LevelOne FCS-5043 manual

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 1/ 56 FCS-5043 Zoom Networ k camera, 2-Megapixel, Outdoor, 802.3af P oE, IR LEDs, D ay & Night, 3x 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 prohibi t the use of survei llance devi ces. The Netw ork Camera is not only a hi gh-performance web-ready camera but also can be p art of a flex ible surveill ance system. It is the user ’ s responsibi lity to ensure that the opera tion of such devices is legal be fore inst[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 4/ 56 Package Conten ts If any of the abov e items are missi ng, please contact your de aler immediat ely. Note : Using a powe r suppl y with a different vol tage than the one inc luded with the Network Camera will cause damage and void the warranty for this p roduct. Network Camera ( W ired or PoE) Softw are CD Pow[...]

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 includ ed stand 2. Place the Came ra fix it onto ce iling or wall Use screws to fix the Netw ork Camera onto the cei ling or wal l. 3. Power over E thernet (PoE)  Using a PoE-enabled switch The Network Came ra is PoE-compli ant, allow ing transmi[...]

Network Cam era User ’s Manual 7/ 56  General Connection (without PoE ) 1. Connect the camera to a switch vi a Ethernet cable. 2. Connect the pow er cable from the Network Ca mera to pow er outlet. 4.General I/O T ermi nal B lock This Netw ork Camera prov ides a general I/O terminal bloc k which is used to conne ct external input devi ces. 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 environment, you may install “IP Finder” to discover Network camera’s IP address. T he Administrator must place t h e product software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in Microso f[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 9/ 56 “IP Finder” is used to search the IP address of Netw ork Cameras or Video servers on a LAN. After searching, Video Serv ers or N etwork Cameras will 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 windo w 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 iz ard will be started and that it can auto g uide through the installation process. Press the “Next” button execute next process. For more information, pl ease refer to the Network section on page 31.[...]

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Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 15 / 56 Bonjour program Safari brow ser supports Bonjour search pro gram the wil l search for all fami ly network 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 t he network 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 st art UPnP and DHCP serv er functions. Y ou can get the do[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 17 / 56 Initial Access to the Network Camer a (1) For the initial access to t he Network Camera in W indows, the web brow ser may prompt f or permission t o install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. This plug-in has been re gistered for certificate and is used to displ ay 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 part s : 1. Configuration functions: The came ra can be con figured using thes e user interfaces. 2. Connection control buttons: These bu ttons provi de 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 of the Networ k Camera and the current date/time. Vie w capabilities : 1. Click this button to ca pture and save s till images. The captured ima g es w ill be display ed in pop-up window . Right-click the image and choo se Save Pi cture As to save[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 20 / 56 11. Click on this button sw itch Microphone Mute On/Off. Connection control buttons : 1. “Connection” User can choose R emote or Local mode for best connection quality. Proposal: Internet environment, switch Re mote mode. 2. “Video Stream” User can choose st ream1 or stream2.[...]

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

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 22 / 56 NOTE ： Protocol Options w hich allows choi ces on connection protocol between client and server . The re are three protocols choices to optim ize you r usage – UD P , TCP , HTTP . The UDP protocol all ows for more real-time audio and vi deo streams. How ever , some pac kets may be lost due to ne twork b[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 23 / 56 Definitions in Configur ation Please note that onl y the Administrato r can access the system con figuration. Each category in the le ft colum n will be ex plained on the following pa ges. System para meters 1. “General Setting” (1) “Host name” The text display s the title on the top of the main pag[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 24 / 56 2. “Time Setting” (1 ) “Time 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 da te and time of the[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 25 / 56 Security Security setting The administrator account n ame is “ root” , w hich is permanent and can not be deleted. If you w ant to add more accoun ts in the M anage User column, please set a passw ord for the “root” accoun t first. 1. “Change root p assword” Change the Admini strator ’s p assw[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 26 / 56 (3) “Up date a existing user” Select an exi sting user name. Administrators can modify user’s password and privi lege. Click Finis h to enable the se tting. Access rights a re sorted by user privilege (Admini strator, Operator , and View er). Only administrators can access the Con figuration page . Op[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 27 / 56 Network Setting “LAN” & “PPPoE” The default type i s LAN. Sel ect PPPoE if using AD SL 1. LAN The default s tatus is Get IP address automaticall y . This could be tedious to perform softw are installatio n whenev er the Network Came ra start s. Therefore, onc e the networ k is set, especially fo[...]

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 Host name (xxxx . ip -discovery), Email, Key , and Confirm Key , then click Register . After a host name has be en successfully crea ted, a success messa ge wil l be displ[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 29 / 56 Access list A ccess list setting 1. How to control access permission by verify ing the cli ent PC’ s IP address. General Settings. General Settings ◆ A d d a rule to c onfigure an A llowed/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 a ddress to the Allow ed/Denied list. For example: “Network” This rule allow s the user to assi gn a network address and correspondi ng subnet mask to the Allow/Deny List. The I[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 31/ 56 “Range” This rule allow s the user to assi gn a range of IP add resses to th e Allow/Deny List. This rule is only app lied to IPv4. For example:[...]

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Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 33 / 56 General Setting 1. “Color mode” Select use color or monochrome vi deo 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 can be pointed on for interesting areas. W ithin the mode Customized, 16*15[...]

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, respecti ve ly. Normally, the minimum value is to 1x for better quality. It is not allow ed if the maximum slider and the minimum one are set to the same[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 36 / 56 Vid eo output Sett ing 1. “video output ” Can switch between NTSC a nd P AL . Audio Setting 1. “Mute” Audio mute. 2 . “ Microphone ” External m icropho ne. 3 . “Mic V olume” Adjust micropho ne vol ume, which ranges from 1 to 46 . Video record Schedule mode (1) “Every day” Enable/Disable [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 37 / 56 (2)“Sun” / “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) “Enable cyclic reco[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 38 / 56 Stream A udio codec setting (1)“Audio codec type” There are two choi ces of audio codec types avail able: ” A M R” 、 “AA C” and ”G .711”. (2) “ Bit rate ” -- “ A MR” The bit rates are selectabl e at the following rates: 4750,5150,5900,6700 ,7400,7950,1020 0 and 1220 0. -- “AAC”[...]

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 of image (1920x1080, 1280x 1024, 1280x800, 640 x 480, 320x 240 , 176x144) (4) “Connection type” User can selec t this button to choose the better video & links quali ty . (In[...]

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 appl ication. Schedule information (1) Enter the “Start time” and “Stop time” for day mode . Note that th[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 41 / 56 (3) “Digit al input” This option all ows the Networ k Camera to use an external digital input dev ice or sensor as a trigger sou rce. Dependi ng on your application, there are many choi ces o f digital input devi ces on the mar ke t whi ch helps to detect changes in temperature, vibration, sound, and li[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 42 / 56 -- “Workgroup” Enter the NAS workgroup par ameter . -- “User account” En ter the lo gin name of the N AS account -- “User p assword” Enter the passw ord of the NA S account. Note: Vi deo record w ith the Application must be set to the same shared directory path. If y ou would li ke do detail rec[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 43 / 56 Storage Manage the storage device. S torage S t atu s Here show the storage dev ice information. NA S server setting 1 2 3[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 44 / 56 (1) “ NAS Host name ” Choose and input the NAS Hos t name of this cam era. (2) “ Workgroup ” Input the na me of Workgrou p. Y ou can see the NAS Host name 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 remote se rver . The protocol is co mpliant to RFC 3164 . If y ou hav e external Linux serv er with sy s log service, use “ - r” option to turn on the facility f or receiving log f rom remote machine. Or you can use some software on W indo[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 46 / 56 Status and Parameters User can find a lot of informa tion about the syste m such as “Upnp port forwarding” , “T raversing NA T” , “Public IP” , and so on. User also can get the nu mber of curren t view er of the Network Camera here.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 47 / 56 Maintenance 1. “Reboot system” The “Reboot” button wi ll reboot the Netw ork Cam era. It’ s useful while the Netw ork Camera got problem. 2. “Restore system” Click on “ Resto re ” button on the con figuration p age to res tore the factory de fault settings . Restore all settin gs to factor[...]

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 broke n during the procedure, it might possibly cause serious da mage to the Net work Camera . Note: When upgrade firmware please wait for 120~210 seconds, and then y ou can connect to Network Camera [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 49 / 56 Appendix A . T roubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions Q1: St atus led does n ot light up. A1: First, make su re that 「 Con figuration>System>Turn off the LED indi cator 」 is disabled . If it is, check the item, and the led should light up. Second, if red led does not li ght up, please che[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 50 / 56 6.T ype IP addre ss:8080 at b rowser . Then y ou can see camera through Interne t. 7.Y ou can also type the ddns name a t below lab el of camera on browser URL field. For example, you may type ah000 01.ip-discovery .com:8080. (2) By Settin g Port Forwarding M anually 1. Select a router . Set the port forwar[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 51 / 56 PS. Port 80 is HTTP P ort, port 53 is stream port, port 554 is RTSP port. and port 443 is HTTPS port. 2.Go to camera Network p age. Disab le UPnP port forwarding function .[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 52 / 56 3. T y pe IP add ress at brow ser . Then you can see camera through Interne t. 4. Y ou can also type the ddns name at below label of camera on browser UR L field. For example, you may type ah000 01.ip-discovery .com. Note: The fire wall software at PC may block the transfer of net work camera. Please remove[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 53 / 56 Q6 : How can I restore the network camera to default v alue? A6 : Use a gem clip to press on the inside button . Network camera begins to restore default value. You can al so press t he button “Fac tory” in “Maintenance” page to restore the default value . Q7 : I cannot play the recorded video file.[...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 54 / 56 Camera from Internet Explorer A12: • May be due to the network cable . Try correctin g your network cable and configuration . Test the netw ork interface by connecting a local c omputer to the Ne twork Camera via a crossover cable . • Make sure the Internet connecti on and settin g is ok. • Make sure [...]

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 C MOS sen sor, 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 3X optical zoo m lens, auto iris, au to focus f [...]

Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 56 / 56 Notification of Compliance Appendix C Europe - EU Declaration of Conformity For com plete DoC please visit http://global.level1.com /downloads.php?action=in it GPL License Agreement GPL may be included in th is product , t o view the GPL license a greement goes to http://download.leve l1.com/level1/gpl/GPL.[...]