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Outdoor Speed Dome IP Camera ICA-650 User’s Manual...
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PLANET Technology. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environments and applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.
Controlling User Access to the Video Stream... 13 Making Video available from the Internet ... 14 CHAPTER 4 WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT... 18 Introduction... 18 Connecting to ICA-650 ... 18 Welcome Screen ... 19 Viewing Area ... 20 Control Panel Screen ... 21 Advanced Configuration Area...
Overview The PLANET ICA-650, outdoor speed dome Internet camera offers pan/tilt/zoom control over TCP/IP networks. With the IP-66 protecting cover, ICA-650 can be setup into most of the wicked outdoor environment and keep working properly. The ICA-650 features a 216X zooming (18X optical, 12 digital), auto focus, auto iris, fast, accurate, and continuous 360 panning operations.
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Internet Features • User-definable administration port number This allows Internet Gateways to use “port mapping” so the ICA-650 and a Web Server can share the same Internet IP address. • DDNS Support In order to view video over Internet, user must know the Internet IP address of the gateway used by ICA-650.
Security Features • User Authentication If desired, the camera access can be restricted to known users. Users will have to enter their username and password before being able to view the video stream. Up to 10 users can be entered. •...
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Provided Category 5 “straight through” cable to connect the Network Camera to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network switch or hub. 3. Video Output Cable User can connect the ICA-650 video output to their TV monitor or a video recorder to output the monitor screen. 4. Audio Input Cable The Network Camera provides 1-channel audio input to connect with external microphone.
The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. • Planet ICA-650 Outdoor Speed Dome IP Camera x 1 (with Ethernet, Video, Audio, Alarm cable and power cord integrated) •...
Chapter 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-650. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100Base-TX hub or switch and network cable is required. • Minimum System Requirement : System Hardware Note: The listed information is minimum system requirements only.
Installation 防 坠落 保险 索 协 议码 、和 地址码 开关 Use the rubber ring, nut, and screw to mount the power box and outdoor speed dome IP cam to the wall. Note: You need to choose correct screws to fix the outdoor speed dome IP cam to the wall.
Current firmware supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, the Netscape Navigator support is planned in the future firmware release Default LAN interface IP address of ICA-650 is 192.168.0.20. You may now open your web browser, and insert http://192.168.0.20 in the address bar of your web browser to logon ICA-650 web configuration page.
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• Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications. • After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web browser.
ICA-650. This Chapter is for Administrators only. Introduction After finishing the network setup, the ICA-650 can immediately be used by all users on your LAN. This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live Video: •...
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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.
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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-650 and view live Video. If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring each user to login to the ICA-650 with their individual username and password.
650. This port is called the "HTTP Port2". (The first port is port 80.) The HTTP port2 is disabled in default settings. If you prefer to use a different port number than port 80, you can specify the port number on the ICA-650's Network screen, as shown below.
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This feature is normally called Port Forwarding or Virtual Servers in the router. The Port Forwarding/Virtual Server entry tells the Router/Gateway that incoming TCP connections should be passed to the ICA-650. If necessary, check the user manual for your Router/Gateway for further details.
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Where the Router/Gateway's Domain name is ipcam.dyndns.org and the " HTTP Port2" number on the ICA-650 is 1024. Using the Windows Viewing/Recording Utility If using the CamView Utility, the details of the ICA-650 must be entered on the Internet tab of the Add Camera screen. CamView - Add Camera Screen...
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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.
Bookmarks. Connecting using your Web Browser 1. Start your web browser. 2. In the Address box, enter "HTTP://" and the IP Address of the ICA-650, as in this example, which uses the ICA-650's default IP Address: HTTP://192.168.0.20 3. Default username/password for machine login: admin/ <no password>...
The Home screen can be divided into three areas: • Viewing Area - Images from the ICA-650 • Control Panel Area – ICA-650 Camera Manipulation and image quality control • Advanced Configuration area - only available for administrator. Camera administrator can have full configuration in this menu.
Viewing Area This screen is displayed when you log in machine • The ICA-650 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.
Recall/Preset Preset: set up camera fixed locations before operation mode Recall: Set camera position to preset location Adjust Video resolution The ICA-650 provides 4 resolutions: 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144 Video For NTSC camera: 320x240 is suitable Resolution For PAL camera: 352x288 and 176x144 are suitable...
Respective menu descriptions are illustrated in the following sections. Camera Advanced setting Menu Clicking on Setting on the menu provides privileges to all the settings for the ICA-650. The Advanced Setting menu is divided into 2 categories: Basic and Application...
This displays the name for the ICA-650; camera name is useful while multiple unit installation. Default frame The default frame rate in ICA-650 is 30fps, the video frame rate rate can be adjusted in this menu or on the Control panel menu...
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Administrator can check the log information in machine, including the Main Info, Appended Info, Operator IP, Operator MAC, and Time. Select the “View” button to check the log file.
This screen is displayed when the Camera menu option is clicked. Note: please adjust carefully to have proper machine configurations. Data - Camera Screen Camera Settings Image Size Display resolution selection, supported resolution in ICA-650: ‧176x144 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 320x240 ‧ 640x480 Please check the available network upload bandwidth and carefully select the proper video resolution.
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 Restore the values of these pages to factory default value. Default Camera Tour In the Camera Tour page, choose the one tour name.
PPPoE. Data - Network Screen Network Settings DHCP Enable or disable DHCP client in ICA-650 IP address, This parameter allows users to setup the IP address assigned by Subnet mask, ISP. Your ISP should provide all the information requied for Default Internet access.
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User can use IP Edit software program to find Internet Cameras IP Edit or edit related parameters on the LAN. Disable this option to restrict the modification of related parameters by IP Edit software DDNS Setting The DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name, rather than an IP address.
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PPPoE screen Please consult your ISP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE/IP Hint 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.
Function Notification The page of user setting is very closely related to the IP filter settings. While the administrators are setting these two pages, they should notice that login authorities are not only based on the login names but also the range of IP addresses. Administrators could reject login users according to both login names and IP addresses.
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Alarm 2 Setup Alarm Output 2 action via manual or event Schedule Schedule Motion Detection to send email or upload images. Motion Setup motion detection area and sensor Detection sensitivity Time Setup the Network Camera time configuration Setting Popup Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated Firmware Product firmware upgrade...
FTP Client Screen FTP Client Settings FTP server IP address or domain name of the destination FTP server name Username, Please input the Username/Password for the FTP server Password Remote path Please input the path to the destination. Image file Please input the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server.
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. Network Settings SMTP server Enter the address of SMTP server used to send the mail.
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. Duration: Set up the alarm duration. “0” means the alarm working always. Alarm1 Screen Schedule Screen The Schedule can enable motion detection in an arranged period in order to avoid...
This screen is displayed when the Motion Detection menu option is clicked. You can Enable/Disable function and adjust the sensitivity level Motion Detection Settings Enable Motion Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA-650 Detection Sensitivity Select the desired option to suit your environment. If covering a large area, you usually need higher sensitivity, since a moving object will take only a small portion of the image.
Time Setting Screen This screen is displayed when the Time Setting menu option is clicked. Time Settings Provides settings of adjusting the camera’s time IP Cam 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 Settings Pop-up text Input the warming text.
2. Select this file, and click OK. The filename will then appear in the Upgrade File field. Click the Start Upgrade button to transfer the file to the ICA-650 and start the upgrade procedure. Click the “here” button to begin to upgrade firmware.
5. Click the “OK” button to continue. 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. Factory Default Screen This screen is displayed when you click the Factory Default menu on the Status screen.
Reboot Reboot the Network Camera by hardware reset Trigger & Capture Trigger: This is sending an image or output a trigger to control the alarm output, using Trigger section on the main page. Trigger Settings Upload a captured image to server Mail captured image to specific mail address Mail Enable Alarm output 1...
ActiveX Control This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft® Internet Explorer. View This screen is displayed when you click the “View” menu on the ActiveX control.
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View Settings Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the Resizable “Splits” is supported on this mode. Make the image show as the actual size, the “Splits” function Actual size does not work on this mode. A status bar display on the button of the image. Status Bar Split This screen is displayed when you click the “Split”...
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Rotate & Quality & Resolution Rotate: An image can be rotated in predefined 180-degree increments. Quality: Available quality : ‧High (Default)‧Low. Resolution: Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧640x480 Image Recording This screen is displayed when you click the “Image Recording” menu on the ActiveX control.
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Recoding Screen Save as JPEG: Select this option and click “Save as JPEG” for detailed configurations. The pre- defined schedule can be set by JPEG.
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”...
Chapter 5 Client UTILITY INSTALLATION The CamView utility is a powerful utility for video recording, viewing, and camera administrations. Please insert the user’s manual CD and start the CamView installation from the default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software: 5.1.
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• Decide which directory to install the software. By default, just hit the Next button to continue...
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• 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.
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• 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 will be added to the desktop. Double click it to launch the program. User need login authentication while starting to use CamView. Two pairs of default login ID and password: admin/admin and guest/guest.
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Note: It is strongly suggested to change the Login ID and Password for security concerns. 5.2. CamView User Interface 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.
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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.
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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.
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Note: Free Space Alert Percent (%) and Free Space Alert Size [MB] is OR condition combination, any one above is TRUE, then an alert message will appear automatically. Max Number of Events: Set the number of lines which you want to show in the alert message window.
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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.
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5.3.3. Scheduling As shown in Figure 5.3.3, users can schedule recording. When you press the Add button, the editing task will be added to the Schedule Items column. When the Modify button is pressed, the new schedule recording will be updated to the specified item.
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5.3.4. User Settings Two accounts to access CamView. Admin / Admin: Administrator has the supreme authority to change all the settings. Guest / Guest: Guest only can view the images only or perform the view related function. Such as switch viewer screen layout, switch camera channel or minimize / close the CamView.
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.
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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. To stop recording is similar to the previous method, just press the toggle button as shown in Figure 5.5-1.
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Figure 5.6.1 The Video List Tab 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...
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5.6.3. Video Search The video search tab lists video file information about the specified search. Press the start time and end time toggle tab, then a calendar form will appear as Figure 5.6.3-1, then select a proper date and time. After press OK in the calendar form then hit the Search button, you will get the matched video files in the following column.
5.7. Image Rotation After the button is pressed, the displayed image rotates 180 degree. It is used for the camera being installed upside-down direction. Note: Recorded video / image files will not be rotated. Figure 5.7 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.
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4. Exit: Exit Emap function. Before you select it, we recommend you to save the current settings. The following describes Edit menu bar: 1. Reset: Remove all camera icons in current layout. In the menu bar, select Window to change EMap. 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.
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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 Some features of the Network Camera can be activated by an external sensor that senses physical changes in the area Network Camera is monitoring. These changes can include intrusion detection or certain physical change in the monitored area. For examples, the external sensor can be a door switch or an infrared motion detector.
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Explanation of External I/O Circuit Diagram Example CAUTION! • THE LOW VOAGE/CURRENT CIRCUITS AND HIGH VOAGE/ CURRENT CIRCUITS ARE IN THE NETWORK CAMERA CIRCUIT. THE QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN SHOULD WIRING YOURSELF. INCORRECT WIRING COULD DAMAGE NETWORK CAMERA. YOU COULD RECEIVE THE FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK. •...
Q: IP Finder program (ipeditv3) cannot find ICA-650 A:• Re power the ICA-650 if cannot find the unit within 1 minute. • Do not connect ICA-650 over a router. IP Finder program cannot detect ICA- 650. • If IP address is not assigned to the PC which running IP Finder program, and then IP Finder program cannot find ICA-650.
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ICA-650 via a crossover cable. • Make sure the Internet connection and setting is ok. • Make sure enter the IP address of Internet Explorer is correct. If ICA-650 has a dynamic address, it may have changed since you last checked it.
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A: This might be caused from the firewall protection. Check the Internet firewall with your system or network administrator. The firewall may need to have some settings changed in order for the ICA-650 to be accessible outside your LAN.• Make sure that the ICA-650 isn’t conflicting with any other web server running on your LAN.•...
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.• If the object is dark, the image will flicker. Make the condition around the ICA- 650 brighter. Q: Noisy images occurs A: The video images might be noisy if the ICA-650 is located in a very low light environment. Make the condition around the ICA-650 brighter. Q: How to Reboot the ICA-650 A: If you just want to reboot system without change anything.
Bandwidth Calculation Appendix C: Bandwidth Calculation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-650 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-650.
Full Set Construction Level Operating temperature Codec Resolution Frame Rate Compatibility LAN Interface Notification ICA-650 1/4" Sony CCD SONY Day/ Night module (EX480) 0.05 Lux 480 TVL f = 4.1~73.8mm,F 1.4-3.0 On/Off Auto/ Manual 0 ~ 300 deg/second 360 degree continuous...
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Type Of IP Address IP Filter Motion Detection Viewer Network Protocol Communication protocol Static or Dynamic Yes. Adjustable area Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, NTP, DNS, DDNS, PPPoE...