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Bullet Express BU7217 User Manual

Manual is about: Bullet + WDR + PoE

Summary of BU7217

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    0 3m ip camera: bullet + wdr + poe user manual release: 27 may 2014.

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    1 - contents - chapter i introduction ................................................................................................ 3 1.1 highlights of your new network ip camera..................................................................... 3 1.2 safety instructions ..........................

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    2 3-6 audio ............................................................................................................................. 45 3-7 motion........................................................................................................................... 46 3-8 privacy mask.........

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    3 chapter i introduction 1.1 highlights of your new network ip camera congratulates on purchasing this high-resolution 3mega pixels network ip camera! This ip camera provides 3mega pixels high-resolution video quality, with the advanced megapixel lens, you can view images remotely in more detail tha...

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    4 1.2 safety instructions please follow the safety instructions listed below when you’re using this network ip camera, or you would harm this camera and / or yourself! Also, the warranty will become void if you disobey these safety instructions. This network ip camera is sophisticated electronic dev...

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    5 1.3 packaging contents please check the contents of your new network ip camera when you unpack the package. If any item is missing, please contact your dealer of purchase for help. Item no. Description quantity 1 network ip camera with bracket 1 2 sun shield kit 1 3 cdrom 1 4 quick installation gu...

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    6 1.4 familiar with your new network ip camera item description 1. Ip camera device ip camera 2. I/o cable rs485-+ , di/do , gnd , dc12volt/2a input reset button , audio output , audio input network, rj45 connector tv output, bnc connector 3. Bracket anti-sheared bracket [front site].

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    7 item description 1. Ir-led used for illumination assistance under night mode 2. Day/night sensor used for day/night detection and ir-led on/off control 3. Lens vari-focal focal length. [back] item description 1. Sun shield screw connects between camera device body & sun shield. 2. Sun shield prote...

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    8 1.5 di/do pin assignment item description - : rs485- + : rs485+ 1 : do 2 : gnd 1 3 di 2 dc12 volt/2a input 3 reset button 4 audio output 5 audio input 6 network, rj45 connector, two led index, orange color is power index, green is network index 7 tv output, bnc connector ※please check the i/o cabl...

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    9 1.6 installation of the network ip camera please follow the instructions below to setup your new ip camera. 1. Connect ethernet cable to lan port. 2. Plug dc power adapter to power outlet on the wall. 3. Connect dc power cable to ip camera’s dc power connector. 4. If everything’s ok, you should se...

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    10 8. If this ip bullet camera is connected to a poe switch then the device can be powered on without use the power adapter..

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    11 chapter ii access network ip camera by web ui 2.1 locate the ip address of network ip camera you can use your new network ip camera by its web user interface via web browser. Currently the viewing system requirement for network ip camera is: ˙os: microsoft windows xp / vista / win7 / win8 ˙browse...

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    12 first). When you find any ip camera, you can click on it and click ‘link’ button to connect to it by your web browser. If you need to change a certain ip camera’s ip address, you can also click on the ip camera you wish to change ip address, then click ‘change ip’ button to change select ip camer...

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    13 2.2 access to ip camera’s web user interface and install activex plugin when you know the ip address of ip camera, you can connect to it by internet explorer web browser by entering its ip address in address bar. The use login screen will appear when you get connected: ip camera’s administrator u...

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    14 for ie 9 or above version: click ‘install’ button located at the bottom of ie to install activex plugin. If you’re prompted that: ‘windows firewall has blocked some features of this program’.

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    15 click ‘allow access’, or ip camera will not be able to function properly. When you’re installing internet explorer plugin, you may also be prompted that if you want to allow changes to be made to your computer: click ‘yes’ to allow changes. After activex plugin is installed, you should be able to...

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    16 2.3 viewing live video after activex control is installed, you can view ip camera’s video by web browser. Just connect to ip camera by web browser and login, then you can see live video from ip camera: there are various controls on web page, here are descriptions of every control item: item descr...

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    17 / size. If your computer monitor’s resolution is not enough and you want to see full image view, switch to fit screen and image size will adjust automatically. ‘connect’ button start live video view. ‘disconnect’ button stop live video view. Take a snapshot or camera video and save image file on ...

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    18 ‘enable digital zoom’ button this function will enlarge video view digitally from 1x to 10x. Move the bar up to see objects in screen in detail. The blue square in the small screen at the left top side high lights the zoom in range. Please note: that digital zoom uses computer algorithm to enlarg...

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    19 2.4 client settings in ‘client settings’ menu, you configure basic ip camera settings like data transfer protocol and data storage folder. To access ‘client settings’ menu, click ‘client settings’ button on the left. The following screen will appear:.

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    20 here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description rtsp/rtp over tcp select this option to use rtsp (real-time streaming protocol) to transfer video data over tcp. Rtsp/rtp over udp select this option to use rtsp (real-time streaming protocol) to transfer video data over udp. Http se...

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    21 chapter iii advanced configuration if you wish to configure ip camera’s settings, you can access ip camera’s ‘configuration’ menu, which provides various kinds of system setting. To access configuration menu, click ‘configuration’ button on the left. The ‘configuration’ submenu will appear, pleas...

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    22 3-1 system in this menu, you can configure basic ip camera settings like hostname and time. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description host name input the ip camera’s hostname here, it can be any meaningful words or characters that will help you to identify this ip camera. Yo...

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    23 timezone select the time zone of residence from dropdown menu to keep correct date and time. Daylight saving if the area you live uses daylight saving, check this box; otherwise do not check this box to keep time correct. Keep the current date and time select this option and date / time setting w...

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    24 3-2 security in this menu, you can configure ip camera’s login account. There are three kinds of account: - administrator (can view ip camera’s video and make changes of camera setting) - user (can view ip camera’s video and see log only) - guest (can view ip camera’s video only) there can be mul...

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    25 item description password / retype password (administrator) input administrator’s new password in both ‘password’ and ‘retype password’ field, and click ‘modify’ button to change administrator’s password. Please note: don’t forget administrator’s password! Or you’ll need to reset ip camera’s all ...

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    26 3-3 network in this menu, you can configure ip camera’s network setting. 3-3-1 ‘general’ setup page setup ip address for this ip camera. This ip camera supports both ipv4 and ipv6 ip address. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description lan select this option to assign an ip ad...

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    27 on lan automatically. Dhcp ipv4 / ipv6: obtain both ipv4 and ipv6 address from dhcp server on lan automatically. Static ipv4 / ipv6: assign an ipv4 / ipv6 address to ip camera manually. If you don’t have a dhcp server on your local area network, you must use this option to specify an ip address. ...

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    28 pppoe select this option to use pppoe to connect to network. You have to input pppoe username and password assigned by network operator to get connected. Http port input ip camera’s web connection port number here. When this port number is changed, you need to change web browser’s port number you...

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    29 3-3-2 ‘advanced’ setup page you can setup advanced network settings in this page. This page is intended for advanced settings only, and this ip camera will work fine even you don’t make any changes to this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description multicast enable vide...

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    30 here. Multicast rctp audio port: input port number for rctp audio here. Multicast ttl: input ttl value for multicast here. Bonjour if you’re using mac os and you have bonjour installed, you can use it to discover this ip camera. Qos enable qos to improve the data transfer priority of this ip came...

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    31 https check ‘enable https’ box to enable https channel to encrypt transferred data. You can also define https port number in ‘https port’ field if you don’t want to use default value ‘443’. When you finish, click ‘apply’ to save changes..

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    32 3-4 ip filter when this ip camera is directly connected to internet and not protected by firewall, this function acts like a mini built-in firewall to protect the safety of this ip camera and avoid attacks from hackers. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description enable filter...

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    33 camera will only accept connections established from these ip address. If you want to specify one ip address only, input the same ip address in both field. Click ‘new’ button to add ip address into accepted ip list. Deny ip list here lists all ip address that cannot build connections to this ip c...

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    34 3-5 video you can adjust the image of the ip camera in this menu. There are 4 sub-menus in this menu: image setting, video setting, overlay and zoom/focus, which can be accessed by tabs on the top:.

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    35 3-5-1 image setting you can adjust the image parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description brightness / contrast / saturation / sharpness control the image parameters. Click ‘ - ' to decrease value, or click ‘ + ‘ to increase value. You can also input th...

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    36 set up the values of exposure value, exposure time and gain to create a profile and click “apply” to enable it. Item description mirror check ‘vertical’ or ‘horizontal’ box to flip the image vertically or horizontally, this will help to correct the orientation of image when ip camera is hanged bo...

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    37 where lights are insufficient. Tungsten: low color temperature environment using. Tv out click “enable” box to enable its “video out” function for connections and video sending to tv monitors or dvrs. Ir-cut (day/night) an ir-cut filter is built in this ip camera to reduce the effect of ir lights...

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    38 3-5-2 video setting you can adjust the video transfer parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description h.264 /mpeg4 select the compression of main stream: h.264 / mpeg4. Video resolution select video resolution. - h.264: 2048x1536 (qxga) / 1920x1080 (1080p)...

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    39 640x480 (vga) / 320x240 (qvga) please note that some video resolution is not available when video encoder is ‘mpeg4’. When network speed is insufficient, select a lower video resolution will help. Frame rate select video frame rate. Please note that some frame rate is not available when video enc...

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    41 3-5-3 overlay setting you can adjust the video overlay parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description enable time stamp check this box to enable overlaying time stamp on video. Remove the background color of the text (for time stamp) check this box to rem...

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    42 of the text (text) readability of text in some cases. Enable image overlay check this box to overlay a specific image on video, so you can show certain text / picture on the video and help people to identify this ip camera. Click ‘browse’ button to pick a picture on your computer, then click ‘upd...

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    43 3-5-4 zoom/focus setting you can adjust the video overlay parameters in this page. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description zoom a scroll bar is used to select zoom area t site: zoom in w site: zoom out.

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    44 smart focus when click this button, the camera will start to do auto-focus and show 'processing' message during focusing process. Focus f- & f+ fine tune focus steps. Notes: before 'processing.......' message disappear, please don't click the other button for the reason to keep completing the zoo...

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    45 3-6 audio you can adjust audio input / output parameters here. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description enable microphone check this box to enable microphone. If you don’t want to hear voice from ip camera, you can uncheck this box to disable it. Audio type (microphone) the...

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    46 3-7 motion this ip camera is capable to detect object’s motion, so ip camera will only record when there’s motion and save disk storage space. Motion detection is performed by examine the movement of objects in rectangular motion detection area. You can define up to 3 motion detection areas. Here...

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    47 - move: use the mouse to drag the title text. - resize: use the mouse the drag the four corners (upper-left/right, lower-left/right) to resize it. If you only want to adjust width or height, drag the four sidebars (top, bottom, left, and right). Title (window 1 to window 3) input characters in ti...

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    48 3-8 privacy mask this ip camera is capable to setup privacy mask, so that ip camera will only record the specific area as user needs. You can define up to 3 privacy mask areas. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description enable privacy mask check this box to enable privacy mas...

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    49 filled color there are four different color for privacy mask window selection. Select the specific color and click 'apply', then the privacy mask window will fulfill the specific color. When you finish with above settings, click ‘home’ button to save changes..

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    50 3-9 ptz control if you mount the ip camera on pan-tilt camera cradles that support pan-tilt control via rs-485 connection, you can use this function to control pan-tilt camera cradle so you can control the orientation of ip camera from remote place. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: ...

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    51 please refer to pan-tilt camera cradle’s user manual to define the protocol. Port setting - baud rate: select data baud rate of rs-485 interface that pan-tilt camera cradle will accept. When the length of rs-485 connection is very long (longer than 200m), it’s not recommended to use high speed co...

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    52 3-10 event when there’s an event, you can use this setup page to define what ip camera should do, like send an email or trigger digital output to activate external alarm. There are three setup pages: 1. Setting: define a new event and manage events. 2. Media: define what kind of media file should...

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    53 3-10-1 settings this page lists all existing events. You can click ‘modify’ button to edit an existing event, or ‘remove’ to delete an existing event. To create a new even, just click “new” button to add an event setting..

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    54 to add a new event, click ‘new’ button and the descriptions of every setup item is listed below: item description enable setting check this box to enable this event. If you just want to disable this event temporarily, you can uncheck this box to keep this event and disabling while not deleting it...

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    55 3-10-2 media you can define what kind of media file should be saved on designated media. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description one snapshot save a picture file when event is triggered. Maximum video file size save a video clip. You can also select the recording length be...

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    56 3-10-3 event server you can define the details of remote media server: ftp (file), smtp (email), and samba (file). A samba server can be any computer running windows operating system with network neighbor function enabled. Many stand-alone network file server also support samba server function. H...

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    57 - ftp server: input ftp server’s ip address or hostname. - port: input ftp server’s port number. In most cases it should be default value ‘21’. - user name: input ftp server’s username. - password: input ftp server’s password. - file path name: input the path where you want to save file on ftp se...

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    58 by this ip camera, and may help when you have anti-spam software installed (you can set this email address to ‘white list’ in your anti-spam software) - receiver #1 email address: input primary recipient’s email address. This field is required. - receiver #2 email address: input backup recipient’...

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    59 this field blank. - user name: input samba server’s username. - password: input samba server’s password. - test smb: click this button to test samba server settings above immediately. Tips: some samba server does not have username and password check, you can just input samba server address and pa...

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    60 3-11 recording when a sd card is inserted into ip camera, you can save video files on it. Note: be sure that the sd card format should be fat32. The ntfs format cannot be supported by this camera. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description enable external storage recording ch...

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    61 recording schedule define the recording schedule. You can check sun to sat boxes to represent a weekday, and specify time period in ‘from’ and ‘to’ field. Select ‘always’ to record 24 hours in selected weekday(s). Recording schedule define the recording schedule. You can check sun to sat boxes to...

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    62 3-12 sdhc the ip camera has an optional micro-sd card slot. The ui shows the capacity is 0 mb when the module without micro-sd card slot and memory card. Once the sd card is inserted, the ui will show the capacity of the micro-sd card like the image hereunder. There are two ui pages to show the r...

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    63 set the time range then click “search” then shows the records like below..

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    64 3-13 log you can check the usage log of ip camera here. In this page, you can click: 1. First page / final page: jump to first / final page of log. 2. Previous / next: jump to previous or next page of log. 3. Remove: clear log. You’ll be prompted for confirmation..

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    65 3-14 device info you can check the information and network settings of this ip camera. This information is very useful when you need to repair or fix the problem of this ip camera. An example of device info page look likes this:.

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    66 3-15 maintenance you can do some maintenance job about this ip camera here. Here are the descriptions of every setup item: item description reboot click this button to reboot the ip camera. This function is useful when you find ip camera is not working properly. Factory reset (1) clear all settin...

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    67 backup to sd card device backup ip camera’s setting and save it on sd card. A sd card must be inserted into sd card slot when you click this button, or you’ll receive an error message. Restore restore a previously-saved configuration file saved on your computer. Click ‘browse’ button to select a ...

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    68 chapter iv troubleshooting please don’t panic when you found this ip camera is not working properly. Before you send this ip camera back to us, you can do some simple checks to save your time: problem description possible solution(s) can’t connect to ip camera 1) please check the ip address of ip...

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    69 how to insert the micro-sd card? 1. Remove the sun shield and the back cover 2. The micro-sd card slot is shown in the following picture..

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    70 chapter v digital i/o user guide di/do connector – use in applications for e.G. Motion detection, event triggering, sd recording and alarm notifications via ftp/email/samba. •digital output — for connecting external devices such as relays, alarm bell or leds. Connected devices can be activated by ...

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    71 •digital input — an alarm input for connecting devices that can toggle between an open and closed circuit, for example: pirs, door/window contacts, glass break detectors, etc. When a signal is received the state changes and the input becomes active. Pin notes specifications di is floating, trigge...

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    72 chapter vi specification model no. Bu7217 description 3mp outdoor h.264 day / night ip bullet camera max. Resolution 2048h x 1536v format 1/3" effective pixels 2048h x 1536v pixel size 2.2 x 2.2μm active image area 4.51mm(h) x 3.38mm(v) image sensor max dynamic range up to 100 db built-in lens ye...

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    73 network 10baset/100baset (rj45, female) audio in / out two-way led indicators power & ethernet (1/1) rs-485 x1 reset yes poe yes, ieee802.3af compliant power supply ac-dc power dc 12v motion detection yes, 3 scalable windows image settings brightness, contrast, sharpness, saturation adjustable al...

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    74 certificate ce,fcc-class a physical info. Weight 1200gm (camera body only) dimensions φ73.0mm x 233.5mm (l).