Avacom M1080W User manual

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1. Installation Environment
,Keep away from high temperatures, heat source, direct sunlight, rain or dust.
,Avoid using in damp environments, the range for operational humidity is below 95%RH.
,Avoid using in very hot and very cold environments, the reference range for operational
temperatures is -20°c ~ +50°c or -4°f ~ 122°f
,Please install horizontally or on wall mounting, avoid vibrating locations.
2. Transport and Handling
,The package is well-designed to ensure camera safety during the delivery, so please do
not change the packaging.
,Do not move the IP cameras from overheated to supercooled condition frequently,
otherwise it will frost and shorten the service life.
,Do not move the item when is power on, otherwise the main board might be damaged.
Notice:
1. Please check the power supply before it is used.
2. Do not allow the camera to get wet. The camera should not be used outdoors.
3. Be careful not to drop the camera or subject it to strong impacts or shocks.
4. Do not directly touch the optical components for the image sensor, if necessary, please
use a clean cotton cloth with alcohol and wipe the dirt gently;
5. Do not aim the camera directly into the sun or at other intense light sources that could
affect the image quality or shorten the service life for the image sensor.
6. Keep away from laser when in use, the image sensor can be damaged.
7. If the equipment is not working properly, please contact the customer service center, do
not disassemble or modify the equipment in any way. （Problems caused by
unauthorized modification or repair should be at your own risk.）
Statement
Notice

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Index
1Product introduction ......................................................................................................4
1.1 Product summary ......................................................................................................4
1.2 Included in the box....................................................................................................4
1.3 Front & Side View .....................................................................................................5
2Installation Guide............................................................................................................6
2.1 Wired connection to LAN...........................................................................................6
2.3 WIFI connection to LAN ............................................................................................9
2.4 Connection to WAN.................................................................................................10
3Operation of IE browser ............................................................................................... 11
3.1 View video...............................................................................................................11
3.2 Network Settings .....................................................................................................13
3.2.1 IP address settings ..............................................................................................13
3.2.2 Wireless settings .................................................................................................13
3.2.3 ADSL settings......................................................................................................13
3.2.4 UPnP setting .......................................................................................................14
3.2.5 DDNS Setting ......................................................................................................14
3.3 Alarm Settings.........................................................................................................15
3.3.1 Alarm Settings .....................................................................................................15
3.3.2 Mail Service Settings ...........................................................................................17
3.3.3 FTP Service Settings...........................................................................................18
3.4 Advanced ................................................................................................................19
3.4.1 User Settings.......................................................................................................19
3.4.2 Multi-Device Settings...........................................................................................19
3.4.3 Other settings ......................................................................................................20
3.5 Maintenance ...........................................................................................................21
3.5.1 Device Information...............................................................................................21
3.5.2 Alias Settings.......................................................................................................21
3.5.3 Date &Time Settings............................................................................................22
3.5.4 Upgrade Firmware...............................................................................................22
3.5.5 Factory Settings ..................................................................................................22
3.5.6 Log ......................................................................................................................22
4Operation of other software.........................................................................................23
4.1 Other web browsers ................................................................................................23
4.2 Mobile phone software ............................................................................................23
4.3 Centralization Control..............................................................................................24
4.4 Other software.........................................................................................................24
5Specifications ...............................................................................................................25
6Frequently Asked Questions .......................................................................................26
6.1 Why won’t my camera connect to my wireless router?............................................26

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6.2 Why do I see a black screen when using Internet Explorer? ...................................26
6.3 Why is the video frame rate is very slow? ...............................................................26
6.4 How can I reset the camera user name and password?..........................................26

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1 Product introduction
1.1 Product summary
Thank you for choosing Avacom IP camera. The IP Camera combines a high quality
digital video camera with wireless/wired network connectivity and a powerful web server
to bring clear video to your desktop, laptop or smart phone from anywhere on your local
network or over the Internet. It is suitable for house, apartment, shops, office buildings,
etc.
Main features：
♦The video is compressed by MJPEG. There are three video resolutions available.
VGA/QVGA/QQVGA.
♦Infrared LED for night vision covers 65 feet area allowing 24 hours monitoring;
♦Support IEEE 802.11b/g/n protocol.
♦Support motion detection, alarm information sent by email and/or FTP.
♦Support mobile phone viewing.
♦Built-in web server with graphical user interface.
♦Includes DDNS. When the IP Camera is connected to the internet this URL can
be used to visit the device.
♦Camera supports multi-view, extended recording, video playback etc.
♦Manufacturer provides free mobile phone software.
1.2 Included in the box
Accessory
Type
Power
adaptor CD Cable Bracket Antenna
Outdoor IP Camera
5V √√√√
Note:
Please check carefully that all listed items are included in the package. If anything is
missing, please contact seller’s customer support.

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1.3 Front & Side View

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2 Installation Guide
2.1 Wired connection to LAN
Plug in the 5V power supply and connect the camera to wireless router Ethernet
port with the network cable. Connect your computer to the same router via cable or
wireless, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
2.2 Logging into the Camera
Insert CD into computer CD-ROM driver or visit www.avacomtech.com to find “M10
Search_en.exe”, double click "M10 Search_en.exe".

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Figure 2
1) Click ‘Search (F3)’;
2) Choose the camera then click “Browse (F4)”. Then you can run the web browser,
enter user name and password and login to the IP camera to view the video.
If the camera and the router are not in the same sub-net, you need to setup the IP
address manually:
3) Enable “set IP automatically” or change the IP address manually. Http port should be
a number between 80~65535;
4) Enter user name and password for the device, the default is “admin” and “123456”;
5) Click ‘update’;
6) After updating successfully, click “Search (F3)”, choose the device again and click
“Browse (F4)”. Then you can run the web browser, enter user name and password
and login to the IP camera to view the video, example see figure 3.
Note：
1) Please check carefully the “Local PC information” in top left corner of the interface, if
the computer has several network cards, please select the one you are using.
2) If you installed firewall software in your PC, when you run the M10 Search_en.exe, it
may pop up a window to say “whether you want to block this program or not”, then
you should choose not to block。
Figure 3
We suggest using IE browser to view the video （it can provide more functions）, but user
needs to install video player before viewing the video. Click “download and install player
(first use)” link, it will popup a dialogue box as Figure 4, click Run, it will download player
and install automatically.

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Figure 4
Note:
♦You can hold on reset button on the bottom of the camera for 10 seconds to restore
factory default if you forget user name and password, during the restart process,
don’t disconnect the power, otherwise the camera maybe damaged;
♦Status of the indicator LED: slow flicker( every two seconds), indicates the camera is
searching for a network; medium flicker(one to two times per second) indicate it is
using a wired network; fast flicker(three to four times per second) indicators it is
using a wireless network. The indicator LED can be turn off in Advanced---Other
setting---Status LED Mode.

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2.3 WIFI connection to LAN
After logging into the camera with a wired connection you can enter the WiFi settings.
Figure5
1. Click ‘Network’, then click ‘Wireless Settings’
2. Click ‘Scan’ button
3. Click your Wi-Fi hotspot SSID
4. Click ‘Using Wireless Lan’
5. Input your Share Key
6. Click “Submit” button, the device will start rebooting
7. While rebooting, unplug the Ethernet cable,
Tip: Router may assign different IP address for Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi connection
8. Use the IP Camera Search Tool to search for the camera, highlight the Device name,
and click ‘Browse’ .
Note：When the device is connected to both WIFI and cable, it will connect to the wired
network.

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2.4 Connection to WAN
To view the camera from internet, you must configure port forwarding on your router.
Figure 6
An example of port forwarding.
Figure 7
Steps:
1) After logging in to the router, go to “Port Forwarding”
2) Choose “Add custom Service”
3) Input the camera’s http port
4) Input the IP address of the camera and click “Apply”
5) After finishing the port forwarding, you can use WAN IP address of router and the
http port of the camera to view the camera with a remote device as seen in figure 6.

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Note: Routers manufacturers may have a different user interface and method of
configuring port forwarding. Please refer to the user manual of your router.
3 Operation of IE browser
3.1 View video
After installing the plug-ins, click “Mode 1 to view” link in Figure 3 to view the video
(Figure 8).
Figure 8 View video
1）Main Menu
2）Status Displaying Area
Indicates the status for 9 devices:
if unconnected, button is gray
if connected, button is green
If connected wrong, button is yellow
If alarm , button is red

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3）Multi Channel displaying area
If users added multi channel（refer to 3.4.2）, when changed to 4-Ch, 9-CH, it will show
other devices automatically.
If you select one device, you can operate it with these buttons:
These buttons mean play video, stop video, monitor, talk, record and snapshot. You can
click these buttons to start corresponding function.
Note:
1, Audio and Talk buttons do not work in M1080W.
2, If you want to click this button to record the video,
please go to Advanced—Other Settings to set the Record Path first.
Figure 9 Other settings

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3.2 Network Settings
3.2.1 IP address settings
Click on ‘Network’ to enter the basic network settings. To set a static IP address unclick
‘Obtain IP automatically and enter desired IP address and port number.
Figure 10 Network settings
3.2.2 Wireless settings
Please refer to chapter 2.3.
3.2.3 ADSL settings
Enable the ADSL Dialup by clicking on ‘Using ADSL Dialup’. Your ADSL provider will
assign the user name and password to you when you apply for ADSL service. Connect
the device directly to the ADSL modem and it is connected to the Internet.
Figure 11 ADSL settings

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3.2.4 UPnP setting
UPnP means Universal Plug and Play, if you enable UPnP, once the IP camera is
connected into the LAN, it will communicate with the router on the LAN and do
port-forwarding through the open port of the router automatically. To enable simply click
“Using UPnP to Map Port” to finish the setting. You can check if the UPnP is successful
in Maintain – Device Info.
Figure 12 UPnP settings
Before using the UPnP function, please make sure the router’s UPnP function has been
enabled. Not all the routers support UPnP. Please test to see if the router works well with
the camera, if not, we suggest you to disable this function and do the port-forwarding
manually.
3.2.5 DDNS Setting
If UPnP or port forwarding is successful, and you can visit the camera via the WAN IP
address you also can visit it via DDNS.
Manufacturer’s DDNS
If the Manufacturer puts a DDNS label on the bottom of the IP Camera, and the
manufacturer has established a DDNS system, and allotted a DDNS to every device, the
user only needs to enter the domain name into browser, and then view it from a remote
device,.
Figure 13 Manufacturer’s DDNS
Third Party DDNS
User can also use third party DDNS, such as www.dyndns.com, User must apply to get
a free domain name from this website and fill the info into the fields below and save the
settings. Then the domain name can be used.
Figure 14 Third Party DDNS setting
Note：Using the third party domain name, if the http port is not 80, the port number
should be adding to the domain name with colon. Example: http://btest.dyndns.biz:81.

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3.3 Alarm Settings
3.3.1 Alarm Settings
Figure 16 Alarm settings
1）Events
¾With Motion Detection armed if there is any motion, it will trigger an alarm. For
motion detect sensitivity, the larger the value, the more sensitivity.
¾Note: I/O Input, Audio Detection features do not work in M1080W.
2）Notifications
After triggering an alarm, you can adopt several alarm modes:
¾Send Mail on Alarm: The camera will send alarm info by email to a configured email
address.
¾Upload Image to FTP: The camera will send alarm pictures to the configured FTP
server, user can also set the interval time between two pictures；
¾Warning sound on View: When the camera detects an alarm, you will hear an
audible beep when viewing the camera beeps from the computer；
¾Local Record on View: Once the camera detects an alarm, it will start recording and
store the video in the configured folder on the computer.
3）Scheduler
The camera will only trigger alarms during a scheduled interval. The camera can be
scheduled to trigger alarms “All time”. It will then alarm when any motion or sound is
detected. It can also be configured to alarm only during configured intervals. To set a 15
minute interval click on it. To set an hour double click on it Before you set “Schedule”,

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please go to Date and Time settings to set the correct time and date.
Figure 17 Schedule interface

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3.3.2 Mail Service Settings
Figure 18 Mail service settings
When the camera enters the alarmed state, it can send an email to your preconfigured
email address. The sender needs to support SMTP. You can get the supported SMTP
port from your email service provider. After configuring, click “Submit” to save these
parameters, and then you can click “Test” to check if the settings are successful.
When you have set the email service parameters correctly, you can click “enable “Report
Internet IP by mail”. After every restart, the device will send its Internet IP address to the
configured email address. You can use the IP address to visit the device if it was mapped
to the internet.

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3.3.3 FTP Service Settings
Figure 19 FTP service settings
When configured and in the alarmed state, the camera will snap and send an image to
the configured FTP server. After configuring, click “Submit” to save these parameters,
and then you can click “Test” to check if the settings are successful.
Note：For using the FTP function, you need to configure a user with authority to write to
and create submenus on the FTP server.
After correctly setting the FTP server, you can use the “upload Image Periodically”
function. The device will send image to FTP server in preconfigured interval . A file name
can be specifies and each subsequent image will overwrite the previously saved Image.

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3.4 Advanced
3.4.1 User Settings
Figure 20 User settings
Users can be configured with three permission levels. Administrator has rights to all
configuration and viewing features. The operator has rights to the PT settings and
viewing features. The visitor only has the ability to use the viewing features. At least one
administrator should be configured at all times.
3.4.2 Multi-Device Settings
Figure 21 Multi-device settings
The Multi-device feature allows the monitoring of up to 9 devices simultaneously. Click
the “refresh” button to locate the devices on the LAN. Then click a device, and the setting
dialogue box will open. Click on the desired device in the LAN list and its info, (as in
Figure 22) will be added. Configure user and password and click “save” to add the device.
Repeat for additional cameras. After that, must click “Submit” button in figure 21 to save
all added devices.