ND-233E
User Manual
09-2012 / v1.0
- CONTENTS -
Chapter I Introduction ................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera .......................................................... 1
1.2 Safety Instructions ............................................................................................... 2
1.3 Packaging Contents ............................................................................................. 3
1.4 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera .......................................................... 4
1.5 Installation of the Network IP Camera .................................................................. 8
Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface ............................................... 10
2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera ............................................................. 10
2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin ....................... 13
2.3 Viewing Live Video ................................................................................................... 15
2.4 Client Settings .......................................................................................................... 19
Chapter III Advanced Configuration ................................................................................ 21
3-1 System ..................................................................................................................... 22
3-2 Security.................................................................................................................... 23
3-3 Network................................................................................................................... 25
3-3-1 “General” Setup Page ................................................................................................ 25
3-3-2 “Advanced” Setup Page ............................................................................................. 28
3-4 IP Filter .................................................................................................................... 31
3-5 Video ....................................................................................................................... 33
3-5-1 Image Setting ............................................................................................................. 33
3-5-2 Video Setting .............................................................................................................. 35
3-5-3 Overlay Setting ........................................................................................................... 37
3-6 Audio ....................................................................................................................... 38
3-7 Motion..................................................................................................................... 39
3-8 PTZ Control (RS-485)................................................................................................. 41
3-9 Event ....................................................................................................................... 43
3-9-1 Settings ...................................................................................................................... 43
3-9-2 Media ......................................................................................................................... 45
3-9-3 Event Server ............................................................................................................... 46
3-10 Recording to SD Card .............................................................................................. 50
3-11 SDHC ...................................................................................................................... 51
3-12 Log ......................................................................................................................... 53
3-13 Device Info ............................................................................................................. 54
3-14 Maintenance .......................................................................................................... 55
3-15 Language................................................................................................................ 56
CHAPTER IV EDIVIEW 64-CHANNEL VIEWER ................................................................. 57
4-1 EdiView Installation ................................................................................................. 57
4-2 EdiView Interface ..................................................................................................... 65
4-3 Configuration ........................................................................................................... 74
4-3-1 Device......................................................................................................................... 75
4-3-2 Recording ................................................................................................................... 78
4-3-3 System ........................................................................................................................ 81
4-3-4 Schedule ..................................................................................................................... 85
4-3-5 Event .......................................................................................................................... 89
4-3-6 Security ...................................................................................................................... 90
4-4 Video Playback ......................................................................................................... 93
4-4-1 Advanced Search ........................................................................................................ 95
4-4-2 Event Search .............................................................................................................. 98
4-4-3Video Playback .......................................................................................................... 102
Chapter V Troubleshooting ....................................................................................... 105
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement ........................................ 106
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Chapter I Introduction
1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera
Congratulates on purchasing this high-resolution 3Mega pixels network IP
Camera! This IP Camera provides 3Mega pixels high-resolution video
quality, with the advanced megapixel lens, you can view images remotely
in more detail than conventional close-circuit cameras.
Other highlights of this network IP Camera include:
Ultra-high resolution 5Mega pixel CMOS image sensor.
Up to QXGA resolution at 20 FPS, 1080p resolution (full HD) at real-time
30fps
Night vision with built in IR LED (up to 20 meters) & Mechanical IR-Cut
Filter Removable.
Digital input / output interface lets you connect peripherals such as
external alarm, sensor, etc.
Audio input / output interface, you can listen to voices in remote place,
and speak to person in remote place.
Built-in SD-card slot for local storage, which can act like a stand-alone
DVR.
Two Way audio.
3GPP Mobile Surveillance Supported.
RS-485 communication supported.
ONVIF Compliant.
The ND-233E (PoE model) Supports IEEE802.3af Power over Ethernet
(PoE) standard.
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1.2 Safety Instructions
Please follow 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.
Make sure lens set is secured when you’re using this IP Camera, lens set
may fall down if it’s not properly secured, and cause damage to human
and itself.
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.
Never connect powered cable to IP Camera’s DI/DO contacts.
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 camera
1 2 Power adapter
1
3
CD (with utility software, user manual &
multi-language QIG)
1
4
Quick installation guide
1
5
Tools package
1
4
1.4 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera
Item
Description
1.Front Cover
Bubble cover, Plastic cover.
2.Rear Cover
Plastic cover.
3. I/O
Including
-Alarm I/O
-Network
-Audio I/O
-Micro SD card slot
-DC 12V power jack
-Reset button
[Front 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.
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[Rear ]
Item
Description
1. IR LED Board
IR illumination
2. Top Mount
For Rotated function
3. Mid Mount
For tilt function
4. Down Mount
For pan function
5. LENS
Vari-focal Lens
6. Main Board
PCBA platform
7. SD Board
Micro SD card slot and default button
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[I/O ASSIGNMENT]
Item
Description
1
DC12Volt/2A input
2
Audio output
3
Audio input
4
Digital input/Output(DV3.3Volt level allowed), AC24V input,
and RS485 function.
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Network, RJ45 connector, two LED index, orange color is
power index, green is network index
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Micro SD card slot
7
Reset Button
※Please check the I/O cable attached index before insert or release any
wire.
Terminal Block
Description
1.RS485 D-
For Pan/tilt function, support Pelco D protocol.
2.RS485 D+
For Pan/tilt function, support Pelco D protocol.
3.GND
Ground
4.DO
Digital output. DV3.3Volt level allowed
5.DI1
Digital input 1. DV3.3Volt level allowed
6.DI2
Digital input 2. DV3.3Volt level allowed
7.GND
Ground
8.AC24V+
Power AC24V input.
9.AC24V-
Power AC24V input.
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1.5 Installation of the Network IP Camera
Please follow the instructions below to setup your new IP camera.
1. Connect Ethernet cable to LAN port.
2. Plug DC power adapter to power outlet on the wall.
3. Connect DC power cable to IP Camera’s DC power connector.
4. If everything’s ok, you should see the green LED light on LAN port light
up. If not, please recheck every step and try again, or ask your dealer of
purchase for help.
5. Unplug the power then find the screws in the package, use tool to
remove front cover. To sue screwdriver to fix rear cover on ceiling.
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6. Repower on the camera and refer to the following procedures to access
and configure it.
7. If this camera is connected to a PoE switch then the device can be
powered on without use the power adapter.
Note: The ND-233E (PoE model) supports IEEE 802.3af PoE standard. It
can be powered via the Ethernet cable when connected to a PoE switch.
8. If camera has been adjusted in correct angle and focus, then closed the
front cover by tool. Please make sure rubber must keep closed to
bubble cover.
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Chapter II 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. Currently the viewing system requirement for Network IP camera
is:
■ OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7
■ Browser: IE7, 8, 9
■ Cell phone: 3GPP player
By default, the network camera automatically obtains an IP address from
the DHCP server on your local network. Check your DHCP server’s IP
address lease table to find the network camera’s IP address, or use the
EdiView Finder utility included in the CD.
1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the wizard appears, click
“Setup Utility” to install the “EdiView Finder” software.
Note: We recommend that you use Microsoft Windows to install your
network camera - Mac is not supported.
Note: For best viewing experience we recommend that you use Microsoft
Windows Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9.
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2. After the installation is complete, double-click the “EdiView_Finder”
icon to execute the application.
3. Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP Cameras on your local
network (make sure all IP Cameras are powered on and connect to local
network first). When you find any IP Camera, you can double click on it
or click ‘Link’ button to connect to it by your web browser.
Note: The contents of the CD-ROM can also be downloaded from the
Edimax website: http://www.edimax.com/en/index.php
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If you need to change a certain IP Camera’s IP address, you can also click
on the IP Camera you wish to change IP address, then click ‘Change IP’
button to change select IP Camera’s IP address setting.
If you no longer need to use this utility, click ‘Exit’ button to close it.
Please note:
If you have several network connections, such as “Wireless
Function”, please disable the “Wireless Functions” or/and
other network connections that is not connected to IP
camera, or IPFinder may fail to search IP camera!
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2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install
ActiveX Plugin
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 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.
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.
For IE 8 and earlier version:
Right click the indication bar and click:
‘‘Install This Add-on for All Users on This Computer…’ to install ActiveX
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plugin.
For IE 9:
Click ‘Install’ 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’
Click ‘Allow access’, or IP Camera will not be able to function properly.
When you’re installing Internet Explorer plugin, you may also be prompted
that if you want to allow changes to be made to your computer:
Click ‘Yes’ to allow changes.
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After ActiveX plugin 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.
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, then you
can see live video from IP camera:
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There are various controls on web page, here are descriptions 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
page.
Stream
Select video stream type: H.264 or MJPEG.
H.264 required less network bandwidth and
this will help when network connection is slow.
Digital Output
(ON / OFF)
Switch digital output interface on or off.
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
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
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/
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 or camera video 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 changed your mind and 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. You’ll be prompted to
indicate the folder on your computer to save
video file.
‘Enable Digital
Zoom’ button
This function will enlarge video view digitally
from 1X to 10X, so you can see objects in video
in detail.
Please note: that digital zoom uses computer
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algorithm to enlarge the video and some details
may lost. If you need to focus on detail of
specific objects in video view, please use optical
zoom ring on lens set of IP camera.
Enable / Disable
mute button
/
When mute is enabled ( ), you will not hear
the voice from IP camera; If you want to hear
voice from IP camera, click this button to
disable mute ( ).
You can drag the slide bar ( ) beside
enable/disable mute button to adjust audio
playback volume.
Start / Stop talk
Button
/
Start or stop playing your voice through IP
camera’s audio output. When talk is stopped,
people at IP camera will not hear you.
Please note: you need a microphone connected
to your computer, and computer’s mixer setting
must enable microphone recording, or nothing
will be outputted by 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.
The following screen will appear:
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Here are the descriptions of every setup item:
Item
Description
RTSP
Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time
Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data.
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 named will be ‘CLIPxxxx’,
where xxxx is a 4-digit serial number.
Add date and time
suffix to file name
Check this box to add data 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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Chapter III 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.
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 hostname and
time.
Here are the descriptions 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.
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Timezone
Select the time zone of residence from
dropdown 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
time correct.
Keep the current
date and time
Select this option and date / time setting will not
be changed 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’ dropdown 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’
dropdown 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 account:
- 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)
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- 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’).
Here are the descriptions 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.
Please note: Don’t forget administrator’s
password! Or you’ll need to reset IP camera’s all
settings to get administrator’s password
recovered.
Account List
Here lists all users existed in IP camera. If you
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want to remove one user, click it in the list, and
then click ‘Remove’ button.
If no user is existed, ‘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.
Authority
To define this user’s access privilege, select
‘User’ or ‘Guest’ in dropdown menu.
When you finish inputting new user’s
information, click ‘New’ button to create a new
user.
3-3 Network
You can configure the network camera’s general and advanced network
settings here.
3-3-1 “General” Setup Page
Set up IP address for this IP camera. This IP camera supports both IPv4 and
IPv6 IP address.
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Here are the descriptions 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.
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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 to specify an
IP address.
IP Address(IPv4): Input IPv4 IP address*
IP Address(IPv6): Input IPv6 IP address*
Prefix Length: Input IPv6 IP address’ prefix length
(0-128)
Subnet Mask: Input subnet mask
Gateway: Input gateway address
Primary DNS: Input DNS server’s IP address
Secondary DNS: Input backup DNS server’s IP address,
you can leave this field blank.
* You can leave this field blank, if you only wish to use
IPv4 or IPv6 IP address.
Enable UPnP Discovery: Check this b ox 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
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