TP-Link tlsc3130g - Manual

1 Package Contents The follow items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-SC3130G Wireless 2-Way Audio Surveillance Camera ¾ Power Adapter ¾ Mounting Bracket with three screws, a Lock Ring, a Brace and a Base Plate ¾ RJ45 Cable ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ Resource CD, including: z This User Guide z...

2 Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements We strongly recommend your computers follow our minimum requirements in order to use this IP-Camera normally. If your computer doesn’t meet these requirements below, it might cause some problems. Item Requirements CPU Pentium 4 1600MHz (or equivalent AMD) Grap...

3 Chapter 2 Physical Overview 2.1 Front View 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 data being transmitted. Power LED Indicator : It lights up when the IP ...

4 Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser 3.1 Windows Web Browser 1. Launch your web browser, and enter the IP address (the default value is 192.168.1.10) of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser. ) Note: If you only want to view the video without setting page, enter “http:...

5 3.2 Mac Web Browser 1. Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address (the default value is 192.168.1.10) of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser. ) Note: If you only want to view the video without setting page, enter “http://<IP...

8 3. The web-based management page will be display on your screen. In the leftmost column of the web-based management 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 .

9 Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone 4.1 Mobile Phone Viewing 4.1.1 3G Mobile Phone Streaming Viewing For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “ rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp ” into your 3G Streaming Link. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera; <PORT> is the RTS...

10 4.2 Using IP Camera via iPhone You can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below. Then you can use TP-LINK Web UI via iPhone. 1. Select Safari function 2. Enter IP address in your web link. 3. Enter name and password. Default values are both admin. Then cl...

11 Chapter 5 Configuration of Main Menu You would find that the illustrative web pages in this Manual are all orange. Please note that they're from our latest firmware, which can be downloaded from our website. Web pages in our previous firmware are blue. On the leftmost column of the web-based mana...

13 5.1.4 Audio buttons Symbols Meaning ) Note Speakers turned on mean the speakers of your computer are turned on to transmit the sounds from the connected IP camera(s) Speakers turned off Microphone turned on mean you can broadcast to the connected IP camera(s) via the Ethernet using your microphon...

14 5.3 Client Setting This function is only for the client. Click this button to configure the settings of IP Camera, which includes Mode , View Size , Protocol , and Video Buffer . 5.3.1 Mode Click the drop-down list to choose between MPEG4 and MJPEG video compression mode. ) Note: MJPEG streaming ...

15 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 Video Buffer Turn the Video Buffer function ON / OFF. The Video Buffer function makes the streaming...

16 5.4.1 Brightness The higher value the brightness is, the brighter the image is. 5.4.2 Contrast The contrast is a measure of a display system, defined

17 Chapter 6 Setting-Basic Click BASIC to display the submenus including System , Camera , Network , and Security . 6.1 System Click System to display the submenus including Information, Date / Time, and Initialize. 6.1.1 Information The Information page provides the basic information of the product...

20 6.2.1 General ¾ RTSP : Switch is On or Off ) Note: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is a protocol used in streaming media system which allows clients to remotely control a streaming video server. RTSP is supports by most of the media clients such as Real Player, QuickTime and VLC...etc. ¾ Imag...

25 6.3.1 Information The page of Information displays the MAC address of the device. ¾ Obtain 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 Obtain DNS server address automatically : Select this to obtain ...

29 6.3.3 DDNS (Dynamic DNS) Choose menu “ Dynamic DNS ”, you can configure the Dynamic DNS function. The IP Camera offers the DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) feature, which allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (named by yourself) and a dynamic IP a...

30 ¾ Host name : Enter the host name that is registered to the DDNS server. ) Note: How to apply DDNS username and Host name? You can apply DDNS username and Host name by the following steps: 1. Log

31 3. Log in with new account and click Account → My Hosts → Add Host Services . 4. Type domain in the Hostname field and select sub-domain.

34 ¾ MPEG4 viewer port (SSL) : Enter the MPEG4 SSL viewer port and the default MPEG4 viewer port number is 8091. ¾ MJPEG viewer port : Enter the MJPEG viewer port number and default MJPEG viewer port is 8070. ¾ MJPEG viewer port (SSL) : Enter the MPEG4 SSL viewer port and default MJPEG viewer port n...

35 6.3.6 IP Notification Once IP Notification is set to "On", the camera will automatically send an e-mail notification to tell users its updated network parameters if the network settings about IP address 、 network connection type 、 HTTP port or wireless connection is changed or completed. ...

38 4. Select the AP you wish to connect. 5. Enter password in Passphrase field if you need. If you don't know the setting of the wireless AP, please ask your network administrator.

39 6. Choose the option of Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) or Use the following IP address: ¾ Use the following IP address : Select this when the fixed IP address is set.

40 IP address: Enter the IP address of the device. Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask. Default gateway: Enter the default gateway. Use the following DNS server address : Select this when you set the fixed address as the IP address of DNS server. Primary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the primar...

42 ) Note: If you use a Modem Router to access the Internet, you should set your IP Camera as the virtual server with port range 20000-21000 on the Modem Router’s web-based management page. 1. Click “ BASIC->Network->Messenger ” to enter the “Messenger” page. Enable Messenger and then set the ...

43 B. Add the camera’s msn account 1. Make sure the desired computer with MSN installed. Log into the MSN. 2. Make sure the MSN view plugin is installed. This plugin is embedded in IntelligentIPInstallerSetup(TPLink)-1.1.16.09.exe and will be installed automatically when you install IntelligentIPIns...

44 5. Check its status. Normally it should be online. 6. Click the camera icon and select View a contact’s webcam to view the video.

45 7. Wait for a moment, and you will see the video captured by your IP Camera. 6.4 Security Click Security to display the submenus including Account and HTTPS .

46 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. Therefore, it is necessary to assign a password if the device is intended to be accessed by others. ¾ User name : Set a use...

49 Chapter 7 Setting-Advance Click Advance to display the submenus including FTP client , SMTP , HTTP event , Schedule , Motion detection and System Log . 7.1 FTP Client Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an FTP server. By using FTP client function, you can send the image an...

52 ) Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page . (Please go to “ Setting → Advance → Motion detection → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 6.5 . ¾ Effective period : Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. z Always : The periodical sending is always...

53 7.1.3 Periodical sending You 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 : Type the path to storage location of FTP server which you have authorized. ¾ Image file name : Type the file name ...

54 z Date & time : The date & time suffix is added to the Image file name. The date & time suffix consists of lower two-digits of year (2 digits), month (2 digits), date (2 digits), hour (2 digits), minute (2 digits) and second (2 digits), and consecutive number (2 digits), thus 14-digit...

55 7.2.1 General Select On when you use the SMTP function. The common 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 setting of IP Notification (Please check “ SETTING → BASIC → Network → IP...

58 ¾ Alarm z Motion Detection : Click it for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set motion detection function on the motion detection page . ) Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page . (Please go to “ Setting → Advance → Motion detection → Setting ”). For more d...

59 z Schedule : You can specify the period when the periodical sending is effective in the Schedule setting in the other section. ) Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page . (Please go to “ Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.4 . 7.2.3 Per...

61 7.3 HTTP event Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an HTTP server. By using HTTP client function, you can send the image file and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the built-in motion detection function to HTTP server. HTTP client setting menu is comp...

62 7.3.1 General ¾ HTTP even t: Set up the HTTP server URL, port, User ID, Password, and Proxy Server settings. 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. For more details, please refer to...

63 7.3.2 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the built-in motion detection function. Select On to send the image and audio file to HTTP server linked with the alarm detection. Alarm sending : Select On to set to send mail with connection to the alarm detectio...

64 ) Note: You can set motion detection on motion detection page . (Please go to “ Setting → Advance → Motion detection → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.5 . Motion Detection works only when the MPEG4 function is On. z Parameter : the parameter of CGI (defined in Setting → Advan...

65 ) Note: You can set schedule function on Schedule page . (Please go to “ Setting → Advance → Schedule → Setting ”) For more details, you can check Section 7.4. 7.4 Schedule When you click Schedule on the Advance mode menu, the Schedule setting menu appears. This is the same menu as the setting me...

66 7.4.1 Setting ¾ Schedule Selection : Select the list box to specify 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 right of the checked day is the effectiv...

68 7.6.1 Setting ¾ Enable remote log : Enables user to send the log data to a specified log server. ) Note: There is a function called Watchdog which can automatically detect errors and restart the IP camera while mpeg, mjepg , 3gpp , or web cannot work. It will take about 5 minutes from detection t...

69 Chapter 8 Appendix APPENDIX a – FRAME RATE & BIT RATE TABLE This chapter provides tables that help you to optimize your IP camera with your network environment. Base on your network upload environment to choose the best Image-Quality setting. For example, if the network environment is ADSL 25...

71 320*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 5 115 5 160*120 Medium 15 170 13 160*120 Medium 5 65 5 APPENDIX b – STORAGE REQUIREMENT TABLE This chapter provides tables that help you set your recording sto...

73 Chapter 9 FAQ Q1. What can I do if I forgot the login name and password? Press and hold the Reset button on the bottom panel with a pin or paperclip. Please continue holding down the Reset button for approximately 15 seconds. And then IP Camera will reboot. It will require 45 seconds. Both the de...