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ABS MegaCam 4210 User Manual

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual www.Abs.Com 1/86.

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual www.Abs.Com 2/86 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. ________...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual www.Abs.Com 3/86 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...

  • Page 4: Table of Contents

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 4/86 table of contents overview ............................................................................................................................. 6 introduction................................................................................

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 5/86 system: configure and maintain system........................................................... 44 system....................................................................................................... 44 date & time.......................

  • Page 6: Overview

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 6/86 overview this 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 devi...

  • Page 7: Minimum System Requirements

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 7/86 z image transmission using an ftp or e-mail for event z ddns and pppoe z support upnp device discovery and nat router transversal z multi-channel control software for surveillance application z on-line firmware upgrade minimum system requiremen...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 8/86 package contents user can find the following items in the package: item descriptions 1. Camera is the main element of the product package. (the color of the camera may vary) 2. Camera mount kit and pads for mounting the camera on the wall or ce...

  • Page 9: Physical Description

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 9/86 physical description front view ir leds these leds (for night vision function) are infra-red type. It’s very useful for low-lux environment to provide supplementary light source for image sensor. Lens & focus ring user could use this ring to ad...

  • Page 10: Rear View

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 10/86 rear 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 improp...

  • Page 11: Mounting The Camera

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 11/86 mounting the camera ceiling mount 1. Fix the camera to l-type bracket with the two supplied screws 2. Fix the bracket and camera to the ceiling using two holly wall anchors and screws wall mount 1. Fix the l-type bracket to the wall using two ...

  • Page 12: Install The Camera In Lan

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 12/86 2. Fix the camera to l-type bracket with the two supplied screws install the camera in lan 1. Plug an ethernet cable into the camera connect an ethernet cable to the lan socket located on the camera’s rear and attach it to the network. Etherne...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 13/86 2. Connect the external power supply to camera connect the attached power adapter to the dc power jack of the camera. Note: use the power adapter, 12vdc, included in the packageand connect it to wall outlet for ac power. Once you have installe...

  • Page 14: Preparation

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 14/86 preparation search and set up by ipwizard when you installed the camera on a lan environment, you have two easy ways to search your cameras by ipwizard or upnp discovery. Here is the way to execute ipwizard to discover camera’s ip address and ...

  • Page 15: Wizard

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 15/86 if ipwizard finds network devices, wizard button will be available. Please select the device you want to set-up or connect and click the left button of the mouse on the information box. The words on the information box will turn from white to ...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 16/86 selected device. Further procedures can be carried out when device is available on the lan. After pressing installation wizard, please key in authorized username of the device and password when login dialog box appears on the screen. You can l...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 17/86 wizard page 3: confirmation this page shows the information of the selected device to check if there is any mistake or not. If it is correct, please press “submit” button and the setting information will be uploaded to the selected device. Cli...

  • Page 18: Using Upnp Of Windows

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 18/86 using upnp of windows ® xp or vista 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...

  • Page 19: Router

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 19/86 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 install...

  • Page 20: Explorer For The First Time

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 20/86 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 ...

  • Page 21: Logging In As An User

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 21/86 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...

  • Page 22: Operating The Network Camera

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 22/86 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 p...

  • Page 23: Streaming Protocol

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 23/86 streaming protocol user can select proper streaming protocol according to networking environment. Language the device could provide multiple languages to meet customer’s requirement. Ptz control click to display the following control panel: hi...

  • Page 24: Activex Control

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 24/86 preset: add/update the preset positions or go to one of these positions. Tour: select one of the camera tours. Camera tour is comprised by series of preset locations. Go tour: execute the selected camera tour. Auto pan: execute the auto pan of...

  • Page 25: Digital Zoom

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 25/86 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..

  • Page 26: Record

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 26/86 record click record to activate this function. Press record button to start recording. The video file is saved as asf format into your local pc. While you want to stop it, press stop to stop recording. Select browser, the pop-up window to sele...

  • Page 27: Volume

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 27/86 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..

  • Page 28: Statistics

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 28/86 check the volume mute will mute the speaker output. Statistics click statistics to activate this function. A window will be popup to show the statistics information of the streaming status. Note that this information is the statistics between ...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 29/86 click about to show this activex information..

  • Page 30: Administrating The Device

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 30/86 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...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 31/86 mac address: displays the ethernet mac address of the device. Note that user can not change it. Obtain ip address automatically (dhcp): dhcp: stands for dynamic host configuration protocol. Enable this checked box when a dhcp server is install...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 32/86 could assign the second port number of http protocol, and the wan users should follow 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:...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 33/86 ssid: this is the name of the wireless network the device is configured for. The field accepts up to 32 alphanumeric characters. The name must be exactly the same as that used in the wireless access point, or the connection will not be establi...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 34/86 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 asc...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 35/86 dynamic domain name server is necessary. Ddns: to enable or disable the ddns service here. Server name: choose the built-in ddns server. Ddnshost: the domain name is applied of this device. User name: the user name is used to log into ddns. Pa...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 36/86 up and get a dynamic ip address. For more pppoe and internet configuration, please consult your dealer or isp. The device can directly connect to the xdsl, however, it should be setup on a lan environment to program the pppoe information first...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 37/86 streaming rtsp is a streaming control protocol, and a starting point for negotiating transports such as rtp, multicast and unicast, and for negotiating codecs. Rtsp can be considered a "remote control" for controlling the media stream delivere...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 38/86 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 en...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 39/86 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. Ip filter you can enter different user’s ip address which are allowing ente...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 40/86 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 enable this functions, then the “tcp server” and “tcp port” field need to be filled in. Tcp server: ty...

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  • Page 42: Camera

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 42/86 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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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 43/86 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. Power frequency: user should choose ei...

  • Page 44: System

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 44/86 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 ...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 45/86 you can find web page as below: 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 na...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 46/86 - synchronize with pc: click this option to enable time synchronization with pc time. - manual setting: click this option to set time and date manually. - synchronize with ntp: click this option if you want to synchronize the device’s date and...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 47/86 maintenance default settings (including network setting): factory default settings recall the device to factory default settings. Note that pressing this button will reset all device’s parameters to the factory settings (including the ip addre...

  • Page 48: Warning!!!

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 48/86 2. Make sure that only you access this device while firmware updating. 3. Disable motion detection function. 4. Click “browse” button. Select the firmware binary file. ( note that it must make sure that the firmware only applies to this device...

  • Page 49: Video

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 49/86 video : configure profile this device provides 4 video profiles as below to support different request to each client simultaneously. Each user can choose his preferred video profile as his request independently. Common text overlay setting: th...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 50/86 4096kbps. User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth. For vbr, user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate. The quality level is between 1 and 100. The higher value is the bett...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 51/86 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 frame rate versus video quality un...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 52/86 video/jpeg video type: it’s jpeg mode in this profile. Resolution: user can select vga, qvga, or qqvga mode as the resolution of this jpeg profile. Rate control: the quality level is between 1 and 100. The higher value is the better quality. M...

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  • Page 55: Audio

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 55/86 audio : audio parameters audio: to enable or disable audio function 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 56: User

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 56/86 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. Othe...

  • Page 57: E-Mail

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 57/86 e-mail : setup e-mail configuration you 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 and also add at least one event sche...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 58/86 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 59: Object Detection

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 59/86 object detection : setup object detection use this menu to specify motion detection window 1 to window 4 and set the conditions for detection while observing a captured image. Add and del: to add or delete the motion windows. User can specify ...

  • Page 60: Event Server

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 60/86 event server : setup event server configuration ftp: setup ftp configuration 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 para...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 61/86 ftp path: set working directory path of ftp server. Ftp passive mode: select passive or active mode connecting to ftp server. Tcp server: setup tcp server configuration in addition to send video file to ftp server, the device also can send eve...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 62/86 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 ...

  • Page 63: Event Schedule

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 63/86 event schedule : configure the event schedule this menu is used to specify the schedule of events and activate the some actions provided by this device. Name: name of the event or schedule. Enable: enable or disable this event or schedule. Typ...

  • Page 64: Appendix A: Restore Factory

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 64/86 appendix a: restore factory default settings there is a button hidden in the pinhole near to the rj-45 connector. This button is used to restore the all factory default settings. Sometimes restarting the device will make the system back to a n...

  • Page 65: Frequently Asked Questions

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 65/86 appendix b: troubleshooting & frequently asked questions question answer or resolution features the video and audio codec is adopted in the device. The device utilizes mpeg4 and jpeg dual compression to providing high quality images. Where mpe...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 66/86 holding down more than 3 seconds on the device. 2. Reconfigure the device. Forgot the ip address of the device. Check ip address of device by using the ipwizard.Exe program or by upnp discovery. Ipwizard program cannot find the device. • re-po...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 67/86 router's manual for details. • packet filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network. Refer to your router's manual for details. • access ir network camera from the internet with the global ip address of the router and po...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 68/86 characters are displayed. Encoding or the character set of the selected language on the internet explorer. Frame rate is slower than the setting. • the traffic of the network and the object of the image affect the frame rate. The network conge...

  • Page 69: Appendix C: Ping Ip Address

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 69/86 appendix c: 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...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 70/86 appendix d: 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 roughl...

  • Page 71: Appendix E: Specifications

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 71/86 appendix e: specifications model cmos ir network camera video encoder mpeg4 and jpeg simultaneously and multi-profile video resolution up to 30fps @ 160x120 up to 30fps @ 320x240 up to 30fps @ 640x480 audio encoder g.711, g.726(rtsp) / amr(3gp...

  • Page 72: Appendix F: Configure Port

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 72/86 appendix f: 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 ...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 73/86 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 chang...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 74/86 • 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 ...

  • Page 75: 1. Preface

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 75/86 appendix g: 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 mus...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 76/86 (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 d. Submit all the input inform...

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 77/86 (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. Click these two options.

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 78/86 (6). Enter the web page http://www.Dyndns.Org/ again. Input your username and password that you just applied to login administration interface of ddns server. Click to confirm input your account.

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 79/86 (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 ”. (10). Click the “ create hosts ”..

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 80/86 (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) finally, click the “add host” to submit the domain name information. (p...

  • Page 81

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 81/86 appendix h: 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. Th...

  • Page 82: Appendix I: 3Gpp

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 82/86 appendix i: 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...

  • Page 83: Appendix J: Enable Upnp Of

    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 83/86 appendix j: 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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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 84/86 click add or remove programs click add/remove windows components the following screen will appear: select networking services.

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 85/86 click details select universal plug and play click ok.

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    Abs megacam 4210/4220 network camera user’s manual 86/86 click next please wait while setup configures the components. Click finish.