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m457_357a_system_V1.2

NETWORK CAMERA SERIES 

OPERATION GUIDE 

Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference.

Summary of Contents for AVM357A

Page 1: ...m457_357a_system_V1 2 NETWORK CAMERA SERIES OPERATION GUIDE Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference ...

Page 2: ... equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interfer...

Page 3: ... AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA LLC SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM GPL Licensing This product contains codes which are developed by Third Party Companies and which are subject to the GNU General Public License GPL or the GNU Lesser Public License LGPL The GPL Code used in this product is released without warranty and is subject to the copyright of the corresponding author Further source codes...

Page 4: ... 2 7 SMS 9 3 2 8 Filter 10 3 2 9 UPnP Bonjour 10 3 2 10 RTP 11 3 3 Camera 12 3 3 1 Camera 12 3 3 2 Video 12 3 3 3 Color 13 3 3 4 Advance 13 3 4 Record 14 3 4 1 Record 14 3 4 2 Record Timer 14 3 5 Storage 14 3 5 1 Memory 14 3 6 Trigger 15 3 6 1 Trigger 15 3 7 General 16 3 7 1 General 16 3 7 2 Time 16 3 7 3 Server Log 17 3 7 4 Online 17 3 7 5 Account 18 3 7 6 Google Maps 18 3 7 7 Maintenance 19 APPE...

Page 5: ...pply Note The power adapter is optional RJ45 network cable Connect it to the supplied RJ45 cable extender adapter for cable extension and prepare another RJ45 network cable with suitable length for your connection Black Brown GND Ground wire used for reset default or external device connection Yellow Alarm in Reserved for connecting to an external alarm device For details please refer the user man...

Page 6: ...7a swf if your network environment is not wireless 2 1 Camera Login Step1 Open your web browser and key in http ipaddress portnum in the URL address box For example for the IP address 60 121 46 236 and port No 888 please key in http 60 121 46 236 888 into the URL address box and press Enter Step2 In the login page key in the user name and password and enter the security code from the image below i...

Page 7: ...24 HD720P 1280 x 720 HD720P 1280 x 720 VGA 640 x 480 VGA 640 x 480 Video Resolution Supervisor Power User Normal User QVGA 320 x 240 QVGA 320 x 240 Live View Size Supervisor Power User Normal User Full Screen Click to display the image in full screen To exit the full screen mode press Esc on your keyboard This icon appears only when the selected resolution is HD1080P SXGA or HD720P VGA Double size...

Page 8: ...SCRIPTION Resolution Select the video resolution for the DPTZ function Only VGA and QVGA are available Take snapshots Click to take a snapshot of the current view on a new window Right click on the picture and re save it to the location you want Alarm Out Click to force your alarm out device to work For example when your alarm device is a buzzer click this button and your buzzer will start to soun...

Page 9: ...X 8X 16X speed forward eventually Fast Rewind Increase the speed for fast rewind Click to get 2X 4X 8X 16X speed rewind eventually Play Click to play the current video clip Pause Click to pause the video playback Stop Click to stop the video playback Step In the pause mode click to get one frame forward Audio Click to mute the playback if necessary and click again to restore Download Click to down...

Page 10: ...for event notifications when Email is chosen in Trigger Trigger SMS Enter text messaging information for SMS notifications when SMS is chosen in Trigger Trigger Filter Choose to permit or block the IP address es which can access this camera UPnP Suitable for Windows based operating system Allow this camera to be detected among devices within the same network area for easy and quick usage Bonjour S...

Page 11: ...etwork is PPPOE or DHCP For details please refer to Advanced Network Setup from www surveillance download com user m357a swf Main Menu Sub Menu Reference General General 1 Select the language of the web browser 2 Check the MAC address of the camera 3 Lock camera access after the specified time Time Set daylight saving time and the current time Server Log Check the system event logs Online Check th...

Page 12: ...the time with the network time 3 2 5 FTP Enter the detailed FTP information and click Save to confirm The information you set here will be applied when FTP is selected in Trigger Trigger 3 2 6 MAIL Enter the detailed e mail information and click Save to confirm The information you set here will be applied when Email is selected in Trigger Trigger Function Description SMTP Server Enter the SMTP ser...

Page 13: ... Trigger Function Description System The text messaging service provider is Clickatell User name Password Enter the account user name and password you created in Clickatell API ID Enter the API ID you applied from Clickatell Recipient Click Add to enter the phone number including the country code to receive the text message Five sets of phone numbers are allowed Transfer Interval Set the interval ...

Page 14: ...Rules Rule To add an item to the IP address list key in the IP address in Rule and click Add To remove an existing item in the IP address list click the item you want to remove and click Delete 3 2 9 UPnP Bonjour UPnP stands for Universal Plug and Play which allows devices to connect seamlessly in the home and corporate environments and simplify installation of computer components and is only suit...

Page 15: ...for you if no IP address or port number is entered Note When the configurations are saved successfully you ll see a message indicating the IP address and port number assigned to this network camera 3 2 10 RTP The Real time Transport Protocol RTP is an Internet protocol standard to manage the real time transmission of multimedia such as VLC player The media player you want to use for remote access ...

Page 16: ... Live TTL The range of Time to Live of the package is between 1 255 As soon as Time to Live of the package is 0 it will be dropped 3 3 Camera 3 3 1 Camera Rename the camera and change the place where the camera name is shown on the screen UP LEFT UP RIGHT DOWN LEFT DOWN RIGHT 3 3 2 Video Adjust video related settings in different video format Quality is related to image clearness FPS is related to...

Page 17: ...on when necessary Flip Select ON to rotate the image 180 when necessary De noise Click and drag the slider to adjust the level from 0 10 to decrease the noise shown in the dark environment IR Control Select Auto to automatically enable IR LEDs at night or in the dark environment On to always enable IR LEDs or OFF to disable this function White Balance Process the current image to retain color bala...

Page 18: ...2 Record Timer To schedule alarm recording enable it and select the day and time for recording Note The timer must be enabled for the record function to work properly 3 5 Storage 3 5 1 Memory In Memory you can check the remaining capacity for recording or clear all recorded data saved if needed Note The recorded data will be removed also when you reset or reboot this camera Note To save more recor...

Page 19: ...t is Motion JPEG When Enable is selected click Detection to enter the motion detection area setting page as follows Sensitivity Set the detection sensitivity from the drop down list High Normal or Low Area Setting Set the motion detection area by selecting the area grids with your mouse Pink grids represent the area that is not being detected while the transparent grids are the area under detectio...

Page 20: ...k FTP once the selected event type occurs SMS Select the event type you want to receive a text message when it occurs The camera will send a text message to the mobile phone number you assigned in Network SMS once the selected event type occurs Alarm Out Select the event type you want to trigger the alarm out device to work when it occurs Then click the title Alarm Out in blue to configure the tri...

Page 21: ...urs Adjust Time 3 7 3 Server Log To quickly search the system logs you want by event type click Prev Page or Next Page to find the logs you want or check the event type s and click Reload to start searching To clear all system event logs click Clear All 3 7 4 Online You can check the current online user s with respective online information To refresh the list click Reload To allow anonymous login ...

Page 22: ...owed to stay online 1 MIN 5 MIN 10 MIN 1 HOUR 1 DAY INFINITE Step2 Then click Save to save your setting and create a new account How to modify or delete an existing account Step1 Select the account you want to modify or delete Step2 To modify the account click Edit to change the settings and click Save To remove the account click Delete Note It s not allowed to remove an account when there s only ...

Page 23: ... events to your PC before firmware upgrade Step1 Select to browse to where you save the upgrade files and select them one by one until all files are selected up to four files Step2 Select Upgrade to start system upgrading Note You ll be prompted to keep current configurations It s recommended to keep them or all configurations will be restored to default values after upgrade Note It takes a few mi...

Page 24: ...when the camera is reset to default values Select System bin in Firmware Upgrade and select Upgrade to import the system configuration System Reboot Select Reboot to restart your camera if needed Player Download To see the event video clips downloaded to your PC you need to first install our own video player in your PC Select Free Download to download the video player and double click the file to ...

Page 25: ...A QVGA SXGA HD720P VGA QVGA Min Illumination 0 1 Lux F1 5 0 Lux IR LED ON S N Ratio More than 48dB AGC off Lens f3 8mm F1 5 Viewing Angle 73 2 Horizontal 47 4 Vertical 85 4 Diagonal 53 7 Horizontal 34 1 Vertical 62 7 Diagonal IR LED 35 units IR Effective Range Up to 20 meters IR Shift YES White Balance ATW AGC Auto IRIS Mode AES POE YES IEEE 802 3af External Alarm I O YES IP Rating IP67 Power Sour...

Page 26: ...H 264 Camera type Megapixel camera Static No one coming in and out Dynamic One or two people coming in and out Resolution Quality Frame Rate Dynamic kbps Static kbps SXGA Best FULL 3253 3216 High 2375 2160 Normal 1571 1266 Basic 1465 873 VGA Best 2010 1261 High 1042 1034 Normal 685 572 Basic 457 350 QVGA Best 646 366 High 482 350 Normal 302 286 Basic 168 161 SXGA Best 1 4 1163 1076 High 989 715 No...

Page 27: ...Quality Frame Rate Dynamic kbps Static kbps SXGA Best 1 15 581 374 High 405 342 Normal 487 248 Basic 337 141 VGA Best 358 79 High 201 63 Normal 180 28 Basic 92 15 QVGA Best 111 84 High 99 68 Normal 97 54 Basic 58 42 ...

Page 28: ...and power can be supplied over the same network Ethernet cable as the one used to connect to Internet No power cable is needed Below shows two examples of POE application for reference When your router hub supports POE connection When your router hub doesn t support POE connection An optional POE connected required ...

Page 29: ...Please follow the steps below for application Step1 Go to http www clickatell com login php In New Customers select Clickatell Central API from the drop down list Step2 Fill in your information to create an account and click CONTINUE Note Note down the user name and password and the mobile phone number you specified here for SMS notification setting later Step2 When the account is created the syst...

Page 30: ...ill send an activation code to that number for verification Check if you receive a text message from Clickatell Step4 Go back to Clickatell and click the tab Manage my Products Then select HTTP from the drop down list My Connections Step5 In Add HTTP API enter a descriptive name for this service and make sure the dial prefix is correct and callback type is HTTP GET Then click Submit Step5 You will...

Page 31: ...ller for this service because it s usually hard for a person who doesn t have network knowledge to set network configurations My live images are not fluent Why Image fluency could be affected by the local network upload bandwidth router efficiency client network download bandwidth complexity of live view and more Recommended To have the best image fluency select QVGA to have the best image quality...

Page 32: ...n the resolution image quality frame rate you choose the complexity of your monitoring area and how often the moving objects show in your monitoring area Testing Environment Place Office Monitoring area 1 5 meters away from the camera Alarm trigger conditions 1 One person walks by the monitoring area and leaves immediately 2 Two persons walk by the monitoring area One goes away immediately and the...

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