OV Solutions OVC-3BIR User Manual

3MP_IP_Bullet Network Camera

User Manual

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- CONTENTS -

Chapter I Introduction ................................................................................................ 3

1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera ............................................................. 3

1.2 Safety Instructions ................................................................................................... 4

1.3 Packaging Contents .................................................................................................. 5

1.4 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera ............................................................ 6

1.5 Installation of the Network IP Camera ................................................................... 10

Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface ................................................ 12

2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera ................................................................ 12

2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin ....................... 14

2.3 Viewing Live Video......................................................................................................... 17

2.4 Client Settings ................................................................................................................ 20

Chapter III Advanced Configuration ................................................................................ 22

3-1 System ........................................................................................................................... 23

3-2 Security .......................................................................................................................... 25

3-3 Network ......................................................................................................................... 27

3-4 IP Filter .......................................................................................................................... 27

3-5 Video ............................................................................................................................. 34

3-5-1 Image Setting ......................................................................................................... 34

3-5-2 Video Setting .......................................................................................................... 37

3-5-3 Overlay Setting ....................................................................................................... 39

3-6 Audio ............................................................................................................................. 41

3-7 Motion ........................................................................................................................... 42

3-8 RS-485 ........................................................................................................................... 44

3-9 Event .............................................................................................................................. 46

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3-9-1 Settings ................................................................................................................... 47

3-9-2 Media ..................................................................................................................... 49

3-9-3 Event Server ........................................................................................................... 50

3-10 Recording to SD Card .................................................................................................. 54

3-11 Log ............................................................................................................................... 55

3-12 Device Info ................................................................................................................... 56

3-13 Maintenance ............................................................................................................... 57

3-14 Language ..................................................................................................................... 59

Chapter IV Troubleshooting ........................................................................................ 60

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Chapter I Introduction

1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera

Congratulates on purchasing this high-resolution 5Mega pixels network
IP Camera! This IP Camera provides 5Mega pixels high-resolution video
quality, with the advanced megapixel lens, you can view images remotely
in more detail than conventional close-circuit cameras.

Other highlights of this network IP Camera include:

 Ultra-high resolution 5Mega pixel CMOS image sensor.

 Analog video (BNC) output, works with conventional video devices

such as TV Monitors, analog DVRs, etc.

 Digital input / output interface lets you connect peripherals such as

external alarm, sensor, etc.

 Audio input / output interface, you can listen to voices in remote

place, and speak to person in remote place.

 Built-in SD-card slot for local storage, which can act like a

stand-alone DVR.

 Two Way audio.

 3GPP Mobile Surveillance Supported.

 RS-485 communication supported.

 ONVIF Compliant.

 Support IEEE802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard.

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1.2 Safety Instructions

Please follow the safety instructions listed below when you’re using this
Network IP Camera, or you would harm this camera and / or yourself!
Also, the warranty will become void if you disobey these safety
instructions.

 This Network IP Camera is sophisticated electronic device; do not

drop it from high places.

 Do not place this IP Camera at hot / humid places, and avoid direct

sunlight.

 This IP Camera is not a toy; keep it out from the reach of children.

 Do not insert any accessories of this IP Camera into your body.

 Make sure lens set is secured when you’re using this IP Camera, lens

set may fall down if it’s not properly secured, and cause damage to
human and itself.

 If you want to use this IP Camera at any place that may be spilled by

water or dirt, a secure and water-proof camera housing is required.

 Do not pull any cord that is connected to this IP Camera by force.

 IP Camera will become hot after long time of use. Refrain from touch

IP Camera with hand, or cover this IP camera with paper or cloth.

 Never connect powered cable to IP Camera’s DI/DO contacts.

 If the IP Camera falls into water when powered, do not attempt to

retrieve it back by yourself! Find a qualified electric technician for
help.

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1.3 Packaging Contents

Please check the contents of your new Network IP Camera when you
unpack the package. If any item is missing, please contact your dealer of
purchase for help.

Item No. Description Quantity

1 Network IP Camera 1
2 DC power adapter 1
3 Bracket Kit 1
4 Sun Shield Kit 1
5 CDROM 1

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1.4 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera

Item Description

1. Sun Shield

Protect camera device body from sun shine or
rain directly

2. I/O cable Including

-Alarm I/O

-TV output

-Network

-Audio I/O

-RS485 +-

-Reset button

-GND

3. IP camera device IP camera

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[Front site]

Item

Description

1. IR-LED

Used for illumination assistance under night mode

2. Day/night sensor

Used for day/night detection and IR-LED ON/OFF
control

3. Lens

Varifocal focal length.

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[Back]

Item

Description

1. Screw

Connects between camera device body & sun shield.

2. Sun Shield

Protect camera device body from sun shine or rain
directly

3. Camera device body

IP camera metal case

4. Bracket mount

The portion to mount bracket

5. Cable Glands

For water proof

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[DI/DO PIN ASSIGNMENT]

Item Description

1 Blue, Sensor IN1, for alarm input, DV3.3Volt level allowed.
2 Yellow, RS485 D­3 Orange, RS485 D+
4 Black, GND
5 Green, Alarm out1, DV3.3Volt level allowed.
6 DC12Volt/2A input
7 Reset Button
8 Audio output
9 Audio input
10 Network, RJ45 connector, two LED index, orange color is

power index, green is network index

11 TV output, BNC connector

※Please check the I/O cable attached index before insert or release any

wire.

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1.5 Installation of the Network IP Camera

Please follow the instructions below to setup your new IP camera.

1. Remove the front glass mask to fine tune lens focus. When lens focus

fine tune ready, then screw the glass mask to the end position which
can not do any more.

2. Find the screws in the package, use screwdriver to fix the sun shield

on the device’s main body.

3. Connect Ethernet cable to LAN port.

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4. Plug DC power adapter to power outlet on the wall.

5. Connect DC power cable to IP Camera’s DC power connector.

If everything’s ok, you should see the left LED light on LAN port light up.
If not, please recheck every step and try again, or ask your dealer of
purchase for help.

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Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web

Interface

2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera

You can use your new Network IP Camera by its web user interface via
web browser. Currently the viewing system requirement for Network IP
camera is:

■ OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7

■ Browser: Mozilla Firefox, IE7 or above, Chrome, Safari

■ Cell phone: 3GPP player

■ Quick Time: 6.5 or above

You must know the IP address of IP Camera before you can connect to it.
The IP Camera will use DHCP server on your local network to obtain an IP
address automatically by default. So, you can check your DHCP server’s
IP address lease table to find the IP address of IP Camera.

You can also use the utility named ‘IPFinder.exe’ to find the IP address of
IP Camera, which is located on CD-ROM, and choose the camera of “Host
Name: 5MP_IP_Bullet”.

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Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP Cameras on your local network
(make sure all IP Cameras are powered on and connect to local network
first). When you find any IP Camera, you can click on it and click ‘Link’
button to connect to it by your web browser.

If you need to change a certain IP Camera’s IP address, you can also click
on the IP Camera you wish to change IP address, then click ‘Change IP’
button to change select IP Camera’s IP address setting.

If you no longer need to use this utility, click ‘Exit’ button to close it.

Please note:

If you have several network connections, such as “Wireless

Function”, please disable the “Wireless Functions”

or / and

other network connections that is not connected to IP camera,

or IP finder may fail to search IP camera!

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2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install

ActiveX Plugin

When you know the IP address of IP Camera, you can connect to it by
Internet Explorer web browser by entering its IP address in address bar.
The use login screen will appear when you get connected:

IP Camera’s administrator username and password are both ‘admin’
(lower case) by default. Click ‘OK’ button or press ‘ENTER’ key on your
keyboard when you finish entering username and password.

When you connect to IP Camera for the first time, you’ll see the
following message. This message prompts you that you need to install
ActiveX plugin before you can see the video from IP Camera.

For IE 8 and earlier version:

Right click the indication bar and click:
‘‘Install This Add-on for All Users on This Computer…’

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to install ActiveX plugin.

For IE 9:

Click ‘Install’ button located at the bottom of IE to install ActiveX plugin.

If you’re prompted that:
‘Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program’

Click ‘Allow access’, or IP Camera will not be able to function properly.
When you’re installing Internet Explorer plugin, you may also be
prompted that if you want to allow changes to be made to your
computer:

Click ‘Yes’ to allow changes.

After ActiveX plugin is installed, you should be able to see the video
stream from camera.

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NOTE:

If this is the first time you use this IP Camera, you can refer to

chapter 2.4 for instructions on Setup Wizard, which will guide

you to complete the software setup of your new IP Camera.

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2.3 Viewing Live Video

After ActiveX control is installed, you can view IP camera’s video by web
browser. Just connect to IP camera by web browser and login, then you
can see live video from IP camera:

There are various controls on web page, here are descriptions of every
control item:

Item Description

‘Home’ button

This button is visible in all setup pages of IP

camera, and you can go back to live video view

by clicking this button when you’re in other

page.

Stream

Select video stream type: H.264 or MJPEG.
H.264 required less network bandwidth and

this will help when network connection is slow.
Digital Output
(ON / OFF)

Switch digital output interface on or off.

Client Settings Open ‘Client Setting’ menu.
Configuration Open ‘Configuration’ menu.
Language

Open language menu, you can switch web

interface to other language.

Available languages: English, Simplified Chinese,

Traditional Chinese

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Original size /
Fit screen

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Switches live image view between original size
(full size: 3M pixels) and fit screen (smaller

size).

If you want to see video in detail, switch to
original size. If your computer monitor’s

resolution is not enough and you want to see

full image view, switch to fit screen and image

size will adjust automatically.
‘Connect’ button

Start live video view.

‘Disconnect’ button

Stop live video view.

‘Snapshot’ button

Take a snapshot or camera video and save

image file on your comp

uter. When you click

this button, a new window will appear:

Click ‘Save’ button when you see the image you

wish to save, and you’ll be prompted to indicate

the folder on your computer to save image file.

If you changed your mind and don’t want to

save image file, click ‘Cancel’.

‘Start Video Record’
button

Click this button to record video and save video

file on your computer. You’ll be prompted to
indicate the folder on your computer to save

video file.

‘Enable Digital

This function will enlarge video view digitally

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Zoom’ button

from 1X to 10X, so you can see objects in video

in detail.

Please note:

that digital zoom uses computer

algorithm to enlarge the video and some details

may lost. If you need to focus on detail of

specific objects in video

view, please use optical

zoom ring on lens set of IP camera.

Enable / Disable

mute button

/

When mute is enabled (

), you will not hear

the voice from IP camera; If you want to hear

voice from IP camera, click this button to

disable mute ( ).

You can drag the slide bar (

) beside

enable/disable mute button to adjust audio

playback volume.
Start / Stop talk
Button

/

Start or stop playing your voice through IP
camera’s audio output. When talk is stopped,

people at IP camera will not hear you.

Please note: you need a microphone connected

to your computer, and computer’s mixer setting

must enable microphone recording, or nothing

will be outputted by IP camera.

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2.4 Client Settings

In ‘Client Settings’ menu, you configure basic IP camera settings like data
transfer protocol and data storage folder.

To access ‘Client Settings’ menu, click ‘Client Settings’ button on the left.

The following screen will appear:

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Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

RTSP Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time

Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data.

HTTP Select this option to use HTTP (Hyper-Text

Transfer Protocol) to transfer video data.
If you don’t know which one you should use,
select ‘RTSP’.

Folder Selec

t a folder on your computer to save

recorded video. Click ‘Browse’ button and

you’ll be prompted to select a folder.

Prefix

When saving video files, the characters you

typed in ‘Prefix’ field will be used as leading
characters of video file’s name.
For ex

ample, the default setting of ‘Prefix’ is

‘CLIP’, and video file’s named will be

‘CLIPxxxx’, where xxxx is a 4-

digit serial

number.
Add date and time
suffix to file name

Check this box to add data and time to the

ending part of video file’s filename, so you can

see the date and time the video file is created

directly from its filename.

When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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Chapter III Advanced Configuration

If you wish to configure IP camera’s settings, you can access IP camera’s
‘Configuration’ menu, which provides various kinds of system setting.

To access configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button on the left.

The ‘Configuration’ submenu will appear, please pick a setup item you
wish to configure.

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3-1 System

In this menu, you can configure basic IP camera settings like hostname
and time.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Host Name Input the IP camera’s hostname here, it can be

any meaningful words or characte

rs that will

help you to identify this IP camera. You can use

IP camera’s installation location as host name,

and this will help you to identify IP camera when
you have many IP cameras installed.

Indicator LED The LED lights located at the back of IP camera is

switched on by default. But, if you don’t want

other people to know the status of this IP
camera (so they will know this IP camera is
operating etc.), you can select ‘Off’ and LED

lights will be switched off.

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Timezone Select the time zone of residence from

dropdown menu to keep correct date and time.

Daylight Saving If the area you live uses daylight saving, check

this box; otherwise do not check this box to keep

time correct.
Keep the current
date and time

Select this option and date / time setting will not

be changed when you click ‘Apply’ in the page.

You can check ‘Camera Date and Time’ item in

this page to know IP camera’s current date and

time setting.
Synchronize with
computer time

Select this item and IP camera will use your

computer’s time as its time.
Synchronize with
NTP Server

Select this item and IP camera will keep its date

and time setting synchronized with specified

time server (NTP server). Please input NTP

server’s IP address or host name in ‘NTP Server

Address’ field, and select time update interval

from ‘Update Interval’ dropdown menu.

Please note that if this IP camera can’t access

Internet, you must have a time server on local

area network, or set the time manually.

Set Manually Set IP camera’s date and time manually. Please

set current date and time by ‘Date’ and ‘Time’

dropdown menu.

When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-2 Security

In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s login account.
There are three kinds of account:

- Administrator (Can view IP camera’s video and make changes of

camera setting)

- User (Can view IP camera’s video and see settings, but can’t make any

change)

- Guest (Can view IP camera’s video only)

There can be multiple users, but only one administrator is allowed, and
you can’t change administrator’s user name (it will always be
‘administrator’).

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Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Password / Retype

Password

(Administrator)

Input administrator’s new password in both

‘Passwo

rd’ and ‘Retype Password’ field, and

click ‘Modify’ button to change administrator’s
password.

Please note: Don’t forget administrator’s

password! Or you’ll need to reset IP camera’s all

settings to get administrator’s password

recovered.

Account List Her

e lists all users existed in IP camera. If you

want to remove one user, click it in the list, and
then click ‘Remove’ button.

If no user is existed, ‘New Account’ message will
be shown here.

User Name

Input new user’s username here. User name

must be greater than 1 character and less than
32 characters.

Password / Retype

Password

Input this user’s password in both ‘Password’

and ‘Retype Password’ field.

Authority

To define this user’s access privilege, select

‘User’ or ‘Guest’ in dropdown menu.
When you

finish inputting new user’s

information, click ‘New’ button to create a new
us er.

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3-3 Network

In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s network setting.

3-3-1 ‘General’ setup page

Setup IP address for this IP camera. This IP camera supports both IPv4
and IPv6 IP address.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

LAN Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN port

(or obtain an address from DHCP server automatically).

Available options are:

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DHCP IPv4: Obtain an IPv4 IP address from DHCP server
on LAN automatically.

DHCP IPv4 / IPv6: Obtain both IPv4 and IPv6 address
from DHCP server on LAN automatically.

Static IPv4 / IPv6: Assign an IPv4 / IPv6 address to IP
camera manually. If you don’t have a DHCP server on
your local area network, you must use this option to
specify an IP address.

IP Address(IPv4): Input IPv4 IP address*
IP Address(IPv6): Input IPv6 IP address*

Prefix Length: Input IPv6 IP address’ prefix length
(0-128)

Subnet Mask: Input subnet mask
Gateway: Input gateway address
Primary DNS: Input DNS server’s IP address
Secondary DNS: Input backup DNS server’s IP

address, you can leave this field blank.

* You can leave this field blank, if you only wish to

use IPv4 or IPv6 IP address.

Enable UPnP Discovery: Check this b ox to enable other
devices on network to discover the presence of this IP
camera by UPnP. It’s recommended to enable this
function.

Enable UPnP Port Mapping: When UPnP is enabled,
check this box to enable UPnP’s port mapping.

PPPoE Select this option to use PPPoE to connect to network.

You have to input PPPoE username and password
assigned by network operator to get connected.

HTTP Port Input IP camera’s web connection port number here.

When this port number is changed, you need to change
web browser’s port number you used to connect to IP
camera.

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For example, IP camera’s IP address is 192.168.2.3, and
if you changed HTTP port number to 82, please input
‘http://192.168.2.3:82’ in web browser’s address bar to
access IP camera’s web configuration interface.

RTSP Port Input RTSP port number. When this port number

changes, you must change corresponding settings in
external network devices (NVR or CMS software) so
they can receive this IP camera’s video.

RTP Data
Port

Input RTP data port number here.

When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-3-2 ‘Advanced’ setup page

You can setup advanced network settings in this page. This page is
intended for advanced settings only, and this IP camera will work fine
even you don’t make any changes to this page.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description
Multicast Enable video multicast:

Multicast Group Address: Input multicast group
address here, must be an address between 232.0.0.0
to 232.255.255.255.

Multicast video port: Input port number for video
multicast here.

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Multicast RCTP video port: Input port number for RCTP
video here.

Multicast audio port: Input port number for audio

here.

Multicast RCTP audio port: Input port number for RCTP
audio here.

Multicast TTL: Input TTL value for multicast here.

Bonjour If you’re using MacOS and you have Bonjour installed,

you can use it to discover this IP camera.

QoS Enable QoS to improve the data transfer priority of this

IP camera (Your local area network must support QoS).

You can select Video / Audio’s QoS DSCP value (0 to

63), or both video and audio.

DDNS Enable DDNS support if your ISP assigns dynamic IP

address to you. You must register a dynamic IP service
first. Currently this IP camera supports Dyndns and TZO
dynamic IP service.

Provider: Select dynamic IP service provider.

Host Name: Input the host name you obtained from
dynamic IP service provider.

User name: Input user name used to login dynamic IP
service provider.

Password: Input the password used to login dynamic IP
service provider.

HTTPS Check ‘Enable HTTPS’ box to enable HTTPS channel to

encrypt transferred data. You can also define HTTPS
port number in ‘HTTPS Port’ field if you don’t want to
use default value ‘443’.

When you finish, click ‘Apply’ to save changes.

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3-4 IP Filter

When this IP camera is directly connected to Internet and not protected
by firewall, this function acts like a mini built-in firewall to protect the
safety of this IP camera and avoid attacks from hackers.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Enable Filter Check this box to enable IP address filter, uncheck

this

Box to disable this function.

Accepted IP list Here lists all IP address that can build connections

to this IP camera. If you want to remove a set of IP

address from the list, click on the IP address and

click ‘Remove’ button.

IP Address
(Accepted IP list)

Input the starting and ending IP address of IP

address you wish to accep

t connections here. IP

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camera will only accept connections established

from these IP address.

If you want to specify one IP address only, input the

same IP address in both field.

Click ‘New’ button to add IP address into accepted

IP list.

Deny IP list Here lists all IP address that cannot build

connections to this IP camera. If you want to

remove a set of IP address from the list, click on the

IP address and click ‘Remove’ button.

IP Address
(Accepted IP list)

Input the starting and ending IP address o

f IP
address you wish to deny connections here. IP
camera will deny connections established from

these IP address.
If you want to specify one IP address only, input the
same IP address in both field.
Click ‘New’ button to add IP address into deny

IP list.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-5 Video

You can adjust the image of the IP camera in this menu.

There are 3 sub-menus in this menu: Image Setting, Video Setting, and
Overlay, which can be accessed by tabs on the top:

3-5-1 Image Setting

You can adjust the image parameters in this page.

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Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Brightness /
Contrast /
Saturation /
Sharpness

Control the image parameters. Click ‘ - ' to decrease
value, or click ‘ + ‘ to increase value. You can also input
the value in the field directly.

Default Set all above values to default value ‘128’.

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Exposure Auto : It will according to the environment to set

Manual : it can set Exposure value and time for day &
night

Mirror

Check ‘Vertical’ or ‘Horizontal’ box to flip the image
vertically or horizontally, this will help to correct the
orientation of image when IP camera is hanged

bottom-up by camera holder.

You can click both ‘Vertical’ and ‘Horizontal’ box at the
same time.

Power Line
Frequency

Select the frequency of power line of the place you’re
using this IP camera. This will help to reduce the flicker
of certain lights in the image.

Condition Select the condition that you’ll be using this IP camera

from dropdown menu.

- A

uto: IP camera will adjust its parameters

automatically.

- Night: You’ll be using this IP camera in dark places

where lights are insufficient.

TV Out Click “Enable” box to enable its “VIDEO OUT” function

for connections and video sending to TV monitors or
DVRs.

WDR Wide Dynamic Range:

The function

is intended to provide clear images even
under back light circumstances where intensity of
illumination can vary excessively, namely when there

are both very bright and v

ery dark areas

simultaneously in the field of view of the camera. WDR
enables the capture and display of both bright and dark
areas in the same frame, in a way that there are details
in both areas, i.e. bright areas are not saturated, and
dark areas are not too dark.

IR-cut An IR-cut filter is built in this IP camera to reduce the

effect of IR lights (which will change the color of image
and makes it looks different than what you see through

your eye), and most of IR lights are coming from

sunlight.
You can select the behavior or IR-cut filter:

-

Auto: IR filter will act automatically. If you don’t

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know if you should use IR filter, select this option.

- Always ON: IR filter is always on.

- Always OFF: IR filter is always off.

Day IR-cut filter will only be switc

hed on when there’s

sunlight. You can define the starting and ending time
when IR-

cut filter should be switched on by select

‘Schedule’ and define starting and ending time by

dropdown menu.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

3-5-2 Video Setting

You can adjust the video transfer parameters in this page.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description
H.264 Select the compression of main stream: H.264 / MPEG4.

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/MPEG4
Video
Resolution

Select video resolution.

- H.264:

2048x1536 (QXGA) / 1920x1080 (1080p)
1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1) / 320x240 (QVGA)

- MPEG4:

1920x1080 (1080p) / 1280x960 (960p)
1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1)
640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA)

MJPEG:

1280x720 (720p) / 720x480 (D1)
640x480 (VGA) / 320x240 (QVGA)

Please note that some video resolution is not available
when video encoder is ‘MPEG4’.
When network speed is insufficient, select a lower video
resolution will help.

Frame Rate Select video frame rate. Please note that some frame

rate is not available when video encoder is ‘H.264’.
When network speed is insufficient, select a lower frame

rate will help.
Rate
Control

Select video bit rate. You can control bit rate by both

‘Video quality’ and ‘Bitrate’:

- Video quality: There

are 5 levels of video quality,

select ‘very high’ to improve video quality but

consumes more network bandwidth, and select ‘very
low’ will decrease video quality and consumes less
network bandwidth.

-

Bitrate: Input video’s bit rate directly. It must an

inte

ger between 512 and 4000. Higher bit rate

provides better video quality, but consumes more

network bandwidth.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

Note:

MJPEG options are only available for portable devices like cell phone.

The ‘Mobile View’ is used to enable cell phone monitoring function. Till
Yr2011 the IP camera can only supports iPhone series, and this
information will be modified without prior notice.

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3-5-3 Overlay Setting

You can adjust the video overlay parameters in this page.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Enable Time
Stamp

Check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on

video.
Remove the
background color
of the text
(for Time Stamp)

Check this box to remove time stamp’s

background color. You may find this will help the

readability of time stamp text in some cases.

Enable Text
Display

Check this box to display certain text on video, this

will help when you need to identify certain IP

camera when you have a lot of IP cameras.

Please input the text in ‘Text’ field. You can input

up to 15 characters.
Remove the
background color
of the text (Text)

Check this box to remove custom text’s
background color. You may find this will help the

readability of text in some cases.

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Enable Image
Overlay

Check this box to overlay a specific image on

video, so you can show certain text / picture on

the video and help people to identify this IP

camera.

Click ‘Browse’ button to pick a picture on your

computer, then click ‘Update’ button to use the

picture. Please note that there are certain

restrictions:

- Select .bmp / .jpg / .jpeg image files only.

- Image’s resolution should be less than 160 x

128, and can be divided by 4.

- Do not upload image files that size is greater

than 64KB.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-6 Audio

You can adjust audio input / output parameters here.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Enable
Microphone

Check this box to enable microphone. If you don’t
want to hear voice from IP camera, you can uncheck

this box to disable it.
Audio Type
(Microphone)

The format is fixed as G.711

Microphone
Gain

If the voice received by microphone is too loud or

silent, you can use this function to improve voice

volume, so you can hear voice from IP camera more

clearly.

- Select -2 or -1 dB to correct the voice that is too

loud;

- Select 0 dB and IP camera will do nothing on the

voice;

- Select +2 dB to +26 dB to amplify the voice.

Enable Speaker
(Speaker)

Check this box to enable speaker. If you don’t want

people at IP camera to hear you, you can uncheck

this box to disable it.
Audio Type
(Speaker)

The format is fixed as G.711

When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-7 Motion

This IP camera is capable to detect object’s motion, so IP camera will
only record when there’s motion and save disk storage space.

Motion detection is performed by examine the movement of objects in
rectangular motion detection area. You can define up to 3 motion
detection areas.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Enable Motion
Detection

Check this box to enable motion detection.

Enable
(Window 1 to
Window 3)

Check this box to enable this motion detection

window. You can select window 1 to 3 to enable up

to 3 motion detection windows. When a motion
detection window is enabled, a rectangular will

appear on camera’s view, with its title on the top.

- To move / resize a motion detection window:

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- Move: Use the mouse to drag the title text.

-

Resize: Use the mouse the drag the four corners

(upper-left/right, lower-

left/right) to resize it. If

you only want to adjust width or height, drag the

four sidebars (top, bottom, left, and right).
Title
(Window 1 to
Window 3)

Input characters in title field to change motion

detection area’s title text so you can identify it.
Please note that you have to click ‘Apply’ button and
the text will change.

Percentage

Select the percentage of pixel change that will

trigger motio

n detection alert. Select a lower

percentage and you can detect tiny changes in

motion detection area.

Sensitivity Select the sensitivity level that will trigger motion

detection alert. Select a higher sensitivity and you

can detect tiny changes in motion detection area.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-8 PTZ Control

If you mount the IP camera on pan-tilt camera cradles that support
pan-tilt control via RS-485 connection, you can use this function to
control pan-tilt camera cradle so you can control the orientation of IP
camera from remote place.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Enable RS-485 Check this box to enable RS-485 functionality.
Use Pelco-D Select this option and RS-485 interface will output

pan-tile control signal in Pelco-D format. This format

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is widely accepted by most of pan-tilt pan-tilt

camera cradles.

You have also input pan-tilt camera cradle’s address

code in ‘Address’ field. This code must be identical to

pan-tilt camera cradle’s address code.

Use Custom
Protocol

When the pan-tilt camera cradle does not support

Pelco-

D protocol, you can define a protocol’s detail

by this function.

Please refer to pan-tilt camera cradle’s user manual

to define the protocol.

- Baud Rate: Select data baud rate of RS-485

interface that pan-

tilt camera cradle will

accept. When the length of RS-485 connection

is very long (longer than 200M), it’s not

recommended to use high speed connection
(greater than 2400bps).

- Data Bits: Select data bits of RS-485

connection.

- Parity: Select parity bit: odd, even, or space.

- Stop Bit: Select stop bit: 1 or 2.

-

Home/Up/Down/Left/Right: Input the

command string used to move pan-tilt camera

cradle to home or up/down/left/right

position. Yo

u can click ‘Test’ button to send

command string for testing.

- Command 1 ~ 5: You can define extra pan-tilt

camera cradle control strings here by giving it

a name (Command Name) and command
string (Hexadecimal Message). You can also

click ‘Test’ button to send command string for

testing.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-9 Event

When there’s an event, you can use this setup page to define what IP
camera should do, like send an Email or trigger digital output to activate
external alarm.

There are three setup pages:

1. Setting: Define a new event and manage events.

2. Media: Define what kind of media file should be saved on designate

media.

3. Event Server: Define the details of remote server.

Please refer to following chapters for detailed instructions.

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3-9-1 Settings

This page lists all existing events. You can click ‘Modify’ button to edit an
existing event, or ‘Remove’ to delete an existing event.
To create a new even, just click “New” button to add an Event setting.

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To add a new event, click ‘New’ button and the descriptions of every
setup item is listed below:

Item Description

Enable Setting Check this box to enable this event. If you just want

to disable this event temporarily, you can uncheck

this box to keep this event and disabling while not
deleting it.

Title Input any description text for this event so you can

identify it quickly. You can use alphabets, numbers,

and symbols include: !$-.@^_~ (no spaces allowed).
Motion
Detection

Check this box and this event will be activated when

one of motion detection window detects motion.
Digital Input
1 ~ 2

Check this box and this event will be activated when

digital input 1 or 2’s input signal is high or low (select

from dropdown list).
Enable
Schedule Time

Check this box and this event will be activated when

designated weekday and time is reached.

You also have to check weekday box, and select time

from dropdown list. If you select ‘Always’ as time,

this event will be activated during all the day.
Enable FTP Check this box and IP camera will save file on FTP

server (refer to ‘FTP Server’ setting in ‘Event Server’

tab) when this event is activated.
Enable EMAIL Check this box and IP camera will send an Email to

designated recipient address (refer to ‘SMTP Server’

setting in ‘Event Server’ tab) when this event is

activated.
Enable Samba
(Net Storage)

Check this box and IP camera will save file on samba

server (refer to ‘Samba Server’ setting in ‘Event

Server’ tab) when this event is activated.
Enable SD
CARD

Check this box and IP camera will save file on SD

card when this event is activated. A working SD card

must be inserted into IP camera in advance.
Trigger digital
output for xx
second(s).

Check this box and IP camera will trigger digital out

to ‘h

igh’ state for xx seconds when this event is

activated, where ‘xx’ seconds must be defined by the

dropdown list.

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3-9-2 Media

You can define what kind of media file should be saved on designated
media.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

One Snapshot Save a picture file when event is triggered.
H.264 Video Save a H.264 video clip. You can also select the

recording length before and / or after the time when

event is triggered in ‘Pre Event’ and ‘Post’ Event’.

For example, if you set ‘Pre Event’ to ‘10’ and ‘Post

Event’ to 5’, and an event is triggered at 14:10:30,

then the video file will be 15 seconds long, starting

from 14:10:20 to 14:10:35.

Tips: You may want to know what happened before

event is triggered in many cases, especially when

object is outside of motion detection window.

Note: If the “Pre Event” set to “0” second, the “Post

Event” cannot set to “0” second.

When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-9-3 Event Server

You can define the details of remote media server: FTP (File), SMTP
(Email), and Samba (File).

A Samba server can be any computer running windows operating
system with network neighbor function enabled. Many stand-alone
network file server also support samba server function.

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Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Enable FTP
Server

Check this box to enable FTP server upload.

-

FTP Server: Input FTP server’s IP address or

hostname.

- Port: Input FTP server’s port number. In most cases

it should be default value ‘21’.

- User Name: Input FTP server’s username.

- Password: Input FTP server’s password.

- File Path Name: Input the path where you want to

save file on FTP server, like ‘upload/record’. If you

want to save file on this FTP user’s home directory,
you can leave this field blank.

-

Enable Passive Mode: Check this box to force IP

camera to communicate with FTP server in passive
mode (Some FTP Server may only work when you
check this box, while others don’t).

- Test FTP: Click this button to test FTP server settings

above immediately.

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SMTP Server Check this box to enable Email send.

-

SMTP Server: Input SMTP server’s IP address or

hostname.

-

Port: Input SMTP server’s port number. In most

cases it should be default value ‘25’.

- Sender E

mail Address: Input the sender’s email

address that will appear in the Email send by IP
camera. This will help you to identify the Email
sent by this IP camera, and may help when you
have anti-spam software installed (you can set this
Email address to ‘White List’ in your anti-spam
software)

-

Receiver #1 Email Address: Input primary

recipient’s Email address. This field is required.

-

Receiver #2 Email Address: Input backup

recipient’s Email address. This field is optional.

- Subject: Input Email title that will

appear in the

Email send by IP camera. This will help you to
identify the Email sent by this IP camera.

-

Authentication: Check this box when
authentication is required by the Email server

you’re using. You also need to input Email server’s

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username and password in corresponding field.

-

Requires SSL Encryption: If your Email server
required SSL encryption, check this box. Please
note that some Email server uses different port
number than standard port 25 when SSL

encryption is used.

- STARTTLS: If your Email se

rver required STARTTLS

encryption, check this box. Please note that some

Email server uses different port number than
standard port 25 when STARTTLS encryption is

used.

-

Test SMTP: Click this button to test SMTP server

settings above immediately.

Samba Server Check this box to enable Samba server file upload.

-

Samba Server Address: Input Samba server’s IP

address or hostname.

-

Path: Input the path where you want to save file
on Samba server, like ‘upload/record’. If you want

to save file on this user’s home

directory, you can

leave this field blank.

- User Name: Input Samba server’s username.

- Password: Input Samba server’s password.

-

Test SMB: Click this button to test Samba server

settings above immediately.

Tips: Some samba server does not have username

and p

assword check, you can just input samba server

address and path to access the file storage space.

When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-10 Recording to SD Card

When a SD card is inserted into IP camera, you can save video files on it.

Note:

1.

Be sure that the SD Card format should be FAT32. The NTFS

format cannot be supported by this camera.

2.

Unlink motion detection, this function will record video at

specified time period on selected weekday(s).

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Enable External
storage Recording

Check this box to record video on SD card.

Maximum Size of
Each File

Input the maximum size of every video file from
1MB to 50MB. IP camera will start a new video
file when a recording video file reaches the size

limit stated here.
Recording
Schedule

Define the recording schedule. You can check

Sun to Sat boxes to represent a weekday, and

specify time period in ‘From’ and ‘To’ field.

Select ‘Always’ to record 24 hours in selected

weekday(s).

When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save
changes.

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3-11 Log

You can check the usage log of IP camera here.

In this page, you can click:

1. First page / Final page: Jump to first / final page of log.

2. Previous / Next: Jump to previous or next page of log.

3. Remove: Clear log. You’ll be prompted for confirmation.

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3-12 Device Info

You can check the information and network settings of this IP camera.
These information are very useful when you need to repair or fix the
problem of this IP camera.

An example of device info page look like this:

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3-13 Maintenance

You can do some maintenance job about this IP camera here.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item Description

Reboot Click this button

to reboot the IP camera. This

function is useful when you find IP camera is not
working properly.

Reset

Clear all settings of IP camera and reset to factory

default setting.

Backup

Backup IP camera’s setting and save it on your

computer.
Backup to SD
card device

Backup IP camera’s setting and save it on SD card. A

SD card must be inserted into SD card slot when you

click this button, or you’ll receive an error message.
Restore Restore a previously-

saved configuration file saved

on your computer. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a

file on your computer first, then click ‘Restore’

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button.
Restore from
SD card device

Restore IP camera’s configuration which is

previously-saved on SD card.
Upgrade Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Browse’ button

to selec

t a firmware image file on your computer

first, then click ‘Upgrade’ button.

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3-14 Language

You can change the display language of web interface.

Click ‘Language’ button and select one language. More languages may
available in latest firmware file.

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Chapter IV Troubleshooting

Please don’t panic when you found this IP Camera is not working
properly. Before you send this IP Camera back to us, you can do some
simple checks to save your time:

Problem description Possible solution(s)

Can’t connect to IP
Camera

1) Please check the IP address of IP Camera
again.

2) Please make sure the network cable is

correctly connected to your local area
network.

3) Please make sure power cable is correctly

connected to IP Camera.

4) Please make sure IP Camera is switched

on (the LED lights on IP Camera will light
up).

No IP Camera found 1) ‘Auto search’ function only works on IP

Cameras located on local area network.

No image 1) If the place where IP camera is installed is

too dark, try to add some lights when
possible.

2) Check if there’s anything covering the

lens.