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  • Page 1 LevelOne FCS-1030 10/100Mbps IP Network Camera User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Before You Use This Product..............4 Warning Before Install ................5 Package Contents ..................7 Installation ....................2 Hardware installation...............2 Software installation ................1 Using Installation Wizard..............6 User Interface ................6 Action buttons ................7 Function buttons ................8 Setup ..................8 System Setting ................9 Change root password ..............9 Adjust date and time ..............10 Network Setting ...............11 Fix the IP address..............11...
  • Page 3 Opening accounts for new users..........25 Change homepage layout ............26 Build a multimedia web attraction site ........31 Build a security application............34 Software revision upgrade............35 Definitions in Configuration ..............36 System parameters ................37 Security settings ................38 Network settings................39 General ..................39 SMTP ..................39 FTP ...................40 HTTP..................40 Streaming .................41 DDNS and UPnP settings ..............42...
  • Page 4 Restart system .................47 Page URL ..................48 System resource URL..............48 General format of command URL ..........49 System configuration URL ............49 Security configuration URL ............50 Network configuration URL............50 DDNS & UPnP configuration URL ..........52 Video configuration URL ............53 Image quality configuration URL ..........54 Application configuration URL ..........55 Homepage layout configuration URL.........56 D.

  • Page 5: Before You Use This Product

    Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The FCS-1030 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 6: Warning Before Install

    Warning Before Install - 5 -...
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  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Package Contents - 7 -...

  • Page 9: Installation

    Installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the FCS-1030 Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. Hardware installation Please verify that your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents.

  • Page 10: Software Installation

    Software installation The following are steps for the software installation. STEP 1 Put the Installation disk into the CD-ROM drive, and the installation should start automatically. If the installation does not start, click on “Start” on the lower left corner of your screen, open “My Computer” and double click on the CD-ROM icon.
  • Page 11 STEP 3 There are links on this page, including Installation Wizard, User’s Manual and Surveillance Software. Click on “Installation Wizard” to launch the setup program.
  • Page 12 STEP 4 Select the installation directory for this application software and click on “Next”. You can also change the installation directory from the default directory by clicking on “Browse…” STEP 5 Select a program folder to install the application software into and then click on “Next”.
  • Page 13 STEP 6 Click on “Finish” to finish installation. This completes the installation.

  • Page 14: Using Installation Wizard

    Using Installation Wizard User Interface Once you run the Installation Wizard, you will see the user interface. You can click on the device list to select a device. The three buttons (Setup, Upgrade, and Reset to default) won’t be enabled until you select at least one device. Installation wizard allows you to setup or upgrade multiple devices (of the same model) at the same time.

  • Page 15: Action Buttons

    Action buttons Click on this button to clean up the device list and search all devices on the within the same subnet again. It will take about 5 seconds. To setup or upgrade the devices which can not be found by Installation Wizard, please click on this button to add them manually.

  • Page 16: Function Buttons

    After clicking on the “Setup” button, Installation Wizard will try to connect to the selected device(s). If the authentication is failed, it will popup a dialog) to ask for correct password and http port number. The default password is the MAC address of your own FCS-1030, which marks...

  • Page 17: System Setting

    at the bottom label of each device. Please enter the MAC address with capital letters. System Setting After connected to the selected device(s), it will switch to system setting page. Click on this button to back to the previous page or main page Click on this button to keep the settings and go to the next page.

  • Page 18: Adjust Date And Time

    Adjust date and time There are three ways to adjust system date and time. The easiest way is to make Network Camera "Sync with computer time". The second way “Manual” is to set the date and time manually by entering new values. Notice the format in the related field while typing.

  • Page 19: Network Setting

    hour. Network Setting In this page, you can change the server’s IP address, subnet mask, default router, primary dns, and secondary dns. Fix the IP address Check "Reset IP address at next boot" will force Network Camera to reconfigure its IP address whenever it reboot. If you want the Network Camera to use a fixed IP, please uncheck the "Reset IP address at next boot"...

  • Page 20: Basic Network Settings

    If the authentication is failed, it will popup a dialog to ask for the correct password and http port number. The default password is the MAC address of your own FCS-1030, which marks at the bottom label of each device.

  • Page 22: Package Information

    Package Information The package information will show the information about the file that you selected. Firmware version: The version number of the selected firmware. Supported script version: The maximum script version that firmware can support. Web page version: The version number of the web page. Script version: Script version used by web page and server script.

  • Page 23: How To Use

    This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason. After successful linkage, the authentication window should pop up. The default user name is root. The default password is the MAC address of your own FCS-1030, which marks...

  • Page 24: Installing Plug-In

    at the bottom label of each device. Please enter the MAC address with capital letters. Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook.

  • Page 26: Primary User's Capability

    Primary user’s capability 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. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page.

  • Page 27: Digital Zoom

    Digital Zoom Click on the magnifier icon under the camera view then the digital zoom control panel will be shown. Uncheck “Disable digital zoom” and use the slider control to change the zoom factors. Snapshot Click on “Snapshot”, web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot.

  • Page 28: Client Settings

    Client settings At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask for a new plug-in installation, the plug-in being the Network Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the client’s site.
  • Page 29 There are two settings for the client side. One is “Media Option” for users to determine if audio should be muted. The other is “Protocol Option” which allows choices on connection protocol between client and server. There are three protocols choices to optimize your usage - UDP, TCP and HTTP. The UDP protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams.
  • Page 30 let the web browser to detect again, manually select the UDP protocol, save, and return HOME to re-connect. <url> http://<Network Camera>/protocol.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera.

  • Page 31: Administrator's Capability

    Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Fix bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible.
  • Page 32 you can fix the bit rate according to your bandwidth and set the maximum frame rate to 30 fps. If the images vary dramatically in your environment, you may want to slow the maximum frame rate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data transmission.

  • Page 33: 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 34: Change Homepage Layout

    option to access DI/DO is provided for each account. Some users may need to prohibit from controlling your attached devices. You may delete some users from ○ More flexible options for viewers ○ The first option allows anyone uses “demo” as the user name to view without password.
  • Page 35 How to change the background 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, If you want to display simple color without any image, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “blank”, 4. Find “Background color” and pull down the list to choose any color you like, 5.
  • Page 36 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “blank”, 4. Click on “Save” button. If you want to use the image from another web site as logo, 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “Url”, 4. Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, “http://dgl.microsoft.com/thumbnails/j023/j0234430(t).gif”, 5.
  • Page 37 How to design my own homepage to replace the current one 1. Prepare your own homepage with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to user.htm, 2. Insert the html codes of video object, the bold Italian text in the following example, into the appropriate position in user.htm.
  • Page 38 3. Open an FTP client program and connect to the Network Camera. The user name and password is as same as the Administrator’s. 4. Transfer user.htm in local folder to the Network Camera, 5. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera, 6.

  • Page 39: Build A Multimedia Web Attraction Site

    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 view you would like friends to share and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address. Caution: You may want to maintain your visitor’s list in the security configuration page to block out unexpected visitors.
  • Page 40 If you want to expand to allow in more viewers, the host server should be able to handle large network traffic, which must handle the picture refreshing from the Network Camera. If the web space has FTP service, Set the Network Camera as an FTP client to upload the pictures. The access to the Network Camera will be independent of the number of viewers and the picture quality will remain constant.
  • Page 41 ****** Example homepage begin ****** <html> <head> <title>Example - auto refresh</title> </head> <body background="/pic/wallppr.jpg"> <p align=left> <font size="7" face="Comic Sans MS" color="#FF0000"> Network Camera 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 42: Build A Security Application

    Build a security application The Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to monitor any movement to perform many useful security applications. To upload the snapshots, users can choose either email or FTP according to user’s needs. Both e-mail and FTP use the network settings on the network page. Refer to the definition section for detail configuration.

  • Page 43: Software Revision Upgrade

    Software revision upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site. An easy-to-use Upgrade Wizard is provided to upgrade the Network Camera with just a few clicks. The upgrade function is opened to the Administrator only. To upgrade the system, follow the procedures below. 1.

  • Page 44: 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 45: System Parameters

    System parameters "Keep current date and time" Click on this to reserve the current date and time of the Network Camera. An internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the system is turned off. "Sync with computer time"...

  • Page 46: Security Settings

    Security settings “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. “Add user”...

  • Page 47: Network Settings

    Network settings Any changes made on this page will restart the system in order to validate the changes. Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on "Reset IP address at next boot", the default status is checked to get IP address automatically at the server start.

  • Page 48: Ftp

    “User name of SMTP 2”, granted user name on the backup email server. “Password of SMTP 2”, granted password on the backup email server. “Recipient email address 2” The email address of the recipients for the backup server. “Sender email address”, the email address of the sender. “Local FTP server port”...

  • Page 49: Streaming

    the users must be notified the change for the connection to be successful. For instance, when the Administrator changes the HTTP port of the Network Camera whose IP address is 192.168.0.100 from 80 to 8080, the users must type browser “http://192.168.0.100:8080”...

  • Page 50: Ddns And Upnp Settings

    DDNS and UPnP settings “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 users wants to use DDNS service, this field must be filled. Please input the hostname that is registered in the DDNS server.
  • Page 51 “Double”. “Normal x 2” has the same video size as “Double” but of a lesser quality, while consuming less network bandwidth. “Power line frequency (for fluorescent light)”, the fluorescent light will flash according to the power line frequency that depends on local utility. Change the frequency setting to eliminate uncomfortable flash image when the light source is only fluorescent light.

  • Page 53: 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. Clicking on the ‘x’ at the upper right-hand corner of the window to delete the window.

  • Page 55: Application Settings

    Application settings 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. “All the time except for the above schedule”...
  • Page 56 email with the subject title “Periodic snapshots”. “Send snapshots by FTP” The snapshots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the file name defined in the next option. This can also be used to refresh the captured images stored in the external web server to build creative homepages.

  • Page 57: Homepage Layout Settings

    Homepage layout settings “Use the customized homepage”, check this option to use “user.htm” uploaded by the Administrator instead of the default one. Refer to the section “Administrator’s capability” for detail usage. The following options related to the default homepage will not affect the “user.htm”. “Logo graph”, the logo located at the upper left corner of homepage can be hidden, the default one that can be changed by the Administrator, or any image on the Internet that can be located via URL.

  • Page 58: Viewing System Log

    Viewing system log Click the link on the configuration page to view the system log file. The content of the file provides useful information about configuration and connection after system boot- up. Viewing system parameters Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system’s parameter set.

  • Page 59: 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 Blink in interchanged green and red...

  • Page 60: Frequently Asked Questions

    B. Frequently asked questions Q What if I forget my password? A After the Administrator's password is 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 for restoring factory default.
  • Page 61 zone setting. Q Can I install it on ceiling? A Yes. There are flip and mirror options in video configuration page to correct the images for upside down installation. Q The image is not clear enough. A Rotate the lens to adjust the focus after the Network Camera is installed in the proper position.
  • Page 62 maximum ten (10) users to watch and listen to the Network Camera at the same time. For a larger number of users, it is recommended to build another web server to host the retrieving contents from the Network Camera. Q How fast is the video rate of the Network Camera? A The MPEG4 codec engine can process 30 frames per second internally.

  • Page 63: Url Commands Of The Network Camera

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

  • Page 64: Restore Factory Default Settings

    Restore factory default settings /setup/restore.cgi The Network Camera will automatically restart after restoring factory default configurations. Restart system /setup/reset.cgi Restart the Network Camera without warning.

  • Page 65: Page Url

    Page URL The configuration page has a frame layout including an option list frame and an option page frame. Referenced URLs, except for the configuration page, direct users to the option page frame only. Some pages, such as image quality setting and preset setting, are opened in new windows for preview.

  • Page 66: General Format Of Command Url

    General format of command URL Every configuration can be set through URL with POST method by the Administrator only. <general format> URL[?[name=value][&name=value]……] <method> POST <authorized user> root System configuration URL URL: /setup/system.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION host <text string shorter than 40 system name characters>...

  • Page 67: Security Configuration Url

    Security configuration URL URL: /setup/security.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION rootpass <text string shorter than 16 change root password characters> username <text string shorter than 16 add new user characters> userpass <text string shorter than 16 new user's password characters> deluser <text string shorter than 16 existing user name characters>...
  • Page 68 smtp1 <domain name primary SMTP server address> smtp1Usr <string shorter than user name for primary SMTP characters> server smtp1pass <string shorter than password primary SMTP characters> server mail1 <string shorter than mail recipient address characters> smtp2 <domain name secondary SMTP server address>...

  • Page 69: Ddns & Upnp Configuration Url

    ftppass2 <text string shorter than 15 password secondary characters> server ffd2 <text string shorter than 40 upload folder in secondary FTP characters> server Pasv2 access FTP server in passive mode access FTP server in active mode http <number less than 65535> HTTP port cport <number less than 65535>...

  • Page 70: Video Configuration Url

    passkey <text string shorter than 20 The login password of DDNS characters> server or the key given by the DDNS server. enupnp anything Enable UPnP function. This option must be resent whenever called, UPnP function is to be enabled. Video configuration URL URL: /setup/video.cgi NAME...

  • Page 71: Image Quality Configuration Url

    384000 set bit rate to 384K bps 512000 set bit rate to 512K bps 768000 set bit rate to 768K bps 1000000 set bit rate to 1000K bps 1200000 set bit rate to 1200K bps frame set maximum frame rate to 1 fps set maximum frame rate to 2 fps set maximum frame rate to 3 fps set maximum frame rate to 5 fps...

  • Page 72: Application Configuration Url

    brightness <-5 ~ 5> adjust brightness of image contrast <-5 ~ 5> adjust contrast of image <-5 ~ 5> adjust hue of image saturation <-5 ~ 5> adjust saturation of image preview <not required> not save the parameters restore <not required> recall the original settings save <not required>...

  • Page 73: Homepage Layout Configuration Url

    Homepage layout configuration URL URL: /setup/layout.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION cuslogo blank hide logo use default logo use image from URL logourl <text string shorter than 80 URL of image for logo characters> linkurl <text string shorter than 80 URL to link when clicking on logo characters>...

  • Page 74: Technical Specifications

    D. Technical specifications - System - Audio CPU: Trimedia PNX1300 RAM: 16MB SDRAM Bite rate: 24Kbps ROM: 2MB FLASH ROM Supporting audio mute - Microphone Networking Omni-directional Protocol Frequency: 50 – 16000Hz TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, DDNS, UPnP , Telnet, S/N ratio: more than 60dB NTP, DNS and DHCP Physical...

  • Page 75: 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. Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it.
  • Page 76 Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
  • Page 77 c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License.
  • Page 78 compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.
  • Page 79 It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system, which is implemented by public license practices.
  • Page 80 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 plus the cost of shipping.

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