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  • Page 1 IP camera CAM78IP 300K wireless LAN IP camera...
  • Page 2 We spared no efforts to make sure that the information in this manual is correct and complete. However no liability is accepted for any errors or omissions. Gembird Electronics reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software described in this manual without prior notice.
  • Page 3 CAM78IP User manual Thank you for buying the Gembird® 300K wireless LAN IP camera! This manual will help you install and use it properly. This Internet Camera sends live video through 10/100Mbps wired network to a web browser or camera viewer across Internet anywhere in the world! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep an eye on your home, your kids, and your workplace—whatever’s important to you.

  • Page 4: Specifications

    IP camera Features Remote controlled via wireless Ethernet network or via wired Accessible via HTTP protocol, sends recordings by E-mail (SMTP), supports static IP, DHCP, PPPoE, DDNS, NTP (Network Time) protocols Supports pan/tilt rotation control Supports video recording using MJPEG coding Supports motion detection function Specifications Resolution: 160x120, 320x240 and 640x480 pixels, 1/4"...

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    IP camera Package contents IP camera Power adapter Camera stand LAN patch cord User manual Software CD Antenna System requirements OS system: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP+SP2/Server 2003/Vista MS Internet Explorer: v.6.0.29 or above CPU: Intel Pentium III 750MHz above or Intel Celeron 1GHz above Memory size: 128MB (256MB recommended) DirectX 9.0 or above installed...

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    LED and Focusing The Camera head and its focus ring allow you to modify the aim and focus of the Camera. To adjust the Camera’s focus, rotate the dark focus ring. There are four LEDs indicating the camera status and networking status. Ÿ...
  • Page 7 Wireless SMA Connector (Wireless Model Only) LED Green: LAN Activity LED Amber: WLAN Activity LED Blue: Power On IP camera Focus Ring...

  • Page 8: Camera Ports

    Camera Ports The Camera features three ports and a Reset button. Ÿ Power The Power port is where you can connect the power adapter. Ÿ The LAN port is where you can connect the Ethernet network cable. Ÿ WLAN (Antenna Connector) This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Internet Camera..
  • Page 9 IP camera default settings (warning: your original configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings). Power Jack LAN Port Reset Button...

  • Page 10: Installation Procedure

    Installation Procedure Unpack the Internet Camera package and verify that all the items listed in the Chapter 2 are provided. Connect the Internet Camera to your network by attached the network cable from the switch/router to the UTP port of the Internet Camera.

  • Page 11: Software Installation

    Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly through the Installation process. The following installation is implemented in Windows XP. The installation procedures in Windows 2000/Server 2003 are similar. Insert the CD shipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 12 IP camera The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation.
  • Page 13 IP camera If you wish to install the software program in an alternate location, click “Change”; otherwise click “Next” to move on to the next step.
  • Page 14 IP camera Click “Install” to start installing the program.
  • Page 15 IP camera The system will install the program automatically.
  • Page 16 IP camera Click “Finish” to complete the software installation.
  • Page 17 IP camera ”Administrator Utility“ will be run automatically after installation. On the Internet Camera first page, the cameras found in the network are listed in the left window. Choose the one you want to configure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed.
  • Page 18 IP camera “N” means the camera is new and not configured.
  • Page 19 Please enter the default password “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page. 10. Internet Camera is working through the network (TCP/IP Protocol). The IP address and subnet mask setting must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera. The wizard program will detect the IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IP address for the Camera.
  • Page 20 11. This wizard will pop up a window to ask you if you want to run the “Camera Viewer” and see the video of the Camera immediately. Select “OK” to run “Camera Viewer”. 12. The “Camera Viewer” will show the video automatically. IP camera...
  • Page 21 IP camera Congratulations, you can use the camera through the network to view the video from now on.

  • Page 22: Using The Administrator Utility

    Using the Administrator Utility The Administrator Utility allows users to search and setup the cameras located within the Intranet or on the Internet. From the utility, users can view all the information of the selected camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard, which can guide users to add the camera to the network easily and promptly.
  • Page 23 IP camera...

  • Page 24: General Setting

    General Setting Auto Discover Camera List Click the button will search the camera within the network. The list shows the camera name and the setup status of the camera. IP camera...
  • Page 25 Internet Delete Camera List Information of Camera Camera Information Camera Setting It means the camera is in the default setting. It means the camera is configured before. Click “Add” will appear a window for you to enter the IP Address of the camera on the Internet. Click “Delete”...
  • Page 26 Detail Setting Setting Wizard Click “Detail Setting” to do more setting of the camera such as IP address, Resolution, password and firmware upgrade, etc. Click “Setting Wizard” to setup the necessary setting for the camera. IP camera...

  • Page 27: Detail Setting

    IP camera Detail Setting When you click the “Detail Setting”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “admin” Password: “1234”...
  • Page 28 IP camera If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.

  • Page 29: Network Setting

    Network Setting Network Setting Internet Camera Name The default camera name is “IC1500WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera. IP camera...
  • Page 30 IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway DNS Server Network Setting Video Port The Video Port is used to transmit or receive the video streaming in the network. The default port setting is Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN.
  • Page 31 IP camera “4321”. If you want to view the video from the camera, the port setting should be correct. Web Port This camera support web connection, the default web port is 80. Since the web server may use port 80, you can use a different port for the camera.
  • Page 32 IP camera Wireless Settings (*Wireless Model Only) Utility will site survey automatically or you can press “Refresh” button to survey the AP router manually.
  • Page 33 IP camera After site survey procedure, there will show existing AP SSID. Then press “Connect” to connect AP router or press “Add to Profile” to configure the Wireless WEP and WPA encryption.
  • Page 34 IP camera There are WEP(Open System/Shared Key) ,WPA-PSK,WPA2-PSK and WPANone encryption settings. You can choose one to match AP router wireless settings. After set the profile, Please remove the LAN cable then IP Camera will connect to AP router automatically. LED Status Diagram...
  • Page 35 IP camera Wired Setting Environment Wireless Setting Environment must configure wireless settings from wired environment. Then you can remove the wired cable and start wireless connection.

  • Page 36: E-Mail Setting

    E-Mail Setting E-Mail Setting Recipient E-Mail Address This camera supports “Snap Shot” and “Motion SMTP Server Sender E-Mail Address Detection” functions. You can snapshot a picture and send the picture by E-Mail. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the picture. Enter the SMTP Server for the E-Mail sending.

  • Page 37: Pppoe Settings

    Authentication Username Password Send a Test Email PPPoE Settings Enable or Disable the SMTP Authentication function When Authentication is enabled, input the SMTP Username. When Authentication is enabled, input the password. Press this button to send a test e-mail to your mailbox.
  • Page 38 PPPoE Settings Enable/Disable Username Password If enable the PPPoE function, IP Camera will use PPPoE for network connection first. The default value is “Disable”. Enter the Username of PPPoE connection. Enter the Password of PPPoE connection A maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the IP camera...
  • Page 39 IP camera largest size packet or frame, specified in octets (eight-bit bytes), that can be sent in a packet or frame based network such as the Internet. FTP Settings...
  • Page 40 FTP Settings FTP Server FTP Port User Name Password Remote Folder Passive Mode This camera supports functions. When occurred, you can record the pictures to FTP server. Enter the FTP address for receiving the pictures. Enter the port of the FTP server. Specify the user account of ftp server.

  • Page 41: Date/Time Settings

    Date / Time Settings Date / Time Settings Date/Time manually NTP Server Time Zone NTP Server Set the current Date and Time. Synchronize the Date and Time with NTP server. Select the time zone that your camera put on. Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server. IP camera...
  • Page 42 Resolution Resolution Resolution Select the desired video resolution format. Larger resolution requires more bandwidth. 640 x 480 is “VGA” format. 320 x 240 is “QVGA” format. 160 x 120 is “QQVGA” format. IP camera...

  • Page 43: Advanced Setting

    Advanced Setting Advanced Setting UPnP When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly click the camera to view the video through web browser.
  • Page 44 DDNS Enable/Disable Provider Domain Name Account Many internet connections use a "Dynamic IP address", where the Internet IP address is allocated dynamically whenever the Internet connection is established. Internet users should know the IP Address of the camera when they want to connect to the camera every time.
  • Page 45 IP camera Password Enter the password for the DDNS service.
  • Page 46 Users Users Administrator Current Password New Password Setting the password of Administrator account Enter the current password of the camera. Enter the new password you want to use for the camera. IP camera...
  • Page 47 Confirm New Password Retype the new password to confirm the User setting. Setting the user account and password. Your camera can support 4 user account. IP camera...
  • Page 48 Tools Tools Firmware Version Firmware Update Reset to Default Display current firmware version. You can upgrade camera’s firmware via this function. Press this button and select the correct firmware to upgrade. If you want to reset the camera, click this button. IP camera...
  • Page 49 IP camera The default settings of the camera are as follows. Camera Name: “IC-XXXXXX” IP Address: “192.168.2.3” Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Administrator Name: “admin” Password: “1234” Video Port: “4321” Web Port: “80” LED Light Off Press this button can turn off LAN and WLAN LED. But can not turn off Power LED.
  • Page 50 IP camera About About Administrator Utility Display current Administrator Utility Version. Version...

  • Page 51: Setting Wizard

    IP camera Setting Wizard When you click the “Setting Wizard”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “admin” Password: “1234” If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.
  • Page 52 Internet Camera Name IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway The default camera name is “IC-XXXXXX”. It is recommended to enter a meaningful name for the camera. The wizard will auto setup an available IP Address to the camera. For example: if the IP address of the network is 192.168.2.x, the wizard will search an unused Address...
  • Page 53 Video Port Cancel Finish When you finish the camera setting, you can click “Ok” to run the “Camera Viewer” immediately or click “Cancel” to run the “Camera Viewer” later. the network and set the camera to use the same Gateway. You can enter another Gateway to change the setting.

  • Page 54: Using The Camera Viewer

    Using the Camera Viewer The Camera Viewer Utility allows users to view video up to four cameras. It also allows users to manual/schedule recording video and playback the video file. The status of camera viewing such as frame rate, video received, and etc.

  • Page 55: Panel Introduction

    IP camera Panel Introduction In the beginning when you start the Camera Viewer, you would see a Control Panel and a four division Viewer window.

  • Page 56: Camera Buttons

    Camera Buttons Camera Buttons Camera Click one of these four cameras will connect to the selected camera that you want to view and configure. If you want to remove the camera from the viewer, please right click the icon and select “Reset Camera x”.

  • Page 57: Camera Status

    Camera Status There is a status bar shown different color to indicate the status of each Internet Camera. Camera Status Yellow Blue Pink It means that there is no camera set to connect. It means that the camera is connected and playing the live video.

  • Page 58: Control Buttons

    Control Buttons Control Buttons Play Stop Snapshot Stop Record “Play” button user-interface. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is disconnected, clicking on the “Play” can make the viewer connect to the Internet Camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the “Play”...
  • Page 59 Pause Forward Snapshot Record camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the “Stop” can stop playing the video. The “Pause” button provides you a way to pause the current video display. When the displaying video is paused, click on the “Play” again to resume the video display.
  • Page 60 IP camera Pan-Tilt Control Panel When you can see the video image on screen and click on . The viewer will show only one camera video and appear the Pan-Tilt control panel. à...
  • Page 61 IP camera PTZ Control Panel Full View Press button, you can see full size image. à Zoom Out Press button, the image will be Zoom-Out. à Zoom In Press button, the image will be...
  • Page 62 Direction Panel Pan / Tilt Speed Preset Position Position Name Available Position Zoom-IN. à There are 8 directions of control panel. You can control Left-Right, Up-Down by this panel. You can adjust Pan / Tilt moving speed from 1(Slow) to 5(Fast). You can add name to locate position.
  • Page 63 Goto Remove *Notice: After you set the preset positions, you must enter Web Management Page to set Guard Tour function in PTZ menu (See 8.2 PTZ Settings). After you named the position name, you can press to store the preset position. After you select click , the screen will go to the selection...
  • Page 64 Cruise Tour Start Cruise Pan/Tilt Cruise Tour will follow Cruise Tour Path to start Stop Cruise Pan/Tilt Press *Notice: You must enter Web Management Page to set Cruise Tour Path in PTZ menu. cruise. After press will become then original IP camera , the original button can stop Cruise Tour...

  • Page 65: Video Recording

    Video Recording This utility allows you record the video in AVI files. There are two ways of video recording – Manual Recording and Schedule Recording. Manual Recording You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file. Click “Record”, then the viewer utility will start to record the video stream. You can assign the path in the setting dialog.(at section 7.8.4) Clicking “Stop”...

  • Page 66: Change Resolution

    IP camera Change Resolution The Internet Camera supports two resolution, 640x480 (VGA) and 320x240 (CIF). You can change the resolution of each Internet Camera by clicking the resolution button. Note: Before changing the resolution of the Internet Camera, you have to select the Internet Camera by clicking the camera button first.

  • Page 67: View Four Cameras Simultaneously

    Resolution QVGA View Four Cameras Simultaneously Click the four division button simultaneously in a four-division window. Change the resolution to 640x480 (VGA) mode. Change the resolution to 320x240 (QVGA) mode. IP camera can view the 4 cameras...

  • Page 68: Viewer Utility Setting

    IP camera Viewer Utility Setting Click the “Setting” button , then the setting window of the Internet Camera will pop up. Note: When you want to change the settings such as IP Address, Video Port, etc. in the “Setting” option, you must disconnect the Internet Camera first by clicking the “Stop”.
  • Page 69 Setting Setting Name IP Address Video Port It is not required to fill the camera name for connecting camera. It is for users to identify the camera. IP address/Domain name of the Internet Camera. The number of service port used by the Internet Camera.
  • Page 70 Model Username Password Discover Select “Internet Camera” (This camera only supports MJPEG). The user name for login into the Internet Camera. By default, the user name is “Admin”. The password for login into the Internet Camera. By default, the password is “1234”. Click “Discover”, then camera auto-discover windows will pop up.
  • Page 71 Recording You can setup schedule for the recording here. This utility will record the video stream in the assigned file folder according to the schedule automatically. The recorded video files are AVI format. Note: The utility will only start to record the video stream when this utility is running and is successfully connecting to the Internet camera in the beginning of the schedule.
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  • Page 73 Schedule Cycle Recording One-Time Schedule One-Time Schedule Weekly Schedule Check this check box to enable cycle recording. When the Cycle Recording is checked and the storage usage has already reached the maximum reserved storage automatically delete the oldest recorded video file and use the space to store the newly recorded video stream.
  • Page 74 Weekly Schedule Schedule Edit Delete the period of time. The default time is 2 minutes later from the current time. You can assign the days in a week and the period of time in a day when you want to record the video stream.
  • Page 75 Status You can see the current status information of the connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera. Status Connected Status Stream Started At It displays “Yes” when the utility is connecting to the Internet Camera and displays “No” when the utility is not connecting to the Internet Camera.
  • Page 76 Time Elapsed Video Received Audio Received Frame Rate Data Rate The elapsed time of the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera. The total size (Unit is KByte) of video stream received during the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera.
  • Page 77 Number of Frames Number of Users The total number of video frames received during the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera. The total number of users that viewing this camera currently. IP camera...
  • Page 78 General You can manage storage usage for this Internet Camera here. General Snap Shot Directory Record Directory This lets you assign the directory where bitmap files will be stored when you click “Snapshot” to take pictures. The default folder is where the software program is installed, for example: “C:\Program Files\Internet Camera”.
  • Page 79 Free Disk Space Max Recording Space Used Disk Space Max Video File Size example: “C:\Program Camera”. The current free disk space of the hard drive where is assigned to save recording files. You can reserve a disk space to store the recorded video and snapshot files.
  • Page 80 IP camera About About Camera Viewer Utility Display current Camera Viewer Utility Version. Version...
  • Page 81 IP camera Playback Click the “Open File” and a “Load File” window will be popped up. Select the file that you want to play. The viewer will start to play the selected video file.
  • Page 82 Playing Control Play When the video playback is in Stop state, just click “Play” and the viewer will play the video file from the beginning point. When the video playback is in Pause state, just click “Play” and the viewer will play the video file from the current pause point.
  • Page 83 Pause Stop Playing Control Forward When the recorded video is playing, you can click “Pause” to freeze the playback. If you want the viewer to continue playing from the current pause point, just click “Play”. When the viewer is playing, you can click “Stop” to stop the playback.

  • Page 84: Rotate Video

    IP camera Rotate Video Rotate function lets you rotate the video frame 180 of degree angle each time you click the “Rotate” . With this function, you can view the live video with normal, and 180 degree angles counterclockwise.

  • Page 85: Web Connection And Setup

    IP camera Web Connection and Setup You can use the Web browser to connect the camera for viewing or setting. Open the web browser and enter the IP Address of the camera to establish a connection. The default IP Address of the camera is “192.168.2.3”.
  • Page 86 IP camera After installed the ActiveX plug-in, the video image will be shown up in the web screen directly. The menu options for the web control screen are as follows. Camera – View live video and adjust the video format from the menu. PTZ –...
  • Page 87 IP camera System – Setup System utilities and settings in this menu. Status – Shows the camera information and current status in this page. Users – This camera support up to 4 user accounts. You can setup them in this menu.

  • Page 88: Camera Setting

    Camera Setting Camera Setting Resolution Image Quality Max Frame Rate Select the desired video resolution format. Larger resolution requires more bandwidth. 640 x 480 is “VGA” format. 320 x 240 is “CIF” format. The default resolution is CIF format. Adjust this property to control the video quality Set the video max frame rate.
  • Page 89 Frequency Brightness Pan / Tilt Speed Apply PTZ Control Panel frame rate higher can get video more smooth. But will use more bandwidth. Adjust this property to fitting light frequency. You can adjust the brightness of the video. If the video is too dark, you can input the larger number in this text box.
  • Page 90 IP camera Full View Press button, you can see full size image. à Zoom Out Press button, the image will be Zoom-Out. à Zoom In Press button, the image will be Zoom-IN. à...
  • Page 91 Direction Panel Preset Position Position Name Available Position Goto There are 8 directions of control panel. You can control Left-Right, Up-Down by this panel. You can add name to locate position. Like Windows, Door or other easy words. You can check and see the existing position record here.
  • Page 92 Remove *After you set the preset positions, you can use Guard Tour function in PTZ menu. Cruise Tour Start Cruise Pan/Tilt Cruise Tour will follow Cruise Tour Path to start Stop Cruise Pan/Tilt Press preset position immediately. If you want to remove preset position, you can select existing click...
  • Page 93 Snapshot / Recording Snapshot file path Record File path You can enter the file path to store the snapshot picture. Click to get one picture. You can enter the file path to store the video image. Click Click format is AVI (Content Motion-JPEG), you can play the video film by Media Player.

  • Page 94: Ptz Setting

    PTZ Setting Guard Tour Name Running Mode Edit The name of Guard Tour Name. The status of Guard Tours. No: Guard tour function is off. Yes: Guard tour function is on. There are two modes of Guard Tour. Sequential: Display preset position image by order.
  • Page 95 Start / Stop Remove Setup Guard Tour Name Available Positions View with random order Add to List Press “Start/Stop” button to start or stop Guard Tour. Select existing Guard Tour then press “Remove” button to remove Guard Tour. The name of Guard Tour Name. You can choose a preset position for Guard Tour.
  • Page 96 Position View Time View Order Remove Save Close How to create a new Guard Tour? STEP 1: Create Preset Position Select position and enter Name into “Position Name” field (Ex: The Preset Position of Guard Tour The duration of display image. The value: 1~9999 seconds.
  • Page 97 Window, Door…) Press “Add” Button to save the preset position. STEP 2: Create a new Guard Tour Press “Add” button STEP 3: Setup Guard Tour Enter Guard Tour name into “Name” filed Select Available Positions then press “Add to list” button IP camera...
  • Page 98 Modify the Guard Tour list You can modify the View Time and View Order or remove which position After modified all items then press “Save” button to save all parameters. Press “Close” button to finish Setup Guard Tour” STEP4: Start Guard Tour Select on Guard Tour list then press “Start/Stop”...
  • Page 99 Position1 Cruise Tour Cruise Tour Path Apply After 10 seconds There are four paths of Cruise Tour. That means device can follow different tour path for cruising. After select the Cruise Tour Path, please press “Apply” button to finish. IP camera Position2...

  • Page 100: Lan Setting

    LAN Setting Network Type IP Address This camera can obtain IP via DHCP protocol or specified static IP Address to it.. Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.0 to 192.168.2.250, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the IP camera...
  • Page 101 Subnet Mask Gateway DNS Server Video Port camera, for example: 192.168.2.250. The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN. For example: 255.255.255.0. The Gateway is used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet on the Internet. The Gateway setting must be the same with the gateway used by the PCs on your LAN.
  • Page 102 Web Port Apply PPPoE Enable PPPoE User Name Password Apply the camera, the port setting should be correct. This camera support web connection, the default web port is 80. Since the web server may use port 80, you can use a different port for the camera. If you change the web port from 80 to 8080, you must type http://192.168.2.3:8080...
  • Page 103 Dynamic DNS Enable DDNS Provider Domain Name User Name Password Apply UPnP Enable UPNP Enable or disable DDNS function of the camera. Several companies provide DDNS service. This camera supports the service from DynDNS company. domain name “registername.dyndns.com”. Enter the domain name that you register for the camera from DynDNS web site.
  • Page 104 Apply LoginFree Filename The default value is “loginfree”. That’s mean user can get a snapshot image from Internet Explorer. The format is like: IP Camera will send a snapshot image to Internet Explorer. If user changed file name (Ex: “1234”), the URL must be changed to “http://192.168.2.3/1234.jpg”...
  • Page 105 WLAN(*Wireless Model Only) Wireless Setting Wireless connection Enable or disable the wireless function of the Network Type Internet Camera. By default, the function is disabled. Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of a Wireless LAN Access Point or Router. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router.
  • Page 106 Available Networks SSID Channel Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router. Select the networks listed below and click apply to connect to the specified network. The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN.
  • Page 107 Basic Rate Authentication Encryption Type WPA Pre-Shared Key The WPA-PSK key can be from 8 to 64 characters WEP Key Length Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking. The channel setting should be the same with the network you are connecting to. The camera will force to the data rate that you selected to transmit data.
  • Page 108 WEP Key Format Default Key Key1 ~ Key4 transmitted data. Larger key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower. Hexdecimal – Only “A-F“, “a-f“ and “0-9“ are allowed to be set as WEP key. ASCII –...
  • Page 109 Apply E-Mail and FTP The “E-Mail & FTP” lets you setup E-Mail client and FTP client that camera can sent live video to your e-mail account or FTP server when Motion has been detected. (including “a-z” and “0-9”) as the encryption keys. For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“...
  • Page 110 E-Mail & FTP Settings Recipient E-Mail Address This camera supports SMTP Server Sender E-Mail Address SMTP Authentication Username Password Send a Test Email function. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the pictures. Enter the SMTP Server for the E-Mail sending. Specified the e-mail address of the e-mail sender.
  • Page 111 FTP Server FTP Port User Name Password Remote Folder Password Passive Mode This camera supports functions. When occurred, you can record the pictures to FTP server. Enter the FTP address for receiving the pictures. Enter the port of the FTP server. Specify the user account of ftp server.

  • Page 112: Motion Detection

    Motion Detection The “Motion Detection” allows users to setup the behavior of motion detection feature. Motion Detection Motion Detection Enable Next Event Detected Interval Threshold Send Recording File to Select Yes to send the recorded video file to your Enable or Disable the Motion Detection Function. Setup the interval between two events.
  • Page 113 E-Mail E-Mail Subject Send Recording File to e-mail account that you had specified at “E-Mail & FTP” menu. Specify the subject of motion detection notify e-mail. Select Yes to send the recorded video file to your FTP server that you had specified at “E-Mail & FTP”...
  • Page 114 System The “System” allows users to setup the camera’s parameters, like camera name, data/time setting. And also provide firmware upgrade and reset tools at this page. System Camera Name The default camera name is “IC1500”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.
  • Page 115 Login Name Password Confirm Password Date/Time manually NTP Server Time Zone NTP Server Upgrade Firmware Setup your administrator account’s login name. Default name is “admin” Enter up to 4 digits password for the new user account. Enter the password again to confirm the setting. Display the current Date and Time.
  • Page 116 Reset Factory Defaults Reboot Device LED Setting Status The “Status” shows the current firmware version, uptime, system time and IP information of this camera. If you want to reset all the camera settings to default, click this button. To reboot the Internet Camera, click “Reboot”. There are four LEDs to indicate the status of Internet Camera.
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  • Page 118 Users The “Users” allows users to add four user accounts which are able to view video from Camera Viewer and Web Management. These users, unlike Administrator, are not allowed to configure the camera. User 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 User # Login Enable or Disable the user number #.
  • Page 119 Password Confirm Password Apply The “Log” allows users to monitor the device event and time. If you have trouble to use this device, the log file will help administrator to know the status of device. Enter up to 4 digits password for the new user account.
  • Page 120 Log screen Refresh The screen will show event and event time of device. You can press “Refresh” button to refresh the log screen. IP camera...

  • Page 121: Frequently Asked Questions

    IP camera Frequently Asked Questions Q1: What is an Internet Camera? A: The Internet Camera is a standalone system connecting directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. It is different from the conventional PC Camera; the Internet Camera is an all-in-one system with built-in CPU and web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that can transmit high quality video images for monitoring.
  • Page 122 IP camera A: The Internet Camera uses Category 5 UTP Twisted-pair cable allowing 10 Base-T and 100 Base-T networking. Q5: Can the Internet Camera be setup as a PC-cam on the computer? A: No, the Internet Camera is used only on Ethernet and Fast Ethernet network.

  • Page 123: Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup For Internet Viewing

    Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet To view Internet Camera across the Internet, you have to make sure Router/Gateway has configured to pass incoming TCP/UDP connections from remote PC to the Internet Camera. The Router/Gateway should set port forwarding or virtual server for the connections. Please see the illustration as below.
  • Page 124 Setup 2 Setup 3 Viewing Internet Camera via Web Browser Setup 1/Setup 2 Viewing Internet Camera via Camera Viewer Utility Setup 2 Setup Internet Camera via Administrator Utility Setup 3 protocol to “TCP”. It is the port of Video port. You have to configure the protocol to “TCP”.
  • Page 125 IP camera Internet Camera Internet, Router/Gateway should configure setup 3.

  • Page 126: Appendix B Set Up Wlan Step By Step

    IP camera Appendix B Set up WLAN step by step Please follow the procedures below: Please Check you Router Wireless settings, Suggesting Open System ( Disable security ) first.
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  • Page 129 Please turn on DHCP Server of the Router for this testing. Please reset the Wireless IP Camera settings to Factory Defaults by press the Reset button over 8 seconds. Please change your PC’s IP address to 192.168.2.xx (which xx from 10 to 253), Netmask = 255.255.255.0 Please go to Web-Config WLAN section of the Wireless IP Camera.
  • Page 130 IP camera Press Apply button. Please go to the LAN section of Web-Config. Select DHCP and press Apply button. Then you could close this IE browser window now.
  • Page 131 Please UNPLUG the Ethernet Cable of the Wireless IP Camera now! Wait for seconds then the Wireless IP Camera should be linked with the Wireless Router. Now you could let your PC to be connected with the Wireless Router. (10) In this case, if your PC’s DHCP Client IP is 192.168.8.101, then the Wireless IP Camera must be 192.168.8.100, because Wireless IP Camera was got IP early then your IP camera...
  • Page 132 IP camera (11) You could go to the Web-Interface of the Wireless IP Camera.

  • Page 133: Appendix C Viewing Via Upnp In Windows Xp

    IP camera Appendix C Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly double click the camera or right click the camera and select “Invoke”...
  • Page 134 IP camera Enable UPnP in Windows XP SP2 If you can’t find the camera in the Neighborhood of Windows XP SP2 or you have seen the following message when you double click the camera. You have to check if UPnP function is blocked by the firewall. Please follow the steps below to enable it.
  • Page 135 Go to “Start\Settings\Network Connections”. Right click the “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. In the “Local Area Connection Properties”, select “Advanced” option menu and click “Settings”. The “Windows Firewall” screen will be popped up, select “Exceptions” option menu. IP camera...
  • Page 136 IP camera Enable “UPnP Framework” from the “Programs and Services list” and click “Ok”.
  • Page 137 IP camera...

  • Page 138: Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server

    IP camera Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server Graphics Hardware Acceleration and DirectX are disabled by default on a Server configuration to ensure maximum stability and uptime. But for any reason you need to enable them to use DirectX enabled applications this section will guide you through on how you can do it.
  • Page 139 Simply right click anywhere on your desktop and select Properties -> Settings tab -> Advanced -> and finally, the Troubleshoot tab. Now move the Hardware acceleration slider across to Full Click OK You may experience a monitor black out for a few seconds, this is normal.
  • Page 140 IP camera internet to check for valid WHQL certificates - click on Yes. Let's click on the Display tab, now click on all three boxes to enable DirectDraw, Direct3D and AGP Texture Acceleration.

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