Introduction of ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520

The ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520 is a state-of-the-art home security solution that combines the power of video surveillance and illumination. With an estimated price range of $150 to $200, this camera is set to launch in the market soon. Ideal for both indoor and outdoor use, this camera offers 1080p full HD video recording, motion detection, and night vision capabilities, making it a versatile and reliable security option.

Scope of delivery

PPIC36520

• Wi-Fi outdoor camera
• Antenna
• Wall bracket (incl. power supply unit)
• Drilling template
• Installation material
• Quick guide

Specifications

The ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520 boasts several key features, including:

• 1080p full HD video recording
• 130-degree wide-angle lens
• Night vision up to 30 feet
• Motion detection and alerts
• Two-way audio communication
• Integrated LED light
• IP65 weatherproof rating
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
• SD card slot for local storage
• Compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant

Description of the hardware

PPIC36520

IMPORTANT! Electrical wires must be disconnected from the power supply during installation. Therefore, the power should firstly be turned off and then tested that there is no voltage with a circuit tester. The installation of the device involves works on the mains power supply. This is why it must be carried out by a specialist according to national installation regulations and connection requirements.

Mark the required drill holes with the supplied drilling template and drill the holes. Secure the mount using the screws and wall plugs included. Feed the existing conductor through the respective holes by perforating the rubber sealing. Connect the live conductor and the neutral conductor with the existing lustre terminal. For a simplified installation, take the lustre terminal out from its bracket.

• L – live conductor (mostly black or brown)

• N – neutral conductor (mostly blue)

  

Connect the camera connection cable to the camera connector block. After, insert the camera into the bracket. Mount the camera onto the bracket by using the Allen key provided. Mount the antenna to the camera. Turn on the power to the camera. The camera will be ready for further set-up when the power LED light stays lit and the status LED flashes quickly twice and then once for longer. 

Connecting to an LAN network 

Description

The ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520 is a high-quality security camera designed to provide clear and detailed video footage in any lighting conditions. Its integrated LED light ensures that the camera can capture clear images even in low-light environments, making it an excellent option for both indoor and outdoor use. With its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, users can easily access and control the camera using their smartphone or tablet, making it a convenient and user-friendly security solution.

First access

Download app 
Download the ‘App2Cam Plus’ app from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store before your initial access. 
Setting up the camera 

Connect the camera to the power to begin set-up. If you would like to connect the camera to your home network (router) using the network cable, attach the network cable to the camera before connecting the camera to the power.  The camera will be ready for set-up after approx. 60 seconds. 
Wi-Fi set-up (Android) 

• Open the app and select option 1 to set up the camera on your Wi-Fi network. 
• The app will automatically search for the camera's Wi-Fi access point. If multiple cameras are available at the same time during set-up, you will be shown a list of cameras. 
• Select the required camera and press the arrow key to continue with installation. 
• Before connecting the camera to the Wi-Fi, the app prompts you to change the security code on the camera, which is required to integrate the camera. Enter a security code and confirm it. 
  Note: This security code should consist of at least eight characters and meet at least two or three of the following criteria: 
  • Uppercase letters (A–Z)
  • Lowercase letters (a–z)
  • Numbers (0–9)
•  Special characters are not allowed. The camera's standard security code '123456' is not permitted.  
• Select your home network Wi-Fi from the list of Wi-Fi networks, then enter the Wi-Fi password for your home network. Press 'OK' to set up the connection. 
• The camera takes approx. 90 seconds to set up a connection with the Wi-Fi network. If the camera does not connect despite this set-up, reset the camera using the Reset button and repeat the above steps. 

Wi-Fi set-up (iOS)

• Before opening the app, go to your device's network settings and connect to your camera's Wi-Fi access point. This will have the name 'HD-XXXXXX'. The password for the camera's Wi-Fi access point: '12345678'. 
  Once the connection is set up, open the app and select option 1 to set up the camera on your Wi-Fi network. 
• Before connecting the camera to the Wi-Fi, the app prompts you to change the security code on the camera, which is required to integrate the camera. Enter a security code and confirm it.  
  Note: This security code should consist of at least eight characters and meet at least two or three of the following criteria: 
  • Uppercase letters (A–Z)
  • Lowercase letters (a–z)
  • Numbers (0–9)
• Special characters are not allowed. The camera's standard security code '123456' is not permitted.  
• Select your home network Wi-Fi from the list of Wi-Fi networks, then enter the Wi-Fi password for your home network. Press 'OK' to set up the connection. 
• The camera takes approx. 90 seconds to set up a connection with the Wi-Fi network. If the camera does not connect despite this set-up, reset the camera using the Reset button and repeat the above steps. 

LAN set-up/Adding a camera that is already set-up 
To set up a camera on a LAN network, use the network cable to connect the camera to your home network (router) before connecting the camera to the power. 

• Open the app and select option 2 to set up the camera on your LAN network. 
• Enter a name for your camera. 
• Use the 'Search' button to search for the camera on the network or enter the camera's DID manually. You now need to enter the camera's standard security code, '123456'. If the camera has already been set up, enter the security code previously assigned to the camera. 
• Press the 'Save' button to add the camera. 

Note: If the camera has been added with the standard security code, '123456', this has to be changed to the camera's live cast the first time it is accessed. 

Note: If the camera has already been set up via another smartphone or user, select this method to add cameras that are already set up.  

Compatibility

The App2Cam Plus is compatible with the following devices: 

• PPIC32020 / PPIC32520 / PPIC34520
• PPIC35520
• TVAC19000A-B / TVAC19100A-B

Note: Please note that some of the functions explained or demonstrated in these instructions may not be compatible with older generation cameras, or the camera functions may be different due to differences in the hardware. 

Overview

NOTE: The screenshots and icons shown here are from the iOS app.  The text, layout or functions may differ slightly from the Android app. If this is the case, this will be flagged up in the respective items or as an addendum – (iOS only) or (Android only).  

• In the overview, you can click on one of the preview images to open the camera's live cast.  

• There are other functions you can use in the menu bar, camera bar and in the info/app setting. 

Menu bar

Camera bar

Info/app settings

ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520 Live view

In the live cast, a variety of different functions are available to you, depending on the model of camera. A full screen view, without functions, is shown in landscape mode. 

Live cast functions

Pan/tilt function 

For pan/tilt cameras, you can either use a 'swipe' command to control the camera or long-press and release one point to bring the camera to that point. 
Pan/tilt menu 

Active/inactive function 
Click the 'Arm' or 'Disarm' button to activate or deactivate the camera. You always have to enter the admin password. 

Automatic adjustment of video quality 
If the quality of the connection to your camera gets worse and the video quality is set too high for the existing connection, the app will suggest automatically that the video quality be adjusted. Pressing the 'Adjust video quality' button will temporarily adjust the camera stream video quality to the quality of the current connection.  

Stream indicators

Note: If the connection to your camera is always made via the relay server, please check the following settings:

• Check whether UPnP is enabled in your router
• Check whether a hardware firewall or a software firewall is stopping a direct connection
• Check whether multiple 'hops' (router) are installed between the end device and the internet.

Event list/playback

Event list 
In this event list, you can set a start and end time. With this filter, the app will show you all recorded events in this period. 

Event list functions

Mode (iOS only) 
By clicking on the 'Mode' button, you can select whether to view the files on the SD card in the set period or to view the files already downloaded to your end device in the set period. 

Playback 
In the playback of results, a variety of different functions are available to you depending on the model of camera. A full screen view, without functions, is shown in landscape mode.  The results usually need a short buffer time until the event can be played back. 

Note: During the playback of events, the event is automatically downloaded to your end device. For this reason, we recommend using Wi-Fi for the playback as much as possible to minimise the amount of data consumed. 

Playback functions

Camera settings

Login details 

You can change the camera's login details manually in the camera settings: 

• Camera name: Change the camera name here. 
• DID:  Change the camera's DID manually. 
• Security code: You can change the camera's security code here. 

You can use the 'Search' button to automatically replace the camera's DID with another camera found. Use the 'Cancel' button to discard the changes or save them with the 'Save' button. 

Email notification 

If email was set up in the camera's advanced settings, you can now activate this here.  

Open advanced settings 

The 'Settings' button opens the advanced settings. Use the standard password, '123456', the first time. The app then prompts you to change the admin password.

Note: The admin password is a functional password and not a security password and is intended to help you to provide other people with a live cast and notifications from the cameras while protecting the advanced settings. 

Automatic log-in 

When entering the admin password, you can use the 'Automatic log-in' button to save the admin password on your end device, meaning this does not need to be entered on your end device the next time you access the advanced settings. This does not apply when you are accessing the system from other end devices. 
Advanced camera settings

Note: Although the individual items have a different layout to in Android, the functions are identical and available on both platforms. 

Setup Guide

To set up the ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520, follow these steps:

1. Download and install the ABUS app on your smartphone or tablet.
2. Create an account and log in to the app.
3. Power on the camera and connect it to your Wi-Fi network using the app.
4. Position the camera in your desired location and adjust its settings using the app.

Security settings

• Device security code:  You can change the camera's security code here.
• Admin password: You can change the camera's admin password here. 
• Disable automatic log-in: If automatic log-in has been enabled, you can disable it here.

Video settings

• Video quality
  Standard quality / better quality / best quality
  You can change the camera's preset video quality to VGA, HD or Full HD here. 
  The value set here has no effect on the recording, which is always made in Full HD.
• Environment mode
  Outdoor / Indoor 50 Hz / Indoor 60 Hz
  Change the environment mode here to adjust the camera to the light conditions.
  For use indoors, adjust the frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) in line with the frequency on the mains network used.
  In European countries, the frequency is 50 Hz.
• Image improvement
  Levels 1–5
  You can change the light enhancement here. A higher level will lighten the image more, a lower level less.
• Display orientation
  Normal / Tilt / Reverse / Flip & Reverse
  Change the camera's display orientation here.
• Time stamp
  Change the position of the time stamp by dragging and dropping the time stamp into the desired corner.
  Change the colour of the time stamp by clicking on the desired colour.
  Remove the time stamp by clicking the image once.
  Changes will only take effect if saved. The 'Reload' button refreshes the preview.

Component settings 

(PPIC35520 only)

Component list: Adding / deleting / editing components. Programmed components display.

Sound settings 

(PPIC35520 / PPIC36520 only)

Ringtone (PPIC35520 only)

• Melody track : Track 1–5
  Change the melody the intercom plays when the call button is pressed.
• Melody volume: Level 1–3
  Change the melody volume here
• Melody activated: Enable or disable melody playback at the intercom.
• Loudspeaker volume: Level 1–4
  You can change the volume of the loudspeaker during two-way communications here
• Siren (PPIC36520 only)
  Siren volume: 5 (max) / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 (min) / mute
  Change the volume of the integrated siren here.
• Siren duration: 15 / 30 / 60 seconds
  Change the duration of the integrated siren.

Relay settings (PPIC35520 only)

• External door bell: Silent / 1 sec / 3 sec / 5 sec
  Here, you can select the switching time for the relay switch connected to the external doorbell. Alternatively, you can disable it if you wish.
• Relay: 1 sec / 3 sec / 5 sec
  Here, you can change the switching time for the actuator relay

Motion detection settings

• Detection mode: Off / Software / PIR
  You can change the detection mode here. If it is switched off, no recording or notification will take place if motion is detected. The choice of PIR is only available if your camera has an integrated PIR sensor.
• Information about the use of software detection
  The camera will detect differences in light between the individual pixels if software detection is in use. Please note that accidental deployment may occur if the camera is orientated towards a scene with fluctuations in light as standard (e.g. sunlight through a window).
• Information about the use of PIR detection
  The camera detects differences in temperature using the integrated passive infrared sensor (PIR). Please note that accidental deployment may occur if the camera is orientated towards a scene with fluctuations in temperature as standard (e.g. windows, radiators, larger metal objects).
• Sensitivity: You can change the sensitivity of the software detection for day and night here. A high value will lead to detection in the event of minor changes, and a low value will trigger only in the event of more major changes to the camera image.
• Motion screen: If you have enabled software detection, you can exclude individual image sectors from the detection. Click the desired image sectors to do this. If the sector is black, no motion will be detected here.

Notification settings

• Notification: You can enable or disable push notifications here.
• Language notification: You can change the language of the push notifications here.
• Email: You can enter the email sender and receiver data here to set up email notification. You can also enable email notification in the camera settings for the respective camera (see section)

Storage settings

• SD card: Format the SD card here.
• Circular buffer: You can enable or disable the circular buffer here.

Note: If the circular buffer is active, the camera transfers the earliest files when the SD card is full. If the circular buffer is deactivated, the camera stops recording once the SD card is full.

Device settings

• Camera name: You can change the camera's name here. This is used on the time stamp and notifications.
• Time zone: You can adjust the time zone of the camera here.
• Summer time: You can enable or disable summer time. If summer time is enabled, the time is put forward by one full hour.
• Profile settings: You can save the camera's profile settings on your end device. You can then load the settings on to other cameras, or re-load them following a reset.
• Device information: Information about the current firmware version / MCU version / storage capacity and free storage space on the SD card.
• Update firmware: If there is new firmware available for your camera, this additional menu item will appear in the advanced settings.

Network settings Wi-Fi

Select your home Wi-Fi network from the list of Wi-Fi networks. Enter the password for your Wi-Fi network and confirm with 'OK'.

The camera then sets up a new connection. If you have used the network cable to connect your camera to your router, unplug this during the restart. If the camera cannot connect after approx. 90 seconds, restart the camera as your first course of action. If the camera still cannot connect, reconnect the camera with the network cable again and check the settings.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues with the ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520, try the following solutions:

• Check that the camera is properly connected to your Wi-Fi network.
• Make sure that the camera is charged and has sufficient battery power.
• Ensure that the camera's lens is clean and free of debris or obstructions.
• Restart the camera and try again.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• 1080p full HD video recording
• Integrated LED light for low-light environments
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
• Motion detection and alerts
• Compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant

Cons

• No local storage option besides SD card
• May require frequent battery replacements
• Some users may find the app interface confusing or difficult to navigate

Customer Reviews

Customers have praised the ABUS Wi-Fi Camera with Light PPIC36520 for its high-quality video recording, easy setup process, and reliable performance. However, some users have reported issues with the camera's battery life and app interface.