Airlink101 AIC1620W manual

SkyIPCam 162 0W Wireles s N MPEG4 3GPP Ne two rk Camera Model # AIC1620W User’s Ma nual Ver. 1.0[...]

- 1 - Table of Content C H A P T E R 1 ................................................................................................................................2 I N T R O D U C T I O N T O Y O U R C A M E R A ..........................................................................2 1.1 Checking the Package Contents .... ..... ..... ..... [...]

- 2 - C H A P T E R 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N T O Y O U R C A M E R A 1.1 Checking the Package Contents Check the items contain ed in the pac kage caref ully. You should have the fol lowing:  One Sk yIPCam1620W W ir eless N MP EG4 3GPP Net work Camera  One 2dBi Di pole Antenn a  One AC Po wer Adapter  One W all Mount Kit  One GPIO &a[...]

- 3 -  Rear View GPIO and RS485 is used to connect the external dev ices. Reset Button will restart the camera when it is pressed qui ckly; when it is pressed and held for five seconds, the camera w ill restore the factory default setting s. DC Power Connector connects the AC power adapter, in order to supply power to the camera. Ethernet Cable [...]

- 4 - 1.3 Features and Benefits Thank you for purchas ing the Sk yIPCam1620W W ireless N MPEG4 3G PP Network Camera, a standalone s ystem that ca n be con nected d irectly to yo ur network . W ith MPEG4 image com pression tec hnology, you can record s treaming v ideo that uti lizes high q uality images to your hard dri ve, enable m otion detec tion[...]

- 5 -  Multip le Applications Supported Through the remote ac cess technolo gy, you can us e the cam eras to monitor vario us objects and places for your own pur poses. For exam ple, babies at hom e, patients i n the hospit al, off ices and banks, and m ore. T he camera can cap ture both s till images a nd video c lips, so that you can k eep the[...]

- 6 - 1.5 Applications of the Camera The Sk yIPCam1620W can be applie d in m ultiple applications indoor, incl uding:  Monitor local and rem ote places and objects via I nternet or In tranet.  Capture sti ll images and video clips rem otel y.  Upload im ages or send email m essages with th e still im ages attached. The f ollowing diagram e[...]

- 7 - C H A P T E R 2 H A R D W A R E I N S TA L L A T I O N 2.1 Connecting Your Camera to LA N Step 1 Ass emble and att ach the pro vided wall m ount kit to the cam era. Step 2 Attac h the includ ed external ant enna to th e cam era. Step 3 Conn ect one end of a net work cable t o the IP C amera and conn ect the ot her end to on e of the LAN ports[...]

- 8 - Step 5 Pleas e verif y the LE D status on th e front pane l and m ake sur e it is on and r eady for use no w. • Power LED: So lid Amber • Link LED: Fla shing Gre en Step 6 Pleas e proceed to Chapter 3 f or cam era configurati on.[...]

- 9 - C H A P T E R 3 C A M E R A C O N F I G U R A T I O N 3.1 Setting up Your Camera Step 1 Inser t the provide d CD into your com puter’s CD RO M drive. Step 2 Click on Install Ut ility and Sof tware wh en the autoru n menu pops up on the s creen. Note: If you do not see th e autoru n menu pops up on the sc reen, pleas e go to your CD-ROM driv[...]

- 10 - Step 3 Click Install to inst all the utility. Step 4 Click Finish when installation f inishes.[...]

- 11 - Step 5 Open SkyIPCam Ut ilit y by double click ing on its ic on on your des ktop. or click ing Start , then go to ( All) Programs > Airlink101 S kyIPCam Ult raView > SkyIPCam Utility . Step 6 Click on Search to find the cam era on your network . Select the C amer a you wish to conf igure and click on L ink . Note If the Cam era you wis[...]

- 12 - Step 7 W hen you are pr ompted for th e usernam e and pas sword, enter “ admin” f or both Usernam e and Passw ord , and click OK . Step 8 The c amera vie wing windo w will appear . Click on S etup , then c lick on Sm art Wizard . 1 2[...]

- 13 - Step 9 Enter a n ame f or your cam era and a location ( i.e. Room 1). Create a passwor d and enter it to Admin Passw ord and C onfirm Passw ord . T his will change th e adm in password of the cam era. It is recomm ended to m odify the adm in’s passwor d to protec t your privac y. Click Next . Step 10 You can specif y a static IP address to[...]

- 14 - Step 11 If you would l ike to set up em ail alerts tha t you can r eceive in the future, enter your em ail inform ation here. You can get this i nform ation from your Internet Serv ice Provider . You can set th is up at a later tim e. Click Next . Step 12 Enter the Net work ID (SSID ) of your wireless net work, or click on Site Su rvey and s[...]

- 15 - Step 13 Conf irm your settings at th is page. If everything is c orrect, clic k Apply to s ave the settings , then the cam era will restart in 50 seconds . Step 14 After the cam era is restarted, you can unp lug the n etwork c able from it. It will take around 1 or 2 minutes f or the cam era connecting to the wire less router/AP . To m ake s[...]

- 16 - 3.2 V iewing Image via Y our Camera Method A > Acces s Camera from SkyIP Cam Utility Step 1 A Open Airlink 101 SkyIPCam Utility, select t he cam era you wish to con nect to a nd click on Link button. Go to Step 3 . Method B > Acces s Camera from Web Brow ser Step 1B If you have assign ed a static IP a ddress f or your cam era, you m ay[...]

- 17 - Step 3 Enter adm inistrator’ s usernam e and pass word of the camer a, then click OK . The default usernam e and passwor d are both “ admin ” if you did not m ake an y change to it at Step 9, Sect ion 3.1. Step 4 Inte rnet Explor er User: If th is is the firs t time for your computer to view im age from the web configurat ion page, you[...]

- 18 - Note If you are using Mo zilla Firefox or Safari an d you are not able to vie w any image, please m ake sur e you have Ja va and Quick Tim e add-ons instal led.[...]

- 19 - C H A P T E R 4 U S I N G W E B C O N F I G U R A T I O N You can acc ess and m anage the cam era throug h the W eb browser and t he provi ded software application Sk y IPCam UltraView. T his chapter desc ribes the W eb Configura tion, and gui des you thro ugh the configurat ion of the cam era by usin g the web bro wser. To open the W eb Con[...]

- 20 - Basic >> Da te & Time  Date & Tim e - TimeZo ne: Select the pr oper tim e zone for the re gion from the pull-do wn menu. - Synchroniz e with PC: Select this option and the date & t ime settings of the cam era will be synchroni zed with the c onnected com puter. - Synchroniz e with N TP Server: Select t his option and the[...]

- 21 - - User Name: Enter the us er’s nam e you want to add to us e the cam era. - Passw ord: Enter the p assword for the new us er. W hen you are finished, click Add/Modify to add the ne w user to the c amera. T o modify the user’s inform ation, select the one you want to modif y from UserList and click Add/M odify . - UserList: D ispla y the [...]

- 22 - 4.2 Network Settings The Net work menu c ontains three s ub-menus that provide t he network settings f or the cam era, such as the IP Sett ing, DDNS Setting, and I P Filter. Network >> Netw ork  IP Setting This item allows you to select the I P address m ode and s et up the related c onfigur ation. - DHCP: Select th is option to all[...]

- 23 -  DDNS Settin g W ith the Dynamic DNS f eature, you ca n assign a f ixed hos t and dom ain name to a dynam ic Internet IP address. T o set up the D DNS: 1. Check Enable check box to enable this feature. 2. Select a DDN S Prov ider from the pull-down l ist. Please go to the DDNS provider’ s website and register a DDNS acc ount, then you w[...]

- 24 - Network >> IP Filter The IP Filter s etting allo ws the adm inistrator of the cam era to limit the user s withi n a certain ra nge of IP addresses to access the cam era.  Disable: Se lect this opti on to disable th e IP Filter f unction of the cam era.  Accept - Start/End IP Address: Ass ign a ran ge of IP ad dresses that are all[...]

- 25 - Network >> Wi reless Setting The cam era supports W ireless f eature that can co nnect to your wireless network. Se lect the Enable option to e nable this feat ure.  Netw ork ID (SSID): Ke ep the default s etting of th is option to con nect the cam era to an y access po int under the inf rastructure ne twork mode. T o connect the c [...]

- 26 - If you select O pen or Sha red-ke y as the Authe ntication m ode, you n eed to com plete the follo wing settings: - Encryption : Select the W EP option to enable the d ata encr yption feature t o secure the cam era within the w ireless net work. - Format: O nce you ena ble the Enc ryption feature, you need to determ ine the encr yption form [...]

- 27 - Network >> Wi reless >> WPS Setting The cam era supports W PS (W iFi Protected Setup ™) feature that allows your camer a to connect t o the wireless net work easily and safel y without manua lly conf iguring the wirel ess sec urity settings. Please note that Your AP/Router m ust support W PS feature as well. If you are not s ur[...]

- 28 - 4.3 Setting up Video & Au dio The Video & Audio m enu contains thre e sub-m enus that pro vide the video and audio se ttings for the camera. Video & A udio >> Came ra  Image Settin g - Brightness: Adjust the br ightness l evel from 0 ~ 100. - Contrast: Adj ust the co ntrast level from 0 ~ 10 0. - Saturation: Adjust the c[...]

- 29 - Video & A udio >> Video  MJPEG - Video Resolu tion: Select t he desired video resol ution fr om the three form ats: VGA , Q VG A and QQVG A . The higher sett ing (VGA) obta ins better video qual ity while it uses mor e resource within your networ k. - Video Qualit y: Select the desired im age qualit y from f ive levels: Low est [...]

- 30 - If you use a m obile dev ice, you can a lso vie w the real-tim e stream ing image capt ured b y the camera on your phone with the def ault (built-in) p layer b y entering the R TSP link: r tsp://(IP address of the cam era)/3gp . NOT E Your mobile phone and the s ervice pr ovider mus t have data s ervice. Plea se contact your service prov ide[...]

- 31 - This option a llows you t o set the text o verla y function of the c amera, s o that you c an see the re lated inform ation on the live v iew im age. - Includes Date & Tim e: Check this option to displa y the date & time s tamp on t he live vie w image. - Include T ext: Check this option a nd enter the t ext (i.e. Camera Room A01) yo[...]

- 32 - 4.4 Event Server The Event Server m enu contains three sub-m enus that allo w you to up load image s to FTP, s end emails that include st ill images, a nd store video clips, s till images to a net work attached s torage (NA S). Event Server Setting>> FTP  FTP - Host A ddress: Enter the I P address of the target FT P server. - Port N[...]

- 33 - Event Server Setting >> E mail  Email - SMT P Server Address: Enter the m ail server addr ess. For ex ample, m ymail.com . - Sender Em ail Address: Enter the em ail address of the user who will s end the em ail. For exam ple, John@m ymail.com . - Sender Us er Name: Enter the user name to logi n the m ail server. - Sender Passw ord: [...]

- 34 - Event Server Setting >> N AS  Netw ork Storage - Samba Serv er Addres s: Enter the I P address of the Net work Storage s erver. - Share: Assig n the fold er on the Net work Stora ge server to share the fil es to users . - Path: Assig n the path f or uploading t he files on the Networ k Storage ser ver. For e xample, /T est/ . - User[...]

- 35 - 4.5 Motion Detect *This f unction can onl y be configure d in W indows Internet Explorer. The Motion D etect m enu contains the c omm and and option that allow you to enable and set up th e motion detect ion feature of the cam era. T he camera provides two detecti ng areas. To enable th e detecting area, sel ect Window 1 or 2 fr om the pull-[...]

- 36 - 4.6 Event Config The Event C onfiguratio n menu conta ins five sub-m enus that pro vide the c omm ands to configure e vent profiles. Event Configuration >> Gene ral Setting - Snapshot/Re cording Subfolder: You can assig n a given s ub-folder for c aptured f ile. Otherwise, leave this opt ion blank to use the default setting. - Netw ork[...]

- 37 - Event Configuration >> Sc hedule Profile This sub-m enu displa ys the scheduled profile(s). T o configure a new prof ile, click A dd and then enter a descriptive name f or the profile in the prom pt dialog windo w. After en tering the pr ofile nam e, click O K and the profile is added to t he Schedu le Profiles list. To delete t he pro[...]

- 38 - Event Configuration >> Sc hedule Trigger You can conf igure the sc hedule f or trigger func tion of the cam era individ ually b y Email , FTP, and N AS . Select the En able opt ion on each item, and the n select a S chedule Profil e from the pull-down l ist and set the Interv al tim e. Event Configuration >> GPI O Trigger This f [...]

- 39 - - Schedule P rofile: Selec t a schedul e profile fr om the pull-do wn list. - Action: Set the Trigge r Out func tion or select the d estination t hat the captur ed images will be sent to: Reco rd to Netw ork Storag e , Send Email , or FT P Upload .[...]

- 40 - 4.7 Tools The T ools menu provid es the com mands that allow you to r estart or r eset the ca mera. You can a lso backup and r estore your configurati on, and up grade the f irmware for the cam era.  Factory Reset Click Reset to restore a ll factor y default settings for the cam era.  System Rebo ot Click Rebo ot to restart th e cam er[...]

- 41 - 4.8 RS-485 The RS-485 m enu prov ides the co ntrol settings f or external de vice through t he I/O port. Check the Enable opt ion and com plete the r equired conf iguration to use the RS- 485 functi on of the cam era.  Popular Proto col Setting : Select th is option a nd then select a protocol. W hen you enable the R S- 485 function of th[...]

- 42 - About the Control Buttons After enabl ing RS-485 f unction, th e control pane l will appear on the Li ve View win dow. Control But tons of RS-48 5 - Left/Right /Up/Dow n/Home buttons a llow you to m ove the c amera lens pos ition. Click ing the Home (center) button will m ove the camer a lens to the ass igned hom e position. - Click the Numb[...]

- 43 - 4.9 Information The Inf ormation m enu displays the c urrent conf iguration an d events lo g of the cam era. Information >> De vice Info Display the Basic, Vide o & Audio, and Networ k settings of the cam era. Information >> S y stem Log The Logs tab le displa ys the events log record ed by the s ystem.[...]

- 44 - C H A P T E R 5 U S I N G S K Y I P C A M U LT R A V I E W 5.1 Starting the Program To star t UltraView Pro, c lick Start     ( Al l) Progr ams     Airlink101 S kyIPCam UltraView     SkyIPCam UltraView . Alternatel y, you can s tart the progr am b y simpl y double-clic king the pr ogram icon on the desktop[...]

- 45 - 5.2 Main Windo w and Item Feature W hen you start and log in to Ultra View, the Mai n windo w will displa y as belo w: The Main window pro vides you with the inform ation on operat ing the s ystem, as w ell as the contro l panel such as the Q uick Launc h buttons, an d so on. NOT E UltraView Pro requires th e resolut ion setting up t o 1024 [...]

- 46 -  Camera View Mod e buttons in this area allow you to switch t he cam era view m ode. Button Func tion Display the con nected camera(s) in single camera view mode. Display the con nected camera(s) in quad view mode . Display the con nected camera(s) in 3 x 3 grid view mode. Display the con nected camera(s) in 13-camera vie w mode using a s[...]

- 47 - number (1~8) from the Go button. Navigation But tons (Left/Right/Up/Down/Home). If the connected camera features pan/tilt functions, the Navigation bu ttons allow you to move the camera lens position. Clicking the Home (center) button will move th e camera lens to the assigned home position. **AIC1620W does not support Pan/Tilt function . / [...]

- 48 - 5.3 A ccessing the Camer a Before you ca n access the camer a, you have to add the cam era to the s ystem.  Adding a Camera 1. Click the button and sel ect Dev ice Setting to displa y the Device Sett ing windo w. 2. Click New . 3. Click Dev ice Search to se arch the cam era(s) within your networ k.[...]

- 49 - 4. W hen search is finished, s elect the c amera and c lick Add . 5. The inform ation of the c amera will be displa yed on the windo w. When c ompleted, c lick Preview and then click Save to retur n to the D evice Setting window. The added c amera wil l be displa yed in the Device List. Option Description Model Di splay the model name of the[...]

- 50 - Window camera. Click Preview to view the image; click Disconnect to stop previewing. TIP You cann ot set the mot ion detection area while ad ding t he new camera . To set t he motion detection ar ea of the camera, sel ect the desir ed camera an d click the M odify b utton on the Device Sett ing win dow. See the fo llowing sect ion fo r more [...]

- 51 -  Editing / Deleting a Camera Since you h ave added c amera(s) to the system , you can sel ect one to ed it or rem ove. 1. On the De vice Setting window, the con nected c amera(s) will be displa yed in the D evice List. 2. To d elete the camera: s elect the desired one a nd then c lick Remov e . When pro m pted, click Y es and then s elect[...]

- 52 -  Viewing Ima ge of the Camera Since you h ave added c amera(s) to the system , the image of the selec ted camer a(s) will be displ ayed on the Live Vie w W indow aut om atically. You can v iew a m aximum of 32 cameras simultaneousl y. Additional ly, you can s elect one-cam era or other view m ode to displa y the video from the Cam era Vie[...]

- 53 - 5.4 Recording / Playing Video  Enabling / Disabling Recording Press Prev iew to activate the sett ings. W hile you are add ing/editing t he camer a, you can enab le the recording f unction for the cam era by selecting the Rec ord option. Cl ick Save af ter you finish s etting. Alternatel y, you can set all cam eras to start/stop rec ordin[...]

- 54 -  Configuring the Rec ording Settings The def ault director y for saving the rec orded video files is “ C:”. You can ch ange the targ et folder f or saving the f iles in the Reco rd Setting o ption. 1. Click the butto n and then s elect Record Setting . 2. To ass ign the target f older for s aving the recor ded files , click the Brow [...]

- 55 - Click the button to dis play the Sch edule Conf iguration w indow, which allows you to configure the recording s chedule. 1. Click New , and then enter the Sched ule Title. 2. Select the c heckboxes below the Schedule T itle to set the tim e to record video. O ne check box stands for 30 m inutes of rec ording time. You ca n choose to assign [...]

- 56 -  Pla y back the Rec ording Files NOT E Divx/Xvid co dec is requ ired for the s ystem to pl ay the video f iles. If the v ideo clips cannot be displayed in t he Playbac k windo w norm ally, click the f ollowing path to download and install the required com ponent: htt p://downloa d.divx.com /divx/DivXIns taller.exe 1. Click the butto n to [...]

- 57 - 5.5 Configuring the eMap View Setting Click the butto n and selec t View Sett ing to conf igure the cam era view sett ing of eMap m ode. eMap ref ers to the geogr aphy and de vice scope of the Ultra View Pro, which visual ly presents t he devices in your secur ity system . It uses a background of the area ( e.g. a picture or a m ap) as the i[...]

- 58 - Click Sav e after you com plete the sett ings. 4. On the follo wing windo w, you can assign the cam era posit ion in the eM ap. Click the Cam era Locatio n button t o displa y the Edit wind ow. Select th e camer a from the Cam era List, and then click the m ouse on t he desired pos ition of the map. T he camera icon w ill be displa yed on se[...]

- 59 - 5. W hen completed, click Save . Click Back to go back to the M ain windo w. 6. To view from eM ap: a. Click the button and sel ect eM ap View .[...]

- 60 - b. Selec t the m ap from the eMap N ame list. c. Click the cam era icon, th e cam era window will t hen pop up to displa y the image o n the spot.[...]

- 61 -  Editing / Deleting the eMap 1. Click the button and sel ect View Setting . 2. To edit the eMap: In the eMap List, se lect the des ired m ap and click M odify . The m ap’s inform ation will be d isplayed, where you ca n change the m ap’s inform ation and t hen click Save when c ompleted. 3. To d elete the eM ap: In the eMap L ist, sel[...]

- 62 - 5.6 Configuring the Sy stem  User Mana gement Click the button and sel ect Account to chang e the ad ministrator password for the UltraV iew software. Enter the Cu rrent passw ord , and th en enter the new passw ord twice (in the Type n ew passw ord and Retype pa ssword boxes ). W hen completed, c lick Save .[...]

- 63 - 5.7 Event Configuration  Configuring E vent Trigger Click the button and sel ect Even t Trigger to c onfigure the trigger out function of the cam era. 1. On the Event Trigger window, select the desired c amera fr om the Cam era List. 2. Do one of the following:  SMT P: Select this option and enter the Subject a nd M essage, the s ystem[...]

- 64 -  Setting up Event Server Click the butto n and selec t Event Se rver to conf igure the SMTP server, so that you can send emails that include st ill images as notificat ion. Select the En able SMT P option to s tart the em ail service of the system . W hen you enabl e the serv ice, you have to c omplete the f ollo wing settings.  SMT P [...]

- 65 -  Sending Email Notification Click the button and sel ect Address Book t o assign the us er to the A ddress Boo k of the cam era. The user will receive a re al-tim e notification fr om the s ystem while trigger ing out. 1. On the Addr ess Book window, cl ick New . 2. In the Addres s Book Information f ield, enter the N ame and Email of rec[...]

- 66 - 5.8 Changing System Langu age Click the button and s elect lan guage to cha nge the di splayed s y stem language. On the Lan guage screen , select the preferred langu age ( English , Tradit ional Chin es e, or Simp lified Chinese ) and c lick Save .[...]

- 67 - 5.9 Terminating Operation W hen you have finishe d operating, cl ick the button and select Logout to logout t he system or Close to exit the progr am.[...]

- 68 - C H A P T E R 6 A P P E N D I X A .1 Specification Image Senso r • Sensor T ype: 1/3” Color C MOS • Sensor Res olution: 640 x 480 pix el • Minim um Illumination: 0 .5 Lux Lens • Lens T ype: CS-Mount • View Ang le (Diagonal): 7 2 degre e • Focal Lengt h: 4mm • Aperture (F/N o.): F1.2 Video • Image Com pres sion: MPEG4/MJP EG[...]

- 69 - A .2 GPIO Terminal A pplication T y pically used in assoc iation with pro gramm ing scripts f or developing ap plications for m otion detection, event trigger ing, alarm notification via e-m ail, and a variet y of external co ntrol funct ions. The 6-p in I/O Term inal Block is located on the rear panel and pr ovides the interf ace to: a phot[...]

- 70 - A .3 Bandwidth Reference Guide  MPEG4 Bit rate (Kbit/s ) Resolution Frame rate (fps) Lowest Low Normal High Highest QQVGA 30 128 128 128 128 128 QVGA 30 128 128 2 56 512 1024 VGA 30 128 25 6 512 1024 20 48  MJPEG Image size (KB) Resolution Lowest Low Normal High high est QQVGA 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.7 4 .1 QVGA 3.2 4.2 5.4 6.3 9 .7 VGA 8.8 11.2[...]

- 71 - A .4 Glossary of Terms NUM BERS 10BASE-T 10BASE-T is Ethern et over UTP Category III, IV, or V unsh ielded twisted-pair media. 100BASE-TX The two-pair twisted -media implementation of 100BASE-T is c alled 100BASE-TX. A ADPCM Adaptive Differ ential Pulse Code Modulation, a new technology imp roved from PCM, which encodes analog sounds to digi[...]

- 72 - Ethernet The most popul ar LAN communication technology. There are a variety of types of Ethernet, includi ng 10Mbps (traditional Ethe rnet), 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet), and 1,000Mbps (Gi gabit Ethernet). Most Ethernet networks use Category 5 cabling to carry information, in the form of electrical signals, bet ween devices. Ethernet is an imple[...]

- 73 - It is an object-o riented multi-thread programming best for creating applets and applications f or the Internet, Intranet and other complex, dis tributed network. L LAN Local Area Network a computer network that spans a relatively small area sharin g common resources . Most LANs are confined to a sin gle building or group of buildings. M MJP[...]

- 74 - network protoc ol. R RJ-45 RJ-45 connec tor is used for Ethernet cable connections . Router A router is the net work software or hardware entity ch arged with routing packets between net works. RTP RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) is a data transfer protocol defined to deliver live media to the cli ents at the same time, which defines the [...]

- 75 - 1 2 3 Technical S upport E-mail: support@ airlink101.com Toll Free: 1 -888-746-3238 W eb Site: www .airlink10 1.com * AIC1620W supports most of the mobile devices, but compatibility with every mobile device i s not guaranteed. ** Monitoring mul tiple cameras simultaneously demands h igh performance computer system. *** Theoretical maximum wi[...]