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A-MTK 2M Tiny Cube User Manual

Summary of 2M Tiny Cube

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    H.264 2m multi-profile tiny cube network camera user’s manual firmware version 6.B.X..

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    Network camera user’s guide 2/96 owner's record the model and serial numbers are located at the bottom of device. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your dealer regarding this product. Model no. ____________________ serial no. ___________...

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    Network camera user’s guide 3/96 declaration of conformity this device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. 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 t...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Network camera user’s guide 4/96 table of contents overview ............................................................................................................................. 6 introduction ......................................................................................................

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    Network camera user’s guide 5/96 ip filter ..................................................................................................... 42 ip notification ........................................................................................... 43 camera: adjust camera parameters ...........

  • Page 6: Overview

    Network camera user’s guide 6/96 overview the user’s guide explains how to operate this camera from a computer. User should read this manual completely and carefully before you operate the device. Introduction this camera is an inexpensive and fully scalable surveillance device. Because the network ...

  • Page 7: Minimum System Requirements

    Network camera user’s guide 7/96 two-way audio micro sd slot intelligent motion detection up to 10 zones voice alerting while event triggered privacy masks 3d de-noise to improve picture quality at low lux. Image transmission using an ftp or e-mail for event ddns and pppoe multi-channel control soft...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Network camera user’s guide 8/96 package contents user can find the following items in the package: item descriptions 1. This camera is the main element of the product. 2. Camera stand with screws 3. Detachable wlan antenna (for wlan model only) 4. Power adapter dedicates 12v dc electric power outpu...

  • Page 9: Physical Description

    Network camera user’s guide 9/96 physical description front view antenna user can attach the included antenna to antenna connector (sma type) or use another high-gain antenna to get higher performance. In case this camera is wireless model, there is a sma type antenna. Lens & focus ring user could u...

  • Page 10: Bottom View

    Network camera user’s guide 10/96 bottom view audio output jack audio-out jack allows this device to output audio or alerting sound. Dc power jack the input power is 12vdc. Note that supply the power to the camera with the power adapter included in package. Otherwise, the improper power adapter may ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 11/96 power / wireless led (orange color) this led is used to indicate whether the camera is ready or not. In addition, this led will be flashing while the wireless accessing of the camera (wlan model only)..

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    Network camera user’s guide 12/96 hardware installation 1. Attach the camera with the included stand 2. Place the camera on the table or fix it onto ceiling or wall use three screws to fix the network camera onto the ceiling or wall. You could also put the network camera on the table directly. 3. Pl...

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    Network camera user’s guide 13/96 4. Connect the external power supply to camera connect the attached power adapter to the dc power jack of the network camera. Note: use the power adapter, 12vdc, included in the packageand connect it to wall outlet for ac power. Once you have installed the camera we...

  • Page 14: Preparation

    Network camera user’s guide 14/96 preparation search and set up by ipwizard ii when you installed the camera on a lan environment, you have two easy ways to search your cameras by ipwizard ii or upnp™ discovery. Here is the way to execute ipwizard ii to discover camera’s ip address and set up relate...

  • Page 15: View

    Network camera user’s guide 15/96 view if ipwizard ii finds network devices, view button will be available. Please select the device you want to view and click the view button. Then you could see the video from camera directly. Furthermore you could double click the left button of mouse to link to t...

  • Page 16: Lan

    Network camera user’s guide 16/96 lan in case you want to change the ip related parameters of wired interface, please select the device you want to configure and click the lan button. Relative settings will be carried out as below. You could modify the relative settings of the selected device. Click...

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    Network camera user’s guide 17/96 in case, you do not want to change username and/or password, then just click “ submit ” button to perform your setting accordingly. Click “ ” button will go back to previous page. If you like to change username and/or password of the device, just click the check but...

  • Page 18: Wireless

    Network camera user’s guide 18/96 wireless in case you want to change the ip related parameters of wireless interface, please select the device you want to configure and click the wireless button. Relative settings will be carried out as above. Click ssid to select your wireless ap or router and key...

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    Network camera user’s guide 19/96 make sure wireless setting and then submit it. Click ok to confirm these parameters, then ipwizard ii will start to configure this camera with specified information..

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    Network camera user’s guide 20/96 once this step finished, ipwizard ii will prompt you to unplug the ethernet cable to activate wireless access. Then ipwizard ii will prompt you to test wireless setting or finish wireless procedure as below..

  • Page 21: Upnp Of Windows

    Network camera user’s guide 21/96 upnp of windows ® xp, vista or 7 upnp™ is short for universal plug and play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This device is an upnp enabled device. If the operating system, windows...

  • Page 22: Router

    Network camera user’s guide 22/96 install the device behind a nat router once installed, the device is accessible on your lan. To access the device from the internet you must configure your broadband router to allow incoming data traffic to the device. If the device is installed on the lan with a ro...

  • Page 23: Explorer For The First Time

    Network camera user’s guide 23/96 access the device from the internet explorer for the first time 1. Start the web browser on the computer and type the ip address of the camera you want to monitor as below: the login window of the camerais prompted: 2. Type in your login name and password under “use...

  • Page 24: Logging In As An User

    Network camera user’s guide 24/96 3. According your browser’s security setting, the ie web page may prompt the “security warning” window. If so, select “yes” to install and run the activex control into your pc. Otherwise, the system will load the activex silently. 4. After the activex control was in...

  • Page 25: Operating The Network Camera

    Network camera user’s guide 25/96 operating the network camera start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Monitor image section the image shot by the device is shown here. The date and time are displayed at the top of the window. Video profile the device suppo...

  • Page 26: Language

    Network camera user’s guide 26/96 language the device could provide multiple languages to meet customer’s requirement. 2-way audio the device supports 2-way audio function. User can chose to enable or disable this function by toggling the icon below. : disable audio uploading function. : enable audi...

  • Page 27: Digital Zoom

    Network camera user’s guide 27/96 digital zoom click digital zoom to active this function as above. User can drag or scale the box over the video to adjust zoom ratio and position. Snapshot.

  • Page 28: Record

    Network camera user’s guide 28/96 click snapshot to activate this function. Press snapshot button to take a picture. The image file is saved as jpeg format into your local pc. Select browser, the pop-up window to select the save path and file name prefix, select ok to continue. If you like to retrie...

  • Page 29: Volume

    Network camera user’s guide 29/96 volume click volume to activate this function. There are two control bars for speaker and microphone volume respectively. Scroll these control bars to adjust the audio attribute. Check the volume mute will mute the speaker output. About click about to show this acti...

  • Page 30: Administrating The Device

    Network camera user’s guide 30/96 administrating the device system setting this function is only available for user logged into camera as administrator. Click on each menu name to display its setting page. Item action network configure network settings such as dhcp, ddns, 3gpp, pppoe and upnp camera...

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    Network camera user’s guide 31/96 mac address: displays the ethernet mac address of the device. Note that user can not modify it. Obtain ip address automatically (dhcp): dhcp: stands for dynamic host configuration protocol. Enable this checked box when a dhcp server is installed on the network to is...

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    Network camera user’s guide 32/96 the port number to login. If the http port is not assigned as 80, users have to add the port number in back of ip address. For example: http://192.168.0.100:8080 . Therefore, the user can access the device by either http://xx.Xx.Xx.Xx/ , or http://xx.Xx.Xx.Xx:xxxx/ ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 33/96 step 2: key in security key of wep or wpa. Then click “submit” button to activate wireless setting. In case, user wants to configure wireless settings manually, please follow the steps as below:.

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    Network camera user’s guide 34/96 mac address: displays the ethernet mac address of the wlan card. Note that user can not change it. Site survey: click the “refresh” button. It will refresh information window which list is the result of a network scan. Access points with a disabled ssid broadcast wi...

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    Network camera user’s guide 35/96 key value of wep. Wpa settings: - wpa key: key value of wpa. The device uses a pre-shared key (psk) for key management. The pre-shared key can be entered either as manual hex, as 64 hexadecimal characters, or as a passphrase, using 8 to 63 ascii characters. Obtain i...

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    Network camera user’s guide 36/96 https: to enable or disable the https service here. Note that the https function of this device is not only encrypted the web content but also audio/video data. If the https is enabled, there is further option for “http&https” or “https only”. In case, the “https on...

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    Network camera user’s guide 37/96 address so that your listing will remain current when your ip address changes. There are several excellent ddns services available on the internet. One such service you can use is www.Dyndns.Org. You’ll need to register with the service and set up the domain name of...

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    Network camera user’s guide 38/96 pppoe pppoe: stands for point to point protocol over ethernet a standard builds on ethernet and point-to-point network protocol. It allows your device with xdsl or cable connects with broadband network directly, then your device can dial up and get a dynamic ip addr...

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    Network camera user’s guide 39/96 ip address, subnet mask, and gateway (read only): shows the ip information got from pppoe server site. Status: shows the status of pppoe connection. Streaming rtsp is a streaming control protocol, and a starting point for negotiating transports such as rtp, multicas...

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    Network camera user’s guide 40/96 upnp upnp is short for universal plug and play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This device is an upnp enabled network camera. If your operating system is upnp enabled, the device ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 41/96 the port range will open in nat router. External ip address: show the ip address and port for wan access through internet. If nat traversal is configured successfully, user can use this ip address and port to access this device. The external ip address is not shown ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 42/96 onvif onvif is a global and open industry forum with the goal to facilitate the development and use of a global open standard for the interface of physical ip-based security products. Or in other words, to create a standard for how ip products within video surveilla...

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    Network camera user’s guide 43/96 choose the filter policy where is denying or allowing. Ip notification in case the ip address is changed, system is able to send out an email to alert someone if the function is enabled..

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    Network camera user’s guide 44/96 smtp notification (e-mail): if enable this function, then the “send to“ and “subject” fields need to be filled. Send to: type the receiver’s e-mail address. This address is used for reply mail. Subject: type the subject/title of the e-mail. Tcp notification: if enab...

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    Network camera user’s guide 45/96 http login name: type the user name for the http server. Http login password: type the password for the http server. Proxy address: type the server name or the ip address of the http proxy. Proxy port: set port number of proxy. Proxy login name: type the user name f...

  • Page 46: Camera

    Network camera user’s guide 46/96 camera : adjust camera parameters use this menu to set the functions of the camera parameters of the device. Picture rotation: turn the “mirror” and “vertical flip” on or off. The image will be overturned as below..

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    Network camera user’s guide 47/96 white balance: auto: will adjust the white balance automatically. Hold: will hold the white balance. Exposure control: auto: will adjust the internal gain automatically. Hold: will hold the internal gain. Color level: large value will be colorful. Brightness: large ...

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  • Page 49: System

    Network camera user’s guide 49/96 system : configure and maintain system use this menu to perform the principal settings of the device. System : dips (dynamic ip service): to enable or disable the dips® (dynamic ip service) function. Device id (for dips): it’s a unique number of each device for iden...

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    Network camera user’s guide 50/96 enter your device number and press “ok” button. Then, a new web page will pop up and link to your device accordingly. You will see that dips is a much easier service than ddns. Device title: you can enter the name of this unit here. It’s very useful to identify the ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 51/96 displays the date and time of the device. Pc time: displays the date and time of the connected pc. Adjust: - synchronize with pc: click this option to enable time synchronization with pc time. - manual setting: click this option to set time and date manually. - sync...

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    Network camera user’s guide 52/96 maintenance hard factory default (include the network setting): recall the device hard factory default settings. Note that click this button will reset all device’s parameters to the factory settings (including the ip address). Factory default (except the network se...

  • Page 53: Warning!!!

    Network camera user’s guide 53/96 2. Make sure that only you access this device while firmware updating. 3. Disable all event trigger and/or schedule trigger functions first. 4. In this web page, click “browse” button. Select the firmware binary file. 5. Once the firmware file was selected, click “f...

  • Page 54: Video

    Network camera user’s guide 54/96 video : configure profile this device provides 2 modes of video profile. The first one is 2 mega mode which supports video resolution up to 2 mega-pixel. However the maximum frame rate of this mode is up to 15fps only. The second one is 720p mode which supports vide...

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    Network camera user’s guide 55/96 video profile name: to assign a name to the selected profile. Video type: video codec of the selected profile. Resolution: show the resolution of the selected profile. Roi: assign the selected profile as a roi stream or not. (only available for the profiles with max...

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    Network camera user’s guide 56/96 limited to the max bitrate while lots of motion in video. Max frame rate: defines the targeted frame rate of this profile. For example, set the frame rate to 15 fps, then the image will be updated for 15 frames per second as possible. User need to set reasonable max...

  • Page 57: Audio

    Network camera user’s guide 57/96 audio : audio parameters audio: to enable or disable audio function audio type: to select audio codec audio mode: to select simplex or full duplex (2-way audio) mode input gain: to adjust gain of input audio output gain: to adjust gain of output audio.

  • Page 58: User

    Network camera user’s guide 58/96 user : manage user name, password and login privilege use this menu to add, update, or remove the usernames and passwords of the administrator and viewer. Viewer login: select “anonymous” to allow any one viewing the video once connected. Otherwise, only users in da...

  • Page 59: E-Mail

    Network camera user’s guide 59/96 e-mail : setup e-mail configuration user may setup smtp mail parameters for further operation of event schedule. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message out, it will need to configure parameters here first and also add at least one event schedule to enable e...

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    Network camera user’s guide 60/96 e-mail from: type the sender’s e-mail address. This address is used for reply e-mails. E-mail to: type the receiver’s e-mail address. E-mail subject: type the subject/title of the e-mail..

  • Page 61: Object Detection

    Network camera user’s guide 61/96 object detection : setup object detection use this menu to specify motion detection window 1 to window 10 and set the conditions for detection while observing a captured image. Add and del: to add or delete the motion windows. User can specify up to 10 included and/...

  • Page 62: Storage

    Network camera user’s guide 62/96 storage : status and configuration of sd card this page shows the status of attached sd card. You may setup related parameters to manage the attached sd card also. Enable automatic disk cleanup: delete old recorded files while the conditions are reached as below. Re...

  • Page 63: Recording List

    Network camera user’s guide 63/96 recording list : files list inside the sd card this page shows the files list information. User may play or delete the selected file..

  • Page 64: Event Server

    Network camera user’s guide 64/96 event server : setup ftp/tcp/http/samba server configuration ftp server you may setup ftp parameters for further operation of event schedule. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message to an ftp server, it will need to configure parameters here and also add at ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 65/96 ftp path: set working directory path of ftp server. Ftp passive mode: select passive or active mode connecting to ftp server. Tcp server in addition to send video file to ftp server, the device also can send event message to specified tcp server. Name: user can spec...

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    Network camera user’s guide 66/96 name: user can specify multiple http servers as wish. Therefore, user needs to specify a name for each http server setting. Url: type the server name or the ip address of the http server. Test: check the http server whether it is available or not. Http login name: t...

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    Network camera user’s guide 67/96 samba server the device also can send video stream to specified samba server. Name: user can specify multiple http servers as wish. Therefore, user needs to specify a name for each http server setting. Samba server: type the server name or the ip address of the samb...

  • Page 68: Event Schedule

    Network camera user’s guide 68/96 event schedule : configure the event schedule setting this menu is used to specify the schedule of event or schedule trigger and activate the some actions provided by this device. Where the schedule trigger will be activated by user-define interval without event hap...

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    Network camera user’s guide 69/96 example 1: send file to ftp server by motion triggered always: 1. Select event trigger 2. Enable time: start from 00:00 to 24:00 every day 3. Trigger by: motion area (added in object detection page) 4. Action : send ftp (add in event server -> ftp server page) examp...

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    Network camera user’s guide 70/96 example 3: enable voice alert every 10-minute during 18:00 to 24:00 from monday to friday. 1. Type: select schedule trigger and interval is 10-minute. 2. Enable time: select monday to friday, and set start time from 18:00 and keep work in 6 hours. 3. Trigger by : yo...

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    Network camera user’s guide 71/96 record user can choose the type of record file for event or schedule application. Record file type: choose a profile to record. Record file prefix: define the prefix of recorded filename. Jpeg picture numbers: define the picture numbers of jpeg to be sent out. (by m...

  • Page 72: Frequently Asked Questions

    Network camera user’s guide 72/96 appendix a: troubleshooting & frequently asked questions question answer or resolution features the video and audio codec is adopted in the device. The device utilizes h.264, mpeg4 and jpeg triple compression to providing high quality images. Where h.264 and mpeg4 a...

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    Network camera user’s guide 73/96 holding down more than 5 seconds on the device. 2. Reconfigure the device. Forgot the ip address of the device. Check ip address of device by using the ipwizard ii program or by upnp discovery. Ipwizard ii program cannot find the device. • re-power the device if can...

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    Network camera user’s guide 74/96 on the lan. • make sure the http port used by the network camera, default=80, is forward to the network camera’s private ip address. • the port number assigned in your network camera might not be available via internet. Check your isp for available port. • the proxy...

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    Network camera user’s guide 75/96 but not externally. Internet firewall with your system or network administrator. The firewall may need to have some settings changed in order for the device to be accessible outside your lan. • make sure that the device isn’t conflicting with any other web server ru...

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    Network camera user’s guide 76/96 image flickers. • wrong power line frequency makes images flicker. Make sure the 50 or 60hz format of your device. • if the object is dark, the image will flicker. Make the condition around the camera brighter. Noisy images occur. The video images might be noisy if ...

  • Page 77: Appendix B: Ping Ip Address

    Network camera user’s guide 77/96 appendix b: ping ip address the ping (stands for packet internet groper) command is used to detect whether a specific ip address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply. It’s also a very useful tool to confirm the device ins...

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    Network camera user’s guide 78/96 appendix c: bandwidth estimation the frame rate of video transmitted from the device depends on connection bandwidth between client and server, video resolution, codec type, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidt...

  • Page 79: Appendix D: Specifications

    Network camera user’s guide 79/96 appendix d: specifications camera lan wlan image device 2 mega-pixel image sensor effective pixels 1600 x 1200 pixels sensitivity 1.0v/lux-sec lens 4.3mm ip module video video encoder h.264, mpeg4 and motion jpeg simultaneously (tri-encoders) video profile 9 profile...

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    Network camera user’s guide 80/96 motion detection 10-zone video motion detection with included or excluded options alarm events file upload via ftp, samba, sd card or email notification via email, http, and tcp audio alerting output video buffer pre- and post- alarm buffering general ram 128mb rom ...

  • Page 81: Appendix E: Configure Port

    Network camera user’s guide 81/96 appendix e: configure port forwarding manually the device can be used with a router. If the device wants to be accessed from the wan, its ip address needs to be setup as fixed ip address, also the port forwarding or virtual server function of router needs to be setu...

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    Network camera user’s guide 82/96 your wan ip address will be listed here. Note: because a dynamic wan ip can change from time to time depending on your isp, you may want to obtain a static ip address from your isp. A static ip address is a fixed ip address that will not change over time and will be...

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    Network camera user’s guide 83/96 • if you are using the default camera port settings, enter 80 into the public and private port section, click apply. • scheduling should be set to always so that the camera images can be accessed at any time. A check mark appearing before the entry name will indicat...

  • Page 84: 1. Preface

    Network camera user’s guide 84/96 appendix f: ddns application 1. Preface if you have a cable modem or xdsl, this is a great way to host your own networked deviceor other tcp/ip service. Get your own domain like www.Yourname.Com, www.Yourname.Com.Tw etc. (note: this domain must be registered with in...

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    Network camera user’s guide 85/96 (3). After the columns show up at the left side, click “ create account”. (4). Fill the application agreement and necessary information. A. Username b. E-mail address and confirmation c. Password and confirmation.

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    Network camera user’s guide 86/96 d. Submit all the input information and finish creating an account click these two options.

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    Network camera user’s guide 87/96 (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “your dyndns account information“. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the ddns service that you just applied. Then ddns you applied activated. (6). Enter the web page http://www.Dyndns.Org/ aga...

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    Network camera user’s guide 88/96 (7). If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of the login page. (8). Click the “ services”. (9). Click the “ dynamic dns ”. Input your account.

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    Network camera user’s guide 89/96 (10). Click the “ get started ”. (11). We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (pink no.1) then we pick a domain that is easy to remember. (pink no.2) the 3 rd step is to click “offline hostname” from service typ...

  • Page 90

    Network camera user’s guide 90/96 4. Setup the ddns and pppoe of networked device at last, users have to enter the web page of networked device and setup the necessary information of ddns and pppoe after the application of ddns service. Please check the user manual to access the ddns and pppoe pages...

  • Page 91

    Network camera user’s guide 91/96 appendix g: power line frequency country voltage frequency comments argentina 220v 50 hz *neutral and line wires are reversed from that used in australia and elsewhere. Australia 230v* 50 hz *outlets typically controlled by adjacent switch. Though nominal voltage ha...

  • Page 92: Appendix H: 3Gpp

    Network camera user’s guide 92/96 appendix h: 3gpp to use the 3gpp function, in addition to previous section, you might need more information or configuration to make this function work. Note that to use the 3gpp function, it strongly recommends to install the networked device with a public and fixe...

  • Page 93: Appendix I: Enable Upnp Of

    Network camera user’s guide 93/96 appendix i: enable upnp of windows xp use the following steps to enable upnp settings only if your operating system of pc is running windows xp. Go to start > settings. Click control panel.

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    Network camera user’s guide 94/96 click add or remove programs click add/remove windows components the following screen will appear: select networking services.

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    Network camera user’s guide 95/96 click details select universal plug and play click ok.

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    Network camera user’s guide 96/96 click next please wait while setup configures the components. Click finish.