Internet Camera ICA-500 User’s Manual
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................. 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1 Physical Details .................................................................................................................. 3 Package Contents ........................................................................................
APPENDIX D SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................ 71 Appendix D: Specifications.............................................................................................
1 Chapter 1 Introduction This Chapter 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 ICA500 provides an advanced digital solution of Internet Camera with pan and tilt capability to meet more application demands.
• 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.
Physical Details ICA-500 Rear Panel Rear Panel LAN port Use a standard LAN cable to connect your ICA-500 to a 10/100BaseT hub or switch. Alarm I/O Connector 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.
Package Contents The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately.
Chapter 2 Basic Setup 2 This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-500. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100BaseT hub or switch and network cable is required.
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.
Setup 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. 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.
• Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications • After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web browser.
Chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup 3 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.
Camera setting 3. Make the required adjustments, as explained below, and save your changes. Camera Settings Image Size Select the desired video resolution. The default resolution is set to 320*240. Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧ 640x480 Image Quality Select the desired image quality. The default Image Quality is set to Standard.
L 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.
Making 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: • You wish to change the port number from the default value (1024). • You wish to use the DDNS (Dynamic DNS) feature of the ICA-500. Second HTTP Port Configuration Normally, HTTP (Web) connections use port 80.
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.
L Hint The "Port" for the Port Forwarding / Virtual Server entry above is 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.
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.
4 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 ICA-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 • If you have run the CamView utility, the screen provided a button this button will immediately connect to the ICA-500.
Welcome Screen When you connect, the camera Home screen will be displayed. Camera Home Screen The Home screen can be divided into three areas: • Viewing Area - Images from the ICA-500 • Control Panel Area – ICA-500 Camera Manipulation and image quality control • Advanced Configuration area - only available for administrator. Camera administrator can have full configuration in this menu. These options are explained in the following sections.
Viewing Area This screen is displayed when you log in machine 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.
Control Panel Screen When you connect, the camera control panel screen will be displayed.
Adjustment Image quality 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 Frame rate adjustment directly Adjust video frame rate via giving a number directly. 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Audio On/Off Turn on/off audio output function. Note: The Microphone is located on the rear panel. You need to position the MIC hole face to the audio source to have better audio quality.
Camera Adjust camera parameters and set camera tour Network Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off, DDNS and PPPoE User Setup user name, password and login privilege IP Filter Setup legal IP address of user login (This function should be used with function “User” respectively) System Screen After entering machine Home screen, click on the System menu, you will see a screen like the example below.
Camera Screen This screen is displayed when the Camera menu option is clicked. Note: please adjust carefully to have proper machine configurations. Camera Screen Data - Camera Screen Camera Settings Image Size Display resolution selection, supported resolution in ICA-500: ‧176x144 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 320x240 ‧ 640x480 Please check the available network upload bandwidth and carefully select the proper video resolution.
Saturation, Sharpness, Contrast, Hue Key in respective value for image adjustment. It is not required to adjust this value when the image is vivid. Camera Tour To use the camera tour function, user must preset some camera positions first. Select the “SET Tour” button to enter the Camera Tour setting page. Reset to Default Restore the values of these pages to factory default value. Camera Tour In the Camera Tour page, choose the one tour name.
Network Screen This screen is displayed configure Network setting such as IP address, DHCP, DDNS and PPPoE. Network screen Data - Network Screen Network Settings DHCP Enable or disable DHCP client in ICA-500 IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS This parameter allows users to setup the IP address assigned by ISP. Your ISP should provide all the information requied for Internet access.
DDNS screen DDNS Settings Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function. Username, Password Enter the Username/Password for your DDNS account. Domain Name Enter the host name, which DDNS service provider assigned. HTTP Proxy, Proxy Username, Proxy Password Enter the parameter, which DDNS service provider assigned. 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.
PPPoE screen L Hint 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.
User Screen 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 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 one “IP Filter” user.
Application Setting Parameters in the Basic configuration menu provide machine adjustment; the available configurations are listed below: Icon Menu Link Definition 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 Image Memory Setup CF memory card setting or view the pictures stored in CF memory card.
FTP Client Screen FTP Client Screen FTP Client Settings FTP server name IP address or domain name of the destination FTP server Username, Password Please input the Username/Password for the FTP server Remote path Please input the path to the destination. Image file name Please input the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. Suffix Select the suffix to add to the file name. Sequence No.
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 Screen Network Settings SMTP server name Enter the address of SMTP server used to send the mail. Please ensure the server is using SMTP protocol and able to relay mails for you. Some SMTP server may require authentication.
Image Memory 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 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.
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, then remove CF memory card.
Alarm 1 & 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. Alarm1 Screen Schedule Screen The Schedule can enable motion detection in an arranged period in order to avoid unnecessary images transmitting and catch the desired images.
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 Screen Motion Detection Settings Enable Motion Detection Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA-500 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.
Time Setting Screen This screen is displayed when the Time Setting menu option is clicked. Time Screen Time Settings IP Cam Time Provides settings of adjusting the camera’s time PC Time This is default time value for PC. Set Time Three options of Synchronize with PC's time / User Input / NTP are available for your selection to link with the Time Server.
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 Screen Pop up Settings Pop-up text Input the warming text. Display mode Select display mode for your Enable or disable the display of a text string in the video image. Type the text string that you want to display in the adjacent field.
Firmware upgrade Screen This screen is displayed when you click the Firmware Upgrade menu on the Status screen. 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. Select this file, and click OK. The filename will then appear in the Upgrade File field. 3.
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. L Hint Do not interrupt the upgrading procedure during proceeding; or 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.
Trigger Settings FTP Upload a captured image to server Mail 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.
View This screen is displayed when you click the “View” menu on the ActiveX control. View Settings Resizable Actual size Status Bar Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the “Splits” is supported on this mode. Make the image show as the actual size, the “Splits” function does not work on this mode. A status bar display on the button of the image.
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: ‧1 x 1 (Default) ‧ 2 x 2‧ 3 x 3‧ 4 x 4 Rotate & Quality & Resolution Rotate: An image can be rotated in predefined 180-degree increments. Quality: Available quality : ‧High (Default)‧Low.
Recoding Screen Save as JPEG: Select this option and click “Save as JPEG” for detailed configurations. The predefined schedule can be set by JPEG. During the JPGEG 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 JPEG process.
Save as AVI: Select this option and click “Save as AVI” for detailed configurations. The pre-defined schedule can be set by AVI. 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.
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Chapter 5 Client UTILITY 5 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 the default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software: 5.1. CamView Installation • Run the “setup.exe” to start installation. A welcome message is shown as the following figure, and then hit the Next button to continue.
• Decide which directory to install the software.
• Decide the program group name. By default, just hit the Next button to continue. • Decide whether to create a desktop icon of the program. Then press Next.
• Ready to install. By default, just hit the Install button to start installation. • Installing, wait for a moment.
• Installation complete. CamView software can be launched after pressing Finish. HOW TO USE After successfully installing the utility, this icon desktop. Double click it to launch the program. will be added to the 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.
5.2. CamView User Interface 1 2 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 11 9 10 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 Here are the buttons for playback, record / stop record and snapshot.
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.
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.
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. z Max Number of Events: Set the number of lines which you want to show in the alert message window. z Continuous Recording: IF free space is not enough, CamView will delete the oldest recording file and keep recording.
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.
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 setting: • Hour: Set the hour of time in 24- hour clock format. * stands for all hours. • Minute: Set the minute of time. * stands for all minutes.
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. 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 presses DVR button, the CamView will switch to DVR application.
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. Figure 5.4 5.5. Recording 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.
The second way to record automatically, the method has described in section 5.3.2 Camera SettingÆ 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.
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. 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.
Figure 5.6.3-1 The Calendar Form Note: The pink color indicates the motion recording event. 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.
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. Figure 5.10 5.8.1.
As shown in Figure 5.10-1 and Figure 5.10-2, with the map image in layout, you can drag the camera icons into proper positions to deploy your cameras. The following describes layout entries: • Name: Define a name for this layout. • Position: Describe the layout position. Figure 5.
Figure 5.10-2 Layout example 2 • 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. Figure 5.10-3.
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.
Appendix B Troubleshooting Appendix B Troubleshooting 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.
Q: Forgot the IP address of the Network Camera. A: Check IP address of Network Camera by using the IP Finder (ipeditv3) program. Q: IP Finder program (ipeditv3) cannot find ICA-500 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 ICA500. • 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.
• If 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. When 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.
• Blurred images 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. • 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.
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.
Appendix D Specifications Appendix D: Specifications Model Hardware Sensor Iris control Gain control White balance Focus Minimum Illumination PAN (Horizontal Rotation) Tilt (Vertical Rotation) Network ICA-500 1/3” CCD sensor Video-drive iris control High/Low switchable Indoor, auto mode (color temperature: 2500K~9000K) Fixed, lens length=3.6mm, manually fine tune 0.2LUX@F2.
