TRENDnet TV-IP100W manual

1 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................ ..................................... 5 INTRODUCTION .......................... .................................... ............... 6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ................ ..................................... ....... 7 W IRELESS I NTERNET C AM ERA ..............................[...]

2 UNPACKING THE WIR ELESS INTER NET CAMERA ... 18 C ONNECTING THE W IRELES S I NTERNET C AMERA TO THE C AMERA S TAND ............................... ............................................ .................... 19 HARDWAR E INSTALLATIO N ....................... ........................... 20 1 A TTA CH W IRELESS A NTENN A ......................[...]

4 D T IME Z ONE T ABLE ....................... ............................................. ..... 94 E X PLUG C ONTROL I NS TALLATION .. ..................................... ............ 97 F A DJUST I NTERNET C AMERA F OCUS .................................... .......... 101 G S PECIFICATION .................................... .................[...]

6 1 I NTRODUCTION Than k you fo r pu rchas ing th e Wi reless Intern et Cam era, a cam era devi ce that can be con nected d irectl y to an Ethern et or F ast Ethernet network and also supported by the wireless transmission based on the IEEE 802.11b standard. Compared to the conv ention al P C Camer a, th e Wi reless In tern et Cam era feat ures a b[...]

8 • Interne t Explore r 5.0 or above (ActiveX & JAVA Mode – Image View for Windo ws OS and JAVA Mode – Image View for ot her OS) • Netsc ape 6.0 or a bove ( JAVA Mode – Im age View) IPView SE Applicatio n: Support OS: Win 98 SE, Wi n 2000, Win Me , Win XP System requirement fo r IPView SE: CPU: Pentium III, 450 MHz or above Memory Siz[...]

10 Support V ariety of Plat forms The Wireless Internet Camera supports TCP/IP networking, SMTP e-mail, HTTP and other Internet related protocols, and can be utilized in a mixed operating system environment such as Windows, Unix, a nd Mac. It can be integrated easily into other www/Intranet applications. W eb Configuration Applying a standa rd web [...]

12 4 P HYSICAL D ESCRIPTION This section describes the extern ally visible fea tures of the Wireless Internet Camera. Front Panel Power LED Link LED 13 Power LED The Power LED is positioned on th e right side of the Wire less Internet Camera’s lens whil e facing the Wireless Internet Camera. A steady blue light confirms that the W ireless Interne[...]

14 Rear Panel Network Cable Connector The Wireless Internet Camera’s rear panel features an RJ-45 connector for connections to 10 Base-T Ethernet cabling or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cablin g (whi ch should be Cate gory 5 twisted-pair cable). The port support s the NW ay protoc ol, allowing the Wireless Internet Camera to automatically detect or n[...]

16 To p P a n e l Screw Hole Located on the top panel of the Wireless Internet Camera, the screw hole is used to connect th e camera stand on to the Wireless Internet Came ra by attaching the screw he ad on the ca mera stand into the screw hole of the Wireless Internet Camera. Screw Hole 17 Bottom Panel Screw Hole Located on the bottom panel of the[...]

18 5 U NP ACKING T HE W IRELESS I NTERNET C AMERA Carefully remove all items from th e package. In add ition to this User’s Gui de, be certa in tha t you have : • One Wireless Internet Camera • One External Wireless Antenna • One Installation CD-ROM • One Quick Insta llation Guide • One DC power adapter suita ble for your countr y’s e[...]

20 6 H ARDW ARE I NST ALLA TIO N This section describes the Hardware installation procedure for the Wireless Internet Camera. 1 Att ach Wireless Antenna From the rear panel of the Wireless Internet Camera, sc rew the external Antenna that came with the Wireless Internet Camera into the antenna connector. 21 2 Connect an Ethernet cable Connect an Et[...]

22 7 S ECURITY To en sure t he hi ghest securit y and prevent unaut horized usage o f the Wireless Internet Camera th e Adm inist rato r has the ex clus ive privilege to access the System Administration for settings and control requirements to allo w users the level of entry and authorize the privileges for all users. The Wireless Interne t Camera [...]

24 8 S OFTW ARE I NST ALLA TIO N This section describes the Softwa re installation procedure of the Wireless Internet Camera for Web Configuration and IPVie w SE application. W eb Configuration The Wireless Internet Camera mu st be configured through its built-in W eb-based Configuration. Extensive knowledge of LAN will be helpful in setting up the[...]

26 Main Menu Image After the default IP ad dress is entered from the brows er, the Wireless Internet Camera Welcome screen will appear with a still image. There will be three options to choose from to set-up and view your Wireless Internet Camera , including: z View Im age – A ctiveX Mode z View Im age – J ava Mode z System Admi nistration 27 S[...]

28 Click "System" i n the syst em adm inist ration menu bar, and the System screen will appear as illustrated below: Click “Home” to return to W elcome Screen 29 Camera Name: This field is used to enter a de scriptive n ame for the device. The default setting for the Camera Name is CS-xxxxxx , where xxxxxx is the last si x digit of th[...]

30 The default setting for Admin is blank space (Null String), and you need to key in th e Admin ID with a ma ximum length of 12 (Printable ASCII) characters and enter the Admin Password with a maximum length of 8 (Pr intable ASCII) charac ters. It is highly recommended to set the Admin ID and Admin Password as soon as possible to enable security o[...]

32 Wireless Interfa ce: Connection Mo de: Use the Connection Mode to determine the type of wireless communication for the Wireless In te rnet Camera. There are three choices of Infrastructure mode , and Adho c mod e . The default setting for the Connection Mode is Infrastructure. Networ k N ame: This field is used to setup which wireless network (E[...]

34 HEX inpu t format: Hex for mat ca uses each pai r of c harac ters you t ype t o be interpreted as an eight-bit v alue in hexadecimal (base 16) notation. Only the di gits 0 through 9 and th e letters A thro ugh F (i n upper or lower case) a re valid. To setu p 64-bit WEP key, input 10 HE X format, for example, ‘31 32333435’, this is the same [...]

36 Loading Ac t ive X From: This field is used to specify the location of Xplug Control (ActiveX) plug-i n program. Ente r the information as required in .ocx format, for example: http://www .<you r compan y> .com/xplug.ocx, where <your company> must be re plac ed wi th your co mpany’s DNS se rver. Or it can be installed from the CD c[...]

38 System Administration - Image Imag e menu i n the s ystem ad min istrati on co ntains comm ands to provide the settings for the imag es captured by the Wireless Internet Came ra. Click “Image” in the s ystem adm ini stration menu bar and the Image screen will appear as illustrated below: Video Resolution: Select the desired video resolu ti o[...]

40 System Administration - Users The Use r opti ons menu c onta ins com mands t o allow the sys tem admini stra tor to as sign lega l us ers who are permitted to monitor the Wireless Internet Camera from the remote site. Click “Use rs” in the system administration menu bar and the Users screen will appear a s illustrated below: Add User: User N[...]

42 System Administration – DateTime The D ateTim e men u con tains com ma nds fo r setting the Wireless Internet Camera's time and date re quirements to provide correct information to users who might be thousands of miles away in the remote site. There are two opti ons to selec t from the DateTime menu bar either Synch ronized with Time Serv[...]

44 System Administration – Uplo ad The Up load m enu cont ains the commands for FTP server, time schedule and manual operation settings. Click “ Upload” in the s ystem adm inist ration menu bar, and the Upload screen will app ear as below: Click “Hom e” to return to Ho me S creen 45 There are three options to proceed in the Upload screen,[...]

46 manage the uploa ding task. In the Schedule option, y ou can set the Day and Tim e Period option. • Image Frequenc y: There are two ways to set the image freq uency: 1.) Se t Auto /1/2/ 3 fram es per se cond , or 2 .) Set the time in seconds f or every frame. • Base File Name: Enter the file name to make sure that the i mages c ould be save [...]

48 • SMTP (Sim ple Mail Tr ansfe r Prot ocol) is a protoc ol f or sending e- mail message s betwe en server s you need to input the mail server ad dress in this field. • Sender e- mail is the e-mail address of the user who will send the e-mail. • Receiver e-mail is the e-mail address of the user who will receive the e-mail. • User Name: Ent[...]

50 System Administration - Tools The Tools menu con tains command s for restarting the Wireless Internet Came ra. Click “Tools” in the sys tem ad min istrat ion menu bar an d th e Tools screen will appear as illustrated below: Reset: The Reset command restarts the Wi reless Internet Camera just like turning the device off and on and saved setti[...]

52 Camera Name* - The Camera name will be display when the Camera Name field is ente red in the Web Configuration setting under “System” Date/Time***- The date/time of the vide o server will show the date and time tha t co me f rom ti me ser ver or you se t manually. Note: Please refer to the appendix on how to in stall ActiveX. 1. Install to t[...]

54 Administra tor has the authority to set the email image functions through th e setting in the “E-mail” of System Adm inistration menu bar. Note 2: The Administrator has the authority to allow the users to set up the image upload fun ctions through the setting in the “Upload” of System Administration m enu bar. 55 9 W IRELESS I NTERNET C [...]

56 Applications • Monitor ing of l ocal a nd remote places and objects such as construction sites, hospitals , am usem ent p arks , sch ools and day-care ce nters through the use of a web browser. • Captu re si ngle fram e im ages fr om the IP View SE application. • Configure the camera to u pload im age or send-mail messages with a single fr[...]

58 SOHO Applications SOHO 59 10 IPV IEW SE A PPLICA TION Inst allation Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-R OM drive to initiate the auto- run pro gram. Once co mpleted, a menu screen wi ll appear as below :[...]

60 To install the IPView SE app lication click the "IPView SE" button to activate the installation procedure for the application program. Once executed, you will be asked to select the desired language. Select the language you want and click “OK” to continue. 61 The Welcome screen will appe ar as below. Click the “Next” butto n. T[...]

62 In the follow ing window, you may click “Next” to acce pt the recommended destination location or click “Br owse” to select another location. Afte r specifying the desired destination location, click “Next”. The following window allows you to select the folder where the IPView SE application will be located, click “Next” to cont [...]

64 After successfully installing the IPView SE, the application program for the Wireless Internet Camera is automatically installed to ProgramsFiles directory. To start runn ing the IPView SE, click Start -> Programs -> IPView SE -> IPView SE . Once lo gin, th e IP View SE ap plicat ion is ex ecuted and th e interface of IPView SE will a[...]

66 IPView SE control panel System Config Add Camera Mini miz e Play Exit Scan About Combine 67 Minimize To minim ize the control panel. Exit To close IPView SE. Play To play back the recorded file. Scan To display for each camera one by one. Combine To combine all disp lay windows in one. About To display the in formation of IPView SE.[...]

68 How to Add a Camera Add Camera To add a new camera, click the Add Camera butt on. An Add Camera dialog box will appear a s illustrated below. Add Came ra 69 You must select the cam era and click th e “Add” button to add a new camera. You can select the “I nput IP” button, an Input IP dialog box will appear as illustrated below. Enter the[...]

70 3. At the same time, the Gatewa y IP address can b e replaced by URL as below: 4. If you for get the IP Addre ss th at you want to add, a dialog box will appear to notify you of the error. If you are unsure of the IP Address of the camera, you ca n click the “Browse” button, the Browse Camera dialog box will appear with a b lank screen as il[...]

72 Make sure to save any change s you have made to ke ep the information updated. Note 2: You ar e allow ed to add on ly on e camera at a tim e. When the user add the Internet Camera, four icons will appe ar, including: “Assi gn IP to Camera” , “Connect/Disconnect”, “Liber ate Cam era”, “C amera’ s Ext ra Infor mation ” 73 Camera [...]

74 How to Change Camera Assign IP of New Camera To ch ange c amera, click the “ Assign IP of Camera” button. An Assign IP of Ca mera dialog box will appear as illustrated below. You must select the cam era and click th e “Add” button to add a new camera. 75 How to Connect / Disconnect the Image Connect the Image Click the “ Connect/Discon[...]

76 Maximize Click to maximize the displa y screen of the Internet Camera. Close Click to close the display scre en of the In ternet Camera. Always on top Click to have the display screen always appear on the top of the windo w. Wake up control panel Click to open the control pane l again when it is closed. Color setting Click to adjust color of the[...]

78 How to Delete a Camera Erase Camera To delete a camera, you must select the camera to delete from the IPView SE control panel. Then, click the “ Liberate Camera ” butto n. After deleting the camera, the IPView SE control panel will appear as below. Delete the Camera from the list 79 Extra Information Extra Information The s creen dis plays t[...]

80 How to Adjust the Property Setting System Configure From the control panel, selec t the button and the dial og box will appear as shown below. Log Storage: 1. Si ngle HDD Re serve Space This option permits reserved HDD space from 500 MB to 1000 MB. 2. Split Rec ording F ile From th is option, you can adju st the file size for recordin g the vide[...]

82 Camera Configure Click the “Camera Config” butto n and it will active the Cam era Setting, Motion S etting and Upd ate Firmware buttons. Camera Setting Please refer to the “ Web Configuration ” section. Camera Setting Motion S etting Update Firm ware 83 Motion Setting You can adjust the sensitivity le vel and choose the Invoke Alarm opti[...]

84 Mail Server: Mail Server IP or name. Mail From: E-Mail Address of sender. Mail To: E-Mail Address of receiver. Subject: Can be any information to high light the message . User Name: Enter the user name in this field. Password: Enter the user password in this field to lo gin receiver’s mail server Interval Time: The time interval to send next E[...]

86 How to Adjust the Recording Setting There are three ways to start r e cording image - Motion Reco rd, Schedule Record & Manua l Record. Motion Record This option allows the cam era to trigger recording by motion detected. You can adjust the sensitivity level and choose the warning options when motion is detected from motion setting. Schedule[...]

88 Q : What algorithm is used to comp ress the digital image? A: The Wireless Internet Camera utilizes the JP EG image compression techn ology providin g hi gh quality images for users. JPEG is adopted since it is a st anda rd for imag e com press ion and can be applied to various we b br owse r and application software without the need to install [...]

90 B PING Y our IP Address The PING (Packet Internet Gr oper) command can determ ine whether a specific IP address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply. It can also provide a very usef ul tool to confirm if the IP address conflicts with the Wireless Internet Camera over the network. Follow the step-by-st[...]

92 Wireless Internet Camera must be set from a workstation on the same subnet. A3: Other possible probl ems might be due to the network cable. Try replacing your n etwork cable. Test the n etwork interface of the product by connecting a local computer to the unit, utilizing a standard Crossover (hub to hub) Cable. If the problem is not solved the W[...]

94 Q: There is p oor im age qu ality, how can I impro ve the im age? A1: A proba ble cause might be the incorrect display properties confi guratio n for your de sktop. You need to open the Display Properti es on your deskto p and conf igure your displ ay to sh ow at least 65’000 colors for example at least 16-bit. Note: Applying only 16 or 256 co[...]

96 97 E Xplug Control Inst allation Installation To Web Server 1. Installation : Copy the “xplu g.ocx” file to any WEB Server ta ble. 2. Setting (C onfiguration): From the Web Configuration menu select “System” and under the “Loading ActiveX From” input web server location (http://www.web server location.com/ ). Once the settings are co[...]

98 Installation To Local PC Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-R OM drive to initiate the auto- run pro gram. Once co mpleted, a menu screen wi ll appear as below : To install Xplug Control, click the "Xplug Control" button to activate the i nstallation procedure for th e plug-in prog ram. 99 Once executed, a prompt will appe ar requesting the[...]

100 The License Agreement prompt will appear as below. Rea d the details carefully and clic k the “Yes” button to continue with the installation procedure. Click the “Finish” button to complete Setup of th e Xplug Control Utility program for the Wireless Internet Cam era. 101 F Adjust Internet Camera Focus To adjust the focus of the lens, y[...]

102 G S pecification Video specification Resolution: 640 x 480 pixel Sensor: 1/3” color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Shutter: Electronics 1/60 ~ 1/15000 sec Minimum I llumination: 2.5lux@f1.4 , 3000K c olor Focal Length: 6.0 mm Aperture: F=1.8 Focus Extent: 20 cm - ∞ Lens mo unti ng: F ixed bo[...]

104 VGA card resolution: 800x600 or above Operating environment Operating temperature: 5 °C ~ 50 °C Sto rage t emp eratu re: -25 °C ~ 5 0 °C Humidit y: 5% ~ 9 5% non-c ondensi ng EMI FCC, CE 105 HGlossary of T erms NUM BERS 10BASE-T 10BASE-T is Ethernet over UTP Catego ry III,IV, or V unshielded twis ted- pai r med ia. 100BASE-TX The t wo-p air[...]

106 AVI Audio Video Interleave, it is a Windows platform audio and video file type, a common fo rmat for small movies and videos. B BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol is an Internet protocol that can automati cally configure a network device in a diskless workstation to g ive its own IP address. C Communication Communication has four components: sender, rece[...]

108 Firewall Firewal l is con side red th e firs t li ne o f defense in protecting private information. For better security, data can be encrypted. A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private networ k. Fi rewall s ar e frequent ly us ed to pre vent u nauthor ized Internet users from accessing private netw orks connected to[...]

11 0 JAVA Java i s a progr amming langu age t hat is sp eciall y desi gned for writing programs that can be safely downloaded to your co mputer thro ugh th e In terne t with ou t the f e ar of viruses. It is an object- oriented multi-thread programming best for creating applets and applications for the Internet, Intranet and other complex, distribu[...]

11 2 of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite, forwards packets from one network to another using the same network protocol. R RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protoco l, a TCP/IP protocol that allows a phys ical ad dress, s uch as an Ethernet add ress, to b e translated in to an IP address. RJ-45 RJ-45 connector is used[...]

11 4 WAN Wide-Area Network. A wide-area network consists of grou ps of interconnected computers that are separated by a wide distance and comm unicate w ith e ach other via co mmon car rier telecom munication tech niques. Window s Windows is a graphical user interface for workstations that use DOS. Workgr oup A workgroup is a group of users who are[...]