Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MB-500AP Brickcom
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Megapixel Mini Box Net work Camera Mini B ox Series User ’ s Manual Quality Service Gro up.
- - Product name: Network Camera (MB series) Release Date: 20 1 2/12 Manual Revi sion: V 1. 1 Web site: www .brickcom.com Email: support@brickcom .com info@brick com.
- - T able of Conte nt s Before Y ou Use This Product .......................................................................................... 0 FCC Warning ............................................................................................
Before Y ou Use This Product In many countries, there are laws prohibiting or restricting the use of surveillance devices. This Network Camera is a high-pe rformance, w eb-ready camera which can be part of a f lexible surveillance system.
- - Regulatory Information Federal Commu nication Commi ssion Interference State ment This equipmen t has bee n tested and found to compl y wi th the limit s for a Class B digit al dev ice, pursuant to Part 15 o f the FCC Rules.
Product Comp arison Model Name Lesns Wi Fi PoE USB port for 3G/ 4G IR LED MB Series MB-X00Ap Board Lens - WMB-X00Ap Board Lens - - * Th is tabl e com pliant with (W) MB -500A , ( W ) MB -400A , ( W) MB - 300A , ( W) MB -200A , (W) MB -130A.
- 1 - e. W arr anty Ca rd f . Power Ada pter (Only for WMB series) g. T ermi nal I/O Connector Bl ock.
- 2 - Mini Box Net work Camera Ove rview The compact Brickcom MB series Mini Box network series offers a high quality, video surveillance so lution for residen ces and small bu sinesses. Unlike a general webcam, this camera series is a st andalone su rveillance system that does not need to be connected to a computer.
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- 4 - Device Appearance Description < Front & Rear view > 1. NOT E - The W PS and P rivacy b uttons mu st first b e enabled th rough th e web GUI in order to work. 2. (*) These are optional fea tures. Please refer to the Product List for the full list of optional features available for the product.
- 5 - LED Behavior Function LED Behavior Description Remark Power Continuous Il lumination Normal Operation T op (Blue) Power Unlit Powered of f T op (Blue) St atus Continuous Il lumination 1. Connected to sw itch by Ethernet or W iF i. Second (Blue) St atus Unlit 1.
- 6 - Hardware Reset MB Series The Reset Button can be u sed to reboot th e cam era or restore it to facto ry defau lt settings. If the camera experiences a problem, rebooting the camera may correct the problem. If the problem remains, p lease restore the camera to factory default settings an d reinstall the software.
- 7 - Inst allation System Requirement s Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Computer: IBM PC/AT Compatible CPU: Pentium 3GHz or faster Memory.
- 8 - Camera Connection W arning Hot – Please attach the bracket before using. Basic Connection 1. Conne ct the supplied pow er cable f rom the camera t o a po wer outlet. 2. Conne ct the camera to a switch using an Ethernet cable. W hen powering up, the p ower LED will light up and the camera will boot up .
- 9 - Wireless Connection (Only for WMB series) Connect the supplied po wer cable from the ca mera to a pow er o utlet . And press W PS button both on the camera and the wireless router (DW R T -600N). T erminal I/O Connector Block Connection Attach the supplied conne ctor block to the terminal connector on the camera.
- 10 - Sof tware Inst allation In this manual, "Us er" refers t o whoever has access to the Network Cam e ra, and "Administrator" refers to the pe rson who can conf igure th e camera an d grant use r access to the camera.
- 11 - 2. In the Install Shield Wizard dialog box, click <Next> to continue. 3. Read the End- User L icense Agreement and check the op tion “I accept the terms of the license agreement”.
- 12 - 4. Clic k <Change> to change the appointed folder where installation and program files will be stored. Click <Next> to continue. 5. Select to create shortcu ts.
- 13 - 6. Select the application and click <Finish> . W hen launching the PC -NVR program, please refer to the PC-NVR user manual.
- 14 - EasyConfig T o launch EasyConfig, se lect EasyConfig f rom the start menu. If Comp lete Setup type was used in the so ftware installation, an EasyCon fig icon w as installed on the des ktop.
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- 16 - 2. Select either “S imple M ode ” or “P rofessional M ode ” to o btain the camera ’s IP settings. If “S imple M ode ” is selected, EasyConfig will set up the connection automatically . I f “P rofessional Mode ” is selected, the user will need to configure the IP settings manually .
- 17 - 3. There may be many cameras in the local network. Dif feren tiate the cameras using their UPnP name. Double click on the camera from the survey list to connect. 4. Enter the username and password of the camera. For f irst time use, the default username and password are “ admin/admin .
- 18 - 5. For configuring the IP address settings, select either <Settings remain the same> , <Automatically obtain an IP Address (DHCP)> or <Set IP Address configuratio n manually>. The DHCP setting is recommend ed . a. If <Set IP Address config uration manually> is selected, the following p ages wil l be displayed.
- 19 - 6. If the camera support s the EasyLink TM function , the following page w ill be displayed. Otherwise, th is page w ill not be sho wn. *If desired, click <Skip> to skip this setting.
- 20 - EasyLink TM is a unique Brickcom fu nction which allo ws users to assign a uniq ue EasyLink name to their netw ork camera’ s IP address. There is no need to configure the router to o pe n up ports or remember h ard- to -memorize IP addresses.
- 21 - b. If “S tatic IP address settings ” was selected, the failure page will be displayed as below: c. If the connection was successfu l, the user will see the m essage: “Congratulatio ns.
- 22 - Accessing the Net work Camera Check Net w ork Settings The camera c an be connected either before or immediately af ter th e softw are installatio n. The Administrator s hould com plete the network settings on the con figuration page, including entering the co rrect subnet mask an d IP address of gateway and DNS.
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