Edimax IR-112E User manual

IR-112E
User Manual
10-2013 / v1.0

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CONTENTS -
Chapter I Introduction ................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera ..........................................................4
1.2 Safety Instructions...............................................................................................5
1.3 Packaging Contents .............................................................................................6
1.4 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera..........................................................7
1.5 Installation of the Network IP Camera..................................................................8
Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface ............................................... 10
2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera .............................................................10
2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin .......................12
2.3 Viewing Live Video ...................................................................................................15
2.4 Client Settings ..........................................................................................................17
Chapter III Advanced Configuration................................................................................ 19
3-1 System.....................................................................................................................20
3-2 Security....................................................................................................................22
3-3 Network...................................................................................................................24
3-3-1 ‘General’ setup page.................................................................................................. 24
3-3-2 ‘Advanced’ setup page............................................................................................... 26
3-4 IP Filter ....................................................................................................................28
3-5 Video .......................................................................................................................31
3-5-1 Image Setting ............................................................................................................. 32
3-5-2 Video Setting.............................................................................................................. 34
3-5-3 Overlay Setting........................................................................................................... 37
3-6 Motion.....................................................................................................................38
3-7 Event .......................................................................................................................40
3-7-1 Settings ...................................................................................................................... 41

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3-7-2 Media ......................................................................................................................... 43
3-7-3 Event Server............................................................................................................... 44
3-8 Recording to Micro SD Card......................................................................................48
3-9 SDHC........................................................................................................................49
3-10 Log.........................................................................................................................51
3-11 Device Info.............................................................................................................52
3-12 Maintenance..........................................................................................................53
3-13 Language................................................................................................................54
Chapter V Troubleshooting ........................................................................................ 55
Notice According to GNU General Public License Version 2 ............................................. 61

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Chapter I Introduction
1.1 Highlights of your new Network IP Camera
Congratulates on purchasing this high-resolution 3Mega pixels
network IP Camera! This IP Camera provides 3Mega pixels
high-resolution video quality, with the advanced megapixel lens,
you can view images remotely in more detail than conventional
close-circuit cameras.
Other highlights of this network IP Camera include:
IR illumination distance over 15 meters.
Mechanical IR-cut filter removable.
Up to 1080P resolution at 10 FPS.
H.264/MPEG4/MJPEG multiple streams output for live monitoring
and high resolution recording.
Event management by motion detection
Built-in SD-card slot for local storage, which can act like a
stand-alone DVR.
Support mobile phone remote monitoring
ONVIF compliant.
Support IEEE802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard.

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1.2 Safety Instructions
Please follow the safety instructions listed below when you’re using this
Network IP Camera, or you would harm this camera and/or yourself! Also,
the warranty will become void if you disobey these safety instructions.
This Network IP Camera is sophisticated electronic device; do not drop
it from high places.
This IP Camera is not a toy; keep it out from the reach of children.
Do not insert any accessories of this IP Camera into your body.
Make sure lens set is secured when you’re using this IP Camera, lens set
may fall down if it’s not properly secured, and cause damage to human
and itself.
If you want to use this IP Camera at any place that may be spilled by
water or dirt; a secure and water-proof camera housing is required.
Do not pull any cord that is connected to this IP Camera by force.
IP Camera will become hot after long time of use. Refrain from touch IP
Camera with hand, or cover this IP camera with paper or cloth.
If the IP Camera falls into water when powered, do not attempt to
retrieve it back by yourself! Find a qualified electric technician for help.

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1.3 Packaging Contents
Please check the contents of your new Network IP Camera when you
unpack the package. If any item is missing, please contact your dealer of
purchase for help.
Item No.
Description
Quantity
1
Network camera
1
2
Sun shield kit
1
3
Screw
1
4
CDROM
1
5
Quick installation guide
1

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1.4 Familiar with your new Network IP Camera
No.
Description
1
IR-LED
2
Day/night sensor
3
Lens: Fixed focal length.
4
DC 5Volt/2A input
5
Network, RJ45 connector
[Cable ASSIGNMENT]
Item
Description
1
DC 5Volt/2A input
2
Network, RJ45 connector, two LED index, orange color is power index,
green is network index

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1.5 Installation of the Network IP Camera
Please follow the instructions below to setup your new IP camera.
1. Connect Ethernet cable to LAN port.
2. Plug DC power adapter to power outlet on the wall.
3. Connect DC power cable to IP Camera’s DC power connector.
4. If everything’s ok, you should see the left LED light on LAN port light up.
If not, please recheck every step and try again, or ask your dealer of
purchase for help.
5. Remove the front glass mask to fine tune lens focus. When lens focus
fine tune ready, then screw the glass mask to the end position which
can not do any more.

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6. Remove the front cover to find the Micro-SD card slot.
7. Find the screws in the package, use screwdriver to fix the sun shield on
the device’s main body.
8. Secure the wall mouting metal bracket on the wall then secure the
bullet camera on the bracket. There ae two spots available.

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Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web
Interface
2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera
You can use your new Network IP Camera by its web user interface via web
browser. Currently the viewing system requirement for Network IP camera
is:
■OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Win7
■Browser: IE8 / IE9 (32bits)
■Cell phone: 3GPP player
■Quick Time: 7.0 or above
You must know the IP address of IP Camera before you can connect to it.
By default, the network camera automatically obtains an IP address from
the DHCP server on your local network. Check your DHCP server’s IP
address lease table to find the network camera’s IP address, or use the
EdiView Finder utility included in the CD.
1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the wizard appears, click
“Setup Utility”to install the “EdiView Finder” software.
Note: For best viewing experience we recommend that you use
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8 or 9.
Note: We recommend that you use Microsoft Windows to install your
network camera - Mac is not supported.

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2. After the installation is complete, double-click the “EdiView_Finder”
icon to execute the application.
3. Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP Cameras on your local
network (make sure all IP Cameras are powered on and connect to local
network first). When you find any IP Camera, you can double click on it
or click ‘Link’ button to connect to it by your web browser.
If you need to change a certain IP Camera’s IP address, you can also click
on the IP Camera you wish to change IP address, then click ‘Change IP’
button to change select IP Camera’s IP address setting.
If you no longer need to use this utility, click ‘Exit’ button to close it.
Please note:
If you have several network connections, such as “Wireless
Function”, please disable the “Wireless Functions”or / and other
network connections that is not connected to IP camera,, or IP
finder may fail to search IP camera!
Note: The contents of the CD-ROM can also be downloaded
from the Edimax website:
http://www.edimax.com/en/index.php

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2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install
ActiveX Plugin
When you know the IP address of IP Camera, you can connect to it by
Internet Explorer web browser by entering its IP address in address bar.
The use login screen will appear when you get connected:
IP Camera’s administrator username and password are ‘admin’ and
‘1234’(lower case) by default. Click ‘OK’ button or press ‘ENTER’ key on
your keyboard when you finish entering username and password.
When you connect to IP Camera for the first time, you’ll see the following
message. This message prompts you that you need to install ActiveX
plug-in before you can see the video from IP Camera.
For IE 8:
Right click the indication bar and click:‘‘Install This Add-on for All Users on
This Computer…’ to install ActiveX plugin.

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For IE 9:
Click ‘Install’ button located at the bottom of IE to install ActiveX plugin.
If you’re prompted that:
‘Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program’
Click ‘Allow access’, or IP Camera will not be able to function properly.

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When you’re installing Internet Explorer plugin, you may also be prompted
that if you want to allow changes to be made to your computer:
Click ‘Yes’ to allow changes.
After ActiveX plugin is installed, you should be able to see the video stream
from camera.
NOTE:
If this is the first time you use this IP Camera, you can refer to
chapter 2.4 for instructions on Setup Wizard, which will guide
you to complete the software setup of your new IP Camera.

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2.3 Viewing Live Video
After ActiveX control is installed, you can view IP camera’s video by web
browser. Just connect to IP camera by web browser and login, then you
can see live video from IP camera:
There are various controls on web page, here are descriptions of every
control item:
Item
Description
‘Home’ button
This button is visible in all setup pages of IP camera, and
you can go back to live video view by clicking this button
when you’re in other page.
Stream
This camera supports H.264 only. H.264 required less
network bandwidth and this will help when network
connection is slow.
Client Settings
Open ‘Client Setting’ menu.
Configuration
Open ‘Configuration’ menu.
Language
Open language menu, you can switch web interface to
other language.
Available languages: English, Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese and Japanese
Original size /
Fit screen
/
Switches live image view between original size (full size:
2M pixels) and fit screen (smaller size).
If you want to see video in detail, switch to original size. If
your computer monitor’s resolution is not enough and
you want to see full image view, switch to fit screen and
image size will adjust automatically.

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‘Connect’ button
Start live video view.
‘Disconnect’ button
Stop live video view.
‘Snapshot’ button
Take a snapshot or camera
video and save image file
on your computer. When
you click this button, a new
window will appear:
Click ‘Save’ button when
you see the image you wish
to save, and you’ll be
prompted to indicate the
folder on your computer to
save image file. If you changed your mind and don’t want
to save image file, click ‘Cancel’.
‘Start Video Record’
button
Click this button to record video and save video file on
your computer.
‘Enable Digital
Zoom’ button
This function will enlarge video view digitally from 1X to
10X. Move the bar up to see objects in screen in detail.
The blue square in the small screen at the left top side
high lights the zoom in range.
Please note: that digital zoom uses computer algorithm to
enlarge the video and some details may lost. If you need
to focus on detail of specific objects in video view, please
use optical zoom ring on lens set of IP camera.

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2.4 Client Settings
In ‘Client Settings’ menu, you configure basic IP camera settings like data
transfer protocol and data storage folder.
To access ‘Client Settings’ menu, click ‘Client Settings’ button on the left.
The following screen will appear:

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Here are the descriptions of every setup item:
Item
Description
RTSP/RTP over TCP
Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming
Protocol) to transfer video data over TCP.
*Refer to the application note ‘RTSP/RTP over TCP/UDP’
for details.
RTSP/RTP over UDP
Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming
Protocol) to transfer video data over UDP.
*Refer to the application note ‘RTSP/RTP over TCP/UDP’
for details.
HTTP
Select this option to use HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer
Protocol) to transfer video data.
If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘RTSP’.
Folder
Select a folder on your computer to save recorded video.
Click ‘Browse’ button and you’ll be prompted to select a
folder.
Prefix
When saving video files, the characters you typed in
‘Prefix’ field will be used as leading characters of video
file’s name.
For example, the default setting of ‘Prefix’ is ‘CLIP’, and
video file’s named will be ‘CLIPxxxx’, where xxxx is a 4-digit
serial number.
Add date and time
suffix to file name
Check this box to add data and time to the ending part of
video file’s filename, so you can see the date and time the
video file is created directly from its filename.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.

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Chapter III Advanced Configuration
If you wish to configure IP camera’s settings, you can access IP camera’s
‘Configuration’ menu, which provides various kinds of system setting.
To access configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button on the left.
The ‘Configuration’ submenu will appear, please pick a setup item you
wish to configure.