Hawking HNC210 manual

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    Step 1: Chec k C ont e nts & Inst al l a t i on Requi rem e nt s 3 Step 2: Physical Descri ption 5 Step 3: Har dware Installation 7 Step 4: Run t he Quick Setup Wizar d 9 Step 5: Viewing & Tips 24 2[...]

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    Congratulations on the pur chase of your new Hawking Net- Vision TM HNC210 Wired 10/100Mbps Network Camera. The HNC210 is a hi gh performance sta ndalone cam era system that provid es an ideal so lution for remote mon itoring, surveillan ce, or sendi ng li ve vide o ov er the I ntern et. The ca me ra offers a broa d array of appl ications and can b[...]

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    Front P anel Lens & Manual Focus Rin g LED: Link/Activit y LED: Read y LEDs - Li nk/Activity: Green when monitoring; fl as hi ng fo r vi de o transm ission/recept ion - Ready: Orange when device is power ed on & read y for access 5[...]

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    Bottom Panel Reset Button Power In p ut LAN Port 6[...]

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    1 1 Locate t he network cable connector (RJ-45 port) on t he cam era’s botto m panel. Connect an Ethernet cable to the port. Connect the other e nd of the cable to the netwo rk. 7[...]

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    2 2 Locate the power input connector on t he camera’s bott om pa nel, and at tac h the extern al power supply. Then, plug the adap ter in to an availab le outle t. Please check to see that t he orange “R eady” LED loc ated ne xt to th e lens of the camera is lit to ensure t hat the camera is powered on. (To ensur e that there is a network con[...]

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    1 Insert the Hawking Net-Vision TM HNC21 0 Install ation & Utilities CD into your CD-ROM Drive. When the main page loads, click on Quick Setup Wizard . 1 9[...]

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    2 2 The Setup Wizard will search fo r similar camera s available on your local area network. A “sim ilar” camera will have t he same code of four l etters at the beginning of its serial number. This code is “HEMT” and can be found o n either the right or l eft panel of the box, or on t he label on the bott om of the cam era. 10[...]

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    Each available ca mera will be displayed in th e camera list with its MAC ad dress, current default IP add ress, and m odel number. (NOTE: T he Setup Wiza rd m ay display an IP address for the cam era that is already consistent with your network [LAN] setting s, rather than the default one.) In the camera list, click on the cam era you would like t[...]

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    3 Next, the login username and password screen will appear. Please type i n the defa ult lo gin an d password a nd the n press “ OK ”. The default value s are: Login : admin Password: 1234 If you have alr eady set a user name and password, e nter t hem and press “ OK ”. 3 12[...]

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    4 The Setup Wizard will try to determine your network settings. If a DHCP server i s present on your net work, the Wizard will obtain you r network settings and au tomatically configu re your n etwork camera to operate on you r LAN by returning network settings that are consisten t with your networ k. If no DHCP server is present, the Wizard will p[...]

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    5 To protect your cam era fro m unauthorized access and use, you will need to change the Admin Password , which is “1234” by def ault. The pas sword can have a m axim um of four charact ers. Confi rm the new password by typing i t again identically in th e “R ec onfirm” field. Click Next once you have conf irmed your new pa ssw ord. 5 15[...]

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    6 The following status page will appe ar. It will display a summ ary of t he changes you have m ade to t he network camera’s settings. If all the settin gs are correct, click Next to continue. 6 16[...]

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    7 The setup process has now been completed. Please br iefly revi ew t he t ext on t he pa ge befo re cli cki ng o n Reboot . After clicking Reboot , the Setup Wi zard will cl ose. Please allow about 45 seconds to one minute for the camera to reboot. After the camera has finished rebooting, you can type in its new IP addr ess in your web browser to [...]

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    Example on How to Set th e IP Addres s Manua lly The example shown here illustrates how to manually set an IP address using the Windows XP operating system . However, th e procedure is sim ilar for all other versions of Windows. When setting an IP address, you must make sure that the address you speci fy has the sam e first three octets (or segment[...]

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    a. Clic k on Start in the bo ttom l eft cor n er of your screen. Then click on My Network Places . a 19[...]

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    b. Click on View Network Connections . b 20[...]

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    c. In the Network Connections window, you should see an icon ti tled Local Area Connection (or something similar). You can access this icon in two ways: a . by clicking or doubl e- clicking on i t, or b . by right-clicking on i t and then clicking on Status from t he resulting menu. c 21[...]

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    d. A window with the title Local Area Connection Status (or something similar) will app ear. (See the figure on the following page.) Click on the Support t ab. Under t he heading Addr ess Type , you will find an IP Addres s line and a Default Gatewa y line. These two lines will have IP addresses with the first three octets in co mm on. Use this inf[...]

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    • You ca n access a nd vi ew your net work cam era’s images vi a a web browser by typing “http:// IPAddressofCamera ” in the address bar. • You can a lso use t he included software a pplicati on to vi ew, reco rd, and playback the network ca mera’s imag es. • The ex ample ill ustrated in t he previ ous sectio n “Step 4: Ru n the IP [...]