Edimax IC-1500, IC-1500WG User Manual

M-JPEG Internet Camera

IC-1500Wg / IC-1500

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Version 2.0 September , 2007

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Contents

1. Introduction................................................................................................................................. 1

2. Package Content........................................................................................................................ 1

3. System Requirement ................................................................................................................ 1

4. Hardware Installation................................................................................................................ 1

4.1. LED and Focusing..............................................................................................1

4.2. Camera Ports .....................................................................................................2

4.3. Installation Procedure.........................................................................................2

Software Installation................................................................................................................. 3

6. Using the Administrator Utility............................................................................................... 7

6.1. General Setting...................................................................................................7

6.2. Detail Setting......................................................................................................8

6.2.1. Network Setting..................................................................................................9

6.2.2. E-Mail Setting...................................................................................................10

6.2.3. FTP Settings.....................................................................................................11

6.2.4. Date / Time Settings......................................................................................... 11

6.2.5. Resolution.........................................................................................................12

6.2.6. Advanced Setting .............................................................................................12

6.2.7. Users................................................................................................................13

6.2.8. Tools.................................................................................................................14

6.2.9. About................................................................................................................15

6.3. Setting Wizard..................................................................................................15

Using the Camera Viewer...................................................................................................... 17

7.1. Panel Introduction.............................................................................................17

7.2. Camera Buttons................................................................................................17

7.3. Camera Status..................................................................................................18

7.4. Control Buttons.................................................................................................18

7.5. Video Recording...............................................................................................19

7.6. Change Resolution...........................................................................................19

7.7. View Four Cameras Simultaneously ................................................................20

7.8. Viewer Utility Setting.........................................................................................20

7.8.1. Setting ..............................................................................................................21

7.8.2. Recording.........................................................................................................22

7.8.3. Status................................................................................................................23

7.8.4. General.............................................................................................................24

7.8.5. About................................................................................................................25

7.9. Playback...........................................................................................................25

7.10. Rotate Video.....................................................................................................26

8. Web Connection and Setup....................................................................................................... 27

8.1. Camera Setting.................................................................................................28

8.2. LAN Setting ......................................................................................................29

8.3. WLAN...............................................................................................................30

8.4. E-Mail and FTP.................................................................................................31

8.5. Motion Detection...............................................................................................32

8.6. System..............................................................................................................33

8.7. Status................................................................................................................34

8.8. Users................................................................................................................34

9. Frequently Asked Questions

10. Technical Specifications........................................................................................................ 35

11. Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing.............................................. 35

12. Appendix B Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP................................................................ 37

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1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Internet Camera. This Internet Camera sends live video through 10/100Mbps wired network to a web 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 Camera do all of this? Unlike standard “web cams” that require an attached PC, the Internet Camera can connect directly to a network. The MJPEG video compression produces a high quality, high-frame rate, 640 x 480 video stream. The included Camera Viewer utility lets you record the video to your local hard dr ive, “live” or on a predetermined schedule. Use the instructions in this Guide to help you integrate the Camera into your network. These instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Internet Camera.

2. Package Content

z One Internet Camera z One Power Adapter z One Camera Stand z One 100M Category 5 Ethernet Cabl e z One Quick Installation Guide z 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:

z OS System: Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 , Vista z IE Version: 6.0.29 + SP2 or above z CPU: Intel Pentium III 750MHz above or Intel Celeron 1GHz above z Memory Size: 128MB (256MB recommended) z DirectX 7.0 or above z VGA card with fully DirectX 7.0 supported. z VGA Card Resolution: 800 x 600 or above

4. Hardware Installation

4.1 LED and Focusing

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 indicating the camera status and networking status.

y Monitoring

When someone is viewing the camera, the LED will light.

y Ready

When the camera is power on and ready for access, the LED will light.

y LAN

When the Internet Camera is linking to wired network, the LED is lighting. The LED is flashing when video is transmitted or received through wired network.

4.2 Camera Ports

The Camera features three ports and a Reset button.

y Power

The Power port is where you can connect the power adapter.

y LAN

The LAN port is where you can connect the Ethernet network cable.

y WLAN (for IC-1500Wg only) (Antenna Connector)

This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Internet Camera..

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 will reset itself to the factory default settings (warning: your original configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings).

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 network by attached the network cable from the switch/router to the UTP port of the Internet Camera.

3. Connect the power adapter to the Internet Camera and plug the power adapter to power outlet. The Internet Camera will be powered on. When the Internet Camera is ready, the Ready LED will show orange color.

4. Make sure that you have installed correct VGA driver and DirectX 7.0 or above.

Note: It is highly recommended to use the power adapter shipped with the Internet Camera, do NOT use any other power adapter from any sources

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 implemented in Windows XP. The installation proced ures in Windows 98SE/Me/2000/Server 2003 are similar.

1. Insert the CD shipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The “Autorun.exe” program

should be executed automatically. If not, run “Autorun.exe” manually from “Autorun” folder in the CD.

2. The Install Wizard will show four selections, select the program you want to install or click “Exit” to install the

program later. The following installation steps are the demonstration of “Install Administrator Utility & Camera Viewer”.

3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation.

4. If you wish to install 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.

7. Click “Finish” to complete the software installation.

8. When the installation is completed. The system will auto run ”Administrator Utility“. On the Internet Camera

first page, the cameras found in the network are listed in the left window. Choose the one you want to configure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed.

N IC-1500

“N” means the camera is new and not configured.

9. Please enter the default password “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page.

10. Internet Camera is working through the network (TCP/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.

11. This wizard will pop up a window to ask you if you want to run the “Camera Viewer” and see the video of the

Camera immediately. Select “OK” to run “Camera Viewer”.

12. The “Camera Viewer” will show the video automatically. Congratulations, you can use the camera through the

network to view the video from now on.

6. Using the Administrator Utility

The Administrator Utility 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 selecte d camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard, which can guide users to add the camera to the network easily and promptly.

There are two ways to run the Administrator Utility as follows.

1. Click “Start”, select “Programs\IP Camera\Admin Utility” to run the utility.

2. Click the “IP Camera Admin” icon

Once the utility is started, it will search all the cameras within the network. To do more settings, please refer to the description in the following sections.

to run the utility.

6.1 General Setting

LAN

Auto Discover

Camera List

Add

Delete

Camera List

Camera

Information

Detail Setting

Setting Wizard

Click the button will search the camera within the network automatically. 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

Click “Add” will appear a window for you to enter the IP Address of the camera on the Internet. Click “Delete” to delete the camera from the list. The list shows the camera name and the connect status of the camera.

It means the camera is disconnected or not in the Intern et.

It means the camera is connected.

Information of Camera

It displays all information of the selected camera. The information includes Firmware Version, Network Information, IP Address, UPnP Setting, DDNS Setting, Resolution and E-mail setting, etc.

Camera Setting

Click “Detail Setting” to do more setting of the camera such as IP address, Resolution, password and firmware upgrade, etc.

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

Name: “admin” & Password: “1234”

If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.

6.2.1 Network Setting

Camera Name

IP Address

Subnet Mask

DNS Server

Internet

Gateway

Video Port

Web Port

Network Setting

The default camera name is “IC1500WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.

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.

The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN. For example: 255.255.255.0. 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 (Domain Name Server) that translates names to IP addresses. Set the same DNS

Server as the PCs on your LAN.

Network Setting

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 view the video from the camera, the port setting should be correct.

This camera support web 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 web browser.

6.2.2 E-Mail Setting

Recipient E-Mail

Address

SMTP Server

Sender E-Mail

Address

Authentication

Username Password

Send a Test

E-Mail Setting

This camera supports “Snap Shot” and “Motion Detection” functions. You can snapshot a picture and send the picture by E-Mail. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the picture.

Enter the SMTP Server for the E-Mail sending. Specified the e-mail address of the e-mail sender. Enable or Disable the SMTP Authentication function

When Authentication is enabled, input the SMTP Username. When Authentication is enabled, input the password. Press this button to send a test e-mail to your mailbox. You can use this function to test if your

setting is correct.

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