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  • Page 1 LevelOne FCS-3000 Day/Night IP Dome Network Camera User’s Manual Ver:1.00-0509...

  • Page 2: Before You Use This Product

    Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited in your country by law. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use.

  • Page 3: Package Contents

    Package Contents FCS-3000 Software CD Quick installation guide Power adapter Screw Pack...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ............................. 3 ACKAGE ONTENTS ............................... 3 NSTALLATION Hardware Installation ........................... 3 Initial Access to the Network Camera......................12 Installing Plug-in............................12 Check Network Settings..........................12 Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access ..................13 ..............................14 OW TO Authentication .............................
  • Page 5 Motion Detection ............................46 Application Setup ............................47 Weekly Schedule............................47 Event Operation ............................47 Sequential Operation........................... 48 Naming rule of snapshot file........................49 Viewing System Log ............................ 51 Viewing System Parameters ........................51 Factory Default............................51 ..............................52 PPENDIX A.

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Installation Hardware Installation Please verify that your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents. Depending on the user’s application, an Ethernet cable may be needed. The Ethernet cable should meet the specs of UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length.

  • Page 7: Mount The Camera

    Consult with the dealer of the peripherals for correct installation. SW_NOPEN OUTPUT (Max. 1A, 24VDC or 0.5A, 125VAC) SW_COMMON OUTPUT (open from SW_OPEN at initial state) (close with SW_OPEN when set DO to ON) INPUT (Max. 50mA, 12VDC) INPUT (Initial state of DI is low) Mount the Camera 1.
  • Page 8 2. Fix the camera to the wall/ceiling with four supplied screws 3. Make connections...
  • Page 9 4. Use the pan/tilt mechanism to set the camera to a proper position 5. Attach the dome cover back to the camera...
  • Page 10 Waterproof Process To completely avoid the camera from water sock, apply waterproof process if necessary. 1. Utilize silicone clay or similar waterproof material applied to the screws, screw holes and other necessary portions. 2. Tape the junction points of the connecters on the cable.
  • Page 11 Software Installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. At the end of the hardware installation, the Administrator must place the product software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in MS Windows.
  • Page 12 Upon Installation Wizard’s start up, a searching box will pop up. This program searches for LevelOne’s product on the same LAN: After searching, LevelOne Video Servers or Network Cameras will be located by the Installation Wizard. There may be several...
  • Page 13 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.98. After an IP address is assigned to the camera, the “Activity” status LED blinks. The LevelOne’s new UPnP function will always assign an IP address for the Network Camera. The Administrator can click on button “Link to selected device” to connect the I.E.
  • Page 14 For more detailed usage of the Installation Wizard, please refer to the user’s manual of the Installation Wizard.

  • Page 15: Initial Access To The Network Camera

    Initial Access to the Network Camera Installing Plug-in For the initial access to the LevelOne FCS-3000 Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera after a period of time of downloading. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook.

  • Page 16: Add Password To Prevent Unauthorized Access

    Administrator to run installation every time it reboots. If the network settings are to remain unchanged, disable the Install option. Refer to “Network settings” on the System Configuration page for details. If any setting is entered incorrectly and cannot proceed to setting up the Network Camera, restore the factory settings following the steps in the “Troubleshooting”...

  • Page 17: How To Use

    How to Use Authentication After opening the web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails.

  • Page 18: Primary User's Capabilities

    Primary User’s Capabilities Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has two parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees.

  • Page 19: The Configuration

    The Configuration: “Digital Output” Clicking on the “On” or “Off” button turns the digital output to either on or off status. “Snapshot” Clicking on the “Snapshot” can get a JPEG format image of the current camera view in another window. “Client Settings”...

  • Page 20: Client Settings

    Client Settings There are four settings for the client side. Media Options - For the User to determine whether to receive video, audio or both. Protocol Options – Which allows choosing on connection protocol between client and server. There are two protocol choices to optimize your usage – UDP and HTTP. The UDP protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams.
  • Page 21 Talk Button Control Style – For the User to determine whether to “click once and talk” or “push to talk”.

  • Page 22: Administrator's Capabilities

    Administrator’s Capabilities Fine-tuning for Best Performance There are a few choices the Administrator is allowed to maximize the capabilities of the Network Camera. Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible.

  • Page 23: Only Quality Images Will Do

    fps in a 50Hz system and 30 fps in a 60Hz system. If your network bandwidth is more than 384Kbps, you can fix the bit rate according to your bandwidth and set the maximum frame rate to 25 fps or 30 fps. If you are shooting fast-moving images, you may want to slow the maximum frame rate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data transmission.
  • Page 24 it requires higher bandwidth to view smooth video. General speaking, each normal sized JPEG image would be 3k~12k bytes, depending on the selected video quality and contents. Together with the frame rate selected, the administrator can control the bandwidth of each connection.

  • Page 25: Opening Accounts For New Users

    Opening Accounts for New Users Protect Network Camera by Passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is intended to be accessed by others.

  • Page 26: Build A Multimedia Web Attraction Site

    without password and disable all the privileges. Share the account to your friends to access your camera. Build a Multimedia Web Attraction Site Demo on Multiple Sites – Mid-scale Service The Network Camera can allow ten visitors on-line simultaneously. After Installation, focus the Network Camera on any object you wish to share, and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address.
  • Page 27 1. Click on “Configuration” on the homepage, 2. Click on “Mail & FTP” in the left column, 3. Fill in the FTP related settings including server, server port, user name and password, as well as the upload path if it is specified by the web space, 4.

  • Page 28: If The Web Space Has No Ftp Service

    8. Unselect “FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix” as the upload method and click on “Save”, 9. The image file uploaded to the web space is named “video.jpg”. Check if the file is successfully uploaded to the correct folder, 10.
  • Page 29 Example of an auto-refresh web page: <html> <head> <title>Example - auto refresh</title> </head> <body> <p align=left> <font size="7" face="Comic Sans MS" color="#FF0000"> MiniAVServer Demo </font> </p> <p align=left> <!-- Begin of scripts to auto refresh the image. Change the IP address in the image URL and refreshrate if necessary.

  • Page 30: Build A Security Application

    Build a Security Application The Administrator can combine options on the application page to perform many useful security applications. There are trigger sources coming from attached devices, such as for motion detection. There are also two kinds of actions responding to such events, including uploading snapshots over the Internet and driving other attached devices.
  • Page 31 7. Check “Enable motion detection”, 8. Click on “New” to have a new window to monitor video, 9. Type in a name to identify the new window, 10. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window corner to resize or the title bar to move, 11.

  • Page 32: Definitions In Configuration

    Definitions in Configuration Only the Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages. The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration.

  • Page 33: System Parameters

    System Parameters "Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the main page. “Turn off the LED indicator” Check this option to shut off the LED on the Ethernet connecter. It can prevent the camera’s operation being noticed. "Keep current date and time"...

  • Page 34: User Group Administration

    User Group Administration “Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new password identically in both text boxes. The typed entries will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes. After pressing , the web browser will ask the Administrator for the new password for access.
  • Page 35 Camera.

  • Page 36: Edit User

    Edit User Type the new password, change the privilege and press to modify the account. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/edituser.vspx <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

  • Page 37: Network Settings

    Network Settings Any changes made on this page will need to restart the system in order to validate the changes. Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on "Get IP address automatically" & “Use fixed IP address” The default status is “Get IP address automatically”. This can be tedious having to perform software installation whenever the Network Camera starts.

  • Page 38: Streaming

    Streaming “UDP audio channel port” This can be something other than the default port 5002 in order to work with the port opened by the firewall. “UDP video channel port” This can be something other than the default port 5003 in order to work with the port opened by the firewall.

  • Page 39: Ddns & Upnp

    DDNS & UPnP “Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function. “Provider” The provider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please connect to the service provider’s website to make sure the service charges. “Host Name” If the User wants to use DDNS service, this field must be filled. Please input the hostname that is registered in the DDNS server.
  • Page 40 <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/ddnsupnp.vspx <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

  • Page 41: Mail & Ftp

    Mail & FTP SMTP “1st SMTP (mail) server” The domain name or IP address of the external email server. “1st SMTP account name” Granted account name on the email server. “1st SMTP password” Granted password on the email server. “1st recipient email address” The email address of recipients for snapshots or log file.
  • Page 42 the passive mode is selected, the Network Camera can automatically attempt for active mode, if the external FTP server does not support passive mode. “2nd FTP server” The domain name or IP address of the backup FTP server. “2nd FTP server port” The port to access the backup FTP server. “2nd FTP user name”...

  • Page 43: Video Codec Parameters

    Video Codec Parameters “Text on video” The text will be displayed in the black bar above the video window with a timestamp. The timestamp is captured from date and time of the Network Camera that is maintained by a built-in real-time clock. “Color”...

  • Page 44: Image Settings

    b) “Size” becomes half, “hh:mm:ss yyyy/mm/dd” <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/video.vspx <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera. Image Settings Click on “Image Settings” to pop up another window for tuning "Brightness", “Contrast”, “Hue” "Saturation" video compensation.

  • Page 45: Camera Settings

    ranged from -5 to +5. The User may press “Preview” to fine-tune the image. When the image is O.K., press “Save” to set the image settings. Click on “Restore” to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes. Camera Settings Click on “Camera Settings”...
  • Page 46 Click on “Restore” to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes.

  • Page 47: Audio

    Audio “Transmission mode” There are five options to select. For all the modes, only one client can talk to the server at the same time. “Full-duplex (Talk and listen simultaneously)” In this mode, the User can talk to the server while listening sound from the server simultaneously. “Half-duplex (Talk or listen, not at the same time)”...
  • Page 48 <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/audio.vspx <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

  • Page 49: Motion Detection

    Motion Detection “Enable motion detection” Check this option to turn on motion detection. Click on this button to add a new window. At most three windows can exist simultaneously. Use the mouse to click, hold and drag the window frame to resize or the title bar to move.

  • Page 50: Application Setup

    Application Setup Weekly Schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the following operations. “Snapshots begin at” Set the time to start operations. “Snapshots stop at” Set the time to stop operations. Setting identical begin time and stop time means 24-hour operation.

  • Page 51: Sequential Operation

    output to return to the original state. Sequential Operation “Snapshot interval” The Network Camera will send snapshots at the specified intervals to the external server. “Send snapshots by email” This selects the uploading method following the intervals set above. The snapshot will be attached in the email with the subject title “Periodic snapshots”.

  • Page 52: Naming Rule Of Snapshot File

    Naming rule of snapshot file Assume the Snapshot file name prefix is <prefix> Method with date and Sequential Event time suffix <prefix>_20050107175903.jpg <prefix>_20050107180653_1_pre.jpg <prefix>_20050107180654_2_pre.jpg <prefix>_20050107180655_3_pre.jpg <prefix>_20050107180659_4_trg.jpg <prefix>_20050107180700_5_pos.jpg (according to the sending order) <prefix>.jpg <prefix>_1_pre.jpg <prefix>_2_pre.jpg <prefix>_3_pre.jpg <prefix>_4_trg.jpg <prefix>_5_pos.jpg (according to the sending order) Email <prefix>.jpg...
  • Page 53 <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/app.vspx <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

  • Page 54: Viewing System Log

    Viewing System Log Click on the link on the configuration page to view the system log file. The content of the file provides useful information about configuration and connections after system boot-up. Viewing System Parameters Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system’s parameter set. The content is the same as those in CONFIG.INI.

  • Page 55: Appendix

    Appendix A. Troubleshooting Status LED After powering up, the Network Camera performs a self-diagnostic to detect any hardware defects. The following table lists the LED patterns in general. In case of any fatal error, the LED will blink in a pattern other than those below. Condition LED color During self-diagnostic after power on...
  • Page 56 B. Frequently Asked Questions Q What if I forget my password? A After the Administrator's password has been assigned, every access to the Network Camera needs authentication. If you are one of the managed users, you have to ask the Administrator for the password. If you are the Administrator, there is no way to recover the root password except by restoring the factory default settings.
  • Page 57 images for upside down installation. Q The image is not clear enough. A The image settings and white balance can be fine tuned to achieve the best visual effect. Also notice the power line frequency must match the local utility to synchronize and minimize the effect of flickering florescent lights.
  • Page 58 3. Number of users, 4. The complicated/detailed objects and movement in view, 5. The power of your PC or notebook that is responsible for displaying images. In general, the transfer rate in a general local network environment can achieve over 200 kilobytes per second and approximately 10 to 20 pictures per second from a regular environment.

  • Page 59: Url Commands Of Network Camera

    C. URL commands of Network Camera For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, Network Camera can be easily integrated through convenient URLs. This section lists the commands in URL format corresponding to the basic functions of Network Camera.

  • Page 60: General Cgi Url Syntax And Parameters

    Return: HTTP/1.0 <HTTP code> <HTTP text>\r\n URL syntax examples are written with "Example:" in bold face followed by a short description and a light grey box with the example. Example: request a single snapshot image http://mywebserver/cgi-bin/video.jpg General CGI URL syntax and parameters CGI parameters are written in lower-case and as one word without any underscores or other separators.

  • Page 61: Set Server Parameter Values

    Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: <length>\r\n \r\n <parameter pair> where <parameter pair> is <parameter>=<value>\r\n [<parameter pair>] <length> is the actual length of content. Example: request IP address and it’s response Request: http://192.168.0.123/cgi-bin/admin/getparam.cgi?network_ipaddress Response: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Context-Length: 33\r\n \r\n network.ipaddress=192.168.0.123\r\n...
  • Page 62 If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an empty page. (note: The return page can be a general HTML file(.htm, .html) or a LevelOne server script executable (.vspx) file. It can not be a CGI command.

  • Page 63: Available Parameters On The Server

    Available parameters on the server NOTE: The bold characters in table are the default value of each parameter. Group: System NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION hostname <text string shorter host name of server (r/w) than 40 characters> <<Wireless>Network Camera <with Pan/Tilt/<Zoom>>> ledoff Do not turn off the led indicator (r/w) Turn off the led indicator...
  • Page 64 Positive integer Restore the system parameters to default value and restart the server after <value> seconds. reset 0 ~ 65535 Restart the server after <value> seconds. Not restart the server. do<1~4> <state> H – NC connected with COMMON L – NO connected with COMMON di<1~4>...
  • Page 65 conf – Permit change server’s configuration <blank> usercount 1 ~ 21 The current account number on the server including root.<1> Group: Network NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION resetip enable to get ipaddress, subnet, router, (r/w)(restart) dns1, dns2 from DHCP server at next reboot Using preset ipaddress, subnet, router, dns1, dns2...
  • Page 66 (r/w) than 63 characters> <blank> mailpass2 <text string shorter Password of secondary smtp server (r/w) than 15 characters> <blank> returnemail <text string shorter return email address (r/w) than 80 characters> <blank> localftpport <positive number less FTP port (r/w) than 65535> <21>...
  • Page 67 (r/w) (restart) than 65535> <5003> audioport <positive number less audio Channel port for UDP (r/w) (restart) than 65535> <5002> Group: Video NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION text <text string shorter enclosed caption (r/w) than 14 characters> <blank> codectype MPEG4 (r/w) MJPEG keyinterval 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60, 90, Key frame interval (r/w)
  • Page 68 set maximum frame rate to 5 fps set maximum frame rate to 10 fps set maximum frame rate to 15 fps set maximum frame rate to 20 fps set maximum frame rate to 25 fps 30 (for NTSC only) set maximum frame rate to 30 fps modulation NTSC (r/w)(in...
  • Page 69 Send audio from active client to all other clients (only possible in Half-duplex) source (r/w) Use external microphone in Use build microphone lowbandwidth Disable bandwidth environment (r/w) support Improve in low bandwidth environment enableaec Disable (r/w) Enable Group: Image NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION brightness...
  • Page 70 Save Directly save adjust image parameters Group: Motion NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION enabled disable motion detection (r/w) enable motion detection winenabled_<1~3 disable motion window #1 > enable motion window #1 (r/w) winname_<1~3> <text string shorter name of motion window #1 (r/w) than 14 characters >...

  • Page 71: Application Page Cgi Command

    <1> hostname Text string shorter than Your dynamic hostname. (r/w) 127 characters. <blank> usernameemail Text string shorter than Your user or email to login ddns service (r/w) 63 characters. provider <blank> passwordkey Text string shorter than Your password or key to login ddns (r/w) 20 characters.
  • Page 72 http://<servername>/setup/app.vspx?[method=<value>][&sun=<value>] [&mon=<value>] [&tue=<value>][&wed=<value>][&thu=<value>][&fri=<value>][&sat=<value>] [&begin_time=<value>][&end_time=<value>][&exclude=<value>] [&eventop=<value>] [&delay=<value>][&prevnum=<value>][&ssfprefix=<value>][&dihigh=<value>] [&dilow=<value][&dirise=<value>][&difall=<value>][&motion1=<value] [&motion2=<value>][&motion3=<value>][&ioalarm=<value>] [&mdalarm=<value] [&ioupload=<value>][&mdupload=<value>][&seqop=<value>][&sinter=<value>] [&smethod=<value>][&suffix=<value>][&resetdo=<value>] Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <length>\r\n \r\n <depends on method value> If(method == get || method == set) tue=<value>\r\n wed=<value>\r\n … Else if(method == normal) Application page contents parameter Value description...
  • Page 73 normal Display normal application page contents Disable/Enable Sunday weekly schedule check Disable/Enable Monday weekly schedule check Disable/Enable Tuesday weekly schedule check Disable/Enable Wednesday weekly schedule check box Disable/Enable Thursday weekly schedule check Disable/Enable Friday weekly schedule check box Disable/Enable Satday weekly schedule check hh:mm:ss Begin time of weekly schedule begin_time...

  • Page 74: Drive The Digital Output

    detection condition matched Enable/Disable upload snapshot when ioupload condition matched Enable/Disable upload snapshot when motion mdupload detection condition matched Enable/Disable sequential operation seqop 1 ~ 99999 Interval of sequential snapshot in second sinter mail Send snapshot by e-mail smethod Send snapshot by ftp Enable/Disable FTP put snapshots with date and suffix time suffix...

  • Page 75: Query Status Of The Digital Input

    parameter is assigned. The <return page> can be a full URL path or relative path according the the current path. If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an empty page. Example: Drive the digital output 1 to high and redirect to an empty page http://myserver/cgi-bin/setdo.cgi?do1=H Query status of the digital input Note: This request requires the privilege of I/O access control.

  • Page 76: Query Status Of The Digital Output

    \r\n di1=H\r\n Query status of the digital output Note: This request requires the privilege of I/O access control. Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://<servername>/cgi-bin/getdo.cgi?[do1][&do2][&do3][&do4] If no parameter is specified, all the status of digital output will be returned. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <length>\r\n \r\n...

  • Page 77: Account Management

    Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://<servername>/cgi-bin/video.jpg Server will return the most up-to-date snapshot in JPEG format. The size and quality of image will be set according to the JPEG settings on the server. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n [Content-Length: <image size>\r\n] <binary JPEG image data>...

  • Page 78: System Logs

    username <name> The name of user to add, delete or edit userpass <value> The password of new user to add or that of old user to modify. The default value is an empty string. privilege <value> The privilege of user to add or to modify. The privilege can be the addition of the following values.

  • Page 79: Configuration File

    \r\n <system log information>\r\n Configuration file Note: This request requires administrator privilege Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/configfile.cgi Server will return the up-to-date configuration file. Return: HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n Content-Type: text/plain\r\n Content-Length: <configuration file length>\r\n \r\n <configuration data>\r\n System Information Note: This request requires normal user privilege Method: GET/POST Syntax: http://<servername>/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi...
  • Page 80 Model=<model name of server>\r\n HostName=<host name of server>\r\n Location=<video on text of server>\r\n [Preset<0>=<first preset location>\r\n] [Preset<1>=<second preset location>\r\n] [...] PTZEnabled=<PTZ status>\r\n Where the <PTZ status> is a 32-bits integer, each bit can be set separately as follows: Bit 0 =>...

  • Page 81: Technical Specifications

    D. Technical Specifications - System CPU: Trimedia PNX1300 - LED indicator RAM: 16MB SDRAM ROM: 4MB FLASH ROM System power and status indicator System activity and Network link indicator - Networking - Weight Protocol TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, NTP, DNS UPnP, NET.
  • Page 82 LevelOne Inc. cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice. LevelOne Inc. makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the material contained within this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

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