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- Page 1 Wireless Network IP-Camera 150N WL-405 Full Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1. Introduction .............. 3 Overview ....................... 3 Features....................3 Physical Details....................4 Front - Network Camera ................4 Rear - Network Camera................5 Description for LED indicators ..............6 Package Contents ..................7 Camera Installation ..................8 2. -
Page 3: Introduction
Introduction Overview Thank you for purchasing this Internet IP camera! This IP camera is an ideal product for all kinds of video-surveillance purposes, like home/office safety, kid/pet monitoring, and remote video acquiring, etc. Unlike conventional close-circuit video camera, you’re not limited to the length of cable! Once this IP camera is connected to the Internet, you can receive video from anywhere in the world where Internet access is available. -
Page 4: Physical Details
Physical Details Front - Network Camera Antenna Power LED Link LED Antenna Wireless network antenna Indicates LAN / Wi-Fi activity Link LED Indicates system status Power LED Video camera with lens Camera... -
Page 5: Rear - Network Camera
Rear - Network Camera WPS/Reset button Network Connector Power Connector Connects to any standard tripod / camera wall holder. Tripod Connector Press and release this button to activate WPS mode; WPS/Reset Press and hold this button for 15 seconds to clear all settings. button Connect to 5V / 1A DC-power adapter. -
Page 6: Description For Led Indicators
Description for LED indicators Power LED Link LED Power Link Status Remark Booting Flash Flash System Ready LAN connected Data transferring Quick Flash Activate WPS, push Slow Flash The configuration should be button for less than finished within 120 sec., after that 5 sec. -
Page 7: Package Contents
Package Contents The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. 1. IP-Camera 2. Power Adapter 3. Ethernet Cable 4. Quick Installation Guide 5. Driver & Manual CDROM 6. Wall Mount... -
Page 8: Camera Installation
Camera Installation Please follow the following instructions to configure your IP camera: Unpack the product package and check if anything is missing. Insert the supplied LAN cable into the ‘LAN’ jack. You can skip this step if you’ll only use the wireless network. ... -
Page 9: Using The Surveillance Software
2. Using the surveillance software When the CDROM is inserted into the CDROM player, the CD-Menu will automatically start. (If it isn't started automatically, go to 'My Computer' > 'X:' (where X: is the drive letter of the CDROM player) > open the 'Menu' folder > double click on 'CDMenu4.exe') 2.1 Admin utility The Admin-utility can be used to detect the camera on the network, and to easily... - Page 10 When the Admin-utility is installed, it can be found in the start-menu, via “START > Programs > Internet Camera > IPCam Admin Utility” The Admin utility will detect all IP-camera's on your network. If the camera isn't detected, click the “Scan”-button. Double-click on the IP-camera in the list, to open the camera web-interface in your ...
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Page 11: Viewer Utility
2.2 Viewer Utility The IP camera surveillance software provides various functions like video recording, after this software is installed, you can use your IP camera to safeguard your property. Please follow the following instructions to install the surveillance software. Select “Install Viewer-Utility” to start the installation of the viewer utility. Note: When the Viewer utility is installed, the ActiveX control for Internet Explorer is also installed. -
Page 12: Using The Viewer Utility
2.2.1 Using the Viewer utility You can click ‘IPCam Surveillance Software’ icon from desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software. Before you start: IP camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s resolution is ‘1024 x 768’... -
Page 13: Configure Camera In Viewer Utility
Scan Click this button and the IP camera 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 (scan icon will become white Zoom out Zoom-out (To see more objects). - Page 14 Note: If you’re prompted by a windows security alert which asks you if you want to block ‘IPCamViewer’ program, please click ‘Unblock’ button, or IP camera surveillance software will not be able to function correctly. 2.2.2.1 'Camera' tab In this tab you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to 16 cameras can be connected simultaneously: Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item...
- Page 15 configuration fields. Refresh Rescan all cameras on your local network. If you didn’t see the camera you expected in ‘Camera Search’ box, or a new camera has been joined to your local network after last scan. Name* Input the name of camera here. Default value is the first 6 bytes of camera’s MAC address, you can change the name of camera so you can remember the camera’s location of purpose easily.
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Page 16: Schedule Recording
2.2.2.2 Schedule Recording In this tab, you can setup scheduled video recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras you 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 You can specify the one-time schedule for selected camera;... - Page 17 Please note you must set a schedule that will be happened in the future, you can not 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.
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Page 18: Motion Recording
2.2.2.3 Motion Recording With this function activated, only motions captured by the camera will be recorded, so you don’t have to waste hard disk storage space on images you don’t need to pay attention to. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel... -
Page 19: General Options
2.2.3 General Options You can set system-wide settings of this IP camera surveillance software in this menu. 2.2.3.1 'General Tab' All general settings like file storage directory and recording spaces can be set here. Item Description Data Directory Set the directory (folder) you wish to store the recorded video and captured image. - Page 20 2.2.3.2 'E-Mail Settings tab' If you want to use motion detection function and wish to get an email that contains the image captured by the camera, please setup your email related parameters here first. Item Description E-Mail Subject Specify the subject of sending email. Recipient E-Mail Here lists all email addresses you set.
- Page 21 SMTP Auth Select ‘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 software or ask your ISP / network administrator. SMTP Account Input the SMTP account (username) of your SMTP server here.
- Page 22 Item Description Enable Requires password authentication when this software starts. Disable Password authentication is not required when this software starts. Password Input the password you wish to use here. Confirm Input the password you wish to use here again. Password...
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Page 23: Change Display Layout
2.2.4 Change Display Layout This IP camera surveillance software provides 8 kinds of display layout: Every 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. -
Page 24: Full-Screen Mode
Layout style 8: 16 Displays the video of up to 16 cameras. Cameras 2.2.5 Full-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, press the ‘ESC’... -
Page 25: Scan
2.2.6 Scan If you have more than one camera configured, and you wish to switch the displaying image between cameras, you can click ‘Scan’ button to switch between 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... -
Page 26: Zoom-In / Zoom-Out
2.2.7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out For cameras that support zoom-in / zoom-out function, you can use this function to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera’s view, or enlarge the image size 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 click to enlarge... -
Page 27: Snapshot
2.2.8 Snapshot You can take a snapshot of selected camera and save it to ‘Snapshot’ sub-folder of pre- defined data directory. Click the snapshot button once to take a snapshot; you can take as much snapshot as you want before hard disk is full. 2.2.9 Recording You can start video recording of selected camera manually by clicking ‘Start Recording’... -
Page 28: Video Playback
2.2.10 Video Playback You can playback all recorded video by clicking this button. A new window will appear: You have to search the video file before you can play it. There are two kinds of video search: Time Search (search 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). -
Page 29: Locate The Ip Address Of This Ip Camera
Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera Connect your IP Cam by cable on your router open the admin utility, and click on the “Scan button” You will see the IP address of the IP Cam and the hostname. If the IP Cam isn’t connected to a router / DHCP server (see chapter 4.2) -
Page 30: Log On To Web Management Interface
Log On to Web Management Interface Make sure the IP camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then launch your browser and type the IP address of the IP camera in address bar. You should be prompted to input the user name and password: The default user name is ‘admin’... - Page 31 Press ‘Next’ to start installation; press ‘Next’ button when you’re prompted, until installation is complete.
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Page 32: Using Web Management Interface
3. Using Web Management Interface 3.1 Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is ‘Status’, and on this page you can see the real-time image from the camera. Item Description Video Format Specifies video encoding format. You can choose MPEG4 or MJPEG (Motion-JPEG). -
Page 33: About
3.1.1 About This function will provide you with the version number of current IP camera plugin, which is useful when you need online support. To see version information, right-click on the image. A pop-up menu will appear: Select ‘About’ and the version information will appear:... -
Page 34: Status
3.2 Status This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time, and network information. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Status’ on the top of web management interface, and opening the 'Status' tab. -
Page 35: Log
3.3 Log All activities of this IP camera will be logged, and you and enter ‘Log’ menu to view these logs. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Log’ on the top of web management interface. -
Page 36: Video Setup
3.4 Video Setup You can specify the video and audio parameters of this IP camera here. 3.4.1 Dual Mode This IP camera supports two video encoding formats: MPEG4 and MJPEG. You can select the encoding format from one of them. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description... -
Page 37: Mjpeg
VBR: Video bit rate is variable based on the video content being transferred. There’re 5 levels of setting from ‘Lowest’ to ‘Highest’. Select ‘Lowest’ will lower video quality and save network bandwidth; if a better video quality is required, select ‘High’ or ‘Highest’. Video Frame Specify video refresh rate of MPEG4 video encoder. -
Page 38: Motion Detection
Motion Detection 3.6.1 Basic Settings The motion detection function makes this IP camera become your non-stop guard. You don’t have to waste all the time monitoring the images from the camera, and camera will detect all motions for you. Once motion is detected, a captured image will be sent to you by Email or via FTP. -
Page 39: Setup Motion Detection Regions
storage spaces on Email and / or FTP server. Mail snapshot Select ‘Yes’ to send a picture to the Email address you specified in ‘E-Mail & FTP’ menu when a motion is detection, and select ‘No’ to disable this function. E-Mail Subject Set the subject of Email being sent here. - Page 40 The descriptions of every setting in motion detection menu will be given below: Item Description Region1 / Check the box to enable / disable a certain motion detection area. Region2 / Region3 Sensitivity Control the detection sensitivity of motion detection of respective motion detection region.
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Page 41: Network Setup
3.7 Network Setup All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE, Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Network Setup’ on the top of web management interface, and opening the 'Network Settings' tab. -
Page 42: Rtsp
For example, if the HTTP port number you specified here is 90 and the IP address of IP camera is 10.20.20.30, then you have to input ‘http://10.20.20.30:90’ in the address bar of your browser. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. 3.7.2 RTSP RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) allows you to view live video captured by IP camera. -
Page 43: Upnp
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable DDNS Select ‘Enable’ to activate Dynamic DNS function of this IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it. Provider Select dynamic DNS service provider here. Only dyndns.org is available currently. -
Page 44: Loginfree
Click the message to open ‘My Network Places’, and you’ll see the IP camera: You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’s web management interface directly. 3.7.5 LoginFree You can specify a filename here, and everyone who knows this filename can gain access to the picture captured by the IP camera. -
Page 45: Wireless Settings
3.8 Wireless Settings If you wish to use wireless network instead of wired network connection, you have to set the wireless LAN parameters here. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Network Setup’ on the top of web management interface, and opening the 'Wireless Settings' tab. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description... - Page 46 You can set to ‘Adhoc’ when you don’t have any wireless access point, but your computer has wireless network card. Set to ‘Infrastructure’ when you have wireless access point, and you have computers with wired network connection. Available Here all wireless access points found by this IP camera are Networks shown.
- Page 47 must be the same with the wireless access point you selected. When you select a wireless access point from the list, it’s authentication type will be selected automatically, and you should not modify it or you will not be able to connect to the wireless access point you selected.
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Page 48: Ftp And E-Mail Settings
3.9 FTP and E-Mail Settings This IP camera is capable to send an Email or perform FTP upload with captured image, when a motion is detected. This is very convenient since IP camera will guard the environment automatically for you, and you don’t have to look at the monitor all the time. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Network Setup' on the top of web management interface, and opening the 'FTP and E-Mail settings' tab. -
Page 49: Ftp Settings
If SSL encryption is required to connect to the SMTP server, select ‘Enable’ or SMTP connection may fail; select ‘Disable’ if your SMTP server doesn’t support SSL encryption. If in doubt, ask your ISP or mail server’s administrator. SMTP Some SMTP server requires mail senders to be authenticated before Authentication they can send Email. -
Page 50: System Settings
3.10 System Settings Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator’s password of this camera, change the time settings, and turn the status LED on or off. The System Settings menu can be accessed by opening the 'Toolbox' menu, and selecting the 'System Settings' tab. -
Page 51: User Settings
NTP Server Please input the IP address or host name of NTP server here. You can use default value ‘pool.ntp.org’, or ask your ISP for the IP address or host name, if they have one. Enable Daylight Select ‘Yes’ if your area of residence uses daylight saving; if not, Saving Time select ‘No’. -
Page 52: Firmware Update
3.12 Firmware Update The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Upgrade If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website, you can Firmware click ‘Browse’ button to pick the firmware file you wish to use. Then click ‘Upgrade’... -
Page 53: Appendix
Appendix 4.1 Specification Camera/Image: Dual Mode: MPEG4 and Motion-JPEG Image Video Multiple Profile: Output M-JPEG and MPEG4 at the same time Multi-Area motion detection. Fixed Focus Lens Supports Up to 30 fps Video Frame Rate ... -
Page 54: Troubleshooting
4.2 Troubleshooting If the IP camera is not working properly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for help, please check the troubleshooting list here, this may help you to solve the problem by yourself and therefore saves your valuable time. Scenario Possible Solution I can not connect to... - Page 55 address is correct, please contact dealer of purchase for help). Image is fuzzy a. Use a soft cloth to clean the lens on the camera. You can use cloth with water, but DO NOT use alcohol or other chemical solution. b.
- Page 56 How can I find the Please open the utility and press the following button. IP address from the And you will see the IP address from the cam IP cam? How can I give up a Click ‘Start’ -> ‘Control Panel’ static IP address when I’m connected the Cam by cable...
- Page 57 Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click ‘Properties’. In ‘IP address’ field, please enter any IP address that begins with ‘192.168.0’, and ends with a value greater than 2 and less than 254 (You can use the example in the picture ‘192.168.0.239’). In Subnet mask field, please fill ‘255.255.255.0’.
- Page 58 If you've changed the IP address of this IP camera and you forget it, there are 3 ways you can recover it: 1.Press and hold the ‘Reset’ button (for 15 seconds) located at the bottom of this IP camera, to clear all settings of the IP camera and reset the IP address back to 192.168.0.231.
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