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Veo Pan and Tilt User Manual

Manual is about: Pan and Tilt Network Camera

Summary of Pan and Tilt

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    Network camera user’s guide 1/95 pan and tilt network camera user’s guide software version 2.1.7.

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    Network camera user’s guide 2/95 pt ip cam / ir ip cam / video server series © 2004~2005. Owner's record the model and serial numbers are located at the bottom. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your dealer regarding this product. Model ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 3/95 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 4/95 table of contents overview ............................................................................................................................. 6 package contents...................................................................................................

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    Network camera user’s guide 5/95 schedule ....................................................................................... 49 motion detection.......................................................................... 50 time setting ...............................................................

  • Page 6: Overview

    Network camera user’s guide 6/95 overview this user’s guide explains how to operate the network camera from a computer. Basically, the user’s guide is written to be read on the computer display. However, users might consider printing it out to access easily and read it before you operate the network...

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    Network camera user’s guide 7/95 application: z remote monitoring z surveillance minimum system requirement z microsoft internet explorer 5.0 or later z vga monitor resolution 1024 x 768 z pentium 4 1.3ghz or above z memory size: 256mb or above z windows me, 2000, xp, or 2003.

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Network camera user’s guide 8/95 package contents user can find the following items in the package: 1. Pt network camera x 1 2. Power adapter x 1 3. Power cord x 1 4. Decoration ring x 1 5. Screw x 4 6. Terminator for alarm i/o x 1 7. Installation software and manual cd x 1 8. Quick start guide x 1 ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 9/95 3. Power cord provides connection between ac power adapter and power outlet for electricity. 4. Decorate the mounting parts. Provide four screw holes to fix network camera. 5. Screws are used to fix network camera. 6. Alarm i/o connector is used to provide an easy fi...

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    Network camera user’s guide 10/95 8. Quick start guide provides important information and instructions for installing this device. If any of the above items are missing, please contact your dealer immediately. Note: using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the network...

  • Page 11: Connections

    Network camera user’s guide 11/95 connections dc power and video output cable the dc power input and video output cable are located on the network camera’s back panel. The input power is 12vdc. Note that supply the power to the network camera with standard power adapter included in package. Otherwis...

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    Network camera user’s guide 12/95 alarm i/o connector the network camera provides a terminal block with 8 pins of connectors located on the center of the back panel. There are 3 pins for two alarm inputs and 5 pins are for alarm output. The i/o connectors are physical interface to sense and/or activ...

  • Page 13: Hardware Installation

    Network camera user’s guide 13/95 hardware installation 1. Fix the network camera to ceiling use 4 screws to fix the network camera onto the ceiling as below. You can also put the network camera on the table directly. 2. Plug an ethernet cable into network camera connect an ethernet cable to the lan...

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    Network camera user’s guide 14/95 3. Connect the external power supply to network camera connect the external power supply to the dc power connector attached on the extension cable from the network camera. Note: use the power adapter, 12vdc, included in the packageand connect the other end to wall o...

  • Page 15: Logging In to Homepage

    Network camera user’s guide 15/95 logging in to homepage before operation install the ip address of network camera when you installed your network camera on your lan environment, you may execute ipfinder.Exe to discover network camera’s ip address. Ipcam finder program (ipfinder.Exe) is used to scan...

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    Network camera user’s guide 16/95 1. Edit the name of this network camera. Note that use “_” or “-“ to replace “space” character to separate the name string. For example, “pt_ip” or “pt-ip” will be right. However “pt ip” will not work here. 2. Might be needed to update the ip address of this network...

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    Network camera user’s guide 17/95 first time uses the network camera the network camera web page communicates with the network camera using an activex control. The activex control must be downloaded from the network camera and installed on your pc. Your internet explorer security settings must allow...

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    Network camera user’s guide 18/95 by now, you have finished your entire pc configuration for network camera..

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    Network camera user’s guide 19/95 access the network camera from the internet explorer for the first time 1. Start the web browser on the computer and type the ip address of the network camera you want to monitor as below: the login window of the network camerais displayed: 2. Type in your login nam...

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    Network camera user’s guide 20/95 that’s, type in “admin” on the “username” as a default name and leave password textbox blank. Click “ok” button to start the main menu. Now, you login to the network camera as a full-authorized administrator. You can enter “setting” to change the password and setup ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 21/95 logging in as an ordinary user for ordinary user usage, “setting”, “trigger”, and “capture” will be not available. On the right side of the screen, there are lots of controls and function buttons. If “remote camera control” is turned off by the administrator, then t...

  • Page 22: Operating The Network Camera

    Network camera user’s guide 22/95 operating the network camera start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Viewing area: images from the network camera.

  • Page 23: Control Panel

    Network camera user’s guide 23/95 control panel control panel area: network camera manipulation and image quality control item button meaning 1 camera direction control camera up/down/left/right and home position 2 camera speed adjust camera speed up / down 3 preset / recall mode preset: set up came...

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    Network camera user’s guide 24/95 during preset mode, click the number and a dialogue box for the inquiry of location name input will appear. 4 preset / recall camera locations preset or recall camera 1~16 location(s) ex. If you press 5, then the camera will move to preset location 5. 5 camera tour ...

  • Page 25: Advanced Function Area

    Network camera user’s guide 25/95 advanced function area advanced function area: only available for administrator. It has contained three categories. Setting system configuration trigger send out current message or setup activities capture capture current screen and save to hdd or other media settin...

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    Network camera user’s guide 26/95 system : define frame rate and turn on/off “remote camera control” system id: it’s a unique number for each network camera for identification. Camera name: you can enter the name of this unit here. It’s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units...

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    Network camera user’s guide 27/95 user can check the log information of the network camera, including the main info, appended info, operator ip, operator mac, and time. Select the “view” button to check the log file..

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    Network camera user’s guide 28/95 camera : adjust camera parameters camera pt: user can control the direction of pan and tilt as wish. Reverse pan: check this option to reverse pan direction. Reverse tilt: check this option to reverse tilt direction. Image size: network camera provides 4 resolutions...

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    Network camera user’s guide 29/95 default: system default value. Note: the value on the list box display the current setting of the current image, when you make a new selection, the value on the list box will be changed until you save the new setting. Image, mirror, focus mode, white balance mode, e...

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    Network camera user’s guide 30/95 now, you could choose one of the camera tours and click “save” button to enable it. Reset to default: restore the values of these pages to factory default value..

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    Network camera user’s guide 31/95 network : configure network setting such as dhcp on/off, ddns and pppoe dhcp: dhcp: stands for dynamic host configuration protocol. “dhcp on” is default network setting of the network camera, when a network camera is joined into the lan, it will issue the dhcp packe...

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    Network camera user’s guide 32/95 ip address, subnet mask, default gateway, primary dns, secondary dns: if you turn dhcp off, then you need to enter those network parameters by yourself. Note: user need to reboot the network camera to make this setting to take effect. Http port 1: users could assign...

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    Network camera user’s guide 33/95 and we replace these ip numbers to easy remember names, which are organized into the domain name. As to adsl environment, most of the users will use dynamic ip addresses. If users want to set up a web or a ftp server, then the dynamic domain name server is necessary...

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    Network camera user’s guide 34/95 pppoe: pppoe: stands for point to point protocol over ethernet a standard builds on ethernet and point-to-point network protocol. It allows a local pc with xdsl or cable connects with broadband network. Also this local pc gets a dynamic ip address. For more pppoe an...

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    Network camera user’s guide 35/95 the network camera can directly connect to the adsl, however, it should be setup on lan environment to setup the pppoe information, and then connect to the adsl modem. Power on again, then the network camera will dial on to the isp connect to the wan through the ads...

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    Network camera user’s guide 36/95 the pppoe dial. • input the “user” and “password” fields by the account and password provided by the isp. • if the check box of “send mail after dialed” was checked, then the “mailserver“ and “user on the mailserver” field need to be filled. • if the mail server nee...

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    Network camera user’s guide 37/95 user : setup user name, password and login privilege disable authentication: if user checks this option, network camera or video server will not check username and password any more while user log into the system. User only can input or modify the password of “admin...

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    Network camera user’s guide 38/95 ip filter : setup user login right (this function should be used with function “user” respectively). You can enter 10 different user’s ip address which are allowing enter or disregarding by the network camera. You should configure “user” before “ip filter”. Each “us...

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    Network camera user’s guide 39/95 function notification the page of user setting is very closely related to the ip filter settings. While the administrators are setting these two pages, they should notice that login authorities are no t only based on the login names but also the range of ip addresse...

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    Network camera user’s guide 40/95 application setting application symbol item action ftp client setup the network camera as a client site and configure server site in order to upload images to server smtp setup mail configuration image memory setup cf memory card setting or view the pictures stored ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 41/95 ftp client : setup the network camera as a client site and configure server site in order to upload images to server when alarm was enabled, user can send the captured images to the pre-set ftp server. Entering server name and your login username and password, you w...

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    Network camera user’s guide 42/95 type the path to the destination. Image file name: type the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the ftp server. Suffix: select the suffix to add to the file name. - none: no suffix is added. The basic file name is assigned to the image t...

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    Network camera user’s guide 43/95 smtp : setup mail configuration when alarm was enabled, user can setup the mail to send the captured images to the pre-set mail address. You may setup smtp mail parameters for future event-message receiving such as motion detected or sensor activated. Smtp server na...

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    Network camera user’s guide 44/95 sender’s e-mail address: type the sender’s e-mail address. Receiver’s e-mail address: type the receiver’s e-mail address. This address is used for reply mail. Note: you can key in multiple receiver’s email address at the time. Subject: type the subject/title of the ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 45/95 image memory : setup cf memory card setting or view the pictures stored in cf memory card note1: this function is for cf memory card enabled version only. If this option is not listed on setting menu, it means this network camera does not support cf memory card func...

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    Network camera user’s guide 46/95 then plug this cf memory card securely. When you want to remove this cf memory card from device, make sure click the disable button first, power off this device, and then remove this cf memory card. Otherwise, this cf memory card may be damaged and all image files a...

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    Network camera user’s guide 47/95 alarm 1 : setup alarm output 1 action duration: set up the alarm duration. “0” means the alarm working always. Mode: you can issue an alarm output action by manual or event such as motion detected or sensor1/2 activated. Select “save” to save the setting..

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    Network camera user’s guide 48/95 alarm 2 : setup alarm output 2 action duration: set up the alarm duration. “0” means the alarm working always. Mode: you can issue an alarm output action by manual or event such as motion detected or sensor1/2 activated. Select “save” to save the setting..

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    Network camera user’s guide 49/95 schedule : setup event schedule the schedule setting is used to set the time schedule for events. The event may be “star motion detection” or others. There are 6 schedules to be programmable. Select “save” to save the setting..

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    Network camera user’s guide 50/95 motion detection : setup motion detection area and sensor sensitivity the motion detection is implemented by a patented software algorithm, it runs on the network camera, due to a larger processing power of motion detection, the overall performance of network camera...

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    Network camera user’s guide 51/95 time setting : setup the network camera time configuration you can setup the network camera time or make it synchronized with pc or remote server. Also, you may select your time zone in order to synchronize time locally. Synchronize the time with pc’s time: this is ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 52/95 get time from a ntp server: select “ntp” button key in the ntp server’s ip address. Press “save” to activate it. After the network camera gets the time from ntp server, it will update the network camera’s time field..

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    Network camera user’s guide 53/95 popup : setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated when any one of alarms enabled, and one of them detected, then a message window will be displayed on the screen. You can have output message in case of events activated such as sensors or motion ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 54/95 firmware upgrade : the network camera supports firmware upgrades (the software that controls the operation in the network camera). We would supply the latest firmware version for upgrade. Please contact your dealer for the latest version. Download the latest firmwar...

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    Network camera user’s guide 55/95 network camera, once update, it will be burned into flash rom of system.) 9. Once the firmware file was selected, select “upload”. 10. Press the “here” button to begin to upgrade firmware. 11. Press the “ok” button to continue..

  • Page 56: Warning:

    Network camera user’s guide 56/95 the upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen. Warning: the download firmware procedure can not be interrupted. If the power and/or network connection are broken during the download procedure, it might possibly cause serious damage to the n...

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    Network camera user’s guide 57/95 factory default : recall the network camera factory default setting the “factory default” button will restore to the factory default configuration, all information changed and saved on the flash will be lost, and restored to the factory default setting. You will be ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 58/95 reboot : reboot the network camera by hardware reset the “reboot” button will reboot the network camera. It’s useful while the network camera got problem. You will be prompt before restore to factory default setting. Select “ok” to continue, or “cancel” to abort it..

  • Page 59: Trigger

    Network camera user’s guide 59/95 trigger you can send an image or output a trigger to control the alarm output, using trigger section on the main page. Action meaning ftp upload a captured image to server mail mail captured image to specific mail address alarm 1 enable alarm output 1 alarm 2 enable...

  • Page 60: Capture

    Network camera user’s guide 60/95 capture you can capture current image and save it to storage media. The image is saved in the jpeg format. Noted: this function is available for logging-in as an administrator only..

  • Page 61: Rightmousebutton Of Activex

    Network camera user’s guide 61/95 rightmousebutton of activex control on the view of video, the plug-in activex control support a lot of functions by clicking the right mouse button. This feature only supports on the activex control within microsfoft® internet explorer. On the activex control, right...

  • Page 62: View Menu

    Network camera user’s guide 62/95 view menu “resizable” make the image is resizable, but “actual size disable”, the “splits” is supported on this mode. “actual size “ make the image show as the actual size, the “splits” function does not work on this mode. “statusbar” a status bar display on the but...

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    Network camera user’s guide 63/95 after the “actual size” was selected, the image will displayed as the actual size, in this example, the image displays as a 640 x 480 pixels. After the “statusbar” was selected, a status bar will be displayed on the bottom of the image. It displays.

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    Network camera user’s guide 64/95 • status open/close camera status • resolution 704x576, 640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (pal) 640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (ntsc) • quality highest, high, medium, low, lowest • split 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 • rotate - normal: “rotate 0”, the de...

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    Network camera user’s guide 65/95 “split” this function is used to support 4ch video server. Therefore, it’s not so useful in speed dome network camera..

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    Network camera user’s guide 66/95 “rotate” after the “rotate 180” was selected, the image will be overturned from 0 to the angle 180..

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    Network camera user’s guide 67/95 after the “flip vertical” was selected, the image will be overturned vertically. After “flip horizontal” was selected, the image will be overturned horizontally. “resolution” if network camera type is ntsc, it will have 5 choices of resolution: 640x480, 352x288, 320...

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    Network camera user’s guide 68/95 “quality” highest (the same as “clarity” on control panel ) high medium (the same as “default” on control panel ) low lowest (the same as “fluency” on control panel ) the control method is the same as control panel’s “quality”. “image recording…-> save as jpeg” sele...

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    Network camera user’s guide 69/95 during the download and save as jpeg files process, the yellow mark will be displayed on the right-down position to indicate the saving as jpeg files operation. Before the “download number” of images is reached, or “download no limit”, select “stop image recording” ...

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    Network camera user’s guide 70/95 after “stop image recording”, list the files, these files are named as file_name_prefixed_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss_ms.Jpg “image recording…-> save as avi” 1. Select “image recording…” 2. The “image recording” pop-up window displays, select 3. “save as avi” 4. Input the ”...

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    Network camera user’s guide 71/95 select “start” to start the avi files recording. During the avi file recording, a red icon displays on right-down position of the image to indicate the avi saving process..

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    Network camera user’s guide 72/95 press the “stop image recording” to stop the save as avi process. After the “stop image recording”, list the file on the selected saved directory, the file were saved by the filename_prefix_date_time.Avi..

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    Network camera user’s guide 73/95 the avi files can be display by the standard windows media player, but it needs the dixectx 9.0 or higher version to be installed..

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    Network camera user’s guide 74/95 “save current picture as …” use the “save current picture as …” to save the current display image into the local pc. Input the saved “file name”, select “save” if you like to retrieve the saved image, select the file to display the saved image by using any one of gr...

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  • Page 76: Appendix A: Restore Factory

    Network camera user’s guide 76/95 appendix a: restore factory default settings there is a button hidden in the pinhole above the alarm i/o connector. It is used to restore the factory default settings. Sometimes restarting the network camera will make the system back to a normal state. If the system...

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    Network camera user’s guide 77/95 appendix b: alarm i/o connector interfacing to the external i/o some features of the network camera can be activated by an external sensor that senses physical changes in the area network camera is monitoring. These changes can include intrusion detection or certain...

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    Network camera user’s guide 78/95 8 alarm input #1 (a). Max 24vdc, 12ma. Explanation of external i/o circuit diagram example caution! • the low voage/current circuits and high voage/ current circuits are in the network camera circuit. The qualified electrician should do the wiring not by yourself. I...

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  • Page 80: Frequently Asked Questions

    Network camera user’s guide 80/95 appendix c: troubleshooting & frequently asked questions question answer or resolution features the video and audio codec is adopted in the network camera. The network camera utilizes jpeg compression to providing high quality images. Jpeg is a standard for image co...

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    Network camera user’s guide 81/95 network camera. 2. Reconfigure the network camera. Forgot the ip address of the network camera. Check ip address of network camera by using the ip finder program. Ip finder program cannot find network camera. • re power the network camera if cannot find the unit wit...

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    Network camera user’s guide 82/95 to network camera, set up not to use the proxy server. • confirm that default gateway address is correct. • the router needs port forwarding feature. Refer to your router's manual for details. • packet filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external net...

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    Network camera user’s guide 83/95 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 congestion causes frame rate...

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    Network camera user’s guide 84/95 when the objects are still out of focus, adjust the focus using manual focusing, or change the objects using pan/tilt operation or zooming features (for ptz model). The color of the image is poor or strange. • adjust white balance (for ptz model). • to insure the im...

  • Page 85: Appendix D: Ping Ip Address

    Network camera user’s guide 85/95 appendix d: 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 network camera...

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    Network camera user’s guide 86/95 appendix e: bandwidth estimation the frame rate of video transmitted from the network camera depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form you...

  • Page 87: Appendix F: Specifications

    Network camera user’s guide 87/95 appendix f: specifications model pt network camera control interface internet explorer preset number 16 horizontal rotation range 0° to 325° vertical rotation range 0° to 90° o.P temperature 5°c to 45°c (40°f to 113°f) operating humidity 10% ~ 80% power supply 12v d...

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    Network camera user’s guide 88/95 resolution 704*576, 640*480, 352*288, 320*240, 176*144, 162*120 frame rate up to 30fps for all resolutions audio streaming yes compatibility windows me, 2000, xp, 2003 lan i/f 10/100m notification email, ftp ram 64mb sdram flash 16mb nor flash memory image storing m...

  • Page 89: Appendix G: Time Zone Table

    Network camera user’s guide 89/95 appendix g: time zone table gmt stands for greenwich mean time which is the global time that all time zones are measured from..

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    Network camera user’s guide 90/95.

  • Page 91: 1. Preface

    Network camera user’s guide 91/95 appendix h: ddns application 1. Preface if you have a cable modem, xdsl, isdn or dialup, this is a great way to host your own web server, ftp server, mail server, network camera or other tcp/ip service. Get your own domain like www.Yourname.Com*, www.Yourname.Com.Tw...

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    Network camera user’s guide 92/95 3. Application steps—ddns & domain name (1). Visit the following web site : http://www.Dyndns.Org/ (pink no.1) (2). Click “ account ” (pink no. 2) (3). After the columns show up at the left side, click “ create account”. (4). Fill the application agreement and neces...

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    Network camera user’s guide 93/95 (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “your dyndns.Org account information “. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the ddns service that you just applied. Then ddns you applied activated..

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    Network camera user’s guide 94/95 (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 service. (7). If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of...

  • Page 95: 4. Setup The Ddns and Pppoe

    Network camera user’s guide 95/95 (10). 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. (pink no.3) 4. Setup the ...