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FCS-1010/WCS-2010
P/T IP Network Camera
User Manual
Ver 2.0.1 - 0609

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  • Page 1 LevelOne FCS-1010/WCS-2010 P/T IP Network Camera User Manual Ver 2.0.1 - 0609...
  • Page 4 Package Contents...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    User Group Administration ..........................33 Network Settings ............................. 34 General ..................................34 HTTP....................................34 Streaming ..................................35 WLAN Configuration (WCS-2010 Only)........................35 Mail & FTP ............................... 36 SMTP ..................................... 36 FTP....................................37 Audio/Video Codec Parameters ........................38 Audio Parameters................................. 38...
  • Page 6 Motion Detection ............................. 40 Application Setup ............................41 Weekly Schedule................................41 Event Operation................................41 Sequential Operation ..............................42 Camera Control ............................... 43 UPnP and DDNS Settings ..........................45 Viewing System Parameters ......................... 46 Factory Default ..............................46 PPENDIX ................................47 A.

  • Page 7: Installation

    Network Camera will be on stand-by and ready for software installation. If self-test fails the red LED will blink several times. Refer to Appendix A for troubleshooting. LevelOne FCS-1010/WCS-2010 Network Camera will first detect Ethernet. If it does not connect to Ethernet, the Network Camera will try WLAN. During the searching and connecting process to the wireless access point or station, the red LED of the Network Camera will flash every second.
  • Page 8 The Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block with one digital input and one relay switch for device control. Pin 1 and Pin 2 can be connected to an external sensor device and the state of voltage can be monitored from the initial state 'LOW'. The relay switches Pin 3 and Pin 4 can be used to turn on or off an external device.

  • Page 9: 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 10 Click on “Installation Wizard” after the window contains changed, click on “Installation Wizard” to run installation program. Upon Installation Wizard’s start up, a searching box will pop up. This program searches for IP Network Camera on the same LAN: After searching, Network Cameras will be located by the Installation Wizard. There may be several entries shown in the window.
  • Page 11 For the MAC address in the “MAC address” field, please check the label on the bottom of the camera. The IP addresses shown in the "Current IP Address" field reflect those on the local network. They may be from the DHCP server. If there is no DHCP server, the camera will try to find a free IP address (this takes from 15 second to 3 minutes, depending on the LAN status).

  • Page 12: Initial Access To The Network Camera

    Appendix. Change Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access The default Administrator’s password is the “MAC Address” of your FCS-1010/WCS-2010. Please refer to the bottom label of your MAC address. The Administrator should immediately implement a new password as a matter of prudent security practice. Once the Administrator’s password is saved, the Network Camera will ask for the user’s name and password before each...

  • Page 13: 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. Upon successful authentication, the following figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails.

  • Page 14: Installing Plug-In

    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. If the highest security level is set, the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt.

  • Page 15: Primary User's Capabilities

    Primary User’s Capabilities Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has three parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Pan/Tilt control buttons: These buttons provide a command interface to control the aim of the camera.
  • Page 16 The Configuration: “Digital Output” Clicking on the “On” or “Off” button turns the digital output to either on or off status. “Snapshot” The button provides users a fast way to capture a single image of the video from the Network Camera. “Client Settings”...
  • Page 17 “Disable digital zoom” The checkbox selection allows users to disable/enable the digital zoom function. “Zoom Factors” The range of zoom factor is from 100% to 400%, users can select any integer factor inside this area. “Hide” Click on this button can close the digital zoom control window. The pan/tilt control buttons: The direction buttons are for Left, Right, Up, Down, and Home functions.

  • Page 18: 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. The user may click on to install the plug-in.
  • Page 19 allows HTTP Port (80) to be opened. In this mode, audio will not be sent and only video is operational. If no special need is required, UDP protocol is recommended. Generally speaking, the client’s choice will be in the order of UDP → TCP → HTTP. After the Network Camera is connected successfully, “Protocol Option”...

  • Page 20: 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. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Fix bit rate”, and “Fix quality”...
  • Page 21 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. This allows for better video quality and the human eyes cannot readily detect the differences between those of 20, 25, or 30 frames per second.

  • Page 22: Opening Accounts For New Users

    Opening Accounts for New Users Protect Network Camera by passwords etwork Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access 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 23: Building A Multimedia Web Attraction Site

    Building a Multimedia Web Attraction Site Demo on Multiple Sites – Mid-Scale Service The Network Camera can allow ten visitors to view 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 24 4. Click on “Application” in the left column, 5. Select the day or days of the week in “Weekly schedule” you want to upload the pictures, 6. Select “Sequential operation” and set the interval, 7. Unselect "FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix" as the upload method and click on "Save", 8.
  • Page 25 bandwidth for best result. If the refresh rate is too fast and there is a large number of visitors, this may overload the Network Camera and slows the response.
  • Page 26 Example of an auto-refresh web page: <html> <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. //--> <script language=javascript>...

  • Page 27: Building A Security Application

    Building a Security Application The Administrator can combine options on the application page to perform many useful security applications. There are two 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 28 Send Snapshots When Motion is Detected If no external sensor is available, the Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to monitor any movement and sends snapshots via email for security check. Enable Click on “Motion detection” in the left column, 8.
  • Page 29 9. Click on “New” to have a new window to monitor video, 10. Type in a name to identify the new window, 11. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window corner to resize or the title bar to move, 12.

  • Page 30: Software Revision Upgrade

    Software Revision Upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site of LevelOne,www.level1.com. 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.

  • Page 31: Multi-Language By Software Upgrade

    Multi-Language by Software Upgrade The software in FCS-1010/WCS-2010 Network Camera is four language, English, German, Korean and Chinese. The default software is English. Please skip the steps if you don’t need to upgrade multi-language. Please follow up the steps as below if you have to upgrade your language manually.
  • Page 32 2. Select the Camera you want to setup and click “Link to selected device” button. 3. Please Enter “root” as username and MAC number as password.
  • Page 33 4. After log-on to the camera, please click “Configuration” button. 5. Select “Network” linkage in left frame. Once entering to the network page, please execute the following step: 5.1 Disable the” Reset the IP address at next boot” option. 5.2 Change the IP address you want. 5.3 Click “Save”...
  • Page 34 6. Launch the Upgrade Wizard from your CDROM 7. Type the Camera’ s IP address & root’s password which you have to upgrade its firmware. Then, click “Next” button. 7.1 If the root’s password or Video Server’s FTP port is changed, the dialog will pop-up to ask.
  • Page 35 the Video Server and pop-up the message dialog to ask. If the firmware version is correct, click “Yes” button. 10. Then, the firmware will start to upload the firmware to Video server. The process bar will indicate current status. DO NOT POWER OFF THE CAMERA WHEN UPGRADING.
  • Page 36 and password, the main page should display. Click the “Configuration” linkage...

  • Page 37: 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 38: 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 beside the lens. It can prevent the camera’s operation being noticed. "Keep current date and time"...

  • Page 39: 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 40: 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 avoid erroneous entries during installation.

  • Page 41: Streaming

    WLAN Configuration (WCS-2010 Only) “SSID” (Service Set Identifier), it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) must use the same SSID.

  • Page 42: Mail & Ftp

    “Data encryption” Checking the box to enable the data encryption. By default it is disabled. “Auth. Mode” Choosing one of the following modes, (Open is the default setting) “Auto” – The selection will apply both Shared and Open mode authentication method.

  • Page 43: Ftp

    “Return email address” The return email address used in the event the mails fail to be sent out. “Local FTP server port” This can be other than the default Port 21. The user can change this value from 1 to 65535. After the change, the external FTP client program must change the server port of connection accordingly.

  • Page 44: Audio/Video Codec Parameters

    Audio/Video Codec Parameters Audio Parameters “Mute” Check the option will make the Network Camera reboot to force all the connection using HTTP mode to view the video, therefore no audio can be heard at any client side. “Improve audio quality in low bandwidth environment” Check the option will make the Network Camera reboot to make communication of audio channel more efficient.
  • Page 45 “Contrast”, “Hue” and "Saturation" for video compensation. Each field has eleven levels ranging from -5 to +5. The User may press to fine-tune the image. When the image is O.K., press to set the image settings. Click on this to recall the original settings without incorporating the changes.

  • Page 46: 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 47: 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. Event Operation “Delay second(s) before detecting next event”...

  • Page 48: Sequential Operation

    Sequential Operation “Snapshot every second(s)” The Network Camera will send snapshots at the specified intervals to the external server using the method selected below. Remember: This operation is still subject to the conditions set in the weekly schedule. “Send snapshots by email” This selects the uploading method following the intervals set above.

  • Page 49: Camera Control

    Camera Control Camera control Preset function area On the Camera Control page, there are two main function control areas: Camera Control Area The pan and tilt functions can be controlled with these buttons. The “Left” button aims the camera to the left; the “Right”, “Up”, and “Down” buttons aim the camera accordingly. The “Home”...
  • Page 50 Preset Function Area ”Enable IR control” Checking this box allows the Administrator to enable the IR controller to move the aim of the camera. To allow controls only through URL commands or web pages, leave this box unchecked. ”Current position”, If the User wants to save the current view as a preset location, enter a name for each of the current video view at “current position”...

  • Page 51: Upnp And Ddns Settings

    UPnP and DDNS 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 the User wants to use DDNS service, this field must be filled. Please input the hostname that is registered in the DDNS server.

  • Page 52: Viewing System Parameters

    Viewing System Log Click on the link on the configuration page to view the system log file. The content of this 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 53: 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 54: Frequently Asked Questions

    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.
  • Page 55 Q The image is not clear enough. A Rotate the lens to adjust the focus after the Network Camera has been installed in the proper position. 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 56 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. Q How can I keep the Network Camera as private as possible? A The Network Camera is designed for surveillance purposes and has many flexible interfaces.

  • Page 57: 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 Network Camera.

  • Page 58: Restart System

    Restart System /setup/reset.cgi Restart the Network Camera without warning.

  • Page 59: 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 60: System Configuration Url

    <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 15 system name characters> ledoff turn off front LED turn off front LED method keep keep date and time unchanged auto use NTP server to synchronize manu...

  • Page 61: Security Configuration Url

    Security Configuration URL URL: /setup/security.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION rootpass <text string shorter than 15 change root password characters> username <text string shorter than 15 add new user characters> userpass <text string shorter than 15 new user's password characters> deluser <text string shorter than 15 existing user name characters>...
  • Page 62 keep the original way ssid <text string shorter than 33 WLAN SSID characters> WLAN infrastructure mode WLAN Ad Hoc mode chan 1 ~ 11 channel in USA 1 ~ 11 channel in Canada 1 ~ 13 channel in Europe 10, 11 channel in Spain 10 ~ 13 channel in France...

  • Page 63: Ddns & Upnp Configuration Url

    netkey2 hexadecimal string (00 ~ FF) network key 2 netkey3 hexadecimal string (00 ~ FF) network key 3 netkey4 hexadecimal string (00 ~ FF) network key 4 *Hexadecimal string means the string is composed of two-digit ASCII code indicating the hexadecimal value.

  • Page 64: Audio/Video Configuration Url

    smtp2 <domain name or IP address> secondary SMTP server mailto2 <text string shorter than 80 mail recipient address characters> mailname2 <max 14 characters> second account name in SMTP server mailpass2 <max 14 characters> second account password in SMTP server returnemail <text string shorter than 80 return email address characters>...
  • Page 65 color monochrome <other than B/W> color quality fixb fix bit rate <other than fixb> fix quantization quan lowest quality of video lower quality of video normal quality of video higher quality of video highest quality of video bitrate 64000 set bit rate to 64K bps 128000 set bit rate to 128K bps 256000...

  • Page 66: Camera Control Url

    mphone internal set the audio source from built-in microphone. external set the audio source from line-in microphone. Camera Control URL URL: /setup/ptcamera.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION addpos <the position name> add preset location with its name delpos <the position name> delete preset location with its name selloc <index value, 0~19>...

  • Page 67: Application Configuration Url

    Application Configuration URL URL: /setup/app.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION emode <not required> event mode application smode <not required> sequential mode application smethod mail upload snapshots by email upload snapshots by FTP suffix <not required> FTP file with date and time suffix delay <integer>...

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