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WCS-0050
150Mbps Wireless Megapixel Network Camera
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  • Page 1 LevelOne User Manual WCS-0050 150Mbps Wireless Megapixel Network Camera Ver 1.1...
  • Page 2 If you would like a copy of the GPL or other open source code in this software on a physical CD medium, LevelOne (Digital Data Communications) offers to mail this CD to you upon request, for a price of US$9.99 plus the cost of shipping.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Before You Use This Product ................0 Cube Network Camera Overview ................1 Device Appearance Description ................3 LED Behavior ....................4 Installation ...................... 6 System Requirements ......................6 Camera Connection ......................7 Software installation ......................8 Access to the Network Camera ................
  • Page 4 HTTP/HTTPS ..................38 Event ..........................38 Motion Detection .................. 38 Notification setting ................39 Scheduled Event ........................ 43 System Log ..................44 Date & Time Settings ................45 Device Information ................46 Maintenance ........................48 User Management ................48 IP Filter ..................... 49 Firmware Upgrade ................

  • Page 5: Before You Use This Product

    Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use.

  • Page 6: Cube Network Camera Overview

    IT background. Furthermore, the fashionable and streamline shape let the WCS-0050 not only a network camera, but also a decoration device. The WCS-0050 helps user monitor closely on family members, pets, offices, properties or anything valuables. - 1 -...
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  • Page 8: Device Appearance Description

    Device Appearance Description 1. Built-in Microphone 2. LED Indicator 3. Ethernet Socket 4. Stand Socket 5. Reset Button 6. Power Connector 7. WPS Button - 3 -...

  • Page 9: Led Behavior

    LED Behavior Function LED Behavior Description Remark Power Steady On Normal Operation (Blue) Power off Power Unlighted (Blue) 1. Connect to switch by Status Steady On Ethernet or WiFi. Second (Blue) 2. Reset to default. 1. Power off Status Second (Blue) Unlighted 2.
  • Page 10 Session overlap detected Fourth (Blue) WPS Success Fourth (Blue) Privacy Steady On Privacy mask active Bottom Privacy Unlighted Privacy mask inactive Bottom Hardware Reset Reset Button The reset button is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings. Sometimes resetting the system can return the camera to normal operation.

  • Page 11: Installation

    Installation System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Computer IBM PC/AT Compatible Pentium 3GHz or faster Memory 1024 MB or more Monitor 1024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit True color or better Network Interface 10/100Mbps Network interface card must be installed Web Browser...

  • Page 12: Camera Connection

    Camera Connection Basic Connection 1. Connect the supplied power cable from the camera to the power outlet. 2. Connect the camera to a switch via Ethernet cable. Please check your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents.

  • Page 13: Software Installation

    Software installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. After hardware connection checking, the users can run the Installation Wizard program included in the product CDROM to automatically search for the Network Camera in the Intranet.
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  • Page 16 2. Do not check the box if user would like to check the hardware installation settings, Otherwise click “Skip the hardware installation” to skip the hardware connection checking, the program will automatically search for the Network Camera in the Intranet. Click “Start”...
  • Page 17 3. Select the Network Camera from the survey list and enter the user name and password. The user name and password are assigned as “admin/admin”. - 12 -...
  • Page 18 4. Setting the Network Camera IP address User can either select simple mode or professional mode for network camera IP setting. If simple mode is selected, the easy configuration program will set up the connection automatically. If professional mode is selected, the user will need to configure the IP manually, The DHCP setting is recommended.
  • Page 19 5. Please make sure the internet connection is ready then start to do the internet discovery, otherwise click “Skip” to finish the setting. The default domain name is MAC address; you can also register with your own name on-line. 6. After finish setting, the connection successful or fail showed. If connection failed, user can either try again or quit the installation.

  • Page 20: Access To The Network Camera

    Access to the Network Camera Check Network Settings The Network Camera can be connected either before or immediately after software installation onto the Local Area Network. The Administrator should complete the network settings on the configuration page, including the correct subnet mask and IP address of gateway and DNS.

  • Page 21: Authentication

    Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. The user name and password for the Administrator are assigned as “admin/admin”. Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera on the Internet Explorer.
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  • Page 23: Live View

    Live View Live View is the default page that opens when accessing the Network Camera. Live video is displayed directly in the browser window.  Stream1/Stream2 Channels The network camera offers simultaneous dual stream for optimized quality and bandwidth. To configure codec compression...
  • Page 24 UDP - This protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, network packets may be lost due to network burst traffic and images may be broken. Activate UDP connection when occasions require time-sensitive responses and the video quality is less important.
  • Page 25 Full Screen - Click this button to switch to full screen mode. Press “Esc” key to switch back to normal mode. Mute: Turn off the sound Set Default - Reset to default settings NOTE - The <Video Control Panel> function has no effect on the recorded video. Whatever changes made to the <Video Control Panel>...

  • Page 26: Configuration

    Configuration Click Configuration on the main page to enter the camera setting pages. Note that only Administrators can access the configuration page. Camera/Video/Audio Camera - 21 -...
  • Page 27 Camera Setting Brightness - Drag the slider bar to adjust the image brightness level, which ranges from -5 to Contrast - Drag the slider bar to adjust the image contrast level, which ranges from -5 to +5. Sharpness - Drag the slider bar to adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from -5 to Saturation - Drag the slider bar to adjust the image saturation level, which ranges from -5 to Environment - User can look for a place that best suits your needs, either outdoor or indoor.

  • Page 28: Video

    Flip - Enable to vertically reflect the display of the live video. Video You can set up two separate streams for the Network Camera for different viewing devices. Stream 1 & Stream 2 Video Codec - The Network Camera offers three choices of video codec standards for real-time viewing: H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG.
  • Page 29 fps when H.264 or MJPEG is selected. Only 3 to 15 fps can be chosen when MPEG-4 is selected. Set the frame rate higher for a smoother video quality. Video quality and bit rate - User can either choose “quality” or “bitrate” to control the video quality with video codec at H.264 or MPEG4.
  • Page 30 NOTE - The video overlay only takes effect in stream 1. - 25 -...
  • Page 31 RTSP Server To utilize RTSP authentication, make sure that you have set a password for the Network Camera first. RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) controls the delivery of streaming media. By default the port number is set to 554. Authentication - Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides two types of security settings for streaming via RTSP protocol: NONE and DIGEST.

  • Page 32: Audio

    Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Audio You can set up two separate streams for the Network Camera for different viewing devices. User can either enable or disable the audio function. If audio enable is selected, select the Audio codec from the drop down list. Advanced Echo cancellation Enabled: Enable to avoid an echo.

  • Page 33: Multicast

    Multicast Multicast addressing is a network technology for the delivery of information to a group of destinations simultaneously using the most efficient strategy to deliver the messages over each link of the network only once, creating copies only when the links to the multiple destinations split.

  • Page 34: Network

    Network IP Setting This section explains how to configure wired network connection for the Network Camera. There are several ways to setup the Network Camera over the Internet. The first way is to obtain an available dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server. The second way is to utilize a static The third way is to use PPPoE.

  • Page 35: Upnp

    DHCP - Get IP address automatically. Select this option to obtain an available dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server each time the camera is connected to the LAN. Static IP - Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the Network Camera. Enter the static IP address, Subnet mask, Default Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS provided by your ISP.

  • Page 36: Ddns (Dynamic Domain Name Service)

    Click Apply or Reset to take effect. DDNS (dynamic domain name service) DynDNS - Enable the DDNS service allows your Network Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name. Note that before utilizing this function;...

  • Page 37: Tzo

    TZO - TZO is one kind of the DDNS providers. User can refer to the TZO.com: visit http://www.tzo.com/ to apply a dynamic domain account when selecting this DDNS provider. Enter the e-mail address, password and domain name when enabled the TZO. Click Apply or Reset to take effect.

  • Page 38: Wireless

    Wireless Basic Settings Network Name (SSID) - The SSID is the network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters in length. Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your wireless network.

  • Page 39: Site Survey

    Tx Key - Select a key from the drop-down menu. WEP Encryption: Select a level of WEP encryption, 64 bits 10 hex digits or 128 bits 26 hex digits. The default is 64 bits 10 hex digits. Key 1-4 - Enter the WEP key(s) manually Authentication Type - The default is set to open system, which allows either Shared Key or Auto authentication to be used.

  • Page 40: Wpa-Personal

    WPA-Personal WPA supports two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or AES. The default is TKIP. Shared Key - Enter the key shared between the Router and the server keys. Enter a passphrase of 8-63 characters.

  • Page 41: Wpa2-Personal

    WPA2-Personal WPA2 supports AES encryption methods with dynamic encryption keys. Shared Key - Enter the key shared between the Router and the server keys. Enter a pass phrase of 8-63 characters. NOTE: If you are using WPA or WPA2, each device in your wireless network MUST use the same WPA or WPA2 method and shared key, or else the network will not function properly.

  • Page 42: Wi-Fi Protected Setup

    Network Mode - From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards running on your network. If you have both Wireless-B, Wireless-G and Wireless-N (2.4GHz) devices in your network, keep the default setting, Mixed. If you have both Wireless-B, Wireless-G devices in your network, select BG-Mixed.

  • Page 43: Http/Https

    HTTP/HTTPS HTTP - This protocol allows the same quality as TCP protocol without needing to open specific ports for streaming under some network environments. Users inside a firewall can utilize this protocol to allow streaming data through. HTTPS - (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL): This section explains how to enable authentication and encrypted communication over SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

  • Page 44: Notification Setting

    Detection Setting - Select and enable the motion detection windows function. Easier to trigger event by higher the sensitivity value and lower the Threshold value. Notification - To react in response to particular events. A typical application is that when a motion is detected, the Network Camera sends buffered images to a FTP server, Samba, SMTP or HTTP as notifications.
  • Page 45 attach video clip to your email address, FTP site, samba or HTTP. FTP - File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is often used as an application component to automatically transfer files for program internal functions. Select to send the media files to a FTP server when a trigger is activated.
  • Page 46 Email Password - Enter the password of the email account if necessary. Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Samba - Select to send the network file system media files via network neighborhood when a trigger is activated. IP Address - Enter the IP address of the samba server. User Name - Enter the user name of the samba server.
  • Page 47 Click Apply or Reset to take effect. HTTP - Select to send the media files to a HTTP server when a trigger is activated. URL - Enter the URL of the HTTP server. Message: Enter the message that informs you when a trigger is activated. - 42 -...

  • Page 48: Scheduled Event

    Scheduled Event Click New to open the recording setting page. In this page, you can define the recording schedule and recording capacity. Name - Enter a descriptive name for the recording setting. Event - Select from the drop-down menu for the recording or rebooting event. Time - Specify the recording duration.

  • Page 49: System Log

    System System Log Log - To send a system log to the network camera when a trigger is activated. This page displays the system’s log in chronological order. The system log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain amount. Click Retrieve to retrieve the log, or click Save to file to save the file in the specify location.

  • Page 50: Date & Time Settings

    Date & Time Settings Manual - The user enters the date and time manually. Clone from PC - Sync with computer time; click clone to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.

  • Page 51: Device Information

    Device Information Video/Audio Setting - To view the entire video/audio setting information about the network camera. Network Setting - To view the entire network setting information about the network camera. - 46 -...
  • Page 52 System Information - To view the entire system information about the network camera. - 47 -...

  • Page 53: Maintenance

    Maintenance User Management This section explains how to enable password protection and create multiple accounts. Privilege Setting - Enter the new user’s name and password. Select the privilege for new user account. Click Add to take effect. The administrator account name is “admin”, which is permanent and can not be deleted.

  • Page 54: Ip Filter

    IP Filter IP Filter - Enable the IP filter and set of allow or deny IP address range to server. Click Add to list to add the IP range to the IP filter list. Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Firmware Upgrade This feature allows you to upgrade the firmware on your Network Camera.

  • Page 55: Configuration

    Configuration This feature allows you to export/import the configuration files of the network camera. Import/Export - Click export to pop up a dialog to indicate the location and file to export. Click browse to indicate the location and file of the camera configuration and click import to import the configuration file back into the network camera.
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