Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TL-SC3130 TP-Link
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TL-SC3130 2-W ay Audio Surveillance Camera REV : 2.0.3 1910010493.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change without notice. is a registe red trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other br ands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders.
FCC ST A TEMENT 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. These lim its are designed to pro-vide reasonabl e protection against harmful interference in a residential inst allation.
CONTENTS Package Contents ......................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements ...............................................................
6.1.3 Initialize ...................................................................................................................... 22 6.2 Camera .....................................................................................................
Package Content s The follow items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-SC3130 2-Way Audio Surveillance Camera ¾ Power Adapter ¾ Mounting Bracket with three screws, a Lock Ring, a Brace and a Base.
Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirement s We strongly recommend your computers follow our minimum requirements in order to use this IP-Camera normally . If your computer doesn’t m eet these requirements below , it might cause some problems.
Chapter 2 Physical Overview 2.1 Front V iew Focus Adjustment Ring : Adjust the focus ring to get a clear image. Network LED Indicator : It lights up when the IP Camera is well connected to the network. It flashes when there are da ta being transmitted.
2.3 Hardware Connection Before proceeding, confirm that y our PC is connected to your rout er and can access the Internet. Make sure that your router ’s DHCP feature is enabled. (Most routers have DHCP turned on by default.) If DHCP feature is disabl ed, please refer to the operating instruction included with your router to enable it.
Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser 3.1 Obt a in the IP Address 1. Insert the provided CD into your CD-ROM dr iver . The Setup Wizard will automatically pop up on your computer ’s screen as shown in the figure below . 2. Choose the Intelligent IP Inst aller , and then the next screen appears.
3. Af ter the installation is finished, click the icon on the desktop or click Star t > Al l Programs > TP-LINK > Intelligent IP Inst aller > Intelligent IP Inst aller to start using the program.
4. The following screen will then display . Click the Search button to search Net work Cameras in the network; it displays the Network Ca meras information including IP Address. 3.2 Windows W eb Browser 1. Click Link to IE button or launch your web browser , and enter the IP address (obtain from 3.
) Note: The default User name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator . Y ou can change them in the A ccount Menu. (P lease check “ SETTING → BASIC → Securit y → Account ”) 3. The web-based managem ent page w ill display on your screen.
3.3 Mac Web Browser .3 Mac Web Browser 1. Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address (obtain from 3.1 Obtain th e IP Address 1. Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address (obtain from 3.
2. Enter the def ault User name “admin” and passw ord “admin” in the dialog box as shown bel ow . ) Note: The default Name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator . Y ou can change them in the Acc ount Menu.
3. The web-based management page will be displayed on your screen. In the left most column of the web-based manage ment page are Setting , Client Setting , and Image Setup . For more details, you can refer to Section 5.2 , Section 5.3 and Section 5.4 .
Chapter 4 g Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone 4.1 Mobile Phone V iewing 4.1.1 3G Mobile Phone Streaming V iewin For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “ rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.
4.2 Using IP Camera via iPhone .2 Using IP Camera via iPhone Y ou can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below . Then you can use TP-LIN K W eb UI via iPhone. Y ou can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone.
Chapter 5 Configuration of Main Menu You would find that the illustra tive web pages in this Manual ar e all orange. Please note that they're from our latest firmware, which can be downloaded from our website. Web pa ges in our previous firmware are blue.
5.1.2 Zoom in / out the image via the monitor window z Click to display the digital zoom in window . z Pull the to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be shown on the above window . z Y ou can use the left click of your mouse to move the to any where on the window to view the desired detail more clearly .
5.1.4 Audio buttons Symbols Meaning ) Note S peakers turned on means the speakers of your computer ar e turned on to transmit the sounds from the connected IP camera(s) S peakers turned off Microphone turned on means you can broadcast to the connected IP camera(s) via the Ethernet using your microphone Microphone turned off V olume control bar 5.
5.3 Client Setting .3 Client Setting This function is only for the client. Click this button to configure the settings of IP Camera, which includes Mode , Vi ew Si ze , Protocol and Video Buffer . 5.3.1 Mode Click the drop-down list to choose between MPEG4 and MJPEG video compression mode.
5.3.3 Protocol Select the transferring protocol from TCP , UDP , HTTP and Multicast . ) Note: This item appears just after RSTP mode is enabled (selecting SETTING → BASIC → Camera → General ) 5.3.4 V ideo Buffer T urn the Video Buf fer function ON / OFF .
5.4.1 Brightness The higher the brightness value is, the brighter the image is. 5.4.2 Contrast The contrast is a measure of a display system, defined as the ratio of white to bla ck that the system is cap able of prod ucing. The higher value the contrast is, the more delicate color you can get.
Chapter 6 Setting-Basic Click BASIC to display the submenus including System , Camera , Network and Security . 6.1 System Click Sy stem to display the submenus including Information, Date/T ime , and Initialize .
6.1.2 Date / T ime The Date/ Time p age displays all options of time setting. ¾ Current date / time : Displays the current date and time of this IP Camera. ¾ PC clock : Displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock. ¾ Date / Time format : Y ou can click the drop-down list to select different time display formats.
be the same as the current date / time option. ¾ Daylight Saving Ti me : Y ou can select On to enable the Daylight Saving T i me function. z St art time : The time to start the Daylight Saving. Select By date and then select the st art time by date; or select By week number and then select the start time by week.
and then restarted. ¾ Firmware Upgrade: Upgrade the device software. Click Brow se… and select the file for upgrading. A confirmation dialogue will appear . Clic k OK to start. This IP Ca mera will reboot after upgrading has been finished . ) Note: Use only upgrade files that are special for this IP Camera.
6.2.1 General ¾ RTSP z RTSP Port: S pecify the transmission port number of RTSP streaming. The default value is 554. ¾ RTP z Port Range : S pecify the transmission port range of R T P streaming video. RTP will select a port randomly from this range.
6.2.2 MPEG4 A. Computer Vie w ¾ Vie w er Authentication : If the viewer authentication is On , the users will be requested to type in username and password when viewing through RTSP . ¾ Multicast Streaming (If it is ON) z Multicast Address : S pecify the multicast server address.
the video data (the default value is 8090). Y ou can specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. If you change the setting of Video / Audi o Port Number , the setting of Video / Audio Port Number (SSL) will change automatically .
6.2.3 MJPEG ¾ Vie w er Authentication : If the viewer authentication is On , the users will be requested to type in username and password. ¾ Image Size : S pecify the image size when the netwo rk camera transmits. Y ou can choose among 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120.
6.3.1 Information The page of Information displays the MAC address of the device. ¾ Obt ain an IP address automatically (DHCP) : (If a DHCP server is installed on the network) Select this, the IP will be assigned by the DHCP serve. ¾ Obt ain DNS server address au tomatically : Select this to obt ain the address of DNS server automatically .
¾ Use the following IP address : Select this when the fixed IP address is set. z IP address : Enter the IP address of the device. z Subnet mask : Enter the subnet mask. z Default gatew ay : Enter the default gateway . ¾ Use the following DNS server address : Select this when you set the fixed IP address as the IP address o f DNS server .
) Note: If you connect the IP Camera with your computer directly , the default netwo rk domain of camera is 192.168.1.x. 6.3.2 PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) If your ISP provides Dynamic IP with authentic ation by username and password, enter all PPPoE information in this part.
¾ Use the following DNS server address : Select this when you set the fixed IP address as the IP address o f DNS server . z Primary DNS server : Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server . z Secondary DNS serve r: Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server .
¾ Server name : Choose the DDNS Server from the list. ¾ User ID : Enter the user ID for authentication nec essary for DDNS connections. T ype it up to 64 characters. ¾ Password : Enter the password for authentication necessary for DDNS connections.
2. Input all information and fo llow step by step with DynDNS. 33.
3. Log in with new account and click Account → My Ho sts → Add Host Services . 4. Type domain in the Hostname field and select sub-domain. 34.
5. After typing in information, check your DDNS service. 6. Type your DDNS User ID , Password and Host name in Setting → Network → DDNS . After completing setting, reboot IP Camera.
6.3.4 UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Choose menu “ Network → UPnP ”, and then you can view the information about UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) in the screen as shown in the fo llowing figu re. The UPnP feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access th e local host resources or devices as needed.
¾ Device Name : Enter Device Name to your needs. ) Note: How to use Bonjour in your Windows Browser UI? Please check the link below: http://www .apple.
¾ Notify T ype : Y ou can select the notify type among DHCP , S tatic IP , and PPPoE. When the network settings related to t he chosen notify type ar e changed, an e-mail notification will be sent to inform you of the updated network information of the camera.
z POP server name : It is necessary when the PO P before SMTP is selected in Authentication. T ype the POP (receiving mail) server name up to 64 characters, or type the IP address of the POP server . This setting is necessary when the SMTP server which sends e-mails performs authenticat ion using the PO P user account.
6.4 Security Click Security to display the submenus including Account and HTTPS . 6.4.1 Account The device default account and password setting is “admin / admin”. That means everyone who knows IP address can access the device including all configuration.
z The Operator mode can not only view the Live View but also control the PTZ (apply in speed dome). z The Viewer mode only can view the Live View . ¾ Vie w er Authentication : Select whether the authenticati on is needed when users access to live view .
) Note: When enable HTTPS with RTSP on mode, the IP Camera only protect the setting such as username and password and do not protect video and audio. When enable HTTPS with RTSP off mode, the IP Camera will protect all setting including video and audio.
Chapter 7 Setting-Advanced Click Advanced to display the subm enus including FTP client , SMTP , HTTP event , Schedule , Motion detection and System Log .
7.1.1 General Select On when you use FTP function. The FTP client setting page will appear . Select Off when you do not wish to use the FTP client function. ) Note: The frame rate and operability on the main viewer may decrease while a file is being transmitted by the FTP client function.
¾ Remote Path : T ype the path to the destination in FTP server up to 64 characters. ¾ Image File Name : T ype the file name you want to a ssign to the images when sending to the FTP server . Y ou can use up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) for naming.
) Note: Y ou can set motion detection on motion detection p age . (Please go to “ Setting → Advanced → Motion detection → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.6 . z Use Alarm Buffer: Select Use alarm buf fer when you forward the image and video of before and after the alarm detection (pre-alarm, pos t-alarm).
) Note: Y ou can set motion detection on Alarm buffer p age . (Please go to “ Setting → Advanced → Alarm buffer → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5 . ¾ Effective period : Set the period when the periodical sending is effective.
7.1.3 Periodical sending Y ou can set to send an image file to FTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file to FTP server linked with setting period. ¾ Remote Path : T ype the path to storage location of FTP server which you have authorized.
z Sequence number clear : Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number returns to 1. ¾ Interval : Set the time interval of the period sendi ng. Min value is 1 min and Max value is 24 hour . ¾ Effective period : Set the period when the periodical sending is effective.
7.2.1 General Select On when you use the SMTP fu nction. The co mmon setting options are displayed below . Select Off if you do not wish to use the e-Mail (SMTP) function. ) Note: The Setting of General will be the same as the se tting of IP Notification (Ple ase check “ SETTING → BASIC → Network → IP Notification ”).
) Note: If you use g-mail as your mail server , you shoul d set 587 as your port number and check SSL box. ¾ Authentication : Select the authentication requi red when you send an email. z Off: Select it if no authentication is necessary when an email is sent.
characters standing for the sens or type added to the subject. ¾ Message : T ype the text of the E-mail up to 384 char acters. (A line break is equivalent to 2 characters.) 7.2.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the built-in motion detection function.
¾ Alarm z Motion Detection : Click it for using Motion Detecti on function as a sensor . Y ou can set motion detection function on the motion detection pa ge .
) Note: Y ou can set motion detection on motion detection p age . (Please go to “ Setting → Advanced → Motion detection → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.6 . z Use Alarm Buffer : Select Use alarm buffer when you forward the image and vide o of before and after the alarm detection (pre-alarm, pos t-alarm).
) Note: Y ou can set motion detection on Alarm buffer p age . (Please go to “ Setting → Advanced → Alarm buffer → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5 . ¾ Effective period : Set the period when the periodical sending is effective.
7.2.3 Periodical sending Y ou can set to send an image file by SMTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file by SMTP server linked with setting period. ¾ Image file name : T ype the file name of the image s ent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score).
digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits ), and consecutive numbe r (2 digits), thus 14-digit number is added to the file name. z Sequence number : A consecutive number is adde d to the Image file name. z Sequence number clear : Click Clear and the suffix of the sequence number returns to 1.
7.3.1 General ¾ HTTP even t: Set up the HTTP server URL, por t, User ID, Password, and Proxy Server settings. 58.
For example: URL: 192.168.1.7/cgi-bin/operator/ptzset ) Note: 1. The setting of URL should be the same as CGI. 2. The example above is for reference only . Fo r more details, please refer to SDK in the subdirectory of the IP camera product on our website http://www .
Alarm sending : Select On to set to send mail with c onnection to the alarm detection. ¾ Alarm z Motion Detection : Click it for using Motion Detecti on function as a sensor . Y ou can set motion detection function on the motion detection pa ge . ) Note: Y ou can set motion detection on motion detection p age .
) Note: Y ou can set motion detection on Alarm buffer p age . (Please go to “ Setting → Advanced → Alarm buffer → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5 . z Parameter : the parameter of CGI (defined in Setting → Advanced → HTTP event → General → URL ) is from your target device.
z Message : message will show up in the form of Me ssage = PTZ down. If your t arget device didn’t support the parameter of messa ge, you c an’t see the message, so you can just take the message as a note. For example: PTZ down. ¾ Effective period : Set the period when the periodical sending is effective.
7.4.1 Setting ¾ Schedule Selection : Select the list box to spec ify the schedule you want to set. z FTP -Alarm z FTP - Periodical z e-Mail (SMTP) -Alarm z e-Mail (SMTP) -Periodical z HTTP event -Alarm ¾ Mon (Monday) to Sun (Sunday ): The time period on the ri ght of the checked day is the effective period of the schedule.
7.5.1 Setting Alarm buffer : The basic setting options are displayed below. ¾ Recording cap acity z Pre-alarm period : Display the maximum recording capacity of image/ audio before the alarm detection. z Post-alarm period : Display the maximum recording capacity of image/audio after the alarm detection.
) Note: The value of Recording capacity differs depending on Image size, Bitrate (for MPEG4) and Image quality (for MPEG4 and MJPEG) in the camera setting menu. 7.6 Motion Detection There are three Motion Detection functions as sensors to set fo r different detecting zones.
7.6.1 Setting ¾ Threshold : It means the extent which the alarm will be triggered. The default value is 50 and the value range is 0~100. The larger the value, the higher the threshold. ¾ Sensitivity: It means that how often the sensor will scan the image different.
7.7.1 Setting ¾ Enable remote log : Enables user to send the log dat a to a specified log server . ) Note: There is a function called W atc hdog which can automatic ally detect error s and restart the IP camera while mpeg, mjepg , 3gpp , or web cannot work.
68 Appendix APPENDIX a – FRAME RA TE & BIT RA TE T ABLE This chapter provides tables that help you to optimize your IP camera with your network environment.
69 320*240 512 15 600 16 160*120 1024 30 950 30 160*120 1024 15 750 16 160*120 512 30 500 30 160*120 512 15 50 16 160*120 128 30 130 30 160*120 128 15 140 16 A.3 MJPEG @ 15f ps / kbp s Quality 640*480 320*240 160*120 Excellent 4000 1500 600 Detailed 2400 900 400 Good 1600 650 300 S tandard 1300 500 240 Medium 900 350 170 A.
70 320*240 Medium 15 350 13 160*120 Medium 5 130 5 160*120 Excellent 15 600 13 160*120 Excellent 5 230 5 160*120 Good 15 300 13 160*120 Good 5 1 15 5 160*120 Medium 15 170 13 160*120 Medium 5 65 5 APPENDIX b – STORAGE REQUIREMENT T ABLE This chapter provides tables that help you set your recording storage system.
71 B.3 MPEG4 St orage Requirement GB / channel / day Image-Size Bitrate Setting Frame-Rate Setting Current Bitrate 640*480 2048 30 23.0 640*480 2048 15 22.2 640*480 1536 30 18.5 640*480 1536 15 17.9 640*480 1024 30 10.5 640*480 1024 15 10.5 640*480 512 30 5.
FA Q Q1. What can I do if I forgot the login name and p assword? Press and hold the Reset button on the bottom panel with a p in or paperclip. Please continue holding down the Reset button for approximately 15 seconds. And t hen IP Camera will reboot.
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