Airlink101 AICN1747W manual

SkyIPCam 174 7W Wireles s N Night Vision Pa n/Tilt Netw ork Cam era Model # AICN1747W User’s Ma nual Ver. 1.0[...]

- 1 - 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 W ireless N Night Vis ion Pan/T ilt Network Camer a  One 2dBi A ntenna  One AC Po wer Adapter  One W all Mount Kit  One GPIO C onnector [...]

- 3 - 1.2 Getting to Know Your Camera Front View[...]

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- 5 - 1.3 Features and Benefits  MJPEG C odec Support ed The cam era provides you with excellent images by the MJP EG codec tec hnology, a llowing you to adjust im age size and quality, and bit rate accor ding to the net work ing environm ent.  2-way Audio Capabilit y The built-in microphone of the ca mera provides on-the-sp ot audio via the [...]

- 6 - 1.4 S y stem Requirement  Netw orking - LAN: 10 Base-T Ethern et or 100Bas e-TX Fast Ethernet. - WL AN: IEEE 802.11b/ g/n, data rat e up to 150 Mbps*  Accessing th e Came ra using Web Browser - Suppo rted Browser s*: Mic rosoft® Internet Explorer 6 .0 or above; Apple Saf ari, Mozilla F irefox with JAVA p lug-in CPU: Intel Pe ntium III [...]

- 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 Installing the Wall Mount Kit The cam era comes with a W all Mount Kit, which a llows you to place your cam era anywhere b y mounting the cam era through the thr ee screw ho les locate d in the bas e of the W all Mount Kit. Wall Mount Kit Screw Screw Screw[...]

- 8 - 2.2 Connecting the Camera to LAN/WLA N Use the prov ided Ether net cable to connect the c amera to your local area network (LAN). W hen you connect the AC power adapter, the c amera is powered on automatical ly. You can v erify the power status from the Po wer LED on the front pa nel of the cam era. Once connect ed, the Link LED starts f lash[...]

- 9 - 2.3 Applications of the Camera The cam era can be app lied in m ultiple applicati ons, including :  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 explains som e[...]

- 10 - C H A P T E R 3 S O F T W A R E I N S TA L L A T I O N 3.1 Installing SkyIPCam UltraView 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 . 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 e > UltraView folder > run “[...]

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

- 12 - 3.2 Configuring the Camera Step 1 Open SkyIPCam Ut ilit y by double click ing on its ic on on your des ktop. Step 2 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 wish to conf igure does n ot show up in t he utilit y, make s ure the cam era is prop[...]

- 13 - Step 4 The c amera vie wing windo w will appear . Click on S etup , then c lick on Sm art Wizard . Step 5 You m a y change th e default Ca mera Name a nd enter a nam e for the Locatio n if you lik e. Then enter “admin” for both Admin Passw ord and Confirm Pa ssword . Cl ick Next . 1 2[...]

- 14 - Step 6 You c an specif y a static IP ad dress to this camera b y selecting St atic IP , and enter IP, Su bnet Mask , Default Gatewa y, Prim ary/Secondar y DNS addres ses here. If you are not sure ho w to configure Static IP Sett ing, please se lect DHCP . Click Next . Note Be su re to enter Primary/Seco ndary DN S addresses assigned b y your[...]

- 15 - Step 8 Enter the Network ID (SSID) of your wireless network , or click on Site Surv ey and select f rom the list. Select th e Authentic ation and Encr yption , an d enter the s ecurity Ke y of your wirel ess network . This inform ation is stored in your wireles s AP/router. Click Next . Note You m ay contact t he m anufacturer of your wirele[...]

- 16 - 3.3 V iewing Images 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 assigned a static IP address f or your cam era (at Step 6, Chapter 3.2), you ma[...]

- 17 - 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 will be prom pted to instal l the ActiveX Control. Cl ick on th e bar on top of the screen and c lick on Run Add-o n or Install ActiveX Con trol (depends o n diff erent IE versions). Step 5 Click on Run , then y[...]

- 18 - Step 6 To ge t a clear view of im ages, you can s imply rotate the cam era’s lens clo ckwise or c ounter- clock wise to adjust the f ocus.[...]

- 19 - C H A P T E R 4 C O N F I G U R A T I O N 4.1 Using the Web Configuration 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 c[...]

- 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 - Basic >> Us er  Administrato r You can use this option to change adm inistrator ’s password f or your cam era.  General Use r - 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 amer[...]

- 22 - 4.3 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, IP Filter , and W ireless Net work. 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[...]

- 23 - Secondar y DNS domain names into IP addresses. Enter the Primary DNS an d Secondary DNS that are provided by ISP. It is usually recommended that you input the De fault Gateway of your network, which is the IP address of your router. Check with your router manufacturer for that informati on. THIS IS MANDATORY IF YOU WANT TO USE THE FTP OR EMA[...]

- 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.  Start/End IP Address Assign a ran ge of IP ad dresses that are not al lowed to access the cam era b y entering the Start I P address an d End IP addres s. W hen yo[...]

- 25 - Network >> Wi reless Setting The cam era supports W LAN while you use the w ireless network. Selec t the Enable op tion to en able this feature. 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[...]

- 26 - - 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 at by selecting ASCII or HEX . ASCII form at causes each character you type to be interpr eted as an eight-bit val[...]

- 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 - 4.4 Pan/Tilt Settings The Pan/T ilt menu allo ws you to conf igure the pa n/tilt functions of the cam era. Pan & Tilt >> Pa n & Tilt Settings - Pan/Tilt Calib ration: Cl ick Calibrat ion to calibr ate the posit ion of the cam era lens . - Pan Steps: S et the cha nging ran ge (1~20 degr ees) when you click the Left/Right button.[...]

- 29 - 4.5 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[...]

- 30 - 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 [...]

- 31 - Video & A udio >> A udio  Camera M icrophone In Select the En able opt ion to enable the cam era’s audio f unction, so tha t you can r eceive the on- site sound and voice from the cam era.  Camera Speaker Out Select the En able opt ion to enable the cam era’s external sp eaker f unction, so tha t the connect ed speaker ca[...]

- 32 - 4.6 Event Server Configuration The Event Server m enu contains t wo sub-m enus that allo w you to uploa d images to FT P, and send emails that include stil l images. W hen you complete th e required setti ngs for F TP, or Em ail, click T est to find out if the related configurat ion is correc t or not. Once t he cam era connects to the serve[...]

- 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 - 4.7 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-[...]

- 35 - 4.8 Event Configuration The Event C onfig m enu contains f ive sub-m enus that pr ovide the com m ands to configure ev ent profiles. Event Configuration >> Gene ral Setting - Snapshot/Re cording Subfolder: You can assig n a desc riptive nam e for the subfold er to save the captured im age/video f iles. Other wise, leave th is option bl[...]

- 36 - Event Configuration >> Arrange Schedule Profile This sub-m enu displa ys the scheduled profile(s). T o custom ize the prof ile, click Add and then ent er 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 [...]

- 37 - Event Configuration >> Motion Detec tion Trigger Select the En able opt ion to enable the m otion detection tr igger functio n of the ca m era, so that you can set Tr igger Out function or send capt ured im ages within the detecting are a to the FTP ser ver or email receiver. You have to c onfigure cor responding s ettings , such as FT[...]

- 38 - Event Configuration >> Sc hedule Trigger You can sep arately conf igure the sche dule for tr igger functio n of the cam era b y Email , or FTP . Sel ect the Enable opt ion on each item , and then select a S chedule Profil e from the pull-do wn list and set the Interval tim e. Event Configuration >> GPI O Trigger Select the En abl[...]

- 39 - 4.9 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[...]

- 40 - 4.10 Information The Inf ormation m enu displays the c urrent conf iguration an d events lo g of the cam era.  Device Info Display the Basic, Vide o & Audio, and Networ k settings of the cam era.  System Log The Logs tab le displa ys the events log record ed by the s ystem.[...]

- 41 - 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[...]

- 42 - 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 [...]

- 43 -  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[...]

- 44 - 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. / The Patrol/Stop buttons are used to enable/disab[...]

- 45 - 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.[...]

- 46 - 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[...]

- 47 - Window camera. Click Pre view 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[...]

- 48 -  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[...]

- 49 -  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[...]

- 50 - 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[...]

- 51 -  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 button and then s elect Record Setting . 2. To ass ign the target f older for s aving the recor ded files , click the Brow s[...]

- 52 -  Setting up Sc hedule for Recording The s y stem features the sc hedule recor ding so that you can set up t he schedul e to record as you need. 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 heckbox[...]

- 53 -  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 button to d[...]

- 54 - 5.5 Configuring the eMap View Setting Click the button 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 in[...]

- 55 - 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[...]

- 56 - 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 .[...]

- 57 - 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.[...]

- 58 -  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[...]

- 59 - 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 .[...]

- 60 - 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[...]

- 61 -  Setting up Event Server Click the button and selec t Event Se rver to conf igure the SMTP server, so that you can se nd em ails 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[...]

- 62 -  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[...]

- 63 - 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 .[...]

- 64 - 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.[...]

- 65 - A P P E N D I X A .1 Specification  Image Senso r Sensor 1/4” color CMO S Resolution 640x480  Video Compressio n MJPEG Video resolut ion VGA/QVGA/Q QVGA; 30f ps m ax.  Audio Input Built-in MIC Outpu t Headphone o utput jack (Mono) Codec PCM  User Interfa ce LAN One RJ-45 p ort Antenna One extern al antenna Reset One reset b utt[...]

- 66 - Storage: -1 5 ° C ~ 60 ° C Humidit y O peration: 20% ~ 85% non -condensing Storage: 0% ~ 90% no n-condensing  EMI FCC Class B, CE Class B[...]

- 67 - 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 GP IO connectors ar e located on the rear pan el of the cam era, which pr ovide the interface o[...]

- 68 - A .3 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[...]

- 69 - distributed compa ny and operates the company’s missi on-critical applications. 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 info[...]

- 70 - J JAVA Java is a p rogramming language that is specially de signed for wr iting p rograms that can be safely download ed to your computer through the Internet without the fear of viruses. 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 n[...]

- 71 - Detection (CS MA/CD), implemented as token-ring, ARCNET, FDDI, or Ethernet. The Router Information Protocol (RIP),a part of the Transmissio n Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) s uite, forwards packets from one network to another using the same network protoc ol. R RJ-45 RJ-45 connec tor is used for Ethernet cable connections . Rout[...]

- 72 - common ca rrier telecommunication techniques. WEP W EP is widely used as the basic security protocol in W i-Fi networks, which secures data transmissions using 64-bit or 128-bit encryption. Windows W indows is a graphical user interface for workstations t hat use DOS. WPA W PA ( W i-Fi Protected Access) is used to imp rove the security of W [...]

- 73 - 1 2 Technical S upport E-mail: support@ airlink101.com Toll Free: 1 -888-746-3238 W eb Site: www .airlink10 1.com * Theoretical max imum wireless signal rate derived fro m IEEE standard 802.11 speci fications. Actual data throughput w ill vary. Network conditions and environ mental factors, including volu me of ne twork traffic, building mat[...]