TP-LINK Day/Night Surveillance Camera Specifications

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5 Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser 3.1 Obain the IP Address 1. Insert the provided CD into your CD-ROM driver. The Setup Wizard will autom

6 Figure 3-2 3. After the installation is finished, click Start > Program Files > TP-LINK >Intelligent IP Installer to start using the prog

7 Figure 3-4 3.2 Windows Web Browser 1. Click Link to IE button in Figure 3-4 or launch your web browser, and enter the IP address (obtain from Figu

8 Figure 3-5 ) Note: The default User name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator. You can change them in the Acco

9 3.3 Mac Web Browser 1. Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address of the IP camera (which can be obtai

10 2. Enter the default User name “admin” and password “admin” in the dialog box as shown below. Figure 3-8 ) Note: The default Name “admin” and Pas

11 3. The web-based management page will be display on your screen. In the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setti

12 Chapter 4 Using IP Camera via Mobile Phone You can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via mobile phones. To use IP cameras via mobile phones, please m

13 ) Note: You can also use RTSP clients (RealPlayer, VLC, QuickTime Player etc) to view RTSP streaming, just type in “rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/

14 5. Open with Real-Player and click Yes to connect. 4.2 3G Web Brower Mobile View Mode For 3G Web Browser Mobile View Mode, please type “http:

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15 3. Enter name and password. Default values are both admin. Then click Log in 4. The TP-LINK User Interface and live image will show up in the mi

16 4.3 2.5G WAP Browser Snapshot Mode For 2.5G WAP Browser Snapshot Mode, please type “<IP>/mobile.wml” into your 2.5G WAP Browser. <IP>

17 3. Click Setting I and select protocol with TCP. 4. Click Setting II and select System Settings. 5. Click OK and connect to IP Camera.

18 To use IP Camera via Opera Mobile with Windows Mobile Smart Phone, please take the following steps: 1. Download the ”Opera Mobile 9.5.cab“ and co

19 5. Type IP or http url link. 6. Type the username and password or setup authentication off in Setting > Basic > Security > Account.

20 Chapter 5 Configuration of Main Menu You would find that the illustrative web pages in this Manual are all orange. Please note that they're f

21 5.1.2 Zoom in / out the image via the monitor window z Click to display the digital zoom in window. z Pull the to adjust the di

22 Microphone turned off Volume control bar 5.2 Setting This function is only for the Administrator. Click this button to get into the Basic a

23 Click this button to configure the settings of IP Camera, which includes Mode, View Size, Protocol, and Video Buffer. 5.3.1 Mode Click the drop-d

24 General). 5.3.4 Video Buffer Turn the Video Buffer function ON / OFF. The Video Buffer function makes the streaming more smoothly in unsteady ne

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25 Chapter 6 Setting-BASIC Click BASIC to display the submenus including System, Camera, Network, and Security. 6.1 System Click System to display

26 6.1.2 Date/Time The Date/Time page displays all options of time setting. ¾ Current date/time: Displays the current date and time of this IP Cam

27 ) Note: The NTP server (Network Time Protocol) is the time server which is an Internet standard protocol built on the top of TCP / IP. This assures

28 applied immediately. The default language is “English”. 6.2 Camera Click Camera to display the submenus including General, MPEG4 and MJPEG. 6.2

29 randomly from this range. ) Note: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is a protocol used in streaming media system which allows clients to remote

30 3) Viewer Authentication: If the viewer authentication is On, the users will be requested to type in username and password when viewing through R

31 B. Mobile View If RTSP is On (see Setting →Basic → Camera → General), the screen will display as shown below. ¾ Viewer Authentication: If the v

32 through. 8) Image Size: The image size of Mobile View is fixed at 160 x 120. 9) Frame Rate: Set the frame rate of the MPEG4 image. You can choos

33 If RTSP is Off (see Setting →Basic → Camera → General), the screen will display as shown below. 11) Image Size: Specify the image size when the

34 6.3.1 Information The page of Information displays the MAC address of the device. 14) Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP): (If a DHCP se

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35 16) Use the following IP address: Select this when the fixed IP address is set. z IP address: Enter the IP address of the device. z Subnet mask:

36 6.3.2 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) If your ISP provides Dynamic IP with authentication by username and password, enter all PPP

37 24) Use the following DNS server address: Select this when you set the fixed IP address as the IP address of DNS server. z Primary DNS server: En

38 The IP Camera offers the DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) feature, which allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixe

39 2. Input all information and follow step by step with DynDNS. . 3. Log in with new account and click Account → My Hosts → Add Host Services.

40 4. Type domain in the Hostname field and select sub-domain. 5. After typing in information, check your DDNS service.

41 6. Type your DDNS User ID, Password and Host name in Setting → Basic → Network → DDNS. After completing setting, reboot IP Camera. 6.3.4 UPnP (

42 30) HTTP port: Enter the HTTP port number and the default HTTP port is 80. 31) SSL port: Enter the SSL port number and the default SSL port is 443

43 33) Device Name: Enter Device Name to your needs. ) Note: How to use Bonjour in your Windows Browser UI? Please check the link below: http://www.

44 e-mail is sent. If this option is selected, the IP Notification page will be different as following figure shown. z POP server name: It is necess

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45 42) Messenger: Check the radio button before On, so you can use your IP Camera via this function. 43) Protocol: Displays the protocol used. 44) Lo

46 A. Configuring your IP camera ) Note: If you use a Modem Router to access the Internet, you should set your IP Camera as the virtual server with p

47 B. Add the camera’s msn account 1. Make sure the desired computer with MSN installed. Log into the MSN. 2. Make sure the MSN view plugin is i

48 5. Check its status. Normally it should be online. 6. Click the camera icon and select View a contact’s webcam to view the video.

49 7. Wait for a moment, and you will see the video captured by your IP Camera. 6.4 Security Click Security to display the submenus including Acco

50 6.4.1 Account The device default account and password setting is “admin / admin”. That means everyone who knows IP address can access the device

51 z The Viewer mode only can view the Live View. 56) Viewer Authentication: Allows all viewers directly access to Live View. 6.4.2 HTTPS HTTPS is a

52 ) Note: 1) When enable HTTPS with RTSP on mode, the IP Camera only protect the setting such as username and password and do not protect video and

53 Chapter 7 Setting-Advance Click Advance to display the submenus including FTP client, SMTP, HTTP event, Alarm output, Schedule, Alarm input, A

54 7.1.1 General Select On when you use FTP function. The FTP client setting page will appear. Select Off when you do not wish to use the FTP clie

1 Package Contents The follow items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-SC3171 Day/Night Surveillance Camera ¾ Power Adapter ¾ Mounting Bracket

55 65) Remote path: Type the path to the destination in FTP server up to 64 characters. 66) Image file name: Type the file name you want to assign to

56 ) Note: 1) You can set motion detection on motion detection page (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”). For more detail

57 ) Note: You can set the alarm buffer function at Alarm Buffer page (Please go “Setting→ Advance → Alarm Buffer → Setting”). For more details, y

58 ) Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting”) For more details, you can check S

59 to the file name. z Sequence number: A consecutive number is added to the Image file name. z Sequence number clear: Click Clear and the suffix of

60 7.2.1 General Select On when you use the SMTP function. The common setting options are displayed below. Select Off if you do not wish to use t

61 74) SMTP server name: Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server. 75) SMTP Server Port: You can set port

62 78) SMTP: Select it if SMTP authentication is necessary when an e-mail is sent. 79) POP before SMTP: Select if POP before SMTP authentication is n

63 characters.) 7.2.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in motio

64 88) Alarm z Motion Detection: Click it for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set motion detection function on the motion detec

2 Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements We strongly recommend your computers follow our minimum requirements in order to use this IP-Camera normally.

65 ) Note: 1) You can set motion detection on motion detection page (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”). For more details

66 ) Note: You can set the alarm buffer function at Alarm Buffer page (Please go “Setting→ Advance → Alarm Buffer → Setting”). For more details, y

67 ) Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page. (Please go to “Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting”) For more details, you can check S

68 is added to the file name. z Sequence number: A consecutive number is added to the Image file name. z Sequence number clear: Click Clear and the

69 7.3.1 General 94) HTTP event: Set up the HTTP server URL, port, User ID, Password, and Proxy Server settings.

70 For example: URL: 192.168.1.7/cgi-bin/operator/ptzset ) Note: The setting of URL should be the same as CGI. 7.3.2 Alarm sending Set to send the m

71 9 Parameter: the parameter of CGI (defined in Setting → Advance → HTTP event → General → URL) is from your target device. For example, move=d

72 ) Note: You can set the alarm input function at alarm input page (Please go “Setting → Advance → Alarm input → Setting”). For more details, you c

73 7.4.1 Setting Alarm output: To activate the Alarm output function, select On. When you do not use the Alarm output function, select Off. 97) Dig

74 ) Note: 1) You can set motion detection on motion detection page (Please go to “Setting → Advance →Motion detection → Setting”). For more detail

3 Chapter 2 Physical Overview 2.1 Front View Figure 2-1 Focus Adjustment Ring: Adjust the focus to get a clear image. Built-in Microphone: Built-in

75 ) Note: You can set the alarm buffer function at Alarm Buffer page (Please go “Setting→ Advance → Alarm Buffer → Setting”). For more details, y

76 z Schedule: You can specify the period when the periodical sending is effective in the Schedule setting in the other section. ) Note: You can

77 7.5.1 Setting 102) Schedule Selection: Select the list box to specify the schedule you want to set. z FTP -Alarm z FTP - Periodical z e-Ma

78 7.6.1 Setting 106) Sensor input 1: Click it on for using external sensor which is connected to sensor input1 of the camera I / O port. z Trigge

79 7.7.1 Setting Alarm buffer: The basic setting options are displayed below. 107) Recording capacity z Pre-alarm period: Display the maximum re

80 There are three Motion Detection functions as sensors to set for different detecting zones. Each one has Threshold and Sensitivity inputs which you

81 7.8.1 Setting 109) Threshold: It means the extent which the alarm will be triggered. 110) Sensitivity: It means that how often the sensor will sc

82 7.9.1 Setting ¾ Enable remote log: Enables user to send the log data to a specified log server. ) Note: There is a function called Watchdog whi

83 Appendix APPENDIX a – FRAME RATE & BIT RATE TABLE This chapter provides tables that help you to optimize your IP camera with your network envir

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4 then press and hold the Reset Button for at least 10 seconds. The CPU of the camera starts to work completely 1 minute after you release the Reset b

85 320*240 Good 5 260 5 320*240 Medium 15 350 13 160*120 Medium 5 130 5 160*120 Excellent 15 600 13 160*120 Excellent 5 230 5 160*120 Good

86 B.3 MPEG4 Storage Requirement GB / channel / day Image-Size Bitrate Setting Frame-Rate Setting Current Bitrate 640*480 2048 30 23.0 640*480 20

87 FAQ Q1. What can I do if I forgot the login name and password? Press and hold the Reset button on the bottom panel with a pin or paperclip. Please