Planet ICA-501, User Manual

Page 1: ... CCD PT Internet Camera ICA 501 User s Manual Version 2 00 Date April 2009 1 ...

Page 2: ...tallation 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 b...

Page 3: ...mestic 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 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 wh...

Page 4: ...dows Vista 25 2 8 Setup ActiveX to use the PT Internet Camera 27 2 8 1 Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP 27 2 8 2 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP 28 2 8 3 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista 29 3 Web based Management 30 3 1 Introduction 30 3 2 Connecting to PT Internet Camera 30 3 3 Live View 32 3 4 ActiveX Control 35 3 4 1 Digital Zoom 36 3 4 2 Record 36 3 4 3 Snapshot 37 3 4 4 Voice 37 3 4...

Page 5: ...MPEG4 QVGA 56 3 8 4 MPEG4 QQVGA 57 3 8 5 VIDEO JPEG 58 3 9 Audio 59 3 10 User 60 3 11 E Mail 61 3 12 FTP 62 3 13 Object Detection 63 3 14 Event Schedule 64 3 14 1 Setting 64 3 14 2 Record 65 Appendix A Reset Factory Default Settings 66 Appendix B PING IP Address 67 Appendix C Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation 68 Appendix D DDNS Application 70 4 ...

Page 6: ...wever users might consider printing it out to access easily and read it before you operate the Network Camera This guide shows how to quick set up the three cameras unless model name specified terms PT Internet Camera will be used for these three models 1 2 Features Offers pan range of 355 degree and tilt range of 100 degree MPEG 4 and M JPEG dual codec 2 way Audio with built in microphone and add...

Page 7: ...ter 1 x CD ROM 1 x Quick Installation Guide 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 PT Internet Camera packet will cause damage and void the warranty for this product 6 ...

Page 8: ... Explorer 6 0 or later Basic System Hardware CPU Pentium 4 3 0GHz or above Memory Size 512 MB 512 MB or above Recommended VGA card resolution 1024 x 768 or above VGA card memory 64 MB or above Network bandwidth In VGA resolution mode minimum upload bandwidth is 1Mbps NOTE The listed information is minimum system requirements only Actual requirement will vary depending on the nature of your environ...

Page 9: ...wer LAN LED This LED is used to indicate whether DC power is on or not In addition this LED will be flashing while network accessing via Ethernet Microphone The Camera has built in an internal microphone This microphone is hidden in the pinhole located on the front panel Wireless LED This LED is used to indicate the wireless accessing of the Camera Future feature 8 ...

Page 10: ...ions to 10Base T Ethernet or 100Base TX Fast Ethernet cabling This Ethernet port built N Way protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network automatically Please use Category 5 straight through cable to connect the PT Internet Camera to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network switch or hub LAN Socket NOTE If you need to connect the PT Internet Camera to PC or notebook directly you s...

Page 11: ...2 3 Hardware Installation pe bracket with two supplied screws 2 3 1 Ceiling Mount 1 Fix the camera to L ty 2 ix the bracket and camera to the ceiling using two holly wall anchors and screws F 10 ...

Page 12: ...2 3 2 Wall Mount 1 Fix the L type bracket to the wall using two holly wall anchors and screws 2 Fix the camera to L type bracket with two supplied screws 11 ...

Page 13: ...or wall Use screws to fix the PT Internet Camera onto the ceiling or wall You could also put the PT Internet Camera in the table directly 4 Attach the power supply Plug in power adapter and connect to power source After power on PT Internet Camera will start to operate NOTE Only use the power adapter supplied with PT Internet Camera Otherwise the product may be damaged 5 Attach Speaker to PT Inter...

Page 14: ...agement and monitoring 1 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM drive to launch the autorun program Once completed a welcome menu screen will appear Please click your IP camera model name to next page 2 Click the IPWizard hyperlink you will see the InstallShield Wizard dialog box as below NOTE If the welcome screen does not appear click Start at the taskbar Then select Run and type D Utility IPWiza...

Page 15: ...4 Please click Next to install with original settings or you may click Change button to modify the install folder then press Next to continue 5 Please click Install to start the installation 14 ...

Page 16: ...6 Please click Finish to complete the installation 7 Please double click the utility icon on the desktop then you will see the PT Internet Camera utility 15 ...

Page 17: ...mera 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 Information Box of the Listing Window will roll upward automatically on the contrary move the cursor to the Informat...

Page 18: ...ans 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 About Button When click About button you will see the version information of IPWizard shown in the pop up dialog box Exit Button Click Exit button will close the IPWizard Program 1...

Page 19: ...rd Wizard Page 1 Username and Password This page is about the change of the authorized user name and password of the selected device If you don t want to change them please click Next to move to the next page Press Exit button if you don t want to set up right now If you want to change authorized name or password you have to check the box in front of ID or New Password Authorized Username should c...

Page 20: ... traffic takes the form of packets IP subnets advance network security and performance to some level by organizing hosts into logical groups Subnet masks contain four bytes and usually appear in the same dotted decimal data For example a very common subnet mask in its binary demonstration 11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000 will usually be shown in the corresponding more readable form as 255 255 2...

Page 21: ...r web browser and key in http 192 168 0 20 in the address bar of your web browser to logon PT Internet Camera s web configuration page Wizard Page 3 Confirmation This page shows the new configurations If it is correct please press Submit icon and the setting information will be save to your PT Internet Camera Click on Exit to close this window 20 ...

Page 22: ...software 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 Go to Start Settings and Click Control Panel The Control Panel will display on the screen and double click Add or Remove Progra...

Page 23: ...The Add or Remove Programs will display on the screen and click Add Remove Widows Components to continue The following screen will appear select Networking Services and click Details to continue 22 ...

Page 24: ...The Networking Services will display on the screen select Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue Please click Next to continue 23 ...

Page 25: ...The program will start installing the UPnP automatically You will see the below pop up screen please wait while Setup configures the components Please click Finish to complete the UPnP installation 24 ...

Page 26: ...a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment software and peripherals This device is an UPnP enabled device If the operating system Windows Vista 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 Vista Go to Start Control Panel Network and In...

Page 27: ...Double click My Network Places on the desktop the My Network Places will display on the screen and double click the UPnP icon with PT Internet Camera to view your device in an internet browser 26 ...

Page 28: ...web page to work correctly To use the PT Internet Camera user must setup his IE browser as follows 2 8 1 Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP From your IE browse Î Tools Î Internet Options Î Security Î Custom Level please setup your Settings as follow Set the first 3 items Download the signed ActiveX controls Download the unsigned ActiveX controls Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not maske...

Page 29: ... Options Î Security Î Custom Level please setup your Settings as follow Set the first 3 items Allow previously unused ActiveX control to run Allows Script lets Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for PT Internet Camera 28 ...

Page 30: ...ing for ActiveX controls Prompt Initialize and script active controls not marked From your IE browse Î Tools Î Internet Options Î Security Î Trusted Sites Î Custom Level please setup your Settings as follow Enable Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls Prompt Initialize and script active controls not marked By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for PT Internet Camera 29 ...

Page 31: ...ur PC to the PT Internet Camera z Once connected you can add the PT Internet Camera to your Browser s Favorites or Bookmarks Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the PT Internet Camera The Default IP http 192 168 0 20 The login window of PT Internet Camera will appear Default login username password is admin no password NOTE If the User name and Password have been chang...

Page 32: ... first image will be displayed NOTE If you log in the PT Internet Camera as an ordinary user setting function will be not available If you log in the PT Internet Camera as the administrator you can perform all the settings provided within the device 31 ...

Page 33: ...f the window Video Profile The PT Internet Camera support multi profile for both MEPG 4 and M JPEG simultaneously User can chose the proper and 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 2 Way Audio The PT Internet ...

Page 34: ...work Configure Network settings such as DHCP DDNS 3GPP PPPoE and UPnP Camera Adjust camera parameters System Configure system information date time maintenance and view system log file Video Configure bit rate and frame rate of video profiles Audio Configure audio parameters User Setup user name password and login privilege E Mail Setup E Mail configuration FTP This device is a client site and con...

Page 35: ...t and home position Camera Speed Choose the speed of Pan and Tilt Preset Add Update the preset positions or go to one of these positions Tour Select one of the camera tours Camera tour is comprised by series of preset locations Go Tour Execute the selected camera tour Auto Pan Execute the auto pan of camera While auto pan is running the camera will swing the camera automatically Note that the spee...

Page 36: ...ote that this feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsfoft Internet Explorer On the ActiveX control icon click the LeftMouseButton then a menu pop up This menu provides features that are unique to the ActiveX control These features include Digital Zoom Record Snapshot Voice Statistics About 35 ...

Page 37: ...s 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 NO...

Page 38: ...select 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 Voice Click Volume to activate this function These have two control bars for speaker and microphone volume Scroll this control bar to adjust the audio attribute Check the volume mut...

Page 39: ...ivate this function A window will be popup to show the statistics information of the streaming status Note that this information is the statistics between the device and your local PC 3 4 6 About Click About to show the ActiveX information 38 ...

Page 40: ...d on the network to issue IP address assignment With this setting the IP address is assigned automatically If this device cannot get an IP address within limited tries the device will assign a default IP address 192 168 0 20 by itself as the default IP address IP address Subnet mask Gateway 1st DNS 2nd DNS server If you do not select Obtain an IP address automatically then you need to enter these ...

Page 41: ...onventions for naming hosts and the way the names are control across the Internet Secondary DNS The same function as DNS1 It is option not necessary Note need to reboot the device to take this setting effect HTTP Port The device supports two HTTP ports The first one is default port 80 and this port is fixed This port is very useful for Intranet usage The second HTTP port is changeable Users could ...

Page 42: ...ce you may not know what your current WAN IP address is when you want to access your network over the Internet The solution to the dynamic 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 p...

Page 43: ...o program the PPPoE information first and then connect to the xDSL modem Power on again then the device will dial on to the ISP connect to the WAN through the xDSL modem The procedures are Connect to a LAN by DHCP or Fixed IP Access the device enter Setting Î Network Î PPPoE as below PPPoE To enable or disable the PPPoE service here User Name Type the user name for the PPPoE service which is provi...

Page 44: ...99 User can specify a number between 1024 and 65535 To use the 3GPP function in addition to previous section you might need more information or configuration to make this function work NOTE To use the 3GPP function it strongly recommends installing the Networked Device with a public and fixed IP address without any firewall protection RTSP Port Port 554 is the default for RTSP service However some...

Page 45: ... an intranet LAN and you wish to make it available from the other WAN side of a NAT router With NAT traversal properly configured all HTTP traffic to an external HTTP port in the NAT router will be forwarded to the device UPnP To enable or disable the UPnP service here Friendly Name Shows the friendly name of this device here UPnP NAT Traversal When enabled the device will attempt to configure por...

Page 46: ... can enter different user s IP address which are allowing enter or denying by the device IP Filter To enable or disable the IP filter function here IP Filter Policy Choose the filter policy where is denying or allowing 45 ...

Page 47: ...t an email to alert someone if the function is enabled SMTP Notification e mail If enable this function then the Send to and Subject field need to be filled Send To Type the receiver s e mail address This address is used for reply mail Subject Type the subject title of the E mail 46 ...

Page 48: ...his menu to set the function of the camera of PT Internet Camera 3 6 1 Picture Brightness Large value will brighten camera Sharpness Large value will sharpen camera Contrast Large value will contrast camera heavily 47 ...

Page 49: ...ng This page provides the edit tool to modify or delete the Preset Setting item by item 3 6 3 Tour Setting Up to 64 positions can be preset and the camera can be programming to move to the preset position sequentially 48 ...

Page 50: ...ence of the tour Maximum 16 points can be assigned The selected preset position is added in the Sequence list from 1 to 16 Wait Time Type a period of time during which the camera is to stay at each preset point between 0 to 36000 seconds To use the camera tour function user must preset some camera positions first The maximum number of preset points is 64 49 ...

Page 51: ... You can enter the name of this unit here It s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units Software version This information shows the software version in the device Log User can check the system log information of the device including the Main Info Appended Info Operator IP and so on 50 ...

Page 52: ...ate and time with those of time server called NTP server Network Time Protocol Adjust Synchronize with PC Click this option to enable time synchronization with PC time NTP server name Type the host name or IP address or domain name of the NTP server NTP sync Interval Select an interval between 1 and 23 hours at which you want to adjust the device s time referring to NTP server Time zone Set the ti...

Page 53: ...rted and most current settings are reset to factory default values This action will not reset the network setting Backup Setting To take a backup of all of the parameters click this button If necessary it will then be possible to return to the previous settings if settings are changed and there is unexpected behavior Restore Setting Click the Browse button to locate the saved backup file and then ...

Page 54: ...rmware upgraded Once the upgrading process completed the device will reboot the system automatically 9 Please wait for 80 seconds and then you can use IPWizard to search the device again Warning The download firmware procedure cannot be interrupted If the power and or network connection are broken during the download procedure it might possibly cause serious damage to the device Please be aware th...

Page 55: ...upport different request to each client simultaneously Each user can choose his preferred video profile as his request independently 3 8 1 Common Text Overlay Setting There are some important information can be embedded into image including date time and or text 54 ...

Page 56: ...6kbps User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality 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 s...

Page 57: ...24kbps User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality 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 ...

Page 58: ...20kbps User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality 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 ...

Page 59: ...ile Rate Control The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality 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 58 ...

Page 60: ...3 9 Audio Audio To enable or disable audio function Audio Mode To select Simplex or Full duplex 2 way audio mode Input Gain To adjust gain of input audio Output Gain To adjust gain of output audio 59 ...

Page 61: ...nymous user login User name Enter the user s new account here which you want Password Enter the user s new password here Verify Password Please enter the user s new password here again to confirm Enable Select if you want to enable user account Access Right Administrator can access every function in this device However Viewers only can view the video and access limited function Add Update and Remo...

Page 62: ...P Port Set port number of SMTP service SMTP Authentication Select the authentication required when you send an e mail Disable If no authentication is required when an e mail is sent Enable If authentication is required when an e mail is sent Authentication User Name Type the user name for the SMTP server if Authentication is Enable Authentication Password Type the password for the SMTP server if A...

Page 63: ...le FTP paths as wish Therefore user needs to specify a name for each FTP setting FTP Server Type the server name or the IP address of the FTP server Test Check the FTP server whether this account is available or not FTP Login name Type the user name for the FTP server FTP Login Password Type the password for the FTP server FTP Port Set port number of FTP service FTP Path Set working directory path...

Page 64: ...be specified as Included or Excluded type Included Windows target specific areas within the whole video image Excluded Windows define areas within an Include window that should be ignored areas outside Include windows are automatically ignored Name Name of the specified motion window Object Size Defines the object size of motion detection The higher object size will only larger objects trigger mot...

Page 65: ...ble Enable or disable this Event or Schedule Type Schedule start with Event trigger or Schedule trigger Enable Time Define the feasible time slot Trigger by Select the triggered sources with event trigger Action Define the actions once event triggered Example If you want to upload image from camera to FTP server periodically You will need to configure some parameters as below 64 ...

Page 66: ... select which file type you would like to record and set a prefix file name Name Name of the Event or Schedule Record File Type You can select AVI or JPEG format for event recording Record File Prefix You can set a prefix file name for the recording file The max you can enter 20 digitals 65 ...

Page 67: ...e factory default settings and install it again Restore the device 1 Insert the paper clip or other suitable tool to press and hold the button down continuously 2 Hold it least 3 seconds and release the tool Then the device has been restored to default settings and reboot again Factory Default Reset NOTE Restoring the factory default setting will lose the all previous settings included IP address ...

Page 68: ...with any other devices over the network If you want to make sure the IP address of PT Internet Camera 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 PT Internet 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 PT Internet Came...

Page 69: ...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 speeds may not even reach up to 128 kbps Thus you may not be able to receive any video while streaming audio on a 128 kbps or lower connection Even though the upload speed is more than 128kbps for optimal video performance disabling...

Page 70: ...200Kbps 5 fps 183Kbps 200Kbps 5 fps 320 240 CIF 1024Kbps 5 fps 760Kbps 800Kbps 5 fps 320 240 CIF 2048Kbps 5 fps around 850Kbps 5 fps 320 240 CIF 200Kbps 25 fps around 240Kbps 28 fps 320 240 CIF 1024Kbps 25 fps around 1100Kbps 30 fps 320 240 CIF 2048Kbps 25 fps around 1600Kbps 30 fps 160 120 QCIF 128Kbps 5 fps 117Kbps 121Kbps 5 fps 160 120 QCIF 1024Kbps 5 fps around 176Kbps 5 fps 160 120 QCIF 2048K...

Page 71: ...users 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 th...

Page 72: ...he 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 71 ...

Page 73: ...options 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 72 ...

Page 74: ... org again Input 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 73 ...

Page 75: ... 8 Click the Services 9 Click the Dynamic DNS 10 Click the Create Hosts 74 ...

Page 76: ...ion No 3 1 3 2 4 Setup the DDNS and PPPoE of Network Device At last users have to enter the web page of Networked 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...