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Page 1: ...Network Camera Operation Manual ...

Page 2: ...xplanation about some functions may not be incorporated The manufacturer is not responsible for any problems resulting from the use thereof The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions or new editions to this publication may be issued to incorporate such changes It is recommended that first time users of this network camera and individuals who are not familiar wit...

Page 3: ...ble system This will prevent damage to the equipment due to lightning and power line surges If thunder or lightning is common where the equipment is installed use a surge protection device 10 Overloading Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in the risk of fire or electric shock 11 Objects and Liquids Never push objects of any kind through openings of this equipment a...

Page 4: ...ollection systems This marking shown on the product or its literature indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources Househo...

Page 5: ...p 11 Network 12 IP Address 12 FEN 13 Port QoS 14 Bandwidth Control 15 Security 16 IEEE 802 1X 17 Video 17 Camera 18 Streaming 22 Webcasting 24 MAT 25 Privacy Masking 26 Audio 26 In Out 27 Event Action 27 Alarm out 28 Email 28 Remote Callback 29 Audio Alarm 29 FTP Upload 30 Record 31 Event 33 Alarm In 33 Motion Detection 34 Trip Zone 35 Audio Detection 36 ...

Page 6: ...Table of Contents 6 Tampering 37 System Event 38 Part 2 WebGuard 39 Web Live Mode 41 Web Search Mode 44 Part 3 Appendix 47 Setup Menu Tree Remote Setup 47 Index 48 2 3 ...

Page 7: ...ctNET s operation manual iNEX protocol Control the camera over the network from software installed on a computer or a separate NVR Ideal for using the camera over the network from a remote location Switching Protocols 1 Launch the INIT program and from the list select a camera whose protocol you wish to change 2 Click on the Setup icon and then select Setup Protocol Setup Alternatively you can rig...

Page 8: ... or later Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari It may not work properly with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9 0 or earlier It is recommended that you update the web browser to the latest version When you launch Remote Setup on a Microsoft Internet Explorer version 10 or later supporting HTML5 and the Remote Setup screen does not appear check if the web browser s document mode is set ...

Page 9: ...ra s hardware and software versions Miscellaneous ONVIF Protocol Select to enable ONVIF protocol use However ONVIF Protocol is available only to users belonging to the standard user groups Administrator Operator and User and when video compression is set to H 264 or JPEG under Video Streaming menu When you have connected to the camera by using the ONVIF protocol only the currently enabled streams ...

Page 10: ...ection with the other camera If IP Address Port and or SSL settings have been changed click Save to apply the current settings and then restart Remote Setup If you do not restart Remote Setup the changes afterwards will not be applied Date Time Date Time Change the camera s date time settings and display formats and configure the time zone and daylight saving time settings Click Save to apply the ...

Page 11: ...Z Control Select to control the pan tilt driver remotely from a website using webcasting User Group settings can only be configured by users belonging to the Administrator group There is no default password for the Administrator group s admin user Standard groups Administrator Operator and User cannot be edited or deleted Authorities assigned here apply identically to ONVIF protocol user groups Gr...

Page 12: ... address and other network settings automatically from the DHCP server DNS Server Enter the DNS server s IP address By using the DNS server you will be able to use domain names instead of IP addresses when configuring the FEN time or SMTP server If the camera is connected to the network via DHCP select the From DHCP option to retrieve the DNS server s IP address from the DHCP server automatically ...

Page 13: ...ver If network settings have been changed click Save at the bottom of the setup window to save the changes and then setup the FEN Inquire with your network administrator for the FEN Server s IP address or domain name If a DNS server has been configured under Network setup you can enter the FEN Server s domain name instead of its IP address for the FEN Server setting DNS server must be configured u...

Page 14: ...er the DSCP value higher the QoS level and thus higher on the network bandwidth allocation priority list Use 0 if you do not want to assign a QoS level The network environment must support DSCP in order for this feature to function properly Contact your network administrator for more details Use HTTPS Select this option to apply https protocol based security on WebGuard Use UPnP If the camera is c...

Page 15: ... Launch the media player such as VLC and then enter rtsp ID Password IP Address RTSP Port Number trackID Stream Number Stream Number 1 if Primary 2 if Secondary and 3 if Tertiary e g rtsp admin 10 0 152 35 554 trackID 1 User admin Password None Camera IP Address 10 0 152 35 RTSP Port Number 554 Stream Primary Via Mobile Device Launch the web browser and then enter http IP Address WebGuard Port Num...

Page 16: ...a transmitted out However programs and systems that do not support SSL will not be able to connect to the camera If this option has been changed click Save to apply the current settings and then restart Remote Setup If you do not restart Remote Setup the changes afterwards will not be applied Time server FEN Server and SMTP server s IP addresses must be added to Allow List under IP Filtering in or...

Page 17: ...Type Choose a network connection authentication method Selected method must be identical to the authentication method used on the authentication server EAPOL Version Choose EAP authentication s version EAP Identity EAP Password Enter authentication ID and password The authentication server and AP must support IEEE 802 1X authentication in order for the IEEE 802 1X network connection authentication...

Page 18: ... emailing and WDR Mirroring Select Horizontal Reverse or Vertical Reverse to flip the image horizontally or vertically Pivot Select a direction to rotate images 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise If vertical resolution is less than 320 this function is not supported If you enable this function you can monitor more efficiently long and narrow space such as hallways corridors etc If both Mirro...

Page 19: ...s of lens IRIS P IRIS Auto The system will assess the lighting conditions and adjust the openness of IRIS automatically P IRIS Fix Use the slider to select the desired openness of IRIS Select the most suitable value for the lighting conditions in the area where the camera is located AE Target Gain Specify exposure compensation s target gain Exposure is compensated automatically based on the specif...

Page 20: ...ow lighting conditions and it causes the other area to be too dark this function provides the other area of images brightly and clearly by blocking the backlight in the certain area Dark parking lot entrances and gas station entrances at night for example HSBLC compensates for the bright light coming from incoming vehicle headlights and makes it possible to see the license plates Exposure Control ...

Page 21: ...times as Nighttime IR Cut Filter IR Cut Filter blocks out the infrared spectrum You can ensure clear images at all times by blocking out the infrared spectrum in high lighting conditions and allowing the infrared spectrum to pass through in low lighting conditions Nighttime Mode Daytime Mode Disables or enables the IR cut filter Auto Allow the system to enable disable IR Cut Filter automatically S...

Page 22: ... Multistreaming is supported priority Primary Secondary Tertiary Quaternary Enable disable streaming use The lower stream settings may change depending on higher stream settings The tertiary and quaternary streams may not be available depending on higher stream settings refer to the table below The table below is an example of H 265 and H 264 compression It can be more limit if it is JPEG compress...

Page 23: ...s the current bitrate regardless of motion change in the video VBR Variable Bitrate Bitrate varies depending on motion changes in the video Less movement places less load on the network and takes up less storage space Frame Rate Choose a frame rate setting for video streaming The fame rate of the current stream cannot be higher than the fame rate of the higher stream if those stream resolutions ar...

Page 24: ... the designated streaming area If multiple users are connected to the camera the increase in bandwidth use can lower the frame rate Webcasting Use the webcasting service to view live images from the camera on a web site HTML Code Copy and paste the html code shown on the screen within the code of the web page you want the video to be displayed Stream Choose a stream to use for webcasting Only a st...

Page 25: ...e rate to be used between the end of the Inactivity Period and the next motion detection When the slow shutter mode is enabled under Video Camera menu the fame rate may change Video is transmitted and recorded at the designated frame rate between then end of the Inactivity Period and the next motion detection Once motion is detected again the frame rate designated under Streaming is restored immed...

Page 26: ...up Set up privacy masks Up to 8 Select Unselect Set or remove a privacy mask Click on the button and drag drop using the mouse to set up a privacy mask No Name Displays a list of active privacy masks The numbers indicate privacy mask numbers Select the empty space next to a number to assign a name to the corresponding privacy mask Click Delete to remove the selected privacy mask Audio Configure au...

Page 27: ...ilter the sound may be distorted somewhat We recommend that you do not use this function in a place with a lot of songs because it may degrade performance Output Select an option and then adjust the volume Cameras do not feature built in audio amplifier units and therefore require the user to purchase a speaker system with a built in amplifier separately Event Action Designate event detection aler...

Page 28: ...TP server s IP address or domain name and port number you received from the network administrator If a DNS server has been set up during network configuration you can enter a domain name instead of an IP address Use SSL STARTTLS If using an SMTP server requiring an SSL or STARTTLS connection select SSL or STARTTLS option Authentication Enter a user ID and password if user authentication is require...

Page 29: ...ture IP Address Enter the IP address and port number of the remote system that will receive the messages Retry Designate how many reattempts to make if message delivery fails Audio Alarm Select Audio Alarm to generate audio List Displays a list of audio files to playback Click Add or Remove to add remove audio wav files supports 16 bit 16KHz encoded files only Select an audio file from the list an...

Page 30: ...ter the FTP server s port number User ID Password Enter the user ID and password needed for connecting to the FTP server Settings Configure image and upload settings Upload Type Choose an upload type Select Always to upload images using the settings below irrespective of event detection Select Event to upload images using the settings below when an event is detected Upload Frequency Activated only...

Page 31: ...ifying the Upload Path or Base File Name you cannot use special characters such as and The resolution of FTP upload image can change depending on the resolution setting applied under Video Streaming Set speed settings for Upload Frequency and Upload 1 image per options in consideration of the FTP server s performance FTP uploads can fail if the configured speed is higher than what the FTP server c...

Page 32: ...ion You can record up to 60MB of video Using high resolution quality and frame rate settings can cause the recording to exceed the 60MB limit and stop before the end of the specified recording duration Post Event Select the post event recording duration Settings Select the Settings tab and configure recording settings Recording Stream Choose a stream to use for recording It s possible to designate...

Page 33: ...ct the Image Attachment option to attach a jpg image of the event detected to the email Remote Callback Select this option to send a message to a remote system and then select which system to send the message to Not supported from the WebGuard program The camera must be registered to the remote system in order to use the Remote Callback feature Audio Alarm Select this option to generate an audio a...

Page 34: ...nterval With Motion Ignoring Interval configured no event log or notification is generated for motions detected during a period of time following a motion detection event Daytime Specify when daytime starts and ends All other times will be assumed as nighttime Event Action Select a motion detection event alert action Alarm Out Select if you wish to generate an alarm out Send Email Select if you wi...

Page 35: ...Motion Ignoring Interval configured no event log or notification is generated for motions detected during a period of time following a motion detection event Daytime Specify when daytime starts and ends All other times will be assumed as nighttime Event Action Select a trip zone event alert action Alarm Out Select if you wish to generate an alarm out Send Email Select if you wish to send an email ...

Page 36: ...terval With Audio Ignoring Time configured no event log or notification is generated for audio detections taking place during a period of time following an audio detection event Event Action Select an audio detection event alert action Alarm Out Select if you wish to generate an alarm out Send Email Select if you wish to send an email Select the Image Attachment option to attach a jpg image of the...

Page 37: ... the defined time range will not be assumed as events Event Action Select a tampering detection event alert action Alarm Out Select if you wish to generate an alarm out Send Email Select if you wish to send an email Select the Image Attachment option to attach a jpg image of the event detected to the email Remote Callback Select this option to send a message to a remote system and then select whic...

Page 38: ... to send out an email if no change is detected in the alarm in status Remote Callback Select this option to send a message to a remote system when the SD memory card is inserted removed and then select which system to send the message to Disk In Out Select to check if the SD memory card has been inserted removed Send Email Select to send out an email when the SD memory card is inserted removed Rem...

Page 39: ...rt Number WebGuard connection port number selected during camera IP address and port number setup Or http FEN Server Address FEN name FEN Server address and FEN name registered to the FEN Server If the Use HTTPS option has been selected during WebGuard port number setup enter https instead of http If prompted with a security certificate warning select Continue to this website not recommended If th...

Page 40: ...hidden Tools Internet Options Security Custom level Allow websites to open windows without address or status bars Enable Launching a new version of WebGuard for the first time can cause Internet Explorer to load information from the previous version In this case navigate to Tools Internet Options General delete temporary Internet files and then restart WebGuard On Microsoft Windows Vista or above ...

Page 41: ...lick to access to the web search mode 3 Version Position the mouse pointer on the logo to see the WebGuard program version 4 Information The Information window displays the login information of WebGuard 5 Full Display Clicking the button displays the video in full screen Pressing the Esc button on a keyboard returns to the previous screen 6 Camera Button The button displays the camera number ...

Page 42: ...rotocol Zoom buttons Focusing buttons 9 Alarm Out Control Click to control an alarm out device remotely 0 Setup Click to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode and select OSD information to be displayed on the screen Save Image Click to save the current image as a bitmap or JPEG file format Remote Setup Click to change the ...

Page 43: ...ransmission TYPE 1 icon appears on the corresponding camera screen Aspect Ratio Change the aspect ratio of the video displayed on the screen Fit to Screen Fit the video to the size of the camera screen Fit to Aspect Ratio Resizes camera screen to original aspect ratio of the video Half Size x0 5 4 Times Bigger x4 Displays the camera videos in the selected size based on the original size of the vid...

Page 44: ...Web Search mode connection to remote locales will terminate automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity 1 Log Out Click to log out of the WebGuard program 2 Watch Click to access to the web monitoring mode 3 Version Position the mouse pointer on the logo to see the WebGuard program version 4 Information Displays the login information of WebGuard ...

Page 45: ...g a specific time displays the image recorded at that time on the screen Selecting allows you to display an image from a specific time 8 Event Search Click to enter the event search mode which allows you to search for event log entries using specific conditions and play back the images associated with those event entries 9 Setup Click to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display You can adjust...

Page 46: ...lays audio while playing back recorded video that has recorded audio Aspect Ratio Changes the image aspect ratio Anti Aliasing Screen Select to enhance image display quality by eliminating stair stepping aliasing effects in the enlarged image A camera name change in the Web Search mode does not affect the camera name set up on the camera Leaving the Camera Title blank causes the camera name set up...

Page 47: ...P Upload System Event Record Alarm In Alarm Out Camera IP Address General System In Out Motion Detection Email Streaming FEN Date Time User Group Network Trip zone Remote Callback Webcasting Port QoS Video Audio MAT Bandwidth Control Privacy Masking Security IEEE 802 1X Part 3 Appendix Setup Menu Tree Remote Setup ...

Page 48: ... D Date Time 10 DSCP 14 F FEN Name 13 FEN Server 13 Frame Rate 23 I IPFiltering 16 M MAT 25 N Network Bandwidth Limit 15 O ONVIF Protocol 9 Q Quality 23 R Remote Port 14 Resolution 23 RTSP Port 14 S SSL 16 T Time Sync 10 U Use FEN 13 Use HTTPS 14 User Group 11 Use UPnP 14 V1 2 ...

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