LevelOne WCS-0050 manual

WCS-0050 150Mbp s Wireless Megapixel N etw ork Camera V er 1.0 LevelO ne User Man ual[...]

- - Product name: 150Mbp s W ireless M egapixel Network Camera ( W CS - 0050 ) Release Date: 201 2/05/12 Manual Revision: V 1. x Fir mware 1. x. x.x Web si t e: www .le vel1.c om Default Settings IP Address DHCP Username admin Password admin General Publi c License This pr oduct incor porates open source code i nto the s oftw are and th erefore f a[...]

- - T able of C onte nt s Before Y ou Use This Product ................................................................................ 0 Cube Network Camera Overv iew ........................................................................... 1 D evice Appearance Descr iption ........................................................................[...]

- - HTTP /H TTP S ..................................................................................... 38 Event ................................................................................................................................ . 38 Motion Detection ................................................................................ 38 No[...]

Befor e Y o u Use Thi s Pro duct The use of surv eillance device s may be prohibit ed by law in y our country . The Netw ork Camera i s not onl y a hi gh - performa nce web - ready ca mera but als o can b e part of a flexibl e surv eillance sy stem. It is the user ’s r esponsibi lity to ensure t hat the operatio n of such dev ices is legal be for[...]

- 1 - Cube Net work Cam era Over view Compact desi gned Level One W CS - 00 50 offers hi gh video q uality survei llance solu tion f o r residence s and small businesses. Unlike general w ebcam, Level One W CS - 0050 ca mer a is a standal one complet e sy stem that does no t need t o be connect ed to a comp uter. The b uilt - in web ser ver all ows[...]

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- 3 - Device A ppeara nce Desc ription 1. Built - in Micropho ne 2. LED Indi cator 3. Ethe rnet Socket 4. S tand Socke t 5. Reset Button 6. Power Connector 7. W PS Bu tto n[...]

- 4 - LED B ehav ior Function LED Behavior Descript ion Remark Pow er S tead y On Normal Operation To p ( Blue ) Pow er Unlighted Power of f To p ( Blue ) Sta t u s S tead y On 1. Connect to switch by Ethern et or W iFi. 2. Reset to default. Second (Blue) Sta t u s Unli ght ed 1. Power of f 2 . No connect ion Second (Blue) Sta t u s 1. While F/W up[...]

- 5 - WPS Session overlap detected Fourth ( Blue ) WPS W PS Success Fourth ( Blue ) Pr i va c y S teady O n Pri vac y ma sk act i ve Botto m Pr i va c y Unli ghted Pri vac y ma sk in act ive Botto m Hard ware Reset The reset but t on is use d to reset th e system o r restore the factor y default se ttings. So metimes resetti ng the sy stem can retu[...]

- 6 - Inst a llation System Requir ements Micr osoft Window s XP Home Edition S P2 Operating Syste m Micr osoft Window s XP Pro fessional S P2 IBM PC/AT Compatible Computer Pentium 3GHz or faster CPU 1024 MB or more Memo ry 1024 x 768 pixel s or more, 2 4 - bit True color o r better Monitor 10/100Mb ps Netw ork inter face card m ust be i nstalled N[...]

- 7 - Camera Co nnecti on Basic Connection 1. Connect the supplied pow er cable f rom the camera to t he power outlet. 2. Connect the camera to a sw itch via Ethernet cable. Please check y our product packa ge con tains all the accessor ies listed i n t he fo rego ing Package C onten ts. U pon pow ering up, the p ower LED will become li ghted first[...]

- 8 - Sof tw are installation In this manual, "Us er" r efers to w hoever has access t o the N etwork C amera, and "Administ rator" r efers t o the per son who ca n con figure th e Networ k Camera and grant user access to the camera. Aft er hardw are connect ion checki ng, the u sers can run the Ins tall ation W izard pr ogram i[...]

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- 11 - 2. Do not check th e box i f user woul d like t o check t he hardw are inst allation s ettings, Otherwise click “ Skip t he hardw are inst a llation ” to ski p the har dware connec tion checking , the prog ram wi ll automatica lly sear ch for the Networ k Camera in the Intran et. Click “ St a r t ” to continue.[...]

- 12 - 3. Select t he Netw ork Camera from the sur vey list and enter the user name and passw ord. The user name and passw ord ar e assigned a s “ admin/admi n ”.[...]

- 13 - 4. Setting t he Netw ork Camera I P addr ess User ca n either select simple mod e or profes sional mode for networ k camera IP setting . If simple mode is selec ted, the e asy con figuration prog ram wi ll set up the co nnecti on autom atically . I f professi onal mod e is selec ted, the use r wil l need to c onfigure t he IP manually , T he[...]

- 14 - 5. Please m ake sure th e inter net connec tion is r eady the n star t to do th e internet discov ery , otherwise click “ Skip ” to finish the setti ng. T he def au lt dom ain nam e i s MAC address; y ou can also regi ster with y our own nam e on - line. 6. Aft er finish sett ing, the co nnection successful or fail showed. I f connect io[...]

- 15 - Acces s to the Netwo rk Camer a Check N etwo rk Setting s The Netw ork Ca mera can b e connect ed eith er befor e or immedi ately a fter so f twar e inst allation onto the L ocal Are a Networ k. The Admi nistrator s hould co mplete t he networ k setting s on the c onfigur ation p age, incl uding the corr ect subnet mask an d IP address of ga[...]

- 16 - Authent icatio n Aft er opening the Web brow ser and t yping in the UR L of t he Netw ork Camera, a dial ogue wi ndo w pops up to request a user name and p assw ord . The user name and p asswor d for the Administ rator are assi gned as “ a dmin/a dmin ”. Upon success ful authenticat ion, the follow ing figure i s display ed. The for egro[...]

- 17 - Inst alling plug - in For th e initial access t o the N etwork Camera in Window s, the w eb brow ser may pr ompt for permissi on to i nst all a new plug - in for th e Networ k Camera on the Internet Explor er . Permissi on request depends on t he Intern et securi ty setti ngs of the user’s PC or noteboo k. If the hig hest secur ity lev el [...]

- 18 - Live V iew Liv e View is the d efaul t pag e that ope ns when acce ssing the Netw ork Camera . Live v ideo is display ed directl y in the br owser window .  S tream1/S tream2 Ch annels The netw ork cam era offers si multan eous dua l stream for optimi zed q uality and ba ndwidth. To config ure the co dec compressi on a nd video res olutio[...]

- 19 - UDP - This protoc ol allow s for more real - time audio a nd video streams. How ever , network packets may b e lost due to net work bur st tr affic and images may be br oken. Activat e UDP connecti on when occ asions r equire ti me - sensiti ve respons es and the v ideo quality is less import ant. LED Control Select fro m the drop - dow n li[...]

- 20 - Digital Zoo m - Click t his button to enabl e the z oom operati on. Mirro r - horizo ntal ly reflec t the dis play of th e liv e video. Flip - vert ically r eflect the di splay o f the live vi deo. Re al Size - cli ck this butto n to view the object in r eal size. Press this butt on agai n to sw itch back to n ormal mo de. Full Screen - Clic[...]

- 21 - Configuration Click Configuration on the main pag e to ent er the ca mera setti ng pag es. Note t hat only Administ rators ca n access t he con figuration page. Camera/ V ideo / Audio Camera[...]

- 22 - Camera Sett ing Brightness - Dr ag the sl ider bar to adjust the image brig htness lev el, w hich ranges fro m - 5 to +5. Contrast - Dra g the sli der bar to adjust the image co ntras t level , which r anges fro m - 5 to +5. Sharpness - Drag the sli der bar to adjus t the image sh arpness lev el, w hich ranges from - 5 to +5. Satura tion - D[...]

- 23 - Flip - Enable t o vertically ref l ect th e display of the liv e video. . Video You can s et up tw o separate streams for the Networ k Camera for different viewi ng devi ces. Stream 1 & Stream 2 Video Codec - The Netw ork Camer a offers three c hoices of vi deo codec st andards for real - time viewing: H.264, MPEG - 4 and MJP EG. Video R[...]

- 24 - fps w hen H.264 or MJP EG is sel ected. Onl y 3 to 15 fps ca n be cho sen whe n MPE G - 4 is selecte d. Set the frame rat e higher for a smo other vi deo quali ty. Video qualit y and bit r ate - User can either choose “q uality ” or “bitrate” to control t he video q uality with vi deo codec at H.264 or MPEG4. O nly “qual ity” ca [...]

- 25 - NO TE - The vi deo overl ay only takes e ffect i n strea m 1.[...]

- 26 - RTSP Serv er To utilize RT SP authent ication, make sure t hat y ou have set a passw ord for the Ne twor k Came ra first. RTSP (Real - Time S treaming Protocol) contro ls the del ivery of streaming media. By default the port num ber is se t to 554. A u thentica tion - Dependi ng on y our netw ork security requi rements, the Network Camera pr[...]

- 27 - Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Au d i o You can set up tw o separate s treams for th e Networ k Camera for di fferent v iewing devices. User ca n either en able or disa ble the a udio functi on. If audio e nable is selected, s elect t he Audio c odec from t he drop d own list . A d vanced Echo cancell ation Enabl ed : Enable t o avoid [...]

- 28 - Mult icast Multicast addr essing i s a ne twork t echnology for t he deliv ery of in formation to a g roup of destin ations simul tan eously using the most ef ficient str ategy to deliver the messag es over each link o f the netw ork only once, cre ating copi es only when th e links t o the multi ple dest ination s split. You can eith er ena[...]

- 29 - Netwo rk IP Se tting This sec tion explai ns how t o configure w ired netw ork connecti on for the Net work C amera. There are sev eral way s to set up the Ne twork Ca mera ov er the I nternet . Th e first way is to obtain an availabl e dynamic IP address assig ned by a DH CP serv er. The secon d way is to utilize a sta tic IP . The thi rd w[...]

- 30 - DHCP - Get IP addres s automatica lly. Sel ect this opt ion to o btain a n availabl e dynamic IP address assigned by a DHC P server each time th e camera i s connect ed to the LAN. Static IP - Select thi s option t o manuall y assign a st atic IP ad dress to the Netw ork Camera. Enter t he static IP addr ess, Subnet mask, D efault Gat eway, [...]

- 31 - Click Apply or Reset to take effect. DDNS (dynamic domain name servi ce) DynDNS - Enable the DDNS ser vice all ows your Net work C amera, especi ally w hen assig ned wi th a dynamic IP addr ess, to hav e a fix ed host and do main name. Note that be fore u tilizin g this functio n; please apply a dy namic do main acc ount first . Enter t he u[...]

- 32 - TZO TZO - TZO is o ne kind of t he DDNS p rovi ders. User can re fer to the TZO.com : visit http://www .tzo.com/ to appl y a dy namic do main accou nt w hen selecti ng this DDNS prov ider. Enter the e - m ail addre ss, passw ord and d omain name w hen enabl ed the TZO. Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Eas y Link Eas y Link – the IP cam[...]

- 33 - Wireless Basic Sett ings Netw ork Name (SSID ) - The SS ID is the n etwork name share d among al l points i n a wir eless networ k. The SSID mu st be identical for all devi ces in the wir eless network. It is case - sensitive and c an be up to 32 charact ers in le ngth. Mak e sure thi s setting is the sa me for all poi nts in your wirel ess [...]

- 34 - Tx K ey - Select a key from the drop - dow n menu. W EP Encry ption : Sele ct a level of W EP encr yption, 64 bits 10 hex d igits o r 128 bits 2 6 hex digits . T he def aul t is 64 bits 10 hex digit s . Ke y 1 -4 - E nter the WEP key(s) manual ly Authenti cation Type - The defaul t is set t o open sy stem , wh ich al lows ei ther Shared Key [...]

- 35 - WPA - Personal W PA suppor ts two enc rypti on methods, TKIP and AES, wi th dynamic encrypti on keys. Sel ect the type of alg orithm, TKIP or AES . T he def ault is T KIP . Shared Key - Enter th e key shared betw een the R outer and t he server ke ys. Enter a passphr ase of 8 - 63 char acters. Netw ork T ype - Select Infrastru cture if your [...]

- 36 - W P A2 - Personal W PA 2 suppor ts AES e ncrypti on methods w ith dynami c encry ption key s . Shared Key - Enter th e key shared betw een the R outer and t he server ke ys. Enter a pass phrase o f 8 - 63 character s. NOTE: If y ou are usi ng W PA or W PA2 , ea ch devi ce in your wireless network M UST use t he same W PA or W PA2 method an d[...]

- 37 - Netw ork Mode - From t his drop - dow n menu, you ca n selec t the wi reless sta ndards r unning on your net w ork. If y ou have both W irel ess - B, W i reless - G and W ireless - N (2. 4GHz) dev ices in your networ k, keep th e def ault set ting, Mixed . If y ou have both Wireless - B, W irel ess - G devi ces in your network, se lect BG- M[...]

- 38 - HTTP/HTTPS HTTP - This protoc ol all ows the sam e quality as TCP prot ocol w ithout needi ng to o pen speci fic ports for s treaming under some network environm ents. User s inside a firewal l can utili ze thi s protocol t o allow str eaming data t hrough. HTTPS - (Hy pertext Tr ansfer Protocol ov er SSL) : This sec tion expl ains how t o e[...]

- 39 - Detec tion Setting - Select an d en able the motion det ection wi ndows function . Easier t o trigg er event by higher the s ensitiv ity val ue and low er the Thres hold v alue. Notifica tion - To react i n response to particu lar ev ents. A ty pical appl ication is t hat w hen a motion i s detected , the N etwork Camera send s buffered i ma[...]

- 40 - attach v ideo clip t o you r email addr ess, F TP site , samba or HTT P . FTP - File T ra nsfer Prot ocol ( FTP ) is o ften use d as an applica tion compone nt to automat ically transfer fil es for program internal functions. Select to send the media files t o a FTP ser ver w hen a trig ger is activated. Enter the FT P IP ad dress or hostnam[...]

- 41 - Email Password - Ente r the passw ord of t he email acc ount i f necess ary. Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Samba - Select to se nd the networ k file sy stem medi a files v ia netw ork neig hborhood when a tr igger is a ctivated. IP Address - Enter the IP address of the s amba serv er. User Nam e - Enter the user name of the sam ba ser[...]

- 42 - Click Apply or Reset to take effect. HTTP - Select to se nd the me dia files to a HTTP s erver w hen a trig ger is activ ated. URL - Enter the U RL of the HTTP ser ver . Messag e: Enter th e messag e that in forms yo u when a tr igger is activate d.[...]

- 43 - Schedule d Ev ent Click New to open th e recor ding setting page. In this pag e, y ou can de fine the reco rdin g schedul e and recor ding ca pacity. N ame - Ent er a descri ptive nam e for the r ecording setting. Event - Sel ect fro m the drop - d own menu for the r ecording or reboot ing ev ent. Time - Speci fy the rec ording dur ation. ?[...]

- 44 - System System Log Log - To send a sy stem l og to the networ k camera w hen a trig ger is acti vated. This pag e display s the sy stem’s log in chr onological or der. The sy stem log is st ored i n the Ne two rk Camera’ s buffer area and w ill be ov erwri tten when reach ing a cer tain amo unt. Click Retriev e to retriev e the log, or cl[...]

- 45 - Date & T ime S ettings Manual - The use r enter s the date and time man ually. Clone from PC - Sync w ith computer time; cl ick cl one to synch ronize the date and time of the Netw ork Cam era w ith the loca l comput er. The r ead - only da te and time of the PC is display ed as updated. NTP - Select to u pdate th e time w ith the NTP s [...]

- 46 - Dev ice Informat ion Video/ A udio Setting - T o view th e enti re video/audi o setti ng in formation about t he netw ork camera. Netw ork Setting - To vie w the entire network setting in formation about t he network camer a.[...]

- 47 - System Infor mation - T o vi e w the enti re system in formatio n about t he netw ork camer a.[...]

- 48 - Maint enance User Man agement This sect ion ex plains how to enable p asswor d protection and creat e multipl e account s. Privilege Sett ing - E nter t he new user’ s name and passw ord. Select t he priv ilege for new user account . Click A dd to take ef fect. T he administ rator acco unt n ame is “a dmin”, whi ch is permanent and can[...]

- 49 - IP F ilter IP Filter - Enab le the IP filter and set of allow or deny I P address range to server. Click Add to lis t to add th e IP range to the IP filter list . Click Apply or Reset to take effect. Firmware Upgrade This feature all ows y ou to upg rade the firmwar e on your N etwor k Camera. I t takes about f ew minutes t o complet e the p[...]

- 50 - Configuration This feat ure all ows you to ex port/i mport the co nfigur ation files of the networ k camera. Import/Export - Click export to pop up a di alog to i ndicate the loca tion and file to expor t. Click brow se t o indicat e the locati on and fil e of the camer a configur ation an d click import to impor t the con figurati on file b[...]

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