Ganz DDK-1500 User Manual

INSTALLATION &

OPERATION MANUAL

MPEG-4 IP CAMERA

High Resolution Day & Night (PoE)

DDK-1500

(NTSC)

Before trying to connect or operate this product, please read this manual completely

Table Of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .............................................................................3

1. PRODUCT FEATURES.............................................................................4

1.1 PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS .....................................................................4

1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES ...........................................................................5

1.3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................5

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONT/REAR VIEW.........................................7

2.1 FRONT PANEL AND REAR PANEL...........................................................7

2.2 FLANK PANEL ......................................................................................8

2.3 THE USB FUNCTION ............................................................................9

2.4 POE (POWER OVER ETHERNET).........................................................10

3. INSTALLATION ......................................................................................11

3.1 CONNECTING WITH AN NVR .......................................................11

3.2 CONNECTING WITH A DVR..........................................................11

3.3 CONNECTING WITH A MULTIPLEXER.........................................12

3.4 UPDATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.................................................12

3.5 IP CAMERA SD CARD TROUBLESHOOTING ..........................................14

4. Network Configuration..........................................................................15

4.1 CABLE CONNECTIONS........................................................................15

4.1.1 Connect to a computer ......................................................................................................................15

4.1.2 Connect to a LAN Hub (INTRANET) .............................................................................................16

4.2 CONFIGURE YOUR IP CAMERA NETWORK SETTINGS............................17

4.2.1 Enable DHCP Function.....................................................................................................................17

4.2.2 Set IP Address...................................................................................................................................17

4.3 TCP/IP COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE.................................................19

4.4 TCP/IP INSTALLATION .......................................................................20

4.5 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION SETTING ......................................................21

4.6 CONNECTION TESTING.......................................................................22

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5. Operating Instructions for Image Software and Network..................24

5.1 MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER ......................................................25

5.1.1 Connecting the IP camera ................................................................................................................25

5.1.2 Change Image Setting......................................................................................................................27

5.1.3 Change the Network Setting............................................................................................................30

5.1.4 Change the System Setting ..............................................................................................................39

5.1.5 Change the Application Setting .......................................................................................................47

5.1.6 Change the SD card Setting .............................................................................................................53

5.1.7 Change the Pan/Tilt setting..............................................................................................................54

5.1.8 PPPoE & DDNS...............................................................................................................................55

5.2 THE IP CAMERA IP SURVEILLANCE .....................................................57

5.2.1 Introduction to IP surveillance.........................................................................................................57

5.2.2 Install the IP surveillance in your PC...............................................................................................58

5.2.3 Login the Network camera software................................................................................................59

5.2.4 Operation..........................................................................................................................................62

5.2.4 The Image Viewer............................................................................................................................79

6. ADVANCED OPERATION......................................................................80

7. SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................83

8. Functions of client PC...........................................................................84

APPENDIX 1. –SCANIP..............................................................................85

APPENDIX 2. –IP camera UPnP How To..................................................88

APPENDIX 3. –The ARP function.............................................................98

APPENDIX 4. –Register as a DDNS member ........................................100

APPENDIX 5. –MPEG4 Bit Rate Lookup Table of IP camera...............104

APPENDIX 6. –FAQ..................................................................................105

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

All the following safety and operational instructions to prevent harm or injury to the operator(s) or

other persons should be read carefully before the unit is activated.

WARNING

 To prevent fire or shock hazard, avoid exposing this unit to rain or moisture.

 Do not block ventilation openings.

 Do not place anything on top of the unit that might spill or fall into it.

 Do not attempt to service this unit yourself, as opening or removing covers may

expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Please refer all servicing to

your distributor / retailer.

 Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosols for cleaning.

 To prevent fire or electric shock, do not overload wall outlets or extension cord.

 This unit must be grounded to reduce the risk of electric shocks.

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1. PRODUCT FEATURES

1.1 Product Instructions

This user-friendly device combines cutting-edge sophistication with practical reliability and

convenience, high performance with smooth remote communication. Just plug in the network

cable!! You’ll get live streaming Video & Audio anytime any place! You’ll have security you can rely

on! The especially high resolution has 520 TV lines, a built-in web server and a Network interface to

connect you with the Internet securely and fast.

Other special features include the masking of personal private images with flexible mask-area

positioning and size, the self-downloading automatic video codec and other components, and the

whole unit is very easy to set up. You can access the network to get smooth images through the

real-time and synchronized audio / visual stream provided by the device, because it supports two

compression modes, the MJPEG and the MPEG4 -- you can change from one to the other as you

wish. The MPEG4 file format is a very small size file, so it can save more images over a longer time

and can be set extremely fast. The device also has a built-in website server providing many Internet

functions and protocols, including the MDIX protocol which recognizes both the normal and the

crossover cables, either of which can connect up with an ipxcam.

We hope this device makes it easier for you to get your IP address information. This unit supports

the USB interface which helps you to very easily get an IP address to open the IE browser: just type

in your IP address to the browser and you can access your ipxcam.

The device can hopefully provide the advanced motion detection function to improve your network

surveillance with both the powerful and enhanced multi-zone and multi-sensitivity modes of

detection. We believe this day & night ipxcam is the right answer to all your network surveillance

problems. Try it and you'll see.

Note: Our camera already has a built-in refocus for its Day and Night function. So users

don't need to have an IR lens in this camera, they can just use a normal lens. If an IR
lens is used, the focus will become blurred.

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1.2 Product Features

• 1/3" SONY Super HAD CCD.

• Mechanical IR Cut Filter.

• MPEG4 / MJPEG video compression.

• High resolution: 520 TV

• Supports POE.

• Embedded web server.

• Supports a built-in microphone.

• Supports motion detection.

• Supports the SD card for alarms & scheduled recording.

• Supports USB interface for basic network setup.

• Supports day & night function.

1.3 Technical Specifications

General:

‧Built-in Web Server and network interface. You don’t need a PC to operate.

Installation:

‧Fast and simple installation – connect to your network and assign an IP address within a

minute. The null modem cable enclosed helps you to set up without a network.

Camera:

‧ Digital, 24-bit color.

Image sensor:

‧1/3 inch Sony Super HAD CCD sensor.

‧MPEG4 resolution (pixels): 640×480, 320x240

Exposure:

‧Automatic AGC.

‧White Balance: Indoor installation.

‧Exposure times: 1/60-1/100,000s.

Sensitivity:

‧Minimum Illumination: 0.5 Lux. F1.2

Image:

‧Image frame rate: up to 30 frames/second.

‧Supports two compression modes, the Motion - JPEG and the MPEG4.

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‧5 levels of compression provided. The file size of an M-JPEG compressed image depends

on the image’s actual content. Images with a lot of detail will generate bigger files. The

level of compression determines the image quality. High compression requires smaller

files while low compression gives you finer image quality along with bigger files. The

table below contains the average file size in Kbytes, derived from real life tests.

General I/O:

‧Input/Output connector to trigger the camera vis-a-vis external events, for instance a door

sensor with a solenoid.

System Requirements:

‧Compatible with operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

‧Internet Explorer 6.x.

‧Non-network modem installation needs Windows PC.

Supported Protocols:

‧TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, UDP, SNTP, ICMP, DDNS, DNS, UPnP

Security:

‧Password protection available, unless exposure is preferred.

Connections:

‧RJ 45 twisted pair cable, 10/100 Mbit Ethernet network connection.

‧Input/Output connector to trigger the camera vis-a-vis external events.

Operating Environment:

‧Operation temperature: 41-122° F (5-50° C).

‧Humidity: 20-80% RHG, non-condensing.

WARNING: Avoid aiming the camera at the sun or other extremely bright lights.

Irrespective of whether the camera is used or unused, the CCD image sensor may be

damaged if exposed to very bright objects. Dimensions and weight are as follows.

Dimensions / Weight:

‧Height: 55 (mm)

‧Width: 95 (mm)

‧Length: 62 (mm)

‧Weight: 306 g

(Not including power supply and mini-tripod.)

Accessories Included:

‧CD-R x 1

‧Power supply: 12V DC/2A.

‧Instruction manual.

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2. DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONT/REAR VIEW

2.1 Front Panel and Rear Panel

-- Front Panel -- -- Rear Panel --

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3

4

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1 MICROPHONE: The IP camera has an additional audio function. The device has a

microphone built into its front panel which records sound.

2 Plug Inlet: A DC 12V inlet that connects to an external power supply.
3 ETHERNET (PoE): This is a standard RJ-45 connector for 10/100 Mbps Ethernet networks.

PoE (Power over Ethernet) function:

used for the network connection.

4 AUDIO OUT Connector: The connector provides the unit’s audio signal to a speaker.
5 VIDEO OUT Connector: The connector provides the unit’s composite video signals to a

monitor.

6 POWER indicator: Indicates the power status of the unit. The green light indicates the unit

is activating. The red light indicates the power is on and the SD card cannot be removed.

7 LAN indicator: Indicates the LAN status of the unit. The green light indicates the 100 Mbps

Ethernet network is activating. The red light signals the LAN is data linking.

8 SD CARD slot: This is used for system software updating and archiving / accessing critical

images.

Provides power to the device via the same cable as

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2.2 Flank Panel

-- Left Flank Panel -- -- Right Flank Panel --

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1. Lens Mount: This IP camera is used with either a C or a CS mount lens.

2. DIP Switch:

1. AES: Auto electric shutter.

2. DC IRIS: Use an auto iris (DC drive)

3. DHCP: Turn On / Turn Off to use the DHCP protocol. If the switch points

upwards, the device can change the setup of network function
(enable/disable) via the network.

4. STATIC IP: If the switch points down, the device can’t obtain an IP address

from the DHCP server. This option is needed to configure the
network communication settings.

3. ALARM I/O: This is a 6-PIN connector including the ALARM IN/OUT, ALARM RESET
and GROUND items for connecting with external devices.

 RS485 pin: D+
 RS485 pin: D-
 GND: Ground Contact.
 ALARM IN (INPUT): This is an alarm input which can be programmed in the menu

system to Normally Open or Normally Closed. ( )

 ALARM OUT (OUTPUT): This is an alarm-output trigger. Connect this to external

devices such as buzzers or lights. ( )

 ALARM RST (RESET): This pin connects to an alarm-clear device for clearing an

alarm. ( )

5V

0V(Active)

5V

0V(Active)

5V

0V(Active)

4. RESET: Recover to factory default.

5. 5pin MINI USB Port: The user can use a USB device cable to connect the IP camera to
the USB port on the PC.

6. ALC VR: Iris control VR.

When an auto iris (DC Drive) lens is used, this VR is used to adjust the iris for different

lighting environments. Adjust the VR clock-wise to open the iris and counter-clockwise
to close the iris of the camera.

7. IRIS: Auto iris connector.

This camera works with a DC drive auto iris lens. Please refer to the pin assignment
marked on the camera when connecting the auto iris lens.

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2.3 The USB function

By connecting the IP camera with a PC via the USB connector, the IP camera can provide two

different functions.

1. Insert an SD card: As a card reader.

Insert an SD card into the IP camera, then connect to the PC. You might transfer files between

the SD card and the PC. Once you've connected your IP camera to your computer, the

Windows system will detect the connection and ask you what you want to do with your SD

card.

In another words, if the user connects the IP camera with an SD card and the PC via the USB

connector, the IP camera can be used as a normal card reader.

2. Remove an SD card: As a configuring tool.

Before using the USB configuration setting page, please remember to remove the SD card or

your PC will read the SD card and won’t show this window.

Network
Setting

DHCP ON DHCP OFF

WARNING: After changing the settings, please click the “Apply” button. All of the

options will be effective after removing the USB connector.

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PPPoE
Setting

2.4 PoE (Power over Ethernet)

These technologies will enable the development of new networked appliances, by providing

power as well as data over existing Ethernet cables.

The Summary Comparison of PoE Standards (Table 1) is listed as follows.

Table 1. Summary Comparison of PoE Standards

SOURCE

STANDARD

IEEE

802.3af

using data

pairs

IEEE

802.3af

using spare

pairs

The compatible

tables below.

Connect to a PoE HUB

The Standard RJ-45 PIN configuration for connecting with a PoE HUB is shown below.

Source
Voltage

48 V DC,
protected

48 V DC,
protected

PoE Hubs (Table 2), which can be used with the unit, are shown in the

Manufacturer Model Port Note

PLANET

D-Link

Ethernet RJ-45 connector pin number *

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

RX,

RX,

TX,

DC+

DC+

RX RX TX DC+ DC+ TX DC- DC- (embedded)

spare spare

DC-

Table 2. Compatible PoE HUB

FSP-804P 4 Port PoE HUB POE-151 1 Port PoE HUB DWL-P200 1 Port PoE HUB

TX,

spare spare (embedded)

DC-

Load

Voltage

LOAD

DC Load

Connector

REMARKS

Industry

Standard

for

embedded

PoE

Industry

Standard

for

embedded

PoE

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3. INSTALLATION

Please follow the instructions and the diagram below to set up the system.

NOTE: The ipxcam is linked by its Video Out connection via a BNC connector to a monitor's

Video In connection. If this connection is there, you can see some information on the
monitor screen, such as the IP camera factory default Static IP address(192.168.1.168).

But the IP camera Static IP address can only appear if there is a connection between the

IP camera and another device. If there is no such connection, the IP camera factory

default Static IP address will not appear on the monitor screen.

3.1 CONNECTING WITH AN NVR

Use a straight LAN cable to connect directly to an NVR.

LAN CAMERA

CONNECT TO ETHERNET
RJ45 CONNECTOR

CONNECT TO NVR
ETHERNET PORT

AUDIOVIDEO

OUT

3.2 CONNECTING WITH A DVR

CONNECT TO VIDEO OUT
BNC CONNECTOR

CONNECT TO DVR
VIDEO IN

FROM MUX

VIDEO

MAIN MONITOR

AUDIO

IN

OUT

TO

TO

MUX'S VCR IN

MONITOR

SD Card

RS-485

ETHERNET

10/100

OUT

ALARM

RS-232

I/O

DC12V

LAN CAMERA

SD Card

ETHERNET

10/100

RS-485

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ALARM

RS-232

I/O

DC12V

IN

OUT

3.3 CONNECTING WITH A MULTIPLEXER

LAN CAMERA 1

TO LAN CAMERA VIDEO OUT BNC CONNECTOR

LAN CAMERA 2

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3.4 UPDATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE

If the system software of the IP camera needs to be upgraded, please take the following steps to

safely process it.

Important: Before carrying out the following procedures, please ensure the SD card is

working and the file of the system firmware is intact

1. Format an SD card using the FAT16 format if it is unformatted; there are no limitations to an SD

card’s capacity.

2. Create a directory named IPXCAM in the SD card if it does not exist.

3. Copy the file of UPDATE.BIN to the IPXCAM-directory.

4. If the IP camera is running, please power it off first.

5. Insert the SD CARD into the IP camera.

6. Remove the Ethernet cable from the RJ-45 port and then power on the IP camera.

7. In 5 to 10 seconds, a message reading "UPDATE PROCESSING" will show up on the screen on

a blue background; if not, please check out steps 1 to 6 carefully or else inform your technical

support while ignoring the following steps.

8. DO NOT power off the IP camera while this update process is running until the message

"UPDATE OK RESET PLEASE" appears on the screen; it might take 15 to 30 seconds to

appear.

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9. If the message "UPDATE NG RESET PLEASE" appears rather than "UPDATE OK RESET

PLEASE", please write down the error messages shown on the screen and inform your

technical support, while ignoring the following steps.

10. Power off the IP camera when this update process is finished, then remove the SD card from

the IP camera.

11. Reconnect the Ethernet cable to the RJ-45 port if necessary.

12. Power ON the IP camera and it will work normally if the entire update procedure goes correctly.

13. Verify the version of the system software.

WARNING:

1. Don’t use FAT32 or NTFS or other file formats in step 1.

2. Steps 1 to 3 have to be done on a PC.

3. Make sure the file of UPDATE.BIN is a correct one in step 3, or the IP camera will not
work normally after being updated.

4. If the power of the IP camera is suddenly lost in step 8, please remove the SD card first
and turn on the IP camera next to test its operation. If the IP camera remains working
normally, please go back to step 4; otherwise, please inform your technical support.

5. In step 10, if the SD card is not removed and the IP camera does not get online as well,
the updating process must be repeated again after rebooting the IP camera.

6. Make sure that the SD card is inserted in a correct position in step 5, or the IP camera
will suffer permanent physical damage.

7. If the message "CSUM ERROR" appears in step 8, it implies a problem in the file of
UPDATE.BIN.

8. Don’t interrupt the process while the unit is updating itself; proceed with an SD card
not including any system software of the unit, or else the unit will crash.

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3.5 IP camera SD card Troubleshooting

1. Check if the SD card position is correct or not. Please refer to the manual for the related

information.

2. After powering the IP camera on, correctly insert the SD card, and a little icon of "SD" will show

up in the upper-right corner of the monitor screen. If not, it means the device detection has failed.

Please contact your technical support and ignore the following steps.

3. If no cross sign appears beside the "SD" icon, please go on to the next step. If a cross sign

appears, please check the following:

a. Is it really an SD "Memory" Card?

b. Is this SD card formatted in the FAT16 format?

c. Connect the SD card with a PC and test to see whether the PC can read the data or not.

d. Does this SD card still have the capacity for storing data?

e. Is the SD card set to write?

If all the answers are "yes" but the cross sign still persists, please contact your technical support

and ignore the following steps.

4. Please make sure the function of "SD CARD ENABLE" is activated in the ALARM and

SCHEDULE pages if no cross sign appears beside the "SD" icon on the screen.

5. After recording, read the data on the web page of "sdget.htm". If the data cannot be read through

the network, please read it instead in a PC, check the data stored in the "IPXCAM" directory and

contact your technical support regardless of whether there is data or not.

WARNING

1. Performing this troubleshooting process may need a monitor, a PC, a card reader and

some cables.

2. If the SD card is removed while storing or accessing data, the data will be lost.

3. If there is a cross sign beside the "SD" icon, it means the SD card has been inserted into

the IP camera but cannot perform its writing function. Possible reasons are:

4. Turn off the power before inserting the SD card. Otherwise the unit may shut down.

:

a. It is not an SD memory card.
b. The SD card is unformatted or formatted in a non-FAT16 or non-FAT12 format.
c. The file system is damaged.
d. The capacity of the SD card is full.
e. The SD card is set to be read only.

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4. Network Configuration

4.1 Cable Connections

Please follow the instructions below to connect your IP camera to a computer or a network and to

choose a proper RJ-45 cable configuration for connections.

Physical specifications of the RJ-45 cable for Ethernet

Wire Type Cat. 5
Connector Type RJ-45
Max. Cable Length 100 m
Hub Wiring Configuration Straight Through
PC Wiring Configuration Straight

4.1.1 Connect to a computer

Use a straight LAN cable to connect directly to a computer.

LAN CAMERA

CROSSOVER CABLE

TO PC LAN CARD

CROSSOVER CABLE PIN CONFIGURATION

RJ-45

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4.1.2 Connect to a LAN Hub (INTRANET)

The RJ-45 PIN configuration for connecting with a LAN Hub is shown below.

TO PC NETWORK CARD

LAN CAMERA

RJ-45

uplink

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4.2 Configure Your IP camera Network Settings

Upon connecting with the network hardware, you need to activate the network function and

configure the proper network settings of the IP camera.

4.2.1 Enable DHCP Function

This function can only work if the LAN, which the unit is connected to, has a DHCP server. If the
DHCP server is working, please move the dip switch points up to 3 on the flank panel; now the IP

camera will obtain an IP address automatically from the DHCP server. In that case, please skip

section 4.2.2 (Set IP address) and follow section 4.3 (TCP/IP Communication Software).

4.2.2 Set IP Address

You need to set an IP address for the unit if the LAN unit isn’t connected to a DHCP server.

Otherwise, please follow the instructions given below:

Set the IP, MASK and GATEWAY. The following is a sample setting.

IP: 192.168.1.X

MASK: 255.255.255.0

GATEWAY: 0.0.0.0

NOTE: When only one unit of the IP camera is connected to a computer or LAN, you can

freely assign an IP address for the IP camera. For example, there is a range of IP
camera IP addresses from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255. You can pick one for use
from the range of the IP. It’s not necessary to set MASK and GATEWAY; leave the
settings as default.
When an IP camera is connected to a WAN, you must acquire a unique,
permanent IP address and correctly configure the MASK and GATEWAY settings
according to your network architecture. If you have any questions regarding
those settings, please consult a qualified MIS professional or your ISP.

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NOTE: When connecting to a network, each connected IP camera must be assigned a

unique IP, which must be in the same class type as your network address. IP
addresses are written as four sets of numbers separated by periods; for example,

192.168.1.1 Therefore, if the connected network is identified as Class C, for
example, the first three sets of numbers of the IP camera IP address must be the
same as the network address. If the connected network is identified as Class B,
the first two sets of numbers of the IP camera IP address must be the same as the
network address. If you have any questions regarding these settings, please
consult a qualified MIS professional or your ISP.

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4.3 TCP/IP Communication Software

Follow the procedure below to install the TCP/IP communication program in your computer.
Click the Start menu from your computer, and point to the Settings/Control Panel.

Double click the Network icon to enter the windows.

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Click the Configuration tag, and check if the TCP/IP is included among the network

components list. If the TCP/IP is included, please process section 4.5. If it is not included, please

follow section 4.4 to install the TCP/IP.

4.4 TCP/IP Installation

During the installation, you will be requested to insert the Windows CD-ROM. After installation,

the PC may be restarted.

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4.5 TCP/IP configuration setting

Click Start → Settings → Control Panel → Network.
Select TCP/IP

Before processing the IP camera installation in a WAN, please make sure the Internet

connection works properly. If not, please contact your ISP provider.

, and then click Properties.

If you are using a DHCP server, please select Obtain an IP address automatically

assigned IP address for the connected IP cameras must be in the same class type as the server.
If there is no DHCP server, please select specify an IP address

your PC. This IP address must be different from other network IP devices but in the same class

type.

NOTE: The IP address of an IP camera in a network must be unique to itself as opposed
to those of the other chosen PCs, but in the same class type.

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and type in the IP address of

. Any

4.6 Connection Testing

With the previous settings, follow the instructions below to ensure whether you have established

the connection successfully.
Click Start → Programs → MS-DOS Prompt

Type in ping 192.168.1.168,
** This IP is the IP camera IP address that is assigned for the connected IP camera in step2.

then enter. (See the sample screen below).

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If you receive a response as in the sample screen below, the connection hasn’t been

successfully established. Please re-check all the hardware and software installations by

repeating steps 1 to 5. If you still can’t establish the connection after rechecking, please contact

your dealer.

Type Camera IP address

If you receive a response as in the sample screen below, you have successfully made the

connection.

Type Camera IP address

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5. Operating Instructions for Image Software and Network

Two choices of software are available for linking with the IP camera: (1) the Microsoft Internet

Explorer; and (2) the IP camera VIEWER, a network browser in a PC which provides the

functions of monitoring remote zones or watching recorded data through the TCP/IP protocol.

The details are listed as follows.

RJ-45 PIN configuration for Ethernet

PIN NO. PIN Assignment

1. TX +

2. TX -

3. RX +

4. Not Connected

5. Not Connected

6. RX -

7. Not Connected

8. Not Connected

Physical specification for Ethernet

Wire type Cat. 5
Connector type RJ-45
Max. cable length 100 m
Hub wiring configuration Straight Through or Cross Over
PC wiring configuration Straight Through or Cross Over

RJ-45 socket

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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5.1 Microsoft Internet Explorer

5.1.1 Connecting the IP camera

1. Start up the Microsoft Internet Explorer, and then follow the steps below to connect the IP

camera.

2. Click the URL block at the top of the window.

3. Enter the URL address of the IP camera into the URL block and press the “Enter” button to

enter the home page.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the page, with its five icons, "Image", "Network", "System",

"Application" and "SD card". Whichever you click, the page headlined "Enter Network

Password" will appear.

5. Type in the "User Name" and "Password" in the appropriate spaces.

6. Click the “OK” button to set your entries, and automatically exit the page.

NOTE: The default "User Name" and "Password" are root and Admin respectively.
NOTE: The page headlined "Enter Netw ork Password” is shown below. Please enter the

user name and password of the IP camera when you see it. If either the user name
or the password is incorrect, please check the input data and rectify it if
necessary.

NOTE: Once authorized successfully, it will not appear again until you close th e window

and reconnect it.

NOTE: The initial sequence of proceeding is to type in your IP address and click the "Enter"

button to access the home page. If and when you revise or change data in the "SYSTEM
USERS" page, the sequence will alter to initially show the "Enter Network Password"
page.

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Browsing images from the IP camera

The images from the IP camera will be displayed on the home page while going online with the IP

camera. Some buttons of the home page are provided for further setting. In MJPEG mode or in

MPEG4 mode, there are different display formats of its home page.

Homepage of MJPEG mode Homepage of MPEG4 mode

 Click the Image button to enter the image-setting page.
 Click the Network button to enter the network-setting page.
 Click the System button to enter the system-setting page.
 Click the Application button to enter the application-setting page.
 Click the SD card button to open the SD card- FILELIST of the MEMORY CARD window, if

the SD card is inserted.

 Click the Pan/Tilt button to change the Pan/Tilt/Zoom settings.

 Click the

 Click the

 Click the

 Click the

In the recording mode, there will appear a red twinkling icon
corner of the image. The AVI file will be saved in the path of c:\ .

 Digital zoom function: Click the left mouse button on the video display area, and it will

show the zoom-in images. Double click the left mouse button to see the maximum size.

Click the right mouse button on the video display area, and it will show the zoom-out

images. Double click the right mouse button to come back to the normal size.

button to switch high/low speed network.

button to play the live audio. Click once again to deactivate.

button to archive AVI videos into your PC. Click once again to deactivate.

button to change the time/date display mode.

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5.1.2 Change Image Setting

Please follow the steps below to change the image setting through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Image button on the home page to enter the image-setting page.

Image setting page of MJPEG mode Image setting page of MPEG4 mode

2. Adjust the image setting including “Device Title”, “Resolution”, “Quality”, “Frame rate”

(MPEG4 mode only), “Format”, and “Viewer Type” (MJPEG mode only) if necessary.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new image setting.

4. Click the Fine Tune button to enter the Image Fine Tune page to set the details of the device

including: “Brightness”, “Saturation” and “Sense Up”. Click the Default button to reset all the

settings.

NOTE: The revised image will appear immediately after any change in made.

5. Click the Privacy Mask button to enter the Privacy Mask page.

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6. Click the Day & Night button to enter the Privacy Mask page. Click the drop-down list to

choose the Day & Night mode of “Auto”, “Day mode”, “Night mode” and “Schedule”.

Note: In the “Schedule” mode, you can click the icon to set the Day

each hour. “0” means “00:00~00:59”, “1” means “01:00~01:59”, and so on.

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or Night mode of

7. Click the Home button to return to the home page while the new image setting acts on the

images to effect the desired changes instantly. (If the setting has not been changed by the

above steps, any (re)entry onto the home page will find images in their earlier or original

setting.)

Exchange the image format

1. Tick on one of the formats then press the Submit button.

2. The IP camera will restart automatically after several seconds.

Description of function keys:
MPEG4 mode:

Device Title: Type in the camera title in the given space.
Resolution: Scroll to choose the image resolution from “VGA” or “QVGA”.
Quality: Scroll to choose the image quality out of a spectrum of qualities ranging from

“highest”, ”high”, “medium”, and “low” to “lowest”. In MPEG4 mode, you can also set

the quality by typing in the value. The custom quality value must be in the range

between 64 Kbps to 8192 Kbps.

Frame rate: Click the drop-down list to choose the frame rates of “15FPS”, “24FPS” or

“25FPS”.

Format: Click to choose the “MJPEG” or the “MPEG4” mode.

Fine Tune mode

Brightness: Enter your desired quality of image brightness from a spectrum of 0 to 255.
Saturation: Typ e in the saturation level in the blank (0 to 255).

MJPEG mode:

Viewer type: Click to choose the viewer type of the “ActiveX” or “AJAX” mode.
Submit: Click to submit the new image setting to the IP camera.
Default: Click this button to install the default settings in all the entries for image parameters

on this page.

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5.1.3 Change the Network Setting

Please follow the steps below to change the network setting through the network if necessary.

 Set the network options and IP address.

1. Click the Network button in the home page to enter the Network page.

2. The accessible networks here are the “SNTP”, “DDNS”, “PPPoE”, ”UPnP” and

the ”Traffic”.

3. Fill in the “IP Address”, “Netmask”, “Default gateway”, “Primary nameserver”, and “HTTP

Port” if necessary.

4. Click the Submit button to submit the new network setting.

5. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

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Description of function keys:

IP Address: Enter the 4-byte IP Address in the appropriate blank space (the value in each

box may be anywhere between 0 and 255). Every IP camera has to own an IP address to

be identified on the network.

Netmask: Fill in the 4-byte Subnet Mask in the required blank spaces (usually any numbers

between 0 and 255). It is used to identify the subnet where the IP camera is sited.

Default Gateway: Type in the 4-byte Gateway in the relevant blank spaces (each unit value

must be between 0 and 255).

Primary Nameserver: Enter the 4-byte DNS Server Address in the blank spaces provided

(each value unit must be between 0 and 255). The DNS Server is in charge of translating

the Domain Name into the IP Address.

HTTP Port: Indicates the specific HTTP Port Number. The default is 80.
Submit: Click to submit the new network setting to the IP camera.

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 Change the Network Setting — SNTP.

Please follow the steps below to change the SNTP setting through the network if necessary.

1. Click the SNTP button at upper left above to enter the “SNTP Server Setting” page.

2. Enter the IP Address of the SNTP server, and choose one of the time zones as and when

necessary.

3. Click “Automatically Adjust for Daylight Saving Time Changes” to checkmark the attached box

and activate the function.

4. Click the Submit button to submit the new SNTP setting.

5. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:

SNTP Server: Enter the SNTP server DOMAIN NAME in the blank space provided.
Time Zone: As we know, the globe is divided into various time zones. The user must enter his/her

time zone. If this is not done, the time given by the unit may be incorrect.

Submit: Click to submit the new SNTP setting to the IP camera.

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 Change the Network Setting — DDNS.

The “Network” page has, on its upper left, the “DDNS” icon. Please follow the steps below to change the

DDNS setting through the network if necessary.

1. Click the DDNS button at upper left above to enter the “DDNS Setting” page.

2. Click “Enable DDNS Function” to checkmark the attached box and activate the function.

3. Click ”DDNS Type” to open the list of two DDNS modes to choose from: “DynDNS” and “hn”. Click

the “Apply” button and connect their website automatically and visit it. Type in your dynamic IP

Address and Email Address. If they are accepted by the website, you will get an Email containing

your DDNS Account and DDNS Password in your Email box.

4. Type in the “DDNS Host Name”, the “DDNS Account” and the “DDNS Password”.

5. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting.

6. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

NOTE: Please refer to section 5.1.8 (PPPoE & DDNS) for more details.

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Description of function keys:
Enable DDNS Function: Checkmark to activate the function.
DDNS Type: Click to open the list of two DDNS modes to choose from: “DynDNS” and “hn”. Click the

“Apply” button and connect this website automatically and enter it. Type in your dynamic IP

Address and Email Address. If they are accepted by the website, you will get an Email

containing your DDNS Account and DDNS Password in your Email box.

DDNS Host Name: Type in your host name in the attached space.
DDNS Account: Enter it in the given space.
DDNS Password: Enter it in the required space.
Submit: Click to set.

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 Change the Network Setting — PPPoE.

The “Network” page has, on its upper left, the “PPPoE” icon. Please follow the steps below to change the

PPPoE setting through the network if necessary.

1. Click the PPPoE button at upper left above to enter the “PPPoE Setting” page.

2. Please read the “PPPoE Troubleshooting” document first, then press “Close’ button.

3. Click the “PPPoE mode” to activate the function.

4. Type in the PPPoE “Account” and the PPPoE “Password”.

5. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting.

6. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

NOTE: Please refer to section 5.1.8 (PPPoE & DDNS) for more details.

Description of function keys:
PPPoE mode: Click your choices to enable the PPPoE function.
Account: Enter it in the given space.
Password: Enter it in the required space.
Submit: Click to set.

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 Change the Network Setting —UPnP.

The “Network” page has, on its upper left, the “UPnP” icon. Please follow the steps below to change the

UPnP setting through the network if necessary.

1. Click the UPnP button at upper left above to enter the “Universal Plug and Play” page.

2. Click “Enable UPnP” to checkmark the attached box and activate the function.

3. Type in the UPnP “Max Expired Age”, the “SSDP Port” and the “UPnP Port”.

4. Click “Enable UPnP Memory Card Access” to checkmark the attached box and activate

the function.

5. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting.

6. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:
Max Expired Age: Enter it in the given space from a range of 10~3600.
SSDP Port: SSDP stands for Simple Service Discovery Protocol. SSDP searches for upstream Internet
gateways using UDP port 1900.
UPnP Port: Type in the UPnP Port in the attached space.
Submit: Click to set.

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 Change the Network Setting — IP Filter

The “Network” page has, on its upper left, the “IP Filter” icon. Please follow the steps below to change the

IP Filter setting through the network if necessary.

1. Click the IP Filter button at upper left above to enter the “Network Setting” page.

2. Click “Enable IP Filter” to checkmark the attached box and activate the function.

3. Select the Default policy.

4. Set the Allow/Deny IP Filter policy and enter its IP address.

5. After setting the policies, they will be shown on the Policy List. The user can use the “Up” or
“Down” to select a policy and use the “Delete” button to erase it.

6. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting.

7. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Note: The settings of the IP Filter must be correct or you may not able to operate the device regularly. In

case of the wrong setting of the IP Filter and you can’t access the device normally, please press the
“Default” button on the rear panel of the camera for back to the factory default setting.

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 Change the Network Setting —Network Traffic.

The “Network” page has, on its upper left, the “Traffic” icon. Please follow the steps below to change the

UPnP setting through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Traffic button at upper left above to enter the “Network Traffic” page.

2. Type in the “Maximum Upload Bandwidth” and the “Maximum Download Bandwidth”.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting.

4. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:

Maximum Upload Bandwidth: Enter it in the given space from a range of 0 to 102400.
Maximum Download Bandwidth: Enter it in the required space from a range of 0 to 102400.

Submit: Click to set.

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5.1.4 Change the System Setting

Please follow the steps below to change the date and time of the system setting through the network if

necessary.

 Set the Date and Time of the system

1. Click the System button in the home page to enter the “Date And Time” page (default).

2. Choose one of the three modes shown on the page to set the Date and Time of the system. The three

modes are “Set Manually”, “Synchronize With Computer Time”, and “Synchronize With SNTP

Server”.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new Date and Time settings.

4. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:

The Local Time: Shows the current date and time of the Network camera.
Set Manually: Manually sets the date and time of the Network camera.
Synchronize With Computer Time: Synchronizes with the linking computer.
Synchronize With SNTP Server: Synchronizes with the SNTP server. In this mode, two choices of

adjusting are provided: doing it manually or setting the frequency to enable the system to do it

automatically.

Submit: Click to submit the new setting to the Network camera.

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 Change the System Setting — Timestamp.

Please follow the steps below to change/add the timestamp through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Timestamp button on the left side of the “System - Date and Time” page to enter the

“System - Timestamp” page.

2. Click “Enable Timestamp” to checkmark the attached box and activate the function

3. Add or modify any timestamp’s data if necessary.

4. Enter the "Timestamp Color" you have chosen.

5. Enter the "Timestamp Location" you have chosen.

6. Enter the "Timestamp Format" you have chosen.

7. Click the Submit button to submit the new user’s setting.

8. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:
Enable Timestamp: Checkmark to activate the function.
Timestamp Color: Click to open the list of eight color modes to choose from: “BLACK”, “WHITE”, “RED”,

“ORANGE”, “YELLOW”, “GREEN”, “BLUE”, and “PURPLE”.

Timestamp Location: Click to open the list of four location modes to choose from: “UPPER LEFT”,

“UPPER RIGHT”, “BOTTOM LEFT”, and “BOTTOM RIGHT”.

Timestamp Format: Click to open the list of six format modes to choose from: “YY/MM/DD”,

“MM/DD/YY”, “DD/MM/YY”, “YY/MM/DD TITLE”, “MM/DD/YY TITLE”, and “DD/MM/YY

TITLE”.

Submit: Click to set.

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 Change the System Setting — Users.

Please follow the steps below to change/add the users’ authority through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Users button on the left side of the “Date and Time” page to enter the “Users” page.

2. Add, modify or delete any user’s data if necessary.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new user’s settings.

4. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:

User List: The list shows the registered user(s) and the corresponding authority.
Delete: Deletes a selected user.
Name: Enter the user’s name, which will be added or modified.
Password: Enter the new password of the user’s name above.
Confirm: Type in the password again for verification.
Authority: Choose an authority option of the user’s name from: Admin, Operator, and Viewer.
Submit: Click to submit the new setting to the Network camera.

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 Change the System Setting — Digital I/O.

Please follow the steps below to change the Digital I/O through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Digital I/O button on the left side of the “Date and Time” page to enter the “Digital I/O

Setting” page.

2. Mark the “Digital Input” “ON” or “OFF” and the “Digital Output” “ON” or “OFF”. Click your choices to

enable.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new user’s settings.

4. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:
Digital Input: Select “ON” or “OFF” to use the GPIO connector or shut it down.
Digital Output: Select “ON” or “OFF” to use the GPIO connector or deactivate it.

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 Change the System Setting — Audio Mechanism.

Please follow the steps below to change the Audio Mechanism through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Audio Mechanism button on the left side of the “Date and Time” page to enter the “Audio

Mechanism Setting” page.

2. Mark the “Audio Mechanism” “ON” or “OFF”.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new user’s settings.

4. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

NOTE: This setting is for turning the audio mechanism of the Camera on/off automatically.
The Live audio service is only provided in the MPEG4 mode via the Web browser.

Description of function keys:

Audio Mechanism: Select “ON” or “OFF” to activate or deactivate the function.

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 Change the System Setting — RS485 Setting.

Click the RS485 Setting button on the left side of the “Date and Time” page to enter the “RS485 Setting”
page.

Description of function keys:
Baud rate: Eight different speeds can be used: 2400 baud per second, 4800 baud, 9600 baud,

19200 baud, 28800 baud, 38400 baud, 57600 baud and 115200 baud.

Type: Choose one of the types.
Device ID:
Raw format: Set to transmit the ASCII codes.

Canonical format: Set to transmit the character string.

You have the option of using an ID code (any number between 1 and 255).

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 Change the System Setting — Update Firmware.

Please follow the steps below to update the firmware through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Update Firmware button on the left side of the “Date and Time” page to enter the “Update

Firmware” page.

2. Click the “Browse…” button to select the UPDATE.BIN file which was copied into your computer.

3. Click the “Update” button.

4. DO NOT power off the Network camera while this update process is running.

Note: Don’t interrupt the process while the unit is updating itself.
Note: Please make sure that the UPDATE.BIN file is fit in with the model of the unit. Updating

with the wrong UPDATE.BIN file may cause any physical damage to the device.

Note: The Temporary Internet Files (or cache) folder contains Web page content that is stored on your

hard disk for quick viewing. We suggest deleting the Temporary Internet Files immediately after

updating the firmware. To delete the files in the Temporary Internet Files folder, follow these steps:

1. Quit Internet Explorer and quit any instances of Windows Explorer.

2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Opti ons.

3. On the General tab, click Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files.
In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box, and

4.

then click OK.

5. Click OK.

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 View the Event Logs.

Please follow the steps below to view events through the network if necessary.

1. Click the Events button on the upper left above to enter the “Event Log” page.

2. Choose one of the three buttons shown on the page to view an event when necessary. The three

buttons are titled “First Page”, “Previous 20”, and “Next 20”.

Description of function keys:

First Page: Displays the first page.
Previous 20: Displays the previous 20 pages.
Next 20: Displays the next 20 pages.

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5.1.5 Change the Application Setting

Please follow the steps below to change the application setting through the network if necessary.

 Change the Application Setting — SD Card Application Setting.

Please follow the steps below to change the SD CARD setting via the network if necessary to upload
recording data live. Click the SD card button on the top left to enter the “SD Card Application Setting”

page.

SD Card setting page of MJPEG mode SD Card setting page of MPEG4 mode

1. You have an option as to which SD - card storage format to use, the MJPEG (MJPEG mode only)

or the AVI. Click your selected format and click "Submit" to set it.

2. If it's MJPEG you want, fill in the "Max MJPEG Numbers" entry.

3. If AVI is your choice, enter its recording rate and duration in seconds, and click "Submit" for their

setting.

Description of function keys:
MJPEG Format: One image per file.
Max MJPEG Numbers: Sets the number of file sequences you can save per second.
AVI Format audio setting: Unlike a single – image file, this option offers a selected section of a video

record.

Recording Rate: Sets your chosen frame rate of frames per second.
AVI Durati on: Predetermines the length of each video file in terms of seconds.
Enable SD Card Rewrite: Tick to activate the SD card rewrite function.
SD Card Capacity: The free capacity of the SD card.
SD Card Usage: The percentage of the recorded file on the SD card.

: Click and press the Yes button to format the SD card.

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 Change the Application Setting —Language Setting.

Please follow the steps below to change the Language setting via the network if necessary.

1. Click the Language button on the left side to enter the “Language Setting” page.

2. You have an option as to which language to use. The default is “English”

3. Click your selected language and click "Submit" to set it.

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 Change the Application Setting —Record Application Enable Setting.

Please follow the steps below to change the setting via the network if necessary.

1. Click the Enable Record button on the left side of the record to enter the “Record Application

Enable Setting” page.

2. Click “Enable Record – Save Into SD Card” to checkmark the attached box and activate the

function.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting of the recording.

4. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:
Enable Record – Save Into SD Card: Activates or deactivates the recording to the SD card.

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 Change the Application Setting —Record - Schedule.

1. Click the Application button on the home page to enter the “Record - Schedule” page.

2. Check/uncheck any/all of the first seven boxes set vertically in the upper half of the “Schedule”

page to enable/disable the programmed recording function, and vary the setting of the targeted

item while it is enabled.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new schedule setting.

4. Click the Remove All Schedules button to clear out all the data of the schedule setting.

Description of function keys:

Schedule: Check / uncheck the first seven boxes in a vertical row on the left to enable/disable the

programmed scheduled recording function if necessary. Vary any of the schedules of the

recording setting if necessary (please refer to the above description).

Chart: Schedule list.
Submit: Click to submit the new setting to the IP camera.
Remove All Schedules: Click to clear out all the data of the schedule setting.

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 Change the Application Setting — Alarm Application Enable Setting.

Please follow the steps below to change the setting via the network if necessary.

1. Click the Enable Alarm button on the left side of the record to enter the “Alarm Application

Enable Setting” page.

2. Click “Enable Alarm – Trigger an Alarm When Ethernet Is Lost” to checkmark the attached box

and activate the function.

3. Click “Enable Alarm – Save Into SD card” to checkmark the attached box and activate the

function.

4. Enter the "Alarm Duration" you have chosen.

5. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting of the recording.

6. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:
Enable ALARM – Trigger an Alarm When Ethernet Is Lost: Activates or deactivates the alarm
triggering while the Ethernet lost.
Enable Alarm – Save Into SD card: Activates or deactivates the alarm recording to be saved to the

SD card.

Alarm Duration: Predetermines the length of the alarm.

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 Change the Application Setting — Alarm - Motion Detection.

Please follow the steps below to enable changes in the motion detection function of the alarm

through the network if necessary.
Set the motion detection:

1. Click the Motion Detection button on the left side of the Alarm to enter the “Alarm – Motion

Detection” page.

2. Click and drag the mouse across a targeted zone to draw a red rectangle on the image

(coordinates provided below).
NOTE: You can set more than one targeted zone depending on your requirement.

3. Enables / disables the motion detection function.

4. Set up the signal level.

5. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting of the recording.

6. Click the Home button to return to the home page.

Description of function keys:

The targeted zone: Click and drag the mouse across the targeted zone to draw a red

rectangle on the image.
Detection Range: The red rectangle’s coordinates.
Save: Click to save the motion detection range.
Motion Detection: This option enables / disables the motion detection function.
Sensitivity Level: You can select any one of the given options for the setup signal level or

just type in the value of Customized Threshold.

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5.1.6 Change the SD card Setting

Please follow the steps below to change the SD card setting through the network if necessary.

 Change the SD card Setting — FILELIST of MEMORY CARD.

Please follow the steps below to change the setting via the network if necessary.

1. Click the “SD card” button at the bottom of the home page to enter the page containing the

“FILELIST of MEMORY CARD”. The page comes in two modes, the JPEG and the AVI

(please refer to the “SD card Application Setting Page”).

2. Click the desired file to display the images therein.

3. Each file can be deleted by clicking the attached “DELETE” hyperlink.

NOTE: You can't directly click the hyperlink of the file in the "FILELIST of MEMORY CARD" page

with the right button of the mouse focus and then click "SAVE" to save the file.

CAUTION: If you wish to save the SD CARD files from a camera to your computer, you can enter

the JPEG column in the "FILELIST of MEMORY CARD " page to click in and enter the

particular files in the column. When you click in, the images concerned will appear.

Move your mouse focus within the image area and click the right button of the mouse. A
table of item entries will show up. Click "Save" and select the path by which to save your

files.

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5.1.7 Change the Pan/Tilt setting Click the Pan/Tilt button on the home page to open the Speed Dome Controller.

1. Click “Configure” to enter to the RS485 setting page (please refer to

Setting — RS485 Setting).

2. Select a Speed Dome device ID from the drop-down list on the Speed Dome Controller. The

Controller will display the corresponding ID.

3. Each of the ten buttons under ‘Set’ is connected with a specific position and angle of either

panning or tilting of the camera. Click each button to activate its particular position and

angle. Press the button under ‘Preset‘ to turn the camera angle by angle in the set positions.

Each of the ten buttons designated ‘Go to’ can be clicked to view the particular

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corresponding angle of the position in which it is set.

4. Select the connecting port. The RS-485 communication ports function as connectors when

two or more units are serially connected to an external control device.

5. Upon the buttons being clicked, a camera will move one short step only in any of the four

designated directions.

6. Click the buttons to control the Focus setting on the Speed Dome Controller. Click “+”
button to focus far and click the “–“ button to focus near.

7. Click the buttons to control the Zoom setting on the Speed Dome Controller. Click “+” button
to zoom in and click the “–“ button to zoom out.

8. Upon the buttons being clicked, a camera will turn all the way, without stopping, in one of

the four designated directions.

9. Click the buttons to control the Aperture setting on the Speed Dome Controller.

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5.1.8 PPPoE & DDNS

Using the PPPoE

1. Install the XDSL software (obtained from your ISP dealer) in your PC.

2. Search your IP camera's IP address: you can use your Network Viewer's Scan IP program,

or just connect the ipxcam and the Video monitor. The monitor screen will show the IP

address on its right side.

3. Change the switch on the ipxcam's side panel to position # 4.

4. Installing an IP address in your PC or notebook.

Desktop → Move the mouse focus to the Network neighborhood and click the right key of the

mouse → Choose the properties → Choose your local connection → Choose the properties

and select the configuration → Select the TCP / IP → Choose the properties → Type in the

IP address in a four-part formula, for example “192. 168. 1.101” (the first three parts must be

identical to the above numbers, only the last part can be changed to your own number, which

must never exceed 255) → Click the mask and the mask input, namely “255. 255. 255. 0” (a

fixed formula) → Click “OK” → Click “OK”.

5. Desktop → Choose IE browser → Type in the IP camera IP address in the URL (check step

# 2 above) → Enter → ipxcam’s images will appear.

PPPoE Settings

1. Enter the IP camera home page → Choose the network → Type in “User Name: root” and

“Password: Admin” → Click “OK’.

2. Choose PPPoE → PPPoE mode: Select “ON” → Type in “Account” → Type in “Password”

→ Submit → Unplug the power connection.

3. Plug in the IP camera and it will receive an IP address from the ISP dealer (this IP address

is dynamic --- every time you unplug and plug in again you’ll get a new IP address).

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Test: Go to the Internet.

1. Set your PC to enter the Internet.

2. Desktop → IE browser → Type in the IP camera IP address (the same address as in the

PPPoE settings and step 3 above) → You can see the ipxcam’s images.

DDNS settings

1. Check your IP camera’s IP address ( Scan IP software or monitor ) → open your IE browser

→ Use the address to connect to the ipxcam or view the images → Choose the network →

Type in “User name : root” and “Password : Admin” → Click “OK” .

2. Choose the “DDNS” → Click “Enable DDNS” → Enter the “DDNS host name”, for example

“abc123. homeip.net” → Type in “DDNS Account”, for example “abc123” → Enter the “DNS

Password”, for example “7777” → Submit → The settings are now complete → Close the IE

browser.

3. Open the IE browser again → Type in the Website address you just applied for, such as

“abc123.homeip.net” → You can look at your IP camera images right away. The procedure

is complete.

Note: These settings are only for your ADSL Dynamic IP configuration. If your
configuration is fixed (true IP), you don’t need to proceed with the PPPoE and DDNS
settings. The DDNS is just for your convenience.

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5.2 The IP camera IP Surveillance

This section provides instructions for installing and using the IP surveillance and Image Viewer,

which are included with the IP camera. The programs can be operated by a selected PC

equipped with the following requirements.

System Requirements

 Intel Pentium 1.5 GHz processor or above (2.8 GHz or higher recommended).

 128-MB RAM at least (256-MB or higher recommended).

 Windows 2000, XP or above.

 4 MB VGA card capable of 24-bit true color display.

 100 MB free hard-disk space for software installation.

 10/100 Base-TX network for LAN operation.

 The Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 above.

In the multi-channel recording mode, the HD data transfer rates must be 66MB or above (100MB

or higher recommended).

5.2.1 Introduction to IP surveillance

The IP surveillance allows you to access many units of the IP camera from a remote desktop

or a laptop in a TCP/IP networking environment. It can perform the following functions.

 View live images from the IP camera.

 Store, search, and review recorded video from the PC, and SD card.
 Change a regular record, event record, and timer properties.

Before you are ready to view images from a desktop, you need to have your IP camera

networked by obtaining a 10/100 base-TX Ethernet data cable (Standard RJ-45) to connect

the IP camera to your LAN/WAN. Now enter the main menu to set the IP address.

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5.2.2 Install the IP surveillance in your PC

Install the IP surveillance from the supported CD-R.

1. Exit all applications currently running in the selected PC.

2. Insert the supported CD in the CD-ROM drive. The program will execute the installation

automatically. Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed with the rest of the installation

procedure as they appear.

NOTE: It will update the .NET Framework to version 2.0 automatically. Please click “Accept”

to continue.

3. After the installation is complete, pop up the START menu from your computer, and point
to Programs / IP surveillance / IP surveillance to open up the program selection page as
shown below. Click the IP surveillance tag to start the IP surveillance program.

Install the IP surveillance for the ZIP file.

1. Save the ZIP file to your PC and extract the file to a designated directory.

2. Open the extracted folder. The folder contains 1 file.

3. Click on the icon to execute the installation and then follow the on-screen

instructions to proceed with the rest of the installation procedure.

4. After the installation is complete, click the START menu from your computer, and point to

Programs / IP surveillance to start the IP surveillance program.

NOTE: Please make sure the TCP/IP communication software has been properly set and
configured in your computer. To check your TCP/IP settings, please refer to section 4.5
(the TCP/IP configuration setting).

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5.2.3 Login the Network camera software

Once the IP surveillance is executed, a Login prompter will appear. You must enter the
default User Name: root, and the password: Admin in the respective spaces. Click the
“OK” button and enter the console page of the IP surveillance: both the user name and
password must be entered correctly. Click the “Cancel” button and exit the login of the

Network Viewer.

View the Network camera video from a remote PC

Follow the instructions below to use the IP surveillance to browse a Network camera video

from a remote location. Upon entering the IP surveillance, a connection box will appear as

follows.

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1. Press the button to enter the Settings page.

2. Press the

please press the OK button.

3. Add a channel from the

4. (1) Click the Auto-Search button at the bottom of the "Connect Network camera

Wizard" page to discover the connection of the Network camera - type device in the

LAN. Instantly the "Search Network camera " page will appear. Click the device of
your choice and click "Select" at the bottom of the page to access the "Connect

Network camera Wizard" page again.
(2) Type in the IP Address or the domain name and HTTP port of the device and add

button to add a new device group. After typing in the Group Name,

button.

the device to the Device List.

5. Type in the Password in the " Connect Network camera Wizard " page. Click "Next"

button to open another "Add Device Wizard" page.

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6. This page provides the IP Address, the device type, and the MAC Address. After

typing the Site name and selecting the Connect Mode, please click the "Next" button

to access the next "Connect Network camera Wizard" page.

NOTE: Please click the

7. After finishing the setting of the Device Recording, please click the "Finish" button to

establish the connection between the device and the computer.

icon to see the details of the Connect Mode.

8. Click the devise title to begin viewing images with this camera from the Device List.

NOTE: To add more connections or units to the Network camera, please repeat the

above instructions.

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5.2.4 Operation

5.2.4.1 Live Monitor

Once the connection has been established, click the

window. (See the sample screen below.) On the left side of the window is the connected

device that has been arranged when you established the connection.

button to enter the Live Monitor

1. The Live Monitor icon.

◇Add a camera video onto the Live Monitor area:

(1) Click on the title of the camera that was connected.

(2) Hold down the right mouse button and drag onto the droppable Live Monitor area.

The video from the new camera will be displayed.

(3) In the Live Monitor area, if you want to exchange the videos of different cameras,

you can drag the video and drop it where you want to locate the video.

2. The Split-Screen display function bar: This allows you to display the connected device in

the single channel and multi-format screens.

3. The Sequence configuring button: Press to enter the sequential jumping mode, each

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multi-screen, and one sequence; the picture will sequentially switch to different

channels according to the Sequence Views setting (refer to 5.2.4.3).

Note: One can’t use the common icon (#11) in the Sequence displaying mode or drag the

video and drop it as s/he likes. For the further settings of each channel, please select

the device title on the left side and click the right mouse key to operate.

4. The Circle configuring button: Click this button to see the following channels.

5. The Group Circle button: Click this button to change the different group of display.

6. The Full Screen button: Click this button to show the full screen for surveillance. If you

want to return to the previous mode, please click the Normal Screen button.

7. Motion on/ Alarm on: The warning icons.

Motion-on icon: When there is a detection of motion in any channel, it will display this

icon in the right upper corner of that channel to warn the user.

Alarm on-icon: When there is a detection of external devices such as a sensor, it will

display this icon on the upper right corner of that channel to warn the user.

8. Pop-menu: You can use the mouse to move to each channel. Click the right key of the

mouse to show a window. You can select "Delete", "Capture / Print", “Play/Stop Audio”

or “Reexamine Audio Mechanism”.

9. Click this button to hide the “devices list”, “common” and “alarm message list" boxes

from view behind the video display screen.

10. The section in the upper left margin will show the information in all the devices and its

group names.

The users can click and hold on the device title on the list and drag it to the Live monitor

area to see the live image of the camera.

11. common icons:

Play Audio: Click the button to play the live audio. Click once again to deactivate.

Record: Click the button to archive AVI videos into your PC. Click once again to

deactivate. In the recording mode, there will appear a red twinkling icon in the

upper-right hand corner of the image.

Capture / Print: Provides the image capturing and printing functions.

Delete: Drop the view here to delete it.

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◇Delete a camera video from the Live Monitor area:

(1) Select the video of the camera which you want to delete.

(2) Press and hold the left mouse button. Then drag it to the trashcan

release the mouse button.

12. Alarm list / PTZ Control: Shows the alarm types, the device names and the occurrence

time. You can press the PTZ button to change to the PTZ Control mode.

and

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5.2.4.2 Playback Viewer

Press the

1. The Playback Viewer icon.

button to enter the Playback Viewer setting page.

2. The display area.

3. Click to choose the

Recording List Live Event Message

Click

to refresh the recording list.

/ .

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The alarm
events which
were
recorded will
be marked in
pink color.

NOTE: To view the alarm lists of a camera which were recorded, please (1) click the icon

(2) the Alarm List window will appear as shown below, (3) select a camera from the

drop-down list, then (4) click the “Search” button.

4. Move to the left/right area.

5. Recorded video list box. This box allows you to access all recorded video, which are

stored in the HDD of the connected devices.

6. Playback function bar.















Play - Click to a recorded video from the PLAY LIST.

Stop - Click to stop playing back a recorded video or cease recording.

Pause - Click to freeze the image.

Step - Click to view images picture-by-picture.

Zoom in – Enlarges the displayed image.

Zoom out - Narrows the displayed image.

Capture / Print: Provides the image capturing and printing functions.

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 Play Rate: During play mode, please use the scroll bar to control the show

speed.

7. Shows the device title.

8. This allows you to search a recorded video kept in the HDD of the device. Enter the

MONTH /DAY /YEAR /HOUR /MINUTE you wish to search and click

9. Functions to fit the starting and ending points of an image display, when the user wants

to transfer a file.

JPEG: Archives images in the JPEG format to save a single picture in every file.

AVI: Archives images in the AVI format to save a sequence of images in a file.

Warning: The audio and video signals would likely be unable to play back

simultaneously because of incomplete files caused by unstable network transmission or

altered setup while doing the AVI backup with the "Include Audio" function.

10. Scroll bar for video searching: Drag the square on the bar to search the video. You can

click or pull the indicator on the scroll bar to the point you want to see.

11. Displays the recording mode of the video on the histogram.

to proceed.

12. Press the

Histogram Legend. You can get the event’s

location in terms of time, and select a group of

events or period from the event histogram

area and show it on the display area.

button to see the

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5.2.4.3 Setting

Press the

button to enter the Setting page.

1. The Setting page.

2. Function buttons:











Add a new device group: Click this button and type in the new group,

then press “OK” to save it.

Remove a device group: Click this button and select the group name,

Add a new camera: For mode details please refer to section 5.2.3.
Remove a camera: Click this button and select the group name and

To edit camera: Please select a device, then click this button to edit the

then press “OK” to delete the group.

Network camera, then “OK” to delete the device.

device.

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3. Device Setting: Provides four pages of settings.
(1) Device Setting page (2) Image Setting page

NOTE: The IP Surveillance software connects the Internet to a Network camera. There may

be a problem if the bandwidth is not enough, in which case the speed rate of the image

transmissions may become too low. So if you want a satisfactory speed rate in your displays,

you can click the “Device Setting” button, opening a “Device Setting” screen, and set the

settings of the Device page where you can change the “Audio Mechanism” function to “OFF”.

Turning it “OFF” will save the bandwidth from wastage, and improve the image display.

(3) Alarm Setting page (4) SD-card Setting page

NOTE: Please remember to click the “Apply” button to save the settings.

4.

System Setting: Provides six pages of settings: the Global Settings, the Event

Notification, the Recording Settings, the Scheduler, the Sequence Views, the Speed

Dome and the Authority Setup.

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(1) Global Settings

 Monitor setup: Sets the date/time mode and display mode, and controls the CPU use

percentage on five levels.

 Default Directory: Sets the default files’ saving path. Click

to select the directory.

(2) Event Notification

 Channel Prompt: Sets each camera to activate or deactivate the three modes of

"Motion Buzzer", "Sensor Buzzer", and "Alarm Focus". Tick mark the blank space
for each device to activate it.

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 Popup Message: Sets the maximum number of the pop-up messages, the displaying

time and the pop-up forms. Tick mark the blank space for each device to activate it.

 E-mail Notice: Sets each camera to activate the E-mail Notice function of the three

situations: "Motion Alarm", "Sensor Alarm", and "DISK Full". Set the SMTP, the

E-mail address and the attached file numbers to mail the user when the alarms occur.

Tick mark the blank space for each device to activate it.

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(3) Recording Settings

 Recording Settings: You can control the HDD reserved space by using the scroll bar.
 Recording quota setting: Set the maximum recording quota of each channel.

(4) Scheduler

(1) Choose one of the devices to set its recording schedule.

(2) Select the period: Click to set to record only once or record every day.

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(3) Select the recording time: Sets the periods of time in recording.

Select the Begin time and the End time the time markers will display above. Please use

the up (increase) and down (decrease) arrows to adjust the setting.

Add the selected period schedule. You can also hold down the left mouse button to

drag a period.

Erase the selected period schedule. You can also use the right mouse button to

cancel the period.

(4) Select the recording mode.

(5) Press to show the scheduled recording list.

(6) Set the secondary schedule: Activate or inactivate the

other recording modes besides the primary schedule.

(7) Option buttons:

Undo: Undo the latest changes.

Clear: Clear all the schedule markers in the current

editing area.

Save: Apply the changes.

Close: Close the window.

(5) Sequence Views

This function enables you to use four modes to set the sequence of displays you want for the
Sequence Mode of the Live Monitor.

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The user has to modify the “Sequence Views Setting” to make it work. For example, if you
want to see the 4-window sequence, please follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Click the Sequence Views button to enter the Sequence Views setting page.

Step 2: Select the “4 SEQ views” and the

area.

Step 3: Select one of the four channels (Location1-4), then click the “Setting” button.
Step 4: The 4 SEQ View(s) page will show below. Choose the device(s) and set the Dwell

Time (3-30seconds) from the drop-down list, then press the “Confirm” button.

Step 5: Set the other channels as in step 3-4.
Step 6: Click “Save all” button, then press “Close” button to exit the setting page.

Step 7: Open the Live Monitor page, then click the

4-window sequence.

4-windows will show in the Location Setting

(4 SEQ views) button to see the

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(6) Speed Dome

 Tick mark to activate the Speed Dome Controller function of the selected channel. The

user can set the model, ID and the protocol here.

 Click “Configure” to enter to the RS485 setting page.

(7) Authority Setup

Authority setup: Change or add the user’s authority.

There are three different levels of authority , namely

Admin, Operator and Viewer.

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5. List of cameras and its groups:

The users can use the icons above

the list to change the groups’ names,

the devices’ titles and the channels’

display modes.

6. Display area: Click the title of the

camera, and you will see the live

image in this area.

7. Device Recording: Click the “Start Record” button to start the recording mode and click

the “Config Record” button to set the details of the recording below.

8. Status of the speed dome controller.

9. You can interchange between two buttons here: the “Device Panel” and “Web page”

buttons.

The web page (please refer to section 5.1 for more details):

10. Device information: The user can read a camera’s information, such as “Site Name”,

“Group Name”, “IP Address”, “HTTP Port”, “Device type”, “Monitor Alarm Process” and

the “ Connect Mode”.

11. Recording Scheduler: Shows the recording information of the selected channel.

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5.2.4.4 Lock

Press the

monitor will be minimized into the systray*of the Windows taskbar. To unlock the command,

please click the

*: The Microsoft Windows systray is a portion of the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT,

Windows 2000, and Windows XP Operating Systems that helps display running programs. The systray is

located on the taskbar and is commonly in the bottom right hand corner of the screen next to the time

display.

5.2.4.5 Logout

Press the

button to lock the operation of this software, and the IP Surveillance

button once, then type in the correct password.

button to logout the IP Surveillance software and

the IP Surveillance monitor will be minimized into the systray of the

Windows taskbar.

If you want to return to the IP Surveillance monitor, please click the

button once, then select the page which you want to get into.

After typing in the correct user name and password, you can re-login to the software.

5.2.4.6 Tray

Press the

Windows taskbar.

Click the

button to minimize the IP Surveillance monitor into the systray of the

button once to go back to the IP surveillance software.

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5.2.4.7 Exit Setting

Press the

is minimized into the systray of the Windows taskbar.

Click the

You can also change the password by clicking the “Tools” and “Change password” items on

the list. Enter the old password once and the new password twice, then press the “OK” button

to save it.

button to exit the IP surveillance monitor which

button to select the functions on the list.

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5.2.4 The Image Viewer

The Network camera is equipped with a digital watermark. It's a checking software

which protects archived images and informs you whether the images have been

modified or not. Follow the instructions below to open an archived image from an SD

card or an HDD.

This is image integrity-protection software. It not only allows you to view an archived

image from the SD card or HDD of a computer, but also protects an archived image

from reproduction or interpolation. If an image isn’t in the original format made by a

Network camera, the Image Viewer will not display the image and instead will send a
warning message, " Not Correct Image ", right away. Close this message to enable

you to see the image now.

1. Pop up the START menu in your computer, and point to Programs / IP

surveillance / Tools to open up the program selection page. Click the Image
Viewer tag to start the Image Viewer program (see a sample screen below).

2. Click the RELOAD tag to load the images from a path.

3. Click the PRINT tag to get a displayed image printed out from a printer.

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6. ADV ANCED OPERA TI ON

Question 1:

How to view the live images of the IP camera via the Microsoft Internet Explorer on the
Desktop PCs or the laptop computers in a situation where there are no monitors or
television?

◇The way to get the IP address of the IP camera without a monitor:

There are three way to get the IP address: Scan IP, UPnP and IP function.
Scan IP: Please refer to APPENDIX 1.

UPnP: Please refer to APPENDIX 2.
IP function: Please refer to APPENDIX 3.

Question 2:

How to set up the motion detection area and its sensitivity? How to record into the SD card
for 30 seconds when the motion has been activated and use the Microsoft Internet Explorer
to view the recorded files?

◇Set up the motion detection

1. Click the application button in the home page.

2. Click the Motion detection button on the left side of the page to enter the “ALARM – MOTION

DETECTION” page.

3. Click and drag the mouse left button across a targeted zone to draw a red rectangle on the

image. You can also draw the other targeted zones as you wish.

4. Please Enable the motion detection function.

5. Set up the sensitivity level from: Lowest, Low, Medium and High to Highest.

6. Click the Submit button to submit the setting.

◇Recording the images into an SD card while the motion detection function is working

1. Click the application button in the home page.

2. Click the Enable button below the ALARM item on the left side of the page to enter the “ALARM

APPLICATION ENABLE SETTING” page.

3. Tick on “Enable ALARM-SAVE into SD Card” to activate it.

4. Click the Submit button to submit the setting.

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NOTE: Please remember to insert the SD card into the built-in SD slot of the unit first.

◇Set the recording time (the AVI duration) of the SD card

1. Click the Application button in the home page into the “SD-Card APPLICATION SETTING”

page.

2. Choose the AVI Duration from the drop-down list.

If you want to record the file into the SD card for 30 seconds, please choose 30 seconds.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the setting.

◇Use IE to view the recorded files

1. Click the SD Card button in the home page to enter the page containing the “FILELIST of

MEMORY CARD”.

2. Click the filename which you want to view.

3. It will ask you to enter the username and password.

4. If you didn’t set the other player before, the AVI file will be played by the Windows Media Player.

Question 3:

How to use the DynDNS to connect the IP camera by using its Sub Hostname via the
intranet?

◇Set the DDNS function

1. Click the Network button in the home page.

2. Click the DDNS button on the left side of the page to enter the “DDNS SETTING” page.

3. Tick on the “Enable DDNS Function” to activate it.

4. Choose one of the DDNS Types from the drop-down list.

If you didn’t register for a DDNS before, please choose one of the DDNS Type then press

“Apply” button to its registering homepage and register as a member.

5. Enter the DDNS Host Name, DDNS Account and DDNS Password which you created in the

www.dyndns.com website.

6. Click the Submit button to submit the setting.
NOTE: Please refer to the APPENDIX 4 for more details.

◇Set the PPPoE function

1. Click the network button in the home page.

2. Click the PPPoE button on the left side of the page to enter the “PPPoE SETTING” page.

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3. Choose “ON” from the “PPPoE mode” list to activate it.

4. Enter the Account and the Password which are provided from your ISP.

5. Click the Submit button to submit the setting.
NOTE: Please refer to section 5.1.8 for more details.

◇Use the Sub Hostname to view the IP camera

1. Click the URL block at the top of the PC screen.

2. Type in the DDNS Host Name of the IP camera into the URL block and press the “Enter”

button to enter the login page.

3. Enter the user name and fill in the password.

4. Click the “OK” button and enter the home page of the IP camera.

Question 4:

How to add or modify the users and their authorities of using the IP camera?

◇Entering the setting page

1. Click the system button in the home page.

2. Click the Users button on the left side of the page to enter the “SYSTEM - USERS” page.

◇Add a new user

1. Please enter the user name, the password, the confirmed password and choose the authority.

There are three different levels of authorities, namely Admin, Operator and Viewer.
Admin: The user who accesses with the admin name and password has the full power to even

change the settings of the IP camera.

Operator: The suggested choice for normal use.
Viewer: The user who accesses with just the viewer name and password has only a limited power

to view.

2. Click the Submit button to submit the new user’s setting.

◇Modify the user

1. Click the user name you want to modify on the User List.

2. Enter the password, the confirmed password and choose the authority.

3. Click the Submit button to submit the new setting.

◇Delete a user

1. Click the user name you want to modify on the User List.

2. Click the Delete button.

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7. SPECIFICA TIONS

Model Num ber DDK-1500

Video sensor 1/3" Sony Super HAD CCD (with HQ1 DSP)

System NTSC

Horizontal resolution 520 TV lines

Lens C/CS mount

Video

Min.

illumination

Image

Audio

Network

Software

Auto Iris type DC-iris

Day and Night Mechanical IR Cut Filter: Auto; Color / Monochrome

AWB 2500°K ~ 9500°K

AES 1/60 ~ 1/100000 sec

High speed shutter 1/1000 sec

Color 0.5 lux @ F1.2

B/W 0.03 lux @ F1.2

Compression MJPEG MPEG4

352 x 240

Resolution

Frame-rate -- 30 / 24 / 15 FPS

Picture size (quality) 4~64KB 64Kbps ~ 8Mbps (Bit rate)

Configurations

Motion detection Motion Detection (96 zones, 5 levels)

Built-in microphone 8 kHz sample rate

Interface Ethernet (RJ-45 wired, 10/100 base-tx), MDIX support

Protocols TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, ICMP, UPnP, ARP, DNS, DDNS, PPPoE

Throughput 2.0M bytes/sec

Web browser Microsoft IE 6.0 or above

PC Free bundle PC software supports 32CH recording

Development tools ActiveX / HTTP-API / SDK

Security Multiple level / Multiple users / IP address filtering

720 x 480 (Frame)

720 x 240

720 x 480 (Filed)

Max AGC, Contrast, Brightness, WB, BLC, Sharpness,

Saturation, Flickerless, Mask area

Full D1

VGA

Half VGA

Half D1

CIF

QVGA

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Video output 1.0 Vpp, 75 ohm, composite, negative, BNC x 1

Alarm I/O 1 input / 1 output

Connectors

Others

*Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Serial port RS-485

SD card Alarm and Schedule recording / update

USB Configuration / Update

Reset Factory Default

LED indicator Power / Network indicator

Power requirement DC12V / PoE

Operating Temperature 0°C ~ 50°C

Dimensions 60(W) x 45(H) x 94(D) mm

Approvals FCC, CE, RoHS

Accessories

Power adapter x 1

USB wire x 1

User manual x 1

PC software x 1

8. Functions of client PC

System requirement Windows 2000, XP or above

Browser IE 6.x

Live Monitor Max. 16 Split , Real Time REC/ Capture/ Audio/ Live Event/ Full Screen

Playback Viewer Playback, Time / live event Search / Export (JPEG / AVI)

Settings Device/ System/ Camera management/ web page

Multi-camera link Max. 16 camera

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APPENDIX 1. –SCANIP

Follow the instructions below to use the SCANIP software to search the IP camera devices

from a local location.

1. Click the

Device List will display the connection of the all-type device.

2. Select the desired device from the Device List.

3. Click the desired device to show the window while the IP camera information acts to

display the desired changes instantly.

button to discover the connection of the all-type device in the LAN. The

4. Do you want to automatically search free IP?

If and when you want to automatically search the free IP, select “Yes” or “No”. If you click

“Yes” the software will provide the “Free IP Address” boxes on the right side of the

window. If you click “No”, these address boxes will not show.

1. Manual insertion of “Free IP Address”.

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If you have clicked “No”, please manually type in insertions as required in the “Free IP

Address”, “Gateway Address”, and “NET Mask”. Follow each insertion you make by

typing in the “Login Name” and “Password”, and click “UPDATE” to send your

alterations to the IP camera.

2. Automatically search “Free IP Address”.

If you clicked “Yes” the “Free IP Address” box will appear on the right.

3. Select and double click any of the addresses in the “Free IP Address” box on the right to

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enter it into an IP Address on the left.

4. To change any IP address, type in the new address in the “Free IP Address” box on the

right as well as the device “Login Name” and “Password” in their respective blanks at

bottom left, then click “UPDATE”, and the new address will automatically be sent to the

device.

5. Click “Exit” at bottom right to shut the device.

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APPENDIX 2. –IP camera UPnP How To

The most troublesome issue when you setup an ipxcam® is that you have no idea what the IP

®

address of this device is. Now ipxcam

which makes it easier for you to examine it; however, it is a pity that Microsoft Windows XP

doesn’t start this service by default. Therefore, the following procedures will help you to turn it on

®

and discover your ipxcam

step by step as shown in Figure1 below.

supports the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol

®

Figure 1 UPnP Setup Flow Chart

1. Check the IP class of your PC

®

In most case Microsoft Windows XP

will assign an IP address, 169.254.*.*, automatically with a

subnet mask, 255.255.0.0, if the DHCP server is absent, while the default IP address of an

®

is 192.168.1.168 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. There won’t be any

ipxcam

communication due to different IP class domains, and you have to modify the relative settings or

the UPnP protocol won’t work; however, checking your own IP address is necessary. Here are

the procedures to check and modify them.

Step 1: From the St art menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. See Figure 2.

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Figure 2

Step 2: When Control Panel appears, double-click the Network Connections icon. The

Network Connections dialog box appears. See Figure 3.

Figure 3

Step 3: Click the Protocols tab in the Network Connections dialog box. See Figure 4.

Figure 4

Step 4: When the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box shows up, choose Internet

Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. See Figure 5.

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Figure 5

Step 5: In the Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, choose Use the following IP

Address to indicate that you do not wish to use DHCP, and assign IP Address

192.168.1.200 with Subnet mask 255.255.255.0.

Click OK when you finish it. See Figure 6.

Figure 6

Step 6: Choose Close to finish the modification. See Figure 7.

Figure7

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2. Install UPnP Packets

®

As described before, Microsoft Windows XP

we have to install some packets before we initialize it. The following steps will help you to install

them.

Step1: From the Start menu, point to Set Program Access and Default, and then click it. See

Figure 8

Step 2: When the Add or Remove Programs dialog box appears, click the Add/Remove

Windows Components button. See Figure 9.

doesn’t start the UPnP service by default; however,

Figure 8

Figure 9

Step 3: Check the Network Services in the Windows Component Wizard dialog box, and

then click Details…. See Figure10.

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Figure 10

Step 4: Check UPnP User Interface, and choose OK. See Figure 11.

Figure 11

Step 5: When the original Network Component Wizard dialog box returns, click Next. See

Figure12.

Figure 12

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Step 6: After about one minute the UPnP installation will be done, and choose Finish to close it.

See Figure13.

Figure 13

3. Turn on Services

After installation, we should turn on the relative services to start the UPnP protocol. The following

procedures will teach you how to do it.
Step 1: From the St art menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. See Figure14.

Figure 14

Step 2: When Control Panel appears, double-click the Administrative Tools icon. The

Administrative Tools dialog box appears. See Figure15.

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Figure15

Step 3: Click the Services icon in the Administrative Tools dialog box. See Figure16.

Figure16

Step 4: When the Services dialog box shows up, double click the SSDP Discovery Service

icon. See Figure17.

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Figure17

Step 5: Choose Automatic in the Startup type, and click OK to start it. See Figure18.

Figure18

Step 6: When the Services dialog box appears again, double click the Universal Plug and Play
Device Host icon. See Figure19.

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Figure19

Step 7: Choose Automatic in the Startup type, press the Start button, and click OK to start it.

See Figure20.

Step 8: Restart your system.

Figure20

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4. Scan ipxcams® through My Network Place

After your installation and starting services, the UPnP protocol will take effect. You can scan all

®

ipxcams

in My Network Place like Figure21 and Figure22 below.

Figure21

Figure22

Just double click the UPnP MPEG4 IP camera the video live stream will pop up automatically

®

without assigning any IP address in Microsoft Internet Explorer

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APPENDIX 3. –The ARP function

Setting the IP Address

The Ethernet interface on the ipxcam has a default IP address (192.168.1.168) that most likely

needs to be changed to make it work on your local network. You need to acquire a unique IP

address (ask your network administrator). For the initial setting of the IP address the ipxcam needs

to be connected to the same network segment as your client, and the IP address can then be

configured by using a combination of ARP and ping command.

Use any of the following ways to set the IP address within thirty seconds after booting the ipxcam

(re-cycle the power). Setting IP using the method below can only be done on the Ethernet interface.

ARP and ping from Windows or MS-DOS:

The user can open the PC's MS-DOS windows from the WINDOWS 98 operation system, or open

the PC's Command Prompt windows from either the WINDOWS 2000 or the WINDOWS XP

operation system.

1. Start a DOS prompt window

2. Type the following in 30 seconds after the booting:

arp -s <IP address> <Ethernet address>
[or arp -s <IP address> < MAC address>]

ping <IP address>

Example:

arp -s 192.168.1.100 00-0C-0C-00-00-01
ping 192.168.1.100

The IP address now is: 192.168.1.100.

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