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SkyIPCam 177 7W Wireles s N MPEG4 Night Vision Pan/Til t Netw ork Ca mera Model # AICN1777W User’s Ma nual Ver. 1.2.
- 1 - C H A P T E R 1 ................................................................................................................................2 I N T R O D U C T I O N T O Y O U R C A M E R A ...................................................
- 2 - C H A P T E R 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N T O Y O U R C A M E R A 1.1 Checking the Package Contents Check the items contain ed in the pac kage caref ully.
- 3 - 1.2 Getting to Know Your Camera Front View Internal Microphone allows the camera to receive sound and voice. LED Indicators : Power (left, steady amber light) indicates the camera is pow ered on. Link (right, flashing green ligh t) indicates the camera’s netwo rk connectivity.
- 4 - Rear View GPIO is used to connect an external dev ices. Reset Button will restart the camera when it is pressed qui ckly; when it is pressed and held for five seconds, the camera w ill restore the factory default setting s. DC Power Connector connects the AC power adapter, in order to supply power to the camera.
- 5 - 1.3 Features and Benefits MPEG4/M JPEG Dual-Cod ec Suppo rted The cam era provides user with exc ellent im ages by the M PEG4/MJPEG dual-codec selectable technolog y, allowing user to adjust image si ze and quality, an d bit rate acc ording to th e network ing environm ent.
- 6 - 1.4 S y stem Requirements Netw orking - LAN: 10 Base-T Ethern et or 100Bas e-TX Fast Ethernet. - WL AN: IEEE 802.11b/ g/n, data rat e up to 150 Mbps* Accessing th e Came ra using Web Browser - Suppo rted Browser s*: Mic rosoft® Internet Explorer 6 .
- 7 - C H A P T E R 2 H A R D W A R E I N S TA L L A T I O N 2.1 Installing the Wall Mount Kit The cam era comes with a W all Mount Kit, which a llows you to place your cam era anywhere b y mounting the cam era through the thr ee screw ho les locate d in the bas e of the W all Mount Kit.
- 8 - 2.2 Connecting the Camera to LAN/WLA N Use the prov ided Ether net cable to con nect the cam era to your local are a network (LAN). W hen you connect the AC power a dapter, the c amera is po wered on autom atically. You can v erify the power status from the Power LED on the front pane l of the cam era.
- 9 - 2.3 Applications of the Camera The cam era can be app lied in m ultiple applicati ons, including : Monitor local and rem ote places and objects via I nternet or In tranet. Capture sti ll images and video clips rem otel y. Upload im ages or send email m essages with th e still im ages attached.
- 10 - C H A P T E R 3 C A M E R A C O N F I G U R A T I O N 3.1 Setting up Your Camera Step 1 Inser t the provide d CD into your com puter’s CD RO M drive. Step 2 Click on Install Ut ility and Sof tware wh en the autoru n menu pops up on the s creen.
- 11 - Note: If you do not see th e above autorun m enu pops up on the sc reen, please g o to your CD- ROM drive > UltraView folder > ru n “ Setup.exe ”. Window s 7 and Vista us ers: an Au toPla y window pops up on screen, please mak e sure you give perm ission to run the se tup program by click ing Autorun.
- 12 - Step 4 Click Finish when installation f inishes. Step 5 Open Sk y IPCam Utility by dou ble click ing its icon on the desk top, or click ing Start , then go to ( All) Programs > Airlink101 S kyIPCam Ult raView > SkyIPCam Utility .
- 13 - Step 6 Click on Search to find the cam era(s ) on your net work. Select the cam era you wish to c onfigure and click on Link . Note If the Cam era you wish to conf igure does n ot show up in t he utilit y, make s ure the cam era is properl y connected to th e sam e local network as your com puter is, and the G reen LED s hould be o n.
- 14 - Step 8 The c amera vie wing windo w will appear . Click on S etup , then c lick on Sm art Wizard . Step 9 Enter a n ame f or your cam era and a location. Create an a dmin pass word and enter into Admin Passw ord and Confirm Password . It is suggeste d to change th e admin’s p assword to protect your privacy.
- 15 - Step 10 You ma y simply accept th e suggested default s etting DHCP if your router’ s DHCP server is enabled, so t he router will autom atically assign a dynam ic IP address to your camer a. Another o ption is to select Stat ic IP, t he IP ad dress you configure m ust match with your loca l networ k setting.
- 16 - Step 11 If you would l ike to set up em ail alerts tha t you can r eceive in the future, P lease enter your em ail inform ation here. You can get this i nform ation from your Email service pr ovider. I f y ou want t o set this up at a later tim e, click Next .
- 17 - Step 13 Conf irm your settings at th e last windo w. If ever ything is corr ect, click Apply and the configurat ion is com plete..
- 18 - 3.2 V iewing Image via Y our Camera Method A > Acces s Camera from SkyIP Cam Utility Step 1 A Open Airlink 101 SkyIPCam Utility, select t he cam era you wish to con nect to a nd click on Link button.
- 19 - Step 3 Enter user nam e and password, the n click OK . The def ault user nam e and passwor d are both “ admin ” if you did not m ake any change to it at Step 9, Sect ion 3.
- 20 - Step 5 Click on Run , then you will be able to vie w the im age. Note If you are using Mo zilla Firefox or Safari an d you are not able to vie w any image, please m ake sur e you have Ja va and Quick Tim e add-ons instal led.
- 21 - C H A P T E R 4 U S I N G W E B C O N F I G U R A T I O N You can acc ess and m anage the cam era throug h the W eb browser and t he provi ded software application Sk y IPCam UltraView. T his chapter desc ribes the W eb Configura tion, and gui des you thro ugh the configurat ion of the cam era by usin g the web bro wser.
- 22 - Basic >> Da te & Time Date & Tim e - TimeZo ne: Select the pr oper tim e zone for the re gion from the pull-do wn menu. - Synchroniz e with PC: Select this option and the date & t ime settings of the cam era will be synchroni zed with the c onnected com puter.
- 23 - - Passw ord: Enter the p assword for the new us er. W hen you are finished, click Add/Modify to add the ne w user to the c amera. T o modify the user’s inform ation, select the one you want to modif y from UserList and click Add/M odify . - UserList: D ispla y the existing users of the cam era.
- 24 - 4.2 Network Settings The Net work menu c ontains three s ub-menus that provide t he network settings f or the cam era, such as the IP Sett ing, DDNS Setting, and I P Filter. Network >> Netw ork IP Setting This item allows you to select the I P address m ode and s et up the related c onfigur ation.
- 25 - recommended th at you input the Default Gateway of your network, which is the IP address of your router. Check with your router manuf acturer for that information. THIS IS MANDATORY IF YO U WANT TO USE FTP OR EM AIL FUNCTIONS - PPPoE: Se lect this opti on when you use a direc t connec tion via DS L modem .
- 26 - Network >> IP Filter The IP Filter s etting allo ws the adm inistrator of the cam era to limit the user s withi n a certain ra nge of IP addresses to access the cam era. Disable: Se lect this opti on to disable th e IP Filter f unction of the cam era.
- 27 - Network >> Wi reless Setting The cam era supports W LAN while you use the w ireless network. Selec t the Enable op tion to en able this feature. The cam era supports W ireless f eature that can co nnect to your wireless network. Se lect the Enable option to e nable this feat ure.
- 28 - - Encryption : Select the W EP option to enable the d ata encr yption feature t o secure the cam era within the w ireless net work. - Format: O nce you ena ble the Enc ryption feature, you need to determ ine the encr yption form at by selecting ASCII or HEX .
- 29 - Network >> Wi reless >> WPS Setting The cam era supports W PS (W iFi Protected Setup ™) feature that allows your camer a to connect t o the wireless net work easily and safel y without manua lly conf iguring the wirel ess sec urity settings.
- 30 - 4.3 Pan/Tilt Settings The Pan/T ilt menu allo ws you to conf igure the pa n/tilt functions of the cam era. Pan & Tilt >> Pa n & Tilt Settings - Pan/Tilt Calib ration: Cl ick Calibrat ion to calibr ate the posit ion of the cam era lens .
- 31 - 4.4 Setting up Video & Au dio The Video & Audio m enu contains thre e sub-m enus that pro vide the video and audio se ttings for the camera. Video & A udio >> Came ra Image Settin g - Brightness: Adjust the br ightness l evel from 0 ~ 100.
- 32 - Video & A udio >> Video MPEG4 - Video Resolu tion: Select t he desired video resol ution fr om the three form ats: VGA , Q VG A and QQVG A . The higher sett ing (VGA) obta ins better video qual ity while it uses mor e resource within your networ k.
- 33 - Video & A udio >> A udio Camera M icrophone In Select the En able opt ion to enable the cam era’s audio f unction, so tha t you can r eceive the on- site sound and voice from the cam era.
- 34 - 4.5 Event Server The Event Server m enu contains three sub-m enus that allo w you to up load image s to FTP, s end emails that include st ill images, a nd store video clips, s end still im ages to a NA S (network attached s torage) device.
- 35 - Event Server Setting >> E mail Email - SMT P Server Address: Enter the m ail server addr ess. For ex ample, m ymail.com . - Sender Em ail Address: Enter the em ail address of the user who will s end the em ail. For exam ple, John@m ymail.
- 36 - Event Server Setting >> N AS Netw ork Storage - Samba Serv er Addres s: Enter the I P address of the Net work Storage s erver. - Share: Assig n the fold er on the Net work Stora ge server to share the fil es to users . - Path: Assig n the path f or uploading t he files on the Networ k Storage ser ver.
- 37 - 4.6 Motion Detect *This f unction can onl y be configure d in W indows Internet Explorer. The Motion D etect m enu contains the c omm and and option that allow you to enable and set up th e motion detect ion feature of the cam era. T he camera provides two detecti ng areas.
- 38 - 4.7 Event Config The Event C onfiguratio n menu conta ins five sub-m enus that pro vide the c omm ands to configure e vent profiles. Event Configuration >> Gene ral Setting - Snapshot/Re cording Subfolder: You can assig n a given s ub-folder for c aptured f ile.
- 39 - - Profile Name: Displa y the prof ile name that you select in t he Schedule Pr ofiles lis t. - Weekdays: Select the week day(s) that you want t o separate ly assign i n the sche dule profile. T he weekda y that has been assigned will be displa yed with green c olor.
- 40 - Event Configuration >> Sc hedule Trigger You can conf igure the sc hedule f or trigger func tion of the cam era individ ually b y Email , FTP, and N AS . Select the En able opt ion on each item, and the n select a S chedule Profil e from the pull-down l ist and set the Interv al tim e.
- 41 - 4.8 Tools The T ools menu provid es the com mands that allow you to r estart or r eset the ca mera. You can a lso backup and r estore your configurati on, and up grade the f irmware for the cam era. Factory Reset Click Reset to restore a ll factor y default settings for the cam era.
- 42 - 4.9 USB The USB m enu provides t he inform ation and c ontrols of the connected USB devi ce. USB Dismou nt To saf ely remove the co nnected U SB device, pres s the Dismou nt butto n for four s econds on the camera or click Dismo unt on this pa ge.
- 43 - 4.10 RS-485 The RS-485 m enu prov ides the co ntrol settings f or external de vice through t he I/O port. Check the Enable opt ion and com plete the r equired conf iguration to use the RS- 485 functi on of the cam era. Popular Proto col Setting : Select th is option a nd then select a protocol.
- 44 - About the Control Buttons After enabl ing RS-485 f unction, th e control pane l will appear on the Li ve View win dow. Control But tons of RS-48 5 - Left/Right /Up/Dow n/Home buttons a llow you to m ove the c amera lens pos ition. Click ing the Home (center) button will m ove the camer a lens to the ass igned hom e position.
- 45 - 4.11 Information The Inf ormation m enu displays the c urrent conf iguration an d events lo g of the cam era. Information >> De vice Info Display the Basic, Vide o & Audio, and Networ k settings of the cam era. Information >> S y stem Log The Logs tab le displa ys the events log record ed by the s ystem.
- 46 - C H A P T E R 5 U S I N G S K Y I P C A M U LT R A V I E W 5.1 Starting the Program To star t UltraView Pro, c lick Start ( Al l) Progr ams Airlink101 S kyIPCam UltraView SkyIPCam UltraView .
- 47 - 5.2 Main Windo w and Item Feature W hen you start and log in to Ultra View, the Mai n windo w will displa y as belo w: The Main window pro vides you with the inform ation on operat ing the s ystem, as w ell as the contro l panel such as the Q uick Launc h buttons, an d so on.
- 48 - Camera View Mod e buttons in this area allow you to switch t he cam era view m ode. Button Func tion Display the con nected camera(s) in single camera view mode. Display the con nected camera(s) in quad view mode . Display the con nected camera(s) in 3 x 3 grid view mode.
- 49 - number (1~8) from the Go button. Navigation But tons (Left/Right/Up/Down/Home). If the connected camera features pan/tilt functions, the Navigation bu ttons allow you to move the camera lens position. Clicking the Home (center) button will move th e camera lens to the assigned home position.
- 50 - 5.3 A ccessing the Camer a Before you ca n access the camer a, you have to add the cam era to the s ystem. Adding a Camera 1. Click the button and sel ect Dev ice Setting to displa y the Device Sett ing windo w.
- 51 - 3. Click Dev ice Search to se arch the cam era(s) within your networ k. 4. W hen search is finished, s elect the c amera and c lick Add ..
- 52 - 5. The inform ation of the c amera will be displa yed on the windo w. When c ompleted, c lick Preview and then click Save to retur n to the D evice Setting window. The added c amera wil l be displa yed in the Device List. Option Description Camera Title You have to ass ign a descriptive name for the camera.
- 53 - 6. Close the D evice Settin g window and return to the Main windo w. The im age of the cam era will be displayed. TIP W hen you add the cam era and ret urn to the M ain windo w, the cam era image wil l be displa yed in full-scr een mode by def ault.
- 54 - 7. Click on the button Mot ion detect ion area to e nable and s et up the m otion detect ion feature of the camera. A n ew windo w pops up with settings f or m otion diction.
- 55 - Editing / Deleting a Camera Since you h ave added c amera(s) to the system , you can sel ect one to ed it or rem ove. 1. On the De vice Setting window, the con nected c amera(s) will be displa yed in the D evice List. 2. To d elete the camera: s elect the desired one a nd then c lick Remov e .
- 56 - Viewing Ima ge of the Camera Since you h ave added c amera(s) to the system , the image of the selec ted camer a(s) will be displ ayed on the Live Vie w W indow aut om atically.
- 57 - 5.4 Recording / Playing Video Enabling / Disabling Recording Press Prev iew to activate the sett ings. W hile you are add ing/editing t he camer a, you can enab le the recording f unction for the cam era by selecting the Rec ord option. Cl ick Save af ter you finish s etting.
- 58 - Configuring the Rec ording Settings The def ault director y for saving the rec orded video files is “ C:”. You can ch ange the targ et folder f or saving the f iles in the Reco rd Setting o ption. 1. Click the button an d then s elect Record Setting .
- 59 - Setting up Sc hedule for Recording The s y stem features the sc hedule recor ding so that you can set up t he schedul e to record as you need. Click the button to dis play the Sch edule Conf iguration w indow, which allows you to configure the recording s chedule.
- 60 - Pla y back the Rec ording Files NOT E Divx/Xvid co dec is requ ired for the s ystem to pl ay the video f iles. If the v ideo clips cannot be displayed in t he Playbac k windo w norm ally, click the f ollowing path to download and install the required com ponent: htt p://downloa d.
- 61 - 5.5 Configuring the eMap View Setting Click the button an d select View Setting to configure the cam era view setting of eMap m ode. eMap ref ers to the geogr aphy and de vice scope of the Ultra View Sof tware, which visually presents the devices in your securit y system .
- 62 - 3. Click Brow se to select a Picture Fil e from your com puter. The selecte d picture w ill be displa yed in the Preview window. Click Sav e after you com plete the sett ings. 4. On the follo wing windo w, you can assign the cam era posit ion in the eM ap.
- 63 - 5. W hen completed, click Save . Click Back to go back to the M ain windo w. 6. To view from eM ap: a. Click the button and sel ect eM ap View .
- 64 - b. Select the m ap f rom the eMap Nam e list. c. Click the cam era icon, th e cam era window will t hen pop up to displa y the image of that location.
- 65 - 7. To view Camera Status: Click the button and sel ect Came ra Status . I t shows the c amer a status as belo w. Editing / Deleting the eMap 1. Click the button and sel ect View Setting . 2. To edit the eMap: In the eMap List, se lect the des ired m ap and click M odify .
- 66 - 5.6 Configuring the Sy stem 1. User man agement: Click the button and sel ect Account to chang e the ad ministrator password for the UltraV iew software. Enter the Cu rrent passw ord , and th en enter the new passw ord twice (in the Type n ew passwo rd and Retype p assw ord boxes).
- 67 - 2. To chan ge the S ystem Language: Click the button and s elect lan guage to cha nge the di splayed s y stem language. I n the Language sc reen, select t he pref erred languag e ( English , T raditional Ch ines e, or Simplified Chinese ) and c lick Save .
- 68 - 3. To check t he version number: Click the butto n and select V ersion to displa y UltraView software v ersion num ber ..
- 69 - 4. System Set ting: Click the butto n and select S ystem Sett ing to set the Au to Scan tim e interval..
- 70 - 5.7 Event Configuration Setting up Event Server Click the button an d select Event Serv er to configure the SMT P server, s o that you can send emails that include st ill images as notificat ion. Select the En able SMT P option to s tart the em ail service of the system .
- 71 - Sending Email Notification Click the button and sel ect Address Book t o assign the us er to the A ddress Boo k of the cam era. The user will receive a re al-tim e notification fr om the s ystem while trigger ing out. 1. On the Addr ess Book window, cl ick New .
- 72 - Configuring E vent Trigger Click the button and sel ect Even t Trigger to c onfigure the trigger out function of the cam era. 1. On the Event Trigger window, select the desired c amera fr om the Cam era List.
- 73 - 5.8 Terminating Operation W hen you have finishe d operating, cl ick the button and select Logout to log out t he system or Close to exit the progr am.
- 74 - C H A P T E R 6 A P P E N D I X A .1 Specification Image Senso r • Sensor T ype: 1/4” Color C MOS • Sensor Res olution: 640 x 480 pix el • Minim um Illumination: 0 .
- 75 - A .2 GPIO Terminal A pplication T y pically used in assoc iation with pro gramm ing scripts f or developing ap plications for m otion detection, event trigger ing, alarm notification via e-m ail, and a variet y of external co ntrol funct ions.
- 76 - A .3 Bandwidth Reference Guide MPEG4 Bit rate (Kbit/s ) Resolution Frame rate (fps) Lowest Low Normal High Highest QQVGA 30 128 128 128 128 128 QVGA 30 128 128 2 56 512 1024 VGA 30 128 25 6 512 1024 2048 MJPEG Image size (KB) Resolution Lowest Low Normal High high est QQVGA 1.
- 77 - A .4 Glossary of Terms NUM BERS 10BASE-T 10BASE-T is Ethern et over UTP Category III, IV, or V unsh ielded twisted-pair media. 100BASE-TX The two-pair twisted -media implementation of 100BASE-T is c alled 100BASE-TX.
- 78 - Ethernet The most popul ar LAN communication technology. There are a variety of types of Ethernet, includi ng 10Mbps (traditional Ethe rnet), 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet), and 1,000Mbps (Gi gabit Ethernet). Most Ethernet networks use Category 5 cabling to carry information, in the form of electrical signals, bet ween devices.
- 79 - It is an object-o riented multi-thread programming best for creating applets and applications f or the Internet, Intranet and other complex, dis tributed network. L LAN Local Area Network a computer network that spans a relatively small area sharin g common resources .
- 80 - network protoc ol. R RJ-45 RJ-45 connec tor is used for Ethernet cable connections . Router A router is the net work software or hardware entity in cha rge of routing packets between net works.
- 81 - 1 2 3 Technical S upport E-mail: support@ airlink101.com Toll Free: 1 -888-746-3238 W eb Site: www .airlink10 1.com * AICN1777W supports most of the mobile devices, but compati bility with every mobile device is not g uaranteed. ** Monitoring mul tiple cameras simultaneously demands h igh performance computer system.
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