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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Copyright Copyright 2016 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.
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Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. Revision User’s Manual of PLANET 1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera Model: ICA-3250 Rev: 1.0 (October, 2016) Part No. EM-ICA-3250_v1.0 - 3 -...
1.2 Overview Compact and Cost-effective 1080p Outdoor Surveillance PLANET ICA-3250 PoE IP Camera delivers excellent picture quality in 1080p Full HD resolutions at 30 frames per second (fps). Incorporating the Sony super low lux CMOS image sensor and 25-meter IR illuminators, which are specially designed for surveillance applications, the ICA-3250 provides sharp images under all lighting conditions.
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ICA-3250 Day & Night Functionality To adapt to constantly changing lighting conditions during the day and night, the ICA-3250 comes with a Sony low lux sensor (0.01 lux) and powerful IR illuminators, which enable the camera to provide color video when there is sufficient light, and black/white video in dark conditions.
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Advanced Media Management The ICA-3250 supports a number of advanced features to enhance surveillance flexibility and event management capabilities. The advanced features include 4 configurable regions of privacy mask to protect personal privacy, and external RCA ports that allow accessories, such as speakers and microphones, to be added to the camera for two-way audio function.
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PoE injector. It thus eliminates the need for extra power cables and reduces installation costs while increases the deployment flexibility. The ICA-3250 is ONVIF compliant and interoperable with other brands in the market. The ICA-3250 is indisputably the ideal choice for reliable and high-performance surveillance.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 1.3 Features Camera 1/2.8" Sony Exmor progressive scan CMOS sensor 3.6 mm fixed lens with fixed iris 0.01 lux minimum illumination at F1.2 Maximum resolution 1920 x 1080 ...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 1.4 Product Specifications Model ICA-3250 Camera Image device 1/2.8" 2 mega-pixel Sony Exmor progressive scan CMOS sensor Fixed lens 3.6mm, F1.2 Angle of view: Lens Horizontal: 74 degrees Vertical: 55 degrees 0.01 lux (color) @ F1.2 Min.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Audio Compression G.711 (A-law and µ-law) Cable with RCA jack Audio Input Cable with RCA jack Audio Output Network and Configuration IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Standard IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Chapter 2. Hardware Interface 2.1 Physical Descriptions 2.1.1 Identification of ICA-3250 Physical Details Real Panel 25M IR LED 3.6mm Fixed Lens Light Sensor Item Description Lens Keep the lens clean for an excellent video quality.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 2.1.2 I/O Control Instruction LAN 10/100Mbps (PoE) RCA Audio Output RCA Audio Input DC 12V Power Input Description of I/O cabling: Interface Description The input power is 12V DC, 1A. DC 12V Power Input...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 2.2 Hardware Installation 1. Place the Camera on the ceiling or fix it onto wall Use three screws to fix the camera onto the ceiling or wall. 2. Plug an Ethernet cable into the camera Connect the Ethernet cable (not included in the package) to the LAN socket.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 2.3 Initial Utility Installation This chapter shows how to quickly set up your IP camera. The camera is with the default settings. However to help you find the networked camera quickly, the windows utility PLANET IP Finder II can search the cameras in the network that can help you to configure some basic settings before you start advanced management and monitoring.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 3. Please click “Next” to install with original settings, or you may click the “Browse…” button to modify the install folder and then press “Next” to continue. 4. Please click “Install” to start the installation.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Please click “Finish” to complete the installation and launch program immediately. 6. The search tool will run as shown in the picture below. - 18 -...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 2.3.2 Search Function IP Finder II will search all IP cameras connected to LAN. The user can click “Search” to search again. A quick way to access IP camera is to left-click the mouse twice on a selected IP camera listed on “Device list”...
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 If user wants to set device as DHCP client, please refer to the following steps to set. Step 1. Select an IP cam from the device list. Step 2. Check the “Enable DHCP” box.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Please make sure the IP address of PC is in the same subnet as device’s IP address. 2.3.4 Remote Update Function Device Update: User can update firmware with the function. Please select a device and click “Select File”...
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 click “Synchro Time” to change time. Reboot Device: Re-start the device. Please select a device and click “Reboot Device” to reboot device. - 22 -...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 2.4 ActiveX Setup to Use the IP Camera The IP Camera web pages communicate with the IP camera using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the IP camera and installed on your PC. Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for the camera. 2.4.2 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP From your IE browser ”Tools” ”Internet Options…” ”Security” ”Custom Level…”, please set up your “Settings” as follows: Set the first 3 items: •...
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 • Enable “Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls” • Prompt “Initialize and script active controls not marked….” From your IE browser ”Tools” ”Internet Options…” ”Security” ”Trusted Sites” ”Custom Level…”, please set up your “Settings” as follows: •...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Chapter 3. Web-based Management This chapter provides setup details of the IP camera’s Web-based Interface. 3.1 Introduction The IP camera can be configured with your Web browser. Before configuring, please make sure your PC is under the same IP segment with Internet camera.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 The login window of Internet camera will appear. Default login username and password are both admin. After logging on, you should see the following messages at the top of Internet Explorer: Click on the message and click Run Add-on When you see this message, click Run to install the required ActiveX control After the ActiveX control has been installed and run, the first image will be displayed.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 You should be able to see the images captured from the Internet camera on the web page now. For advanced functions, please refer to instructions given in the following chapters. If you log in the camera as an ordinary user, setting function will be not available.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Click Snapshot to activate this function. Press the Snapshot button to take a picture. The image file is saved as JPEG format into your local PC. Click Record to activate this function. Press the Record button to start recording.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile. For example, set the frame rate to 30 fps, then the image will be updated for 30 Frame Rate frames per second. User can set the desired maximum frame rate versus video quality under the limited bandwidth.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 User can set audio sampling rate as 8000/16000. Audio Sampling Rate Audio Input Volume User can set audio input volume from 1 to 100. Audio Output Volume User can set audio output volume from 1 to 100.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Restore to factory image settings. Default Settings 3.4.4 OSD & Mask Settings OSD Settings Display region of Device Title & Time can be settable. Click “Video Mask Settings” to enter the main interface shown below: Select one region on the image;...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 3.5.1 TCP/IP Setting This section provides the menu of connecting the device through Ethernet cable. Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that user MAC Address cannot change it. Enable this checked box when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP address assignment.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 some level by organizing hosts into logical groups. Subnet masks contain four bytes and usually appear in the same "dotted decimal" data. For example, a very common subnet mask in its binary demonstration 11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000 will usually be shown in the corresponding, more readable form as 255.255.255.0.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 3.5.2 Port Management User may need to assign a different port to avoid conflict when setting up IP assignment. Choose the TCP port. TCP Port HTTP Port Set up web page connecting port and video transmitting port (Default: 80).
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 • Connect to a LAN by DHCP or fixed IP • Access the device by entering Setting Network PPPoE as shown below: PPPoE Dial-up To enable or disable the PPPoE service here.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 The Internet uses DNS servers to look up domain names and translates them into IP addresses. Domain names 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.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 3.5.4 FTP Setting You may set up FTP parameters for further operation of Event Schedule. 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.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Set port number of SMTP service. SMTP Port Type the sender’s E-mail address. This address is used for E-mail From replying e-mails. Type the user name for the SMTP server if authentication is User Name enabled.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 address When the camera is connected to cloud server, the status will show “OnLine”. Status When the camera is disconnected from cloud server, the status will show “OffLine”. User can use mobile app to watch video only when the status is “OnLine”.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Displays the date and time of the device. Synchronize with PC: Device Time Click this option to enable time synchronization with PC time. Setting Manual Setting: Click this option to set time and date manually.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Alarm Enable To enable or disable the Alarm service here. Define the sensitivity value of motion detection. The higher the Sensitivity value is, the more sensitivity it will be. For example, if you select "10 sec" here, once the motion is...
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 3.7.3 User Management Refer to this menu to set the user names and password of the Administrator and access right of each user. Manage the user’s account of viewer user. Add User Modify Modify this password of user.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Make sure that the firmware only applies to this device; once updated, it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system. The firmware upgrade procedure cannot be interrupted. If the power and/or network connection are/is broken during the download procedure, it might possibly cause serious damage to the device.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 To have a backup of all of the parameters, click this button. If necessary, it will then be possible to return to the previous settings Backup if settings are changed and there is unexpected behavior.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 3.8.7 Local Setting Click Browse to enable you to select the save path and file name prefix, and select OK to continue. Snapshot Path If you like to retrieve the saved image, select the file to display the saved image by using any one of the graph editing tools.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Appendix A: Ping IP Address The ping (or 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 Internet camera is installed or not, or if the IP address conflicts with any other device over the network.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Appendix B: Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the device 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 from your device.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Appendix C: DDNS Application Configuring PLANET DDNS steps: Step 1: Visit DDNS provider’s web site and register an account if you do not have one yet. For example, register an account at http://planetddns.com Step 2: Enable DDNS option through accessing web page of the camera.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Appendix D: Configuring Port Forwarding Manually The device can be used with a router. If the device wants to be accessed from the WAN, its IP address needs to be set up as fixed IP address. Port forwarding or Virtual Server function of router also needs to be set up.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Your WAN IP address will be listed here. 3. Open/set Virtual Server Ports to enable remote image viewing The firewall security features built into the router and most routers prevent users from accessing the video from the device over the Internet. The router connects to the Internet over a series of numbered ports.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Enter valid ports in the Virtual Server section of your router. Please make sure to check the box on this line to enable settings. Then the device can be accessed from WAN by the router’s WAN IP address.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Appendix E: Power Line Frequency COUNTRY VOLTAGE FREQUENCY COMMENTS *Neutral and line wires are reversed from that Argentina 220V 50 Hz used in Australia and elsewhere. *Outlets typically controlled by adjacent switch. Australia...
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 COUNTRY VOLTAGE FREQUENCY COMMENTS Taiwan 110V 60 Hz Thailand 220V 50 Hz *Outlets typically controlled by adjacent switch. United Kingdom 230V* 50 Hz Though nominal voltage has been officially changed to 230V, 240V is within tolerances and commonly found.
1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 Appendix F: Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions Features The video and audio codec is The device utilizes H.264 compression to provide high-quality adopted in the device. images. The device does not have a built-in audio.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 factory default setting. Forgot the IP address of the Check IP address of device by using PLANET IP Finder program or device. set the device to default by reset button. Re-power the device if you cannot find the unit within 1 minute.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 you last checked it. Network congestion may prevent the web page from appearing quickly. Wait for a while. The IP address and subnet mask of the PC and Internet camera must be in the same class of the private IP address on the LAN.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 the required bandwidth. Internet Explorer displays following message: “Your current Set up the IE security settings or configure the individual settings to security settings prohibit allow downloading and scripting of ActiveX controls. downloading ActiveX controls”.
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1080p IR Bullet PoE IP Camera ICA-3250 work. correctly. If FTP does not work properly, ask your ISP or network administrator about the transferring mode of FTP server. The RTSP command: rtsp://servername:rtsp port/stander/livestream/0/0 What is the RTSP command? Note.