More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 1 WELCOME This is an integrated wireless IP Camera solution. It combines a high quality digital Video Camera with network connectivity and a powerful web server to bring clear to your Desktop from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 1.3 Product Views 1.3.1 Front View Figure 1.1 1Sensitive Hole: For light sensitive 2 Infrared LED: For night vision.
Original Apexis IPCAM have some stickers at the bottom, such as MAC address sticker, QC sticker etc. If your camera does not have these stickers, it may be a clone one, clone Apexis IPCAM could not use the original firmware and obtain our good after sale service.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc the camera operates properly 1. Plug the power adaptor into camera 2. Plug the network cable into camera and router/switch 3.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure1.6 Figure1.7 Figure1.8 After this done, the icon “IP Camera Tool” will be displayed on desktop automatically .
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc CAUTION: Before installing and using the product, please read the following precautions carefully and make sure they are fully understood.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 2. SOFTWARE OPERATION 2.1 IP Camera Tool When the Device has been mounted properly, you can double click the icon “IP Camera Tool”...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure2.0 2.1.1 .1 Basic Properties There are some device information in the Basic Properties, such as Device ID, System Firmware Version, Web UI Version.(Figure 2.1)...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure2.2 Obtain IP from DHCP server: If clicked, the device will obtain IP from DHCP server. In other words, the camera will have a dynamic IP.
www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Please upgrade system firmware first and then upgrade Web UI. Or it may damage the camera.(Figure 2.4)...
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 2.5 Figure 2.6 The default user name is admin, no password Input the correct user name and password, the Sign In interface will pop-up.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 2.3 For IE Browser Choose Active Mode (For IE Browser), and sign in Figure 2.8...
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Note: If there is still no live video after run ActiveX, and a red cross showed in the center of the screen, or even just a black screen, please try to enable the ActiveX options of IE security settings.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 3.2 NOTE: Make sure that the firewall or anti-virus sof tware does n’t block the software or ActiveX. If you couldn’t see live video, please close your firewall or anti-virus software, and try again .
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 2.5 For Mobile Phone Choose Sign in mobile phone, and sign in. Mobile phone doesn’t support ActiveX, only some basic functions can be available in this mode.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 3.5 Channels: Our IE software supports 9 channels totally. Click can get different windows.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc OSD Settings: Figure 3.6 OSD: Means “On-Screen Display”, click “Audio video” > “OSD”, set display date and time on the video.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Resolution: Set the resolution to be 160*120/ VGA(640*480)/ QVGA (320*240). (Figure 3.9) NOTE: When doing recording, Rate and Resolution parameter settings is very helpful for getting small size record files, the lower parameter to get the smaller file.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Mode, Bright, Contrast Settings Figure 4.3 Mode: This is work mode optional, 50HZ/60HZ for the users who use 50HZ/60HZ frequency, outdoor for the...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3 Settings as Administrator When login as Administrator, you can enter the IP Camera for Administrator.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 4.7 Click Live Video and then select to see four channels, or click to see nine channels.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 4.9 3.1.2 Set Multi-Device for WAN If you want to view cameras from internet, you have to add these devices by DDNS domain name.
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www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc NOTE: The Alias is optional; you can set the alias as per your wish. The Host must be the camera’s DDNS domain name, and without “http://”, it’s not the Lan IP address.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3.1.4 Restore Factory Settings Click Restore Factory Settings, will pop-up a prompt, select OK, all the parameter will be returned to factory settings, and the device will reboot.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 5.7 If you don’t know Subnet Mask, Gateway, DNS Server. Please check the Local Area Connection Status of your computer;...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3.5 ADSL Settings When connected to the Internet through ADSL directly, you can enter the ADSL username And password obtained from ISP.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc There are 2 options: Manufacturer’s DDNS: This domain is provided by manufacturer. Third Party DDNS: This domain is provided by the 3 party, such as Dyndns, Oray, 3322 etc.
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www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc The default port of camera is “80”, please change “80” to any other one you like, such as “81”, “100”, “8091”...
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 1. Login the router. 2. Choose “Firewall”, select “Virtual Servers” 3. Input the port (except 80) and IP address, then click save.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 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..
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 8.1 3.9 Alias Settings Default device name is anonymous. You set any new name for your camera here, then click Submit .
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 8.4 3.11 Users Settings Eight accounts are acceptable for this system. Here you can set the user names and password as Administrator, Operator or Visitor, the permission for them as below: Visitor: In this mode, you can only view.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc (2) Non-connected network with more slow-frequency flicker: Twinkle while connect to the internet and...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3.15 Mail Service Settings Set Mail Service Settings to enable the camera send email alert when motion detection triggered.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc incorrect. Make sure all of them are correct and try it again. 1) Can not connect to the server 2) Network Error.
www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc FTP Upload Folder: Make sure that the folder you plan to store images exists. For camera couldn’t create the folder itself.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3.17.1 Motion Detect Armed If enable Motion Detect Armed, it will record and make a sound of alarm when there is motion detection triggered.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc Figure 9.9 3.17.3 Alarm Input Armed / IO Linkage on Alarm If you want to connect external alarm devices, when it’s an alarm input device, choose Alarm Input Armed to enable it, when it’s an output device, choose IO Linkage on Alarm to enable it.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3.19 Path Settings Figure 10.8 Here you can set record path and alarm record path for the camera Figure 10.9...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3.20 Server Push Mode (For Safari, FireFox, Google Browser) Choose Server Push Mode, login the camera, you will see the main user interface as below: Figure 11.2...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 3.21 Sign in mobile phone If you are using a mobile phone, choose Sign in mobile phone, login the camera, you will see the main user interface as below: Figure 11.3...
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 4. APPENDIX 4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Note: Any questions you would meet, please check Network connections firstly.
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More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 4.1.6 UPnP always failed UPnP only contains port forwarding in our recent software. Sometimes, it may be failed to do port forwarding automatically because of firewall or anti-virus software.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 4.1.13 No pictures Problems with ActiveX Controller If use IE browser to connect the camera for the 1 time, maybe there is no image displayed, and there will be a clue to install the ActiveX.
More Security, More Convenience www.apexis.com.cn / www.apexis.cc 6. OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT While we hope your experience with the IP CAMERA network camera is enjoyable and easy to use, you may experience some issues or have some questions that this User’s Guide has not answered.
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