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Network Camera

 

CAM417 / CAM417-PoE 

 

User’s Manual 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Date:  7/02/2010 

Firmware Version: V3.2.70 

Summary of Contents for CAM417

Page 1: ...Network Camera CAM417 CAM417 PoE User s Manual Date 7 02 2010 Firmware Version V3 2 70 ...

Page 2: ...A Hardware Installation 4 B Monitor Setting 7 C IP Assignment 8 4 Live Video 10 5 Configuration 15 A System 15 B Video Audio Setting 22 C Network Setting 29 D Event Handling 35 6 Network Configuration 46 A Intranet Only 46 B Internet Only 48 C Intranet Internet 51 7 Factory Default 54 ...

Page 3: ...EG 4 MJPEG compression formats Supports resolution up to 30 25 fps Full D1 720x480 720x576 MPEG 4 MJPEG dual streaming Self Contained HTTP Web Server providing Internet capability for remote access Built in PoE splitter support for Power over Ethernet PoE model 2 way audio Online firmware upgrade Recorded files compatible with Microsoft Windows Media Player Hardware CPU RAM ROM ARM 9 32 bit RISC 6...

Page 4: ...nt Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue AES BLC AGC Image Snapshot Yes Motion Detection Yes 3 different areas Event Trigger Motion Detection Digital In Triggered Action Send Email Send to FTP Digital Out Pre Post Alarm Yes configurable Security Password protection Firmware Upgrade HTTP mode can be upgraded remotely Connection Up to 10 clients simultaneously Audio Yes 2 way Web browsing requirement O...

Page 5: ...aker you can hear the voice of the remote site from the speaker Video Out The BNC connector allows connect to the analog display to output analog video for locally monitoring Digital I O Digital In and Digital Out Video Level To adjust the video level 1 Connect the cable of Digital I O Video output and Audio output if you want to use these functionalities 2 Connect Ethernet cable for network conne...

Page 6: ...d in application for e g motion detection event triggering alarm notifications It provides the interface to 2 sets of Digital Input Digital In GND The digital inputs for connecting devices that can toggle between an open and closed circuit such as PIRs door window contacts glass break detectors etc When a signal is received the status changes and the input becomes active 2 sets of Digital Output D...

Page 7: ...tal Input Alarm Input GND Ground Initial status is LOW Digital In Max 50mA 12VDC Digital Output Alarm Output Door Window Contacts Relay Board or Relay Box Digital IN 1 Digital IN 2 Digital OUT 2 Digital OUT 1 ...

Page 8: ...7 B Monitor Setting 1 Right Click on the desktop Select Properties 2 Change color quality to Highest 32bit ...

Page 9: ...t PC must be in the same subnet For more information about subnets please consult your network administrator There are 3 kinds of IP configuration Fixed IP Public IP or Virtual IP DHCP Dynamic IP Dial up PPPoE IP Search is a utility that provides an easier more efficient way to configure the IP address and network settings of the network camera in Local Network LAN It even provides a convenient wa...

Page 10: ...n the IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway and the others 5 Click Set button to complete the configuration settings and save into the device 6 Wait for 1 minute to let the device update the settings and then click Search button again to re search the network devices 7 Click and select the network device listed on the window and click Open Web button It will open an IE browser and connect to this device ...

Page 11: ...e and password are admin and admin For the first time to view the camera video via IE it will ask you to install the ActiveX component If the installation failed please check the security setting for the IE browser 1 In IE click on Tools Internet Options 2 Click on Security Tab Custom Level 3 In Security Settings under Download unsigned ActiveX controls select Enable or Prompt 4 In Security Settin...

Page 12: ...11 1 2 3 4 5 When popup the following dialogue box click Yes ...

Page 13: ...pull down list to display Language Change the display language temporarily Note The display language is changed temporary and it doesn t change the default language To change the default language please go to Configuration System Information page Configuration Go into the configuration page to set the parameters if necessary Status Bar Shows system date time video resolution and video refresh rate...

Page 14: ...button to record the video into the local PC It will ask you where to save the video To stop recording click this button again The saved video format is AVI The recorded file can be played by Microsoft Media Player Note MPEG4 decoder must be installed to play the recorded file You can install FFdshow from the included CD for the decoder Chatting The camera supports 2 way audio Click this button th...

Page 15: ...ch Click the button to manually turn on the Relay via the built in Digital Out after the interval time is passed the Relay will be turned off automatically The interval time can be set up in Configuration Event Handling I O ...

Page 16: ...ck Configuration button to get into the configuration page Click Live View button to back to the Live View page A System System Information Set up the camera name select language and set up the camera time System Information ...

Page 17: ...he default language for the user interface OSD Setting Time Stamp Enable this option will display the date and time on the video Position Select the display position of Time stamp Automatic Reboot Timer By enabling this function the camera will be rebooted at the scheduled time every day This will keep the camera more stable Time Type the time in the field to setup the schedule for reboot ...

Page 18: ...rver Type the IP address or URL of the NTP server Update Schedule Select the interval for the update time For example if select 6 Hours this device will synchronize the date and time with the NTP server every 6 hours Synchronize with PC s time Select this option will synchronize the device time with the PC s time Manually Input Date and Time Manually input the date and time The date and time remai...

Page 19: ...p can only view the live video in Live View page Anonymous The anonymous user can only view the live video in Live View page The privilege is same as Guest group Anonymous User Login To allow user visit this device without login select Yes and then click Setting to enable this function Add User To add a new user type the user name and password then click Add Set to save the user User List This tab...

Page 20: ...19 Edit To change the username and password click Edit and modify the administrator or user in the pop up window Remove To remove the user click Remove ...

Page 21: ... Browse to select the new firmware file and then click Upgrade to the procedure Reboot System To restart the device click Reboot and then click Yes on the prompted window Factory Default To load the factory defaults click Default and then click Yes on the prompted window Note all settings including User account Network A V and Event settings will be restored to the factory defaults System Upgrade ...

Page 22: ...system status Motion Trigger Logs Click the View button on the right side to list the logs of motion detection Digital In Trigger Logs Click the View button on the right side to list the logs of digital input detection All Logs Click the View button on the right side to list all logs System Logs ...

Page 23: ...ast Hue Sharpness Adjust these parameters to get clear video Default Click Default button will load the default settings CCD Setting Auto Electronic Shutter Back Light Compensation Automatic Gain Control Enable disable these functions by selecting ON or OFF Image Setting ...

Page 24: ...23 Video Format This device supports MPEG4 MJPEG Dual Mode and Dual Streaming set the video parameters in this page Video Format ...

Page 25: ...Compression Format Choose MPEG4 or JPEG format to compress and output the video stream MPEG4 The video stream will be compressed in MPEG4 format Choose CBR Constant Bit Rate or VBR Variable Bit Rate in Bitrate Control Mode CBR Set the Video Bitrate from 32Kbps 2Mbps depend on the upload bandwidth of network The data size of video stream will be limited under the selected bit rate VBR Set the Video...

Page 26: ...the streaming 2 Basic Advanced Mode Enable and configure the streaming 2 Advanced mode provides more detail parameters for setting 3GPP Mode Enable the streaming 2 as 3GPP mode it allows a 3G mobile phone to view the live video Close Disable the streaming 2 Resolution Select the resolution from the pull down list D1 720X480 NTSC 720X576 PAL 4CIF 704X480 NTSC 704X576 PAL CIF 352X240 NTSC 352X288 PA...

Page 27: ...of network is lower than the data size the video will be displayed slowly GOP Size Set the GOP Group of Picture size If you don t know what value should be set please set it to 1XFPS JPEG The video stream will be compressed in MJPEG format Quality 5 levels for select The higher quality will get bigger file size RTSP Path Assign a name to identify this video stream When view the video stream with R...

Page 28: ... IP address of the camera RTSP port The RTSP port of the camera This port is assigned in Configuration Network Setting Network Setting 3GPP path The name of the 3GPP video stream If your 3G mobile phone or PDA does not support the viewing of RTSP streaming you can view the camera with http connection To do this use a Java compliant browser such as Opera and type the URL as following to link and vi...

Page 29: ...l PC For this device to local PC select Enable and then click Apply to start this function If set to Disable the Voice icon on Live View page is not workable Audio from Local PC to This Device For local PC to this device click Chatting icon on the Live View page Audio Setting ...

Page 30: ... Setting Network Setting IP Assignment DHCP If this device behinds a router and the router provides DHCP service using DHCP this device will get all network parameters from the router automatically Network Setting ...

Page 31: ...his device supports UPnP if the UPnP service is enabled on your computer the device will automatically be detected and a new icon will be added to My Network Places Note UPnP service must be enabled on your computer The Windows Vista and Windows 7 have enabled UPnP service by default To activate UPnP service in Windows XP please follow the procedure 1 Open the Control Panel from the Start menu 2 S...

Page 32: ...s the multicast group address the streaming should be sent to You should configure each recipient with the same multicast group address and receive the streaming from this address The range is 224 3 1 0 239 255 255 255 Port The multicast port The range is 1 65535 TTL Time To Live TTL for Multicast Packets This value decides how far from a sending host a given multicast packet should be forwarded A...

Page 33: ...nd password for the ADSL connection Send E mail After Dialed If select Enable when connect to the Internet via PPPoE this device will send a mail with the Subject to a specific mail account this mail contains the public IP address of the ADSL connection To set the mail account please refer to Configuration Event Handling Mail FTP page After set up click Apply to save the settings PPPoE Setting ...

Page 34: ...e Update time and then click Apply to connect to the DDNS provider Status This field will display the message to indicate the status of DDNS service Updating Information update Idle Stop service http hostname username provider com DDNS registration successful can now link to the camera with this URL address Update Failed the name is already registered The hostname or username has already been used...

Page 35: ...34 Update Failed check your internet connection Network connection failed Update Failed please check the account information with you provider The input hostname username or password may be wrong ...

Page 36: ...35 D Event Handling Event Setting This device supports multiple event settings This device supports 2 kinds of event detections Motion Detection Digital Input Detection Event ...

Page 37: ...n on Set Area row and then use mouse to drag the area on the video Adjust the Sensitivity To adjust the sensitivity of detection select the level from the pull down list Activate Motion Detection To activate the motion detection enable the Detect Area check box Actions when Motion Detection is Trigger Select what actions will be taken once the motion detection is triggered in each area E mail When...

Page 38: ... the Out is selected for the action the Interval means Digital Output On period For example if Interval set to 20 seconds when the motion detection is triggered the Digital Output will be On and lasting for 20 seconds and then Off automatically Enable Motion Detection in Schedule Time Enable this option will automatic activate the motion detection with scheduled time and stop the detection in the ...

Page 39: ...Snapshots This option is available when the Video Format of streaming 1 is set as JPEG in Video Format When an event Motion Detection or Digital Input Detection is triggered this device will take a series of snapshot with JPG format The beginning and ending time of the snapshot pictures is depending on the Pre and Post Record Time Setting Motion The moving object smaller than the 50 of the motion ...

Page 40: ...st Alarm as 5 seconds when an event Motion Detection or Digital Input Detection is triggered at time 10H 05M 10S the video will be recorded from 10H 05M 07S to 10H 05M 14S Note Limited by the built in RAM of this device when data is too much or video quality set too high it will cause recording frame drop or decrease the recording time of post alarm To avoid the frame drop situation please reduce ...

Page 41: ... mail server which doesn t need login with user name and password Account for the mail server which needs login with user name and password Send Mail Server The IP address or URL of the send mail server User Name Password The user name and password of the sender to login mail server and send the mail Sender s Mail The sender s mail address Receiver s Mail The receiver s mail address Mail FTP ...

Page 42: ... of the FTP service Default is 21 Store Path The path to save the sent video FTP Mode Select PORT or PASV to fit the FTP server PORT is for sending file to an Active FTP server PASV is for sending file to a Passive FTP server After set up click Apply to save the settings Test the Settings You can click Test button this device will send a test mail to receiver s mail box or upload a test file to FT...

Page 43: ...losed this type of sensor will be triggered when it is opened Input 1 2 Trigger Action Select the actions when the Digital Input is triggered E mail When the Digital Input is triggered send the recorded video or snapshot to the specific mail address FTP When the Digital Input is triggered send the recorded video or snapshot to the specific FTP site To set the mail account and FTP site please refer...

Page 44: ...gital Input Detection in Schedule Time Enable this option will automatic activate the Digital Input detection with scheduled time and stop the detection in the other time Please refer to Schedule page to setup the schedule time Digital Output Setting This section is for setup the parameters of Digital Output Note The following settings are available when manually turn on the Relay Out on Live View...

Page 45: ...led the motion detection will be activated with scheduled time and stop the detection in the other time Activate and Stop the Digital Input Detection with Scheduled Time if the Enable Digital Input Detection in Schedule Time option in Configuration Event Handling I O Setting page is enabled the Digital Input detection will be activated with scheduled time and stop the detection in the other time S...

Page 46: ... the Interval setting FTP Automatic send the snapshot to the specific FTP site the interval time of the snapshot pictures is depending on the Interval setting To set the mail account and FTP site please refer to Configuration Event Handling Mail FTP page Interval The interval time of the snapshot pictures For example if the time set to 10 seconds in the scheduled time the device will send out snap...

Page 47: ...dress of PC and camera are in the same subnet Ex 192 168 1 2 and 192 168 1 200 have the same subnet Set Subnet Mask of PC and camera Clear the Gateway of PC and camera to empty For example if the IP settings have been configured as the above figure the cameras can be linked with following addresses Client Camera Link Address Remark PC Camera http 192 168 1 200 PC IP Address 192 168 1 2 Subnet Mask...

Page 48: ...router Set the IP address of a valid DNS into cameras An invalid DNS will cause the domain name can t be resolved and reached such as email address For example if the IP settings have been configured as the above figure the cameras can be linked with following addresses Client Camera Link Address Remark PC Camera 1 http 192 168 1 200 Camera 2 http 192 168 1 201 PC IP Address 192 168 1 2 Subnet Mas...

Page 49: ...k Gateway and DNS with the settings that ISP provided for ADSL connection For example if the public IP address is 60 220 20 250 now the camera can be linked with following addresses Client Link Address Remark PC http 60 220 20 250 3G Mobile Phone With audio rtsp 60 220 20 250 3g Without audio rtsp 60 220 20 250 3gx Must enable 3GPP Stream in Configuration Video Audio Video Format page ADSL Camera ...

Page 50: ... send an email to tell you the current public IP address For example if the public IP address is 60 220 20 250 now the camera can be linked with following addresses Client Link Address Remark PC http 60 220 20 250 3G Mobile Phone With audio rtsp 60 220 20 250 3g Without audio rtsp 60 220 20 250 3gx Must enable 3GPP Stream in Configuration Video Audio Video Format page Using DDNS Function Since the...

Page 51: ...s org now the camera can be linked with following URLs Client Link Address Remark PC http test dyndns org 3G Mobile Phone With audio rtsp test dyndns org 3g Without audio rtsp test dyndns org 3gx Must enable 3GPP Stream in Configuration Video Audio Video Format page ...

Page 52: ...ign camera2 to 192 168 1 201 Please make sure the IP address of Router PC and cameras are in the same subnet Ex 192 168 1 2 and 192 168 1 200 have the same subnet ADSL Public IP 60 220 20 250 PC1 IP Address 192 168 1 2 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Camera 1 IP Address 192 168 1 200 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Http Port 80 RTSP Port 554 Camera 2 IP Address 192 ...

Page 53: ...otocol IP Address Port Protocol Camera 1 3081 TCP 192 168 1 200 80 TCP Port for Web page 554 TCP 192 168 1 200 554 TCP Port for Video and Audio Camera 2 3082 TCP 192 168 1 201 80 TCP Port for Web page 555 TCP 192 168 1 201 555 TCP Port for Video and Audio For example if the IP settings have been configured as the above figure the cameras can be linked with following addresses Clients in Intranet C...

Page 54: ...ase refer to the user s manual of router for the configuration If the router doesn t have DDNS function use one of the cameras DDNS function is recommended Refer to Configuration Network DDNS page to configure and enable the DDNS function After enable the DDNS assume the registered URL is test dyndns org now the cameras can be linked with following URLs Client from Internet Camera Link Address Rem...

Page 55: ...d don t release 3 Power on the device Don t release the button during the system booting 4 It will take around 30 seconds to boot the device 5 Release the button when the device finishes proceed 6 Re login the device using the default username admin and password admin 7 The IP address is probably restored to the default in this case use IP Search utility to search the device The default IP address...

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