Dericam H201C User manual

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UserManual
Model:H201C
Outdoor720PHDIPCamera
Ver.1.0
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‐Contents‐
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1ProductOverview........................................................................................................................................4
1.1TechnicalParameters...................................................................................................................4
1.2PCPerformanceRequirements....................................................................................................5
1.3SmartMobilePerformanceRequirements...................................................................................5
1.4Third‐party'sIPCameraSoftwareCompatible.............................................................................5
1.5NVRCompatible............................................................................................................................6
1.6Interfaces......................................................................................................................................6
1.7PackingList...................................................................................................................................6
2ProductInstallation......................................................................................................................................7
2.1HardwareInstallation...................................................................................................................7
2.2SoftwareInstallation.....................................................................................................................7
2.3SearchIPCamerainLAN...............................................................................................................8
2.4SystemLogin.................................................................................................................................9
3LiveVideoAreaandPanel.........................................................................................................................11
3.1LiveVideoArea...........................................................................................................................11
3.2VideoPanel.................................................................................................................................11
3.3FunctionButtons........................................................................................................................12
4FunctionsSettings......................................................................................................................................14
4.1VideoSettingPage......................................................................................................................14
4.2ImageSetting..............................................................................................................................15
4.3AudioSetting..............................................................................................................................16
4.4NetworkSetting..........................................................................................................................17

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4.5WirelessSetting..........................................................................................................................18
4.6DynamicDNS..............................................................................................................................18
4.7PlatformSetting..........................................................................................................................19
4.8OnvifSetting...............................................................................................................................20
4.9AlarmIN......................................................................................................................................20
4.10MotionDetect.............................................................................................................................21
4.11AlarmModeSetting....................................................................................................................21
4.12Schedule.....................................................................................................................................22
4.13UserManagement......................................................................................................................22
4.14AutoSnapSetting.......................................................................................................................23
4.15ScheduleRecord.........................................................................................................................23
4.16MailSetting.................................................................................................................................23
4.17FTPSetting..................................................................................................................................24
4.18Terminal......................................................................................................................................25
4.19DateandTime.............................................................................................................................25
4.20Initialize.......................................................................................................................................25
4.21DeviceInformation.....................................................................................................................26
4.22SystemLog..................................................................................................................................27
5HowtoAccessIPCameraviaWAN............................................................................................................28
5.1What’sDDNS?.............................................................................................................................28
5.2HowtoGettheDDNSAccount...................................................................................................28
5.3UseUPNPMapthePort:............................................................................................................29
5.4HowtoEstablishVirtualServer:.................................................................................................29
6HowtoAccessIPCamerathroughIntelligentMobilePhone....................................................................31

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6.1DirectlyViewtheMobilePage:..................................................................................................31
6.2IPCamViewerforiPhoneandAndroid......................................................................................31
6.3FreeAppforAndroidPhone.......................................................................................................32
7HowtoRecordVideowithSynologyNAS..................................................................................................32
8HowtoRecordVideowithBlueIrisorotherSoftware.............................................................................36
9HowtoViewVideoonVLCPlayer.............................................................................................................39
10SpecTable..........................................................................................................................................41
11TroubleShooting................................................................................................................................43
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1ProductOverview
WelcometouseDericamwired/wirelessIPCamera.IPcameraiselectronicequipmentwhichcantransmit
dynamicvideostreamtoallovertheworldthroughthenetwork.Usercanalwaysmonitortheplaceany‐
whereheis,aslongashecanconnecttoInternet.
DericamIPcameraworksbasedontheTCP/IPstandard.AWebserverisintegratedinsidewhichcansup‐
portInternetExplorerorothermajorbrowsers.Andthisfeaturecanhelpyoutoaccomplishonlineman‐
agementandmaintenanceonyourdevicesimply,suchasremoteconfiguration,remotestart‐upandfirm‐
wareupgrade.
YoucanuseIPcameratomonitorhomes,offices,factories,stores,nurseriesandetc.,simply,conveniently
andreal‐time.
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1.1 TechnicalParameters
MegapixelsCMOSsensor,support720P(1280*720)/640*360/320*180videoresolution.
SupportH.264MainProfilevideocoding.
Supportmultilanguage:Chinese,English,German,French,Spanish,Russian,Dutch,Polish,andItalian.
SupportMobilemonitoring.UsercanaccessanyonlineIPCameraanywherethroughintelligentmobile
phone,iPhoneorAndroid‐OS(OperationSystem)basedmobilephone
SupportGmail,HotmailandYahooemailalert,attaching720Ppicturewhenalarmistriggered.
FreeDDNSandsupportthirdpartyDDNS.

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SupportMotion‐Detection(multipleregionsandsensitivitycanbeset)andsensoralarm.
Supportremotealarmlinkage,multiplealarmtimecanbeset.
SupportrecordingandsnapshotinPCthroughlivevideo.
Supportupto10usersbrowsingatthesametime(fouruserswithfirststreamandsixuserswithsecond
stream).
Supportmultiplenetworkprotocol,suchasTCP/IP，HTTP，TCP，ICMP，UDP，ARP,IGMP，SMTP，FTP，
DHCP，DNS，DDNS，NTP，UPNPandsoon.SupportUPnP.
Only1networkportisusedforIEBrowsing,streamtransmittingandcommandaccess,convenientforrout‐
ersetting.
Simpleconfiguration:StandardWebbrowserGUIcanhelpuserstocontrolandmanagetheIPcameras
throughLANorInternet.
1.2 PCPerformanceRequirements
Toviewcamerathroughnetwork,theminimumhardwarerequirementsofyourcomputershouldbe:
PentiumIIICPUorbetter,1GHzorhigherfrequency;
Atleast256Mmemory;
WindowsXP,2000,Windows7,Windows8(32bitor64bit);
InternetExplorerversion6.0orabove,IE8.0isstronglyrecommended.
SupportFirefox,SafariandGoogleChrome.
1.3 SmartMobilePerformanceRequirements
Toviewcamerathroughsmartmobile,themobilesshouldbemet:
AndroidOSmobile
iPhoneoriPad.
OtherSmartPhone(needotherthirdpartyapp,suchasIPCamviewer).
1.4 Third‐party'sIPCameraSoftwareCompatible
BlueIris
H264webcam
IPCamViewerPro
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1.5 NVRCompatible
ThistypecanworkwithSynology,QNAP,andotherNVRswhichsupportOnvifprotocol.
1.6 Interfaces
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DC12VJack：Connecttopoweradapter.
RESETButton：Ifuserforgetsthepassword,justpressitatleast5secondstorestoretodefaultsetting.
RJ45Port：Usedtoconnectnetworkcabletorouterorswitch.
1.7 PackingList
●HDOutdoorIPCamerax1
●CDROMx1(includinguserguide,control,IPsearchtool)
●QuickInstallaonGuidex1
●PowerAdapterx1
●NetworkCablex1
●Bracketx1

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2ProductInstallation
2.1 HardwareInstallation
2.1.1 Installnetworkconnection:
InsertonecrystalheadoftwistedpaircableintothecableslotofNIC(NetworkInterfaceCard),whichlo‐
catesonthebackofIPcamera.Then,connecttheothercrystalheadofthecabletotherouterorswitch.
Tips:Thelengthoftwistedpaircableshouldbelessthan100meters.Otherwise,thecommunicationwill
notbestable.Iftheconnectiondistanceexceeds100meters,switchrepeaterisrecommended.
2.1.2 Connectthepower
ConnecttheIPcamerawithpowerslotthroughpowercabledistributedinthepackagebox.
Cautions:Pleaseusetheoriginalpoweradaptordistributedwiththecameradevice,otherwise,itmaycause
hardwaredamage.
2.1.3 Checkthenetworkindicatorlight
Whenthecameraworks,normallythegreenindicatoroftheIPcameraisoncontinuouslyandyellowlight
flashes.
2.2 SoftwareInstallation
ToviewthevideoinIEbrowser,usermustinstallOCXplug‐infirst.Therearetwoways:
CD‐ROMinstallation
1.PleaseinserttheattachedCDintotheCD‐ROMdriverinyourPC.
2.Openthe“OCX”folder,anddouble‐click“ClientPlus_Setup.exe”.Installationcanbefinishedautomatical‐
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DownloadOCXfromtheCameraServer
1.WhenthesoftwareisnotinstalledinyourPC,meanwhile,thecameraisconnectedtothenetwork,you
willbepromptedtodownloadandinstallthe“ClientPlus_Setup.exe”fromcameraloginwindow:
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Youcandownloadandsaveittoanyfolderyouwant.Afterdownloadingiscompleted,double‐clickitand
automaticinstallationwillbeimplemented.
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2.3 SearchIPcamerainLAN
1)Makesuretheequipmentisproperlyconnectedwiththenetworkandpowersupply.
2)TheroutermustsupportDHCP(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol),becauseobtainingdynamicIPad‐
dressesisoneofthefactorysettingsofcamera.IfthedevicecannotgetthecorrectIPaddress,itwilluse
thedefaultIPaddress.
3)ThecameracannotbeimmediatelyusedwhenpowerconnectionisOK,systeminitializationwillcost
morethan20seconds.
Pleasefindthesearchtools“IPCamSearch_en.exe”ontheCD.Thisprogramwillsearchthenetworkcam‐
eras,anddisplaythesearchedIPaddress,portnumber,anddevicename,asshownasthefollowingpicture:
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2.4 SystemLogin
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2.4.1 LogininIEBrowser:
ClicktheIPaddressintheguidewindows.Itwilldirectlypopuptheloginwindow.Ifyourdefaultbrowseris
IE,thenyouwillbehere:
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Pleasechoosethelanguageyouneedfirst,nowH201ChavemultilanguagessuchasChinese,English,Ger‐
man,French,Spanish,Russian,Dutch,Polish,andItalian.
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Clicktheoption"PCView".Userwillbeaskedtotypetheusernameandpassword.Thedefaultis“admin”,
“admin”.
Click“OK”.Itwillpopupthecameraserverwindows.Ifyoudon’tinstallOCX,itwillpromptagainforinstal‐
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IfOCXhasbeeninstalled,userjustneedallowruntheOCXinbrowser,thenvideowilldisplay.
2.4.2 LogininFirefox,ChromeandSafaribrowser:
WhenyoulogininFirefox,ChromeorSafari,youwillbehere:
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UserneedinstalltheQuickTimetoviewthevideo.

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3LiveVideoAreaandPanel
3.1 LiveVideoArea
Thevideodisplayingareacorrespondstotheresolution.Thehighertheresolutionis,thelargerthedisplay‐
ingareawillbe.Ifmotiondetectionisset,whenithasdetectedanymovementsofthecertainarea,itwill
showapanetocalluser’sattention.
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3.2 VideoPanel
Videopanelissomeshortcutkeystoachievefunctions
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Connectionstatusdisplay
‐Audioplaybutton:itcanplaythesoundthroughspeakerwhichiscollectedtothecomputer.Click
itagaintostopplaying.
‐Talk‐backbutton：Itcantransmitthesoundthroughspeakerwhichiscollectedtotheequipment.
Clickitagaintostopplaying.

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Note:H201Cdoesn’tsupportaudiofunction.
‐shortcutkeytochangedefaultpath:youmaychangedefaultpathtosaverecordingandcapturing.
ThedefaultlocationisD:/record.
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3.3 FunctionButtons
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Click"SDCard"tobrowsefilesintheSDCard(CameramusthasSDCardSlotinsideandcardplugged!)
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ClicktheCapturebuttontotakephotosforthecurrentvideoandstoretheimageatthecurrentpath.
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Click“Record”buttontorecordthevideoandstoreitatthecurrentpath.Whenitisrecording,therewillbe
anindicatedsymbolinthestatusofvideodisplayarea.Clickthe“Record”buttonagaintostoprecording.
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Click“Playback”buttontoplaythevideostoredinyourPCdisk.

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Thesebuttonsareforplay,pause,previousrecording,nextrecording,openthe
recordingfile.Pleaseclickthebuttonof“opentherecorderfile”first,andselectthefileyouwanttoplay,
youcanplaybacktherecording.

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4FunctionsSettings
IPcamerafunctionsettingoptionsareintherightside.Whenuserclicksthe“setting”button,settingspage
willbeexpanded.
4.1 VideoSettingPage
Thefirstoptionisvideosetting:
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4.1.1 VideoFormat:
Ifthemonitoringsiteadoptslighting,usershouldsetacorrespondingfrequencyaspowerfrequency.Ifthe
twofrequenciesaredifferent,theimagewillflash.
4.1.2 ResolutionAdjustment:
FirstStream:Thereare720P(1280*720)、VGA(640*352)、QVGA(320*176)resolutionoptions；
SecondStream:ThereareVGA(640*352)、QVGA（320*176）；Thebiggertheresolutionis,theclearerthe
imagewillbe.Ontheotherhand,thebiggerthebitrateis,themorebandwidthis.

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4.1.3 BitRateAdjustment(Firststream):
Usercanchooseacertainbitrate.Generallyspeaking,thebiggerthebitrateis,theclearertheimagewill
be.Pleasechoosethesuitablebitrateaccordingtoyourbandwidth.Ifyouselectabiggerbitrate,whilethe
bandwidthisworse,itwillcausethevideostreamcan’tbetransferredsmoothly,andthevideoqualitywill
benotperfect.
4.1.4 MaxFrameRateAdjustment:
Usercanchooseacertainframerate.Whenthebandwidthislimited,it’srecommendedtoreducethe
value.Generally,thevideoisfluencywhenthevalueismore15frames.Defaultis25frames.
4.1.5 BitRateControl:
Therearetwomodesforbitratecontrol,CBRandVBR.IfuserchooseCBRmode,thevideoencoderwill
encodeaccordingtothebitrateyouhaveselected.IfuserchooseVBRmode,thevideoencoderwillcon‐
sidertotheimagequalityandencodetosomeextentaccordingtotheselectedbitrate,butnotstrictlyac‐
cordingtothisbitrate.WesuggestchoosingVBRmode.
4.1.6 OSDSetting:
Usercanchoosewhetherthetimeinformationisdisplayedinthevideoornot.
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4.2 ImageSetting
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4.2.1 Brightness/Saturation/Contrast:Usercanchangethesevaluestoadjusttheimagequality.
4.2.2 Shutter:Usercandefinetheshuttertoadjustthelightthroughthecamerasensor.
4.2.3 Flip/Mirror:Usercancontrolthedirectionofimage,upordown,leftorright.
4.2.4 Smoothingmode:Thisoptionwillmaketheimagemoresmoothly.
4.2.5 Nightmode:Usercanchoosethisoptionforpromptthenightvision.
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4.3 AudioSetting
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4.3.1 AudioSetting:Ifthecamerahasaudiocable,usercanconnectittoexternalMICorSpeaker.
AudioType:includingG.726andG.711
4.3.2 Inputmode:
MIC:whenuserusesbuilt‐inorexternalmicrophone,choosemicrophoneinput;
Linein:Whenuserconnectsexternalpick‐up,chooselinearinput;

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4.4 NetworkSetting
4.4.1 SelectDHCP:
DevicewillautomaticallyobtaintheIP,whichisnotfixed(thisfeaturerequirestheroutertosupportDHCP
protocol,andthisfeatureshouldbeactivated).
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4.4.2 UsingthespecifiedIPaddress(staticIP):
TospecifytheIPaddressofcamera,itisrequiredtofixIPaddressmanually.
Fillinrelevantinformationstepbystepandclickthe“Apply”button.Thisfunctionofequipmentwilltake
effectafterrestart.
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4.4.3 HTTPPort
HTTPPort:TheIPaddressidentifiesoneIPcamerainthenetwork.Youcanrunseveralprogramsonthis
equipment,andeveryprogramwilltransferdatathroughsomeport.Infactdataistransferredfromone
porttoanother.Theportsettingofthispageisaskinguserchoosewhichporttotransferthedataforthe
webserver；Doingportmapping,needtomaintainconsistentwiththeport(equipmentfactorydefaultport
is80)
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IPcamerasupportsRTSPprotocol.UsercanuseVLCtoolssuchasdirectbroadcast（defaultRTSPportis554)
4.4.5 RTSPPermission
Choose"on"forRTSPconnectionuse,userneedtoinputthecameraloginusernameandpassword.
Choose"off"forRTSPconnectionuserdoesn'tneedtoinputthecamerausernameandpassword.
4.5 WirelessSetting
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4.6 DynamicDNS
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4.6.1 ShowInternetIPaddress
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Clickthe“Show”buttonasaboveFigure,itwillshowyouanothernewpage,displayingtheWANIPaddress
whencameraisconnectedtotheInternet.
4.6.2 Manufacturer'sDomainname：DevicemanufacturerhasestablishedaDDNS,andallottedady‐
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4.6.3 Third‐partyDomainName:
Usercanalsousethird‐partyDDNS,suchaswww.dyndns.com.Usermustapplyforafreedomainname
fromthiswebsiteandfilltheinfointothebelowblanksandsavethesettings.Thenthedomainnamecan
beused.
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4.6.4 UPnPsettings
UPnPistorealizeautomaticportmappingfunction.Ifthecameraisconnectedtoarouter,inordertoac‐
cessthecamerathroughWAN,itisrequiredtoopenaspecifiedportoftheroutertothecamera.(routeris
requiredtosupportthisfeature,andthisfeatureisenabled.Otherwise,youneedtosetupportmappingin
theroutermanually).IftheUPnPisenabledsuccessfully,thebelowfigurewillbedisplayed.
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4.7 Platformsetting
Asbelowpicture,beforeopeningplatform,userneedtoinput"loginID"and"password","serverad‐
dress"(loginID,passwordandserveraddressbyplatformserviceproviders)