Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Network Camera Setup Manual for the RavenShoeSecurity.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Notice Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process without the prior written permission of the publisher. This document is authorized solely for 1) the use of RavenShoeSecurity.com customers or 2) review by potential customers.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 Preparation ........................................................................................................................ 6 Admin Login Credentials ............................................................................
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Introduction The Y-cam SD family of network cameras (models YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03) are capable of sending motion activated pictures over the Internet to RavenShoeSecurity.com while at the same time recording video clips with sound to a built in DVR (Digital Video Recorder).
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) interface is required between the camera and the subject device for safety reasons as well as avoiding the frying of the camera’s internal circuitry. The DI is a pair of contacts that when closed cause the camera to send a picture to RavemShoeSecurity.com as well as record a video clip to the micro SD.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Preparation In order to set up the camera to operate with RavenShoeSecurity.com you will need the following items: Admin Login Credentials Internet Connection Access to the Camera’s Internal Website Optional WiFi Network Name (SSID) and key RavenShoeSecurity.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) If you are planning to use WiFi you will need to physically connect the camera to the router during the initial setup operation to access the camera’s internal website. Using a PoE (Power Over Ethernet) injector the Ethernet cable can also provide power, making for a single wire installation.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Access to Camera’s Internal Website During the setup you will need to connect a computer browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (Mac)) to the internal admin website of your camera. While each camera has a full blown computer inside, there is no keyboard, mouse, or screen.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) The software will analyze your LAN and report the all the Y-cam network cameras found as shown in the example below: If you do not have any Y-cams connected to your LAN then the Y-cam Setup Software should show that as well. The Name and Location columns above are assigned an arbitrary value by the user during setup in the Tools section.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Network Places If you are a PC user you may get lucky with Network Places (Windows 7) or My Network Places (Windows XP). If you have a compatible router and favourable planetary alignments then if this feature (known as uPNP) is working it will list all your network cameras (regardless of the manufacturer) and link to them when double clicked.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Camera Setup Procedure Step 1: Initial Power Up To start the camera setup process, first install the micro SD chip as described in the associated user manual for the given camera if you want to use the built-in DVR (Digital Video Recorder) function. Next connect the camera to the router using the supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Step 2: Access the Camera’s Admin Functions Use the IP Address of the subject camera as a URL any device on the same LAN as the camera. If you do not know the camera’s IP Address then use Network Places (Windows only) or the Y-cam Setup Software (PC or Mac) to discover the IP addresses of all the Y-cam cameras on your LAN. The home page for the camera looks like the following.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Click on the Settings link to be prompted for the admin User Name and Password: For a new camera out of the box or one that has been “hard reset” the User Name is “admin” and the Password is “1234”.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Step 3: Camera Section Click on the Camera menu. Click on the Stream Setup submenu. The Primary Stream will be used to send pictures to your RavenShoeSecurity.com account. Under Primary stream set the Image size to 640x480, Frame rate to 30, MPEG4 bit rate to 2048, MJPEG quality to 90, Snapshot quality to 90, Audio to Enable, and RTSP authentication to Enable.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Step 4: Network Section Click on the Network menu option and then the UPNP Setup option to see the following page: Set UPNP to Enable, Gateway HTTP/RTSP port forwarding to Enable, External HTTP/RTSP port range to 8150 – 8350, Gateway RTP port forwarding to Enable. Click on the Apply button to save.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Optional WiFi If you are not using WiFi to connect the camera to the Internet then skip ahead to the Alarm section.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Click on the Search button to see the available WiFi networks: We have observed that sometimes the Y-cam displays the SSID (aka WiFi Network Name) in hexadecimal as shown above. In that case just pick any network and click the Apply button. Then edit the SSID, Security mode, and Encryption type manually.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Step 5: Alarm Section Motion Detection Click on the Alarm menu option and then click on the Motion Detection sub-menu. You should see a page similar to the following: There are 4 separate rectangular motion windows, each with a Threshold and Sensitivity setting. Click the check boxes in the right margin to toggle between enabling/disabling a given motion window.
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Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Copy and Paste the FTP server name (ftp host), User Name (ftp UserID), and Password (ftp Password) from the Settings section of your RavenShoeSecurity.com home page.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Set FTP server port to 21, Anonymous to No, Passive Mode to On, and Keep Alive to 3600. Click on the Apply button to return to the Alarm Management page: Set Trigger Time to 1, Trigger FPS to 2, Remote path to /, and Snapshot from Primary stream. Set the Image file name to the name you want displayed for this camera on your RavenShoeSecurity.com home page.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Optional Periodic Sending When the camera does not detect motion it does not send any pictures. As a result when you check you RavenShoeSecurity.com account you may wonder if there really is no activity or if there is a malfunction such as an Internet outage. To verify that the camera and everything between it and your RavenShoeSecurity.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) To activate periodic sending click on the Periodic Sending sub-menu and then click on the Enable FTP periodic sending radio button to see the following page: Set H to 1, M to 0, S to 0, and mS to 0. Set the FTP Server ID to 1. Remote path to / and Snapshot from to Primary Stream. Use the exact same value for Image file name as was used on the Alarm Management page.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Step 6: Optional Storage Section The Y-cam has a built in DVR (Digital Video Recorder) that will capture video clips with sound (from a built in microphone) and write them to a micro SD. For every picture sent to RavenShoeSecurity.com a corresponding video clip is recorded on the micro SD. When the SD chip fills up the older video clips are deleted to make room for the new.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Storage Setup Install the micro SD chip as per the user manual for your model of camera. Click on the Storage menu and then click on the Storage Setup sub-menu option. Click on the Enable radio button. Click the SD card radio button. Click on the Apply button to save these settings.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Record on Alarm Click on the Record on Alarm menu option to see the following page: Click on the Arm radio button. Click on the Enable radio button. Record time specifies the length of the video clip. 10 is a good starting value for this parameter, but feel free to adjust to better suit your circumstances. Set Record from to Secondary Stream.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) clips will be 10 seconds each. The last clip will be 4 seconds. 10 is a good starting value for this parameter. Click on the Always radio button. Click on Apply to save these changes.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Date & Time Click the Tools menu option. Then click the Date & Time sub-menu option to see the following page: In the Select to change the time zone for the device location: list box pick the time zone that is appropriate for where the camera is installed. Check the Daylight saving time checkbox if the camera location is north enough for this to apply.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Format SD Card Click on the Storage menu option and then click Format SD Card sub-menu to see the following page: This page displays stats about the micro SD card. Click on the Format button if you wish to erase all the video clips. You will be asked to confirm: It is good practice to format new micro SD chips as a means of testing them out.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Browsing Video Clips To view the video clips on your PC your may need to install Apple Quicktime or VLC beforehand. You can download these programs for free at these sites: Apple Quicktime VLC Media Player http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Login to the camera’s internal website and click on the Storage menu option.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Double click any file listed to view it in your PC or Mac. You can check the box beside any video and scroll down to the bottom and click the Delete button to remove one or more video clips. The check box beside the File Name title will set the check box on all the video clips.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Glossary DI – Digital Input: A pair of contacts that close to signal an event such as a door switch or PIR sensor. When the DI is closed the camera starts recording. DO – Digital Output: A pair of contacts that is closed by the camera when motion is detected. DVR – Digital Video Recorder: Device that records video (and optionally sound) from one or more network cameras.
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) VA – Volt Amps: A measure of UPS capacity. WAN – Wide Area Network. A network that interconnects LANs. Generally known as the Internet. WEP/WPA/WPA2 – Encryption methods used for WiFi. WiFi – Wireless IP protocol used in homes and businesses WPS – Wireless Protected Setup: A feature where a button is pressed on the WiFi router and a new WiFi device at the same time.
