. N E T W O R K I N G A N D S U R V E I L L A N C E P R O D U C T S Setup and Advanced User Guide Astak, Inc. 1911 Hartog Drive. T able of Contents Getting familiar with your new ASTAK product.1 Packing list.2 System Overview.2 Usage Suggestions.2 Product Certifications.3 Warning.3 Care and Maintenance.3 Setting up your ASTAK network camera.4 Register your camera.5 Register and configure your camera.5.
Astak Mole Wifi Built-in Microphone. Way Audio Intercom and Multiple Camera Setup Are Now Accessible via. SOFTWARE: Provides adjustable.
DDNS Settings.22 User.23 Email.23 Alarm.24 Schedule. 25 Motion Detection. 27 Auto Capture.27 System Tab.28 Time Settings.28 Initialize.29 Device Information.30. Do not use this product to do anything illegal. Illegal usage of this product voids the warranty. Astak, Inc and Team Research, Inc will not assume any responsibility for the illegal use of this camera.
Care and Maintenance 1. Once you’ve logged in, you’ll be directed to the Yoics web interface. Yoics will automatically detect your new ASTAK camera and you should see a pop-up window asking if you want to register you new product. Just click Complete Registration.
Chapter 3 for more information. Configuring for Wireless Networks If you have purchased the WiFi version of the ASTAK camera, the following instructions detail how to configure your settings to configure your camera for your network. A U T O M A T I C C O N F I G U R A T I O N Logging in to your camera Clicking on the name will bring up your camera.
Since this is the first time that you’re accessing your camera, you will get a login screen. A U T O M A T I C C O N F I G U R A T I O N Scroll down to Wireless Settings and click on Search Selecting Search will detect all of the wireless networks that it finds in range. Simply select your preferred network. A U T O M A T I C C O N F I G U R A T I O N Selecting the network will automatically populate the necessary settings for your configuration.
Simply enter your pass-key (the password for your wireless network) and select Apply. A C C E S S I N G Y O U R C A M E R A Chapter Accessing your camera This section will show you how you can access your camera.
Nce you have configured your camera there are many different configuration options available to you. A C C E S S I N G Y O U R C A M E R A That’s it; once you login you’ll be able to see your camera.
Internet Explorer If you are using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, the first time that you view your camera you will be prompted to install some additional software. A C C E S S I N G Y O U R C A M E R A If there is no DHCP server connected to your camera on your network, the default IP address is 192.168.1.88. Simply type this IP address into your browser to access the camera directly. Note: Accessing by local IP address will ONLY work when you are on the same network (e.g. M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N Chapter Using your camera This section will guide you through the various menus of your camera. N addition to showing you the view, there are many configuration options with your camera.
M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N View size View size allows you to select the default screen resolution that you see you camera. Auto is the default and is recommended. Lowering image size may be recommended in slow network situations, where performance may be an issue at higher resolutions.
M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N Playback Playback allows you to view the recorded footage on your computer. Simply select the button to bring up a file listing of your recorded files. Note this feature will play the footage stored on the computer that you are currently watching from. C O N F I G U R A T I O N Audio controls Your ASTAK is capable of two-way audio functionality. Connecting a speaker to your camera, allows you to speak from wherever you are, provided you have a microphone on the computer that you are watching from. To turn this feature on, simply select the microphone (left above). M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N Image settings Brightness Saturation Contrast Hue: Adjust any of these settings to your liking.
Once you’ve found a setting that you like, select Apply to have the camera remember those values. M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N Video settings Resolution: There are three different resolution options you can choose from: 640x480, 320x240, or 160x120. Bit Rate: This specifies the number of kilobytes per second of the video stream. Increased bit-rate equates to improved quality and increased size. M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N Advanced Click on the Advanced tab to access advanced user settings. Network Warning: Only advanced users should configure network settings. IP Configuration Type: You can choose from a Dynamic or Fixed IP address.
If you choose a Dynamic IP address (default), your IP address will be assigned automatically by your router. Yoics is Enabled: If you registered with Yoics already, you have the option of disabling Yoics support and unregistering with Yoics. If you unregister, then you will not be able to access your camera through the Yoics website. See Chapter 1: Setting up your ASTAK camera for more information. M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N DDNS Settings Most internet service providers do not provide a static (dedicated) IP address. Accordingly it can be difficult to remote access your camera.
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is a free service that keeps track of your IP address, through these changes. The password for guest is guest.) Email Your ASTAK camera can notify you via email if it detects events.
The information for your email settings should be entered here. M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N SMTP Server Name: Type in the name of your email SMTP server, and your server port number in order to enable the delivery of emails. Please check with your email provider for the port number and if any security (e.g.
M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N Save picture on the SD card: Click this box if you want a picture to be saved on the SD card when a movement is detected. Note: You must first insert a SD card into the camera for this to occur. M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N All times: You can choose this mode if you want the alarm function to be activate at all times.Please click Apply to save your changes.
Motion Detection In this section, you can setup up to four different motion-sensitive windows. FTP server.Please click Apply to save your changes.
Auto Capture Your ASTAK camera can be configured to automatically take a picture at a designated time interval. Snap interval: Set any duration from 1- 1440 here. For example, in the picture above, the camera is setup to take a picture every 60 minutes.
M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N System Tab Time Settings Current date & time: this box displays your camera’s current date and time. Adjust: to setup your camera’s date and time, you can choose between four different options. Browse button to find the saved file. Click OK to apply.
Upgrade: In the future, if Astak offers updated firmware for your camera, you can download it from the website and save it to your computer. Then you can apply it to. M A N U A L C O N F I G U R A T I O N Device Information This section displays technical details about your camera.
SD status: you can click on the Browser SD Card link to access the contents of your SD card. I P - 7 0 0 This page is intentionally left blank.
Quick Setup Guide Plug in First connect the network cable to Router, Then connect the AC power and WiFi Antenna Step 2. AC Power Step 1. Router (Network) 1 Install Setup Software 2 Run the Setup Software 3 Power Indicator Light Sensor Network Indicator Lens LEDs SD Card Indicator Built-in Microphone Power Slot Reset Audio Output SD Card Slot Audio Input WIFI Antenna Ethernet Port Insert Setup CD into your computer’s DVD or CD drive 1. Start the Remote Camera Setup Software will walk you through the setup process Step 3. WiFi Antenna 2.
View registered cameras v10.5/v10.6 XP/Vista/W7 Windows (XP/Vista/Windows7) - Browser CD to ‘Windows’ folder - Double-click ‘mole-setup.exe’ - Follow screens to install on desktop Mac OS X (Leopard/Snow Leopard) - Open Finder to CD’s ‘Mac OS’ folder - Open ‘mole-setup.zip’ file - Drag ‘Remote Cameras’ app to desktop.If you have any problems installing the CD software, please refer to Web Setup Guide for optional web based registration.Please DO NOT connect the MOLE directly to the computer.