Planet ICA-650 manual

Outdoor Speed Dome IP Camera ICA-650 User’s Manual[...]

Copyright Copyright (C) 2006 PLANET Technolo g y Corp. All rights reserved. The products and programs described in this User ’s Manu al are licensed products of PLANET Technology, This User ’s Manual contains propr ietary information prote cted by copyright, and this User’s Manual and all accompanyi ng hard ware, software, and documentation a[...]

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTR ODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 Overview ................................................................................................................ 1 Physical Details ..............................................................................[...]

APPENDIX D SPECIF ICATIO NS................................................................................ 73 Appendix D: Sp ecificatio ns ............................................................................... 73 ii[...]

1 Chapter 1 Introduction This Chapter provides d etails of the ICA-650's features, compon ent s and capabilities. Overview The PLANET ICA-650, outdoor speed dome Inte rnet camera offers pan/tilt/zoom control over TCP/IP networks. With the IP -66 protecting cover, ICA-650 ca n be setup into most of the wicked outdoor e nvironment and kee p work[...]

Features • Pan, Tilt, and Zooming capabilit y ICA-650 is able to perform 360 degree c ontinuous PAN, Tilt (0°~90 °) an d 216X Zooming (18X optical, 12X digital) adju stment, whi ch bring s more vivid images, functionalities and flexibility in surveillance application. • Simple to use Plug-N-Watch capability to simplify system integration in a[...]

Security Features • User Authentication If desired, the camera access can be re stricted to known users. Users will have to enter their username and password b efore b eing a ble to view the video stream. Up to 10 users can be entered. • IP filter The camera access not only can be restri cted by username/passwo rd, but also can be limited by th[...]

2. LAN Cable LAN cable is a 10Base-T Ethern et or 100Bas e-TX Fast Ethernet c abling. The E thernet port built NWay protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network automatically. Provided Category 5 “straight through” cable to connect the Networ k Camera to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet netwo rk switch or hub. 3. Video Output C[...]

Package Contents The following items should be inclu ded: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. • Planet ICA-650 Outdoor Speed Dom e IP Camera x 1 (with Ethernet, Video, Audio, Alarm cable and power cord integrated) • User manual CD x 1 • Quick Installation Guide x 1 • Wall mount kit x 1 5[...]

2 Chapter 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides d etails of installing and configuring the ICA- 650. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100Ba se-TX hub o r switch and network cable is required. • Minimum System Requirement : System Hardware Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later Windows ME, 2000, XP, or 2003 1-4 camer[...]

Installation Use the rubber ring, nut, and screw to mount the power box and outdoor speed dome IP cam to the wall. Note: You need to choose correct screws to fix the outdoor speed dome IP cam to the wall. Other types of screws need to buy locally. 防 坠落 保险 索 协议码 、和地址 码开关 7[...]

Setup Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or usi ng the supplied Windows-based camera utilities. This progr am ca n locate the ICA-650 even if its IP address is invalid for your netwo rk. You can then configur e the ICA-650 with appropriate TCP/IP settings for your LAN. Subsequent administration can be performe d with your We[...]

• Choose the destination camera for IP address an d d evice name modifications. • After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web b ro w ser. 9[...]

3 Chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup This Chapter provides info rmation about the optional settings and features for viewing video via the ICA-65 0. This Chapt er is for Administrators only. Introduction After finishing the network setup, the ICA- 650 can im mediately be used by all users on your LAN. This chapter describes some additio nal settings [...]

Camera setti ng 3. Make the required adjustments, as explained b elow, and save your changes. Camera Settings Image Size Select the desired video resolution. The default re sol ution is set to 320*240. Available resolution: ‧ 176x144 ‧ 320x 240 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 640x480 Image Quality Select the desired image quality. The default Image Quality is [...]

Please check the appendix B for more informatio n on the image adjustment. L Note 12[...]

Controlling User Access to the Video Stream By default, only system administrators can co nnect to the ICA -650 and view live Video. If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring ea ch use r to login to the ICA-650 with their individual username and password. To enable this feature: 1. Connec t to the Web- based inter[...]

Making Video available from the Internet If your LAN is connected to the Internet, typically by a Broadband Gateway/Router and Broadband modem, you can make the ICA-6 50 avail able via the Internet. ICA-650 Setup The ICA-650 configuration does NO T have be change d, unless: • You wish to change the port number fro m the default value (1 024). •[...]

DDNS (Dynamic DNS) Many Internet connections use a " Dynamic IP address", where the Internet IP address is allocated whenever the Internet conne ction is established. This means that other Internet users don't know the IP address, so can't establish a connectio n. DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to conn[...]

The "Port" for the Port Forwarding / Virtual Server entry above is the "Second Port" number specified on the Net work screen of the ICA-650. L Hint Viewing via the Internet Clients (viewers) will need a broadband connection; dial-up connections are NOT recommen ded. Using your Web Browser If using your Web browser, you need to k[...]

You can then select the camera in the Cameras list on the main screen, and cli c k OK to establish a connection and view live video. Please check respective chapter for further d etails of viewing Video using either the Windows Viewing/Recording utility or Web Browser. 17[...]

4 Chapter 4 Web-based Management This Chapter provid es Setu p details of the ICA-650’s Web-b ased Interface. This Chapter is for Administrators only. Introduction The ICA-650 can be configure d usi ng your Web Browser. The ICA-650 mu st have an IP address, which is compatible with your PC. Connecting to ICA-650 • If you have run the CamView ut[...]

Welcome Screen When you connect, the camera Home screen will be displ ayed. Camera Home Screen The Home screen can be divided into three areas: • Viewing Area - Images from the ICA-650 • Control Panel Area – ICA-650 Camera Manip ulation and image quality control • Advanced Configuration area - o nly available fo r ad ministrator. Camera adm[...]

Viewing Area This screen is displayed when you log in machine Viewing Area Screen • The ICA-650 web page require s ActiveX c ontrol to display the video content. The ActiveX control must be downloaded from the came ra and installed on your PC. • The security settings on the Internet Explorer must allow the Activ eX plug in to be functional. •[...]

Control Panel Screen When you connect, the camera c ontr ol panel screen will be displayed. Camera direction Up, Down, Left, Right, Home Camera speed adjustment Adjust camera focus Recall/Preset Mode Camera Preset/Recall positions Frame rate adjustment via image quality Video Resolution Audio feature On/Off Video Brightness adjustment positions Cam[...]

Adjustment Image quality Adjust image quality. Clarity: Video is better but frame rate may be slower Fluency: Video is not as good as Cla rity but frame rate may be higher Standard: System default value Frame rate adjustment directly Adjust video frame rate via giving a number dire ctly. 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Audio On/Off Turn on/off audio outpu[...]

Camera Adjust camera parameters and set camera tour Network Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off, DDNS and PPPoE User Setup user name, password and login p rivilege IP Filter Setup legal IP address of user login (Thi s function should be used with function “User” respectively) System Screen After entering machine Home scre en, click on[...]

Log Administrator can check the log information in machin e, including the Main Info, Appended Info, Operator IP, Operator MAC, and Time. Select the “ View ” button to check the log file. 24[...]

Camera Screen This screen is displayed when the Camera menu option is clic ked. Note : please adjust careful ly to have proper machine config urations. Camera Screen Data - Camera Screen Camera Settings Image Size Display resolution selection, supp orted resolution in ICA-650: ‧ 176x144 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 320x240 ‧ 640x480 Please check the availab[...]

Camera Tour To use the camera tour function, user must preset some camera positions first. Select the “ SET Tour ” button to enter the Cam era T our setting page. Reset to Default Restore the values of these page s to factory default value. Camera Tour In the Camera Tour page, choose the o ne tour n ame. Fill the dwelling time and tour sequence[...]

Network Screen This screen is displayed configure Networ k setting such as IP address, DHCP, DDNS and PPPoE. Network screen Data - Network Screen Network Settings DHCP Enable or disable DHCP client in ICA-650 IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS This parameter allows use rs to setup the IP address assigned by ISP. Yo[...]

IP Edit User can use IP Edit software program t o find Internet Cameras or edit related parameters on the LAN. Disable this option to restrict the modification of rela ted parameters by IP Edit software DDNS Setting The DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name, rather than an IP address. D[...]

PPPoE screen Please consult your ISP personn el to obtain proper PPPoE/IP address related inform atio n, and input carefully. If Internet connection cannot be established, please che ck the physical connection or contact the ISP service staff for supp ort information. L Hint 29[...]

User Screen This User setting can set up to 10 different use rnam es and passwords. Every one set of username and password can be acte d as an Admi nistrator or just a general user. User Screen IP Filter Screen The IP filter can set 10 different user’s IP address, which a re all owing enter or disregarding by the Network Camera. Please configure [...]

 Function Notification The page of user setting i s very closely related to the IP filter settings. Whil e the administrators are setting these t wo pages, they should notice that login a uthorities are not only based on the logi n names bu t also the range of IP addresses. Administrators could reject login use rs according to both login names a[...]

Alarm 2 Setup Alarm Output 2 action via manual or event Schedule Schedule Motion Detection to send email or upload images. Motion Detection Setup motion detection are a and sen sor sensitivity Time Setting Setup the Network Camera time configuration Popup Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated Firmware Upgrade Product firmwa[...]

FTP Client Screen FTP Client Screen FTP Client Settings FTP server name IP address or domain name of the desti nation FTP server Username, Password Please input the Username/Password for the FTP serv er Remote path Please input the path to the destination. Image file name Please input the basic file name you want to assign to the images when sendin[...]

SMTP Screen This screen is displayed when the SMTP menu option is clicked. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Proto col ) is a protocol for sendi ng e-mail messa ges between servers. The mail se rver ad dr ess must be filled in this field. SMTP Screen Network Settings SMTP server name Enter the address of SMTP server used to sen d the m ail. Please ensure [...]

Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen This screen is displayed when the Alarm 1/Alarm 2 menu option is cli cked. Yo u can select Manual or Event for the Alarm mode. Duration: Set up the alarm duration. “0” means the alarm working always. Alarm1 Screen Schedule Screen The Schedule can enabl e motion dete ction in an arranged p eri od in order to avoid un[...]

Motion Detection Screen This screen is displayed when the Motio n Detection menu option is clicked. You can Enable/Disable function and adju st the sensitivity level Motion Detection Screen Motion Detection Settings Enable Motion Detection Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA-650 Sensitivity Select the desired option to suit your envi[...]

Time Setting Screen This screen is displayed when the Tim e Setting menu option is clicked. Time Screen Time Settings IP Cam Time Provides settings of adjusting the ca mera’s time PC Time This is default time value for PC. Set Time Three option s of Synchronize with PC's time / Use r Input / NTP are available for your selection to link wit h[...]

Popup Screen This screen is displayed setting event message while motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled, and one of them detected, then a message window will be displayed on the screen. Pop up Screen Pop up Settings Pop-up text Input the warming text. Display mode Select display mode for your Sensor 1, Sensor 2, Motion[...]

Firmware upgrade Screen This screen is displayed when you clic k the Firm ware Upgrade menu on the Status screen. Firmware Upgrade Screen This screen allows you upgrad e the Firmwa re (software) in y our ICA-650. Before using this screen, your must downloa d the upgrade file to your PC. Please be noted the following notes before proceedi ng firmwar[...]

5. Click the “OK” button to continue. 6. The upgrade progre ss status informat ion will be displ ayed on the screen. Once the upgrading process comp leted, the Network Camera will reboot the system automatically. Factory Default Screen This screen is displayed when you clic k the Facto ry Default menu o n the Status screen. Please Click “OK?[...]

Reboot Reboot the Network Camera by hardware reset Trigger & Capture Trigger: This is sending an image or output a trigger to co ntrol the alarm output, using Trigger section on the main page. Trigger Settings FTP Upload a captured image to server Mail Mail captured image to spe cific mail a ddress Alarm 1 Enable Alarm output 1 Alarm 2 Enable A[...]

ActiveX Control This feature only supports on the ActiveX cont rol within Microsoft® Internet Explorer. View This screen is displayed when you clic k the “View” m enu on the A ctiveX control. 42[...]

View Settings Resizable Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the “Splits” is supported on this mode. Actual size Make the image show as the actual si ze, the “Splits” function does not work on this mode. Status Bar A status bar display on the button of the image. Split This screen is displayed when you clic k the “S[...]

Rotate & Quality & Resolution Rotate: An image can be rotated in predefined 180 -de gree increments. Quality: Available quality : ‧ High (Default) ‧ Low. Resolution: Available resolution: ‧ 176x144 ‧ 320x 240 ‧ 352x288 ‧ 640x480 Image Recording This screen is displayed when you clic k the “Image Reco rding” menu on the Acti [...]

Recoding Screen Save as JPEG: Select this option and click “Save as J PEG” for detailed configurations. The p re - defined schedule can be set by JPEG. 45[...]

During the JPGEG file recordin g, a red icon displa ys on lower right position of the image to indicate the AVI saving pro cess. If want stop the recording, plea se press the “Stop Image Recording” to stop the save as JPEG proces s. Save as AVI: Select this option and click “Save as AVI” for detaile d configurations. The pre-defined schedul[...]

5 Chapter 5 Client UTILITY INSTALLATION The CamView utility is a powerful utility for video recording, viewing , and camera administrations. Please insert the user’s manual CD and start the CamView in stallation from the default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software: 5.1. CamView Installation • Run the “[...]

• Decide which directory to install the softwa re. By default, just hit the Next button to continue 48[...]

• Decide the program group name. By default, just hit the Next button to continue. • Decide whether to create a desktop icon of the program. Then press Next . 49[...]

• Ready to install. By default, just hit the Install button to start installation. • Installing, wait for a moment. 50[...]

• Installation complete. CamView software can b e laun ched after pressing Finish . HOW TO USE After successfully insta lling the utility, this icon will be added to the desktop. Double click it to launch the program. User need login authentication wh ile st arting to use CamView. Two pairs of default login ID and password: admin/admin and guest/[...]

Note: It is strongly suggested to change the Login ID and Password for security concerns. 5.2. CamView User Interface 1 2 5 6 8 11 10 7 12 4 3 12 9 CamView main screen 5.2.1. Date and Time The current date and time of the computer are displayed he re. 5.2.2. Alert Message A message box will appear while alert event occurs. Ex: free space is almo st[...]

5.2.4. Rotate, Full screen and Lock Press the Rotate button to rotate the up-side-down image s. Press the Full Screen button to enlarge the viewer scree n to full co mputer screen. Press Esc button on the keyboard to return to main CamView scre en. Press the Lock button to forbid intruders to ope rate the Ca mView unless they input the correct pa s[...]

5.2.11. Camera Selector Here are the camera number buttons to select cameras. Blue color: the normal cam era i con. Pink color: the current selected came ra. 5.2.12. Minimize, Audio and Close application button The right top button is for minimizing the C anVi ew software; all the proceeding tasks will not be terminated. Press Audio button to enabl[...]

Note: Free Space Alert P ercent (%) and Free Spa ce Aler t Size [MB] is OR condition combination, any one above is TRUE, then an alert messag e will appear automatically. z Max Number of Ev ents: Set the number of lines which you want to sho w in the alert message window. z Continuous Recording: IF free space is not eno ugh, CamView will delete the[...]

The following lists describe for each setti ng: • IP : IP address of the camera. • Port: Connection port of the camera. Th e default is 8 0. • Login ID: Please input the login ID if you enable authentication function of the specific camera. • Password: Please input the password if you enable authentication function of th e specific camera. [...]

5.3.3. Scheduling As shown in Figure 5.3.3, users can schedul e recording. When you press the Add button, the editing task will be added to the Schedule Items column. When the Modify button is pressed, the new schedule recording will be update d to the specified item. If the Remove button is pressed, the specified task will be removed from the list[...]

5.3.4. User Settings Two accounts to ac ce ss CamView. Admin / Admin: Administrator has the supreme authority to change all the settings. Guest / Guest: Guest only can view the images only or perform the view rel ated function. Such as switch vi ewer screen layout, switch camera channel or mini mize / close the CamView. Note: The Apply button is un[...]

5.3.5. External Settings Designate the DVR applic ation path in Exter nal tab. Figure 5.3.5 show the setting. When user presses DV R button, the CamV iew will switch to DV R application. Figure 5.3.5. The External Tab 5.4. Camera Configuration Users can hit the button shown in Figure 5.4 to configure the a ssociated camera Please refer to Chapter 4[...]

5.5. Recording Figure 5.5-1. Figure 5.5-2. Figure 5.5-3. Select a camera by pressing the button with camera numb er a s shown in Figure 5.5-2, selected camera i con will b e like Figure 5.5-3 and then pre ss the toggle button as shown in Figure 5.5-1. To stop re cording is similar to the previous method, just pre s s the toggle button as shown in F[...]

Figure 5.6.1 The Vi de o List Tab 5.6.2. Snapshot List The Snapshot List tab lists snapshots, a nd displays the information about the specified snapshot file. When you hit the Show button, Internet Explorer will be invoked to display the snapshot. Figure 5.6.2 The Snapshot List Tab 61[...]

5.6.3. Video Search The video search tab lists video file information about the specified search. Press the start time and end time toggle tab, then a calenda r form will appear as Figure 5.6.3-1, then select a proper dat e and time. After press OK in the calendar form then hit the Search button, you will get t he matched video files in the followi[...]

5.7. Image Rotation After the button is pressed, the displayed image rotates 180 deg ree. It is used for the camera being installed upsi de-do wn direction. Note: Recorded video / image files will not be rotated. Figure 5.7 5.8. Full Screen After this button is pressed, it will show full screen mode and p ress the keyboard "Esc" key or th[...]

4. Exit: Exit Emap function. Before you select it, we recommend yo u to save the current sett ings. The following describes Edit menu bar: 1. Reset: Remove all camera icons in current layout. In the menu bar, select Window to chan g e EMap. As shown in Figure 5.10-1 and Figure 5 .10-2, with the map image in layout, you can drag the camera icons int[...]

Figure 5.10-2 Layout example 2 • When your mouse moves over the camera icon, you can click the right button to display a menu which has option s to set the configuration, show the record list, record, show video and re move the ca mera icon. Figure 5.10-3. 65[...]

Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector Some features of the Network Camera can b e activated by an external sensor that senses physical cha nges in the area Netwo rk Camera i s monitoring. These change s can include intrusion d etection or certain physi cal change in the monitored area. For examples, the external sensor can b[...]

Explanation of External I/O Circuit Diagram Example CAUTION! • THE LOW VOAGE/CURRENT CI RCUITS AND HIGH VOAGE/ CU RRENT CIRCUITS ARE IN TH E NETWORK CAMERA CIRCUIT. THE QUALIF IED ELECTRICIAN SHOULD DO T HE WIRING NOT BY YOURSELF. INCORRECT WIRING COULD DAMAGE NETWORK CAME RA. YOU COULD RECEIVE THE FATAL ELE CTRIC SHOCK. • THE EXTERNAL I/O IS N[...]

Appendix B Troubleshooting Appendix B Troubleshooting Q: The video and audio codec is adopted in the Network Camera? A: The Network Cam era utilizes JPEG compre ssion to providing high quality images. JPEG is a standard for ima ge compression and can be applied to various web browsers with out the need t o install extra software. The audio codec is[...]

experiencing problem s, try upg radi ng to the latest version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer from the Microsoft webp age a t: http://www.microsoft.com/wind ows/ie. Q: IP Finder program fails to save the IP address parameters A: . • Don’t leave any space in the name fiel d. Use underline, “_ ”, or dash, “-“ to replace the space, “ [...]

correctly. Check your Inte rnet Explorer se cu rity settings and then close and restart Internet Explorer. Try to browse and log in ag ain. Q: Check the ICA-650’s Ac tiv eX is installed on your computer A: Internet Explorer displays the follo wing message: “You r current security settings prohibit downloadi ng ActiveX co ntrols”. Setup the IE[...]

Q: Image flickers A: ‧ Wrong power lin e frequency makes imag es flicker. Make su re the NTSC or PAL format of your ICA-650 .• If the object is dark, the image will f licker. Make the condition around the ICA- 650 brighter. Q: Noisy images occurs A: The video images might be noisy if the ICA-650 is located in a very low light environment. Make [...]

Appendix C Bandwidth Calculation Appendix C: Bandwidth Calculation The frame rate of video transmitted from the I CA-650 depends on connection bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of serve r. Here is a guideline to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth req uirements form your ICA-650. Image bandwidth is approximately equal to t[...]

Appendix D Specifications Appendix D: Specifications Model ICA-650 Zoom Module Image Pick-up Device 1/4" Sony CCD Optical Z oom 18x Digital Zoom 12x Zoom module SONY Day/ Night module (EX480) Illumination 0.05 Lux Horizontal Resolution 480 TVL Lens Size f = 4.1~73.8mm,F 1.4-3.0 BLC On/Off Iris Control Auto/ Manual Speed Dome Variable Pan Speed[...]

Type Of IP Address Static or Dynamic IP Filter Yes Motion De tection Yes. Adjustable area Viewer Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later Network Protocol TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, NTP, DNS, DDNS, Communication protocol PPPoE 74[...]