Digicom 7D1476 manual

VEGA WIRELESS CAMERA User’s Manual 7D1476 rev. 0.46 06/2006[...]

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3 TABLE OF CON TENTS PREFACE ............................................................................................................................ 4 INSTALLATION PR ECAUTIONS ........................................................................................ 5 W ARN ING INS TRUCTIONS......................................................[...]

4 PREFAC E Dear Custom er, congratulations on purc hasing a Digicom product and many thank s for y our confidence! W e advi se a c areful readin g of the whole m anual, in order to get an in-dept h k nowledge of our products’ features and l earn how to use it best. Any critical comm ent is m ost welcomed as a reason f or professional growth a nd [...]

5 INSTAL L A TION PRECAUT IONS In order to guarantee your safet y and a correct d evice func tioning, be sure to follo w these safety warni ngs. The whole set ( with cables included) m ust be insta lled in a place l acking of or dist ant from : • Dust, humidit y, high tem peratures and direct expos ure to sunlight. • Heat irradiating objects, w[...]

6 WARN ING INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY W ARNINGS Read these instructions a nd norm s carefully before p owering the Vega W ireless Cam era. Violation of such norms may be illegal and cause h azard situations. For an y of the described situations p lease refer to th e specif ic instructions and n orms . The Vega W irele ss Cam era is a low power r adio tran[...]

7 1. INTRODU CTION The Vega W ireless Camera is Digicom’s ne w camera, equipped with two high quality CMOS sensors , in order to ensure the bes t image c apture under an y li ght conditions. The Color sensor can be used for daylight shots, while the Black&W hite sensor is especiall y indicated f or night shots with poor light. T he built-in i[...]

8 1.2 TECHN IC A L FEAT URES CAMER A • Doub le sensor: Color / Black & W hite • Da y/night automatic de tection • Inf rared LEDs for n ight vision (up to 5 metres) • CMO S Sensors 1/4” • Viewi ng angle: 70° • F ocal length: 3,8 mm • F : 2,0 • F ocus extension: 10mm – ∞ • Sensi tiveness: Color = 1,12 V/Lux -sec Black/W h[...]

9 POWER SUPPLY • 12 Vdc – 1000 m A • Interna l rechargeabl e Nickel Metal H ydride batter y OPERATING EN VIRONMENT • O perating tem perature: from 0°C to +40°C • Stora ge tem perature: from –20°C to +70°C OVERALL DIM ENSIONS • Externa l dim ensions: 127 x 77 x 4 8 mm • W eight: about 300 gr[...]

10 1.3 AP PLICATIONS The Vega W ireless Camera can be used in a wide range of applications. W ith the built-in CPU, it can work as a sta ndalone system tha t provides a web- based solution transmitting high quality video images for monitoring purposes. It can be m anaged rem otely, ac cessed and controlled from any PC desk top over the Intranet or [...]

11 1.4.2 VEGA WIRELESS CA MERA GPRS CONNE CTED TO A N ADSL ROUTE R In this s cenario, th e Vega W ireless Camera GPRS uses a faster m eans of transport: the AD SL line. An ADSL Router was con nected to the cam era LAN port in order to m onitor the real status and the al arm- relevant images by a remote station. T his process is m uch f aster if com[...]

12 1.4.3 VEGA WIRELESS CA MERA WLAN CONN ECTED TO AN ACCESS POINT ADSL ROUT ER In this scenario two Vega W ireless Cameras W LAN have been installed and both are provided with presence detect ion sensors. The images c an be accessed b y a remote station with a L AN wireless connecti on to the Access Point via any de vice pro vided with a web browse[...]

13 1.4.4 VEGA WIRELESS CA MERA WLAN CONN ECTED T O DIGICOM’S VEGA VIDEO In th is scenario, a new device is mentioned: Digicom’s Vega Video . T he Vega Video is a n im age concentrator with an integrated Access Point. T he Vega Video is able to connect up to four Vega Wireless Cameras W LAN wit h loc al stations and remote station s , f or an op[...]

14 1.5 ALA RM DETECTION In the e vent of an a larm detection, the Vega W ireless Cam era W LAN and the Ve ga W ireless Cam era G PRS act in a diff erent way. The f ollowing table sho ws such diff erences: Vega Wireless C amera WL AN Vega Wireless C amera GPRS W hen the cam era detects a motion on one of the activated digital inputs, it saves the im[...]

15 2. INSTA LLATION The installation of the Vega W ireless C amera must be p erform ed according to th e instructions of t his manual. 2.1 FRONT PANEL The Vega W ireless Cam era’s front panel consists of : • Color optics • Black&W hite optics • Infrared LEDs • Twilight sensor • Status LED The hole l ocated in t he mi ddle of th e pa[...]

16 2.3a LED DESCR IPTION (VEGA WIRELESS CA MERA WLA N) Three LED opt ions indicate a dif ferent camer a status, as f ollows: • PWR: Vega W ireless Camera’s po wer • SIGNAL: inform ation on WLAN co nnection • STATUS: inform ation on rem ote connection The LEDs can ac t as follows : PWR SIGNAL STATUS OFF Camera is O FF OFF W LAN unit is OFF O[...]

17 The LEDs can ac t as follows : PWR SIGNAL STATUS OFF Camera is O FF OFF GSM signal is OFF or PIN is requested OFF Camer a is OFF Blinking - Blinking Login to GS M network Blinking - ON Camera is O N ON - ON Camera is connected to the Internet W hen the Vega W i reless Camera G PRS is powered, the dev ice goes through the following stages: 1. Veg[...]

18 2.4.2 POWER SU PPLY OUT PUTS The Vega W ireless Camera’s clamp s trip is provided with 2 power suppl y outp uts to power any possible presence detect ion sensor. To pow er the sensor you o nly nee d to connect the Vega W i reless Cam era’s pin 1 to the pos itive c ontact (+) of the pres ence detector and the V ega W irele ss Camera’s pin 3[...]

19 2.5 SIM CA RD (only for the VE GA WIRELES S CAMERA GPRS) The Vega W ireless Cam era GPRS supports PLUG-IN SIM cards. In order to pre vent d amaging of the SIM or an infor mation loss we advise no t to touch t he gol den sect ion of the SIM card ( where the co ntacts are to be f ound). WARNING: the Vega Wire less Camera GPRS can o perate wit h an[...]

20 2.6 INSTA LLING THE EXT ERNAL ANTE NNA To install the extern al antenna follo w these steps: Make sure that the Vega W ireless Camera is off by tur ning of f the power sup ply a nd deact ivating the backup battery in the conf iguration pages. Connect the external anten na connector to the Vega Wireless Cam era’s connector by scr ewing it cl oc[...]

21 2.9 FA CTORY SETTINGS W hen f irst started, the Vega W irele ss Cam era shows the fac tory param eters indic ated in the following tabl e. To access the configuration, connect the NIC of your PC to the Vega W ireless Cam era’s LAN port, using the Ethernet cable in the package. Fo llow the instructio ns descr ibed in the CONFIG URATIO N chapter[...]

22 3. CONFIGURA TION The Vega W ireless Camera is configured through its built-in W eb-based configuration ( e.g. In ternet Exp lorer, Netscape, Firefox or other w eb browsers). You can t herefore use an y de vice ( PC, PDA) e quipped with a NETW ORK INTERFACE CARD and an I nternet Brows er. This chapter describ es the necessar y c heck s to access[...]

23 3.2 VEGA WIRELESS CA MERA CONFIGURA TION On your PC ope n the web browser (Internet Expl orer, N etscape, Firef ox, etc.) and es tablish a connec tion b y entering the follo wing addres s : http ://192.168.30.1 . After the connect ion is established, you will find the f ollowing wind ow: In the User Id field enter: admin In the Password f ield e[...]

24 3.3 CONFIGURA T ION MENU This section des cribes the c onfiguration menus of the Vega W ireless Cam era. Most menus are e quivalent for both the W LAN and G PRS versions; som e differences ar e y et to be f ound. In the descriptive conf iguration sections you will obviousl y find only the menu for the specific versi on. The configurat ion window[...]

25 3.3.2 LAN In this w indow you m ay change the param eters of the LAN interface to b e found o n both V ega W irele ss Camera versions. Enter the value you wish to c hange and click SAVE . The ne w settings will be immediately eff ective. IP Address: insert t he IP address the cam era will use for tr ansmission on the LA N port. WARNING: th e IP [...]

26 3.3.2 WiFi (only for the VEGA WIRELESS CAMERA WLAN) In this window you m ay change the param eters of th e W LAN interface to be f ound on both Vega W ireless Camera versions. In order to comm unicate via wireless LAN with the Vega W ireless Camera W LAN you need to use an Access Point. For a correc t comm unication with the cam era you then n e[...]

27 Encryption: W ireless network co mm unications can be interc epted easil y. T o prevent unauthorize d access to the net work you may activate W EP encryption. W EP (W ired Equivalent Privacy) is a n encryption method specified by the IEEE 80 2.11g standard to make a ny i ntercepted communications extremely d ifficult to interpret by unauthori ze[...]

28 3.3.3 GPRS (only for the VEGA WIRELESS CA MERA GPRS) In this window you may set the p arameters of the GPRS configur ation for the Veg a W ireless Camera GPRS. WARNING: the Vega Wire less Camera GPRS can o perate wit h any SIM Card. Th e GPR S f unction is available a ccording t o the type of contract st ipulated for the SI M C ard. Check availa[...]

29 Service Center Address: it is the phone num ber of the Service Center provided by t he phone com pany managing the SM S mess ages. Such a value is read d irectly b y the SIM card inserted in th e cam era. GPRS Phon e Nu mber: it is the phone number you m ust dial for the GPRS Internet connection. For all phone companies the correct num ber is us[...]

30 Status: to check registration to the GSM net work, s ignal quality and GPRS network presence, verif y the Status field. Off Line Vega W ireless Camera GPRS disc onnected to the In ternet. On Line Vega W ireless Camera GPRS connec ted to the Intern et. Searching GSM/GPRS net work res earch. Registered Vega W ireless Camera GPRS register ed to the[...]

31 3.3.4 CA MERA In this window you may change the parameters of the im age capture. Fps (Frame per secon d): it is the frame rate of the cam era. It supports values from 1 to 10 fram es per second. Alarm Rate: it is the sav ing rate, in case of alarm detection on digital inputs . The value inserted will define the time interval ( expressed in sec [...]

32 Frame Size: def ines the image quality. Very High Excellent image qual ity. (VGA: 80 KByte – QVGA: 2 0 KByte). High Good im age quality. (VGA: 50 KB yte – QVGA: 12 KB yte). Mediu m Standard im age quality. ( VGA: 30 KB yte – QVGA: 8 KByte). Low Poor image quali ty. (VGA: 20 KB yte – QVGA: 6 KB yte). This option will all ow you t o increa[...]

33 3.3.5 SYST EM In this window you may act on som e of the cam era’s functions. Show Current Date: b y selecting the En abled item and clic king the SAVE butt on you ma y c heck date an d time for the Vega W ireless Camera GPRS. For date a nd time s ynchronization, please ref er to the description conta ined in the G PRS page. Alarm simul ation:[...]

34 Switch Off Tim eout: def ines the m anagement of the backup battery. I n case of m ain power supply lack , the Vega W ireless Camera k eeps functioning thank s to a rechargeable b ackup batter y. 0 Batt ery m anagement is disabled. In case of m ain p ower supp ly lack , the camera turns off . 1 Batt ery management is disabled onl y with next mai[...]

35 3.3.6 ALA RM CFG In this window you m ay enable the digital inputs, th e relevant m ess ages associated to it and the releva nt managem ent in case of m ain power supply lack . Input1 Mo de and Input2 Mo de: activation and deactivation of the two digital inputs. Disabled Disabled input. An y chang e of s tatus on the input will not be handled b [...]

36 Sms Main Power Off: enables the s ending of a SMS mess age (with the Vega W ireless Camera GPRS) in case of a m ain po wer sup ply lack . T he SMS m essage will be s ent to the pho ne num bers inserte d in the SMS Num ber item to be found in the GPRS conf iguration page . Main Pow er Off Message: defines the text of the message sent if the Sm s [...]

37 3.3.7 CAL LBACK (only for the VEGA WIRELESS CAMERA GPRS ) In this windo w you m ay associate a f unction of the Vega W ireless Cam era GPRS to a phone ca ll. After selecting the phone cal l association option according to your needs, you ma y call the phone num ber of the SIM card in th e Vega W ire less Camer a GPRS f rom your mobile phone, as [...]

38 Live The phone call is associated to an I nternet connecti on request. W hen y ou ne ed to ac cess the Vega W ireless Camera GPRS remotely, you only need to cal l the Vega W ireless Cam era GPRS phone number f rom your mobile phone. The cam era reads the incom ing phone num ber and compares it to th e phon e num bers in the Cli Enabled configura[...]

39 3.3.8 SECUR ITY In order to guarant ee a more sec ure access to the c amera, you can enab le the User Id and Password request each tim e you access the configuration p ages of the Vega W i reless Cam era. User Id: in this fie ld you must ent er the User Id se lected to acces s the camer a. The default value is admin . Password: in t his field yo[...]

40 3.3.9 DYNA MIC DNS If y ou us e an Internet s ubscription with a dynamic IP address or a G PRS c onnection, you do not h ave t he chance to of fer remote access services because the I SP or ph one com pany assigns a diff erent IP address to the device each t ime. To solve this problem , as already describ ed in the previous pag es, at each conne[...]

41 Interface: select t he interf ace for the Dynam ic DNS service. LAN The camera will notify the DDNS Server with th e IP a ddress assigned by the LAN port. This option can be selected both on the Vega W ireless Camera W LAN and the Vega W ireless Camera GPRS. Wi-Fi The Vega W irele ss Camera W LAN will n otify the DDNS S erver with the I P addr e[...]

42 3.3.10 ALA RM In this window you may view the im ages saved b y the Vega W ireless Cam era on alarm detection. In the SMS mess age sent by the Vega W ireless Camera GPRS you can find the direct link to this page, to save time and view the images c oncerning the alar m event imm ediately: http://217.201.1 96.19/mnt/f lash/config/alarm .html . WAR[...]

43 3.3.11 LIVE Click Live fr om the main menu t o view the current s hooting stat us of the cam era. The image displayed refer s to t he c onfiguratio n of t he previous pages, especi ally to the s ettings for the Camera c onfiguration page.[...]

44 3.3.12 STA TUS LOG In this window you can check the status of the V ega Wireless Cam era.[...]

45 4. F.A .Q. ( FRE QUENTLY A SKED QUESTIONS) AND TR OUBLESHOOTING Q: W hat algorithm is used to c ompres s the digital image? A: The Vega W irel ess Cam era util izes th e JPEG image c ompression tec hnology prov iding high quality images for user s. JPEG is adopted since it is a standard for image com pression an d can be applied to various web b[...]