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IR IP Camera
ICA-108 / ICA-108W
User's Manual
Version: 1.00
Date: June. 2007
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  • Page 1 Wired / Wireless IR IP Camera ICA-108 / ICA-108W User’s Manual Version: 1.00 Date: June. 2007 1/65...
  • 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 Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET Wired / Wireless IR IP Camera Model: ICA-108 / ICA-108W Rev: 1.0 (June. 2007) Part No. EM-ICA108_W...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    2.5 IPWizard ......................11 2.6 Configure With IPWizard ................13 2.7 Using UPnP of Windows® XP™ ..............15 2.8 Setup ActiveX to use the ICA-108/108W ............. 20 Web-based Management ..................22 3.1 Introduction ....................... 22 3.2 Connecting to ICA-108/108W ................ 22 3.3 Live View ......................
  • Page 5 3.11 E-Mail ....................... 47 3.12 FTP ........................48 3.13 Schedule ......................49 3.14 Voice alert ....................... 49 3.15 Object detection ..................... 50 Appendix A: Hardware Restore ..................52 Appendix B: Troubleshooting & FAQ ................53 Appendix C: PING IP Address ..................57 Appendix D: Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation ..........

  • Page 6: Introduction

    30fps for all resolution • 2-way audio with built-in microphone • LED used on ICA-108/108W are 4 times brighter than ordinary IR LED and visible distance up to 10 meter • The ICA-108W supports IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LAN with WEP and WPA encryption •...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    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-108/108W packet will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.

  • Page 8: Basic Setup

    2. Basic Setup This chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-108/108W 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: Physical Details

    Audio output jack allows this device to output audio or alerting sound. DC Power Jack The DC power input jack is located on the ICA-108/108W. The input power is 5V DC. Note: Using the power supply that is not the one included in ICA-108/108W packet will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.

  • Page 10: Initial Utility Installation

    2.4 Initial Utility Installation Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive to launch the autorun program. Once completed, a welcome menu screen will appear. Click the “IPWizard Utility” hyperlink, the below InstallShield Wizard dialog box will appear. Note: If the welcome screen does not appear, click “Start” at the taskbar. Then, select “Run” and type “D:\Utility\setup.exe”, assume D is your CD-ROM drive.
  • 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. 10/65...

  • 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-108/108W initial utility - IPWizard. Please refer to the next section to operate this utility to finish the initial configuration of your ICA-108/108W. 2.5 IPWizard When you installed the ICA-108/108W on a LAN environment, you may execute IPWizard to discover ICA-108/108W’s IP address and set up related parameters in the ICA-108/108W.
  • Page 13 When click Search button, a searching window will pop up. IPWizard is starting to search ICA-108/108W on the LAN. The message “No Network Devices Is Found” will appear on this window if IPWizard cannot find any camera on the LAN. Otherwise, existed cameras will be listed.

  • 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 LAN: You can configure this ICA-108/108W to obtain its address automatically or manually assign. If there is a DHCP server in your network environment and you select “DHCP ON”, ICA-108/108W can automatically obtain an IP address. If you don’t have DHCP server or you want to use fixed IP address, please select “Static IP”...

  • Page 16: Using Upnp Of Windows® Xp

    DNS2: The same function as DNS1. It is optional, not necessary Note: If no IP address is assigned after 30 seconds, the ICA-108/108W will work with its default IP address 192.168.0.20. User may now open your web browser, and key in http://192.168.0.20...
  • Page 17 Go to Start > Settings, and Click Control Panel The “Control Panel” will display on the screen and double click Add or Remove Programs to continue 16/65...
  • Page 18 The “Add or Remove Programs” will display on the screen and click Add/Remove Widows Components to continue. The following screen will appear, select Networking Services and click Details to continue. 17/65...
  • Page 19 The “Networking Services” will display on the screen, select Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue. Please click Next to continue 18/65...
  • Page 20 The program will start installing the UPnP automatically. You will see the below pop-up screen, please wait while Setup configures the components. Please click Finish to complete the UPnP installation 19/65...

  • Page 21: Setup Activex To Use The Ica-108/108W

    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-108/108W to view your device in an internet browser. 2.8 Setup ActiveX to use the ICA-108/108W The ICA-108/108W web page communicates with the ICA-108/108W using an ActiveX control.
  • Page 22 By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for ICA-108/108W. 21/65...

  • Page 23: Web-Based Management

    Use the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA-108/108W. Once connected, you can add the ICA-108/108W to your Browser’s Favorites or Bookmarks. Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the ICA-108/108W. The Default IP: “ http://192.168.0.20 “...
  • Page 24 After the ActiveX control was installed and run, the first image will be displayed. Note: If you log in the ICA-108/108W as an ordinary user, setting function will be not available. If you log in the ICA-108/108W as the administrator, you can perform all the settings provided within the device.

  • Page 25: Live View

    Monitor Image Section ActiveX Control Monitor Image Section: The image shot by the ICA-108/108W is shown here. The date and time are displayed at the top of the window. Video Profile: The ICA-108/108W support multi-profile for both MEPG-4 and M-JPEG simultaneously.

  • Page 26: Digital Zoom

    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

    Note: Default save path is “C:\Documents and Settings\All user\Desktop 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.

  • Page 28: Statistics

    3.4.5 Statistics Click Statistics to activate this function. A window will be popup to show the statistics information of the streaming status. Note that this information is the statistics between the device and your local PC. 3.4.6 About Click About to show the ActiveX information 27/65...

  • Page 29: System Setting

    3.5 System Setting This function is only available for user logged into ICA-108/108W as administrator. Click in each menu name to display its setting page. Item Action Configure Network settings such as Wireless, DHCP, DDNS, 3GPP, Network PPPoE and UPnP...
  • Page 30 MAC address: Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that user cannot change it. Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP): DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Enable this checked box when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP address assignment.

  • Page 31: Wireless (Ica-108W Only)

    HTTP Port: The device supports two HTTP ports. The first one is default port 80 and this port is fixed. This port is very useful for Intranet usage. The second HTTP port is changeable. Users could assign the second port number of http protocol, and the WAN users should follow the port number to login.
  • Page 32 SSID: The SSID is the name shared among all points in the wireless network system, must be identical for all points. Region: Select the correct domain for your country. Channel: The value of channel can be selected from channel 1 to 11 for FCC domain, channels 1 to 13 for ETSI domain and 1 to 14 for Japan domain.

  • Page 33: Ddns Server

    Primary DNS: When you send email or position a browser to an Internet domain such as xxxxx.com, the domain name system translates the names into IP addresses. The term refers to two things: the conventions for naming hosts and the way the names are control across the Internet.

  • Page 34: Pppoe

    PPPoE: Stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet A standard builds on Ethernet and Point-to-Point network protocol. It allows ICA-108/108W connect to Internet with xDSL or cable connection, it can dial up your ISP and get a dynamic IP address.

  • Page 35: 3Gpp

    User name (PPPoE): Type the user name for the PPPoE service which is provided by ISP. Password (PPPoE): Type the password for the PPPoE service which is provided by ISP. IP Address / Gateway: It will display IP address and gateway that ICA-108/108W gets a dynamic IP from ISP, when ICA-108/108W each dials up success.

  • Page 36: Upnp

    Note: Where host is the host name or IP address of the ICA-108/108W, and N is the number of the profile (1-=MPEG4 VGA, 2=MPEG4 QVGA, 3=MPEG4 QQVGA) for the video stream.

  • Page 37: Camera

    Enable UPnP discovery: To enable or disable the UPnP discovery service here. 3.6 Camera Use this menu to set the function of the camera of ICA-108 / ICA-108W 3.6.1 Common Mirror: Turn the “Mirror” On; the image will be overturned horizontally as below.

  • Page 38: Picture

    Vertical flip: Turn the “Vertical flip” On; the image will be overturned vertically as below. White balance: Auto: will adjust the white balance automatically. Hold: will hold the white balance. Exposure control: Auto: will adjust the internal gain automatically. Hold: will hold the internal gain. Power frequency: User should choose either 50 or 60 Hz to meet the power line frequency in your country.

  • Page 39: Day & Night

    Use this menu to perform the principal settings of ICA-108/108W. 3.7.1 Date & Time You can setup the time setting of ICA-108/108W, make it synchronized with PC or remote NTP server. Also, you may select the correct time zone of your country.
  • Page 40 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).

  • Page 41: 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 42: Video

    9. Please wait for 80 seconds, and then you can use IPWizard to search the device again. Warning!!! The download firmware procedure cannot be interrupted. If the power and/or network connection are broken during the download procedure, it might possibly cause serious damage to the device.

  • Page 43: Mpeg4/Qvga

    Video Type: It’s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution: It’s VGA mode (640x480) 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 44: 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 45: 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 46: Audio

    3.9 Audio Audio: To enable or disable audio function Audio compression format: The device supports two audio codec: G.726 & AMR Note that if users want to record the video streaming with audio, then user shall choose G.726 mode. However, if users want to receive audio over 3GPP service, then AMR is the right option.

  • Page 47: 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-108/108W, thus please keep this account for higher security.

  • Page 48: E-Mail

    3.11 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 49: Ftp

    3.12 FTP Use this menu to set up for capturing and sending still images to an FTP server. Using FTP 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.

  • Page 50: Schedule

    3.13 Schedule This menu is used to specify the schedule of IR LED for actions provided by this device. Start time and End time: Specify the start time and end time. 3.14 Voice alert Use this menu to set the voice alert function to output audio from the line output of the device when an alarm is detected by the object detection.

  • Page 51: Object Detection

    3.15 Object detection Using this menu, user can set the conditions to activate the built-in “Motion detection” and “Object tracking” functions. Motion detection Use this menu to specify motion detection window 1 to window 4 and set the conditions for detection while observing a captured image.
  • Page 52 Sensitivity Define the sensitivity value of motion detection. Move this bar to the right will increase the sensitivity. Move the slide bar to right will increase the sensitivity. 51/65...

  • Page 53: Appendix A: Hardware Restore

    Restore the ICA-108/108W: 1. Insert the paper clip or other tool and press and hold the button down continuously. 2. Wait at least 3 seconds and release the button. Then the ICA-108/108W has been restored to factory default settings and reboot again.

  • Page 54: Appendix B: Troubleshooting & Faq

    • Check and confirm that the standard DC adaptor, included in packaged, is used. Secure the power connector and re power it on again. • If the problem is not solved, the ICA-108/108W might be faulty. Contact your dealer for further help. The network cabling is...
  • Page 55 Check IP address of ICA-108/108W by using the IPWizard.exe the ICA-108/108W. program. IPWizard program cannot • Re power the ICA-108/108W if cannot find the unit within 1 find ICA-108/108W. minutes. • Do not connect ICA-108/108W over a router. IPWizard program cannot detect ICA-108/108W over a router.
  • Page 56 The IP address and Subnet Mask of the PC and ICA-108/108W must be in the same class of the private IP address on the LAN. • Make sure the http port used by the ICA-108/108W, default=80, is forward to the ICA-108/108W’s private IP address.
  • Page 57 The firewall may need to have some settings changed in order for the ICA-108/108W to be accessible outside your LAN. • Make sure that the ICA-108/108W isn’t conflicting with any other web server running on your LAN.

  • Page 58: 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-108/108W installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over the network.

  • Page 59: Appendix D: Bandwidth And Video Size Estimation

    Appendix D: Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-108/108W 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-108/108W.
  • Page 60 MPEG4 Resolution Stream setting fps setting Current stream Current fps 640*480 VGA 384Kbps 5 fps 373Kbps - 388Kbps 5 fps 640*480 VGA 1024Kbps 5 fps 1024Kbps - 1036Kbps 5 fps 640*480 VGA 2048Kbps 5 fps around 1800Kbps 5 fps 640*480 VGA 384Kbps 20 fps around 550Kbps...

  • Page 61: Appendix E: Ddns Application

    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 62 (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 61/65...
  • Page 63 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. 62/65...
  • Page 64 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 65 (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 66 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.

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