Edimax Technology IC-7000PTn User Manual V3

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Table of Contents

Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet Network camera .................................... 5

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

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

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

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

IC-7000PT V3: ........................................................................................ 10

IC-7000PTn V3: ...................................................................................... 11

IC-7000PoE V3: ...................................................................................... 12

1.5 Camera Installation ........................................................................... 16

1.6 Locate the IP Address of this Network camera ................................. 19

1.7 Using Camera Admin Software to Locate Camera ........................... 23

Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface ............................................... 35

2.1 Camera Settings ............................................................................... 35

2.2 Video ................................................................................................ 39

2.2.1 MJPEG ................................................................................... 40

2.2.2 MPEG4 ................................................................................... 41

2.2.3 H.264 ...................................................................................... 42

2.2.4 OSD ............................................................................................... 43

2.3 Pan and Tilt ....................................................................................... 44

2.3.1 Preset Points .......................................................................... 44

2.3.2 Guard Tour .............................................................................. 46

2.4 Network Settings ............................................................................... 48

2.4.1 LAN ........................................................................................ 49

2.4.2 WLAN ..................................................................................... 51

2.4.3 Dynamic DNS ......................................................................... 54

2.4.4 UPnP ...................................................................................... 55

2.4.5 LoginFree ............................................................................... 57

2.4.6 RTSP ...................................................................................... 58

2.5 Motion Detection ............................................................................... 59

2.5.1 Motion Detection ..................................................................... 60

2.5.2 Motion Region ........................................................................ 62

2.6 System Info ....................................................................................... 69

2.6.1 Camera Information ................................................................ 70

2.6.2 Date / Time Setting ................................................................. 71

2.6.3 Schedule ........................................................................................ 73

2.6.4 Utilities .................................................................................... 75

2.6.5 Status...................................................................................... 77

2.6.6 System Log .................................................................................... 78

2.7 Account ............................................................................................. 79

2.7.1 Status...................................................................................... 82

2.7.2 Space Alarm ........................................................................... 83

2.7.3 File Management .................................................................... 85

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software ....................................................... 86

3-1 Installing Network camera Surveillance Software ............................. 86

3-2 Using Network camera surveillance software ................................... 90

3-3 Configure Network camera surveillance software ............................. 93

3-3-1 Configure cameras ................................................................. 93

3-3-2 General Settings .................................................................. 102

3-4 Change Display Layout .................................................................. 108

3-5 Full-screen mode ............................................................................ 111

3-6 Scan ............................................................................................... 112

3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out ........................................................................ 113

3-8 PTZ ................................................................................................. 114

3-9 Snapshot ................................................................ ........................ 115

3-10 Recording ..................................................................................... 116

3-11 Video Playback ............................................................................. 117

Chapter IV: How to View Network camera over the Internet with iPhone .... 118

Chapter V: Appendix .................................................................................... 125

5.1 Specification ................................................................................... 125

5.2 How to apply for a free DNS account in the http://www.dyndns.org 126

5.3 Troubleshooting .............................................................................. 129

Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet Network camera

Item Name

Quantity

Network camera

1 2 Antenna(IC-7000PTn V3 only)

2 3 Power Adapter

1 4 Ethernet Cable

CD ROM (Including Manual/Utility/Multi-Language QIG)

1 6

Accessory kit

1 7 Quick Installation Guide

1 8 Mounting Kit

1.1 Package Contents

Thank you for purchasing this Network camera! Before you start to use this Network 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.

1.2 Basic Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this Network camera! This Network 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-7000 V3 series is tailor made to stream live video over your network. You can view the Network camera's video from anywhere on your local computers or via the Internet. Besides, Edimax IC-7000 V3 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.

Some people may concern that there will be some places which will not be covered by camera, but this problem is completely solved by this Network camera. With built-in pan-tilt function, you can point the camera to the position where you wish to look at with user interface. You can even define a preset path, and the camera will cruise along the path you defined.

You can discover more useful functions in next section!

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 3 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 like video conference or

environment monitor.

Pan-tilt control. Wired and wireless network (IC-7000PTn V3 only, 802.11b / 802.11g /

802.11n) support

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

address to the camera also.

Supports Dynamic DNS (used to allocate the Network 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 Network

camera in network neighbor automatically.

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

detected.

Configurable motion detection sensitivity (6 levels from most sensitive to

least sensitive).

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.

1.4 Familiar with Key Components

Item

Description

Power

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

Audio

Indicates Audio status

LAN

When the Network 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.

ACT

(IC-7000

The LED will flash while data is transmitted.

Front View

Focus Ring

Microphone

Wired & Wireless:

POE model:

Power LED Audio LED LAN LED WLAN LED

Power LED Audio LED ACT LED LAN LED

PoE V3

only)

Wireless (IC-7000

PT V3 &

IC-7000

PTn V3

only)

When the Network 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.

Focus

Ring

You can change the aim and focus of the camera by adjusting the camera head's aim and adjusting the focus ring. Simply point it in your direction of choice and rotate the focus ring to your preference.

Microph

one

Collects audio

USB Port

Power Connector

SD Card Slot Ethernet Port

Audio Connector

Back View

IC-7000PT V3:

IC-7000PTn V3:

Antenna Base

Power Connector WPS Button

SD Card Slot

Audio Connector Ethernet Port

IC-7000PoE V3:

Item

Description

Power

Connector

Connects to 12V DC power adapter

SD Card Slot

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

USB Port*

(IC-7000PT

V3 only)

Accepts USB WiFi adapter** to enable wireless

Audio

Connector

Connects to external speaker for audio output

Ethernet

Connector

Connect to your local area network

Antenna

Base

(IC-7000PTn

Connects to supplied antenna

Power Connector

SD Card Slot

Audio Connector

Ethernet Port

V3 only)

WPS Button

(IC-7000PTn

V3 only)

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

Note: The USB port only works with Edimax USB WiFi adapters. Note: Edimax EW-7711HPn, EW-7711UAn, EW-7711USN,

EW-7711UMn & EW-7711UTn

Item

Description

Reset

Button

Press the button with pen nib and hold for 5 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value.

Side View

Reset Button

Item

Description

Tripod

Connect

Connects to tripod to secure the camera when the camera is not put on a horizontal surface.

Bottom View

Tripod Connector

1.5 Camera Installation

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

1. Unpack the product package and check if anything‟s missing.

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

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

4. Connect two antennas to the antenna bases, which is located at the back of this Network camera.

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

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

1.6 Locate the IP Address of this Network camera

Default IP address of this Network camera is 192.168.2.3. If you wish to assign another IP address to this Network 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‟

2. Double-click „Network Connections‟ icon.

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

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

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 Network camera and you forget it, there‟re 2 methods to recover it:

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

camera, to clear all settings of the Network camera and reset the IP address back to 192.168.2.3. You‟ll lose all settings in the Network 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 Network camera is connected to the local area network.

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.

Please insert the user manual CD-ROM supplied in the product package, and the CD will automatically running the installation, if not please double-click „Setup_Admin_3.0.17‟ icon:

Then follow the following instructions to install and use camera admin software:

1. Click „Next‟ to start to install the camera admin software:

2. You can change the installation folder of camera setup software here, click

„Browse‟ to select an existing folder, or you can just click „Next‟ to use default installation folder:

3. 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.

4. You‟ll 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.

5. 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:

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

The camera admin software also provides several functions:

Language change: This camera admin software supports 3 languages: English, Chinese, and Japanese. You can select the language you wish to use from language dropdown menu located at upper-right corner of camera admin software.

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:

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.

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.

1.8 Log Onto Web Management Interface

Make sure the Network camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then launch Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the Network 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‟re 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.

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:

Click „Run‟ to install plugin:

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

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).

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

Your computer may not have the display capability that this Network 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 Network camera correctly, but you’ll still see these messages. If this happens, just ignore them.

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.

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

Item

Description

Pan/Tilt Speed

Specifies the moving speed when you use pan / tilt function to point the camera to a new direction. Available options are 1 (fastest) to 5 (slowest). Select 1 to move the camera by a faster speed, but you will not be able to control the movement precisely. If you want to move the camera in a more accurate manner, select a slower speed.

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 Network 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.

Pan / Tilt Control

Moves camera to a new direction. Press one of 8 directional buttons to move the camera, and press „H‟ to move the camera back to „home‟ (original) position.

Preset Points

You can set up to 9 preset points of camera position; press the number to move the camera to preset point instantly. See next chapter for detail instructions of how to set preset points.

Press „C‟ and the camera will cruise between all preset points automatically.

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

2.2 Video

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

management interface.

There are 5 types of video settings for this Network camera. To set the option of a certain video setting, put mouse cursor on it and its options will appear.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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:

2.3 Pan and Tilt

DOWN

RIGHT

LEFT

UPPER RIGHT

LOWER RIGHT

UPPER LEFT

LOWER LEFT

This Network camera supports pan and tilt function, as you explored in last section. You can also make the camera move automatically in pan and tilt menu by defining a set of pre-defined path.

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

2.3.1 Preset Points

You can define the camera position and save the position so you can recall the position later again. This camera provides 9 memory slots; follow the following instructions to move the camera and set a new preset point:

1. Select a memory slot from „Available Positions‟ dropdown menu first.

2. To move the camera, click the position of labeled text (not shown on image)

on the image to move the camera to the direction. You may need to set the Pan / Tilt speed to a slower setting, so you can move the camera in a more accurate manner.

3. When you move the camera to the position you want, type a name in

„Position name‟ field, and click „Set to Point n‟ (where „n‟ is the number of memory slot) button to save the position to selected memory slot.

After you set the position, you can recall the position from „Camera‟ menu (click the position number button), and the camera will move to preset position instantly.

If you want to remove a preset position, select the memory slot from „Available Positions‟ dropdown menu, and then click „Remove Point n‟, (where „n‟ is the number of memory slot you wish to clear position setting).

2.3.2 Guard Tour

Item

Description

Add

Add a new set of guard tour (see instructions below)

Edit

Edit a selected guard tour. The parameters for an existing guard tour will be recalled and you can modify them.

Start / Stop

Select a guard tour and click this button to start guard tour, click again to stop it. After a guard tour has been started, go to „Camera‟ menu to see it in action. Only one guard tour can be activated at the same time.

Remove

Remove a guard tour from the list.

You can make the camera move between many pre-defined positions, and define the time you wish to pause at every position; this is called as „Guard Tour‟.

Before you can use this function, you have to define at least 2 positions in „Preset Points‟ section (refer to last section for detailed information).

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

If you wish to add a new set of guard tour, click „Add‟ to start to add a new guard tour set:

Item

Description

Name

Input the name of this set of guard tour here. As you may have many sets of guard tour, please give it a meaningful name so you can remember the main purpose of this set.

View with random order

Do not visit all positions in this guard tour by order; visit them randomly instead.

Available positions

Select preset points from dropdown menu here, then click „Add to list‟ to add this position to this guard tour.

When you click „Add to list‟, you‟ll be prompted to set these parameters:

Remove: Remove this position from list.

Save: Save settings for this position.

Close: Close this window and discard all changes.

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

2.4 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:

2.4.1 LAN

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

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 Network 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 Network camera here.

Subnet Mask

Specify the subnet mask for this Network 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, Network 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 Network camera. For example, if the HTTP port number you specified here is 90 and the IP address of Network 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 Network 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 performance.

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

2.4.2 WLAN

Item

Description

Wireless Connection

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

Network Type

Select the network type of wireless connection.

Available options are „Infrastructure‟ (Connect the Network camera to a wireless access point), and „Adhoc‟ (This Network camera will become a stand-alone wireless network point, other wireless computers / devices can discover this Network camera and connect

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

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 Network 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 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‟.

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.

2.4.3 Dynamic DNS

Item

Description

Enable DDNS

Select „Enable‟ to activate Dynamic DNS function of this Network 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 Network 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.

2.4.4 UPnP

Item

Description

Enable UPnP

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

When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network devices will be able to discover this Network 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 Network 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:

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

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

2.4.5 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.

2.4.6 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 Network 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:

2.5 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.

2.5.1 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.

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

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

Recording Time

Select the duration you wish this camera to record image when a motion is detected from dropdown menu. Available options are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (seconds).

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 (see below).

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 (see below).

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.

2.5.2 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.

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:

Sensitivity

Move the slide bar to change the motion detection 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.

2.5.3 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 Network 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:

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.

2.5.4 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:

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.

2.5.5 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.

2.6 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 4 sub-menus available here:

Detailed descriptions of every setting will be given below.

2.6.1 Camera Information

Item

Description

Camera Name

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

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

2.6.2 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 Network 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:

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.

2.6.3 Schedule

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 Schedule

Select „Enable‟ to send the Schedule Snapshot to the appointed e-mail address, or select‟ Disable‟ to disable

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

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 Network 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 Network 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.

2.6.4 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 Network 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 Network 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 Network camera, and switch LED lights on/off.

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

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 Network camera again.

Reboot Device

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

LED Setting

Click „Turn off LED light‟ button to switch the LED light of this Network camera off, so all LEDs on the Network 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.

2.6.5 Status

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

2.6.6 System Log

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

2.7 Account

Item

Description

User List

Lists all users currently available.

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:

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 Network camera at the same time.

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

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:

2.7.1 Status

Here shows the remaining card space for you.

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:

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.

2.7.3 File Management

Item

Description

FirstPage

Jump to first page of file list.

Jump to previous page of file list.

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:

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software

3-1 Installing Network camera Surveillance Software

The Network camera surveillance software provides various functions like video recording, after this software is installed, you can use your Network 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.

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.

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.

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

complete. Please click „Finish‟ to finish the procedure (Network camera

surveillance software will start after you click „Finish‟ button, if you want to start

it later, uncheck „Launch IPCam Surveillance Software‟ box).

3-2 Using Network 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 Network camera surveillance software.

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

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 Network 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:

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 Network camera surveillance software.

Minimize window

Minimizes Network camera surveillance software window.

Video displaying area

Displays the image of all cameras by the display layout you selected.

3-3 Configure Network 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 Network 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:

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:

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.

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 Network camera surveillance software‟s main menu:

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:

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.

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.

Save settings in this tab.

Cancel

Discard all settings in this tab.

3-3-1-3 Audio

Item

Description

Channel

Select the channel number you wish to set.

Mute Audio

Check this box and the Network camera surveillance software will not play the audio captured by this camera.

Record Video Only

Check this box and the Network camera surveillance software will not record the audio captured by this camera.

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:

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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