LevelOne FCS-1122 manual

FCS - 11 2 2 Megapixel PoE Netw ork Camera V er 1.0 LevelO ne User Man ual[...]

T able of Content s Befo re Y ou Use This Produc t ..................................................................... 5 Package Contents ................................................................................... 5 Produc t Ov erview ................................................................................... 6 Device Ap pearance [...]

IP Filte r ..................................................................................... 48 Firmware Upgrade ...................................................................... 48 Configuration ............................................................................. 48 Reset to default ...............................................[...]

Default Settings IP Address DHCP Username admin Password admin General Publi c License This pr oduct i ncor porat es op en sour ce co de i nto the so ftw are an d th ere fore fall s und er th e guidel ines g over ned by the Gener al Publ ic Li cense ( GPL) agree ment. Adhering to th e GPL re quir ement s, t he open s ource code an d open s ource l [...]

B efor e Y o u Use T hi s Pro duct In many countr ies, t her e are law s prohibiting or r estri cting the use of su rv eillance devi ces. This Ne twor k Camera i s a high - per formance, web - r eady camera w hich can be p a rt o f a flexibl e surv eill ance sy stem. I t is the user’s r esponsi bili ty to e nsure that the operat ion o f this ca m[...]

6 Product Over view The Lev elOne FCS - 1122 IP camer a off ers rel iable and ex cell ent vi deo quali ty soluti on for 24 - hour su rv eill ance appli cation . The cam era offers highl y efficien t H.264 vi deo compressi on, which re duces ban dw idth an d stor age req uir ements w ithou t co mpromisi ng image q uality . M- JPEG and MPEG - 4 are a[...]

7 Device A ppear an ce Description Light Sensor S tatus LED Built - in Microphone Power Connector (DC 12 V In) Reset Button Ethernet RJ45 10/100 Socket Extension I/O T erminal B lock Micropho ne/Line In Audio Out Auto Iris Connector[...]

8 LED B e havior Function LED Be havior Descript ion Remark Sta t u s Hardware failur e Front Left (Green ) Sta t u s S teady On 1. Restor ing settin gs 2. Norma l Operation Front Lef t ( Green ) Sta t u s Unli ght ed 1. Power Of f 2. Power On till Syste m setup The LED can be configured to be unli gh ted during normal operation Sta t u s W hile F/[...]

9 Extension I/O T erminal Block The Netw ork C amera prov ides an extensi on I /O ter minal block w hich i s use d to co nnect exter nal inpu t/outp ut dev ices. The pin de fini tions are list ed as b e l o w. DI/DO Diagram Pin Function 1 Power + 4.5V 2 Digital Output 3 Digital Inpu t 4 Ground 5 RS - 485 - 6 RS - 485 +[...]

10 Hardw are Reset The Rese t Butt on ca n be us ed to r eboo t the c amer a or rest ore it to fact ory defaul t sett ings. If the ca mera exper ience s a pr oblem, r ebo oting the c amera may co rrect t he pro blem. If the proble m remains, please rest ore the ca mera t o factor y de fault se tti ngs and reins t all t he softw are. T o Reboot - Pr[...]

11 Inst allation System Requirement s Operating Syst em: Micr osoft W i ndow s X P Home Edi tion S P2 Micr osoft W i ndow s X P Pro fessional SP2 Computer : IBM PC/AT Compatible CPU: Pentium 3GH z or faste r Memo ry: 1024 MB or more Monitor : 1024 x 768 pix els or more, 2 4 - bit True col or or better Netw ork Inter f ace: 10/100Mb ps Netw ork inte[...]

12 Camera Connection Basic Connection (Without PoE) 1.1 If you hav e external dev ices such as se nsors and alar ms, please mak e connecti ons w ith ex tensi on I/O termi nal bl ock. 1.2 Connect the ca mera t o a sw itch vi a Ethernet cabl e. 1.3 Connect the su pplied pow er cable from th e camer a to t he pow er outl et. Please c heck y our pr odu[...]

13 Power over Ethernet (PoE) Connec tion 1.1. W he n co nnecting to PoE - en abled sw itch The cam era is PoE complia nt an d please connect s th e camer a to a PoE - ena bled switch via sin gle Ethernet c able. 1.2. W he n co nnecti ng to a non - PoE switch Please con nect the camera to a non - Po E sw itch vi a PoE Inj ector (o ptional ).[...]

14 Sof tware inst allat io n In this manual , "User " refers to whoev er has a ccess to the Netw ork Camera, an d "Administ rat or" re fers t o the p erson w ho can config ure th e Netw ork C amera an d gr ant user access to the ca mera. Aft er hardw are connecti on checki ng, the user s can ru n the I nstallati on Wizard prog r[...]

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17 2. Do not check the box if user would like to chec k the hardware ins tallation settings, Otherwise click “ Skip the ha rdware installation ” to s kip the hardware connec tion checking , the program will automatically search for the Network Camera i n the Intranet. Click “ St a r t ” to continue. 3. Select the Network Cam era fr om the s[...]

18 4. Setting the Network Camera I P address User can either select simple mode o r professional mode for netw ork camera IP setting. If simple mode is selected, the easy con figuration program will set up the connection automatically . I f professional mode is selected, the user will need to configure the IP manually , T he DHCP setting i s r ecom[...]

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20 5. After finish settin g, the connection success ful or fail showed. I f co nnection failed, user can either try again or quit the instal lation. User can either select " S tart W eb GUI " to cont inue or click “X” on the top right of the screen t o finish the installation. Once in st allation i s comp lete d , the Administrator sh[...]

21 Acces s to the Net wor k Camer a Check Netw ork Settings The Netw ork C amera can b e connec ted ei ther befor e or i mmedia tely after sof tw are inst allati on ont o th e Lo cal Area Networ k. The Administr ator sh ould compl ete t he net wor k set tings on the co nf igur ation p age, i ncluding t he correct subnet mas k and IP addr ess o f ga[...]

22 Authentication Aft er op ening th e Web brow ser and ty ping in the UR L of the N etwor k Camer a, a di alog ue wi ndow pops u p to request a usern ame and p assword . The user name a nd p assw ord for the Admi nistr ator ar e a ssig ned as “ admi n/a dmi n ”. Inst allin g plug- in For the ini tial acce ss t o the N etwor k Camera i n W ind [...]

23 Live V iew Liv e Vie w is th e de fault p age t hat op ens whe n accessi ng t he Netw ork Camera. Liv e video is displ ayed di rectl y i n the brow ser window .  S tream1/S tream2 Ch annels The netw ork camera of fers si multane ous du al st ream for opti miz ed qual ity and bandw idth. Go to C onfigurati on → Camera/V ideo/A udio → Video[...]

24  HTTP/ TCP/UDP protocol HTTP – This uni cast metho d can b e used t o tr aver se firew alls. Firew alls ar e com monly config ured to al low the H TTP pr otocol , thus allow ing RTP to be tu nnel ed. TCP - This protoc ol g uar antees t he c omplete del ivery of str eaming data and pr ovi des better video q uali ty. Th e downsi de o f using [...]

25 Digital Zoom : Click this button to enabl e the zoom operat ion. Mirror: horizontal ly reflect th e display of the liv e video. Flip : verti cally reflect the dis play of the li ve v i deo . Real Size : click t his button to vie w the object in real siz e. Press thi s butt on again to sw itch back to normal mod e. Full S creen : Cl ick thi s but[...]

26 Configuration Click <Configurati on> on the main pag e to c hange t he c amera se tti ngs pag es. Camera/Video/Audio Ca mera Camera Sett ing Brightness: Drag the sl ider bar to a djust the imag e brightn ess lev el rang ing f rom - 5 to +5. Contras t: Drag the sl i der bar to adj ust t he im age contr ast l evel rang ing f rom - 5 to +5. S[...]

27 Exposure Contro l : S el ect ex posure l evel automa tical ly or manuall y. A uto Iris: Enable A uto Ir is Mirror and Flip Mirror : Enabl e to hor izont ally refl ect the displ ay of the li ve v ideo. Flip : Enabl e to v erti cally ref lect the dis play of the li ve v ideo. Flicker - Free: W hile flic ker- free technol ogy eliminat es the pr obl[...]

28 Video You can s et up t wo se parate s tream s for t he N etw ork Camer a for diff erent v iewing device s . Stream 1 & Stream 2 Video Codec : The Netw ork Camera offer s thr ee choi ces o f vi deo codec stand ards for real - time viewi ng: H.264, MPEG - 4 and MJP EG. Video Res olution: s elect fro m the drop dow n list to choose t he best r[...]

29 Video quali ty and bit rate: User can either c hoos e “ quality ” or “bit rate ” to cont rol t he video q uali ty wi th video co dec a t H.2 64 or M PEG4 . Only “qual ity ” can be chosen w hen v ideo codec at MJ PEG is selected . Set the bitrat e hig her for a be tter v ideo quality. However , high bitr ate may cost hig h netw ork ba[...]

30 To utili ze R TSP aut hentica tion, the user mus t first set a passw ord for the ca mera. RTSP (Real - Time S tre aming Pr otoco l) co ntro ls the deliv ery of strea ming m edia. By default t he port numbe r is set to 55 4. A uthe ntication : Depending on the netw ork security req uirements, t he camer a prov ides two ty pes of security setting [...]

31 speci fy the s avi ng path . Cli ck A pply or Reset to take effect. Aud io The admi nistr ator ca n se t up tw o sep arate s treams for t he cam era f or di fferent v iew ing device s. The admini str ator ca n enabl e or di sa ble th e audio func tion on ei ther stre am. I f audio en able is select ed, select the A udio c odec from th e drop - d[...]

32 Camera Spea ker : If th e speake r is e nabl ed, sel ect th e vol ume fro m the drop - down men u. Echo Ca ncellation Enabled : Enable to av oid a n echo. Click A pply or Reset to take effect. Multicast Multicast addr essing is a n etw ork techn olog y for the deliv ery of infor matio n to a g roup o f destin ations simul ta neousl y usi ng the [...]

33 Netw ork IP Setting IP Se tting: This sec tio n expl ains h ow to co nfi gure w i red netw ork connecti on for the Netw or k Camer a. Ther e are sever al w ays to set up th e Netw ork C amera ov er the Int ernet . The first way is to obtai n an av ailabl e dyna mic IP addr ess assi gned by a DHC P serv er. The sec ond w ay is to util iz e a stat[...]

34 to t he LAN. Static IP: Select this opti on to manuall y assi gn a st atic IP addr ess t o the N etw ork Camera. Enter the st ati c IP ad dress, Subnet mask, De fault G atew ay , Primary and Secondar y D NS prov ided by your ISP. PPPoE (Poi nt - to - p oint ov er Ethernet) : Choos e this c onnection ty pe i f you ar e connected t o the Internet [...]

35 Click A pply or Reset to take effect. TZO: TZO is one ki nd o f the DD NS prov ider s. User can r efer t o the TZO.com : visit http://www .tzo.com/ to apply a dyna mic domai n account w hen select ing this D DNS prov ider. Enter the e - mail address , p assw ord and do main name w hen enabled the TZO . Click A pply or Reset to take effect.[...]

36 Ea sy Link Eas y Li nk : the IP c amera ha d bun dle w ith free Lev el1DN S TM serv ice th at allow s user to remote acc ess the IP c amer a via i nterne t. Th e default domain name is M AC addr ess, y ou can also register y our own na me on - li ne b ut it hav e to ch eck t he av ailable first . The status will show the connect ion w ith Level1[...]

37 protocol t o allow streaming dat a throug h. HTTPS (Hypertext Tra nsfer Protocol over SSL) : This pr otocol all ows authenti catio n and e ncry pted communicat ion over SSL (S ecur e Socke t Layer ). It hel ps protec t str eaming data trans m issi on ov er the Int ernet on a hig her securi ty l evel than HT TP.[...]

38 E ve nt Moti on Detection Motion ca n be d etec ted by measur ing ch ang e in sp eed or v ector of an o bject or obj ect s i n the fiel d of v iew . This secti on ex plains how to con figure th e Netw ork Camera to enable motion d etect ion. T here ar e thr ee m otion de tect ion w indow s can b e con figur ed. Detecti on Setting: S elect and e [...]

39 Click A pply or Reset to take effect. Notifi cation set ting W he n a n event is trigger ed, you c an s peci fy w hat kind o f actio n w ill be per f orm ed. Y ou can con figur e the Net wor k Cam er a to se nd video s treaming UR L, or vi deo clip to y our ema il addr ess , FTP si te or samb a. FTP: File T ransfer Protocol ( FTP ) i s of ten us[...]

40 SMTP: Sel ect to send the media files v ia E mail when a tr igg er i s activ ated. From: Enter the email address o f the sender. To: Enter the e mail addr ess of the reci pien t. M any r ecipients are se parated by commas. My name: The ti tle sh ow n in the e mail. Subject : Enter the s ubj ect of the email. Attached: There are two choic es o f [...]

41 Sam ba: Select to se nd the netw ork file sy stem medi a files vi a networ k neig hborh ood when a tr igg er i s activ ated. IP Addr ess: E nter t he I P address of th e sa mba serv er. Hostna me: En ter th e domai n name o f th e samba serv er. User N ame: En ter t he user name o f th e samb a serv er. Passw ord: Ent er the passw ord of the sam[...]

42 ip_addr ess – ty pe the I P ad dress or host nam e of the HTTP host. Parameter – ty pe the noti ficatio n par ameter i f necess ary. Example URL - http:// 192. 168.1. 1/xxxx .cgi Messag e - name1= v alue1&name 2=v laue2 Result - http://19 2.168. 1.1/x xxx .cgi ? name1=v alue1&na me2= vlaue2 Ex: https:/ /192. 168.1. 1/not ificati on.c[...]

43 DI/DO Digital Input : Select D igi tal Input to hav e the pro file manag ement co ntrol led by an exter nal sens or. Sel ect pro files fro m the drop dow n menu. Pro files w ill change acco rdi ng to diff erent t rig ger v oltag e level s. Digital Output: The DO socket allow s the IP camera t o send outpu t to an ex ternal d evi ce. W hi le exec[...]

44 S ys te m S y s tem Log This pag e display s the syst em’s log in chronol ogical order . The sy ste m log is stored i n the Netw ork Camer a’s bu ffer area and w ill be overw rit ten when r eaching a certain a mount. Click Re t ri e ve to retr iev e the log, or cli ck Sav e to file to sav e the file i n the sp eci fy location . Date & Ti[...]

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46 Device Information System Information: T o v ie w all the sy stem informati on ab out the netw ork camera. Netw ork Setting: To view all the netw ork setting infor mation about t he netw ork came ra . Video/ A udio S etting: To vi ew all the v ideo/audio s etting in formati on ab out th e netw ork camera.[...]

47 Maintenance User Management This sect ion ex plains how to enable p assw ord protection and cr eate multipl e acco unts. Privilege Sett ing : Ent er the new user ’s na me an d passw ord. Select the pr iv ileg e for new user acco unt. C lick A dd to take effect . The a dmini strator acco unt n ame is “ admin” , whi ch is per manent an d can[...]

48 IP F ilte r IP Fi lter : Enable the IP filter and se t of allow or deny IP address range to server . Click Add to list to add th e IP r ang e to t he IP filt er list. Click A pply or Reset to take effect. Firmw are Upgrade This feat ure allow s you to u pgr ade the fir mware on y our Network Camer a. It t akes about few mi nutes to c omplete the[...]

49 to impor t the c onfigur ati on file back int o the netw ork ca mera. Reset to default Click Reset to D efault to rest ore t he netw ork camera to factor y de fault se tting . Reboot This feat ure w il l reboot the c amera. C lick App ly t o begin. A messag e w ill pop u p asking “The device w ill reboot. Ar e y ou s ure?” C lick “ OK” t[...]