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Internet Camera IC-1000

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Version: 1.0
Released Date: Oct., 2004

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Internet Camera IC-1000 User Manual Version: 1.0 Released Date: Oct., 2004...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction.......................2 Package Content ......................2 System Requirement ....................2 Hardware Installation....................3 1.1. LED and Focusing ....................3 1.2. Camera Ports....................3 1.3. Installation Procedure ..................4 Software Installation ....................4 Using the Administrator Utility ................11 1.4. General Setting....................12 1.5. Detail Setting ....................13 1.6. Setting Wizard ....................19 Using the Camera Viewer..................21 1.7.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the Internet Camera. This Camera sends live video through the Internet to a web browser or camera viewer anywhere in the world! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep an eye on your home, your kids, and your workplace—whatever’s important to you.

  • Page 4: Hardware Installation

    4. Hardware Installation 1.1. LED and Focusing The Camera head and its focus ring allow you to modify the aim and focus of the Camera. To adjust the Camera’s focus, rotate the dark focus ring. There are two LEDs indicating the camera status. Monitoring: When someone is viewing the camera, the LED will light.

  • Page 5: Installation Procedure

    1.3. Installation Procedure 1. Unpack the Internet Camera package and verify that all the items listed in the Chapter 2 are provided. 2. Connect the Internet Camera to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the Internet Camera. 3.
  • Page 6 2. The Install Wizard will show four selections, select the program you want to install or click “Exit” to install the program later. The following installation steps are the demonstration of “Install Admin Utility & IP Viewer”. 3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation.
  • Page 7 4. If you wish to install the software program in an alternate location, click “Change”, otherwise click “Next” to move on to the next step. 5. Click “Install” to start installing the program.
  • Page 8 6. The system will install the program automatically. 7. Click “Finish” to complete the software installation.
  • Page 9 8. When the installation is completed. The system will auto run ”Administrator Utility“. On the Internet Camera first page, the cameras found in the network are listed in the left window. Choose the one you want to configure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed. “N”...
  • Page 10 10. Internet Camera is working through the network (TCP/IP Protocol). The IP address setting must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera. The wizard program will detect the IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IP address for the Camera.
  • Page 11 12. The “Camera Viewer” will show the video automatically. Congratulations, you can use the camera through the network to view the video.

  • Page 12: Using The Administrator Utility

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

  • Page 13: General Setting

    1.4. General Setting LAN Setting Click the button will search the camera within the network Auto Discover automatically. The list shows the camera name and the setup status of the camera. Camera List It means the camera is in the default setting. It means the camera is configured before.

  • Page 14: Detail Setting

    Information of Camera It displays all information of the selected camera. The information Camera Information includes firmware version, network information, IP Address, DDNS setting, Resolution and E-mail setting, etc. Camera Setting Click “Detail Setting” to do more setting of the camera such as IP Detail Setting address, Resolution, password and firmware upgrade, etc.
  • Page 15 Network Setting The default camera name is “IPCamera_MJPEG”. It is Internet Camera Name recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera. Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.1 IP Address to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.
  • Page 16 E-Mail Setting This camera supports “Snap Shot” function. You can snapshot a E-Mail Account picture and send the picture by E-Mail. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the picture. SMTP Server Enter the SMTP Server for the E-Mail sending. Resolution Select the desired video resolution format.
  • Page 17 Advanced Setting Enable UPnP is required. When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as UPnP Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly click the camera to view the video through web browser.
  • Page 18 Password Old Password Enter the current password of the camera. New Password Enter the new password you want to use for the camera. Retype Password Retype the new password to confirm the setting.
  • Page 19 Tools Firmware Version Display current firmware version. Click “Firmware Update” to update new firmware for the camera. Firmware Update You have to wait for a while for the firmware upgrade. If you want to reset the camera, click this button. The default settings of the camera are as follows.

  • Page 20: Setting Wizard

    1.6. Setting Wizard When you click the “Setting Wizard”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “Admin” Password: “1234” If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.
  • Page 21 Setting Wizard The default camera name is “IPCamera_MJPEG”. It is Internet Camera Name recommended to enter a meaningful name for the camera. The wizard will auto setup an available IP Address to the camera. For example: if the IP address of the network is 192.168.2.x, the wizard will search an unused IP Address from 192.168.2.250 to IP Address 192.168.2.0 and assign the camera an available IP Address.

  • Page 22: Using The Camera Viewer

    7. Using the Camera Viewer 1.7. Panel Introduction In the beginning when you start the view, you would see a Control Panel and a four division Viewer window.

  • Page 23: Camera Buttons

    1.8. Camera Buttons Camera Buttons Camera Click one of these four cameras will connect to the selected camera that you want to view and configure. 1.9. Camera Status There is a status bar shown different color to indicate the status of each Internet Camera. Camera Status Yellow It means that there is no camera set to connect.

  • Page 24: Control Buttons

    1.10. Control Buttons Snapshot Pause Close the camera viewer. Stop Minimize the window. Record Play Forward Control Buttons The “Play” button is an intelligent play user-interface. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is disconnected, Play clicking on the “Play” can make the viewer connect to the Internet Camera.

  • Page 25: Video Recording

    1.11. Video Recording This utility allows you record the video in AVI format files. There are two ways of video recording – Manual Recording and Scheduled Recording. Manual Recording You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file. Click “Record”...

  • Page 26: Change Resolution

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

  • Page 27: Viewer Utility Setting

    1.14. Viewer Utility Setting Click the “Setting” , then the setting window of the Internet Camera will pop up. Notice: When you want to change the setting in the windows, you must disconnect the Internet Camera first by clicking the “Stop” 1.14.1.

  • Page 28: Recording

    1.14.2. Recording You can setup schedule for the recording here. This utility will record the video stream in your assigned folder according the schedule automatically. The recorded video files are AVI format. Notice: The utility will only start to record the video stream when this utility is running and is successfully connecting to the Internet camera in the beginning of the schedule.
  • Page 29 One-Time Schedule: Weekly Schedule: Schedule Select this item to enable cycle recording. When the Cycle Recording is enabled and the storage usage has already reached Cycle Recording the maximum reserved storage space, the utility will automatically delete the oldest recorded video file and use the space to store the newly recorded video stream.

  • Page 30: Status

    1.14.3. Status: You can see the current status information of the connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera. Status It displays “Yes” when the utility is connecting to the Internet Connected Camera and displays “No” is the utility is not connecting to the Internet Camera.

  • Page 31: General

    1.14.4. General You can manage storage usage of the utility for this Internet Camera here. General This lets you assign the directory where bitmap files will be stored Snap Shot Directory when you use the snapshot to take pictures. This lets you assign the directory where the recorded video files Record Directory will be stored.

  • Page 32: Playback

    1.15. Playback Playback function lets you select a file of previous recorded video stream and playback. Click the “Open File” and a Load File window will be popped up. Select the file that you want to play. The viewer will start to play the selected video file.
  • Page 33 Playing Control When the video playback is in Stop state, just click “Play” and the viewer will play the video file from the beginning point. When the video playback is in Pause state, just click “Play” and the viewer will play Play the video file from the current pause point.

  • Page 34: Rotate Video

    1.16. Rotate Video Rotate function lets you rotate the video frame 90 of degree angle counterclockwise each time you click the “Rotate” . With this function, you can view the live video with normal, 90 degree, 180 degree and 270 degree angles counterclockwise. Below is the video with 90 of degree angle counterclockwise rotation.

  • Page 35: Web Connection And Setup

    8. Web Connection and Setup You can use the Web browser to connect the camera for viewing or setting. Open the web browser and enter the IP Address of the camera to establish a connection. The default IP Address of the camera is “192.168.2.3”. When the welcome screen appears, enter the “Admin Name”...

  • Page 36: Camera Setting

    1.17. Camera Setting Video It allows you to zoom in or zoom out the video size. Click “x2”, the image size in the display area will be magnified 2 Digital Zoom times to the original size. In 640x480 resolution, only central area of the screen will be magnified two times.

  • Page 37: Network Setting

    1.18. Network Setting Change Password Current Password Enter current password. New Password Specify the new password you want to change to. Confirm Password Enter the new password again for confirmation. Apply When you finish the “Change Password”, click “Apply”. E-Mail Setting E-mail Add Set up the E-Mail account as the receiver for the snapshot SNPT Server...
  • Page 38 The Gateway is used to forward frames to destinations in a Default Gateway different subnet on the Internet. The Gateway setting must match the values used by the PCs on your LAN. DNS Server (Domain Name Server) that translates names to IP DNS Server addresses.

  • Page 39: Password Setting

    1.19. Password Setting User 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 User Name Up to four sets of user name and password can be defined. Enter the user name for login name to the camera. Password Enter the password of the new user account. Confirm Password Enter the password again to confirm the setting.

  • Page 40: Frequently Asked Questions

    9. Frequently Asked Questions Q: What is an Internet Camera? A: The Internet Camera is a standalone system connecting directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. It is different from the conventional PC Camera; the Internet Camera is an all-in-one system with built-in CPU and web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that can transmit high quality video images for monitoring.

  • Page 41: Technical Specifications

    10. Technical Specifications Video specification Max Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels Sensor: 300,000K pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Focal Length: 6.0 mm Aperture: F=1.8 Image (Video Setting) Image compression: Motion-JPEG Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 30fps@CIF, 20fps@VGA Video resolution: 320x240, 640x480...

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