Planet Networking & Communication 2BIG NAS, User Manual

Page 1: ... 25M Infrared Internet Camera ICA 312 User s Manual Version 1 00 1 57 Date June 2007 ...

Page 2: ...equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the e...

Page 3: ...ctrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment CE Mark Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures WEEE Regulation To avoid the potential effects on the environment and hum...

Page 4: ...roduction 22 3 2 Connecting to ICA 312 22 3 3 Live View 24 3 4 ActiveX Control 24 3 4 1 Digital Zoom 25 3 4 2 Record 25 3 4 3 Snapshot 26 3 4 4 Statistics 26 3 4 5 About 27 3 5 System Setting 27 3 5 1 Network 28 3 5 2 DDNS server 29 3 5 3 PPPoE 30 3 5 4 3GPP 32 3 5 5 UPnP 33 3 6 Camera 34 3 7 System 34 3 7 1 Date Time 34 3 7 2 Maintenance 36 3 8 Video 37 3 8 1 MPEG4 VGA 37 3 8 2 MPEG4 QVGA 38 3 8 ...

Page 5: ...Appendix C PING IP Address 50 Appendix D Bandwidth Estimation 51 Appendix E DDNS Application 52 4 57 ...

Page 6: ...y and read it before you operate the Network Camera 1 2 Features z High quality 1 3 inch color CCD sensor of 25M IR distance z Clear and high image quality pictures in the daytime and at night z 3GGP for 3G mobile remote application z Multi profile encoder supports MPEG 4 and M JPEG video compression simultaneously z LED used on ICA 312 are 4 times brighter than ordinary IR LED z Special mental ba...

Page 7: ...CD x 1 6 Quick Start Guide x 1 NOTE 1 If any of the above items are missing please contact your dealer immediately 2 Using the power supply that is not the one included in ICA 312 packet will cause damage and void the warranty for this product 6 57 ...

Page 8: ...h Network Interface 10 100MBase TX Ethernet Monitoring System Recommended for Internet Explorer 6 0 or later System Hardware CPU Pentium 4 1 5GHz or above Memory Size 512 MB 512 MB or above Recommended VGA card resolution 1024 x 768 or above Network bandwidth In VGA resolution mode minimum upload bandwidth is 1Mbps System Requirement For Viewer Recorder Application Support OS Win 2000 Win XP Syste...

Page 9: ...o connect the device to PC or notebook directly you should use a cross over cable instead 2 3 Hardware Installation 1 Fix ICA 312 to the location with wall mount fixture 2 Plug in Ethernet Cable into RJ 45 LAN port Connect an Ethernet cable to the LAN port on the ICA 312 and connect the other side of the Ethernet cable to a hub switch 3 Connect the attached power adapter to camera and plug in this...

Page 10: ...The Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for IPWizard will display on the screen and click Next to continue 9 57 ...

Page 11: ...Please click Next to install with original settings or you may click Change button to modify the install folder then press Next to continue Please click Install to start the installation 10 57 ...

Page 12: ...e ICA 312 Search Button When click Search button a searching window will pop up IPWizard is starting to search ICA 312 on the LAN The message No Network Devices Is Found will appear on this window if IPWizard cannot find any camera on the LAN Otherwise existed cameras will be listed If total quantity is over please move the cursor to Information Box Click on the left button of the mouse and the In...

Page 13: ...ould like to configure in the Information Box The device will turn into yellow which means this device is selected please press Wizard button Or you could double click the mouse left key on the selected camera Relative settings will be carried out Details of Install Wizard will be specified as Section 2 6 12 57 ...

Page 14: ... IPWizard After pressing Installation Wizard please key in Username and Password of the device when login dialog box appears on the screen You can login the setup page if authorized name and password is correct Default username password for machine login admin no password Note If you open the case and reset to default the warranty will be invalid please write down the username and password 13 57 ...

Page 15: ...st 5 20 characters and New Password should contain at least 4 8 characters Wizard Page 2 LAN Setting This page is about the select of Static IP or DHCP ON LAN You can configure this ICA 312 to obtain its address automatically or manually assign If there is a DHCP server in your network environment and you select DHCP ON ICA 312 can automatically obtain an IP address If you don t have DHCP server o...

Page 16: ...l see this term most often when you either log in to an Internet site or when you re transient email between different servers DNS1 When you send email or position a browser to an Internet domain such as xxxxx com the domain name system translates the names into IP addresses The term refers to two things the conventions for naming hosts and the way the names are control across the Internet DNS2 Th...

Page 17: ...ware and peripherals This device is an UPnP enabled device If the operating system Windows XP of your PC is UPnP enabled the device will be very easy to configure Use the following steps to enable UPnP settings only if your operating system of PC is running Windows XP Note Windows 2000 does not support UPnP feature Go to Start Settings and Click Control Panel 16 57 ...

Page 18: ... Control Panel will display on the screen and double click Add or Remove Programs to continue The Add or Remove Programs will display on the screen and click Add Remove Widows Components to continue 17 57 ...

Page 19: ...The following screen will appear select Networking Services and click Details to continue The Networking Services will display on the screen select Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue 18 57 ...

Page 20: ...Please click Next to continue The program will start installing the UPnP automatically You will see the below pop up screen please wait while Setup configures the components 19 57 ...

Page 21: ...ActiveX to use the ICA 312 The ICA 312 web page communicates with the ICA 312 using an ActiveX control The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the ICA 312 and installed on your PC Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly To use the ICA 312 user must setup his IE browser as follows From your IE browse Î Tools Î Internet Options Î Security Î Custom L...

Page 22: ...s Download the signed ActiveX controls Download the unsigned ActiveX controls Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for ICA 312 21 57 ...

Page 23: ...he following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA 312 z Once connected you can add the ICA 312 to your Browser s Favorites or Bookmarks Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the ICA 312 The Default IP http 192 168 0 20 The login window of ICA 312 will appear Default login username password is admin no password Note If the User name and Password hav...

Page 24: ...rming window select Yes to install and run the ActiveX control into your PC After the ActiveX control was installed and run the first image will be displayed Note If you log in the ICA 312 as an ordinary user setting function will be not available If you log in the ICA 312 as the administrator you can perform all the settings provided within the device 23 57 ...

Page 25: ...d or preferred profile here ActiveX Control The plug in ActiveX control supports a lot of functions by clicking the left mouse button Note that this feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsfoft Internet Explorer Setting Menu This function is detail setting for ICA 312 that only available for user logged into ICA 312 as administrator 3 4 ActiveX Control On the ActiveX control icon...

Page 26: ... as ASF format into your local PC While you want to stop it press Stop to stop recording Select Browser the pop up window to select the save path and file name prefix select OK to continue After stop recording list the files this file is named as Video_yyyymmddhhmmss asf The ASF files can be display by the standard Windows Media Player but it needs the DixectX 9 0 or later version to be installed ...

Page 27: ...ct OK to continue If you like to retrieve the saved image select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools Note Default save path is C Documents and Settings All user Desktop 3 4 4 Statistics Click Statistics to activate this function A window will be popup to show the statistics information of the streaming status Note that this information is the statistics betw...

Page 28: ...tem Setting This function is only available for user logged into ICA 312 as administrator Click in each menu name to display its setting page Item Action Network Configure Network settings such as DHCP DDNS 3GPP PPPoE and UPnP Camera Adjust camera parameters 27 57 ...

Page 29: ...e through Ethernet cable MAC address Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device Note that user cannot change it Obtain an IP address automatically DHCP DHCP Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Enable this checked box when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP address assignment With this setting the IP address is assigned automatically If this device cannot get an IP...

Page 30: ...could assign the second port number of http protocol and the WAN users should follow the port number to login If the http port is not assigned as 80 users have to add the port number in back of IP address For example http 192 168 0 20 80 If multiple devices are installed on the LAN and also required to be accessed from the WAN then the HTTP Port can be assigned as the virtual server port mapping t...

Page 31: ...es available on the Internet and best of all they re free to use One such service you can use is www DynDNS org You ll need to register with the service and set up the domain name of your choice to begin using it Please refer to the home page of the service for detailed instructions or refer to Appendix E for more information Enable DDNS To enable or disable the DDNS service here Server name Choos...

Page 32: ...provided by ISP IP Address Gateway It will display IP address and gateway that ICA 312 gets a dynamic IP from ISP when ICA 312 each dials up success Notify by E Mail If enable this function then the SMTP Server and E mail To field need to be filled E mail To Type the receiver s e mail address This address is used for replay mail From Type the sender s E mail address Subject Type the server name of...

Page 33: ...ialing procedure Step 1 Contact your cell phone provider and make sure that 3GPP service is available Step 2 Enable internet access function on your mobile phone Some telecom will automatically download the setup profile to your mobile phone some telecom need you call the service center to enable the internet access function Step 3 Choose a verified video player ex PacketVideo Step 4 Open the vide...

Page 34: ...e and peripherals This device is an UPnP enabled ICA 312 If your operating system is UPnP enabled the device will automatically be detected and a new icon will be added to My Network Places If you do not want to use the UPnP functionality it can be disabled Enable UPnP discovery To enable or disable the UPnP discovery service here 33 57 ...

Page 35: ...s Large value will sharpen camera Contrast Large value will contrast camera heavily 3 7 System Use this menu to perform the principal settings of ICA 312 3 7 1 Date Time You can setup the time setting of ICA 312 make it synchronized with PC or remote NTP server Also you may select the correct time zone of your country 34 57 ...

Page 36: ...chronize the date and time with NTP server Network Time Protocol Please set the NTP server name and the Interval NTP server name Type the host name or IP address of the NTP server Interval Select an interval between 1 and 24 hours at which you want to adjust the device s time referring to NTP server Time zone Set the time difference from Greenwich Mean Time in the area where the device is installe...

Page 37: ...re only applies to this device once update it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system 6 Once the firmware file was selected select Upgrade 7 The upgrade progress information will be displayed on the screen 8 A message will be shown while the firmware upgraded Once the upgrading process completed the device will reboot the system automatically 9 Please wait for 80 seconds and then you can use IPWiz...

Page 38: ...r CBR the idea bit rate is between 256kbps and 4096kbps User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quantization level to set the video quality rather than bit rate Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per second User can set the ...

Page 39: ...ch the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quantization level to set the video quality rather than bit rate Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per second User can set the desired max frame rate versus video quality under the limited bandwidth Quality or Quantization ...

Page 40: ...ch the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quantization level to set the video quality rather than bit rate Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per second User can set the desired max frame rate versus video quality under the limited bandwidth Quality or Quantization ...

Page 41: ...l Low and Lowest in which Best Video is the best but need more bandwidth to transmit image Lowest Video is much worse but the bandwidth requirement is also lower Frame rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per second User can set the desired max frame rate versus video quality under the limited ban...

Page 42: ...ator s new password here again to confirm Note If you open the case and reset to default the warranty will be invalid please write down the username and password Anonymous Choose this to enable anonymous user login Only users in database Choose this to disable anonymous user login General user level only has authority of video previewing thus it cannot modify any setting of ICA 312 User name Enter...

Page 43: ...ail address This address is used for reply e mails Subject Type the subject title of the e mail SMTP Server Type the SMTP server name or the IP address of the SMTP server Port Set port number of SMTP service Need Authentication Select the authentication required when you send an e mail On if authentication is required when an e mail is sent Off if no authentication is required when an e mail is se...

Page 44: ...P server Login name Type the user name for the FTP server Password Type the password for the FTP server Port Set port number of FTP service FTP Test Check the FTP server whether this account is available or not 3 12 Object detection Using this menu user can set the conditions to activate the built in Motion detection and Object tracking functions Motion detection Use this menu to specify motion de...

Page 45: ...ect detection that is common for all the windows The threshold level is used to judge whether or not there has been any motion in the window Move this bar to the right will increase the threshold An alarm is triggered when motion that exceeds the threshold level is detected in the window Move the slide bar to right will increase the threshold Power Show the detected power of the motion detection w...

Page 46: ... problems after reset user can restore the factory default settings and install it again Restore the ICA 312 1 Press and hold the button down continuously 2 Wait at least 3 seconds and release the button Then the ICA 312 has been restored to factory default settings and reboot again Note Restoring the factory default setting will lose the all previous settings included IP address forever User will...

Page 47: ...d outdoors or not Yes this ICA 312 is weatherproof However it might need to be equipped with a weatherproof case for better performance Install ICA 312 The network cabling is required for the ICA 312 The ICA 312 uses Category 5 UTP cable allowing 10 and or 100 Base T networking The ICA 312 will be installed and work if a firewall exists on the network If a firewall exists on the network port 80 is...

Page 48: ...or computer To confirm this possible problem disconnect the ICA 312 from the network first and then run the PING utility to check it out May be due to the network cable Try correcting your network cable and configuration Test the network interface by connecting a local computer to the ICA 312 via a crossover cable Make sure the Internet connection and setting is ok Make sure enter the IP address o...

Page 49: ...splays the following message Your current security settings prohibit downloading ActiveX controls Setup the IE security settings or configure the individual settings to allow downloading and scripting of unsigned ActiveX controls The ICA 312 work locally but not externally Might be caused from the firewall protection Check the Internet firewall with your system or network administrator The firewal...

Page 50: ...i Camera screen Image Transfer on e mail or FTP does not work Default Gateway and DNS server address should be set up correctly If FTP does not work properly ask your ISP or network administrator about the transferring mode of FTP server Miscellaneous Cannot play the recorded ASF file Have installed Microsoft s DirectX 9 0 or later and use the Windows Media Player 9 or later to play the ASF filed ...

Page 51: ...ress conflicts with any other devices over the network If you want to make sure the IP address of ICA 312 utilize the PING command as follows zStart a DOS window zType ping x x x x where x x x x is the IP address of the ICA 312 The replies as illustrated below will provide an explanation to the problem If you want to detect any other devices conflicts with the IP address of ICA 312 also can utiliz...

Page 52: ...enerated by the ICA 312 may be varying Image Resolution Average range of Data Sizes for JPEG mode Average bit rate for MPEG4 mode 160 x 120 QQVGA 3 6k byte per frame 64kbps 384kbps 30fps 320 x 240 QVGA 8 20k byte per frame 128kbps 768kbps 30fps 640 x 480 VGA 20 50K byte per frame 256kbps 4096kbps 30fps Note Audio streaming also takes bandwidth around 5 kbps to 64kbps Most xDSL Cable modem upload s...

Page 53: ...ers that could only obtain dynamic IP addresses As to the users that could obtain the static valid IP address they do not usually have to apply the DDNS service Before we decide if DDNS is necessary for the users we have to check what kind of Ethernet network environment we have to install our Networked Device on 1 Environment of Fixed Valid IP Network If users could obtain valid IP addresses they...

Page 54: ...e left side click Create Account 4 Fill the application agreement and necessary information a Username b E mail address and confirmation c Password and confirmation d Submit all the input information and finish creating an account 53 57 ...

Page 55: ...ptions 5 Check your e mail mailbox There will be an e mail with a title Your DynDNS Account Information Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied Then DDNS you applied activated 54 57 ...

Page 56: ...nput your username and password that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS server Input your account 7 If the correct username and password are input you can see the following picture at the top right of the login page 8 Click the Services 55 57 ...

Page 57: ...Create Hosts 11 We could create a domain name without any charge at this step First we input the host name No 1 Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember Finally No 2 click the Add Host to submit the domain name information No 3 56 57 ...

Page 58: ... Device and setup the necessary information of DDNS and PPPoE after the application of DDNS service Please check the user manual to access the DDNS and PPPoE pages After saving the modification restart the device The external users could browse the Networked Device by the input of their domain name 57 57 ...