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  • Page 1 M-JPEG Internet Camera IC-1500Wg / IC-1500 Version 2.0 September , 2007...
  • Page 2 Copyright© by Edimax Technology Co, LTD. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic,optical,...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction ... 1 Package Content ... 1 System Requirement Hardware Installation 4.1. LED and Focusing ... 1 4.2. Camera Ports ... 2 4.3. Installation Procedure... 2 Software Installation Using the Administrator Utility 6.1. General Setting... 7 6.2. Detail Setting ... 8 6.2.1.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the Internet Camera. This Internet Camera sends live video through 10/100Mbps wired network to a web browser or camera viewer across Internet anywhere in the world! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep an eye on your home, your kids, and your workplace—whatever’s important to you. How does the Camera do all of this? Unlike standard “web cams”...

  • Page 5: Camera Ports

    4.2 Camera Ports The Camera features three ports and a Reset button. Power The Power port is where you can connect the power adapter. The LAN port is where you can connect the Ethernet network cable. WLAN (for IC-1500Wg only) (Antenna Connector) This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Internet Camera..

  • Page 6: Software Installation

    5. Software Installation Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly through the Installation process. The following installation is implemented in Windows XP. The installation procedures in Windows 98SE/Me/2000/Server 2003 are similar. Insert the CD shipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The “Autorun.exe” program should be executed automatically.
  • Page 7 Click “Install” to start installing the program. The system will install the program automatically.
  • Page 8 Choose the one you want to configure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed. N IC-1500 Please enter the default password “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page.
  • Page 9 11. This wizard will pop up a window to ask you if you want to run the “Camera Viewer” and see the video of the Camera immediately. Select “OK” to run “Camera Viewer”. 12. The “Camera Viewer” will show the video automatically. Congratulations, you can use the camera through the network to view the video from now on.

  • Page 10: Using The Administrator Utility

    6. Using the Administrator Utility The Administrator Utility allows users to search and setup the cameras located within the Intranet or on the Internet. From the utility, users can view all the information of the selected camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard, which can guide users to add the camera to the network easily and promptly.

  • Page 11: Detail Setting

    Auto Discover Click the button will search the camera within the network automatically. The list shows the camera name and the setup status of the camera. Camera List Click “Add” will appear a window for you to enter the IP Address of the camera on the Internet. Delete Click “Delete”...

  • Page 12: Network Setting

    6.2.1 Network Setting Internet The default camera name is “IC1500WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for Camera Name the camera. Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of IP Address your LAN is from the 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.

  • Page 13: E-Mail Setting

    6.2.2 E-Mail Setting Recipient E-Mail This camera supports “Snap Shot” and “Motion Detection” functions. You can snapshot a Address picture and send the picture by E-Mail. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the picture. SMTP Server Enter the SMTP Server for the E-Mail sending. Sender E-Mail Specified the e-mail address of the e-mail sender.

  • Page 14: Ftp Settings

    6.2.3 FTP Settings This camera supports “Motion Detection” functions. When Motion Detection event FTP Server occurred, you can record the live video to FTP server. Enter the FTP address for receiving the video. FTP Port Enter the port of the FTP server. User Name Specify the user account of ftp server.

  • Page 15: Resolution

    Set Date/Time manually Set the current Date and Time. NTP Server Synchronize the Date and Time with NTP server. Time Zone Select the time zone that your camera put on. NTP Server Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server. 6.2.5 Resolution Select the desired video resolution format.

  • Page 16: Users

    When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the UPnP Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly click the camera to view the video through web browser.

  • Page 17: Tools

    6.2.8 Tools Tools Firmware Version Display current firmware version. You can upgrade camera’s firmware via this function. Press this button and Firmware Update select the correct firmware to upgrade. If you want to reset the camera, click this button. The default settings of the camera are as follows.

  • Page 18: About

    6.2.9 About About Administrator Utility Version Display current Administrator Utility Version. 6.3 Setting Wizard When you click the “Setting Wizard”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “admin”...
  • Page 19 The default camera name is “IC1500Wg”. It is recommended to enter a meaningful Internet Camera Name name for the camera. The wizard will auto setup an available IP Address to the camera. For example: if the IP address of the network is 192.168.2.x, the wizard will search an unused IP Address IP Address from 192.168.2.250 to 192.168.2.0 and assign the camera an available IP Address.

  • Page 20: Using The Camera Viewer

    7 Using the Camera Viewer The Camera Viewer Utility allows users to view video from up to four cameras. It also allows users to manual/schedule record video and playback the recording file. The status of camera viewing such as frame rate, video received, and etc.

  • Page 21: Camera Status

    7.3 Camera Status There is a status bar shown different color to indicate the status of each Internet Camera. Yellow Blue Pink 7.4 Control Buttons Snapshot Stop Play Stop Pause Forward Snapshot Record Camera Status It means that there is no camera set to connect. It means that the camera is connected and playing the live video.

  • Page 22: Video Recording

    7.5 Video Recording This utility allows you record the video in AVI format files. There are two ways of video recording – Manual Recording and Schedule Recording. You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file. Click “Record”, then the viewer utility will start to record the video stream. You can assign the path in the setting dialog.

  • Page 23: View Four Cameras Simultaneously

    7.7 View Four Cameras Simultaneously Click the four division button 7.8 Viewer Utility Setting Click the “Setting” , then the setting window of the Internet Camera will pop up. Note: When you want to change the settings such as IP Address, Video Port, etc. in the “Setting” option, you must disconnect the Internet Camera first by clicking the “Stop”.

  • Page 24: Setting

    7.8.1 Setting Setting It is not required to fill the camera name for connecting camera. It is for users to identify Name the camera. IP Address IP address/Domain name of the Internet Camera. Video Port The number of service port used by the Internet Camera. Model Select “Internet Camera”...

  • Page 25: Recording

    7.8.2 Recording You can setup schedule for the recording here. This utility will record the video stream in the assigned file folder according to the schedule automatically. The recorded video files are AVI format. Note: 1. The utility will only start to record the video stream when this utility is running and is successfully connecting to the Internet camera in the beginning of the schedule.

  • Page 26: Status

    Select this item to enable cycle recording. When the Cycle Recording is enabled and the storage usage has already reached the maximum reserved storage space, the Cycle Recording utility will automatically delete the oldest recorded video file and use the space to store the newly recorded video stream.

  • Page 27: General

    It displays “Yes” when the utility is connecting to the Internet Camera and Connected displays “No” when the utility is not connecting to the Internet Camera. The beginning time of the current connection session between the utility and the Stream Started At Internet Camera.

  • Page 28: About

    7.8.5 About About Camera Viewer Utility Version Display current Camera Viewer Utility Version. 7.9 Playback Click the “Open File” and a “Load File” window will be popped up. Select the file that you want to play. The viewer will start to play the selected video file.

  • Page 29: Rotate Video

    Play Pause Stop Forward 7.10 Rotate Video Rotate function lets you rotate the video frame 180 of degree angle each time you click the “Rotate” this function, you can view the live video with normal, and 180 degree angles counterclockwise. Playing Control When the video playback is in Stop state, just click “Play”...

  • Page 30: Web Connection And Setup

    ActiveX plug in. Please check the publisher part, you should only accept it if it is published by Edimax Technology CO.,LTD.. After installed the ActiveX plug-in, the video image will be shown up in the web screen directly.

  • Page 31: Camera Setting

    The menu options for the web control screen are as follows. Camera – View live video and adjust the video format from the menu. LAN – Setup the camera LAN port functions in the menu. WLAN ( for IC-1500Wg only) – Setup the camera WLAN port functions in the menu. E-Mail &...

  • Page 32: Lan Setting

    8.2 LAN Setting Network Type This camera can obtain IP via DHCP protocol or specified static IP Address to it.. Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP IP Address Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.0 to 192.168.2.250, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.

  • Page 33: Wlan

    8.3 WLAN ( for IC-1500Wg only) Enable or disable the wireless function of the Internet Camera. By default, the function Wireless connection is disabled. Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of a Wireless LAN Access Point or Router. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router. Network Type Ad-Hoc –...

  • Page 34: E-Mail And Ftp

    The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following rules below. 64-bit – Input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or 5-digit ASCII characters (including “a-z” and “0-9”) as the encryption keys. For example: Key1 ~ Key4 “0123456aef“...

  • Page 35: Motion Detection

    8.5 Motion Detection The “Motion Detection” allows users to setup the behavior of motion detection feature. Motion Detection Motion Detection Enable Enable or Disable the Motion Detection Function. Next Event Detected Setup the interval between two events. For example, if you setup the interval to 5 Interval seconds, the next event will start after this event finished + 5 seconds.

  • Page 36: System

    8.6 System The “System” allows users to setup the camera’s parameters, like camera name, data/time setting. And also provide firmware upgrade and reset tools at this page. Camera Name Login Name Password Confirm Password Set Date/Time manually NTP Server Time Zone NTP Server Upgrade Firmware Reset to Factory Defaults...

  • Page 37: Status

    8.7 Status The “Status” shows the current firmware version, uptime, system time and IP information of this camera. 8.8 Users The “Users” allows users to add four user accounts which are able to view video from Camera Viewer and Web Management.

  • Page 38: Frequently Asked Questions

    9 Frequently Asked Questions Q1: What is an Internet Camera? A: The Internet Camera is a standalone system connecting directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. It is different from the conventional PC Camera; the Internet Camera is an all-in-one system with built-in CPU and web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that can transmit high quality video images for monitoring.
  • Page 39 TCP/UDP connections from remote PC to the Internet Camera. The Router/Gateway should set port forwarding or virtual server for the connections. Please see the illustration as below. Router/Gateway Port Forwarding/Virtual Server Setup Name Setup 1 Setup 2 Setup 3 Setup 4 Setup 1 Setup 2 Setup 3...

  • Page 40: Appendix B Viewing Via Upnp In Windows Xp

    12 Appendix B Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly double click the camera or right click the camera and select “Invoke”...
  • Page 41 The “Windows Firewall” screen will be popped up, select “Exceptions” option menu.
  • Page 42 Enable “UPnP Framework” from the “Programs and Services list” and click “Ok”.

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