ZKTeco IP Camera User Manual
ZKTeco IP Camera User Manual
When using the IP camera for the first time, you must install the Active X in advance. Click on the
“Download Plugin” on the upper left corner of the login interface as shown in the figure below to
download and install Active X; the system will then pop up an installation control message. Click on
Password: 123456 (default setting); users may modify the password according to the instructions.
Plugin Type: IE plugin or Flash plugin. If you use IE browser, please select IE Plugin. If you use other
browsers, select Flash plugin. ( Note: Select Flash plugin without installing Active X).
Note: if a user forgets his/her password, one may click on , then the following
window will pop up. The default user name is “admin”. Click on “Next” to restore the password to
Note: You have to insert a TF card first to access the full function display interface; otherwise, the
Click on the full-screen icon in the lower right corner to get a full-screen preview. Or, you
may right-click to access (and exit) the full screen display on the preview interface
PTZ Control: To use eight directional keys to change the image orientation or click on the “AUTO”
camera to the desired location, then select a pre-set value from the pre-set point drop-down list, and
Call a Pre-set Point: Call a pre-set point by selecting a pre-set number to be called from the pre-set
Capture: To take screenshots. Click on the icon, the system will pop up a storage path automatically.
Click on “Playback” to access the playback interface; click on the icon , select the date
and time of videos to be retrieved, then click on the icon , the system will then search for
4.1 Search
Input a concrete time, and click o n the button, the lower part o f t h e s c r e e n w i l l
display the searched images and videos. You may double-click on the searched results to access files
you need.
description will be given below. For more details, please go to Setup → Local Settings.
To review captured images from video preview; you may search for and double click to obtain
To review captured images from video playback; you may search for and double click to obtain images you
need.
To retrieve video files; you may search for and view videos files.
To review captured images from the file management interface; you may search for and double click
To preview videos recorded; you may search for and double click to access the videos you need.
To review snapshots from a SD card; you may search for and double click to access the videos you
need.
Capture: Click on the button to take a snapshot of the display during playback.
immediately.
Operation Method: Connect the IP high speed dome at the A/B port; set a protocol and baud;
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Audio Source: Select the audio input mode between LineIn and MicIn.
Output Volume: Set the output volume which ranges from 0 to 100; the default settings is 50.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Main Stream OSD: Modify the appointed font of the OSD in main stream preview channel.
Sub Stream OSD: Modify the appointed font of the OSD in sub stream preview channel.
Multi OSD: Add a multi-user-defined OSD, which you may choose whether to display.
Time Format: Select different time format for the appointed channel.
Date Format: Select different date format for the appointed channel.
Name: Set the location of the title for the appointed channel.
Date Time: Set the location of the date for the appointed channel.
immediately.
5.6 Streams
Resolution: Several resolutions available (Note: Based on the defaulted resolution of different
products).
FPS: Select different frame rates from the drop-down list; the default settings is “Full Frame”.
Bitrate: Set different bitrates for different channels ( Note: Based on the defaulted resolution
of different products)
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
There are a total of four ROI areas available. Click on to set the corresponding ROI
region coding level; the higher level the coding, the stronger the ROI region encoding.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Day/Night Mode: Outside Trigger/ Auto/ Color/ Black White. The default setting of non-infrared
IP cameras is “Auto”, and the default setting of infrared IP cameras is “Outside Trigger”. Users
may set the Day/Night mode as needed according to the type of the IP camera and the actual
application environment.
Day/Night: ranges from 0 to 255. Users may set the value as needed; the default setting is 20.
Night/Day: ranges from 0 to 255. Users may set the value as needed; the default setting is 35.
3DNR: Off/ Low/ Mid/ Mid-High/ High; the default setting is “Low”.
White Balance: Users may set the value of white balance. “Auto white balance” is suitable for
normal light environment. Users may adjust the white balance mode from the drop-down list.
AE algorithms: Shutter first/ gain first; the default setting is “Shutter first”.
AGC: AGC can be set when the camera is automatically exposed. You may select from Low/
Mid-Low/ Mid/ Mid-High/ High; the default settings is “Mid-High”. The larger the “Auto Gain”
value, the better the sensitivity under low illumination, and the more obvious the noise will be.
Shutter: You may set manual exposure; the value ranges from 1/25(30) to 1/10000.
Aperture: Depending on the type of IPC lens, the aperture can be divided into manual aperture
and auto aperture (Note: based on the defaulted aperture of different products); and the lens
can be divided into manual focus and vari-focus.
Gamma: A total of four modules: CURVE_1_6, CURVE_1_8, CURVE_2_0, CsURVE_2_2; the default
setting is CURVE_2_0.
Power Frequency: There are three options: off, 50hz, 60hz; the default setting is “off”.
Light board control mode: There are three LED board control modes: off, manual, auto; the
default setting is “auto”.
Manual mode: The brightness of the LED board can be adjusted by manually changing the
related parameters, and the value ranges from 1 to 100. The larger the parameter value, the
Auto mode: The brightness of the LED board can be adjusted automatically.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Sensitivity: The higher the sensitivity, the more obvious the motion detective effect will be.
Arming Schedule: Set up an arming period; you may set up to 8 time periods for a day.
Area Setting: On the “Area Setting" preview interface, left-click and drag the mouse to set the
area to be monitored.
Email: Click on “Email”. Once an alarm is triggered, an email will be automatically sent to the
appointed mailbox.
Snap: Click on “Snap”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the camera to
take a snapshot and store it in the TF card.
Record: Click on “Record”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the
camera to record a video and store it in the TF card.
Alarm Output: There is an active alarm device inserted into the alarm output port. Once an IPC
received an alarm signal, the IPC and other devices will set off the alarm.
Preset: When motion detection triggers an alarm, the alarm will link with the preset point.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Sensitivity: The higher the sensitivity, the easier to trigger the video tampering alarm.
Arming Schedule: Set up a protection period; you may set up to 8 time periods for a day.
Area Setting: On the “Area Setting" preview interface, left-click and drag the mouse to set the
area to be monitored.
Email: Click on “Email”. Once an alarm is triggered, an email will be automatically sent to the
appointed mailbox.
Snap: Click on “Snap”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the camera to
take a snapshot and store it in the TF card.
Record: Click on “Record”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the
camera to record a video and store it in the TF card.
Preset: When video tampering triggers an alarm, the alarm will link with the preset points.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Area Settings: Left-click and drag the mouse on the Area Settings preview interface for setting
the mask area.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Area Setting: Left-click and drag the mouse button to set the test line on the Area Settings
preview interface, right-click to complete the setting, then the system will count the number of
and B→A.
Interval: Set the counting time interval. When the counting time exceeds the time interval set,
the flow counter will reset and enter next counting period automatically.
Threshold: Set the upper count limit. When the value exceeds the set value, the system will
automatically trigger the alarm.
Time Period: Set the effective time period for the day’s total counter.
Alarm Threshold: Set the upper limit of the total flow on a day. When the value exceeds the set
value, the system will automatically trigger the alarm.
Target Ratio: Set the size of an object which triggers the alarm. If there is an object, such as a
mosquito or a leaf, whose size is smaller than the preset value enters the designated monitored
Email: Click on “Email”. Once an alarm is triggered, an email will be automatically sent to the
Snap: Click on “Snap”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the camera to
take a snapshot and store it in the TF card.
Record: Click on “Record”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the
camera to record a video and store it in the TF card.
Alarm Output: There is an active alarm device inserted into the alarm output port. Once an IPC
received an alarm signal, the IPC and other devices will set off the alarm.
Preset: When target counting triggers an alarm, it will link the pre-sets.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Area Setting: Left-click and drag the mouse button to set the detect zone on the Area Settings
preview interface, right-click to complete the setting, then the system will detect, and monitor
Detect Type: Set the object detection type. There are three detection types, all of them are able
to trigger the alarm. “Item lost” represents that the camera will trigger the alarm once it detects
that an item originally in the monitored area is missing; “Item left” represents that the camera
will trigger the alarm once it detects a new item in the detection area; “Item lost or left”
represents that the camera will trigger the alarm once it detects that an item is missing and/or a
Object Ratio: Set the size of an object which triggers the alarm. If there is an object, such as a
mosquito or a leaf, whose size is smaller than the preset value enters the designated monitored
Detect Time: Set the upper limit of item lost and item left. When it exceeds the set value, the
system will trigger the alarm automatically
Email: Click on “Email”. Once an alarm is triggered, an email will be automatically sent to the
appointed mailbox.
Snap: Click on “Snap”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the camera to
take a snapshot and store it in the TF card.
Record: Click on “Record”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the
camera to record a video and store it in the TF card.
Alarm Output: There is an active alarm device inserted into the alarm output port. Once an IPC
received an alarm signal, the IPC and other devices will set off the alarm.
Preset: When object detection triggers an alarm, it will link with the preset points.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Area Setting: Left-click and drag the mouse button to set the detect zone on the area settings
preview interface, right-click to complete the setting, then the system will detect, and monitor
Detect Type: Set the target detect type. There are four detection types, all of them will trigger
the alarm. “Target enter” represents that the camera will trigger the alarm once it detects that a
target enters the monitored zone; “Target leave” represents that the camera will trigger the
alarm once it detects that a target leave the zone; “Target enter or leave” represents that the
camera will trigger the alarm once it detects that a target enters and/or leave the zone. The last
type is that the camera will trigger the alarm once it finds that the time that a target staying in
the controlled area exceeds the upper limit of the set and allowed duration.
Object Ratio: Set the size of an object which triggers the alarm. If there is an object, such as a
mosquito or a leaf, whose size is smaller than the preset value enters the designated monitored
Detect Time: When the staying time of the set target in the monitored area exceeds the set
duration, the system will trigger the alarm.
Email: Click on “Email”. Once an alarm is triggered, an email will be automatically sent to the
appointed mailbox.
Snap: Click on “Snap”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the camera to
take a snapshot and store it in the TF card.
Alarm Output: There is an active alarm device inserted into the alarm output port. Once an IPC
received an alarm signal, the IPC and other devices will set off the alarm.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
5.15 Tripwire
Area Setting: Left-click and drag the mouse to set guard lines on the area settings preview
interface, right-click to complete the setting. When a target passes through the guard line, the
Swap AB: Click on “Swap AB" to swap the positions of A/B ports.
the guard lines from area A to area B will trigger the alarm. “A←→B” refers to targets passing
through the guard lines either from area A to area B or from area B to area A will trigger the
alarm.
Email: Click on “Email”. Once an alarm is triggered, an email will be automatically sent to the
appointed mailbox.
Record: Click on “Record”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the
camera to record a video and store it in the TF card.
Alarm Output: There is an active alarm device inserted into the alarm output port. Once an IPC
received an alarm signal, the IPC and other devices will set off the alarm.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Video Mode: Select a video mode. There are four modes available: Time recording + Alarm
recording, Time recording , Alarm recording, No video.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
DHCP: Enable DHCP, then the IP camera will obtain the IP address from the router
automatically.
RTSP Port: Access the device which needs to map RTSP with a domain name; the default port is
554.
RTSP Validation: Choose a RTSP verification mode from Http-Base64, Http-Digest. After
choosing and activating the corresponding RTSP verification mode, during playing RTSP
real-time stream, RTSP validation operations need the user name and password for verification.
RTMP Port: Domain name, which is used to access the device which needs to map RTMP; the
default port is 1935.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Users may activate or deactivate a protocol and modify the protocol information here.
Multicast configuration is disabled by default. By clicking on “Enable Multicast", users may set the IP
address, port and TTL of main stream video/audio, sub stream video/audio.
DDNS is implemented through a dynamic domain resolution server. It requires a fixed IP address on of
the device running on the server. The DDNS setting interface of the IP camera is as shown below:
DDNS Type: Select a DDNS server type from Dyndns, PeanutHull, NO-IP, 3322, and DnsDynamic.
After completing the parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Add: User may add TCP/UDP protocol, set internal and external port.
Receiver's Address: Input the address of the inbox, fill in the address of the receiving email; you
may fill in 3 other receivers’ addresses.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Alarm Input: Select the alarm input port, then check the box to implement the
following parameters settings.
Trigger Level: Select the alarm status: Normally Open/ Normally Close.
Arming Schedule: Arming schedule can be set from Monday to Sunday. You may set up to 8
schedules for a day.
Email: Click on “Email”. Once an alarm is triggered, an email will be automatically sent to the
appointed mailbox.
Snap: Click on “Snap”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will instantly be sent to the camera to
take a snapshot and store it in the TF card.
Record: Click on “Record”. Once an alarm is triggered, a signal will be transmitted to the camera
to record a video and restore it in the TF card.
Alarm Output: Click on “Alarm Output”. There is an active alarm device inserted into the alarm
output port. Once an IPC received an alarm signal, the IPC and other devices will set off the
Preset: When a signal triggers the alarm, it will link with the preset points.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Output Delay: Select alarm output delay time, which represents the corresponding output
alarm delay time after the alarm stops triggering.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
5.25 Exception
Record: Click on “Record”; when there is an abnormal event which triggers an alarm, the camera
will start recording.
Alarm Output: Click on “Alarm Output”; the system will link with other alarm devices when
there is an abnormal event which triggers an alarm.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
Below is the User Management setting interface of the IP camera. “admin” represents the
administrator (default); “default” represents standard users.
Modify: Admin may modify the login password; the default guest user may modify user type.
New users may modify their user names, passwords and user types. New users may select a
Rights Permission: Permission assignment for default guest users and new users.
Log in with admin account, add a new user and assign permission, as shown in the following figure:
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
File: Click on “Browse” to find and select an upgrade kit, then click “Update”.
Below is the Auto Reboot setting interface of the IP camera. You may choose a maintenance mode
from Disable/ Every Day/ Every Week/ Once/ Every Month, then the IPC will reboot as set.
Below is the Storage Management setting interface of the IP camera. You may view the capacity (MB),
free spare (MB), status of the current TF card, and format the TF card.
Note: Please disconnect the power supply before you insert or remove the TF card.
5.30 Restore
Window Mode: Set the preview window mode (Full/ 4:3/ 16:9/ Original Image).
Preview Capture: Select and modify the storage path of captured files.
File Capture: Select and modify the storage path of captured files.
Preview Video: Select and modify the storage path of the video record file.
After completing all parameters settings, click on “Save”, then the settings will take effect
immediately.
5.32 Developer
Below is the Developer interface of the IP camera:
Main Type: Select the type of logs to search for. You may choose among All/ Alarm/ Exception /
Start Time/ End Time: Select the time period of logs to check.
After completing all settings, click on “Search”, then the log information will display on the left.
8 Exit
Click on “Logout” to log out, as shown in the following figure: