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Speed Dome Internet Camera
ICA-601 / ICA-651
User's Manual
Version: 2.00
Date: May. 23
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  • Page 1 Indoor / Outdoor Speed Dome Internet Camera ICA-601 / ICA-651 User’s Manual Version: 2.00 Date: May. 23 1/59...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 2008 by PLANET Technology Corp. 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, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of PLANET.
  • Page 3 Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET Indoor / Outdoor Speed Dome Internet Camera Model: ICA-601 / 651 (for F/W v 3.0 or above) Rev: 2.0 (May, 2008) Part No. EM-ICA601_651v2...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    2.7 UPnP Function... 24 2.7.1 Windows XP ... 24 2.7.2 Windows Vista... 28 2.8 Setup ActiveX to use the ICA-601 / ICA-651 ... 30 2.8.1 Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP... 30 2.8.2 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP... 31 2.8.3 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista...
  • Page 5 3.10 User ... 65 3.11 E-Mail ... 66 3.12 Object Detection ... 67 3.13 Event Server ... 68 3.13.1 FTP Server ... 68 3.13.2 TCP Server... 69 3.13.3 HTTP Server ... 70 3.14 Event Schedule... 71 Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings ... 72 Appendix B: PING IP Address ...
  • Page 6: Introduction

    10x digital zoom), auto focus, auto iris, fast, accurate and continuous 360 panning operations. The ICA-601 / ICA-651 can send video and audio via the internet to a web browser anywhere in the world. The ICA-651 can be setup into most of the wicked outdoor environments and keep working properly with the IP-66 protecting cover.
  • Page 7: Package Contents

    1.3 Package Contents User can find the following items in the package for ICA-601: User’s Manual ICA-601 x 1 Quick Guide x 1 and Utility CD x 1 Leaf Spring x 3 Telephone box x 1 Screw x 3 Power Adapter x 1...
  • Page 8 NOTE : If any of the above items are missing, please contact your dealer immediately. Using the power supply that is not the one included in ICA-601 / ICA-651 packet will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
  • Page 9: Basic Setup

    2. Basic Setup This chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-601 / ICA-651 2.1 System Requirements Network Interface 10/100MBase-TX Ethernet Monitoring System Recommended for Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Basic System Hardware · CPU: Pentium 4, 3.0GHz or above ·...
  • Page 10: Physical Details

    5. Line in (audio in): Connect an audio input source to the ICA-601 / ICA-651. 6. Line out (audio out): Connect a loud speaker to the ICA-601 / ICA-651. This function is for voice alerting and two-way audio.
  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    2.3 Hardware Installation 2.3.1 Physical Installation of ICA-601 1. During the installation, please take care and avoid crash. That Note may cause the device damage. 2. Please make sure the hardware had been located on the cell or roof properly. If the hardware drops down, it is possible make someone hurt.
  • Page 12 2. Take away the 3pcs leaf springs inside the accessory box. Attach the springs onto the outer cover. According to thickness of ceiling to adjust the location of springs. directions as following photo: 3. Push this outer cover into the ceiling. Check if the leaf springs are clipped to ceiling tightly. Find springs...
  • Page 13 4. Find safety hook inside the outer cover. Use the safety hook hanging the inner speed dome cover 5. Have all the cables across the outer cover...
  • Page 14 6. Take away 3pcs screws inside the accessory box. Use the screws to fix the inner cover and outer cover.
  • Page 15 7. Check speed dome main body. Fit in the pin into pin hole of base plate. Drive 2pcs screws until the speed dome fits the plate tightly and solidly 8. Follow anti-clockwise to fix the hemisphere cover onto speed dome. 9. Now the ICA-601 is fixed on the ceiling.
  • Page 16: Physical Installation Of Ica-651

    2.3.2 Physical Installation of ICA-651 1. Use the rubber ring, nut, and screws to mount the power box and ICA-651 to the wall. NOTE: You will need to choose correct screws to fix the ICA-651 to the wall. The other types of screws have to buy locally.
  • Page 17: Initial Utility Installation

    2.4 Initial Utility Installation This chapter shows how to quick set up your ICA-601 / ICA-651. The ICA-601 / ICA-651 is with the default settings. However to help you find the networked camera quickly the windows utility-IP Wizard can search the cameras in the network that shall help you to configure some basic setting before you started advanced management and monitoring.
  • Page 18 4. Please click “Next” to install with original settings, or you may click “Change…” button to modify the install folder then press “Next” to continue. 5. Please click “Install” to start the installation.
  • Page 19 6. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation 7. Please double-click the utility icon on the desktop then you will see the ICA-601 / ICA-651 utility.
  • Page 20: Ip Wizard

    2.5 IP Wizard When you installed the ICA-601 / ICA-651 on a LAN environment, you may execute IP Wizard to discover ICA-601 / ICA-651’s IP address and set up related parameters in the ICA-601 / ICA-651. NOTE: The ICA-651 installation steps are similar. Below is the installation of ICA-601.
  • Page 21 Wizard Button: When IP Wizard finds your camera, Wizard button will become available. Please select the device you would like to configure in the Information Box. The device will turn into yellow which means this device is selected; please press “Wizard” button. Or you could double click the mouse left key on the selected camera.
  • Page 22: Configure With Ip Wizard

    2.6 Configure With IP Wizard After pressing Installation Wizard, please key in Username and Password of the device when login dialog box appears on the screen. You can login the setup page if authorized name and password is correct. Default username/password for machine login: admin/<no password> Wizard Page 1: Username and Password This page is about the change of the authorized user name and password of the selected device.
  • Page 23 The term refers to two things: the conventions for naming hosts and the way the names are control across the Internet. DNS2 The same function as DNS1. It is optional, not necessary Note: If no IP address is assigned after 30 seconds, the ICA-601 / ICA-651 will work with its...
  • Page 24 ICA-601 / ICA-651’s web configuration page. Wizard Page 3: Confirmation This page shows the new configurations. If it is correct, please press “Submit” icon and the setting information will be save to your ICA-601 / ICA-651. Click on “Exit” to close this window.
  • Page 25: Upnp Function

    2.7 UPnP Function NOTE: Windows 2000 does not support UPnP feature. 2.7.1 Windows XP  UPnP™ is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This device is an UPnP enabled device.
  • Page 26 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...
  • Page 27 The “Networking Services” will display on the screen, select Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue. Please click Next to continue...
  • Page 28 The program will start installing the UPnP automatically. You will see the below pop-up screen, please wait while Setup configures the components. Please click Finish to complete the UPnP installation...
  • Page 29: Windows Vista

    Double-click My Network Places on the desktop, the “My Network Places” will display on the screen and double-click the UPnP icon with ICA-601 to view your device in an internet browser. 2.7.2 Windows Vista  UPnP™ is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals.
  • Page 30 Double-click My Network Places on the desktop, the “My Network Places” will display on the screen and double-click the UPnP icon with ICA-601 to view your device in an internet browser.
  • Page 31: Setup Activex To Use The Ica-601 / Ica-651

    The ICA-601 / ICA-651 web pages communicate with the ICA-601 / ICA-651 using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the ICA-601 / ICA-651 and installed on your PC. Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly. To use the ICA-601 / ICA-651, user must setup his IE browser as follows: 2.8.1 Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP ...
  • Page 32: Internet Explorer 7 For Windows Xp

    Set the first 3 items • Allow previously unused ActiveX control to run… • Allows Script lets • Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for ICA-601 / ICA-651. ”Internet Options…” ”Security” ”Custom Level…”, please...
  • Page 33: Internet Explorer 7 For Windows Vista

    ”Custom Level…”, please setup your “Settings” as follow. • Enable “Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls” • Prompt “Initialize and script active controls not marked….” By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for ICA-601 / ICA-651. ”Internet Options…” ”Security”...
  • Page 34: Web-Based Management

    Use the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA-601 / ICA-651. Once connected, you can add the ICA-601 / ICA-651 to your Browser’s Favorites or Bookmarks. Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the ICA-601 / ICA-651. The Default IP: “ http://192.168.0.20 “...
  • Page 35 After the ActiveX control was installed and run, the first image will be displayed. NOTE: If you log in the ICA-601 / ICA-651 as an ordinary user, setting function will be not available. If you log in the ICA-601 / ICA-651 as the administrator, you can perform...
  • Page 36: Live View

    PTZ Control Monitor Image Section Monitor Image Section The image shot by the ICA-601 / ICA-651 is shown here. The date and time are displayed at the top of the window. Video Profile The ICA-601 / ICA-651 support multi-profile for both MEPG-4 and M-JPEG simultaneously.
  • Page 37 The device also supports de-interlace function inside ActiveX. User can chose to enable or disable this function by toggling the icon below. Setting Menu This function is detail setting for ICA-601 / ICA-651 that only available for user logged into ICA-601 / ICA-651 as administrator. Item Network...
  • Page 38: Camera Direction

    PTZ Control Click to display the following control panel: Camera Direction Focus Control Preset Go Tour Auto Pan Hide PTZ Control Click the icon will hide the PTZ control function. Camera Direction Control camera up/down/left/right and home position. Zoom control Press WIDE to zoom out, and press TELE to zoom in.
  • Page 39: Activex Control

    3.4 ActiveX Control The plug-in ActiveX control supports a lot of functions by clicking the left mouse button. Note that this feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft® Internet Explorer. On the ActiveX control icon, click the LeftMouseButton, then a menu pop-up. This menu provides features that are unique to the ActiveX control.
  • Page 40: Digital Zoom

    3.4.1 Digital Zoom Click Digital Zoom to active this function as above. User can drag or scale the box over the video to adjust zoom ratio and position. 3.4.2 Record Click Record to activate this function. Press Record button to start recording. The video file is saved as ASF format into your local PC.
  • Page 41: Snapshot

    3.4.3 Snapshot Click Snapshot to activate this function. Press Snapshot button to take a picture. The image file is saved as JPEG format into your local PC. Select Browser, the pop-up window to select the save path and file name prefix, select OK to continue. If you like to retrieve the saved image, select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools.
  • Page 42: Statistics

    3.4.5 Statistics Click Statistics to activate this function. A window will be popup to show the statistics information of the streaming status. Note that this information is the statistics between the device and your local PC. 3.4.6 About Click About to show the ActiveX information...
  • Page 43: Network

    3.5 Network Use this menu to configure the network to connect the device and the clients. 3.5.1 Network This section provides the menu of connecting the device through Ethernet cable. Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that user cannot MAC Address change it.
  • Page 44: Ddns Server

    11111111 00000000 will usually be shown in the corresponding, more readable form as 255.255.255.0. Gateway A gateway is a piece of software or hardware that passes information between networks. You'll see this term most often when you either log in to an Internet site or when you're transient email between different servers.
  • Page 45: Pppoe

    PPPoE: Stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet A standard builds on Ethernet and Point-to-Point network protocol. It allows ICA-601 / ICA-651 connect to Internet with xDSL or cable connection; it can dial up your ISP and get a dynamic IP address.
  • Page 46: Streaming

    • Connect to a LAN by DHCP or Fixed IP • Access the device, enter Setting PPPoE To enable or disable the PPPoE service here. User Name Type the user name for the PPPoE service which is provided by ISP. Password Type the password for the PPPoE service which is provided by ISP.
  • Page 47: Upnp

    RTSP Port Choose the RTSP port. The RTSP protocol allows a connecting client to start a video stream. Enter the RTSP port number to use. The default value is 554. RTP Port Specify the range of transmission port number of video stream. The default range is 50000 to 50999.
  • Page 48: Ip Filter

    traversal when your device is located on an intranet (LAN) and you wish to make it available from the other (WAN) side of a NAT router. With NAT traversal properly configured, all HTTP traffic to an external HTTP port in the NAT router will be forwarded to the device. UPnP To enable or disable the UPnP service here.
  • Page 49: Ip Notification

    IP Filter To enable or disable the IP filter function here. IP Filter Policy Choose the filter policy where is denying or allowing. 3.5.7 IP Notification In case the IP address is changed, system is able to send out an email to alert someone if the function is enabled.
  • Page 50 SMTP Notification (e-mail) If enable this function, then the “Send to“ and “Subject” field need to be filled. Send To Type the receiver’s e-mail address. This address is used for reply mail. Subject Type the subject/title of the E-mail. TCP Notification If enable this function, then the “TCP Server“, “TCP Port”, and “Message”...
  • Page 51 Proxy Port Set port number of Proxy. Proxy Login Name Type the user name for the HTTP Proxy. Proxy Login Password Type the password for the HTTP Proxy. Custom Parameter User can set specific parameters to HTTP server. Message The message will be sent to HTTP server.
  • Page 52: Camera

    3.6 Camera Use this menu to set the function of the camera of ICA-601 / ICA-651 3.6.1 Picture Brightness Large value will brighten camera. Sharpness Large value will sharpen camera. Contrast Large value will contrast camera heavily. Local Video Output Check this item if a TV or video monitor has been connected to video output of the Network Camera.
  • Page 53: Ptz Setting

    3.6.2 PTZ Setting PTZ Protocol Type The Network Camera is connected to built-in ICA-601 / ICA-651 and controls this device thru RS485 bus. Baud Rate This is the communication speed between network module and ICA-601 / ICA-651. Note that please DO NOT changes the default value except on special purpose.
  • Page 54: Preset Setting

    3.6.3 Preset Setting This page provides the edit tool to modify or delete the “Preset Setting” item by item. 3.6.4 Tour Setting Up to 64 positions can be preset, and the camera can be programming to move to the preset position sequentially.
  • Page 55 Running Enable or disable this camera tour. Preset Set the sequence of the tour. Maximum 16 points can be assigned. The selected preset position is added in the Sequence list from 1 to 16. Wait Time Type a period of time during which the camera is to stay at each preset point, between 0 to 36000 seconds.
  • Page 56: System

    3.7 System Use this menu to perform the principal settings of ICA-601 / ICA-651. 3.7.1 System Device Title You can enter the name of this unit here. It’s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units. Software Version This information shows the software version in the device.
  • Page 57: Date & Time

    3.7.2 Date & Time You can setup the time setting of ICA-601 / ICA-651, make it synchronized with PC or remote NTP server. Also, you may select the correct time zone of your country. Server Date Displays the date and time of the device &...
  • Page 58: Maintenance

    Daylight Saving Sets up the date and time of daylight saving stop time. Stop Time Daylight Saving Sets up the date of daylight saving offset. Offset 3.7.3 Maintenance Hard Factory Default Recall the device hard factory default settings. Note that click this (Include network button will reset all device’s parameters to the factory settings...
  • Page 59 3. Disable Motion Detection function. 4. Select “Firmware name” 5. Select the Firmware binary file. the Firmware only applies to this device, once update, it will be burned into FLASH ROM of 6. Once the firmware file was selected, select “Upgrade”. 7.
  • Page 60: Video

    3.8 Video This device provides more video profiles as below to support different request to each client simultaneously. Each user can choose his preferred video profile as his request independently. 3.8.1 Common Text Overlay Setting There are some important information can be embedded into image, including date, time, and/or text.
  • Page 61: Mpeg4/Vga

    3.8.2 MPEG4/VGA Video Type It’s MPEG4 mode in this profile Resolution It’s VGA mode (640x480) in this profile Bit rate Control Defines the rate control method of this profile. There are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Variable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the video bit rate is between 384kbps and 4096kbps.
  • Page 62: Mpeg4/Qvga

    3.8.3 MPEG4/QVGA Video Type It’s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution It’s QVGA mode (320x240) in this profile. Bit rate Control Defines the rate control method of this profile. There are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Variable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the video bit rate is between 128kbps and 1024kbps.
  • Page 63: Mpeg4/Qqvga

    3.8.4 MPEG4/QQVGA Video Type It’s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution It’s QQVGA mode (160x120) in this profile. Bit rate Control Defines the rate control method of this profile. There are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Variable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the video bit rate is between 24kbps and 320kbps.
  • Page 64: Video/Jpeg

    3.8.5 VIDEO/JPEG Video Type It’s JPEG mode in this profile. Resolution User can select VGA, QVGA, or QQVGA mode as the resolution of this JPEG profile. Rate Control The quality level is between 1 and 100. The higher value is the better quality. Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile.
  • Page 65: Audio

    3.9 Audio Audio To enable or disable audio function Audio Mode To select Simplex or Full duplex (2-way audio) mode Input Gain To adjust gain of input audio Output Gain To adjust gain of output audio...
  • Page 66: User

    3.10 User Use this menu to set the user names and password of the Administrator and up to 10 users, and access right of each user. Viewer Login Anonymous Only in database User Name Enter the user’s new account here which you want. Password Enter the user’s new password here.
  • Page 67: E-Mail

    3.11 E-Mail You may setup SMTP mail parameters for further operation of Event Schedule. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message out, it will need to configure parameters here and also add at least one event schedule to enable event triggering. SMTP Server Type the SMTP server name or the IP address of the SMTP server.
  • Page 68: Object Detection

    3.12 Object Detection Use this menu to specify motion detection window 1 to window 4 and set the conditions for detection while observing a captured image. Add and Del Included or Excluded Window Included Excluded Name Object Size To add or delete the motion windows. User can specify up to 4 Included and/or Excluded windows to monitor the video captured by this device.
  • Page 69: Event Server

    Sensitivity 3.13 Event Server Setup FTP/TCP/HTTP server configuration 3.13.1 FTP Server You may setup FTP parameters for further operation of Event Schedule. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message to an FTP server, it will need to configure parameters here and also add at least one event schedule to enable event triggering as SMTP.
  • Page 70: Tcp Server

    3.13.2 TCP Server In addition to send video file to FTP server, the device also can send event message to specified TCP server. Name User can specify multiple TCP servers as wish. Therefore, user needs to specify a name for each TCP server setting. TCP Server Type the server name or the IP address of the TCP server.
  • Page 71: Http Server

    3.13.3 HTTP Server The device also can send event message to specified HTTP server. Name User can specify multiple HTTP servers as wish. Therefore, user needs to specify a name for each HTTP server setting. Type the server name or the IP address of the HTTP server. Test Check the HTTP server whether it is available or not.
  • Page 72: Event Schedule

    Action Define the actions once event triggered. Example. If you want to upload image from ICA-601 / ICA-651 to FTP server periodically. You will need to configure some parameters as below: NOTE: ICA-601 / ICA-651 will send a 15sec recording file to FTP server every min.
  • Page 73: Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings

    Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings This button is used to restore the factory default settings. Sometimes restarting the ICA-601 / ICA-651 will make the system back to a normal state. If the system still got problem after reset, user can restore the factory default settings and install it again.
  • Page 74 3. Pull up the speed dome body from 2 sides 4. Remove the warranty seal and loose this screw via screw driver...
  • Page 75 5. Loose another screw (near the cradle). You can see the IP module. RESET...
  • Page 76 6. The Reset button under crystal. RESET RESET 7. Power on the IP cam, push the reset button 5~10 seconds then release. The IP cam will reboot automatically then reset to default (all parameters back to default). * How to assembly the IP cam? Go through the steps from step 4 to step 1.
  • Page 77 Note: This blue connectors need to fit in tightly Note: Restoring the factory default setting will lose the all previous settings included IP address forever. User will need to run the IP Wizard program to search the device and configure it to let the device work properly again.
  • Page 78: Appendix B: Ping Ip Address

    It’s also a very useful tool to confirm ICA-601 / ICA-651 installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over the network.
  • Page 79: Appendix C: Bandwidth And Video Size Estimation

    Appendix C: Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-601 / ICA-651 depends on connection bandwidth between client and server, video resolution, codec type, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements for your ICA-601 / ICA-651.
  • Page 80 MPEG4 Resolution Stream setting 640*480 VGA 384Kbps 640*480 VGA 1024Kbps 640*480 VGA 2048Kbps 640*480 VGA 384Kbps 640*480 VGA 1024Kbps 640*480 VGA 2048Kbps 320*240 CIF 200Kbps 320*240 CIF 1024Kbps 320*240 CIF 2048Kbps 320*240 CIF 200Kbps 320*240 CIF 1024Kbps 320*240 CIF 2048Kbps 160*120 QCIF 128Kbps 160*120 QCIF...
  • Page 81: Appendix D: Ddns Application

    Appendix D: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem or xDSL, this is a great way to host your own Networked Device or other TCP/IP Service. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com, www.yourname.com.tw etc. (Note: This domain must be registered with Internic via registration authorities such as Network Solutions, DirectNIC, Register.com etc).
  • Page 82 3. Application Steps – DDNS & Domain Name (1). Visit the following web site: http://www.dyndns.org/ (2). Click “Account” (3). After the columns show up at the left side, click “Create Account”.
  • Page 83 (4). Fill the application agreement and necessary information. a. Username b. E-mail address and confirmation c. Password and confirmation d. Submit all the input information and finish creating an account Click these two options...
  • Page 84 (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Your DynDNS Account Information“. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied. Then DDNS you applied activated. (6). Enter the web page http://www.dyndns.org/ that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS server.
  • Page 85 (7). If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of the login page. (8). Click the “Services”. (9). Click the “ Dynamic DNS ”. (10). Click the “Create Hosts”.
  • Page 86 (11). We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (No.1) Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember. Finally (No.2), click the “Add Host” to submit the domain name information. (No.3) 4.

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