AirLive WL-350HD User Manual

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Auto Light Sensor Wireless-G MegaPixel IP Camera

L-350HD

User’s Manual

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FCC Statement

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Caution

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. For product available in the USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not possible. This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operation in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

AirLive AirCam WL-350HD User’s Manual

Table of Contents

1. Overview...................................................................................................3

 1.1 Introduction..............................................................................3

 1.2 Features ..................................................................................3

 1.3 Product Specification ...............................................................3

 1.4 System Requirement ...............................................................4

2. Package Contents and Installation ........................................................5

 2.1 Hardware Overview .................................................................6

 2.2 Hardware Installation...............................................................7

 2.3 Connect to IP Camera .............................................................8

3. Using IP Camera via Web Browser ......................................................10

 3.1 Windows Web Browser .........................................................10

 3.2 Mac Web Browser .................................................................11

4. Setting up Wireless Configuration .......................................................13

5. Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone ...............................................15

 5.1 Mobile Phone Viewing ...........................................................15

 5.2 Using IP Camera via iPhone .................................................16

6. MSN Messenger .....................................................................................17

7. Configuration of Main Menu .................................................................22

 7.1 Live View ...............................................................................22

 7.2 Setting ...................................................................................24

 7.3 Client Setting .........................................................................25

 7.4 Image Setup ..........................................................................26

8. Setting-Basic..........................................................................................27

 8.1 System...................................................................................27

 8.2 Camera..................................................................................31

 8.3 Network .................................................................................43

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 8.4 Security..................................................................................58

 8.5.HTTPS...................................................................................60

 8.6.IP Filter ..................................................................................61

9. Setting-Advanced ..................................................................................63

 9.1 FTP Client..............................................................................63

 9.2 SMTP.....................................................................................68

 9.3 Network Storage ....................................................................75

 9.4 HTTP Event ...........................................................................79

 9.5 Schedule................................................................................82

 9.6 Alarm Buffer...........................................................................83

 9.7 Motion Detection....................................................................85

 9.8 Audio Detection .....................................................................86

 9.9 System Log............................................................................87

10. Appendix..........................................................................................88

A. Frame-rate and Bitrate Table............................................................88

B. Storage Requirement Table..............................................................92

AirLive AirCam WL-350HD User’s Manual

1. Overview

This user’s guide explains how to operate this camera from a computer. User should read this manual completely and carefully before you operate the device.

 1.1 Introduction

Still couldn’t find a way to watch your children or the elders when you are in busy or on duty? Or just need an easy solution for monitoring your office, store or garage? WL-350HD, with its compact size and wireless network technology, moves the “surveillance” from a complex task to a simply “Plug and Play” job.

 1.2 Features

This manual will illuminate the steps of how to setup and operation this IP camera, so you’ll also soon be enjoying the benefits of these product features:

 Compact and thin design

 UPnP for fast and easy installation

 Support 6pcs high illumination LED

 1.3 megapixel progressive scan CMOS

 Multiple H.264, Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 video streams

 Supports Two-Way Audio

 Mobile Phone Live Viewing

 Support Windows Live Messenger

 32 channel surveillance software

 1.3 Product Specification

Models Image sensor Lens Digital Zoom Min Illumination IR working distance Video Compression

Resolutions

AirCam WL-350HD 1/4” Progressive scan CMOS 1.3 Megapixel sensor F1.8, 4.2 mm 10x digital 0 Lux at F2.0 with Night-vision LEDs on 5 M Motion JPEG MPEG-4 Part2 (ISO/IEC 14496-2), Profile: SP H.264 BP UP to 1280 x 1024

Frame rate

Video streaming

Audio Wireless Alarm and event management

Casing Power Operating conditions

Supported protocols

Dimensions (HxWxD) and weight Approvals

Motion JPEG: Up to 15 fps at 1280x1024 Up to 30 fps at 640x480 MPEG-4: Up to 15 fps at 1280x1024 Up to 30 fps at 640x480 H.264: Up to 15 fps at 1280x1024 Up to 30 fps at 640x480 Simultaneous Motion JPEG, MPEG-4, H.264 and 3GPP (4 streaming) Two-way (full duplex) IEEE 802. 11b/g Input: alarm buffer, motion detection, audio detection Output: network storage, FTP, SMTP, HTTP event Pre-and post alarm buffer PC+ABS casing 12V DC, 1A, Max 12W

0 ~ 50 ℃ (32 ~ 122 ℉)

Bonjour, TCP/IP, DHCP, PPPoE, ARP, ICMP, FTP, SMTP, DNS, NTP, UPnP, RTSP, RTP, HTTP, TCP, UDP, 3GPP/ISMA RTSP 104 x 63 x 35 mm (4.1” x 2.5” x 1.4”)

116.5 g (0.3 lb) excl. power supply

CE, FCC, RoHS

 1.4 System Requirement

For normal operation and viewing of the network camera, it’s recommended that your system meet these minimum requirements for proper operation:

Item Requirements

CPU Pentium 4 2.8GHz (or equivalent AMD)

Graphic Card 256 MB RAM graphic cards(or equivalent on-board graphic

cards)

RAM 1G

Operating System

Web Browser Internet Explore 6 or later

Note: Please keep updating the latest Windows software and service package. (Ex: Net Framework, Windows Media Player, Enhance ActiveX Security)

Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X Leopard

2. Package Contents

User can find the following items in the package as below:

and Installation

Item Descriptions

1. WL-350HD is the main

element of the product.

2. Stand and Mounting Bracket

3. Bundle CD include Setup

Wizard II, Messenger Plug-in, Quick Start Guide, User Manual and other tools

4. Power Adapter dedicates 12V DC electric power output to Network Camera.

5. Antenna

 2.1 Hardware Overview

Front and Lateral Side

6. Quick Start Guide provides

important information and instructions for installing this device.

Bottom Side

Power In

Network

Audio Out Reset

 2.2 Hardware Installation

Follow these steps to install the WL-350HD on your Ethernet:

1. Install Ethernet

Cable

2. Install Power

Adapter

3. Install Stand

4. Install Antenna

Note: Press the Reset Button to reboot the camera. Hold the Reset Button for 10 seconds to restore the camera to default

 2.3 Connect to IP Camera

A. Insert the bundle CD into your PC/Laptop

B. Auto Run Screen then shows up, click “Install Driver & Utility Æ IP Search Tool” to

install the configuration tool software

C. After complete installation, run the configuration tool software

D. The Software scans the network and finds the IP Camera, then list in the dialog box.

E. If the Camera’s IP address is in the same IP segment as your LAN, select the founded IP

Camera and double click on the item, then the default browser will show up and connect to the IP camera’s Web automatically.

3. Using IP Camera via

Web Browser

 3.1 Windows Web Browser

A. Open your web browser, and enter the IP address or host name of the IP camera in the

Location / Address field of your browser.

Note: If you only want to view the video without accessing Setting screen, enter “http://<IP>/index2.htm” as your web URL.

B. Use the default account “admin” and default password “airlive”.

Note : The default user name “admin” and the password “airlive” are set at the factory for

the administrator. You can change them in the Account Menu. (Please check “Setting → Basic → Security → Account”)

C. The monitor image will be displayed in your browser. In the far left side of main

configuration are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup. For more details, you can

check Chapter 7.2、Chapter 7.3、Chapter 7.4 and Chapter 7.5.

 3.2 Mac Web Browser

A. Click the Safari icon, and enter the IP address of the IP camera in the Location / Address

field of your browser.

Note: If you only want to view the video without Setting screen “http://<IP>/index2.htm” as your web URL.

B. Enter the default account “admin” and default password “airlive”.

Note: The default user name “admin” and the password “airlive” are set at the factory for

the administrator. You can change them in the Account Menu (Please check “Setting → Basic → Security → Account”)

C. The monitor image will be displayed in your browser. In the far left side of main

configuration are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup. For more details, you can

check Chapter 7.2、Chapter 7.3、Chapter 7.4 and Chapter 7.5.

4. Setting up Wireless

The wireless network has to be set up by using cable network connection. After setting the camera correctly, the wireless function can work without cable network connection. Please follow the setting process below step by step:

A. Connect IP Camera with Ethernet connection.

B. Go to “Setting → Basic → Network → Wireless,” choose option “On”. You will see the

wireless Setting screen.

Configuration

C. Then click “Refresh”. All access points (AP) around you will show up.

D. Select the AP you wish to connect.

E. Enter password at active transmit key if you need. If you don't know the setting of the

wireless AP, please ask your network administrator.

F. Choose the option of Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) and Obtain DNS

server address automatically.7. Otherwise, Choose Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS sever address.

 Use the following IP address: Select this when the fixed IP address is set.

z IP address: Enter the IP address of the device. z Subnet mask: Enter the subnet mask. z Default gateway: Enter the default gateway.

 Use the following DNS server address: Select this when you set the fixed address

as the IP address of DNS server.

z Primary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server. z Secondary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server, if

necessary.

5. Operating IP Camera

 5.1 Mobile Phone Viewing

5.1.1 3G Mobile Phone Streaming Viewing

For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “ rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp ” into your 3G Streaming Link. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera; <PORT> is the RTSP port of your IP camera (Default value is 554.) Example: rtsp://100.10.10.1:554/video.3gp

Note: You can also use RTSP clients (RealPlayer, VLC, QuickTime Player…etc.) to view RTSP streaming, just type in “rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp” as the Player URL

5.1.2 2.5G Mobile Phone WAP Viewing

For 2.5G mobile phone viewing, type “http://<IP>/mobile.wml” into your 2.5G WAP Browser. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera.

via Mobile Phone

5.1.3 2.5G Mobile Phone Browser Viewing

For 2.5G mobile phone viewing, type “http://<IP>/mobile.wml ” into your 2.5G Web Browser. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera.

 5.2 Using IP Camera via iPhone

You can access to your IP camera via your iPhone. Please follow the setting process below. Then you can use the Web UI via iPhone.

A. Select Safari function

B. Type IP address in your web link.

C. Type name and password.

Default value is admin / airlive. Then click Login In

D. The Web User Interface and live image will show up in the middle of screen.

Note: The image is continuous snapshots, not video. Thus, live image can’t be recorded here.

6. MSN Messenger

Please follow the following steps to set up the Messenger function.

A. Download free MSN software and create a new MSN account (Camera at home) for

Microsoft Live Messenger.

B. Go to “Setting→Basic→Network→Messenger,” set the Messenger to “ON” . Then, fill out

C. The Alias will be shown as the nickname on the contact list when you login with the

messenger account that be added to the Allow list.

D. If your router has firewall function, you have to set the Port Range on this setting page in

accordance with the one of firewall.

E. Choose the Video Mode, decide the live view image of messenger received from

Computer View (H.264/MPEG-4) or Mobile View (3GPP).

F. Choose On at the option of IP Notification. If this feature switches to On, camera will

send IP notification to the users who are allowed.

G. Choose On at the option of Privacy. After you choose On at the privacy option, you can

set the Allow list.

H. Insert the bundle CD to your PC/Laptop and install the Messenger Plug-in (Install Driver

& Utility Æ Messenger Plug-in) for retrieving and adjusting the image from of the IP camera via Messenger.

I. Login Messenger with the account that be added to the Allow list. Then, add the new

MSN account (Camera at home )

J. The Camera at home will show up with its Public IP and Private IP if the option of IP

Notification is “On”. ( You can enter “Ping” to show up with Public IP and Private IP. )

K. Click on the small camera icon. Then, choose “View this contact's webcam”.

L. The IP Camera will accept your invitation; the live video will show up in the screen after

few seconds.

M. Click Action button and choose Start Control Panel to use control panel.

N. The dialog box will show up with “This application is not part if Window Live

Message…….” Tick the box of “Don’t show me this again” and click OK.

O. The IP Camera will accept your invitation to start Control Panel.

P. You can click Camera icon to snapshot then the picture will send to you

immediately.

Q. You can click paint palette icon showing up with tool bar to set up image. Then,

you can use the tool bar to optimize video Brightness , Contrast , Saturation and Sharpness . After the adjustment of all setting, you can still click to make the setting back to the original setting.

7. Configuration of Main

In the left side of main configuration are Setting, Client setting, and Image setting. For

more details, please check Chapter 7.2、Chapter 7.3、Chapter 7.4.、Chapter 7.5.

In the right side, you can control Live View in your main Browser. The functions include Snapshot, Open digital zoom, Audio, and Video Play.

Full screen

Snapshot

Open digital zoom Video Play Audio Play

 7.1 Live View

7.1.1 Snapshot

You can capture a still image shot by clicking the camera icon and save it in the operating computer.

Symbols Meaning

a snapshot window appears after clicking the icon

save the picture captured by snapshot into your computer

Return to the view screen

full screen

7.1.2 Digital zoom in / out the image via the monitor window

A. Click to display the digital zoom in window.

B. Pull the to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be

showed on the above window.

C. Use the left click of your mouse to move to anywhere in the window area.

7.1.3 Video play buttons

Symbols Meaning

Pause the current video

Play the video

Stop the current video

Record the current

video

Note: Concerning the recording storage requirement of your hard disk, please refer to the CHAPTER 10. APPENDIX / B. Storage Requirement Table.

7.1.4 Audio buttons

Symbols Meaning Note

Speakers turned on

Speakers turned off

Mute off

mean you can broadcast to the connected IP camera(s) via the Ethernet using your microphone

mean you can’t broadcast to the connected IP camera(s) via the Ethernet using your microphone

mean the speakers of your computer are turned on to receive the sounds from the connected IP camera(s)

Mute on

Volume control bar

mean the speakers of your computer are turned off to receive the sounds from the connected IP camera(s)

mean you can adjust the sound volume by the control bar

 7.2 Setting

This function is only for the Administrator. Click “Setting” on the home page of web user interface to get into the Basic and Advanced Settings menu.

7.2.1 Basic

Click Basic, there are sub-menus including System, Camera, Network, and Security. For

more information, you can see Chapter 8.1、Chapter 8.2、Chapter 8.3 and Chapter 8.4.

7.2.2 Advanced

Click Advanced, there are sub-menus including FTP Client, SMTP, Network storage, HTTP event, Schedule, Alarm buffer, Motion Detection, Audio Detection, and System Log. For more information, please see Chapter 9.

 7.3 Client Setting

This function is only for the client. Click this button to control Mode, View Size, Protocol, and Video Buffer.

7.3.1 Mode

Click the pull-down box to choose video compression mode of LIVE VIEW among H.264, MPEG-4, and MJPEG.

Note: As long as the operating system not able to afford loading under H.264 mode, please downgrade the mode to MPEG-4 or MJPEG.

7.3.2 View Size

Select the desired view size of image resolution among 1/4X, 1/2X, and 1X.

7.3.3 Protocol

Select the transferring protocol among TCP, UDP, and HTTP.

7.3.4 Video Buffer

Turn the Video Buffer function On / Off. The Video Buffer function makes the streaming more smoothly in unsteady network environment, but might cause a little delay in live viewing

 7.4 Image Setup

The tool bar can be adjusted to optimize video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness.

7.4.1 Brightness

The value range is 0~99. The higher value the brightness is, the brighter the image is.

7.4.2 Contrast

The value range is 0~99. The contrast is a measure of a display system, defined as the white to black that the system is capable of producing. The higher value the contrast is, the more delicate of color you can have.

7.4.3 Saturation

The value range is 0~99. The saturation of a color is determined by a combination of light intensity and how much it is distributed across the spectrum of different wavelengths. The higher value the saturation is, the more colorful the image will be.

7.4.4 Sharpness

The value range is 0~99. It applies image processing techniques to adjust the sharpness of live view. However, higher the value is, more the noise is.

7.4.5 Default

After the adjustment of all setting, you can still click Default to make the setting back to the original setting.

8. Setting-Basic

Click the Basic to display the sub-menus including System, Camera, Network, and Security.

 8.1 System

Click System to display the sub-menus including Information, Date / Time, Initialize, and

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