1.5. Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter 5. Chapter 2. 5.1. System Setup 2.1. Hardware Installation 5.2. Network Setup 2.2. SMAX Finder Installation 5.3. Video & Audio Setup 2.3. Ready to Use 5.4. SD Card Setup Chapter 3. 5.5. Event Setup 3.1. Network Deployment 5.6.
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This product service may be different since the diversity of distributors. We suggest to purchase SMAX product from SMAX direct distributors or system integrators to get the most complete after service. Please first check the package contents are complete with nothing missing.
With its mini and compact design, it is suitable to locate in a environment like department store or shop counter. AU1 accept both POE power supply or DC 5V power supply. Please noted that the DC 5V adapter is an extra accessory which does not include in this package.
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Chapter I. 1.4. Package Contents Description Network Camera, Sun shield Tools package (Screw Kit…etc.) A. Software: Network Camera, Sun shield SMAX Finder x 1 SMAX VMS64 x 1 B. Doc: SMAX All Products Datasheet, User Manual, Quick Installation Guide w w w . s m a x . c o m . t w...
Chapter I. 1.5. EMC(Electromagnetic Compatibility) FCC Statement This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. (1.) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2.)This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Chapter 2. 2.1. Installation Setup 3. Setup 6. Please adjust viewing angle by Please re-mount the cover and tight loosen up below spot first. it up. Please follow below instructions to setup your network camera. Setup 1. Please attached sun shield to network camera.
192.168.1.1 Please read the CD from the package content. Then or NVR / VMS IP address: 192.168.1.88 copy SMAX Finder.exe file to your personal PC. Run Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 the program until the SMAX Finder windows display as Gateway: 192.168.1.1 shown on the right picture.
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Chapter 2. 2.3. Prepare to Access Access procedure: When link from SMAX Finder to the camera’s web UI access page, please enter default username and password (ID: admin / PW: admin) for further access. When first connect to a SMAX camera, it needs to install some plugin to your computer.
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3.1. Network Environment Setting Internet 網際網路 SMAX camera supports both intranet and internet structure. Hereby to supply different ways of network setting when SMAX camera is under internet environment structure. Network Camera xDSL Modem A. True IP address setting 4+2 ports...
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Chapter 3. 3.1. Network Environment Setting A. True IP address setting Please run the SMAX Finder and search for the camera within local LAN. Select the camera for internet setting and click Change IP button. Select static mode and enter your true IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, and the username and password of the camera.
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Chapter 3. 3.1. Network Environment Setting A. Transfer from UPnP router Please access to the camera’s web UI page and select Configuration button. Select Network button. Please assign a static IP address of your local network. And enter your gateway address and DNS numbers of your router.
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Chapter 3. 3.1. Network Environment Setting A. PPPoE connection setting Please access to the camera’s web UI page and select Configuration button. Select Network button. Please select PPPoE and enter your username and password. Then press Apply button to finish setting. Notification:...
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SMAX network camera supports multiple connections for accessing. Includes multiple browsers connection, video player connection that supports RTSP, SmaxViewer APP connection, or SMAX VMS or CMS software to access. Each connection fulfill different surveillance application for different purpose. 3.2. Accessing via Web UI...
Chapter 3. 3.3. Accessing via RTSP Player SMAX network camera supports accessing via RTSP player. Below using VLC player as a reference instruction: Please run the VLC player and select Media(M) button. Then select Open network stream(N). It will pop out the setting window.
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Chapter 3. 3.4. Accessing via Mobile APP SMAX network camera supports accessing via mobile APP with both iOS and Android system. Below using iPad mini as a reference instruction: Please download SmaxViewer from the APP store to your iPhone or iPad device.
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Setup 4. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS Please select Setup.exe from the SMAX VMS folder of CD content. Follow installation procedure and setting. Then you can run the SMAX VMS software to use. 3.5.1. SMAX VMS Installation procedure: Setup 1.
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Chapter 3. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS Start to use your SMAX VMS software by clicking the shortcut from your desktop after installation is complete. 3.5.1. SMAX VMS adding camera procedure: Run the SMAX VMS software and enter the Username and Password.
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There are two ways of adding new camera. One is search the camera within local LAN. Press Search button so the VNS will automatically search all SMAX camera within local LAN. Second way is to add camera over internet structure by entering IP address, HTTP port, Username, Password and Name.
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Chapter 3. 3.5. Accessing via SMAX VMS After search sever process, you may see the further detail setting if VMS is able link to your network camera. Please select all possible function that you wish to enable, such as Audio, Recording, PTZ and Operate camera.
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Chapter 4. 4.1. Home page You can access SMAX network camera via web browser to monitor live view, manage setting, SD card recording…etc. There is a complete introduction procedure of all function in the following chapter four and five. Homepage function list:...
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Chapter 4. 4.2. Client Settings 4.2.1. Protocol option This setting is to define your protocol option. Default set as RTSP/RTP over TCP. This protocol make sure that all image data must be transferred. But if you choose the image quality comes first, then you can change to RTSP/RTP over UDP.
Chapter 5. 5.1. Configuration Settings In the menu of configuration, it includes all operating function for settings, maintenance, log and device information…etc. Configuration menu as shown below: 1) System 2) Security 3) Network 4) IP Filter 5) Video 6) Audio 7) Motion Detection 8) Privacy Mask 9) Event...
Chapter 5. 5.1. Configuration Settings 5.1.1. System This system page display your network camera’s Host Name, LED Indicator ON/OFF Switch and set the Date and Time. Date and Time Setting procedure : Select your network camera’s Time Zone and enable Daylight Saving if needs to.
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Chapter 5. 5.1. Configuration Settings 5.1.2. Security Select Security button under the Configuration menu. It will goes to setting page. This function is to manage the user of this camera by setting Administrator and Account List. Administrator Setting Procedure : Please enter a new Password and Retype Password.
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Chapter 5. 5.1.2. Security Account List Setting Procedure : Please enter Username, Password, Retype Password. Notification: Username can be a composition of English letters and Arabic numerals. But the length must kept between 1~32 characters. No special character allow. And please keep notice between capital and lowercase English letters.
When your surveillance system has lower than 4pcs of network camera, we suggest to set DHCP IPv4/IPv6. You can search the camera’s IP with Smax Finder software. Please refer to chapter 3.1 for further description. If the total pcs of network camera is greater than 4pcs.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.1.1. Intranet Static IPv4/IPv6 Setting Static IPv4 Setting Procedure : Select Static IPv4/IPv6 under Network Type column. Please enter IP Address (IPv4), Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS and Secondary DNS information. Press Apply to complete setting. Notification: For static IP setting, please refer to the picture as shown on bottom right.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.1.2. Internet Static IPv4/IPv6 Setting Static IPv4 Setting Procedure : Select Static IPv4/IPv6 under Network Type column. Please enter IP Address (IPv4), Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS and Secondary DNS information. Press Apply to complete setting. Notification: Please contact your ISP service vender for further interne static IP setting.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.1.3. PPPoE Setting PPPoE Setting Procedure : Select PPPoE under Network Type column. Please enter Username and Password. Press Apply to complete setting. Notification: PPPoE is a type that supports xDSL network connection. Please contact your ISP service vender for the username and password.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2. Advanced Network Setting Advanced network setting includes Multicast, Bonjour, Qos, DDNS, HTTPS function setting. 5.2.2.1. HTTPS Setting HTTPS Setting Procedure: Select Advanced page under Network page. Select Enable HTTPS. Default HTTPS Port set as 443. Press Apply to complete setting. w w w .
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Host Name, and let you do the setting on Username and Password. Notification: SMAX network camera provides three DDNS service website: DynDNS.org、TZO.com and No-ip. You can choose either one of the website to start you DDNS Host Name registration.
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For a multicast function is to send the stream data to one point, but you can set multiple computer as this point recipient. SMAX network camera is distinguished by the multicast group address. Its IP address range is from 232.0.0.0 to 232.255.255.255 in a class D. A class D is a group address which the network camera will send the stream packet to.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2.4. QoS Setting Via QoS setting, it can ensure the video image and audio stream comes first in bandwidth. So the transfer stability will not effected by other network transmit packets. QoS Setting Procedure: Select Advanced page under Network page. Select Enable QoS.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.2.5. Bonjour Setting Bonjour is called as a Zero-configuration networking, which it can automatically find the device within local LAN network. Bonjour is a standardize protocol that allows for each device to find each other without a IP address or DNS server.
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Chapter 5. 5.2.3. IP Filter Smax network camera has an IP Filter function. It can manage to set a white list for Accepted IP list or black list for Deny IP list. We suggest to use one rule only to keep hte connecting performance.
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Chapter 5. 5.3. Video & Audio Setting This chapter includes all video setting, image adjusting, and two ways audio setting. Please kindly follow below chapter instruction to set the video setting accordingly.。 5.3.1. Video Setting 5.3.1.1. Main Stream Setting Main Stream Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.1. Main Stream Setting Rate Control Setting Description: For a network camera only environment, we suggest to set the Video quality as Normal. If your surveillance environment is equip with NVR or NAS server for recording purpose, we suggest to set a constant Bitrate numbers.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.1. Main Stream Setting Main Stream and Storage Calculation: The best to set a constant Bitrate numbers is for easier calculation of recording storage space. Calculation of storage space as below for each network camera records for one hour. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitrate(kbps) / 8 x 60(sec.) x 60(min.) / 1000 / 1000 = The storage space for each hour(GB)
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.2. Secondary Stream(MJPEG) Setting Secondary Stream(MJPEG) Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Video Setting page and select Enable under MJPEG column. Define your Video Resolution. There are three resolutions to choose from 720x480(Full D1), 640x480(VGA) and 320x240(QVGA).
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Chapter 5. 5.3.1.3. Mobile View Setting Mobile View Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Video Setting page and select Enable under Mobile View column. Select with or without audio depends on your setting. Press Apply button to complete setting. Notification:...
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Chapter 5. 5.3.2. Focus Setting SMAX AU1 network camera is equip with f=3.6mm fixed Lens. In order to adjust the focus point, user needs to remove the front cover first. Focus Setting Procedure: Please remove the front cover. Set your browser to the main page and double click on the screen to the full screen mode.
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5.3.3.1. Exposure Setting SMAX network camera supply two Exposure Mode. Default set as Auto mode. User can change to Manual mode for further exposure setting of day and night mode.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.3.1. Exposure Setting Exposure Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Image setting page and change the Exposure Mode from Auto to Manual. As an example picture on the right, the image is too dark during the night mode.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.3.2. Image Setting Image Setting Procedure: Select Video button under the Configuration menu. Then goes to Image setting page. Please enter appropriate Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness numbers. Or use + and – button to do the adjusting. When above four numbers has changed, you can check the difference on the image.
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Chapter 5. 5.3.2. Motion Detection Motion Detection function allows you to set up to three windows on the screen. So these selected areas can detect motion base on the Percentage and Sensitivity numbers that you input. Motion Detection Setting Procedure: Select Motion Detection...
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Chapter 5. 5.3.3. Privacy Mask Privacy Mask function allows you to set up to three privacy mask that covers on your live view screen. It can be selected as different color with different mask. Once the mask has been set, the live view screen will no longer display those selected area.
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Chapter 5. 5.4. SD Card Settings Smax GU1 has built in micro SD card slot for continuous, schedule, event and alarm recording function. It also supply for searching recorded file. SDHC card maximum memory size is up to 32GB. 5.4.1. SDHC Setting new SD card procedure:...
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Chapter 5. 5.4.2. Recording Recording to SD card procedure: Select Recording button under the Configuration menu. Select Enable External storage Recording function and set the maximum size of each recording file. We suggest to set 50MB as the maximum. Arrange your recoding schedule of day and time under the Recording Schedule column.
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Chapter 5. 5.4.3. SD Card Recoding Search SD card recoding search procedure: Select Recording button under the SDHC page. Press All file button to see all recoding files from the SD memory card. Or you can search a specific period of recoding file by define your desire Start Time and End Time.
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Chapter 5. 5.4.3. SD Card Event Recoding Search When the event recording was triggered and saves to SD memory card. You can search all event files within Event page. SD card event recoding search procedure: Select Event button under the SDHC page. Press All file button to see all event recoding files from the SD memory card.
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You can set multiple event setting base on different needs of different applications. SMAX network camera has two was of event trigger settings: 1) Motion Detection 2) Digital Input signal Proceed actions includes:...
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Chapter 5. 5.5.1. Event Server Below is a description of Event Server. Before you set a new event, you can define a details of remote media server: FTP , SMTP and Samba. After setting, all event can proceed to your define FTP, SMTP or Samba Server by sending snapshots, e-mail or recording files.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.1.2. SMTP Server The main function of a SMTP server it to send an e- mail message when event was triggered. SMTP Server setting procedure: Select Event button under the Configuration menu. Then select Event server page. Select Enable SMTP server. Then enter your SMTP server’s IP address, Port, Sender e-mail address, Receiver #1 and #2 e-mail address and Subject.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.1.3. Samba Server Samba Server setting procedure: Select Event button under the Configuration menu. Then select Event server page. Select Enable Samba server. Then enter your Samba server’s IP address, Storage Path, Username and Password. Press Test SMB button to check if the Samba connection is successfully established.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.2. Media setting Media setting is to define what kind of media files should be save when a event was triggered. You can sent a snapshot or an event recoding file to your event server. Media setting procedure: Select Event button under the Configuration menu.
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Chapter 5. 5.5.3. Adding New Event Setting Below is an example procedure for adding a new event. It is trigger by motion detection. Schedule time set as always alert. And the action set to trigger SD care recording and digital output alarm. Example of adding new event procedure:...
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Chapter 5. 5.6. Maintenance Settings This maintenance page includes Reboot, Factory Reset, Backup, Restore, and Upgrade function. 5.6.1. Reboot Reboot procedure: When press Reboot button, it can remotely reboot the camera. 5.6.2. Factory reset There are two ways of factory reset procedure. One is completely reset back to factory default setting.
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When press Backup button, SMAX camera will back up setting to your computer. When press Backup to SD card device button, SMAX camera will back up setting to your SD card. 5.6.4. Restore SMAX camera can also restore your back up setting from above procedure.
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5.6.5. Upgrade SMAX camera contain its original firmware version when first leave the factory. If for any reason, such as debug or new features, SMAX will put the latest firmware version on SMAX website for download and upgrade purpose. Firmware upgrade procedure:...
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Chapter 5. 5.7. Camera Information SMAX network camera provide two ways of checking information. One is for the device information, it includes the fundamental of network setting and basic function of the camera. The other one is system log, it records all the operation or event history.
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Chapter 5. 5.7.2. System Log System log display procedure: To access system log, click Configuration from the menu then click Log button. You can check the usage log of this camera as shown in the picture from the right. w w w . s m a x . c o m . t w P 63...
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Chapter 6. 6.1. URL SMAX HTTP API Version: 1.0.10 Style Convention In URL syntax and in descriptions of CGI parameters, text in italics within angle brackets denotes content that should be replaced with either a value or a string. When replacing the text string, the angle brackets must also be replaced. URL syntax is written with the word “Syntax:”...
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Chapter 6. Return: HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n 6.1.1.2. Add, modify and delete users Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <content length>\r\n <parameter>=<value> Value Description \r\n action=<string> add, remove = remove an OK\r\n update, existing account if it exists. remove , get = get a list of the users FAIL HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n which belong to the...
Chapter 6. <parameter>=<value> Value Description timezone=<string> 0-56 Specify the time zone for 6.1.1.3. System date and time the new date and/or time. device will translate the Get or set the system date and time time into local time using Syntax: whichever the time zone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- has been specified through...
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Chapter 6. Return: 6.1.1.3. System date and time FAIL HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Examples(a) : Get system date and time Content-Length: <content length>\r\n http:// camera_ip:port r/cgi/admin/date.cgi?action=get \r\n Return: Request failed: <error message>\r\n HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n 6.1.2. Maintenance Content-Length: <content length>\r\n \r\n 6.1.2.1.
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Chapter 6. 6.1.5.3. Audio (Talk:PC to IP video device) Returns a multipart audio stream. Open a 6.1.5.2. Audio (Camera to PC) IPPROTO_UDP socket and assign this socket to Syntax: port 5432. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio support u-Law Data only. http://<servername>/cgi/audio/audio.cgi? type=uLaw Payload Format: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Header (12Bytes) u-Law Data (1024 Bytes)
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Chapter 6. Return: HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n 6.1.6. Focus & Zoom for Motor Lens Content-Type: text/plain\r\n (for GV1、GU1 only) Content-Length: <content length>\r\n Focus & Zoom for Motor Lens : \r\n Send focus & zoom control command to IP Camera <Result> which with Motor-Lens. \r\n Syntax: FAIL...
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Chapter 6. 6.1.7. SD Card Management 6.1.6. Focus & Zoom for Motor Lens Get SD Card Status and search result list. (for GV1、GU1 only) Syntax: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example: (Server sends setup to network camera.) http://camera_ip:port/sdcard.cgi?action=<action_para [Smart Focus] meter>&<parmameter>=<value>& http://192.168.101.102:80/cgi/fz --------------------------------------------------------------------------- /focuszoomctl.cgi?smartfocusscan with the following parameters and values for reference: Example: (Server sends setup to network camera.)
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Chapter 6. Example: (Get SD Card Status.) [Get SD Card Status] 6.1.7. SD Card Management http://192.168.101.102:80/sdcard.cgi?action=status& Return: Parameter Value Description sTime yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss List Start Time [Status] 1 : SD Card is available eTime yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss List End Time 0 : SD Card is not available fname filename Download/Delete File...
Chapter 6. 6.4. Liability SMAX Technology Co., Ltd. does not responsible WEEE Directive & Product Disposal for any printing errors or any related issues. And At the end of its serviceable life, this product should not be hereby to claim that all specification or description treated as household or general waste.
SMAX Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without the obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
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