802.11g Wireless
Internet Cam er a
User M anual
Version: 1.0
Released Date: Jan., 2005
Contents
1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................1
2. Pack age Content.............................................................................................................1
3. Syst em Re quire ment.......................................................................................................1
4. Hardware Installation......................................................................................................2
4.1. LED and Focusing .............................................................................................. 2
4.2. Ca mera Ports ..................................................................................................... 3
4.3. Inst allation Procedur e.........................................................................................4
5. Software Installation........................................................................................................5
6. Using t he Administr ator Utility......................................................................................10
6.1. General Setting ..................................................................................................1 1
6.2. Detail Setting ....................................................................................................12
6.2.1. Network Settin g........................................................................................14
6.2.2. Wireless Setting........................................................................................15
6.2.3. E-Ma il Se ttin g ...........................................................................................19
6.2.4. Resolution.................................................................................................20
6.2.5. Advanced Setting.....................................................................................21
6.2.6. Passw ord..................................................................................................22
6.2.7. Tools .........................................................................................................23
6.2.8. About........................................................................................................ 24
6.3. Setting Wizard..................................................................................................25
7. Using t he Ca mera Viewer............................................................................................27
7.1. Pa nel Intr oduc tion ............................................................................................ 27
7.2. Ca mera Buttons ................................................................................................28
7.3. Ca mera Status ..................................................................................................29
7.4. Control Buttons................................................................................................. 29
7.5. Video Recording...............................................................................................31
7.6. Chang e Resolution ........................................................................................... 32
7.7. View Four Cameras Simultaneously................................................................ 33
7.8. View er Utility Setting ........................................................................................33
7.8.1. Setti n g.......................................................................................................34
7.8.2. Recording .................................................................................................36
7.8.3. Status........................................................................................................38
7.8.4. General..................................................................................................... 39
7.8.5. About........................................................................................................ 40
7.9. Playback........................................................................................................... 41
7.10. Rotate Video.....................................................................................................43
8. Web Connection and Set up.........................................................................................44
8.1. Ca mera Setting................................................................................................. 45
8.2. Network Settin g................................................................................................46
8.3. Wireless Setting................................................................................................50
8.4. Password Setting ............................................................................................. 53
9. Fr equently Asked Questions........................................................................................55
10. Tec hnic al Specif ications...............................................................................................56
11. Appendix A Router /G ateway Setup for Int er net Viewing........................................57
12. Appendix B Viewing v ia UP nP in Windows X P .........................................................59
1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Internet Camera. This I nternet Camera sends live video through
10/100Mbps w ired or 54Mbps 11g wireless network to a w eb browser or camera viewer
across Internet anywhere in the world! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep an eye
on your home, your kids, and your workplace—whatever’ s important to you.
How does the C am era do all of this? Unlike standard “web cams” that require an attached PC,
the Internet Camera can connect directly to a netw ork. The Motion JPEG video compression
produces a high quali ty, high-frame rate, 640 x 480 video stream.
The included Cam era View er utility lets you record the video stream to your local hard drive,
“live” or on a predetermined schedul e.
Use the instructions in this Guide to help you integrate the Camera i nto your netw ork. These
instructions should be al l you need to get the most out of the Internet Camera.
2. Package Content
One Inter net Camer a
One Antenna
One Power Adapter
One Camera Stand
One 100 M Ca t egory 5 Et hernet Cable
One Quick Installation Guide
One CD ( Including Manual/ Utility/ Driver)
If any of the above items are missing, please contact your supplier.
3. System Requirement
System requirement for PC, MAC or Notebook PC to access the Internet Camera are:
OS System: Windows 98SE, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003
CPU: Intel Pentium III 750MHz above or Intel Celeron 1GHz above
Memory Size: 128MB (256MB recommended)
VGA Card Resoluti on: 800 x 600 or above
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4. Hardware Installation
4. 1. LED and Focu sing
The Camera head and its focus ring allow you to modify the aim and focus of the Camera.
To adjust the Camera’s focus, rotate the dark focus ring.
There are four LEDs indi cating the camera status and networking status.
y Monitor ing
When someone is view ing the camera, the LED will light.
y R eady
When the camera is power on and ready for access, the LED will light.
y WLAN
When the Internet Camera is linki ng to a Wireless LAN AP or a Wireless Station, the LED
is lighting. The LED is flashing w hen video i s transmitted or received through wireless
network.
y LAN
When the Internet Camera is linki ng to wired network, the LE D is lighting. The LED is
flashing when video is transmitted or received through wired network.
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4.2. Camera Ports
The Camera features three ports and a Reset button.
y Antenna Connector
This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with
Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Internet Camera.
y Power
The Pow er port is where you can connect the power adapter.
y LAN
The LAN port is where you can connect the Ethernet network cable.
y Reset
1. If problems occur with your Internet Camera, press the reset button with a pencil tip
(for less than 2 seconds) and the Internet Camera will re-boot itself, keeping your
original configurations.
2. If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your password,
press the reset button for longer than 5 seconds and the Internet Camera w ill reset
itself to the factory default settings (warning: your original configurations w ill be
replaced w ith the factory default settings).
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4.3. Installation Procedure
1. Unpack the Internet Camera package and verify that all the items listed in the Chapter 2
are provided.
2. Connect the Internet Camera to your netw ork by attached the netw ork cable from the
switch/router to the UTP port of the Internet Camera.
3. Connect the pow er adapter to the Internet Camera and pl ug the pow er adapter to power
outlet. The Internet Camera will be pow ered on. When the Inter net Camer a is ready, the
Ready LED will show orange color.
Note: It is highly recommended to use the power adapter shipped w ith the I nternet Camera,
do NOT use any other pow er adapter from any sources.
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5. Software Installation
Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly through the
Installation process. The following installation is implem ented in Wi ndows XP. The installation
procedures in Windows 98SE/Me/2000/Server 2003 are similar.
1. Insert the CD shi pped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The
“Autorun.exe” program should be executed automati cally. If not, run “Autorun.exe”
manually from “Autorun” folder in the C D.
2. The Install Wizard will show four selections, select the program you want to install or click
“Exit” to install the program later. T he following installation steps are the demonstration of
“IC-1000/Wg” and “Click To Setu p”.
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3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation.
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4. If you wish to i nstall the software program in an alternate location, click “Change”;
otherwise click “Next” to move on to the next step.
5. Click “Install” to start installing the program.
6. The system will install the program automatically.
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7. Click “Finish” to complete the softw are installation.
8. When t he installation is compl eted. The system will auto run ”Administrator Utility“. On the
Internet Camera first page, the cameras found in the network are listed i n the left window.
Choose the one you want to confi gure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed.
N IPCamera_MJPEG
“N” means the
camera is new and
not configured.
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9. Please enter the default passw ord “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page.
10. Internet Camera is w ork ing through the netw ork (T CP/IP Protocol). The IP address setting
must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera. The wizard program will detect the
IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IP address for the
Camera. You can accept the suggested value or enter the value manually. If you enter the
value manually, please be aware that the “Subnet Mask” must be the same for both the
camera and the PC. Click “Finish” to apply the configuration.
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11. This wizard will pop up a w indow to ask you if you want to run the “Camera Viewe r” and
see the video of the Camera immediatel y. Sel ect “OK” to run “Camera View er”.
12. The “Camera View er” will show the video automatically. Congratulations, you can use the
camera through the netw ork to view the video from now on.
6. Using the Administrator Utility
The Administrator U tility allows users to search and setup the cameras located within the
Intranet or on the Internet. From the utility, users can view all the information of the selected
camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard, which can guide users to add the camera to
the network easily and promptly.
There are tw o ways to run the Admi nistrator Utility as follows.
1. Click “Start”, select “Programs\IP Camera\Admin Utility” to run the utility.
2. Click the “IP Camera Admin” icon
to run the utili ty.
Once the utility is started, it will search all the cameras w ithin the network. To do more settings,
please refer to the description in the following sections.
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N IPCamera_MJPEG
6.1. General Setting
LAN
Auto Discover Click the button w ill search the camera within the netw ork
automaticall y.
Camera List The list shows the camera name and the setup status of the
camera.
It means the camera is in the default setting.
It means the camera is configured before.
Internet
Add Click “Add” will appear a window for you to enter the IP Address
of the camera on the Internet.
Delete Click “Delete” to delete the camera from the list.
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Camera List The list shows the camera name and the connect status of the
camera.
It means the camera is disconnected or not i n the
Internet.
It means the camera is connected.
Information of Camera
Camera Information It displays all information of the selected camera. The information
includes Firmware Version, Network Information, IP Address,
UPnP Setting, DDNS Setting, Wireless Setting, Resolution and
E-mail setting, etc.
Camera Setting
Detail Setting Click “Detail Setting” to do more setting of the camera such as IP
address, Resolution, password and firmw are upgrade, etc.
Setting Wizard Click “Setting Wizard” to setup the necessary setting for the
camera.
6.2. Detail Setting
When you click the “Detail Setting”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator
Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follow s.
Name: “Admin”
Passw ord: “1234”
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N IPCamera_MJPEG
If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.
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6.2.1. Network Setting
Network Setting
Internet Camera Name The default camera name is “WIPCamera_MJPEG”. It is
recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.
IP Address Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on
your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.1
to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address from the
range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.
Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your
LAN. For example: 255.255.255.0.
Gateway The Gateway is used to forward frames to destinations in a
different subnet on the Internet. The Gateway setting must be the
same with the gateway used by the PCs on your LAN.
DNS Server DNS Server (Domain Name Server) that translates names to IP
addresses. Set the same DNS Server as the PCs on your LAN.
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Network Setting
Vi deo Port The Video Port is used to transmit or receive the video streaming
in the network. The default port setting is “4321”. If you want to
vie w the video from the camera, the port setting should be
correct.
Web Port This camera support w eb connection, the default web port is 80.
Since the web server may use port 80, you can use a different
port for the camera. If you change the web port from 80 to 8080,
you must type
http://192.168.2.3:8080 to connect the camera
through the w eb browser.
6.2.2. Wireless Setting
If you want to use the Internet Camera through wireless LAN, please set up the Internet
Camera through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless L AN setting is correct. After
setting the w ireless L AN , unplug the Ethernet cable then you can start to use the Internet
Camera through wireless LAN. If the wireless configuration does not work, please plug the
Ethernet cable again, and configure the Internet Camera through Ethernet until the wireless
LAN settings are correct.
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Wireless Setting
Wireless Setting Enable or disable the wireless function of the Internet Camera. By
default, the function is disabled.
Avai lable Network
Available Netw ork This list shows all available wireless net works within range of
your Internet Camera. It also di splays the information of the
networks incl uding the SSID and Signal Strength. If you want to
connect to any netw orks on the list, double-cli ck the item on the
list or select the item and click “Connect”, and the Internet
Camera w ill automatically connect to the selected netw ork.
Refresh Button Click “Refresh” button to collect the new information of all the
wireless networks nearby.
Connect Button Click “Connect” to connect to the selected network.
Add to Profile Button Add the selected network to Profile List and save it in your PC.
Profile List
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Profile List The “Profiles List” is for you to manage the netwo rks you connect
to frequently. The profile list displays all the profiles and the
relative settings of the profiles incl uding Profile Name, SSID,
Channel, etc. I f you want to connect to any profiles on the list,
double-click the profile or select the profile and click “Activate”,
and the Internet Ca mera w ill automatically connect to the
selected profile.
Add/Delete/Edit Button Click these buttons to add/delete/edit the selected profiles.
Activate Button Click “Activate” to connect to the selected profile. When a profile
is activated, the card w ill be initially connected to the profile.
Configure the Profi le
Profile Name Define a recognizable profi le name for you to i dentify the different
networks.
SSID The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique
name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional
merging of tw o co-located WLANs.
You may specify a SSID for the card and then only the device
with the same SSID can interconnect to the card. If you want to
add one of the networks nearby to the profil e list, pull down the
menu, all the netw orks nearby will be listed and you can add one
of them to the profile list.
Channel This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode. Select the number
of the radio channel used for the networking. The channel setting
should be the same w ith the network you are connecting to.
Netw ork Type Infrastructure – Thi s operation mode requires the presence of a
Wireless LAN Access Point or Router. All communication is done
via the Access Point or Router.
Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you w ant to connect to another
wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network w ithout through an
Access Point or Router.
Configure the Profi le
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