ConnectSky™600W Wireless N MPEG4 Network Camera Model # AIC600W User’s Manual Ver 1.
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera ................................................................. 4 1.1 Package Contents..................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Basic Introduction ................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Product Highlights................................................................................................... 6 1.
.1 Software Installation.............................................................................................. 49 3.2 Using ConnectSky™ Viewer ................................................................................. 51 3.3 Configuring ConnectSky™ Viewer........................................................................ 54 3.3.1 Configure Cameras ..................................................................................... 54 3.3.2 General Settings..............................
Chapter 1: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera 1.1 Package Contents Before you start to use this network camera, please check the package contents. If anything is missing, please contact the dealer of purchase and return the package to claim for missing contents.
1.2 Basic Introduction Thank you for purchasing ConnectSky™600W Wireless MPEG4 Network Camera! This network camera AIC600W is an ideal product for all kinds of video-surveillance purposes, like home/office safety, kid/pet monitoring, and remote video acquire etc. Unlink conventional close-circuit vide camera, you’re not limited to the length of cable! Once this camera is connected to Internet, you can receive video from anywhere in the world where Internet access is available.
1.3 Product Highlights • No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet Explorer 6 (and above, with plugin installed). • Supports VGA (640 x 480), QVGA (320 x 240), and QQVGA (160 x 120) video resolution. • • Supports two video compression format (MJPEG and MPEG4). Wired and wireless network (802.11b / 802.11g / 802.11n) support. • Wireless data encryption (WEP / WPA). • WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), the easiest way to setup a secure wireless connection.
1.4 Familiar with Key Components Front Panel LEDs LED Power / WPS Link Color Light Status Description On The device is powered on. Off The device is powered off. Blue Green Slow Blinking Camera is booting Quick Blinking Camera is waiting for WPS connection On Camera is connected to network. Off Camera is not connected to network. Flashing Camera is logged in by user.
Back Panel Item Name Description Antenna 2.4GHz Wireless Network Antenna Tripod Connector Connects to any standard tripod / camera wall holder. Reset / WPS Press and release this button to activate WPS mode; press and hold this button for 10 seconds to go back to factory default. LAN Connects to LAN by Ethernet cable. Power Power connector, connects to A/C power adapter.
1.5 Camera Installation Please follow the following instructions to set up your IP camera. Step 1 Connect the power adapter to the Internet Camera and plug the power adapter to power outlet. When the camera is ready, the Power LED will be lit. Step 2A If your router has a built in Easy Setup Button (WPS button), you can easily build the wireless connection between your router and the camera. If your router doesn’t have a built-in WPS button, please go to Step 2B.
Step 2B Connect the Internet Camera to your network by attached the network cable from the switch/router to the LAN port of the Internet Camera. Step 3 Insert the provided CD into your computer’s CD ROM drive. The “autorun.exe” program should be executed automatically. If not, run “autorun.exe” manually in the CD. Step 4 Click Install ConnectSky™ Setup Wizard.
Step 5 Follow the on screen instructions to install the Setup Wizard. Step 6 After the installation finished, the ConnectSky™ Setup Wizard will launch up. If not, double click on the icon on your desktop: Step 7 Click on Search Camera to show the camera(s) connected to your network. If you do not see any camera in the list, try Step 2 again.
Step 8 Select the camera you wish to view/configure and click Browse Camera via Web. Note: By default, AIC600W uses dynamic IP address. If there is no DHCP server in your network or you prefer to use static IP address, you may click Configure Camera to change the IP settings. Step 9 Enter ‘admin’ for both user name and password.
Step 10 Click on Install to install the plug-in for the camera. Step 11 Click on the white box to install ActiveX control in order to view the camera image. Step 12 You should now be able to view the image.
Note: If you did Step 2A, your camera has connected to you wireless network already, and you do not need any further configuration to start using your camera. If you did Step 2B, please continue the following steps to configure the wireless settings. Step 13 Click on WLAN on the top menu bar to enter the Wireless LAN page. Step 14 Follow the steps below: 1) Select the wireless network you wish to connect to 2) enter the wireless Key below if your wireless network is encrypted 3) click Apply.
Chapter 2: Using Web Management Interface 2.1 Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is ‘Camera’, and this is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera. You can always back to this menu by clicking ‘Camera’ on the top of web management interface.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Format Specifies video encoding format. You can choose MPEG4 or MJPEG (Motion-JPEG). MPEG4 mode also supports motion detection (see chapter 2.2.1). Snapshot Take a snapshot picture and save the picture to your computer’s hard drive. Click on directory display and you’ll be prompted to select a folder to save snapshot file. Record Start video recording and save recorded video clip to your computer’s hard drive.
2.1.1 About This function will provide you with the version number of current IP camera plugin, which is useful when you need online support. To see version information, right-click on the image.
2.2 LAN Settings All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE, Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function. You can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface. 2.2.1 IP Address You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Network Type This camera can obtain the IP address from DHCP server automatically (i.e. Router), or set a fixed IP address. Select ‘DHCP’ to obtain IP address automatically or ‘Static IP Address’ to assign this IP camera with a fixed IP address. ‘DHCP’ is enabled by default, so it is suggested to run the ConnectSky™ Wizard to locate the camera and then assign a fixed IP address to it.
2.2.2 RTSP RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) allows you to view live video captured by IP camera. You can set RTSP related settings here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Enable RTSP Select ‘Enable’ to activate RTSP function of this IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it. RTSP Port Input the port number which RTSP will use. Default setting is 554. RTSP Path Input the path of RTSP stream. ** RTP Port Range Input the port range of RTP.
2.2.3 Dynamic DNS If your ISP does not give you a fixed Internet IP address (i.e. the Internet address you’re using when you access the Internet is not always the same – ask your ISP for detailed information), you can use this function to help you locate the IP address of this IP camera when you’re away from home or office. Before you can use this function, you’ll need to apply for an account at dyndns.org (http://www.dyndns.org). Detailed instructions of how to apply a new account can be found on dyndns.
2.2.4 UPnP When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network devices will be able to discover this IP camera automatically (only those in the same local network). This function is useful and you don’t have to remember the IP address of this IP camera.
Click the message to open ‘My Network Places’, and you’ll see the IP camera: You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’s web management interface directly.
2.2.5 LoginFree You can specify a filename here, and everyone who know this filename can gain access to the picture captured by the IP camera with this name with .jpg file extension. For example, if the filename you specified here is ‘loginfree’ and your IP camera’s IP address is ‘192.168.2.240’, then everyone on the network can access to the picture taken by the IP camera at ‘http://192.168.2.240/loginfree.jpg’.
2.3 WLAN If you wish to use wireless network instead of wired network connection, you have to set wireless LAN parameters here. You can access this menu by clicking ‘WLAN’ on the top of web management interface.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Self PinCode A random 8-digit code will be displayed here. If the wireless AP you wish to connect supports PINCODE, please input this code to the AP you wish to connect. This code changes every time you enter this page. Configure via Push Button If the wireless AP you wish to connect supports push button WPS configuration, click ‘Start PBC’ and press the WPS button on the wireless AP to start pairing.
Connect: You can select the wireless access point you wish to connect here.** SSID: the SSID of all found wireless access points will be shown here. Some wireless access point may hide their SSID, in this case, you have to identify them by their MAC address. MAC Address: If you there are many wireless access points in proximity or some wireless access point hides it’s SSID, you can use MAC address to distinguish them. Signal: Shows the radio signal strength in percent.
1Mbps to 54Mbps. Maximum transfer rate for 802.11b wireless network is 11Mbps, and maximum transfer rate for 802.11g wireless network is 54Mbps. It’s recommended to select ‘Auto’, so the data transfer rate will vary (up to 150Mbps) according to the actual signal strength and quality. Authentication Select the wireless authentication here, and this setting must be the same with the wireless access point you selected.
If the key length is 64-bit, you should input 10 HEX characters or 5 ASCII characters, like 112233aabb (HEX) or MYWEP (ASCII). If the key length is 128-bit, you should input 26 HEX characters or 13 ASCII characters, like 11223344556677889900abcdef (HEX) or myweppassword (ASCII). WEP Key Format Select the Key Format of WEP key here. Available options are ‘HEX’ and ‘ASCII’.
2.4 Video You can specify the video and audio parameters of this IP camera here.
2.4.1 Dual Mode This IP camera supports two video encoding formats: MPEG4 and MJPEG. You can select the encoding format from one of them. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Default Video Format Specify default video encoding format of this IP camera here. Available options are MPEG4 and MJPEG. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
2.4.2 MPEG4 If you selected ‘MPEG4’ as the video encoding format of this IP camera, you can specify the parameters of MPEG4 video encoder here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Specify video resolution of MPEG4 video encoder. Available options are VGA, QVGA and QQVGA resolution. VGA resolution provides more details than QVGA/QQVGA, but requires more network bandwidth. Video Quality Specify video quality.
2.4.3 MJPEG If you selected ‘MJPEG’ as the video encoding format of this IP camera, you can specify the parameters of MPEG4 video encoder here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Video Resolution Specify video resolution of MJPEG video encoder. Available options are VGA, QVGA, and QQVGA resolution. VGA resolution provides more details than QVGA and QQVGA, but requires more network bandwidth.
2.5 Email & FTP This IP camera is capable to send an Email or perform FTP upload with captured image, when a motion is detected. This is very convenient since IP camera will guard the environment automatically for you, and you don’t have to look at the monitor all the time. You can access this menu by clicking ‘E-Mail & FTP’ on the top of web management interface. The instructions of Email and FTP settings will be given below. 2.5.
SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server (the server that delivers the Email for you) here. If you don’t know, please refer to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email software (i.e. Microsoft Outlook), or ask your network administrator or ISP. SMTP Port Input mail server’s SMTP port here. Most of mail servers use port number 25.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description FTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the FTP server you wish to use here. FTP Port Input the port number of the FTP server you wish to use here. User Name Input the user name of the FTP server you wish to use here. Password Input the password of the FTP server you wish to use here. Remote Folder Input the remote folder name on the FTP server here.
2.6 Motion Detection 2.6.1 Basic Settings Motion detection function makes this IP camera become your non-stop guard. You don’t have to waste time monitoring the images from the camera, yet it will detect all motions for you. Once motion is detected, a captured image will be sent to you by Email or via FTP. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Motion Detection’ on the top of web management interface.
server. Send snapshot file to Email Select ‘Yes’ to send a picture to the Email address you specified in ‘E-Mail & FTP’ menu when a motion is detection, and select ‘No’ to disable this function. E-Mail Subject Set the subject of Email being sent here. This will help you to distinguish the Email sent by this IP camera from others.
Motion detection region settings can be found at the bottom of this page: The descriptions of every setting in motion detection menu will be given below: Item Description Region1 / Region2 / Region3 Check the box to enable / disable a certain motion detection area. Sensitivity Control the detection sensitivity of motion detection of respective motion detection region.
2.7 Schedule Snapshot This menu allows you to schedule taking snapshots, upload them to FTP and/or send to your email address. You can access this menu by clicking ‘System’ on the top of web management interface. Item Description Enable FTP Schedule Select ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’ to enable or disable FTP uploading schedule. Time Interval You can specify the desired time interval for FTP uploading. File Control Upload files with filename composed of date / time Overwrite file with the same file.
2.8 System The system menu allows you to set some system-specific parameters, like password and time setting. You can also upgrade the firmware of this IP camera, to make new functions available on this IP camera. You may also clear all settings or reboot the IP camera here. You can access this menu by clicking ‘System’ on the top of web management interface. 2.8.1 Camera Information Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator’s password of this camera.
Password Please specify the administrator’s password here. (The one you need when you log onto web management interface and use ‘admin’ as user name. Confirm Password Please input the same password again, to make sure there’s no typo. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. 2.8.2 Date / Time Setting This setting allows you to change the date and time of the real time clock in this IP camera.
NTP Server Please input the IP address or host name of NTP server here. You can use default value ‘pool.ntp.org’, or ask your ISP for the IP address or host name, if they have one. Enable Daylight Saving Time Select ‘Yes’ if your area of residence uses daylight saving; if not, select ‘No’. Synchronize to PC time Click this button and the IP camera will use the current time setting of your computer as IP camera’s time setting. Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect. 2.8.
also. You’ll need to change the IP address setting of your computer if the IP address of your computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to connect to this IP camera again. Reboot Device If you found the IP camera is responding slowly or behaves strange, you can click this button to try to reboot the IP camera, this may help.
2.9 Status This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time, and network information. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Status’ on the top of web management interface.
2.10 Account If you wish to allow other people to view the image captured by this camera, but don’t want to allow them to modify system settings, you can give them user-level user name and password, so they can only view the image and can not change any system setting. When they want to click menus other than ‘Camera’, they will see the following message informing that they don’t have permission to do that: This IP camera supports up to 4 users.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Item Description Login Specify the user name here. Please use alphanumerical characters (0 to 9, A to Z, and a to z). Not using symbols and space. Password Specify the password for this user here. Confirm Password Specify the password for this user here again. Authority Select ‘Operator’ or ‘Guest’ to grant authority to different users.
2.11 Log All activities of this IP camera will be logged, and you and enter ‘Log’ menu to view these logs. You can access this menu by clicking ‘Log’ on the top of web management interface. Click ‘Refresh’ to get latest update.
Chapter 3: ConnectSky™ Viewer 3.1 Software Installation The ConnectSky™ Viewer provides various functions like video recording, after this software is installed, you can use your IP camera to safeguard your property. Please follow the instructions below to install the software. Step 1 Insert the provided CD into your computer’s CD ROM drive. The “autorun.exe” program should be executed automatically. If not, run “autorun.exe” manually in the CD. Step 2 Click Install ConnectSky™ Viewer.
Step 3 Click ‘Next’ to continue. Please follow the on screen instructions to finish the installation. Step 4 Please click ‘Finish’ to finish the procedure (ConnectSky™ Viewer will start after you click ‘Finish’ button, if you want to start it later, uncheck ‘Launch IPCam Surveillance Software’ box).
3.2 Using ConnectSky™ Viewer You can click ‘ConnectSky™ Viewer’ icon from desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the ConnectSky™ Viewer. Before you start: ConnectSky™ Viewer will only work when your monitor’s resolution is ‘1024 x 768’. Please change the resolution before you use this software, or it won’t be able to start.
You can put the mouse cursor on a certain component and see its button name, and here’re detailed descriptions of all buttons: Item Description Video displaying The image of all connected cameras will be displayed here. area Language Select a language from this dropdown menu to change display language. Display layout Change camera image display layout (Click a layout icon to change camera display layout). There are 8 kinds of available display layouts.
(stop surveillance) Minimize window Minimizes ConnectSky™ Viewer window. Video displaying area Displays the image of all cameras by the display layout you selected.
3.3 Configuring ConnectSky™ Viewer 3.3.1 Configure Cameras Before you use this ConnectSky™ Viewer, you must configure the camera(s) you and a popup menu will wish to connect. Please click ‘System configure’ button appear. Please select ‘Configure Cameras’ to configure cameras: Note: If you’re prompted by a windows security alert which asks you if you want to block ‘IPCamViewer’ program, please click ‘Unblock’ button, of IP camera surveillance software will not be able to function correctly.
3.3.1.1 ‘Camera’ tab In this tab you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to 16 cameras can be connected simultaneously: 1 2 3 4 To add a camera into monitor list, 1) Select a Channel 2) Click a Camera from the Camera Search list 3) Click Select Repeat Step 1 to 3 if you have more than one cameras to add.
‘Camera Search’ box. Select Select a camera listed in ‘Camera Search’ box, and click ‘Select’ button to fill all parameters of selected camera in every camera configuration fields. Refresh Rescan all cameras on your local network. If you didn’t see the camera you expected in ‘Camera Search’ box, or new cameras has been joined to your local network after last scan. Name* Input the name of camera here.
3-3-1-2 Schedule Recording In this tab, you can setup scheduled video recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras you have by a pre-defined schedule. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. One Time Schedules You can specify the one-time schedule for selected camera; this schedule will be executed once only.
Please specify the time duration of this one-time schedule (the date and time of ‘From’ and ‘To’), then click ‘OK’ to save settings. Please note you must set a schedule that will be happened in the future, you can not set a schedule in the past. Edit You can modify a scheduled recording item. Select a schedule in ‘One Time Schedules’ list, and click ‘Edit’ button to edit the start and end time of this schedule. Delete Delete a selected schedule item.
Click ‘OK’ to save changes. Edit You can modify a scheduled recording item. Select a schedule in ‘One Time Schedules’ list, and click ‘Edit’ button to edit the start and end time of this schedule. Delete Delete a selected schedule item. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab. 3.3.1.3 Audio AIC600W does not support audio recording funtion.
3.3.1.4 Motion Record With this function activated, only motions captured by the camera will be recorded, so you will not waste extra hard disk space on storing images you don’t need to pay attention to. WARNING: For applications that security is highly concerned, it’s not recommended to use this function since some tiny changes you may need to know may not be able to trigger the camera and the camera will not start recording.
Invoke alarm Send an alarm when a motion has been detected by the when motion is camera. triggered Send mail when motion is Send an email to a pre-defined address when a motion has been detected by the camera. triggered Motion Detection You can configure certain area you wish to monitor once any Config motion happened. Please see ‘2.6 Motion Detection’ for instructions. Click ‘Save’ to apply the settings you configured. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab.
3.3.2 General Settings You can set system-wide settings of this ConnectSky™ Viewer in this menu. 3.3.2.1 General All general settings like file storage directory and recording spaces can be set here. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Data Directory Set the directory (folder) you wish to store the recorded video and captured image. You can click ‘Browse’ button to pick a directory in your hard disk. Free Recording Space Displays remaining storage space.
Scan Time Define the time period to pause between every camera switch when you activate ‘Scan’ function. Cycle Recording You can decide the behavior when hard disk space is full: Disable: Do not overwrite recorded video files. Enable: Overwrite recorded video files. OK Save settings in this tab. Cancel Discard all settings in this tab. 3.3.2.
Address New Click this button and you’ll be prompted to input the email address. Click ‘OK’ to save changes. Edit Select an email address from ‘Recipient E-Mail Address’ box, and click ‘Edit’ to edit the email address. Delete Delete selected email address. Sender E-Mail Specify the email address of email sender. Address SMTP Server Specify the IP address or host name of the SMTP server you wish to use.
3.3.2.3 Security To prevent other people accessing ConnectSky™ Viewer, you can set a password to protect it. You’ll need to input the password every time you open ConnectSky™ Viewer Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Enable Requires password authentication when this software starts. Disable Password authentication is not required when this software starts. Password Input the password you wish to use here. Confirm Password Input the password you wish to use here again.
3.3.2.4 About This tab shows the version number of the ConnectSky™ Viewer you’re using.
3.4 Change Display Layout This ConnectSky™ Viewer provides 8 kinds of display layout: Every layout displays different number of camera and camera arrangement, you can click the icon that presents a specific kind of layout, and the video displaying area will change accordingly. Layout style 1: 1 Camera only Displays the video of 1 camera only. Layout style 2: 4 Cameras Displays the video of up to 4 cameras.
Layout style 3: 6 Cameras Displays the video of up to 6 cameras. Layout style 4: 8 Cameras Displays the video of up to 8 cameras. Layout style 5: 9 Cameras Displays the video of up to 9 cameras. Layout style 6: 10 Cameras Displays the video of up to 10 cameras.
Layout style 7: 13 Displays the video of up to 13 cameras. Cameras Layout style 8: 16 Displays the video of up to 16 cameras.
3.5 Full-screen mode If you want to use all available spaces on your monitor to display surveillance image, you can click ‘Full Screen’ button to switch display mode to full-screen mode. To exit full-screen mode, press ‘ESC’ key.
3.6 Scan If you have more than one camera configured, and you wish to switch the displaying image between cameras, you can click ‘Scan’ button to switch between all configured cameras. NOTE: If a camera is configured but disconnected, it will still be displayed in a scan sequence (you’ll see nothing and you’ll see ‘Disconnected’ text displayed at the upper-left corner of display image).
3.7 Snapshot You can take a snapshot of selected camera and save it to ‘Snapshot’ sub-folder of pre-defined data directory. Click snapshot button once to take a snapshot; you can take as much snapshot as you want before hard disk is full.
3.8 Recording You can start video recording of selected camera manually by clicking ‘Start Recording’ button: When recording starts, you’ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 Start Manual’, which means camera 1 starts recording manually on 1/1 at 10:00:00. To stop recording, click ‘Start Recording’ button again, and you’ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 Stop Manual’.
3.9 Video Playback You can playback all recorded video by clicking this button. A new window will appear: You have to search the video file before you can play it. There are two kinds of video search: Time Search (search all videos file that falls in a specific period of time) and Motion Search (search all videos recorded by motion detection function and falls in a specific period of time).
Chapter 4: Appendix 4.1 Specification Camera/Image: Dual Mode: MPEG4 and Motion-JPEG Image Video Multiple Profile: Output M-JPEG and MPEG4 in the same time Multi-Area motion detection.
Communication Wireless: IEEE802.
4.2 Troubleshooting If the IP camera is not working properly, before you contact the dealer of purchase for help, please check the troubleshooting list here, this may help you to solve the problem by yourself and therefore saves your valuable time. Scenario Possible Solution I can not connect to a. Please confirm the IP address setting of the IP camera computer you’re using. If they’re not in the same subnet, they will not be able to communicate with each other. b.
c. If you’re connecting this camera from Internet, it could be caused by a slow Internet connection, and it’s not a problem caused by camera. However, when the network connection is slow, you should use lower frame rate / resolution. d. Adjust the antenna if you’re using wireless connection. The antenna should be perpendicular to the ground to get best reception, and the distance between IP camera and computer / wireless access point should not be too far. e.
nothing is received b. Please make sure you have enough permission for FTP uploading (You can try this by clicking ‘Upload a test file’ button). c. Make sure the user name and / or password of SMTP server is correct, if your SMTP server requires authentication (You can try this by click ‘Send a test Email’ button). d. Please check log, if FTP upload or Email sending is failed, it will be logged, and this may give you some clue on how to solve the problem. e.
Technical Support E-mail: support@airlink101.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Website: www.airlink101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE standard 802.11 specifications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, mix of wireless products used, radio frequency interference (e.g.
