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  • Page 1 PTZ IP Camera User Manual CONTENTS...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1: Introduction________________________________________4 Section 1. Features___________________________________________4 Section 2. IP Camera as a Remote Surveillance System______________4 Section 3. Package Contents___________________________________5 Chapter 2: Installation Procedure________________________________7 Chapter 3: IP Camera, USB Camera and the Network________________7 Section 1. Installation Procedure________________________________7 Chapter 4: Using IP Camera Utility to Setup IP & Update Firmware____8 Section 1.
  • Page 3 2.3.1 Camera Settings_______________________________________22 2.3.2 Network______________________________________________23 2.3.3 Account Settings_______________________________________26 2.4 Advanced Settings_______________________________________27 2.4.1 Event Notification_______________________________________27 2.4.2 Motion Detection_______________________________________29 2.4.3 Image Recording_______________________________________31 2.4.4 E-mail / FTP___________________________________________32 2.4.5 System Settings________________________________________34 2.4.6 Language_____________________________________________36 2.4.7 About________________________________________________36 Chapter 6: iMultiView_________________________________________37 Section 1. Installing iMultiView_________________________________37 Section 2. Using iMultiView____________________________________38 2.1 Device_________________________________________________38 2.2 View__________________________________________________45 2.3 System________________________________________________45...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction Section 1. Features The PTZ IP Camera is a compact stand-alone web-server capable of remote video surveillance. It can be accessed from anywhere in the world via a standard browser by entering the IP address, account and password. With its built-in web-server, the camera can stream video images directly to the Internet without have to go through a computer.

  • Page 5: Section 3. Package Contents

    cameras using standard browser. monitor control these cameras simply by entering the IP address (set-up required with Net utility) the IP Camera from anywhere in the world as long as there is an Internet connection available. Fig.1 IP Camera Network Diagram Section 3.

  • Page 6: Ip Camera Manual

    Fig.2 IP Camera Front View Fig.3 IP Camera Back View Light Indictors on IP Camera Light color Signal definition Condition description Green Power state On: Normal power On: When a user is logged on and receiving images. Orange Logon state Fig.4 IP Camera Status LED Indicator Light indicators on IP Camera LAN Port LED Light color...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2: Installation Procedure

    Chapter 2: Installation Procedure Before start using your PTZ IP Camera, will need set-up both the hardware and software. The following is a flow chart on the installation procedure: 1. Connect the Network cable to the camera(Chapter 3) 2. Connect Network cable to ROUTER / HUB / xDSL modem 3.

  • Page 8: Chapter 4: Using Ip Camera Utility To Setup Ip & Update Firmware

    Warning: Please make sure the input Voltage and Frequency of the DC power adapter is correct for your area before plugging into the power outlet! Chapter 4: Using IP Camera Utility to Setup IP & Update Firmware Section 1. Installing IP Camera Utility 1.

  • Page 9: Section 2. Using Ip Camera Utility

    Fig.7 IP Camera Utility Group iMultiView - This is a windows based program designed to allow you to control a large number of IP Camera websites located either in a LAN or on a WAN. Read User’s Manual - Click to read IP Camera's User Manual. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader v5.0 or higher.

  • Page 10: Setup Wizard

    Fig.9 IP Camera Utility Main Menu 2.1 Setup Wizard Use “Setup Wizard” to take you thru the basic configurations necessary to start using the IP Camera. 1. Click to highlight the IP Camera on the right that you want to configure. 2.
  • Page 11 “Obtain an IP address by DHCP” Choose this if you do not know your basic Network Configurations “Use the following IP Address” Enter an appropriate internal IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway for IP Camera (Refer to Appendix C for an explanation of IP Addresses) “Obtain an IP address by Bootp”...
  • Page 12 If your ISP requires you to use PPPoE, then select “Enable PPPoE connection” and enter your account and password details as provided by your ISP. Otherwise, leave “Disable PPPoE connection” selected. IP Camera Manual...
  • Page 13 7. Click “Next >” to proceed with DDNS setup or registration You will need to setup this section if you are using a Dynamic IP If you do not already have a Domain Name registered with your ISP, select from one of the 4 Free DDNS service providers (3322.org, dhs.org, dyndns.org or myddns.org).
  • Page 14 Follow the link to the respective free service providers to register a Domain Name and obtain a User Name and Password. Enter these details in the boxes provided 8. Click “Next >” to create an administrator account and password. An administrator account is necessary to ensure privacy. If you do not set one, your IP Camera can be viewed by anyone on the web.

  • Page 15: Launch Ip Camera

    10. Click “Next >” to save and restart IP Camera with the new configurations. 2.2 Launch IP Camera Once you have finished with the above Setup Wizard, either click “Launch IP Camera” or...
  • Page 16 double click on the IP Camera listed on the table to launch it. IP Camera Manual...

  • Page 17: Ip Configuration

    Once you have done the above, the IP Camera login screen will appear. Key in the administrator account number and password entered earlier (if you did not input one, then just press ENTER or click on the “OK” button). Click either one to Launch IP Camera. The IP Camera webpage will appear.

  • Page 18: Ip Address

    This section allows you to determine IP address configuration for the IP Camera. Select the IP Camera on the right display screen, and then click “IP Configuration”. This will bring up the IP Address Configuration window. There are two tabs; •...
  • Page 19 Fig.11 IP Configuration: IP Camera Advanced settings i. Device Password Use this to set an access password for each camera you install. Once set, yo u must enter the password to access the device. In addition, the IP Address will no longer be shown on the right display panel of the IP Camera Utility.
  • Page 20 WARNING: Do not lose this password. If the password is lost, you can not access the device to make changes. To remove the password, you must first enter a valid “Input Device Password”, go to “Device Password” and delete the entries, click “OK”. IP Camera Manual...

  • Page 21: Lan Connection

    ii. Management Protocol The administrator can determine the parameter settings when providing access via HTTP (web) to IP Camera. For security reasons, the administrator can choose to use either an open or advanced port setting to control this access. The default values are set to port number 80 for HTTP.

  • Page 22: Section 2. Ip Camera Web Manager Interface

    2. Enter your camera’s IP Address that was set earlier using “Setup Wizard” (e.g. 211.21.67.51) and press ENTER 3. A login screen will appear. Enter the Administrator User Name and Password if you have set these in the “Setup Wizard”. Otherwise, just press ENTER.

  • Page 23: Web-Camera Selection

    Fig.16 IP Camera Main Menu When using y o u r IP camera for the first time, you must set the following to ensure that the camera works smoothly; a. Set the necessary parameters in the “Configuration” menu. In particular, the “Anti Flicker”...
  • Page 24 Note: ActiveX can only function on a Windows platform and a plug-in has to be installed on the client's computer. If this is prohibited for safety reasons you will have to use Sun Java to view the video feed. Sun Java also allows users who are not using a Windows based Operating System to view the video feed.

  • Page 25: Information

    Auto Pan the camera Pan Left by 5 deg / Pan Left by 1 deg. Pan Right by 1 deg / Pan Right by 5 deg. Tilt Up by 5 deg / Tilt Up by 1 deg. Tilt Down by 1 deg / Tilt Down by 5 deg.

  • Page 26: Basic Settings

    Fig.18 IP Camera Current Connections 2.2.3 Event Log This section will keep a record of all events that occurred in the IP Camera. You can Refresh, Clear or Save the log file. There is also an option to sort the logs according to “Level”...

  • Page 27: Network

    Use this section to set up the USB camera. i. Setting up Camera A (Similar with Camera B) Fig.20 Individual Camera Configuration “Anti Flicker” Choose between 50Hz, 60Hz or Outdoors. Note: If you do not choose the right frequency, the image will flicker or lines will appear on the images. “Maximum Number of Connections (1-30)”...
  • Page 28 Fig.21 IP Camera IP Address Settings “IP Address” This item determines the IP Camera’s IP Address. “Subnet Mask” This item sets the IP Camera’s Subnet Mask. The value is normally 255.255.255.0 “Gateway” This item sets the IP Camera’s Gateway address. “Obtain an IP address”...
  • Page 29 “Connection Type” This item sets the communication speed between t h e IP Camera and the Network. The IP Camera will reboot after “Connection Type” is changed. v. Dynamic DNS Fig.25 IP Camera Dynamic DNS Settings “Service Provider” The IP Camera can be configured to register the current IP to a dynamic DNS provider.

  • Page 30: Account Settings

    “Login Password” Enter your password 2.3.3 Account Settings This section allows you to set up to eight (8) user account with different permissions for the IP Camera. i. User Account “User Name” : Determine the username of visitors who can log in. The administrator can set up to 32 case sensitive character names.

  • Page 31: Advanced Settings

    “Max FPS” This allows the administrator to determine the frames per second (“FPS”) allocated to each type of account. By limiting the FPS, the administrator can manage the limited bandwidth available. The administrator can set a figure between 1 to 20 and unlimited FPS.
  • Page 32 Fig.29 IP Camera Event Notification Page i. Event Notification “Send Email” To activate Event Notification, you will need to set “Send Email” to “Yes”. Select “No” if you do not wish to send out any notification. “Email Server” A valid “Email Server” with username and password (if authentication is required) must be made available for this feature to work.
  • Page 33 Fig.30 IP Camera Event Selection List By default, all the events are selected; you must click “Apply” to activate them. Close the window to return to the Event Notification Page. Click “Apply” to save your settings. The IP Camera will send you the following email notification depending on which event you have selected.
  • Page 34 i. Camera A (or Camera B) “Enable” To activate motion detect, the administrator has two options; a. “Always On” or b. “On Schedule”, the administrator can set up to 4 different time slots for motion detection. “Detection Sensitivity” This will determine the level of change necessary before motion capture is triggered. “Send image every”...
  • Page 35 If you have not entered an FTP server, the above will be left <empty>. To setup the FTP server, click “Edit” to go to the Email / FTP Page. Once you have entered the FTP server, login name and password, click “Apply” and then Click on “Motion Detect”...

  • Page 36: E-Mail / Ftp

    Fig.37 IP Camera Image Recording Page i. Camera A (or Camera B) “Begin – End (hh:mm)” The administrator can determine up to 2 time slots when Image Recording is active. The time is in 24hrs format. “Send image every ## minute(s)” The administrator can determine the exact interval at which the IP Camera will capture and send an image.
  • Page 37 Fig.39 IP Camera Email / FTP Page i. FTP Settings “FTP Server” The administrator will have to enter the FTP server address here. “Account Name” Enter the FTP account name here “Password” Enter the corresponding password. Click “Apply” to save the above settings. ii.

  • Page 38: System Settings

    To delete an Email address, just press “Delete”. 2.4.5 System Settings This page allows the administrator to set the IP Camera SNMP settings so it can be used by a NMS (Network Management System) like iMultiView. i. System Time Fig.41 System Time “Time Between Automatic Updates”...
  • Page 39 Fig.42 List of Time Server “Time Zone (Relative to GMT)” Select the appropriate time zone for your area. Click “Apply” to save. “System Time (yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss)” This section manually set the IP Camera System Time. format is pre-determined to: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss. Click “Manual Adjust”...
  • Page 40 IP Camera Manual...

  • Page 41: Language

    ”System Name” This is to give IP Camera a name identifiable in a SNMP network. “System Contact” This is to give the administrator a name. “System Location” This is to set IP Camera location. “Manager IP Address” This sets the IP address where the administrator can manage IP Camera from. It is valid for up to 8 IP addresses.
  • Page 42 IP Camera Manual...

  • Page 43: Chapter 6: Imultiview

    ii. Save / Restore Settings “Save current Configuration” Click “Save” to save the current settings and configuration to your PC. The text file will have a default format of YYYY_MMDD_####.cfg. The administrator can change this if necessary. “Restore previous configuration” This function is only available if a setting has been saved initially.
  • Page 44 IP Camera Manual...

  • Page 45: Section 2. Using Imultiview

    Section 2. Using iMultiView After the iMultiView program starts up the following window will be displayed. 2.1 Device Start iMultiView and press the “Enumerate” button, iMultiView will start a search for all IP Cameras on the network and list them in the main window. IP Camera Manual...
  • Page 46 Manually adds the IP Camera to be monitored. Enter the assigned IP Camera IP Address. Port Number by default is 9001. You will have to enter the account and password if one has been set earlier, otherwise just press “OK”. Once detected, the following will show in the main window: This shows that the camera is online and active.
  • Page 47 IP Camera Manual...
  • Page 48 Display the current Camera settings. Camera Select: Select either camera A or B Image Zoom: Resize the window to between 25% and 200% Camera Rotation: Rotate the image if necessary Mirror the Image: To mirror the image. Maximum frame per Select from 0.01 fps to a maximum of 30.00 fps.
  • Page 49 Enable Motion Detect: Click the checkbox to enable Motion Detection. Note: This function requires the Camera Window be active. Click “Monitor” to activate the Window. Sensitivity: Choose from 0% to 100% (very sensitive) Image Recording Click Start Recording when Motion Detected to enable this feature. Click the “Details” button for the following option;...
  • Page 50 Send AVI file Send an AVI file via email in the event any motion is detected. Notification by Email: Configure Settings for Email Notification You will need to configure the “Message Sender Information” in order for t h e IP Camera to send emails.
  • Page 51 Click “Modify…” to modify the entered Email Address Click “Delete” to remove an email address from the notification list. Highlight the IP Camera in the main windows display, and click “Monitor” to view the video stream. Move the curser over the edges of the picture and it will turn into an arrow. Click and hold to pan / tilt the camera (if the camera supports this function) Click this button to record the current image on screen.
  • Page 52 Rotate Left, Rotate Right Click this to bring up the Setting windows. Click this to switch to full screen view. Double click to switch back to current view. Click and drag to resize the window and it’s contents. Click the left side of the viewing window to bring out more control features.

  • Page 53: View

    Auto Pan (if camera which support this function) 2.2 View Large icon display Small icon display 2.3 System Display the Event Log (IP address, Port, date, Time, description of event) of the selected IP Camera. IP Camera Manual...

  • Page 54: Drag-And-Drop Feature

    Set the SNMP Parameter. 2.4 Drag-and-Drop Feature iMultiView also features a “Drag-and-Drop to Desktop” feature. Double click the icon on your desktop to view the images immediately. This is useful if you are monitoring multiple cameras at a time. Step 1: Select the camera location of your choice.

  • Page 55: Appendix A: Router Configuration

    Release the mouse button anywhere on the desktop and a new desktop icon is created there. Step 4: Double click on the icon on the desktop, to view the images. Appendix A: Router Configuration The following section describes the initial configuration of the router and port forwarding for your router.
  • Page 56 The IP Camera requires that TCP Port 80 and UDP 9001 (default settings) be opened to the Internet. TCP Port 80 is used for accessing the camera’s homepage and UDP Port 9001 is used for authentication and video streaming. If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) blocks port 80/9001, you’ll need to reconfigure your camera and router to other ports such as 81/9002, 82/9003, etc.
  • Page 57 SpeedStream 2604 4-port DSL/Cable Router SpeedStream 2624 Wireless DSL/Cable Router SMC2404WBR Barricada Turbo 11/22 Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router SMC7004VBR Barricada Cable/DSL Broadband Router SMC7004CWBR Barricada Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router SMC7004AWBR Barricade 4-port 11Mbps Wireless Broadband Router 3Com (http://www.3com.com) 3C857-US – OfficeConnect Cable/DSL Gateway 3CRWE52196 –...
  • Page 58 Line #2 Private IP: Type in the camera’s IP address. (Look on the IP Camera IP Address LCD display for the last 3 digits of the camera’s IP address) Private Port: 9001 Type: Public Port: 9001 4. Click Enter to save the settings. The IP Camera should now be configured to work with your router and be accessible from the internet.
  • Page 59 4. Enter the following information on the page: Enable/Disable: Enabled Name: IP Camera - Webpage Private IP: Type in the camera’s IP address, for example: 192.168.0.5 Protocol Type: Private Port: Public Port: Schedule: Always 5. Click Apply to save the settings. 6.
  • Page 60 All and then click Submit to save your settings. IP Camera should now be configured to work with your router and be accessible from the internet. DI-714P+ 1. Log into your router 2. On the main page, click on Advanced at the top of the page. 3.
  • Page 61 1. Log into your router 2. On the router’s main page, click on Advanced at the top of the page. 3. On the next page, click on Forwarding. 4. Enter the following information on the page: Line #1: Customized Applications: IP Camera –...
  • Page 62 NETGEAR (http://www.netgear.com) RP614 – Web Safe Router MR814 – Wireless Router 1. Log into your router. 2. Click Advanced -> Port Forwarding on the left side of the page. 3. Click Add Customer Service. 4. Enter the following information on the page: Service Name: IP Camera –...
  • Page 63 FVS318 – ProSafe VPN Firewall 1. Log into your router. 2. On the main page, click on Add Service on the left side of the screen. 3. Click Add Customer Service. 4. In the Name field enter a name for the camera, for example: IP Camera Web: Type: Start Port: Finish Port:...
  • Page 64 ORiNOCO BG-2000 Broadband Gateway 1. Log into your router. 2. On the router’s main page, click on Setup at the top of the page. 3. On the left side of the page, click on Advanced settings -> Port Forwarding. 4. Check in the checkbox for Enable Port Forwarding. 5.
  • Page 65 Line #2 Private IP: Type in the camera’s IP address, for example: 192.168.0.5 (Look at IP Camera’s IP Address LCD display for the last 3 digits of the camera’s IP address) Privateport: 9001 Type: Public Port: 9001 4. Click Enter to save the settings. IP Camera should now be configured to work with your router and be accessible from the internet.

  • Page 66: Appendix B: Methods To Update Ip Camera Firmware

    4. Enter the following information on the page: Line #1: Private IP: Type in the camera’s IP address, for example: 192.168.0.5 (Look at IP Camera’s IP Address LCD display for the last 3 digits of the camera’s IP address) Private Port: Type: Public Port: Line #2...
  • Page 67 (1) Use “Download Firmware” function under Netility to update it Method 2: Through IP Camera Web Page (1) Enter the IP Camera Web Page (2) Go to “About”, click “update software” and you will be automatically linked for update. Method 3: Using FTP Windows FTP is another way to upload the latest firmware into your IP Camera.
  • Page 68 Method 4: Using IE Browser This method uses IE to update the latest firmware. Open IE, then type in the account, password and IP Camera IP address to be updated in the following format, ftp://<username>:<password>@<IP Camera IP address>. Once logged in, the current firmware and version will be displayed. Copy the latest firmware to here to complete the updating process.

  • Page 69: Appendix C: Ip Address, Subnet And Gateway

    Once the connection has been established, the following window will be displayed. The user may then transfer the latest firmware here in order to complete the updating steps. Appendix C: IP Address, Subnet and Gateway This section discusses Communities, Gateways, IP Addresses and Subnet masking Communities A community is a string of printable ASCII characters that identifies a user group with the same access privileges.
  • Page 70 reserved for the host ID. Class Value of First Octet Network ID Host ID Number of Hosts 1-126 First octet Last three octets 16,387,064 128-191 First two octets Last two octets 64,516 192-223 First three octets Last octet Any value between 0 and 255 is valid as a host ID octet except for those values the InterNIC reserves for other purposes Value Purpose...

  • Page 71: Appendix D: Glossary

    Appendix D: Glossary The Glossary section defines the terms used in this User Manual Term Definition Ethernet Local Area Network technology, originally developed by Xerox Corporation, can link up to 1,024 nodes in a bus network. Ethernet provides raw data transfer in a rate of 10 megabits/sec.

  • Page 72: Appendix E: Faq

    Appendix E: FAQ 1. How does an IP Camera HTTP Server work? When a viewer types the address of your computer and HTTP port into an internet browser, the internet browser sends a request to your IP Camera to obtain a default web page. This page contains a link to an ActiveX and Java applet, which will be downloaded to your computer.
  • Page 73 4) If your IP camera is connected after Router/IP share, the Router/IP share Port Forwarding has to be configured to allow Public access to the IP camera, both http port and camera port. Please refer Appendix A: Router Configuration. 5) If your IP camera is online and you have typed the right Internet address to the browser, it may be that your service provider’s firewall doesn’t allow access to any server program running on the port you have specified.
  • Page 74 9. What is the effective length of the USB cable and R J-45 net cable? 1) The industrial Standard effective USB cable length is 5.0m from source to source. If you so decided to extend the length, you can purchase a USB extension.

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