Edimax Technology IC-7000PTn User Manual V2

Mechanical Pan & Tilt IP Camera

User Manual

C A T A L O G

Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera............................................................4

1.1 Package Contents.....................................................................................................4

1.2 Basic Introduction......................................................................................................4

1.3 Product Highlights.....................................................................................................5

1.4 Familiar with Key Components ......................................................................................6

1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators ...................................................................................10

1.6 Camera Installation......................................................................................................11

Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface...............................................................14

2.1 Camera Settings..........................................................................................................14

2.2 Pan and Tilt..................................................................................................................17

2.2.1 Preset Points..............................................................................................17

2.2.2 Grand Tour..................................................................................................18

2.3.3 Dynamic DNS.............................................................................................27

2.3.4 UPnP..........................................................................................................28

2.3.5 Login Free ..................................................................................................29

2.4.1 Motion Detection.........................................................................................31

2.5.1 Camera Information....................................................................................36

2.5.2 Date / Time Setting.....................................................................................37

2.5.3 Utilities........................................................................................................37

2.5.4 Status ..........................................................................................................39

2.6 Account........................................................................................................................43

2.7 SDHC…………………………………………………………………………………………..42

2.7.2 Sp ace Alarm…………………………………………………….…………………………..43

2.7.3 File Management...................................................................................................... 43

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software.......................................................................43

3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software.................................................................44

3-2 Using IP camera surveillance software ........................................................................47

3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software..................................................................49

3-3-1 Configure cameras.....................................................................................49

3-3-2 General Settings ........................................................................................55

3-4 Change Display Layout ...............................................................................60

3-5 Full-screen modes.......................................................................................62

3-6 Scan ............................................................................................................63

3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out.....................................................................................64

3-8 PTZ..............................................................................................................65

3-9 Snapshot .....................................................................................................66

3-10 Recording..................................................................................................66

3-11 Video Playback..........................................................................................67

Chapter IV: Appendix.......................................................................................................68

4.1 Specification.................................................................................................................68

4.2 Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................69

Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera

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.

Item Name Quantity 1 IP Camera 1 2 Antenna 2 3 Power Adapter 1 4 Ethernet Cable 1 5 Driver and User Manual CD-ROM 1

1.2 Basic Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this Internet 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. Unlink conventional close-circuit vide camera, you’re not limited to the length of cable! Once this IP camera is connected to Internet, you can receive video from anywhere in the world where Internet access is available.

If you have problem installing a new cable from the place the came ra is i nstalled to your monitoring computer, don’t worry! This IP camera also support s wireless network, that is, you can link to this camera wirele ssly! You only have to provide this IP camera with 12V power by the power adapter that comes with the product package, and you don’t have to set a new network cable between the IP camera and monito ring computer .

Worry about the content will be intercepted by unauthorized person when the video is transmitted over the air? That’s also not a problem! Unlink conventional analog wireless camera, which video will be intercepted by anyone who got a compatible video receiver, this IP camera supports data encryption (WEP & WPA), which will provide ultimate data security level. All video transmitted over t he air i s encrypted; therefore no o ne will be able to get the video captured by the IP camera, expect yourself.

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 IP 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

plug-in installed).

With supplied video surveillance software, you can connect up to 16 video cam eras and view images

captured by every camera at the same time. Supports 3 video resolutions: 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. Pan-tilt control. Wired and wireless network (802.11b / 802.11g / 802.11n) support, supports up to 100Mbps for wired

network and 100Mbps for wireless network. 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 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 (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

Front View

The picture is similar with IC-7000PT

Focus Ring

Microphone

IC7000PTn Power LED Audio LED LAN LED WLAN IC7000PT Power LED Audio LED ACT LED LAN

z Power LED: Indicates power status z Audio LED: Indicates Audio status z LAN LED: Indicates LAN activity z ACT LED: Indicates Data activity z WLAN LED: Indicates Wireless LAN activity z Focus Ring: Adjusts focus

Back V iew

Ethernet Connector

Antenna Power Connector WPS Button SD Card Slot Audio Connector

z Antenna: Connects to supplied antenna (IC-7000PTn only) z Power Connector: Connects to A/C power adapter z SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage z WPS Button: click the bottom on IP Cam and click it on the AP you want to connect for wireless z Audio Connector: Connects to external speaker for audio output z Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network

ide V iew

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

Reset Button

Bottom V iew

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

Tripod Connector

1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators For IC-7000PTn

LED Name Status Description

Power

Off Camera is not powered (camera off) On Camera is correctly powered (camera on)

Off LAN port not in use

LAN

On LAN port in use

Flash Transferring dat a via LAN port

Off Wireless LAN not in use On Wireless LAN in use

WLAN

Flash at low

speed

Waiting for WPS connection from AP and flash speed is once a second.

Flash Transferring dat a via wireless LAN

Off Audio function is disabled (Volume 0)

Audio

On Audio function is enabled

Flash Two way audio is working

For IC-7000PT

LED Name Status Description

Power

ACT

Off Camera is not powered (camera off) On Camera is correctly powered (camera on)

Off Data is not transfer On Transferring data

Off LAN not in use

LAN

On LAN in use Off Audio function is disabled (Volume 0)

Audio

On Audio function is enabled

Flash Two way audio is working

1.6 Camera Installation

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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).

Pan/Tilt Speed

Select 1 to move the camera by a faster speed, but you will not be able to control the movement precisely. If you wan to move the camera in a more accurate manner, select a slo wer speed.

Specifies the video resoluti on. Available options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 @ MPEG4 or 1280x1024, 640x480 and 320x240 @ MJPG

Higher resolution provides more details about the objects captured by camera, but will consume more bandwidth, which wil l make the image

Resolution

refreshes very slow .If you have a slow Internet connection, you may want to use a lower resolution to make the image refresh faster.

Selecting the resolution of 320 x 240 may cause the image become too small on a high-resolution computer monitor. If you want to save bandwidth while selecting a high resolution, please select a lower image quality (see below).

Specifies the quality of image captured by camera. There are 5 options from ‘Highest’ to ‘Lowest’.

Video Quality

Just like resolution, higher image quality will provide more details ab out the objects captured by camera, but the cost is bandwidth. Sometimes you just want to see if there’s anything moving at the place where camera points to, you can select a lower image quality to get a higher image refresh rate.

Video Type

Frame Rate

Frequency

Flip Mode

Brightness /

Saturation /

Sharpness

Volume

Select the video encoding type. Available options are ‘MJPEG’ and ‘MPEG4’.

The highest image refresh rate of this IP camera is 30, which is the same as TV. However, if you are using an Internet connection with limited bandwidth, and you don’t need a fast image refresh rate, you can limit the maximum refresh rate (frame rate) to a certain value.

Available options are 30, 15, 10, 5, and 3. 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.

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.

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.

Adjust the volume of audio output. Press ‘+’ or ‘-‘ button to increase or decrease volume.

Multi-Camera Display

Click one of these buttons to select 1 / 4 / 6 / 9 multi-camera view. See chapter 2.2.3 for detailed instructions.

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

Preset Points

Snapshot

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.

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.

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

Speak to IP Cam

Digital Zoom

Fit to Window Size

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.

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.

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 yellow square) to reposition the zoom area.

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 Pan and Tilt

This IP 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.

2.2.1 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:

UPPER LEFT

UPPER RIGHT

RIGHT LEFT

LOWER LEFT

LOWER RIGHT

DOWN

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 p osition setting).

2.2.2 Grand Tour

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 ‘Grand 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:

Item Description

Add Edit

Add a new set of grand tour (see instructions below) Edit a selected grand tour. The parameters for an existing grand tour will be

recalled and you can modify them. Select a grand tour and click this button to start grand tour, click again to stop it.

Start / Stop

fter a grand tour has been started, go to ‘Camera’ menu to see it in action. Only

one grand tour can be activated at the same time.

Remove

Remove a grand tour from the list.

If you wish to add a new set of grand tour, click ‘Add’ to start to add a new grand tour set:

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

Item Description

Input the name of this set of grand tour here. As you m ay have many set s ofgrand

Name

tour, please give it a meaningful name so you can remember the main purpose of this set.

iew with random

order

Available

positions

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

Select preset points from dropdown menu here, then click ‘Add to list’ to add this position to this grand tour .

When you click ‘Add to list’, you’ll be prompted to set these parameters:

View Time: Define the time you wish the camera to stop at this position in seconds.

View Order: Give this position a number greater than 1 and not the same with other positions, and grand tour will start visiting positions b y ord er (from 1 to last number, and t hen start from 1 again).

Remove: Remove this position from list. Save: Save settings for this position. Close: Close this window and discard all changes.

2.2.3 Multi-Camera Display

If you have more than one IC-5010 IP camera, you can view up to 9 videos captured by every camera, so you can monitor up to 9 places at the same time.

Before you do this, please collect the following information:

a. The IP address of each camera b. The port (default: 80) of each camera

You can get above information from ‘Network’ menu of each camera, and then you can log onto the web management interface of any camera, and select one type of multi-camera display:

You can select one type of multi-camera display:

video of the camera you logged onto.

than others.

One-camera view: Only one camera’s video will be displayed, and you can only see the

Four-camera view: You can see the video of up to 4 cameras.

Six-camera view: You can see the video of up to 6 cameras, and one camera’s view is larger

Nine-camera view: You can see the video of up to 9 cameras.

Please note that the upper-left camera view always show the video of the camera you connected to and cannot be changed.

The following example uses four-camera view as example, and the video of the camera you connected to is displaying at upper-left view:

The IP address and port will be displayed at the top of camera’s view:

When IP and port information is displayed on the top of camera’s view, indicates the camera is configured. You can also click the image to point the camera to a new position, as instructed in chapter 2.2.1. To point the camera to center position, click ‘C’ mark located at up per-right corner.

If you wish to configure new camera for a specific camera view, please right-click on the camera view and select ‘Add new IPcam’:

A new popup window will appear to allow you to set the information of camera. If you have popup blocker installed, you may have to disable it temporarily so you can see the popup window:

Please input the information in respective field (Camera IP, HTTP Port etc.), then click ‘Add new IPCam’ button to connect to this IP camera and display it’s view in camera view. If you don’t want to add the camera now, click ‘Close’ button and the popup window will be closed.

When a camera is connected, you can also right-click on camera’s video and a sub-menu will appear:

Click ‘Mute’ and you won’t hear the voice capture d by this camera, and you can also click ‘Ab out’ to check the version information of camera’s ActiveX plug-in:

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 5 sub-menus available here:

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

2.3.1 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

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

Network Type

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

Subnet Mask

Gateway

Primary DNS

Secondary DNS

AV Control Port

Web Port

Enable PPPoE

User Name

Specify the IP address for this IP camera here. Specify the subnet mask for this IP camera here. Specify the gateway address of the local network here. 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 administrato r or your ISP for help.

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

Specify the port number of video transfe r here. If you have firewall on your network, you need to allow computers on Internet to access this port number of the IP address of IP camera, or you’ll not be able to view video from Internet.

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.

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

Input the PPPoE username assigned by your ISP here.

Password

Input the PPPoE password assigned by your ISP here. Input the MTU (Maximum Transmi ssion Unit) given by your ISP here. Ask your ISP

if you don’t know what value you should input here.

MTU

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.

2.3.2 WLAN

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

Item Description

Wireless

Connection

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

Select the network type of wireless connection. Available options are ‘Infrastructure’ (Connect the IP 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

Network Type

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.

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.

Available

Networks

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.

SSID

Channel

MAC Address: If you there are many wireless access point s in proxi mity 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).

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.

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

Self PinCode

Configure via Push

Button

Configure via

PinCode

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

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.

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.

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.

2.3.3 Dynamic DNS

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:

Item Description

Enable DDNS

Provider

Host Name User Name

Password

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

Select dynamic DNS service provider he re. Only dynd ns.org i s available cu rrently. Input dynamic DNS host name here. Input dynamic DNS user name here, must be the same as the one you applied on

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

dyndns.org.

Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

2.3.4 UPnP

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. Sim ply open ‘Network neighbor’ and it’s there!

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

Item Description

Enable UPnP

Select ‘Enable’ to activate UPnP functio n of this IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.

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 IP camera:

Y ou ca n double-clic k the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’ s web manag ement interface directly.

2.3.5 Login Free

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 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 snap shot 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.

2.4.1 Motion Detection

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

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

Item Description

Enable Motion

Detection

Select ‘Enable’ to enable motion detection, and select ‘Disable’ to disable this function.

Select the time interval between two motions from dropdown menu. When a

Motion Detection

Interval

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.

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).

Select the file type that will be saved when a motion is detected. Select ‘JPEG’ and

Sending File T ype

a still picture in JPEG format will be saved; and select ‘AVI’ to save a motion video clip.

Select ‘Enable’ to send the saved file to appointed FTP server when a motion is

Send snapshot

file to FTP

detected, select’ Disable’ to disable this function. Y ou have to configure FTP se rver parameters in ‘FTP Configuration’ menu first, so this function will take effect (see below).

Select ‘Enable’ to send the saved file to appointed E-mail address when a motion

Send snapshot

file to E-Mail

is detected, select’ Disable’ to disable this function. Y ou have to configure mail server parameters in ‘FTP Configuratio n’ menu first, so this function will take effect (see below).

Send snapshot

file to SD Card

Select ‘Enable’ to send the saved file to SD card when a motion is detected, select’ Disable’ to disable this function. You have to insert a working SD card into the SD slot of this camera first, so this function will take effect.

Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

2.4.2 Motion Region

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:

Item Description

Check the box to enable motion detection region 1 to 3. You can check multiple

Region 1 – 3

boxes to enable multiple motion detection regions. When you checked a box, a new region (and region number) will be displayed on captured image.

Move the slide bar to change the motion detection sensitivity setting: Drag the

Sensitivity

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).

In case the objects of the image captured by the camera moved, click this button

Refresh

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.

2.4.3 Email

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:

Item Description

Recipient E-Mail

Input the email recipient’s Email address here.

Address

E-Mail Subject

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

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

SMTP Server

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.

Input the Email address of mail sender, this will help you to identify the Email

Sender E-Mail

Address

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 a ctual one.

Some SMTP server requires mail senders to be authenticated before they can

SMTP

Authentication

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

Password

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

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.

2.4.4 FTP Configuration

You can set FTP server’s parameters here.

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

Item Description

FTP Server

FTP Port

User Name

Password

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

Remote Folder

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.

Select ‘Enable’ to use passive mode to send file, or select ‘Disable’ to not to use passive mode to send file.

Passive Mode

Some FTP servers require passive mod e, if you don’t know, please ask FTP server’s administrator; most of FTP servers will work fine with both modes, but if you 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.

2.4.5 SD Card Configuration

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:

Item Description

File Name Prefix

Destination

Specify the filename prefix (the texts whi ch will b e added before the file sequence number).

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

Folder

Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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 4 sub-menus available here:

Detailed descriptions of every setting will be given below.

2.5.1 Camera Information

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:

Item Description

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.

Camera Name

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

Confirm Password

Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.

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.

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

2.5.2 Date / Time Setting

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:

Item Description

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.

Set Date/Time

manually / NTP

Server

You can click ‘Synchronize to PC time’ to use the time of the computer you’re using.

Example: 24

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.

Please input the IP address or host name of NTP server here. You can use default

NTP Server

value ‘pool.ntp.org’, or ask your ISP for the IP address or host name, if they have one.

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.

2.5.3 Utilities

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:

Item Description

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

Upgrade

Firmware

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

THA T THE IP ADDRESS OF THE CAMERA WILL RESET TO DEFAULT VALUE:

192.168.1.61

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

Reset to Factory

Defaults

NOTE: IP address will be reset to default value ‘192.1 68.2.3’ also. You’ ll need to change the IP address setti ng of your computer if the IP address of you r 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.

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

LED Setting

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.

2.5.4 Status

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

2.6 Account

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. When they want to click menus other than ‘Camera’, they will see the following message informing that they don’t have permission to do that:

This camera supports up to 4** 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:

Item Description

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

Password

Confirm password

Add

Input the password of this user here. Input the password of this user here again for confirmation. Click this button to add the account.

When a user is added, it will be listed:

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

Item Description

Enable or disable this user account. If you just want to remove the access privilege of certain account and will give the privilege back later, you don’t have

Yes / No

to delete it, you can set to ‘No’ for this account when you want to remove the privilege temporarily, and set to ‘Yes’ for this user when you want to give the privilege back.

Update

Delete

Update the account’s user name and password. You can input the user name and password for this account again, and click ‘Add’ to change its setting.

Delete this account. Please note that account will be detected right away when you click this button, so think again before you do it.

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.

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

When you’re using SD card to store captured image and video clip, you can have this camera to sen d 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:

Item Description

Recipient E-Mail

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

Address

E-Mail Subject

SMTP Server

Sender E-Mail

Input the title of space alarm E-mail. Input the SMTP server address you wish to use to send E-mail. Input the sender E-mail address of the space alarm E-mail.

Address

Select ‘Enable’ if the SMTP serve r you’re using requires authentication, and input

SMTP

Authentication

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.

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

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

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software

3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software

The IP camera surveillance software provides various functions like video recording, af ter 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. Double click the setup file located in ‘xxx’ folder 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.

6. 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 (IP 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 IP camera surveillance software

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

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

Before you start: IP camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s

resolution is ‘1024 x 768’. Please change the resolution before you use IP camera surveillance software, or it won’t start.

Video displaying area

Language

Display layout

Full screen / Scan

Zoom Out / Zoom In

PTZ Control /

Close window (stop surveillance) / Minimize window

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

Item Description

Message display box

Recording / System configure Playback / Snap shot

Home

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

Scan

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

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 scanning (scan icon will become white

), click again to stop

Zoom out

Zoom In

PTZ control

Home

Recording

Configure

Playback

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

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

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.

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

Start video recording.

Software / camera configuration.

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

Terminates IP camera surveillance software.

(stop surveillance)

Minimize window

Minimizes IP camera surveillance software window.

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

3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software

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:

Note: If you’re prompted by a windows security alert which asks you if you want to block ‘IPCam Viewer’ program, please click ‘Unblock’ button, of IP camera surveillance software will not be able to function correctly.

3-3-1-1 ‘Camera’ tab

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

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description

Channel

Camera Search

Select

Select the channel number you wish to set. All cameras found on your local network will be displayed in ‘Camera Search’ box. Select a camera listed in ‘Camera Search’ box, and click ‘Select’ button to fill all

parameters of selected camera in every camera configuration fields. Rescan all cameras on your local network. If you didn’t see the camera you

Refresh

expected in ‘Camera Search’ box, or new cameras has been joined to your local network after last scan.

Input the name of camera here. Default value is the first 6 bytes of camera’s MAC

Name*

address, you can change the name of camera so you can remember the camera’s location of purpose easily.

Model

IP*

Username*

Web Port* Password

Displays the model of selected camera, this field can not be changed. Input the IP address of camera. Input the user name of camera. Input the web port of the camera. By default it’s ‘80’. Input the password of camera. Default value is ‘1234’. You should change the

password if you changed the password of selected camera.

Video Format**

Reset

Cancel

Select the video encoding format of this camera (MJPEG or MPEG4). Clear all fields in ‘Camera Configuration’ section. Save settings in this tab. 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:

3-3-1-2 Schedule Recording

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

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description

Channel

One Time Schedules

New

(One Time Schedules)

Edit

Select the channel number you wish to set. You can specify the one-time schedule for selected camera; this schedule

will be executed once only. Click this button and a new window will appear:

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

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

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

New

(Weekly Schedules)

Edit

Delete a selected schedule item. 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 chan ges. 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

Cancel

Delete a selected schedule item. Save settings in this tab. Discard all settings in this tab.

3-3-1-3 Audio

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

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description

Channel

Mute Audio

Record Video Only

Cancel

Select the channel number you wish to set. Check this box and the IP camera surveillance soft ware will not play the audio

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

audio captured by this camera. Save settings in this tab. Discard all settings in this tab.

3-3-1-4 Motion Record

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

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.

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description

Channel

Enable

Disable

Recording Time

Invoke alarm when

motion is triggered

Send mail when

motion is triggered

Cancel

Select the channel number you wish to set. Enable motion record function. Disable motion record function. Select the time duration that camera will record when a motion has been

detected from dropdown menu in seconds. Send an alarm when a motion has been detected by the camera.

Send an email to a pre-defined address when a motion has been detected by the camera.

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

3-3-2 General Settings

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:

Item Description

Data Directory

Free Recording

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.

Displays remaining storage space.

Space

Defines the maximum file size of every video file. When the size of file exceeds

Max Video File Size

this value, IP camera surveillance software will open another file to record the video.

Scan Time

Define the time period to pause between every camera switch when you activate ‘Scan’ function.

You can decide the behavior when hard disk space is full:

Cycle Recording

Disable: Do not overwrite recorded video files. Enable: Overwrite recorded video files.

Cancel

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

3-3-2-2 ‘E-Mail Setting’ tab

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

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description

E-Mail Subject

Recipient E-Mail

Specify the subject of sending email. Here lists all email addresses you set.

Address

Click this button and you’ll be prompted to input the email address. Click ‘OK’ to save changes.

New

Edit

Delete

Select an email address from ‘Recipient E-Mail Address’ box, and click ‘Edit’ to edit the email address.

Delete selected email address.

Sender E-Mail

Address

SMTP Server

Specify the email address of email sender.

Specify the IP addre ss or host name of the SMTP server you wish to use. For mo st 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

SMTP Auth

SMTP Account

SMTP Password

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’.

Select ‘Enable’ if your SMTP serve r req uires 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.

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.

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.

Cancel

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

3-3-2-3 Security

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

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

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

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

Item Description

Enable

Disable

Password

Confirm Password

Requires password authentication when this soft ware starts. Password authentication is not required when this software starts. Input the password you wish to use here. Input the password you wish to use here again.

3-3-2-4 About

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

3-4 Change Display Layout

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

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

Displays the video of 1 camera only.

Layout style 1: 1

Camera only

Displays the video of up to 4 cameras.

Layout style 2: 4

Cameras

Layout style 3: 6

Cameras

Displays the video of up to 6 cameras.

Displays the video of up to 8 cameras.

Layout style 4: 8

Cameras

Layout style 5: 9

Cameras

Layout style 6: 10

Cameras

Displays the video of up to 9 cameras.

Displays the video of up to 10 cameras.

Layout style 7: 13

Cameras

Layout style 8: 16

Cameras

Displays the video of up to 13 cameras.

Displays the video of up to 16 cameras.

3-5 Full-screen modes

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

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

3-6 Scan

If you have more than one camera configured, and you wish to switch the displaying image between camera s, you can click ‘Scan’ button to switch between all configured cameras.

NOTE: If a camera is configured but disconnected, it will still be displayed in a scan sequence (you’ll see nothing and you’ll see ‘Disconnected’ text displayed at the upper-left corner of display image).

Click ‘Scan’ button once to activate scan function (scan icon will become blue scanning (scan icon will become white

), click again to stop

3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out

For cameras that support zoom-in / zoom-out function, you can use this function to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera’s view, or enlarge the image size of a certain object to see its detail.

Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image, then click objects that fall in the scope of camera’s view, or click

its detail (Before zoom-in, you may need to use PTZ buttons - described in next section) to find an object you wish to see its detail).

to enlarge the image size of a certain object to see

button to see more

3-8 PTZ

For cameras that support pan - tilt function, you can change the position that ca mera point s to, to see dif ferent places that fall in the scope of camera’s view.

Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image, and th en click the directions you wish the camera to move to (total 8 directions available). Click ‘Home’ button (

(default) position.

) to return to camera’s ho

3-9 Snapshot

You can take a snapshot of selected camera and save it to ‘Snapshot’ sub-folde r of pre-defined dat a dire ctory.

Click snapshot button once to take a snapshot; you can take as much snapshot as you want before hard disk is full.

3-10 Recording

You can start video recording of selected camera manually by clicking ‘Start Recording’ button:

When recording starts, you’ll see a message di splayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 Start Manual’, which means camera 1 starts recordi ng manually on 1/1 at 10:00:00.

To stop recording, click ‘Start Re cording’ button again, and you’ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 St op Manual’.

3-11 Video Playback

You can playback all recorded video by clicking this button.

A new window will appear:

You have to search the video file before you can play it. There are two kinds of video search: Time Search (search all videos file that falls in a specific period of time) and Motion Search (search all videos recorded by motion detection function and falls in a specific period of time).

Please define the start and end date / time of the time period you wish to search, and then click ‘Search’ button (of ‘Time Search’ of ‘Motion’ Search’). All found videos will be displayed, select the video you wish to play and click ‘Play’ button to playback.

Chapter IV: Appendix

4.1 Specification

Max Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels Sensor: 300K pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Focal Length: 4.8 mm Aperture: F=1.8

Image (Video Setting)

Image compression: MJPEG Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 30fps@QVGA, 20fps@VGA Video resolution: 176 x 144, 320x240, 640x480

System Hardware

LAN Connector: One RJ-45 port to connect to 10/100Mbps Ethernet Wireless: IEEE 802.11b/g (*Wireless Model Only) LED Indicator: LAN LED (Green), WLAN LED (Amber), Power LED (Blue)

HTTP/Utility

Includes easy-to-use Viewer & Recorder utility Provides Admin utility & WEB browser Management View multiple cameras simultaneously - Up to 4 cameras at a time Manual/Schedule Record, Video Playback/Stop/Forward/Pause Supports four additional user accounts for viewing camera Auto sending Snap Shot by E-mail or FTP Support DDNS and UPnP functions Supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista Firmware Upgradeable

EMI & Safety

FCC, CE

4.2 Troubleshooting

If the IP camera is not working properly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for help, please check the troubleshooting list here, this may help you to solve the problem by yourself and therefore saves your valuable time.

Scenario Possible Solution

a. Please confirm the IP address setting of the computer you’re using. If they’re not in the same subnet, they will not be able to communicate with each other.

b. Please make the IP address you used to connect to the IP camera is correct. c. If you forget the IP address of the IP camera, you will have to reset it to factory

default value (which is 192.168.2.3) by pressing ‘reset’ button at the bottom of the IP camera. You’ll need a pen or pin to be able to press the reset button.

I can not connect to

IP camera

Press and hold reset button for 5 seconds, then try to connect to the IP camera with IP address ‘192.168.2.3’ again.

d. Please make sure IP camera is correctly powered (the ‘Power’ LED should be on).

e. If you’re trying to connect to the IP camera from Internet, please make sure the port that IP camera uses (Video and HTTP port, see section 2.3.1) is not blocked by firewall or other software / hardware.

f. Contact dealer of purchase for help, if above solutions do not work.

Image refreshes

very slow

IP camera is not

responding

Image is fuzzy

a. Try a higher frame rate setting, if it’s not 30. b. Try a lower resolution.

c. If you’re connecting this camera from Internet, it could be caused by a slow Internet connection, and it’s not a problem caused by camera. However, when the network connection is slow, you should use lower frame rate / resolution.

d. Adjust the antenna if you’re using wireless connection. The antenna should be perpendicular to the ground to get best reception, and the distance between IP camera and computer / wireless access point should not be too far.

e. Try to adjust ‘MTU’ setting if you’re using PPPoE to connect to Internet. Ask your ISP or network administrator for detailed instruction.

a. Is the network cable or wireless connection disconnected? Please check it. b. Unplug the power adapter from wall socket and plug it in again after 10

seconds, then try to connect to the IP camera again. c. If IP camera is correctly powered (‘Power’ LED is on), but you still can not

connect to the camera when you’re sure that IP address is correct, please contact dealer of purchase for help).

a. Adjust the focus ring on the camera until the image becomes clear. b. Use a soft cloth to clean the lens on the camera. You can use cloth with water,

but DO NOT use alcohol or other chemical solution. c. Try to adjust brightness setting. d. If there’s any light at the place where IP camera is located, switch it on and

see if image looks better.

I set the IP camera a. If the image is send by Email, please make sure it’s not blocked by any

to send image by

Email or FTP, but

nothing is received

I heard strange

sound when I use

pan / tilt function

anti-spam mechanism. b. Please make sure you have enough permission for FTP uploading (You can

try this by clicking ‘Upload a test file’ button). c. Make sure the user name and / or password of SMTP server is correct, if your

SMTP server requires authentication (You can try this by click ‘Send a test Email’ button).

d. Please check log, if FTP upload or Email sending is failed, it will be logged, and this may give you some clue on how to solve the problem.

e. Change the threshold to a more sensitive setting. a. Please check if anything jams the camera, remove it.

a. If the camera does not respond to you when you’re trying to use pan / tilt function, the servo motor inside the camera may dead. Please return the camera to the dealer of purchase and ask for help.

Nothing is heard at

the camera side when I use ‘Speak to IPCam’ function

An external speaker is required to playback the voice received at computer side.

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