Important Safety Instructions Before operating this machine, please read the entire manual thoroughly. This unit is designed to be used as surveillance appliance for transporting sounds and images to and from other locations across various interconnects. The manufacturer designed, built, and tested this product for use indoors, using nominal local voltages.
About This Document This manual is intended for administrators and users of NetCam 8001 Network Camera. The manual includes instructions for installing and using the product on your network. Any previous experience of networking will be of use to the reader when installing and using this product. With knowledge of IP networking, router, firewall, UNIX/Linux-based systems would also be greatly helpful for installing and operating the system.
The Package Contents hank you for choosing the Asante products. NetCam 8001 is a very competitive Pan Tilt(Digital Zoom) Network Camera system. It is to plug into Ethernet jack with plug-n-play fashion to allow you to delivers clear and sharp image to any browser on the Internet. The NetCam 8001 PT(Z) Internet Camera is provided with the following accessories.
1. System Requirements NetCam 8001/P/W PT(Z) Internet Camera Internet Environments 10/100M Ethernet Wireless LAN 802.11b or 802.11g Monitor System Requirements OS support Windows 2000 Professional SP4, XP Home SP2 Browser support Internet Explorer 6.x or later CPU: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or later...
2. Introduction The NetCam 8001 PT Network Camera is a combined Network Camera and Pan/Tilt device. It plugs directly into an Ethernet network and delivers clear and sharp surveillance video/images to any Internet browser via Ethernet or IP network. The NetCam 8001 includes its own, built-in Web server that enhances traditional surveillance systems by distributing monitored images over a secure intranet network.
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Cost effective - NetCam 8001 can deliver quality image/video over prevail broadband IP networks such as DSL/cable or any Ethernet which is majority of worldwide Internet infrastructure. The load or overhead to bring this IP surveillance is very cost effective. There is no additional hardware of software are required.
3. Product Description Please do read the following information to familiarize with NetCam 8001 before you start to install and use it. Front View o Link Indicator The Network Link LED shows steady, flash or off during normal operation end depend on setting.
Tripod Mounting The NetCam 8001 is supplied with a screw hole for tripod mounting. The screw hole is located on the base of the unit, as shown below. The base plate of the NetCam 8001 is similar, but is supplied with a ceiling or wall mounting plate instead of the tripod screw hole. Wall Mounting the NetCam 8001 The NetCam 8001 is designed exclusively for ceiling/wall mounting and a special mounting plate is supplied for the purpose.
Audio/Video Output Plug the AV converter into the audio/video output. The yellow RCA female plug is for video output. The white RCA female plug is for audio output. LAN Socket Connect the LAN cable into the LAN socket. External alert bus (DI/DO) For more information about DI/DO, refer to Attachment A.
External alert bus Reset Link LED and Event LED 1. Link LED: The green LED lights up when you transmit images after turning on the camera. 2. Event LED: The green LED flashes when motion or alert detection is implemented after you turn on the camera.
4. Installing The System Before connecting the hardware 1. Please be aware of that it is required to connect a PC and NetCam 8001 on the same IP network or same Ethernet switch or hub for easier set up. 2. By default, NetCam 8001 is set at 192.168.0.20 private IP address. 3.
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3. External Alarm DI/DO connector – Please refer appendix A. 4. Reset button is to reset the system back to manufacturing default setting. 5. Connect the power cable to the power supply connector and connect it to the main power supply.
View or set up device via browser System Requirements Windows 2000 Professional SP4 or XP Home SP2/Profession 256 MB Memory Ethernet/WLAN Internet Explorer 6.x or above VGA resolution: 800 x 600 or above CPU:Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or above (If you would like to monitor multiple IP camera and record, Pentium 4 with 3GHz above or Dual Core Intel process, 1 GB Memory and 32 MB display card are recommended)...
some limitations. Using the Port Forwarding, you can make local computers or servers available to the Internet for different services (for example, FTP or HTTP), to play Internet games (like Quake III), or to use Internet applications (like CUseeMe). Port Forwarding is designed for FTP, Web Server or other server based services like IP Camera web server.
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3. Verify Internet browser security. Click menu “tools” and “Internet Options” . Continue click tab on “Security” and press the button on “Default Level”. If your browser is being set into “Medium”, then you may close all pop-up windows meaning you should be able to access video without any blocking.
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5. Verify Window Firewall Setting. Click Control Panel and Window Firewall. If the setting is ON, then the IP video may be blocked but in normal case the Windows may ask if you want to unblock for temporary. It is not recommend to turn off firewall permanently in order to view the video.
Use Internet Explorer (IE) Browser 1. Start a new IE browser 2. Enter NetCam 8001 IP address and enter default username “root” with a default password “root”. 3. You should be able to observe NetCam 8001 control panel and video. If video can not be observed, then you may be blocked by your firewall or router.
5. The Basic Operations Web Control Features Descriptions Main Page Video Camera product’s main page display the video streaming from camera or video server using TCP, UDP or HTTP transport to streaming the video to viewer, where Under the video frame, there is text message showing source streaming is presented at 4 different resolutions of video format.
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Streaming: Video Streaming Protocol UDP (User Datagram Protocol) UDP is non-flow control protocol and it is good for real time video voice application. However, the UDP packet will no guarantee of delivering and re-transmit if UDP packet loss due to the network or intermediate IP network node congestion or service disruption.
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Camera Control Panel Camera control panel offers capability of managing camera from Pan, Tilt, Preset position, or auto Pan. The camera control wheel is able to manage the direction, speed of pan and tilt, and display “alert message” Control wheel: With Up, Down, Left and Right directional button to allow you to adjust the direction.
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Tour : Device could be arranged by automatically “touring” each “preset location” with still stand at that location for a dwelling timer. The timer is configurable. Procedure describes as follow: 1) Select SET, a sub window will popup 2) Select Location Number from sub windows and enter the position name. 3) Control camera wheel to desire location for this position identity 4) Click “Update”...
Setting Page System : System Info Device Name - Any Device Name should be entered without any space. MAC address – Network Camera/server Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) address. IP address – Network Camera/server Internet Protocol (IP) address. Network Mask – IP address network mask for subnetwork setting Gateway –...
System Log : Network Camera/server system log Administrator can understand the usage on this device including ON and OFF device, streaming viewer, Login users and time. Video/Image : Vide/Image: 3GPP To view the camera image using a 3G cellular phone, click Enable to enable the 3GPP mode. (Note: When the 3GPP mode has been activated, all relevant parameters are set automatically and cannot be changed.
Vide/Image: Video Format You can select MPEG4 or MJPEG as the video format. It is recommended to select MPEG4 for real-time browsing to optimize the bandwidth. MJPEG is a good choice for the best resolution when video recording is required for collection of evidence. Video Image: Video Resolution Generally speaking, selection of resolution is depending on the bandwidth of the network you can afford.
Video Image: Frame Per Second (FPS) Frame per Second (FPS): Frames per second to stream on the network NTSC have 30, 15, 10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, frame rates selection PAL have 25, 12, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 frame rates selection Video Image: Video Quality Video quality subjects to be determined by the quality of each image frame or quality of consecutive video motion which we offer.
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Fix Quality: Device will perform best effort in the quality level of Best Better Normal Fast Fastest Fix Bit Rate: This device offers 15 different rates, Higher the bandwidth you select, the better and smooth video quality will be delivered. This is a constant bit rate quality which the video will be within the range of bandwidth you select.
Video Image: GOP (Group Of Pictures) GOP provides users with the function to set the pages of the I Frame and P Frame to be transmitted in the MPEG4 mode. Basically, the I Frame page contains the entire picture and needs higher bandwidth, while the P Frame page only contains the parts that are different from the I Frame and needs lower bandwidth.
User Live View System Setting Video Setting 3GPP Audio Setting Date / Time Setting User Setting Wireless DDNS setting PPPoE setting Network Setting Streaming UPnP SMTP SAMBA Notification IP Filter setting schedule setting Event Setting event server trigger setting Motion Setting Firmware Upgrade Factory default Delete: Remove current user.
Network IP Assignment DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Default is OFF. Factory preset IP address as 192.168.0.20. DHCP setting will issue DHCP request to any available DHCP server in your network environment. On the return, you will receive a “legal” IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, DNS 1, DNS 2: DNS: system can not run without a correct DNS, particular to the SMTP mail, and DDNS service.
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From the AP information table, you can find out the SSID, Mode, Channel, Encryption, Quality, and MAC address, where SSIS is the only item you need to select to configure network wireless setting. Encryption is required to be identical to AP encryption setting. Please consult your IT manager to acquire the Encryption Key information and at least one key is required.
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WORKSTATION 1 WORKSTATION 2 AdHoc networking mode 2. AdHoc: Point-to-point networking mode This camera connects to other wireless devices via a wireless network when it is in the AdHoc point-to-point networking mode; i.e. the product connects to other devices equipped with built-in wireless connection function without the need to access from any AP.
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Shared Key Authentication Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in the authentication process have the same "shared" key or pass phrase. The shared key is manually set on both the client station and the AP/router. Three types of shared key authentication are available today for home or small office WLAN environments.
of 128 Bit encryptions is equivalent to 26 sets of hexadecimal digits or 13 sets of ASCII characters. Encoding Available characters 64 Bit 128 Bit Example.: Wireless mode setting (applicable to most situations) Selection: 1. Mode: Select Infrastructure to connect the camera to a wireless base station. 2.
Default is OFF. Factory preset IP address as 192.168.0.20. DHCP setting will issue DHCP request to any available DHCP server in your network environment. On the return, you will receive a “legal” IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, DNS 1, DNS 2: Streaming 1.
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PPPoE is a tunneling protocol which allows layering IP, or other protocols that run over PPP, over a connection between two Ethernet ports, but with the software features of a PPP link, so it is used to virtually "dial" to another Ethernet machine and make a point to point connection with it, which is then used to transport IP packets, based on the features of PPP.
Network: PPPoE (dial-up networking setting) PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is a protocol that supports access to a high-speed wideband network using a PC and a wideband modem (such as xDSL, Cable, Wireless modem). The user need only to equip the PC with an Ethernet card and apply to an ISP (such as HiNet) and an ADSL provider (such as Chunghwa Telecom) for ADSL service to roam the Internet through ordinary twisted copper wires.
Network: PPPoE: PPPoE Dial: You can select whether or not to dial when you boot the machine (On Boot or Off). Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. Password: Enter the password. Network: PPPoE: PPPoE Information IP Address: The IP address acquired when dialing has been executed successfully. Subnet Mask: The subnet mask information acquired when dialing has been executed successfully.
DDNS DDNS: Dynamic Domain Name Server DDNS is a service that maps Internet domain names to IP addresses. DDNS serves a similar purpose to DNS: DDNS allows anyone hosting a Web or FTP server to advertise a public name to prospective users. Unlike DNS that only works with static IP addresses, DDNS works with dynamic IP addresses, such as those assigned by an ISP or other DHCP server.
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DDNS helps you locate your website and access your website easily. You can find a lot of free DDNS service providers on the Internet, such as www.no-ip.com and www.DynDNS.org. Some gateway-routers can directly communicate with DDNS. In this case, you may directly enter your DDNS account on the setting page in the Internet router, and then the router will update your WAN IP status whenever it is changed and report to the DDNS.
UPnP: Universal Plug and Play UPnP Device If you connect your camera to a router, IP allocator, or wireless AP, your camera will possibly be blocked by the NAT and can’t be located on the Internet. To penetrate the firewall, activate the supportive item- UPnP.
SMTP Server SMTP server is to set for alarm triggering report via email format. When the criteria or condition match on event from motion detection or alarm I/O or manual trigger, the image will be captured and email to the destination accordingly. SMTP server: Setting SMTP server IP address or domain name address –...
Samba Samba is software that can be run on a platform other than Microsoft Windows, for example, UNIX, Linux, IBM System 390, OpenVMS, and other operating systems. Samba uses the TCP/IP protocol that is installed on the host server. It allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server as if it is a Windows file and print server.
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Username: enter external file system account user name. (For NAS, please refer to NAS user manual to create user name and password). Password: enter external file system account password. Path: Enter the full path of destination to store your information in format of IP address and directory in the format as path //192.168.x.X/xxx where 192.168.x.x is storage IP address and xxx is the root directory.
Notification This setting is not necessary for a fixed IP address configuration. For a dynamic IP, you need to update the IP address every time you connect to the Internet to access the camera. This setting allows you to update the IP address by the automatic notification of IP address change. Choose one of the following three notice options to update the IP address: 1.
Date/Time (date/time setting) Server Time: Display the video device time. PC Time: Display the local PC or Laptop time. To synchronize the time, you may 1. Synchronize the time with PC’s time: The preset method of time synchronization of the camera time with your PC time. 2.
IP Filtering This function is to allow or deny any particular IP device to access this video device. General IP Filtering: enables/disables the IP filter Policy: allows/denies access Basic Setting => IP Filter => Filter IP Address (Overview of the set IPs) Add: enter the IP address you want to allow or deny the access of in the front field.
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Add Event : Add Event setting page Options: General: Name: Name the trigger event here. Response to event trigger: the time setting of the trigger event Always: Always monitoring During time: Check the date you want to monitor (Sun.~Sat.) and the duration of monitoring here.
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Add Schedule: Add Schedule setting page The Add Event setting page and the Add Schedule setting page are basically the same except that the Add Schedule setting page does not have the option “Trigger by” to indicate the sources of the trigger event. Click Save to save and activate your settings when you complete setting.
on-device memory. The above table is for your reference if you would like to use these types of notification for event. However, SAMBA will be the only exemption which does allow as many frames as you like due to the SAMBA is virtually local disk which can capture and write to the disk at the same time as long as your network has reasonable throughput.
7. Trigger SAMBA: Sending message to Samba shared folder Path: Enter the path of the shared folder in your PC. Event Servers (setting for uploading trigger event file to the server) You can perform a complete setting for uploading files to the server. Please set servers (SMTP, FTP, SAMBA…etc) in the Event Server setting by the instructions below: Click Add Ftp to go to the setting page and enter the information of the FTP server you specified.
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Network Address: IP address of the FTP Login: Log-in name Password: Log-in password Upload Path: Uploading path Port: Port (Default Standard FTP port is 21) Passive: Check to set the FTP status as passive Click Add Http to go to the setting page and enter the information of the HTTP server you specified.
Motion Detection You can open the setting frame by clicking on the area to monitor. To set the area to monitor, you can adjust the size of the frame by dragging the pointer to the frame edge and adjust after you move the mouse to the desire location. There are 3 frames available for setting.
Firmware upgrade Contact your dealer for more information about firmware upgrade. The sales representative will send you the latest version via e-mail or from ftp server. When you receive the firmware, please move the file (uImage.gz) to known location at your PC and execute the upgrade procedure as below.
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Note: You can not interrupt and power off the network camera while it is process of upgrading. The system may be damaged severely and may need to RMA for repairing. Firmware upgrading in a wireless network environment is not recommended. When the firmware upgrade has been completed, you don't need to restart the camera manually.
Factory Default You can use this function to reset to factory default, but all changes, including the IP address, you have made are deleted. Factory Default: Reset to factory default. Resets all parameters, except the IP parameters: You can use this function to reset to factory default. All changes you have made are deleted but the IP address and all settings relevant to networking remain valid, including cable and wireless network settings.
Backup: Data backup Back all parameters: Back up all changes you have made. When you click Backup, a file download window appears. Back up the file named param.bin otherwise, the backup may Restore backup parameters: You can select this function to restore the changes you have made. To do this, click Browse…...
8. Attachment A: External Alarm In addition to the motion detection executed by the internal software application, the camera can connect to external infrared detectors, beepers, and smoke detectors. For more information about these external devices, contact to your local retailer, dealer or installation service provider. This camera provides a standard Alarm I/O for you.
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External Alarm I/O Circuit Diagram Warning! • Connecting of a low or high current loop to the external alarm input/output of the camera is required, the wiring and connection shall be conducted by a qualified electrician. Incorrect wiring may bring about damage to the camera or product fatal electric shock.
9. Attachment B: Bandwidth Estimation Please note the value of the table is for reference only. The bandwidth utilization is determined by the factor of 1. Quality setting – Bandwidth subjects to determined by best effort or fix bandwidth setting. Video clarity and smooth motion are two complete different characteristic of compression.
10. Attachment C: Frequently Asked Questions Q. What are the differences between MPJEG and MPEG4 ? A. The camera uses MJPEG or MPEG4 compression technology to provide quality images. MJPEG is a standard image compression technology for years. It was evolved from JPEG which is compression for still image.
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Q. Can the camera be used outdoors? A. The camera is not waterproof, so a special waterproof cover must be available for outdoor use. Please note that the waterproof cover may affect the built-in pickup function of the camera. Q. Can this device ON for 24 hours ? A.
11. Attachment D: Troubleshooting Issue Username = root What are the username Password=root. and password for the first Please change your password immediately after entering the system use and after reset to to ensure information security. factory default? What If I forgot Password Administrator account is always there.
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• Internet traffic might slow down the webpage access. Please wait. • Be sure that you are using http port. The default setting is Port 80. • The port assigned for your camera might not able to access the • The proxy server might be blocking you from connecting to the •...
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• The number of frames transmitted may become less when • The network hub might be another reason for this problem, • When you connect your PC to the camera, no sufficient bandwidth When the audit function is activated, the video streaming area becomes black or the transmission •...