Planet Technology ICA-500C manual

Internet Camera ICA-500 User’s Manual[...]

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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTR ODUCT ION.............................................................................................. 1 Overview ....................................................................................................................... ..... 1 Physical Details .........................................................[...]

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1 Chapter 1 Introduction This Chapter provides d etails of the ICA-500's features, compon ent s and capabilities. Overview As broadband communi cation gets more and more popula r, it becomes easier to transfer video and audio through netwo r k. Traditional surveillance system is gradually evolving to be deployed in packet switching TCP/IP netw[...]

• Ease of use Plug-N-Watch capability to simplify system integration in an existing network environment • Meeting SOHO, business, or public facilities surveillance needs ICA-500 can be deployed in many different si tuation s, such as library, train station or factory production line to provide efficient, human-re source reducing, and offers fle[...]

Physical Details ICA-500 Rear Panel Rear Panel LAN port Use a standard LAN cable to conn ect your ICA-500 to a 10/100BaseT hub or swit ch. Alarm I/O Connector ICA-500 provides a terminal block with 8 pins of conn e ctors located on the center of the back panel. There are 3 pins for two alarm inputs and 5 pins are for alarm output. The I/O connector[...]

Package Contents The following items should be inclu ded: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. • Planet ICA-500 Network Camera x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Power cord x 1 • Decoration ring x 1 • Screw x 4 • Terminator for Alarm I/O x 1 • Installation software and manual CD x 1 4[...]

2 Chapter 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides d etails of installing and configuring the ICA- 500. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100Ba seT hub or switch and net work cable is required. • System Requirement for Viewer & Reco rder: System Hardware 1-4 cameras surve illance application • CPU: Pentium III, 800 [...]

Installation 1. Mount the Camera on the supplied Base and Stand. Use 4 screws to fix the ICA-500 onto the ceiling as below. You can also p ut the Network Camera on the table directly. ICA-500 Installation 2. Connect the LAN Cable Connect the ICA-500 to a 10/100BaseT hub or switch. 3. Connect power adapter Connect the external power supply to the DC[...]

Setup Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or usi ng the supplied Windows-based camera utilities. This progr am ca n locate the ICA-500 even if its IP address is invalid for your netwo rk. You can then configur e the ICA-500 with appropriate TCP/IP settings for your LAN. Subsequent administration can be performe d with your We[...]

• After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web b ro w ser. 8[...]

3 Chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup This Chapter provides info rmation about the optional settings and features for viewing video via the ICA-50 0. This Chapt er is for Administrators only. Introduction After finishing the network setup, the ICA- 500 can im mediately be used by all users on your LAN. This chapter describes some additio nal settings [...]

Camera setti ng 3. Make the required adjustments, as explained b elow, and save your changes. Video Settings Resolution Select the desired video resolution. The default re sol ution is set to 320*240. Available resolution: ‧ 176x144 ‧ 320x 240 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 640x480 Image Quality Select the desired image quality. The default Image Quality is s[...]

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Controlling User Access to the Video Stream By default, only system administrators can co nnect to the ICA -500 and view live Video. If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring ea ch use r to login to the ICA-500 with their individual username and password. To Enable this feature: 1. Connec t to the Web-ba sed inter[...]

Making Video available from the Internet If your LAN is connected to the Internet, typically by a Broadband Gateway/Router and Broadband modem, you can make the ICA-5 00 avail able via the Internet. ICA-500 Setup The ICA-500 configuration does NO T have be change d, unless: • You wish to change the port number from the default value (1 024). • [...]

DDNS (Dynamic DNS) Many Internet connections use a " Dynamic IP address", where the Internet IP address is allocated whenever the Internet conne ction is established. This means that other Internet users don't know the IP address, so can't establish a connectio n. DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to conn[...]

The "Port" for the Port Forwarding / Virtual Server entry above is the "Second Port" number specified on the Net work screen of the ICA-500. L Hint Viewing via the Internet Clients (viewers) will need a broadband connection; dial-up connections are NOT recommen ded. Using your Web Browser If using your Web browser, you need to k[...]

You can then select the camera in the Cameras list on the main screen, and cli c k OK to establish a connection and view live video. Please check respective chapter for further d etails of viewing Video using either the Windows Viewing/Recording utility or Web Browser. 16[...]

4 Chapter 4 Web-based Management This Chapter provid es Setu p details of the ICA-500’s Web-b ased Interface. This Chapter is for Administrators only. Introduction The ICA-500 can be configure d usi ng your Web Browser. The ICA-500 mu st have an IP address, which is compatible with your PC. Connecting to ICA-500 • If you have run the CamView ut[...]

Welcome Screen When you connect, the camera Home screen will be displ ayed. Camera Home Screen The Home screen can be divided into three areas: • Viewing Area - Images from the Network Camera • Control Pa nel Area - Netwo rk Camera Manipulation and imag e quality control • Advanced Configuration area - o nly available fo r ad ministrator. Cam[...]

Viewing Area This screen is displayed when you log in machine Viewing Area Screen • The ICA-500 web page require s ActiveX c ont rol to display the video conte nt. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the came ra and installed on your PC. • The security settings on the Internet Explorer must allow the Activ eX plug in to be functional. ?[...]

Control Panel Screen When you connect, the camera c ontr ol panel screen will be displayed. Camera direction Up, Down, Left, Right, Home Camera speed adjustment Video Resolution Adjust camera focus Recall/Preset Mode A udio feature On/Off Frame rate adjustment via image quality Camera Preset/Recall positions Video Brightness adjustment positions Ca[...]

be higher Standard: System default value Frame rate adjustment directly Adjust video frame rate via giving a number dire ctly. 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Audio On/Off Turn on/off audio output function. Note : The Microphone is located on the rear panel. You need to position the MI C hole face to the au dio source to have better audio quality. Advance[...]

User Setup user name, password and login p rivilege IP Filter Setup legal IP address of user login (Thi s function should be used with function “User” respectively) Event Define the event from Motion detection and sensors for security p urpose System Screen After entering machine Home scre en, click on the System menu, you will see a screen lik[...]

Camera Screen This screen is displayed when the Camera menu option is clic ked. Note : please adjust careful ly to have proper machine config urations. Camera Screen Data - Camera Screen Camera Settings Image Size Display resolution selection, supp orted resolution in ICA-500: ‧ 176x144 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 320x240 ‧ 640x480 Please check the availab[...]

Saturation, Sharpness, Contrast, Hue Key in respective value for image adjustment. It is not required to adjust this value when the image is vivid. Camera Tour To use the camera tour function, user must preset some camera positions first. Select the “ SET Tour ” button to enter the Cam era T our setting page. Reset to Default Restore the values[...]

Network Screen This screen is displayed configure Networ k setting such as IP address, DHCP, DDNS and PPPoE. Network screen Data - Network Screen Network Settings DHCP Enable or disable DHCP client in ICA-500 IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS This parameter allows use rs to setup the IP address assigned by ISP. Yo[...]

DDNS screen Network Settings Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function. Username, Password Enter the Username/Password for your DDNS account. Domain Name Enter the host name, which DDNS service provider assigned. HTTP Proxy, Proxy Username, Proxy Password Enter the parameter, which DDNS service provider a ssi gned. PPPoE Setting If the ISP demand[...]

PPPoE screen Please consult your ISP personn el to obtain proper PPPoE/IP address related inform atio n, and input carefully. If Internet connection cannot be established, please che ck the physical connection or contact the ISP service staff for supp ort information. L Hint 27[...]

User Screen This User setting can set up to 10 different use rnam es and passwords. Every one set of username and password can be acte d as an Admi nistrator or just a general user. User Screen IP Filter Screen The IP filter can set 10 different user’s IP address, which a re all owing enter or disregarding by the Network Camera. Please configure [...]

Event Screen This is start two different sensors an d motion detection for security purpo se. If any motion detected or sensor has be en ac tivated, the Network Camera can issue a message or send a mail out to the perso n whose mail is assigned within SMTP. Event Screen Basic Setting Parameters in the Basic configuration menu p rovide machine adjus[...]

Motion Detection Setup motion detection are a and sen sor sensitivity Time Setting Setup the Network Camera time configu ration Popup Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated Firmware Upgrade Product firmware upgrade Factory Default Pre-default the Network Camera factory default setting FTP Client Screen FTP Client Screen Netw[...]

Image file name Please input the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server. Suffix Select the suffix to add to the file name. Sequence No. clear Enable or disable clear sequen ce number Mode Event / Periodical sending / Off Please select send a captu red ima ge mode. 31[...]

SMTP Screen This screen is displayed when the SMTP menu option is clicked. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Proto col ) is a protocol for sendi ng e-mail messa ges between servers. The mail se rver ad dr ess must be filled in this field. SMTP Screen Network Settings SMTP server name Enter the address of SMTP server used to sen d the m ail. Please ensure [...]

Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen This screen is displayed when the Alarm 1/Alarm 2 menu option is cli cked. Yo u can select Manual or Event for the Alarm mode. Alarm1 Screen Alarm2 Screen Motion Detection Screen This screen is displayed when the Motio n Detection menu option is clicked. You can Enable/Disable function and adju st the sensitivity level [...]

Network Settings Enable Motion Detection Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA-500 Sensitivity Select the desired option to suit your environme nt. If covering a large area, you usually need highe r sen sitivity, since a moving object will take only a small portion of the image. Area Use the adjust the determine which area s of the ima[...]

Time Setting Screen This screen is displayed when the Tim e Setting menu option is clicked. Time Screen Network Settings IP Cam Time Provides settings of adjusting the ca mera’s time PC Time This is default time value for PC. Set Time Three option s of Synchronize with PC's time / Use r Input / NTP are available for your selection to link wi[...]

Popup Screen This screen is displayed setting event message while motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled, and one of them detected, then a message window will be displayed on the screen. Pop up Screen Network Settings Pop-up text Input the warming text. Display mode Select display mode for your Sensor 1, Sensor 2, Motio[...]

Firmware upgrade Screen This screen is displayed when you clic k the Firm ware Upgrade menu on the Status screen. Firmware Upgrade Screen This screen allows you upgrad e the Firmwa re (software) in y our ICA-500. Before using this screen, your must downloa d the upgrade file to your PC. Then follow this procedure: 1. Click the Browse button, and lo[...]

6. The upgrade progre ss status informat ion will be displ ayed on the screen. Once the upgrading process comp leted, the Network Camera will reboot the system automatically. Do not interrupt the upgrading pr ocedure durin g proceeding; or the inner component might be perman ently damaged. L Hint Factory Default Screen This screen is displayed when[...]

Network Settings FTP Upload a captured image to server Mail Mail captured image to spe cific mail a ddress Alarm 1 Enable Alarm output 1 Alarm 2 Enable Alarm output 2 Clear Alarm Clear both alarm output status Capture: This screen is displayed when you clic k the Captu re menu a nd the function can capture current image and save it to storage media[...]

ActiveX Control This feature only supports on the ActiveX cont rol within Microsoft® Internet Explorer. View This screen is displayed when you clic k the “View” m enu on the A ctiveX control. View Settings Resizable Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the “Splits” is supported on this mode. Actual size Make the imag[...]

Rotate & Quality & Resolution Rotate: An image can be rotated in predefined 180 -de gree increments. Quality: Available quality : ‧ High (Default) ‧ Low. Resolution: Available resolution: ‧ 176x144 ‧ 320x 240 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 640x480 Image Recording This screen is displayed when you clic k the “Image Reco rding” menu on the Acti [...]

Save as JPEG: Select this option and click “Save as J PEG” for detailed configurations. The p re - defined schedule can be set by JPEG. During the JPGEG file recordin g, a red icon displa ys on lower right position of the image to indicate the AVI saving pro cess. If want stop the recording, plea se press the “Stop Image Recording” to stop [...]

• Please select the “Save Curre nt Picture As “ to save the current display image into the local PC. • Please input the saved ”file nam e”, and click “Save” bu tton. • Please select the file to display the saved image by using a ny one of graph editing tools. 43[...]

5 Chapter 5 Client UTILITY INSTALLATION The CamView utility for ICA-500 is a powerful utility for video recording, viewing, and camera administ rations. Please insert the user’s manual CD and start the CamView in stallation from the default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software: 5.1. CamView Installation •[...]

• Decide which directory to install the software. By default, just hit the Next button to continue 45[...]

• Decide the program group name. By default, just hit the Next button to continue. • Decide whether to create a desktop icon of the program. By default, just hit the Next button to continue. 46[...]

• Ready to install. By default, just hit the Install button to start installation. 47[...]

• Installing, wait for a moment. • Installation complete. Press Finish to launch the program. Otherwise, uncheck the check box to run the program late r. 48[...]

HOW TO USE After successfully installin g the utility, this icon, , will be added to the desktop. Double click on it to launch the progra m. 49[...]

5.2. CamView User Interface CamView main screen. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2. 5.2.1. Date and Time The current date and time of the computer are displayed he re. 5.2.2. Viewer Screen CamView is able to monitor up to 16 Inter net cameras. Users may choose different layout to monitor different sites. The ava ilable camera displ ay mod[...]

5.2.6. Camera Zoom Here are two buttons to zoom in or zoom out on the image. Note: camera zoom feature is reserved for future PTZ model. 5.2.7. Camera Pan/Tilt Control Here are five buttons to move the camera to the up, down, left, right and home, respectively 5.2.8. Camera Selector and Recording Here are buttons to select cameras, and toggle butto[...]

Figure 5.3.1. The Application Tab 5.3.2. Camera Settings As shown in Figure 5.3.2, users ca n set parameters of each cam e ra. If the Restore button is pressed, the current setting modifications of the specified camera will be cleared and restore to the original. If the Apply button is pressed, the current setting modification s will be applied to [...]

Figure 5.3.2. The Camera Tab 5.3.3. Scheduling As shown in Figure 5.3.3, user s can schedule re cording tasks. When you press the Add button, the editing task will be added to the schedule i t em list. When the Modify button is pressed, the sp ecified task will be updated. If the Remove button is pressed, the specified task will be removed from the[...]

Figure 5.3.3. The Scheduling Tab 5.3.4. Application Settings Figure 5.3.4 shows settings for the gl obal scope of the application in cluding initialization and environment. After all settings are complete, press the OK button to save the configuration, and exit the form. The Apply button is unused for this tab. The following lists descriptions of e[...]

Figure 5.3.4. The Application Tab 5.4. Camera Configuration Users can hit the button shown in Figure 5.4 to config ure the sp ecified camera. The configuration guide is not included in the document. Please rea d the do cumentation of the camera. Figure 5.4. 5.5. Recording There are three methods to start recordi ng. The first is to press the toggle[...]

Figure 5.5- 1 Figure 5.5- 2 Figure 5.5- 3 Figure 5.5- 4 5.6. Playback When you press the Playback button on the panel as shown in Figure 5.6, a form will appear to show the list of video records and snap shots. Figure 5.6. 5.6.1. Video List The video list tab lists video records, and di spl ays the information about the specified record. When you h[...]

Figure 5.6.2. The Snapshot List Tab 5.6.3. Video Search The video search tab lists video file information about the specified search. When you enter the search qualificatio n, then hit the Search button, you will get the matched video files. Select an item, hit the Play button, Windows Media Player will be opened to play the video. It is shown in t[...]

5.7. Image Rotation After the button is pressed, the display image rotates 180 degree. It is used fo r the camera being installed upside -d own direction. Note video/images in recorded video will not be rotated. Figure 5.7. 5.8. eMap When you press the eMap button on the panel as sho wn in Figure 5.8, a form will appear to show the eMap function. F[...]

Figure 5.8.1. Layout example 1 Figure 5.8.2. Layout example 2 59[...]

• When your mouse moves over the camera icon, you can click the right button to display a menu which has option s to set the configuration, show the record list, record, show video and re move the ca mera icon. Figure 5.8.3. 60[...]

Appendix A: Alarm I/O Connector The terminal block is used in appli cation s for e.g. motion detection, event triggeri ng, time lapse recording, alarm notification via email, image stora ge to FTP locatio ns, etc. ICA-500 provides a general I/O terminal block with two digital inputs and two out puts for device control. Pin 1 and 2 can be connect ed[...]

Appendix B: Troubleshooting Q: The video and audio codec is adopted in the Network Camera? A: The Network Cam era utilizes JPEG compre ssion to providing high quality images. JPEG is a standard for ima ge compression and can be applied to various web browsers with out the need t o install extra software. The audio codec is ADPCM c omp ression. Q: T[...]

assigned to the PC properly. • Antivirus software on the PC might interfere with the setup program. Disable the firewall of the antivirus software during setting up ICA-50 0. Q: Internet Explorer does not seem to work well with the ICA-500 A: Make sure that your Internet Explor er is version 6.0 or later. If you are experiencing problem s, try up[...]

Q: Check the ICA-500’s Ac tiv eX is installed on your computer A: Go to C:WindowsDownloade d Program Files an d che ck to see if there is an entry for the file “WebWatch Class”. The status column should sho w “Installed”. If the file is not listed, make sure your Security Settings in Internet Explorer are configured properly and then tr[...]

A: • To insure the images you are viewing are the b est they can be, set the Display property setting (color quality) to 16bit at least and 24 bit or higher if possible within your computer. •The configuration on the ICA-500 image displ ay is in correct. You need to adjust the image related parameters such a s brightness, contrast, hue and satu[...]

Appendix C: Bandwidth Calculation The frame rate of video transmitted from the I CA-500 depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of serve r. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth req uirements form your ICA-500. Image bandwidth is approximately equal to the average frame rate in frames p[...]

Appendix D: Specifications Model ICA-500 Hardware Sensor 1/3” CCD sensor Iris control Video-drive iris control Gain control High/Low switchable White balance Indoor, auto mode (col or temperatur e: 2500K~9000K) Focus Fixed, lens length=3 .6mm, manually fine tune Minimum Illumination 0.2LUX@F2.0 PAN (Horizontal Rotation) 0°~325° Tilt (Vertical R[...]