boifun Solar Security Outdoor Solar Security Camera User Manual

boifun Solar Security Outdoor Solar Security Camera

Product Introduction

Note

• The camera only supports 2.4GHz WiFI. It does not support 5GHz WI-Fi.
• Before connecting th is camera to the WIFI, please ensure the WI-Fi signal strength Is to be over than 85%. If the camera is for away from the signal source. It won’t be connected successfully for the first time.
• If your router is connected with too many devices. the camera will fail to connect Wi-Fi because of the IP address conflict.
• To safeguard your privacy, this camera just supports CloudEdge control. It does not support PC Browser and other Software.
• If an SD card Is Installed, this wireless camera supports events recording when WIFi disconnected.
• Video playback works In CloudEdge APP only. It does not support the 3rd party player.
• Manually snapshot and recording files are saved in mobile. Events snapshot files are saved In Cloud. Events recording files are saved In Micro SD card.
• It will speed up the power consumption of the battery if you always watch the live footage or the recorded videos from the SD card. Please charging the camera timely based on the low power reminder. (Before using the camera for the first time. please fully charge the camera with the power cord In the package).
  

modified the setting s, they will revert to the factory default settings)
SD Cord Slot| Support local SD card    storage (up to 128G)
Lens| Support FHO 1080P resolution
Power Light| Red means charging is In progress Blue means charging Is complete
Microphone| Capture sound for your videos
PIR Sensor| Con detect moving objects up to 12 meters away
Working Status Light| Red light continuously on: camera network abnormal
Red light flashing slowly: wafting for Wi-Fi connection
Red light flashing fast: WI-FI connection in progress
Blue light continuously on: camera Is running normally
Speaker| Two-way voice coll sound output
use Charge Port| Use 5V/2A power supply to charge the camera
Thumb Screw| For fixing the camera and the bottom bracket
Spotlight & Infrared Light| Equipped with infrared light and spotlight, provide infrared night vision, color night vision and alarm nig ht vision

APP Installation and Account Registration

Download ‘CloudEdge’ APP
Method 1: Download ‘CloudEdge· APP from APP Store(IOS) or Google Play(Androld);
Method 2: Scan ‘CloudEdge’ APP QR code to download It.

Downlood on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

Tips : Please turn on 2 below permissions while using this APP for the first time.

1. Allow ‘CloudEdge’ APP to access mobile cellular data and wireless LAN or it will foll to odd security camera.
2. Allow ‘CloudEdae’ APP to receive pushed message or the phone will not receive alarm push when motion detection or audible alarm Is triggered.
   

Register Account

New users need to register by email. The concrete steps ore as following:

1. Click ‘Register’:
2. Follow the steps to complete the registration of the account;
3. Log in.

Note :

• When registering a new account, please choose the region which you ore actually in and correct country code. (Different registered regions can’t shore the camera.)
• Please choose to register by e-mail.

How to Add a Camera to APP

Install Micro SD card
Please Insert Micro SO cord to record videos when motion detected and playback.
(Micro SD cord is not included; the camera supports up to 128GB Micro SD card)

Note : Please insert the Micro SD card before power on. otherwise, the SD cord cannot be detected.

Power on Camera
Press and hold on the power button for Ss to turn on camera (If it can’t be powered on, please plug In DC 5V/2A power adopter to charge the camera for 15min first).
The indicator with red light blinking slowly means the camera is started successfully.
If the indicator is not In red light blinking slow condition, please reset this camera.

Cannot turn on my camera?

• Charge the camera, and then try to turn on it.
• Press and hold the power key until turning on the camera. (Con try many times)
• If you tried the above steps, but still no luck, please send your order and problem to
  [email protected].

Connect the Camera

Note :

• Put the camera and smart phone I to 3 feet (30 to 100cm) away from the router to set Wi-Fi.
• The camera only supports 2.4GHz Wi-Fi. It doesn’t support 5GHz Wi-Fi.

Wi-Fi Connection Steps

A. Turn on the camera;
B. Press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds to reset or restore factory until you hear the sound of ‘Boogu'(meon resetting successfully);
C. Run CloudEdge App, click ‘+’ at the top right and select ‘Battery Camero’. According to the guide on APP, please ensure the camera was activated. (The LED Indicator light is turning red and flickering slowly);
D. Choose 2.4GHz WI-Fi SSID and enter the password, and then click the ‘next step’;
E. Click the ‘OK’ to make sure the WI-Fi Information;
F. After entering the following operation interface, please click ‘Next’ and you will see the ‘Scan QR Code’ interface.
G: Put the QR code in front of the camera lens about 10-15cm. The device lens is aimed at the QR code on the phone screen with a distance of 10-15cm. After the device recognizes the QR code. the camera will make o sound ‘Boogu’. After heard it, please click next’.
H. Then, the camera will start connecting WI-Fi. After the connection finished, it will skip to ‘Device Found’ page, you could edit the camera name and click ‘Done’, and then go to your device list and start viewing videos.

My camera fails to connect Wi-Fi?

1. Please make sure the WI-Fl the camera connected Is 2.4GHz. In our experience. network connection is foiled in most coses. which rs caused by that users used 5GHz WI-Fi.
2. Make sure the password correction of the WI-Fl. (Note: the password of the WI-Fi cannot include single quote. underline. space and virgule(/).
3. Check the number· of the devices your router connected. In general. the router hos a connection limits. Once the devices that your router connected excess the its max limit numbers. other devices will cannot connect the router.
4. Make sure the QR code on the phone screen is normal and the distance between the phone and the camera lens rs 10-15cm (3.9-5.9inch) during the sca nning process.
5. After checking the above information. ff the camera cannot connect the Wi-FI. please t r·y to re-download the APP. reset the camera and restart the router. and then odd the camera again.
6. If you tried all steps, but still no luck. please send your order and problem to [email protected].

Camera Installation

How to install with wall mount?
A. Select the installation location;
B. Take the camera and your phone to the installation location;
C. Use the Installation Guide In the App to diagnose the signal strength of your WI-FI network. (It is suggested to insta ll the camera on a place that has a strength WI-FI signal so that this camera can works well for you.
D. Use power drill and four screws to f ix the metal bracket on the wall. It is suggested to install this camera at 2.4-3m from the ground.
E. Clip the camera into the metal bracket and use the four screws to fix the camera.

Tips :

• Please make sure the wall or surface where you wont to install the camera Is flat. For easier installation, it is suggested to use drill.
• Please do not Install the camera at o position that nears heat source. such as Air conditioner outdoor unit and Kitchen smoke outlet.
• Try to ovoid installing the product on the side of a lively rood. Frequent pedestrians ond vehicles will keep waking up the camera. resulting in frequent alarm messages and extremely fast power consumption.
• Please do not install the camera at a position away the router. The product needs a good WI-Fi signal to works well.
• When installing the camera. it’s not suggested to make the PIA sensor vertically face the moving object. otherwise. ft may not detect the motion events. It is suggested to make the angle between PIR sensor and detected object larger than 15 degree.
  

Function Introduction

App Interface introduction

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19| Album (Store screenshots and manual video files)
20| Calendar option, click it to select the date
21| Choose the alarm video footage
22| Screenshot, video snapshot
23| Recording (First click to start recording then click again to end recording)
24| Album (Store screenshots and manual video files)
25| Modify the name of your camera
26| Get device information(network information. Mac address. time zone)
27| Screen flip, color night vision and block and white night vision switching
28| Turn on/off Microphone, Recording Speaker. Adjust volume
29| Motion detection switch. detection sensitivity, alarm working mode. alarm plan
30| Battery powered battery remaining battery usage statistics
31| Motion detective setting
32| Recording setting; SD cord capacity checking
33| Firmware version of your camera

Device share

The steps of shoring your cameras to other users:

1. Invite Your friends to download and install the ‘Cloud Edge’ APP and login.
2. Click on the ‘Device Share’   icon to watch the operation video and follow the steps to complete device sharing.

Tips : When sharing, please ensure thot your APP account is registered in the some region. Otherwise, you will not be able to shore successfully.

SD Card Record

NOTE : The product doesn’t Include SO card.
SD card requirements:

1. It is recommended to use San Disk. Samsung and other brand cords;
2. Support 8-128GB capacity;
3. It is recommended to use o standard Class 10 SD card;
4. Only FAT32 format is supported.

NOTE : Insert the memory card into the SD cord slot of the device, and the device will automatically start saving videos.

How to watch the videos in SD cord?
Method 1 : Click the ‘History’ or ‘Video Play button o f the alarm in formation Icon In the APP to enter the video playback Interface. Drag the timeline or select the alarm point to find the corresponding time period record.
Method 2 : Insert the SD card into the computer and convert the video format to MP4 via 3rd-party. When the video is MP4 format, you can directly watch It on the computer.

PIR Motion Detection Settings

Enter the application-‘Parameter Setting’-‘Motion Detection’ interface.

Warm Tip :
When you encounter the following problems in using this camera, you can adjust the motion detection sensitivity to solve them.

Note :

1. It is recommended that you set the alarm sensitivity to level 8-10 if having and missed or delayed alarm frequently.
2. It Is advised that you set the alarm sensitivity to level 1-3 if having false alarm frequently.
3. It is recommended that you adjust the sensitivity to lower level. Alarm sensitivity and detecting distance from high level ore too far to easier false triggering. In winter, it easily caused false alarms because of bigger temperature range. Also PIR alarm will be interference from weather and temperature.
4. It is recommended that you adjust the sensitivity to higher level. In summer, it caused missed or delayed alarms because of smaller temperature range.
5. If you notice the poor performance of motion detection in the night environment, try to turn off ‘Night Detection’.

Battery Management

Charging the camera
It is recommended to use a 5V/2A power adapter for charging. Please use the usb cable in the package to charge this camera.
Note : If a 5V/2A power adapter Is not available, other sizes of SV power heads con also be charged.

How to judge whether the charging is successful?
The device’s charging indicator light is red, which means it ls charging. A blue light means that charging ls complete. It will take approximately 10 hours or more to fully charge.

What should I do if the charge foils?

1. Determine whether the power adopter is good, try another one.
2. Determine whether the USB charging coble is good, tr\,j another one.
3. The charging indicator may be defective. please check the charging condition in the phone APP.
4. Determine whether the charging port of the device is not in good contact with the USB charging cable.
5. The device has o low temperature charging protection module, please don’t charge the device at low temperatures.
6. Contact customer service: [email protected].

Battery life

If the device does not detect a moving object, the device will enter sleep mode, reducing the power consumption of the device.
If the device detects a moving object, it quickly wakes up and starts within 1 second and takes screenshot with recorded video.

Warm tip : When the temperature Is below -20°c, the battery may enter self protection mode. which caused the camera automatically be shut down. But if the temperature rises, the battery will automatically return to normal state.
At the low temperatures, if you need to charge this camera, please place it on home several hours first. In room temperature. the self-protection mode of the battery will automatically be shut off to charge this camera safely.

Why the battery life of my device is poor?
A. Please check whether the number of alarms Is too frequent. Because the working time of the device determines the battery life. The more frequent PIR woke-ups. the foster the battery consume due to the longer working time. It Is recommended to appropriately lower the motion detection sensitivity of the device and set the olorm interval ond alarm time pion. (Note: Outdoor air conditioning units. moving cars and the passing pedestrians will cause frequent alarms. Please adjust the angle of the device to ovoid these objects.)
B. In cold weather. the battery capacity will be reduced. which will affect the endurance of the device.
C. Contact customer service: [email protected].

FAQs

For more detailed FAQs. please log in to the APP, search in ‘Me’-‘FAQ’-‘Help Document” Battery Camera’

The device prompts offline?

1. Check whether the equipment is In the power-on state. and observe whether· the working light of the equipment is on normally.
2. Check whether the Wi-Fi network is In good condition and restart the router.
3. If the device is located far away from the router, which results in the inability to obtain a good Wi-Fi signal, it is recommended to move the router to a closer place or odd a Wi-Fi amplifier to Improve the Wi-Fi performance of the home.
4. Delete the camera from your CloudEdge account and odd it again after resetting the device.

Check whether the device firmware and application program ore the latest version.

Update router or Wi-Fi password?
Delete the camera from your Cloud Edge account. After resetting the device. use the new Wi-Ff and password to add it again.

Can’t play historical video?

1. Check the status of the SD cord in ‘Settings’ to ensure that the SD card hos been successfully recognized.
2. Reinsert the SD cord.
3. In the application, format the SD cord.
4. Try another new SD card.

Alarm push frequently?

1. In the opp, lower the sensitivity of the motion detection alarm.
2. Check whether there are objects that Interfere with and trigger the PIA sensor in the field of view of the device. such as the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, driving cars, passing pedestrians. etc. The angle of the device can be adjusted appropriately to avoid these easily disturbing objects
3. Turn on human motion detection’ and use humanoid algorithm to filter useless alarms.

The phone cannot receive the alarm push?

1. Turn on all the push permissions of the ‘CloudEdge’ application In the system settings of your mobile phone.
2. Make sure that the device’s motion detection function is successfully turned on.
3. Restart the phone. and clear the cache on Android phones.
4. Check whether the network Is good.

Note : If a 5V/2A power adopter Is not available. other sizes of sv power heads con also be charged.

How to set sound and light alarm?

1. 3 alarm modes: power saving. performance. custom.
2. 3 alarm options: sound alarm. light alarm. sound. and light alarm.
3. Manually click the alarm UI button. the sound alarm lasts for the 30s. also can click again to close.
4. Alarm volume can be adjusted.

How to customize alarm zones?
Freely divide the area t hat needs to be alarmed. The selected area is the place where the camera detects that it will trigger an alarm notification.

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