Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use.
FD-100A also provides many advanced features, including MPEG-4 / MJPEG / H.264 Codec Compression and 802.3af compliant PoE. In addition, the Brickcom IP camera can transmit the video to portable devices via other technology, for instance, WiMax, NAS, Digital Frame and power line. Additionally, with the 3-axis mechanical design and “Easy Installation Wizard”, it offers the end user a very...
LED Behavior Function LED Behavior Description Power LED Steady On Power on Power LED Unlighted Power off Link LED Steady On (Orange) Link Link LED Blinking (Orange) Trafficking Extension I/O Terminal Block The Network Camera provides an extension I/O terminal block which is used to connect external input/output devices.
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The reset button is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings. Sometimes resetting the system can return the camera to normal operation. If the problems remain after reset, please restore the factory settings and install it again. Reset: Please press and release the indented reset button within 1 second with paper clip or thin object.
Installation Hardware installation First, please check your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents. Depending on the user’s application and need, the Ethernet cable should meet the specs of UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length.
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The users can use the screwdriver and two screws to mount the camera on the desired location through the two holes on each side of the device. Attach the location sticker onto it if the location is on the wall. 3.1 Through the two circles on the location sticker, and drill two holes into the wall.
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3.2 Hammer two plastic anchors into the holes. 3.3 Adjust two holes on each side of the device with the two plastic anchors, insert the screws into holes, and make sure to secure them.
System Requirements Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Computer: IBM PC/AT Compatible CPU: Pentium 3GHz or faster Memory: 1024 MB or more Monitor: 1024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit True color or better Network Interface: 10/100Mbps Network interface card must be installed Web Browser:...
Camera Connection Basic Connection (Without PoE) Connect the power adaptor to camera device. Connect the camera to the Ethernet hub via RJ45 Ethernet cable. Power over Ethernet (PoE) Connection Connect the camera to a PoE-enabled hub via single Ethernet cable. Connect the camera to a non-PoE hub via PoE Injector.
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Run the CD-ROM to install the Installation Wizard. For more information, please refer to “Software installation” for details. Access to the Network Camera from the Internet. For more information, please refer to “Access to the Network Camera” for details.
Adjust the Lens focus range and zoom viewing Release the pan screw and then rotate the lens to left or right. After completion, tighten the pan screw. Release the tilt screw on both side of the device and then rotate the lens to up or down.
How to adjust the view angle and focus range Release the view angle controller and then moving the controller bar left or right to adjust the view angle. After completion, tighten the view angle controller. Release the focus controller and then moving the controller bar left or right to adjust the focus range.
Software Installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. After hardware connection checking, the users can run the Installation Wizard program included in the product CDROM to automatically search for the Network Camera in the Intranet.
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2. Do not check the box if user would like to check the hardware installation settings. Otherwise click “Skip the hardware installation” to skip the hardware connection checking, the program will automatically search for the Network Camera in the Intranet. Click “Start”...
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3. Select the Network Camera from the survey list and enter the user name and password. The user name and password are assigned as “admin/admin”.
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4. Setting the Network Camera IP address User can either select simple mode or professional mode for network camera IP setting. If simple mode is selected, the easy configuration program will set up the connection automatically. If professional mode is selected, the user will need to configure the IP manually, The DHCP setting is recommended.
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After finish setting, the connection successful or fail showed. If connection failed, user can either try again or quit the installation. User can either select “Run PC-NVR” or "Start Web GUI" to continue or click “X” on the top right of the screen to finish the installation.
Access to the Network Camera Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. The user name and password for the Administrator are assigned as “admin/admin”. Upon successful authentication, the following figure is displayed.
Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera on the Internet Explorer. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook. If the highest security level is set, the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt.
Live View Live View is the default page that opens when accessing the Network Camera. Live video is displayed directly in the browser window. Stream1/Stream2 Channels The network camera offers simultaneous dual stream for optimized quality and bandwidth. To configure the codec compression and video resolution, please go to the Configuration->Camera/video/audio->Video to make the changes, or refer to the Video configuration on page 30.
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Recording on/off: shows the status of recording video MIC on /off: shows the status of MIC volume. MD on/off: shows the status of Motion Detection Camera Control Panel - There are two slider bars and eight control buttons on the remote controller.
Configuration Camera/Video/Audio Camera Camera Setting Brightness: Drag the slider bar to adjust the image brightness level, which ranges from -5 to +5. Contrast: Drag the slider bar to adjust the image contrast level, which ranges from -5 to +5. Sharpness: Drag the slider bar to adjust the image sharpness level, which ranges from -5 to +5.
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Night Vision IR CUT: the Network Camera switches off the IR cut filter at all times for the sensor to accept the infrared light, thus helps improve low light sensitivity. IR LED: The user can select this option to turn on/off the IR. Auto: The Network Camera automatically removes the filter by judging the level of ambient light.
Video You can set up two separate streams for the Network Camera for different viewing devices. Stream 1 & Stream 2 Video Codec - The Network Camera offers three choices of video codec standards for real-time viewing: H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG. Video Resolution - Select from the drop down list to choose the best resolution that fit your need.
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HTTP Transport – Enable to use HTTP protocol for video/audio communication. Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Video Overlay Video Overlay - Check to enable the timestamp function and select display position from the drop-down list if user wants date and time to be shown on the screen of the live video. User may also enable and enter the video description in text box;...
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RTSP Server To utilize RTSP authentication, make sure that you have set a password for the Network Camera first. RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) controls the delivery of streaming media. By default the port number is set to 554. Authentication - Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides two types of security settings for streaming via RTSP protocol: NONE and DIGEST.
Audio You can set up two separate streams for the Network Camera for different viewing devices. User can either enable or disable the audio function. If audio enable is selected, select the Audio codec from the drop down list. Advanced Echo cancellation Enabled: Enable to avoid an echo.
Multicast Multicast addressing is a network technology for the delivery of information to a group of destinations simultaneously using the most efficient strategy to deliver the messages over each link of the network only once, creating copies only when the links to the multiple destinations split.
Network IP Setting This section explains how to configure wired network connection for the Network Camera. There are several ways to setup the Network Camera over the Internet. The first way is to obtain an available dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server. The second way is to utilize a static The third way is to use PPPoE.
UPnP Only UPnP discovery supported. Enable this function to allow the user to search for devices of interest on the network. Enter the UPnP name as you wish to show on the intranet. Click Apply or Reset to take effect. DDNS (dynamic domain name service) DynDNS - Enable the DDNS service allows your Network Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name.
TZO - TZO is one kind of the DDNS providers. User can refer to the TZO.com: visit http://www.tzo.com/ to apply a dynamic domain account when selecting this DDNS provider. Enter the e-mail address, password and domain name when enabled the TZO. Click Apply or Reset to take effect.
Event Motion Detection Motion can be detected by measuring change in speed or vector of an object or objects in the field of view. This section explains how to configure the Network Camera to enable motion detection. There are three motion detection windows can be configured. Detection Setting - Select and enable the motion detection windows function.
Notification - To react in response to particular events. A typical application is that when a motion is detected, the Network Camera sends buffered images to a FTP server, Samba, SMTP or HTTP as notifications. In this page, you can specify which notification messages will be sent when a trigger is activated.
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SMTP - Select to send the media files via Email when a trigger is activated. From - Enter the email address of the sender. To - Enter the email address of the recipient. Many recipients are separated by commas. My name - The title shown in the email. Subject - Enter the subject of the email.
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Samba - Select to send the network file system media files via network neighborhood when a trigger is activated. IP Address - Enter the IP address of the samba server. User Name - Enter the user name of the samba server. Password - Enter the password of the samba server.
DI/DO Digital input - Select High or Low to define normal status of the digital input. The Network Camera will report the current status. Digital output - Select Grounded or Open and enter the duration to define normal status of the digital output.
System System Log Log - To send a system log to the network camera when a trigger is activated. This page displays the system’s log in chronological order. The system log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain amount. Click Retrieve to retrieve the log, or click Save to file to save the file in the specify location.
Date & Time Settings Manual - The user enters the date and time manually. Clone from PC - Sync with computer time; click clone to synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated.
Device Information Video/Audio Setting - To view all the video/audio setting information about the network camera. Network Setting - To view all the network setting information about the network camera. System Information: To view all the system information about the network camera.
Maintenance User Management This section explains how to enable password protection and create multiple accounts. Privilege Setting - Enter the new user’s name and password. Select the privilege for new user account. Click Add to take effect. The administrator account name is “admin”, which is permanent and can not be deleted.
IP Filter IP Filter - Enable the IP filter and set of allow or deny IP address range to server. Click Add to list to add the IP range to the IP filter list. Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Firmware Upgrade This feature allows you to upgrade the firmware on your Network Camera.
Configuration This feature allows you to export/import the configuration files of the network camera. Import/Export - Click export to pop up a dialog to indicate the location and file to export. Click browse to indicate the location and file of the camera configuration and click import to import the configuration file back into the network camera.
Brickcom Technology to enable applications to access IP Cameras manufactured by Brickcom. The API allows for configuration of the settings and inquiry of current status on these IP Cameras. The API is structured and transmitted over HTTP protocols and hence is given the name HTTP API.
HTTP API Transaction An HTTP API transaction is always started with a request from a client application, which is received by the Web server on the IP Camera device and processed by the IP Camera and finally ends with a response sent back to the requesting client. The client HTTP request takes in either one of the two forms: HTTP GET: Normally used to retrieve the settings or status of the IP Camera HTTP POST: Normally used to configure the settings of the IP Camera...
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Error Response If the IP Camera is unable to handle the client HTTP API request due to certain conditions such as system busy, incorrect parameters, or any other reason, an appropriate HTTP status code 400 Bad Request is returned accompanied with an error code and error string that explains the failure.
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API Categories The API categories are listed in the table below. Table 1, API Categories API Category Description Streaming Enable users to set/get the setting about multimedia streaming. Camera Enable users to set/get the camera/lens setting. Audio Enable user to set/get the audio devices’ setting. Network Enable users to set/get the network setting.
Streaming API Streaming API allows applications to 1) set/get the IP Camera streaming setting 2) help users to view video streaming Data structures Data Structure Description SVideoFormatSetting The selected video codec format, encode rate, etc. SAudioFormatSetting The selected audio codec format, encode rate, etc. STransportSetting The selected network transport.
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/* SVideoFormatSetting */ typedef struct _videoFormatSetting { int sourceDevice; // reserved char codecType [16]; char codecSubType [16]; int constantBitrate; // 0:enabled 1:disabled int bitrateInKbps; // Kbps int resolutionWidth; int resolutionHeight; int quality; // JPEG Specific int frameRate; // FPS int gop; // (reserved) } SVideoFormatSetting;...
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typedef struct _audioSessionSetting { int enabled; SAudioFormatSetting format; STransportSetting transport; } SAudioSessionSetting; /* SMetaSessionSetting */ typedef struct _metaSessionSetting { int enabled; SMetaFormatSetting format; STransportSetting transport; } SMetaSessionSetting; /* SChannelSetting */ typedef struct _channelSetting { int enabled; int index; // (Unique) 0: reserved. 1+: valid index char name[16];...
ActionEvents ActionEvent Description getChannels Get all available channels getChannel Get a channel info addChannel Add a new channel updateChannel Update an existing channel updateChannels Update all existing channels deleteChannel Delete a channel getStream Request to receive a RTSP streaming session 1.1 getChannels ActionEvent: getChannels Request...
Camera API Camera API allows applications to set/get the Camera/lens setting. Data structures Data Structure Description SWhiteBalanceSetting White balance setting of the Camera SBrightnessSetting Brightness setting of the Camera SColorSaturationSetti Color Saturation setting of the Camera SMirrorFlipSetting MirrorFlip setting of the Camera SSharpnessSetting Sharpness setting of the Camera SContrastSetting...
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/* SWhiteBalanceSetting */ typedef struct _whiteBalanceSetting { int mode; // enum WhiteBalanceMode int level; } SWhiteBalanceSetting; /* SBrightnessSetting */ typedef struct _brightnessSetting { int level; } SBrightnessSetting; /* SColorSaturationSetting */ typedef struct _colorSaturationSetting { int level; } SColorSaturationSetting; /* MirrorFlipSetting */ typedef struct _MirrorFlipSetting { int mirror_enabled;...
ActionEvents ActionEvent Description setWhiteBalance Set white balance getWhiteBalance Get white balance setBrightness Set brightness getBrightness Get brightness setColorSaturation Set Color Saturation getColorSaturation Get Color Saturation setMirrorFlip Set MirrorFlip getMirrorFlip Get MirrorFlipof setSharpness Set Sharpness getSharpness Get Sharpness setContrast Set Contrast getContrast Get Contrast setFrequency...
Audio API Audio API allows applications to 1) set/get the audio device setting 2) set/get the audio volume of the device Data structures Data Structure Description SAudioDeviceSetting Basic audio device setting /* SAudioDeviceSetting */ typedef struct _audioDeviceSetting { int muted; // True (muted), False (un-muted) int level;...
Network API Network API allows applications to set/get the network-related settings including IP address, WIFI network, etc. Data structures Data Structure Description SBasicNetworkSetting Basic network setting such as IP address, netmask, etc. SUPnPSetting UPnP setting for SSDP advertisement SDDNSSetting DDNS setting SEthernetSetting Ethernet (802.3?) setting SWIFISetting...
Storage API (TBD) Storage API allows applications to configure the storage devices reachable by the IPCAM unit. Data structures Data Structure Description ActionEvents ActionEvent Description ActionEvent: Request http://<IP>/cgi-bin/stream. l?action= Response Comment Method...
System API System API allows applications to configure miscellaneous system settings not covered by any other category. These settings include Time, Syslog, and etc. // NOTE: In the future, we may switch to rsyslog instead of syslogd. Data structures Data Structure Description SDeviceInfo IP Camera device info...
ActionEvents ActionEvent Description getDeviceInfo Get device info setTimeSetting Set time setting getTimeSetting Get time setting setSyslogSetting Set syslog setting getSyslogSetting Get syslog setting getSyslogFile Get syslog file. SyslogClear Clear syslog. getSystemStatus Get system status 5.1 getDeviceInfo ActionEvent: getDeviceInfo Request http://<IP>/cgi-bin/system.cgi?action=get Response chipVersion= sensorID=...
Admin API Admin API enables applications to perform administrative tasks on the IPCAM unit. The tasks include add/delete users, upgrade firmware, etc. Data structures Data Structure Description SUserSetting Setting for a user account SUserSetSetting All user accounts SHTTPSetting HTTP setting SHTTPSSetting HTTPS setting ActionEvents...
6.11 upgradeFirmware ActionEvent: upgradeFirmware Request http://<IP>/cgi-bin/upgradeFirmware.cgi action= upgrade Followed by the IPCam firmware Response Comment Upgrade the system firmware upon this request Method POST 6.12 reboot ActionEvent: reboot Request http://<IP>/cgi-bin/reboot.cgi?action= reboot Response Comment Reboot the system Method GET/POST 6.13 importConfigFile ActionEvent: importConfigFile Request http://<IP>/cgi-bin/ConfigFile.cgi...
Motion detection API Motion detection API allows applications to 1) set/get the motion detection setting Data structures Data Structure Description SMotionDetectionSetti Basic motion detection setting. SMDList List of detection channels. SChannelMotionDetec Keep the information of detection channels. tion SMDRegionList List of detection regions. SMDRegion Keep the information of detection regions.
Event API Event API allows applications to 1) set/get the event setting 2) set/get the notification setting Data structures Data Structure Description SEventPolicySetting General setting for events. SEventRuleSettingList List of event rules. SEventRuleSetting Details the setting of each event. SEventScheduleSettin Set up the schedule for triggering events SEmailSetting Details the setting of email.
I/O Control API I/O Control API allows applications to 1) set/get the GPIO setting Data structures Data Structure Description SGPIO General I/O setting. /*GOPI */ enum{ GPIO_DIR_IN, GPIO_DIR_OUT, enum{ GPIO_STATUS_LOW, GPIO_STATUS_HIGH, ActionEvents ActionEvent Description setGPIOSetting Set GPIO setting getGPIOSetting Get GPIO setting getGPIOStatus Get GPIO status 10.1 setGPIOSetting...
10.3 getGPIOStatus ActionEvent: getGPIOStatus Request http://<IP>/cgi-bin/event.cgi?action= getStatus Response Comment Method MSN API MSN API allows applications to 1) set/get the IP Camera MSNBot setting Data structures Data Structure Description SMsnbot Details the setting of MSNBot. SMsnBuddyList List of msn buddy. MsnBuddy Details the buddy information.
Technical specifications General Specification Product Name Megapixel Day & Night Fixed Dome Network Camera Model Number FD-100A Hardware System CPU: 500 MHz Flash: 16M RAM: 64M DDR Image Sensor Sensor Type : 1/4” Mega-Pixel CMOS Sensor Sensor Resolution : 1280 x 800 pixel Minimum Illumination : 1 Lux (without IR LEDs) 0 Lux (IR LEDs ON)
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Reset Button LEDs Power/ Ethernet states Power DC 12V / 1A (Power Supply) PoE: 802.3af compliant Power consumption Max Power Consumption : 6 watts Environment Operating Temperature : 0° C ~ 50° C (32° F ~ 122° F) Operating Humidity : 10% ~ 80% Dimension 156(D) X 117 (H) mm Certification...
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