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- Page 1 Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Network Camera Setup Manual for the RavenShoeSecurity.com Internet Recording Service...
- Page 2 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Notice © © All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Table of Contents Introduction ........................4 Preparation ........................6 Admin Login Credentials ....................6 Internet Connection ......................6 Access to Camera’s Internal Website ................8 Y-cam Setup Software .................... -
Page 4: Introduction
Within this document the entire SD family of cameras is simply referred to as “Y- cam” with distinctions being called out as needed. The YCBL03 (white) and YCBLB3 (black) are bullet style outdoor cameras with night vision and built in IR (Infrared) illuminators. - Page 5 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) interface is required between the camera and the subject device for safety reasons as well as avoiding the frying of the camera’s internal circuitry. The DI is a pair of contacts that when closed cause the camera to send a picture to RavemShoeSecurity.com as well as record a video clip to the micro SD.
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Page 6: Preparation
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Preparation In order to set up the camera to operate with RavenShoeSecurity.com you will need the following items: Admin Login Credentials Internet Connection Access to the Camera’s Internal Website Optional WiFi Network Name (SSID) and key RavenShoeSecurity.com ftp Account... - Page 7 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) If you are planning to use WiFi you will need to physically connect the camera to the router during the initial setup operation to access the camera’s internal website.
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Page 8: Access To Camera's Internal Website
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) ’ ’ During the setup you will need to connect a computer browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (Mac)) to the internal admin website of your camera. - Page 9 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) The software will analyze your LAN and report the all the Y-cam network cameras found as shown in the example below: If you do not have any Y-cams connected to your LAN then the Y-cam Setup Software should show that as well.
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Page 10: Network Places
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Network Places If you are a PC user you may get lucky with Network Places (Windows 7) or My Network Places (Windows XP). If you have a compatible router and favourable... -
Page 11: Camera Setup Procedure
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Camera Setup Procedure To start the camera setup process, first install the micro SD chip as described in the associated user manual for the given camera if you want to use the built-in DVR (Digital Video Recorder) function. -
Page 12: Step 2: Access The Camera's Admin Functions
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) ’ ’ Use the IP Address of the subject camera as a URL any device on the same LAN as the camera. If you do not know the camera’s IP Address then use Network Places (Windows only) or the Y-cam Setup Software (PC or Mac) to discover the IP addresses of all the Y-cam cameras on your LAN. - Page 13 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Click on the Settings link to be prompted for the admin User Name and Password: For a new camera out of the box or one that has been “hard reset” the User Name is “admin”...
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Page 14: Step 3: Camera Section
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Click on the Camera menu. Click on the Stream Setup submenu. The Primary Stream will be used to send pictures to your RavenShoeSecurity.com account. Under Primary stream set the Image size to 640x480, Frame rate to 30, MPEG4 bit rate to 2048, MJPEG quality to 90, Snapshot quality to 90, Audio to Enable, and RTSP authentication to Enable. -
Page 15: Step 4: Network Section
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Click on the Network menu option and then the UPNP Setup option to see the following page: Set UPNP to Enable, Gateway HTTP/RTSP port forwarding to Enable, External HTTP/RTSP port range to 8150 –... -
Page 16: Optional Wifi
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Optional WiFi If you are not using WiFi to connect the camera to the Internet then skip ahead to the Alarm section. Click on the Wireless Setup option to see the following page:... - Page 17 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Click on the Search button to see the available WiFi networks: We have observed that sometimes the Y-cam displays the SSID (aka WiFi Network Name) in hexadecimal as shown above. In that case just pick any network and click the Apply button.
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Page 18: Step 5: Alarm Section
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Motion Detection Click on the Alarm menu option and then click on the Motion Detection sub-menu. You should see a page similar to the following: There are 4 separate rectangular motion windows, each with a Threshold and Sensitivity setting. -
Page 19: Alarm Management
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Alarm Management Click on the Alarm Management sub-menu and then click on the Enable FTP alarm management radio button to see the following page: Set the FTP server ID to 1 and then click the Setting button to see the following... - Page 20 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Copy and Paste the FTP server name (ftp host), User Name (ftp UserID), and Password (ftp Password) from the Settings section of your RavenShoeSecurity.com home page.
- Page 21 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Set FTP server port to 21, Anonymous to No, Passive Mode to On, and Keep Alive to 3600. Click on the Apply button to return to the Alarm Management page: Set Trigger Time to 1, Trigger FPS to 2, Remote path to /, and Snapshot from Primary stream.
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Page 22: Optional Periodic Sending
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Optional Periodic Sending When the camera does not detect motion it does not send any pictures. As a result when you check you RavenShoeSecurity.com account you may wonder if there really is no activity or if there is a malfunction such as an Internet outage. - Page 23 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) To activate periodic sending click on the Periodic Sending sub-menu and then click on the Enable FTP periodic sending radio button to see the following page: Set H to 1, M to 0, S to 0, and mS to 0.
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Page 24: Step 6: Optional Storage Section
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) The Y-cam has a built in DVR (Digital Video Recorder) that will capture video clips with sound (from a built in microphone) and write them to a micro SD. For every picture sent to RavenShoeSecurity.com a corresponding video clip is... -
Page 25: Storage Setup
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Storage Setup Install the micro SD chip as per the user manual for your model of camera. Click on the Storage menu and then click on the Storage Setup sub-menu option. -
Page 26: Record On Alarm
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Record on Alarm Click on the Record on Alarm menu option to see the following page: Click on the Arm radio button. Click on the Enable radio button. -
Page 27: Step 7: Tools Sections
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) clips will be 10 seconds each. The last clip will be 4 seconds. 10 is a good starting value for this parameter. Click on the Always radio button. -
Page 28: Date & Time
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Date & Time Click the Tools menu option. Then click the Date & Time sub-menu option to see the following page: In the Select to change the time zone for the device location: list box pick the time zone that is appropriate for where the camera is installed. -
Page 29: Format Sd Card
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Format SD Card Click on the Storage menu option and then click Format SD Card sub-menu to see the following page: This page displays stats about the micro SD card. Click on the Format button if you wish to erase all the video clips. -
Page 30: Browsing Video Clips
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Browsing Video Clips To view the video clips on your PC your may need to install Apple Quicktime or VLC beforehand. You can download these programs for free at these sites: Apple Quicktime http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/... - Page 31 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Double click any file listed to view it in your PC or Mac. You can check the box beside any video and scroll down to the bottom and click the Delete button to remove one or more video clips.
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Page 32: Glossary
Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) Glossary DI – Digital Input: A pair of contacts that close to signal an event such as a door switch or PIR sensor. When the DI is closed the camera starts recording. - Page 33 Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Y-cam YCBL03, YCBLB3, YCK003, YCB003, YCW003, and YCEB03 Setup Manual v2012-04-09(1) VA – Volt Amps: A measure of UPS capacity. WAN – Wide Area Network. A network that interconnects LANs. Generally known as the Internet. WEP/WPA/WPA2 – Encryption methods used for WiFi.
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