Planet Technology ICA-108W manual

Wired / W ireless IR IP Camera ICA-108 / ICA-108W User ’ s Manual V ersion: 2.00 Date: Apr . 2008 1[...]

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This equipment is de signed with the utmost ca re for the safety of those who in st all and use it. However , special attention must be paid to t he dangers of electric shoc k and static electricity when working with ele ctrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the sa[...]

T able of Content 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Features ...............................................................[...]

3.8.1 Common ................................................................................................ 52 3.8.2 MPEG4/VGA ......................................................................................... 53 3.8.3 MPEG4/QVGA ...................................................................................... 54 3.8.4 MPEG4/QQVGA ...[...]

1. Introduction The ICA-108/108W is a wi red/wireless IR IP Camera. The ICA-108/108W can se nd live video and audio via the internet to a web browser anywh ere in the world. The ICA-108/108W features zero-l ux illumination. The 6 IR illuminat ors built around the lens bring the clearest vision at night. The ICA-108/ 108W of fe rs color picture in d[...]

• DDNS, PPPoE and FTP uploading support provide mo re alternatives in surveillance network • Motion Detection: the motion detectio n featur e can monitor any suspicious movement in specific area 1.3 Package Content s User can find the following items in the package: 1. IR IP Camera x 1 2. Power adapter x 1 3. Wall mount accessor ies x 1 4. Util[...]

2. Basic Setup This chapter provides det ails of inst alling and configuring the wired/wireless IR IP Camera. 2.1 System Requirement s Network Interface 10/100MBase-TX Ethernet Monitoring System Recommended for Intern e t Explorer 6.0 or later System Hardware · CPU: Pentium 4, 1.5GHz or above · Memory Size : 512 MB (512 MB or above Recommended ) [...]

2.2 Physical Description LAN Socket DC 5V Power Jack Audio Output Reset to Default Butto n 1. LAN Socket The LAN port is a RJ-45 connector for conne ctions to 10Base-T Ethernet or 1 00Base-TX Fast Ethernet cabling. This Ethernet port built N-W ay protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the netwo rk automatically . Please use Cate[...]

6. Done. 2.4 Initial Utility Inst allation This chapter shows how to quick set up your IR IP Camera. The IR IP Camera is with the default settings. However to help you find the IR IP Ca mera quickly the window s utility-IP Wizard can search the IR IP Camera s in the network that s hall help you to configure som e basic setting bef ore you started a[...]

4. Please click “Next” to install with original settings, or you may click “Change…” button to modify the install folder then pres s “Ne xt” to continue. 5. Please click “Install” to st art the installation. 10[...]

6. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation 7. Please double-click the uti lity icon on the desktop then you will see the IR IP Camera utility . 11[...]

2.5 IP Wizard When you installed the IR IP Came ra on a LA N environment, you may execute IP Wizard to discover IR IP Camera’s IP addre s s and set up related parameters in the IR IP Camera. NOTE: The ICA-108 install ation steps are similar . Below i s the installation of ICA-108 W . Search Button: When click Search button, a searching wi ndow wi[...]

Wizard Button: When IP Wizard finds your IR IP Camera, Wizard button will become available. Please select the device you would like to c onfigure in the Information Box. T he device will turn into yellow which means this device is selected; please press “ Wi zard ” button. Or you could double click the mouse left key on the selected IR IP Camer[...]

2.6 Configure With IP Wizard After pressing Inst allation Wizard, please key in Username and Passwo rd of the device when login dialog box appears on the screen. Y ou can login the setup page if authorized name and p assword is correct. Default username/p assword for machine login: admin /<no password> Wizard Page 1: Username and Pass word Th[...]

Wizard Page 2: LAN Setting This page is about the select of Static IP or DHCP ON. LAN: You can configure this IR IP Camera to obtain its address automatically or manually assign. If there is a DHCP serv er in your n etwork environment and you select “ DHCP ON ”, IR IP Camera can automat ically obtain an IP address. If you don’t have DHCP serv[...]

address 192.168.0.20 . User may now open your web browser , and key in http://192.168.0.20 in the address bar of your web browser to logon IR IP Camera’s web configuration page. Wizard Page 3: Confirmation This page sh ows the n ew configurations. If it is correct, please pre ss “Submit” icon and the se tting information will be save to your [...]

2.7 UPnP Function NOTE: Windows 2000 does not su pport UPnP feature. 2.7.1 Windows XP  UPnP™ is short for Universal Plug and Play, whic h is a networking a rchitecture that provides compatibility among network ing equipment, software, and perip herals. This device is an UPnP enabled device. If the operating sy stem, Windows XP, of your PC i s [...]

The “Add or Remove Programs” will display on the screen and click Add/Remove Wido ws Components to continue. The following screen will a ppea r, select Networking Services and click Details to continue 18[...]

The “Networking Services” will display on the screen, sele ct Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue. Please click Next to continue 19[...]

The program will start installing the UP nP autom atically. You will see t he below pop-up screen, please wait while Setup configures the components. Please click Finish to complete the UPnP installation 20[...]

Double-click My Net work Places on the desktop, the “My Network Places” will display on the screen and double-clic k the UPnP icon with IR IP Camera to view your device in an internet browser. 2.7.2 Windows Vist a  UPnP™ is short for Universal Plug and Play, whic h is a networking a rchitecture that provides compatibility among network ing[...]

Double-click My Net work Places on the desktop, the “My Network Places” will display on the screen and double-clic k the UPnP icon with IR IP Camera to view your device in an internet browser. 22[...]

2.8 Setup ActiveX to use the IR IP Camera The IR IP Camera web pages communi cate with t he IR IP Camera using an ActiveX control. The ActiveX control must be downloade d from the IR IP Camera and in stalled on your PC. Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly. To use the IR IP Camera, user must setup h[...]

2.8.2 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP  From your IE browse Î ”Tools” Î ”Internet Options…” Î ”Security” Î ”Custom Level…”, p lease setup your “Settings” as follow. Set the first 3 items • Allow previously unused ActiveX control to run… • Allows Script lets • Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls By now, [...]

25 2.8.3 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows V ist a  From your IE browse Î ”Tools” Î ”Internet Option s…” Î ”Security” Î ”Internet ” Î ”Custom Level…”, please setup your “Settings” as follo w. • Enable “Automatic prompting for ActiveX control s” • Prompt “Initialize and script active cont rols not marked?[...]

3. Web-based Management This chapter provides setup det ails of the IR IP Came ra’s W eb-based Interface. 3.1 Introduction The IR IP Camera can be configured with your W eb Browser . Before configure, please make sure your PC is under the same IP segment with IR IP Camera. 3.2 Connecting to IR IP Camera z Use the following procedure to est ablish[...]

Web browse r may display the “Security W arming” window , select “Y es” to in stall and run the ActiveX control into your PC. After the ActiveX control was installed and run, the first image will be displayed. NOTE: If you log in the IR IP Camera as an or dinary user , setting function will be not available. If you log in the IR IP Camera a[...]

3.3 Live V iew S t art-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary us ers or an administrator . S t reaming Protocol V ideo Profile A ctiveX Control Language Setting Menu 2-W a y Audio V ideo Information Monitor Image Section Monitor Image Section: The image shot by the IR IP Camera is sho wn here. The date and time are displayed at the top o[...]

Item Action Network Configure Network settings such a s DHCP, DDNS, 3GPP, PPPoE and UPnP Camera Adjust IR IP Camera parameters System Configure system information, date & time, maintenance, and view system log file. Video Configure bit rate and frame rate of video profiles Audio Configure audio parameters User Setup user name, password and logi[...]

3.4 ActiveX Control The plug-in ActiveX control support s a lot of functions by clicking the lef t mouse button. Note that this feature only support s on the ActiveX c ontrol within Microsof t® Internet Explorer . On the ActiveX control icon, click the Lef tMous eButton, then a menu pop-up. T his menu provides features that are unique to the Activ[...]

3.4.1 Digit al Zoom Click Digit al Zoom to active this function as above. User can drag or scale the box over the video to adjust zoom ratio and position. 3.4.2 Record Click Record to activate this function. Press Record button to start recording. The video file is saved as ASF format into your local PC. While you want to stop it, press Sto p to st[...]

3.4.3 Snap shot Click Snap shot to activate this function. Press Snapshot button to t ake a picture. The image file is saved as JPEG format into your local PC. Select Bro w ser , the pop-up window to select the save path and file name prefix, select OK to contin ue. If you like to retrieve the saved image, select the file t o display the saved imag[...]

3.4.5 St atistics Click St atistics to activate this function. A window will be popup to show the st atistics information of the streaming st atus. Note that this information is the st atistics between the device and your local PC. 3.4.6 About Click About to show the ActiveX information 33[...]

3.5 Network Use this menu to configure the network to connect the device and the clie nt s. 3.5.1 Network This section provides the menu of co nn ecting the device through Ethernet cabl e. MAC addr ess: Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that u ser cannot change it. Obt ain an IP address automatically (DHCP): DHCP: S t ands for Dy[...]

shown in the corresponding, more read able form a s 255.255.255.0. Gateway: A gateway is a piece of software o r hardware that passes information between networks. Y ou'll see this term most often when you either log in to an Internet site or when you're transient email between dif ferent servers. Primary DNS: When you send email or p osi[...]

MAC addr ess: Displays the Ethernet MAC address of the WLAN card. Note that user cannot change it. Site survey: Click the “Reload” button. It will refresh informatio n window which list is the result of a network scan. Ac ce ss points with a disabled SSID Broadcast will not appear u nless the camera is associated with it. Interface Select: “W[...]

characters for 128-bit WEP . •HEX - In this method the string must be exactly 10 hexadecimal (0-9, A-F ) characters for 64-bit WEP an d 26 hexadecimal cha racters for 128-bit WEP . Web Key 1~4: Key value of WEP . WP A se ttings: WP A Key: Key value of WP A. The device uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for key management. The pre-shared key can be enter[...]

3.5.3 DDNS server DDNS: Stands for Dynamic Domain Name Server The device supports DDNS. If your device is connected to xDSL directly, you might need this feature. However, if your devic e is behind a NAT router, you will not need to enable this feature. Because DDNS allows the device to use an easie r way to remember naming format rather than an IP[...]

DDNS: T o enable or disable the DDNS service here. Server name: Choose the built- in DDNS se rver . DDNS Host: The domain name is applied of this device. User Name: The user n a me is used to log into DDNS. Password: The password is used to log into DDNS. 3.5.4 PPPoE PPPoE: Stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet A standard builds on Ether[...]

PPPoE: To enable or disable the PPPoE service here. User Name: Type the user name for the PPPoE service which is provided by ISP. Password: Type the password for the PPPoE service which is provided by ISP. IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway: Shows the IP information got from PPPoE server site. Status: Shows the Status of PPPoE connection. 3.5.5 S[...]

RTSP Port: Choose the RTSP port. The RTSP protocol allows a connecting cli ent to start a video stream. Enter the RTSP port number to use. The default value is 554. RTP Port: Specify the range of transmission port number of video stre am. The default range is 50000 to 50999. User can specify a numb er between 1024 and 65535. To use the 3GPP functio[...]

In addition, this device also provides UPnP IGD function for NAT traversal easily. Use NAT traversal when your device is located on an intranet (LAN) and you wish to make it available from the other (WAN) side of a NAT router. With NAT traver sal properly configured, all HTTP traffic to an external HTTP port in the NAT router will be forward e d to[...]

IP Filter: To enable or disable the IP filter function here. IP Filter Policy: Choose the filter policy where is denying or allowing. 3.5.8 IP Notification In case the IP address i s changed, system is abl e to send out a n email to alert someone if the function is enabled. 43[...]

SMTP Notification (e-mail) If enable this function, then the “ Send to “ and “ Subject ” field need to be filled. Send To Type the receiver ’ s e-mail address. Thi s address is used for reply mail. Subject Type the subject/title of the E-mail. TCP Notification If enable this function, then the “ TCP Server “ , “ TCP Port ” , and ?[...]

Proxy Port Set port number of Proxy. Proxy Login Name Type the user name for the HTTP Proxy. Proxy Login Password Type the password for the HTTP Proxy. Custom Parameter User can set specific parameters to HTTP server. Message The message will be sent to HTTP server. 45[...]

3.6 Camera Use this menu to set the function of the camera of IR IP Camera 3.6.1 Picture Rotation: Turn the “ Mirror ” and “ Vertical Flip ” On or OFF. The image will be overturned as below. White Balance: Auto: will adjust the white balance automatically. 46[...]

Hold: will hold the white balance. Exposure Control: Auto: will adjust the internal gain automatically. Hold: will hold the internal gain. Power Frequency: User should choose either 50 or 60 Hz to meet the po wer line frequency in your country. Brightness: Large value will brighten IR IP Camera. Sharpness: Large value will sharpen IR IP Camera. Con[...]

3.7 System Use this menu to perform the prin cipal settings of IR IP Camera. 3.7.1 System Device title: You can enter the name of this unit here. It’s very useful to identify the specific device fr om multiple units. Software version: This information shows the softwa re version in the device. Log: User can check the system log inform ation of th[...]

3.7.2 Date & Time Y ou can setup the time setting of IR IP Camera, make it synchronized with P C or remote NTP server . Also, you may select the co rrect time zone of your country . Server Date & Time: Displays the date and time of the IR IP Camera PC Time: Displays the date and time of the connected PC Manual setting: Click this option to [...]

Start Time: Daylight Saving Stop Time: Sets up the date and time of daylight saving stop time. Daylight Saving Offset: Sets up the date of daylight saving offset. 3.7.3 Maintenance Hard Factory Default (Include the network setting): Recall the device hard factory default settings. Note that click this button will reset all device’ s parameters to[...]

for firmware update. 2. Make sure that only you access this IR IP Camera at this moment 3. Disable Motion Detection function. 4. Select “ Firmw are name ” 5. Select the Firmware binary file. ( Note that it must make sure that the Firmware only applies to this device, once update, it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system. ) 6. Once the firmwa [...]

3.8 V ideo IP IR Came ra provides more video pro files as bel ow to support dif ferent request to each client simultaneo usl y . Each user can choose his pref erred video profile as his request independe ntly . 3.8.1 Common Text Overlay Setting: There are some important information can be embedded int o image, including date, time, and/or text. 52[...]

3.8.2 MPEG4/VGA Video T ype: It’ s MPEG4 mode in this profile Resolution: It’s VGA mode (640x480) in this profile Bit rate control: Defines the rate control m ethod of this profile. The re are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or V ariable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, th e video bit rate is between 384kb ps and 4096kb ps. User can set the desire[...]

3.8.3 MPEG4/QVGA Video T ype: It’ s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution: It’ s QVGA mode (320x240) in this profile. Bit rate control: Defines the rate control m ethod of this profile. There are t wo options: Constant Bit Rate (CB R) or V ariable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the video bit rate is between 128kbps and 1024kbps. User can set the des[...]

3.8.4 MPEG4/QQVGA Video T ype: It’ s MPEG4 mode in this profile. Resolution: It’s QQVGA mode (160x120) in this profile. Bit rate control: Defines the rate control method of this profile. The re are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or V ariable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, th e video bit rate is between 24kbp s and 320kbp s. User can set the des[...]

3.8.5 VIDEO/JPEG Video T ype: It’ s JPEG mode in this profile. Resolution: User can select VGA, QVGA, or QQV GA mode as the resolution of this JPEG profile. Rate Control: The quality level is betwe en 1 and 100. The higher value is the better quality . Max Frame rate: Define s the targeted fram e rate of this profile. For example, set the frame r[...]

3.9 Audio Audio: T o enable or disable audio function Audio Mode: T o select Simplex or Full duplex (2 -way audio ) mode Input Gain: T o adjust gain of input audio Output Gain: T o adjust gain of output audio 57[...]

3.10 User Use this menu to set the user names and p assword of the Administrator and up to 10 users, and access right of each user . Vie wer login: Anonymous: Choose this to enable anonymous user login. Only users in dat abas e: Choose this to disable anonymous user login. User name: Enter the user’s new account here which you want. Password: Ent[...]

3.1 1 E-Mail You may setup SMTP mail parameters for further operation of Event Schedul e. That’s, if users want to send the alarm message out, it will need to configure parameters here and also add at least one event schedul e to enabl e event triggering. SMTP Serv er: T ype the SMTP server name or the IP address of the SMTP server . T est: Send [...]

3.12 Object Detection Use this menu to specify motion detection wind ow 1 to window 4 and set the co nditions for detection while observing a captured image. Add and Del: T o add or delete the motion windows. User can spe cify up to 4 Included and/or Exclude d windows to monitor the video captured by this device. By dragging mouse on the image, you[...]

Sensitivity Defines the sensitivity value of motion detection. The higher value will be more sensitivity . 3.13 Event Server Setup FTP/TCP/HTTP server configuration 3.13.1 FTP Server You may setup FTP parameters for further operation of Event Schedule. That ’s, if users want to send the alarm message t o an FTP server, it w ill need to configure [...]

3.13.2 TCP Server In addition to send video file to FTP server, the device also can sen d event message to specified TCP server. Name User can specify multiple TCP server s as wish. Therefore, use r needs to specify a name for each TCP server setting. TCP Serv er T ype the server name or the IP address of the TCP server . TCP Port Set port number o[...]

3.13.3 HTTP Server The device also can send event mess age to specified HTTP server. Name User can specify multip le HTTP servers as wish. Therefore, user needs to specify a name for each HTTP server setting. URL T ype the server name or th e IP address of the HTTP server . Te s t Check the HTTP server whether it is available or not. HTTP Login Nam[...]

3.14 Event Schedule This menu is used to specif y the sched ule of Ev ents and activate the some actions provided b y this device.  Name: Name of the Event or Schedule. Enable: Enable or disable this Event or Schedule. Ty p e : Schedule start with Event trigger or Schedule trigger . Enable Time: Define the feasible time slot. T rigger by: Select[...]

Example1. If you want to IR LED auto start in 18: 00 every day and IR LED shines for 12 hours continuously . Y ou will need to configure some p arameters as below: Example2. If you want to upload image from PT Internet Camera to FTP server periodically. Y ou will need to config ure some parameters as below: NOTE: PT Internet Camera will se nd a 15s[...]

66 Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings There is a button hidden i n the pinhole near to the DC power connector. T his button is used to restore the factory default setti ngs. Sometimes restarting the IC A-108/108W will ma ke the system back to a normal state. If the sy stem still got problems after rese t, user can restore the factory defaul[...]

Appendix B: PING IP Address The PING (stands for Pa cket Internet Groper) co mmand is used to detect whether a specific I P address is accessi ble by sending a packet to t he spe cific address and waiting for a reply. It’s also a very useful tool to confirm IR IP Came ra installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over the net[...]

Appendix C: Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the IR IP Camera depends on connection bandwi dth between client and serve r, video resolution, code c type, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requireme nts for your IR IP Camera. The required bandwidt[...]

MPEG4 Resolution Stream setting fps setting Current stream Current fps 640*480 VGA 384Kbps 5 fps 373Kbps - 388Kbps 5 fps 640*480 VGA 1024Kbps 5 fps 1024Kbps - 1036Kbps 5 fps 640*480 VGA 2048Kbps 5 fps around 1800Kbps 5 fps 640*480 VGA 384Kbps 20 fps around 550Kbps 22 fps 640*480 VGA 1024Kbps 20 fps around 1400Kbps 20 fps 640*480 VGA 2048Kbps 20 fps[...]

Appendix D: DDNS Application 1. Preface If you have a Cable modem or xDSL, this is a great way to host your own Networked Device or other TCP/IP Service. Get your own domain like www.yourname.com, www.yourname.com.tw etc. (N ote: This domain must be re gistered with Internic via registration authorities su ch as Network Solu tions, DirectNI C, Regi[...]

(3). After the columns show up at the left side, click “ Create Account”. (4). Fill the application agreement and nece ssary information. a. Username b. E-mail address and confirmation c. Password and confirmation d. Submit all the input information and finish creating an acco unt 71[...]

Click these two options (5). Check your e-mail mailbox. There will be an e-mail with a title “Y our DynDNS Account Information“. Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS se rvice that you just applied. Then DDNS you applied activated. 72[...]

Click to confirm (6). Enter the web page http://www .dyndns.org/ again. Input your username and passwo rd that you just applied to login adminis tration interface of DDNS se rver . Input your account (7). If the correct username and pa ssword are input, you can see the following picture at the top-right of the login page. (8). Click the “ Service[...]

(9). Click the “ Dynamic DNS ”. (10). Click the “ Create Hosts ”. (1 1). We could create a do main name without any charge at this step. First, we input the host name. (No.1) Then we pick a domain that is e asy to remember . Finally (No.2), click the “Add Host” to submit the domain name informatio n. (No.3) 74[...]

75 1 3 2 4. Setup the DDNS and PPPoE of Network Device At last, users have to enter the web page of Networked Device and setup the necessary information of DDNS and PPPoE after the application of DDNS service. Please check the user manual to acce ss the DDNS and PPPoE pa ges. After saving the modification, re start the device. The external users co[...]