s) is found:

you can click

button to connect to IP camera by web browser, or

click

button to configure its setting. You’ll be prompted to input IP
camera’s administrator username and password if you wish to
configure it:

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There are two setting pages.

LAN Setting:

You can configure IP camera’s IP address setting in this page. You
can either use ‘DHCP’ (IP camera will acquire IP address from DHCP
server on your local area network automatically), or ‘Manual IP’ (you
have to input IP address manually).

Security:

You can change IP camera’s name, and change its administrator
password here by inputting new password in both ‘New Password’
and ‘Confirm Password’ field.

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9.2 Install Video Viewer

1. Double-click Setup_Viewer_xxx file to start installation.

2. Click ‘Next’ to continue.

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3. You can uncheck the boxes here if you don’t want to create
desktop / quick launch icon, and click ‘Next’ to continue.

4. Please check if everything’s correct here. If you want to change
any setting, click ‘Back’ to go back to previous page, or click ‘Install’ to
start installation.

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5. Installation procedure takes few seconds to few minutes to
complete, please be patient.

6. Installation is complete when you see this message. You can click
‘Finish’ to finish installation procedure and launch utility, or unckeck
‘Launch IPCam Surveillance Software’ box before you click ‘Finish’
button if you don’t want to launch software after installation is
complete.

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9-2 Using IP camera surveillance software

You can click ‘IPCam Surveillance Software’ icon from desktop, quick
launch bar, or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software.

Here are descriptions for all components of IP camera surveillance
software:

Before you start:

IP camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s

resolution is ‘1024 x 768’. Please change the resolution before you

use IP camera surveillance software, or it won’t start.

Language

Display

layout

Full screen /

Scan

Zoom Out /

Zoom In

PTZ Control /

Home

Recording / System configure

Playback / Snap shot

Close window (stop surveillance) /

Minimize window

Video displaying area

Message display

box

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You can put the mouse cursor on a certain component and see its
button name, and here’re detailed descriptions of all buttons:

Item Description
Video
displaying
area

The image of all connected cameras will be
displayed here.

Language Select a language from this dropdown menu to

change display language.

Display layout

Change camera image display layout (Click a
layout icon to change camera display layout).
There are 8 kinds of available display layouts.

Full screen

Click this button to switch to full screen mode
(only display all camera’s image), press ‘ESC’
key to quit full screen mode.

Scan

Click this button and the IP camera surveillance
software will switch displaying the image of all
connected camera automatically. Click this
button once to activate scan function (scan icon
will become blue

), click again to stop

scanning (scan icon will become white

).

Zoom out

Zoom-out (To see more objects).
This function is only available for supported
cameras.

Zoom In

Zoom-in (Too see more details).
This function is only available for supported
cameras.

PTZ control

There are 8 directions in PTZ control ring. If the
camera you connect support PTZ, you can use
PTZ control ring to change the direction that
camera points to.
This function is only available for supported
cameras.

Home

Click this button to return the camera to ‘Home’
(default) position.
This function is only available for supported
cameras.

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Recording

Start video recording.

Configure

Software / camera configuration.

Playback

Playback a recorded video file.

Snapshot

Take a snapshot of current camera.

Message
display

Displays all system messages like camera is

disconnected etc.
Close window
(stop
surveillance)

Terminates IP camera surveillance software.

Minimize
window

Minimizes IP camera surveillance software

window.

Video
displaying
area

Displays the image of all cameras by the display

layout you selected.

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9-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software

9-3-1 Configure cameras

Before you use this IP camera surveillance software, you must
configure the camera(s) you wish to connect. Please click ‘System
configure’ button

and a popup menu will appear:

Please select ‘Configure Cameras’ to configure cameras:

Note: If you’re prompted by a windows security alert which asks you if

you want to block ‘IPCamViewer’ program, please click ‘Unblock’

button, of IP camera surveillance software will not be able to function

correctly.

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9-3-1-1 ‘Camera’ tab

In this tab you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to
16 cameras can be connected simultaneously:

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description
Channel Select the channel number you wish to set.
Camera
Search

All cameras found on your local network will be
displayed in ‘Camera Search’ box.

Select Select a camera listed in ‘Camera Search’ box,

and click ‘Select’ button to fill all parameters of
selected camera in every camera configuration
fields.

Refresh Rescan all cameras on your local network. If you

didn’t see the camera you expected in ‘Camera
Search’ box, or new cameras has been joined to
your local network after last scan.

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Name* Input the name of camera here. Default value is

the first 6 bytes of camera’s MAC address, you

can change the name of camera so you can

remember the camera’s location of purpose

easily.
Model Displays the model of selected camera, this field

can not be changed.
IP* Input the IP address of camera.
Username* Input the user name of camera.
Web Port* Input the web port of the camera. By default it’s

‘80’.
Password Input the password of camera. Default value is

‘1234’. You should change the password if you

changed the password of selected camera.
Video
Format**

Select the video encoding format of this camera

(MJPEG or MPEG4).
Reset Clear all fields in ‘Camera Configuration’ section.
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.
*: It’s recommended to use ‘Select’ button to fill the content of this
field.
**: Only available for cameras support this function.

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After you’ve set all channels you wish to set, click ‘OK’ to save
settings, and if everything’s correct, you’ll see the camera’s image in
IP camera surveillance software’s main menu:

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9-3-1-2 Schedule Recording

In this tab, you can setup scheduled video recording, so you can
record the video captured by all cameras you have by a pre-defined
schedule.

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description
Channel Select the channel number you wish to set.
One Time
Schedules

You can specify the one-time schedule for selected
camera; this schedule will be executed once only.

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New
(One Time
Schedules)

Click this button and a new window will appear:

Please specify the time duration of this one-time
schedule (the date and time of ‘From’ and ‘To’), then
click ‘OK’ to save settings.

Please note you must set a schedule that will be
happened in the future, you can not set a schedule in
the past.

Edit You can modify a scheduled recording item. Select a

schedule in ‘One Time Schedules’ list, and click ‘Edit’

button to edit the start and end time of this schedule.
Delete Delete a selected schedule item.
New
(Weekly
Schedules)

Click this button and a new window will appear:

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You can define recording schedule that will be executed

at the specified time of certain weekday(s) in a week.

Please check all weekdays that applies, and set the

start time in ‘From’ field. You can set the duration of

video recording in ‘Period’ field (format is HH:MM:SS),

and the end time will be calculated automatically and

displayed in ‘To’ field. You can also click ‘All Time

Record’ button to define a recording schedule that will

be executed every weekday, from 12:00:00AM to

11:59:59PM.

Click ‘OK’ to save changes.
Edit You can modify a scheduled recording item. Select a

schedule in ‘One Time Schedules’ list, and click ‘Edit’

button to edit the start and end time of this schedule.
Delete Delete a selected schedule item.
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

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9-3-1-3 Audio

For cameras that support audio, you can use this tab to decide if you
wish to hear the audio captured by selected camera.

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description
Channel Select the channel number you wish to set.
Mute Audio Check this box and the IP camera surveillance

software will not play the audio captured by this

camera.
Record Video
Only

Check this box and the IP camera surveillance

software will not record the audio captured by

this camera.
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

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9-3-1-4 Motion Record

With this function activated, only motions captured by the camera will
be recorded, so you don’t have to waste hard disk storage space on
images you don’t need to pay attention to.

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description
Channel Select the channel number you wish to set.
Enable Enable motion record function.
Disable Disable motion record function.
Recording
Time

Select the time duration that camera will record

when a motion has been detected from

dropdown menu in seconds.

WARNING: For applications that security is highly concerned, it’s not

recommended to use this function since some tiny changes you may

need to know may not be able to trigger the camera and the camera

will not start recording.

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Invoke alarm
when motion is
triggered

Send an alarm when a motion has been detected

by the camera.

Send mail
when motion is
triggered

Send an email to a pre-defined address when a

motion has been detected by the camera.

OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

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9-3-2 General Settings

You can set system-wide settings of this IP camera surveillance
software in this menu.

9-3-2-1 ‘General’ tab

All general settings like file storage directory and recording spaces
can be set here.

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Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description
Data Directory Set the directory (folder) you wish to store the

recorded video and captured image. You can

click ‘Browse’ button to pick a directory in your

hard disk.
Free
Recording
Space

Displays remaining storage space.

Max Video File
Size

Defines the maximum file size of every video file.

When the size of file exceeds this value, IP

camera surveillance software will open another

file to record the video.
Scan Time Define the time period to pause between every

camera switch when you activate ‘Scan’ function.
Cycle
Recording

You can decide the behavior when hard disk

space is full:

Disable: Do not overwrite recorded video files.

Enable: Overwrite recorded video files.
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

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9-3-2-2 ‘E-Mail Setting’ tab

If you want to use motion detection function and wish to get an email
that contains the image captured by the camera, please setup your
email related parameters here first.

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Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description
E-Mail Subject Specify the subject of sending email.
Recipient
E-Mail
Address

Here lists all email addresses you set.

New Click this button and you’ll be prompted to input

the email address. Click ‘OK’ to save changes.

Edit Select an email address from ‘Recipient E-Mail

Address’ box, and click ‘Edit’ to edit the email

address.
Delete Delete selected email address.
Sender E-Mail
Address

Specify the email address of email sender.

SMTP Server Specify the IP address or host name of the SMTP

server you wish to use. For most of ISPs they will

only allow its subscriber to use their SMTP

server, if you don’t know which SMTP server you

should use, please refer to the setting of your

email software or ask your ISP / network

administrator.
SMTP port Specify the port number of the SMTP server you

wish to use here. By default (and the setting of

most of SMTP servers) it’s ‘25’.
SMTP Auth Select ‘Enable’ if your SMTP server requires

authentication, select ‘Disable’ if it’s not required.

If you don’t know if your SMTP server requires

authentication, please refer to the setting of your

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email software or ask your ISP / network

administrator.
SMTP Account Input the SMTP account (username) of your

SMTP server here. In most cases, it’s the same

with your POP3 username (the one you used to

receive email). Please refer to the setting of your

email software or ask your ISP / network

administrator if you’re not sure about this.
SMTP
Password

Input the SMTP password of your SMTP server

here. In most cases, it’s the same with your

POP3 password (the one you used to receive

email). Please refer to the setting of your email

software or ask your ISP / network administrator

if you’re not sure about this.
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

9-3-2-3 Security

If you don’t want other people to access this IP camera surveillance
software, you can set a password to protect it.

You’ll need to input the password every time you wish to use this IP
camera surveillance software:

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To set password, please use ‘Security’ tab in ‘General Options’ menu:

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description
Enable Requires password authentication when this

software starts.

Disable Password authentication is not required when

this software starts.
Password Input the password you wish to use here.
Confirm Password Input the password you wish to use here again.

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9-3-2-4 About

This tab shows the version number of the IP camera surveillance
software you’re using.

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9-4 Change Display Layout

This IP camera surveillance software provides 8 kinds of display
layout:

Every layout displays different number of camera and camera
arrangement, you can click the icon that presents a specific kind of
layout, and the video displaying area will change accordingly.

Layout style 1:
1 Camera only

Displays the video of 1 camera only.

Layout style 2:
4 Cameras

Displays the video of up to 4 cameras.

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Layout style 3:
6 Cameras

Displays the video of up to 6 cameras.

Layout style 4:
8 Cameras

Displays the video of up to 8 cameras.

Layout style 5:
9 Cameras

Displays the video of up to 9 cameras.

Layout style
6: 10 Cameras

Displays the video of up to 10 cameras.

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Layout style 7:
13 Cameras

Displays the video of up to 13 cameras.

Layout style 8:
16 Cameras

Displays the video of up to 16 cameras.

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9-5 Full-screen mode

If you want to use all available spaces on your monitor to display
surveillance image, you can click ‘Full Screen’ button to switch
display mode to full-screen mode.

To exit full-screen mode, press ‘ESC’ key.