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1.2 Basic Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this Network camera! This Network camera is an

ideal product for all kinds of video surveillance purposes, like home/office

safety, kid/pet monitoring, and remote video acquire etc. Edimax IC-3100

series is tailor made to stream live video over your network. You can view the

Network camera's video from anywhere on your local computers or via the

Internet. Besides, Edimax IC-3100 series features high quality and high frame

rate video streaming through advanced video compression. In order to achieve

the highest video quality, simply select H.264, MPEG4 or M-JPEG depending

on your network settings.

You can discover more useful functions in next section!

Summary of Contents for IC-3100

Page 1: ...IC 3100 IC 3100W IC 3100P User Manual 04 2012 v1 0...

Page 2: ...ime in the contents hereof without the obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The product you have purchased and the setup screen may appear slightly different from those shown in...

Page 3: ...2 1 2 MPEG4 35 2 1 3 H 264 36 2 1 4 OSD 37 2 2 1 LAN 39 2 2 2 WLAN 42 2 2 3 Dynamic DNS 45 2 2 4 UPnP 46 2 2 5 LoginFree 48 2 2 6 RTSP 49 2 3 Motion Detection 50 2 3 1 Motion Detection 51 2 3 2 Motio...

Page 4: ...ot 103 3 10 Recording 104 3 11 Video Playback 105 Chapter IV How to Access the Network Camera Remotely with iPhone Android Phones 106 4 1 iPhone App Installation 109 4 2 Android App installation 120 4...

Page 5: ...d return the package to claim for missing contents System Requirements Computer with Windows 7 Vista or XP PC with dual core or above at least 2GB RAM Internet Explorer 6 0 above Existing 10 100 Ether...

Page 6: ...is tailor made to stream live video over your network You can view the Network camera s video from anywhere on your local computers or via the Internet Besides Edimax IC 3100 series features high qua...

Page 7: ...up to 100Mbps for wired network and 100Mbps for wireless network Wireless data encryption WEP WPA Supports DHCP and PPPoE protocol you can also assign a fixed IP address to the camera also Supports D...

Page 8: ...AN activity WLAN LED Indicates Wireless LAN activity only work on wired model plugged with USB WiFi dongle and wireless model Power LED Indicates power status Focus Ring Adjusts focus Front View LAN L...

Page 9: ...OE model Wireless model SD Card Slot Accepts SD SD HC memory card for image video storage USB Port Connects to certain wireless module Antenna Base Connects to supplied antenna Top View USB Port SD Ca...

Page 10: ...nd hold for more than 10 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value Power Connector Connects to 12V DC power adapter Ethernet Connector Connect to your local area network Audio Conn...

Page 11: ...10 Tripod Connector Connects to any standard tripod camera wall holder MAC Address Label Shows the MAC address of this Network Camera Useful when you can t locate the camera on the network Back View...

Page 12: ...he power LED will flash and light up when the camera is powered on and ready for access to Cloud LAN Off LAN port not in use On LAN port in use Flash Transferring data via LAN port WLAN Off Wireless L...

Page 13: ...ter to wall socket and connect the power connector to the power jack located at the bottom of the Network Camera 4 Connect two antennas to the antenna bases which is located at the back of this Networ...

Page 14: ...2 3 If you wish to assign another IP address to this Network Camera you have to log onto the web configuration interface of the camera first If the left three fields of the IP address of your computer...

Page 15: ...14 2 Double click Network Connections icon 3 Right click Local Area Connection and click Properties...

Page 16: ...15 4 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties...

Page 17: ...twork Camera and you forget it there re 2 methods to recover it a Press and hold the Reset button located at the bottom of this Network Camera to clear all settings of the Network Camera and reset the...

Page 18: ...h is connected to your local area network The admin software is also capable to locate multiple cameras on your local area network Please insert the user manual CD ROM supplied in the product package...

Page 19: ...and MAC address You can click icon to find network cameras on local network again or select an network camera and click Icon to configure it see next step To preview the image of network camera please...

Page 20: ...19 3 Ediview finder will inspect network camera s connection type and if it s connected to Internet this may take a few seconds please be patient...

Page 21: ...f you don t want to change network camera s name and password you can click X on the upper right corner of window to close ediview finder utility 5 You can input these information to configure network...

Page 22: ...ailable when this icon is displayed as blue color All camera related information will be displayed here If you wish to connect to certain camera by web browser double click the camera listed here The...

Page 23: ...h camera Click this button to search all cameras on local area network again Configure camera Click this button to configure camera s network and security setting You ll be prompted to input camera s...

Page 24: ...nd security setting In Lan Setting page you can configure camera s network settings Select DHCP to set the camera to obtain an IP address from DHCP server on local area network automatically and selec...

Page 25: ...mpted to input the user name and password Default user name is admin and password is 1234 Click OK to continue after user name and password has entered If you re rejected maybe the password has been m...

Page 26: ...onto web management interface you ll be prompted to install ActiveX Plugin When you see this message please click OK and click Download the latest ActiveX link to download plugin so you can use this...

Page 27: ...26 Click Run to install plugin Please click Next button to start installation click Next or Install when you re prompted until installation is complete...

Page 28: ...27 Click Finish to complete plugin installation Now you can go back to web browser and you should be able to see the image captured by camera You may need to press F5 or CTRL R to reload web page...

Page 29: ...Camera requires or you don t have Microsoft DirectX installed Please download Microsoft DirectX from Microsoft s website http www microsoft com and try again In some cases your computer is able to dis...

Page 30: ...Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is Camera and this is the only menu you can see the real time image from camera You can always back to this menu by clicki...

Page 31: ...he ceiling or wall you can use this function to rotate the displaying image Brightness Saturation Sharpness Select brightness saturation and sharpness from dropdown menu and click or button to increas...

Page 32: ...d by your computer s microphone to the camera s external speaker Press and hold this button then speak to the microphone Please note that external speaker must be connected to this camera Digital Zoom...

Page 33: ...32 mode uses all available space to display the image captured by this camera Please note If you re not using Microsoft Internet Explorer as web browser some functionalities may not work properly...

Page 34: ...ork Camera in Video menu You can access this menu by clicking Video on the top of web management interface There are 5 types of video settings for this Network Camera To set the option of a certain vi...

Page 35: ...ges video quality There are 5 levels of video quality from Lowest to Highest Selecting a higher video quality will provide better video quality but requires more network bandwidth Frame Rate Changes v...

Page 36: ...es video quality There are 5 levels of video quality from Lowest to Highest Selecting a higher video quality will provide better video quality but requires more network bandwidth Frame Rate Changes vi...

Page 37: ...ges video quality There are 5 levels of video quality from Lowest to Highest Selecting a higher video quality will provide better video quality but requires more network bandwidth Frame Rate Changes v...

Page 38: ...tion about this camera will be displayed on camera s display image and select Disable to disable it Show Camera Name Select Enable to show camera s name on camera s display image select Disable to hid...

Page 39: ...ant to change IP address use PPPoE Dynamic DNS and activate UPnP function You can access this menu by clicking LAN on the top of web management interface After you selected Network network setting men...

Page 40: ...39 2 2 1 LAN You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here...

Page 41: ...your ISP for help Secondary DNS Specify the IP address of backup DNS server here When primary DNS is unreachable Network Camera will use the IP address specified here as DNS server This field is opti...

Page 42: ...41 most of ISPs and will give you a nice network performance Click Apply to save settings and make the new settings take effect...

Page 43: ...tion of this Network Camera select Disable to disable it Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection Available options are Infrastructure Connect the Network Camera to a wireless acces...

Page 44: ...ccess point you wish to connect here SSID the SSID of all found wireless access points will be shown here Some wireless access point may hide their SSID in this case you have to identify them by their...

Page 45: ...selected wireless access point here This is required when access point you wish to connect uses encryption Self PinCode Here displays the WPS pin code used to connect to WPS enabled wireless access po...

Page 46: ...o apply a new account can be found on dyndns org s or no ip com website The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below Item Description Enable DDNS Select Enable to activate Dynami...

Page 47: ...don t have to remember the IP address of this Network Camera Simply open Network neighbor and it s there The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below Item Description Enable UPnP...

Page 48: ...7 Click the message to open My Network Places and you ll see the Network Camera You can double click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto Network Camera s web management interface directl...

Page 49: ...ck Apply to save settings then other users can access the image by this filename with jpg extension with the camera s IP address as prefix For example if your camera s IP address is 192 168 2 1 and th...

Page 50: ...tions of every setting in this menu will be given below Item Description RTSP Port Input the port number of RTSP here Default setting is 554 MPEG4 RTSP Path Input the path of MPEG4 RTSP video file Whe...

Page 51: ...in captured image and take a snapshot when motion is detected So you can use this camera to keep the safety of the belongings you have To use motion detection click the following link from the top of...

Page 52: ...e Motion Detection Select Enable to enable motion detection and select Disable to disable this function Motion Detection Interval Select the time interval between two motions from dropdown menu When a...

Page 53: ...ed motion to SD card if there s one and select Disable to disable this function Storage File Type Select saving file type for motion detection JPEG still picture or AVI MPEG4 AVI H264 for motion pictu...

Page 54: ...tion region setting and reduce the chances of false alarm The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below Item Description Region 1 3 Check the box to enable motion detection region...

Page 55: ...o you can decide the motion detection region more precisely Save Save motion detection region settings To change the motion detection region you can resize and reposition it Move the mouse cursor to t...

Page 56: ...rver the server that delivers the Email for you here If you don t know please refer to the SMTP server you re using in your Email software like Outlook Outlook Express etc or ask your network administ...

Page 57: ...me Please input the user name of SMTP server here if your SMTP server requires the use of authentication Password Please input the password of SMTP server here if your SMTP server requires the use of...

Page 58: ...here Remote Folder Input the remote folder name on the FTP server here If nothing is specified here all uploaded image files will be placed in FTP server s root directory Please ask FTP server s admi...

Page 59: ...ry to use passive mode Click Apply to save settings and make the new settings take effect After that you can click Upload a test file to send a file to the FTP server you set here so you can make sure...

Page 60: ...s camera will automatically erase oldest image file to make rooms for new image files when SD card is full If you don t want to lose old image files do not check this box File Name Prefix Specify the...

Page 61: ...ou can use this menu to get the operational information of this camera After you selected System Info a sub menu will appear There are 4 sub menus available here Detailed descriptions of every setting...

Page 62: ...amera in the same network Default name begins with IC plus the last 6 characters of the MAC address of this Network Camera You can modify the name to the one you can remember and meaningful to you but...

Page 63: ...ou wish to set here Date time format is YYYY MM DD HH MM SS Time is in 24 hour format You can click Synchronize to PC time to use the time of the computer you re using Example 24th August 2007 2007 08...

Page 64: ...e camera click Synchronize to PC time button The date and time setting of the computer will be filled to date and time setting in this page 2 4 3 Schedule You can use this menu to setup Schedule Snaps...

Page 65: ...ble this function Time Interval This option allows the network camera to send one recording file according to the time interval you wish Recording Time This option allows you to adjust the recoding ti...

Page 66: ...ed a proper firmware file from your computer click Upgrade Firmware button to start upgrade DO NOT DISCONNECT NOW If the firmware file you provided is invalid of you didn t provide the firmware file y...

Page 67: ...e Network Camera this may help LED Setting Click Turn off LED light button to switch the LED light of this Network Camera off so all LEDs on the Network Camera will stop working in case you don t want...

Page 68: ...to allow other people to view the live image captured by this camera but don t want to allow them to modify system settings you can give them user level user name and password so they can only view th...

Page 69: ...on Authority Select the privilege of this user Operator able to change system settings or Guest View images only Add Click this button to add the account Modify Modify an existing user s information Y...

Page 70: ...69 2 6 SDHC After you selected System Info a sub menu will appear There are 4 sub menus available here Please click the SD card setting you wish to set then refer to instructions given below...

Page 71: ...70 2 6 1 Status Here shows the remaining card space for you...

Page 72: ...ferent setting here The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below Item Description Recipient E Mail Address Input the E mail address you wish to receive space alarm E Mail Subject...

Page 73: ...il account This setting is necessary when the SMTP server which sends e mails performs authentication Password Type the password of the user who has the mail account This setting is necessary when the...

Page 74: ...this menu will be given below Item Description FirstPage Jump to first page of file list PrevPage Jump to previous page of file list NextPage Jump to next page of file list LastPage Jump to last page...

Page 75: ...ware is installed you can use your Network Camera to safeguard your property Please follow the following instructions to install the surveillance software 1 Double click the setup file located in xxx...

Page 76: ...75 3 If you need installation program to create a desktop icon or a quick launch icon for you click all items you need here than click Next to continue...

Page 77: ...u chose in previous steps if everything s correct click Install to start installing procedure or click Back to go back to previous step to modify installing settings 5 The installing procedure will ta...

Page 78: ...software installing procedure is complete Please click Finish to finish the procedure Network Camera surveillance software will start after you click Finish button if you want to start it later unche...

Page 79: ...amera surveillance software Before you start Network Camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor s resolution is 1024 x 768 Please change the resolution before you use Network Camera...

Page 80: ...a surveillance software will switch displaying the image of all connected camera automatically Click this button once to activate scan function scan icon will become blue click again to stop scanning...

Page 81: ...Displays all system messages like camera is disconnected etc Close window stop surveillance Terminates Network Camera surveillance software Minimize window Minimizes Network Camera surveillance softw...

Page 82: ...mera s you wish to connect Please click System configure button and a popup menu will appear Please select Configure Cameras to configure cameras Note If you re prompted by a windows security alert wh...

Page 83: ...etwork will be displayed in Camera Search box Select Select a camera listed in Camera Search box and click Select button to fill all parameters of selected camera in every camera configuration fields...

Page 84: ...the password if you changed the password of selected camera Video Format Select the video encoding format of this camera MJPEG or MPEG4 Reset Clear all fields in Camera Configuration section OK Save...

Page 85: ...ou have by a pre defined schedule Here are the descriptions of all setting items Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set One Time Schedules You can specify the one time sche...

Page 86: ...ot set a schedule in the past Edit You can modify a scheduled recording item Select a schedule in One Time Schedules list and click Edit button to edit the start and end time of this schedule Delete D...

Page 87: ...You can also click All Time Record button to define a recording schedule that will be executed every weekday from 12 00 00AM to 11 59 59PM Click OK to save changes Edit You can modify a scheduled reco...

Page 88: ...Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set Mute Audio Check this box and the Network Camera surveillance software will not play the audio captured by this camera Record Video...

Page 89: ...t Enable Enable motion record function Disable Disable motion record function Recording Time Select the time duration that camera will record when a motion has been detected from dropdown menu in seco...

Page 90: ...9 triggered Send mail when motion is triggered Send an email to a pre defined address when a motion has been detected by the camera OK Save settings in this tab Cancel Discard all settings in this tab...

Page 91: ...ions of all setting items Item Description Data Directory Set the directory folder you wish to store the recorded video and captured image You can click Browse button to pick a directory in your hard...

Page 92: ...era switch when you activate Scan function Cycle Recording You can decide the behavior when hard disk space is full Disable Do not overwrite recorded video files Enable Overwrite recorded video files...

Page 93: ...camera please setup your email related parameters here first Here are the descriptions of all setting items Item Description E Mail Subject Specify the subject of sending email Recipient E Mail Addre...

Page 94: ...lect Enable if your SMTP server requires authentication select Disable if it s not required If you don t know if your SMTP server requires authentication please refer to the setting of your email soft...

Page 95: ...access this Network Camera surveillance software you can set a password to protect it You ll need to input the password every time you wish to use this Network Camera surveillance software To set pas...

Page 96: ...this software starts Disable Password authentication is not required when this software starts Password Input the password you wish to use here Confirm Password Input the password you wish to use here...

Page 97: ...layout displays different number of camera and camera arrangement you can click the icon that presents a specific kind of layout and the video displaying area will change accordingly Layout style 1 1...

Page 98: ...Displays the video of up to 6 cameras Layout style 4 8 Cameras Displays the video of up to 8 cameras Layout style 5 9 Cameras Displays the video of up to 9 cameras Layout style 6 10 Cameras Displays t...

Page 99: ...98 Layout style 7 13 Cameras Displays the video of up to 13 cameras Layout style 8 16 Cameras Displays the video of up to 16 cameras...

Page 100: ...screen mode If you want to use all available spaces on your monitor to display surveillance image you can click Full Screen button to switch display mode to full screen mode To exit full screen mode p...

Page 101: ...een all configured cameras Click Scan button once to activate scan function scan icon will become blue click again to stop scanning scan icon will become white NOTE If a camera is configured but disco...

Page 102: ...ize of a certain object to see its detail Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image then click button to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera s view or clic...

Page 103: ...osition that camera points to to see different places that fall in the scope of camera s view Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image and then click the directions you...

Page 104: ...u can take a snapshot of selected camera and save it to Snapshot sub folder of pre defined data directory Click snapshot button once to take a snapshot you can take as much snapshot as you want before...

Page 105: ...g starts you ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like 1 1 10 00 00 Camera 2 Start Manual which means camera 1 starts recording manually on 1 1 at 10 00 00 To stop recording click Star...

Page 106: ...rch all videos file that falls in a specific period of time and Motion Search search all videos recorded by motion detection function and falls in a specific period of time Please define the start and...

Page 107: ...ique IP address is a Public and fixed IP address With this it s much easy for iPhone monitoring your home For example an IP address looks like numbers separated with a dot as 192 168 2 3 1 Fixed and p...

Page 108: ...to apply for a free DNS account in the http www dyndns org In this guide we assume you have already got http my name dyndns org yours may vary and go to Step 3 Step 3 Configure the 1st Camera based on...

Page 109: ...108 Configure the Broadband Router based on the following...

Page 110: ...om Apple s Appstore 2 You can launch EdiView by clicking EdiView icon You ll see welcome screen and please wait for few seconds 3 When you launch EdiView it will attempt to connect to existing configu...

Page 111: ...d an Ediamx network camera on Internet please click Cameras button to abort and setup network camera manually 4 To view more than 4 network camera s live image on your iPhone click button on upper lef...

Page 112: ...dd a new network camera click Add New Camera 6 EdiView will search for network camera on your local area network and list all network cameras found here To add an network camera manually or add an net...

Page 113: ...host name of network camera Camera Name You can define a name for this network camera to help you to remember the purpose location of this network camera IP Input network camera s IP address or host n...

Page 114: ...kest to brightest Saturation Select video saturation 1 to 5 lowest to highest Sharpness Select video sharpness 1 to 5 lowest to highest Video Quality Highest to Lowest select a lower video quality wil...

Page 115: ...114 9 To delete an existing IP camera click Edit button Click of the IP camera you wish to delete 10 Click Delete button to delete IP camera...

Page 116: ...rectly configured Click snapshot picture to enlarge video view 12 If network camera you connected supports pan tilt control you can click the button on the upper right corner to switch to Gesture mode...

Page 117: ...er shows Switch you can t move camera 13 To view events motions detected by network camera click Events button below in network camera s live view All network cameras will be listed and you can choose...

Page 118: ...117 15 Event s snapshot and event date time will be displayed Click the button with network camera s name upper left corner to go back...

Page 119: ...d remember their physical location easily Please note that you need active Internet connection to show map on your iPhone Click Map button at the bottom of your iPhone to access Map menu 17 Google map...

Page 120: ...rrent location you can also use your finger to drag the map and find the location where your network camera is installed A red pin indicating the location of network camera will be placed at the cente...

Page 121: ...Android App installation 1 To install Ediview application launch Market In your Android device s All apps menu 2 Click magnifier icon at upper right corner of Android market and input Ediview in searc...

Page 122: ...ble able to find Ediview utility If not please check spelling and click Download to download and install Ediview 4 Android will prompt you to confirm installation please click Install button below to...

Page 123: ...se be patient while EdiView is being installed 6 When EdiView utility is successfully installed you ll see this message Click Open to launch EdiView utility now or click Complete to launch EdiView uti...

Page 124: ...View icon in All Applications 8 When you launch EdiView it will search for all Edimax network cameras on your network Please make sure you re connected to wireless access point if your Edimax network...

Page 125: ...remember the purpose location of this network camera Cloud IP Mode Switch Click this button to switch operating mode between Cloud and IP In cloud mode you have to input Cloud ID In IP mode you have t...

Page 126: ...diView utility s camera list Please repeat last step to add more network cameras you wish to connect To repeat last step press Menu key on your Android device and click Add button 11 If the network ca...

Page 127: ...k an network camera in camera list you ll see its live image Like this You can hold your Android device horizontally to enlarge network camera s live image view If the network camera you connected sup...

Page 128: ...127 13 To take a snapshot of current live image and save it on your Android device click button You ll see Save Snapshot message appear which indicates a snapshot has been taken...

Page 129: ...the video display parameters of this network camera click button and you can drag the slide bar to configure parameters Brightness Configure video brightness Saturation Configure video saturation Sha...

Page 130: ...en you finish or click Cancel to abort You ll see the result after you click Done 16 When a new event movement has been detected by network camera you ll see icon appear in network camera list You can...

Page 131: ...ed here with the time which triggered this event Click on the event to see enlarged picture 18 The image of this event will be displayed with the time triggered this event To see enlarged picture hold...

Page 132: ...to prompt you that image has been saved successfully 20 When you re in camera list press Menu button on your Android device A menu will appear on the bottom of EdiView utility See live images of netwo...

Page 133: ...rk camera on Google map so you can locate them and remember their physical location easily Please note that you need active Internet connection to show map on your Android device Click Map button at t...

Page 134: ...te your location You can still use your finger to drag the map and find your current location manually If the network camera you re about to mark on the map does not locate at your current location yo...

Page 135: ...n you found the location where network camera is installed press Menu button on your Android device and click Locate button and a camera list will be shown Select the network camera you wish to mark o...

Page 136: ...ww java com and get JAVA software If your web browser does not support JAVA you ll see this message when you try to use JAVA browser 1 If you re not login Windows as system administrator please use sy...

Page 137: ...ddress If you don t know the MAC address of your Edimax IP camera you can log onto network camera s web configuration menu and click System System Information Status LAN to see its MAC address 3 If yo...

Page 138: ...see the image of network camera now You can click function buttons below Enlarge reduce image size Click or button to enlarge or reduce image size this is very useful when you want to see details of...

Page 139: ...or click Cancel to discard changes Pan tilt control Click this button and a set of arrow will be shown on the image Click the arrow to move network camera to the direction indicated by the arrow Clic...

Page 140: ...ur computer s hard drive You ll be prompted to select a folder on your computer Full screen view Click this button to enlarge image view to full screen size all functino buttons will disappear to maxi...

Page 141: ...dware LAN Connector One RJ 45 port to connect to 10 100Mbps Ethernet Wireless IEEE 802 11b g n Wireless Model Only LED Indicator Power Audio LAN WLAN for wired and wireless model Power Audio ACT LAN f...

Page 142: ...his problem an Internet service called NO IP DNS is designed to help you trace the log of the changing IP address linking with a web site address URL As shown in the following figure one PC called DNS...

Page 143: ...142 And follow the steps Now you could locate your home network camera using http your name no ip org...

Page 144: ...he network camera you will have to reset it to factory default value which is 192 168 2 3 by pressing reset button at the bottom of the network camera You ll need a pen or pin to be able to press the...

Page 145: ...istrator for detailed instruction Network camera is not responding a Is the network cable or wireless connection disconnected Please check it b Unplug the power adapter from wall socket and plug it in...

Page 146: ...this by click Send a test Email button d Please check log if FTP upload or Email sending is failed it will be logged and this may give you some clue on how to solve the problem e Change the threshold...

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