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7.2

 

Proxy

 

Server

 

Setting

 

A

 

proxy

 

server

 

may

 

prevent

 

you

 

from

 

connecting

 

to

 

the

 

Y

cam

 

in

 

some

 

corporate

 

environments.

  

 

If

 

your

 

computer

 

uses

 

a

 

proxy

 

server,

 

the

 

easiest

 

way

 

to

 

check

 

is

 

via

 

Internet

 

Explorer

 

connection

 

settings.

 

 

Note:

 

A

 

proxy

 

server

 

is

 

generally

 

used

 

to

 

maintain

 

security

 

on

 

a

 

network

 

when

 

connected

 

to

 

the

 

internet.

 

The

 

proxy

 

server

 

may

 

cause

 

lack

 

of

 

image

 

quality

 

and

 

delays

 

in

 

refresh

 

intervals.

 

Consult

 

your

 

ISP

 

or

 

network

 

administrator

 

for

 

further

 

details.

  

 

Start

 

Internet

 

Explorer

.

  

 

Select

 

[Tools]

 

–>

 

[Internet

 

Options...]

 

–>

 

[Connections]

 

tab

 

and

 

click

 

[LAN

 

Settings]

.

  

 

Verify

 

that

 

the

 

Use

 

a

 

proxy

 

server

 

check

 

box

 

is

 

not

 

checked.

  

 

When

 

not

 

checked,

 

click

 

[Cancel].

 

Your

 

proxy

 

server

 

settings

 

should

 

not

 

cause

 

any

 

problems.

  

 

If

 

it

 

is

 

checked,

 

click

 

[Advanced...]

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Under

 

exceptions,

 

enter

 

the

 

IP

 

address

 

of

 

your

 

Y

cam

 

into

 

the

 

Do

 

not

 

use

 

proxy

 

server

 

for

 

addresses

 

beginning

 

with

 

data

 

field.

 

 

Click

 

[OK]

 

on

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

opened

 

windows

 

to

 

confirm

 

all

 

settings.

 

 

 

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Page 1: ...fully before attempting to install or operate this product This User pdated v3 25 User Manual English cam Knight Y cam White m Each cameras model name can be found on the reverse of the camera Please...

Page 2: ...OR MAC 15 4 3 FINDING YOUR CAMERA WITH Y CAM SETUP 16 5 0 WELCOME TO YOUR Y CAM 17 5 1 USER INTERFACE INTERNET EXPLORER 18 5 2 USER INTERFACE FIREFOX AND SAFARI 20 6 0 Y CAM SETTINGS 21 6 01 WIZARD EA...

Page 3: ...6 SYSTEM MENU 54 6 7 SUPPORT MENU 55 U 6 8 REBOOT 56 7 0 ADVANCED SETTINGS 57 7 1 PORT FORWARDING 57 7 2 PROXY SERVER SETTING 58 7 3 ENABLING ACTIVE X IN INTERNET EXPLORER 59 7 4 RECOVERING FROM A FA...

Page 4: ...rotection against harmful interference in a residential installation this equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructi...

Page 5: ...supply authentication CCC Mark China power supply authentication When using the power adapter make sure your power rating is compatible with that of the device to avoid potential damage 1 4 Maintenanc...

Page 6: ...Wireless router if wireless connectivity required Broadband Connection Minimum 128kb s upload speed if internet access to your Y cam is required PC Requirements Processor Intel Pentium III 800MHz or...

Page 7: ...neously connected users to Y cam increases the overall motion performance will decrease Audio Transmission The Y cam comes with a built in microphone for audio monitoring as well as video monitoring S...

Page 8: ...Page 8 OSD On Screen Display The OSD function can display system name date and time or a user defined message in the top left hand corner of video stream 2 1 Y cam at a glance...

Page 9: ...ited viewing options so this is not recommended 3 1 Connecting your Y cam into a Router Switch Using the standard Ethernet network cable plug this in to the network connection socket on the Y cam at o...

Page 10: ...IP settings 4 In the IP Address Field type in the number 192 168 1 20 5 In the Subnet Mask type in 255 255 255 0 6 In the Default Gateway type 192 168 1 150 The camera will automatically assign itsel...

Page 11: ...utility to assign an IP address to each camera 4 1 Y cam Software Installation for PC 1 Insert the Installation CD into your CD ROM drive and the installation screen should appear automatically See i...

Page 12: ...want to change the default folder click Change to replace otherwise click Next 4 Click Install to install the Y cam Setup utility 5 Click Finish to end the installation You should now find a Y cam ico...

Page 13: ...on Setup button and the following setup interface will pop up 3 Enter a unique name for the camera the location optional and leave the default port number as 80 Obtain an IP address automatically and...

Page 14: ...the camera is 192 168 1 150 This can be changed to any IP address on your IP range For example if the IP address of your PC is 192 198 1 52 then the IP address of your camera should be unique and on t...

Page 15: ...he check box next to Block UDP Traffic is un ticked then click Ok 5 Quit System Preferences and test the Y cam Setup software again OSX 10 5 Leopard 1 Click on System Preferences 2 Click on Security i...

Page 16: ...ra so if your camera isn t displayed wait a few moments and then click Refresh to search for cameras again Setup Select the required camera and click Setup to configure the network settings for the ca...

Page 17: ...ess the camera so it may be worth writing down the address that is displayed in your web browsers address bar It should look something like http 192 168 1 50 this is your cameras internal IP address C...

Page 18: ...rompted to install an ActiveX Control Please follow the on screen instructions to download and install this control You will then view the following screen The two links at the top of the screen are H...

Page 19: ...age area Press button to return to the normal view 5 Recording Press the Record button to record video and audio if enabled This will save the file in ASF format on your PC 6 Recording options Click t...

Page 20: ...ari Upon verification of the username and password the camera image will begin to load The links at the top of the screen are Home and Settings Home takes you back to your Y cam Homepage Settings will...

Page 21: ...below On first install or after a reset Upon first entering the Settings menu or if you ever reset the camera you should see a screenshot like the above urging you to change the Admin password for you...

Page 22: ...add access for another user with an easier to remember password you can set that up later Once you have typed your password twice press Save The system will then make you login again and you should se...

Page 23: ...right of the screen The Quick setup interface will pop up Follow the simple instructions on the screen and enter the required details clicking next to proceed to the Next page With this Wizard you wil...

Page 24: ...60Hz This should be set according to the mains frequency of the country the camera is being used in For UK this would be 50Hz Image rotation Display images upside down useful if you have installed the...

Page 25: ...lity of the audio being transmitted The most commonly used mode is 32 Kbit s AMR bit rate Determines the quality of the audio being transmitted to mobile phones using 3GPP Note Higher bit rates are us...

Page 26: ...imilar to the first two streams but is purely for mobile viewing and has a fixed resolution Stream Setting Options Preset There are five pre programmed stream profiles for quick set up Please choose t...

Page 27: ...cts the quality of the snapshot to be uploaded to an FTP Server It can be from 20 to 100 where 100 is the best quality Audio Enable or disable the audio of the associated stream RTSP authentication En...

Page 28: ...ct unless the camera is synchronized to a time and date server on the internet This is accessible under the Tools menu and will be covered in more detail in the manual Display system name Set the OSD...

Page 29: ...image On turns the IR LEDs on permanently and ignores the light level in the room resulting in a Black White mode When Off is selected the IR LEDs are kept in the off state even if the light level of...

Page 30: ...talk to your WiFi Wireless Router To set this up you will need to know The name of your WiFi Wireless Network The password or key to log on to your WiFi wireless network How your network is protected...

Page 31: ...ter this twice so it matches Security Mode Options Authentication Select the type of authentication that your router requires Key type Select the WEP WPA key type Either in hexadecimal Hex or ASCII ch...

Page 32: ...ou will then need to setup your computer To do this follow the instructions below 1 On your computer click on Start then Control Panel 2 Double click the Network Connections icon then double click on...

Page 33: ...the subnet mask Required Default gateway Type the default gateway Required Primary DNS IP address Type the IP address of the primary DNS server Required Secondary DNS IP address Type the IP address o...

Page 34: ...ocol over Ethernet PPPoE dial up Enable or disable for PPPoE connection Service name Enter your ISP name or class of services that are configured on the PPPoE service This field may be left empty User...

Page 35: ...for the rest of the options to appear Service Provider Select a provider from the drop down list then click Register This will take you to the service provider s website where you can register your o...

Page 36: ...efer to your router manual for further details External HTTP RTSP port range By default this port range is 8150 8350 The ports are assigned in order so if you only have one camera attached to your sys...

Page 37: ...ew moments your Camera Homepage should be displayed You can then login to view your camera or change your settings as normal To confirm your own external camera address stay within the Settings menu a...

Page 38: ...w Check this box to enable the window Threshold Set the threshold bar to the amount of motion required to trigger the alarm Sensitivity Set the measurable difference between two sequential images that...

Page 39: ...up to 4 schedules and you can use these to send alarms to different places such as emails or FTP Schedule Setup Options Schedule ID Select the ID you can save up to four schedules and use them for di...

Page 40: ...s triggered FTP Server ID Select the FTP Server number from the list set under Alarm Server Remote path Path where to save the image file on to the FTP server Snapshot From Select the stream from whic...

Page 41: ...t the e mail server number from the list File attachment Select if you would like a snapshot of the camera view attached to the e mail Snapshot From Select the stream from which it should get the snap...

Page 42: ...the FTP Server number from the list Remote path Path where to save the image file on the FTP server Snapshot From Select the stream from which it should get the snapshot Image file name A name for th...

Page 43: ...number from the list File attachment Select if you would like a snapshot of the camera view attached to the e mail Snapshot From Select the stream from which it should get the snapshot Image file name...

Page 44: ...et the snapshot Image file name A name for the Image Suffix of file name Image file name suffix can be either date and time or a sequence number FTP automatic Sending Enable this if you want to upload...

Page 45: ...nt FTP servers These servers can be individually connected to either upload on motion detection or upload periodically These functions are available under the Alarm menu FTP Server ID Select the ID of...

Page 46: ...not allow e mail relaying Check with your system administrator or Internet service provider for more details SMTP server port The port number of the e mail server default is 25 Secure SSL Connection S...

Page 47: ...use any other SMTP server other than their own British Telecom BT are a good example of this 6 421 Y cam with Gmail Servers The SMTP server name and port that Google Mail uses requires a Secure SSL c...

Page 48: ...ystem Name Type a name to easily identify the Y cam System Contact Type the contact name of the administrator of the Y cam This is useful in large organisations System Location Type the location of th...

Page 49: ...then enter the new password for that user twice and click Save To delete a user Click on the user name then click Delete Note A maximum of 16 users are allowed to access the camera simultaneously As t...

Page 50: ...one for the device location Choose your time zone Date and Time format Select the format of the date and time Auto time setting SNTP Enable or disable the auto time setting to update to the server bel...

Page 51: ...configure the camera Backup Click Backup to backup the current configuration of the Y cam for future reference Once you have your camera setup as you require this is recommended Browse Click Browse to...

Page 52: ...test firmware store it in a place that is easily to get to The firmware is in a ZIP file which is a compressed file format You will need to move or copy the file from this compressed folder some versi...

Page 53: ...may want to backup your settings before the upgrade You may also want to make a note of your settings before upgrade The backup restore configuration may not work between firmware upgrades so always...

Page 54: ...nformation about your Y cam This is a very useful screen as it shows you what parts of your Y cam are properly or incorrectly setup Use it to find your DDNS address static IP internal IP gateway and m...

Page 55: ...hase If you want support directly from Y cam please use the following link http www y cam com cms support php We offer free support by support ticket or by email and there is also a comprehensive FAQ...

Page 56: ...56 6 8 Reboot Click Reboot to restart the Y cam Rebooting the camera will retain all the settings and configurations A reboot is necessary sometimes such as when you insert a microSD card into the ca...

Page 57: ...ur ISP in order to open the appropriate ports If your ISP does not pass traffic on port 80 you will need to change the camera s default port number from 80 to a different number such as 8000 Viewing Y...

Page 58: ...image quality and delays in refresh intervals Consult your ISP or network administrator for further details Start Internet Explorer Select Tools Internet Options Connections tab and click LAN Setting...

Page 59: ...1 Open a new Internet Explorer window 2 From the menu bar select Tools and then select Internet options 3 From the Internet Options window select the Security tab 4 Click on the Custom Level button 5...

Page 60: ...orrect new firmware for your camera from http www y cam com and save this to your hard disk 2 Unzip uncompress the firmware to a directory on your PC Copy the firmware MFW file to an easy to access pl...

Page 61: ...LED will stop flashing This means the firmware is being loaded 17 Please wait until the LED starts flashing again this means the firmware has finished installing 18 Turn the power off to the camera 19...

Page 62: ...neric MJPEG camera please use the path of your camera with stream jpg on the end of it This will instruct the software to extract the Motion JPEG video stream from the specified path in the Y cam All...

Page 63: ...phones can view live images from the camera The Settings button allows you to setup both the 3GPP stream and the Picture Live view Please note that you need the admin password to make any changes to...

Page 64: ...not appear 1 Check that your Internet Explorer settings allow you to download and install ActiveX controls 2 Maximum 16 users are allowed to access the camera simultaneously through network 3 Network...

Page 65: ...Please contact your place of purchase or Y cam Technical Support Motion Detection triggers unexpectedly Motion detection is based on changes in pixel in the image This means that if there are sudden c...

Page 66: ...etwork system in which devices communicate with each other by first going through the wireless router IP Address The unique 32 bit number assigned to each computer connected to the Internet IP numbers...

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