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Outdoor Wireless/Wired   

IP Network Camera 

Model XX36A 

 

User Manual 

 

Summary of Contents for XX36A

Page 1: ...Outdoor Wireless Wired IP Network Camera Model XX36A User Manual ...

Page 2: ...CE SETTINGS 23 3 2 NETWORK SETTINGS 28 3 3 BASIC NETWORK SETTINGS 29 3 4 WIRELESS LAN SETTINGS 30 3 5 ADSL SETTINGS 32 3 6 UPNP SETTINGS 33 3 7 DDNS SERVICE SETTINGS 33 3 8 SYSTEM SETTINGS 37 3 9 ALIAS SETTINGS 38 3 10 DATE TIME SETTINGS 38 3 11 USERS SETTINGS 39 3 12 BACKUP RESTORE 40 3 13 OTHER SETTINGS 41 3 14 MAIL SERVICE SETTINGS 41 3 15 FTP SERVICE SETTINGS 43 3 16 ALARM SERVICE SETTINGS 44 ...

Page 3: ...IP Camera to monitor your home or your office Also controlling and managing images are simple by visiting the web site 1 1 Features Powerful high speed video protocol processor High sensitivity 1 4 CMOS sensor Picture total 300k pixels Optimized MJPEG video compression for transmission Multi level user management and passwords definition Embedded Web Server for users to visit by IE Support wireles...

Page 4: ...t Sensitive Hole For light sensitive photocell Infrared LEDs For night Vision LENS CMOS sensor with fixed focus lens Default is 6mm 3 6mm optional Antenna WI FI Antenna Sliding Shell For protection from sun and waterproofing 1 3 2 Connections Figure 1 2 ...

Page 5: ...ottom of the camera different for every camera 1 4 PC System Requirements System configuration requirements CPU 2 06 GHZ or above Memory 256M or above Network Card 10M or above Display Card 64M or above memory Recommendable Operating system Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 1 5 Hardware Installation You need to set up your camera using a network cable wired first before you attempt to use it wire...

Page 6: ...D can be controlled by software Figure 1 4 1 6 Software Installation Attention In order to make the installation correctly we suggest that you turn off your Firewall and Antivirus software before installing ActiveX Correct software installation is essential to the successful use of this product Install the following software 1 IP Camera Tool Open the CD double click IPCamSetup exe then click next ...

Page 7: ... fully understood Use only the power adaptor included with the product Use of an unauthorized power adapter may cause damage to your IP Camera IP Camera can be installed in an outdoor environment Do not touch the lens of the IP Camera The optimum focus range has been set for you If you turn the lens it may cause incorrect focus and blurry images For firmware upgrading refer to detailed instruction...

Page 8: ...wn in Figure 1 9 3 The IP Cameras installed within LAN do not share the same subnet with the monitoring PC A prompt will be shown in result field prompt Subnet doesn t match double click to change Click the left mouse button to choose the prompt and click the right mouse button choose Network Configuration to set the static IP address of the Camera to the same subnet as your LAN Figure 2 3 NOTE If...

Page 9: ...ra it is Sometimes if there is no IP address shown on the IP Camera tool it could be blocked by a firewall in this case you need to add the MAC ID to the router and give it a fixed IP or add the MAC ID as a trusted site There are two MAC Addresses one is the Device MAC ID the other is the WIFI MAC ID WIFI MAC ID you can find it on the sticker on the bottom of the camera you can also login to your ...

Page 10: ...t is in the same subnet with PC s IP address Here gateway is the LAN IP of your router DNS Server IP address of ISP network provider You can also set it to the same as the Gateway NOTE You can find the Subnet Mask Gateway DNS Server from your router or check the local connection status of your computer to get all the parameters Normally two DNS servers are optional Http Port LAN port assigned for ...

Page 11: ...ur camera works well with the current firmware we recommend that you don t upgrade it NOTE When doing an upgrade remember you must keep the power on and it s best to use wired mode connected via the network cable 2 1 1 4 Refresh Camera List Refresh camera list manually 2 1 1 5 Flush Arp Buffer When cable network and wireless network of the device are fixed IP address you may encounter a problem wh...

Page 12: ...ce Figure 2 6 2 To access the camera by IE Browser directly just type the camera s IP address for example if the camera s IP address is 192 168 1 123 Figure 2 5 Figure 2 6 The default user name is admin no password leave blank Input the correct user name and password the Sign In interface will pop up There are three models to login figure 2 7 Figure 2 7 ...

Page 13: ...obile phone available in Mobile phone 2 3 For IE Browser Choose ActiveX Mode For IE Browser and sign in Figure 2 8 Figure 2 9 The first time you login to the camera you might get an ActiveX prompt as in the picture above please click the prompt and choose Run Add on refresh and login to the camera again then will see live video as in Figure 3 0 ...

Page 14: ...security settings Please do the following steps 1 Close the firewall of your computer 2 Change the ActiveX settings IE browser Tool Internet Options Security Custom Level ActiveX control and Plug ins all the ActiveX options set to be Enable Especially Enable Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable Run ActiveX controls and plug ins ...

Page 15: ...another port number Don t use port 80 use another port such as 128 1008 etc Figure 3 2 NOTE Make sure that the firewall or anti virus software doesn t block the software or ActiveX If you couldn t see live video please close your firewall or anti virus software and try again 2 4 For Safari Firefox and Google Browser Choose Server Push Mode For Safari Firefox and Google Browser and sign in Server P...

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Page 17: ...en it can work with our IP Camera Figure 3 4 2 6 ActiveX Mode For IE Browser Login to the camera in ActiveX mode the main User Interface is as below NOTE There are 3 levels of users Visitor Operator Administrator if you login with different users the use authority is different See 3 11 User Settings Figure 8 5 2 7 For Visitor When you login as Visitor you can enter the IP Camera for visitor Visito...

Page 18: ... want to view 4 9 channels you should set the Multi Device first See 3 1 Multi Device Settings Status of Channels There are 9 icons at the bottom of the UI which show the status of each channel of the camera Grey color means there is no device connected to the main device for this channel Green color means the device is connected for this channel and it works well Red color means the device for th...

Page 19: ...click Video OSD set display date and time on the video Disabled Clicking this one means clear the OSD Color Can set the OSD text color as black yellow red white blue etc Add time stamp on record if you click this there will be time OSD on record video files Figure 3 8 ...

Page 20: ...lay mode when you click the stop icon the video will be stopped then if you click the play icon it will show the video again Click to stop the live video You can click the play icon if you want to see live video again Click to get snapshot It will show the date and time of the snapshot you get if you save it you will find the snapshot file named by snapshot_MAC ID_date_time Click to start recordin...

Page 21: ...also supports these functions below Figure 4 2 Video Settings Figure 4 3 Reversal Click this icon to reverse flip the image Click again to go back to normal Mirror Click this icon to see the mirror image Click again to go back to normal NOTE You can choose Reversal and Mirror function when you set up the camera in a special position upside down for example ...

Page 22: ...k to adjust the value Default all Click it to set all the parameters back to the factory setting NOTE If you login to the camera and there is no video displayed or the parameter of bright contrast is blank you can try to click default all to set the parameters back to the factory setting to get live video NOTE In Operator mode if you click other menus that are not available in Operator mode the lo...

Page 23: ...1 Multi Device Settings Figure 4 6 Multi Device Settings This camera can support max 9 channels device at the same time 3 1 1 Set Multi Device in LAN In the Multi Device Settings page you can see all devices searched in LAN The 1st device is the default one You can add more cameras listed in LAN for monitoring This web software supports up to 9 IP Cameras online simultaneously ...

Page 24: ...will fill the Alias Host Http Port automatically then input the correct user name and password click Add Set more devices in the same way after you re done click Submit Figure 4 7 Click Live Video and then select to see four channels or click to see nine channels Figure 4 8 ...

Page 25: ...be as the host camera Figure 5 0 Click Multi Device select Multi Device Settings Choose the 2nd Device fill in the 2nd camera s Alias Host Http Port User Password click Add Set more devices in the same way after all done click Submit NOTE The Alias is optional you can set the alias as you wish The Host must be the camera s DDNS domain name and without http it s not the LAN IP address If you have s...

Page 26: ...ure 5 2 Click Live Video and then select to see four channels or to see nine channels In this case you can see all the cameras from a remote position by internet for example if you are on a business trip you can use the first camera s Host camera DDNS to view all the devices via the internet ...

Page 27: ...le then click Submit to do upgrading NOTE Before doing an upgrade via Browser please make sure the IP Camera Tool of your computer could find the camera s IP Attention Please keep the power on during upgrading and it s better to use wired mode via network cable Please don t upgrade unnecessarily wrong operation or incorrect upgrade bin file can damage the camera Figure 5 4 ...

Page 28: ...ect OK all the parameter will be returned to factory settings and the device will reboot Figure 5 5 3 1 5 Reboot Device Click Reboot the device will pop up a prompt select OK then the device will reboot Figure 5 6 3 2 Network Settings Click Network will pop up the prompt as below Figure 5 7 ...

Page 29: ... Camera Tool Figure 2 3 Figure 5 8 If you don t know the Subnet Mask Gateway DNS Server Please check the Local Area Connection Status of your computer it contains all this information steps as below 1 Control Panel Network Connections Local Area Connections Support Details 2 Find the local connection icon from taskbar left click it choose Support Details Figure 5 9 ...

Page 30: ...supports DHCP function you can choose Obtain IP from DHCP Server to get dynamic IP Figure 6 1 Http Port In most cases you can leave this value as is However if your Internet Service Provider blocks this port you may change it to another port number such as 8060 3 4 Wireless LAN Settings Figure 6 2 ...

Page 31: ... it uses encryption note the share key 4 Login to the camera using the IP Camera Tool like you did when setting up with a network cable 5 When you see the screen below click Network then Wireless Lan Settings then click on Scan wait and then click it again when you see your camera in the Wireless LAN settings box click on it 6 If there is no encryption just click Submit if there is encryption inpu...

Page 32: ...32 Figure 6 5 Figure 6 6 3 5 ADSL Settings When connected to the Internet through ADSL directly you can enter the ADSL username And password obtained from ISP Figure 6 7 ...

Page 33: ...or port forwarding It relates to the security settings of your router make sure the UPnP function of your router is ON Attention If your router doesn t support UPnP function it may show error information So we recommend you do port forwarding manually in your router For details see Figures 7 5 7 9 3 7 DDNS Service Settings Figure 7 0 There are 2 options Manufacturer s DDNS This domain is provided ...

Page 34: ...st NOTE Only one DDNS can be chosen for example if you use the manufacturer s DDNS the third party one won t work if you use the third party DDNS the manufacturer s one won t work To change the camera s port The default port of camera is 80 please change 80 to any other one you like such as 81 100 8091 etc It s best to use high numbers like 8091 for example Click OK the camera will reboot wait abo...

Page 35: ...or DDNS to work There are so many kinds of routers so it s difficult to show fixed steps but here are some samples of different router s port forwarding settings just for reference TP LINK 1 Login to the router 2 Choose Forwarding select Virtual Servers 3 Click the Add New button pop up below Figure 7 5 Fill in the service port don t use 80 IP address of the camera then click Save NOTE The port an...

Page 36: ...ess then click save NOTE The port and IP address should be the same as the camera Figure 7 6 DLINK 1 Login to the router 2 Choose Advanced select Virtual Servers 3 Input the port IP address Protocol then click save NOTE The public port private port should be the same as camera s port choose the protocol to be both ...

Page 37: ...a as below and get the link of DDNS for internet viewing Step Login System Device Info Figure 7 8 Figure 7 9 3 8 System Settings Figure 8 0 3 8 1 Device Info You can find the information about Device ID Firmware Version Embedded Web UI Version Alias Alarm Status DDNS Status UPnP Status and MSN status ...

Page 38: ... You set any new name for your camera here then click Submit Figure 8 2 3 10 Date Time Settings Set the date and time for your camera Choose the Clock Time zone of your country You can choose Sync with NTP Server Figure 8 3 or Sync with PC Time Figure 8 4 Figure 8 3 ...

Page 39: ...password as Administrator Operator or Visitor the permission for them as below Visitor In this mode you can only view Details 2 7 Operator You can control the direction of IP Camera and set some parameter Details 2 8 Administrator You can setup the advanced configurations of the IP Camera Details 3 1 3 20 Figure 8 5 ...

Page 40: ...Submit then all the parameters you set will store as a parameters bin file 2 Restore Restore IP Camera all the Parameter if you want to change the camera s settings to a certain status which has a backup click Browse to load the bin file then Submit it Log Figure 8 8 Record User information including weekday date time user name visitor IP address etc MSN Settings ...

Page 41: ...ck System Device Info to check the MSN status After you run your MSN open the chat dialog type in the word url after a few seconds you will get a reply for the remote access IP address for this IP camera 3 13 Other Settings Figure 8 9 Here you can configure some additional functions such as Motion Detection Alarm Schedule FTP Upload Alarm Mail Alert Record Path etc 3 14 Mail Service Settings Set M...

Page 42: ...is SMTP user password please select authentication SMTP User Input correct SMTP User here Some SMTP User is the sender s full email address such as test qq com some are without suffix only the username such as test SMTP Password Input correct SMTP password here NOTE Click Submit first before choosing Test You will see the test result after you click Test Figure 9 1 If it prompts these following er...

Page 43: ...he internet IP by e mail For example IPCAM s URL is http 121 213 109 69 1008 3 15 FTP Service Settings Set the FTP Service you can upload images to your FTP server when motion is detected Figure 9 2 Figure 9 3 FTP Server If your FTP server is set up in LAN You can set as Figure 9 3 If you have an FTP server that can be accessed from the Internet you can set as Figure 9 4 FTP Port Usually the port ...

Page 44: ...sts and your account is authorized 6 Error in PASV mode Please be sure the server supports PASV mode 7 Error in PORT mode PASV mode should be selected if the device is behind a NAT 8 Cannot upload file Please be sure your account is authorized Please check if parameters you filled in are correct The format of image is like 000DC5D008FA IPCAM _0_20101115152525_25 jpg Please check if your FTP server...

Page 45: ...on detect armed if there is motion detected the Alarm Status will turn to Motion Detect Alarm Figure 9 7 Figure 9 7 3 16 2 Motion Detect Sensitivity You can choose level 1 10 level 10 means the most sensitive 1 means the least sensitive ...

Page 46: ...l Seconds NOTE The total alarm time is 60 seconds Figure 10 2 Scheduler Here you can set the camera alarm during the time you set Choose Scheduler and set the date time range Figure 10 3 From Monday to Sunday and every day divided into 24 hours each hour divided into 4 quarters Left click the frame of the time range it will turn to blue color which means the time you choose to be armed Click it ag...

Page 47: ...approx one minute You can find the record file in the folder which you set Figure 10 4 4 If you set Send Mail on Alarm you will receive e mail alarm alert once motion is detected Figure 9 9 5 You can also set Scheduler to enable the camera to send e mails during a special time range you want Figure 10 3 6 If you set Upload Image on Alarm it will upload images to the FTP Server you set already once...

Page 48: ...cally the record file will be saved to the specified path you set here Figure 10 8 NOTE If you couldn t set the path here in Windows 7 or Vista please do it as below Windows 7 or Vista s security level is higher than Windows XP for Path Settings 1 User could add the Device IP address to the IE s Trusted sites first The step is IE browser Tool Internet Proper Security Trusted sites Sites Add 2 You ...

Page 49: ...e main user interface as below Figure 11 0 NOTE Server Push Mode does not support ActiveX Play Stop Record Multi device settings Path settings functions are controlled by ActiveX so if you use Safari Firefox Google chrome browser it is not possible to use these options The other functions are the same as for IE Browser ...

Page 50: ... in mobile phone login the camera you will see the main user interface as below Figure 11 1 NOTE Mobile phone Mode doesn t support ActiveX In mobile phone mode it only supports some simple functions such as Resolution Mode Bright Contrast Snapshot Reversal Mirror functions ...

Page 51: ...ur computer Figure 2 3 4 1 3 IP Address configuration Check whether IP address of the IP camera server shares the same subnet as your computer Click My Computer Control Panel Network Dial up Connections LAN Attributes Internet Protocols TCP IP and check IP Address and Subnet Mask Make sure they are in the same subnet when configuring the camera s IP address manually 4 1 4 Can t access IP camera vi...

Page 52: ...ess of the camera manually 4 1 9 I can t find multi device settings and record icon Record and multi device function are controlled by ActiveX controller So if you use Safari Firefox or Google chrome it is not possible to use these functions 4 1 10 Camera cannot connect wirelessly If your camera could not connect wirelessly after you set wireless settings and unplug the Network cable Please check ...

Page 53: ...frame rate 4 Choice of switch or hub use a switch for multiple IP Camera Servers rather than a HUB 4 1 15 How to register an account from DDNS web You can enter http www dyndns com and register an account 4 1 16 Pop up the prompt Fail to connect to the device This prompt only appears in the case of using multiple cameras When you set multiple cameras and the device status light changes to yellow p...

Page 54: ...hernet Port Supported Protocols TCP IP DHCP SMTP HTTP DDNS UPNP PPPoE FTP DNS UDP GPRS Wireless LAN Supports wireless networks Wi Fi 802 11 b g WEP Encryption Disable 64 bit 128 bit WPA WPA2 Encryption TKIP AES Physical Environment Power Supply 5VDC 2A External Power Adapter Power Consumption 5W Max Operate Temperature 10 C 55 C 14 131 Operate Humidity 20 85 non condensing Storage temperature 10 C...

Page 55: ...provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by unplugging the equipment try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient the antenna o...

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