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ShareTech AV1 IP Camera

User Manual

Version 1.04.01

- CONTENTS -

Chapter I Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera ............................................................................................. 4

1.2 Key feature of this network IP camera include: ...................................................................................... 5

1.3 Safety Instructions ................................................................................................................................... 6

1.4 Packaging Contents .................................................................................................................................. 7

1.5 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera ............................................................................................ 8

Installation of the Network IP Camera ........................................................................................................ 11

Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface ...................................................................... 13

2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera ........................................................................................ 13

2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin ............................................... 13

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

3-3-1 ‘General’ setup page ....................................................................................................................... 27

3-3-2 ‘Advanced’ setup page .................................................................................................................... 29

3-4 IP Filter................................................................................................................................................... 32

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

3-5-1 Image Setting .................................................................................................................................. 35

3-5-2 Video Setting ................................................................................................................................... 38

3-5-3 Overlay Setting ................................................................................................................................ 40

3-6 Audio ..................................................................................................................................................... 42

3-7 Motion ................................................................................................................................................... 43

3-8 Privacy Mask .......................................................................................................................................... 45

3-9 PTZ Control ............................................................................................................................................ 47

3-10 Event .................................................................................................................................................... 49

3-10-1 Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 50

3-10-2 Media ............................................................................................................................................ 52

3-10-3 Event Server .................................................................................................................................. 53

3-11 Recording............................................................................................................................................. 57

3-12 SDHC .................................................................................................................................................... 59

3-13 Log ....................................................................................................................................................... 61

3-14 Device Info ........................................................................................................................................... 62

3-15 Maintenance ....................................................................................................................................... 63

3-16 Language ............................................................................................................................................. 65

Chapter IV Troubleshooting............................................................................................................... 66

Chapter V Digital I/O User Guide .......................................................................................................... 67

Chapter VI Specification .................................................................................................................... 69

Chapter I Introduction

1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera

This 2M network camera provides super image quality and remarkable bandwidth efficiency. The camera supports H.264 High Profile, Main Profile, and Baseline Profile video stream compression technology. With H.264 higher video compression performance, the file size of transmitted video stream is extremely reduced so as to optimize the network bandwidth efficiency.

This 2M network camera has up to 15M IR illumination distance. It offers true day/night function to maintain clear images 24 hours a day. The build-in Micro SD card slot provides a convenient and portable storage option for local storage of event and schedule recordings in case of network disconnection.

The digital motion detector feature transmits an alarm signal when moving subjects enter the scene. Together with 64-channel central software management software for live view and recording.

1.2 Key feature of this network IP camera include:

 IR illumination distance over 15 meters.  Mechanical IR-cut filter removable.

 Up to 1080P resolution at 10 FPS.  H.264 HP, MP, BP/MPEG4 SP multiple stream output for simultaneously live

monitoring and high resolution recording.

 Event management by motion detection  Support mobile phone remote monitoring.  ONVIF compliant.

1.3 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.

 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.

 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.

1.4 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

Network IP camera

Tools package

CDROM(Manual)

Quick installation guide

1.5 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera

Item

Description

1. IP camera device

IP camera

2. Power Cable

Including -Power, Network & peripherals

[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

Fixed focal length.

[Cable ASSIGNMENT]

Item

Description

Network, RJ45 connector, two LED index, orange color is power index, green is network index

Audio input

DC12Volt/2A input

Audio output

DI/DO/GND

[Back]

Item

Description

1. screw mount hole

Mount the IP camera by screw

2. conduit hole

IP camera metal case

Installation of the Network IP Camera

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

1. Remove the front cover by using screw driver as the following figure shows.

2. Fix IP-camera on the wall or ceiling through the screw holes as the following

figure shows.

3. Connect DC power cable to IP Camera’s DC power connector, or network only by

using PoE switch.

4. If everything’s ok, you should see the left LED light on LAN port light up. If not,

please re-check every step and try again, or ask your dealer of purchase for help.

5. Hold the inner cover and rotate the lens module to the view angle as you wish.

6. Insert the micro-SD card to the specific slot as the following figure shows.

7. Re-mount the front cover again and fix the screws.

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 / Win7 / Win8

■ Browser: IE8 / IE9 / IE10

■ Cell phone: 3GPP player

■ Quick Time: 7.0 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.

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 plug-in before you can see the video from IP Camera.

For IE 8:

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

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.

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

This camera supports H.264 only. H.264 required less network bandwidth and this will help when network connection is slow.

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

Original size /

Switches live image view between original size (full size:

Fit screen

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 computer. 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 Zoom’ button

This function will enlarge video view digitally 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.

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:

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item

Description

RTSP/RTP over TCP

Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data over TCP.

RTSP/RTP over UDP

Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data over UDP.

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

Select 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 example, 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.

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.

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 characters 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.

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

Select this option and date / time setting will not be

date and time

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.

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 LOG, and change Client Setting and

language)

- Guest (Can view IP camera’s video , and change language )

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’).

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item

Description

Password / Retype Password

(Administrator)

Here 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.

Account List

Input new user’s username here. User name must be greater than 1 character and less than 32 characters.

User Name

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 user.

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:

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.

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.

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. 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, TZO and No-IP 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.

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 accept connections here. IP 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 of 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.

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.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item

Description

Brightness /

Control the image parameters. Click ‘ - ‘ to decrease value, or click

Contrast / Saturation / Sharpness

‘ + ‘ to increase value. You can also input the value in the field

directly. Default

Set all above values to default value ‘128’.

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.

Exposure Mode

This camera is able to adjust the exposure setting automatically by default. In this page, it allows user to define the exposure setting manually. Set up the values of exposure value, exposure time and gain to create a profile and click “Apply” to enable it.

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 (ABW)

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

dropdown menu.

- Outdoor: Outdoor environment using.

- Auto: IP camera will adjust its parameters automatically.

- B/W: You’ll be using this IP camera in dark places where lights

are insufficient.

- Tungsten: Low color temperature environment using.

IR-cut (Day/Night)

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 know if you

should use IR filter, select this option.

- Night mode(B/W): IR filter is always on.

- Day mode(Color): IR filter is always off.

Day

IR-cut filter will only be switched 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.

Digital WDR

Enable Digital WDR function can improve image quality under the condition when there are very bright and very dark areas simultaneously in the camera's field's angle.

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.

Video Resolution

Select video resolution.

- H.264:

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

- MPEG4:

1920x1080 (1080p) / 1280x960 (960p) / 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 integer 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. Please download APP from iPhone and Android APP store. Find the instruction guide on the CDROM for help.

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.

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.

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.

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:

- 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 motion 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. When IP-camera detects motion action, a blue bar will show in the specific window.

3-8 Privacy Mask

This IP camera is capable to setup privacy mask, so that IP camera will only record the specific area as user needs.

You can define up to 3 privacy mask areas.

Here are the descriptions of every setup item:

Item

Description

Enable Privacy Mask

Check this box to enable Privacy Mask.

Enable (Window 1 to Window 3)

Check this box to enable this privacy mask window. You can select window 1 to 3 to enable up to 3 privacy mask windows. When a privacy mask window is enabled, a rectangular will appear on camera’s view, with its title on the top.

- To move / resize a privacy mask window:

- 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).

Filled color

There are four different color for privacy mask window selection. Select the specific color and click 'Apply', then the privacy mask window will fulfill the specific color.

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

3-9 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 Address

Select this option and RS-485 interface will output pan-tile control signal in Pelco-D format. This format is widely accepted by most of 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.

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

Please refer to pan-tilt camera cradle’s user manual to define the protocol.

Port Setting

- 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.

Customer Commands

- Home/Up/Down/Left/Right: Input the command string

used to move pan-tilt camera cradle to home or

up/down/left/right position. You can click ‘Test’ button

to send command string for testing.

Extended 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.

3-10 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 sections for detailed instructions.

3-10-1 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 start an Event setting. 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

Check this box to enable and setup digital input trigger level.

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 Micro-SD card when this event is activated. A working Micro-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 ‘high’ state for xx seconds when this event is activated, where ‘xx’

seconds must be defined by the dropdown list.

3-10-2 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.

Maximum Video File Size

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 ‘5’ and ‘Post Event’ to 5’, and an event is triggered at 14:10:30, then the video file will be 10 seconds long, starting from 14:10:20 to 14:10:30.

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.

3-10-3 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.

Enable FTP server then it will show the related items of FTP server setting.

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.

Enable SMTP Server then UI shows the items as below.

Item

Description

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 Email 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 titles 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 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 server 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.

Enable SMTP Server then UI shows the items as below.

Item

Description

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 password 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.

3-11 Recording

IP camera provides continuous recording function. You can save video files on it.

Note:

1. Be sure that the Micro 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 enable recording function.

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).

Storage Option

User can select the external storage device that is SD-card or remote Samba server.

Note:

1. This item setting is for external storage device continuous recording, once the event recording and continuous recording are the same external device, then when event happens, there will be two different paths for event and continuous recording in this specific external storage device.

2. Remote Samba server setting is same as Event Server setting.

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

3-12 SDHC

The IP camera module has a built in Micro-SD card slot on PCBA board. The UI shows the capacity is 'None' when no Micro-SD card inserted.

Once the Micro-SD card is inserted, the UI will show the capacity of the Micro-SD card like the image hereunder.

There are two UI pages to show the record on the Micro-SD card. They are mapping to the setting of “Recording to SD card” and “Event” accordingly. Click “All file” to list all files. You also can define the range and click “Search” to sort the files needed. It shows likes the images in the next page.

Set the time range then click “Search” then shows the records like below.

Note:

1. Be sure that the Micro SD Card format should be FAT32. The NTFS format cannot be supported by this camera.

2. For new Micro-SD card, it's better to do 'Format' before recording.

3-13 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.

3-14 Device Info

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

An example of device info page looks like this:

3-15 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 Micro SD card device

Backup IP camera’s setting and save it on Micro SD card. A Micro SD card must be inserted into Micro 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’ button.

Restore from

Restore IP camera’s configuration which is previously-saved on

SD card device

Micro-SD card.

Upgrade

Upgrade IP camera’s firmware. Click ‘Browse’ button to select a

firmware image file on your computer first, then click ‘Upgrade’

button.

3-16 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.

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.

Chapter V Digital I/O User Guide

DI/DO connector – Use in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering, SD recording and alarm notiﬁcations via FTP/EMAIL/SAMBA.

•Digital output — For connecting external devices such as relays, alarm bell or LEDs.

Connected devices can be activated by the ConfigurationEvent interface or digital output buttons on the Home page.

Notes

Specifications

Trigger is “Off”, DO connect to GND Trigger is “On”, DO is floating

Max load: 30mA,30VDC

Please refer to the following illustration for DO connection method

Trigger

CAMERA

GND

Power

•Digital input — An alarm input for connecting devices that can toggle between an open and closed circuit, for example: PIRs, door/window contacts, glass break detectors, etc. When a signal is received the state changes and the input becomes active.

Notes

Specifications

DI is floating, trigger is “high” DI is high, trigger is “low”

Max current input: 30mA

Please refer to the following illustration for DI connection method

Trigger

GND

Power

CAMERA

Suggested Component Value

Power(VDC) RL(Ω)

3.3V 100Ω

5V 200Ω

12V 510Ω

Chapter VI Specification

SMAX Model No.

ShareTech AV1

Description

200-Mega Pixels Outdoor H.264 Day /

Night IP vandal dome Camera

System

Special Features

DSP Base

CMOS

Image Sensor

Format

1/2.5"

Effective Pixels

1920H x 1080V

Pixel size

2.2 x 2.2μm

Active Image Area

5.70mm(H) x 4.28mm(V), 7.13mm (diagonal)

Built-in Lens

Lens Mount

Board, M12 x P0.5

Focal Length

3.6mm

F No.

F1.8

Angle of View

67.88° (D)

60.79° (H)

36.53°(V)

Day/Night

Mechanical IRCF

Yes, on sensor board

IR Wave Length/ IR

Distance

850nm / up to 30M, 5phy x 15pcs

Video Codec

H.264

30fps @ 1920 x 1080 ;

30fps @ 1200 x 960 ; 1280 x 720 ; 720 x

480 ; 640 x 480 ; 320 x 240

MPEG4

30fps @ 1920 x 1080 ;

30fps @ 1200 x 960 ; 1280 x 720 ; 720 x

480 ; 640 x 480 ; 320 x 240

MJPEG

30fps @1280x720 ; 720x480 ; 640x480 ;

320x240

Audio Codec

G.711 μ-law

Codec Quality Options

H.264: 5 Levels or Bit Rate ;

MPEG4/MJPEG: 5 Levels

Interface

Network

10/100MBase, RJ45

LED Indicators

Power & Ethernet (1/1)

Reset

Yes, On PCB board

Storage Interface

Micro SD card slot (SDHC)

Power

PoE

Yes, IEEE802.3af compliant

Supply

AC-DC Power

DC 12V

Special

Features

Motion Detection

Yes, 3 scalable windows

Image Settings

Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness,

Saturation Adjustable

Alarm Buffer

5 sec. pre-alarm / 5 sec. post-alarm, up to

3MByte

Mirror

Vertical / Horizontal

ONVIF

Yes

PTZ Control

Digital zoom up to 10x ; Digital Pan / Tilt

3GPP Supported

Yes

Packet Management

IP Filer, QOS

Time Management

Manual Time Setting, Time Server & NTP

Support, Real Time Clock

Multi-level User Access

Yes

Multiple Streaming

Yes

Environment

Operating Temp.

/ Humidity

-20~50 oC,

20% ~ 85% RH

Storage Temp.

-20~60°C

Weather Proof

IP66

Protocols

TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, UDP, ICMP, DHCP,

NTP, DNS, DDNS, SMTP, FTP,

HTTP, HTTPs, Samba, PPPoE, UPnP,

Bonjour, RTP, RTSP, RTCP

Mechanical

Dimensions

φ110mm x 80mm

Vandal proof

IK8

Material

Metal

Accessory

1 x User Manual / ExpressView CD ROM

1 x Quick Installation Guide

Certificate

CE, FCC

ShareTech AV1 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual