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IR IP Camera ICA-106 User’s Manual Version: 1.0 (May, 2006) 1/60.
Copyright Copyright © 2006 by PLANET T echnology Co rp. All rights reserved. No p art of this pub lication may be reprod uced, transmitted, t ranscribed, store d in a retrieval system, or translated .
Safety This equipment is designed with th e utmost care for the safety of those who install and u se it. However , special attentio n must be paid to the dange rs of el ectric shoc k and static elect ricity when working with electrical equipment.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................
Chapter 1 Overview This user’s guide explains how to operate t he Network Camera from a computer. This user’s guide is written to be read on the computer display. However, users might consider printing it out to access easily and read it before you operate the Network Camera.
1.3 Application: z Remote monitoring z Surveillance 1.4 System Requirement z Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later z VGA Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 z Pentium4 1.3GHz or above z Memory Size: 256MB or above z Windows ME, 2000, XP, or 2003 1.5 Package Content s User can find the following items in the package: 1.
Chapter2 Hardware Connections DC Power Jack LAN Socket and LEDs Factory Default Reset DC Power Jack The DC power input jack is located on the Network Camera’s bottom. The input power is 5VDC. Note that supply the power to the Network Camera with standard power adapter included in package.
S t atus LED Microphone Microphone The Network Camera’s has built-in an internal microphone. This microphone is also hidden in the pinhole located on the front panel.
2.1 Hardware Inst allation 1. Attach the Network Camera with the included stand 2. Place the Camera on the table or fix it onto 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.
Ethernet Cable 4. Connect the external power supply to Network Camera Connect the external power supply to the DC power jack of the Network Camera. Note : Use the power adapter, 5VDC, included in the package and connect it to wall outlet for AC power.
Chapter3 Login to Homepage 3.1 Before Operation Install the IP Address of Network Camera When you installed your Network camera on your LAN environment, you may execute “MP4 IP Finder.exe” to discover Network camera’s IP address. “MP4 IP Finder.
5. The Network Camera will rest art the system to validate the new settin g after seconds. Alternatively, user can use another approach to search out the Network Camera on the LAN by UPnP as bellow: 3.
Click Add or Remove Programs Click Add/Remove Windows Components The following screen will appear: 13/60.
Select Networking Services Click Details Select Universal Plug and Play Click Ok 14/60.
Click Next Please wait while Setup configures the components. 15/60.
Click Finish To view your Network Camera in an Internet browser, go to your Desktop and click My Network Places . Click My Networ k Place s Click the targeted Net work Camera 16/60.
The last three digits (146), represent the fourth octet of your Network Camera’s IP address (in this example, 198.168.0.146). 3.3 Inst all the Camera with a Router The Network Camera can be used with a router. This section explains how to view the camera from either the Internet or from inside your LAN.
(3) Open Virtual Server Ports to enable remote image viewing The firewall security features built into the most routers prevent users from accessing the video from the Network Camera over the Internet. The router connects to the Internet over a series of numbered ports.
3.4 Before connected via web browser The Network Camera web page communicates with the Network Camera using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control component must be installed on your PC in advance. To download ActiveX control component, user must install the Liveplayer application program.
2. Type in your login name and password under “USERNAME” and “PASSWORD” textbox. For the first time use (default value), input the User Name: admin Password: admin That’s, type in “ admin” on the “User Name” as a def ault name and “ admin ” on “Password”.
The second one is a user with “config” privilege. The “config” user can view the video and or audio streaming. Also user can change the settings in the “Home” and “Setting” pages except “user” and “Factory Default” options. Furthermore, “Capture” and “Recording” will be not available.
Chapter 4 Operating the Network Camera Start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Vi e w i n g A r e a Advanced Function Contr ol Panel Viewing Area: Images fro.
4.1 Control Panel Control Panel Area : Network Camera Manipulation and picture quality control Item Button Meaning 1 Quality Adjust video quality. High: Video is better but frame rate may be slower Lo.
6 Contrast Adjust picture contrast of camera 7 Camera position - Desktop - Ceiling - Mirror 8 Zoom Adjust ratio of digital zo om 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.
4.2 Advanced Function Area Advanced function area : only available for administrator . It has contained four categories. Home The home page of the Network Camera.
4.2.2 Setting Setting Symbol Item Action System Define camera name. Set time and date of the Network Camera. Enable/disable NTP function. System power on notification. Network Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off, DDNS and UPnP. Video/Audio Adjust camera parameters and video / audio settings.
4.2.2.1 System : Define system parameters, NTP, and notification System Settings: - Device Name: It’s a unique number for each Network Camera for identification. - Description: You can enter the name of this unit here. It’s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units.
- Time: Change the time according to the “hh:mm” and by 12 hours format. - Date: Change the date according to the “mm/dd/yyyy” fo rmat - Time zone: Select the time zone setting accordingly. NTP: - Time Server: Choose “enable” will get the time for NTP server periodically.
Network : Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off, DDNS and UPnP IP Setting: - DHCP: DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The Network Camera will be assigned an IP address and related information by DHCP server while “ DHCP ON ”.
DDNS: Stands for Dynamic Domain Name Server The Network Camera supports DDNS. DDNS allows the Network Camera to use an easier way to remember naming format rather than an IP address. The name of the domain is like the name of a person, and the IP address is like his phone number.
can be disabled by clicking “ Disable ” option. HTTP Port : The Network Camera supports two HTTP ports. The first one is default port 80 and this is one is fixed.
4.2.2.3 V ideo/Audio : Adjust Camera parameters Video / Audio Setting: - Resolution: The Network Camera supports 5 kind resolutions: • 128x96 32/60.
• 176x144 • 160x120 • 320x240 • 640x480 - Power line frequency: User should choose either 50 or 60 Hz to meet the power line frequency in your country.
Hold: will fix the internal gain. - Brightness: Large value will brighten Camera. - White Balance: Auto: will adjust the white balance automatically. Hold: will fix the white balance. - Contrast: Large value will contrast Camera heavily. - Camera Position: There are three options: Desktop, Ceiling and Mirror.
User : Setup user name, password and login privilege There are 3 levels of privilege supported in the Network Camera: • Admin: This account can do anything in the Network Camera. • Config: This account can set some parameters of Network Camera. • View: This account can only view the video stream from the Network Cmaera.
Motion Detection : Setup motion detection and sensor sensitivity The motion detection is implemented by a patented software algorithm, it runs on the Network Camera, due to a larger processing power of motion dete ction, the overall performance of Network Camera will be degraded; the frame rate may be reduced.
You can enable or disable motion detection function. If you enable motion detection , you can also setup detection sensitivity from one of five sensitivit y levels. When alarm was enabled, user can send the captured images to the pre-set E-Mail or FTP server .
Type the user name for the FTP server. - Password: Type the password for the FTP server. Select “OK” to save and enable the setting. 4.2.2.6 S tatus : System information, status and log Status: User can find out a lot of information about t he system such as MAC address, IP address, firmware version, and so on.
4.2.2.7 Factory Default : Recall the Network Camera factory default setting The “Factory Default” button will restore to the factory default configuration, all information changed and saved on the flash will be lost, and restore to the factory default setting.
The “Reboot” button will reboot the Network Camera. It’s useful while the Network Camera got problem. Y ou will be prompt before restart the Network Camera. Select “Restart” to continue. The Network Camera will reboot and be connectable again after 20~30 seconds.
4. Select “Upgrade” 5. Link to the Firmware Upgrade menu as below: 6. Select the Firmware binary file. (It must be make sure that the 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 st art it.
power and/or network connection are broken during the download procedure, it might possibly cause serious damage to the Network Camera. Suggest that do not upgrade 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.
4.3 Capture You can capture current image and save it to storage media. The image is saved 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, sele ct the file to display it by using any one of graph editing tools.
4.4 Recording You can record the current video stream to storage media. The recorded file is saved in the ASF format. Press the “Recording” button to start video recording. After the “Recording” button pressed, it will be come , you can press this button to stop video recording.
Appendix A: Restore Factory Default Settings There is a switch hidden in the pinhole under the bottom of Network Camera. It is used to restore the factory default settings. While the Network Camera got problem, sometimes, restarting the Network Camera will make the system back to a normal state.
Appendix B: T roubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions Question Answer or Resolution Features The video and audio codec is adopted in the Network Camera. The Network Camera utilizes MPEG4 and JPEG dual compression to providing high quality images.
the Network Camera. Finder.exe program. MP4 IP Finder.exe program cannot find Network Camera. • Re power the Network Camera if cannot find the unit within 1 minutes. • Do not connect Network Camera over a router. MP4 IP Finder.exe program cannot detect Network Camera over a router.
router's manual for details. • Packet Filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network. Refer to your router's manual for details. • Access Network Camera from the Internet with the global IP address of the router and port number of Network Camera.
e-mail or FTP does not work. correctly. • If FTP does not work properly, ask your ISP or network administrator about the transferring mode of FTP server. Video Quality of Network Camera The focus on the Network Camera is bad. • The lens is dirty or dust is attached.
Appendix C: PING IP Address The PING (stands for Packet Internet Groper) command is used to detect whether a specific IP address is accessib le by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply.
Appendix D: Bandwidth Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the Network Camera depends on connection bandwidth between client and server, video resolution, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your Network Camera.
Appendix E: Specifications Model Network Camera Control Interface Internet Explorer or Multi-channel software player Operating Humidity 10% ~ 80% Operating Temperature 5°C to 40°C Power Consumption 4W max.
Operating System eCos Type Of IP Address Needed Statistic or Dynamic Notification Email, FTP Firmware Upgrade Via Ethernet Security 3 Levels Viewer Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.
Appendix F: T ime Zone T able GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time which is the global time that all time zones are measured from. 54/60.
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Appendix G: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem, xDSL, ISDN or Di alup, this is a great way to host your own Network Camera. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com*, www.yourname.com.tw* etc. (Note: This dom ain must be registered via registration authorities such as Network Solutions, Dire ctNIC, Register.
(3). After the columns show up at the lef t side, click “ Create Account ”. (4). Fill the application agreement and necessary information. a. Input Name b.
(5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Y our DynDNS.org Account Information “. C lick the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied.
(6). Enter the web page http://www .dyndns.org/ again. Input your username and password that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS service. (7). If the correct username and password are in put, you can se e the following picture at the top-right of the login page.
(10). We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (Pink No.1) Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember . (Pink No.2) Finally , click the “Add Host” to submit the domain name information. (Pink No.
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