V-TAC VT-5157 Outdoor WiFi Camera Instruction Manual

V-TAC VT-5158 Outdoor WiFi Camera

INTRODUCTION

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INSTALLATION DIAGRAM

PACKAGING CONTENTS

MAIN FUNCTION

TECHNICAL DATA

•  DC:12V±5% Input Power
•  2.4~2.4835 Ghz Wireless Frequency
•  Alarm motion detection
•  Lan port RJ-45
•  2304x1296P Resolution
•  3.0M pixel HD CMOS
•  3.6mm Lens
•  H.265/Mjpeg Video Compression
•  Protocol: TCP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, RTSP, P2P
•  10 meters Night Vision•
• 25–30fps Frame Rate
•  Two-way Audio
•  WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryption Wireless Security
•  Micro SD up to 128gb Storage
•  Supports Android & IOS devices
• IEEE802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
•  IP Rating: IP65

DOWNLOAD THE APP

•  Google Play Store – Search “YCC365 Plus”
•  IOS (Apple Store) – Search “YCC365 Plus”
•  Android phones and IOS(Iphone) can download by scanning the following QR codes.

REGISTER NEW ACCOUNT LOGIN USING EMAIL

1. Tap on “Sign Up” to register with your email address as user ID and tap on “Next” to create a password.
2. Tap on “Next” – The APP will send a confirmation link to your email ID. Please confirm the link to complete the registration process.

LOGIN USING PHONE NO.

1.  Tap on “Login in with mobile phone number” (fig 1) to change the login panel
2.  Tap on “Sign Up” to register with your phone number as user ID and tap on “Next” – The APP will send a SMS verification code to your mobile phone. Please input the SMS verification code in the APP to complete the registration process.
3. Tap on “Next” to create a password.

ADDING CAMERA DEVICE TO THE APP

TIP: First, connect the power adapter to the camera, then the camera will sound
“Please configure camera by AP hotspot or by scanning code” then using the YCC365 Plus APP start adding the camera to the APP. If you do not hear the sound, press and hold the “RESET” button on the device until you hear the sound “Reset Success”. Please wait until you hear the sound “Please configure camera by AP hotspot or by scanning code”
NOTE : The camera only supports 2.4G Wi-Fi, before adding devices, make sure your router is 2.4G Wi-Fi, and your phone is connected to 2.4G Wi-Fi.

Add Camera

•  Add camera Tap on top right corner “+” sign as shown below (figure 7)
•  Tap on “Smart Camera” as shown below(Figure 8)
•  There are three ways for adding the camera: (a) Device adding by scanning code (b) Addition of AP hotspot (c) Addition by connecting to network cable(This feature is not available for this camera) (Refer to Figure 9)

A. DEVICE ADDING BY SCANNING THE CODE

• Tap on “device adding by scanning the code” (Ref Figure 9).

•  Please refer to “TIP” before tapping on Next. After you hear the sound from camera “Please configure camera by AP hotspot or by scanning code” tap on Next (Figure 10)

•  Enter your Wi-Fi Name and Password.

•  Now if your mobile phone is already connected to network Wi-Fi, it will show your network Wi-Fi name. If not, press “Switch the network” to open your phone’s WLAN and connect to your available network. Then go back to the app. Input Wi-Fi pass-word (note: this password must be your network Wi-Fi password), and then click
  “Next”. A QR code will show on phone screen.

•  Place the QR code towards the camera lens at a distance of around 4-8 inches. After the camera reads the QR, it will sound with “two beeps” and Wi-Fi connecting. Now on the App, tap on “Beep or flashing lights” (Figure 12). Then wait till the camera confirms with “Internet-connected” “welcome to use cloud camera”. On app it will also show “Addition is successful”- Select/type the device name (Figure 15) and tap on “Start to experience”.

B. ADDITION OF AP HOTSPOT

• Tap on “addition of AP Hotspot” (Ref Figure 9).
•  Please refer to “TIP” before tapping on “Go to setting”. After you hear the sound from camera “Please configure camera by AP hotspot or by scanning code” tap on “Go to setting” (Figure 10)
•  Tap on “Go to Setting” (Figure 16) button then Select the camera hotspot named with “CLOUDCAM_XXXX” (Figure 17). After connecting the camera then go back to the app and Tap on “Next” (Figure 18).

Select your network Wi-Fi and input Wi-Fi password (note: this password must be your network Wi-Fi password). Then Tap “confirm” [Figure 19], the camera will sound with two beeps and voice “Network is connecting, please wait”. Then wait till the camera confirms with “Internet-connected welcome to use cloud camera”. On app it will also show “Addition is successful”- Select/type the device name (Figure 20 [B]) and tap on “Start to experience”.

C. ADDITION BY CONNECTING TO NETWORK CABLE (ONLY SUPPORT LAN PORT DEVICE)

•  Connect the Ethernet cable between the camera and the Wi-Fi router.
•  Tap on “Addition by connecting to network cable” (Ref Figure 9).
•  Please scan the QR code on the device and wait for the network connection to succeed.

D. AP DIRECT MODE (SPECIAL)

•  Open the YCC365 plus APP to enter the login interface. Tap on “Local direct connection” as shown in Figure 22[A]
•  Tap on plus sign on the top right-hand corner as shown in Figure 22[B].
•  Power up the camera and wait until you hear the voice “Please configure camera by AP hotspot or scanning code” and Tap on “Next” as shown in Figure 22[C] (if you don’t hear the voice, reset the camera）
•  Tap on “Go to the setting” as shown in Figure 22[D] and connect the camera hotspot named with “CLOUDCAM_XXXX” as shown in Figure 22[E]. After connecting the camera go back to the APP and tap on “Next” as shown in Figure 22[F]. If unsure please refer to Figure 22[D] and tap on “How to connect the device”.
•  Enter the User name: admin | Password: 12345 and tap on “Next”, as shown in Figure 22[G].
•  On app it will also show “Addition is successful”- Select/type the device name (Figure 22[H]) and tap on “Start to experience”

FUNCTION INTRODUCTION

•  Settings Menu
• B: Video
•  Snapshot
•  Full Screen
•  Pan-tilt reset
•  Preset
•  Pan&Tilt
• Message
•  Video quality
•  Hold to talk
•  Sound
• More

PTZ
By sliding the steering wheel or sliding the screen on the live preview you can control the camera’s rotation.

PRESET

1.  Click the preset icon to enter the preset management interface (Figure 24).
2.  Adding presets. Refer Figure 25.
3.  Delete the preset: Click the edit icon to delete the preset that has been added.

ADD THE PRESET

DELETE THE PRESET

VIDEO PLAYBACK
Note: Video playback by default is cloud recording, if you want to playback the video on the TF card, you can switch “play videos from” to “SD card”.

• Cloud video has color variations, dark blue indicates the alarm recording and light blue indicates non-alarm recording. TF card video color is uniform light blue.
•  Click the date icon to playback the video of the selected date.
•  Click “ ” icon to adjust the cloud video playback speed, please note the TF card playback does not support this function.

VIDEO CLIP
Note: Only the cameras with a cloud service package have this feature. Drag the playback cursor and click the clip icon, select start time and click “save to the cloud album ” , enter the video name and click “save”.

DOWNLOAD CLOUD VIDEO / SHARE CLOUD VIDEO
Click the cloud album icon and click the video clip, click “Download” to save the video to your phone or click “Share” to share your Video on Facebook and YouTube.

CLOUD VIDEO PLAYBACK
Click “Cloud event” to view the alarm video

PREFERENCES
Click “ “ in the preview screen, check the settings menu

ALARM TONE FUNCTIONALITY
Turn ON the Alarm Tone [Go to Settings Menu > Tap on Alarm Tone]: When detected moving object, camera will make an alarming sound, it will last 30 seconds by default, if it is triggered continuously in 30 seconds, the alarm sound will prolong. If this machine supports humanoid detection, the alarm sound will be triggered only when human’s movements are detected. Turn OFF the Alarm Tone: There is no alarm sound even when it detected the moving objects

CONTROL OF NIGHT VISION
Switch of the infrared light corresponding to the night vision off APP Turn ON the night vision [Go to Settings Menu > Tap on Night Vision]: Infra-red light turns on – the picture is black and white. Turn OFF the night vision [Go to Settings Menu > Tap on Night Vision]: Infrared light turns off, the picture is colorful. Automatic night vision: Switch infrared lights automatically according to the photosensitive reaction, the color of the picture also depends on the photosensitive reaction.

CONTROL OF WHITE LIGHT
White light switch corresponding to the light bulb icon (Figure 23). In case of automatic night vision, open the white light by tapping on the bulb icon (Figure 23), it is bright and the picture is colorful. In the case of automatic night vision, close the white light by tapping on the bulb icon, it goes off and the picture’s color depends on the photosensitive reaction. In the case of automatic night vision, Set the white light of automatic, it won’t trigger the white light in the daytime, when moving objects detected at night, the white light will open automatically. It will last 60 seconds when triggered one time, if there are no moving objects, it will close after 60 seconds. The white light time will prolong if there are moving objects during the 60 seconds.

SET TF CARD RECORDING MODE
Insert the TF card into the card slot and power on the camera. (Ensure to install the TF card only when the camera is powered OFF).

TF card requirements：

1.  Memory space 8-128G
2.  C10 TF card
3.  Use after formatting.
4.  Recommend Kingston/SanDisk/Samsung
   Click “Device storage” to check it
   Click “Memory card recording mode” to select the video mode of TF card.

CLOUD STORAGE SERVICE

We offer a 30-day-long cloud service, everyone can enjoy the cloud storage service for free, after that you can choose to pay for the service at a low cost.

•  Select “Cloud service” and check Subscription packages
•  There are three kinds of subscription packages for you, you can choose to pay for this service by monthly or yearly.
•  We support the PayPal payment system, click “Go to PayPal now” and then complete the payment ( please install the PayPal app in advance )

SPLIT SCREEN FEATURE

1.  Applicable only for multiple cameras under the same account.
2.  Click on the split screen button to simultaneously preview multiple devices.

Note: To use this feature you must have 2 or more cameras installed under the same account.

HOW TO USE THE CAMERA ON A COMPUTER

Log In: www.ucloudcam.com
Enter your account number and password, click to log in

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Unable to add the device?

•  Please make sure the camera has been reset. Press the Reset button until you hear the prompt tone.
•  The camera supports Only 2.4GHZ Wi-Fi, if your Wi-Fi router is 5GHZ, please switch to 2.4/5GHZ dual mode.
•  Please turn on the GPS service before adding the device on the Android/IOS mobile phone. After installation is complete, you will be asked to turn on GPS service when you use the app for the first time, if you have chosen not to turn ON the GPS service please uninstall the APP and reinstall again and ensure to enable the GPS service.
•  Please ensure the camera was not linked to any other account. If it was then please reset the device and add to your account.

There are four voice prompts in the progress

1. “Please configure camera by AP hotspot or scanning code”

2. Select your Wi-Fi and login with your password, after the device makes a noise like “beep” you will hear this “Please wait for Wi-Fi connecting”.

3. Please wait for internet connecting” after getting the Internet IP address.

4. “Internet-connected welcome to use cloud camera”
   If you cannot go to the second step, please ensure your Wi-Fi channel is not hidden, and the Wi-Fi router is not placed far from the camera. If this way doesn’t work, please scan the QR code to add the camera.
   If you cannot go to the third step, please reduce the number of  Wi-Fi users, and delete the special characters of your Wi-Fi password.
   If you cannot go to the fourth step, please repeat the entire process again, if it still doesn’t work, please contact the seller.

5.  Why does the video recording split into multiple videos?
   The size of the video file is limited. Once the video size reaches its limit, the video file will be created and the next video will continue to be recorded.

6. The TF card can’t be identified?
   Please check the TF card if it meets the quality requirements. When the Wi-Fi signal is not good, the TF Card will not be identified.

7.  The video recording timeline is blank after the cloud service expired?
   The video cannot be replayed after cloud service is expired, if there is no TF card in the camera, the video cannot be recorded. If the TF card is always working, but the video files disappear, please check the TF card state, if it is normal in the App but no video has been recorded, please format the TF card. If it still doesn’t work, please get a new TF card and try again.

8.  Why can’t I get notifications on my phone?
   Make sure the APP notification is enabled in the phone settings, when you are watching the real-time video in the App, there is no warning notifications, because it’s unnecessary to send notifications when you are watching the video online. Advanced message push system, the warning notifications won’t be notified to your phone all the time but it will record all the messages and videos.

9.  Camera disconnected?
   Please check the power and the Internet then restart the camera. If this way does not work please remove the camera and add it again in the App.

10.  Circle in the video, video is running slowly?
    Circle in the video means it’s still loading, please check your network environment.

11.  How can I give access to other people to watch the video?
    Share the App account with other people.

12.  How many people can use the account simultaneously?
    There is no theoretical limit.

13.  Why adding the camera to another account would fail?
    One camera one account, if the other account needs to be added with the camera, please remove the camera from the current account and add it to the new account.

14.  How can I get my camera connected to the other Wi-Fi?
    Two ways:
    When you need to change to another Wi-Fi without moving the place. Setting Menu >> Wi-Fi Network >> select the Wi-Fi
    When the camera is moved to another place, please start the camera, you will see the “Device disconnected” on the main page, and then click “TROUBLESHOOT” to connect to the Wi-Fi again.

References

• ucloudcam.com

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