Contents Introduction......................1 Package Content....................1 System Requirement..................... 1 Hardware Installation..................... 2 4.1. LED and Focusing ....................2 4.2. Camera Ports....................3 4.3. Installation Procedure ..................4 Software Installation ....................5 Using the Administrator Utility ................10 6.1. General Setting....................11 6.1.1. Configure Camera...................12 Installing the IP Camera Surveillance Software..........
1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS NSC10 Network Camera. This NSC10 Network Camera sends live video through 10/100 Mbps wired network to a web browser or camera viewer across Internet 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.
Power When the camera is power on, the LED will light. When the NSC10 Network Camera is linking to wired network, the LED is lighting. The LED is flashing when video is transmitted or received through wired network. Wireless SMA Connector...
Reset If problems occur with your NSC10 Network Camera, press the reset button with a pencil tip (for less than 2 seconds) and the NSC10 Network Camera will re-boot itself, keeping your original configurations. If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your...
4.3. Installation Procedure 1. Unpack the NSC10 Network Camera package and verify that all the items listed in Chapter 2 are provided. 2. Connect the NSC10 Network Camera to your network by attaching the network cable from the switch/router to the UTP port of the NSC10 Network Camera.
Installation process. The following installation is implemented in Windows XP. The installation procedures in Windows 2000/Server 2003 and Vista are similar. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the NSC10 Network Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The “Autorun.exe” program should be executed automatically. If not, run “Autorun.exe”...
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3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation. 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.
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5. Click “Install” to start installing the program. 6. The system will install the program automatically.
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8. The ”Administrator Utility“ starts automatically after the installation has finished. The utility lists all NSC10 Network Cameras found on the network. Choose the one you want to configure and click on the tools symbol (see circle below) to proceed.
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9. Please enter the default password “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page. 10. NSC10 Network Camera is working through the network (TCP/IP Protocol). The IP address and subnet mask setting must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera.
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.
Click ‘’Search Camera’’ to search for cameras on the network. Browse Camera via Web Click ‘’Browse Camera via Web’’ to open the Web browser and auto-connect to the NSC10 Network Camera/ Configure Camera Click ‘’configure camera’’ to change the IP settings, user name and password of the selected camera.
6.1.1. Configure Camera When you click the “Configure Camera” button (see below), a screen will pop-up. Enter a valid “User Name” and “Password”. The default values are: User Name: “admin” Password: “1234” Click "OK" to begin with the configuration.
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LAN Setting LAN Setting IP Address Enter an unused IP address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If you don't know the IP address range, or don't have knowledge about TCP/IP networks, it is recommended to activate "DHCP"...
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DNS Server DNS Servers (Domain Name Servers) translate Internet domain names such as www.google.com to IP addresses such as 64.233.187.99. A valid DNS entry is required here. You can enter the DNS Server provided by your ISP, you can also enter the IP address of your router in most cases.
7. Installing the IP Camera Surveillance Software 1. Double-click the setup file located on the supplied CD-ROM. When the following window appears, click "Next." 2. You can specify the destination folder of the software installation or you can just use the default folder, and click "Next"...
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3. If you want the installation program to create a desktop icon or a quick launch icon for you, select the desired items and click "Next" to continue. 4. The next screen presents a summary of the installation options. Click "Install" to begin the installation process.
5. After the installation has finished, the following screen appears: Click "Finish" to complete the installation. 7.1. Using the IP camera surveillance software You can click the "IPCam Surveillance Software" icon from the desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software. Before you start: IP camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s resolution is "1024 x 768".
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Here are descriptions for all components of the IP camera surveillance software: Video display area Language Display layout Full screen / Scan Zoom Out / Zoom In PTZ Control / Home Message display Recording / System configuration Playback / Snap shot EXIT Program Below is a description of the buttons and their functions.
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NSC10 Network Camera does not support this function. PTZ control The PTZ function is only available for supported cameras. The NSC10 Network Camera does not support this function. Home Click this button to return the camera to "Home" (default) position.
Video display Displays the image of all cameras by the display layout you area have selected. 7.2. Configure the IP Surveillance Software 1. Configure cameras Before you use this IP camera surveillance software, you must configure the camera(s) you wish to connect. Click the "System configure" button and a popup menu will appear: Select ‘Configure Cameras’: Note: If you’re prompted by a windows security alert which asks you if you...
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2. Camera tab On this tab you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to 16 cameras can be connected simultaneously:...
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Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Camera Search All cameras found on your local network will be displayed in the "Camera Search" box. Select Select a camera listed in the "Camera Search" box, and click ‘Select’...
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After you’ve set all channels you wish to set, click "OK" to save the settings. If everything’s correct, you’ll see the camera’s image in the IP camera surveillance software’s main menu:...
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3. Schedule Recording tab On this tab, you can set up a scheduled video recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras you have by a pre-defined schedule. Find a description of all options on the next page:...
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Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. One Time You can specify the one-time schedule for a selected camera; Schedule this schedule will be executed once only. Click this button and a new window will appear: (One Time Schedule) Specify the time duration of this one-time schedule (the date...
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You can define a recording schedule that will be executed at the specified time of certain weekday(s) in a week. Check all weekdays that apply, and set the start time in the "From" field. You can set the duration of the video recording in the "Period" field (format is HH:MM:SS), and the end time will be calculated automatically and displayed in the "To"...
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5. Motion Recording tab With this function activated, only motion captured by the camera will be recorded, so you don’t have to waste hard disk storage space on images you don’t need to pay attention to. WARNING: This function should not be used to secure high-value items. Good-quality alarm sensors, e.g., IR based, will provide more reliable results.
7.3. General Settings This menu gives you access to important settings of the 16-channel viewer. 1. General tab Item Description Data Directory Set the directory (folder) you wish to store the recorded video and captured image. Click "Browse" to select a directory. Free Recording Displays the remaining storage space on the drive where the Space...
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2. E-Mail Setting tab If you want to use the motion detection function and wish to get an e-mail that contains the image captured by the camera, set up your e-mail-related parameters here first. Find explanations about the options on the next page.
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Item Description E-Mail Subject Specify the subject of the e-mail. Recipient E-Mail All e-mail addresses you set. Address Click this button and you’ll be prompted to input the e-mail address. Click "OK" to save changes. Edit Select an e-mail address from "Recipient E-Mail Address" box, and click "Edit"...
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3. Security tab If you don’t want other people to access the NSC10 Network Camera surveillance software, you can set a password to protect it. You’ll need to input the password every time you wish to use this IP camera surveillance software. The image below shows the password request window.
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4. About tab The software version is shown here. Be sure to write down the number and have it handy before contacting the technical support team.
7.4. Change Display Layout This IP camera surveillance software provides eight different layout styles. They are selectable via the control panel shown below: Each of the designs displays a different amount of cameras. In order to get a full-screen view of a camera, click on the button as indicated below.
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Layout style 1: 1 Displays the video of 1 camera only. Camera only Layout style 2: 4 Displays the video of up to 4 cameras. Cameras Layout style 3: 6 Displays the video of up to 6 cameras. Cameras Layout style 4: 8 Displays the video of up to 8 cameras.
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Layout style 5: 9 Displays the video of up to 16 cameras. Cameras Layout style 6: Displays the video of up to 10 cameras. 10 Cameras Layout style 7: 13 Displays the video of up to 13 cameras. Cameras Layout style 8: 16 Displays the video of up to 16 cameras.
7.5. Scan function With this function you can periodically switch between the cameras that are set up in the software. The scan interval is defined in the general options. Click the scan button once to activate the scan function (the scan icon will become blue );...
7.6. ZOOM and PTZ Controls These functions are not supported by the NSC10 Network Camera Model 503792. Don't be surprised if nothing happens when you click on any of these buttons. Zoom in/out PTZ Control...
7.7. Snapshot You can take a snapshot of the selected camera by clicking the designated button shown below. The snapshot images are saved in the data directory of the camera viewer as defined in the General Options section. 7.8. Recording Click the button showing the video camcorder below to start the recording process.
7.9. Playback You can play back all recorded video by clicking this button. A new window will appear: You have to locate the video file before you can play it. There are two ways of doing this: Time Search (search all video files which fall within a specific time period) and Motion Search (search all video files recorded by the motion detection function which fall in a specific time period).
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”...
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the video image will be shown up in the web screen directly. After installed the ActiveX plug-in, The menu options for the web control screen are as follows. Camera – View live video and adjust the video format from the menu. LAN –...
8.1. Camera Setting Camera Setting Resolution Select the desired video resolution format. Larger resolution requires more bandwidth. 640 x 480 is “VGA” format. 320 x 240 is “CIF” format. The default resolution is CIF format. Image Quality Adjust this property to control the video quality Max Frame Rate Set the video max frame rate.
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be from 1 to 100. You can adjust the hue by change the value. This value can be from 1 to 100. Whiteness You can adjust the white balance by change this value. This value can be from 10 to 30. Enable Auto Exposure You can enable Auto Exposure by check this box.
8.2. LAN Setting Network Type This camera can obtain IP via DHCP protocol or specified static IP Address to it.. IP Address Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.0 to 192.168.2.250, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.
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same with the gateway used by the PCs on your LAN. DNS Server DNS Server (Domain Name Server) that translates names to IP addresses. Set the same DNS Server as the PCs on your LAN. Video Port The AV Control Port is used to transmit or receive the AV streaming in the network.
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Domain Name The domain name given by DynDNS is “registername.dyndns.com”. Enter the domain name that you register for the camera from DynDNS web site. User Name Enter the login name for the DDNS service. Password Enter the password for the DDNS service. Apply When you finish the “Dynamic DNS”...
8.3. E-Mail and FTP The “E-Mail & FTP” lets you setup E-Mail client and FTP client that camera can sent live video to your e-mail account or FTP server when Motion has been detected. AV Server Recipient E-Mail Address This camera supports “Motion Detection” function. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the pictures.
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Password When Authentication is enabled, input the password. Send a Test Email Press this button to send a test e-mail to your mailbox. You can use this function to test if your setting is correct. FTP Server This camera supports “Motion Detection” functions. When Motion Detection event occurred, you can record the pictures to FTP server.
8.4. Motion Detection The “Motion Detection” allows users to setup the behavior of motion detection feature. Motion Detection Motion Detection Enable Enable or Disable the Motion Detection Function. Next Event Detected Setup the interval between two events. For example, if you setup Interval the interval to 5 seconds, the next event will start after this event finished + 5 seconds.
8.5. System The “System” allows users to setup the camera’s parameters, like camera name, data/time setting. And also provide firmware upgrade and reset tools at this page. System Camera Name The default camera name is “IC1500”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.
To reboot the NSC10 Network Camera, click “Reboot”. LED Setting There are four LEDs to indicate the status of NSC10 Network Camera. If you wan to secure the camera from noticing, you can turn off the LED light by clicking “LED Light OFF”. To turn on the LED light, click “LED Light ON”.
8.7. Users The “Users” allows users to add four user accounts which are able to view video from Camera Viewer and Web Management. These users, unlike Administrator, are not allowed to configure the camera. User 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 User # Enable or Disable the user number #.
8.8. The “Log” allows users to monitor the device event and time. If you have trouble to use this device, the log file will help administrator to know the status of device. Log screen The screen will show event and event time of device. Refresh You can press “Refresh”...
Q5: Can the NSC10 Network Camera be setup as a PC-cam on the computer? A: No, the NSC10 Network Camera is used only on Ethernet and Fast Ethernet network. Q6: Can the NSC10 Network Camera be connected on the network if it consists of only private IP Addresses? A: Yes, the NSC10 Network Camera can be connected to a LAN with private IP Addresses.
Technical Specifications Video specification Max Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels Sensor: 300K pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Focal Length: 4.8 mm Aperture: F=1.8 Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MJPEG Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 30fps@QVGA, 20fps@VGA Video resolution: 176 x 144, 320x240, 640x480 System Hardware...
Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing To view NSC10 Network Camera across the Internet, you have to make sure Router/Gateway has configured to pass incoming TCP/UDP connections from remote PC to the NSC10 Network Camera. The Router/Gateway should set port forwarding or virtual server for the illustration as below.
Router/Gateway has configured setup2. Setup NSC10 Network Camera via Administrator Utility Setup 3 If you want to use Administrator Utility to configure the NSC10 Network Camera via Internet, the Router/Gateway should configure setup 3. Appendix B Set up WLAN step by step...
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Please turn on DHCP Server of the Router for this testing.
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Please reset the Wireless IP Camera settings to Factory Defaults by press the Reset button over 8 seconds. Please change your PC’s IP address to 192.168.2.xx (which xx from 10 to 253), Netmask = 255.255.255.0 Please go to Web-Config WLAN section of the Wireless IP Camera. Press Refresh button until you find the SSID you want in the list first! Then select the Connect column of the SSID you want and select the Enable button of Wireless Connection.
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Please go to the LAN section of Web-Config. Select DHCP and press Apply button. Then you could close this IE browser window now. Please UNPLUG the Ethernet Cable of the Wireless IP Camera now! Wait for seconds then the Wireless IP Camera should be linked with the Wireless Router.
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Now you could let your PC to be connected with the Wireless Router. (10) In this case, if your PC’s DHCP Client IP is 192.168.8.101, then the Wireless IP Camera must be 192.168.8.100, because Wireless IP Camera was got IP early then your PC. (11) You could go to the Web-Interface of the Wireless IP Camera.
Appendix C Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly double click the camera or right click the camera and select “Invoke” to view the video through web browser.
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Enable UPnP in Windows XP SP2 If you can’t find the camera in the Neighborhood of Windows XP SP2 or you have seen the following message when you double click the camera. You have to check if UPnP function is blocked by the firewall.
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4. The “Windows Firewall” screen will be popped up, select “Exceptions” option menu.
5. Enable “UPnP Framework” from the “Programs and Services list” and click “Ok”. Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server Graphics Hardware Acceleration and DirectX are disabled by default on a Server configuration to ensure maximum stability and uptime. But for any reason you need to enable them to use DirectX enabled applications this section will guide you through on how you can do it.
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Simply right click anywhere on your desktop and select Properties -> Settings tab -> Advanced -> and finally, the Troubleshoot tab. Now move the Hardware acceleration slider across to Full Click OK You may experience a monitor black out for a few seconds, this is normal. Enabling DirectX...
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go to Start -> Run -> and type dxdiag followed by enter. You will get a dialog box asking if you want to allow dxdiag to access the internet to check for valid WHQL certificates - click on Yes. Let's click on the Display tab, now click on all three boxes to enable DirectDraw, Direct3D and AGP Texture Acceleration.
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