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SETUP > Mail

This option allows you to configure mail settings. If you want to specify the IP camera email settings, you may check

By E-mail

checkbox and modify the further

related settings on the

Mail Settings

section. If you are setting up motion detection and will not be recording onto a PC, you can setup an FTP or SMTP account in the

camera. You will be emailed or sent images when motion is detected. After done the configuration, you may click Save Settings button to save the new settings or

Don’t Save Settings button to abandon it.

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E-Mail Account

–

y

SMTP Server Address

: The domain name or IP address of external mail server.

y

Sender e-mail Address

: The e-mail address of the person sending the camera snapshots.

y

Receiver e-mail Address

: The e-mail address of recipient for the SMTP server.

y

User Name

:

If the SMTP server uses authentication you must enter your user name here

.

y

Password

:

This is the password that you use with your user name to connect to the SMTP server.

Time Schedule

–

y

Enable e-mail image to e-mail account

:

Choosing always will start sending snapshots to the recipient’s e-mail account right away. Choosing schedule will give

you a choice as to when to start sending snapshots to the recipient’s e-mail account by the day, as well as what time this should start and when to stop.

Test E-Mail Account

– This will send a snapshot to the e-mail account that you have configured in the E-mail section. If you have configured the SMTP account

correctly you will be able to send a test file to the e-mail account of the recipient.

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SETUP > FTP

This option is used to set up FTP upload configuration.

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FTP Server

–

y

Host Address

: This is the IP address of the FTP server that you will be connecting to.

y

Port Number

: Default is port 21. If changed, external FTP client program must change the server connection port accordingly.

y

User Name

: Specifies the user name to access the external FTP server. If you are to upload snapshots to an FTP server you will need to fill in the Domain name

or IP address of your external FTP server.

y

Password

: Specifies the password to access the external FTP server.

y

Directory Path

: Specifies the destination folder in the external FTP server.

y

Passive Mode

: Enabling passive mode will allow access to an external FTP server if your camera is behind a router protected by a firewall.

Time Schedule

– Checking this box will enable video upload to the FTP server you selected.

y

Always

: Selecting this will allow snapshot upload to your FTP as soon as you click Apply.

y

Schedule

: Selecting this will allow you to configure the times that you want the snapshots to be uploaded to your FTP server by the days, hours, minutes, and

seconds.

y

Video Frequency

: User can select in frames per second (1, 2, 3 or auto, in auto this could go to 4). The user can also select how many seconds (from 1 to 65535

seconds) for each frame.

y

Base File Name

: This will be the name that precedes the time, for example, 9002005072116425101.jpg. This means that the camera took a snapshot in the year

2005, July 21 at 16th hour (4 o’clock), 42 minutes and 51 seconds and it is picture number one.

y

File:

-

Select

overwrite

and there will only be a few images that are constantly refreshed depending on how many snapshots you choose to have sent.

-

Select

date/time suffix

and the pictures will be named with a date and time also. An example of this can be seen above under the Base file name category.

-

Select

sequence number suffix up to 1024

and all the pictures will be numbered from 1-1024. The total amount of pictures can be configured up to 1024

pictures. Picture number 1025 will be 1 again.

Test FTP Server

– Click

Test

button will send a snapshot to the FTP server that you have configured in the Upload section. If you have configured the FTP correctly

you will be able to see a test file in your FTP server.

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SETUP > Time and Date

This option allows you to configure, update, and maintain the correct time on the internal system clock. From this section you can set the time zone that you are in and

set the NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server. Daylight Saving can also be configured to automatically adjust the time when needed. After done the configuration, you

may click Save Settings button to save the new settings or Don’t Save Settings button to abandon it.

Time and Date

–

The system of your IP camera provides you two methods of time configuration: Automatic or Manual:

For automatic method, check the

Synchronize NTP Server

checkbox first, and then enter the IP address or domain name of the time server. Leaving the box blank

will connect the camera to default time servers.

For manual method, check the

Set Manually

. It will allows you to manually set the time by specifying a specific date [yyyy-mm-dd] and time [hh:mm:ss]. Otherwise,

you may synchronize the date and time of the camera with the local computer by checking the

Synchronized with Computer

Time

box.