AirLive WL-1000CAM, User Manual

Page 1: ...WL 1000CAM Wireless G Motion JPEG Camera User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...paratus with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic field 10MHz 300GHz General public Safety for information technology equipment including electrical business equipment Manufacturer Importer Vice President OvisLink Corp 5F NO 6 Lane 130 Min Chuan Rd Hsin Tien City Taipei County Taiwan AirLive WL 1000CAM EN 300 328 v1 7 1 2006 05 Wideband transmission equipment operati...

Page 3: ...s aplicables o exigibles de la Directiva 1999 5 CE pt Português Portuguese OvisLink Corp declara que este AirLive WL 1000CAM está conforme com os requisitos essenciais e outras disposições da Directiva 1999 5 CE el Ελληνική Greek ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΑ OvisLink Corp ΔΗΛΩΝΕΙ ΟΤΙ AirLive WL 1000CAM ΣΥΜΜΟΡΦΩΝΕΤΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΣ ΟΥΣΙΩΔΕΙΣ ΑΠΑΙΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΛΟΙΠΕΣ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΔΗΓΙΑΣ 1999 5 ΕΚ sl Slovens...

Page 4: ... received including interference that may cause undesired operation Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment IMPORTANT NOTE FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operat...

Page 5: ...etwork Setting 19 4 2 2 Wireless Settings Wireless Model Only 20 4 2 3 E Mail Setting 23 4 2 4 PPPoE Settings 24 4 2 5 FTP Settings 25 4 2 6 Date Time Settings 26 4 2 7 Resolution 27 4 2 8 Advanced Setting 28 4 2 9 Users 29 4 2 10 Tools 30 4 2 11 About 31 4 3 SETTING WIZARD 32 CHAPTER 5 USING THE CAMERA VIEWER 34 5 1 PANEL INTRODUCTION 34 5 2 CAMERA BUTTONS 35 5 3 CAMERA STATUS 35 5 4 CONTROL BUTT...

Page 6: ...ATE VIDEO 49 CHAPTER 6 WEB CONNECTION AND SETUP 51 6 1 CAMERA SETTING 53 6 2 LAN SETTING 55 6 3 WLAN SETTING 58 6 4 MOTION DETECTION SETTINGS 61 6 5 SYSTEM SETTINGS 62 6 6 STATUS SETTINGS 64 6 7 USERS SETTINGS 64 6 8 LOG SETTING 66 CHAPTER 7 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 67 CHAPTER 8 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 68 ...

Page 7: ...ord the video to your local hard drive live or on a predetermined schedule Use the instructions in this Guide to help you integrate the Camera into your network These instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Internet Camera 1 2 Package Content One Internet Camera One Power Adapter One Camera Stand One Ethernet Cable One Quick Installation Guide One CD Including Manual Utility...

Page 8: ...tatus Power When the camera is power on the LED will light LAN When the Internet Camera is linking to wired network the LED is lighting The LED is flashing when video is transmitted or received through wired network WLAN When the Internet Camera is linking to wireless network the LED is lighting The LED is flashing when video is transmitted or received through wireless network Focus Ring LED Green...

Page 9: ... can connect to the Internet Camera y Reset 1 If problems occur with your Internet Camera press the reset button with a pencil tip for less than 2 seconds and the Internet Camera will re boot itself keeping your original configurations 2 If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your password press the reset button for longer than 5 seconds and the Internet Camera will r...

Page 10: ... router to the UTP port of the Internet Camera 3 Connect the power adapter to the Internet Camera and plug the power adapter to power outlet The Internet Camera will be powered on When the Internet Camera is ready the Ready LED will light 4 Make sure that you have installed correct VGA driver and DirectX 9 0 or above Note It is highly recommended to use the power adapter shipped with the Internet ...

Page 11: ...n Windows 2000 Server 2003 are similar 1 Insert the CD shipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD ROM drive The Autorun exe program should be executed automatically If not run Autorun exe manually from Autorun folder in the CD 2 The Install Wizard will show six selections select the program you want to install or click Exit to install the program later The following installation steps are...

Page 12: ...anual 11 3 The system will start the installation procedures Click Next to continue installation 4 If you wish to install the software program in an alternate location click Change otherwise click Next to move on to the next step ...

Page 13: ...AirLive WL 1000CAM User s Manual 12 5 Click Install to start installing the program 6 The system will install the program automatically ...

Page 14: ...ion 8 Administrator Utility will be run automatically after installation On the Internet Camera first page the cameras found in the network are listed in the left window Choose the one you want to configure and click Setting Wizard to proceed N means the camera is new and not configured ...

Page 15: ...rogram will detect the IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IP address for the Camera You can accept the suggested value or enter the value manually If you enter the value manually please be aware that the Subnet Mask must be the same for both the camera and the PC Click Next to apply the configuration 11 This wizard will pop up a window to ask you if you want to run ...

Page 16: ...AirLive WL 1000CAM User s Manual 15 12 The Camera Viewer will show the video automatically Congratulations you can use the camera through the network to view the video from now on ...

Page 17: ...ra furthermore it provides a setting wizard which can guide users to add the camera to the network easily and promptly There are two ways to run the Administrator Utility as follows 1 Click Start select Programs IP Camera Admin Utility to run the utility 2 Double click the IP Camera Admin icon to run the utility Once the utility is started it will search all the cameras within the network To do mo...

Page 18: ...ormation of the selected camera The information includes Firmware Version Network Information IP Address UPnP Setting DDNS Setting Resolution and E mail setting etc Camera Setting Detail Setting Click Detail Setting to do more setting of the camera such as IP address Resolution password and firmware upgrade etc Setting Wizard Click Setting Wizard to setup the necessary setting for the camera ...

Page 19: ...ing When you click the Detail Setting a screen will pop up for you to enter the Administrator Name and Password The default value is as follows Name Admin Password airlive If the name and password you enter are correct you can start to setup the camera ...

Page 20: ... If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192 168 2 1 to 192 168 2 254 you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera for example 192 168 2 250 Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN For example 255 255 255 0 Gateway The Gateway is used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet on the Internet The Gateway setting must be the same ...

Page 21: ...ou want to view the video from the camera the port setting should be correct Web Port This camera support web connection the default web port is 80 Since the web server may use port 80 you can use a different port for the camera If you change the web port from 80 to 8080 you must type http 192 168 2 3 8080 to connect the camera through the web browser 4 2 2 Wireless Settings Wireless Model Only Ut...

Page 22: ...000CAM User s Manual 21 After site survey procedure there will show existing AP SSID Then press Connect to connect AP router or press Add to Profile to configure the Wireless WEP and WPA encryption airlive airlive ...

Page 23: ...e WEP Open System Shared Key WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPANone encryption settings You can choose one to match AP router wireless settings After set the profile Please remove the LAN cable then IP Camera will connect to AP router automatically airlive ...

Page 24: ...ser s Manual 23 Wired Setting Environment Wireless Setting Environment You must configure the wireless settings from wired environment Then you can remove the wired cable and start wireless connection 4 2 3 E Mail Setting ...

Page 25: ...Enter the SMTP Server for the E Mail sending Sender E Mail Address Specified the e mail address of the e mail sender Authentication Enable or Disable the SMTP Authentication function Username When Authentication is enabled input the SMTP Username Password When Authentication is enabled input the password Send a Test Email Press this button to send a test e mail to your mailbox You can use this fun...

Page 26: ...nter the Password of PPPoE connection MTU A maximum transmission unit MTU is the largest size packet or frame specified in octets eight bit bytes that can be sent in a packet or frame based network such as the Internet 4 2 5 FTP Settings FTP Settings FTP Server This camera supports Motion Detection functions When Motion Detection event occurred you can record the pictures to FTP server Enter the F...

Page 27: ...e Password of your ftp account Remote Folder Specify the folder of the ftp site that you want to store the video Passive Mode If your Camera is under NAT you usually need to enable this feature 4 2 6 Date Time Settings Date Time Settings Set Date Time manually Set the current Date and Time NTP Server Synchronize the Date and Time with NTP server ...

Page 28: ...at your camera put on NTP Server Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server 4 2 7 Resolution Resolution Resolution Select the desired video resolution format Larger resolution requires more bandwidth 640 x 480 is VGA format 320 x 240 is CIF format 176 x 144 is QCIF format ...

Page 29: ...o view the video through web browser DDNS Many internet connections use a Dynamic IP address where the Internet IP address is allocated dynamically whenever the Internet connection is established Internet users should know the IP Address of the camera when they want to connect to the camera every time DDNS is designed to solve this problem by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain na...

Page 30: ...me The domain name given by DynDNS is registername dyndns com Enter the domain name that you register for the camera from DynDNS web site Account Enter the login name for the DDNS service Password Enter the password for the DDNS service 4 2 9 Users Users Administrator Setting the password of Administrator account Current Password Enter the current password of the camera ...

Page 31: ...Retype the new password to confirm the setting User Setting the user account and password Your camera can support 4 user account 4 2 10 Tools Tools Firmware Version Display current firmware version Firmware Update You can upgrade camera s firmware via this function Press this button and select the correct firmware to upgrade ...

Page 32: ...s button The default settings of the camera are as follows Camera Name WL 1000CAM IP Address 192 168 2 3 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Administrator Name Admin Password airlive Video Port 4321 Web Port 80 4 2 11 About About Administrator Utility Version Display current Administrator Utility Version ...

Page 33: ...rrect you can start to setup the camera Setting Wizard Internet Camera Name The default camera name is WL 1000CAM It is recommended to enter a meaningful name for the camera IP Address The wizard will auto setup an available IP Address to the camera For example if the IP address of the network is 192 168 2 x the wizard will search an unused IP Address from 192 168 2 1 to 192 168 2 250 and assign t...

Page 34: ...setting Gateway The wizard will auto search the Gateway setting of the network and set the camera to use the same Gateway You can enter another Gateway to change the setting Video Port It defines the video stream port The default value is 4321 Cancel Click Cancel to stop wizard setting Finish Click Finish to complete the camera setting When you finish the camera setting you can click Ok to run the...

Page 35: ...video received and etc are also recorded in time There are three ways to run the Camera Viewer Utility as follows 1 Click Start select Programs IP Camera Camera Viewer to run the utility 2 Double click the IP Camera Viewer icon to run the utility 3 Click Setting Wizard from Administrator Utility and follow the instructions in the utility 5 1 Panel Introduction In the beginning when you start the C...

Page 36: ...ure If you want to remove the camera from the viewer please right click the icon and select Reset Camera x If you want to configure the camera please right click the icon and select Configure Camera x 5 3 Camera Status There is a status bar shown different color to indicate the status of each Internet Camera Camera Status YELLOW It means that there is no camera set to connect ...

Page 37: ...ck mode clicking on the Play can play the video in the normal speed Stop The Stop button is an intelligent play user interface In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is connected clicking on the Stop can make the viewer disconnect the camera In the playback mode clicking on the Stop can stop playing the video Pause The Pause button provides you a way to pause the current video display ...

Page 38: ...dule Recording Manual Recording You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file Click Record then the viewer utility will start to record the video stream You can assign the path in the setting dialog at section 7 8 4 Clicking Stop will stop recording Note Before manual recording you have to click the camera button to select the Internet Camera that you want to record first an...

Page 39: ...he resolution of each Internet Camera by clicking the resolution button Note Before changing the resolution of the Internet Camera you have to select the Internet Camera by clicking the camera button first If you change the resolution of an Internet Camera other clients who are viewing the same Internet Camera simultaneously will also see the video with the changed resolution too ...

Page 40: ... Resolution VGA Change the resolution to 640x480 VGA mode QVGA Change the resolution to 320x240 QVGA mode 5 7 View Four Cameras Simultaneously Click the four division button can view the 4 cameras simultaneously in a four division window ...

Page 41: ... Click the Setting button then the setting window of the Internet Camera will pop up Note When you want to change the settings such as IP Address Video Port etc in the Setting option you must disconnect the Internet Camera first by clicking the Stop 5 8 1 Setting ...

Page 42: ...era By default the password is airlive Discover Click Discover then camera auto discover windows will pop up The window will show all the discovered cameras on LAN environment for you to select 5 8 2 Recording You can setup schedule for the recording here This utility will record the video stream in the assigned file folder according to the schedule automatically The recorded video files are AVI f...

Page 43: ...AirLive WL 1000CAM User s Manual 42 One Time Schedule ...

Page 44: ...d the utility will automatically record the video stream only during the period of time The default time is 2 minutes later from the current time Weekly Schedule You can assign the days in a week and the period of time in a day when you want to record the video stream The utility will automatically record the video stream during the periods of time every week again and again Schedule New Click New...

Page 45: ...d displays No when the utility is not connecting to the Internet Camera Status Stream Started At The beginning time of the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera Time Elapsed The elapsed time of the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera Video Received The total size Unit is KByte of video stream received during the current connection...

Page 46: ...speed from the Internet Camera to the utility Data Rate The data rate KByte per second of the current video download speed from the Internet Camera to the utility Number of Frames The total number of video frames received during the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera Number of Users The total number of users that viewing this camera currently 5 8 4 General You c...

Page 47: ...tored The default folder is where the software program is installed for example C Program Files Internet Camera Free Disk Space The current free disk space of the hard drive where is assigned to save recording files Max Recording Space You can reserve a disk space to store the recorded video and snapshot files If the space is run out a message will pop up to remind you Used Disk Space The current ...

Page 48: ...AirLive WL 1000CAM User s Manual 47 5 8 5 About About Camera Viewer Utility Version Display current Camera Viewer Utility Version ...

Page 49: ...AirLive WL 1000CAM User s Manual 48 5 9 Playback Click the Open File and a Load File window will be popped up Select the file that you want to play The viewer will start to play the selected video file ...

Page 50: ...e current pause point just click Play Stop When the viewer is playing you can click Stop to stop the playback If you want the viewer to play again just click Play and the viewer will play the video file from the beginning point Playing Control Forward If you want the viewer to play the video file in a faster speed when the viewer is playing the video file just click Forward and the viewer will dou...

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Page 52: ...ddress of the camera is 192 168 2 3 When the welcome screen appears enter the Admin Name and Password The default values are Admin Name admin Password airlive When the camera is connected the browser will take you to the live video page If you are viewing this camera at first time the following dialog will appear to install the ActiveX plug in Please check the publisher part you should only accept...

Page 53: ...just the video format from the menu LAN Setup the camera LAN port functions in the menu WLAN Setup the camera WLAN port functions in the menu Motion Detection Configure the Motion Detection Actions here System Setup System utilities and settings in this menu Status Shows the camera information and current status in this page Users This camera support up to 4 user accounts You can setup them in thi...

Page 54: ...uires more bandwidth 640 x 480 is VGA format 320 x 240 is CIF format The default resolution is CIF format Image Quality Adjust this property to control the video quality Max Frame Rate Set the video max frame rate This camera can support at most 30 frames per second Set the frame rate higher can get video more smooth But will use more bandwidth ...

Page 55: ...1 to 100 Saturation You can adjust the saturation by change the value This value can be from 1 to 100 Hue You can adjust the hue by change the value This value can be from 1 to 100 Whiteness You can adjust the white balance by change this value This value can be from 10 to 30 Enable Auto Exposure You can enable Auto Exposure by check this box Enable OSD You can enable or disable Time Stamp functio...

Page 56: ...tocol or specified static IP Address to it IP Address Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192 168 2 0 to 192 168 2 250 you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera for example 192 168 2 250 192 168 2 3 192 168 2 1 ...

Page 57: ...iew the video from the camera the port setting should be correct Web Port This camera support web connection the default web port is 80 Since the web server may use port 80 you can use a different port for the camera If you change the web port from 80 to 8080 you must type http 192 168 2 3 8080 to connect the camera through the web browser Apply When you finish the LAN click Apply PPPoE Enable PPP...

Page 58: ...in name for the DDNS service Password Enter the password for the DDNS service APPLY When you finish the Dynamic DNS setting click Apply UPnP Enable UPNP Enable or disable UPnP function of the camera APPLY When you finish the UPnP setting click Apply LoginFree Filename The default value is loginfree That s mean user can get a snapshot image from Internet Explorer The format is like IP Camera will s...

Page 59: ...AirLive WL 1000CAM User s Manual 58 6 3 WLAN Setting ...

Page 60: ...LANs You may specify a SSID for the card and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the card If you want to add one of the networks nearby to the profile list pull down the menu all the networks nearby will be listed and you can add one of them to the profile list Channel This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode Select the number of the radio channel used for the network...

Page 61: ...cters or signs are allowed to be WEP key It is more recognizable for user Default Key Select one of the keys 1 4 as the encryption key Key1 Key4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network Fill the text box by following rules below 64 bit Input 10 digit Hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or 5 digit ASCII characters including a z and 0 9 as the encryption keys For...

Page 62: ... the behavior of motion detection feature Motion Detection Motion Detection Enable Enable or Disable the Motion Detection Function Next Event Detected Interval Setup the interval between two events For example if you setup the interval to 5 seconds the next event will start after this event finished 5 seconds ...

Page 63: ...ecified at E Mail FTP menu E Mail Subject Specify the subject of motion detection notify e mail Send Recording File to FTP Select Yes to send the recorded video file to your FTP server that you had specified at E Mail FTP menu 6 5 System Settings The System allows users to setup the camera s parameters like camera name data time setting And also provide firmware upgrade and reset tools at this pag...

Page 64: ...d Time with this NTP server Time Zone Select the time zone that your camera put on NTP Server Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server Upgrade Firmware You can upgrade camera s firmware via this function Press the browse button find the correct firmware and press upgrade Reset to Factory Defaults If you want to reset all the camera settings to default click this button Reboot Device To reboot the ...

Page 65: ...e version uptime system time and IP information of this camera 6 7 Users Settings The Users allows users to add four user accounts which are able to view video from Camera Viewer and Web Management These users unlike Administrator are not allowed to configure the camera 192 168 2 1 192 168 2 3 ...

Page 66: ...nable or Disable the user number LOGIN Enter the the login name to the camera PASSWORD Enter up to 4 digits password for the new user account CONFIRM PASSWORD Enter the password again to confirm the setting APPLY Click Apply to save the user account setting ...

Page 67: ...s to monitor the device event and time If you have trouble to use this device the log file will help administrator to know the status of device Log LOG SCREEN The screen will show event and event time of device REFRESH You can press Refresh button to refresh the log screen ...

Page 68: ...lity images MJPEG is a standard for video compression and can be applied to various application software Q3 Can I capture or record still images from the Internet Camera A Yes you are able to capture or record still images with the snapshot function from the Camera Viewer application supplied with the Internet Camera CD ROM Q4 What network cabling is required for the Internet Camera A The Internet...

Page 69: ...N Connector One RJ 45 port to connect to 10 100Mbps Ethernet Wireless IEEE 802 11b g Wireless Model Only LED Indicator LAN LED Green WLAN LED Amber Power LED Blue Power Supply 12V 1A Wireless Model Power Supply 12V 0 4A Wired Model HTTP Utility Includes easy to use Viewer Recorder utility Provides Admin utility WEB browser Management View multiple cameras simultaneously Up to 4 cameras at a time M...