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  • Page 1: Speed Dome Ip Camera

    Speed Dome IP Camera ICA-600 User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Ce Mark Warning

    PLANET Technology. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environments and applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Controlling User Access to the Video Stream ............... 14 Making Video available from the Internet..............15 CHAPTER 4 WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT ..............19 Introduction ........................19 Connecting to ICA-600....................19 Welcome Screen....................... 20 Viewing Area ........................21 Control Panel Screen....................... 22 Advanced Configuration Area ..................

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    ICA-600 applications Features • Pan / Tilt / Zoom capability ICA-600 is able to perform 360° PAN, 180° tilt electric flip and 18x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom adjustment, which brings more convenience and flexibility in network deployment. •...

  • Page 5: Internet Features

    • Notification Support Supporting TCP/IP networking, SMTP e-mail, and HTTP public network standards, ICA-600 can be applied and utilized to a IP network environment and view online via Internet Explorer 5.0 or above browser. • Motion Detection This feature will send you alert message when motion is detected. The ICA-600 will compare consecutive frames to detect changes caused by the movement of large objects.

  • Page 6: Physical Details

    Physical Details AC Power and Video Output Cable The 24V AC power input and video output cable (yellow cable) are located on the Network Camera’s back panel. Note that power supply need user to purchase additionally according to local electrical specification. In order to prevent the improper power adapter may damage the unit and result in danger.
  • Page 7 Color Function Black Alarm Output #2 (NO) Brown Alarm Output #2 (COM). Max 24VDC, 1A Alarm Output #1 (NO) Orange Alarm Output #1 (COM) Alarm Output #1 (NC). Max 24VDC, 1A Yellow Green Alarm Input #2 (A). Max 24VDC, 12mA Blue Alarm Input #1/2 (K).

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. • Planet ICA-600 Speed Dome IP Camera x 1 (with Ethernet, Video, Audio and Alarm cable integrated) • User manual CD x 1 •...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Basic Setup

    Chapter 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-600. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100Base-TX hub or switch and network cable is required. • Minimum System Requirement : System Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later...

  • Page 10: Installation

    Installation 1. Use magnetic screw driver to take off the decoration ring 2. Use screw driver to take off the screw of embedded mount 3. Twist the dome body anti-clockwise direction to take off from the embedded mount. Please remove the safety hook after taking dome body out. Safety Hook Note: “Safety hook”...
  • Page 11 5. Insert the embedded mount in the ceiling with the holders folded in, and secure the bracket by tightening the three screws. Embedded mount Ceiling 3 screws 6. Mount the dome body back onto the embedded mount and rotate it clockwise to lock the dome body into the embedded ring.

  • Page 12: Setup

    Current firmware supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, the Netscape Navigator support is planned in the future firmware release Default LAN interface IP address of ICA-600 is 192.168.0.20. You may now open your web browser, and insert http://192.168.0.20 in the address bar of your web browser to logon ICA-600 web configuration page.
  • Page 13 • Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications • After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web browser.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup

    ICA-600. This Chapter is for Administrators only. Introduction After finishing the network setup, the ICA-600 can immediately be used by all users on your LAN. This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live Video: •...
  • Page 15 Camera setting 3. Make the required adjustments, as explained below, and save your changes. Camera Settings Image Size Select the desired video resolution. The default resolution is set to 320*240. Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧ 640x480 Image Quality Select the desired image quality. The default Image Quality is set to Standard.
  • Page 16 Note Please check the appendix B for more information on the image adjustment.

  • Page 17: Controlling User Access To The Video Stream

    Controlling User Access to the Video Stream By default, only system administrators can connect to the ICA-600 and view live Video. If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring each user to login to the ICA-600 with their individual username and password.

  • Page 18: Making Video Available From The Internet

    600. This port is called the "HTTP Port2". (The first port is port 80.) The HTTP port2 is disabled in default settings. If you prefer to use a different port number than port 80, you can specify the port number on the ICA-600's Network screen, as shown below.
  • Page 19 This feature is normally called Port Forwarding or Virtual Servers in the router. The Port Forwarding/Virtual Server entry tells the Router/Gateway that incoming TCP connections should be passed to the ICA-600. If necessary, check the user manual for your Router/Gateway for further details.

  • Page 20: Viewing Via The Internet

    Where the Router/Gateway's Domain name is ipcam.dyndns.org and the " HTTP Port2" number on the ICA-600 is 1024. Using the Windows Viewing/Recording Utility If using the CamView Utility, the details of the ICA-600 must be entered on the Internet tab of the Add Camera screen. CamView - Add Camera Screen...
  • Page 21 You can then select the camera in the Cameras list on the main screen, and click OK to establish a connection and view live video. Please check respective chapter for further details of viewing Video using either the Windows Viewing/Recording utility or Web Browser.

  • Page 22: Chapter 4 Web-Based Management

    Bookmarks. Connecting using your Web Browser 1. Start your web browser. 2. In the Address box, enter "HTTP://" and the IP Address of the ICA-600, as in this example, which uses the ICA-600's default IP Address: HTTP://192.168.0.20 3. Default username/password for machine login: admin/ <no password>...

  • Page 23: Welcome Screen

    The Home screen can be divided into three areas: • Viewing Area - Images from the ICA-600 • Control Panel Area – ICA-600 Camera Manipulation and image quality control • Advanced Configuration area - only available for administrator. Camera administrator can have full configuration in this menu.

  • Page 24: Viewing Area

    This screen is displayed when you log in machine Viewing Area Screen • The ICA-600 web page requires ActiveX control to display the video content. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the camera and installed on your PC. •...

  • Page 25: Control Panel Screen

    Recall/Preset Preset: set up camera fixed locations before operation mode Recall: Set camera position to preset location Adjust Video resolution The ICA-600 provides 4 resolutions: 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144 Video For NTSC camera: 320x240 is suitable Resolution For PAL camera: 352x288 and 176x144 are suitable...

  • Page 26: Advanced Configuration Area

    Respective menu descriptions are illustrated in the following sections. Camera Advanced setting Menu Clicking on Setting on the menu provides privileges to all the settings for the ICA-600. The Advanced Setting menu is divided into 2 categories: Basic and Application...

  • Page 27: System Screen

    This displays the name for the ICA-600; camera name is useful while multiple unit installation. Default frame The default frame rate in ICA-600 is 30fps, the video frame rate rate can be adjusted in this menu or on the Control panel menu...

  • Page 28: Camera Screen

    Note: please adjust carefully to have proper machine configurations. Camera Screen Data - Camera Screen Camera Settings Image Size Display resolution selection, supported resolution in ICA-600: ‧176x144 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 320x240 ‧ 640x480 Please check the available network upload bandwidth and carefully select the proper video resolution.
  • Page 29 Camera Tour To use the camera tour function, user must preset some camera positions first. Select the “SET Tour” button to enter the Camera Tour setting page. Reset to Restore the values of these pages to factory default value. Default Camera Tour In the Camera Tour page, choose the one tour name.

  • Page 30: Network Screen

    Network screen Data - Network Screen Network Settings DHCP Enable or disable DHCP client in ICA-600 IP address, This parameter allows users to setup the IP address assigned by Subnet mask, ISP. Your ISP should provide all the information requied for Default Internet access.

  • Page 31: Pppoe Setting

    DDNS screen DDNS Settings Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function. Username, Enter the Username/Password for your DDNS account. Password Domain Name Enter the host name, which DDNS service provider assigned. HTTP Proxy, Enter the parameter, which DDNS service provider assigned. Proxy Username, Proxy...
  • Page 32 PPPoE screen Please consult your ISP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE/IP Hint address related information, and input carefully. If Internet connection cannot be established, please check the physical connection or contact the ISP service staff for support information.

  • Page 33: User Screen

    User Screen This User setting can set up to 10 different usernames and passwords. Every one set of username and password can be acted as an Administrator or just a general user. User Screen IP Filter Screen The IP filter can set 10 different user’s IP address, which are allowing enter or disregarding by the Network Camera.

  • Page 34: Application Setting

    Function Notification The page of user setting is very closely related to the IP filter settings. While the administrators are setting these two pages, they should notice that login authorities are not only based on the login names but also the range of IP addresses. Administrators could reject login users according to both login names and IP addresses.
  • Page 35 Alarm 2 Setup Alarm Output 2 action via manual or event Schedule Schedule Motion Detection to send email or upload images. Motion Setup motion detection area and sensor Detection sensitivity Time Setup the Network Camera time configuration Setting Popup Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated Firmware Product firmware upgrade...

  • Page 36: Ftp Client Screen

    FTP Client Screen FTP Client Screen FTP Client Settings FTP server IP address or domain name of the destination FTP server name Username, Please input the Username/Password for the FTP server Password Remote path Please input the path to the destination. Image file Please input the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server.

  • Page 37: Smtp Screen

    SMTP Screen This screen is displayed when the SMTP menu option is clicked. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for sending e-mail messages between servers. The mail server address must be filled in this field. SMTP Screen Network Settings SMTP server Enter the address of SMTP server used to send the mail.

  • Page 38: Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen

    Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen This screen is displayed when the Alarm 1/Alarm 2 menu option is clicked. You can select Manual or Event for the Alarm mode. Duration: Set up the alarm duration. “0” means the alarm working always. Alarm1 Screen Schedule Screen The Schedule can enable motion detection in an arranged period in order to avoid...

  • Page 39: Motion Detection Screen

    Enable/Disable function and adjust the sensitivity level Motion Detection Screen Motion Detection Settings Enable Motion Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA-600 Detection Sensitivity Select the desired option to suit your environment. If covering a large area, you usually need higher sensitivity, since a moving object will take only a small portion of the image.

  • Page 40: Time Setting Screen

    Time Setting Screen This screen is displayed when the Time Setting menu option is clicked. Time Screen Time Settings Provides settings of adjusting the camera’s time IP Cam Time PC Time This is default time value for PC. Set Time Three options of Synchronize with PC's time / User Input / NTP are available for your selection to link with the Time Server.

  • Page 41: Popup Screen

    Popup Screen This screen is displayed setting event message while motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled, and one of them detected, then a message window will be displayed on the screen. Pop up Screen Pop up Settings Pop-up text Input the warming text.

  • Page 42: Firmware Upgrade Screen

    2. Select this file, and click OK. The filename will then appear in the Upgrade File field. Click the Start Upgrade button to transfer the file to the ICA-600 and start the upgrade procedure. Click the “here” button to begin to upgrade firmware.

  • Page 43: Factory Default Screen

    5. Click the “OK” button to continue. 6. The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen. Once the upgrading process completed, the Network Camera will reboot the system automatically. Factory Default Screen This screen is displayed when you click the Factory Default menu on the Status screen.

  • Page 44: Reboot

    Reboot Reboot the Network Camera by hardware reset Trigger & Capture Trigger: This is sending an image or output a trigger to control the alarm output, using Trigger section on the main page. Trigger Settings Upload a captured image to server Mail captured image to specific mail address Mail Enable Alarm output 1...

  • Page 45: Activex Control

    ActiveX Control This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft® Internet Explorer.
  • Page 46 View This screen is displayed when you click the “View” menu on the ActiveX control. View Settings Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the Resizable “Splits” is supported on this mode. Make the image show as the actual size, the “Splits” function Actual size does not work on this mode.
  • Page 47 Rotate & Quality & Resolution Rotate: An image can be rotated in predefined 180-degree increments. Quality: Available quality : ‧High (Default)‧Low. Resolution: Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧640x480 Image Recording This screen is displayed when you click the “Image Recording” menu on the ActiveX control.
  • Page 48 Recoding Screen Save as JPEG: Select this option and click “Save as JPEG” for detailed configurations. The pre- defined schedule can be set by JPEG. During the JPGEG file recording, a red icon displays on lower right position of the image to indicate the AVI saving process.

  • Page 49: Save Current Picture As

    Save as AVI: Select this option and click “Save as AVI” for detailed configurations. The pre-defined schedule can be set by AVI. During the AVI file recording, a red icon displays on lower right position of the image to indicate the AVI saving process. If want stop the recording, please press the “Stop Image Recording”...

  • Page 51: Chapter 5 Client Utility

    Chapter 5 Client UTILITY INSTALLATION The CamView utility is a powerful utility for video recording, viewing, and camera administrations. Please insert the user’s manual CD and start the CamView installation from the default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software: 5.1.
  • Page 52 • Decide which directory to install the software. By default, just hit the Next button to continue...
  • Page 53 • Decide the program group name. By default, just hit the Next button to continue. • Decide whether to create a desktop icon of the program. Then press Next.
  • Page 54 • Ready to install. By default, just hit the Install button to start installation. • Installing, wait for a moment.

  • Page 55: How To Use

    • Installation complete. CamView software can be launched after pressing Finish. HOW TO USE After successfully installing the utility, this icon will be added to the desktop. Double click it to launch the program. User need login authentication while starting to use CamView. Two pairs of default login ID and password: admin/admin and guest/guest.
  • Page 56 Note: It is strongly suggested to change the Login ID and Password for security concerns. 5.2. CamView User Interface CamView main screen 5.2.1. Date and Time The current date and time of the computer are displayed here. 5.2.2. Alert Message A message box will appear while alert event occurs.
  • Page 57 5.2.4. Rotate, Full screen and Lock Press the Rotate button to rotate the up-side-down images. Press the Full Screen button to enlarge the viewer screen to full computer screen. Press Esc button on the keyboard to return to main CamView screen. Press the Lock button to forbid intruders to operate the CamView unless they input the correct password.
  • Page 58 5.2.11. Camera Selector Here are the camera number buttons to select cameras. Blue color: the normal camera icon. Pink color: the current selected camera. 5.2.12. Minimize, Audio and Close application button The right top button is for minimizing the CanView software; all the proceeding tasks will not be terminated.
  • Page 59 Note: Free Space Alert Percent (%) and Free Space Alert Size [MB] is OR condition combination, any one above is TRUE, then an alert message will appear automatically. Max Number of Events: Set the number of lines which you want to show in the alert message window.
  • Page 60 The following lists describe for each setting: • IP: IP address of the camera. • Port: Connection port of the camera. The default is 80. • Login ID: Please input the login ID if you enable authentication function of the specific camera.
  • Page 61 5.3.3. Scheduling As shown in Figure 5.3.3, users can schedule recording. When you press the Add button, the editing task will be added to the Schedule Items column. When the Modify button is pressed, the new schedule recording will be updated to the specified item.
  • Page 62 5.3.4. User Settings Two accounts to access CamView. Admin / Admin: Administrator has the supreme authority to change all the settings. Guest / Guest: Guest only can view the images only or perform the view related function. Such as switch viewer screen layout, switch camera channel or minimize / close the CamView.

  • Page 63: Camera Configuration

    5.3.5. External Settings Designate the DVR application path in External tab. Figure 5.3.5 show the setting. When user presses DVR button, the CamView will switch to DVR application. Figure 5.3.5. The External Tab 5.4. Camera Configuration Users can hit the button shown in Figure 5.4 to configure the associated camera Please refer to Chapter 4 Web-Based Management.
  • Page 64 5.5. Recording Figure 5.5-1. Figure 5.5-2. Figure 5.5-3. Select a camera by pressing the button with camera number as shown in Figure 5.5-2, selected camera icon will be like Figure 5.5-3 and then press the toggle button as shown in Figure 5.5-1. To stop recording is similar to the previous method, just press the toggle button as shown in Figure 5.5-1.
  • Page 65 Figure 5.6.1 The Video List Tab 5.6.2. Snapshot List The Snapshot List tab lists snapshots, and displays the information about the specified snapshot file. When you hit the Show button, Internet Explorer will be invoked to display the snapshot. Figure 5.6.2 The Snapshot List Tab...
  • Page 66 5.6.3. Video Search The video search tab lists video file information about the specified search. Press the start time and end time toggle tab, then a calendar form will appear as Figure 5.6.3-1, then select a proper date and time. After press OK in the calendar form then hit the Search button, you will get the matched video files in the following column.

  • Page 67: Full Screen

    5.7. Image Rotation After the button is pressed, the displayed image rotates 180 degree. It is used for the camera being installed upside-down direction. Note: Recorded video / image files will not be rotated. Figure 5.7 5.8. Full Screen After this button is pressed, it will show full screen mode and press the keyboard "Esc" key or the center of screen to return normal mode.
  • Page 68 4. Exit: Exit Emap function. Before you select it, we recommend you to save the current settings. The following describes Edit menu bar: 1. Reset: Remove all camera icons in current layout. In the menu bar, select Window to change EMap. As shown in Figure 5.10-1 and Figure 5.10-2, with the map image in layout, you can drag the camera icons into proper positions to deploy your cameras.
  • Page 69 Figure 5.10-2 Layout example 2 • When your mouse moves over the camera icon, you can click the right button to display a menu which has options to set the configuration, show the record list, record, show video and remove the camera icon. Figure 5.10-3.

  • Page 70: Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector

    Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector Some features of the Network Camera can be activated by an external sensor that senses physical changes in the area Network Camera is monitoring. These changes can include intrusion detection or certain physical change in the monitored area. For examples, the external sensor can be a door switch or an infrared motion detector.
  • Page 71 Explanation of External I/O Circuit Diagram Example CAUTION! • THE LOW VOAGE/CURRENT CIRCUITS AND HIGH VOAGE/ CURRENT CIRCUITS ARE IN THE NETWORK CAMERA CIRCUIT. THE QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN SHOULD WIRING YOURSELF. INCORRECT WIRING COULD DAMAGE NETWORK CAMERA. YOU COULD RECEIVE THE FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK. •...

  • Page 72: Appendix B Troubleshooting

    Q: IP Finder program (ipeditv3) cannot find ICA-600 A:• Re power the ICA-600 if cannot find the unit within 1 minute. • Do not connect ICA-600 over a router. IP Finder program cannot detect ICA- 600. • If IP address is not assigned to the PC which running IP Finder program, and then IP Finder program cannot find ICA-600.
  • Page 73 ICA-600 via a crossover cable. • Make sure the Internet connection and setting is ok. • Make sure enter the IP address of Internet Explorer is correct. If ICA-600 has a dynamic address, it may have changed since you last checked it.
  • Page 74 A: This might be caused from the firewall protection. Check the Internet firewall with your system or network administrator. The firewall may need to have some settings changed in order for the ICA-600 to be accessible outside your LAN.• Make sure that the ICA-600 isn’t conflicting with any other web server running on your LAN.•...
  • Page 75 .• If the object is dark, the image will flicker. Make the condition around the ICA- 600 brighter. Q: Noisy images occurs A: The video images might be noisy if the ICA-600 is located in a very low light environment. Make the condition around the ICA-600 brighter. Q: How to Reboot the ICA-600 A: If you just want to reboot system without change anything.

  • Page 76: Appendix C Bandwidth Calculation

    Bandwidth Calculation Appendix C: Bandwidth Calculation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-600 depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your ICA-600.

  • Page 77: Appendix D Specifications

    Appendix D Specifications Appendix D: Specifications Model ICA-600 Hardware Sensor 1/4” Sony SuperHAD CCD Camera module SONY module Optical Zoom Digital Zoom Return to Home Position NTSC: 2:1 interlace, V: 59.95Hz, H: 15.734KHz TV System PAL: 2:1 interlace, V: 50Hz, H: 15.625KHz S/N Ratio >= 50dB...

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