Edimax Technology IC-3030Wn User Manual

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ErP Announcement

Product: Internet Camera (IP Camera)
Purpose: 24 hour surveillance and transfer of footage for safety and health

reasons as intented use.

Detailed description:

- Health purposes: Users can pass through the Internet (from anywhere) to
control the product (IP Camera). It's intended to watch and listen to people
who need to be cared for at home and automatically sends e-mails and
phone alerts to warn observers and ask for their attention. The product
also provides a record function to retain all images and voice information
for the sake of reference.

- Safety purposes: Users can initiate a “motion detect” function to record
and send e-mails to notify them when doors or windows are opened –
potentially by unwarranted persons.

- General purposes: Record/monitor environment footage and sound and
store them onto a hard disk as a record.

As we cannot predict when events of this nature may occur, we need for the
product to remain active and alert at all times. If the product had to go into

“standby/off” mode, it would impact the effectiveness of recording and warning

functions resulting in users not getting the information they need.

Based on the ErP official journal of European Union

Directives 2009/125/CE of the European parliament and of the council of

21 October 2009 Article 15 sector 5 part (a) and (b) as below:

“Implementing measures shall have no significant negative impact on the

functionality of the product, from the perspective of the user.”
“Health, safety and environment shall not be adversely affected.”

We announce that the product need not comply with the (EC) No 1275
Standby and on/off mode function of Implementing Measurement.

We will keep up to the newest Implementing Measurements in the future
and make the necessary changes if it's related to this product.

Notice according to GNU/GPL-Version 2

This product includes software that is subject to the GNU/GPL-Version 2.
You find the text of the license on the product cd/dvd. The program is free
software and distributed without any warranty of the author. We offer, valid
for at least three years, to give you, for a charge no more than the costs of
physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable
copy of the corresponding source code.
Please contact Edimax at: Edimax Technology co., Ltd, NO. 3, Wu-Chuan
3rd RD Wu-Ku-Industrial Park, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan. R.O.C., TEL :
[phone], FAX : [phone], [e-mail]

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Table of Contents

Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera ............................................. 5

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

1.2 Basic Introduction ............................................................................... 6

1.3 Product Highlights ............................................................................... 7

1.4 Familiar with Key Components ........................................................... 8

1.5 Camera Installation ........................................................................... 14

1.6 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera .......................................... 15

1.7 Using Camera Admin Software to Locate Camera ........................... 19

1.8 Log Onto Web Management Interface…………………………………25

Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface ............................................... 30

2.1 Camera Settings ............................................................................... 30

2.2 Video................................................................................................. 35

2.2.1 MJPEG ................................................................................... 36

2.2.2 MPEG4 ................................................................................... 37

2.2.3 H.264 ...................................................................................... 38

2.2.4 OSD ............................................................................................... 39

2.3 Network Settings ............................................................................... 40

2.3.1 LAN ......................................................................................... 40

2.3.2 WLAN ..................................................................................... 44

2.3.3 Dynamic DNS ......................................................................... 49

2.3.4 UPnP ...................................................................................... 50

2.3.5 LoginFree ............................................................................... 51

2.3.6 RTSP ...................................................................................... 52

2.4 Motion Detection ................................................................ ............... 54

2.4.1 Motion Detection ..................................................................... 55

2.4.2 Motion Region....................................................................... 576

2.4.3 Email…...………………………………………………………..…58

2.4.4 FTP Configuration………………………………………………...60

2.4.5 SD Card Configuration……………………………………………62

2.5 System Info ..................................................................................... 643

2.5.1 Camera Information .............................................................. 654

2.5.2 Date / Time Setting ............................................................... 665

2.5.3 Schedule……………….…………………………………….…….67

2.5.4 Utilities .................................................................................. 689

2.5.5 Status ...................................................................................... 71

2.5.6 System Log………………………………………………………..72

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2.6 Account ............................................................................................. 73

2.7SDHC………………………………………………………………………75

2.7.1 Status ...................................................................................... 76

2.7.2 Space Alarm............................................................................ 77

2.7.3 File Management .................................................................. 809

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software........................................................ 80

3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software ...................................... 80

3-2 Using IP camera surveillance software ............................................. 84

3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software .................................... 887

3-3-1 Configure cameras ............................................................... 887

3-3-2 General Settings..................................................................... 96

3-4 Change Display Layout................................................................... 102

3-5 Full-screen mode ................................ ............................................ 105

3-6 Scan ............................................................................................. 1076

3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out ...................................................................... 1087

3-8 PTZ ............................................................................................... 1098

3-9 Snapshot ...................................................................................... 1109

3-10 Recording ................................................................................. 11110

3-11 Video Playback ................................................................ ............. 111

Chapter IV: How to View IP Camera over the Internet with iPhone………….112

Chapter V IV: Appendix ............................................................................ 11319

5.1 Specification ............................................................................... 12019

5.2 How to apply for a free DNS account in the http://www.dyndns.org.121

5.3 Troubleshooting .......................................................................... 12524

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Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera

Item Name

Quantity

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IP Camera

1 2 Detachable Antenna (IC-3030Wn only)

1 3 Power Adapter

1 4 Ethernet Cable

1 5 Driver and User Manual CD-ROM

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Accessory kit

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Quick Installation Guide

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1.1 Package Contents

Thank you for purchasing this IP camera! Before you start to use this IP
camera, please check the package contents. If anything is missing, please
contact the dealer of purchase and return the package to claim for missing
contents.

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1.2 Basic Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this IP camera! This IP camera is an ideal product
for all kinds of video surveillance purposes, like home/office safety, kid/pet
monitoring, and remote video acquire etc. Edimax IC-3030 series is tailor
made to stream live video over your network. You can view the IP camera's
video from anywhere on your local computers or via the Internet. Besides,
Edimax IC-3030 series features high quality and high frame rate video
streaming through advanced video compression. In order to achieve the
highest video quality, simply select H.264, MPEG4 or M-JPEG depending on
your network settings.

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1.3 Product Highlights

No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet

Explorer 6 (and above, with plugin installed).

With supplied video surveillance software, you can connect up to 16 video

cameras and view images captured by every camera at the same time.

Supports video resolutions: MJPG and H.264 SXGA(1280 x 1024), VGA

(640 x 480), and QVGA (320 x 240); MPEG4 XGA (1024 x 768), VGA (640
x 480), and QVGA (320 x 240).

Anti-flicker function (eliminates flash caused by fluorescent lights, 50 /

60Hz selectable).

Video control functions, like brightness and zoom-in / zoom-out.
Audio function, suitable for applications such as video conference or

environment monitor.

Wired and wireless network (802.11b / 802.11g / 802.11n, IC-3030Wn only)

support.

Wireless data encryption (WEP / WPA, IC-3030Wn only)
Supports DHCP and PPPoE protocol, you can also assign a fixed IP

address to the camera also.

Supports Dynamic DNS (used to allocate the IP camera‟s Internet address,

when the ISP you‟re using does not assign you with a fixed Internet
address).

Supports UPnP, Windows XP (and above) will discover this IP camera in

network neighbor automatically.

Send captured picture and video by Email or FTP when motion is

detected.

Configurable motion detection sensitivity.
Built-in real-time clock, date and time information will be recorded with

every captured picture / video clip (also supports auto time
synchronization via network time protocol).

Upgradeable firmware - enjoy new functions without buying a new

camera!

Supports up to 16 users, and you can set different password to different

user.

Usage and event logging.

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1.4 Familiar with Key Components

LED

Description

LAN

When the IP Camera is linked to a wired network,
this LED will light up. The LED will flash while video
is transmitted or received through a wired network.

Wireless

(IC-3030Wn &

IC-3030 only)

When the IP Camera is linked to a wireless
network, this LED will light up. The LED will flash
while video is transmitted or received through a
wireless network.

Power

When the camera is powered on and ready for
access, this LED will light up.

Front View

LAN

Wireless

Power

Camera Focus Ring

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USB Port

SD Card Slot

SD Card Slot

Wireless SMA
Connector

SD Card Slot

Top View

IC-3030:

IC-3030Wn:

IC-3030PoE:

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Name

Description

USB Port*

(IC-3030 only)

Accepts USB WiFi adapter** to enable wireless

SD Card Slot

Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image and video
storage

Wireless SMA

Connector

(IC-3030Wn

only)

A standard reverse SMA connector allows any reverse SMA
connector antenna to connect to the IP Camera.

Reset to Default

/ WPS

(IC-3030W

only)

Press and hold WPS button for more than 5 seconds to
reset the camera settings to factory default.

Press the WPS button (click) on the IP Cam and click on the
Access Point that you want to wirelessly connect it to.

Power

Connector

Connects to 12V DC power adapter

Ethernet

Connector

Connects to your local area network

Audio

Connector

Connects to external speaker for audio output

Bottom View

Reset to Default /WPS

Power Connector

Microphone

Ethernet Connector

Audio Connector

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Microphone

Built-in microphone for voice pick-up

Note: The USB port only works with Edimax USB WiFi adapters.

Note: Edimax EW-7711HPn, EW-7711UAn, EW-7711USN,

EW-7711UMn & EW-7711UTn

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Name

Description

Tripod Connector

Connects to any standard tripod / camera wall holder.

MAC Address

Label

Shows the MAC address of this IP camera. Useful when you
can‟t locate the camera on the network.

Back View

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1.5 Camera Installation

Please follow the following instructions to set up your IP camera.

1. Unpack the product package and check if anything is missing.

2. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local area network, and connect the
other end to the LAN jack of this IP camera.

NOTE: You can skip this step if you plan to use wireless LAN only.

3. Plug the power adapter to wall socket, and connect the power connector to
the power jack located at the bottom of the IP camera.

4. Connect the antenna to the antenna bases, which is located at the top of
this IP camera. (IC-3030Wn only)

5. Place the IP camera at a secure place, and point the camera to the place
you wish to monitor. If you wish to hang the IP camera on the ceiling or wall,
please use the tripod connector (located at the back of the IP camera) to
secure the camera.

6. Launch Internet Explorer on your computer, and following the instructions
given in next section to set the IP camera.

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1.6 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera

Default IP address of this IP camera is 192.168.2.3. If you wish to assign
another IP address to this IP camera, you have to log onto the web
configuration interface of the camera first.

If the left three fields of the IP address of your computer is not 192.168.2, you‟ll
have to change the IP address of your computer first:

1. Click „Start‟ -> „Control Panel‟

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2. Double-click „Network Connections‟ icon.

3. Right-click „Local Area Connection‟, and click „Properties‟.

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4. Select „Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)‟, then click „Properties‟.

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5. In „IP address‟ field, please fill in any IP address begins with „192.168.2‟,
and ends with a value greater than 2 and less than 254 (You can use the
example in the picture „192.168.2.339‟). In Subnet mask field, please fill
„255.255.255.0‟. Please keep all other fields empty, and click „OK‟.

If you changed the IP address of this IP camera and you forget it, there are 2
methods to recover it:

a. Press and hold the „Reset‟ button located at the bottom of this IP

camera, to clear all settings of the IP camera and reset the IP address
back to 192.168.2.3. You‟ll lose all settings in the IP camera.

b. Ask network administrator to check the DHCP release table, if the

camera was set to obtain the IP address by DHCP, a new record will
be added to DHCP release table on DHCP server when the IP camera
is connected to the local area network.

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1.7 Using Camera Admin Software to Locate Camera

If you can‟t connect to the camera by the instructions given in last chapter, you
can use camera admin software to search the camera which is connected to
your local area network. The admin software is also capable to locate multiple
cameras on your local area network.

Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly
through the Installation process. The following installation is implemented in
Windows Vista. The installation procedures in Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 are
similar.

1. Insert the CD shipped along with the IP Internet Camera into your CD-ROM

drive. The “Autorun.exe” program should be executed automatically. If not,
run “Autorun.exe” manually from “Autorun” folder in the CD.

2. The Install Wizard will show four selections, select the program which you
want to install or click „EXIT‟ to install the program later. The following
installation steps are the demonstration of „Install Administrator Utility &
Camera Viewer‟.

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3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click „Next‟ to continue
installation.

4. You can change the installation folder of IP camera setup software here,
click „Browse‟ to select an existing folder, or you can just click „Next‟ to use
default installation folder:

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5. If you wish to create desktop icon and / or quick launch icon for camera
admin software, please check corresponding box, and click „Next‟ to
continue.

6. You will see a brief of all options you selected, click „Install‟ to install camera
admin software now, or click „back‟ to back to previous steps to change
settings.

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7. When you see this message, the installation of camera admin software is
complete. If you wish to launch camera admin software now, keep „Launch
IP Cam Admin Utility‟ box checked, and click „Finish‟ to close installation
utility.

After the camera admin software is launched, all cameras found on your local
area network will be displayed:

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All camera-related information will be displayed here. If you wish to connect to
certain camera by web browser, double-click the IP camera listed here.

The camera admin software also provides several functions:

Search camera: Click this button to search all cameras on local area

network again.

Browse camera via web: Select a camera listed above first, and then

click this button to connect to the camera by web browser.

Configure camera: Click this button to configure camera‟s network

and security setting. You‟ll be prompted to input camera‟s password:

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Input the password (default: 1234) and click OK to configure the camera‟s
network and security setting:

In „Lan Setting‟ page, you can configure camera‟s network settings. Select
„DHCP‟ to set the camera to obtain an IP address from DHCP server on local
area network automatically, and select „Manual IP‟ to input the IP address
information manually. Click „OK‟ to save settings.

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In „Security‟ page, you can change the camera‟s name and password (user
name is always „admin‟ and cannot be changed). You have to input the same
password in both „New Password‟ and „Confirm Password‟ field, or you‟ll be
prompted to input new password again. Click „OK‟ to save settings or click
„Cancel‟ to discard changes.

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1.8 Log Onto Web Management Interface

Make sure the IP camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then
launch Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the IP camera in address
bar of Internet Explorer. You should be prompted to input the user name and
password:

Default user name is „admin‟ and password is „1234‟. Click „OK‟ to continue
after user name and password has entered.

If you are rejected, maybe the password has been modified previously. This
should not happen if this is a newly-purchased camera, however, if you get the
camera from someone else, the password would be changed. Please try to
obtain the correct user name / password, or you‟ll have to reset the camera.

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If this is the first time you log onto web management interface, you‟ll be
prompted to install ActiveX Plugin:

When you see this message, please click „OK‟, and click „Download the latest
ActiveX‟ link to download plugin so you can use this camera:

Click „Run‟ to download plugin:

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Click „Run‟ to install plugin:

Please click „Next‟ button to start installation (click „Next‟ or „Install‟ when you‟re
prompted, until installation is complete).

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Click „Finish‟ to complete plugin installation.

Now you can go back to web browser, and you should be able to see the
image captured by camera (You may need to press F5 or CTRL-R to reload
web page).

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Note: If you see one of these messages (or both):

OR

Your computer may not have the display capability that this IP camera requires,
or you don’t have Microsoft DirectX® installed. Please download Microsoft
DirectX® from Microsoft’s website (http://www.microsoft.com), and try again.

In some cases, your computer is able to display the image from IP camera
correctly, but you’ll still see these messages. If this happens, just ignore them.

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Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface

2.1 Camera Settings

The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is „Camera‟,
and this is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera.

You can always back to this menu by clicking „Camera‟ on the top of web
management interface.

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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Item

Description

Video Type

Specifies video encoding type. Available options
are „MPEG4‟, „MJPEG‟, and „H.264‟. Different
encoding type requires different bandwidth, and
provides different video quality.

Frequency

If the place where this IP camera points to has a
(or more) fluorescent light(s), the image may look
flashing. In this case, you can adjust this setting
to the frequency of electrical power; this can
improve the image quality effectively. If you don‟t
know which one you should use, just try any of
them and select one with less flicker.

Flip Mode

If you‟re not putting this camera on a horizontal
surface but hang the camera on the ceiling or
wall, you can use this function to rotate the
displaying image.

Brightness /
Saturation /
Sharpness

Select brightness, saturation, and sharpness
from dropdown menu, and click „ - ' or „ + „ button
to increase or decrease brightness / saturation /
sharpness setting value. In certain environment,
adjust brightness, saturation, and / or sharpness
will help improve video quality.

Volume

Adjust the volume of audio output. Press „+‟ or
„-„ button to increase or decrease volume.

NOTE: When you change any setting(s) listed above, please click ‘Apply’ button
so the change(s) will take effect. For following functions, changes will take effect
right away.

Snapshot

Click „Snapshot‟ button to save the displaying image
as an image file, a message box will appear after
you click „Snapshot‟ button, showing the filename
and location of saved image file (default filename is
current date and time).

Default directory used to save image file is „C:\‟, you

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can change the directory by clicking the text input
box located at the right of „Snapshot‟ button:

and you‟ll be prompted to select a new directory.

Recording

Press this button to record the displaying image as a
video file in AVI format, and you can play the video
file back by Windows Media Player. To stop
recording, press „Stop Recording‟ button (the same
button). You can also change the directory used to
save video file.

Speak to IP Cam

You can transmit the voice received by your
computer‟s microphone to the camera‟s external
speaker. Press and hold this button, then speak to
the microphone. Please note that external speaker
must be connected to this camera.

Digital Zoom

If you wish to enlarge certain portion of the captured
image, you can click this button to set digital zoom:

Click „Enable‟ to enable digital zoom function, then
you can drag the slide bar to adjust zoom ratio. You
can also use your mouse to drag the zoom area (the
green square) to reposition the zoom area.

Fit to Window Size

Click this button and the image size will be adjusted
to fit the size of browser window.
Full Screen

Click this button to display the image in full-screen

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mode (uses all available space to display the image
captured by this camera).

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2.2 Video

You can change video-related settings of this IP camera in „Video‟ menu.
You can access this menu by clicking „Video‟ on the top of web

management interface.

There are 4 types of video settings for this IP camera. To set the option
of a certain video setting, put mouse cursor on it and its options will
appear.

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2.2.1 MJPEG

Item

Description

Video Resolution

Changes the resolution of video. Available
options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x

240. Higher resolution provides better video
quality and more detail, but requires more
network bandwidth.

Video Quality

Changes video quality. There are 5 levels of
video quality from „Lowest‟ to „Highest‟.
Selecting a higher video quality will provide
better video quality, but requires more network
bandwidth.

Frame Rate

Changes video frame rate. Available options
from „30‟ to „1‟, indicates how many video
frames this camera will transmit every second.
Higher frame rate provides smooth video
watching experience and will not lose details of
video, but requires more network bandwidth. If
you‟re using this video camera with insufficient
network bandwidth, selecting a lower frame rate
setting will help.

You can adjust video settings when you select „MJPEG‟ as video type in
„Camera‟ menu.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ for settings to take effect.

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2.2.2 MPEG4

Item

Description

Video Resolution

Changes the resolution of video. Available
options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x

240. Higher resolution provides better video
quality and more detail, but requires more
network bandwidth.

Video Quality

Changes video quality. There are 5 levels of
video quality from „Lowest‟ to „Highest‟.
Selecting a higher video quality will provide
better video quality, but requires more network
bandwidth.

Frame Rate

Changes video frame rate. Available options
from „30‟ to „1‟, indicates how many video
frames this camera will transmit every second.
Higher frame rate provides smooth video
watching experience and will not lose details of
video, but requires more network bandwidth. If
you‟re using this video camera with insufficient
network bandwidth, selecting a lower frame rate
setting will help.

You can adjust video settings when you select „MPEG4‟ as video type in
„Camera‟ menu.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ for settings to take effect.

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2.2.3 H.264

Item

Description

Video Resolution

Changes the resolution of video. Available
options are 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, and 320 x

240. Higher resolution provides better video
quality and more detail, but requires more
network bandwidth.

Video Quality

Changes video quality. There are 5 levels of
video quality from „Lowest‟ to „Highest‟.
Selecting a higher video quality will provide
better video quality, but requires more network
bandwidth.

Frame Rate

Changes video frame rate. Available options
from „30‟ to „1‟, indicates how many video
frames this camera will transmit every second.
Higher frame rate provides smooth video
watching experience and will not lose details of
video, but requires more network bandwidth. If
you‟re using this video camera with insufficient
network bandwidth, selecting a lower frame rate
setting will help.

You can adjust video settings when you select „H.264‟ as video type in
„Camera‟ menu.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ for settings to take effect.

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2.2.4 OSD

Item

Description

On-Screen Display

Select „Enable‟ to enable on-screen display
function (information about this camera will be
displayed on camera‟s display image), and
select „Disable‟ to disable it.

Show Camera Name

Select „Enable‟ to show camera‟s name on
camera‟s display image, select „Disable‟ to hide
it.

Show Date

Select „Enable‟ to show current date on
camera‟s display image, select „Disable‟ to hide
it.

Show Time

Select „Enable‟ to show current time on
camera‟s display image, select „Disable‟ to hide
it.

If you need to display information about this camera, like camera‟s name
or current date / time, you can use OSD (On-Screen Display) menu:

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ for settings to take effect.

When OSD is enabled, selected OSD items will be displayed like this:

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2.3 Network Settings

All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify
TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE,
Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function.

You can access this menu by clicking „LAN‟ on the top of web management
interface.

After you selected „Network‟, network setting menu will appear. There are 6
sub-menus available here:

Please click the network setting you wish to set, and then refer to instructions
given below:

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2.3.1 LAN

You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here.

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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Item

Description

Network Type

This camera can obtain the IP address from DHCP
server automatically (if you have one), or set a fixed IP
address. Select „DHCP‟ to obtain IP address
automatically or „Static IP Address‟ to assign this IP
camera with a fixed IP address.

When „DHCP‟ is selected, IP address parameters below
will be grayed out.

IP Address

Specify the IP address for this IP camera here.

Subnet Mask

Specify the subnet mask for this IP camera here.

Gateway

Specify the gateway address of the local network here.

Primary DNS

Specify the IP address of DNS server here. Please input
IP address only. If you don‟t know the address of DNS
server, ask network administrator or your ISP for help.

Secondary DNS

Specify the IP address of backup DNS server here. When
primary DNS is unreachable, IP camera will use the IP
address specified here as DNS server.

This field is optional.

Web Port

Specify the port number of web management interface
here. If it‟s not 80, you‟ll have to add „:port’ after the IP
address / hostname of this IP camera.

For example, if the HTTP port number you specified here
is 90 and the IP address of IP camera is 10.20.20.30,
then you have to input ‘http://10.20.20.30:90’
in the address bar of Internet explorer.

Enable PPPoE

Select „Enable‟ to activate PPPoE function of this IP
camera, select „Disable‟ to disable it.

User Name

Input the PPPoE username assigned by your ISP here.

Password

Input the PPPoE password assigned by your ISP here.

MTU

Input the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) given by
your ISP here. Ask your ISP if you don‟t know what value
you should input here. Default value should work with
most of ISPs and will give you a nice network

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performance.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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2.3.2 WLAN

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Item

Description

Wireless
Connection

Select „Enable‟ to activate wireless network function of
this IP camera, select „Disable‟ to disable it.

Network Type

Select the network type of wireless connection.

Available options are „Infrastructure‟ (Connect the IP

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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camera to a wireless access point), and „Adhoc‟ (This IP
camera will become a stand-alone wireless network
point, other wireless computers / devices can discover
this IP camera and connect to it without wireless access
point).

You can set to „Adhoc‟ when you don‟t have any wireless
access point, but your computer has wireless network
card. Set to „Infrastructure‟ when you have wireless
access point, and you have computers with wired
network connection.

Available
Networks

Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP
camera. Please note not all access points will be
displayed at the same time, if the access point you
expected to connect does not appear, you may have to
click „Refresh‟ button for several times until it appears.

The descriptions of all fields is listed below:

Connect: You can select the wireless access point you
wish to connect here.

SSID: the SSID of all found wireless access points will be
shown here. Some wireless access point may hide their
SSID; in this case, you have to identify them by their
MAC address.

MAC Address: If you there are many wireless access
points in proximity or some wireless access point hides
it‟s SSID, you can use MAC address to distinguish them.
Signal: Shows the radio signal strength in percent.
Channel: Shows the radio channel of this wireless access
point.

Encryption: Shows the encryption type used by this
wireless access point. You must use the same encryption
type if you wish to connect to a certain wireless access
point. If the wireless access point does not use

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encryption, „Disabled‟ will be displayed here.

Network Type: Shows the network type of a certain
wireless access point (Infrastructure or Adhoc).

SSID

Input the SSID of the wireless access point you wish to
connect. It should be less than 32 alphanumerical
characters.

When you select a wireless access point above, it‟s SSID
will be filled in this field automatically. However, if the
SSID is not displayed (the wireless access point you
selected choose to hide it‟s SSID), you have to know it‟s
SSID and input it here, or you will not be able to connect
it.

Channel

Select the radio channel you wish to use here. When
network type is „Infrastructure‟, the radio channel is
auto-selected according to the channel that wireless
access point uses. You can only select the channel
number when network type is „Adhoc‟.

Authentication

Displays current wireless authentication mode.

Encryption Type

You are allowed to select the encryption type correspond
to the wireless authentication mode.

WPA Pre-Shared
Key

The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt
data transmitted over the wireless network. Fill the text
box by following the rules listed here: Hex WEP: input
64-digit Hex values (“A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”) or at least 8
character pass phrase as the pre-shared keys.

WEP Key Length

You can select the WEP key length for encryption, 64-bit
or 128-bit. Larger WEP key length will provide higher
level of security, but the data throughput will be lowered.

WEP Key Format

You can select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format)
or Hexadecimal Digits ("A-F", "a-f" and "0-9") to be the
WEP Key.
For example: ASCII Characters: guest
Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde

Default Key

Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the
key you select it in the "Default key" will be used.

WEP Key 1- 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted over

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the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the
rules: 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the "A-F",
"a-f" and "0-9" range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the
encryption keys.
128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values ("A-F", "a-f" and
"0-9") or 13-digit ASCII characters as the encryption
keys.

Wireless Key

Input the encryption key of selected wireless access point
here. This is required when access point you wish to
connect uses encryption.

Self PinCode

Here displays the WPS pin code used to connect to
WPS-enabled wireless access points. You have to input
this number into the WPS enabled access point to
establish WPS connection.

Configure via
Push Button

Click this button and this camera will enter PBC-style
WPS connection state for 120 seconds. Please push
„Start PBC‟ button on the wireless access point you wish
to connect within 120 seconds to establish WPS
connection (The remaining time will be displayed on the
button).

If connection can not be established after 120 seconds,
you‟ll be prompted by a message box, and you can press
„Start PBC‟ button to try again.

Configure via
PinCode

If you have wireless access point‟s WPS PIN code, you
can input it here and press „Start PIN‟ button to start to
establish PIN-style WPS connection.

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2.3.3 Dynamic DNS

Item

Description

Enable DDNS

Select „Enable‟ to activate Dynamic DNS function of this
IP camera, select „Disable‟ to disable it.

Provider

Select dynamic DNS service provider here. Only
dyndns.org is available currently.

Host Name

Input dynamic DNS host name here.

User Name

Input dynamic DNS user name here, must be the same
as the one you applied on dyndns.org.

Password

Input dynamic DNS password here, must be the same as
the one you applied on dyndns.org.

If your ISP does not give you a fixed Internet IP address (i.e. the Internet
address you‟re using when you access the Internet is not always the same –
ask your ISP for detailed information), you can use this function to help you
locate the IP address of this IP camera when you‟re away from home or office.

Before you can use this function, you‟ll need to apply for an account at
dyndns.org (http://www.dyndns.org). Detailed instructions of how to apply a
new account can be found on dyndns.org‟s website.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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2.3.4 UPnP

Item

Description

Enable UPnP

Select „Enable‟ to activate UPnP function of this IP
camera, select „Disable‟ to disable it.

When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network
devices will be able to discover this IP camera automatically (only those in the
same local network).

This function is useful and you don‟t have to remember the IP address of this
IP camera. Simply open „Network neighbor‟ and it‟s there!

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

After UPnP function is activated, a popup message will appear:

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Click the message to open „My Network Places‟, and you‟ll see the IP camera:

You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP
camera‟s web management interface directly.

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2.3.5 LoginFree

This camera provides a method to let unauthorized users to view the image
captured by this camera, which is called as „LoginFree‟. When you wish to let
everyone to view the image captured by this camera, or integrate the image
with your own web application, you can use this function:

Input the filename here, and click „Apply‟ to save settings, then other users can
access the image by this filename with .jpg extension with the camera‟s IP
address as prefix. For example, if your camera‟s IP address is „192.168.2.1‟
and the filename you set here is „picture‟, then everyone on the web can
access the image captured by this camera by using the following address:

http://192.168.2.1/picture.jpg

Please note that no authentication will be required to see the captured image.
If you wish to disable this function, clear the text in „Filename‟ field and click
„Apply.

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2.3.6 RTSP

Item

Description

RTSP Port

Input the port number of RTSP here. Default setting is

554.

MPEG4 RTSP
Path

Input the path of MPEG4 RTSP video file. When you use
RTSP-compatible media player to play RTSP stream,
please remember to add „.sdp‟ file extension.

H.264 RTSP
Path

Input the path of H.264 RTSP video file. When you use
RTSP-compatible media player to play RTSP stream,
please remember to add „.sdp‟ file extension.

If you want to watch video captured by this IP camera by your own RTSP
(Real Time Streaming Protocol) media player, you can use this function
to setup RTSP parameters, so your RTSP-compatible player will be able
to receive video data.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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2.4 Motion Detection

When you wish to use this camera to monitor the activities, motion detection
function will be very useful. Camera will detect the motion in captured image,
and take a snapshot when motion is detected. So you can use this camera to
keep the safety of the belongings you have.

To use motion detection, click the following link from the top of menu:

After you selected „Motion Detection‟, a sub-menu will appear. There are 5
sub-menus available here:

Detailed descriptions of every setting will be given below.

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2.4.1 Motion Detection

Item

Description

Enable Motion
Detection

Select „Enable‟ to enable motion detection, and select
„Disable‟ to disable this function.

Motion Detection
Interval

Select the time interval between two motions from
dropdown menu. When a motion is detected, camera will
not detect any motion again within the time interval you
specified here. Available options are from 0 second
(always detect new motion) to 60 seconds.

Pre Recording
Time

This option allows the IP cam to capture additional image
frames prior to the event. The duration of pre recording is
based on the settings of Resolution and estimated by the

You can use this menu to setup basic motion detection settings:

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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IP cam automatically.

Post Recording
Time

Select the duration you wish this camera to record image
when a motion is detected from dropdown menu. The
available option of the duration is based on the settings of
Resolution.

Sending File
Type

Select the file type that will be saved when a motion is
detected. Select „JPEG‟ and a still picture in JPEG format
will be saved; and select „AVI‟ to save a motion video clip.

Send snapshot
file to FTP

Select „Enable‟ to send the saved file to appointed FTP
server when a motion is detected, select‟ Disable‟ to
disable this function. You have to configure FTP server
parameters in „FTP Configuration‟ menu first, so this
function will take effect

Send snapshot
file to E-Mail

Select „Enable‟ to send the saved file to appointed E-mail
address when a motion is detected, select‟ Disable‟ to
disable this function. You have to configure mail server
parameters in „FTP Configuration‟ menu first, so this
function will take effect

SD Card Record

Select „Enable‟ to record detected motion to SD card (if
there‟s one), and select „Disable‟ to disable this function.

Storage File Type

Select saving file type for motion detection: JPEG (still
picture) or AVI MPEG4 / AVI H264 (for motion picture).

Record File Size

Input the maximum file size of saved file in Mbytes.
Maximum file size is 100.

Record to Folder

Select „Enable‟ to save file to a network folder which
supports SAMBA (also known as „Windows Network
Neighborhood‟), select „Disable‟ to disable this function.

Authentication

If username and password are not required to write files
in specified folder, select „Anonymous‟; if required, select
„Account‟.

User Name

Input user name required by destination network folder.

Password

Input password of the user name required by destination
network folder.

Samba Server

Input the IP address or host name of network file server.

Shared Folder

Input the folder name on file server.

Storage File Type

Select saving file type for motion detection: JPEG (still
picture) or AVI MPEG4 / AVI H264 (for motion picture).

Record File Size

Input the maximum file size of saved file in Mbytes.
Maximum file size is 100.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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2.4.2 Motion Region

Item

Description

Region 1 – 3

Check the box to enable motion detection region 1 to 3.
You can check multiple boxes to enable multiple motion
detection regions. When you checked a box, a new
region (and region number) will be displayed on captured
image.

Sensitivity

Move the slide bar to change the motion detection

You can define the motion detection region within the image that camera
captures, so this camera will ignore motions which are not covered by the
motion region setting, and reduce the chances of false alarm.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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sensitivity setting: Drag the slide to the right to increase
sensitivity (camera will detect minor changes in the
image), and drag the slide to the left to decrease
sensitivity (camera will only detect major changes in the
image).

Refresh

In case the objects of the image captured by the camera
moved, click this button to reload the image captured by
camera, so you can decide the motion detection region
more precisely.

Save

Save motion detection region settings.

To change the motion detection region, you can „resize‟ and „reposition‟ it:

Move the mouse cursor to the eight dots located at the border of motion
detection region, and the mouse cursor will switch to , , or . You
can click and hold mouse button and move the mouse to resize the motion
detection region.

To move reposition the motion detection region, move the mouse within the
motion detection region, and the mouse cursor will switch to . Click and
hold mouse button and move the mouse to reposition the motion detection
region.

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2.4.3 Email

Item

Description

Recipient E-Mail
Address

Input the email recipient‟s Email address here.

E-Mail Subject

Specify the title of sending email, so you can identify the
mail sent from this camera from others quickly.

SMTP Server

Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server
(the server that delivers the Email for you) here.

If you don‟t know, please refer to the SMTP server you‟re
using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook
Express etc.), or ask your network administrator or ISP.

Sender E-Mail
Address

Input the Email address of mail sender, this will help you
to identify the Email sent by this IP camera by sender‟s
Email address.

NOTE: Some mail server would reject to deliver the
Email from unknown sender, it’s recommended to input
your own Email address here, or any other actual one.

SMTP Port

You can set port number according to your mail server.

SMTP enable
SSLv2/v3

Select „Enable‟ if your SMTP server supports SSLv2/v3
such as gmail.

You can define the destination address of E-mail sending and mail server
parameters here.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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function

SMTP
Authentication

Some SMTP server requires mail senders to be
authenticated before they can send Email. If your SMTP
server requires you to do so, please select „Enable‟, or
select „Disable‟ to disable it. If you don‟t know, please
refer to the SMTP server you‟re using in your Email
software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask your
network administrator or ISP.

User Name

Please input the user name of SMTP server here, if your
SMTP server requires the use of authentication.

Password

Please input the password of SMTP server here, if your
SMTP server requires the use of authentication.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

After that, you can click „Send a test email‟ to send a testing Email to the
address you set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is
correct and working.

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2.4.4 FTP Configuration

Item

Description

FTP Server

Input the IP address or host name of the FTP server you
wish to use here.

FTP Port

Input the port number of the FTP server you wish to use
here.

User Name

Input the user name of the FTP server you wish to use
here.

Password

Input the password of the FTP server you wish to use
here.

Remote Folder

Input the remote folder name on the FTP server here. If
nothing is specified here, all uploaded image files will be
placed in FTP server‟s root directory.

Please ask FTP server‟s administrator to know which
folder you should use. Certain user name may have
restrictions and therefore can not place the file in the
directory not owned by the user.

Passive Mode

Select „Enable‟ to use passive mode to send file, or select
„Disable‟ to not to use passive mode to send file.

Some FTP servers require passive mode, if you don‟t
know, please ask FTP server‟s administrator; most of
FTP servers will work fine with both modes, but if you

You can set FTP server‟s parameters here.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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found that non-passive mode is not working, you can try
to use passive mode.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

After that, you can click „Upload a test file‟ to send a file to the FTP server you
set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and
working.

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2.4.5 SD Card Configuration

Item

Description

Enable Cycle
Recording

Check this box and this camera will automatically erase
oldest image file to make rooms for new image files when
SD card is full. If you don‟t want to lose old image files, do
not check this box.

File Name Prefix

Specify the filename prefix (the texts which will be added
before the file sequence number).

Destination
Folder

Specify the folder name that camera will store the saved
image or video clip.

You can define the filename and destination folder when saving a file in SD
card.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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2.5 System Info

You can use this menu to get the operational information of this camera:

After you selected „System Info.‟, a sub-menu will appear. There are 6
sub-menus available here:

Detailed descriptions of every setting will be given below.

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2.5.1 Camera Information

Item

Description

Camera Name

Please specify the name of this IP Camera here. This can
be used to identify your camera on the network when you
have more than one IP camera in the same network.

Default name begins with „IC-„ plus the last 6 characters
of the MAC address of this IP camera. You can modify
the name to the one you can remember and meaningful
to you, but never give all IP cameras in the same network
with same name.

Password

Please specify user name „admin‟ „s password here. (The
one you need when you log onto web management
interface and use „admin‟ as user name.

Confirm
Password

Please input the same password again, to make sure
there‟s no typo.

Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator‟s password
of this camera.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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2.5.2 Date / Time Setting

Item

Description

Set Date/Time
manually / NTP
Server

If you select „Set Date/Time manually‟, you can set the
date and time of this camera manually. Please input the
date and time you wish to set here.

Date / time format is YYYY / MM / DD HH:MM:SS
Time is in 24-hour format.

You can click „Synchronize to PC time‟ to use the time of
the computer you‟re using.

Example: 24th August 2007 = 2007/ 08 / 24,
and PM 9:24:30 = 21:24:30

If you select „NTP Server‟, the camera will get the date
and time from NTP Server automatically.

Time Zone

Please select the time zone of the country / city of
resident from dropdown menu here.

NTP Server

Please input the IP address or host name of NTP server
here. You can use default value „pool.ntp.org‟, or ask your
ISP for the IP address or host name, if they have one.

Daylight Saving

If your area of residence uses daylight saving, select

This setting allows you to change the date and time of the real time clock in
this IP camera. You can set the time manually, or use network time protocol
(NTP) to set the time automatically.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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Time

„Yes‟; otherwise select „No‟.

Synchronize to
PC time

Click to input current time of your computer to „Set Date /
Time manually‟ field.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

If you wish to use the date and time setting of the computer which is
connecting to the camera, click „Synchronize to PC time‟ button. The date and
time setting of the computer will be filled to date and time setting in this page.

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Item

Description

Enable FTP
Schedule

Select „Enable‟ to send the Schedule Snapshot to the
appointed FTP server, or select ‟Disable‟ to disable this
function. You have to configure FTP server parameters in
„FTP Configuration‟ menu first, so this function will take
effect.

Time Interval

You can choose to upload one image to FTP server
according to the time interval you wish, or choose to
upload image as you wish to FTP server every second.

File Control

This option allows you to choose to upload each
schedule snapshot with different file name composed of
date/time, or to choose to upload the schedule snapshot
with the same file name you wish. If you choose the
latter, the prior-saved schedule snapshot will be
overwritten by the latest schedule snapshot.

Enable E-Mail

Select „Enable‟ to send the Schedule Snapshot to the

2.5.3 Schedule

You can use this menu to setup Schedule Snapshot/Recording settings:

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Schedule

appointed e-mail address, or select‟ Disable‟ to disable
this function. You have to configure e-mail settings in
„Email‟ menu first, so this function will take effect.

Time Interval

This option allows the IP camera to send one image
according to the time interval you wish.

Enable Schedule
Recording

Select „Enable‟ to enable schedule recording, or select
„Disable‟ to disable this function.

Time Interval

This option allows the IP camera to send one recording
file according to the time interval you wish.

Recording Time

This option allows you to adjust the recoding time based
on your preference.

Note: The available recording time is based on the video
resolution and video frame rate settings in ‘Video’ menu.

Send Recording
File to FTP

Select „Enable‟ to send the recoded video to the
appointed FTP server, or select‟ Disable‟ to disable this
function. You have to configure FTP server parameters in
„email & FTP‟ menu first, so this function will take effect.

File Control

This option allows you to choose to upload each
recorded video with different file name composed of
date/time, or to choose to upload the recorded video with
the same file name you wish. If you choose the latter, the
prior-saved recorded video will be overwritten by the
latest recorded video.

Send Recording
File to E-Mail

Select „Enable‟ to send the recorded video to the
appointed e-mail address, or select‟ Disable‟ to disable
this function. You have to configure e-mail settings in
„email & FTP‟ menu first, so this function will take effect.

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2.5.4 Utilities

Item

Description

Upgrade
Firmware

If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website,
you can click ‟Browse‟ button to pick a firmware file
located on your computer‟s hard drive and you can
upload the firmware file to the IP camera later.

After you selected a proper firmware file from your
computer, click „Upgrade Firmware‟ button to start
upgrade. DO NOT DISCONNECT NOW!

If the firmware file you provided is invalid of you didn‟t
provide the firmware file, you‟ll be prompted to select
another valid firmware file again.

The IP camera will reboot after the upgrade procedure is
done. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE IP ADDRESS OF THE

CAMERA WILL RESET TO DEFAULT VALUE:

192.168.2.3

Reset to Factory
Defaults

Clear all settings in the camera. Please think again
before you do this, and then click this button to reset all
settings.

NOTE: IP address will be reset to default value
‘192.168.2.3’ also. You’ll need to change the IP address

This menu allows you to upgrade firmware, clear all settings, reboot the IP
camera, and switch LED lights on/off.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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setting of your computer if the IP address of your
computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet
mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to
connect to this IP camera again.

Reboot Device

If you found the IP camera is responding slowly or
behaves strange, you can click this button to try to reboot
the IP camera, this may help.

LED Setting

Click „Turn off LED light‟ button to switch the LED light of
this IP camera off, so all LEDs on the IP camera will stop
working, in case you don‟t want other people know the
camera is transferring data.

You can click this button again to switch LED lights on
again.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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2.5.5 Status

This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version,
system uptime, date / time, and network information.

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2.5.6 System Log

All activities of this IP camera will be logged, and you are allowed to enter
„System Log‟ menu to view these logs.

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2.6 Account

Item

Description

User List

Lists all users currently available.

Login

Input the login name (user name) of this account.

Password

Input the password of this user here.

Confirm
password

Input the password of this user here again for
confirmation.

Authority

Select the privilege of this user: Operator (able to enter
camera & video menu) or Guest (view images only, but
Guest account still needs to input User name/Password

If you wish to allow other people to view the live image captured by this camera,
but don‟t want to allow them to modify system settings, you can give them
user-level user name and password, so they can only view the image and can
not change any system setting.

This camera supports up to 16 users.

After you selected „Account‟, you‟ll be prompted to input user account
information:

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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when accessing the camera).

Add

Click this button to add the account.

Modify

Modify an existing user‟s information. You have to select
a user from user list first.

Remove

Remove an existing user. You have to select a user from
user list first.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

Please note: only one user (including administrator) will be able to view the
image of IP camera at the same time.

If you wish to allow other people to view the live image captured by this IP
camera without typing User name/Password, you can enable “Anonymous
Login” in Anonymous page.

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2.7 SDHC

After you selected „System Info.‟, a sub-menu will appear. There are 4
sub-menus available here:

Please click the SD card setting you wish to set, then refer to instructions given
below:

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2.7.1 Status

Here shows the remaining card space for you.

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2.7.2 Space Alarm

Item

Description

Recipient E-Mail
Address

Input the E-mail address you wish to receive space
alarm.

E-Mail Subject

Input the title of space alarm E-mail.

SMTP Server

Input the SMTP server address you wish to use to send
E-mail.

Sender E-Mail
Address

Input the sender E-mail address of the space alarm
E-mail.

SMTP Port

You can set port number according to your mail server.

SMTP enable
SSLv2/v3
function

Select „Enable‟ if your SMTP server supports SSLv2/v3
such as gmail.

When you‟re using SD card to store captured image and video clip, you can
have this camera to send an E-mail to you when there‟s only little remaining
space left on SD card.

Please note: If you have set E-mail settings in ‘Motion Picture’ function, you
can click ‘Copy Mail Config’ button to use the same setting. However, you can
use a different setting here.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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SMTP
Authentication

Select „Enable‟ if the SMTP server you‟re using requires
authentication, and input the username and password
below; If the SMTP server you‟re using does not require
authentication, select „Disable‟ here. If you‟re not sure,
ask your ISP or network administrator.

User Name

Type the user name of the user who has the mail
account. This setting is necessary when the SMTP server
which sends e-mails performs authentication.

Password

Type the password of the user who has the mail account.
This setting is necessary when the SMTP server which
sends e-mails performs authentication.

Reserved Space

Select the amount of SD card space which will be
reserved and will not be used from dropdown menu.

Click „Apply‟ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

You can click „Send a test email‟ button to send a test E-Mail by the
configuration you set here.

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2.7.3 File Management

Item

Description

FirstPage

Jump to first page of file list.

PrevPage

Jump to previous page of file list.

NextPage

Jump to next page of file list.

LastPage

Jump to last page of file list.

SelectAll

Select all files in this page.

ClearAll

Clear all files in this page.

Delete

Delete selected files.

You can use this menu to manage the files stored on SD card.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

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Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software

3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software

The IP camera surveillance 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 following instructions to install the
surveillance software.

1. Click “16 channel viewer” in supplied CD-ROM, when the following window

appears, click „Next‟.

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

use the default folder, and click „Next‟ to continue.

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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).

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3-2 Using 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.

Video displaying area

Language

Display
layout

Full screen /
Scan

Zoom Out /
Zoom In

PTZ Control /
Home

Recording / System configure
Playback / Snap shot

Message display
box

Close window (stop surveillance) /
Minimize window

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:

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You can put the mouse cursor on a certain component and see its button name,

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.

Recording

Start video recording.

Configure

Software / camera configuration.

and here‟re detailed descriptions of all buttons:

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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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3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software

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.

3-3-1 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:

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3-3-1-1 „Camera‟ tab

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.

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.

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:

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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.

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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3-3-1-2 Schedule Recording

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.

New
(One Time
Schedules)

Click this button and a new window will appear:

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:

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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:

You can define recording schedule that will be executed
at the specified time of certain weekday(s) in a week.

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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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3-3-1-3 Audio

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.

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:

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3-3-1-4 Motion Record

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.

Invoke alarm
when motion is
triggered

Send an alarm when a motion has been detected by the
camera.
Send mail when

Send an email to a pre-defined address when a motion

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.

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:

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motion is
triggered

has been detected by the camera.
OK

Save settings in this tab.

Cancel

Discard all settings in this tab.

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3-3-2 General Settings

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.

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

3-3-2-1 „General‟ tab

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

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

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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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3-3-2-2 „E-Mail Setting‟ tab

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.

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.

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

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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 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.

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