Digitus DN-16069 manual

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    ADV ANCED HD NETWORK FIXED DOME CAMERA INST ALLA TION GUIDE Please read instructions thorou ghly before operation and ret ain it for future reference.[...]

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    IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARD All lead-free products offered by the comp any comply with the requirement s of the European law on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances ( RoHS) directive, which means our manufacture processes and products are strictly “lead-free” and without the hazar dous substances cited in the directive. The crossed-out wheeled bin [...]

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    MPEG4 Licensing THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPE G4 VISUAL P A TENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL US E OF A CONSUMER FOR (i) ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPE G4 VISUAL ST ANDARD (“MPEG-4 VIDEO”) AND/OR (ii) DECODING MPEG4 VIDEO THA T W AS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIV[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1. CAMERA NETWORK CONFIGURA TI ONS ........................................................................................ 1 1.1 Camera Overview ........................................................................................................... .......................... 1 1.2 Assemble & Install Camera ..............[...]

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    1 1. CAMERA NETWORK CONFIGURA TIONS Please follow the instructions below to finish camera installation and network configurations. Y ou may configure the network connection of this network camera with your laptop / computer , or with your iPhone ® or iPad ® based on your network environment. 1.1 Camera Overview 1.2 Assemble & Install Camera S[...]

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    2 1.3 Underst and How Y our Laptop / Computer Connect to Internet Then, connect your network camera directly to your wireless rout er / router / hub / modem with a network cable, and power it on. Note: Check (LAN) status indicator is alw ays on, not blinking. If it’ s blinki ng, check yo ur RJ45 network cable and ensure it’ s not disconnected o[...]

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    3  Y ou have downloaded “IPScan.exe” in your laptop / PC. Note: Please download “IPScan.exe” from www .surv eillance-download.com/user/m328a.swf . S tep1: Connect your laptop / PC to the wire less network with the camera connected. S tep2: Open “IPScan.exe” ( ) to search your came ra. The default IP address of the camera is 192.168.1[...]

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    4 S tep7: Go to “UPnP”, and enable the UPnP service. Then, enable “Port Mapping”, and click “Sav e” to st art port m apping automatically . When the configurations are saved successfully , y ou’ll see a message indicating the IP address and port number assigned to your camera. Note down the IP address and port number , and log out the[...]

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    5 Note: This address will be needed when you want to access y our router for port forwarding later . S tep1: Connect your iPhone to the wireless router which has the camera connected. S tep2: Open “EagleEyes” on your iPhone or iPad. In the address book, click “+” to add new device. Then, select “Local Network Search” to search your netw[...]

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    6 S tep3: Select the IP address you want to configure to show the IP address setting page. The default port number is 88. Y ou may change it to any value (such as 8080) if the port number of 88 is blocked. S tep4: Select “Apply” to confirm all your changes. Then, wait till you see “Done” or “Fail” in “S tatus”. Regardless which mess[...]

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    7 Before configuring this camera on your laptop / PC, make sure:  Y our Windows operating system is Windows 7, Vist a or XP .  (Recommended) Y our router support s UPnP , and this function is enabled. Note: If your wireless router doesn’t support UPnP , y ou need to additional ly access your router for port forwarding. F or details, please [...]

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    8 Note: Please skip the wizard. S tep6: Go to “Config.”  “DD NS”, and enable the DDNS service.  If your router support s UPnP , please proceed S tep7.  If your router doesn’t support UPnP , cl ick “Save”, and access yo ur router for po rt forwa rding as instructed in “APPENDIX 4 CONFIGURE POR T FO RW ARDING” a t page 19. [...]

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    9 1.6 Modem / Hub + Modem Y ou may use your laptop / PC to complete the network configuration of the camera. Before configuring this camera on your laptop / PC, make sure:  Y our Windows operating system is Windows 7, Vist a or XP .  Y ou have changed the IP address of your laptop / PC to “ 192.168.1. xxx ”, where xxx could be 0~255 excep[...]

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    10 Item Description Account Change your default account password if needed. This change can also be made in “Config.”  “General”  “Account”. Date and T ime Check and select the current date and time. Network Configure your network setting based on the network type you’re using. For details, please refer to S tep4 & S tep5. S[...]

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    11 a) Enable DDNS. b) Select “default” in “System Name”. c) In “Hostname”, keep the defaul t value, i.e. the MAC address of this camera. Then, note down the whole address of the ca mera, for example, MAC000e531d6ff1.ddns.eagleeyes.tw . d) (Optional) Enter your email address to receive messages from the DDNS server. Note: Please at least[...]

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    12 1.7 Change Default Account T o ensure your account safety , please access the camera after network configuration to change the default user name and password with new one you prefer . 1.7.1 From Web Browser Log into the camera, and select “Config.”  “General”  “Account”. Y ou may:  Select the default account “admin”, and[...]

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    13 2. BEFORE YOU ST ART TO USE After you finish network configurations, it’ s recommended to adjust the video images if needed. Below assumes you’re using Internet Explorer to access the camera. Note: Fo r iPhone users, please ac cess the camer a, and select on the t op right corner of the live view to enter the configur ation page. T o slightl[...]

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    14 APPENDIX 1 CHANGE IP ADDRESS OF YOUR LAPT OP / PC For LAN connection with this network camera, you need to change the IP address of your laptop / PC to 192.168.1.xxx (1~255, except 10) first. Note: Before changing the IP address, make sure you note down the original IP address setting of y our laptop / PC. Y ou need to restore the IP address set[...]

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    15 For Windows V ist a users: a) Select “ ” (start)  “Control Panel”  “Network and Internet” to enter the “Network and Sharing Center”. Then, click “Manage network connections” (If you’re in “Category View”). b) Right-click on “Local Area Conne ction”, and select “Properties”. Note: If your local area connect[...]

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    16 b) Right-click on “Local Area Conne ction”, and select “Properties”. Note: If your local area connection is no t enabled, please also enable it. c) In the “Networking” tab, select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (T CP/IPv4)”, and select “Properties”. d) In the “General” tab, select “Use the following IP address”, and set[...]

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    17 APPENDIX 2 MOBILE SUR VEILLANCE VIA EAGLEEYES EagleEyes is a mobile phone program used with our surveillance system for remo te surveillance. It has several advantages:  It’ s free (Except EagleEyes Plus for iPhone).  It’ s compatible with several popular mobile plat forms, such as iPhone, iPad and Android. It’ s easy to download, in[...]

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    18 APPENDIX 3 POE CONNECTION This device supports PoE (Power-over-Ethernet), developed by the IEEE802.3af t ask force, and power can be supplied over the same network (Ethernet) cable as the one used to connect to Internet. No power cable is needed. Below shows two examples of POE application for reference.  When your router / hub supports POE c[...]

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    19 APPENDIX 4 CONFIGURE PORT FOR W ARDING Y ou need to additionally access your rout er for port forwarding when your rout er doesn’t support UPnP . Each router has different setting p age. S tep1: Access your router for port forwarding.  If you’re confi guring the camera with laptop / PC or iPhone / iPad over wirele ss network, open your we[...]

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    20 APPENDIX 5 Q&A For more details about EagleEyes Q&A, please visit our of ficial website: www .eagleeyescctv .com/supp_QnA.aspx . Question Ans wer I can connect to this camera in my house or office where it’ s inst alled with wireless network. But when I leave my house or office, I can’t connect to it from my mobile phone (with 3G net[...]