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- Page 1 25M Infrared Internet Camera ICA-312 User’s Manual Version: 1.00 Date: June. 2007 1/57...
- Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 2007 by PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of PLANET.
- Page 3 This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/CE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) R&TTE Directive repeals replaces directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Content Introduction........................ 5 1.1 Overview......................5 1.2 Features ......................5 1.3 Package Contents..................... 5 Basic Setup ....................... 7 2.1 System Requirements..................7 2.2 Physical Details....................7 2.3 Hardware Installation ..................8 2.4 Initial Utility Installation ..................8 2.5 IPWizard......................11 2.6 Configure With IPWizard ................ - Page 5 Appendix C: PING IP Address ..................50 Appendix D: Bandwidth Estimation ................51 Appendix E: DDNS Application ..................52 4/57...
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Page 6: Introduction
1. Introduction This 25M Infrared Internet Camera is an inexpensive fully scalable surveillance technology. Because the 25M Infrared Internet Cameras can be plugged into your existing local area network infrastructure, you will potentially save thousands of dollars on unnecessary cabling. The 25M Infrared Internet Camera is accessible via the LAN or Internet connection. - Page 7 4. User’s manual and Utility CD x 1 5. Software CD x 1 6. Quick Start Guide x 1 NOTE: 1. If any of the above items are missing, please contact your dealer immediately. 2. Using the power supply that is not the one included in ICA-312 packet will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
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Page 8: Basic Setup
2. Basic Setup This chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-312 2.1 System Requirements Network Interface 10/100MBase-TX Ethernet Monitoring System Recommended for Internet Explorer 6.0 or later System Hardware · CPU: Pentium 4, 1.5GHz or above · Memory Size : 512 MB (512 MB or above Recommended ) ·... -
Page 9: Hardware Installation
Cable Connections: Power Connector: The input power is 12VDC. Note: Supplies the power to the ICA-312 with the power adapter included in package. Video Output Connector (BNC port) The ICA-312 also provides composite video output. User can use BNC video cable to connect the ICA-312 with a TV monitor or DVR. - Page 10 The “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for IPWizard” will display on the screen and click “Next” to continue. 9/57...
- Page 11 Please click “Next” to install with original settings, or you may click “Change…” button to modify the install folder then press “Next” to continue. Please click “Install” to start the installation. 10/57...
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Page 12: Ipwizard
Please click “Finish” to complete the driver installation Please double-click the utility icon on the desktop, and then you will see the ICA-312 initial utility - IPWizard. Please refer to the next section to operate this utility to finish the initial configuration of your ICA-312. - Page 13 Wizard Button: If IPWizard finds your camera, Wizard button will become available. Please select the device you would like to configure in the Information Box. The device will turn into yellow which means this device is selected; please press “Wizard” button. Or you could double click the mouse left key on the selected camera.
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Page 14: Configure With Ipwizard
About Button: When click “About” button, you will see the version information of IPWizard shown in the pop-up dialog box. Exit Button: Click “Exit” button will close the IPWizard Program. 2.6 Configure With IPWizard After pressing Installation Wizard, please key in Username and Password of the device when login dialog box appears on the screen. - Page 15 Wizard Page 1: Username and Password This page is about the change of the authorized user name and password of the selected device. If you don’t want to change them, please click “Next” to move to the next page. Press “Exit” button if you don’t want to set up right now.
- Page 16 numbers are usually shown in groups separated by periods, for example: 192.168.0.200 Subnet Mask: Subnets allow network traffic between hosts to be separated based on the network's configuration. In IP networking, traffic takes the form of packets. IP subnets advance network security and performance to some level by organizing hosts into logical groups.
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Page 17: Using Upnp Of Windows Xp
® 2.7 Using UPnP of Windows XP™ UPnP™ is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This device is an UPnP enabled device. If the operating system, Windows XP, of your PC is UPnP enabled, the device will be very easy to configure. - Page 18 The “Control Panel” will display on the screen and double click Add or Remove Programs to continue The “Add or Remove Programs” will display on the screen and click Add/Remove Widows Components to continue. 17/57...
- Page 19 The following screen will appear, select Networking Services and click Details to continue. The “Networking Services” will display on the screen, select Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue. 18/57...
- Page 20 Please click Next to continue The program will start installing the UPnP automatically. You will see the below pop-up screen, please wait while Setup configures the components. 19/57...
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Page 21: Setup Activex To Use The Ica-312
Please click Finish to complete the UPnP installation Double-click My Network Places on the desktop, the “My Network Places” will display on the screen and double-click the UPnP icon with ICA-312 to view your device in an internet browser. 2.8 Setup ActiveX to use the ICA-312 The ICA-312 web page communicates with the ICA-312 using an ActiveX control. - Page 22 Set the first 3 items • Download the signed ActiveX controls • Download the unsigned ActiveX controls • Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for ICA-312. 21/57...
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Page 23: Web-Based Management
3. Web-based Management This chapter provides setup details of the ICA-312’s Web-based Interface. 3.1 Introduction The ICA-312 can be configured with your Web Browser. Before configure, please make sure your PC is under the same IP segment with ICA-312. 3.2 Connecting to ICA-312 Use the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA-312. - Page 24 Note: If you open the case and reset to default, the warranty will be invalid, please write down the username and password. Web browser may display the “Security Warming” window, select “Yes” to install and run the ActiveX control into your PC. After the ActiveX control was installed and run, the first image will be displayed.
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Page 25: Live View
3.3 Live View Start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Video Profile Setting Menu Monitor Image Section ActiveX Control Monitor Image Section: The image shot by the ICA-312 is shown here. The date and time are displayed at the top of the window. -
Page 26: Digital Zoom
• “About” 3.4.1 Digital Zoom Click Digital Zoom to active this function as above. User can drag or scale the box over the video to adjust zoom ratio and position. 3.4.2 Record Click Record to activate this function. Press Record button to start recording. The video file is saved as ASF format into your local PC. -
Page 27: Snapshot
3.4.3 Snapshot Click Snapshot to activate this function. Press Snapshot button to take a picture. The image file is saved as JPEG format into your local PC. Select Browser, the pop-up window to select the save path and file name prefix, select OK to continue. If you like to retrieve the saved image, select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools. -
Page 28: About
3.4.5 About Click About to show the ActiveX information 3.5 System Setting This function is only available for user logged into ICA-312 as administrator. Click in each menu name to display its setting page. Item Action Network Configure Network settings such as DHCP, DDNS, 3GPP, PPPoE and UPnP Camera Adjust camera parameters... -
Page 29: Network
System Configure system information, date & time, maintenance, and view system log file. Video Configure bit rate and frame rate of video profiles User Setup user name, password and login privilege E-Mail Setup E-Mail configuration This device is a client site and configure information to upload images to server Object detection Setup Object detection... -
Page 30: Ddns Server
IP Address: This address is a unique numbers that identifies a computer or device on the WAN or LAN. These numbers are usually shown in groups separated by periods, for example: 192.168.0.200 Subnet Mask: Subnets allow network traffic between hosts to be separated based on the network's configuration. -
Page 31: Pppoe
connect to the Internet. The address you get may be static, meaning it never changes, or dynamic, meaning it’s likely to change periodically. Just how often it changes, depends on your ISP. A dynamic IP address complicates remote access since you may not know what your current WAN IP address is when you want to access your network over the Internet. - Page 32 program the PPPoE information first, and then connect to the xDSL modem. Power on again, then the device will dial on to the ISP connect to the WAN through the xDSL modem. The procedures are • Connect to a LAN by DHCP or Fixed IP •...
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Page 33: 3Gpp
3.5.4 3GPP The device is 3GPP compatible by default. To view live video over 3GPP: • Contact your cell phone provider and make sure that 3GPP service is available and the configuration is correct for your cell phone. • Check that the device has a completely public IP address, i.e. no ports blocked by a firewall. -
Page 34: Upnp
3.5.5 UPnP UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. This device is an UPnP enabled ICA-312. If your operating system is UPnP enabled, the device will automatically be detected and a new icon will be added to “My Network Places.”... -
Page 35: Camera
3.6 Camera You can adjust the camera view quality in this menu. Picture Brightness: Large value will brighten camera. Sharpness: Large value will sharpen camera. Contrast: Large value will contrast camera heavily. 3.7 System Use this menu to perform the principal settings of ICA-312. 3.7.1 Date &... - Page 36 Date: Displays the date of the device. Time: Displays the date of the device. Synchronize with PC: Press “Set Time” button to do the time synchronization with PC time. Synchronize with NTP: Select if you want to synchronize the date and time with NTP server (Network Time Protocol).
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Page 37: Maintenance
3.7.2 Maintenance Factory Default: Reset this device to factory default settings. Note that click this button will reset all device parameters to the factory settings. Firmware upgrade: The device supports new firmware upgrade. Unzip this firmware file to binary file and store it into your PC. Then follow the steps as bellows carefully: 1. -
Page 38: Video
3.8 Video This device provides 4 video profiles as below to support different request to each client simultaneously. Each user can choose his preferred video profile as his request independently. 3.8.1 MPEG4/VGA Video Type: It’s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution: It’s VGA mode (640x480) in this profile. -
Page 39: Mpeg4/Qvga
3.8.2 MPEG4/QVGA Video Type: It’s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution: It’s QVGA mode (320x240) in this profile. Bit rate control: Defines the rate control method of this profile. There are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Variable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the idea bit rate is between 256kbps and 4096kbps. -
Page 40: Mpeg4/Qqvga
3.8.3 MPEG4/QQVGA Video Type: It’s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution: It’s QQVGA mode (160x120) in this profile. Bit rate control: Defines the rate control method of this profile. There are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Variable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the idea bit rate is between 64kbps and 384kbps. -
Page 41: Jpeg/Qvga
3.8.4 JPEG/QVGA Video Type: It’s JPEG mode in this profile. Resolution: User can select VGA, QVGA, or QQVGA mode as the resolution of this JPEG profile. Quality: This profile provides 5 quality levels: Best, Better, Normal, Low, and Lowest in which Best: Video is the best but need more bandwidth to transmit image Lowest: Video is much worse but the bandwidth requirement is also lower. -
Page 42: User
3.9 User Use this menu to set the user names and password of the Administrator and up to 10 users, and access right of each user. Administrator level has authority to setup and modify all settings of ICA-312, thus please keep this account for higher security. -
Page 43: E-Mail
3.10 E-Mail Using E-Mail function, user can send an e-mail with attached image file that has been shot triggered with an external sensor or the built-in object detection function. The image file also can be sent periodically. Common You may setup SMTP mail parameters for future event-message receiving such as object detected or sensor activated. -
Page 44: Object Detection
client function, user can send an image that has been shot linked with the built-in object detection or external sensor input to an FTP server. The image file also can be sent periodically. Common FTP Enable: To enable or disable the FTP function. FTP Server: Type the server name or the IP address of the FTP server. - Page 45 Present MDD: To enable or disable the MDD (motion detection data) function. The motion object/area will be marked by red block while this function is enabled. Window 1 to 4: User can specify up to 4 areas to monitor the image captured by this device. By dragging mouse on the image, you can change the position and size of the window accordingly.
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Page 46: Appendix A: Hardware Restore
Appendix A: Hardware Restore There is a button hidden under the ICA-312 housing. User must open the housing cover first and then access this button. This button is use for hardware restore to factory default settings. Sometimes restarting the ICA-312 will make the system back to a normal state. If the system still got problems after reset, user can restore the factory default settings and install it again. -
Page 47: Appendix B: Troubleshooting & Faq
Appendix B: Troubleshooting & FAQ Question Answer or Resolution Features The video and audio codec The ICA-312 utilizes MPEG-4 and M-JPEG dual compression to is adopted in the ICA-312. providing high quality images. Where MPEG-4 is a standard for video compression and M-JPEG is a standard for image compression. - Page 48 find ICA-312. • Do not connect ICA-312 over a router. IPWizard program cannot detect ICA-312 over a router. • If IP address is not assigned to the PC which running IPWizard program, then IPWizard program cannot find ICA-312. Make sure that IP address is assigned to the PC properly.
- Page 49 network. Refer to your router's manual for details. • Access ICA-312 from the Internet with the global IP address of the router and port number of ICA-312. • Some routers reject the global IP address to access ICA-312 on the same LAN. Access with the private IP address and correct port number of ICA-312.
- Page 50 • Check the bandwidth of Internet connection. If the Internet bandwidth is lower than target bit rate, the video streaming will not work correctly. • Ethernet switching hub can smooth the frame rate especially in viewing on the Multi-Camera screen. Image Transfer on e-mail •...
- Page 51 Appendix C: PING IP Address The PING (stands for Packet Internet Groper) command is used to detect whether a specific IP address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply. It’s also a very useful tool to confirm ICA-312 installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over the network.
- Page 52 Appendix D: Bandwidth Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-312 depends on connection bandwidth between client and server, video resolution, codec type, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements for your ICA-312. The required bandwidth depends on content of video source.
- Page 53 Appendix E: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem or xDSL, this is a great way to host your own Networked Device or other TCP/IP Service. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com, www.yourname.com.tw etc. (Note: This domain must be registered with Internic via registration authorities such as Network Solutions, DirectNIC, Register.com etc).
- Page 54 (3). After the columns show up at the left side, click “Create Account”. (4). Fill the application agreement and necessary information. a. Username b. E-mail address and confirmation c. Password and confirmation d. Submit all the input information and finish creating an account 53/57...
- Page 55 Click these two options (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Your DynDNS Account Information“. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied. Then DDNS you applied activated. 54/57...
- Page 56 Click to confirm (6). Enter the web page http://www.dyndns.org/ again. Input your username and password that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS server. Input your account (7). If the correct username and password are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of the login page.
- Page 57 (9). Click the “ Dynamic DNS ”. (10). Click the “Create Hosts”. (11). We could create a domain name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (No.1) Then we pick a domain that is easy to remember. Finally (No.2), click the “Add Host”...
- Page 58 4. Setup the DDNS and PPPoE of Network Device At last, users have to enter the web page of Networked Device and setup the necessary information of DDNS and PPPoE after the application of DDNS service. Please check the user manual to access the DDNS and PPPoE pages. After saving the modification, restart the device.