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FCS-1101
PoE IP Network Camera
User Manual
Ver:1.3.0-0812
Copyright (c) 2008 Digital Data Communications Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Page 1 LevelOne FCS-1101 PoE IP Network Camera User Manual Ver:1.3.0-0812 Copyright (c) 2008 Digital Data Communications Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 2 Before you use this Product This LevelOne product has been designed with safety in mind. However, if not used properly electrical products can cause fires which may lead to serious body injury. To avoid such accidents, be sure to heed the following.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installation ..........................1 Hardware Installation ....................... 1 Software Installation ........................ 3 Install “IP CamLocator” ......................3 Install “IP CamSecure”......................4 How to Use IP CamLocator ..................... 6 Using IP Camera via Mobile Phone ..................29 3G Mobile Phone viewing ...................... 29 2.5G Mobile Phone viewing ....................

  • Page 4: Installation

    Connect the power adapter jack to the Network Camera before plugging in to the power socket. This will reduce the risk of accidental electric shock. Since FCS-1101 is a PoE IP camera, it could work without attaching to power outlet as long...
  • Page 5 as it connects to PoE switch. The Network Camera will first detect Ethernet. Until the Network Camera is connected to Network, the LED will become green and flash. Operating in the Network mode, the green LED will flash every second as heartbeat to indicate alive. To adjust the lens There is a fixed lens free bundled.

  • Page 6: Software Installation

    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 7: Install "Ip Camsecure

    Upon IP CamLocator’s start up, this program searches for LevelOne’s products on the same LAN. After searching, LevelOne Video Servers or Network cameras will be located by the IP CamLocator. There may be several entries shown in the window. The Administrator may differentiate the Network cameras with the model number and MAC address.
  • Page 8 Click”IP CamSecure” and follow the onscreen instruction or refer to the user’s manual to complete installation. Custom Setup Type: You may install the system to the directory of your preference and choose which feature(s) you want to install to the PC. Hint: You may, for instance, install only Playback and/or LiveView on the PC at home or other remote site from which you do not install the camera but are...

  • Page 9: How To Use Ip Camlocator

    IP CamLocator in Windows operation systems. This document focuses on introducing IP CamLocator. Initial use IP CamLocator Click Start -> Program Files -> LevelOne -> IP Cam Locator -> IP Cam Locator. Configuration of Main Menu Main Menu Main Menu Camera Click this button to get into common information of all Network Cameras in local network.
  • Page 10 User Click this button to get into user basic setting information of all Network Cameras in network. You can connect the specific Network Cameras to get and set basic values. This section includes Info, User, Date Time, TCP/IP, PPPoE and DDNS. Note: •...
  • Page 11 Cameras in search area and press Link to IE to use IP cameras with Microsoft web browses. Setup Choose a network camera, click on Setup to change the configurations. You have to key in the username and password of the administrator to enter the setup page.
  • Page 12 Account settings: The account setting is displayed. You can change the account setting here. Press “Next” to continue, “Previous” to go back, “Cancel” to go to the main page.
  • Page 13 Date/Time settings: You can set the date/time of the network camera here. See ”Hint” for details. Press “Next” to continue, “Previous” to go back, “Cancel” to go to the main page.
  • Page 14 Network settings: You can change the network settings of the network camera here. See “Hint” for details. Press “Next” to continue, “Previous” to go back, “Cancel” to go to the main page.
  • Page 15 PPPoE settings: You can change the PPPoE settings here. See “Hint” for details. Press “Next” to continue, “Previous” to go back, “Cancel” to go to the main page.
  • Page 16 DDNS settings: You can change the DDNS settings here. Press “Next” to continue, “Previous” to go back, “Cancel” to go to the main page.
  • Page 17 Apply settings: Click on “Apply” to use the new settings. Choose “Reboot system to apply new (network) settings” to reboot after the settings are applied.
  • Page 18 Upgrade Choose a network camera, click on Upgrade to upgrade the firmware. You have to key in the username and password of the administrator to enter the upgrade page. The following screen will display: Choose the firmware image file you want to upgrade and press “Upgrade” to start. The device will automatically reboot after upgrade.
  • Page 19 Factory Default Choose a network camera, click on Factory default to reset the configurations to default. You have to key in the user name and password to use the factory default function. Click on “OK” to continue. The device will automatically reboot after the configurations set to default.
  • Page 20 Reboot Choose a network camera, click on Reboot to reboot the device. You have to key in the user name and password to use the reboot function. Click on “OK” to continue. The device will automatically reboot.
  • Page 21 User The System page provides you all Network Cameras configurations in the network with product or downloaded configuration file information, including Info, User, Date Time, TCP/IP, PPPoE and DDNS. Load configuration File：Select From PC File or From Device, the former can load information of downloaded configuration file and the latter can load Network Camera configurations in the network.
  • Page 22 From PC File：Click it and press Load to select configuration location from PC. Note: • Configuration file format is *.conf.
  • Page 23 From Device：Click it and press Load to select the specific device in the network. Type the Username and Password to load configuration from device. Note: If you have connected to the specific device before, you don’t have to type the Username and Password again.
  • Page 24 After loading, you can get configuration from PC files or devices. IP CamLocator displays the sub folders including Info, User, Date Time, TCP/IP, PPPoE and DDNS. Info The Info page provides you with product factory information, including Product Name, Firmware Version and Web version.
  • Page 25 User The Network Camera default account and password setting is “root/MAC address of IP camera (in capital letters)”. IP CamLocator provides to assign a password if the Network Camera is intended to be accessed by others. Use this menu to set the username and password of Administrator and up to 9 different users (User 1 to User 9), and the authentication access right of each group.
  • Page 26 Date/Time Current date & time：This displays the current date and time of the camera. PC clock：This displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock. Adjust：Select one of four time adjusting modes. Keep current setting：Select this mode to keep the current date and time of the camera. Synchronize with PC：Select this mode to make the date and time of the camera the same as the monitoring PC.
  • Page 27 TCP/IP HTTP Port：Select port 80 in general situations. If you want to use a port number other than 80, select the text box and enter a port number between 1024 and 65535. ： Note • When you have set the HTTP port number to a number other than 80 on the Network setting page or in the Setup Program, access the camera by typing the IP address of the camera on the web browser as follows: Example: when HTTP port number is set to 2000...
  • Page 28 Secondary DNS：Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server, if necessary.
  • Page 29 PPPoE Use this when you connect the camera through PPPoE (Point -to- Point Protocol over Ethernet). PPPoE connection is the protocol that is widely used in xDSL (digital affiliate line such as ADSL, VDSL or SDSL) as the authentication and connection system. IP Address：The IP address obtained at the PPPoE connecting with network.
  • Page 30 DDNS Server Name：Select the DDNS Server User ID：Enter the user ID for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 64 characters. Password：Enter the password for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 32 characters. Confirm：Re-type the password to confirm. Hostname：Enter the host name that is registered to the DDNS server.
  • Page 31 About This page displays IP CamLocator information including Version, Copyright and Product Date information ： Note • This computer procedure is protected of the right law and international convention. Making all or part which spread a procedure again without permission, may cause serious civil and criminal sanction and mention most severe telling in accordance with the law.

  • Page 32: Using Ip Camera Via Mobile Phone

    Using IP Camera via Mobile Phone To use IP cameras via mobile phones, please make sure your RTSP is set to “ON”. (Default is “ON”) To change the settings of IP cameras, please see “Settings” for details. 3G Mobile Phone viewing For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp”...
  • Page 33 Using IP Camera via Web Browser System Requirement To use the product normally, we strongly recommend your computer follows our minimum system requirement (Computer level lower than this might cause some problems) Item Requirements Pentium 4 1600MHz (or equivalent AMD) Graphic Card 64MB RAM graphic cards (or equivalent on-board graphic cards) 512MB...

  • Page 34: How To Access To The Network Camera

    “Setting the Camera”. Initial accessing the IP camera 1. Start your web browser, and enter the IP address or host name of the LEVELONE IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser. ：...
  • Page 35 3. The monitor image will be displayed in your browser. Configuration of Main Menu Language You can click the pulldown box to select system language, including English, Traditional Chinese, German, Danish, Greek and Korean. Setting This function is only for the Administrator. Click this button to get into the Basic and Advance settings menu.
  • Page 36 ： Note MJPEG streaming is unavailable if RTSP mode is ON. View Size: Select the desired display image resolution to 640X480 or 320X240. Protocol: Select the transferring protocol from TCP, UDP, HTTP and Multicast. Video Buffer: Turn the Video Buffer function On/Off. The Video Buffer function makes the streaming more smoothly in unsteady network environment, but might cause a little delay in live viewing.
  • Page 37 You can capture a still image shot by the camera and save it in your computer. Press , and a snapshot window will appear. Click “Save” to save the picture in your computer. Click “Close” to return to the view page. Digital Zoom in / out the image via the monitor window Click to display the digital zoom in window.
  • Page 38 Video play buttons: ：Pause the current video ：Play the video. ：Stop the current video. ：Record the current video.

  • Page 39: Setting

    Setting Basic Click the “Basic” folder to display the sub folders, including System, Camera, Network, and Security. System Information The Information page provides you with product factory information, including Product name, Firmware version, and Web version.
  • Page 40 Day & Time Current date & time：This displays the current date and time of the device. PC clock：This displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock. Date & time format：Click the pulldown box to select among different time display formats, including yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss (year-month-day hour:minute:second), mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss (month-day-year...
  • Page 41 Initialize Reboot ： Click this button to reboot the device. A confirmation dialogue will appear. Click OK to proceed. It takes about two minutes to reboot the device. Factory default：Click this button to reset the device to the factory default settings. A confirmation dialogue will appear.

  • Page 42: Camera

    Camera General RTSP: Switch the RTSP streaming On/Off. ： Note • RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol. RTSP is supported by most of the media clients . (RealPlayer, Media Player, QuickTime, etc…) Deinterlace Filter：Switch the deinterlace filter on/off. Overlay：Select to add Text Overlay or Privacy Mask on/off the display screen. Text Overlay：Enables users to see some information on the display screen, including Date/Time and user-defined text.
  • Page 43 MPEG4 Computer View MPEG4 viewer port (If RTSP mode is OFF) Unicast streaming Video/Audio port number : Specify the transmission port number of the video data. It is initially set to 8090. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Image Size：Specify the image size the network camera transmits.
  • Page 44 RTSP (If RTSP mode is ON) RTSP port: Specify the transmission port number of RTSP streaming video. Default value is 554. Viewer authentication: If the viewer authentication is ON, users viewing through RTSP will be requested to key-in username and password. RTP (If RTSP mode is ON) Unicast streaming: Unicast streaming Video/Audio port range: Specify the transmission port range of RTP...
  • Page 45 Frame rate：Set the frame rate of the MPEG4 image. Selectable values are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 fps. The unit “fps” stands for “frames sent per second”. Quality Auto：The quality and bitrate will be automatically decided according to the frame rate. Fixed Quality：The selectable values are Medium, Standard, Good, Detailed and Excellent.
  • Page 46 Multicast streaming: Multicast address: Specify the multicast server address. Video / Audio Port: Specify the transmission port number of the video data. It is initially set to 10000 and 11000. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Time-To-Live: Set the maximum TTL that multicast can pass through. Image Size: The Image size of Mobile view is fixed at 176x120.
  • Page 47 MJPEG ： Note • MJPEG settings are unavailable if the RTSP mode is ON, which means the MJPEG streaming is closed. MJPEG viewer port Unicast streaming Video/Audio port number : Specify the transmission port number of the video data. It is initially set to 8070. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534. Note：...

  • Page 48: Network

    Network Information MAC address：Display the MAC address of the device. Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP)：If a DHCP server is installed on the network, to select this while the IP address is assigned by the DHCP server. Note： • When you set Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP), make sure that the DHCP server is working on the network.
  • Page 49 the web browser as follows: Example: when HTTP port number is set to 2000 http://192.168.1.100:2000/...
  • Page 50 PPPoE Use this when you connect the device through PPPoE (Point -to- Point Protocol over Ethernet). PPPoE connection is the protocol that is widely used in xDSL (digital affiliate line such as ADSL, VDSL or SDSL) as the authentication and connection system. IP address：The IP address obtained at the PPPoE connecting with network.
  • Page 51 DDNS Server name：Choose the DDNS Server from the list. User ID：Enter the user ID for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 64 characters. Password：Enter the password for authentication necessary for DDNS connections. Type it up to 32 characters. Re-type password：Re-type the password to confirm.
  • Page 52 UPnP The device includes support for UPnP, which is enabled by default. If also enabled on your computer, the device will automatically be detected and a new icon will be added to “My Network Places.” It provides port forwarding for opening a port in a router or firewall in a private network in order to let a party from the outside world contact a user inside.
  • Page 53 IP Notification When network notify type is set to On, you can send an e-mail notification of the completion of the network setting. Notify type：Select type of DHCP, Static IP and PPPoE will notify. SMTP server name：Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters, or the IP address of the SMTP server.
  • Page 54 sent according to the IP notification. Message Type the text of the E-mail up to 384 characters. Default value provides network information including IP, Port, MAC, Model, Firmware Version and Web Version.

  • Page 55: Security

    Security Account The device default account and password setting is “root/MAC address of IP camera (in capital letters)”. That means everyone might access the device including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the device is intended to be accessed by others.
  • Page 56 HTTPS HTTPS is a URI scheme used to indicate a secure HTTP connection. It is syntactically identical to the http:// scheme normally used for accessing resources using HTTP. Using an https: URL indicates that HTTP is to be used, but with a different default TCP port (443) and an additional encryption/authentication layer between the HTTP and TCP.

  • Page 57: Advance

    Advance FTP Client Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an FTP server. By using FTP client function, you can send the image and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function to FTP server.
  • Page 58 Passive mode：Set whether you use the passive mode of FTP server or not when connecting to FTP server. Select On to connect to FTP server using the passive mode. Attached file type：Set attached file type to MJPEG or MPEG.4 Alarm sending Set to forward the image and audio file to the specified FTP server linked with the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function.
  • Page 59 Alarm Buffer：Select Use alarm buffer when you forward the image/ audio of before and after the alarm detection (pre-alarm, post-alarm). If you do not select it, only the image of the moment of the alarm detection is forwarded. Click Alarm buffer to display the Alarm buffer setting menu.
  • Page 60 Interval：Set the periodical sending is effective interval. Min value is 1 min and Max value is 24 hour. Effective period：Set the period when the periodical sending is effective. Always：The periodical sending is always effective. Schedule：You can specify the period when the periodical sending is effective in the schedule setting in the other section.

  • Page 61: Smtp

    SMTP Set the SMTP menu when you want to send an image via e-mail. By using Mail (SMTP) function, you can send a mail with attached image which has been shot linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function. The image file can also be sent periodically.
  • Page 62 Off: Select if no authentication is necessary when an email is sent. On: When authentication is necessary an e-mail is sent, select one of the authentication methods from the followings. SMTP: Select if SMTP authentication is necessary when an e-mail is sent. POP before SMTP: Select if POP before SMTP authentication is necessary when an e-mail is sent.
  • Page 63 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function. Alarm sending：Select On to set to send mail with connection to the alarm detection. File attachment：Set whether an image file is attached to the mail sent or not. When On is selected, the image file made by the settings below is attached.
  • Page 64 to Off. Alarm Buffer：Select Use alarm buffer when you forward the image/ audio of before and after the alarm detection (pre-alarm, post-alarm). If you do not select it, only the image of the moment of the alarm detection is forwarded. Click Alarm buffer to display the Alarm buffer setting menu.
  • Page 65 Periodical sending You can set to send an image file by SMTP server periodically by selecting On to send the image file by SMTP server linked with setting period. Image file name：Type the file name of the image sent by SMTP up to 10 alphanumeric characters, - (hyphen) and _ (under score).

  • Page 66: Http Event

    HTTP Event Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending images to an HTTP server. By using HTTP client function, you can send the image and audio file which has been shot and recorded linked with the external sensor input or with the built-in motion detection function to HTTP server.
  • Page 67 Alarm sending Set to send the mail with connection to the alarm detection by the external sensor input or by the built-in motion detection function. Alarm sending：Select On to set to send mail with connection to the alarm detection. Motion Detection：Click it on for using Motion Detection function as a sensor. You can set the motion detection function page.

  • Page 68: Schedule

    Schedule When you click Schedule on the Advanced mode menu, the Schedule setting menu appears. This is the same menu as the setting menu which is displayed when you click Schedule to set Effective period and Schedule in FTP client setting menu, e-Mail (SMTP) setting menu, Alarm out setting menu and so on.

  • Page 69: Alarm Buffer

    Alarm Buffer You can set the Pre-alarm image and audio (the image and audio before the alarm detection) and the Post - alarm image and audio. These can be set when Alarm sending FTP client setting menu or Image memory setting menu is set to On, and besides when Use alarm buffer is selected.
  • Page 70 • The value of Recording capacity differs depending on Image size, Bitrate (for MPEG4) and Image quality (for MPEG4 and MJPEG) in the camera setting menu.

  • Page 71: Motion Detection

    Motion Detection When you click Motion Detection on the Advance mode menu, the Motion Detection setting menu appears. There are three Motion Detection functions as sensors to set for different detecting zones. Each one has Threshold and Sensitivity inputs which you can adjust to specific zone sequentially.
  • Page 72 position. Use tool bar to set Threshold and Sensitivity value. Follow the steps to set the other Motion Detection. Click the OK to save the setting. ： Note • Be careful! Motion Detection function don’t work with Patrol function at same time.

  • Page 73: System Log

    System Log The System Log function allows users to review any changes and events happened. The system starts logging automatically after started. Remote Log: Enables user to send the log data to a specified log server.

  • Page 74: Trouble Shooting Sheet

    Trouble shooting sheet After powering up or inserting LAN cable connected to a PoE switch, the Network Camera performs a self-diagnostic to detect any hardware defects. Reset and Restore At the rear side of the camera there is a button hidden in the pinhole as shown in the picture.

  • Page 75: Streaming Video/Audio Solution

    Streaming Video/Audio Solution Streaming video is a sequence of "moving images" that are sent in compressed form over the Internet and displayed by the viewer as they arrive. With streaming, a Web user does not have to wait to download a large file before seeing the video or hearing the sound.

  • Page 76: Gnu General Public License

    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
  • Page 77 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Terms And Conditions For Copying, Distribution And Modification 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below, refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"...
  • Page 78 separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it. Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you;...
  • Page 79 on the Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and condi-tions for copying, distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it. 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions.
  • Page 80 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
  • Page 81 If you would like a copy of the GPL or other open source code in this software on a physical CD medium, LevelOne (Digital Data Communications) offers to mail this CD to you upon request, for a price of US$9.99...

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