Panasonic KX-HCM250 manual

Operating Instructions Please read this manual before using and sa ve this manual for future ref erence. Netw ork Camera Panasonic Netw ork Camera Site: http://www .panasonic.com/netcam for customers in the USA or Puerto Rico Model No. KX-HCM250[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 2 Intr oduct ion Thank y ou f or pur chasing a P anasonic N etwork Cam era. Check the f ollo wing items when unpac king. For operation as sistance: •C a l l 1-800-272-7 033 • Ref er to the P anas onic Network Cam era Site http://www . panasonic.c om/netcam Netwo r k Camer a Operat ing Ins tr uc tio ns Getting Started [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assistan ce, ple ase call: 1-8 00-272-703 3] 3 T radem arks • Netscape and Netsc ape Na vigator are eithe r registered trad emarks or trad emarks of Nets cape Com municatio ns Corporatio n in the U .S. a nd other countries . • Adobe and Acrobat are eith er register ed tradema rks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 4 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS When using th is unit, basic sa fe ty precaution s should alw ay s be f ollow ed to reduce the risk of fire, ele ctric shock, or pers onal injury . 1. Read and un derstand all ins tructions . 2. K eep the se instructions . 3. Heed all w arnings. 4. F oll ow al l i nst ruc tio ns. 5. After[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assistan ce, ple ase call: 1-8 00-272-703 3] 5 T ab le of Conte nts 1 Product I ntroduc tion ............ .............. .............. .............. 7 1.1 Getting t o Know Networ k Camera ....................... ............. ............. ... 8 1.1.1 Main Feature s ................ ................. ...............[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 6 3.5.3 Name /Time .............. ................. ................. ................ ................. ...............62 3.5.4 Security: Administrator .. ................ ................. ................. ................. .........64 3.5.5 Security: General User ....... ................. ................. ...........[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assistan ce, ple ase call: 1-8 00-272-703 3] 7 Section 1 Pr oduct Int r oducti on[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 8 1.1 Getting to Know Networ k Camera 1.1.1 Main Feat ures Wireless Comm unication Network C amera corre sponds t o the wire less sys tem based on IEEE 8 02.11b . Wir ele ss insta llat io n will play an incr easi ng role in f lexible mounti ng. Comm unicatio n via Ethernet ® (10Bas e-T) cab le is also av ailab le . Encry[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assistan ce, ple ase call: 1-8 00-272-703 3] 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 ca n access the T op Vie w Image screen ( Single Camer a/ Multi -Ca mera scr een) f rom the ir own loc atio ns. No te that as t he numbe[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 10 1.1.2 System Requirements The PC (P ersonal Computer) and the netw ork must meet the f ollo wing technic al specific ations f or Netwo rk Ca mera to work properly . * 1 Network Cam era image is not displ ay ed corre ctly in the Nets cape ® v6.x. Use N et sca pe Navig ato r v4 .7x. Ref er to P ana sonic Netw ork Camera[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 11 1.1.3 Authentication—System Security Feature A uthenticati on window req uires y ou to enter the adm inistr ator/gener al user ID and pass word f or secu rity . P asswor d security can pre v ent unregist ered users/ intruders from acc essing yo ur image from their w eb [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 12 1.2 Incl uded Accessories The f ollow ing items are pro vided with Netw ork Camera. Add itional piec es can be ordered by c alling 1- 800-332-5368. Not es • If an y items are missing , contact the deale r immediately . • The orde r numbers listed abo v e are subject to cha nge without notic e. • Sa v e the origin[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 13 Setup CD-R OM The setu p progr am sim plifies Ne twork Came ra insta llation. Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader 4.0 5 or later enab les you to see the Op erati ng Instructions on the Setup CD-R OM. If Adobe Ac robat Reade r is not in stalled on the P C , doub le-clic k "ar4[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 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 pa ge 88. Color indi cat ion s ar e shown b elow . * 1 Orange indicator will continue blinking in the DHCP setting. * 2 Ref er to page 119 f or the red b linking. Indi ca tor (Ref er to page 88 f or th[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 15 Fixed F ocus Lens a nd P an/Tilt operati on Fix ed F ocus L ens can mo v e in the P an/Tilt op eration . Operat ion Bar on the Single Camer a screen can ope rate the P an/Tilt . The P an/Ti lt mov es the lens 12 0° horizont ally and 45° v er ticall y . Ref er to page 46[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 16 Section 2 N e t w o r kC a m e r aS e t u p[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 17 2.1 Installation Pr ocedure Select the Netwo rk Camera configurati on type. (Pa ge 18—Pa ge 19) Connect Netw ork Camera fo r installation. (P age 20) Pr epar e th e net work p aram ete rs for Net work Ca mer a. ( Page 21—Page 22) Che ck the proxy serv er sett in g. (P[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 18 2.2 N etwork Camera Configurati on T ype Network Camer a can be conne cted ov er the LAN/In tranet and the In ternet. Select fro m th e four Netw ork C am era co nfig urat ion t ypes. Ne two rk p aram ete rs dif fer depending on t he Network Camer a configur ation type . [ Ty p e 1 ] —LAN/Intranet Connection with an [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 19 [ Ty p e 3 ] —Internet D irect Connection with a Modem Netwo rk Camera can b e installe d alone w ithout PC on t he network. Whe n you set up Network Camer a in [ Ty p e 3 ] , connect Net work Came ra tempo rarily in [ Ty p e 1 ] , [ Ty p e 2 ] or [ Ty p e 4 ] . Note So[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 20 2.3 How to turn on Netw ork Camera f or Install ation Network C amera is p ow ered up whe n connectin g A C plug to the po wer ou tlet. 1. Conne ct Category 5 str aight/cro ss cab le to th e Ethernet port of Netwo rk Came ra to the hub or PC. • Conne ct Ethernet cabl e first to mak e Netw ork Camera rec ogniz e the w[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 21 2.4 Netw ork P aramete rs 2.4.1 Preparing the Ne twork P arameters for Netw ork Camera Bef ore starting to set up th e netwo rk paramete rs of Network C amera, m ake note of correspon ding network para meters . Ref er to page 22 and page 23 f or netw ork parameters . Netw[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 22 Networ k Para meter s T able * 1 Many ISP' s intentional ly bloc k port nu mber 80 to guard agains t network viruses . If your ISP bloc ks port number 80, subst itute it to another unused port number. * 2 When y ou use more t han one Netw ork Camer a with a broadban d router , each Netwo rk Camera needs its o wn p[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 23 How to refer th e netw ork parameter s from th e PC If you c annot get the ne twork para meters, y ou can ref er to the network par ameters e xcept f or IP address f rom the PC on the same netw ork in the f ollo wing procedure . • When using Windo ws 95 , Windo ws 98 or[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 24 2.4.2 Setti ng IP Addres s of the P C in [ Ty p e 4 ] Configuration T ype Y our P C nee ds t o have a stat ic p rivate IP a ddre ss to acce ss Networ k Cam era i n [ Ty p e 4 ] configu ration. 1. F oll ow th e st eps be low , appr op r iate for your op era tin g sys tem t o o pen TCP/IP Pr operties window on the PC. No[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 25 2. TCP IP Properties window appe ars. Set "192.1 68.0.250" in the IP addre ss data f ield and "25 5.255.255. 0" in the S ubnet Mas k data fi eld. 3. Click [ OK ] . Privat e IP address Private IP addre ss is the network ID that is not use d on the Inter[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 26 2.5 Pr o xy Server Setting A pro xy ser ver ma y pre ve nt you from conne cting directly to Network Camera in some corporate en viron ments. T he web brow ser can set up the IP address commu nication with out using a prox y ser ver . Consult y our ISP or network adminis trator . Note A proxy ser ver i s gener all y use[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 27 3. Enter the IP address of Netwo r k Camera assi gned from your ISP or netwo r k adminis trato r into the Do not use pro xy server f or address es beginning with data field. 4. Click [ OK ] on all of the ope nin g wind ows.[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 28 2.6 Simple Installati on using the Setup CD-ROM After finis hing cab ling, turn on Netw ork Camer a and insert the Setup CD -ROM in the CD-R OM drive of the PC . Setup CD-RO M should star t the applica tion automatic ally . This progr am automa tically fin ds Netwo r k Camera s on the netw ork. 1. T urn on Network Came[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 29 3. Click [ Ne twork Configuration ] . Network Camera List window appe ars. Setup progr am finds all Netw ork Cameras connec ted on your loc al network. It lists all of M AC addre sses and IP add resses of Netw ork Cameras . Netw ork Camer as that are isol ated b y the use[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 30 4. Selec t your targ et N etwor k Camer a fr om the list as shown i n example (A) on Netw ork Camera Lis t window o np a g e2 9a n dc l i c k [ Se lect ] . Configu ration wind ow appears . Ref er to page 2 1 and page 22 and ent er the corre ct network par ameters . Ref er to page 59 for deta ils of each par ameter . 5.[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 31 6. Click [ OK ] . R e f e rt op a g e4 1f o r To p P a g e . R e f e rt op a g e3 2f o r Setup Pa ge (Network Windo w) to set up wirele ss netwo rk parameters . 7. Click [ To p P a g e ] . T op Page appear s. Notes • Wh en viewi ng imag es for the firs t tim e in the In[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 32 2.7 Wireless Setup T o access Netw ork windo w 1. Enter " http://IP Address (or URL) :P or t N o./ config.html "o nt h e w e bb r o w s e r and pr ess [ Enter ] . Setup P age appe ars. Ref er to page 54 f or the detail of Setu p Page. • When po r t num ber is 80 (def ault), y ou do not need to enter port nu[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 33 Connection a nd Signal Streng th status The inten sity of th e data com municati on and r adio w av e are sh own i n the le v els of 18 asterisk s. Ins tall Netw ork Camera in the highest le ve l after con firming the data commun ication and signa l strength status. At th[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 34 4. Set the same En cryption (WEP) setting of t he wireless router or t he wireless LAN car d. Encryption estab lish t he security to pre v ent the una uthorized u sers to access the wi reless d ata comm unication . The sam e encryption is req uired to al l the wirele ss de vices inclu ding wireless LAN cards and w irel[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 35 A uthentication [ Shar ed Key ] (Def ault) and [ Open System ] are the encryption sys tem. [ Shar ed Key ] is gen erall y used o n the wir eless ne twork. Som e wirele ss rout ers of ot her ma nufacture rs may employ [ Open System ] as t he encryption syste m. Default Ke [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 36 9. Star t up the web brows er . 10. Enter " http://IP addres s (or UR L) :P or t No ." in t he address fi eld and p ress [ Ent er ] . T op P age appears . (Def ault IP address is 192.1 68.0.253) • When po r t num ber is 80 (def ault), y ou do not need to enter port number . Note When vi ewing i mage s for t[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 37 2.8 Netwo rk Camera Access fr om the Internet [ Ty p e 2 ] and [ Ty p e 3 ] of the Ne twor k C ame ra con fig urati on t ype a llow N etwor k Came ra to be acce ssed f rom th e Inter net. P ort Forwarding (IP Masquera de) feature Set up t he P or t F orwarding f eature to[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 38 To p P a g e Ref er to page 41 f or T op P age . Note When vi ewing i mage s for the f ir st tim e in t he Int er net Explo re r , a pop -up Security W arning windo w may a ppear . The wi ndow reques ts you r permission to do wnloa d Activ eX Controls (OCX file ) used to displa y Motio n JPEG. Ref er to page 43. If T o[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 39 Section 3 Network Camera Screen an d Setup Window[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 40 3.1 N etwork Camera Flow Char t T op P age enab les yo u to access T op Vie w Image sc reen (Single Camer a/Mu lti- Camer a screen). A uthentic ation windo w can set pass word f or the link at (A) . Enter " http://IP A ddress (or URL) :Por t No." on t he we b br owser. When p or t number is 80 ( default) , yo[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 41 3.2 T op P age To p P a g e allow s you to se lect the Singl e/Multi-Ca mera screen i n Motion JPEG or JPEG - Regularly Refresh. Mo tion JPEG enab les you to vi ew the image li ke a motion v ideo , and J PEG - Regula r ly Refres h can be set th e refresh inte r val . Ente[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 42 Notes • If a por t number is sp ecif ied in the I P addre ss, " http:// " must prec ede the IP address , otherw ise the port num ber will no t be recogn ized . • When vie wing image s for t he first time in the Internet Explorer , a pop- up Security W arning window m ay a ppear . The window req uests y ou[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 43 Active X Controls When vie wing image s for the f irst time in the Internet Explo rer , a pop-up Security W arning windo w may a ppear . The windo w reques ts your pe r mission to dow nload Activ eX Controls (OCX file) used to displa y Motion JPEG. All ow the file to be i[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 44 3.3 Single Camera Screen Single Cam era can mo v e the lens b y the P an/Tilt operation , Preset P ositio ning and Click to Center . Single Camera scre en can be set eight prese t positions . [ Viewer ] l inks to the Buff ered Image scre en. Notes • The Scree n Sav er can pre ven t the PC m onitor from b urning in d [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 45 Click to Center When y ou clic k the cer tain point on the Single Cam era screen , the point is centered on the im age. 1. Put the curso r on the point which should be ce ntered and clic k it. 2. The clic k ed poin t is centered . Note Click to Cente r does not mo ve o v [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 46 3.3. 1 Using Operati on B ar Oper ation bar c ontrols the g eneral u se of Netw ork Camera. The fo llowin g section s describe the gen eral w ay of using it . (1) End D is play: When P an/Tilt oper ation has reached t he end of co r ner , Left End , Right End , Up End or Down End appear s. Lock ed Displa y: P an/Tilt/P[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 47 3.3. 2 Usi ng Pan/Tilt Opera tion P an/ Til t scan butto ns au tom ati cally move the l ens hor izont all y fr om -60 ° t o +60° and v ertically from 0° to -45°, and the lens ret urns to the curre nt positi on. Use Cli ck to Center f eatu re to stop scan ning. Each su[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 48 3.3.3 Setting Preset P o sitioning and Home P ositioning Preset positioning and Home P ositioning allo w you to fix the lens on a sp ecific point. This f eature can memorize Brightnes s and White Balanc e settings. The preset bu ttons (1—4) are regist ered in the fa ctor y def ault. ( 1: Upper Le ft , 2: Upper Right [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 49 Deleting the preset b uttons 1) Clic k [ Prog ram ] . Red cance l button app ears. • [ Cancel ] links to the Single C amera screen wi thout dele ting. 2) Select t he preset n umber to d elete. 3) Clic k [ Delete ] . • [ Cancel ] links to the Single C amera screen wi t[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 50 3.3.4 Viewing B uffe red Image Screen Buff ered Image scree n can be view ed by clic king [ Viewer ] on the operation bar . Buff ered Image is sa v ed in the internal memory of Netw ork Camera by cl ickin g [ Start Capture ] . Alarm/Timer mode in the I mage T rans fe r on page 70 can also buff er the image. Buff ered I[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 51 Notes • The refresh interva l becomes lon ger as more client s access Netwo rk Camera. • The image resol ution, image qu ality and objec t situation aff ect the numbe r of fram es in the B uffered Ima ge. • If internal memory is fill ed after click ing [ Star t Cap [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 52 3.4 Multi-Camera Screen Fou r separa te Netw ork Camera i mages c an be dis play ed in both M otion JPEG and JPEG - Regularly Re fresh. The P an/Ti lt operatio n cannot be oper ated on the Multi-Ca mera s creen. Y ou can jum p to each indiv idual Netw ork Camer a by clic king C amera Na me. Th e Single C amera screen h[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 53 3.5 Setup P age Setup P age controls all f eatur es of Network Came ra. A uthenti cation windo w protects the Netw ork Camera se curity . It enab les only ad ministr ator to acce ss Setup P age by entering ID and P ass word. Enter " http://IP Ad dress (or URL) :P or [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 54 Setup P age Note Firmware V ersion numbe r indicated o n Setup P age is impor tant f or 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 Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 55 Item Description (1) Go to T op Pa ge Links t o T op P age . Y ou can acce ss Single /Multi- Camera scree n in Motion JPEG/JPEG - Regularly Refres h. Ref er to page 57. (2) Network Configures the network setting (Static/DHCP , Def ault Gatewa y , P or t Number, DNS, DDNS [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 56 (10) Externa l Output Contro l Sets the External De vice Control Outp ut setting to attach e xternal sensors /de vices . (Open or Short to GND) Re fer to p age 87 an d page 102 . (11) Indic ator Control Sets Indicator oper ation. I ndicator wi ll be turned on in the def ault. Ref er to page 88. (12) Status Displa ys ge[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 57 3 . 5 . 1 G ot oT o pP a g e Click [ Go to T op P age ] on Setup Page. Y ou can access th e Sin gle Cam era a nd Multi-C amera screen in Mo tion JPEG/JPEG-Re gularly Refresh . Click the language to change the displa y .[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 58 3.5. 2 Netw ork Network window c onfigures ne twork para meters . Restar t Network Camer a to mak e the par ameters e ffe ctive . • Y ou can set disable C onfigur ation windo w from the Setup CD-R OM f or the secur ity by clear in g th e che ck. 1. Click [ Netw ork ] on Setup P age . Ref er to page 32 f or wireless n[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 59 2. Ent er e ach p aram ete r in th e pr ope r da ta fi eld . Cl ick [ Sa ve ] when finished . • Clic k [ Cancel ] to q uit the cur re nt set tin gs. The wi ndow retur ns to Setu p P age with out sa ving the p aramete rs. 3. Click [ Re start Now !] to restar t to make th[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 60 Static •I P A d d r e s s • Subnet Ma sk • Chec k [Static ], when h avin g specified IP addr ess assig ned to Netw ork Camera f rom y our ISP or admini strator . Enter the sp ecified IP add ress and Subn et Mask. • If you us e Network Camera on the LAN , set up in the same cl ass a s your PC is in. Ref er to pa[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 61 File si z eo ft h ei m a g e The internal memory , image reso lution, im age qual ity and ob ject sit uation determine the maxim um num ber of frame s. File siz es change dep ending on the image qual ity and object situat ion. (Brightness , etc.) F or e xample , the image[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 62 3.5.3 N ame/Time Name/Time wind ow is used to assig n a name to each Netwo rk Camer a. Date and Time entered on N ame/Time wind ow are use d for the Alarm/Time r mode in the Image T r ansfe r fe ature and on the Buff ered Image scree n. NTP automatica lly adjusts t he internal cloc k of Network C amera . 1. Click [ Nam[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 63 Time Z one GMT -10:00 Haw aii GMT -09:00 Alask a, Haw aii Da ylight Tim e GMT -08:00 P acific Tim e, Alaska Da yli ght Time GMT -07:00 Mountain Tim e, P acifi c Day light Time GMT -06:00 Centra l Time , Mounta in Da ylight T ime GMT -05:00 Eastern Time, Cen tral Da ylight[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 64 3.5.4 Secur ity: Ad ministr ator Security: Adm inistrator windo w allo ws the admini stra tor to limi t or ex clude access to the sel ected Netw ork Camera. Indi vidual le vels of acce ss can be defined f or multi ple users. Notes • If Netw ork Camer a is to be a ccessed v ia the Inte r net, use authenti cation windo[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 65 Instructions f or the data fields A uthentication Enable A ut hent icat ion wi ndow can be se t in the thr ee patt er ns. None : No authe ntication wind ow appears . Any one can acces s all screens (Single Cam era/Mul ti-Camera sc reen) and pages (T op P age and Setup P a[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 66 3.5.5 Sec urity: G enera l Use r Security: Gen eral User windo w allow s the administr ator to create the ge neral user ID a nd pass word f or the sec urity le v el define d as gene ral use r . Up to 30 individu al user names can be def ined. The v arious security le v els are e xplai ned on page 65. 1. Click [ Securi [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 67 Instructions f or the data fields General Us er A uthentication T h eG e n e r a lU s e rc a nb eu pt o3 0 .E a c ho ft h e mc a n hav e their ow n ID and p ass word. (1) User ID List • User ID Li st dis plays the re gist er ed user n ame. • [ Delete ] and [ Modify ] [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 68 3. 5 .6 T o p V iew I m ag e T op View Im age Setting windo w can chan ge settings f or T op P age, Single Camer a and Mul ti-Camer a screen s uch as t he initial langu age, t he image resolution , image q uality , refresh interva l as the ini tial setti ng, Lim it time of Continuo us Motion JPEG and On the Air time . [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 69 Instructions f or the data fields To p P a g e • T op P age title can be changed. Ente r the new title . • Ref er to una v ailab le chara cter set 1 on page 104 b ut [spac e] is ava i la bl e. • Ref er to d ispla y able c haracte r set on pa ge 105. • Netw ork Cam[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 70 3.5. 7 Image T ran sfer Image T ransfer windo w can set th e Image T ran sfe r f eature . Network Came ra can buff er images and send the imag es via e-mail or FTP . The requ est to send the image is initi ated by a contact clos ure from the e xternal sensors/de vic es connecte d to the Exter nal I/O using the Ala r m [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 71 Non T ransfer mode Non T ran sf er mode enab les [ Sta r t C apt ur e ] on the operati on bar to buff er the ima ge on the S ing le Cam era sc ree n. R efer to page 5 0. Ca ptu re Con tr ol can l ock [ Start Capture ] on the ope rati on bar to pr ev ent t he user fr om ca[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 72 T ransfer in the Al arm 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 activ ate the al arm trigger, the External Sen sor Input o f External I/O must be con nected with th e ex ter nal senso rs/de vices. The Ala rm mode can send the e[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 73 Instructions f or the data fields a. External Sensor Input of External I/ O activ ates the alarm trigger. R ef er to page 102. b. Active Time o f T rigger The act ive tr igger t ime can be se t in the pr ima r y ti me and th e seco ndar y time . The seco ndary time is the[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 74 a. Selects T ransfer Metho d . Non T ransf er without Memory Ove r Write : Image b uff ering will stop wh en the internal memory is full. Non T ransf er with Memory Over Write : Buffered im age wi ll overwr i te t he ol der i mage dat a whe n th e int er na l memor y is full. FTP : Enters the server addres s* 1 or Host[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 75 Over write setti ng : Selects [O v er Write...] to o verw rite the tra nsf erred ima ge or [Add time. ..] to sa v e each tr ansf erred i mage. Data transfer meth od : Use [P ass iv e Mode] normally . If FTP does not w ork properly , ask your ISP or net work admini strator[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 76 Setting Example b. a. c. d. e. f.[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 77 Setting e xplanation a. The activ e time of trigger is set betwe en 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM from Monda y to F r ida y . When th e alar m occurs in th e sett ing t ime, the ima ges ar e tran sferred to FTP s er ve r , and the not ificatio n is sen t to the sp ecified u ser via [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 78 T ransfer in the Timer Mode The t ime r mode can b e act ivate d by enter i ng t he act ive time, the imag e set ting , frequency s etting and the tra nsf er method on Image T ransfer windo w .B u f f e r e d Image can also be tran sf erred via e-m ail or FTP . The tim er mode use s the Netw ork Camer a internal cloc k[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 79 Instructions f or the data fields a. Buff ers or trans fer s by the timer trigger . b. Active Time o f T rigger Always : alw a ys activ ates the timer trigger . The timer trigge r interval can be set in e. I ma ge B uff er Frequency Settin g . Operatio nal betwe en : Sets[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 80 a. Selects T ransfer Metho d . Non T ransf er without Memory Ove r Write : Image b uff ering will stop wh en the internal memory is full. Non T ransf er with Memory Over Write : Buffered im age wi ll overwr i te t he ol der i mage dat a whe n th e int er na l memor y is full. [ Primary ] or [ S econdary ] on the oper a[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 81 Over write setti ng : Selects [O v er Write...] to o verw rite the tra nsf erred ima ge or [Add time. ..] to sa v e each tr ansf erred i mage. Data transfer meth od : Use [P ass iv e Mode] normally . If FTP does not w ork properly , ask your ISP or net work admini strator[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 82 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 Br ightnes s, P an/Til t/Preset and Preset Progr am f eatures . Y ou can also se lect t he Pan Rang e an d Tilt Ra nge. 1. Click [ Camera Setup ] on Setup P age. 2. Select the each param eter in the proper data[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 83 Instructions f or the data fields White B al ance Notes • The w rong Wh ite B ala nce set ti ng will ca use Ne twor k Camer a to displa y col ors imprope rly . In most ca ses Au t 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 [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 84 Specifying the P an/Tilt range 1. Start up the web bro wser and a ccess the Si ngle Came ra scree n. 2. Start up another web bro wse r and acc ess Camera Set up windo w . 3. Align the Single Camer a screen an d Camer a Setup w indow fro m side to side . 4. Adjust the P an oper ation on the Sin gle Camer a screen and s [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 85 3.5.9 Multi-Ca mera Multi-Camera windo w en ables t he s ettin g of Mul ti-C ame ra scr een . Cam era Name and IP ad dress of each Netw ork Camera m ust be entered to vie w the Multi - Camer a screen. Re gistering IP addres ses of the ot her Network Cam era enab les you t[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 86 2. Select/En ter the each param eter . Clic k [ Save ] when fini shed. •C l i c k [ Cancel ] to quit the cur rent settings . The windo w returns to Setup P age witho ut saving t he paramet ers. * 1 R e f e rt oI P a d d r e s s i n go np a g e 1 0 4 . * 2 Ref er to una vail able ch aracter set 1 on page 104 b ut [:] [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 87 3.5.10 External Output Contro l External Output Contr ol window enables t he Ext er na l D evice Cont rol Ou tp ut signal to activ ate th e e xternal sensors/d ev ices. (Open o r Short to GND) The netw ork administr ator should set up this setti ng. Note Ref er to page 10[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 88 3.5.11 Indicator Contr ol Indicator Contr ol window a llows y ou to select Indic ator operati on. Indicator operatio n has thre e patterns. •A l w a y s o n • T ur ns on when acce ssin g Net wor k Cam era •A l w a y s o f f Notes • Indicat or can be controlled in ca se the adminis trator does no t want to draw [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 89 3.5.12 Status Status wind ow disp la ys general in f ormation about Netw ork Camera. Note When som e troub le occ urs, th e inf ormation is use ful.[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 90 3.5. 13 Restart Res tart win do w restarts Network Came ra with the par ameters s av ed. Restarting is required whe n the network parame ters are changed . 1. Click [ Restart ] on Setup Pag e. 2. Click [ Restart N ow !] . •C l i c k [ Cancel ] to quit . Th e wi ndow r etu rn s to Set up Page.[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 91 3.5.14 Update Firmware Upd ate Fir mwa re w ind ow al lows the u ser to i nst all the l at es t versi on of t he Netwo rk Camera in ternal operatin g system. I n most case s, thi s will ne v er be nece ssary . Change s ma y be nece ssary to accommod ate ne w operat ing sy[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 92 4. Click [ Update F irmware ] on Setup P age. 5. Click [ Update F irmware ] . W ait about one minute . Note If yo u c li ck [ Update Firmware ] , operation cannot be cancele d. If cancel ed, r e f e rt op a g e1 2 0 .[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 93 6. Click [B r ow se... ] to se lect the f ir m ware from th e file sele ctor. • A Dialog bo x appears to choos e the file. 7. Select a desire d Fir mware file (in cluding the pat h info rmation) and clic k [ Open ] . 8. Make sur e the d esir ed fi r mwar e file name is [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 94 3.5. 15 Reset to F actory De fault Reset to Factory Default window ini tializ es all the para meters incl uding the ID , P ass word , IP address and Subnet Mas k exce pt Date and Time setting to the f actory defau lt. Reconfirm the settings be fore do ing the Reset to F acto r y Def ault operatio n. 1. Click [ Reset t [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 95 Section 4 T ec hnical Gui des[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 96 4.1 N etwork Camera Installation Hig h pe rform anc e for w ire les s co mmuni cat ion Rad io waves fro m th e ante nna of N etwor k Cam era t rans mit imag es. Th e perf ormance of wi reless c ommunic ation wi ll chang e under the cond ition where you inst all N etwor k C amer a and wire les s rout er. Wir el ess w in[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 97 4.1.1 Network Camera Mounting F our mou nting method s are sho wn in th e f ollow ing figu res. Con firm that the A C adapt or cord is thre aded through t he hook, a nd the directio n of the to p and bottom of Netwo rk Camera bef ore mo unting. Ask the a uthorized de aler[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 98 Notes • Netw ork Camera is inten ded fo r indoor use only . Prolonged e xpo sure to direct sunl ight or haloge n light ma y damage the CMOS sens or . • Mak e sure the Indicat or is alwa ys in the upper right corner when yo u mount . CA UTION Driv e mounting scre ws into the w all. Be careful to a void tou ching an [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-80 0-272-7033] 99 Flexib le Stand Moun ting T ripod Moun ting Attach Netw ork Camera to the tripod b y using the tripod bolt. 1) Attach Netw ork Camera b y scre wing t he threaded mo unt into the tripod mountin g hole . 2 ) T u r nt h eg r i pt of i xt h eF l e x i b l eS t a n df i r m l [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 100 W all Mounting 1) Mo unt the F lexible Stand f ir mly to t he wall or th e beam u sing the t hre e screws (ac cess ori es) . Set th e Flexible Sta nd 2 40 mm (9. 5 in ches ) awa y from the ceil ing. • Use p roper scre ws fit f or the materia l of the w all. 2) Attac h Network Camera b y scre wing the t hreaded mou n[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 101 Ceiling Mounting 1) Mount the Fle xib le Stand firmly to the ceili ng or the beam using the three screws (a cces sor ies). • Use prop er scre ws fit f or th e materials of th e ceiling. 2) Attach Netw ork Camera b y scre wing t he threaded mo unt into the tripod mount[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 102 4.2 Interfacing to the External I/O The Alarm mode i n the Imag e T rans fer f eature r equires t he e xternal sensors/ dev ices to be connec ted to the External Sensor Inpu t of the External I/O . Cer tain f eatures of this Netw ork Camera can be activ ated by an ex ter nal sens or that se nses physic al chan ges in [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 103 Cir cuit Diagram Example CA UTION • THE EXTERNAL I/O IS N O T CAP ABLE OF CONNECTING DIRECTL Y T O DEVICES THA T REQUIRE LARGE AM OUNTS OF CURRENT . IN SOME CASES, A CUST OM INTERF ACE CIRCUIT (CUST OMER PRO VIDED) MA Y HA VE T O BE USED . SERIOUS D AMA GE T O NETWORK[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 104 4.3 ASCII and ISO-8859-1 Character T able The cha ract er s of the ASCI I char act er table are available for use in the vari ous se tup w indow s. IP ad dressing (Assi gnment of the IP address) Address c onsists of on e to four numbers (0—25 5). By f ar most c ommon f orm is f our decimal n umbers , (e.g., 192.168 [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 105 Displa y able c haracter se t Network C amera ca n displa y ISO-8859-1 cha racter s et f or W est Europe an language s and the Shift-JIS char acter se t for J apanese . Netwo rk Came ra screen ma y displa y the unreadab le characters if the ope rating sy stem or the ent[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 106 4.4 Maintenance T o ke ep Netw ork Camer a functio ning in g ood condi tion, mainte nance pl ay s an important par t. Kee p maintenance when us ing Network Camer a. After remov ing dust from the Fix ed F ocus Lens , wipe the Fix ed F ocus Len s with lens cleanin g paper . Fixed Focus Lens • Do not force dly mo v e t[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 107 Section 5 Specifi cations and T r oub leshooting[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 108 5.1 Netw ork Camera Rese t Pr ocedure—Default Settings If the user f orgets set tings or pass words, Netw ork Camera c an be easily reset to the def ault setting s. The CLEAR SETTING b utton initial izes all th e parameters ex cept Da te and Tim e setting . With powe r on ,p r e s st h e CLEAR SETTING b utton fo r a[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 109 5.2 Default Settings List No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note 1 Network 1. Network Configuration Checked - - 3. Port No. 80 - 1 – 65535 Static : IP Address 192.168.0.253 If necessary If necessary If necessary (*1) (*1) (*1) (*1) Static : Subnet M[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 110 No Items Factory Default value Indispensable setting Note 320 x 240 - 160 x 120, 320 x 240, 640 x 480 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 120,320 x 240 Image Quality Standard - Favor Clarity, Standard, Favor Mo[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 111 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 whe[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 112 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 - Favor Clarity, Standard, Favor Motion Frequency 1[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 113 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 - - -[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 114 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 composed of four numeral char acters (0 to 255) and[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 115 5.3 Specificati ons Net work Cam era S pe cifi cat ions Other Spec ification Item Descrip tion P an/ Til t Ang le P an: - 60° to + 60°, Ti lt: 0 ° to -45 ° Sensor T ype 1/3 inc h CMOS Numb er of P ixels 320, 000 p ixels (E ffective Pi xels) Illu mina tio n 10—1 0,[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 116 Image T rans fe rring Condition Tim er : Day of the W eek/Hou r/Minut e/Second Alarm: External Sensor Input Image T rans fe rring Method SMTP , FTP LAN Interf ace 1 0Base-T Ethernet RJ-45 connector x 1 Wireless LAN In terf ace Protocol : IEEE 802.11b Antenna: D iversi ty Antenna F requency: 2400 —2483.5 MHz (11 chan[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 117 5.4 T r oubleshooting About Network Camera Setup Problem Cau se and Rem edy When Setup CD-ROM cannot f ind Network Camera. • Reco nnect the A C adap tor if instal lation is not c omplete d within 20 minute s. • Do not conn ect Network Camer a ov er a broadband rou t[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 118 When T op P age does not appear . • Enter the corre ct IP address in the web bro wser . • IP address and Subne t Mask of the PC and the Netw ork Camer a must b e in the s ame class of the priv ate IP address on the LAN. Ref er to page 25. • The net wor k c onges tio n pr ev ent s T o p Page from ap pear in g qui[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 119 Green i ndicator contin ues bli n k i ng . Internal F ailure of the server or the con gestion o n the netw ork traffi c when using DHCP ma y pre ven t Network Camera fro m getting the IP addr ess. Ask the ne twork administr ator or yo ur ISP . Orang e indica tor contin [...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 120 Update Firmware ha s not finished . When U pda te Fir mware is in te rr upt ed by power of f, or f or n etwor k trou bles and ot her pr oblems, follow the pro ced ure bel ow . * 1 Ref er to page 91 f or the Update Firmwa re. About Netw ork Camera Setup Prob lem Cause and Reme dy No Top Page Update Firmware window Yes [...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 121 About T op View Ima ge screen Pr oblem Cause and Rem edy The T op Vi ew Image s creen (Single C amera/ Multi-C amera ) does not appe ar . • If you are us ing Internet Explorer , the first time the PC connec ts to N etwork Camer a, a pop-up Security Wa rning win dow wi[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 122 Image flic k ers. • If the object is dark, the image will flic k er . Mak e the conditio n aroun d Netwo rk Camer a brighter . • Wrong pow er lin e frequenc y make s image s flick er . Ref er t o page 82. Refresh interval is longer than the setup . • The traffic of the netw ork, PC perf ormance and the object of[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 123 5.5 Confi rma tion of N etwork C amera Operatio n This proce dure chec ks the Netw ork Camera op eration . IP address of th e PC has to be on the same netwo rk to be able to access Netw ork Camera. If T op P age appears , Network Camer a has no def ect. 1. Push the CLEA[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 124 4. Record the c urrent TCP/IP pr operties of the PC . They are important in the later proce dure to set the TCP/IP properties of the PC bac k. 5. Enter "19 2.168.0.250" in the I P address field and "255. 255.255.0" in the Subnet Mas k field and clic k [ OK ] . (Windo ws 95, Windo ws 98 and Windo ws[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 125 5.6 FCC and Other Inf ormation This equ ipment has been teste d and f ound to c omply wit h the limit s fo r a Class B digital de vice, pursu ant to P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules . These limits are des igned to provi de reasonab le protec tion against harmful inte rfe renc[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 126 CA UTIO N • T o com ply with FC C RF e xposure requi rements i n uncontrolle d en vironmen t: • This equip ment mus t be installed and ope rated in acco rdance with pro vided inst ructions and a mi nimum 20 cm (8 i nches) spa cing mu st be provid ed bet ween ante nna an d all pe rson' s bod y (excludin g extr[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions [F or assista nce, pl ease call: 1-8 00-272- 7033] 127 5.7 Glossary AdHoc AdHoc mo de is a wi rel ess net wor k syst em in whic h devices co mmuni cate di rect ly with each oth er , without th e use of a wireless router . CSMA/CA Short f or C arr ie r S ense M ultip le A cces s/ C ollisio n A v oidance . CSMA/CA is a netw o[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 128[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions 129 Inde x[...]

Oper ati ng Instruc tio ns 130 A AC adaptor 12, 20, 116 ActiveX Controls 43 AdHoc mode 33, 127 Administra tor 64 Alarm Mode 72 Alar m tri gger 72, 73 ASCII characte r table 104 Authentic ation 11 , 40, 65, 67 Auto Adju stment 63 B Brightnes s 83 Broadban d Router 37 Buffered Im age 50, 71, 73, 74, 77 , 78, 80 C Camera Name 62 Camera Setup 82 CATV/x[...]

Operati ng Instr uctions 131 Limit t ime of Cont inuous M otion JPEG 69 M MAC address 15, 29 Max. Bandw idth Usage 22, 61 Motion JPEG 42 Mount ing 97 MS- DOS Prom pt 23 Multi Cli ent Access 9 Multi- Camera 52, 85 Multi- Language 41, 68 N Netsca pe Navigat or 10 Network Protocol 10 Network wi ndow 58 Non Transfer mode 71 NTP (Network Time Protoco l)[...]

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