Panasonic KX-HCM230 manual

Operating Instructions Please read this manual before using and save this manual for future reference. Network Camera Panasonic Network Camera Site: http://www .panasonic.com/netcam for customers in the USA or Puerto Rico Model No. KX-HCM230[...]

Oper at ing Ins truct ions 2 Intr od uction Thank y ou f or pur c hasing a P anasonic Netw ork Camera. Check the f ollowing items when unpa cking. For operation as sistance: •C a l l 1-800-272-7 033 • Ref er to the Pa nasonic Network Cam era Site http://www .panason ic.com/netcam Netwo r k Camer a Operat ing Inst ruct ions Getting Started AC Ad[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-800-2 72-7033] 3 T ra demarks • Netscape and Netsc ape Navigato r are either regist ered trad emarks or trad emarks of N etscape Commun ications Corporatio n in the U .S . and other countries . • Adobe and Acrobat are eith er registe red trademarks or trade marks of Adobe Systems Incorpo[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 4 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTI ONS When using th is unit, basic sa fety prec autions sho uld alwa ys be fol lowe d to reduce the risk of fire, ele c tric sho ck, or pers onal injury . 1. Read and un derstand all ins tr uct ions . 2. K eep these instructions . 3. Heed all w ar nin gs. 4. F oll ow all i nstr uction s. 5. Afte[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-800-2 72-7033] 5 T ab le of Contents 1 Product I nt r oduction ............ ....................... ................... 7 1.1 Getting t o Know Network Camera ................. ................... ................ 8 1.1.1 Main Feature s ..... ...................... ................. .........[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 6 3.5.4 Security: Administrator .. ............................ ...................... ................. ......... 60 3.5.5 Security: General User .................. ............................ ....................... .........62 3.5.6 T op View Im age .................. ................. ...................... ..........[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-800-2 72-7033] 7 Section 1 Pr oduct Intr oduction[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 8 1.1 Getting to Know Networ k Camera 1.1.1 Main Feat ures Splash Resista nt body Network C amera h as a splash r esistan t body . The sp lash resistant body a llow s Network Camer a to be used indoor s and outdoor s. Note that the attached A C adaptor is intend ed for indoor use on ly . Refer to page 92 f or Outdoor Cabl [...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-800-2 72-7033] 9 Multi Client Access N e t w o r kC a m e r aa l l o w su pt o3 0u s e r st ov i e wM o t i o nJ P E Gi m a g e simu ltaneous ly . Users can access the T op Vie w Image screen (Sing le Camer a/ Multi -Camera scr een) fro m their own loca tions. Note t hat as the numbe r of us[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 10 1.1.2 System Requirements The PC (P ersonal Compu ter) and the netw ork must meet the f ollo wing technical specific ations for Net work Came ra to work properly . * 1 Network Cam era ima ge is not displ ay ed correctly on t he Netscap e ® v6.x. Use N etsca pe Navigat or v4.7 x. Ref er to Pa nasonic Network Cam era Sit[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 11 1.1.3 Authentication—System Security Feature A uthenticati on window require s y ou to enter the adm inistr ator/general user I D and pass word f or security . P asswor d security can pre ven t unregist ered users/ intruders from acc essing y our image from the ir web bro[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 12 1.2 Incl uded Accessories The f ollo wing items are pro vided with Netw or k Camer a. Additional pieces c an be ordered by c alling 1- 800-332-5368. Not es • If an y items are missing , contact the de aler immediately . • The orde r numbers lis ted abov e are subject to change with out notice. • Sa v e the origina[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 13 Setup CD-R O M The setu p program simpli fies Ne twork Came ra install ation. A dobe ® Acrobat ® Reader 4.0 5 or later enab les you to see the Op erating Ins tr uctio ns on the Setup CD-R OM. If Adobe Ac robat Re ader is not inst alled on the P C , doub le-clic k "ar[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 14 1.3 Camera Feature Locations 1.3.1 Front Vie w Indicator Indicator can be co ntrolled on Indica tor Contr ol window on P a ge 84. Col or indi cation s are s hown below . * 1 Orange indicator will continue blinking in the DHCP setting. * 2 Ref er to page 118 for the red b linking. Fixed Focus Lens and P an/Tilt operation[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 15 1.3. 2 Rear V iew Grou nding (Ear th) T erminal Lightnin g ma y cause serious d amage to Netw or k Camer a. It is recomm ended to connec t the Gr ound f or the prote ction from the l ightning. 1.3.3 B ottom View External I/O (Ref er to page 101.) DC IN j ack (Ref er to page[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 16 Section 2 N e t w o r kC a m e r aS e t u p[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 17 2.1 Installation Pr ocedure Select the Netwo rk Camera confi guration type. (Pa g e 18—P age 19) Connect Netw ork Camera f or installa tion. (Pa ge 20) Pr epare th e network par amete rs f or N etwork Cam era. (Page 2 1—Page 22) Che c k the proxy ser ver setti ng. (Page[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 18 2.2 N etw o rk Camera Configuration T ype Network Camer a can be connected o ver the LAN/In tranet and the I nternet. Select fro m the four Net work C amera con figurati on types. Ne twor k paramet ers dif f er depending on t he Network Camer a configurat ion type. [ Ty p e 1 ] —LAN/Intranet Connection with an Etherne[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 19 [ Ty p e 3 ] —Internet Direct Connection with a Modem Netwo r k Cam era can b e installed alone without PC on the n etwork. When y ou set up Network Camer a in [ Ty p e 3 ] , con nect Network Ca mera tem por arily in [ Ty p e 1 ] , [ Ty p e 2 ] or [ Ty p e 4 ] . Note Some[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 20 2.3 How to turn on Netw ork Camera f or Install ation Connect the DC plu g of the A C adaptor to t he DC IN j ack and a ca tegor y 5 st raight/ cross ca ble t o the Ethernet port. Connect th e A C plu g of the A C adaptor t o the power ou tlet to tur n on Networ k Camera . P an/ Tilt moves to the cent er positi on. Note[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 21 2.4 Netw ork P arameter s 2.4.1 Preparing the Ne tw ork P arameters for Network Camera Bef ore star tin g to set up th e network param eters of N etwork Came ra, mak e note of correspon ding netw or k para meters. Ref er to page 22 and page 23 for netw ork para meters . Net[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 22 Networ k Par ameter s T able * 1 Many ISP' s intention ally bloc k port number 80 to gua rd agains t network viruses . If your ISP b lock s por t n umber 80, subst itute it to another un used por t number. * 2 When y ou use more than one N etwork Came ra with a broadban d router , each Netwo r k Camer a needs its o[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 23 How to refer th e network paramete rs fr om the PC If you c annot get the netwo r k para m e ters, y ou can ref er to the network par ameters e xcept for IP addre ss from the PC on the same n etwork in the fo llowin g procedure. • When using Windo ws 95 , Windo ws 98 or W[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 24 2.4.2 Setti ng IP Address of the PC in [ Ty p e 4 ] Configuration T ype Y our P C needs to h a ve a stat ic pr iv ate I P addre ss to acce ss Netw ork Cam era in [ Ty p e 4 ] confi guration. 1. F oll ow the st eps bel ow , ap propr iate for your op eratin g syste m to ope n TCP/IP Pr operties windo w on the PC. Note Whe[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 25 2. TCP IP Properties window appe ars. Set "192.1 68.0.250" in the IP address data f ield and " 255.255.2 55.0" in the S ubnet Mas k data field. 3. Click [ OK ] . Privat e IP address Private IP address is th e network ID that is not use d on the Internet.[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 26 2.5 Pr oxy Server Setti n g A pro xy ser v er may pre vent y ou from connecti ng directly to Network Camera in some corporate en vironments . The web bro wser can set up the IP addre ss commu nication with out using a pro xy ser v er . Cons ult your ISP or netw ork adminis trator . Note A proxy ser ver is gen erally us [...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 27 3. Enter the IP address of Netwo r k Cam era assigne d from your ISP or netw ork adminis trator into the Do not use pr o xy server f or address es beginning with data field. 4. Click [ OK ] on all of the ope ning wind ows.[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 28 2.6 Simple Installati o n using the Setup CD-R OM After finis hing cab ling, turn on Network C amera an d inser t the Set up CD-ROM in the CD-R OM drive of the PC . Setup CD-ROM shoul d star t the appli cation automatic ally . This progr am automatic ally finds N etwo rk Cameras on the n etwork. 1. T urn on Network Came[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 29 3. Click [ Ne twork Config uration ] . Netw ork Camera List window appears . Setup progr am finds all Network Camera s connected on y our local network. It lists all of M AC ad dresses and IP address es of Netw ork Cameras . Netw or k Camer as that are i solated b y the use[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 30 4. Selec t your tar get Netw ork Cam era fro m the list as shown i n example (A) on Netw ork Camera List windo w o np a g e2 9a n dc l i c k [ Selec t ] . Configuration wind ow app ears. R ef er to page 21 and page 2 2 and enter the c orrect network par ameters . Ref er to page 55 for deta ils of each par ameter . 5. Cl[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 31 6. Click [ OK ] . R e f e rt op a g e5 4f o r Setup Pa g e (Netw ork window ) . 7. Click [ To p P a g e ] . T op P age ap pears. R e f e rt op a g e3 7f o r To p P a g e . Notes • Wh en viewing im ages f or the f irst time in t he Inter net Ex plorer, a pop-up Security W [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 32 2.7 Netwo rk Camera Access fr o m t he Internet [ Ty p e 2 ] and [ Ty p e 3 ] of the Network C amera c onfigur ation type al l o w Network Camer a to be access ed from the Internet. P or t Forwar ding (IP Masquerade ) feature Set up the P or t Fo rwarding f eature to the broadb and router if the [ Ty p e 2 ] — Interne[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 33 To p Pa g e R e f e rt op a g e3 7f o rT o pP a g e . Note When vie wing ima ges f or the first time in t he Internet Explorer , a pop-up Security W arning window ma y appear . The window requ ests yo ur permission to dow nload Acti veX Cont rols (OCX file) use d to displa [...]

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Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 35 Section 3 Network Camera Screen an d Setup Window[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 36 3.1 N etw ork Camera Flow Char t T op P age enable s you to acce ss T op View Image sc reen (Single Camera /Multi- Camer a screen). A uthenticati on w ind ow can set pass word f or the link at (A) . Enter " http://IP A ddress (or URL) :Port No." on t he web br owser . When p or t number is 80 ( default), you d[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 37 3.2 T op P age To p P a g e allow s you t o select the Si ngle/Mul ti-Came ra screen in Mo tion JPEG or JPEG - Regularly Refresh. Mo tion JPEG enables y ou to view the image lik e a motion v ideo , and JPEG - Regula r l y Refresh can be set the re fresh inter v al. Enter &q[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 38 Notes • If a por t num ber is specif ied in the IP addr ess, " http:// " mus t precede the IP address , oth erwise the p or t num ber will not be r ecogniz ed. • When vie wing images f or the firs t time in the Internet Explorer , a p o p- up Security W arning window ma y appear . The windo w reque sts you[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 39 Active X Controls When vie wing images f or the first time in the Internet Explorer , a pop-up Security W arning window ma y appear . The windo w requests y our permission to dow nload Activ eX Controls (OCX file) used to displ ay Mot ion JPEG. Allow the file to be i nstall[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 40 3.3 Single Camera Screen Single Cam era can m ov e the lens b y the P an/Tilt operation , Preset P ositio ning and Click to Center . Single Camer a screen ca n be set eight prese t positio ns. [ Viewer ] l inks to the Buffered Im age screen. Notes • The Scree n Sav er can pre vent th e PC monito r from b ur nin g in d[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 41 Click to Center When y ou c li ck the ce r tain poin t on the Single Cam era screen , the point is centered on the im age. 1. Put the curso r on the point which sho uld be centered and cl ick it. 2. The clic ked p oint i s centered . Note Click to Cente r does not m ove o v[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 42 3.3. 1 Using Operati on B ar Oper ation bar c ontrols the gener al use of Netw or k C amera. Th e foll owin g section s describe the gen eral w ay of using it. (1) End D isplay: When P an/Tilt oper ation has rea ched the end of co r ner , Left End , Right E nd , Up End or Down End appear s. Lock ed Display: P an/Tilt/Pr[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 43 3.3. 2 U sing P an/Tilt Op eration P an/T ilt scan butto ns autom atica lly move the le ns hor izontall y from - 60° to + 60° and v er tically from 0° to -4 5°, and the lens returns to th e current position. Use Clic k to Center f eature to st op scanning. Eac h surroun[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 44 3.3.3 Setting Preset P ositioning and Ho m e P ositioning Preset positioning and Home P ositionin g allow y ou to fix the lens on a specific point. This f eature can memoriz e Brightness and Whi te Balanc e settings . The preset bu ttons (1—4) are registered in the f actor y def ault. ( 1: Upper Le ft , 2: Upper Right[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 45 Deleting the preset b uttons 1) Clic k [ Program ] . Red can cel button app ears. • [ Cancel ] links to the Single Camer a screen wi thout deleting. 2) Select t h e p reset n umber to delete . 3) Clic k [ Delete ] . • [ Cancel ] links to the Single Camer a screen wi tho[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 46 3.3.4 Viewing B uffe red Image Screen Buff ered Image screen can be vie wed b y c li cki ng [ Viewer ] on the opera tion bar . Buff ered Image is sav ed in the internal memor y of Netw or k Cam era b y click ing [ Start Capture ] . Alarm/Timer mode in the I mage T rans f er on page 66 can also buff er the image . Buff e[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 47 Notes • The refresh interva l becom es longer as more cli ents acces s Network Camera. • The image resol ution, image qualit y and object situati on affect the numbe r of frames in the B uffered Imag e . • If internal memory is filled afte r clic king [ Star t Captur [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 48 3.4 Multi-Camera Screen Fou r separate Ne twork Camera i mages can be d ispla yed in both M otion JPEG and JPEG - Regularly Re fresh. The P an/Tilt ope ration can not be operat ed on the Multi-Ca mera screen. Y o u can jum p to ea ch indiv idual N etwork Cam era by clic king Camer a Name . The Single C amer a scree n ha[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 49 3.5 Setup P age Setup P age control s all f eatur es of Netwo rk Camera. A uthentica tion windo w protects the Netw ork Camera se cur i ty . It enab les only adminis trat or to access Setup P age by entering ID and P ass word . Enter " http://IP Ad dress (or URL) :P or[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 50 Setup P age Note Firmware V ersion numbe r indica ted on Setup P age is impor tant f o r y our future s u p p o r to fN e t w o r kC a m e r a . (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) V ersion number[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 51 Item Description (1) Go to T op Pa ge Links t o T op P age . Y ou can ac cess Single/M ulti- Camera scree n in Motion JPEG/JPEG - Regularly Refres h. Ref er to page 53. (2) Network Configures the network setting (Static/DHCP , Def ault Gatewa y , P or t Number , DNS, DDNS a[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 52 (10) Externa l Output Contro l Sets the External De vice Control Outp ut setting to attach e xternal sensors/de vices . (Open or Shor t to GND) Re fer to p age 83 and p age 101. (11) Indic ator Contr ol Sets Indic ator oper ation. Indicator w ill be turned on in the def ault. Ref er to page 84. (12) Status Displa ys gen[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 53 3 . 5 . 1 G ot oT o pP a g e Click [ Go to T op P age ] on Set up P a ge. Y ou c an access the Si ngle Cam era and Multi-C amera sc reen in Motion JPEG/JPEG - R egularly Refresh. Click the language to change the displa y .[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 54 3.5. 2 Netw ork Network window c onfigures netw ork paramet ers. Restart Network Camer a to mak e the paramete rs effe ctive . • Y ou can set disable C onfigur ation window from the S etup CD-R OM f or the secur ity by cle aring t he check. 1. Click [ Netw ork ] on Setup P age.[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 55 2. Ent er each p aramete r in the pr oper da ta fiel d. Cli c k [ Sa ve ] when finished . • Clic k [ Cancel ] t o quit t he curre nt sett ings. The wi ndow retu rns to Setu p P age without sa ving the p aramete rs. 3. Click [ Re star t No w !] to r estar t to make the ch [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 56 Static •I P A d d r e s s • Subnet Ma sk • Chec k [Static], whe n having s pecified IP a ddress assig ned to Netw or k Camer a from y our ISP or admini stra tor . Enter the spec ified IP add ress and Subn et Mask. • If you us e Netwo rk Camera on the LAN, set up in the same cl ass as your PC is in. Ref er to pag[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 57 File si z eo ft h ei m a g e The internal memory , image reso lution, im age quality an d object sit uation determine the maxim um number of fr ames . File siz es change dep ending on the image qual ity and object si tuation . (Bri g htness, etc.) F or exam ple, t he image [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 58 3.5.3 N ame/Time Name/Time wind ow is used to assign a name to each Netw or k Cam era . Date and Time entered on N ame/Time wind ow are used f or the Alarm/Time r mode in the Image T rans f er fe ature and on the Buff ered Image screen. NTP automatica lly adjusts t he internal cloc k of Network C amera . 1. Click [ Name[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 59 Time Z one GMT -10:00 Haw aii GMT -09:00 Alask a, Ha wai i Da ylight Tim e GMT -08:00 P acific Time, Alas ka Dayli ght Time GMT -07:00 Mountain Tim e, P acific Da ylight Time GMT -06:00 Centra l Time, Mou ntain Da ylight T ime GMT -05:00 Eastern Time, Cen tral Day light Tim[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 60 3.5.4 Secur ity: Administ rator Security: Adm inistrator win dow allo ws the admini strat or to limi t or e xclude access to the sel ected Network Camer a. Individual le vel s of access can b e defined f or multiple users . Notes • If Netw or k C amera i s to be accessed via the Internet, use authenti cation windo w f[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 61 Instructions f or the data fields A uthenticatio n Enable A uthe nticat ion wind o w c an be set in the thre e patter ns. None : No authe ntication wind ow appears . Any one can acces s all screens (Single C amera/M ulti-Camera sc reen) and pages (T op P age and Setup P age[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 62 3.5.5 Sec urity: Gener al User Security: Gen eral User wind ow allows th e administr ator to create the ge neral user ID a nd pass word f or the s ecurity le vel define d as gene ral user . Up to 30 individu al user names can be define d. The vari ous security le vels are e xplained on page 61. 1. Click [ Securi ty: Gen[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 63 Instructions f or the data fields General Us er A uthenticatio n T h eG e n e r a lU s e rc a nb eu pt o 3 0 .E a c ho ft h e mc a n hav e thei r own ID and p ass wor d. (1) User ID List • User ID Li st displays the r egiste red user na me. • [ Delete ] and [ Modify ] d[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 64 3. 5.6 T op V iew I mag e T op View Ima g e Settin g window can change se ttings fo r T op P age, S ingle Camer a and Multi-Ca mera sc reen such as t he initial la nguage , the image resolution , image qua lity , refresh interva l as the ini tial setti ng, Lim it time of Continuo us Motion JPEG and On the Air time . 1. [...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 65 Instructions f or the data fields To p P a g e • T op P age title can be changed . Enter the ne w title . • Ref er to unav ailab le chara cter set 1 on pag e 103 but [sp ace] is ava ila ble. • Ref er to displa yab le char acter se t on page 104. • Netw or k Cam era [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 66 3.5. 7 Image T ran sfer Image T ransfer windo w can set the Ima ge T ransf er feat ure. Netwo rk Camera can buff er images and send the im ages via e-mail or FTP . The request to send the image is initi ated by a cont act c l osure from the e xternal sensors/de vices connecte d to the External I/O using the Alarm mode .[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 67 Non T ransfer mode Non T ran sf er mode enab les [ Sta rt C aptu re ] on the oper ation bar to buff er the ima ge on the Sing le Camer a scree n. Refer to page 4 6. Captu re Contr ol can lo c k [ Start Capture ] on the ope ration bar t o pr e vent t he user from ca pturi ng[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 68 T ransf er in the Alarm Mode T h eA l a r mm o d ec a nt r a n s f e ra ni m a g ev i ae - m a i lo rF T Pw h e nt h ea l a r mt r i g g e r is activ e. T o acti vat e the alarm trigger, the External Sen s or Input o f External I/O must be con nected with the e xter n al sensor s/de vices. The Alarm mode can send the e-[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 69 Instructions f or the data fie lds a. External Sensor Input of External I/ O activ ates the ala r m trigger . Ref er to page 101. b. Active Time o f T rigger The act ive trigg er time can be set in t he prima ry ti me and the seco ndary time. The se condary time is the sup [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 70 a. Selects T ransfer Method . Non T ransfer withou t Memory Over Write : Image b uffering w ill stop when the int ernal memory is full. Non T ransfer with Mem or y Over Writ e : Buffered im age wil l ov e rwri te the ol der ima ge data w hen th e inter nal memor y is fu ll. FTP : Enters the server addres s * 1 or Host N[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 71 Over write setti ng : Selects [O ver Write ...] t o ov erwrite the tra nsferr ed image or [Add time. ..] to sav e each tr ansf erred image . Data transfer meth od : Use [P assiv e Mode] normally . If FTP does not w ork properly , ask your ISP or net work admini strator abou[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 72 Setting Example b. a. c. d. e. f.[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 73 Setting e xplanation a. The activ e time of trigger is set betw een 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM from Monda y to F r id ay . When th e alar m occurs in th e setti ng time, the imag es are transferr ed to FTP s erver , and th e notificatio n is sent to the spec ified user vi a e- mail[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 74 T ransf er in the Timer Mode The t imer mo de can be a ctivated by en terin g the act ive time, the im age setti ng, frequency s etting and the tra nsfer metho d on Image T ransfer window .B u f f e r e d Image can also be tran sf erred via e-mail or F TP . The timer mode use s t he Netw ork Camer a internal cloc k. Mak[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 75 Instructions f or the data fie lds a. Buff ers or trans fers b y the timer trigger . b. Active Time o f T rigger Always : alw a ys activat es the timer trigger . The timer trigge r inter v al can be set in e. I mag e B uffer Frequency Settin g . Operatio nal between : Sets [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 76 a. Selects T ransfer Method . Non T ransfer withou t Memory Over Write : Image b uffering w ill stop when the int ernal memory is full. Non T ransfer with Mem or y Over Writ e : Buffered im age wil l ov e rwri te the ol der ima ge data w hen th e inter nal memor y is fu ll. [ Primary ] or [ S econdary ] on the op eratio[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 77 Over write setti ng : Selects [O ver Write ...] t o ov erwrite the tra nsferr ed image or [Add time. ..] to sav e each tr ansf erred image . Data transfer meth od : Use [P assiv e Mode] normally . If FTP does not w ork properly , ask your ISP or net work admini strator abou[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 78 3.5.8 Camera Setup Camera Setup windo w sets White Ba lance and P ow er Line F reque ncy . Y ou can lock th e Bri g htness , P an/Tilt/Preset, Preset Prog ram, Control f eatures . Y ou can also sele ct the Pan Range and Ti lt Range. 1. Click [ Camera Setup ] on Setup P age. 2. Select the each par ameter in the proper da[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 79 Instructions f or the data fields White B al ance Notes • The w rong Whi te Balanc e set ting wi ll cause Net work Camer a to displa y colors imp roperly . In most case s Aut o is suggest ed. • W h i t eB a l a n c ei sa l s or e g i s t e r e di np r e s e tp r o g r a[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 80 Specifying the P an/Tilt range 1. Start up the web bro wser and a ccess the Singl e Camera scree n. 2. Start up another web bro wser and a ccess Ca m e ra Set up window . 3. Align the Sing le Camera sc reen and C amera S etup w indow fro m side to side . 4. Adjust the P an operation on the Single Cam era scree n and sel[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 81 3.5.9 Multi-Ca mera Multi-Camera windo w enable s the set ting of Mu lti-Ca mera scre en. Cam era Name and IP ad dress of each Net work Camera must be ent ered to view the Mu lti- Camer a screen. Re gistering IP addresses o f the other Netw or k C amera ena bles you to view[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 82 2. Select/En ter the each par ameter . Click [ Save ] when f inished . •C l i c k [ Cancel ] to quit the cur rent settings . The window retu r ns to Setu p P age without sa v i ng the para meters . * 1 R e f e rt oI Pa d d r e s s i n go np a g e1 0 3 . * 2 Ref er to unav ailable ch aracter set 1 on page 103 b ut [:] [...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 83 3.5.10 External Output Contro l External Output Contr ol windo w en ables the Ext er nal Device Co ntrol Ou tput signal to activ ate the e xternal sensors/d ev ices. (Ope n or Short to GND) The netw ork administr ator should set up this s etting. Note Ref er to page 101 fo [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 84 3.5.11 Indicator Contr ol Indicator Contr ol windo w allo ws you to sel ect Indicato r operati on. Indicator operatio n has three patte rns. •A l w a y s o n • T u rn s on wh en access ing Networ k Camera •A l w a y s o f f Notes • Indicat or can be control led i n ca se the adminis trator does not wan t to draw[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 85 3.5.12 Status Status wind ow displa ys general in formation abou t Network Cam era. Note When som e trouble o ccurs, the i nformation is useful .[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 86 3.5. 13 Rest art Res tart wi nd ow re star ts Network Ca mera wit h the param eters sa ved. Res tar ting is required whe n the network para meters are chan ged. 1. Click [ Restart ] on Setup Pag e. 2. Click [ Restart N o w !] . •C l i c k [ Cancel ] t o quit. The windo w returns to t he Setup P age.[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 87 3.5.14 Update Firmware Upd ate Fir mwar e window all ows the u ser to i nstal l the la test vers ion of t he Netwo r k Camer a internal opera ting system . In most cases , this will ne ver be nece ssary . Change s ma y be necessary to acco mmodate new operating s ystems or [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 88 4. Click [ Update F i rmware ] on Setup P age. 5. Click [ Update F i rmware ] . W ait about one minute . Note If yo u cli ck [ Update Firmware ] , opera tion cannot be canc eled. If c anceled, r e f e rt op a g e1 1 9 .[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 89 6. Click [B r owse... ] to sele ct the fir mware from the fi le selector. • A d ialog box app ears to ch oose th e file. 7. Select a desire d Firmware file (incl uding the path inf ormation) and clic k [ Open ] . 8. Make sur e the des ired fir mware f ile name is se lecte[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 90 3.5. 15 Reset to F actory Default Reset to Factory Default window ini tializes all the pa rameters includ ing the ID , P assw ord, IP addres s and Subnet Mas k ex cept Date and Tim e setting to the f actory defau lt. Reconfirm the settings bef ore doing the Reset to F actory Defau lt operatio n. 1. Click [ Reset t o Fac[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 91 Section 4 T ec hnical Gui des[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 92 4.1 N etw o rk Camera Installation Network C amera h as a splash r esistan t body . The sp lash resistant body a llow s Network Camer a to be used indoor s and outdoor s. Wate r proof cab ling is necessa r y f or outdoor mou nting. Chec k Network Camer a operation bef ore installin g (cabl ing and m ounting) Netw ork Ca[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 93 4.1.1 N et work Camera Cab ling Chec k the location whe re Network Cam era sh ould be instal led. Selec t the proper cab le suited to Netw or k Camera loca tion. Consult an authorized w iring electric ian f or cab ling. 1. Put th e cab les thr ough the Conn ector Cov er (1.[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 94 2. Thread the A C adaptor cord through the hoo k. Put the Rub ber Cap and the Conne ctor Cov er by f astening the three scre ws in numerical order . The remain ing screw hole on the C onnecto r Cov er is used for attaching S unshade . Note Be sure t o thread the A C adaptor co rd through the hoo k. 3. Attach th e Sunsha[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 95 4. Roll up three putt ies around the cab les and fit them into the holes to pre vent wat er from getting in side Netwo r k Came ra. Use las t putty to fix the spot. Notes • Confirm Netw ork Camera is functio ning bef ore puttying th e cables . Putties and Self Bondi ng ta[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 96 4.1.2 Network Camera Mounting F our mountin g methods are sho wn in the f ollo wing figures. Conf ir m the top and bottom of N etw or k C amera w hen mou nting. Ask the au thorized dea ler f or mounting. Note Mounti ng and cablin g instruction s described in this Ope rating I nstructions f ollow gener ally accepted gu i[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 97 W all Mounting 1) M ount the Fl exib le Stand firmly to a wal l or beam using th e three scre ws (accessories). Set the Fle xible Stan d 165 mm (6.5 inches) aw ay from the c eiling. • Use approp riate screw s suited f or the material of the wall . 2) Atta ch Netwo r k Cam[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 98 Ceiling Mounti ng 1) Mount the Fle xible Stand firmly to the ceil ing or beam using the thre e screws (acce ssor ies). • Use a ppropriate sc rews suit ed for t he materia l of the c eiling. 2) Attach Netw ork Camera b y screwing the t hreaded mount into the tripod mounti ng hole. 3) Adjust the positi on of Netwo r k C[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistance , please call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 99 Note Mak e sure the Indicato r is alwa ys in the upper right corner when y ou mount Network Cam era. CA UTION Dr iv e mou nting scr e w s i nto the wall. Be ca reful to av oid t ouching any metalwo r k ( metal/wire l aths etc.), cond uits or el ectrical ca bles b uried in t[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 100 Making holes on mortar wall 1. Put Fle xibl e Stand on the wa l l where y ou plan to install N etwork Camer a and mark the points where y ou a re goi ng to make ho les. 2. Mak e holes with an electric drill. Ins er t plastic plugs (cu stomer provi ded) into the hol es and push them inside the ho les with the hammer . N[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 101 4.2 Interfacing to the External I/O The Alarm mode in the Image T ran sf er f eature requires the e xternal sensors/ de vices to be connect ed to the Exter n al Sen sor Input of the External I/O . Cer tain feature s of thi s Networ k Camer a can be ac tivated by an exter[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 102 Circ uit Dia gram Exa mple CA UTION • THE EXTERNAL I/O I S NO T CAP ABLE OF CONNECTING DIRECTL Y T O DEVICES THA T REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF CURRENT . IN SOME CASES, A CUST OM INTERF ACE CIRCUIT (CUSTO MER PRO VIDED) MA Y HA VE T O BE USED . SERIOUS D AMA GE T O NETWORK CAMERA MA Y RESUL T IF A DEVICE IS CONNECTED T O[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 103 4.3 ASCII and ISO-8859-1 Charact er T able The chara c te rs of the ASCII charac ter table are a vaila ble for use in the v arious setu p windows. IP addressing (Assig nment of the IP address) Address con sists of o ne to f our numb ers (0—255). By f ar most comm on fo[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 104 Displa yab le cha racter set Netw or k Camer a can displ ay ISO -8859-1 char acter set f or West Euro pean langua ges and the Shift-JIS cha ract er set f or J apanese . Netw ork Camera screen ma y displa y the unrea dabl e characters i f the oper ating syst em or the entered charac ter set is diff erent from the langu [...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 105 4.4 Maintenanc e T o keep Netw or k Cam era in the good condition, mai ntenance pla ys an important par t. Keep mai ntenan ce when us ing Netw ork C amera. A fter t aking away the san d or the dust on the Lens Co v er , wipe the Lens Co ve r with a dry cloth. Lens Co ver[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 106 Section 5 Specifications and T r oubles hooting[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 107 5.1 Netw ork Camera Reset Pr ocedure—Default Settings If the use r forge ts settings or pass words, Net work Camer a can be easily reset to the def ault settings . The CLEAR SETTING b utton initializ es all the paramet ers e xcept Date and Time setting. With pow er on [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 108 5.2 Default Settings List No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note 1 Network 1. Network Configuration Checked - - 2. Port No. 80 - 1 – 65535 Static : IP Address 192.168.0.253 If necessary If necessary If necessary (*1) (*1) (*1) (*1) Static : Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 DHCP : Host Name [Blank] (*3) 0 [...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 109 No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note 5 Top View Image 320 x 240 - 160 x 120, 320 x 240, 640 x 480 Setting Image Quality Standard - Favor Clarity, Standard, Favor Motion Refresh Interval 30 s - 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,45 s, 1, 2, 3, 5 min 320 x 240 - 160 x[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 110 No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note 6 1. Alarm 5. Non Transfer without Memory Over Write Non Transfer with Memory Over Write Selected - - Not-selected - - FTP Not-selected - - Server Address or Host Name [Blank] Required when using FTP Required when using FTP Required when using FTP (*1) or (*3) 1[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 111 No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note 1. Timer Always - - Start time 00:00:00 - - Stop time 23:59:59 - - Day-of-the-week setting All checked - - (2) Secondary Time No check - - 320 x 240 - 160 x 120, 320 x 240, 640 x 480 (2) Image Quality Standard - F[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 112 No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note 7 1. White Balance Auto Auto, Fixed (Indoor/Fluorescent_1/ Fluorescent_2/Outdoor), Hold Camera Setup 2. Power Line Frequency 60 Hz 60 Hz, 50 Hz 3. Brightness Control 4. Pan/Tilt/Preset Control Enable Enable - - - - - - 5. Preset Program Control Enable - - 8 Mult[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 113 No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note - 10 Indicator Control 1. Turn on the Indicator during Power ON Selected 1. Turn on the Indicator during Camera access Not-selected - - - 1. Turn off the Indicator always Not-selected - - (*1): Address must be com[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 114 5.3 Specifications Networ k Camera Specif ications Other Specific ation Item Desc ription P an/Tilt Angle Pan: -60° to +60°, Ti lt: 0° to -45° Sensor T ype 1/3 inch CMOS Number o f Pix els 320,000 pix els (Eff ectiv e Pix els) Illumina tion 10—10,0 00 lx Whit e Balanc e Auto/Ma nual/H old Adjust ment Brightness ,[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 115 Messa ge T ransf erring Method SMTP Image T ra nsf err ing Co ndition Timer : Da y of the Week/ Hour/Minute/ Second Alarm: Exter nal Sens or Input Image T ransf e rring Met hod SMTP , FTP T rigger Timer: Day of the W eek/Hour/ Minute/ Second Alarm: Exter nal Sens or Inpu[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 116 5.4 T r o ubl esho oting About Netw ork Camera Setup Prob lem Cause and Remed y When Setup CD-ROM canno t find Network Camera. • Reconn ect the A C adaptor if i nstallation is no t complet ed within 20 minute s. • Do not c onnect N etwo r k Ca mera o ver a broad band ro uter . Setup progr am can not detect Network [...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 117 When T op P age does not appear . • Enter the co rrect IP address in the web bro wser . • IP addres s and Subnet Mask of the PC and the Netwo r k Camer a must be in the same class of the priv ate IP add ress on the LAN. Ref er to page 25. • The netw ork congestio n[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 118 When forg etting the pass word to access the Set up P ag e. F ol low the steps be low . 1. Initiali ze Network Cam era b y pressing th e CLEAR SETTING butt on. 2. Reco nfigur e Networ k Cam era. Indicator doe s not light up . • Confirm that t he standa rd AC adapto r PSLP1233 (Order N o . PSLP1233Z) i s used. • Con[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 119 Update Firmware has not fin ished. When Updat e Firmware is interrup ted by po wer off , or f or netw ork troubl es and o t her problems , follo w the procedure below . * 1 Ref er to page 87 for the Upda te Firmware . About Network Camera Setup Problem Cau se and Reme d [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 120 Abo ut T op V iew Imag e scree n Prob lem Cause and Remed y The T op View Image scree n (Single Camer a/ Multi -Camer a) does not appear . • I f you are using In ter net Expl orer , t he first ti me the PC connect s to Network Camer a, a pop-up Securi ty W arning windo w will appear to dow nload Ac tiveX Co ntrols. W[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 121 Image fl ick ers. • If the object i s dark, the imag e will flic ker . Make the condit ion around Network Camer a brighter . • Wrong po wer line frequen cy makes imag es flic ker . Ref er to page 78 . Refres h interval is longer th an the setup. • The t raffic o f [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 122 5.5 Confir mation of Netw ork Camera O peration This proced ure chec ks the Netw ork Camer a operatio n. IP addr ess of the PC has to be on the sa me networ k to be able to access N etwork C amera. If T o p Page appears , Netw ork Camera has no def ect. 1. Push the CLEAR SETTING b utton as illu strated on page 107. All[...]

Operati ng Instructions [F or assistanc e, plea se call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 123 4. Record the current TCP/IP prop erties of t he PC . T hey are impor ta nt in the later p rocedure t o set the T CP/IP properties of the PC bac k. 5. Enter " 192.168.0. 250" in the IP address f ield and " 255.255.2 55.0" in the Subnet Mask field and [...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 124 5.6 FCC and Other Inf ormation This equipme nt h as b een tested and f ound to comply with the limits f or a C l ass B digi tal device, pursu ant to P ar t 15 of the FCC Ru les. These lim its are desig ned to provid e reasona ble prote ction agains t harmful interf erence in a residentia l installat ion. This equip men[...]

Operati ng Instructions 125 Inde x[...]

Oper ating Ins truct ions 126 A AC adaptor 12, 20, 93, 11 5 ActiveX Controls 39 Administra tor 60 Alarm Mode 68 Alar m trigg er 68, 69 ASCII characte r table 103 Authentic ation 11 , 36, 61, 63 Auto Adju stment 59 B Brightnes s 79 Broadban d Router 32 Buffered Im age 46, 67, 69, 70, 73 , 74, 76 C Cabling 93 Camera Name 58 Camera Setup 78 Catego ry [...]

Operati ng Instructions 127 M MAC address 15, 29 Max. Bandw idth Usage 22 , 57 Motion JPEG 38 Mount ing 96 MS- DOS Prompt 2 3 Multi Cli ent Access 9 Multi- Camera 48, 81 Multi- Language 37, 64 N Netsca pe Navigat or 10 Network Protocol 10 Network wi ndow 54 Non Transfer mode 67 NTP (Network Time Protoco l ) 59 O On the Ai r time 65 Operatin g Syste[...]

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