Edimax Technology Co 9550200921 User Manual

Day & Night 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 ......................................................................................... 5

1.3 Product Highlights ........................................................................................ 6

1.4 Familiar with Key Components ................................................................... 7

1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators ................................................................ 13

1.6 Camera Installation .................................................................................... 14

1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera ................................................ 18

1.8 Using Camera Admin Software to Locate Camera ............................... 22

Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface ..................................................... 34

2.1 Camera Settings ......................................................................................... 34

2.2 Video ............................................................................................................. 38

2.2.1 MJPEG ................................................................................................ 39

2.2.2 MPEG4 ............................................................................................... 40

2.2.3 H.264 ................................................................................................... 41

2.2.4 OSD ........................................................................................................... 42

2.2.5 Night Vision .............................................................................................. 43

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

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

2.3.2 Grand Tour ........................................................................................ 46

2.4 Network Settings ......................................................................................... 49

2.4.1 LAN .................................................................................................... 50

2.4.2 WLAN ................................................................................................. 53

2.4.3 Dynamic DNS .................................................................................. 56

2.4.4 UPnP ................................................................................................. 57

2.4.5 LoginFree ......................................................................................... 59

2.4.6 RTSP ................................................................................................. 60

2.5 Motion Detection ......................................................................................... 61

2.5.1 Motion Detection ............................................................................. 62

2.5.2 Motion Region .................................................................................... 64

2.6 System Info .................................................................................................. 71

2.6.1 Camera Information ........................................................................ 72

2.6.2 Date / Time Setting.......................................................................... 73

2.6.3 Utilities ............................................................................................... 75

2.6.4 Status ................................................................................................... 77

2.7 Account ......................................................................................................... 78

2.7.1 Status ................................................................................................... 81

2.7.2 Space Alarm ........................................................................................ 82

2.7.3 File Management ............................................................................................. 84

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software ............................................................... 85

3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software ........................................... 85

3-2 Using IP camera surveillance software ................................................... 89

3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software ............................................ 92

3-3-1 Configure cameras ......................................................................... 92

3-3-2 General Settings ........................................................................... 101

3-4 Change Display Layout ........................................................................... 107

3-5 Full-screen mode ...................................................................................... 110

3-6 Scan............................................................................................................ 11 1

3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out ................................................................................. 112

3-8 PTZ ............................................................................................................. 1 13

3-9 Snapshot .................................................................................................... 114

3-10 Recording ................................................................................................ 115

3-11 Video Playback ....................................................................................... 116

Chapter IV: Appendix .............................................................................................. 117

4.1 Specification .............................................................................................. 117

4.2 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................ 1 18

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(wireless model only) 2
3 Power Adapter 1

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4 Ethernet Cable 1
5 Driver and User Manual CD-ROM 1
6 Accessory kit 1
7 Quick Installation Guide 1

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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 video 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 camera is
installed to your monitoring computer, don’t worry! This IP camera also
supports wireless network, that is, you can link to this camera wirelessly! 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 monitoring 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 the air is encrypted; therefore no one 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.

If the environment is too dark, it’s also not a problem. This camera equips 9
IR-LEDs and will illuminate automatically when the environment is too dark,
and the image captured by this camera will still be clear.

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.
9 automatically-controlled IR LEDs.
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

Focus Ring

IR LEDs

Microphone

Wired & Wireless:

POE model:

Power LED: Indicates power status
Audio LED: Indicates Audio status
LAN LED: Indicates LAN activity
ACT LED: Indicates Data activity
WLAN LED: Indicates Wireless LAN activity
Focus Ring: Adjusts focus
IR LEDs: Lights up when environment is too dark
Microphone: Collects audio

Power LED Audio LED LAN LED WLAN LED
Power LED Audio LED ACT LED LAN LED

Back View

Ethernet
Connector

Antenna Base (L/R) Power Connector SD Card Slot WPS Button Audio Connector

Antenna Base: Connects to supplied antenna
Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter
SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage
WPS Button: click the buttom on IP Cam and click it on the AP you want to
connect for wireless
Audio Connector: Connects to external speaker for audio output
Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network

Back View of Wir ed model

Ethernet
Connector

Power Connector SD Card Slot USB Port Audio Connector

Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter
SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage
USB Port: Connects to certain wireless module.
Audio Connector: Connects to external speaker for audio output
Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network

Back View of POE model

Ethernet
Connector

Power Connector SD Card Slot Audio Connector

Power Connector: Connects to 12V DC power adapter
SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage
Audio Connector: Connects to external speaker for audio output
Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network

Side View

Reset Button

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

Bottom View

Tripod Connector

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

1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators
Wired and Wireless model
LED Name Status Description

Power Off Camera is not powered (camera off)

On Camera is correctly powered (camera on)

LAN Off LAN port not in use

On LAN port in use
Flash Transferring data via LAN port

WLAN Off Wireless LAN not in use

On Wireless LAN in use
Flash at low

speed
Flash Transferring data via wireless LAN

Audio Off Audio function is disabled (Volume 0)

On Audio function is enabled
Flash Two way audio is working

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

POE model
LED Name Status Description

Power Off Camera is not powered (camera off)

On Camera is correctly powered (camera on)

ACT Off No data is transferred

On Transferring data

LAN Off LAN port not in use

On LAN port in use

Audio Off Audio function is disabled (Volume 0)

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.

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

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

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

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

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1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera

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

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

1. Click ‘Start’ -> ‘Control Panel’

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 IP 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 IP

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

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

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

1.8 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_3.0.1’ icon:

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

1. Click ‘Next’ to start install 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 prom pted 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.

1.9 Log Onto Web Management Interface

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

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

If you’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):

OR

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

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

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 wan 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 IP camera points to has a

(or more) fluorescent light(s), the image may look
flashing. In this case, you can adjust this setting
to the frequency of electrical power; this can
improve the image quality effectively. If you
don’t know which one you should use, just try any
of them and select one with less flicker.

Flip Mode If you’re not putting this camera on a horizontal

surface but hang the camera on the ceiling or
wall, you can use this function to rotate the

displaying image.
Brightness /
Saturation /
Sharpness

Volume Adjust the volume of audio output. Press ‘+’ or

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.

‘-‘ 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

Preset Points

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

Snapshot

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 If you wish to enlarge certain portion of the captured

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.

image, you can click this button to set digital zoom:

Fit to Window Size

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.
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 IP camera in ‘Video’ menu.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘V ideo’

management interface.

on the top of web

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

2.2.1 MJPEG

You can adjust video settings when you select ‘M JPEG’ as video type in
‘Camera’ menu.

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

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.

Click ‘Apply’ for settings to t ake effect.

2.2.2 MPEG4

You can adjust video settings when you select ‘M P EG4’ as video type in
‘Camera’ menu.

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

Item Description

Video Resolution Changes the resolution of video. Available

options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x

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

Video Quality Changes video quality. There are 5 levels of

video quality from ‘Lowest’ to ‘Highest’.
Selecting a higher video quality will provide
better video quality, but requires more network
bandwidth.

Frame Rate Changes video frame rate. Available options

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

Click ‘Apply’ for settings to t ake effect.

2.2.3 H.264

You can adjust video settings when you sel ect ‘H.264’ as video type in
‘Camera’ menu.

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

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.

Click ‘Apply’ for settings to t ake effect.

2.2.4 OSD

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:

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.

Click ‘Apply’ for settings to t ake effect.

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

2.2.5 Night Vision

This camera equips with 9 IR LEDs to enhance video quality in the night.
You can enable or disable IR LEDs by ‘Night Vision’ menu:

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

Item Description

Always turn off IR led Do not use IR LEDs, even it’s very dark.
Always turn on IR led Turn IR LEDs on, even it’s very bright.
Auto mode Let camera decide to switch LED lights on or off

automatically: LEDs will light up when it’s too
dark. If you don’t know which option you should

select in this page, select this one.
Turn on/off IR led by
schedule

Click ‘Apply’ for settings to t ake effect.

Switch IR LEDs on or off by schedule. You have

to input start time in ‘Turn on IR led from’

section, and end time in ‘Turn off IR led from’

section.

2.3 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.

2.3.1 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:

UPPER
LEFT

LOWER
LEFT

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)

UP

UPPER
RIGHT

RIGHT LEFT

LOWER
RIGHT

DOWN

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

grand tour will be recalled and you can modify them.

Start / Stop Select a grand tour and click this button to start grand

tour, click again to stop it. After 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

Name Input the name of this set of grand tour here. As you may

have many sets of grand tour, please give it a meaningful

name so you can remember the main purpose of this set.
View 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 by order (from 1 to last number,

and then start from 1 again).

Remove: Remove this position from list.

Save: Save settings for this position.

Close: Close this window and discard all changes.

2.4 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 IP

camera with a fixed IP address.

When ‘DHCP’ is selected, IP address parameters below

will be grayed out.
IP Address Specify the IP address for this IP camera here.
Subnet Mask Specify the subnet mask for this IP camera here.
Gateway Specify the gateway address of the local network here.
Primary DNS Specify the IP address of DNS server here. Please input

IP address only. If you don’t know the address of DNS

server, ask network administrator or your ISP for help.
Secondary DNS Specify the IP address of backup DNS server here. When

primary DNS is unreachable, IP camera will use the IP

address specified here as DNS server.

This field is optional.
Web Port Specify the port number of web management interface

here. If it’s not 80, you’ll have to add ‘:port’ after the IP

address / hostname of this IP camera.

For example, if the HTTP port number you specified here

is 90 and the IP address of IP camera is 10.20.20.30,

then you have to input ‘http://10.20.20.30:90’

in the address bar of Internet explorer.
Enable PPPoE Select ‘Enable’ to activate PPPoE function of this IP

camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
User Name Input the PPPoE username assigned by your ISP here.
Password Input the PPPoE password assigned by your ISP here.
MTU Input the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) given by

your ISP here. Ask your ISP if you don’t know what value

you should input here. Default value should work with

most of ISPs and will give you a nice network

performance.

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

2.4.2 WLAN

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

Item Description

Wireless
Connection
Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection.

Select ‘Enable’ to activate wireless network function of

this IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.

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 and connect to it without wireless access

point).

You can set to ‘Adhoc’ when you don’t have any wireless

access point, but your computer has wireless network

card. Set to ‘Infrastructure’ when you have wireless

access point, and you have computers with wired

network connection.
Available
Networks

Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP

camera. Please note not all access points will be

displayed at the same time, if the access point you

expected to connect does not appear, you may have to

click ‘Refresh’ button for several times until it appears.

The descriptions of all fields is listed below:

Connect: You can select the wireless access point you

wish to connect here.

SSID: the SSID of all found wireless access points will be

shown here. Some wireless access point may hide their

SSID; in this case, you have to identify them by their

MAC address.

MAC Address: If you there are many wireless access

points in proximity or some wireless access point hides

it’s SSID, you can use MAC address to distinguish them.

Signal: Shows the radio signal strength in percent.

Channel: Shows the radio channel of this wireless access

point.

Encryption: Shows the encryption type used by this

wireless access point. You must use the same encryption

type if you wish to connect to a certain wireless access

point. If the wireless access point does not use

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

Configure via
PinCode

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.

2.4.3 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 Select ‘Enable’ to activate Dynamic DNS function of this

IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
Provider Select dynamic DNS service provider here. Only

dyndns.org is available currently.
Host Name Input dynamic DNS host name here.
User Name Input dynamic DNS user name here, must be the same

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

the one you applied on dyndns.org.

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

2.4.4 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. Simply 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 function 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:

You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP
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

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

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

Item Description

RTSP Port Input the port number of RTSP here. Default setting is

554.
MPEG4 RTSP
Path

H.264 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.
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.

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

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
Motion Detection
Interval

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 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).
Sending File
Type

Send snapshot
file to FTP

Send snapshot
file to E-Mail

SD Card Record Select ‘Enable’ to record detected motion to SD card (if

Storage File Type Select saving file type for motion detection: JPEG (still

Record File Size Input the maximum file size of saved file in Mbytes.

Record to Folder Select ‘Enable’ to save file to a network folder which

Authentication If username and password are not required to write files

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

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

Record File Size Input the maximum file size of saved file in Mbytes.

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.

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).

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).

there’s one), and select ‘Disable’ to disable this function.

picture) or AVI MPEG4 / AVI H264 (for motion picture).

Maximum file size is 100.

supports SAMBA (also known as ‘Windows Network

Neighborhood’), select ‘Disable’ to disable this function.

in specified folder, select ‘Anonymous’; if required, select

‘Account’.

network folder.

picture) or AVI MPEG4 / AVI H264 (for motion picture).

Maximum file size is 100.

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

2.5.2 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

Region 1 – 3 Check the box to enable motion detection region 1 to 3.

You can check multiple boxes to enable multiple motion

detection regions. When you checked a box, a new

region (and region number) will be displayed on captured

image.

Sensitivity Move the slide bar to change the motion detection

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.

2.4.3 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
Address
E-Mail Subject Specify the title of sending email, so you can identify the

SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server

Sender E-Mail
Address

Input the email recipient’s Email address here.

mail sent from this camera from others quickly.

(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.

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

to identify the Email sent by this IP camera by sender’s

Email address.

NOTE: Some mail server would reject to deliver the

Email from unknown sender, it’s recommended to input

SMTP
Authentication

your own Email address here, or any other actual one.

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.

2.4.4 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 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 p assive 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

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

Enable Cycle
Recording

File Name Prefix Specify the filename prefix (the texts which will be added

Destination
Folder

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.

before the file sequence number).

Specify the folder name that camera will store the saved

image or video clip.

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

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

Camera Name Please specify the name of this IP Camera here. This can

be used to identify your camera on the network when you

have more than one IP camera in the same network.

Default name begins with ‘IC-‘ plus the last 6 characters

of the MAC address of this IP camera. You can modify

the name to the one you can remember and meaningful

to you, but never give all IP cameras in the same network

with same name.
Password Please specify user name ‘admin’ ‘s password here. (The

one you need when you log onto web management

interface and use ‘admin’ as user name.
Confirm
Password

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

Please input the same password again, to make sure

there’s no typo.

2.6.2 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

Set Date/Time
manually / NTP
Server

Time Zone Please select the time zone of the country / city of

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.

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

Time ‘Yes’; otherwise select ‘No’.
Synchronize to
PC time

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.

Click to input current time of your computer to ‘Set Date /

Time manually’ field.

2.6.3 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

Upgrade
Firmware

If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website,

you can click ’Browse’ button to pick a firmware file

located on your computer’s hard drive and you can

upload the firmware file to the IP camera later.

After you selected a proper firmware file from your

computer, click ‘Upgrade Firmware’ button to start

upgrade. DO NOT DISCONNECT NOW!

If the firmware file you provided is invalid of you didn’t

provide the firmware file, you’ll be prompted to select

another valid firmware file again.

The IP camera will reboot after the upgrade procedure is

done. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE IP ADDRESS OF THE

CAMERA WILL RESET TO DEFAULT VALUE:

192.168.2.3

Reset to Factory
Defaults

Clear all settings in the camera. Please think again

before you do this, and then click this button to reset all

settings.

NOTE: IP address will be reset to default value

‘192.168.2.3’ also. You’ll need to change the IP address

setting of your computer if the IP address of your

computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet

mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to

connect to this IP camera again.

Reboot Device If you found the IP camera is responding slowly or

behaves strange, you can click this button to try to reboot

the IP camera, this may help.
LED Setting Click ‘Turn off LED light’ button to switch the LED light of

this IP camera off, so all LEDs on the IP camera will stop

working, in case you don’t want other people know the

camera is transferring data.

You can click this button again to switch LED lights on

again.

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

2.6.4 Status

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

2.7 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

User List Lists all users currently available.
Login Input the login name (user name) of this account.
Password Input the password of this user here.
Confirm
password
Authority Select the privilege of this user: Operator (able to change

Add Click this button to add the account.
Modify Modify an existing user’s information. You have to select

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

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.

Input the password of this user here again for

confirmation.

system settings) or Guest (View images only).

a user from user list first.

user list first.

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 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:

Item Description

Recipient E-Mail
Address
E-Mail Subject Input the title of space alarm E-mail.
SMTP Server Input the SMTP server address you wish to use to send

Sender E-Mail
Address
SMTP
Authentication

Input the E-mail address you wish to receive space

alarm.

E-mail.

Input the sender E-mail address of the space alarm

E-mail.

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.
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.

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

Item Description

FirstPage Jump to first page of file list.
PrevPage Jump to previous page of file list.
NextPage Jump to next page of file list.
LastPage Jump to last page of file list.
SelectAll Select all files in this page.
ClearAll Clear all files in this page.
Delete Delete selected files.

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software

3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software

The IP camera surveillance software provides various functions like video
recording, after this software is installed, you can use your IP camera to
safeguard your property. Please follow the following instructions to install the
surveillance software.

1. 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.

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 (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.

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.

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

Video displaying area

Close window (stop surveillance) /
Minimize window

Message display
box

Recording / System configure
Playback / Snap shot

Language

Display
layout

Full screen /
Scan

Zoom Out /
Zoom In

PTZ Control /
Home

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

Item Description
Video displaying
area
Language Select a language from this dropdown menu to change

Display layout

Full screen

Scan

Zoom out

The image of all connected cameras will be displayed

here.

display language.

Change camera image display layout (Click a layout icon

to change camera display layout). There are 8 kinds of

available display layouts.

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 ), click again to

stop scanning (scan icon will become white ).

Zoom-out (To see more objects).

Zoom In

PTZ control

Home

Recording

Configure

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

Playback a recorded video file.

Snapshot

Message display Displays all system messages like camera is

Close window
(stop
surveillance)

Minimize window Minimizes IP camera surveillance software window.

Video displaying
area

Take a snapshot of current camera.

disconnected etc.

Terminates IP camera surveillance software.

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 ‘IPCamViewer’ 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 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.
IP* Input the IP address of camera.
Username* Input the user name of camera.
Web Port* Input the web port of the camera. By default it’s ‘80’.
Password Input the password of camera. Default value is ‘1234’.

You should change the password if you changed the

password of selected camera.
Video Format** Select the video encoding format of this camera (MJPEG

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

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

3-3-1-2 Schedule Recording

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

Here are the descriptions of all setting items:

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

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.
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.
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel 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 Select the channel number you wish to set.
Mute Audio Check this box and the IP camera surveillance software

will not play the audio captured by this camera.
Record Video
Only
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

Check this box and the IP camera surveillance software

will not record the audio captured by this camera.

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 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 Send an alarm when a motion has been detected by the

when motion is
triggered

camera.

Send mail when
motion is
triggered
OK Save settings in this tab.
Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.

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

has been detected by the camera.