Planet ICA-107, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wired Wireless PoE CMOS IP Camera ICA 107 ICA 107W ICA 107P User s Manual Version 1 00 ...

Page 2: ...ation This 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 tu...

Page 3: ...lectrical 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 h...

Page 4: ... ICA 107W Only 18 6 2 3 E Mail Setting 21 6 2 4 PPPoE Settings 22 6 2 5 FTP Settings 23 6 2 6 Date Time Settings 24 6 2 7 Resolution 25 6 2 8 Advanced Setting 26 6 2 9 Users 27 6 2 10 Tools 28 6 2 11 About 29 6 3 Setting Wizard 30 7 Using the Camera Viewer 32 7 1 Introduction to the Control Panel 33 7 2 Camera Buttons 34 7 3 Camera Status 35 7 4 Control Buttons 35 7 5 Video Recording 37 7 6 Change...

Page 5: ...ng 55 8 2 LAN Setting 57 8 3 WLAN ICA 107W Only 59 8 4 E Mail and FTP 61 8 5 Motion Detection 63 8 6 System 64 8 7 Status 66 8 8 Users 67 8 9 Log 68 9 Technical Specifications 69 10 Appendix A Router Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing 70 11 Appendix B Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP 72 12 Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server 77 ...

Page 6: ... established in few minutes ICA 107W support 802 11b g wireless network that will save your time and cost for wiring And ICA 107P has provided IEEE802 3af standard PoE interface it helps you to locate the camera to any location that is no power outlet With the Windows based utility IP Camera Viewer the ICA 107 series could take a snapshot record and playback the video files Also with a powerful ce...

Page 7: ...Content Internet Camera Power Adapter Camera Stand Kit Category 5 Ethernet Cable Quick Installation Guide CD Rom External Antenna ICA 107W only If any of the above items are missing please contact your supplier 2 ...

Page 8: ...tem Hardware CPU Pentium 4 1 6GHz or above Memory Size 256 MB 512 MB Recommended VGA card resolution 800 x 600 or above Web Browser Internet Explorer 6 0 or above System Requirement for IP Camera Admin Viewer Support OS Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP SP2 System Hardware 1 4 cameras surveillance application CPU Pentium 4 2 0GHz or above Memory Size 256 MB or above VGA card resolution 1024x768 or above...

Page 9: ...Camera is power on the LED will light on y WLAN ICA 107W only When the IP Camera is linking with wireless interface the LED will light on This LED will flash when video is transmitting or receiving y LAN When the IP Camera is linking to wired interface the LED will light on This LED will flash when video is transmitting or receiving Antenna Connector ICA 107W only Power LED Power On Wireless LED W...

Page 10: ...gotiate the transmission speed of the network For ICA 107P this port is also the PoE interface y Antenna Connector ICA 107W only ICA 107W provides a standard Reverse SMA connector on its top panel The external antenna allows you to adjust its position to obtain the maximum signal y Reset Button 1 Press the reset button for less than 2 seconds and the IP Camera will reboot 2 Press the reset button ...

Page 11: ...etwork switch or router 3 Connect the power adapter to IP Camera and plug the power adapter to power outlet The IP Camera will be powered on When the IP Camera is ready the Power LED will light on 4 Make sure that you have installed the ActiveX utility Note It is highly recommended to use the power adapter shipped with the IP Camera do NOT use any other power adapter from other sources It may make...

Page 12: ...in Windows XP and the installation procedure is similar to Windows 2000 1 Insert the CD shipped along with the IP Camera into your CD ROM drive The installation page should open with your default browser If not please double click on the default htm in the CD 2 Click on the hyperlink Install Administrator Utility 7 ...

Page 13: ... on the Install Administrator Utility hyperlink the browser should prompt to download the installation program Click on the Run button the installation program should be started 8 4 Click Next to start the installation ...

Page 14: ...Click on the Change button to choose the destination you wished to install the utility If no specific requirement leave the default setting and click Next 9 6 Click Install to start installing the utility ...

Page 15: ...7 The system will install the program automatically 8 Click Finish to complete the software installation 10 ...

Page 16: ...the IP Cameras in your intranet and it will list all the available IP Cameras on the camera list Choose the one that you would like to configure and click Setting Wizard to processed 11 10 Please enter the default password Admin and click OK to login to the IP Camera s setup page Camera list ...

Page 17: ...ress Besides work with the recommended IP you may input the IP address manually Please be aware that the IP address of the IP Camera must be in the same IP segment of your Click Finish to apply the configuration 12 After press Finish the camera will restart Please wait for a minute Then you may refer to next section to start the configure utility and setup your IP camera 12 ...

Page 18: ...etting wizard which can guide users to add the IP Camera to the network easily and promptly There are two ways to run the IP Camera Admin 1 Click Start select Programs IP Camera Admin Utility to run the utility 2 Double click the IP Camera Admin icon on the desktop to run the utility Once the utility is started it will search the available IP Cameras in your intranet For further configurations ple...

Page 19: ...the IP Camera is in the status of factory default The icon means the IP Camera has been configured before The icon means the camera is unknown Internet Add and Delete Button The functions located in this area are reserved for future use Information of Camera Camera Information ion includes Firmware Version Network Information Address UPnP Setting DDNS Setting Resolution and E mail All information ...

Page 20: ...ht use this function for further configuring the IP Camera e etting Wizard You might use this function to configure the camera name IP address and the video port of the IP Camera You m such as IP address Resolution password and firmware upgrad etc S ...

Page 21: ...Admin will ask you to enter the Administrator Name and Password for authentication The default administrator name password are Administrator Name Admin Password Admin After entering the password and clicking on the OK button you could start to configure your IP Camera 16 ...

Page 22: ... IP Camera Subnet Mask Please input the subnet mask that you want to use here Gateway Please input the gateway that you want to use here DNS Server Please input the desired DNS server here Video Port The IP Camera uses the Video Port to transmit or receive the video streaming The default port is 4321 Web Port The default port used by the web is 80 You might use a different port for the web of the ...

Page 23: ...2 Wireless Settings ICA 107W Only The IP Camera Admin will find available wireless network automatically You could also press the Refresh button to find the available wireless network manually After refresh procedure there will show the available wireless networks 10F Planet 18 ...

Page 24: ...Planet ICA 107W supports WEP Open System Shared Key WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPANone Please select the responding security setting of the desired wireless network After set the profile you might remove the LAN cable and the IP Camera will connect to the AP automatically When the connection es ll see the w eless LED orange color light on tablished you wi ir ...

Page 25: ...ng Environment a You should configure the wireless settings via the wired connection when you first time to set the ICA 107W to wireless interface b After the configuration is done you might remove the cable then the wireless connection should start automatically ...

Page 26: ...ding Sender E Mail Address Specified the e mail address of sender Authentication Enable or Disable the SMTP Authentication function Username When E Mail Authentication is enabled please input the SMTP Username here Password When E Mail Authentication is enabled please input the password here Send a Test Email Press this button to send a test e mail to your mailbox You can use this function to test...

Page 27: ...er the Username of your PPPoE account Password Enter the Password of your PPPoE account MTU Maximum Transmission Unit MTU is the largest frame that could be transmitted through the PPPoE connection The MTU is specified in octets eight bit bytes If there is no other request please leave it as default value 22 ...

Page 28: ...want to use FTP Port Please enter the FTP port number that your FTP server uses In most case the FTP server should use TCP port 21 User Name Specify the user account of ftp server Password Specify the 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 IP Camera is under NAT you usually need to enable this feature 23 ...

Page 29: ...ings Date Time Settings Set Date Time manually Set the current Date and Time here NTP Server Enable or Disable the NTP client here Time Zone Select your time zone here NTP Server Specify the IP address of the NTP server 24 ...

Page 30: ...6 2 7 Resolution Resolution Resolution You might select the desired video resolution here Available resolutions are 176 x 144 320 x 240 640 x 480 25 ...

Page 31: ... Camera supports the service from DynDNS for further information please refer to http www dyndns org Domain Name The domain name given by DynDNS is registername dyndns com Please enter the domain name that you register for the IP Camera from DynDNS web site Account Enter the login name for the DDNS service Password Enter the password for the DDNS service 26 ...

Page 32: ...nt password of the IP Camera New Password Enter the new password you want to use for the IP Camera Confirm New Password Retype the new password to confirm the setting User You might Enable Disable the user accounts and setting the user name and password here The IP Camera could support up to 4 user accounts 27 ...

Page 33: ...ess this button and select the correct firmware to upgrade Reset to Default If you want to reset the IP Camera to factory default you might click on this button The default settings of the IP Camera are as follows Camera Name ICA 107 W P IP Address 192 168 0 20 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Administrator Name Admin Password Admin Video Port 4321 28 ...

Page 34: ...N OFF You might turn all the IP Camera s LEDs ON OFF via this button It can let the people don t know this camera is monitoring 6 2 11 About About Administrator Utility Version Display current Administrator Utility Version 29 ...

Page 35: ...in If the name and password you entered are correct you can start to setup the camera Network Setting Camera Name It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera For example Living Room Front Door That will help you to recognize the IP Camera more easily IP Address Please assign an available IP address to your IP Camera Subnet Mask Please input the subnet mask that you want to use here ...

Page 36: ...er Please input the desired DNS server here After you finish the camera setting the IP Camera Admin will ask if you want to start the IP Camera Viewer You could click on Ok to run the IP Camera Viewer immediately or click on Cancel to run the IP Camera Viewer later 31 ...

Page 37: ...e status of cameras such as frame rate video received and etc are also displayed on the screen at the same time There are three ways to run the IP Camera Viewer 1 Click Start select Programs IP Camera Camera Viewer to run the utility 2 Double click on the IP Camera Viewer icon to run the utility 3 Click Setting Wizard from IP Camera Admin and follow the instructions to launch the IP Camera Viwer 3...

Page 38: ...7 1 Introduction to the Control Panel When you start the IP Camera Viewer you would see a Control Panel and the Viewer window Control Panel Viewer Window 33 ...

Page 39: ...e number buttons for connecting to the selected IP Camera If you want to remove the camera from the IP Camera Viewer please right click on the icon and select Reset Camera x If you want to modify the channel setting please right click the icon and select Configure Camera x ...

Page 40: ...Control Buttons End the IP Camera Viewer Minimize the Window Forward Stop Snapshot Record Pause Play Control Buttons Play In Display mode clicking on the Play button the IP Camera Viewer will connect to the disconnected IP Camera In Playback mode clicking on the Play can play the video Stop In the Display mode clicking on the Stop button the IP Camera Viewer will disconnect the IP Camera In the pl...

Page 41: ...ill make the IP Camera Viewer to take a snapshot of the video and save the picture as a bitmap file in the hard disk You will learn how to set the directory Record for storing these bitmap files at the Section 7 8 4 how to set the directory for storing video files at the section 7 8 4 By clicking Record button you can record video immediately You will learn 36 ...

Page 42: ...Clicking Stop will stop recording Note Before manual recording you have to click the camera button to select the IP Camera that you want to record first and make sure that the IP Camera Viewer is successfully connecting to the IP Camera Schedule Recording You can assign a schedule and let the IP Camera Viewer recording the video stream automatically Please refer to Section 7 8 to see how to setup ...

Page 43: ...button Note Before changing the resolution of the IP Camera you have to select the IP Camera by clicking the camera button first If you change the resolution of an IP Camera other clients who are viewing the same IP Camera will also see the video with the changed resolution Resolution VGA Change the resolution to 640x480 VGA QVGA Change the resolution to 320x240 QVGA 38 ...

Page 44: ...7 7 View Four Cameras Simultaneously Click the four division button can view the 4 IP Cameras simultaneously in a four division window 39 ...

Page 45: ...e setting window of the IP Camera will pop up Note If you want to change the settings such as IP Address Video Port etc in the Setting option you must disconnect the Internet Camera first You might disconnect the IP Camera by clicking on the Stop button 40 ...

Page 46: ...rt Enter the port number of the video streaming used by the IP Camera here Model Select the Model Name of the IP Camera Username The user name for login into the IP Camera By default the user name is Admin Password The password for login into the IP Camera The default value is Admin Discover Clicking on the Discover button the IP Camera Admin will pop up The window will show all the discovered cam...

Page 47: ...ording to the schedule automatically The recorded video files are AVI format Note 1 The IP Camera Viewer will only start to record the video stream when it is running and is successfully connecting to the Internet camera in the beginning of the schedule 2 The schedule setting of one time or weekly schedule should not overlap or the recording will fail 42 ...

Page 48: ...click Delete to delete the schedule Schedule Cycle Recording Check this check box to enable cycle recording When the Cycle Recording is checked and the storage usage has already reached the maximum reserved storage space the IP Camera Viewer will automatically delete the oldest recorded video file and use the space to store the newly recorded video stream One Time Schedule You can assign a period ...

Page 49: ...am 7 8 3 Status You can see the current status of the connection session between the IP Camera Viewer and the IP Camera Status Connected Yes When the IP Camera Viewer is connecting to the IP Camera No When the utility is not connecting to the IP Camera Status Stream Started At The starting time of the current connection between the IP Camera Viewer and the IP Camera Time Elapsed The elapsed time o...

Page 50: ... use Frame Rate The fps frames per second of the current video stream Data Rate The data rate KByte per second of the current video stream Number of Frames The total number of video frames received during the current connection session between the IP Camera Viewer and the IP Camera Number of Users The total numbers of user that is viewing this camera 45 ...

Page 51: ...files stored The default folder is where the IP Camera Viewer is installed for example C Program Files Internet Camera Free Disk Space The current free disk space of the hard drive that 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 cu...

Page 52: ...7 8 5 About About Camera Viewer Utility Version Display current version of IP Camera Viewer 47 ...

Page 53: ...7 9 Playback Click the Open File and the Load File window will be popped up Select the file that you want to play The IP Camera Viewer will start to play the selected video file 48 ...

Page 54: ...k is in Pause state click on the Play button and the IP Camera Viewer will play the video file from the current pause point When the IP Camera Viewer is playing with fast speed just click Play button to let the IP Camera Viewer play with the normal speed Pause When the recorded video is playing you can click the Pause button to freeze the playback If you want the IP Camera Viewer 49 ...

Page 55: ...amera Viewer to play again just click Play and the IP Camera Viewer will play the video file from the beginning point Playing Control Forward If you want the IP Camera Viewer to play the video file in a faster speed just click Forward and the IP Camera Viewer will double the playing speed If you want the IP Camera Viewer play with the normal speed just click Play 50 ...

Page 56: ...0 Rotate Video Rotate function lets you rotate the video frame 180 of degree each time you click the Rotate With this function you can view the live video with normal position or rotate with 180 degree 51 ...

Page 57: ...8 0 20 When the welcome screen appears enter the Administrator Name and Password The default values are Administrator Name Admin Password Admin When the IP Camera is connected the browser will take you to the live video page If you are viewing the IP Camera at the first time the following dialog will appear to install the ActiveX plug in Please check the publisher part you should accept it if it i...

Page 58: ...screen directly Example on ICA 107W The menu options for the web control screen are as follows Camera View live video and adjust the video format from the menu LAN Configure the LAN port WLAN Configure the WLAN port ICA 107W Only E Mail FTP Setup the E Mail client and FTP client 53 ...

Page 59: ...ure the Motion Detection here System Configure the system settings here Status Shows the camera information and current status in this page Users The IP Camera support up to 4 user accounts You can set those accounts here 54 ...

Page 60: ... max frame rate This camera can support at most 30 frames per second Frequency Adjust this property to fitting light frequency Brightness You can adjust the brightness of the video This value can be from 1 to 100 Contrast You can adjust the contrast by change this value This value can be from 1 to 100 Saturation You can adjust the saturation by change this value This value can be from 1 to 100 Hue...

Page 61: ... can be from 10 to 30 Enable Auto Exposure You can enable Auto Exposure by check this box IF this function is enabled the Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue and Whiteness adjustment would not take effect Apply When you finish the setting click this button to validate the setting values 56 ...

Page 62: ...LAN Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN For example 255 255 255 0 Gateway Please enter the default gateway of your LAN here DNS Server Please enter your prefer DNS server here Video Port The Video Port is used to transmit or receive the video stream The default port setting is 4321 If you want to view the video from the camera the port setting should be corr...

Page 63: ... eight bit bytes If there is no other request please leave it as default value Apply When you finish the PPPoE configuration click Apply to apply the setting Dynamic DNS Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function of the camera Provider Several companies provide DDNS service The IP Camera supports the service from DynDNS company Domain Name The domain name given by DynDNS is registername dyndns co...

Page 64: ...ture This operation mode requires the presence of a Wireless LAN Access Point or Router All communication is done via the Access Point or Router Ad Hoc Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router Available Networks Select the networks listed below and click apply to connect to the specified network 59 ...

Page 65: ...ey and WPA PSK When you select WPA PSK authentication you can encryption your wireless with WPA TKIP or WPA AES WPA Pre Shared Key The WPA PSK key can be from 8 to 64 characters and can be letters or numbers This same key must be used on all of the node in the wireless network WEP Key Length You may select 64 bit or 128 bit to encrypt transmitted data Larger key length will provide higher level of...

Page 66: ... E Mail Account for receiving the alert mail SMTP Server Enter the SMTP Server for sending the E Mail Sender E Mail Address Specified the e mail address of the e mail sender SMTP Authentication Enable or Disable the SMTP Authentication function Username When Authentication is enabled please input the SMTP Username here Password When Authentication is enabled please input the account password here ...

Page 67: ...ng the pictures FTP Port Enter the FTP port that the FTP server uses User Name Specify the user account of ftp server Password Specify the password of your ftp account Remote Folder Specify the folder of the ftp site that you want to store the image Password When Authentication is enabled input the account password Passive Mode If your IP Camera is behind the NAT you usually need to enable this fe...

Page 68: ...up the interval to 5 seconds the next event will start after this event finished 5 seconds Threshold Setup the sensitivity of motion detection Send Recording File to E Mail Select Yes to send the alert email with the recorded image to the e mail account that you had specified in the E Mail FTP page E Mail Subject Specify the subject of motion detection alert e mail Send snapshot file to FTP Select...

Page 69: ...ter the password for the default account The password should be 4 digits Confirm Password Enter the password again to confirm the setting Set Date Time manually and Synchronize to PC time You can set the IP Camera s Date Time manually Or you can just click on the Synchronize to PC time to let the IP Camera synchronize its time to your PC automatically NTP Server Radio Box To enable the NTP functio...

Page 70: ...set to Factory Defaults If you want to reset all the settings to factory default please use this function to fulfill your task Reboot Device To reboot the IP Camera click Reboot LED Setting If you wan to secure the IP Camera from noticing you can turn off the LED light by clicking LED Light OFF To turn on the LED light just click LED Light ON 65 ...

Page 71: ...8 7 Status The Status shows the current firmware version uptime system time and IP information of this camera Example on ICA 107W 66 ...

Page 72: ...inistrator are not allowed to configure the IP Camera Example on ICA 107W User 1 2 3 4 User Enable or Disable the user number Login Enter the login name of the user account 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 67 ...

Page 73: ...time If you have trouble to use this device the log file will help administrator to know the status of device Example on ICA 107W Log Log screen The screen will show event and event time of device Refresh You can press Refresh button to refresh the log screen 68 ...

Page 74: ...eo Setting Image compression MJPEG Image Video Digital 24 bit Color Frame rate Up to 30fps Video resolution 176 x 144 320x240 640x480 System Hardware LAN Connector One RJ 45 port to connect to 10 100Mbps Ethernet Wireless IEEE 802 11b g ICA 107W Only PoE 802 3af ICA 107P Only LED Indicator LAN LED WLAN LED ICA 107W Only Power LED Power Supply 12V 1A ICA 107W Power Supply 12V 0 4A ICA 107 ICA 107P ...

Page 75: ...1 It is the port of Web port You have to configure the protocol to TCP Setup 2 It is the port of Video port You have to configure the protocol to TCP Viewing Internet Camera via Web Browser Setup 1 Setup 2 If you want to view the video via Web Browser from Internet you have to ensure the Router Gateway has configured both setup1 and setup 2 If the web port is not default port 80 but changed to 808...

Page 76: ...configured Setup2 71 ...

Page 77: ... function is enabled the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP The camera will be displayed in My Network Place so you can double click the camera or right click the camera and select Invoke to view the video through web browser 72 ...

Page 78: ...you double click the IP Camera You have to check if UPnP function is blocked by the firewall Please follow the steps below to enable it 1 Go to Start Settings Network Connections 2 Right click the Local Area Connection and select Properties 3 In the Local Area Connection Properties select Advanced option menu and click Settings 73 ...

Page 79: ...74 4 The Windows Firewall screen will be popped up select Exceptions option menu ...

Page 80: ...5 Enable UPnP Framework from the Programs and Services list and click Ok 75 ...

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Page 82: ...ble them to use DirectX enabled applications this section will guide you through on how you can do it Enabling Graphics Hardware Acceleration 1 Simply right click anywhere on your desktop and select Properties Settings tab Advanced and finally the Troubleshoot tab 2 Now move the Hardware acceleration slider across to Full 3 Click OK 4 You may experience a monitor black out for a few seconds this i...

Page 83: ...lid WHQL certificates click on Yes 6 click on all three boxes to enable DirectDraw Direct3D and AGP Texture Acceleration Click on Start Run and type dxdiag followed by enter You will get a dialog bo asking if you want to allow d Let s click on the Display tab now 78 ...