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Planet Technology ICA-500 Digital Camera User Manual

1. e Installing wait for a moment ip Setup Cam iew El Installing Please wait while Setup installs CanView on pour computer Extracting files C Program FilesCarniviews image sbtr_ 2 git 49 e Installation complete CamView software can be launched after pressing Finish ial Sotap C Cam Vicw x Completing the CamView Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Cam View on your compute The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish te cxit Sctup HOW TO USE After successfully installing the utility this icon will be added to the LIE desktop Double click it to launch the program shad P ea i pe Sen Wie User need login authentication while starting to use CamView Two pairs of default login ID and password admin admin and guest guest Admin ID has supreme authority to adjust any settings Guest ID has view only privilege and does not have authority to adjust machine settings Login Authentication Login ID admin Password gt Login Note It is strongly suggested to change the Login ID and Password for security concerns 50 5 2 CamView User Interface CO C5 Ee 2a CamView main screen 5 2 1 Date and Time The current date and time of the computer are displayed here 5 2 2 Alert Message A message box will appear while alert event occurs Ex free space is almost exhausted 5 2 3 Recording and Playback
2. NTP Network Time Protocol Support NTP allows the ICA 500 to calibrate its internal clock from an Internet Time Server This ensures that the time stamp on the recorded video from the ICA 500 will be correct Security Features User Authentication If desired the camera access can be restricted to known users Users will have to enter their username and password before being able to view the video stream Up to 10 users can be entered IP filter The camera access not only can be restricted by username password but also can be limited by the IP range to bring users more security Physical Details Fil i i Rear Panel LAN port Alarm I O Connector CF SLOT MIC Reset Button l o D STATUS LNK AQCT k i a of ALARM Le n 12345 67 8 CF Slot ICA 500 Rear Panel Use a standard LAN cable to connect your ICA 500 to a 10 100BaseT hub or switch ICA 500 provides a terminal block with 8 pins of connectors located on the center of the back panel There are 3 pins for two alarm inputs and 5 pins are for alarm output The I O connectors are physical interface to sense and or activate alarm signals to a variety of external sensors or alarms User can plug a CF memory card into this socket to store the alarm or scheduled images Built in microphone for audio recording The audio recording feature can be disabled in the web configuration The RESET button is used for e Restore Default IP Address Administ
3. Import Export Figure 5 3 1 The Application Tab 5 3 2 Camera Settings As shown in Figure 5 3 2 users can set parameters of each camera If the Restore button is pressed the current setting modifications of the specified camera will be cleared and restore to the original If the Apply button is pressed the current setting modifications will be applied to the specified camera Note that these modifications are not saved to the persistent storage like HD on the computer If the OK button is pressed all settings on all tabs will be saved and exit the form Note The Apply button is unused for this tab always confirm the settings by pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect 54 The following lists describe for each setting IP IP address of the camera Port Connection port of the camera The default is 80 Login ID Please input the login ID if you enable authentication function of the specific camera Password Please input the password if you enable authentication function of the specific camera Video Path A directory to store recorded video files Double click the input field or click the square button to select the directory Video Frame Rate Video Number of Frame The maximum number of images in a video file If the value is smaller Snapshot Path A directory to store snapshots Double click the input field or click the square button to select the directory Motion Rec Interval
4. e Decide which directory to install the software By default just hit the Next button to continue d Setup Cam iew Select Destination Location Where should Carmyieyw be installed GJ Setup will install CamView into the following folder To continue click Nest f vou would like to select a different folder click Browse C Program Files Camiview At least 4 6 MB of free disk space is required lt Back I Next gt Cancel 47 e Decide the program group name By default just hit the Next button to continue iG Setup Cam iew Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts l Browse e Decide whether to create a desktop icon of the program Then press Next 15 Setup CamYiew Select Additioral Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the addtional tasks you would ike Setup tc perform while installing Cam View then click Nex Acditional icors 48 e Ready to install By default just hit the Install button to start installation ie Setup Cam iew Heady to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing Canniview on pour computer Click Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location C Program Filles Canm ler Start Menu folder Cary ie Additional tasks Additional Icons Create a desktop icon Install Cancel
5. Password Domain Name Enter the host name which DDNS service provider assigned HTTP Proxy Enter the parameter which DDNS service provider assigned Proxy Username Proxy Password PPPoE Setting If the ISP demands PPPoE connection for Internet access please select PPPoE as connection type and insert the username password by your ISP to connect you to the Internet 26 Hint PPPoE Setting Dial On Power Up User Password Send mail after dialed Mail server Username Password H Check Password Sender email ee Receiver email PF E 5 Subject SAVE DIAL CANCEL BACK PPPoE screen Please consult your ISP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE IP address related information and input carefully If Internet connection cannot be established please check the physical connection or contact the ISP service staff for support information 27 This User setting can set up to 10 different usernames and passwords Every one set of username and password can be acted as an Administrator or just a general user User Setting Uzar E gerne Patered Ailipantiat anne Uzar 7 User Z Uso J Uza 4 METE User 6 Lisi Uzar f User 0 JU JU Uzar 20 User Screen IP Filter Screen The IP filter can set 10 different user s IP address which are allowing enter or disregarding by the Network Camera Please configure User before IP Filter Each User username and password matches with
6. Address or Location field of your Browser Example IP address HTTP 7203 70 249 52 1024 Where the Router Gateway s Internet IP address is 203 70 212 52 and the HTTP Port2 number on the ICA 500 is 1024 Example Domain Name HTTP 7 321c 4500 dyndris org 1024 Where the Router Gateway s Domain name is ica500 dyndns org and the HTTP Port2 number on the ICA 500 is 1024 Using the Windows Viewing Recording Utility If using the CamView Utility the details of the ICA 500 must be entered on the nternet tab of the Add Camera screen Application Configuration E Hj Apaletan Scheiding Canea Lisi p Camera 2 Candee 3 Port Camera d Desplay Location Cantera 5 gt Camere G Record Pati Cumace 7 Record France Posie Carnero acid Mumkiee of Fema Gomera 3 Camere 10 Snapshot Path Files Fiert TAS ones Camia 11 i Camera 17 Facording ai Start Cariere 13 Canis 14 Camera 15 Carmine 1 Fesi L S TONE OK Apply CamView Add Camera Screen 15 You can then select the camera in the Cameras list on the main screen and click OK to establish a connection and view live video Please check respective chapter for further details of viewing Video using either the Windows Viewing Recording utility or Web Browser 16 Chapter 4 Web based Management This Chapter provides Setup details of the ICA 500 s Web based Interface This Chapter is for Administrators only Introduction The IC
7. Enter the receiver e mail address in the field Box Subject Enter the subject of outgoing mail Mode Motion Detection Sensor1 Sensor2 Periodical sending Off Please select send a captured image mode 31 Setup CF memory card setting or view the pictures stored in CF memory card User can store the pictures into CF memory card by enabling this function It is useful to keep image as evidence even though without remote surveillance and remote recording Image Memory D Enable Disable File Name Date Time W Sequence number Overwrite D Or OFF Capacity Warning Send Mail OFF E Motion Detection i Sensort P Periodical sending 1 Sensor Free Space Memory Content Image Memory Screen Note This function is for CF memory card enabled version only If this option is not listed on setting menu it means this Internet Camera does not support CF memory card function Image Memory Settings Image Memory Choose Enable to activate the CF memory card function or choose Disable button to stop this function Note Please disable this function when remove the CF memory card otherwise the CF memory card may be damaged and all image files are lost File Name The recording filename can be based on either date time or sequence number Overwrite Choose On to overwrite the files in the oldest day or choose OFF to stop recording while the attached CF memory card is full Capacity While the attached CF memory card is
8. Here are the buttons for playback record stop record and snapshot 51 5 2 4 Rotate Full screen and Lock Press the Rotate button to rotate the up side down images Press the Full Screen button to enlarge the viewer screen to full computer screen Press Esc button on the keyboard to return to main CamView screen Press the Lock button to forbid intruders to operate the CamView unless they input the correct password 5 2 5 Camera and Application Settings Press Camera Configuration button to adjust the camera settings in Web Press Application Configuration button to adjust and maintain the CamView tasks 5 2 6 EMap Press this button to do central location management for 16 cameras 5 2 7 DVR Press this button to recall the DVR application and view the DVR images as well 5 2 8 Camera Pan Tilt Zoom Control Here are the PTZ controllers integrated in the CamView to move the camera direction to the up down left right home and zoom in or zoom out on the image respectively Note camera zoom feature is reserved for future product development 5 2 9 Viewer Screen Users may choose different layout to monitor different cameras The available camera display modes are shown below Each viewer section displays video from the associated camera Right click on a viewer section and then the viewer will change to Single viewer At this movement Right click on the single viewer again it will change to previous layout mo
9. Sec If Motion Detection is enabled then when Motion Detection starts CamView will do recording for the specified duration Minimum unit is second Application Confizuraton Fa Meat Camera Scheduling User Extemal Camera List IP 192 168 0 20 Camera 2 Port Camera 3 2 Camera 4 Login ID Camera 5 Camera E Password Camera Wideo Fath DAR ecording w Camera 8 30 Camera 9 Video Frame Rate Camera 10 Wideo Number of Frame 3000 Camera 11 Snapshot Path C Program Files Camview snapshot anes le Motion Rec Interval Sec 6d Camera 14 Camera 15 Auto Recording Camera 16 l Motion Detection Reconnect Restore OF Apply Figure 5 3 2 The Camera Tab Auto Recording If the box is checked the program will do recording for the specified camera automatically at the beginning of CamView starts Motion Detection Check this option will enable Motion Detection in CamView 5 3 3 Scheduling As shown in Figure 5 3 3 users can schedule recording When you press the Add button the editing task will be added to the Schedule Items column 55 When the Modify button is pressed the new schedule recording will be updated to the specified item If the Remove button is pressed the specified task will be removed from the list Note The Apply button is unused for this tab always confirm the settings by pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect The following lists describe for each
10. amp P PLI AN mmu cT Internet Camera ICA 500 User s Manual Copyright Copyright C 2005 PLANET Technology Corp All rights reserved The products and programs described in this User s Manual are licensed products of PLANET Technology This User s Manual contains proprietary information protected by copyright and this User s Manual and all accompanying hardware software and documentation are copyrighted No part of this User s Manual may be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form by any means by electronic or mechanical Including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use and without the prior express written permission of PLANET Technology Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environments and applications and makes no warranty and representation either implied or expressed with respect to the quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose PLANET has made every effort to ensure that this Us
11. appearing quickly Wait for a while The IP address and Subnet Mask of the PC and ICA 500 must be in the same class of the private IP address on the LAN e Make sure the http port used by the ICA 500 default 80 is forward to the ICA 500 s private IP address e The port number assigned in your ICA 500 might not be available via Internet Check your ISP for available port e The proxy server may prevent you from connecting directly to ICA 500 set up not to use the proxy server e Confirm that Default Gateway address is correct e The router needs Port Forwarding feature Refer to your router s manual for details e Packet Filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network Refer to your router s manual for details Access ICA 500 from the Internet with the global IP address of the router and port number of ICA 500 e Some routers reject the global IP address to access ICA 500 on the same LAN Access with the private IP address and correct port number of ICA 500 e When you use DDNS you need to set Default Gateway and DNS server address e If it s not working after above procedure reset ICA 500 to default setting and installed it again e f the problem is not solved the ICA 500 might be faulty Contact your dealer for further help Q Image or video does not appear in the main page A The first time the PC connects to ICA 500 a pop up Security Warning window will appear to download ActiveX Controls Wh
12. input the Username Password for the FTP server Please input the path to the destination Please input the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server Select the suffix to add to the file name Enable or disable clear sequence number Motion Detection Sensor1 Sensor2 Periodical sending Off Please select send a captured image mode 30 SMTP Screen This screen is displayed when the SMTP menu option is clicked SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a protocol for sending e mail messages between servers The mail server address must be filled in this field SMTP Setting SMTP server name planet comte gt Username mo o S Password Check Password 3312 Sender s Mail Box Recewer s Mail Box SEGEN e Subject CA500metionemal gt gt gt gt gt H notion Detection LH Etti Feriodical sending _ sensor E AVE j CANCEL SMTP Screen Network Settings SMTP server Enter the address of SMTP server used to send the mail Please name ensure the server is using SMTP protocol and able to relay mails for you Some SMTP server may require authentication Please enable the Check Password and enter the Account Password fields below for authentication Username Enter the Username Password for your SMTP account Password Sender s Mail Enter the sender e mail address in the field This field must be Box entered with a valid e mail format Receiver s Mail
13. of pin 7 and pin 8 can be used to turn on or off the external device External Inputs Outputs are working independently Ration o C Alarm Output 2 NO 65 Appendix B Troubleshooting Appendix B Troubleshootino Q The video and audio codec is adopted in the Network Camera A The Network Camera utilizes JPEG compression to providing high quality images JPEG is a standard for image compression and can be applied to various web browsers without the need to install extra software The audio codec is ADPCM compression Q The maximum number of users access Network Camera simultaneously A The maximum number of users is depending on the total bandwidth accessed to Network Camera from clients The data throughout of Network Camera is around 5 6Mbps Therefore the maximum number of connected clients is varying by settings of resolution and frame rate Obviously the performance of the each connected client will slow down when many users are logged on Q The Network Camera can be used outdoors or not A The Network Camera is not weatherproof It needs to be equipped with a weatherproof case for outdoors using However equipped with a weatherproof case will disable the audio function of Network Camera Q The network cabling is required for the Network Camera A The Network Camera uses Category 5 UTP cable allowing 10 and or 100 Base T networking Q Why doe the Status LED not light up A Check and c
14. one IP Filter user IP Filter Lier 10 IP Filter Screen 28 Application Setting Parameters in the Basic configuration menu provide machine adjustment the available configurations are listed below FTP Client Setup IVS 100 as a FTP client and configure Server site in order to upload images to server SMTP Setup Mail transferring service configuration Setup CF memory card setting or view the pictures stored in CF memory card Setup Alarm Output 1 action via manual or event Setup Alarm Output 2 action via manual or event Schedule Motion Detection to send email or upload images Motion Setup motion detection area and sensor Detection sensitivity Time Setup the Network Camera time configuration Setting Popup Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated Firmware Product firmware upgrade Upgrade Factory Pre default the Network Camera factory Default default setting 29 FTP Client Screen FTP Client Setting FTP server name User name Password Remote path Image file name sufix O None DateTime Sequence number Sequence No clear Yes io H Motion Detection E sensor Periodical sending W sensor SAVE CANCEL FTP Client Screen FTP Client Settings FTP server name Username Password Remote path Image file name Suffix Sequence No clear Mode IP address or domain name of the destination FTP server Please
15. setting e Hour Set the hour of time in 24 hour clock format stands for all hours e Minute Set the minute of time stands for all minutes e Month Set the month for recording tasks stands for all months e Day Set the day for recording tasks stands for all days e Weekday Set the specific weekday of a week If no day is specified All weekdays will fit e Duration Sec The duration in seconds for the schedule recording O zero means no limit For example set a recording task which begins at 10 00 every Monday with duration 3600 seconds The configuration is like below Hour 10 Minute 0 Month Day Weekday Mon Duration 3600 Application Confizoration Hour 0723 10 Minute 0759 o Month 1712 E Day 1731 a Weekday All Duration Sec 3600 Add Modify i Remove Schedule terns K Apply Figure 5 3 3 The Scheduling Tab 5 3 4 User Settings Two accounts to access CamView Admin Admin Administrator has the supreme authority to change all the settings 56 Guest Guest Guest only can view the images only Note The Apply button is unused for this tab always confirm the settings by pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect r z 5 Yo yy z ia z a admin Change Password Camera List Figure 5 3 4 The User Tab 5 3 5 External Settings Designate the DVR application path in External tab Figure 5 3 5 show the setting When user pres
16. such as IP address DHCP DDNS and PPPoE DHCP IP address Subnet mask Default gateway MAC address Primary DNS Secondary DNS HTTP Part 1 HTTP Part 2 IP Finder DDNS PPPoE Data Network Screen Network Settings DHCP IP address Subnet mask Default gateway Primary DNS Secondary DNS HTTP Port 1 HTTP Port 2 IP Edit Enable Disable DONS Setting PPPoE Setting SAVE CANCEL Network screen Enable or disable DHCP client in ICA 500 This parameter allows users to setup the IP address assigned by ISP Your ISP should provide all the information requied for Internet access Note User need to reboot the Network Camera to make this setting to take effect Users could assign the port number of http protocol and the WAN users should follow the port number to login User can use IP Edit software program to find Internet Cameras or edit related parameters on the LAN Disable this option to restrict the modification of related parameters by IP Edit software DDNS Setting The DDNS is designed to solve this problem by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name rather than an IP address 25 DDNS Setting Enable DDNS Username Password Domain Name HTTP Proxy Proxy Username Proxy Password SAVE CANCEL BACK DDNS screen DDNS Settings Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function Username Enter the Username Password for your DDNS account
17. 8 kbps or lower connection Even though the upload speed is more than 128kbps for optimal video performance disabling audio streaming will get better video performance 70 Appendix D Specifications oecifications Model ICA B00 Hardware Generic I O port Two for input and two for output Video interface BNC connector for monitoring Audio interface Built in microphone for audio recording Image compression Video Resolution and Frame 640 x 480 20fps 352 x 288 30fps 320 x 240 Rate 30fps 176 x 144 30fps Image Rotate Rotate 0 Rotate 180 Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical note the recorded video will not be rotated Environment Operating Temperature 5 45 degree C 10 80 humidity Power Requirement 12V DC EMC EMI CE FCC Network and Configuration Connection type Static IP PPPoE DHCP Web CamView camera utility 71
18. A 500 can be configured using your Web Browser The ICA 500 must have an IP address which is compatible with your PC Connecting to ICA 500 e f you have run the CamView utility the screen provided a button a Clicking this button will immediately connect to the ICA 500 e f using only your Web Browser use the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA 500 e Once connected you can add the ICA 500 to your Browser s Favorites or Bookmarks Connecting using your Web Browser 1 Start your web browser 2 Inthe Address box enter HTTP and the IP Address of the ICA 500 as in this example which uses the ICA 500 s default IP Address HTTP 192 168 0 20 3 Default username password for machine login admin lt no password gt 4 Ifthe Administrator ID and Password have been assigned enter the name and password you assigned Fa i SE le ITI T ERN he Se en AET EA ernet Camera Web Management User Name admin Login Cancel Welcome Screen When you connect the camera Home screen will be displayed L ualra CET ETETE ag ia EET ie Camera Home Screen The Home screen can be divided into three areas e Viewing Area Images from the ICA 500 e Control Panel Area ICA 500 Camera Manipulation and image quality control e Advanced Configuration area only available for administrator Camera administrator can have full configuration in this menu These optio
19. PM 2005726 01 13 02 PM D test datah Cameral 2005 77 27 06 23 56 PM 2005 7427 06 23 58 PM Figure 5 6 3 2 The Video Search Tab 5 7 Image Rotation After the button is pressed the displayed image rotates 180 degree It is used for the camera being installed upside down direction Note Recorded video image files will not be rotated Figure 5 7 61 5 8 Full Screen After this button is pressed it will show full screen mode and press the keyboard Esc key or the center of screen to return normal mode Figure 5 8 5 9 Lock Application Press this button will avoid strangers to access CamView unless they have correct password Figure 5 9 5 10 EMap When you press the EMap button on the panel as shown in Figure 5 10 a form will appear to show the eMap function a Figure 5 10 5 8 1 EMap Setting Select the File from the File menu bar and the following are descriptions 1 New EMap First create a new layout 2 Insert Map Image Choose a proper image file or map layout to load 3 Delete EMap Delete current editing EMap layout 3 Save Save all settings 4 Exit Exit Emap function Before you select it we recommend you to save the current settings The following describes Edit menu bar 1 Reset Remove all camera icons in current layout In the menu bar select Window to change EMap 62 As shown in Figure 5 10 1 and Figure 5 10 2 with the map image in layout you can drag th
20. Schedule Setting Schedule Setting Screen 34 Motion Detection Screen This screen is displayed when the Motion Detection menu option is clicked You can Enable Disable function and adjust the sensitivity level Motion Detection Fnabla Motion Detection yt c erred tay dir a Motion Detection Screen Motion Detection Settings Enable Motion Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA 500 Detection Sensitivity Select the desired option to suit your environment If covering a large area you usually need higher sensitivity since a moving object will take only a small portion of the image Area Use the adjust the determine which areas of the image are examined for motion 35 Time Setting Screen This screen is displayed when the Time Setting menu option is clicked Time Settings Time Setting P Can Tene Li LI L ae eee ee te LE died Pe Set lime D Synchronize wih PC s time Veer input fetch Tina hhcrannee Te o ooo o y O wne cone E PE Tena T LUT Time Screen IP Cam Time PC Time Set Time Date yy mm dd Time hh mm ss Time Zone Hint Provides settings of adjusting the camera s time This is default time value for PC Three options of Synchronize with PC s time User Input NTP are available for your selection to link with the Time Server The default setting is Synchronize the time with PC s time To set the Date Time manually selec
21. Tilt capability ICA 500 is able to perform PAN 0 325 and tilt 10 90 adjustment which brings more convenience and flexibility in network deployment Ease of use Plug N Watch capability to simplify system integration in an existing network environment Meeting SOHO business or public facilities surveillance needs ICA 500 can be deployed in many different situations such as library train station or factory production line to provide efficient human resource reducing and offers flexibility affordability and reliability for the proper surveillance of manufacturing facilities Multi Platform support Supporting TCP IP networking SMTP e mail and HTTP public network standards ICA 500 can be applied and utilized to a mixed IP network environment Motion Detection This feature will send you alert message when motion is detected The ICA 500 will compare consecutive frames to detect changes caused by the movement of large objects Audio Support With built in microphone the voice around can be recorded with live image Internet Features User definable administration port number This allows Internet Gateways to use port mapping so the ICA 500 a and a Web Server can share the same Internet IP address DDNS Support In order to view video over Internet user must know the Internet IP address of the gateway used by ICA 500 An easy to remember DDNS Dynamic DNS name will help you memorize your site more easily
22. You can then configure the ICA 500 with appropriate TCP IP settings for your LAN Subsequent administration can be performed with your Web browser as explained in Chapter 3 Web based Administration Setup Procedure Before setup operations The ICA 500 provides GUI Web based Graphical User Interface for machine management and maintenance To start ICA 500 web configuration the requirement of the web browser should be Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 or higher with Java support Note Current firmware supports Microsoft Internet Explorer the Netscape Navigator support is planned in the future firmware release Default LAN interface IP address of ICA 500 is 192 168 0 20 You may now open your web browser and insert http 192 168 0 20 in the address bar of your web browser to logon ICA 500 web configuration page ICA 500 will prompt for User Name and Password please enter admin as username to continue machine Web Management Internet Camera Web Management User Name admin Login Cancel Or you may execute IPEditV3 to discover edit IP address of ICA 500 Procedures of IPEdit utility e Please find the IPEditV3 exe in the Utility folder on user s manual CD e Double click the IPEditV3 exe and the following screen should be prompt on your computer e Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications C NPEditY3 x p Te Pe i e After modifications you may now connect th
23. able the firewall of the antivirus software during setting up ICA 500 Q Internet Explorer does not seem to work well with the ICA 500 A Make sure that your Internet Explorer is version 6 0 or later If you are experiencing problems try upgrading to the latest version of Microsoft s Internet Explorer from the Microsoft webpage at http www microsoft com windows ie Q Internet Explorer does not seem to work well with the ICA 500 A IP Finder program fails to save the network parameters Dont leave any space in the name field Use underline _ or dash to replace the space e Network may have trouble Confirm the parameters and connections of the ICA 500 Q Internet Explorer does not seem to work well with the ICA 500 Cannot access the login page and other web pages of ICA 500 from Internet Explorer A Another device or computer is already using Maybe the IP Address of the ICA 500 To confirm this possible problem disconnect the ICA 500 from the network first and then run the PING utility to check it out e Maybe due to the network cable Try correcting your network cable and configuration Test the network interface by connecting a local computer to the ICA 500 via a crossover cable e Make sure the Internet connection and setting is ok e Make sure enter the IP address of Internet Explorer is correct If ICA 500 has a dynamic address it may have changed since you last checked it e Network congestion may prevent the web page
24. ages may have been registered when registering or modifying the preset button or home position button Adjust the focus in manual focusing again The image may be out of focus if the object is too near or depending on the zoom position Move the object off ICA 500 or adjust the zoom position e Some objects are difficult to focus on by the camera When the objects are still out of focus adjust the focus using manual focusing or change the objects using Pan Tilt operation A e To insure the images you are viewing are the best they can be set the Display property setting color quality to 16bit at least and 24 bit or higher if possible within your computer The configuration on the ICA 500 image display is incorrect You need to adjust the image related parameters such as brightness contrast hue and saturation properly Q Image flickers A Wrong power line frequency makes images flicker Make sure the NTSC or PAL format of your ICA 500 If the object is dark the image will flicker Make the condition around the ICA 500 brighter A The video images might be noisy if the ICA 500 is located in a very low light environment Make the condition around the ICA 500 brighter A If you just want to reboot system without change anything Go to Network page and click SAVE button directly then system will reboot again A Have installed Microsoft s DirectX 9 0 or later and use the Windows Media Player 9 or
25. arity Default ii 4 UEncwy j E Fluency J Camera Control Panel Screen The function on the control panel can be shown below Buton Definition _ Control camera up down left right and home position Irection Camera Speed Increase decrease the camera Pan Tilt speed Recall Preset Preset set up camera fixed locations before operation mode Recall Set camera position to preset location Adjust Video resolution The ICA 500 provides 4 resolutions 640x480 352x288 320x240 176x144 en For NTSC camera 320x240 is suitable For PAL camera 352x288 and 176x144 are suitable However all resolution are available for NTSC and PAL camera Preset or Preset or Recall camera 1 16 location s Recall Ex If you press 5 then the camera will move to preset positions location 5 a Adjust Camera video brightness 20 Adjust image quality Clarity Video is better but frame rate may be slower Fluency Video is not as good as Clarity but frame rate may be higher Standard System default value Image quality Frame rate adjustment directly Adjust video frame rate via giving a number directly 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 Turn on off audio output function j Note The Microphone is located on the rear panel You AUTO Om OM need to position the MIC hole face to the audio source to have better audio quality Advanced Configuration Area The Advanced Configuration menu offers more features and camera
26. ay the video The Video list is shown in the following figure Camera 1 Alerts None Start Time 2005 06 15 09 42 06 169 Length 900 Play Delete Figure 5 6 1 The Video List Tab 59 5 6 2 Snapshot List The Snapshot List tab lists snapshots and displays the information about the specified snapshot file When you hit the Show button Internet Explorer will be invoked to display the snapshot Playback Camera Alerts None Start Time 2005 07 28 13 17 59 171 _ Show _ Delete Figure 5 6 2 The Snapshot List Tab 5 6 3 Video Search The video search tab lists video file information about the specified search Press the start time and end time toggle tab then a calendar form will appear as Figure 5 6 3 1 then select a proper date and time After press OK in the calendar form then hit the Search button you will get the matched video files in the following column Press the Play button to play the selected video file via the Windows Media Player 60 alendar 4 2005 6 6 F 020 2005 Jun 6 zt s 9 tof 11 Pa fos 6 J a ig Figure 5 6 3 1 The Calendar Form Note The pink color indicates the motion recording event Playback Video Search Stark Time 2005 77 7 12 00 06 PM End Time 2005 8 9 02 35 47 PM T iZ Z Camera File Hame Start Time End Time 1 D Mest datak1 Camera1l 2005 7 29 09 59 27 AM 2005 7729 09 58 28 AM D Mest data Cameral 2005 7 28 01 16 00
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28. control privileges to meet various application demands Advanced Configuration Screen The ICA 500 Advanced Configuration page divided into three sub menus e Camera Advanced Setting e Camera Trigger Setting e Screen capture Setting Respective menu descriptions are illustrated in the following sections Camera Advanced setting Menu Clicking on Setting on the menu provides privileges to all the settings for the ICA 500 The Advanced Setting menu is divided into 2 categories Basic and Application settings The Basic menu provides essential configurations of the ICA 500 and the Application menu is provided for various applications Basic Setting Parameters in the Basic configuration menu provide machine adjustment the available configurations are listed below Define Frame Rate Turn on off Remote System camera control and view system log file 21 Adjust camera parameters and set camera Camera tour Configure Network setting such as DHCP On Off DDNS and PPPoE Setup user name password and login privilege Setup legal IP address of user login This IP Filter function should be used with function User respectively After entering machine Home screen click on the System menu you will see a screen like the example below System ID IURTRISE Camera Name Default frame rate gd v Remote camera control Nal fogs Lo g Wj B yi CANCEL System Screen Data System Screen System Sett
29. de The layout of the screen has the following modes Single Only one viewer displays video 2x2 The screen is divided into 4 viewer sections 6 The screen is divided into 6 viewer sections 3x3 The screen is divided into 9 viewer sections 13 The screen is divided into 13 viewer sections 4x4 The screen is divided into 16 viewer sections 5 2 10 Layout Selection There are six kinds of layout Please refer to 5 2 9 Viewer Screen can be chosen 52 5 2 11 Camera Selector Here are the camera number buttons to select cameras Blue color the normal camera icon Pink color the current selected camera 5 2 12 Minimize Audio and Close application button The right top button is for minimizing the CanView software all the proceeding tasks will not be terminated Press Audio button to enable the audio from the associated Internet Camera To enable audio function from CamView please also enable audio in Web configuration Please refer to the Chapter 4 Web Based Management Control Panel Screen Press power symbol button to close the CamView software all the proceeding tasks will be terminated 5 3 Application Configuration Press the button below to configure the CamView application program After the button is pressed a dialog form will show up Users then configure the program by the form as the following sections D 5 3 1 Application Settings Figure 5 3 1 shows settings for the global scope of th
30. e default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software 5 1 CamView Installation e Run the setup exe to start installation A welcome message is shown as the following figure and then hit the Next button to continue iG Setup Cam iew Welcome to the CamView Setup Wizard This will install Camview 2 0 66 on Your computer kis recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Nest to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel e Read the license agreement first please If you accept the agreement select accept the agreement and then hit the Next button to continue 46 Sl Setup CamYiew License Agreement Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement vou must eccept the terns of this agreement before continuing with the installation LICENSE AGRE MENT Al Plesse read the lollowirng terre of this agreement carefulk a Software here means Lamview It ircludes the program and any associated materials Inc uding but nct limited to jsoflware components documentation imaces audio and data files The Software is protected by Copyright Law and Intemational Treaties You may install one copy of the Software onto one computer i iF you want to install the Software onto more than one conputer kail Q idu rial accept the ayreenerit lt Back Next gt Cancel
31. e application including initialization and basic environment settings After all settings are complete press the OK button to save the configuration and exit the form Note The Apply button is unused for this tab always confirm the settings by pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect The following lists descriptions of each setting Initial Viewer Layout Set the initial layout of viewers at the start of the program Free Space Alert Percent When the free space reaches the specific percentage an alert message will appear automatically Free Space Alert Size MB When the free space reaches the specified hard drive size an alert message will appear automatically 53 Note Free Space Alert Percent and Free Space Alert Size MB is OR condition combination any one above is TRUE then an alert message will appear automatically Max Number of Events Set the number of lines which you want to show in the alert message window Continuous Recording IF free space is not enough CamView will delete the oldest recording file and keep recording Export Select the item to save the configuration Application Configuration Import Select the item to load the configuration Application Configuration ncn Application Camera List Initial Viewer Layout Free Space Alert Percent Free Space Alert Size in MB Max Number of Everts i Continuous Recording Configuration Files
32. e camera icons into proper positions to deploy your cameras The following describes layout entries e Name Define a name for this layout e Position Describe the layout position annann Figure 5 10 1 Layout example 1 63 j lT rear Iri Tin TTS ETE R LR 6A A Figure 5 10 2 Layout example 2 e When your mouse moves over the camera icon you can click the right button to display a menu which has options to set the configuration show the record list record show video and remove the camera icon Asplication Configuration Record Last Record show video Remove Camer po ms T VE E T E a P Ue The n Wd ee i a ao T 2 lt T ra fe ro yeas ni a LA F n Figure 5 10 3 64 Appendix A Alarm I O Connector Appendix A Alarm I O Connector The terminal block is used in applications for e g motion detection event triggering time lapse recording alarm notification via email image storage to FTP locations etc ICA 500 provides a general I O terminal block with two digital inputs and two outputs for device control Pin 1 and 2 can be connected to an external sensor 1 Pin 2 and 3 can be connected to an external sensor 2 Both of the inputs the voltage will be monitored from the initial state LOW The relay switch of pin 4 5 and 6 can be used to turn on or off the external device The relay switch
33. e camera via web browser Chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup This Chapter provides information about the optional settings and features for viewing video via the ICA 500 This Chapter is for Administrators only Introduction After finishing the network setup the ICA 500 can immediately be used by all users on your LAN This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live Video e Adjusting the video image e Controlling user access to the live video stream e Making video available from the Internet Adjusting the Video Image If necessary the ICA 500 Administrator can adjust the Video image Settings are provided for e Image size Select the desired size The larger sizes require greater bandwidth e Image quality This determines the degree of compression applied to the Video stream Higher quality requires greater bandwidth e Saturation Sharpness Contrast Hue adjustment To Adjust the Video Image 1 Connect to the Web based interface of the ICA 500 2 Onthe Administration menu select mage You will see a screen like the example below Camera Setting Image Size image Quality haag E C olai Marr or gt horal Pocus Made Whale Ralance Mode Exposure Mode Saturation Shite pos Comrast lue Audio Camera Dour Reset to Deaf ait Camera setting 3 Make the required adjustments as explained below and save your changes Camera Settings Select th
34. e desired video resolution The default resolution is set to 320 240 Available resolution 176x144 320x240 352x288 640x480 Select the desired image quality The default Image Quality is set to Standard Image Size Image Quality Available selection e Clarity Video is better but frame rate may be slower e Fluency Video is not as good as Clarity but frame rate may be higher e Standard System default value Note Higher image quality requires more bandwidth Saturation Image quality adjustment the parameter ranges from 0 to 255 Sharpness Contrast Hue Options Enable the check box if you want the time to be displayed on the Video image Camera tour Reset to default If this option is enabled all the settings in this page will be reset to factory default values 10 Note Please check the appendix B for more information on the image adjustment Controlling User Access to the Video Stream By default only system administrators can connect to the ICA 500 and view live Video If desired you may apply the access privileges to known users by requiring each user to login to the ICA 500 with their individual username and password To Enable this feature 1 Connect to the Web based interface of the ICA 500 Please check related chapters for details 2 In machine Administration menu select User 3 You may add up to 10 users in machine database choose the user number and enter
35. ecadacestecseusssdisauseswavseusteceeeaebbanaeiaes 37 Firmware upgrade Screen 0 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000e0 38 Factory Default Screeh c 20cccrscomussriicisicicscrrersracecistscesssccvc secscorensvecscececsebrevsinenas 39 ACTIVEX CONTO 2227202200222020 E 2 222 019 A0 aa 91112 NEE EEIE 20 212 90296 192202 1859000 9 HERE E06 E 40 CHAPTER 5 CLIENT UTILI T N 2220206 2662422220 sees creen aara aceth neneedu Saase EAS OLIS nenen URA Aa 46 INSTACLA TION 122 s220i2 2200061450224928 aaa a TSA 46 HOW TOUS aa a a a a n Ls o 50 APPENDIX A ALARM I O CONNECT OR 1 cccccccsccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccsccccccccccccoeecs 65 Appendix A Alarm I O Connector cccc00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 65 APPENDIX B TROUBLESHOOTING cccccccccoccccccccccccccccoocoscoecoccocoscoecoecocesecoceocuoocoecocuscusss 66 Appendix B Troubleshootinng cccscssccosscorsccssssssssecssssovcccccconcccssssssveesssssovscccccosscccssesess 66 APPENDIX C BANDWIDTH CALCULATION ccccccccsccccccscccsccccccccccccccescccccecs 70 Appendix C Bandwidth Calculation ccccssssssssssssccccsssssscssssssssssscscccsccsssssssoees 70 APPENDIX D SPECIFICAEIONS 2524203000626040 40446530 0045200430446536 0004R030 0060500004650004 T64 46500 a 00444005 Appendix D Specifications ssnin dente Ea A RAE E ES Chapter 1 Introduction This Chapt
36. ed for future product developing They are not functional in ICA 500 23 Saturation Sharpness Contrast Hue Key in respective value for image adjustment It is not required to adjust this value when the image is vivid To use the camera tour function user must preset some camera positions first Camera Tour Select the SET Tour button to enter the Camera Tour setting page Reset to Restore the values of these pages to factory default value Default Camera Tour In the Camera Tour page choose the one tour name Fill the dwelling time and tour sequence by preset points can repeat above procedure to set more camera tours Tour name Dwelling time i lt lt lt Sequence lt lt hd n Enable Camera Tour Screen Data Camera Tour Screen Camera Tour Settings Choose the one tour name from A to E The time period between every tour point Tour Name Dwelling Time Sequence 16 points can be assigned Enable Enable camera tour group should be activated To use the camera tour function user must preset some camera Hint positions first The maximum number of preset points is 16 In the Camera Tour page choose the one tour name from A to E Fill the dwelling time and tour sequence by preset points and then save these setting You can repeat above procedure to set more camera tours 24 Network Screen This screen is displayed configure Network setting
37. elect this file and click OK The filename will then appear in the Upgrade File field 3 Click the Start Upgrade button to transfer the file to the ICA 500 and start the upgrade procedure Firmware Upgrade Click BR to begin to Update firmware Click to ignore and delete the file uploaded just now 4 Click the here button to begin to upgrade firmware Firmware Upgrade 5 Click the OK button to continue 38 Firmware Upgrade Click FR to begin to update firmware Click Faz to ignore and delete the file uploaded just now TANNE Witting Progress 76 6 The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen Once the upgrading process completed the Network Camera will reboot the system automatically Do not interrupt the upgrading procedure during proceeding or Hint the inner component might be permanently damaged Factory Default Screen This screen is displayed when you click the Factory Default menu on the Status screen Please Click OK button to load default settings to camera Microsoft Internet Explorer Y All configuration will be set to Factory default and system will reboot immediately Continue Trigger amp Capture Trigger This is sending an image or output a trigger to control the alarm output using Trigger section on the main page 39 Execute Trigger Settings FTP Upload a captured image to server Ma
38. en using Windows NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP log on with an appropriate account that is authorized to install applications Network congestion may prevent the Image screen from appearing quickly You may choose lower resolution to reduce the required bandwidth A Go to C Windows Downloaded Program Files and check to see if there is an entry for the file WebWatch Class The status column should show Installed If the file is not listed make sure your Security Settings in Internet Explorer are configured properly and then try reloading the ICA 500 s home page Most likely the ICA 500 ActiveX control did not download and install correctly Check your Internet Explorer security settings and then close and restart Internet Explorer Try to browse and log in again A Internet Explorer displays the following message Your current security settings prohibit downloading ActiveX controls Setup the IE security settings or configure the individual settings to allow downloading and scripting of unsigned ActiveX controls Q The ICA 500 works in local network but not accessible from remote network A This might be caused from the firewall protection Check the Internet firewall with your system or network administrator The firewall may need to have some settings changed in order for the ICA 500 to be accessible outside your LAN Make sure that the ICA 500 isn t conflicting with any other web server running on your LAN Check t
39. er provides details of the ICA 500 s features components and capabilities Overview As broadband communication gets more and more popular it becomes easier to transfer video and audio through network Traditional surveillance system is gradually evolving to be deployed in packet switching TCP IP network PLANET ICA 500 provides an advanced digital solution of Internet Camera with pan and tilt capability to meet more application demands It supports wired Ethernet networking ICA 500 can be placed either in a LAN or an available xDSL Cable modem connection ICA 500 also supports DDNS With its Plug N Watch capability a network administrator or system operator can seamlessly complete network deployment in simply minutes Combining 1 3 inch color CCD sensor with the advanced motion JPEG video compression technology sharp high quality video is digitized and delivered by the advanced microcomputer in ICA 500 The high quality of M JPEG files brings vivid images which are suitable for surveillance applications Motion detection is a powerful function enhanced in ICA 500 If a motion is detected in surveillance spot this function will capture images attach them in an email and alert the system administrator via pop up message With bundled camera utility centralized management up to 16 cameras can be fulfilled to save TOC for enterprise users Warehouse _ a ICA500 ICA 500 IVS 100 applications Features e Pan and
40. er s Manual is accurate PLANET disclaims liability for any inaccuracies or omissions that may have occurred Information in this User s Manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of PLANET PLANET assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User s Manual PLANET makes no commitment to update or keep current the information in this User s Manual and reserves the right to make improvements to this User s Manual and or to the products described in this User s Manual at any time without notice If you find information in this manual that is incorrect misleading or incomplete we would appreciate your comments and suggestions Trademarks The PLANET logo is a trademark of PLANET Technology This documentation may refer to numerous hardware and software products by their trade names In most if not all cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies Revision User s Manual for PLANET Pan Tilt Internet camera Model ICA 500 Rev 5 0 August 2005 Part No EM ICA500V5 Table of Contents CHAPTER T INTRODUCTION cissck ccosseivieeoeiciiscecieccdelowstdesssasbodedicicecostubededdseaswosdociocelucetceses 1 OVET OW 2ZECP 22020A 2420 a 2 20 casas 2720 2221000 0V 1 2C 21007220 a aa 2 Y EIEE 1 Physical Details 22csceseres accscecsensettsasnsdereacessteccenacceceeaeesessceas ecsesececeeoccndseesessacesiecueses
41. full this device can send Warming an email for warning Mode send a captured image via motion detection sensor or periodically Free Space Show the available space of the attached CF memory card Memory View or delete the image files stored in the CF memory card Content 32 Note We strongly suggest using SanDisk CF memory card to avoid compatible issue with this device Because this device does not support plug and play function yet Therefore while you want to plug a CF memory card into slot please make sure power off the device first then plug this CF memory card carefully When you want to remove this CF memory card from device make sure click the disable button first hen remove CF memory card Otherwise this CF memory card may be damaged and all image files are lost 33 Alarm 1 amp Alarm 2 Screen This screen is displayed when the Alarm 1 Alarm 2 menu option is clicked You can select Manual or Event for the Alarm mode Duration Alarm1 Screen Alarm out 1 seconds i 0 86400 0 means static H Motion Detection Manual E sensor _ sensor DAW CANCEL Schedule Screen The Schedule can enable motion detection in an arranged period in order to avoid unnecessary images transmitting and catch the desired images Sec heel o Schedule Dabi Ho 7 TI M 1 Mi Z foo EBT He 4 Mo CE RE Mo 2 Nat oe foe wie O a J Fri a je LI T od R Thu d M Thai
42. ght position of the image to indicate the AVI saving process If want stop the recording please press the Stop Image Recording to stop the save as JPEG process 43 Save as AVI Select this option and click Save as AVI for detailed configurations The pre defined schedule can be set by AVI dT Cot a rary a fio an 52 5 ta ET 1A E E a mMcalce gt gt T a gt gt A Sr _ am During the AVI file recording a red icon displays on lower right position of the image to indicate the AVI saving process If want stop the recording please press the Stop Image Recording to stop the save as AVI process Recording File Path Save Current Picture As This screen is displayed when you click the Save Current Picture As menu on the ActiveX control How to configure Motion Detection e Please select the Save Current Picture As to save the current display image into the local PC e Please input the saved file name and click Save button e Please select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools 44 Trigger a Capture j ns hang a ore fre 42 98 ta oe 8 Ee ee WebCams PD na 45 Chapter 5 Client UTILITY INSTALLATION The CamView utility is a powerful utility for video recording viewing and camera administrations Please insert the user s manual CD and start the CamView installation from th
43. he configuration of the router settings allow the ICA 500 to be accessed outside your local LAN Q There are unreadable characters displayed in machine configuration pages A Use the operating system of the selected language Set the Encoding or the Character Set of the selected language on the Internet Explorer A The traffic of the network and the object of the image affect the frame rate The network congestion causes frame rate slower than the setting When more than one client were viewing the frame rate becomes slower Ethernet switching hub can smooth the frame rate especially in viewing on the Multi Camera screen A Your connection to the ICA 500 does not have enough bandwidth to support a higher frame rate for the streamed image size Try reducing the video streaming size to 176x144 or 320x240 and or disabling audio Audio will consume 32 to 64 kbps Disable audio to improve video Your Internet connection may not have enough bandwidth to support streaming audio from the ICA 500 A Default Gateway and DNS server address should be set up correctly If FTP does not work properly ask your ISP or network administrator about the transferring mode of FTP server A The lens is dirty or dust is attached Fingerprints dust stain etc on the lens can degrade the performance camera Clean the lens with lens cleaner e Manual focusing may be setup on the external camera to prevent this e Blurred im
44. il Mail captured image to specific mail address Image Memory Save images in attached CF memory card Alarm 1 Enable Alarm output 1 Alarm 2 Enable Alarm output 2 Clear Alarm 1 Clear alarm1 output status Clear Alarm 2 Clear alarm2 output status Capture This screen is displayed when you click the Capture menu and the function can capture current image and save it to storage media The image is saved in the JPEG format ax Save in My Pictures Ek Ese CamImg025201 jpg S Sample jpg History Desktop i L My Documents Tomi My Computer File name 3013 My Network P Save as type JPEG jpg v Cancel L ActiveX Control This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft Internet Explorer 40 View Splits Rotate Resolution Quality F F F TF Image Recording Bave Current Picture As Welcome About View This screen is displayed when you click the View menu on the ActiveX control caw ay cr TEL a epee Homs Pirahi ial ty Came Hemne a E he Ll Sre E aai eti He ekia Eere er j EIE E array P JL fra Sf Jia araa 7 View Settings Resizable Make the image is resizable but Actual size disable the Splits is supported on this mode Actual size Make the image show as the actual size the Splits function does not work on this mode Status Bar A status bar display on the button of
45. imitation if the ICA 500 is installed with private IP address behind the NAT router please find and enable the DDNS feature on the router This can prevent the remote users not able to connect to the camera e Current supported DDNS service provider www dyndns org www no ip com Enable DDNS Username Password Domain Name HTTP Proxy DDNS Setting Screen Router Gateway Setup for remote viewing Your Router or Gateway must be configured to pass incoming TCP HTTP connections from remote viewers to the ICA 500 The Router Gateway uses the Port Number to determine which incoming connections are intended for the ICA 500 This feature is normally called Port Forwarding or Virtual Servers in the router The Port Forwarding Virtual Server entry tells the Router Gateway that incoming TCP connections should be passed to the ICA 500 If necessary check the user manual for your Router Gateway for further details 14 i The Port for the Port Forwarding Virtual Server entry above is Hint the Second Port number specified on the Network screen of the ICA 500 Viewing via the Internet Clients viewers will need a broadband connection dial up connections are NOT recommended Using your Web Browser If using your Web browser you need to know the address of the camera either the Internet IP address or the Domain name and the correct communication port number Enter the address of the ICA 500 and its port number in the
46. ings Serial Number Product serial number Camera Name his displays the name for the ICA 500 camera name is useful while multiple unit installation Default frame The default frame rate in ICA 500 is 30fps the video frame rate rate can be adjusted in this menu or on the Control panel menu Remote Enable or disable remote control feature in ICA 500 camera control Log Administrator can check the log information in machine including the Main Info Appended Info Operator IP Operator MAC and Time Select the View button to check the log file 22 Camera Screen This screen is displayed when the Camera menu option is clicked Note please adjust carefully to have proper machine configurations Camera Setting Camera Screen Data Camera Screen Camera Settings Display resolution selection supported resolution in ICA 500 e 176x144 gt 352x288 e 320x240 e 640x480 Image Size Please check the available network upload bandwidth and carefully select the proper video resolution Video display quality selection in ICA 500 e Clarity Video is better but frame rate may be slower e Fluency Video is not as good as Clarity but higher frame rate e Standard System default value Note The value on the list box displays the current setting all the modifications will not take effects until it is saved in this menu Image Quality Image Rotate Mirror Focus Mode White Balance These functions are reserv
47. later to play the AVI filed recorded by the Activex Appendix C Bandwidth Calculation Appendix C Bandwidth Calculation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA 500 depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of server Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your ICA 500 Image bandwidth is approximately equal to the average frame rate in frames per second multiplied by the average frame data size in kilobits Frame data size or the number of bits comprising a single video frame varies a great deal from depending on scene complexity lighting conditions camera noise etc The table shown below is reference figures Actual results generated by the ICA 500 may be varying Image Resolution Average range of Data Sizes 176 x 144 QCIF 20 40k bit 320 x 240 QVGA 56 92k bit 352 x 288 CIF 64 112k bit 640 x 480 VGA 160 320k bit For example streaming 2 fos of 320 x 240 video requires 112 to 184 kbps kilobits per second Therefore with a 128K upload connection you will typically see 3 to 6 frames per second with 176 x 144 resolution and 1 to 2 frames per second with 320 x 240 resolution without audio stream Audio streaming also takes bandwidth around 32 kbps to i Not 64kbps Most ADSL Cable modem upload speeds may not A even reach up to 128 kbps Thus you may not be able to receive any video while streaming audio on a 12
48. lt gateway MAC address Primary DNS Secondary ONS HTTP Port 1 HTTP Port 2 DDNS DONS Setting PPPoE PPPoE Setting SAVE CANCEL Network Screen The Network screen is part of the Web based Administration interface See Web based Management for further details on using this interface Viewers need to know this port number in order to connect and Hint view live Video so the current communication port number has to be informed to the remote users to connect to DDNS Dynamic DNS Many Internet connections use a Dynamic IP address where the Internet IP address is allocated whenever the Internet connection is established This means that other Internet users don t know the IP address so can t establish a connection DDNS is designed to solve this problem by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name rather than an IP address To use DDNS 1 Register for the DDNS service with a supported DDNS service provider You can then apply for and be allocated a Domain Name 2 Enter and save the correct DDNS settings on the DDNS Setting screen in the Network setting menu 3 Operation is then automatic e The ICA 500 will then automatically contact the DDNS server whenever it detects that the Internet IP address has changed and inform the DDNS server of the new IP address e Internet users can then connect to your LAN using the Domain Name allocated by the DDNS service provider e L
49. ns are explained in the following sections 18 Viewing Area This screen is displayed when you log in machine wn Bw E ie ig i Viewing Area Screen The ICA 500 web page requires ActiveX control to display the video content The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the camera and installed on your PC The security settings on the Internet Explorer must allow the ActiveX plug in to be functional To use the ICA 500 please execute your Internet Explorer and browse to Tools gt Internet Options gt Security D gt Custom Level and change the settings as follows e Download the signed ActiveX controls e Download the unsigned ActiveX controls e Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt After the ActiveX installation completed video content will start playing automatically Due to various network conditions the video display may be a delay of a few seconds while the video stream is buffered 19 Control Panel Screen When you connect the camera control panel screen will be displayed Camera direction Up Down Left Right Home Camera speed adjustment Adjust camera focus Recall Preset Mode Camera Preset Recall positions Frame rate adjustment via image quality Video Resolution Video Brightness adjustment positions a gt ss Audio feature On Off a q E Eat St ii a t P a Y g CI Aiandi L Pe 5 Ii r Cl
50. onfirm that the standard AC adaptor included in packaged is used Secure the power connector and re powers it on again If the problem is not solved the Network Camera might be faulty Contact your dealer for further help Q The Network Camera will be installed and work if a firewall exists on the network A If a firewall exists on the network port 80 is open for ordinary data communication The Network Camera uses port 80 default only This port or the port you specify from the Configuration screen if you change the default port needs to be opened on the firewall Q The username and password for the first time or after factory default reset A Username admin and leave password blank Note that it s all case sensitivity Q Forgot the username and password A Follow the steps below Restore the factory default setting by press pressing and holding down more than 8 seconds when power on Network Camera Reconfigure the Network Camera A Check IP address of Network Camera by using the IP Finder ipeditv3 program A Re power the ICA 500 if cannot find the unit within 1 minute Do not connect ICA 500 over a router IP Finder program cannot detect ICA 500 e If IP address is not assigned to the PC which running IP Finder program and then IP Finder program cannot find ICA 500 Make sure that IP address is assigned to the PC properly Antivirus software on the PC might interfere with the setup program Dis
51. rator ID and Administrator password e P address 192 168 0 20 e Administrator ID admin e Administrator Password null no password Reset steps Power off the Network Camera Insert the paper clip or other tool and press and hold the button down continuously Power on the Network Camera again e Wait at least 8 seconds and release the tool Then the Network Camera has been restored to default settings Note Restoring the factory default configurations will lose the existing machine settings User needs to access machine default IP address or use the IP Finder program to search the Network Camera for configuration and operations Package Contents The following items should be included If any of these items are damaged or missing please contact your dealer immediately Planet ICA 500 Pan Tilt Camera x 1 Power adapter x 1 Power cord x 1 Decoration ring x 1 Screw x 4 Terminator for Alarm I O x 1 Installation software and manual CD x 1 Chapter 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA 500 System Requirements e Touse the LAN interface a standard 10 100BaseT hub or switch and network cable is required e System Requirement for Viewer amp Recorder System 1 4 cameras surveillance application Hardware CPU Pentium III 800 MHz or above Memory Size 128 MB 256 MB recommended VGA card resolution 1024 x 768 or above 4 or more cameras s
52. ses DVR button the CamView will switch to DVR application 57 Application Confizoration External Application 1 CAClient_PAL exe el o OK _ Apply Figure 5 3 5 The External Tab 5 4 Camera Configuration Users can hit the button shown in Figure 5 4 to configure the associated camera Please refer to Chapter 4 Web Based Management D Figure 5 4 5 5 Recording G 6 Figure 5 5 1 Figure 5 5 2 Figure 5 5 3 Select a camera by pressing the button with camera number as shown in Figure 5 5 2 selected camera icon will be like Figure 5 5 3 and then press the toggle button as shown in Figure 5 5 1 To stop recording is similar to the previous method just press the toggle button as shown in Figure 5 5 1 58 The second way to record automatically the method has described in section 5 3 2 Camera Setting gt Auto Recording The last method to record is done by scheduling Schedule recording tasks are described in section 5 3 3 Scheduling The CamView will start to record on time 5 6 Playback When you press the Playback button on the panel as shown in Figure 5 6 a form will appear to show the list of video records and snapshots Figure 5 6 5 6 1 Video List The Video List tab lists video records and displays the information about the specified record for example Camera number recording start time and recording file length When you hit the Play button the Windows Media Player will start to pl
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54. t User Input and system administrator must enter the Date and Time in the respective field manually System administrator must select the time zone for the region Please refer to the appendix for the time zone selection table Please find below NTP server web address for your reference to set the timeserver http www eecis udel edu mills ntp clock1 Atm http www eecis udel edu mills ntp clock2 htm 36 Popup Screen This screen is displayed setting event message while motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled and one of them detected then a message window will be displayed on the screen Pop up Setting Pop up text Alarm pop up text Display mode Administrator All users Motion detection Pop up Screen Pop up Settings Pop up text Input the warming text Display mode Select display mode for your Sensor 1 Enable or disable the display of a text string in the video image Sensor 2 Type the text string that you want to display in the adjacent field Motion detection 37 This screen is displayed when you click the Firmware Upgrade menu on the Status screen Firmware Upgrade Firmware Version 2 0 6 Firmware Upgrade Screen This screen allows you upgrade the Firmware software in your ICA 500 Before using this screen your must download the upgrade file to your PC Then follow this procedure 1 Click the Browse button and locate the upgrade file 2 S
55. the image 41 Split This screen is displayed when you click the Split menu on the ActiveX control The Network Camera provides four setting for Window split it can display different time frame images of the selected Network Camera The time string with green characters is the current displayed image Available Split 1x 1 Default 2x2 3x3 4x4 arm rr OS E a CD all TRR CE CET TET MEE a4 is ai Poca nee ay Inap Fsccoolog Eire Cirmi Peter Ja Weka hissi Ag P mr rF 2 PLANET Rotate amp Quality amp Resolution Rotate An image can be rotated in predefined 180 degree increments Quality Available quality High Default e Low Resolution Available resolution 176x144 320x240 352x288 640x480 Image Recording This screen is displayed when you click the Image Recording menu on the Activex control 42 Image Recording Download Save as AVI po Frames S ave interval ho ooo KBytes i Seconds save Path ats arid Settings Admini 5 Pre Name sf AM Frame Rate j Frames R Aut l HS Save interval Seconds Maximur Number of Frame in Each File ni Save Fath Fre Mame Recoding Screen Save as JPEG Select this option and click Save as JPEG for detailed configurations The pre defined schedule can be set by JPEG Setting Man Trigger Era During the JPGEG file recording a red icon displays on lower ri
56. the name password and access right for each user User ID Username Password Access right Administrator User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 User 5 User 6 User 7 User 8 User 9 User 10 SAVE CANCEL User Setting Screen Operation e When each user connects they will be prompted for their username and password They must enter the name and password defined on the User screen above e The camera system administrator can have full access system modification privileges the user only has viewing privilege Video available from the Internet If your LAN is connected to the Internet typically by a Broadband Gateway Router and Broadband modem you can make the ICA 500 available via the Internet ICA 500 Setup The ICA 500 configuration does NOT have be changed unless e You wish to change the port number from the default value 1024 e You wish to use the DDNS Dynamic DNS feature of the ICA 500 Second HTTP Port Configuration Normally HTTP Web connections use port 80 Since the ICA 500 uses HTTP but port 80 is likely to be used by a Web Server you can use a different port for the ICA 500 This port is called the HTTP Port2 The first port is port 80 The HTTP port2 is disabled in default settings If you prefer to use a different port number than port 80 you can specify the port number on the ICA 500 s Network screen as shown below Network Setting DHCP on OFF IP address 42 1 68 0 Subnet mask Defau
57. urveillance application CPU Pentium 4 1 7G MHz or above Memory Size 512 MB or above VGA card resolution 1024 x 768 or above Note The listed information is minimum system requirements only O Hint Actual requirement will vary depending on the nature of your environment Installation 1 Mount the Camera on the supplied Base and Stand Use 4 screws to fix the ICA 500 onto the ceiling as below You can also put the Network Camera on the table directly ICA 500 Installation 2 Connect the LAN Cable Connect the ICA 500 to a 10 100BaseT hub or switch 3 Connect power adapter Connect the external power supply to the DC power connector attached on the extension cable from the Network Camera Note use the power adapter 12VDC included in the package and connect the other end to wall outlet for AC power RESET MIC 4 Power Up Connect the supplied power adapter to the ICA 500 and power up Use only the power adapter provided Using a different one may cause hardware damage 5 Check the LEDs e When powering on machine the status LED will turn green It means the system is booting up successfully Furthermore if you have a proper network connection and access to the ICA 500 the 10 100M LAN LED will flash orange Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or using the supplied Windows based camera utilities This program can locate the ICA 500 even if its IP address is invalid for your network

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