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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ► ICA-5250V...
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Further, PLANET reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
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Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste; they should be collected separately. Revision User’s Manual of PLANET Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera Model: ICA-5250V Rev: 2.00 (July, 2014) Part No. 2081-G00211-006...
Full HD resolutions at 30 frames per second (fps). The ICA-5250V can change video frame from horizontal to vertical, i.e. from 16: 9 to 9: 16, which is great for corridors. The ICA-5250V is also equipped with IP66-rated and IK-10...
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ICA-5250V Day & Night Functionality To adapt to constantly changing lighting conditions during the day and night, the ICA-5250V comes with a removable IR-cut filter and built-in IR illuminators, which enable the camera to provide color video when there is sufficient light, and black/white video in dark conditions. It can also select color video in dark conditions.
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ICA-5250V Advanced Event Management The ICA-5250V also supports a number of advanced features that give the camera increased flexibility and capabilities, including auto-iris for improving the image quality to avoid over exposure, AV out for performing the two-way audio function and inputs/outputs for connecting external devices such as door sensors and relays to activate light or close doors.
ICA-5250V Vari-Focal and Camera Tampering Detection Offers the Best Recording Flexibility The ICA-5250V incorporates the mega-pixel vari-focal lens, which has the option of selecting a high millimeter setting for narrow viewing fields or a low millimeter setting for wider viewing fields.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Color video in dark conditions Anti fog and lens distortion correction Network and Configuration Compliant with IEEE 802.3af PoE interface for flexible deployment Auto MDI/MDI-X supported Support for both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols RTSP / UPnP / 3GPP / HTTPS protocols selectable Easy Installation &...
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Network and Configuration Network Standard IEEE 802.3 10Base-T IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Supported Protocols IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, NTP, DNS, DDNS, 802.1x, SNMP, DHCP, UPnP, RTSP, RTP, RTCP, PPPoE, 3GPP, ICMP...
1. RJ-45: Connect to PC or Hub/Switch. For connection to 10Base-T Ethernet or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cabling, the ICA-5250V with the Ethernet port built N-way protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network automatically. Please use Category 5 cable to...
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 2. Power Jack: The input power is DC 12V. ONLY use package power adapter supplied with the Internet. Otherwise, the product may be damaged. 2.1.2 I/O Control Instruction I/O Connection Please connect the GND and DO pin to the external relay (buzzer) device.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 2.2 Hardware Installation 2.2.1 Physical Installation 1. Connector Instruction Remove the dome cover and you will see the structure as shown below. Connect power adapter first, then connect the IP Camera to PC or network, and set up the network configurations according to the network environment.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V a. The unused cable outlet hole must be closed, and the waterproof connector on the used hole must be locked closely. b. We recommend the bottom of housing be set on the smooth flat and closely seal with the surface.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V e. Use the 3-axis bracket to adjust the camera to an appropriate angle. f. Before you close the dome cover, make sure that the black rubber band sticks to the inside of the cover completely. Crooked or uneven rubber band may cause the waterproof defective.
(UPS) to ensure a 24 / 7 operation. 2.3 Initial Utility Installation This chapter shows how to quickly set up your H.264 camera. The windows utility PLANET IP Installer can search the cameras in the network that will help you to configure some basic settings before you start advanced management and monitoring.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3. OS: Windows XP SP2 or above. If the following “Windows Security Alert” pops up, please click “Unblock”. 4. The GUI of IP Installer is as follows (Default IP: 192.168.0.20). (1) IP Installer will search all IP cameras connected to LAN. The user can click “Search...
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IP Camera IP subnet or PC IP subnet accordingly. (6) A quick way to access remote monitoring is to left-click the mouse twice on a selected IP camera listed on “Device list” of PLANET IP Installer. An IE browser will be opened.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V (7) Then, please key-in the default User Name: “admin” and Password “admin” in the following message box. (8) If the user name and password are input correctly, the following web page will be displayed.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Go to Start > Settings, and click Control Panel. The “Control Panel” will display on the screen and double-click “Add or Remove Programs” to continue.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V The “Add or Remove Programs” will display on the screen and click Add/Remove Widows Components to continue. The following screen will appear. Select “Networking Services” and click “Details” to continue.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V The “Networking Services” will display on the screen. Select “Universal Plug and Play” and click “OK” to continue. Please click “Next” to continue.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V The program will start installing the UPnP automatically. You will see the pop-up screen below. Please wait while Setup configures the components. Please click “Finish” to complete the UPnP installation.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Double-click “My Network Places” on the desktop, and the “My Network Places” will display on the screen. Double-click the UPnP icon with Internet Camera to view your device in an internet browser. 2.4.2 Windows 7 Go to Start >...
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 2.5 Setting up ActiveX to use the Internet Camera The Internet Camera web pages communicate with the Internet Camera using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the Internet Camera and installed on your PC.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V • Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for Internet Camera. 2.5.2 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP From your IE browser ”Tools”...
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V • Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for Internet Camera. 2.5.3 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista From your IE browser ”Tools” ”Internet Options…” ”Security”...
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V • Prompt “Initialize and script active controls not marked….” By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for Internet Camera.
“http: //192.168.0.20“ The login window of Internet Camera will appear, Default login username and password are both admin. If the User Name and Password have been changed with PLANET IP Installer, please enter the new User Name and Password here.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Web browser may display the “Security Warning” window. Select “Yes” to install and run the ActiveX control into your PC. After the ActiveX control is installed and run, the first image will be displayed.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3.3 Live Viewing Start-up screen is shown below whether you are an ordinary user or an administrator. (1) Configure Get into the administration page. (2) Snapshot Video Snapshot Show system time, video resolution, and video refreshing rate (3 Status Bar Select video screen “default, 1/2x, 1x, 2x”...
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V video again, and then it will change back to normal mode. Right-click the mouse on the video, it will show a pop-up menu. Snapshot Save a JPEG picture. Record the video in the local PC. It will ask you where to save the video.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3.4 Configuration Click to get into the administration page. Click to go back to the live video page. 3.5 System 3.5.1 System Information 1. Server Information: Set up the camera name, select language, and set up the camera time.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V This is the Camera name. This name will show on the IP Server Name Installer. There are English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, Russian, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Select language Polish to select. When changed, it will show the following dialogue box for the confirmation of changing language.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3. Server time setting: Select options to set up time - “NTP”, “Synchronize with PC’s time”, “Manual”, “The date and time remain the same”. 3.5.2 User Management IP camera supports three different users -- administrator, general user, and anonymous user.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Click “edit” or “delete” to modify the user 3.5.3 System Update To update the firmware online, click “Browse…” to select the Firmware Upgrade firmware. Then click “Upgrade” to proceed. Reboot System Re-start the IP camera.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V index.html to return to main page 3.6 Network 3.6.1 IP Setting IP camera supports DHCP and static IP.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Using DHCP, IP camera will get all the network parameters DHCP automatically. Please type in IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS Static IP manually. IPv6 is a newer numbering system that provides a much larger address pool than IPv4, which accounts for most of today’s...
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V This IP camera supports UPnP. If this service is enabled on your computer, the camera will automatically be detected and UPnP a new icon will be added to “My Network Places.” Note: UPnP must be enabled on your computer.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Network and Sharing Center → Click "See full map" 3.6.2 Advanced HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) Https can help protect streaming data transmission over the Internet on the higher security level. You can select the connection type. "Https" means user cannot connect the camera via Http protocol.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Created Request: Setting the secure identification and apply it There are two ways to set Certificate -- Install Signed Certificate or Create Self-Signed Certificate. SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) SNMP provides a simple framework for administering networked hardware. To manage the IP camera, you have to prepare an MIB browser or similar tools first.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V SNMPv3: For data security reason, the authentication and encryption assurances are added when developing SNMPv3. The user has to give not only the security name (the same as "community name" in v1 and v2c, or sometimes we call it "context name") but the password in order to access the IP camera.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Access List You can deny an IP address or a range of IP address so that they cannot access the IP camera. Tick the "enable" box, key-in the IP address you want to deny, select” deny" and then click”...
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V The number 0~63 for Live Stream, Event / Alarm, and Management represent the ratio that the bandwidth is divided. For example, if you set 5, 10, and 20 for the three items, then the bandwidth of the three items is 5: 10: 20.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3.6.3 PPPoE & DDNS PPPoE: Stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet A standard builds on Ethernet and Point-to-Point network protocol. It allows Internet camera to connect to Internet with xDSL or cable connection; it can dial up your ISP and get a dynamic IP address.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V is like his phone number. On the Internet we have IP numbers for each host (computer, server, router, and so on), and we replace these IP numbers to easily remember names, which are organized into the domain name.
(6) Update Failed, please check the account information you provide: The server, user name, and password may be wrong. This model adds Planet easy DDNS that when this function enable will occur hostname with PLANET Easy DDNS and end six of MAC automatically. User don’t go to web of www.planetddns.com...
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V FTP Setting: Set up the server address and account information of your FTP. Click “Apply” to save the setting, then use “Test” button to test the server connection. A message box will tell you “OK!”...
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V If the test fails, check the sharing setting of your location folder. The folder properties must be “shared” and the permissions must be in “Full Control” as shown in the above dialog. Samba only supports one layer folder.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3.7.1 Image Setting For the security and privacy purposes, there are three areas that can be set up for privacy mask. Click Area button first and drag an area on the above image, and remember to save your setting.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V resulting from over and under exposure. Improve the image clarity on environments presenting high (6) Anti Fog levels of fog or smoke. Straight the curves in the borders of the image caused by the (7) Lens Distortion lens angles.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V There are 5 resolutions to choose from: Resolution 1920x1080, 1280x720, 640x480, 320x240, or 176x144 Profile is a different compression way of H.264. Main profile provides better coding efficiency. Profile Note that some devices do not support every profile.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V The quality parameter of VBR. You can choose 1~10 Video Quantitative compression rate. The higher the value is, the higher the image quality is. The quality parameter of CBR. You can choose 32kbps ~ Video Bitrate 8Mbps.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V (1) Audio from IP camera’s built-in microphone to local PC: select “Enabled” to start this function. The audio compression format can be chosen from 3 options. You can also adjust the volume of 2-way audio.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3.8.1 Event Setting IP camera allows 3-area motion detection. When motion is triggered, it can send the video to some specific mail Motion Detection addresses, transmit the video to remote ftp server and...
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V To set up the motion area, click “Area Setting” and use mouse to drag and draw the area. The same operation is done for areas 2 and 3. If you select "save to SD card", the video or snapshot will be saved to Micro SD card.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V 3.8.2 Schedule After completing the schedule setup, the camera data will be Schedule recorded according to the scheduled setup. After enabling the snapshot function, user can select the Snapshot storage position of snapshot file, the interval time of snapshot and the reserved file name of snapshot.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V For example, if you select "10 sec" here, once the motion is Interval detected and action is triggered, it cannot be triggered again within 10 seconds. When the option box is ticked, only during the selected scheduled time the I/O is enabled.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Click the date listed on this page and it shows the list of the video. The video format is AVI. Click the video to start Microsoft Media Player to play it. To delete the video, check it and then click "Del".
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V To use FlashGet for downloading the image and video data from the micro SD card, please follow the steps: Open FlashGet, select "File” → "Import" → "Import list", and find the link list file you just saved.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V FlashGet is free software that can be downloaded from FlashGet official website. The example above is based on FlashGet ver.1.9.6.1073...
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Appendix A: Factory Default To recover the default IP address and password, please follow the steps: • Remove the power and Ethernet cable. • Press and hold the button as the picture is shown below.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Appendix B: Ping IP Address The Ping (stands for Packet Internet Groper) command is used to detect whether a specific IP address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply. It’s also a very useful tool to confirm whether or not Internet camera is installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other device over the network.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Appendix C: 3GPP Access To use the 3GPP function, in addition to the previous section, you might need more information or configuration to make this function work. To use the 3GPP function, it is strongly recommended to install the Networked Device with a public and fixed IP address without any firewall protection.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Appendix D: Planet DDNS Application Configuring PLANET DDNS steps: Step 1 Enable DDNS option through accessing web page of the ICA-3250V. Step 2 Select on DDNS server provided, and register an account if you do not use yet.
Manually setup the device with a fixed IP address, for example, 192.168.0.100. 2. Access the Router with Your Web browser The following steps generally apply to any router that you have on your network. PLANET WNRT-620 is used as an example to clarify the configuration process. Configure the initial settings of the router by following the steps outlined in the router’s Quick Installation Guide.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V over the Internet. Therefore, these ports need to be made accessible over the Internet. This is accomplished using the Virtual Server function on the router. The Virtual Server ports used by the camera must be opened through the router for remote access to your camera.
Do not connect device over a router. PLANET IP Installer program cannot detect device over a router. If IP address is not assigned to the PC that runs PLANET IP PLANET IP Installer program Installer program, then PLANET IP Installer program cannot find cannot find the device.
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer from the Microsoft webpage. PLANET IP Installer program fails Network may have trouble. Confirm the parameters and connections to save the network parameters.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V server address. If it’s not working after following the above procedure, reset Network Camera to default setting and install it again. The first time the PC connects to Network Camera, a pop-up Security Warning window will appear to download ActiveX Controls.
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Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V administrator about the transferring mode of FTP server. Video quality of the device The lens is dirty or dust is attached. Fingerprints, dust, stain, etc. on The focus on the Camera is bad.
Full HD Vandalproof IR IP Camera ICA-5250V Appendix G: Micro SD Card Compatibility The following are the Micro SD Cards recommended: Transcend SDHC class4 16GB SDHC class4 32GB class4 16GB class4 32GB SDHC class6 SDHC class6 SDHC class6 16GB class6...
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ICA-5250V * Produced by: Manufacturer‘s Name : Planet Technology Corp. Manufacturer‘s Address : 10F., No.96, Minquan Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (2004/108/EC,).
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