PCI CS-WMVO2G User Manual

Wired/wireless pan-tilt network camera

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  • Page 2 The information provided in this document are subject to change without notice. User's Manual Version : CS-WMV02G_manual_HK_US-A_V2...
  • Page 3: Before You Use This Product

    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.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Before You Use This Product................ 3 Package Contents ..................6 Installation ....................7 Hardware installation................7 Software Installation ................9 Initial Access to the Network Camera ............ 13 Check Network Settings ..............13 Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access ........13 How to Use ..................
  • Page 5 Email ..................40 FTP .................... 40 Motion detection ................42 Application settings ................43 Snapshot..................43 Weekly schedule................43 Snapshot file name prefix .............. 43 Send out the snapshot while motion detection ........43 Sequential operation ..............43 Method for sending snapshot............44 System log..................
  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Package Contents CS-WMV02G LAN cable (Straight) Power Adapter Lens cleaner Camera Mount Kit & Pads Quick Installation Guide Antenna Safety Information / Warranty Card CD-ROM (Software & Users Manual)
  • Page 7: Installation

    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. Hardware installation Please verify that your product package contains all the accessories listed foregoing...
  • Page 8: To Install In Ethernet

    To install in Ethernet Make sure the Ethernet is firmly connected to a switch hub. After attaching the Ethernet cable plug in the power adapter. If the LED turns out to be steady blue, go to next paragraph “Software installation”. If the Ethernet is not available, Network Camera will switch to wireless LAN mode.
  • Page 9: Software Installation

    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. At the end of the hardware installation, the Administrator must place the product software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in MS Windows.
  • Page 10 After you click “Installation Wizard” icon on the desktop, a searching box will pop up. This program searches for product on the same LAN: After searching, Video Servers or Network Cameras will be located by the Installation Wizard. There may be several entries shown in the window.
  • Page 11 The IP addresses shown in the "Current IP Address" field reflect those on the local network. They may be from the DHCP server. If there is no DHCP server, the camera will try to find a free IP address (this takes from 15 second to 3 minutes, depending on the LAN status).
  • Page 12 For more detailed usage of the Installation Wizard, please refer to the user’s manual of the Installation Wizard included in the product CDROM to find the location of the Network Camera. There may be many Network Cameras in the local network. Users can differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number.
  • Page 13: Initial Access To The Network Camera

    Initial Access to the Network Camera Check Network Settings The Network Camera can be connected either before or immediately after software installation onto the Local Area Network. The Administrator should complete the network settings on the configuration page, including the correct subnet mask and IP address of gateway and DNS.
  • Page 14: How To Use

    How to Use 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. Upon successful authentication, the following figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails.
  • Page 15: Installing Plug-In

    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. 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.
  • Page 16: Primary User's Capability

    Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has three parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Pan/Tilt control buttons: These buttons provide a command interface to control the aim of the camera.
  • Page 17: The Configuration

    The Configuration: “Snapshot” The button provides users a fast way to capture a single image of the video from the Network Camera. “Client Settings” Clicking on this button links you to the client setting pages, please check the following session for more details. “Configuration”...
  • Page 18 View capabilities This feature allows users to open a digital zoom control window to specify the zoom factor for specified area in the camera view. Users can also move the white frame to select the area of the video that she/he wants to view. “Disable digital zoom”...
  • Page 19 The pan/tilt control buttons: The direction buttons are for Left, Right, Up, Down, and Home functions. The Home button centers the camera. “Go to” Once the Administrator has determined the preset positions; the User can aim the camera using this control. “Pan speed”...
  • Page 20: Client Settings

    Client settings At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask for a new plug-in installation, the plug-in being the Network Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the client’s site.
  • Page 21 If no special need is required, UDP protocol is recommended. Generally speaking, the client’s choice will be in the order of UDP → TCP. After the Network Camera is connected successfully, “Protocol Option” will indicate the selected protocol. The selected protocol will be recorded in the user's PC and will be used for the next connection.
  • Page 22: Administrator's Capability

    Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Constant bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Audio and Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible.
  • Page 23: Only Quality Images Will Do

    For Best Real-time Video Images To achieve good real-time visual effect, the network bandwidth should be large enough to allow a transmission rate of greater than 20 image frames per second. If the broadband network is over 1 Mbps, set the “Fix bit rate” to 1000Kbps or 1200Kbps. The maximum frame rate is 30.
  • Page 24: Opening Accounts For New Users

    Opening accounts for new users Protect Network Camera by passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is intended to be accessed by others.
  • Page 25 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Motion detection” at the left column, 3. Check “Enable motion detection”, 4. Click on new to have a new window to monitor video, 5. Type in a name to identify the new window, 6.
  • Page 26: Definitions In Configuration

    Definitions in Configuration Only the Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages. The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration.
  • Page 27: System Parameters

    System parameters "Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the main page. “Turn off the LED indicator” Check this option to shut off the LED on the rear. It can prevent the camera’s operation being noticed. "Keep current date and time"...
  • Page 28: Security Settings

    Security settings “Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new password identically in both text boxes. The typed entries will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes. After pressing , the web browser will ask the Administrator for the new password for access.
  • Page 29: Network Settings

    Network settings Any changes made on this page will restart the system in order to validate the changes. Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on Network type “LAN” & “PPPoE” The default type is LAN. Select PPPoE if using ADSL "Get IP address automatically"...
  • Page 30: Http

    HTTP “Http port” This can be other than the default Port 80. Once the port is changed, the users must be notified the change for the connection to be successful. For instance, when the Administrator changes the HTTP port of the Network Camera whose IP address is 192.168.0.100 from 80 to 8080, the users must type in the web browser “http://192.168.0.100:8080”...
  • Page 31: Wlan Configuration

    WLAN Configuration “SSID” (Service Set Identifier), it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) must use the same SSID. The default setting is Planexuser. Note: The maximum length of SSID is 32 single-byte characters and SSID can’t be any of “, <, >...
  • Page 32 “Network Key” Entering a key in either hexadecimal or ASCII format. When selecting different key length, acceptable input length is listed as following: 64 bits key length: 10 Hex digits or 5 characters. 128 bites key length: 26 Hex digits or 13 characters. Note: When 22(“), 3C(<) or 3E(>) are input in network key, the key format can’t be changed to ASCII format.
  • Page 33: Ddns

    DDNS “Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function. “Provider” The provider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please connect to the service provider’s website to make sure the service charges. “Host Name” If the User wants to use DDNS service, this field must be filled. Please input the hostname that is registered in the DDNS server.
  • Page 34: Access List

    Access List The access list is to control the access permission of clients by checking the client IP address. There are two lists for permission control: Allow List and Deny List. Only those clients whose IP address is in the Allow List and not in the Deny List can connect to the Video Server or Network Camera for receiving the audio/video streaming.
  • Page 35: Audio And Video

    Audio and Video General “Configure for computer viewing” To make quick setting for computer viewing “Configure for mobile viewing” To make quick setting for cell phone viewing Video Settings “Video title” The text string can be displayed on video “Color” Select either for color or monochrome video display. “Frame Size”...
  • Page 36: Video Orientation

    Video orientation “Flip” Vertically rotate the video. “Mirror” Horizontally rotate the video. Check options both if the Network Camera is installed upside down. “White balance” Adjust the value for best color temperature. Audio settings “mute” Audio mute “Audio type” Select audio codec “AAC” or “GSM-AMR” and the bit rate...
  • Page 37: Image Settings

    Image Settings Click on this button to pop up another window to tune “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Hue” and “Saturation” for video compensation. Each field has eleven levels ranged from “Brightness” “Contrast” fields value 0 indicates auto tuning. user press fine-tune image. When the image is O.K., press to set the...
  • Page 38: Camera Control

    Camera Control Camera control area Preset function area On the Camera Control page, there are two main function control areas: Camera control area The pan and tilt functions can be controlled with these buttons. The “Left” button aims the camera to the left; the “Right”, “Up”, and “Down” buttons aim the camera accordingly.
  • Page 39: Preset Function Area

    Preset function area ”Current position”, If the User wants to save the current view as a preset location, enter a name for each of the current video view at “current position” and click on the “Add” button. The camera allows for 20 preset locations. ”Preset position”...
  • Page 40: Email & Ftp

    Email & FTP Email When the SMTP server support SMTP authentication, users need to give the valid user name and password to send email via the server. “Sender email address”, the email address of the sender. There are two external mail server can be configured, primary and secondary email server, The network camera will use primary server as default , and use secondary server when primary server is unreachable.
  • Page 41 slash symbol before the path without virtual path mapping. Refer to the instructions for the external FTP server for details. The folder privilege must be open for upload. <url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/mailftp.html <Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.
  • Page 42: Motion Detection

    Motion detection “Enable motion detection” Check this option to turn on motion detection. Click on this button to add a new window. At most three windows can exist simultaneously. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window frame to resize or the title bar to move.
  • Page 43: Application Settings

    Application settings Snapshot “Enable snapshot” Enable/Disable snapshot application. Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the application. Select “Always” or input the time interval. Snapshot file name prefix The prefix name will be added on the file name of the snapshot images. Send out the snapshot while motion detection There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name.
  • Page 44: Method For Sending Snapshot

    Method for sending snapshot “Email” This selects the uploading method following the intervals set above. The snapshot named “prefix-yyyymmdd-hhmmss.jpg” will be attached in the email. “FTP” The snapshots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the file name defined in the next option.
  • Page 45: System Log

    System log The Network camera support log the system messages on remote server. The protocol is compliant to RFC 3164. If you have external Linux server with syslogd service, use “-r” option to turn on the facility for receiving log from remote machine. Or you can use some software on Windows which is compliant to RFC 3164.
  • Page 46: Viewing System Parameters

    Viewing system parameters Click on this link on the configuration page to view the entire system’s parameter set. The content is the same as those in CONFIG.INI.
  • Page 47: Maintenance

    Maintenance Four actions can be selected “reboot” click the reboot button to restart system “factory default” Click on Factory default button on the configuration page to restore the factory default settings. Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be reset to the initial factory settings.
  • Page 48: Appendix

    Appendix A. Troubleshooting Status LED The following table lists the LED patterns in general. Condition LED color Loading system after power on Steady red During booting procedure Steady green, blue and red Detecting and setting network Steady green and blue. Blink red till IP address is confirmed After network is setup (system up) Blink green every second and steady red...
  • Page 49: Technology License Notice

    Technology License Notice MPEG-4 AAC Technology THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 AAC AUDIO PATENT LICENSE. THIS PRODUCT MAY NOT BE DECOMPILED, REVERSE-ENGINEERED OR COPIED, EXCEPT REGARD TO PC SOFTWARE, YOU MAY MAKE SINGLE COPIES FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES. MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER...
  • Page 50 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) This device compiles with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. USA - This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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