Comelit ADVANCE Series User manual

CAMERAS IP ADVANCE SERIES
Please read this manual thoroughly before use and keep it for future reference

WARNING
This product is intended to be supplied by a Listed Power Unit, marked with
'Limited Power Source', 'LPS' on unit, output rated minimum 12VDC/2 A or POE
48VDC/ 350mA or 24VAC (depending on models), no more than 2000m altitude
of operation and Tma= 60°C.
Do not attempt to disassemble the camera; in order to prevent electric shock, do
not remove screws or covers.
There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Please contact the nearest service
center as soon as possible if there is any failure.
Avoid incorrect operation, shock vibration, heavy pressing which can cause
damage to product.
Do not use corrosive detergent to clean main body of the camera. If necessary,
please use soft dry cloth; for hard contamination, use neutral detergent.
Avoid aiming the camera directly towards extremely bright objects, such as sun,
because this may damage the image sensor.
Please follow the instructions to install the camera.
Do not operate if temperature, humidity and power supply are beyond the limits.
Keep away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, etc.
Do not expose the product to the direct airflow from air conditioner.
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amending the errors, software upgrades and product improvements,
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explanations.
Some features are only available on certain camera models

Table of contents
1Network Connection .........................................................................................1
1.1 LAN.............................................................................................................1
1.1.1 Access through Comelit Advance IP Tool.......................................1
1.1.2 Access through Internet Explorer...................................................3
1.2 WAN ...........................................................................................................5
2Live View............................................................................................................8
3Network Camera Configuration .....................................................................10
3.1 System Configuration ...............................................................................10
3.1.1 Basic Information..........................................................................10
3.1.2 Date and Time..............................................................................10
3.1.3 Local Configuration ......................................................................11
3.1.4 Storage.........................................................................................11
3.2 Image Configuration .................................................................................14
3.2.1 Display Configuration...................................................................14
3.2.2 Video / Audio Configuration..........................................................17
3.2.3 OSD Configuration.......................................................................18
3.2.4 Video Mask ..................................................................................18
3.2.5 ROI Configuration.........................................................................19
3.2.6 Lens Control.................................................................................20
3.3 Alarm Configuration..................................................................................21
3.3.1 Motion Detection ..........................................................................21
3.3.2 Other Alarms................................................................................22
3.3.3 Alarm In........................................................................................24
3.3.4 Alarm Out.....................................................................................25
3.3.5 Alarm Server................................................................................26
3.4 Event Configuration ................................................................................27
3.4.1 Exception .....................................................................................27
3.4.2 Line Crossing...............................................................................28
3.4.3 Region Entrance ..........................................................................34
3.4.4 Region Exiting..............................................................................37
3.4.5 Intrusion ..................................................................................................... 37
3.4.6 Face Detection.............................................................................37
3.5 Network Configuration ..............................................................................39
3.5.1 TCP/IP..........................................................................................39
3.5.2 Port...............................................................................................40
3.5.3 Server...........................................................................................41
3.5.4 DDNS...........................................................................................41
3.5.5 SNMP...........................................................................................41
3.5.6 802.1x ..........................................................................................42
3.5.7 RTSP............................................................................................43

3.5.8 UPNP...........................................................................................44
3.5.9 Email............................................................................................44
3.5.10 FTP ..............................................................................................45
3.5.11 HTTPS .........................................................................................46
3.5.12 P2P (Optional)..............................................................................47
3.5.13 QoS..............................................................................................48
3.6 Security Configuration ..............................................................................48
3.6.1 User Configuration .......................................................................48
3.6.2 Online User..................................................................................49
3.6.3 Block and Allow Lists....................................................................50
3.6.4 Security Management ..................................................................50
3.7 Maintenance Configuration.......................................................................50
3.7.1 Backup and Restore.....................................................................50
3.7.2 Reboot..........................................................................................51
3.7.3 Upgrade .......................................................................................51
3.7.4 Operation Log ..............................................................................52
4Search..............................................................................................................53
4.1 Image Search ...........................................................................................53
4.2 Video Search............................................................................................55
4.2.1 Local Video Search......................................................................55
4.2.2 Micro-SD Card Video Search.......................................................56
Appendix..................................................................................................................58
Appendix 1 Troubleshooting..................................................................................58
Appendix 2 Installation of waterproof rubber plug...............................................60

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1 Network connection
Connect the IP Camera (IPC) via LAN or WAN through Internet Explorer browser.
1.1 LAN
In LAN, there are two ways to access IPC: 1. through the software Comelit Advance
IP Tool; 2. through Internet Explorer browser.
1.1.1 Access through Comelit Advance IP Tool
Network connection:
①Make sure the PC and IPC are connected to the LAN and the Comelit Advance IP
Tool is installed in the PC.
②Double click the Comelit Advance IP Tool icon on the desktop to run this software
as shown below:
③Modify the IP address. The default IP address of the camera is 192.168.1.150.
Click the information of the camera listed in the above table to show the network
information on the right hand. Modify the IP address and gateway of the camera and
make sure that its network address is in the same local network segment as the
computer’s.

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For example, the IP address of your computer is 192.168.1.4. Therefore, the IP
address of the camera shall be changed to 192.168.1.X. After modification, please
enter the password of the administrator and click the “Modify” button to modify the
setting.
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④Double click on the IP address and the system will pop up the IE browser to
connect the IPC. Follow instructions to download, install and run the ActiveX control.
Enter the username and password in the login window.
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The default Password of the administrator is admin.
The default Username is admin; the default Password is
admin.

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The system will pop up the above textbox to ask you to change the default password.
It is strongly recommended to change the default password for account security. If “Do
not show again” is checked, the textbox will not appear the next time.
1.1.2 Access through Internet Explorer
The default network settings are shown below:
IP address: 192.168.1.150
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
HTTP: 80
Data port: 9008
Use the above default settings when logging in the camera for the first time. Connect
the camera to the computer directly through network cable.
①Manually set the IP address of the PC, the network segment should be the same
as the default settings of the IP camera. Open the network and share center. Click
“Local Area Connection” to pop up the following window:

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Select “Properties” and then select internet protocol (for example: IPv4). Next, click
the “Properties” button to set the network of the PC.
②Open the Internet Explorer browser, enter the default address of the IPC and
confirm.
③Follow instructions to download and install theActiveX control.
④Enter the default username and password in the login window and then enter to
Live view.

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1.2 WAN
Access through the router or virtual server
①Make sure the camera is connected to the local network and then log in the
camera via LAN and go to ConfigNetworkPort menu to set the port number.
Port Setup
②Go to Config NetworkTCP/IP menu to modify the IP address.
IP Setup
③Go to the router’s management interface through IE browser to forward the IP
address and port of the camera in the “Virtual Server”.

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Router Setup
④Open the Internet Explorer browser and enter its WAN IP and http port to access.
(for example, if the http port is changed to 81, please enter “192.198.1.150:81” in the
address bar of web browser to access).
Access through PPPoE dial-up
Network connection
Access the camera through PPPoE auto dial-up. The setup steps are as follow:
①Go to ConfigNetworkPort menu to set the port number.
②Go to Config NetworkTCP/IPPPPoE Config menu. Enable PPPoE and then
enter the user name and password from your internet service provider.
③Go to Config NetworkDDNS menu. Before configuring the DDNS, please
apply for a domain name first. Please refer to DDNS configuration for detail
information.
④Open the Internet Explorer browser and enter the domain name and http port to
access.

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Access through static IP
Network connection
The setup steps are as follow:
①Go to ConfigNetworkPort menu to set the port number.
②Go to Config NetworkTCP/IP menu to set the IP address. Check “Use the
following IP address” and then enter the static IP address and other parameters.
③Open the Internet Explorer browser and enter its WAN IP and http port to access.

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2 Live view
After logging in, the following window will be shown.
The following table show the icons on the live view interface.
Icon
Description
Icon
Description
Original size
AZ control (only available for
the model with motorized zoom
lens )
Fit correct scale
SD card recording indicator
Auto (fill the window)
Color abnormal indicator
Full screen
Abnormal clarity indicator
Start/stop live view
Scene change indicator
Start/stop two-way
audio (only available for
the model with audio
input connector)
Line crossing indicator
Enable/disable audio
Intrusion indicator
Snapshot
Sensor alarm indicator
Start/stop local
recording
Motion alarm indicator
Zoom in
Face detection indicator
Zoom out
Face capture
PTZ control

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Those smart alarm indicators will flash only if the camera supports those
functions and the corresponding events are enabled.
In full screen mode, double click with the mouse to exit or press the ESC key on the
keyboard.
Click AZ control button to show AZ control panel. The descriptions of the control panel
are as follows:
Icon
Description
Icon
Description
Zoom -
Zoom +
Focus -
Focus +
One key focus (used when image is out of focus after manual
adjustment
Face Capture View
①Go to ConfigEventFace Detection interface. Check “Enable”.
②Return to the live view interface. Click to go to the following interface.When
there are faces detected, the face pictures will be listed on the right.

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3 Network camera configuration
In the client, choose “Config” to go to the configuration interface.
Note: click the “Save” button to save the settings.
3.1 System Configuration
3.1.1 Basic Information
In the “Basic Information”interface, the information of the device are listed.
Some versions may support device ID and QR code. If P2P is enabled (see Network
Configuration-P2P), the network camera can be quickly added to mobile surveillance
client, by scanning the QR code or entering device ID.
3.1.2 Date and Time
Go to ConfigSystemDate and Time. Please refer to the following interface.

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Select the time zone and DST as required.
Click the “Date and Time” tab to set the time mode.
3.1.3 Local Configuration
Go to ConfigSystemLocal Config to set up the storage path of captured pictures
and recorded videos on the local PC. There is also an option to enable or disable the
bitrate display in the recorded files.
Additionally, the snapshots triggered by smart events (including face detection, line
crossing detection and intrusion detection) can be selected to save to the local PC.
3.1.4 Storage
This feature is only available for the models with micro-SD card slot.
Go to ConfigSystemStorage to go to the interface as shown below.

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Micro-SD card management
Click the “Format” button to format the micro-SD card. All data will be erased by
clicking this button.
Click the “Eject”button to stop writing data to micro-SD card. Then the micro-SD card
can be removed safely.
Snapshot Quota: set the capacity of captured pictures on the micro-SD card.
Video Quota: set the capacity of record files on the micro-SD card.
Schedule Recording Settings
1. Go to ConfigSystemStorageRecord to go to the interface as shown below.
2. Set record stream, pre-record time, cycle writing.
Pre Record Time: set the time to record before the event recording begins.
3. Enable schedule record. Check “Enable Schedule Record” and set the schedule.

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Weekly schedule
Set the alarm record time from Monday to Sunday for a single week. Each day is
divided in one hour. Green means scheduled. Blank means unscheduled.
“Add”: add the schedule for a specific day. Drag the mouse to set the time on the
timeline.
“Erase”: delete the schedule. Drag the mouse to delete the time on the timeline.
Manual Input: click it on a specific day to enter specific start and end time.
Holiday schedule
Set the alarm record time for a specific day, such as a holiday.
Note: Holiday schedule takes priority over weekly schedule.
Snapshot settings
Go to ConfigSystemStorageSnapshot to go to the interface as shown below.

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Set the format, resolution and quality of the image saved on the micro-SD card, the
snapshot interval and quantity and the timing snapshot here.
Snapshot Quantity: is the maximum quantity of snapshots. The actual quantity of
snapshots may be less than this number. Supposing the occurrence time of an alarm
event is less than the time of capturing pictures, the actual quantity of snapshots is
less than the set quantity of snapshots.
Enable Timing Snapshot: enable timing snapshot first and then set the snapshot
interval and schedule. The setup steps of schedule are the same as the schedule
recording.
3.2 Image configuration
Image Configuration includes Display, Video/Audio, OSD, Video Mask and ROI
Config. The lens control function is available for the models with motorized zoom lens.
3.2.1 Display Configuration
Go to ImageDisplay Settings interface as shown below. The image’s brightness,
contrast, hue and saturation and so on for common, day and night mode can be set
up separately. The image effect can be quickly seen by switching the configuration
file.

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Brightness: set the brightness level.
Contrast: set the contrast.
Hue: set the hue.
Saturation: set the saturation.
WDR: see HWDR below.
Sharpness: set the sharpness.
Noise Reduction: decrease the noise to make the image more thorough. Increasing
the value will make the noise reduction effect better but it will reduce the image
resolution.
Defog: activate this function and set an appropriate value as needed in foggy, dusty,
smoggy or rainy environment to get clear images.
Auto Iris: if your camera have the auto Iris feature, please enable it.
Backlight Compensation (BLC):
Off: disables the backlight compensation function (default).
HWDR: WDR can adjust the camera to provide a better image when there are
both very bright and very dark areas simultaneously in the field of the view by lowering
the brightness of the bright area and increasing the brightness of the dark area.
Recording will be stopped for a few seconds while the mode is changing from
non-WDR to WDR mode.
HLC: lowers the brightness of the entire image by suppressing the brightness of
the image’s bright area and reducing the size of the halo area.
BLC: if enabled, the auto exposure will activate according to the scene so that the
object of the image in the darkest area will be seen clearly.

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HFR: High Frame Rate. If “ON” is selected, the system will restart and then the
maximum value of the frame rate of the main stream can be set to 60 fps /50fps
Antiflicker:
Off: disables the anti-flicker function. This is used in outdoor installations.
50Hz: reduces flicker in 50Hz lighting conditions.
60Hz: reduces flicker in 60Hz lighting conditions.
Smart IR: choose “ON” or “OFF”. This function can effectively avoid image
overexposure and underexposure by controlling the brightness of the IR lights
according to the conditions.
White Balance: adjust the color temperature according to the environment
automatically.
Frequency: 50Hz or 60Hz.
Day/Night Mode: choose “Auto”, “Day”, “Night” or “Timing”.
Infra-red Mode: choose “Auto”, “ON” or “Off”.
Gain Limit: the higher the gain value is, the higher the brightness of the image is and
the more noises of the image are.
Exposure Mode: choose “Auto” or “Manual”. If manual is chosen, the digital shutter
speed can be adjusted.
Corridor Pattern: corridor viewing modes can be used for situations such as long
hallways. 0°, 90°, 180° and 270° are available. The default value is 0°. The video
resolution should be 1080p or below if this function is used.
Image Mirror: turn the current video image horizontally.
Image Flip: turn the current video image vertically.
Schedule Settings of Image Parameters.
Click the “Schedule” tab as shown below.
Set full time schedule for common, day, night mode and specific time schedule for day
and night mode. Choose “Schedule” in the drop-down box as shown below.
Drag “ ” icons to set the time of day and night. Blue means day time and blank means
night time. If the current mode of camera parameters is set to schedule, the image
configuration mode will automatically switch between day and night according to the
schedule.