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  • Page 1 Setup Configuration Technical Guides...
  • Page 2 © 2008. All rights are reserved. No portion of this document may be reproduced without permission. All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this publication are property of their respective owners. While all efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of all contents in this manual, we assume no liability for errors or omissions or by statements of any kind in this manual, whether such errors are omissions or statements resulting from negligence, accidents, or any other cause.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ..............1 How to Use This Guide ............1 Conventions of This Guide ..........2 A Note about Icons............2 Safety Precautions ............3 The Network Camera’s Features ...........4 Minimum System Requirements ..........5 Box Contents................6 Overview ................7 Chapter I. Setup the Network Camera ......9 Test the Network Camera ............9 Mount the Network Camera ..........10 The Mounting Plate ............10...
  • Page 4 Chapter II. Configure the Network Camera ....21 ActiveX Viewer ..............21 Log in the Network Camera..........23 Method I. Network Camera Search Tool Application..23 Method II. IE Address Bar ..........25 Plustek Network Camera Configuration Center....28 How to Configure the Network Camera........29 LiveView.................30 Image Settings ...............36 Network ................38 Server................39...
  • Page 5 Setup and Installation............62 Views and Operations ............64 More Assistance..............69 Appendix B: Glossary ............. 71 Appendix C: Specification ..........77 Appendix D: Customer Service and Warranty ....79 Statement of Limited Warranty..........80 FCC Radio Frequency Statement ........82 Contacting Plustek ............83...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Introduction Welcome to choose our product. Like all of our products, your new network camera is thoroughly tested and backed by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction. Thank you for choosing us as your network camera supplier. We hope you will continue to turn to us for additional quality products as your computing needs and interests grow.

  • Page 7: Conventions Of This Guide

    Chapter II describes how to configure the network camera. This chapter provides you with plenty of illustrations and information about the configuration in the Plustek Network Camera Configuration Center. You may get familiar with it and try out all functions provided with the network camera.

  • Page 8: Safety Precautions

    Information: Optional tips for your reference. Information Safety Precautions Before using this device, please read the following important information to eliminate or reduce any possibility of causing damage and personal injury. 1. Moisture condensation may occur inside this device and cause malfunction at these conditions: •...

  • Page 9: The Network Camera's Features

    Internet; thus it’s possible for you to monitor your property, estate, and even your kid in the kindergarten by simply opening the Plustek Network Camera Configuration center. External I/O Interface provides an intelligent way to watch your properties –...

  • Page 10: Minimum System Requirements

    JPEG Compressed Image Format – Motions or specific pictures captured by the network camera are saved in JPEG format, which may contain enough image data in a smaller sized file and be easily transferred through the Internet. Password protection – Both Administrator and General Users are password protected, which may secure different levels of controlling over the network camera.

  • Page 11: Box Contents

    Box Contents 1.Network Camera 2. Mounting Bracket 3. Mounting Plate 4. AC Adapter 5. Ethernet cable (Category 5 cable) Save the box and packing materials in case you need to transport this network camera in the future. The product packaging can be recycled.

  • Page 12: Overview

    6. Reset Pin 7. Screws 8. Plastic Plugs 9. Lens Focus Adjusting Fixture 10. Setup/Application CD-ROM 11. Ethernet Extension Port 12. User’s Guide Overview Mounting Index Ethernet Port Microphone External I/O Interface Lens DC IN Jack Lens Cover Mounting Holes...
  • Page 13 LED Indicator...

  • Page 14: Chapter I. Setup The Network Camera

    Chapter I. Setup the Network Camera Before you setup the network camera, please make sure all components available and ready. A list of the package contents is provided in the Contents section of this guide. Test the Network Camera Before you start to use the network camera, please test the network camera by following the steps described as below.

  • Page 15: Mount The Network Camera

    For more information about the LED indicator, please refer to “LED indicator” section. Information 4. Insert the Setup/Application CD-ROM, included with your network camera, into your CD-ROM drive. 5. Run the “Network Camera Search Tool” application in the CD-ROM. 6. When the network camera lists in the Network Camera Search Tool window, your network camera works properly.

  • Page 16: Mounting To Plain Ceiling

    Mounting to Plain Ceiling 1. Press the mounting plate on the surface of ceiling and mark down the Set A holes on the plain ceiling. 2. Drill three holes on the ceiling and hammer the plastic plugs into the holes. Note that the size of the holes in the ceiling should be smaller than that of the plastic plugs.
  • Page 17 5. Load the network camera onto the mounting bracket. Make sure the mounting index on the network camera and mounting bracket flush with each other. 6. Fasten the network camera with the smallest screws provided with the package. 7. The network camera is mounted on the surface.

  • Page 18: Mounting To Suspended Ceiling

    Mounting to Suspended Ceiling 1. Remove one piece of ceiling panels you are to mount the network camera. Please consult your decorating expert for more help when removing and installing the ceiling panel. Attention 2. Place the mounting plate on the inner side of the panel and mark down the holes you are to drill.

  • Page 19: Connect The Network Camera

    5. Pass the Ethernet cable and power cord through the lager hole and insert them respectively into the interfaces on the network camera. 6. Press the bottom of the network camera close to ceiling panel, and fasten the network camera with screws from the mounting plate as indicated in Figure B.

  • Page 20: Method Ii. Connect To An Organization's Network

    1. Insert the RJ-45 connector into the Ethernet port of the network camera. 2. Connect the Ethernet cable to the PC’s Ethernet port. 3. Connect the AC adapter to the DC IN Jack of the network camera. 4. Plug the AC adapter into a standard wall outlet. 5.

  • Page 21: Method Iii. Connect Directly To The Internet

    5. If the LED indicator keeps flashing, your network camera is successfully connected. • For more information about connection to organization network, please refer to Use the Network Camera from Dynamic Domain Name System. • If you are to use the network camera in a corporation environment, you may need to consult your network Information administrator or ISP.

  • Page 22: Adjust The Lens

    5. If the LED indicator keeps flashing, your network camera is successfully connected. For more information about the LED indicator, please refer to “LED indicator” section. Information Adjust the Lens You can adjust the lens tilt angle by following the steps described as below: 1.
  • Page 23 3. Tighten the screws when you complete the lens tilt angle adjustment. 4. Load the specially designed lens focus adjusting fixture onto the base and adjust the lens focus manually if necessary.
  • Page 24 If you adjust the lens focus without the lens focus adjustment fixture, when you reload the lens cover, you will get blurred images due to the refrangibility of the lens cover. To eliminate the effect of refrangibility on the Information images, you are recommended to use the fixture to adjust the lens focus manually.

  • Page 25: Maintenance And Usage Tips

    • To keep your network camera in a proper working status, you are not recommended to make such adjustment frequently. • Do not leave fingerprints or any foreign objects on the Attention surface of the lens and lens cover; otherwise, you may get cloudy or inferior quality images.

  • Page 26: Chapter Ii. Configure The Network Camera

    Camera Plustek Network Camera center is the configuration window that provides you with various monitoring settings (e.g. Administration, Network and etc.). Plustek Network Camera center also allows you to control over the network camera in an all-around way. ActiveX Viewer When you log in your network camera for the first time, please configure the ActiveX Viewer before logging in.
  • Page 27 4. Check “Prompt” under the options “Download signed ActiveX controls” and “Download unsigned ActiveX controls”. 5. Check “Enable” under the options “Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe”, “Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins”, and “Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting”. 6.

  • Page 28: Log In The Network Camera

    Log in the Network Camera Method I. Network Camera Search Tool Application Network Camera Search Tool is an application that can detect the network camera(s) that you connect to an organization’s network or your PC. 1. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your PC. 2.
  • Page 29 When you use Internet Explorer to browse website, ActiveX controls may assure the normal displaying of Information images. 6. When you log in your network camera for the first time, enter “admin” as your username and “password” as your password. The “admin”...

  • Page 30: Method Ii. Ie Address Bar

    install “view.cab”. Please click the “Install” button to install it. Due to the program versions you use, this prompt may also contain information about "Windows Logo authorization required" or "Digital Signature required". Please ignore it and click on Continue Anyway to install without any misgiving at your network camera functioning.
  • Page 31 • If you connect the network camera to the Internet directly via Cable Modem with static IP, the Network Camera Search Tool won’t work. Please log in by entering the static IP address directly in the IE address Bar. • If you are provided with dynamic IP address in an organization’s network, please refer to the “Use the...
  • Page 32 When you use Internet Explorer to browse website, ActiveX controls may assure the normal displaying of images. Information 3. Enter “admin” as your username, “password” as your password. The “admin” and “password” are the default username and password for your first login of the network camera as Administrator.

  • Page 33: Plustek Network Camera Configuration Center

    Signature required". Please ignore it and click on Continue Anyway to install without any misgiving at your network camera functioning. Plustek Network Camera Configuration Center Plustek Network Camera center will be displayed after the network camera accepts your login request.

  • Page 34: How To Configure The Network Camera

    Menu Bar Viewer Menu Bar – There are 8 menus available: LiveView, ImageSet, Network, Server, Administration, EventTrigger, CaptureView, and Update. More descriptions are provided in the next section “How to configure the Network Camera”. Viewer – The images delivered by the network camera will be shown in the viewer.

  • Page 35: Liveview

    If you log in as “General User”, you are authorized to use functions in LiveView menu only. Please check in “Administration” section for details. Information LiveView How to Take a Snapshot 1. Click the “Snapshot” button to capture the image shown in current viewer. 2.
  • Page 36 How to Adjust the Image 1. Put the cursor within the viewer. 2. Right click and select “image” option from the pop up menu. 3. The Image Ctrl window opens. 4. Adjust the image attributes in the Image Ctrl window. Any changes of the attributes will be applied to the images immediately, and therefore you can check the effect and make further adjustment accordingly.
  • Page 37 Awb stands for Auto White Balance. Due to the indoor lighting system, the images shown in the viewer may have some yellow or orange or bluish cast. This feature Information can prevent the cast in the images. How to Record a Film 1.
  • Page 38 How to Enlarge a Screen 1. Put the cursor within the viewer. 2. Right click and select “zoom” option from the pop up menu. 3. Drag the cursor to select a part you need to enlarge. The selected part will be enlarged and displayed in the viewer.
  • Page 39 How to Define Motion Area Enable the Motion Detection function in “EventTrigger Settings” page by checking both or either of the options: “Motion Detection 1” and/or “Motion Detection 2”, and confirm by clicking the “Submit” button. Put the cursor within the viewer. Right click and point to “motion_detec”...
  • Page 40 “MD Settings” is for setting the sensitivity of detection. The lower the value, the higher the sensitivity. The defined area won’t take effect until you enable the Motion Detection function. Please refer to “EventTrigger” section of this guide. Afterwards, you may check the image(s) triggered by the MD function in Information “CaptureView”...

  • Page 41: Image Settings

    Image Settings • Resolution: The higher the resolution, the clearer the images. However, the higher resolution may extend the processing time. You may check the suitable resolution option according to your monitoring needs. • Quality: This setting determines the image quality in the viewer or screens you captured.
  • Page 42 if you set up the network camera in Taiwan, you need to check the option “60 Hz”. • Audio: This function enriches the monitoring experience by adding background sound to the pictures. • Rotate 180 degree: Enabling this function would produce an upside- down effect of the images.

  • Page 43: Network

    Network 1. Check “Static”, “DHCP”, or “PPPOE” according to how the network camera is connected to the Internet. • Static: When you are provided with a static IP address by your ISP, this option allows you to log in by directly typing the static IP address in the address bar.

  • Page 44: Server

    2. Type in IP, Subnet Mask, and Gateway only if you have “Static” checked. Type in PPPOE Account ID and Password if you have “PPPOE” checked. The length of the PPPOE password should be between 3 and 16 characters, and the Password will always show as encrypted 7 characters.
  • Page 45 Make sure the file name displayed in the Upload Path must be the same with the one in the IP/Host before the Information test begins. 3. In DDNS Server section, enter the Host Name, Account ID and Password that you authorize the system to use. The lengths of the Account ID and password should be between 3 and 16 characters, and the Password will always show as encrypted 7 characters.

  • Page 46: Administration

    Administration Administrator and General User may hold different levels of controlling over the network camera. Please refer to the following table for authorized functions. Authorized Functions Administrator General User √ LiveView √ ImageSet √ Χ Network √ Χ Server √ Χ...

  • Page 47: Eventtrigger

    How to Create and Change an Authorized User’s Account 1. Name the camera in “Camera Name” section. 2. Create a “General User” by defining username and password. Old Password is required for changing an existing general user’s account. 3. To change the Administrator’s password, just enter your current Username and Old Password, and then define your New Password by typing twice in respective sections.
  • Page 48 1. Check "Event Enabled" option to enable “Motion Detection” function in "Respond to trigger" section.. 2. Check “Event Enabled” to enable the external input port in “Trigger by” section. 3. Check the options from the drag down menu in the blank beside the “ Port is “...
  • Page 49 5. Check “upload images” option to upload image into one ftp or mail in”When Triggered” section. 6. Check TCP Server option to send one predefined message to the designated TCP Server in order to notify other program “Event triggered” in “When Triggered” section. 7.

  • Page 50: Captureview

    CaptureView How to View a Captured Image 1. Double click on the image you are to view. 2. The image will be displayed in the Internet Explorer browser or an image application. 3. Click the buttons (First, Previous, Next and Last) to check more thumbnails if necessary.

  • Page 51: Update

    For 98/ME/2000/XP, the pictures you have captured are saved to the file path (c:\tmp\webcam) automatically. For Vista, the pictures you have captured are saved to the file Information path (c:\users\public\tmp\webcam) Update You are allowed to update the network camera by loading the updated firmware to the CPU of your network camera.
  • Page 52 4. Click “Browse” button to select the back-up file, and the file path will be displayed in the Restore section. Then Click “Restore” button to restore it. 5. Click “Browse” button in the right end of “New File Name” option. 6.
  • Page 53 13. Log in the network camera from Network Camera Search Tool application or IE address bar to check the updating results.

  • Page 54: Chapter Iii. Technical Guides

    Chapter III. Technical Guides This chapter covers plenty of useful technical information on using the network camera, which will help you to get more familiar with this network device. For further information about network, you may read their definition or explanation Appendix B: Glossary of this guide.
  • Page 55 The Network Camera Search Tool application may detect all network cameras that you have connected successfully to your company network or community network. The list of network cameras is displayed in the white pane of the window. You may select one of the cameras to configure for your surveillance needs if you are the authorized user of that network camera.

  • Page 56: Ip Configuration Information

    7. Click “Update” button to refresh the list in the white pane of this window. IP Configuration Information You may get the IP configuration information of your PC by following the steps described as below: 1. Click “Start”>”Programs”>”Accessories”>”Command Prompt”, and open the Command Prompt window.

  • Page 57: Use The Network Camera From Dynamic Domain Name System

    Use the Network Camera from Dynamic Domain Name System In some organization’s network, you may be provided with dynamic IP address. That is, each time your network device is connected to the network, it will be assigned with a different IP address. When you need to use the network camera in such a network, you need to configure the network camera before connection.
  • Page 58 3. If you choose the “STATIC” option, please fill the Submask and Gateway in the Network Camera Search Tool window, revise the last number of your PC IP address to create a new unique IP address for the network camera, type “80” in Http Port option, and click the “Submit” button to apply the changes.
  • Page 59 If the Network Camera is behind a router, the “PPPOE” option cannot be applied in the “Search Tool” window. Please refer to the “IP configuration information” section to get IP address, Submask and Gateway of Attention your PC. 4. Click “Update” button in the Network Camera Search Tool window to update the information in the left pane of the window and double click the network camera to log in as administrator.
  • Page 60 IP address (you have got in step 6) to a specified host name. Remember your Host Name, Account ID and password. 8. Click “Server” menu in the Plustek Network Camera Configuration center and put the DDNS Account ID and Password in the DDNS Server section of the window.

  • Page 61: Proxy Server

    Proxy Server Proxy server is generally used to connect to the Internet directly to maintain the security of a network in some corporate environment. When your network camera is connected to such a network, the proxy server may prevent you to access the network camera.
  • Page 62 14. You may uncheck the “Use a proxy server” option, and click the “OK” button in the window. Or click the “Advanced…” button in the LAN Settings window and follow Step a. and Step b..

  • Page 63: External I/O Interface

    The external I/O interface provides a solution to integrate the network camera with external sensor or device as an EventTrigger. Connection of an external sensor or device may activate the alarm feature in the Plustek Network Camera Configuration center. The external sensor or device is not included in...
  • Page 64 What is External I/O Interface? Function External Sensor Input (+) External Sensor Input receives the signal that produced by the alarm sensor (e.g. door sensor, infrared ray sensor). Those signals can activate the GPIO function. Please refer to EventTrigger section for more settings.
  • Page 65 Circuit Diagram Example • Serious damage to network camera may result if a device is connected to the external I/O that exceeds its electrical capability. • The low voltage/current circuits and high voltage/current circuits are in the network camera Attention circuit.

  • Page 66: Reset The Network Camera

    Reset the Network Camera The reset function of the network camera allows you to set the network camera to its factory default settings. To reset the network camera, please keep your network camera connected to your network and follow the steps: 1.

  • Page 67: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    Appendix A: Troubleshooting This chapter provides a quick reference and assistance to you for some of the problems you might encounter in your installation and operation of the Network Camera. Setup and Installation Symptom: I am using ADSL to surf the Internet in my network. The details offered by it are dynamically assigned IP address.
  • Page 68 When I open the Search Tool and click the 255 Cam_location, I cannot enter the IE (Plustek Login Page). Solution: 1. The IP Address of your network camera is not in the same network with your LAN. Please ensure that they are in the same segment.

  • Page 69: Views And Operations

    WAN). On some routers (e.g. some Linksys) this is not possible. Then the user must configure the local cameras so that they use the same port number as the external port number. This is found under Plustek Network Camera Center | Network Settings in the camera configuration menu.
  • Page 70 Solution: This error may occur from the incorrect ActiveX Viewer settings or the absence of an ActiveX control. 1. First make sure that the ActiveX Viewer settings are correct. The Notice on the login page shows you how to configure your browser to enable the ActiveX control download (See the picture below).
  • Page 71 2. After the ActiveX Viewer setting is done, when you log in for the first time, you will see a dialog pop up requesting you to download an ActiveX control. Please click Install to install the ActiveX control without any misgiving at your camera functions.
  • Page 72 Symptom: Does the network camera support encrypted VPN Tunnels? Solution: Our network camera doesn’t support VPN Tunnels. Symptom: Does the firmware have the ability to have the TCP/IP MTU size adjusted by the user of a hex editor on the bin file? Solution: Our firmware doesn’t support user adjustment on the MTU size.
  • Page 73 C:\users\public\tmp\webcam web captures C:\users\public\tmp\webcam video records The video record path can be changed, but must exist beforehand. Symptom: Is it legal to record audio/video motion detection with my camera? Solution: Use of audio or video equipment for recording the image or voice of a person without their knowledge and consent is prohibited in certain states or jurisdictions.

  • Page 74: More Assistance

    1. Click the Select Camera button in the Active View window and a dialog pops up. 2. Select the camera you want from the dropdown list. 3. Type in the Username and Password. 4. Click the Connect button to connect the camera. Note: On Vista OS, you need run it as the “Administrator”...
  • Page 75 When you're looking for technical support, please have your Network Camera information ready in order to have an accurate and efficient feedback. Information...

  • Page 76: Appendix B: Glossary

    Appendix B: Glossary You may read through the below definitions for better understanding of the network environment, and this may probably help you to deal with the network problems when using any network devices. However, the knowledge covered in the chapter won’t fail you to setup and use the network camera. For more information about those definitions, you may study them in relevant books on network or network device.
  • Page 77 DNS (Domain Name System) is a service that locates various Internet domain names and translates them into Internet Protocol addresses. DNS service may increase the responding speed and accuracy of a specified web site. HTTP HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is a standard protocol used widely on World Wide Web, and all files (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) transferred on WWW follow this protocol.
  • Page 78 The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. When you send or receive data (for example, an e-mail note or a Web page), the message gets divided into little chunks called packets.
  • Page 79 discarding some of the non-critical data of the image. JPEG retains all of the color information of an image and offers varying degrees of compression. Network In information technology, a network is a series of points or nodes interconnected by communication paths. Networks can interconnect with other networks and contain sub networks.
  • Page 80 (DSL), cable modem, or wireless connection to the Internet. PPPOE combines the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), commonly used in dialup connections, with the Ethernet protocol, which supports multiple users in a local area network. The PPP protocol information is encapsulated within an Ethernet frame. Proxy Server A proxy server is associated with or part of a gateway server that separates the enterprise network from the outside network and a firewall server that...
  • Page 81 units of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet. WEP is the short form of Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is a security protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the 802.11b standard. With less secure physical structure than LAN, WLANs are more vulnerable to tampering.

  • Page 82: Appendix C: Specification

    Appendix C: Specification IPCam P1100A (L×W×H) Physical Dimension Appearance Weight 200g ° ° ° ° Operating Temperature C to 40 C (50 F to 104 Environment Lighting 50 or 60 Hz ambient indoors Image Size 160 x 120 , 320 x 240 , 640 x 480...
  • Page 83 IPCam P1100 (L×W×H) Physical Dimension Appearance Weight 200g ° ° ° ° Operating Temperature C to 40 C (50 F to 104 Environment Lighting 50 or 60 Hz ambient indoors Image Size 160 x 120 , 320 x 240 , 640 x 480 Image Image Compression format JPEG...

  • Page 84: Appendix D: Customer Service And Warranty

    Appendix D: Customer Service and Warranty If you encounter problems with your network camera, please review the installation instructions and troubleshooting suggestions contained in this guide. For further assistance call our customer support phone number listed on the last page of this guide. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you from Monday through Friday in office working hours as shown below: Europe 9:00 a.m.

  • Page 85: Statement Of Limited Warranty

    Statement of Limited Warranty This Statement of Limited Warranty applies only to the options you originally purchase for your use, and not for resale, from an authorized reseller. The manufacturer warranty includes all parts and labor, and is not valid without the receipt of original purchase.
  • Page 86 THIS LIMITED WARRANTY REPLACES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABLITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HOWEVER, SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY, THEN ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD.

  • Page 87: Fcc Radio Frequency Statement

    FCC Radio Frequency Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 88: Contacting Plustek

    22848 Norderstedt Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 40 523 03 130 Fax: +49 (0) 40 523 03 500 E-mail: support@plustek.de Website: www.plustek.de USA office Plustek Technology Inc. North America: 17517 Fabrica Way, Suite B Cerritos, CA 90703 Tel: 714-670-7713 Fax: 714-670-7756 E-mail: supportusa@plustek.com...

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