Swann SwannSecure User manual

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SwannSecure
EN INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Important Information
FCC Verification
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer-
ence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in ac-
cordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equip-
ment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference
by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help
These devices comply with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is sub-
ject to the following two conditions:
• These devices may not cause harmful interference, and
• These devices must accept any interference received, including in-
terference that may cause undesired operation
Important Note: All jurisdictions have specific laws and regulations re-
lating to the use of cameras. Before using any camera for any purpose,
it is the buyer’s responsibility to be aware of all applicable laws and reg-
ulations that prohibit or limit the use of cameras and to comply with the
applicable laws and regulations.
FCC Regulation (for USA): Prohibition against eavesdropping
Except for the operations of law enforcement officers conducted under
lawful authority, no person shall use, either directly or indirectly, a de-
vice operated pursuant to the provisions of this Part for the purpose
of overhearing or recording the private conversations of others unless
such use is authorized by all of the parties engaging in the conversation.
FCC Warning: The transmitter must not be co-located or operated in con-
junction with any other antenna or transmitter. This equipment complies
with the FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled envi-
ronment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum-
distance of 20cm between the radiator and any part of your body.
Warning: Changes or modifications made to this device not approved
expressly by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
Important Safety Instructions
• Make sure product is fixed correctly and stable if fastened in place
• Do not operate if wires and terminals are exposed
• Do not cover vents on the back of the device and allow adequate
space for ventilation
Default Password Information
To ensure your privacy, this device supports password protection.
The default, all-access username is admin, the default password is
12345.
To ensure your ongoing privacy, we strongly recommend setting a pass-
word as soon as possible. Choose something that you’ll remember, but
that others would be unlikely to guess.

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Contents
Important Information 2
Contents 3
Recording: Encode 4
Recording: Schedule 5
Search: Playback 6
Network: General 7
Network Advanced 8
Alarm: Motion Detection & Sensitivity 9
Alarm: Schedule 10
System: Maintenance & System Information 11
SwannView Link: Local Settings 12
Warranty Information 16
Helpdesk / Technical Support 17

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Recording: Encode
The Recording: Encode menu allows you to alter and
customize how the device records footage and encodes
the files.
Encoding is a term which refers to the compression al-
gorithm (a fancy computer term for “make the file small-
er while retaining visual quality”) used by the device.
You can choose and alter:
• The frame rate (how many images per second the de-
vice records)
• The bit rate of each video stream. The higher the data
rate, the “better” your images will look, but the more
space they’ll require on your memory card
Camera No: The channel feed you want to alter the settings for.
Camera Name: You can edit the name of the camera.
Encoding Parameters: Whether you’re editing the parameters for the
mainstream or the substream.
Main-Stream: The main-stream is the video feed that the device will
record and display. This is the higher-quality stream.
Sub-Stream: The sub-stream is the video stream that the device will
send to remote devices via a network or the Internet. It is the low-
er-quality stream as a reduction in video size makes it easier to send
over a network.
Record Audio: This is enabled by default.
Resolution: The resolution cannot be changed.
Frame Rate: The number of frames per second (fps) that the device will
record. The default (and maximum) is referred to as “real-time” and is
15fps. Reducing the number of frames per second will not save on stor-
age space but potentially will improve the data-rate per frame (depend-
ing how you set the bit-rate - see the next point).
Remember that your FPS count is the same as saying “take X photo-
graph per second” (where X is your FPS setting). 6fps doesn’t sound like
much, but it’s still six individual photographs per second. If maintain-
ing image clarity while reducing storage consumption is your priority, it
makes sense to lower the frame rate.
Max. BitRate(Kbps): The actual amount of data that the device will use
to record video. The higher the bitrate, the more space each recording
will take. Generally speaking, recordings encoded at higher bitrates will
be of better quality, especially when recording movement.
The main-stream uses a variable bitrate to record video - the more
movement occurs in the video, the higher the bitrate will have to be.
When there’s little movement in view, the device will automatically re-
duce the bitrate to conserve space.
The sub-stream uses a constant bit-rate. This makes the video easier to
stream over a network or the Internet.
Tap APPLY to save settings.

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Recording: Schedule
The schedule presented on-screen applies to one channel only over one
whole week. Use the Copy To function to quickly assign identical sched-
ule layouts to multiple channels at once.
Be careful when programming your schedule. It’s one of the most im-
portant aspects of setting up your device, and if it’s wrong in any way, it
could lead to disastrous complications later.
Copy To: Located at the base of the screen, with Default on one side and
Apply on the other. This will allow you to copy the schedule from the
channel you’re editing to another channel or channels.
Note: The Action Options for Motion Detection will affect the way the
schedule works. By default, all channels are armed to use Motion De-
tection as their recording mode.
Any adjustments in the Alarm menu will change the device’s behaviour,
even if it is set to Motion Recording mode.
There are three types of recording to choose from -
Normal: The device will constantly record for any period where Normal
is selected. You won’t miss anything, but constant recording will fill your
memory card very quickly. Typically, we suggest Motion as a better re-
cording mode for most users.
Motion: The default and recommended recording setting. The device
will only record when it detects something moving in front of a camera,
and will then only record footage from the camera(s) that do detect mo-
tion unless you alter your Action settings.
None: As the name suggests, the device will not record anything.
Tap APPLY to save settings.

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Search: Playback
1. Select one or more channels you’d like to playback.
2. From the Video Type menu, select the type(s) of video you’d like to
playback. The options are Manual, Schedule, Motion and All.
3. Set your Start Date/Time and your End Date/Time.
4. Select Search.
5. To initiate playback, select Play.
The playback interface is quite similar to a computer’s media player, or
to the on-screen display of a DVD/Blu-ray player. Most of the controls
are quite straight forward, and operate in the same way as a standard
media player.
Current Position: A basic progress meter. You can click to move the
current position icon to quickly scan through video events.
Rewind: Reverses the footage.
Play / Pause: Plays footage at normal speed. Tap to pause.
Fast-Forward: Speeds up playback.

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Network: General
Network Access: Here you can choose between the three different types
of networks that the device can be connected to. The two available are -
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol): Is a system where one
device on your network (usually a router) will automatically assign IP
addresses to devices connected to the network.
Static: Static networks require all devices to have their IP addresses
manually defined, as there is no device dedicated to automatically as-
signing addresses.
IP Address: Just as houses and businesses need to have an address
which identifies their location on the road network, so too do computers
and other devices need addresses to identify their position on the elec-
tronic network. The device uses IPv4 addressing, which consists of four
groups of numbers between 0 and 255, separated by periods. For exam-
ple, a typical IP address might be “192.168.1.24” or something similar.
The most important thing when setting the IP address is that nothing
else on your network shares that IP address.
Subnet Mask: If the IP address is like a street address, then a sub net-
work is like your neighbourhood. This will be formatted in a similar way
to the IP address (e.g. four numbers up to 255 separated by periods) but
contain very different numbers. In the above example, the Subnet Mask
might be something like “255.255.255.0”.
Default Gateway: This is the address of the “way to the Internet” - to
continue the road analogy, this is like your local access point to the high-
way. This is an IP address in the same format as the others, and is typ-
ically very similar to the IP address of the device. To continue the above
examples, it might be something such as “192.168.1.254”.
Preferred DNS Server: Everything on the Internet is located via an IP
address - however, for ease of use, we associate domain names with
those IP addresses.
Alternate DNS Server: A backup DNS server. This is here as a redun-
dancy; your device will probably work without one.
Tap APPLY to save settings.

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Network: Advanced
Email Settings: This section has been covered in the quick start guide.
Server Port: This is the port that the device will use to send information
through. You’ll need to enable UPnP on your router so your router can
selectively open these ports, allowing the device to communicate via the
Internet.
HTTP Port: This is the port through which you will be able to log in to
the device.
UPnP Enable: This is enabled by default.
Tap APPLY to save settings.
WiFi Settings: This section has been covered in the quick start guide.
Many of the following networking settings are not required when using SwannLink P2P for remote access.

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Alarm: Motion Detection & Sensitivity
The way that the device looks for motion is quite straight forward - it’s a
process where it compares one frame with the next. A certain amount of
“difference” between these two “frames” is interpreted as motion. As a
result, the device is able to detect when there is a change in the picture.
However, this does not necessarily need to be something moving in the
frame. For example, a light being turned on or off, a lightning flash or
even the sun coming out momentarily on a cloudy day might be enough
to trigger the motion detection. However, as these events last only a
moment (and are relatively rare) they will only create a few very short
redundant clips, which will not take up too much space or pose a prob-
lem with scanning through footage.
Channel: Select the camera that you would like to alter.
Motion Detection: Tap the Set button to setup the motion detection area
for that channel. You will see a grid of red boxes. The outlined boxes
mark the area that is sensitive to motion. The area without the red out-
lines is not sensitive to motion. Tap and drag to select the area you want
to select or de-select.
Sensitivity: The Sensitivity setting is controlled by a slider, allowing you
to set a value between 0 and 50. The lower the number, the more sensi-
tive the motion detection will be. There are four time periods which you
can define different motion sensitivity values for. You can change what
time(s) each period starts and ends to best match the changing light-
ing conditions in your location. At night, you may get numerous false
triggers unless you raise the sensitivity setting, perhaps as high as 25 -
30. This is because when cameras use active infrared night vision, they
dramatically increase the gain controls to the image sensor. To find the
best sensitivity values for different times of day/night, it’s best to test the
system during different time periods. Get an able-bodied volunteer to
move about in front of the cameras you’d like to tune the sensitivity for.
The ideal sensitivity level is when your volunteer moving about always
triggers the motion detection, but there are no false triggers (or very
few) when your volunteer isn’t moving about.
Tap APPLY to save settings.

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Alarm: Schedule
Schedule: Allows you to select which day and what time that you would
like Motion Detection to be enabled for. By default Motion Detection is
enabled 7 days a week for 24 hours. If you want to alter this, tap on the
day and time that you want to change.
Send Email: Tap this to enable if you would like to be alerted by email
whenever there is an alarm event.
Tap APPLY to save settings.