Planet Technology ICA-601 manual

Indoor / Out door S peed Dome Internet Camera ICA-601 / ICA-651 User ’ s Manual V ersion: 2.00 Date: May . 23 1/59[...]

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Safety 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 st atic electricity when working with ele ctrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensur[...]

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

3.10 User .............................................................................................................................. 6 5 3.1 1 E-Mail ............................................................................................................................ 66 3.12 Object Detection ..............................................[...]

1. Introduction The PLANET ICA-60 1 / ICA-651, indoo r/out door speed dome internet cam era, of fers pan/tilt/zo om to control over TCP/IP ne tworks. The ICA-601 / ICA-651 features a 220X zooming (22x op tical zoom, 10x digit al zoom), auto focus, auto iris, fast, accurate and continu ous 360 panning operations. The ICA-601 / ICA-651 can send video[...]

1.3 Package Content s User can find the following item s in the package for ICA-601: ICA-601 x 1 User ’s Manual and Utility CD x 1 Quick Guide x 1 Leaf S pring x 3 T elephone box x 1 Screw x 3 Power Adapter x 1 6[...]

User can find the following item s in the package for ICA-651: ICA-651 x 1 User ’s Manual and Utility CD x 1 Quick Guide x 1 Cable tube x 1 T elephone box x 1 Wrench x 2 Power Adapter x 1 NOTE : If any of the above items are missing, plea se cont act your dealer immediately . Using the power supply th at is not the one included in ICA-601 / ICA-6[...]

2. Basic Setup This chapter provides det ails of insta lling and configu ring the ICA-601 / ICA-65 1 2.1 System Requirement s Network Interface 10/100MBase-TX Ethernet Monitoring System Recommended for Intern e t Explorer 6.0 or later Basic System Hardwa re · CPU: Pentium 4, 3.0GHz or above · Memory Size : 512 MB (512 MB or above Recommended ) ·[...]

2.2 Physical Det ails Identification of ICA-601 / ICA-651 ca bles RS-485 & DI/DO (Connect to the bundled TEL box ) RJ-45 LAN Line In V ideo Out Line Out 12V DC In 1. RJ45 LAN s ocket: Connect to PC or Hub/Switch. Fo r connect to 10Base-T Ethernet or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cablin g. This Ether net port built N-Way protocol can detect or negoti[...]

2.3 Hardware Inst allation 2.3.1 Physical Inst allation of ICA-601 Note 1. During the installation, please t a ke care and avoid crash. That may cause the device damage. 2. Please make sure the hardwar e had been located on the cell or roof properly . If the hardware dr ops down, it is possible make someone hurt. Please check t he hardware again af[...]

2. Take away the 3pcs leaf springs inside the acce ssory box. Attach t he springs onto the outer cover. According to thickness of ceiling to a d just the location of springs. Find springs directions as following phot o: 3. Push this outer cover into the ceiling. Check if the leaf springs are clipped to ceiling tightly. 11[...]

4. Find safety hook inside the oute r cover. Use the safety hook hanging the inne r speed dome cover 5. Have all the cables across the outer cover 12[...]

6. Take away 3pcs screws inside the accessory box. Use the screws to fix the inner cove r and outer cover. 13[...]

7. Check spe ed dome main body. Fit in the pin in to pin hole of base plat e. Drive 2pcs screws until the speed dome fits the plate tightly and solidly 8. Follow anti-clockwise to fix the hemisphere cover onto speed dom e. 9. Now the ICA-601 is fixed on the ceiling. 14[...]

2.3.2 Physical Inst allation of ICA-651 1. Use the rubber ring, nut, and screws to mount the power box and ICA-651 to the wall. NOTE: You will need to choose correct screws to fix the ICA-651 to the wall. The other types of screws have to buy locally. 2. Now the ICA-651 is fixed on the wall. 15[...]

2.4 Initial Utility Inst allation This chapter shows how to quick set up your ICA- 60 1 / ICA-651. The ICA-601 / ICA-651 is with the default settings. However to help you find the networked camera quickly the windows utility-IP Wizard can search the cameras in the network t hat shall help you to configure some basic setting before you st arted adva[...]

4. Please click “Next” to inst all 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 inst allation. 17[...]

6. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation 7. Please double-click the utility icon on the desktop then you will see the ICA-601 / ICA-651 utility . 18[...]

2.5 IP Wizard When you installed the ICA-601 / ICA-651 on a LA N environm ent, you may execute IP Wizard to discover ICA-601 / ICA-651’s IP address and set up related pa ram eters in the ICA-601 / ICA-651. NOTE: The ICA-651 inst allation step s are similar . Below is the installation of ICA-601. Search Button: When click Search button, a searchin[...]

Wizard Button: When IP Wizard finds y our cam era, Wizard button will become available. Please select the device you would like to configure in the Information Box. The device will turn into yellow which means this device is selected; please press “ Wizard ” button. Or you could double click the mouse left key on the selected camera. Relative s[...]

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 password is correct. Default username/p assword for machine login: admin /<no password> Wizard Page 1: Username and Pass word Thi[...]

Wizard Page 2: LAN Setting This page is about the select of Static IP or DHCP IP. LAN You can configure this I CA-601 / ICA-651 to obtain its address au tomatically or manually assign. If there is a DHCP server in your netwo rk environment and you select “ DH CP IP ”, ICA-601 / ICA-651 can automatically obtain an IP address. If you don’t have[...]

default IP 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 ICA-6 01 / ICA-651’s web configuration pag e. Wizard Page 3: Confirmation This page sh ows the n ew configurations. If it is correct, please press “Submit ” icon and the setting information wil[...]

2.7 UPnP Function NOTE: Windows 2000 does not support 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 U[...]

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 25[...]

The “Networking Services” will display on the screen, sele ct Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue. Please click Next to continue 26[...]

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 27[...]

Double-click My Network Places on the desktop, the “My Network Places” will display on the screen and double-clic k the UPnP ico n with ICA-601 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 equi[...]

Double-click My Network Places on the desktop, the “My Network Places” will display on the screen and double-clic k the UPnP ico n with ICA-601 to view your device in an internet browser. 29[...]

2.8 Setup ActiveX to use the ICA-601 / ICA-651 The ICA-601 / ICA-651 web pages co mmunicate wi th the ICA-601 / ICA-651 using an A ctiveX control. The ActiveX control must be d ownloaded fr om the ICA-601 / ICA-651 a nd installed on your PC. Your Internet Explorer security settings must allo w for the web page to work correctly. To use the ICA-601 [...]

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, [...]

32 2.8.3 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows V ista  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 controls” • Prompt “Initialize and script active cont rols not marked….?[...]

3. Web-based Management This chapter provides setup det ails of t he ICA-601 / ICA-651’s W eb-based Interface. 3.1 Introduction The ICA-601 / ICA-651 can be configured with your W eb Browser . Before configure, please make sure your PC is under the same IP segm ent with ICA-601 / ICA-65 1. 3.2 Connecting to ICA-601 / ICA-651 z Use the following p[...]

Web browse r may display the “Security W arming” window , select “Y es” to inst all and run the ActiveX control into your PC. After the ActiveX control was inst alle d and run, the first image will be displayed. NOTE: If you log in the ICA-601 / ICA-651 as an ordinary us er , setting function will be not available. If you log in the ICA-601[...]

3.3 Live V iew S tart-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary us ers or an administrator . S treaming Protocol V ideo Profile A ctiveX Control Language Setting Menu PTZ Control 2-W a y Audio De-Interlace Monitor Image Section V ideo Information Monitor Image Section The image shot by the ICA-601 / ICA-651 is shown here. The date and time [...]

De-Interlace The device also supports de-inter lace func tion inside Active X. User can chose to enable or disable this function by toggling the icon below . : Disable de-interlace function. : Enable de-interlace function. Setting Menu This function is det ail setting for ICA-601 / ICA-651 that only available for user logged into ICA-60 1 / ICA-651[...]

PTZ Control Click to display the following co ntrol p anel: Hide PTZ Control Camera Direction Focus Control Zoom Control Camera S p eed Preset To u r Go T ou r A uto Pan Hide PTZ Control Click the icon will hide the PTZ control function. Camera Direction Control camera up/down/le ft/right and home position. Zoom control Press WIDE to zoom out, and [...]

3.4 ActiveX Control The plug-in ActiveX control support s a lot of functions by clicking the left mouse button. Note that this feature only support s on the ActiveX c ontrol within Microsoft® Internet Explore r . On the ActiveX control icon, click the Lef tMous eButton, then a menu pop-up. This me nu provides features that are unique to the Active[...]

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 Snapshot to activate this function. Press Snap shot button to take 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 stati stics information of the streaming st atus. Note that this information is the st atistics betwe en the device and your local PC. 3.4.6 About Click About to show the ActiveX information 41[...]

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 cable. MAC Address Display the Ethernet MA C address of t he device. Note that user cannot change it. Obt ain an IP address automatically (DHCP) DHCP: S tands for Dyna m[...]

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 00000000 will usually be shown in the correspondi ng, more readable form as 255.255.255.0. Gateway A gateway is a piece of software or hardware that p asses information between networks. Y ou'll see this term mo st often when you either log in to an Internet site or when you're transi ent email between dif ferent servers. [...]

IP address problem comes in the form of a dynamic DNS service. The Internet uses DNS servers to lookup domain names and tra nslates them into IP addresses. Domain names are just easy to reme mber aliase s for IP addresses. A dynamic DNS service is unique because it provides a means of updating your IP address so that your listing will remain curren[...]

• Connect to a LAN by DHCP or Fixed I P • Access the device, enter Setting Î Network Î PPPoE as below 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 serv ice which is provided by ISP. IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway S[...]

RTSP Port Choose the RTSP port. The RTSP protocol allows a connecting client to start a video stream. Enter the RTSP port number to use. The default value is 554. RTP Port Specify the range of transmission p ort nu mber of video stream. The default range is 50000 to 50999. User can specify a numbe r between 1024 and 65535. To use the 3GPP function,[...]

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 the device. UPnP To enable or disable the UPnP service here. Friendly Name Shows the frien[...]

IP Filter To enable or disable the IP filter function here. IP Filter Policy Choose the filter policy where is denying or allowing. 3.5.7 IP Notification In case the IP address i s changed, system is abl e to send out an email to al ert someone if the function is enabled. 48[...]

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-m ail address. This address is u sed 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 s erver. Message The message will be sent to HTTP server. 50[...]

3.6 Camera Use this menu to set the function of the camera of ICA-601 / ICA-651 3.6.1 Picture Brightness Large value will brighten camera. Sharpness Large value will sharpen camera. Contrast Large value will contrast camera heavily. Local Video Output Check this item if a TV or video monitor has been connected to video output of the Network Camera.[...]

3.6.2 PTZ Setting PTZ Protocol Type The Network Camera is connected to built-in ICA-601 / ICA-651 and controls this device thru RS485 bus. Baud Rate This is the communication speed betwe en network module and ICA-601 / ICA-651. Note that please DO NOT change s the default value except on special purpose. If so, user need s to check and set value pr[...]

3.6.3 Preset Setting This page pro v ides the edit tool to modify or delete the “Preset Setting” item by item. 3.6.4 T our Setting Up to 64 positions can be preset, and th e came ra can be programming to move to the preset position sequentially . Tour Name The group name of the sequence of camera tour. The maximum number of camera tour is 16. 5[...]

Running Enable o r disable this cam era tour. Preset Set the sequence of the tour. Maximum 16 points can be assigned. The sele cted preset position is added in the Sequen ce list from 1 to 16. Wait Time Type a period of time during which th e came ra is to stay at each preset point, between 0 to 36000 secon ds. To use the camera tour function, user[...]

3.7 System Use this menu to perform the principal settings of ICA -601 / ICA-65 1. 3.7.1 System Device Title You can enter the name of this unit h ere. It’s very useful to identify the specific device fr om multiple units. Software Version This information shows the softwa re version in the d evice. Log User can check the syst em log information [...]

3.7.2 Date & Time Y ou can setup the time setting of ICA-601 / ICA-651, make it synchroni zed with PC 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 device PC Time Displays the date and time of the connected PC Manual setting: Click this option to set[...]

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 pa rameters to the factory se[...]

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 firmware file was selected, select “Upgrade”. 7. The upgrade progress i nformation will be [...]

3.8 V ideo This device provides more video profil es as below to support dif ferent request to each client simultaneo usl y . Each user can choose his pref erred video profile as his reque st independently . 3.8.1 Common Text Overlay Setting There are some important information can be embedded into image, including date, time, and/or text. 59[...]

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 cont rol method of this profile. There are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or V ariable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the video bit rate is between 384kbp s and 4096kbps. User can set the desired bit [...]

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 method of this profile. There are two option s: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or V ariable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the video bit rate is between 128kbp s a nd 1024kbp s. User can set the desire[...]

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 cont rol method of this profile. There are two options: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or V ariable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the video bit rate is between 24kbps and 320kb p s. User can set the desi re[...]

3.8.5 VIDEO/JPEG Video T ype It’s JPEG mode in this profile. Resolution User can select VGA, QV GA, or QQVGA mode as the resolution of this JPEG profile. Rate Control The quality le vel is between 1 a nd 100. The highe r value is the better quality . Max Frame Rate Defines the targete d frame rate of th is profile. For example, set the frame rate[...]

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 64[...]

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 w er Login Anonymous Choose this to enable ano nymous u ser login. Only users in dat abas e Choose this to disable anonymous u se r login. User Name Enter the user ’s new account here which you want. Password En[...]

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 Server T ype the SMTP server name or the IP address of the SMTP server . Te s t Send a [...]

3.12 Object Detection Use this menu to specify motion detection wind ow 1 to window 4 and set the conditions fo r detection while observing a captured image. Add and Del T o add or delete the motion windows. User can sp ecify up to 4 Included and/or Excluded windows to monito r the video captured by this devic e. By dragging mouse on the image, you[...]

easier to trigger event. Sensitivity Defines the sensitivity value of motion detection. The higher value will be mo re 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, i[...]

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, user needs to specify a name for each TCP server setting. TCP Serv er T ype the server name or th e IP address of the TCP se rver . TCP Port Set port number [...]

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 the IP address of the HTTP server . Te s t Check the HTTP server whether it is available or not. HTTP Login Name[...]

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

Appendix A: Reset Factory Default Settings This button is used to restore the fact ory def ault settings. Sometimes restarting the ICA-601 / ICA-651 will make the system back to a normal stat e. If the system still got problem after reset, user can restore the fa ctory default settings a nd install it again. Restore the ICA-601 / ICA-651 : 1. Open [...]

3. Pull up the speed dome body from 2 sides 4. Remove the warranty seal and loose this screw via screw driver 73[...]

5. Loose another screw (near the crad le ). You can see the IP module. RESET 74[...]

6. The Reset button under crystal. RESET 7. Power on the IP cam, push the reset button 5~10 seconds then release. The IP cam will reboot automatically then reset to defaul t (all parameters back to d efault). * How to assembly the IP cam? Go th rough the steps from step 4 to step 1. RESET 75[...]

76 Note: This blue connectors need to fit in tightly Note: Restoring the facto ry default setting will lose the all previous settings included IP address forever . User will need to run the IP Wizard program to search the de vice and configure it to let the device work properly again.[...]

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 specific address and waiting for a reply. It’s also a very useful tool to confirm ICA-6 01 / ICA- 651 installed or if the IP address conflicts with any other devices over th[...]

Appendix C: Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-601 / ICA-651 depend s on connection bandwidth between client and server, video re solution, codec type, and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the band width requirements for your ICA-601 / ICA-651. The required[...]

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, DirectNIC, R egi[...]

3. Application Step s – DDNS & Domain Name (1). Visit the following web site: http://www .dyndns.org/ (2). Click “ Account ” (3). After the columns sho w up at the le ft side, click “ Create Account”. 81[...]

(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 Click these two options 82[...]

(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. Click to confirm (6). Enter the web page http://www .dyndns.org/ again. Input your username and p a sswo rd that you just applie[...]

(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 “ Services”. (9). Click the “ Dynamic DNS ”. (10). Click the “ Create Hosts ”. 84[...]

85 (1 1). We could create a domain 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) 1 3 2 4. Setup the DDNS and PPPoE of Network Device At last, users have to enter the web page of Netw[...]