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IPC-P224-AF40C
4MP ColorHunter pan-tilt network camera — auto tracking, two-way audio, IR 30m + warm light 30m, MicroSD up to 512GB, IP66 outdoor body.
4 MP · 1440P@25fpsUltra 265 · low bandwidthDual Light · IR 30m + warm 30mAuto Tracking · follows motionTwo-Way Audio · mic + speakerEdge Storage · MicroSD up to 512GBIP66 · outdoorPT · 345° pan / 90° tilt
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The Uniarch IPC-P224-AF40C is a 4MP pan-tilt network camera from the ColorHunter line. It combines auto tracking, two-way audio with sound-and-light warning, and equal-reach 30 m infrared plus 30 m warm-light illumination, and records locally to a MicroSD card up to 512 GB. It carries a fixed 4.0 mm lens (75° view) and moves on a 345° pan / 90° tilt head with 20 presets.
Is this the right camera for you?
Plain-language guide for buyers and installers — based only on what this camera actually does.
Yards & drivewaysAuto tracking follows a moving person or vehicle across the pan/tilt range in sharp 4MP detail, instead of leaving them at the frame edge.
Gates & front doorsTwo-way audio lets you speak to a visitor or warn off an intruder directly through the camera, with a sound-and-light alarm to back it up.
Warehouse & site perimetersIR and warm light both reach 30 m, and 20 saved presets let one camera patrol several fixed points in sequence.
Remote sites without easy NVR accessMicroSD recording up to 512 GB keeps footage on the camera itself when running a full NVR to the site isn't practical.
Small offices & shopfrontsOne camera covers a wider area than a fixed lens by panning and tilting, useful where budget only allows a single camera.
Sites already wired for PoEPowers over PoE (802.3af) or a DC 12V adapter — pick whichever matches the wiring already on site.
Not the right pick if you need…
- Optical zoom — the lens is fixed at 4.0 mm; only the pan/tilt head moves, the lens itself does not zoom
- Wi-Fi — this is a wired RJ45 camera
- Large multi-user deployments — only 6 user accounts (2 access levels), fewer than the 32-user fixed-camera models
- Third-party VMS via ONVIF — this model connects through Uniarch's own SDK/API, no ONVIF profile is listed
- Alarm in/out wiring for sirens or sensors
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Key Features
Complete list from the official datasheet.
High quality image with 4 MP, 1/3.0" CMOS sensor
4 MP (2560 × 1440)@25/20 fps; 3 MP (2304 × 1296)@30/25 fps; 2 MP (1920 × 1080)@30/25 fps
Ultra 265, H.265, H.264
Support digital WDR (Wide Dynamic Range)
Built-in mic and speaker, support two-way audio, offer better interaction
Support sound and light warning, makes warning and alarming more noticeable
Smart IR, up to 30 m (98.4 ft.) IR and 30 m (98.4 ft.) warm light distance, suitable for more scenes
MicroSD, up to 512 GB
IP66 ingress protection
Dual Light: two ways to see the night
Switchable Auto/Manual — set it per site, per customer.
IR MODE
Invisible infrared — discreet black & white night vision
Smart IR up to 30 m (98.4 ft.) at 850 nm. The camera watches without lighting up the scene — nothing shows it is recording.
WARM LIGHT MODE
Visible warm light — full-time color and active deterrence
Warm white light up to 30 m (98.4 ft.) — the same reach as IR mode — keeps faces and clothing colors visible at night, backed up by the sound-and-light alarm.
How far can it see? (DORI)
DORI (EN 62676-4) is the industry standard for what a camera can do at distance.
Detectsomething is there
90 m295.3 ft
Observewhat is happening
36 m118.1 ft
Recognizesomeone you know
18 m59.1 ft
Identifya stranger's face
9 m29.5 ft
How wide a view at each distance
Scene width covered at typical mounting distances — the number you need to work out how many cameras a wall, yard or aisle takes.
| Distance | 74.5° |
|---|---|
| 5 m16 ft | 7.6 m24.9 ft |
| 10 m33 ft | 15.2 m49.9 ft |
| 15 m49 ft | 22.8 m74.8 ft |
| 20 m66 ft | 30.4 m99.8 ft |
| 30 m98 ft | 45.6 m150 ft |
Calculated from the horizontal field of view in the specifications below: width = 2 × distance × tan(FOV ÷ 2). Lens distortion and mounting angle are not included.
Who uses it, where it goes and how to install it
Written for the Uniarch IPC-P224-AF40C from its own specifications: 4 MP pan-tilt camera, 4.0 mm lens (74.5°), faces identifiable to 9.0 m, 345° pan and 90° tilt with auto tracking, 30 m IR plus 30 m warm light, two-way audio, IP66.
Who it is for
- Homes and villas that want faces, not just movement — At 2560 × 1440 it identifies a stranger's face up to 9.0 m and recognizes someone you know up to 18.0 m, so one camera on a house corner can cover gate, driveway and yard with useful detail.
- Shops, kiosks and small yards that need to speak to people — Built-in mic and speaker for two-way audio, a sound-and-light warning on human or vehicle detection, and a tampering alarm if someone covers or turns the camera.
- Sites without an NVR or with slow internet — Records to a MicroSD card up to 512 GB, and Ultra 265 compression keeps the 4 MP stream small for the card and for remote viewing.
- Installers replacing several fixed cameras with one — 20 presets and auto tracking on a 7.3 W IEEE 802.3af PoE head: one cable instead of three, where it is acceptable that only one direction is recorded at a time.
Where and how to install
- Height and position — Mount at about 2.5–3.5 m on a wall or under an eave, upright and level so the pan stays horizontal. A building corner gives the widest sweep. Keep the gate or door within 9.0 m if you need faces; beyond that you recognize people you know up to 18.0 m.
- Put the 15° gap toward the wall — Pan is 0–345°, so a 15° slice can never be reached. Before tightening the base, turn it so that slice points at the wall behind the camera, not at the gate or door.
- Keep light from bouncing back — When the head turns toward a nearby wall, gutter or plant, the IR or warm light reflects and the picture whites out, and auto tracking can lose its target. Mount it a little away from walls and trim plants inside the 30 m light range.
- Weather and cable joint — The body is IP66: fine in rain, but not meant to sit in standing water, and an eave keeps the window cleaner. The RJ45 and 12 V tail is not waterproof: seal it in an outdoor junction box or waterproof RJ45 cap. Surge protection is 4 kV; add a surge protector and earthing on long outdoor runs.
- Power and cable — 7.3 W on IEEE 802.3af PoE or 12 V DC (Ø5.5 mm plug). The motors draw more than a fixed camera, so count 7.3 W per camera on the switch budget. Use Cat5e or Cat6 copper up to 100 m per run.
4.0 mm fixed lens on a moving head: what you actually see
The lens does not zoom: at any moment the camera sees a 74.5° slice, about 15.2 m wide at 10 m, and the pan-tilt head moves that slice around 345°. With 2560 pixels across, it puts about 168 pixels on each meter at 10 m, against about 127 for the 2 MP IPC-P222-AF40C with practically the same view, so faces stay identifiable to 9.0 m instead of 6.7 m.
| AF40C · 4.0 mm | |
|---|---|
| Horizontal view angle | 74.5° |
| Vertical view angle | 39.7° |
| Pan / tilt range | 0–345° / 0–90° |
| Width covered at 5 m | 7.6 m |
| Width covered at 10 m | 15.2 m |
| Pixels per meter at 10 m | 168 px/m |
| Identify a stranger's face up to | 9.0 m |
| Recognize someone you know up to | 18.0 m |
| Observe what is happening up to | 36.0 m |
| Detect that something is there up to | 90.0 m |
- Set one preset on the gate or front door within 9.0 m for faces, and others on the driveway and yard for overview.
- It records only where it is pointing: while it tracks someone across the yard, the gate is out of view. Add a fixed camera where one spot must be watched all the time.
- IR and warm light both reach 30 m, so at night plan on 30 m, not the 90.0 m detect figure.
Widths are calculated from the horizontal view angle (width = 2 × distance × tan(angle ÷ 2)); pixels per meter = horizontal pixels ÷ width at 10 m; face distances are the manufacturer's DORI figures.
Full Specifications
Complete official specifications from the manufacturer's datasheet (technical values in English).
Camera
| Max Resolution | 4 MP |
| Sensor | 1/3.0" CMOS |
| Min. Illumination | Color: 0.003 Lux (F1.6, AGC ON) |
| Day/Night | IR-cut filter with auto switch (ICR) |
| Shutter | Auto/Manual, 1 to 1/100000 s |
| S/N | > 52 dB |
| WDR | DWDR |
Lens
| Focal Length | 4.0 mm |
| Iris | F1.6 |
| Field of View (H) | 74.5° |
| Field of View (V) | 39.7° |
| Field of View (D) | 87.9° |
| Lens Type | Fixed |
DORI
| DORI Distance (Lens) | 4 mm |
| DORI Distance (Detect) | 90.0 m (295.3 ft.) |
| DORI Distance (Observe) | 36.0 m (118.1 ft.) |
| DORI Distance (Recognize) | 18.0 m (59.1 ft.) |
| DORI Distance (Identify) | 9.0 m (29.5 ft.) |
Illuminator
| Supplemental Light | Dual light |
| Illumination Distance (IR) | 30 m (98.4 ft.) |
| Illumination Distance (Warm Light) | 30 m (98.4 ft.) |
| Wavelength | 850 nm |
| IR On/Off Control | Auto/Manual |
Video
| Video Compression | Ultra 265, H.265, H.264 |
| Frame Rate | Main Stream: 4 MP (2560×1440) max. 25 fps; 3 MP (2304×1296) max. 30 fps; 1080P (1920×1080) max. 30 fps; 720P (1280×720) max. 30 fps · Sub Stream: 640×360 max. 25 fps; 2CIF (704×288) max. 25 fps; CIF (352×288) max. 25 fps |
| Video Bit Rate | 128 Kbps to 6144 Kbps |
| OSD | Up to 4 OSDs |
| Privacy Mask | Support (only NVR) |
| ROI | Support |
| Video Stream | Dual streams |
Image
| White Balance | Auto, Outdoor, Fine tune, Sodium lamp, Locked, Auto2 |
| Digital Noise Reduction | 2D/3D DNR |
| Smart IR | Support |
| Flip | Normal, Flip vertical, Flip horizontal, 180° |
| HLC | N/A |
| BLC | Support |
| Defog | Digital defog |
Intelligent
| Smart Intrusion Prevention | N/A |
| Auto Tracking | Support |
Audio
| Audio Compression | G.711U, G.711A |
| Audio Bitrate | 64 Kbps |
| Two-way Audio | Support |
| Suppression | Support |
| Sampling Rate | 8 kHz |
Events
| Basic Detection | Ultra motion detection (based on human body and vehicle detection), Tampering alarm, High-Decibel detection |
| General Function | IP address filtering, Access policy, HTTP authentication, RTSP authentication, User authentication, ARP protection |
Storage
| Edge Storage | MicroSD, up to 512 GB |
| Network Storage | ANR |
Network
| Protocols | IPv4, TCP, DHCP, RTSP, RTP, RTCP, NTP, HTTP, ICMP, DNS, DDNS |
| Compatible Integration | SDK, API |
| Client | APP, Uniarch client |
| Web Browser | Plug-in required live view: IE 10+, Chrome 45+, Firefox 52+, Edge 79+ |
| Security | Password protection, Strong Password, Export operation logs, Basic and Digest Authentication for RTSP, Digest Authentication for HTTP, TLS 1.2, WSSE and Digest Authentication for ONVIF |
| User/Host | Up to 6 users. 2 user levels: administrator and common user |
PTZ
| Pan Range | 0° ~ 345° |
| Pan Speed | 1°/s ~ 40°/s; Preset speed: 40°/s |
| Tilt Range | 0° ~ 90° |
| Tilt Speed | 1°/s ~ 30°/s; Preset speed: 30°/s |
| Number of Presets | 20 |
Interface
| Audio I/O | N/A |
| Alarm I/O | N/A |
| Serial Port | N/A |
| Built-in Mic | Support |
| Built-in Speaker | Support |
| WIFI | N/A |
| Network | 1 × RJ45 10 M/100 M Base-TX Ethernet |
Certification
| Protection | IP66 (IEC 60529) |
| EMC | CE-EMC (EN 55032, EN 61000-3-3, EN IEC 61000-3-2, EN 55035); FCC (FCC 47 CFR part15 B) |
| Safety | CE LVD (EN IEC 62368-1) |
| Environment | CE-RoHS (2011/65/EU; (EU)2015/863); WEEE (2012/19/EU) |
General
| Power | DC 12V±25%, PoE (IEEE 802.3af) |
| Power Consumption | 7.3 W |
| Power Interface | Ø5.5 mm coaxial power plug |
| Dimensions | Ø110 mm × 141 mm × 151 mm (Ø4.3" × 5.6" × 6.0") |
| LED Indicator | 1, red/blue |
| Weight | 0.38 kg (0.84 lb.) |
| Material | Plastic |
| Working Environment | -30 °C to 60 °C (-22 °F to 140 °F), Humidity: ≤ 95% RH (non-condensing) |
| Surge Protection | 4 KV |
| Reset Button | Support |
Dimensions
Engineering drawing reproduced 1:1 from the official datasheet.
unit: mm (in.)
| Dimensions | Ø110 × 141 × 151 mm (Ø4.3" × 5.6" × 6.0") |
| Weight | 0.38 kg (0.84 lb.) |
| Material | Plastic |
| Mount adjustment | Pan 0–345° · Tilt 0–90° · 20 presets |
4MP Pan-Tilt Camera FAQ — IPC-P224-AF40C
Does the IPC-P224-AF40C track people and vehicles by itself?
Yes — ultra motion detection based on human body and vehicle detection hands targets to the auto tracking function, and the pan-tilt head turns to keep them in frame. The 4.0 mm lens is fixed with a 74.5° view, so tracking is mechanical rather than optical zoom.
How far does it see at night and in what color?
Both illuminators reach 30 m: invisible 850 nm IR for discreet black-and-white monitoring, or warm white light that keeps the 4MP image in color — faces, clothing and vehicle colors included. DORI figures run 90 m detect, 18 m recognize and 9 m identify.
Can I speak through it to warn someone off?
Yes — two-way audio runs G.711U/G.711A at 64 Kbps with echo suppression, so a guard can challenge an intruder or answer a driver remotely. High-decibel detection listens for abnormal loud sounds, and tampering alarm reports attempts to block the camera.
Does it actively deter, or only record evidence?
Both. The 30 m warm light makes the surveillance visible, and when a person or vehicle is detected the sound-and-light alarm fires while auto tracking keeps the target in frame. Two-way talk-down adds a live voice — often enough to stop an intrusion early.
What storage and resolution options do I get?
The main stream records 4MP (2560×1440) at up to 25 fps — or 3MP/1080p at 30 fps — in Ultra 265, H.265 or H.264, with bit rate from 128 to 6144 Kbps. A MicroSD card up to 512 GB records locally, so small sites can run without an NVR, and the IP66 shell handles outdoor weather.
IPC-P224-AF40C or IPC-P222-AF40C: what does the 4 MP version add?
Distance and a few functions: the P224 identifies faces to 9.0 m (P222: 6.7 m) and recognizes known people to 18.0 m (P222: 13.3 m), adds Ultra 265 compression and a tampering alarm, and runs 3 MP or 1080P at up to 30 fps. Everything else is shared: 4.0 mm lens with almost the same view (74.5° against 74.3°), 345°/90° head, 20 presets, auto tracking, 30 m IR + 30 m warm light, two-way audio, IP66 and 7.3 W.
IPC-P224-AF40C or a zoom PTZ like the IPC-P413-X20K: which do I need?
The P224 has no zoom: it turns a fixed 74.5° view and identifies faces only within 9.0 m, which suits a home, shop or small yard. The P413-X20K has a 20× optical zoom (5–100 mm), identifies faces from 7.8 m up to 155.2 m, has 100 m IR, endless 360° pan and ONVIF, but needs 802.3at PoE+ (max 20 W). Choose the P413 when you must see details far away, such as a car park entrance or a large site; choose the P224 for short distances, color night video and two-way audio.
Will the IPC-P224-AF40C work with a Hikvision, Dahua or other third-party NVR?
Plan on a Uniarch or Uniview NVR, or the Uniarch app on its own. The datasheet lists only SDK and API under compatible integration, with no ONVIF profile, although its security section mentions ONVIF authentication. A third-party NVR may get video over ONVIF or RTSP, but pan-tilt control, auto tracking, the warm light and two-way audio are unlikely to work there. Tell us your NVR model and we will confirm before you order.
How do I stop the IPC-P224-AF40C from chasing cars on the street outside?
Auto tracking and the sound-and-light warning start from Ultra motion detection, which reacts to people and vehicles anywhere in the detection area. Draw the area only over your own yard and gate, leaving out the road and the pavement, and lower the sensitivity if passing headlights still trigger it. Point the camera's resting position at your own property, and if traffic cannot be kept out of view, switch the warning off at the times the street is busy.
How much bandwidth does the IPC-P224-AF40C need for recording and remote viewing?
The main stream is set between 128 Kbps and 6144 Kbps, so one camera never needs more than about 6 Mbps on the local network; eight cameras at the maximum are about 49 Mbps, well within a Fast Ethernet switch. For viewing over a mobile connection, use the sub stream (up to 640 × 360) in the app, which needs far less upload than the 4 MP main stream. Ultra 265 lowers the main stream further for the same picture.
Can I mount the IPC-P224-AF40C upside down under a ceiling or soffit?
The datasheet lists a 180° image flip, which is what an inverted installation needs to show the picture the right way up, but it lists no mounting orientation or brackets for this model. The normal position for this housing is upright on a wall, under an eave if possible, with the tilt range of 0–90° covering the ground in front. If you need ceiling mounting, tell us the surface and we will confirm the method before you order.
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