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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F H.265+ 4MP Full Color IP Camera ICA-3480F / ICA-4480F...
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Further, PLANET reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
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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 H.265+ 4MP Full Color Bullet IP Camera Model: ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Rev: 1.0 (May, 2023)
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Legal Disclaimer Should any reasons below cause the product destroyed or service stop, we will assume no responsibility for your or third party’s personal injury and property loss: ① No installation or use according to instruction strictly. ② For sake of state-building maintenance or public interest.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Shut down the power and unplug the power cable immediately when there is smoke, odor or noise rising from the IP Camera. Then contact the dealer or service center. Please contact the local dealer or latest service center when IP Camera works abnormally.
Chapter 1 Product Introduction 1.1 Product Highlights PLANET ICA-x480F IP camera series features video and audio acquisition, intelligent coding, network transmission and other functions. It uses embedded operating system and high-performance hardware processing platform, with high stability and reliability to meet the diverse needs of the industry.
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The IP camera supports the cloud-based storage function, which can store the device's all-day recording on the cloud server and the motion detection alarm information on the cloud server The above product features mentioned are only for PLANET ICA-x480F IP camera only.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Chapter 2 Operating Instructions 2.1 Network Connection After the IP camera series is installed, you can preview and configure the related parameters through the browser. 2.1.1 Wired network connection Before configuring the IP camera, make sure that the IP camera is connected to the computer and that you can access the IP camera you want to set up.
In the PLANET IP search tool, select the device to directly modify the IP, found on the right side of the interface by entering the password, and then click "Modify". Step 3:Open the browser to enter the IP address of the camera as the web login screen appears.
Chapter 3 Access to the IP Camera by PVMS Software The PVMS software is available on the company website (www.planet.com.tw). You can use this software to view live video and manage IP camera. Follow the installation prompts to install the software. The control panel and real-time view interface of the PVMS software are shown in Figure 3-1.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Chapter 4 Access to the IP Camera by Web Client 4.1 Preparation before installing plugin Make sure all the hardware connections and power equipment are normal before switching on the computer and running a ping for the IP address of the IP camera (Note: The IP address of the IP Camera in LAN must be unique.), such as 192.168.0.20.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 4.2.2 Changing password After the successful login, the interface prompts to change the password, as shown in Figure 4-2: Figure 4-2 For the account security, click "Modify" and enter the user interface to modify the password, as...
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F To change your password, follow these steps: Step 1: Enter the old password and enter the new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields; Step 2: Set security questions 1, 2, and 3 and enter the answers.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 4.2.3 Forget password When you forget your password, you can reset the password in two ways: security question verification and security key verification. Security question verification Step 1: On the login interface, click "Forget". Step 2: Select the verification method as "Security question validation" (as shown in Figure 4-4 ①), enter the answers to security questions 1, 2, and 3, and click "Next".
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 3: Enter the new password and confirm the password (as shown in Figure 4-4 ②), and click "Next". Figure 4-4 ② Step 4: Click "Re-login" to return to the login interface (as shown in Figure 4-4 ③).
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Security Key verification Step 1: On the login interface, click "Forget". Step 2: Select the verification method as "Security Key Verification" (as shown in Figure 4-5 ①), and click "Import" to import the key file when the password is modified;...
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 4: Click "Re-login" to return to the login interface (as shown in Figure 4-5 ③). Figure 4-5 ③ When selecting "Security question validation", enter the correct answers to 2 questions to enter the "Set New Password" interface and proceed to the next step.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 4.3 Installing the LsIPCPlugin Controls If you use the browser for the first time to access the web page, you’ll need to download and install the controls after login. Open a browser and log in to IP camera to enter the download interface, as shown in Figure 4-6.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 4-7 ② Figure 4-7 ③...
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 4-7 ⑥ If the system prompts "installation failure", please uncheck the "cancel protection mode" in the setting safety of "Internet options" and enter the "custom level" ActiveX control Settings as shown in Figure 4-8, and reinstall LsIPCPlugin after save settings.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 4.4 Main interface description In the IP camera main interface, you can preview real-time video in Live View, Config, Maintenance and other functions as shown in Figure 4-9: Figure 4-9 【Live View】 For IP camera monitoring preview, you can switch the code stream preview.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Chapter 5 Live Preview 5.1 Live View Click " " to enter the IP camera preview interface, as shown in Figure 5-1: Figure 5-1 【switching window size】In the real-time preview interface on the bottom left of the preview ratio option, click "4: 3", "16: 9", "1:1", "full screen"...
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Manually start/stop recording. Manually capture the picture. Turn on / off the electronic zoom function -- Turn on the electronic zoom function in the preview image, and hold down the left mouse button to select the electronic zoom area as the interface shows the region to enlarge the image Turn on/off Sound.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 5.2 Image Config Click " " on the right side of the window to display the Image Config interface. Click " " to hide the Image Config interface, where you can adjust the related image parameters such as brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness and so on, as shown in Figure 5-2.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Chapter 6 Configuration Click “ ” in the main interface to enter the local configuration interface. Here you can set the device system, network, video, images, events and other parameters. 6.1 Local Configuration In the main interface, click "Config Local Config" to enter the local configuration interface, where you can set the "Record File Settings", "Picture and Clip...
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.2 System In the main interface, click "Config System" to enter the system configuration interface. The system consists of system configuration and security. 6.2.1 System Config In the main interface, click "Config System System Config" to enter the system configuration interface.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 【Time interval】 The time interval between the IP Camera and the SNTP server is 1 minute by default. You can set "1 ~ 10080". 【Set Manually/Time Settings】Enable and set the IP Camera date and time manually, click on the "Apply"...
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-4 ① Add a User Step 1: Click "Add Users" to add a user. Step 2: Input the User Name, select User Type and input Password. Step 3: Click "OK" to complete the added user name.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Cautions In order to improve the security of the product network, please change the password of the user name regularly. It is recommended to change it every 3 months. If the IP camera is used in a high security risk environment, it is recommended to update once a month or every week.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F The default user name and password are “admin”. It is strongly recommended to change the user name and password for the sake of security. ④ Edit the User (new user) Step 1: In the user list, select the user to be modified, and click "Edit" to enter the user editing interface.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.3 Network In the main interface, click "Config Network" to enter the network settings interface, the network is divided into Basic Config, P2P and Email configuration. 6.3.1 Basic Setup ① TCP/IP The TCP/IP interface is used to view and configure network parameters such as the camera's IP address.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-6 ② 【BITVISION Port】When the BitVision App is directly connected to the device, the "Private port" is entered into the BITVISION port. 【ONVIF Port】When the IP Camera accesses ONVIF agreement with the back-end equipment, the ONVIF protocol needs to be enabled.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-6 ③ 【DDNS】Enable / disable DDNS function. 【DDNS Type】Choose PLANET DDNS or PLANET Easy DDNS. 【Domain Name】The input selection type must correspond to the successful domain name. 【DDNS User】The input selection type corresponds to the registered account.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-6 ④ Steps 2: Click "□" to enable PPPoE, input the device dynamic IP, user name, and password of the PPPoE. Steps 3: Click "Apply" to save the configuration. 【PPPoE】Turn on/off the device PPPoE function.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-6 ⑤ Step 2: Enter the server address, port, user name, password, confirm the password, storage first level directory, storage secondary directory, check "Auto Cover", and select the upload FTP server image format JPEG. Step 3: Click "Apply" to save the configuration.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 【Storage secondary directory】Create a secondary directory under the FTP primary directory. 【Auto Cover】When enabled, the oldest FTP server will be overwritten automatically when the FTP server is full. ⑤ Other In the main interface, click "Config Network Basic Setup Other" to enter the Video Password Authentication interface, as shown in Figure 6-6 ⑥.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 【Video/Audio DSCP】 You can input the value manually to set the "Video/Audio DSCP". These values will be set according to the actual environment. The scope of valid values is from 0 to 63, and the default value is 0.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.3.2 P2P ① P2P P2P is a private network penetration technology. It does not need to apply for a dynamic domain name, perform port mapping, or deploy a transit server. You can directly scan the QR code to download a mobile client.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 3: Add devices to the mobile client. After login, click "Device manage" , click " " , select "SN Add", enter the device name, user name, password and verification code after scan the QR code (the verification code printed on the label), select group, click "Add Device"...
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 2: Log in to IPEYE Client "http://192.168.0.20:8282", and enter the device username, password, IP camera user and password. Click “Confirm” when a device is added, as shown in Figure 6-7 ④. Figure 6-7 ④ Step 3: Log in to "https://www.ipeye.ru/" and enter the IPEYE device list to view the newly added device named as "cloud_xxxxx".
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.3.3 Email After setting the email information and enabling the alarm linkage email function, and when the IPC triggers an alarm, the system sends an alarm email to the user mailbox. The specific operation steps are as follows: Step 1: In the main interface, click "Config ...
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.4 Video In the main interface, click "Config Video" to enter the video and audio configuration interface, where you can set the device video, audio and other functions. 6.4.1 Video In the main interface click "Config Video Video" into the video configuration interface,...
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Different IP Camera -- device stream type, encoding, frame rate and other information in the drop-down menu options are also different. Only cameras that support the H264/H264+ function display Profile items on the video interface.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.5 Image In the main interface, click "Config Image" to enter the image configuration interface, where you can set the device image and OSD text and other information. 6.5.1 Image In the main interface, click "Config Image Image" to enter the image configuration...
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 【Exposure settings】You can see the Aperture Type of the camera; set the Exposure Time according to actual needs, and automatically save after setting as shown in Figure 6-13. Figure 6-13 【Day and Night Mode】The default of fill mode is auto, Sensitivity is 3, Filter Time is 3 seconds, Overexposure Protection is On, Fill Light Mode is White Light Mode, Brightness Adjustment is Auto, as shown in Figure 6-14 ①.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F - When the fill mode is "Day", the fill light of the device is always off, and the camera is in color mode. - When the mode is "Night", the device monitor video is added to the night effect.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Manual white balance: It supports Red and Blue gain adjustments. You can adjust the range (0-255). 【Video Adjustment】Here you can turn on mirroring, corridor mode and set the video format, as shown in Figure 6-16. Figure 6-16 Mirror: The default is off.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Wide Dynamic Range: The default is off. You can select Low, Middle or High from the drop-down menu. Digital Noise Reduction: The default is Mid. You can select Low, High or off from the drop-down menu.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.5.2 OSD The OSD is information displayed on the real-time monitoring screen. The name, date and day of the IPC can be displayed on the monitor screen. In the main interface, click "Config Image OSD" to enter the OSD configuration interface, where you can set the preview interface to display menu time, OSD text and other information, as shown in Figure 6-19.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.6 Events In the main interface, click "Config Events" to enter the event configuration interface, including common events and smart events. 6.6.1 Ordinary Event In the Ordinary event interface, you can set the device's Motion Detection, Privacy Mask, Video Tampering, Exception, ROI, and other events.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 2: Select the Area Settings to set the motion detection sensitivity. Click "Enable" or "Detect human movement only" to turn on the motion detection alarm. Step 3: Select the area to set the motion detection sensitivity, click "Apply".
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F When the arming time is set, there can be no overlap between any two time periods. Step 5: Set the linkage method. General linkage includes "Upload Via SMTP", "Upload Via FTP", "Upload Via Cloud". When the device motion detection alarms, it will inform the user as shown in Figure 6-22.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-23 Here you can choose up to 3 occlusion areas. Hold down the left mouse button and drag to select the area in the area. Region 1, Region 2 and Region 3 below will show the corresponding coordinates, width, and height of the region.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-24 【Enable】Turn on / off device video tampering alarm. Step 2: Click "Enable" to turn on the Video Tampering function, click "Apply". Step 3: Set the arming schedule. As shown in Figure 6-25 below, you can view, edit, and delete the arming time of motion detection.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Figure 6-25 When the arming time is set, there can be no overlap between any two time periods. Step 4: Set the linkage method. General linkage includes "Upload Via SMTP", "Upload Via FTP", "Upload Via Cloud". When the device motion detection alarms, it will inform the user as shown in Figure 6-26.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Here to open the "General linkage", "Upload via FTP", "Upload via SMTP", "Upload via Cloud", "Record via SDcard" function, when the device settings area is blocked and alarm, the corresponding way to inform the user. 【Upload Via SMTP】Select and the system is configured with SMTP, the alarm information will be sent to the SMTP recipient mailbox.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 1: In the main interface, click "Configuration → Events → Ordinary Events → ROI" to enter the ROI setting interface, as shown in Figure 6-28. Figure 6-28 Step 2: 【Region Settings】Move the mouse to the preview screen, hold down the left mouse button to select the ROI area range, and release the left mouse button to complete the area drawing.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.6.2 Smart Event ① Intrusion Detection The area intrusion detection is used to detect whether a person enters the set area in the video setting area, and the alarm is linked according to the judgment result.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 4: When you need to set other Warning Area, repeat step 3 to complete the setup. Step 5: Set the arming schedule. As shown in Figure 6-30 below, you can view, edit, and delete the arming time of motion detection.
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User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Step 6: Set the linkage method. General linkage includes "Upload Via SMTP", "Upload Via FTP", "Upload Via Cloud". When the device motion detection alarms, it will inform the user as shown in Figure 6-31. Figure 6-31...
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 6.7 Storage 6.7.1 Storage Management Cloud Storage Set up cloud storage. When the device triggers an alarm, you can store the alarm picture taken by the device on a cloud server. Prerequisites 1) You need to have a Google cloud storage account.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Chapter 7 Maintain Click " " in the main interface to enter the System Configuration interface. Here you can check the Device Information and Log. You also can perform IPC upgradation, reset to default, auto maintain, and import and export device parameter.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 7.3 Default In the main interface, click "Maintain Default" to enter the device recovery default interface, where you can reset device parameters and reset all the parameters to the factory default, as shown in Figure 7-3.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F 7.5 Import and Export In the main interface, click "Maintain Import And Export" to enter the device parameters import and export interface, where you can export device parameters or import the parameters file to IPC, as shown in Figure 7-5.
User’s Manual of ICA-3480F/ICA-4480F Chapter 8 Frequently Asked Questions Features Answer: Please refer to the details as follows: a. The network is unreasonable sound? Solution: First you can connect network by PC, and check whether the network cable is good. And check whether the network between the camera 1.