SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..........................6 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION AND QUICK INSTALLATION/USAGE ......... 8 2.1................... 8 AJOR HARDWARE COMPONENTS 2.2.................... 9 UICK INSTALLATION AND USAGE 2.3......................13 IRELESS CONNECTION WEB CONFIGURATIONS ......................15 3.1.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera APPENDIX D. TROUBLE SHOOTING ....................53 APPENDIX E. 3GPP/ISMA OPERATION ..................56 APPENDIX F. THIRD PARTY AND EMBEDDED WEB PAGE INTEGRATION ......57...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera List of Figures and Tables Figure 2-1: Major components in the front panel Figure 2-2: Major components in the back panel Figure 2-3: IP CAM connection diagram. Figure 2-4: Connect Ethernet cable to a switch/router. Figure 2-5: The installation CD disk Figure 2-6: The ID/Password card Figure 2-7: Running window of CamView program Figure 2-8: Pop-up play-video password window...
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 5-1: The IP camera body Figure 5-2: Power Adaptor Figure 5-3: Quick installation guide Figure 5-4: Ethernet cable Figure 5-5: Installation CD Figure 5-6: ID/Password Card Table A-1: List of tested Wireless AP/router devices Table A-2: List of tested Wired NAT/router devices...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 1. Introduction The Pan/Tilt IP Camera is designed with the “user-friendly” idea deep in mind. The user can install the IP camera easily on his/her home network and then access the IP Camera anywhere in the world through the accompanied video management software - CamView program without setting some complicated DNS name or changing the router’s settings.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera the ID/Password of the IP CAM any where in the world, you do not need to remember the IP address or domain name or DDNS name or port number. And you do not need to modify the settings(like port mapping, fixed IP, DDNS, virtual server) of the NAT/router devices, it’s just a plug &...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 2. Hardware description and quick installation/usage The IP CAM is designed to be very easy to install and use. First, let’s see the major components of the IP CAM products. 2.1. Major hardware components. The major components on the front panel of the IP CAM products are the built-in microphone, lens and LEDs : 1.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera adaptor. 3. Ethernet jack – this is the place to plug in the RJ45 Ethernet cable. When the Ethernet link is ok, the Ethernet indication LED on the front side will be blue light. 4. Reset button – this is the button to reset the IP CAM to default factory settings. You need to use a small stick like pencil or tooth stick to press the reset button for more than 3 seconds to enable the reset function.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera and very often there is a DHCP server on most of the Home/office network, the IP CAM should be connected to the Internet immediately. The Internet status LED is constant red light to indicate this good connection status. If the LED is blinking, please refer to section 3.3~3.5 to try other network settings.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-5: The installation CD disk Third, Use CamView program to see the video Figure 2-5 is the running window of the CamView program. If the computer and IP CAM is connected to the same network, the IP CAM ID will be displayed in the “Auto Search”...
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Seeing the video in a remote location After the IP CAM is installed and you can see the video from the CamView software in the local network, it’s very easy to see the video in a remote location. All you need to do is add a camera item in the “CameraList”...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 2.3. Wireless connection The IP CAM can also be connected to the home/office network through the 802.11 b/g wireless connection. There are only three things that you need to do to have the wireless connection: 1. Set the WiFi security settings on the web configuration page. 2.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 2-9: Unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the WiFi function...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3. Web configurations You can login into the web configuration page by directly key-in the IP address of the IP CAM or right-click the searched IP CAM in the “Auto Search” list of the CamView software and click the “Web Configure” to open the login window of the IP CAM.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.1. Information The first page of the web configuration of the IP CAM is the information page. You can see the model name/firmware version, IP CAM ID, registration status, network type and current video settings( bandwidth, resolution) in this page. The IP CAM can be viewed remotely by the CamView software only when the IP CAM is registered.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.2. Video Display This display page allows you to view the video display and control the pan/tilt movement of the IP camera. For the first time use of this display on a computer, an activeX component will be automatically downloaded into the browser. This could take some time, depends on the internet speed.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera accordingly. You can click the (x,y) axis of the patrol point to direct the view to this specific patrol point directly. After the patrol points are set, you can click the “Patrol” button to start the patrol through these points one time. 6.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.3. Network The Network page allows you to modify the network settings of the wired Ethernet. The default settings use DHCP to obtain an IP address automatically. In most of the home and office network environment, there is a DHCP server running. In this situation, by using this default settings, the IP CAM can work immediately in most of the time.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-6: Network settings page for fixed IP address...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.4. WiFi security You can use the wireless to connect the IP CAM to the network. If your network environment has a 802.11 b/g router or AP running, you can check the “Enable WiFi function” button to use the wireless. Figure 3-7: WiFi security disabled page In order to use the wireless network, you need to fill the following fields: SSID –...
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera All the fields in this page must be filled correctly with the same settings the wireless router or AP using. Figure 3-8: WiFi security enabled page You can click the “WiFi test” button to check if the IP CAM can connect to the wireless network for these settings.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-9: WiFi testing page...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.5. Advanced Network In some special situation, your network environment only provides PPPoE connection(ADSL service), there is no NAT/router available. You will then need to set the PPPoE settings in the “Advanced Network” page. Only the PPPoE username and password are needed to let PPPoE work.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.6. Video Settings The IP CAM is designed to provide high quality video for viewing from CamView software. In this page, you cam modify some settings related to the video viewing: 1. Password(play video) – this is the password needed for viewing the video from the CamView software.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera this situation, change the setting to “Indoor video” will solve the problem. Please also be noticed that in “Indoor video” setting, the video display of outdoor view is very vague. For indoor usage, if there is strong sun light into the room, please select the “Indoor+sun light”...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.7. 3GPP/RTSP settings The IP CAM is able to be viewed from a 3G mobile phone, for detailed settings on the 3G mobile phone, please refer to Appendix E. Users can disable the 3G mobile access ability in this page. After the 3GPP/RTSP feature is disabled, no 3G mobile phone is allowed to access the video of the IP camera.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.8. Email/ftp alarm The IP Camera provides the Email/ftp function, you can enable or schedule the Email/ftp ability in this page, the IP Camera will then send out an email with a jpeg picture attached in the email and/or send out the jpeg picture file to a ftp server. The related settings are explained below: 1.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera username and password fields could be left empty if no authentication is needed for the SMTP server. 7. SMTP server test – after the settings are filled, you could press “SMTP server test” to check if all the settings are correct. 8.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.9. DI/DO settings The video server product provides DI/DO alarm function, a video motion detection or the digital input signal could trigger the digital output alarm. The duration of the alarm could also be set. The related settings are explained below: 1.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.10. NAS settings The IP Camera provides the recording of the video files into a standard NAS ( Network Access Storage ) device. The IP camera connects to the NAS device using the standard LMX_NS/CIFS/SSN protocols that are the same as the Microsoft Windows network neighborhood protocols.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera where ID is the ID of this IP camera. All the recorded files are with the name of hhmmss.crf format, where hh is the hour, mm is the minute, ss is the second of the starting time of the recording video. The files are segmented every five minutes. Users can use the free bundled CamPlay software to play back the video files.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.11. SD-Card settings The IP camera provides the recording of the video files into a standard Micro SD-Card. Since this recording is directly to the SD-Card, there is no network packets loss problem when recording to remote device through internet. Notice : when the IP camera is doing SD-Card recording, this is counted as one video user.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-17: SD-Card information page...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.12. Scheduling The IP camera provides the scheduling function for the motion detection triggered email/ftp sending and/or the NAS recording with the individual parameters set in the . “Email/ftp alarm” settings and the “NAS settings” page. Totally 12 schedule list items are allowed.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera For “Every day”, can set the time duration of every day for the scheduling. For “Fixed time”, can set the starting date/time and the end date/time of the scheduling period. Figure 3-18: Schedule management page...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.13. Led Display Control The IP CAM provides the Led Display Control function, you can enable or disable the led display/indication on the front panel of the IP cam device. The related settings are explained below: 1.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.14. Date/Time The IP CAM can synchronize the date/time with the universally available time server( for example stdtime.gov.tw) through NTP protocol. The date/time will then be corrected with the time server anytime when the Internet is connected. Users can choose the different TimeZone of their areas to display the correct time.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.15. Admin In this page, you can modify the web login account. With this account, you can login to the IP CAM and do any modifications. The default account is “admin” without password. If the login account is forgotten, you can reset the IP CAM to the factory default settings by following the steps in section 3.19 and login with the “admin”...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.16. Upgrade If there is some new firmware available from the supplier of this IP CAM, you can upgrade the firmware on this page. Please ask for the correct information about FTP server, username/password account and firmware filename from your supplier, and then do this upgrade.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Figure 3-23: Firmware upgrade status page...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.17. Reboot You can restart the IP CAM manually on this page. All the connected video viewing users will be disconnected. Figure 3-24: System reboot settings page Figure 3-25: System reboot under-going page...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.18. Safe Mode If by some abnormal operation, for example, powered off during the critical point of the upgrade procedure, the IP CAM will enter into the safe mode. In this mode, you will see the following “Safe mode” page when login into this IP CAM. Please do the upgrade operation immediately to recover the system.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 3.19. Set to factory default For some reason, for example you forgot the web login password, you may want to set the IP CAM to the factory default settings. The only thing you need to do is using a stick to press the “reset”...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 4. Features and specifications 4.1. Features Easily access the camera from anywhere in the world via the ID/password No complicated NAT/router settings needed. Free video management software - CamView program accompanied for easy access and multi-camera management. 3GPP/ISMA support.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera 5. Package contents Figure 5-1: The IP camera body Figure 5-2: Power Adaptor Figure 5-3: Quick installation guide Figure 5-4: Ethernet cable Figure 5-5: Installation CD Figure 5-6: ID/Password Card...
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix A. List of Tested NAT/router Devices The followings are the list of tested NAT/router devices that can work with the IP CAM and CamView software when viewing in a remote location. You do not need to do any modification on the default settings of the NAT/routers.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix B. Maximum Allowed Video Users The maximum allowed video users for a single Pan/Tilt camera at the same time is dependent on the video settings including “Internet speed” and resolution. The followings are the summary of the maximum allowed video users: 1.
SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix C. Performance Information 1. Video Performance Information The video quality is dependent on the video parameter settings and the network quality. If you want to have a better video quality, you will usually set higher resolution and higher frame rate.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix D. Trouble shooting 1. What’s going on when the red led light on the IP camera is flashing? A: When the IP Cam is connected to the Internet and working correctly, the red led light will be on constantly. If the red led light is flashing, it’s probably because there is some network connecting problem.
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This will tremendously improve the video quality in dark environment. Another model of our IP Cam products SSC613w with IR led inside could help on some of the very tough environment even in wholly darkness. But please be noticed that when the IR led is turned on in the dark room, the video will be black and white only.
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix E. 3GPP/ISMA operation 3GPP/ISMA is using RTSP protocol for 3G mobile phone to display the video stream from some network devices, including IP camera. The IP camera supports the RTSP protocol and video/audio codec needed by 3GPP/ISMA. Users only need to access the address rtsp://ip_cam_address/CAM_ID.password on the 3G mobile...
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SprintSc Pan/Tilt IP Camera Appendix F. Third party and embedded web page integration For third party and embedded web page integration, the IP camera supports the standard RTSP protocol and video/audio codecs needed by most generally used video play software, including Apple QuickTime and VideoLAN. The supported media protocols including TCP and UDP.
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