LevelOne FCS-0031 manual

FCS-0031 Megapixel PIR Lighting P oE Net w ork Camera V er 1.0 LevelOne User Ma nual[...]

- - Product name: Megapixel Cub e Network Camera (FC S-0031) Release Date: 201 1 /02/01 Manual Revisi on: V1.x Firmware 1.x.x.x Web site : www .leve l1.com Default Settings IP Address DHCP Username admin Password admin General Public License This product incorporates o pen source code into the softw are and therefore falls unde r the guidelines gov[...]

- - T able of Content s Before Y ou Use T his Pro duct ................................................................................ 0 Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Device Appearance Descrip tion .................................................................[...]

- - User Management ............................................................................... 42 IP Fi lter ............................................................................................ 43 Firmware Upgrade .............................................................................. 43 Configuration ...........................[...]

Before Y ou Use This Product The u se of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country . The Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready cam era but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user ’ s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal befo re installing this unit fo[...]

- 1 - Overview The LevelOne FCS-0 031 is designed fo r 24h rs home surv eillance. It provides a distinct and stylish des ign, with excellent features a nd quality, p roviding mu ltiple applications and a wide range of coverage. Users can view the live motion image a nywhere through a w eb browser via the I nternet. W ith a megap ixel p rogressive s[...]

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- 3 - Device Appearance Description < Front & Rear view > < LEDs > F/W upgr ade Power LED Privacy LED Ethernet LED[...]

- 4 - <Hardware Reset > The reset button is u sed to reset the system or restore the fact ory default settings. Sometimes resetting the system can return the camera to normal operation. If the problems remain after reset, please restore the fa ctory settings and install it again. Reboot - Plea se press a nd release the indented reset butt on [...]

- 5 - Inst allation System Requirement s Operating System Microsoft W indows X P Home Edition SP2 Microsoft W indows X P Professional SP2 Computer IBM PC/AT Compatible CPU Pentium 3GHz or faster Memory 1024 MB or more Monitor 1024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit True colo r or better Network Interface 10/100Mbps Network interfa ce card must be install[...]

- 6 - Camera Connection Basic Connection 1. Connect the supplied pow er cable from the camera to the power outlet. 2. Connect the camera to a switch via Ethernet cable. Please ch eck your p roduct packa ge contains all the accessories liste d in the foregoing Package Contents. Upon powering u p, the p ower LED wil l become lighted first a nd then t[...]

- 7 - Sof tw are inst allation In this manual, "Use r" refers to w hoever has access t o the Netw ork Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who c an configure the Network Camera an d grant user access to the camera. After hardware connection ch ecking, the users can run the Inst allation W izard program included in th[...]

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- 10 - 2. Do no t check the box if user would like to check the hardware installation settings, Otherwise click “Skip the hardware i nstallation” to skip t he hardware connection checking, the program will automatica lly search for the Network Camera in the Int ranet. Click “S tart” to continue.[...]

- 11 - 3. Sele ct the Network Camera from the survey list and enter the user nam e and password. The user name and password are assigned as “ admin/admi n ”.[...]

- 12 - 4. Sett ing the Network Camera IP address User can either select simple mode or professional mode for n etwork camera IP setting. If simple mode is selected, the easy configuratio n program will set up the connection automatically . If professional m ode is sele cted, the user will need to configure the IP manually , The DH CP setting is r e[...]

- 13 - 5. Plea se make sure the internet connection is ready then start to do the internet discovery , otherwise click “Skip” to fin ish the setting. The default domain name is MA C address; you can also register with your own name on-line. 6. After finish se tting, the co nnection successful or fail showed. I f connection failed, user c an eit[...]

- 14 - Access to the Network Camera Check Network Settings The Network Camera can be connected either b efore or immediately after software installation on to t he Local A rea Ne twork. Th e Administrator should complete the ne twork settings on t he configuration page, including the correct subnet mask and IP address of gateway and DNS. Ask your n[...]

- 15 - A uthenti cation After open ing the W eb browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and passw ord. T he user name and password for the Administrator are as signed as “ admi n/admin ”. Upo n successful authent ication, the f ollowing figure is displayed. The f oreground is the logi[...]

- 16 - Inst alli ng plug-in For the initia l access to the Network Camera in W indows, the web browser may prompt for permission to inst all a new plug-in f or the Network Came ra on the Internet Explorer. Permission request depe nds o n the Internet se curity set tings o f the user ’s PC or notebook. If the h ighest security level is set , t he [...]

- 17 - Live V iew Live View is the default page that o pens when acce ssing t he Network Cam era. Live video is displayed directly in the bro wser wi ndo w .  Stream1/St ream2 Channels The network came ra offers simulta neous d ual stream fo r o ptimized quality and bandwidth. T o configure the codec compression and video resolution, please go t[...]

- 18 - TCP - Th is protocol guaran tees the complete d elivery of streaming data and thus p rovides better video quality. N evertheless, the do wnside with this protocol is that its real-time effect is not as good as that of the UDP protoco l. UDP - This protocol allows for m ore real-time audio and video stream s. However, ne twork packets may be [...]

- 19 - Reco rding - Click this button to rec ord video to your computer. S napshot - Click this button to capture and save still images. Digital Zoom - Click this button to enable the zoom operation. Mirror - hori zontally reflect the display of the live video. Flip - verticall y reflect the display of the live video . Rea l Size - click th is butt[...]

- 20 - Configuration Click Configuration on the main page to enter the camera setting pages. Note that only Administrators can a ccess the configuration page. Camera/V i deo/ Audio Camera[...]

- 21 - Camera Setting Brightness - Drag the slider bar to adjust the image brightness level, which ranges from -5 to +5. Contrast - Drag the slider b ar to adjust the image contrast level, which ranges from -5 to +5. Sharpness - Drag the slider bar to a djust the image sh arpness level, which ranges f rom -5 to +5. Saturation - Drag the slider b ar[...]

- 22 - Flip - Enable to vertically ref lect the display of the live video. . Video You can set up two separate stream s for the Network Camera for different viewing devices. Stream 1 & Stream 2 Video Codec - The Network Came ra offers three choices of video codec standa rds f or real-time viewing: H.264, MPEG -4 and MJPEG. Video Resolution - Se[...]

- 23 - selected. Set the frame rate higher for a smoother video quality. Video quality and bit rate - User ca n either choose “quality” or “bitrate” to control the video quality with video codec at H.264 or MPEG4. Only “quality” can be chosen when video code c at MJPEG is selected. Set the bitrate higher for a better video quality. Howe[...]

- 24 - RTSP Server To utilize RTSP authenticat ion, make sure that you have set a password for the Network Camera first. RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protoco l) controls the delivery of streaming media. By default the port number is set to 554. A uthentic ation - Depending on your network sec urity requirements, the Network Camera provides two types o[...]

- 25 - Click Apply or Reset to ta ke effect. A udio You can set up two separate streams for the Network Camera f or different viewing devices. User can either enable or disable the audio fun ction. If a udio enable is selected, select the Audio codec from the drop down list. A dvanc ed Echo cancellation Enabled : Enable to avoid an echo. Click Appl[...]

- 26 - Multicast Multicast addressing is a n etwork tech nology fo r the de livery of information to a group of destinations simultaneously using the most efficient strategy to deliver the me ssages over each link of the n etwork only once, creating copies only when the links to the mu ltiple destinations split. You can either ena ble or disable th[...]

- 27 - Net w ork IP Setting This section explains how to configure wired network conn ection f or the Network Camera. There are several ways to setup the Network Camera over the In ternet . The first way is to obtain an available dynamic I P addres s assigned b y a DHCP server. Th e second way is to utilize a static IP . The third way is to use P P[...]

- 28 - DHCP - Ge t IP address automatically. S elect this option to obtain an a vailable dynamic I P address assigned by a DHCP server each time the camera is connected to the LAN. Static IP - Sel ect this option t o manually assign a static IP address to the Network Camera. Enter the static IP a ddress, Subnet mask, D efault Gateway, Primary an d [...]

- 29 - Click Apply or Reset to ta ke effect. DDNS (dynamic domain name se rvice) DynDNS - Enable the DDNS service allows your Ne twork Camera, especially when assigned with a dy namic IP address, to h ave a f ixed ho st and domain name. Note that before u tilizing this function; please apply a dynam ic domain account first. Enter the username, pass[...]

- 30 - TZO TZO - TZO is one k ind of the DDNS providers. User can refer to the T ZO.com : visit http://www.tzo.com/ to apply a d ynamic domain a ccount when selecting this DDNS provider. Enter the e-mail add ress, password and domain name when enabled the TZO. Click Apply or Reset to ta ke effect. Eas y Link Eas y Link – the IP camera ha d bundle[...]

- 31 - HTTP/HTTPS HTTP - This protocol allows the same quality as TCP protocol without needing to open specific ports for streaming under some network environments. Users inside a firewall can u tilize this protocol to allow streaming da ta through. HTTPS - (Hypertext Transfer Proto col over SSL): This section explains how to enable authentication [...]

- 32 - Detection Setting - Select and enable th e mo tion d etection windows f unction. Easier to trigger event by higher the sensitivity value and lo wer the Threshold value. Notification - To react in resp onse to particular events. A typical application is that when a motion is detected, the Network Camera sends buffered images to a FTP server, [...]

- 33 - attach video clip to your email add ress, FTP site, samba or HTTP. FTP - File T ransfer P rotocol (FTP) is often used a s an application component to automatically trans fer files for progr am int ernal functions. Select to send the m edia files t o a FTP server when a trigger is activated . Enter th e FTP IP address or ho stname; by default[...]

- 34 - Email Password - Enter the password of the email account if necessary. Click Apply or Reset to ta ke effect. Samba - Select to send the n etwork f ile sy stem media files via n etwork neighborhood w hen a trigger is activated. IP Address - Enter the IP a ddress of the samba server. User Name - Enter the user name of the samba s erver. Passwo[...]

- 35 - Click Apply or Reset to ta ke effect. HTTP - Select to send the media files to a HTTP server when a trigger is activated . URL - Enter the URL of the HTTP se rver. Message: Enter the message that inform s you when a trigger is activated.[...]

- 36 - Scheduled Event Click New to open the recording sett ing page. In this page, you can define the recording schedule and recording capacity. Name - Enter a descriptive name for the recording setting. Event - Select from the drop-down menu for the re cording or rebooting event. Time - Specify the recording du ration. ■ Select the t ime for re[...]

- 37 - PIR Enable PIR sensor to dete ct a moving infrared object such as a person in the dark. Sensitivity - is used to adjust the sensitivity of the PIR Sensor from 10 - 100%. The default sensitivity is 50%. By increasing the sensi tivity , the range of the P IR S ensor is also increased. Th e PIR Sensor can be configured to detect movement in t h[...]

- 38 - System System Log Log - To send a system log to the network came ra when a trigger is activated. This page d isplays the system ’s log in chronological order. T he system log is stored in the Network Camera’s buffer area and will be overwritten when reaching a certain amount. Click Retrieve to retrieve the log, o r click Save to file to [...]

- 39 - Date & Time Settings Manual - The user enters the date and time manually. Clone from PC - Sync with com puter time; click clon e to synchronize the date and tim e of the Network Camera with the local computer. The read-only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated. NTP - Select to update the time with t he NTP server o n hourly, d[...]

- 40 - Device Information Video/Audio Setting - To v iew the entir e video/audio setting i nformation about the ne twork camera. Network Setting - To view the en tire network setting information about the net work camera.[...]

- 41 - System Information - To view the entire system information about the network camera. Storage Management - T o v iew the entire recorded files in SD card. Click Remove to safe ly remove the storage device. Click Reload to view the list.[...]

- 42 - Maintenance User Management This section explains how to en able password protection and create multiple account s. Privilege Setting - Enter the new user’s na me and password. Select the privilege for new user a ccount. Click A dd t o take e ffect. Th e administrator account n ame is “admin”, which is permanent and ca n not be deleted[...]

- 43 - IP Filter IP Filter - Enable the IP fi lter and set of allow or deny IP add ress range to server. Cl ick Add to list to add the IP range to the IP f il ter list . Click Apply or Reset to ta ke effect. Firmware Upgrade This feature a llows you to upgrade the f irmware on your Network Camera. It takes about few minutes to complete the process.[...]

- 44 - Configuration This feature allows you to export/import the configuration files of the network camera. Import/Export - Click export to pop up a dialog to indicate the location and file to export. Click br owse to indica te the location a nd file of the camera conf iguration and click import to import the configuration file ba ck into the netw[...]

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