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  • Page 1 Network Camera User’s Guide Infra-Red Network Camera User’s Guide Software Version 2.1.7 1/83...
  • Page 2 Network Camera User’s Guide PT IP Cam / IR IP Cam / Video Server Series © 2005. Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the bottom. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your dealer regarding this product. Model No.
  • Page 3 Network Camera User’s Guide Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Network Camera User’s Guide Table of Contents Overview ... 6 Package Contents... 8 Connections... 9 Hardware Installation... 11 Logging in to Homepage... 12 Before Operation... 12 Access the Network Camera from the Internet Explorer for the first time... 16 Logging in as an ordinary User... 18 Logging in as an Administrator...
  • Page 5 Network Camera User’s Guide Popup ... 45 Firmware upgrade:... 46 Factory Default ... 49 Reboot... 50 Trigger... 51 Capture... 52 RightMouseButton of ActiveX Control... 53 View Menu... 54 “Image Recording…-> Save as JPEG” ... 60 “Save Current Picture As …” ... 66 Appendix A: Troubleshooting &...

  • Page 6: Overview

    Network Camera User’s Guide Overview This user’s guide explains how to operate the Infra-Red (IR) Network Camera from a computer. Basically, the user’s guide is written to be read on the computer display. However, users might consider printing it out to access easily and read it before you operate the Network Camera.
  • Page 7 Network Camera User’s Guide Application: Remote monitoring Surveillance Minimum System Requirement Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later VGA Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 Pentium 4 1.3GHz or above Memory Size: 256MB or above Windows ME, 2000, XP, or 2003 7/83...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Network Camera User’s Guide Package Contents User can find the following items in the package: Infra-Red IP Camera x 1 Wall mount x 1 RS-485 terminal x 1 Installation software and manual CD x 1 Quick installation guide If any of the above items are missing, please contact your dealer immediately.

  • Page 9: Connections

    Network Camera User’s Guide Connections Rear Panel Connections: 1. RS-485: To connect to an indoor/outdoor Pan/Tilt scanner unit. Definition of the RS-485: Orange: D- Blue: D+ 2. LAN port: To connect to PC or Hub. The LAN socket is an RJ-45 connector for connections to 10Base-T Ethernet or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cabling.
  • Page 10 Network Camera User’s Guide 3. AC power cord & Local Video out (BNC port) The AC power input and video output cable are located on the Network Camera’s back panel. The input power is 85~260VAC.. The Network Camera also provides composite video output. User can use BNC video cable to connect the Network Camera with a TV monitor or VCR.

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    Network Camera User’s Guide Hardware Installation 1. Fix IR camera to desired location with wall mount fixture 2. Plug-in Network Cable into Ethernet port Connect an Ethernet cable to the LAN socket located on the Network Camera’s back panel and attach it to the network. 3.

  • Page 12: Logging In To Homepage

    Network Camera User’s Guide Logging in to Homepage Before Operation Install the IP Address of Network Camera When you installed your Network camera on your LAN environment, you may execute IPFINDER.EXE to discover Network camera’s IP address. IPCam Finder program (IPFINDER.EXE) is used to scan the Installed Network Camera, setting the Network Camera Name, IP address settings and so on.
  • Page 13 Network Camera User’s Guide environment, you can find out its IP address and other IP parameters as follows: 1. Edit the Name of this Network Camera. Note that use “_” or “-“ to replace “space” character to separate the name string. For example, “Dome_IP” or “Dome-IP”...
  • Page 14 Network Camera User’s Guide First time uses the Network Camera The Network Camera web page communicates with the Network Camera using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the Network Camera and installed on your PC. Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly.
  • Page 15 Network Camera User’s Guide By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for Network Camera. 15/83...

  • Page 16: Access The Network Camera From The Internet Explorer For The First Time

    Network Camera User’s Guide Access the Network Camera from the Internet Explorer for the first time Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the Network Camera you want to monitor as below: The Login Window of the Network Camera is displayed: Type in your login name and password under “USERNAME”...
  • Page 17 Network Camera User’s Guide That’s, type in “admin” on the “USERNAME” as a default name and leave PASSWORD textbox blank. Click “OK” button to start the main menu. Now, you login to the Network Camera as a full-authorized administrator. You can enter “Setting”...

  • Page 18: Logging In As An Ordinary User

    Network Camera User’s Guide Logging in as an ordinary User For ordinary user usage, “Setting”, “Trigger”, and “Capture” will be not available. On the right side of the screen, there are lots of controls and function buttons. If “Remote camera control” is turned off by the administrator, then those control and function buttons will not be available as well.

  • Page 19: Operating The Network Camera

    Network Camera User’s Guide Operating the Network Camera Start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Viewing Area: Images from the Network Camera 19/83...

  • Page 20: Control Panel

    Network Camera User’s Guide Control Panel Control Panel Area: Network Camera Manipulation and image quality control Item Button Meaning Camera Control camera up/down/left/right and home position direction Note: It’s useful if IR Network Camera is carried by a P/T scanner. Otherwise, this function is not available. Camera Adjust camera speed up / down speed...
  • Page 21 Network Camera User’s Guide Preset / Preset: Set up camera to fixed locations before operation Recall mode Recall: Drive camera position to preset location During preset mode, click the number and a dialogue box for the inquiry of location name input will appear. Note: It’s useful if IR Network Camera is carried by a P/T scanner.

  • Page 22: Advanced Function Area

    Network Camera User’s Guide Advanced Function Area Advanced function area: only available for administrator. It has contained three categories. Setting System Configuration Trigger Send out current message or setup activities Capture Capture current screen and save to HDD or other media Setting menu consists of the Basic menu and the Application menu.

  • Page 23: System

    Network Camera User’s Guide System : Define Frame Rate and Turn on/off “Remote camera control” System ID: It’s a unique number for each Network Camera for identification. Camera Name: You can enter the name of this unit here. It’s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units.
  • Page 24 Network Camera User’s Guide Select the “View” button to check the log file. 24/83...

  • Page 25: Camera

    Network Camera User’s Guide Camera Adjust Camera parameters PTZ Type: The Video Server can connect to P/T or P/T/Z camera and control those devices thru RS485 bus. There are a lot of cameras supported and will add more models in future. 25/83...
  • Page 26 Network Camera User’s Guide Camera PT: User can control the direction of Pan and Tilt as wish. Reverse Pan: Check this option to reverse pan direction. Reverse Tilt: Check this option to reverse tilt direction. Image Size: Network Camera provides 4 resolutions: •...

  • Page 27: Network

    Network Camera User’s Guide Network : Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off, DDNS and PPPoE DHCP: DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. “DHCP ON” is default network setting of the Network Camera, when a Network Camera is joined into the LAN, it will issue the DHCP packets to request an IP address that is dynamically assigned by the DHCP server.
  • Page 28 Network Camera User’s Guide IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS: If you turn DHCP OFF, then you need to enter those network parameters by yourself. Note: User need to reboot the Network Camera to make this setting to take effect. HTTP Port 1: Users could assign the port number of http protocol, and the WAN users should follow the port number to login.
  • Page 29 The Internet uses DNS servers to lookup domain names and translates them into IP addresses. Domain names, such as www.veo.com, are just easy to remember aliases for IP addresses. A dynamic DNS service is unique because it provides a means of updating your IP address so that your listing will remain current when your IP address changes.
  • Page 30 Network Camera User’s Guide PPPoE: PPPoE: Stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet A standard builds on Ethernet and Point-to-Point network protocol. It allows a local PC with xDSL or cable connects with broadband network. Also this local PC gets a dynamic IP address.
  • Page 31 Network Camera User’s Guide The Network Camera can directly connect to the ADSL, however, it should be setup on LAN environment to setup the PPPoE information, and then connect to the ADSL modem. Power on again, then the Network Camera will dial on to the ISP connect to the WAN through the ADSL modem.
  • Page 32 Network Camera User’s Guide the PPPoE dial. • Input the “User” and “Password” fields by the account and password provided by the ISP. • If the check box of “Send Mail after dialed” was checked, then the “MailServer“ and “User on the MailServer” field need to be filled. •...

  • Page 33: User

    Network Camera User’s Guide User : Setup user name, password and login privilege Disable Authentication: If user checks this option, Network Camera or Video Server will not check username and password any more while user log into the system. User only can input or modify the password of “Administrator”. The username of “Administrator”...

  • Page 34: Ip Filter

    Network Camera User’s Guide IP Filter : Setup user login right (This function should be used with function “User” respectively). You can enter 10 different user’s IP address which are allowing enter or disregarding by the Network Camera. You should configure “User” before “IP Filter”. Each “User” username and password matches with one “IP Filter”...
  • Page 35 Network Camera User’s Guide Function Notification The page of user setting is very closely related to the IP filter settings. While the administrators are setting these two pages, they should notice that login authorities are no t only based on the login names but also the range of IP addresses. Administrators could reject login users according to both login names and IP addresses.
  • Page 36 Network Camera User’s Guide Application Setting Application Symbol Item Action FTP Client Setup the Network Camera as a client site and configure Server site in order to upload images to server SMTP Setup Mail configuration Schedule Set the schedule to enable motion detection or CF card recording Motion Setup motion detection area and sensor sensitivity...

  • Page 37: Ftp Client

    Network Camera User’s Guide FTP Client : Setup the Network Camera as a client site and configure Server site in order to upload images to server When alarm was enabled, user can send the captured images to the pre-set FTP server. Entering server name and your login username and password, you will be able to upload those previous captured image to the FTP server.
  • Page 38 Network Camera User’s Guide Type the path to the destination. Image file name: Type the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. Suffix: Select the suffix to add to the file name. - None: No suffix is added.

  • Page 39: Smtp

    Network Camera User’s Guide SMTP : Setup Mail configuration When alarm was enabled, user can setup the mail to send the captured images to the pre-set mail address. You may setup SMTP mail parameters for future event-message receiving such as motion detected or sensor activated.
  • Page 40 Network Camera User’s Guide Sender’s e-mail address: Type the sender’s E-mail address. Receiver’s e-mail address: Type the receiver’s e-mail address. This address is used for reply mail. Note: you can key in multiple receiver’s email address at the time. Subject: Type the subject/title of the E-mail up to 64 characters.

  • Page 41: Schedule

    Network Camera User’s Guide Schedule : Setup event schedule The schedule setting is used to set the time schedule for events. The event may be “Star Motion Detection” or others. There are 6 schedules to be programmable. Select “SAVE” to save the setting. 41/83...

  • Page 42: Motion Detection

    Network Camera User’s Guide Motion Detection : Setup motion detection area and sensor sensitivity The motion detection is implemented by a patented software algorithm, it runs on the Network Camera, due to a larger processing power of motion detection, the overall performance of Network Camera will be degraded;...

  • Page 43: Time Setting

    Network Camera User’s Guide Time Setting You can setup the Network Camera time or make it synchronized with PC or remote server. Also, you may select your time zone in order to synchronize time locally. Synchronize the time with PC’s time: This is the default time adjust mode, the check box of “Synchronize with PC’s time”...
  • Page 44 Network Camera User’s Guide Get Time from a NTP server: Select “NTP” Button Key in the NTP server’s IP address. Press “SAVE” to activate it. After the Network Camera gets the time from NTP server, it will update the Network Camera’s time field. 44/83...

  • Page 45: Popup

    Network Camera User’s Guide Popup : Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled, and one of them detected, then a message window will be displayed on the screen. You can have output message in case of events activated such as sensors or motion detection to warn user.

  • Page 46: Firmware Upgrade

    Network Camera User’s Guide Firmware upgrade The Network Camera supports firmware upgrades (the software that controls the operation in the Network Camera). We would supply the latest firmware version for upgrade. Please contact your dealer for the latest version. Download the latest firmware file from our website. Unzip this firmware file to binary file and store it into your PC.
  • Page 47 Network Camera User’s Guide Network Camera, once update, it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system.) 9. Once the firmware file was selected, select “Upload”. 10. Press the “here” button to begin to upgrade firmware. 11. Press the “OK” button to continue. 47/83...
  • Page 48 Network Camera User’s Guide The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen. Warning: The download firmware procedure can not be interrupted. If the power and/or network connection are broken during the download procedure, it might possibly cause serious damage to the Network Camera. Suggest that do not upgrade firmware via Wireless LAN due to high error rate possibly.

  • Page 49: Factory Default

    Network Camera User’s Guide Factory Default : Recall the Network Camera factory default setting The “Factory Default” button will restore to the factory default configuration, all information changed and saved on the flash will be lost, and restored to the factory default setting.

  • Page 50: Reboot

    Network Camera User’s Guide Reboot : Reboot the Network Camera by hardware reset The “Reboot” button will reboot the Network Camera. It’s useful while the Network Camera got problem. You will be prompt before restore to factory default setting. Select “OK” to continue, or “Cancel” to abort it. 50/83...

  • Page 51: Trigger

    Network Camera User’s Guide Trigger You can send an image or output a trigger to control the alarm output, using Trigger section on the main page. Action Meaning Upload a captured image to server Mail Mail captured image to specific mail address Noted: This function is available for logging-in as an administrator only.

  • Page 52: Capture

    Network Camera User’s Guide Capture You can capture current image and save it to storage media. The image is saved in the JPEG format. Noted: This function is available for logging-in as an administrator only. 52/83...

  • Page 53: Rightmousebutton Of Activex Control

    Network Camera User’s Guide RightMouseButton of ActiveX Control On the view of video, the plug-in ActiveX control support a lot of functions by clicking the right mouse button. This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsfoft® Internet Explorer. On the ActiveX control, right click the RightMouseButton, then a menu pop-up.

  • Page 54: View Menu

    Network Camera User’s Guide View Menu “Resizable” Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the “Splits” is supported on this mode. “Actual size “ Make the image show as the actual size, the “Splits” function does not work on this mode.
  • Page 55 Network Camera User’s Guide After the “Actual size” was selected, the image will displayed as the actual size, in this example, the image displays as a 640 x 480 pixels. After the “Statusbar” was selected, a status bar will be displayed on the bottom of the image.
  • Page 56 Network Camera User’s Guide • Status Open/Close camera status • Resolution 704x576, 640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (PAL) 640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (NTSC) • Quality Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest • Split 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 • Rotate - Normal: “Rotate 0”, the defau state. - Rotate: “Rotate 180”, rotate the image by 180 degree;...
  • Page 57 Network Camera User’s Guide “Split” This function is used to support 4CH Video Server. Therefore, it’s not so useful in Speed Dome Network Camera. 57/83...
  • Page 58 Network Camera User’s Guide “Rotate” After the “Rotate 180” was selected, the image will be overturned from 0 to the angle 180. 58/83...
  • Page 59 Network Camera User’s Guide After the “Flip Vertical” was selected, the image will be overturned vertically. After “Flip Horizontal” was selected, the image will be overturned horizontally. “Resolution” If Network Camera type is NTSC, it will have 5 choices of resolution: 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144, and 160x120.

  • Page 60: Image Recording

    Network Camera User’s Guide “Quality” Highest (The same as “Clarity” on control panel ) High Medium (The same as “Default” on control panel ) Lowest (The same as “Fluency” on control panel ) The control method is the same as control panel’s “Quality”. “Image Recording…->...
  • Page 61 Network Camera User’s Guide Select “Start” to do the images download and save as JPEG files into the local PC. During the download and save as JPEG files process, the yellow mark will be displayed on the right-down position to indicate the saving as JPEG files operation. Before the “Download Number”...
  • Page 62 Network Camera User’s Guide After list files, these files named “Stop Image Recording”, file_name_prefixed_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss_ms.jpg 62/83...
  • Page 63 Network Camera User’s Guide “Image Recording…-> Save as AVI” 1. Select “Image Recording…” 2. The “Image Recording” pop-up window displays, select 3. “Save as AVI” 4. Input the ”Avi Frame” and “Max Jpeg Num” on each AVI file, until the “Stop Image Recording”...
  • Page 64 Network Camera User’s Guide Press the “Stop Image Recording” to stop the save as AVI process. After the “Stop Image Recording”, list the file on the selected saved directory, the file were saved by the filename_prefix_date_time.avi. 64/83...
  • Page 65 Network Camera User’s Guide The AVI files can be display by the standard Windows Media Player, but it needs the DixectX 9.0 or higher version to be installed. 65/83...

  • Page 66: Save Current Picture As

    Network Camera User’s Guide “Save Current Picture As …” Use the “Save Current Picture As …” to save the current display image into the local PC. Input the saved “File name”, select “Save” 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 67 Network Camera User’s Guide 67/83...

  • Page 68: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    Network Camera User’s Guide Appendix A: Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions Question The video and audio The Network Camera utilizes JPEG compression to providing codec is adopted in the high quality images. JPEG is a standard for image Network Camera. compression and can be applied to various web browsers without the need to install extra software.
  • Page 69 Network Camera User’s Guide 2. Reconfigure the Network Camera. Forgot the IP address of Check IP address of Network Camera by using the IP Finder the Network Camera. program. IP Finder program • Re power the Network Camera if cannot find the unit within cannot find Network 1 minutes.
  • Page 70 Network Camera User’s Guide to Network Camera, set up not to use the proxy server. • Confirm that Default Gateway address is correct. • The router needs Port Forwarding feature. Refer to your router's manual for details. • Packet Filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network.
  • Page 71 Network Camera User’s Guide characters are Encoding or the Character Set of the selected language on displayed. the Internet Explorer. Frame rate is slower • The traffic of the network and the object of the image affect than the setting. the frame rate.
  • Page 72 Network Camera User’s Guide When the objects are still out of focus, adjust the focus using manual focusing, or change the objects using Pan/Tilt operation or Zooming features (for PTZ model). The color of the image is • Adjust White Balance (for PTZ model). poor or strange.

  • Page 73: Appendix B: Ping Ip Address

    Network Camera User’s Guide 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 Network Camera installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over the network.

  • Page 74: Appendix C: Bandwidth

    Network Camera User’s Guide Appendix C: Bandwidth Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the Network Camera depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your Network Camera. Image bandwidth is approximately equal to the average frame rate in frames per second multiplied by the average frame data size in kilobits.

  • Page 75: Appendix D: Specifications

    Network Camera User’s Guide Appendix D: Specifications Model Horizontal Resolution Image Device Scanning System NTSC : 525 lines 2 : 1 interlace / PAL : 625 lines 2 : 1 interlace Scanning Frequency Effective Pixels Electronic Shutter Power Supply Sensitivity Signal to Noise Gain Control White Balance...
  • Page 76 Network Camera User’s Guide 640*480, 352*288, 320*240, 176*144 Resolution Up to 30fps for all resolutions Frame Rate Windows ME, 2000, XP, 2003 Compatibility 10/100M LAN I/F Email, FTP Notification Linux Static or Dynamic Type Of IP Address Ethernet Firmware Upgrade 2 Levels, Administrator or user Security Microsoft®...

  • Page 77: Appendix E: Time Zone Table

    Network Camera User’s Guide Appendix E: Time Zone Table GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time which is the global time that all time zones are measured from. 77/83...
  • Page 78 Network Camera User’s Guide 78/83...

  • Page 79: Appendix F: Ddns Application

    Network Camera User’s Guide Appendix F: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem, xDSL, ISDN or Dialup, this is a great way to host your own Web Server, FTP Server, Mail Server, Network Camera or other TCP/IP Service. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com*, www.yourname.com.tw* etc.
  • Page 80 Network Camera User’s Guide 3. Application Steps—DDNS & Domain Name (1). Visit the following web site : (2). Click “Account” (Pink No. 2) (3). After the columns show up at the left side, click (4). Fill the application agreement and necessary information. a.
  • Page 81 Network Camera User’s Guide (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Your DynDNS.org Account Information “. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied. Then DDNS you applied activated. 81/83...
  • Page 82 Network Camera User’s Guide (6). Enter the web page http://www.dyndns.org/ just applied to login administration interface of DDNS service. (7). If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of the login page. (8).
  • Page 83 Network Camera User’s Guide (10). We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (Pink No.1) Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember. (Pink No.2) Finally, click the “Add Host”...

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