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  • Page 1 User's Manual Version : CS-W04G_CS-TX04F_manual_HK-A_V1.1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction......................1 Package Content ....................1 System Requirement ................... 1 Hardware Installation................... 2 LED and Focusing ....................2 Camera Ports....................3 Installation Procedure ..................4 Software Installation .................... 5 Using the Administrator Utility ................12 General Setting....................13 6.1.1 Configure Camera...................14 Using the Viewer Utility..................17 Configure IP camera viewer................20 7.1.1 Configure cameras..................20...
  • Page 3 12. Appendix B Set up WLAN step by step ............. 70 13. Appendix C Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP ..........76 14. Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server ........... 80...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Use the instructions in this Guide to help you integrate the Camera into your network. These instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Internet Camera. 2. Package Content CS-TX04F or CS-W04G (this product) AC Adapter Camera Stand Kit...

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    4. Hardware Installation 4.1 LED and Focusing The Camera head and its focus ring allow you to modify the aim and focus of the Camera. To adjust the Camera’s focus, rotate the dark focus ring. There are four LEDs indicating the camera status and networking status. Power When the camera is power on, the LED will light.

  • Page 6: Camera Ports

    4.2 Camera Ports The Camera features three ports and a Reset button. Power The Power port is where you can connect the power adapter. The LAN port is where you can connect the Ethernet network cable. WLAN (Antenna Connector) This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Internet Camera..

  • Page 7: Installation Procedure

    4.3 Installation Procedure 1. Unpack the Internet Camera package and verify that all the items listed in the Chapter 2 are provided. 2. Connect the Internet Camera to your network by attached the network cable from the switch/router to the UTP port of the Internet Camera. 3.

  • Page 8: Software Installation

    5. Software Installation Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly through the Installation process. The following installation is implemented in Windows XP. The installation procedures in Windows Server 2003 are similar. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The “Autorun.exe”...
  • Page 9 3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation. 4. If you wish to install the software program in an alternate location, click “Change”; otherwise click “Next” to move on to the next step.
  • Page 10 5. Click “Install” to start installing the program. 6. The system will install the program automatically.
  • Page 11 7. Click “Finish” to complete ‘’Administrator Utility’’ installation. 8. After finished the installation of Administrator Utility, please go back to wizard page and click ‘’Install 16 Chan camera viewer’’, the system will start running viewer installation and the procedures are similar to the installation of administration utility. 9.
  • Page 12 10. Please enter the default password “password” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page. 11. Internet Camera is working through the network (TCP/IP Protocol). The IP address and subnet mask setting must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera. The wizard program will detect the IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IP address for the Camera.
  • Page 13 12. Click ‘IP Cam Surveillance Software’ icon from desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software. 13. Please click ‘System configure’ button and a popup menu will appear Please select ‘Configure Cameras’ to configure cameras...
  • Page 14 14. In this table you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to 16 cameras can be connected simultaneously, choose the camera you want to connect on the ‘’Camera Search’’ list and click ‘’Select’’ to add it into the channel you want to view, enter the default password ‘’password’’, then click ‘’ok’’...

  • Page 15: Using The Administrator Utility

    6. Using the Administrator Utility The Administrator Utility allows users to search and setup the cameras located within the Intranet or on the Internet. From the utility, users can view all the information of the selected camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard, which can guide users to add the camera to the network easily and promptly.

  • Page 16: General Setting

    6.1 General Setting Information of Camera Camera Information It displays all information of the selected camera. The information includes MAC address, IP Address, Camera Name and Model. Task Bar Search Camera Click ‘’Search Camera’’ to search cameras on the network. Browse Camera via Web Click ‘’Browse Camera via Web’’...

  • Page 17: Configure Camera

    6.1.1 Configure Camera When you click the “Configure Camera”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “Admin” Password: “1234” If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.

  • Page 18: Lan Setting

    6.1.1.1 LAN Setting LAN Setting IP Address Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.
  • Page 19 you must type http://192.168.2.3:8080 to connect the camera through web browser. 6.1.1.2 Security Security Camera Name The default camera name is “IC1500WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.. New Password Enter the new password you want to use for the camera. Confirm Password Retype the new password to confirm the setting.

  • Page 20: Using The Viewer Utility

    7. Using the Viewer Utility You can click ‘IPCam Surveillance Software’ icon from desktop, quick launch bar, or start menu to start the IP camera surveillance software. Before you start: IP camera surveillance software will only work when your monitor’s resolution is ‘1024 x 768’.
  • Page 21 Item Description Video displaying The image of all connected cameras will be displayed here. area Language Select a language from this dropdown menu to change display language. Display layout Change camera image display layout (Click a layout icon to change camera display layout). There are 8 kinds of available display layouts.
  • Page 22 Message display Displays all system messages like camera is disconnected etc. Close window Terminates IP camera surveillance software. (stop surveillance) Minimize window Minimizes IP camera surveillance software window. Video displaying Displays the image of all cameras by the display layout you area selected.

  • Page 23: Configure Ip Camera Viewer

    7.1 Configure IP camera viewer 7.1.1 Configure cameras Before you use this IP camera surveillance software, you must configure the camera(s) you wish to connect. Please click ‘System configure’ button and a popup menu will appear: Please select ‘Configure Cameras’ to configure cameras: Note: If you’re prompted by a windows security alert which asks you if you want to block ‘IPCamViewer’...
  • Page 24 7.1.1.1 ‘Camera’ tab In this tab you can configure all cameras you wish to connect. Up to 16 cameras can be connected simultaneously: Here are the descriptions of all setting items:...
  • Page 25 Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Camera Search All cameras found on your local network will be displayed in ‘Camera Search’ box. Select Select a camera listed in ‘Camera Search’ box, and click ‘Select’ button to fill all parameters of selected camera in every camera configuration fields.
  • Page 27 7.1.1.2 Schedule Recording In this tab, you can setup scheduled video recording, so you can record the video captured by all cameras you have by a pre-defined schedule. Here are the descriptions of all setting items:...
  • Page 28 Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. One Time You can specify the one-time schedule for selected camera; Schedules this schedule will be executed once only. Click this button and a new window will appear: (One Time Schedules) Please specify the time duration of this one-time schedule (the date and time of ‘From’...
  • Page 29 You can define recording schedule that will be executed at the specified time of certain weekday(s) in a week. Please check all weekdays that applies, and set the start time in ‘From’ field. You can set the duration of video recording in ‘Period’...
  • Page 30 7.1.1.3 Audio For cameras that support audio, you can use this tab to decide if you wish to hear the audio captured by selected camera. Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Mute Audio Check this box and the IP camera surveillance software will not play the audio captured by this camera.

  • Page 31: Motion Record

    7.1.1.4 Motion Record With this function activated, only motions captured by the camera will be recorded, so you don’t have to waste hard disk storage space on images you don’t need to pay attention to. WARNING: For applications that security is highly concerned, it’s not recommended to use this function since some tiny changes you may need to know may not be able to trigger the camera and the camera will not start recording.
  • Page 32 Item Description Channel Select the channel number you wish to set. Enable Enable motion record function. Disable Disable motion record function. Recording Time Select the time duration that camera will record when a motion has been detected from dropdown menu in seconds. Invoke alarm Send an alarm when a motion has been detected by the when motion is...

  • Page 33: General Settings

    7.1.2 General Settings You can set system-wide settings of this IP camera surveillance software in this menu. 7.1.2.1 ‘General’ tab All general settings like file storage directory and recording spaces can be set here. Here are the descriptions of all setting items:...
  • Page 34 Item Description Data Directory Set the directory (folder) you wish to store the recorded video and captured image. You can click ‘Browse’ button to pick a directory in your hard disk. Free Recording Displays remaining storage space. Space Max Video File Defines the maximum file size of every video file.
  • Page 35 7.1.2.2 ‘E-Mail Setting’ tab If you want to use motion detection function and wish to get an email that contains the image captured by the camera, please setup your email related parameters here first. Here are the descriptions of all setting items:...
  • Page 36 Item Description E-Mail Subject Specify the subject of sending email. Recipient E-Mail Here lists all email addresses you set. Address Click this button and you’ll be prompted to input the email address. Click ‘OK’ to save changes. Edit Select an email address from ‘Recipient E-Mail Address’ box, and click ‘Edit’...
  • Page 37 Cancel Discard all settings in this tab. 7.1.2.3 Security If you don’t want other people to access this IP camera surveillance software, you can set a password to protect it. You’ll need to input the password every time you wish to use this IP camera surveillance software: To set password, please use ‘Security’...
  • Page 38 Here are the descriptions of all setting items: Item Description Enable Requires password authentication when this software starts. Disable Password authentication is not required when this software starts. Password Input the password you wish to use here. Confirm Input the password you wish to use here again. Password...
  • Page 39 7.1.2.4 About This tab shows the version number of the IP camera surveillance software you’re using.

  • Page 40: Change Display Layout

    7.2 Change Display Layout This IP camera surveillance software provides 8 kinds of display layout: Every layout displays different number of camera and camera arrangement, you can click the icon that presents a specific kind of layout, and the video displaying area will change accordingly.
  • Page 41 Displays the video of 1 camera only. Layout style 1: 1 Camera only Displays the video of up to 4 cameras. Layout style 2: 4 Cameras Layout style Displays the video of up to 6 cameras. 3: 6 Cameras...
  • Page 42 Layout style Displays the video of up to 8 cameras. 4: 8 Cameras Layout style Displays the video of up to 16 cameras. 5: 9 Cameras Layout style Displays the video of up to 10 cameras. 6: 10 Cameras...
  • Page 43 Layout style Displays the video of up to 13 cameras. 7: 13 Cameras Layout style Displays the video of up to 16 cameras. 8: 16 Cameras...

  • Page 44: Full-Screen Mode

    7.3 Full-screen mode If you want to use all available spaces on your monitor to display surveillance image, you can click ‘Full Screen’ button to switch display mode to full-screen mode. To exit full-screen mode, press ‘ESC’ key.

  • Page 45: Scan

    7.4 Scan If you have more than one camera configured, and you wish to switch the displaying image between cameras, you can click ‘Scan’ button to switch between all configured cameras. NOTE: If a camera is configured but disconnected, it will still be displayed in a scan sequence (you’ll see nothing and you’ll see ‘Disconnected’...

  • Page 46: Zoom-In / Zoom-Out

    7.5 Zoom-in / Zoom-out For cameras that support zoom-in / zoom-out function, you can use this function to see more objects that fall in the scope of camera’s view, or enlarge the image size of a certain object to see its detail. Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image, then click see more objects that fall in the scope of camera’s...

  • Page 47: Ptz (For Pz Camera Only)

    7.6 PTZ (for PZ camera only) For cameras that support PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom), you can change the position that camera points to, to see different places that fall in the scope of camera’s view. Please select a camera in video displaying area by clicking on its image, and then click the directions you wish the camera to move to (total 8 directions available).

  • Page 48: Snapshot

    7.7 Snapshot You can take a snapshot of selected camera and save it to ‘Snapshot’ sub-folder of pre-defined data directory. Click snapshot button once to take a snapshot; you can take as much snapshot as you want before hard disk is full.

  • Page 49: Recording

    7.8 Recording You can start video recording of selected camera manually by clicking ‘Start Recording’ button: When recording starts, you’ll see a message displayed in message displaying box like ‘1/1 10:00:00, Camera 2 Start Manual’, which means camera 1 starts recording manually on 1/1 at 10:00:00. To stop recording, click ‘Start Recording’...

  • Page 50: Video Playback

    7.9 Video Playback You can playback all recorded video by clicking this button. A new window will appear: You have to search the video file before you can play it. There are two kinds of video search: Time Search (search all videos file that falls in a specific period of time) and Motion Search (search all videos recorded by motion detection function and falls in a specific period of time).

  • Page 51: Web Connection And Setup

    8. Web Connection and Setup You can use the Web browser to connect the camera for viewing or setting. Open the web browser and enter the IP Address of the camera to establish a connection. The default IP Address of the camera is “192.168.1.200”. When the welcome screen appears, enter the “Admin Name”...
  • Page 52 the video image will be shown up in the web screen directly. After installed the ActiveX plug-in, The menu options for the web control screen are as follows. Camera – View live video and adjust the video format from the menu. LAN –...

  • Page 53: Camera Setting

    8.1 Camera Setting Camera Setting Resolution Select the desired video resolution format. Larger resolution requires more bandwidth. 640 x 480 is “VGA” format. 320 x 240 is “CIF” format. The default resolution is CIF format. Image Quality Adjust this property to control the video quality Max Frame Rate Set the video max frame rate.
  • Page 54 Contrast You can adjust the contrast by change the value. This value can be from 1 to 100. Saturation You can adjust the saturation by change the value. This value can be from 1 to 100. You can adjust the hue by change the value. This value can be from 1 to 100.

  • Page 55: Lan Setting

    8.2 LAN Setting Network Type This camera can obtain IP via DHCP protocol or specified static IP Address to it.. IP Address Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.199, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.1.198.
  • Page 56 Video Port The AV Control Port is used to transmit or receive the AV streaming in the network. The default port setting is “4321”. If you want to view the video from the camera, the port setting should be correct. Web Port This camera support web connection, the default web port is 80.
  • Page 57 Password Enter the password for the DDNS service. Apply When you finish the “Dynamic DNS” setting, click “Apply”. UPnP Enable UPNP Enable or disable UPnP function of the camera. Apply When you finish the “UPnP” setting, click “Apply”. LoginFree Filename The default value is “loginfree”.

  • Page 58: Wlan

    8.3 WLAN Wireless Setting Wireless connection Enable or disable the wireless function of the Internet Camera. By default, the function is disabled. Network Type Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of a Wireless LAN Access Point or Router. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router.
  • Page 59 You may specify a SSID for the card and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the card. If you want to add one of the networks nearby to the profile list, pull down the menu, all the networks nearby will be listed and you can add one of them to the profile list.
  • Page 60 Fill the text box by following rules below. 64-bit – Input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or 5-digit ASCII characters (including “a-z” and “0-9”) as the encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef“ or “test1”. 128-bit – Input 26-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or 13-digit ASCII characters (including “a-z”...

  • Page 61: E-Mail And Ftp

    8.4 E-Mail and FTP The “E-Mail & FTP” lets you setup E-Mail client and FTP client that camera can sent live video to your e-mail account or FTP server when Motion has been detected. AV Server Recipient E-Mail Address This camera supports “Motion Detection” function. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the pictures.
  • Page 62 FTP Server This camera supports “Motion Detection” functions. When Motion Detection event occurred, you can record the pictures to FTP server. Enter the FTP address for receiving the pictures. FTP Port Enter the port of the FTP server. User Name Specify the user account of ftp server.

  • Page 63: Motion Detection

    8.5 Motion Detection The “Motion Detection” allows users to setup the behavior of motion detection feature. Motion Detection Motion Detection Enable Enable or Disable the Motion Detection Function. Next Event Detected Setup the interval between two events. For example, if you setup Interval the interval to 5 seconds, the next event will start after this event finished + 5 seconds.

  • Page 64: System

    8.6 System The “System” allows users to setup the camera’s parameters, like camera name, data/time setting. And also provide firmware upgrade and reset tools at this page. System Camera Name The default camera name is “CX-W04G”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.
  • Page 65 NTP Server Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server. Upgrade Firmware You can upgrade camera’s firmware via this function. Press the browse button, find the correct firmware and press upgrade. Reset to Factory Defaults If you want to reset all the camera settings to default, click this button.

  • Page 66: Status

    8.7 Status The “Status” shows the current firmware version, uptime, system time and IP information of this camera.

  • Page 67: Users

    8.8 Users The “Users” allows users to add four user accounts which are able to view video from Camera Viewer and Web Management. These users, unlike Administrator, are not allowed to configure the camera. User 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 User # Enable or Disable the user number #.

  • Page 68: Log

    8.9 Log The “Log” allows users to monitor the device event and time. If you have trouble to use this device, the log file will help administrator to know the status of device. Log screen The screen will show event and event time of device. Refresh You can press “Refresh”...

  • Page 69: Frequently Asked Questions

    9. Frequently Asked Questions Q1: What is an Internet Camera? A: The Internet Camera is a standalone system connecting directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. It is different from the conventional PC Camera; the Internet Camera is an all-in-one system with built-in CPU and web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that can transmit high quality video images for monitoring.

  • Page 70: Technical Specifications

    10. Technical Specifications Video specification Max Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels Sensor: 300K pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Focal Length: 4.8 mm Aperture: F=1.8 Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MJPEG Image Video Digital 24-bit Color Frame rate: 30fps@QVGA, 20fps@VGA Video resolution: 176 x 144, 320x240, 640x480...

  • Page 71: Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup For Internet Viewing

    11. Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing To view Internet Camera across the Internet, you have to make sure Router/Gateway has configured to pass incoming TCP/UDP connections from remote PC to the Internet Camera. The Router/Gateway should set port forwarding or virtual server for the connections. Please illustration as below.
  • Page 72 the web port is not default port “80”, but changed to 8080. The remote user has to enter http://203.30.212.82:8080. Viewing Internet Camera via Camera Viewer Utility Setup 2 If you want to use Camera Viewer Utility to view the camera, please make sure the Router/Gateway has configured setup2.

  • Page 73: Appendix B Set Up Wlan Step By Step

    12. Appendix B Set up WLAN step by step Please follow the procedures below: Please Check you Router Wireless settings, Suggesting Open System ( Disable security ) first.
  • Page 76 Please turn on DHCP Server of the Router for this testing. Please reset the Wireless IP Camera settings to Factory Defaults by press the Reset button over 8 seconds. Please change your PC’s IP address to 192.168.2.xx (which xx from 10 to 253), Netmask = 255.255.255.0 Please go to Web-Config WLAN section of the Wireless IP Camera.
  • Page 77 Please go to the LAN section of Web-Config. Select DHCP and press Apply button. Then you could close this IE browser window now. Please UNPLUG the Ethernet Cable of the Wireless IP Camera now!
  • Page 78 Wait for seconds then the Wireless IP Camera should be linked with the Wireless Router. Now you could let your PC to be connected with the Wireless Router. (10) In this case, if your PC’s DHCP Client IP is 192.168.8.101, then the Wireless IP Camera must be 192.168.8.100, because Wireless IP Camera was got IP early then your PC.

  • Page 79: Appendix C Viewing Via Upnp In Windows Xp

    13. Appendix C Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly double click the camera or right click the camera and select “Invoke”...
  • Page 80 Enable UPnP in Windows XP SP2 If you can’t find the camera in the Neighborhood of Windows XP SP2 or you have seen the following message when you double click the camera. You have to check if UPnP function is blocked by the firewall.
  • Page 81 4. The “Windows Firewall” screen will be popped up, select “Exceptions” option menu.
  • Page 82 5. Enable “UPnP Framework” from the “Programs and Services list” and click “Ok”.

  • Page 83: Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server

    14. Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server Graphics Hardware Acceleration and DirectX are disabled by default on a Server configuration to ensure maximum stability and uptime. But for any reason you need to enable them to use DirectX enabled applications this section will guide you through on how you can do it.
  • Page 84 Enabling DirectX go to Start -> Run -> and type dxdiag followed by enter. You will get a dialog box asking if you want to allow dxdiag to access the internet to check for valid WHQL certificates - click on Yes. Let's click on the Display tab, now click on all three boxes to enable DirectDraw, Direct3D and AGP Texture Acceleration.
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