Android Smartphone APP User Manual BulbCam 1
Table of Contents 1. Download APP......P3 2. Screens Description......P4 2.1 Main Screens...P5 2.1.1 Files...P5 2.1.2 Alarms...P5 2.1.3 More...P6 2.2 WAN Access Screens...P7 2.2.1 WAN Login...P7 2.2.2 Add Cameras and Change Login Password...P9 2.2.3 Setup camera functions...p10 2.3 LAN Access Screens...P13 2.3.1 LAN viewing...p13 2.3.2 Setup camera functions...p14 3. Setup From AP Mode to WiFi Mode.........P12 4. Setup Motion Detection and Recording..P19 5. Setup Alarm Sensors...... P20 6. Smart link........p22 7. Light Control.......P23 8. Setup Email Alert...P25 2
1. Download APP APP name is called "BulbCam", it is listed on Google Play and on the website www.bulbcam.net 1.1 Scan QR code to download. 1.2 Download from website www.bulbcam.net/download/bulbcam.apk. 1.3 The APP language will follow your mobile phone language setting, says if your smart phone is using Japanese, then the installed "bulbcam" app will be in Japanese language version. 3
2. Screen Description This APP "bulbcam" is mainly defined by two access levels, WAN access and Local access. WAN access - means through 4G/Wifi/Internet network accessing bulb camera remotely, like you are outside accessing bulb cameras at home/office. Local access - means bulb camera is under same network as your mobile phone, like you are at home, bulb camera and mobile phone are using same wifi router.. 2.1 Main screen When open the APP "bulbcam", the main screen is shown as below. WAN - internet access More - information about this app. LAN - local access Files -store video & snap shots taken by this mobile phone. Alarms - store alarm messages from motion detection function. 4
2.1.1 Files button Video files and snap shot files taken by mobile phone are listed here and files are sorted by date. 2.1.2 Alarms button Alarm messages generated from motion detection function are listed here. 5
2.1.3 More button APP related information is listed here. 6
2.2 WAN Access Screens Through 4G/Wifi/Internet network accessing bulb camera remotely, like you are outside accessing bulb camera at home/office. 2.2.1 WAN Login :- Tap "WAN" button Input Account Number and password Listing Cameras under this account Online -> camera alive Offline -> camera is OFF Tap on Camera Name, to watch live images Waching live images 7
Bottom icon functions : Tap it Light on, Tap it Light off Tap it Listening sound and speaking Tap it listening sounds Tap it speaking Tap it snap shot Tap it viewing multiple cameras on same screen Tap it recording video on mobile phone 8
2.2.2 Add Cameras and Change login password Tap to add cameras and change login "Add cameras" - add camera under this account password "Update login password"- change password "Add Camera" function :- "Update login password" function :- Camera alias - alias name of this camera New password - key in new login password Camera ID - given already like LHxxxxxx Access code - default 123456 9
2.2.3 Setup Camera functions Tap to setup camera functions Tap on functions to setup Change viewing format sub-stream : 640x480 main-stream : 1280x720pixel Showing SD-card information Start automatic recording - start recording video when power on Voice recording - recording sound with video 10
List recorded video file on SD card Tap files name to playback Setup motion detection - check it Alarm sensitivity - select high SDcard record - check it if motion detection recording only Alarm pictures - no. of pictures sent via email Showing camera ID -hardware ID, and Alias name Change camera access password allowing only permitted person to watch it. Once changed, when adding this camera system will require to enter this password. 11
Reboot camera Setup Light On time Input Start time : HH:MM Input End time : HH:MM 12
2.3 LAN Access Screens Bulb camera is under same network as your mobile phone, like at home/office, bulb camera and mobile phone are using same wifi router. This can save your mobile phone data usage. Under LAN, you can operate all functions without login. 2.3.1 LAN viewing Tap "LAN", lists cameras under same network Tap on Camera Name, to watch live images Watching live images Buttom icon functions : Tap it Light on, Tap it Light off Tap it Listening sound and speaking Tap it listening sounds Tap it speaking Tap it snap shot Tap it viewing multiple cameras on same screen Tap it recording video on mobile phone 13
2.3.2 Setup camera functions Tap to setup camera functions Tap on functions to setup Select joining WiFi for bulb camera Select a wifi name after pressing "Search" Then enter wifi password Change viewing format Sub-stream : 640x480 pixels Main-stream : 1280x720pixels 14
Showing SD-card information Start automatic recording - recording when power on Voice recording - recording video with sound Video partition size - video size per file List recorded video files on SD card Tap file name to playback Setup email alert Setup motion detection - check it Alarm sensitivity - select high SDcard record - check it if motion detection recording only. Alarm pictures - no. of pictures sent via email 15
Setup sensor [only apply to BC-78x series products] Showing camera information and status Status shows connect to server or not Reboot the camera - reboot camera Restore to factory settings - restore default firmware One key upgrade - update latest firmware from internet [only apply to BC-78x series products] Setup a Light Timer Start time : HH:MM End time : HH:MM Setup Light with Motion Detection Enable it, light of camera will be on when motion detection triggered 16
3. Setup from AP mode to WiFi mode Bulb cameras come out from factory that is in AP mode. It did not connect to any wifi routers. To make it connect to home/office router, has to follow below procedures. When a bulb camera is connected with a router, it is called wifi mode. First, screw a bulb camera into a bulb socket and turn on power. Second, go to mobile phone wifi section. [each bulb camera has a unique ID, find it on packing box] Select bulb camera wifi ID Enter password : 88888888 Go to open APP "BulbCam", tap LAN Then, tap icon Select "Wi-Fi" function 17
Enable "Use wifi" Press "Search" to find available Wifi Routers Select the Wifi router, then enter password Third, bulb camera will reboot and then connect to the WiFi router. 18
4. Setup motion detection and recording This step shows how to setup motion detection feature and recording video only when motion detection triggered. Go to APP LAN section, Tap icon of a bulb camera Select "SD card settings" function Uncheck Start automatic recording box Press "OK" Goto "Alam settings" function Check "Motion detection" box Select High at "Alarm sensitivity" Check "Sdcard Record" box Select 2/3 at "Alarm pictures" 19
5. Setup alarm sensors [only apply to BC-78x series] Integration with a wireless (433Mhz) sensor with bulb camera that means once a sensor is triggered, bulb camera will generate a push message to mobile phone to alert end users. If there are more sensors, sensor has to be setup one by one. Go to APP LAN section, Tap icon of a bulb camera Select "Sensor Setup" function Press "Pair" button Make a sensor generates a trigger message When bulb camera is detected the sensor, it will pop-up a box to ask enter Alias name of sensor for identifcation 20
Repeating above steps if there are other sensors Matched sensors will be listed below When they are ready, press "Arming" button to enable it. "Disarming" when you don't want to receive triggered messages from sensors 21
6. Smart link [only apply to BC-78x series] "Smart link" function is to simplify setup procedure from bulb camera to wifi router. Users just press a button "Smart link" then it will complete the setup. First, connect mobile phone to a wifi router that will be used for bulb camera also. Second, following below steps. Open APP "BulbCam" Tap "More" button Tap "Smart Link" Enter Wifi password again, Once done, bulb camera will reboot. Press "OK" System auto matching it Then it is ready to use. 22
7. Light control There are three ways to control light. Direct Switching On/Off - press a button on APP to enable or disable light. Light with Alarm - Light will be switching on when motion is detected, it will be auto switching off after two minutes if no movement being detected. Light Timer - Set a specific time to turn on/off light. 7.1 Direct switching On/Off Under WAN/LAN, when alive viewing, Click to Enable/Disable light. It is Off status, Tap to turn on light It is On status, Tap to turn off light 7.2 Light with alarm To setup "Light with alarm" function, motion detection function must be enabled first. Please referring to section 4 for setup motion detection. Go to camera list under WAN/LAN, tap, tap "Light with alarm", select to Enable / Disable it 23
7.3 Light Timer Set a specific time to turn on/off light. Go to camera list under WAN/LAN, tap, tap "Light Timer", select to "ON", enter Start time "HH:MM" and End time "HH:MM" 24
8 Setup Email Alert Email alert will send an email to a dedicated email account once there is a motion being detected from bulb camera. It will come with 3pcs photos taking at 1second interval. We don't provide email service. So this function will use your own email server to send email alerts. Beware of this point, some email servers will treat it this as a spam email, may reject to receive it or will be placed under spam email folder. "Email alert " function has to be setup under LAN section, and motion detection function must be enabled first. Please referring to section 4 for setup motion detection. Receiver E-mail : receiver full email address Sender E-mail : sender full email address SMTP Server : check with your email service provider, what is smtp server adress Enryption : check with your email service provider, there are 3 option, "No", "SSL", "TSL" SMTP port : check with your email service provider, different encryption method has different port number SMTP User : check with your email service provider, should enter full email address, or just user name is OK SMTP password: password of sender email account 25