User manual HAWKING HNC230G

[. . . ] 1 Trademarks & Copyright Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative (such as translation, transformation or adaptation) without the express written consent of the manufacturer as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976. FCC Certifications This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] Clicking the Snapshot button will make the viewer take a still-image snapshot of the video and save it as a bitmap file in the hard disk. (You can learn how to set the directory for storing these bitmap files in Section 7. 8. 4. ) By clicking on the Record button, you can begin recording video immediately. Stop Pause Forward Snapshot Record 38 7. 5 Video Recording This utility allows you to record video files in AVI format. Manual Recording You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file. Click "Record", and the "Record to Disk" window will appear. Assign the path and file name that you want to save to and click "Save". Note: Before manual recording, you will need to click on the camera button (see Section 7. 2 Camera Buttons) to select the camera that you would like to record video from. You will also need to make sure that the viewer is successfully connecting to the camera. Schedule Recording You can assign a schedule and let the viewer automatically record the video stream into video files. The file name of the recorded video file is the start time of recording. For example, the file name "IPCamera_MJPEG_2004-10-823-56-40. avi" indicates that the video file began recording on 2004/10/8 23:56:40. 39 7. 6 Change Resolution The network camera supports two resolution formats: a. You can change the resolution of each connected network camera by clicking on the Resolution button. Note: Before changing the network camera's resolution, you have to select the camera by first clicking on its corresponding camera button. If you change the resolution of one of the cameras, other clients that are viewing the same camera simultaneously will also see the video with the changed resolution. Resolution VGA Changes the resolution to 640 x 480 (VGA) mode. CIF Changes the resolution to 320 x 240 (CIF) mode. 40 7. 7 View Four Cameras Simultaneously Clicking on the four-division button window. will allow you to view up to four cameras simultaneously in a four-division 41 7. 8 Viewer Utility Setting Click the Setting button . The camera's setting window will then appear. Note: When you want to change settings such as the IP Address, Video Port, etc. in the "Setting" option, you must first disconnect the camera by clicking the Stop button. 7. 8. 1 Setting Setting Name IP Address Video Port Model Username Password Discover It is not required that you fill in a camera name in order to connect to the camera. Click "Discover" and the camera's auto-discover window will appear. The window will show all the discovered cameras on the LAN environment for you to select. 42 7. 8. 2 Recording You can set up the schedule for recording here. This utility will automatically record the video stream in the assigned file folder according to the schedule. The utility will only start to record the video stream when this utility is running and is successfully connecting to the camera at the beginning of the schedule. The schedule settings for one-time and weekly should not overlap, or the recording will fail. 43 One-Time Schedule Weekly Schedule Schedule Cycle Recording Select this item to enable cycle recording. When Cycle Recording is enabled and the storage usage has already reached the maximum reserve storage space, the utility will automatically delete the oldest recorded video file and use the space to store newly recorded video streams. You can assign a range of time and the utility will automatically record the video stream during the specified period of time only. [. . . ] Therefore, you will still be able to access the camera and all other clients on the local area network from within the network. ) You can also resolve the problem of a dynamic IP address by utilizing a Dynamic DNS service. 64 5. Use Port Mapping to Assign Virtual Server Ports Typically, there is an "Advanced Setup" (or similar) section on the router's web page where you can find a "Virtual Server" or "Port Mapping" sub-section. To enable remote viewing over the Internet for your camera, you will need to open virtual server ports on your router. Once you have located the "Virtual Server" (or similar) section, select the "By Port" method if this option is available. Next, select "Single" if a "Single/Range" option is available. [. . . ]