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- Page 1 Wired / Wireless Mega-Pixel CMOS PT IP Camera ICA-M220 / ICA-M220W User’s Manual Version: 1.00...
- Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 2008 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 Mega-Pixel CMOS PT Internet Camera Model: ICA-M220 / ICA-M220W Rev: 1.0 (Nov. 2008) Part No. EM-ICAM220_M220W...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Content 1. Introduction........................5 1.1 Overview......................5 1.2 Features......................5 1.3 Package Contents..................... 6 2. Basic Setup ......................... 7 2.1 System Requirements..................7 2.2 Physical Description..................8 2.2.1 Front Panel....................8 2.2.2 Rear Panel ....................9 2.2.3 Bottom Panel ..................10 2.3 Hardware Installation .................. - Page 5 3.9 SDHC......................... 62 3.9.1 Status ..................... 62 3.9.2 Space Alarm ..................62 3.9.3 File Management.................. 63 Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings.............. 64 Appendix B: PING IP Address..................65 Appendix C: DDNS Application..................66 Appendix D: ICA-M220 Series Specification.............. 72...
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Page 6: Introduction
1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Mega-Pixel CMOS PT Internet Camera. It is versatile and high image solution of surveillance application PT Internet Camera is also a stand-alone camera system with a built-in processor and web server that provides highest quality video and system performance. -
Page 7: Package Contents
1.3 Package Contents IP Camera unit x 1 Power Adapter x 1 Ethernet cable x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 User’s manual CD x 1 Accessories Package x 1 Antenna x 2 (ICA-M220W) 1. If any of the above items are missing, please contact your Note dealer immediately. -
Page 8: Basic Setup
2. Basic Setup This chapter provides details of installing and configuring the PT Internet Camera Internet Camera 2.1 System Requirements 2.1 System Requirements Network Interface Network Interface 10/100M Base-TX Ethernet 10/100M Base-TX Ethernet Monitoring System Recommended for Internet Explorer 6.0 or later •... -
Page 9: Physical Description
2.2 Physical Description 2.2.1 Front Panel Focus Ring Microphone LAN LED Audio LED WLAN LED Power LED Focus Ring User could use this ring to adjust focus manually. LAN LED The LED indicates LAN activity. It be flashing while network accessing via Ethernet. WLAN LED The LED indicates the wireless accessing of the PT Internet Camera. -
Page 10: Rear Panel
2.2.2 Rear Panel Audio Connector SD Card Slot WPS Button Antenna Base Power Connector Reset Button Audio Connector Audio-Out allows device to output audio or alerting sound. This is a RJ-45 connector for connections to 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet cabling and built N-Way protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network automatically. -
Page 11: Bottom Panel
2.2.3 Bottom Panel Tripod Connector Tripod Connector: Allows connects to tripod to secure the camera when the camera is not put on a horizontal surface. -
Page 12: Hardware Installation
2.3 Hardware Installation 2.3.1 Camera Physical Installation Please follow the following instructions to set your IP camera up. 1. Unpack the product package and check if anything’s missing. 2. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local area network, and connect the other end to the LAN jack of this IP camera. - Page 13 3. (ICA-M220W only) Connect two antennas to the antenna bases, which is located at the back of the PT Internet Camera. 4. Place the camera at a secure place, and point the camera to the place you wish to monitor. If you wish to hang the camera on the ceiling or wall, please use the tripod connector (located at the bottom of the camera) to secure the camera.
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Page 14: Locate The Ip Address Of This Ip Camera
2.3.2 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera Default IP address of this IP camera is 192.168.0.20. If you wish to assign another IP address to this IP camera, you have to log onto the web configuration interface of the camera first. If the left three fields of the IP address of your computer is not 192.168.0, you’ll have to change the IP address of your computer first: 1. - Page 15 2. Double-click Network Connections icon. 3. Right-click Local Area Connection, and click Properties.
- Page 16 4. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click Properties.
- Page 17 5. In IP address field, please fill in any IP address begins with 192.168.0, and ends with a value greater than 2 and less than 254 (You can use the following example 192.168.0.239). In Subnet mask field, please fill 255.255.255.0. Please keep all other fields empty, and click OK. If you changed the IP address of this PT internet camera and you forget it, there’re 2 methods to recover it: a.
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Page 18: Initial Utility Installation
2.4 Initial Utility Installation This chapter shows how to quick set up your PT Internet Camera. The Camera is with the default settings. However to help you find the networked camera quickly the admin software can search the cameras in the network that shall help you to configure some basic setting before you started advanced management and monitoring. - Page 19 1. Click Next to start install camera admin software: 2. You can change the installation folder of camera setup software here, click Browse to select an existing folder, or you can just click Next to use default installation folder:...
- Page 20 3. If you wish to create desktop icon and / or quick launch icon for camera admin software, please check corresponding box, and click Next to continue. 4. You’ll see a brief of all options you selected, click Install to install camera admin software now, or click back to back to previous steps to change settings.
- Page 21 5. When you see this message, the installation of camera admin software is complete. If you wish to launch camera admin software now, keep Launch IP Cam Admin Utility box checked, and click Finish to close installation utility. 6. Please double-click the utility icon on the desktop then you will see the PT Internet Camera utility.
- Page 22 All camera-related information will be displayed here. If you wish to connect to certain camera by web browser, double-click the camera listed here. The camera admin software also provides several functions: This camera admin software supports 3 languages: English, Chinese, and Japanese. User can select the language Language oneself wish to use from language dropdown menu located at upper-right corner of camera admin software.
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Page 23: Camera Admin Locate Pt Internet Camera
2.5 Camera Admin locate PT Internet Camera If you can’t connect to the camera by the instructions given in last chapter, you can use camera admin software to search the camera which is connected to your local area network. The admin software is also capable to locate multiple cameras on your local area network. - Page 24 In Security’ page, user can change the camera’s name and password (user name is always ‘admin’ and cannot be changed). You have to input the same password in both New Password and Confirm Password field, or you’ll be prompted to input new password again. Click OK to save settings or click Cancel to discard changes.
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Page 25: Upnp Function
2.6 UPnP Function Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of computer network protocols. This is to allow device to connect seamlessly and to simplify the implementation of network in the network and corporate environments. 2.6.1 Windows XP This device is an UPnP enabled device. If the operating system, Windows XP, of your PC is UPnP enabled, the device will be very easy to configure. - Page 26 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...
- Page 27 The Networking Services will display on the screen, select Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue. Please click Next to continue...
- Page 28 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...
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Page 29: Windows Vista
Double-click My Network Places on the desktop, the My Network Places will display on the screen and double-click the UPnP icon with PT Internet Camera to view your device in an internet browser. 2.6.2 Windows Vista If the operating system, Windows Vista, of your PC is UPnP enabled, the device will be very easy to configure. - Page 30 Double-click My Network Places on the desktop, the My Network Places will display on the screen and double-click the UPnP icon with PT Internet Camera to view your device in an internet browser. ICA-M220 – 00304FA00075...
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Page 31: Setup Activex To Use The Pt Internet Camera
2.7 Setup ActiveX to use the PT Internet Camera The PT Internet Camera web pages communicate with the PT Internet Camera using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the PT Internet Camera and installed on your PC. Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly. To use the PT Internet Camera, user must setup his IE browser as follows: 2.7.1 Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP ... -
Page 32: Internet Explorer 7 For Windows Xp
2.7.2 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP From your IE browse Tools Internet Options… Security Custom Level…, please setup your Settings as follow. Set the first 3 items • Allow previously unused ActiveX control to run… • Allows Script lets •... -
Page 33: Internet Explorer 7 For Windows Vista
2.7.3 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista From your IE browse Tools Internet Options… Security Internet Custom Level…, please setup your Settings as follow. • Enable ‘Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls’ • Prompt ‘Initialize and script active controls not marked….’ From your IE browse ‘Tools‘... -
Page 34: Web-Based Management Interface
This chapter provides setup details of the PT Internet Camera’s Web-based Interface. 3.1 Introduction The ICA-M220 / ICA-M220W can be configured with your Web Browser. Before configure, please make sure your PC is under the same IP segment with PT Internet Camera. - Page 35 If the User name and Password have been changed with Admin Note utility, please enter the new User name and Password here. After logged on, you should see the following messages at the top of Internet Explorer: Click on the message, and click Install ActiveX Control… When you see this message, click Instal’...
- Page 36 After the ActiveX control was installed and run, the first image will be displayed. You should be able to see the images captured from the camera in the web page now. For advanced functions, please refer to instructions given in follows chapters. If you see one of these messages (or both): Your computer may not have the display capability that this IP camera requires, or you don’t have Microsoft DirectX®...
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Page 37: Camera Settings
3.3 Camera Settings The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is ‘Camera’, and this is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera. Start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Pan / Tilt Control Preset Points Video Quality Control... - Page 38 Resolution Specifies the video resolution. Available options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 @ MPEG4 or 1280x1024, 640x480 and 320x240 @ MJPEG Higher resolution provides more details about the objects captured by camera, but will consume more bandwidth, which will make the image refreshes very slow.
- Page 39 Video Quality Control Adjust the video quality by controlling the brightness, saturation, and sharpness of the displaying image, so you can see the image (Brightness, Saturation, more clearly in certain environment. Sharpness) Select one of the video quality type (brightness, saturation, or sharpness) from dropdown menu, then click + or - button to increase / decrease setting.
- Page 40 Digital Zoom If you wish to enlarge certain portion of the captured image, you can click this button to set digital zoom: Click Enable to enable digital zoom function, then you can drag the slide bar to adjust zoom ratio. You can also use your mouse to drag the zoom area (the yellow square) to reposition the zoom area.
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Page 41: Pan And Tilt Settings
3.4 Pan and Tilt Settings This PT internet camera supports pan and tilt function, as you explored in last section. You can also make the camera move automatically in pan and tilt menu by defining a set of pre-defined path. You can access this menu by clicking PTZ on the top of web management interface. -
Page 42: Grand Tour
3.4.2 Grand Tour You can make the camera move between many pre-defined positions, and define the time you wish to pause at every position; this is called as ‘Grand Tour’. Before you can use this function, you have to define at least 2 positions in Preset Points section (refer to last section for detailed information). - Page 43 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Name Input the name of this set of grand tour here. As you may have many sets of grand tour, please give it a meaningful name so you can remember the main purpose of this set.
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Page 44: Network Settings
3.5 Network Settings All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE, Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function. You can access this menu by clicking LAN on the top of web management interface. After you selected Network, network setting menu will appear. - Page 45 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Network Type This camera can obtain the IP address from DHCP server automatically (if you have one), or set a fixed IP address. Select DHCP to obtain IP address automatically or Static IP Address to assign this IP camera with a fixed IP address.
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Page 46: Wlan (Ica-M220W Only)
3.5.2 WLAN (ICA-M220W only) The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Wireless Connection Select Enable to activate wireless network function of this IP camera, select Disable to disable it. Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection. Available options are Infrastructure (Connect the IP camera to a wireless access point), and Adhoc (This IP camera will become a stand-alone wireless network point, other wireless computers /... - Page 47 Available Networks Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP camera. Please note not all access points will be displayed at the same time, if the access point you expected to connect does not appear, you may have to click Refresh button for several times until it appears.
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Page 48: Dynamic Dns
Wireless Key Input the encryption key of selected wireless access point here. This is required when access point you wish to connect uses encryption. Self PinCode Here displays the WPS pin code used to connect to WPS-enabled wireless access points. You have to input this number into the WPS enabled access point to establish WPS connection. -
Page 49: Upnp
Provider Select dynamic DNS service provider here. Only dyndns.org is available currently. Host Name Input dynamic DNS host name here. User Name Input dynamic DNS user name here, must be the same as the one you applied on dyndns.org. Password Input dynamic DNS password here, must be the same as the one you applied on dyndns.org. -
Page 50: Loginfree
Click the message to open My Network Places, and you’ll see the IP camera: You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’s web management interface directly. 3.5.5 LoginFree This camera provides a method to let unauthorized users to view the image captured by this camera, which is called as LoginFree. -
Page 51: Motion Detection Setting
3.6 Motion Detection Setting When you wish to use this camera to monitor the activities, motion detection function will be very useful. Camera will detect the motion in captured image, and take a snapshot when motion is detected. So you can use this camera to keep the safety of the belongings you have. To use motion detection, click the following link from the top of menu: After you selected Motion Detection, a sub-menu will appear. -
Page 52: Motion Region
Sending File Type Select the file type that will be saved when a motion is detected. Select JPEG and a still picture in JPEG format will be saved; and select AVI to save a motion video clip. Send snapshot file to FTP Select Enable to send the saved file to appointed FTP server when a motion is detected, select’... - Page 53 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Region 1 – 3 Check the box to enable motion detection region 1 to 3. You can check multiple boxes to enable multiple motion detection regions. When you checked a box, a new region (and region number) will be displayed on captured image.
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Page 54: Email
3.6.3 Email You can define the destination address of E-mail sending and mail server parameters here. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Recipient E-Mail Address Input the email recipient’s Email address here. E-Mail Subject Specify the title of sending email, so you can identify the mail sent from this camera from others quickly. -
Page 55: Ftp Configuration
Recipient E-Mail Address Input the email recipient’s Email address here. Click Apply to save settings and make the new settings take effect. After that, you can click Send a test email to send a testing Email to the address you set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and working. -
Page 56: Sd Card Configuration
Click Apply to save settings and make the new settings take effect. After that, you can click Upload a test file to send a file to the FTP server you set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and working. 3.6.5 SD Card Configuration You can define the filename and destination folder when saving a file in SD card. -
Page 57: System Info
IP camera in the same network. Default name begins with ICA-M220/M220W. You can modify the name to the one you can remember and meaningful to you, but never give all IP cameras in the same network with same name. -
Page 58: Date / Time Setting
3.7.2 Date / Time Setting This setting allows you to change the date and time of the real time clock in this IP camera. You can set the time manually, or use network time protocol (NTP) to set the time automatically. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Set Date/Time manually / If you select Set Date/Time manually, you can set the date and... -
Page 59: Utilities
3.7.3 Utilities This menu allows you to upgrade firmware, clear all settings, reboot the IP camera, and switch LED lights on/off. The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Upgrade Firmware If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website, you can click Browse button to pick a firmware file located on your computer’s hard drive and you can upload the firmware file to the IP camera later. -
Page 60: Status
3.7.4 Status This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version, system uptime, date / time, and network information. -
Page 61: Account Settings
3.8 Account Settings If you wish to allow other people to view the live image captured by this camera, but don’t want to allow them to modify system settings, you can give them user-level user name and password, so they can only view the image and can not change any system setting. When they want to click menus other than Camera, they will see the following message informing that they don’t have permission to do that: After you selected Account, you’ll be prompted to input user account information:... - Page 62 The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Login Input the login name (user name) of this account. Password Input the password of this user here. Confirm password Input the password of this user here again for confirmation. Click this button to add the account.
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Page 63: Sdhc
3.9 SDHC In this menu, you can perform SD-HC card related operations. After you selected SDHC. a sub-menu will appear. There are 3 sub-menus available here: Please click the SD card setting you wish to set, then refer to instructions given below: 3.9.1 Status Here shows the remaining card space for you. -
Page 64: File Management
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below: Recipient E-Mail Address Input the E-mail address you wish to receive space alarm. E-Mail Subject Input the title of space alarm E-mail. SMTP Server Input the SMTP server address you wish to use to send E-mail. Sender E-Mail Address Input the sender E-mail address of the space alarm E-mail. -
Page 65: Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings
Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings There is a button hidden in the pinhole near to the antenna base connector. This button is used to restore the all factory default settings. Sometimes restarting the device will make the system back to a normal state. -
Page 66: Appendix B: Ping Ip Address
Appendix B: 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 PT Internet Camera installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over the network. -
Page 67: Appendix C: Ddns Application
Appendix C: 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 68 (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...
- Page 69 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.
- Page 70 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 71 (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 to submit the domain name information.
- Page 72 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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Page 73: Appendix D: Ica-M220 Series Specification
Appendix D: ICA-M220 Series Specification Product ICA- M220W ICA- M220 Video Specification Image Sensor 1.3Mega-Pixel 1/4” color CMOS sensor Lens 4.8 mm, F1.8 Scan Method Progressive Sensibility 1 Lux Signal to Noise More than 50 dB Video Encoder MPEG-4 and M-JPEG dual code... - Page 74 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Wireless Data Rate Support (up to 144Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 300Mbps) Frequency 2.4GHz - 2.484GHz RF Chain 2T3R mode 11n: OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64QAM RF Modulation 11g: OFDM with...