Planet ICA-106, User Manual

Page 1: ...IR IP Camera ICA 106 User s Manual Version 1 0 May 2006 1 60 ...

Page 2: ... 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 equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between ...

Page 3: ...mes to ensure the safe use of the equipment WEEE regulation To avoid the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment end users of electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to co...

Page 4: ...3 7 Logging in as an Administrator 21 Chapter 4 Operating the Network Camera 22 4 1 Control Panel 23 4 2 Advanced Function Area 25 4 2 1 Home 25 4 2 2 Setting 26 4 2 2 1 System 27 4 2 2 2 Network 29 4 2 2 3 Video Audio 32 4 2 2 4 User 35 4 2 2 5 Motion Detection 36 4 2 2 6 Status 38 4 2 2 7 Factory Default 39 4 2 2 8 Restart 39 4 2 1 9 Upgrade 40 4 3 Capture 43 4 4 Recording 44 Appendix A Restore ...

Page 5: ...nect your Network Camera directly to a computer network or DSL modem and with a standard Web browser you get instant on demand video streams Within minutes you can set up the Network Camera to capture a video sequence to a PC Live video image can be uploaded to a website for the world to see or made available only to select users on the network 1 2Features z MPEG4 JPEG dual video compression z 6 h...

Page 6: ...XP or 2003 1 5Package Contents User can find the following items in the package 1 IR IP Camera x 1 2 Camera Stand x 1 3 Power Adapter x 1 4 User s Manual CD x 1 5 Quick Installation Guide x 1 If any of the above items are missing please contact your dealer immediately Note Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the Network Camera will cause damage and void the war...

Page 7: ...eside the DC power Jack the LAN socket is an RJ 45 connector for connections to 10Base T or 100Base TX Fast Ethernet cabling Please use Category 5 straight through cable to connect the Network Camera to an Ethernet network switch or hub 10 100M Ethernet LEDs LED stands for Light Emitting Diode The Ethernet LEDs are located on the RJ 45 connector These LEDs are used to indicate the status of Networ...

Page 8: ...one Microphone The Network Camera s has built in an internal microphone This microphone is also hidden in the pinhole located on the front panel Status LEDs This LED is used to indicate the status of Network Camera 8 60 ...

Page 9: ...o ceiling or wall Use screws to fix the Network Camera onto the ceiling or wall You could also put the Network Camera on the table directly Fixed it by screws 3 Plug an Ethernet cable into the Network Camera Connect an Ethernet cable to the LAN socket located on the Network Camera s bottom and attach it to the network 9 60 ...

Page 10: ...5VDC included in the package and connect it to wall outlet for AC power Power Cable Once you have installed the Network Camera well and powered on the status LED will turn green first and then orange It means the system is booting up successfully Furthermore if you have a proper network connection and access to the Network Camera the 10 100M LAN LED will flash green 10 60 ...

Page 11: ...P4 IP Finder exe is used to scan the Installed Network Camera on a LAN setting the Network Camera Name IP address settings and so on Using your mouse to select any one of the Network Cameras within your LAN environment you can search out its IP address and other IP parameters as follows 1 Edit the IP address of this Network Camera 2 Edit the Gateway Address if necessary 3 Edit the Network Mask if ...

Page 12: ...hich is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment software and peripherals This device is an UPnP enabled Network Camera 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 that Windows 2000 does no...

Page 13: ...Click Add or Remove Programs Click Add Remove Windows Components The following screen will appear 13 60 ...

Page 14: ...Select Networking Services Click Details Select Universal Plug and Play Click Ok 14 60 ...

Page 15: ...Click Next Please wait while Setup configures the components 15 60 ...

Page 16: ...Click Finish To view your Network Camera in an Internet browser go to your Desktop and click My Network Places Click My Network Places Click the targeted Network Camera 16 60 ...

Page 17: ...to configure the Network Camera The camera will be assigned a local fixed IP Address that allows it to be recognized by the router Manually setup the Network Camera as fixed IP for example such as 192 168 0 120 2 Access the Router with Your Web browser If you have cable or DSL service you will most likely have a dynamically assigned WAN IP Address Dynamic means that your router s WAN IP address ca...

Page 18: ... Select Both under Protocol Type TCP and UDP Enter your camera s local IP Address e g 192 168 0 120 for example in the Private IP field If you are using the default camera port settings enter 80 into the Public and Private Port section If there has Scheduling option it should be set to Always so that the camera images can be accessed at any time Important Some ISPs block access to port 80 Be sure ...

Page 19: ...ActiveX control component user must install the Liveplayer application program Please refer to Liveplayer manual for detail By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for Network Camera 3 5The first time access via web browser 1 Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the Network Camera you want to monitor as below The Login Window of the Network Camera is displ...

Page 20: ...ogin to the Network Camera as a full authorized administrator You can enter Setting to change the password and setup Administrator or User authority Please refer to Setting Î User 3 Display the image The video will be displayed 3 6Logging in as a User There are two levels of privilege view and config if you log in the Network Camera as a user The first one is a user with view privilege The view us...

Page 21: ...ing pages except user and Factory Default options Furthermore Capture and Recording will be not available 3 7Logging in as an Administrator If you log in the Network Camera as the Administrator you can perform all the settings provided within the software The Administrator may be logged in at any time regardless of the number of the users being accessed 21 60 ...

Page 22: ... or an administrator Viewing Area Advanced Function Control Panel Viewing Area Images from the Network Camera Scale UP Click this button to scale up the image on the screen Scale Down Click this button to scale down the image on the screen Snap Record to Enter the path to save the image or files 22 60 ...

Page 23: ...igh Video is better but frame rate may be slower Low Video is poor but frame rate may be higher Normal System default value 2 Max Frame Rate Adjust the frame rate of video stream 3 Exposure Choose auto or fixed exposure of camera 4 Brightness Adjust picture brightness of camera 5 White Balance Choose auto or fixed white balance of camera 23 60 ...

Page 24: ...ast of camera 7 Camera position Desktop Ceiling Mirror 8 Zoom Adjust ratio of digital zoom in 9 IR Turn on or off the built in IR LEDS Or you can set a schedule to let the IR on off Note Select OK to save and enable the setting 24 60 ...

Page 25: ... Network Camera Setting System Configuration Capture Capture current screen and save to HDD or other media Recording Record current video stream and save to HDD or other media Setting menu consists of some sub menu Click on each menu to display its setting page 4 4 2 1 Home When the Home button pressed you will back to the main screen 25 60 ...

Page 26: ...ting such as DHCP On Off DDNS and UPnP Video Audio Adjust camera parameters and video audio settings User Setup user name password and login privilege Motion Detection Setup motion detection and trigged SMTP and or FTP accounts Status System information status and log Factory Default Recall the Network Camera to factory default setting Restart Reboot this device Upgrade Firmware upgrade 26 60 ...

Page 27: ...his unit here It s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units Note that use _ or to replace space character to separate the name string For example IP_CAM or IP CAM will be ok but PT IP will not work here You can setup the Network Camera time manually or make it synchronized with remote server Also you may select your time zone in order to synchronize time locally 27 60 ...

Page 28: ...hly IP Address Notification Notify by E Mail If enable this option then when Network Camera connected to Internet a mail that contains related information will be mailed to preset e Mail address E Mail To E Mail address of the destination From E Mail address of the source this Network Camera Subject It s a unique number for each Network Camera for identification Outbound SMTP Server The address of...

Page 29: ...dress and related information by DHCP server while DHCP ON Otherwise user needs to specify IP address and related information to the Network Camera manually IP address Subnet mask Default gateway Primary DNS Secondary DNS If turns DHCP OFF then user should enter these network parameters by manual Note Network Camera will reboot automatically make this setting to take effect 29 60 ...

Page 30: ...ic IP address problem comes in the form of a dynamic DNS service The Internet uses DNS servers to lookup domain names and translates them into IP addresses Domain names are just easy to remember aliases for IP addresses A dynamic DNS service is unique because it provides a means of updating your IP address so that your listing will remain current when your IP address changes There are several exce...

Page 31: ... setting able Users could assign the 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 8080 Wireless LAN Users could assign the port number of http protocol and the WAN users should follow the port number to login Select OK to save and ena...

Page 32: ...4 2 2 3 Video Audio Adjust Camera parameters Video Audio Setting Resolution The Network Camera supports 5 kind resolutions 128x96 32 60 ...

Page 33: ... the local video standard Message Display You may choose the message that you want to display on the output video Video Type The Network Camera supports two kind of video compression mode MPEG4 or JPEG User can choose one of the two compression mode based on requirement Audio The Network Camera supports ADPCM for audio compression Video Enable Enable this option will allow stream video to remote c...

Page 34: ...rast Camera heavily Camera Position There are three options Desktop Ceiling and Mirror Zoom The Camera supports smoothly digital zoom in function The ratio of digital zoom is varying based on video resolution Resolution Zoom 128 x 96 1x 2 23x 3 46x 4x 176 x 144 1x 2 23x 3 46x 4x 160 x 120 1x 2 23x 3 46x 4x 320 x 240 1x 1 33x 1 66x 2x 640 x 480 1x Select OK to save and enable the setting 4 2 2 4 34...

Page 35: ...twork Camera View This account can only view the video stream from the Network Cmaera User only can change or modify the username and password of Administrator You also can set up usernames and passwords for users The privilege of each user can be config or view Live Play Access You can set the live play can be access by everyone or just the user who is in database Select OK to save and enable the...

Page 36: ...sitivity The motion detection is implemented by a patented software algorithm it runs on the Network Camera due to a larger processing power of motion detection the overall performance of Network Camera will be degraded the frame rate may be reduced 36 60 ...

Page 37: ... the recorded file and images to pre defined e Mail or FTP Recording Pre record time The Network Camera can record the video for seconds before alerted This function is very useful to know the situation before event happened Record time You can choose the duration of the record file Gap to next detect You can choose the gap between two events E mail E Mail To E Mail address of the destination From...

Page 38: ...ting 4 2 2 6 Status System information status and log Status User can find out a lot of information about the system such as MAC address IP address firmware version and so on User also can get the number of current viewer of the Network Camera here System Log User can check the log information of the Network Camera 38 60 ...

Page 39: ...estore to the factory default setting You will be prompt before restore to factory default setting Select Factory Default to continue The Network Camera will restore to factory default and reboot again The Network Camera be connectable again after 20 30 seconds Note that the IP address of this Network Camera will restore to default value 192 168 0 20 4 2 2 8 Restart Reboot the Network Camera by ha...

Page 40: ...able again after 20 30 seconds 4 2 1 9 Upgrade The Network Camera supports firmware upgrades online Please contact your dealer for the latest firmware version Unzip this firmware file to binary file and store it into your PC Then follow the steps as bellows carefully 1 Close all other application programs which are not necessary for firmware update 2 Disable Motion Detection function 3 De select V...

Page 41: ...he Firmware only apply to the Network Camera once update it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system 7 Once the firmware file has been selected select Upgrade button to start it The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen Warning The download firmware procedure can not be interrupted If the 41 60 ...

Page 42: ...grade firmware via Wireless LAN due to high error rate possibly Please be aware that you should not turn off the power during updating the firmware and wait for finish message Once the upgrading process completed the Network Camera will reboot the system automatically Note please wait for 20 30 seconds and then you can connect to Network Camera again 42 60 ...

Page 43: ...ed in the Bitmap format Click the Capture button to save the current display image into the local PC If you like to retrieve the saved image select the file to display it by using any one of graph editing tools Note This function is available for logging in as an administrator only 43 60 ...

Page 44: ...utton pressed it will become you can press this button to stop video recording After the stop recording list the file on the selected saved directory the file were saved in ASF format The ASF files can be display by the standard Windows Media Player but it needs the DixectX 9 0 or higher version to be installed Note This function is available for logging in as an administrator only 44 60 ...

Page 45: ...nd install it again Restore the Network Camera 1 Power off the Network Camera 2 Insert the paper clip or other tool and press and hold the button down continuously 3 Power on the Network Camera again 4 Wait at least 10 seconds and release the tool Then the Network Camera has been restored to default settings 5 Reconfigure the Network Camera Factory Default Reset Note Restoring the factory default ...

Page 46: ...ure the power connector and re power it on again If the problem is not solved the Network Camera might be faulty Contact your dealer for further help The network cabling is required for the Network Camera The Network Camera uses Category 5 UTP cable allowing 10 and or 100 Base T networking The Network Camera will be installed and work if a firewall exists on the network If a firewall exists on the...

Page 47: ...pages of Network Camera from Internet Explorer Maybe the IP Address of the Network Camera is already being used by another device or computer To confirm this possible problem disconnect the Network Camera from the network first and then run the PING utility to check it out Maybe due to the network cable Try correcting your network cable and configuration Test the network interface by connecting a ...

Page 48: ...n Check the Internet firewall with your system or network administrator The firewall may need to have some settings changed in order for the Network Camera to be accessible outside your LAN Make sure that the Network Camera isn t conflicting with any other web server running on your LAN Check the configuration of the router settings allow the Network Camera to be accessed outside your local LAN Th...

Page 49: ...ssible within your computer The configuration on the Network Camera image display is incorrect You need to adjust the image related parameters such as brightness and contrast properly Image flickers Wrong power line frequency makes images flicker Make sure the 50 or 60Hz format of your Network Camera Noisy images occur The video images might be noisy if the Network Camera is located in a low light...

Page 50: ...cts with any other devices over the network If you want to make sure the IP address of Network Camera utilize the PING command as follows z Start a DOS window z Type ping x x x x where x x x x is the IP address of the Network Camera 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 Network Camera als...

Page 51: ...s generated by the Network Camera 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 100kbps 256kbps 30fps 320 x 240 QVGA 8 20k byte per frame 300kbps 600kbps 30fps 640 x 480 VGA 20 50K byte per frame 400kbps 1000kbps 12fps Note Audio streaming will take bandwidth around 32 kbps Most ADSL Cable modem upload ...

Page 52: ...S image sensor Effective Picture Elements 640 480 H V S N Ratio More than 45 dB Auto Exposure Yes Auto White Balance Yes Camera Position Desktop Ceiling Mirror Power Line Frequency 50 60 Hz Sharpness Strong Normal Soft IP Module Codec MPEG4 and MJPEG 3 levels Resolution 640 480 320 240 162 120 Frame Rate Up to 30fps for QQVGA and QVGA resolutions Up to 12fps for VGA resolution Audio Streaming Yes ...

Page 53: ...ded Statistic or Dynamic Notification Email FTP Firmware Upgrade Via Ethernet Security 3 Levels Viewer Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 5 or later Digital zoom 400 Maximum Networking Protocol TCP IP HTTP SMTP FTP NTP DNS DDNS ARP and DHCP UPnP 53 60 ...

Page 54: ...Appendix F Time Zone Table GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time which is the global time that all time zones are measured from 54 60 ...

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Page 56: ...ly 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 Network Camera on 1 Environment of Fixed Valid IP Network If users could obtain valid IP addresses they could save the eff...

Page 57: ...eft side click Create Account 4 Fill the application agreement and necessary information a Input Name b E mail input and confirmation c Password input and confirmation d Submit all the input information and finish creating a account 57 60 ...

Page 58: ... your e mail mailbox There will be an e mail with a title Your DynDNS org Account Information Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied Then DDNS you applied activated 58 60 ...

Page 59: ...sword that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS service 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 9 Click the Dynamic DNS and then click the Add a host 59 60 ...

Page 60: ...ubmit the domain name information Pink No 3 4 Setup the DDNS At last users have to enter the web page of Network Camera and setup the necessary information of DDNS after the application of DDNS service Please check the user manual to access the DDNS pages After saving the modification restart the device The external users could browse the Network Camera by the input of their domain name 60 60 ...