LevelOne FCS-5042 manual

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 1/ 56 FCS-5042 2-Megapixel Day /Night PoE Outdoor Network Camera User Manual Version 1.0[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 2/ 56 Table of Contents Overview ............................................................................................................... 3 Package Contents ................................................................................................ . 4 Connections ........................................[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 3/ 56 Overview Law in y our country may prohibit the use of surveillan ce devices. The Network Ca mera is not only a hi gh-performance web-ready camera but also can be par t of a flexible surveill ance system. It is the user ’ s responsibil ity to ensure that the operation o f such devices is legal be fore install[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 4/ 56 Package Conten ts If any of the abov e items are missin g, please contact your de aler immediately . Note : Using a power suppl y with a different vo lt age than the one included with the Network Camera will cause damage and void the warranty for this product. Network Camera ( W ired or PoE) Softw are CD Power[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 5/ 56 Connections Hard w are description  Plan view panel  Inner View[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 6/ 56 Hardware In stallation 1. Attach the Ne twork Camera with the included stand 2. Place the Came ra fix it on to ceiling or w all Use screws to fix the Netw ork Camera onto the ceil ing or wall. 3 . Po wer over Ethernet (PoE)  Using a PoE-enabled switch The Network Came ra is PoE-complian t, allowing transmis[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 7/ 56  Gen er al Connection (without PoE) 1. Connect the camera to a switch via Ethernet cable. 2. Connect the power cabl e from the Netw ork Came ra to power outlet. 4.General I/O T ermi nal B lock This Netw ork Camera prov ides a general I/O termi nal block which is use d to connect external input dev ices. The[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 8/ 56 Connect to t he Network Camera Inst all the IP Find er program When you installed your Network camera on you r LAN environmen t, you may install ―IP Finder‖ t o discov er Netw ork camera ’ s IP addr ess. T he Administrator must place the product software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in Micr[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 9/ 56 “IP Finder” is used to search the IP address of Network Cameras or Video servers on a LAN. After searching, Video Servers or Netw ork Cameras w ill be located by the IP Finder.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 10 / 56 Search Camera Click search Camera button, the program will search for all family netw ork devices on the same LAN. After searching, the main installer window will pop up. Click on the MAC and model name which matches the product label on your device to connect to the Network Camera via Internet Explorer.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 11 / 56 Setup Camera Auto Install W izard will be starte d and that it can auto guide through the installation process. Press the “ Next ” button execute next process. For more information, pl ease refer to the Netw ork section on pa ge 31.[...]

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Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 15 / 56 Bonjour program Safari brow ser supports Bonjour search progra m the will search for all family netw ork devices on the same LAN.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 16 / 56 C2.mylevel1.com (Free DDNS service) 1. W hen you want to connect the netw ork camera over Internet, you can use the service ― C2.mylevel1.com ‖. The ―ip - discovery .com‖ is a free DDNS server for this camera. Make sure that the router must start UP nP and DHCP server functions. Y ou can get the dom[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 17 / 56 Initial Access to the Network Camera (1) For the initial access to the Ne twork Camera in W indows, the web browser may prompt f or permission t o install a new plug -in f or the Network Camera . This plug-in has been regis tered for certificate and is used to display the v ideo in the browser. Users may cl[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 18 / 56 Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera V ie w The main p age has three p arts : 1. Configuration functions: The came ra can be configured usin g these user interfaces. 2. Connection control buttons: T he se butt ons provide the remote and local switching stream . 3. Camera View: What the camera[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 19 / 56 Camera view: On the top of i mage show s the connecting type o f the Network Camera and the current date/time. Vie w capabilities: 1. Click this button to ca pture and save stil l images. The captured i mages will be display ed in pop-up window. Right-cli ck the image and choo se Save Picture As to save it [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 20 / 56 11. Click on this bu tton switch M icrophone Mute On/Off. Connection control buttons : 1. “ Connection ” User can choose R emote or Local mode for bes t connection quality. Proposal: Internet environment, switch Re mote mode. 2. “ Video Stream ” User can choose stream1 or stream2.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 21 / 56 Client Settin g 1. “Intranet Protocol Options” Setting camera in intranet mode of p rotocol. “UDP” Select use UDP protocol connect camera. “ TCP ” Select use TCP protocol connect camera. “ HTTP ” Select use HTTP protocol connect camera. 2. “Internet Protocol Options” Setting camera in in[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 22 / 56 NOTE ： Protocol Options w hich allows choices on connection protocol between client and server . The re are three protocols choices to optimiz e your usage – UDP , TCP , HTTP . The UDP protocol all ows for more real-time audi o and video stream s. However , some pac kets may be lost due to netw ork burs[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 23 / 56 Definitions in Configur ation Please note that only the Administrator can access the system configu ration. Each category in the le ft colum n will be expl ained on the follow ing pages. System para meters 1. “ General Setting ” (1) “Host name” The text displays the title on the top o f the main p a[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 24 / 56 2. “Time Setting” (1) “T ime zone” Choose a time zone from the dow n arrow . (2) “Daylight saving” For summertime; It w ill be one hour ahead . (3) “Current Time” Network camera set the current time. (A) “Keep current date and time” Click on this to keep the current date and time of the [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 25 / 56 Security Security setting The administrator account n ame is ― root‖ , whi ch is permanen t and can no t be deleted. If you w ant to add more accounts in the Manage U ser column, please se t a password for the ―root‖ accoun t first. 1. “Change root p assword” Change the Administrator ’ s p ass[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 26 / 56 (3) “Up date a existing user” Select an exi sting user name. Admini strators can modify user’s password and privileg e. Click Finish to enable the setting. Access rights a re sorted by user privilege (Administra tor, Operator, and Vi ewer). Only administrators can access the Con figuration page. Opera[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 27 / 56 Network Setting “LAN” & “PPPoE” The default type i s LAN. Select PPP oE if using ADSL 1. LAN The default s tatus is Get IP address au tomatically . This could be tedious to perfor m softw are installation w henever the Ne twork Camera st arts. There fore, once the netw ork is set, especially for[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 28 / 56 DDNS Setting 1. “Enable DDNS” Thi s option turns on the DDNS function. 2. “ip - discovery” In the Register column , fill in the Hos t name (xxxx . ip -discovery ), Email, Key , and Confirm Key , t hen clic k Register . After a host name has been successfully crea ted, a success message will be displ[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 29 / 56 Access list A ccess li st sett ing 1. H ow to control access permission by verifying the client PC’s IP address. General Settings. General Settings ◆ A d d a rule to c onfigure an Allowed/Denied lis t: Click A dd to add a rule[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 30 / 56 to Allowed/Denied list. There are three types of rules for user to set up: “ Single ” This rule allows the user to add an IP address to the Allow ed/Denied list. For example: “ Network ” This rule allow s the user to assign a network address and cor responding subnet mask to the Allow/Deny List. The[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 31 / 56 “ Range ” This rule allow s the user to assi gn a range o f IP addresses to the Allow /Deny List. This rule is only app lied to IPv4. Fo r example:[...]

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Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 33 / 56 General Setting 1. “Color mode” Select use color or monochrome vide o display . 2. “Video orient ation” The orientation of video (1) “Flip” V ertically rotate the v ideo. (2) “Mirror” Horizontally rotates the video. 3. “Environment” The orientatio n of video (1) “indoor” This option [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 34 / 56 Exposure settin g Here it provides 3 mode: Auto , Backlight a nd Customized . A uto a nd Backlight modes are 2 default settings for general purpose and backlig ht scene , respectively. Customized mode relates to the grid window above ca n be pointed on for interesting areas. Within the mode Customized, 16*1[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 35 / 56 “ Gain ” In the slide bar of Gain , there are also two sliders, which represent the limitations to control the maximum gain value and the minimum one, respectiv ely. Normally, the minimum value is to 1x for better quality. It is not allowed if the max imum slider and the minimum one are set to the same [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 36 / 56 Vid eo output Setti ng 1. “video output ” Can switch between NTSC and P AL . Audio Setting 1. “Mute” Audio mute. 2 . “ Microphone ” External microphon e. 3 . “ Mic V olume ” Adjus t microphone vol ume, which ranges from 1 to 46 . Video record Schedule mode (1) “ Every day ” Enable/Disabl[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 37 / 56 (2) “Su n” / “ Mon ” / “ T ue ” / “ W ed ” / “ Thu ” / “ Fri ” / “Sat” Select the days of the week to perfor m the application. (3) ― Start day ‖ and ― Start time ‖ as the start timing the time. ― End day ‖ and ― End time ‖ as the end timing the time (4) “ Enabl[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 38 / 56 Stream A udio codec setting (1) “ Audio codec type ” There are two choices of audio codec type s avail able: ” A MR ”、 “ AA C ” and ” G.711 ” . (2) “ Bit rate ” -- “ A MR ” The bit rates are selectable at the foll owing rates: 4750,5150 ,5900,6700,74 00,7950,10200 and 12 200. -- ?[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 39 / 56 these compression modes based on requirement or application (3) “Video size” Click t he down arrow to choos e the quality o f image (1920x1080, 1280x 1024, 1280x800, 640 x 480, 320x 240 , 176x144) (4) “Connection type” User can selec t this button to choose the better vi deo & links quali ty . ([...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 40 / 56 Application Schedule mode (1) “Every day” Enable/Disable ev ery day application. (2) “Week day ” Enable/Disable w eek day application. (3) “Selected day” Enable/Disabl e selected day appli cation. Schedule information (1) Enter the “Start time” and “Stop time” for day mode. Note that the[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 41 / 56 (3) “Digit al input” This option allow s the Network Ca mera to use an ex ternal digital input dev ice or sensor as a trigger source . Depending on y our application, there are many choi ces o f di gital input devices o n the market w hich helps to detect changes in temperature, v ibration, sound, and l[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 42 / 56 -- “Workgroup” Enter the NAS workg roup parameter . -- “User account” En ter the login na me of the NAS account -- “User p assword” Enter the password o f the NAS account. Note: Vi deo record w ith the Application must be set to the same shared directory path. If y ou would like do detai l recor[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 43 / 56 Storage Ma nage the storage device. Sto rage S t atus Here show the storage devi ce information. NA S server setting 1 2 3[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 44 / 56 (1) ― NAS Host name ‖ Choose and in put the NAS Host nam e of this camera. (2) ― Workgroup ‖ Input the na me of Workgroup. Y ou can see the NAS Host na me you input in the same w orkgroup with your PC. Then you can connect to this device and download the files easily from SD card which is inserted t[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 45 / 56 Syslog The Network ca mera support s log the sy stem messages on re mote server . The protocol is compliant to RFC 3164. If you have external Linux server with sys log service, use ― -r ‖ option to turn on t he facility for receivi ng log from remote machine. Or you can use some software on W indows tha[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 46 /56 Status and Parameters User can find a lot of information about the system su ch as “ Upnp port forw arding ” , “ T raversing NA T ” , “ Public IP ” , and so on. Us er also can get the nu mber of curren t view er of the Netw ork Camera here.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 47 / 56 Maintenance 1. “ Reboot system ” The “Reboot” button wi ll reboot the Netw ork Camera. I t’s use f ul while the Netw ork Camera got problem. 2. “ Restore system ” Click on ― Resto re ‖ button on the con figuration pa ge to restore the factory de fault settings. Restore all settings to fact[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 48 / 56 Warning: The upgrade firmware procedu re cannot be interrupted . If the power and/or network conne ction are broken du ring the procedu re, it might possibly cause serious da mage to the Net work Camera. Note: When upgrade firmware please wait for 1 20 ~210 seconds, and then you can connect to Network Camer[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 49 / 56 Appendix A . T roubleshooting & Frequently A s ked Questions Q1: St atus led does not light up. A1: First, make su re that 「 Configurati on>System>Turn off the LED indicator 」 is disable d. If it is, check the item, and the led should light up. Second, if red led does not light up, please chec[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 50 / 56 6.T ype IP address:80 80 at b rowser . Then you ca n see camera through Interne t. 7.Y ou can also ty pe the ddns name a t below label of camera on brow ser URL field. For example, you may type ah00001.i p-discovery .com:8080. (2) By Settin g Port Forwarding M anually 1. Select a router . Set the port forwa[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 51 / 56 PS. Port 80 is HTTP Port, port 53 is strea m port, port 554 is RTSP port. and port 443 is HTTPS port. 2.Go to camera Network p age. Disabl e UPnP port forwardi ng function.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 52 / 56 3. T ype IP add ress at brow ser . Then you can see camera throu gh Internet. 4. Y ou can also type the ddns name at below label of camera on browser URL field. For example, you may type ah00001.i p-discovery .com. Note: The fire wall software at PC may block the trans fer of network camera. Please remove o[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 53 / 56 Q6 : How can I restore the network camera to default value ? A6 : Use a g em clip to press on the inside button . Network camera begins to restore default value. You can al so press the button “ Fac tory ” in ― M aintenance ‖ pag e to restore the default value . Q7 : I cannot play the recorded video[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 54 / 56 Camera from Internet Explorer A12: • May be due to the network cable. Try correcting your network cabl e and configuration . Test the netw ork interface by connecti ng a local compute r to the Network Camera via a crossover cable . • Make sure the Internet connection and setting is ok. • Make sure en [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 55 / 56 B. T echnical specifications - System RAM: 4G bit DDR Ⅲ ROM: 16M B Flash ROM - Camera specification 1/2.7 inch color CMOS sensor, Resolution: 1920x1080 1.0Lux/F2.0 AGC, A W B, AEC - Infrared Led High power IR Leds, 25~30 M visible Auto/Manua l mode - Lens 10X optical zoo m lens, auto iris, au to focus f =[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 56 / 56 C . Notification of Compliance Europe - EU D eclaration of Conformity For complete DoC please visit http://global.level1.co m/downloads.php? action=init GPL License Agreement GPL may be included in this product , to vie w the GP L lice nse agreement goe s to http://download.level1. com/level1/gpl/GP L.pdf F[...]