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Wire / Wireless / Power over Ethernet
Digital Pan/Tilt Internet Camera
IC-1520DP / IC-1520DPg / IC-1520POE
Quick Installation Guide
Version: 1.0 (October, 2007)
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Content
Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera........................... 1
1.1 Package Contents.............................................................. 1
1.2 Basic Introduction............................................................... 2
1.3 Product Highlights .............................................................. 3
1.4 Familiar with Key Components........................................... 4
1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators..........................................6
1.6 Camera Installation ............................................................ 6
1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera ...........................7
1.8 Log Onto Web Management Interface ............................. 12
Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface............................. 15
2.1 Camera Settings .............................................................. 15
2.2 PTZ .................................................................................. 23
2.2.1 Grand Tour .............................................................. 23
2.2.2 Cruise Tour Path .....................................................26
2.3 LAN Settings .................................................................... 27
2.3.1 IP Address............................................................... 27
2.3.3 Dynamic DNS ......................................................... 31
2.3.4 UPnP....................................................................... 32
2.4 WLAN Parameters ........................................................... 34
2.5 Email & FTP ..................................................................... 40
2.5.1 Email Settings ......................................................... 41
2.5.2 FTP Settings ........................................................... 43
2.6 Motion Detection .............................................................. 45
2.7 System ............................................................................. 47
2.7.1 Camera Information ................................................ 48
2.7.2 Date / Time Setting.................................................. 49
2.7.3 Utilities .................................................................... 50
2.8 Status ............................................................................... 52
2.9 Users................................................................................ 53
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Chapter III: Windows-Based Utility............................................... 56
3.1 Install Windows-based Utility............................................ 56
3.2 Locate Camera on Local Network and Network Setting... 59
3.3.1 Network Settings..................................................... 64
3.3.2 Wireless Settings .................................................... 66
3.3.3 E-Mail Settings........................................................ 70
3.3.4 PPPoE Settings ...................................................... 72
3.3.5 FTP Settings ........................................................... 73
3.3.6 Date / Time Settings................................................ 75
3.3.7 Resolution ............................................................... 77
3.3.8 Advanced Settings ..................................................78
3.3.9 Users....................................................................... 80
3.3.10 Tools...................................................................... 82
3.3.11 About ..................................................................... 84
3.4 Camera Viewer................................................................. 85
3.4.1 Connecting to IP Camera........................................88
3.4.2 Select the Camera to View and Control .................. 91
3.5 Advanced Camera Setting ............................................... 97
3.5.1 Setting..................................................................... 97
3.5.2 Recording (Scheduled) ........................................... 98
3.4.3 Status .................................................................... 102
3.4.4 General ................................................................. 103
3.4.5 About..................................................................... 105
3.6 Play Recorded Video...................................................... 106
Chapter IV: Appendix ................................................................. 109
4.1 Specification................................................................... 109
4.2 Troubleshooting ............................................................. 110
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Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera
1.1 Package contents
Thank you for purchasing this IP camera! Before you start to use this IP camera,
please check the package contents. If anything is missing, please contact the dealer
of purchase and return the package to claim for missing contents.
Item Name Quantity
1 IP Camera 1
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2 3dBi Antenna ( For IC-1520DPg only) 1
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3 Power Adapter 1
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4 Ethernet Cable 1
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5 Driver and User Manual CD-ROM 1
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6 Quick installation Quide 1
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7 Accessaries 1
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Note：The User Manual is for three models as follows：
※ IC-1520DP is a wire internet camera .
※ IC-1520DPg is a wireless internet camera.
※ IC-1520POE is a wire internet camera with power over Ethernet function .
Wireless function is for IC-1520DPg and 802.3af is for IC-1520POE only.
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1.2 Basic Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this Internet IP camera! This IP camera is an ideal product
for all kinds of video-surveillance purposes, like home/office safety, kid/pet monitoring,
and remote video acquire etc. Unlink conventional close-circuit vide camera, you’re
not limited to the length of cable! Once this IP camera is connected to Internet, you
can receive video from anywhere in the world where Internet access is available.
If you have problem installing a new cable from the place the camera is installed to
your monitoring computer, don’t worry! This IP camera also supports wireless
network, that is, you can link to this camera wirelessly! You only have to provide this
IP camera with 12V power by the power adapter that comes with the product
package, and you don’t have to set a new network cable between the IP camera and
monitoring computer.
Worry about the content will be intercepted by unauthorized person when the video is
transmitted over the air? That’s also not a problem! Unlink conventional analog
wireless camera, which video will be intercepted by anyone who got a compatible
video receiver, this IP camera supports data encryption (WEP & WPA), which will
provide ultimate data security level. All video transmitted over the air is encrypted;
therefore no one will be able to get the video captured by the IP camera, expect
yourself.
Some people may concern that there will be some places which will not be covered
by camera, but this problem is completely solved by this IP camera. With built-in
pan-tilt function, you can point the camera to the position where you wish to look at
with user interface. You can even define a preset path, and the camera will cruise
along the path you defined.
You can discover more useful functions in next section!
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1.3 Product Highlights
No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet Explorer
6 (and above, with plugin installed).
Supports 3 video resolutions: VGA (640 x 480), QVGA (320 x 240), and 160 x
120.
Anti-flicker function (eliminates flash caused by fluorescent lights, 50 / 60Hz
selectable).
Video control functions, like brightness and zoom-in / zoom-out.
Pan-tilt control.
Wired and wireless network (802.11b / 802.11g) support, supports up to
100Mbps for wired network and 54Mbps for wireless network.
Wireless data encryption (WEP / WPA)
Supports DHCP and PPPoE protocol, you can also assign a fixed IP address to
the camera also.
Supports Dynamic DNS (used to allocate the IP camera’s Internet address,
when the ISP you’re using does not assign you with a fixed Internet address).
Supports UPnP, Windows XP (and above) will discover this IP camera in network
neighbor automatically.
Send captured picture by Email or FTP when motion is detected.
Configurable motion detection sensitivity (6 levels from most sensitive to least
sensitive).
Built-in real-time clock, date and time information will be recorded with every
captured picture / video clip (also supports auto time synchronization via network
time protocol).
Upgradeable firmware - enjoy new functions without buying a new camera!
Supports up to 4 users, and you can set different password to different user.
Usage and event logging.
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1.4 Familiar with Key Components
LAN LED: Indicates LAN activity
WLAN LED: Indicates Wireless LAN activity
Power LED: Indicates power status
Camera: Video camera with lens
Focus Ring: Adjusts focus
Front View
Focus Ring
LED Green:
LAN Activity
LED Amber :
WLAN Activity
(IC-1520DPg only)
LED Blue:
Power On
Wireless SMA
Connector
(IC-1520DPg only)
Model name
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Reset Button: Press and hold for 5 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory
default value.
LAN Jack: Connect to your local area network by network cable.
Power Jack: Connect to power adapter for power supply.
Bottom View
Reset Button
LAN Port
Power Jack
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1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators
LED Name Status Description
Off Network cable is disconnected
On Network cable is connected
LAN
Flash Transferring data via LAN port
Off No wireless LAN activity WLAN
On Transferring data via wireless LAN
Off Camera is not powered (camera off) Power
On Camera is correctly powered (camera on)
1.6 Camera Installation
Please follow the following instructions to set your IP camera up.
1. Unpack the product package and check if anything’s missing.
2. Connect the antenna to the antenna base, which is located at the top of this IP
camera.
Plug the power adapter to wall socket, and connect the power connector to the
power jack located at the bottom of the IP camera.
3. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local area network, and connect the other end
to the LAN jack of this IP camera.
NOTE: You can skip this step if you plan to use wireless LAN only.
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4. Connect your tripod / camera holder, and point the camera to the place you wish
to monitor.
5. Launch Internet Explorer on your computer, and following the instructions given in
next section to set the IP camera.
1.7 Locate the IP Address of this IP Camera
Default IP address of this IP camera is 192.168.2.3. If you wish to assign another IP
address to this IP camera, you have to log onto the web configuration interface of the
camera first.
If the left three fields of the IP address of your computer is not 192.168.2, you’ll have
to change the IP address of your computer first:
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1. Click ‘Start’ -> ‘Control Panel’
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2. Double-click ‘Network Connections’ icon.
3. Right-click ‘Local Area Connection’, and click ‘Properties’.
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4. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click ‘Properties’.
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5. In ‘IP address’ field, please fill in any IP address begins with ‘192.168.2’, and ends
with a value greater than 2 and less than 254 (You can use the example in the
picture ‘192.168.2.339’). In Subnet mask field, please fill ‘255.255.255.0’. Please
keep all other fields empty, and click ‘OK’.
If you changed the IP address of this IP camera and you forget it, there’re 2 methods
to recover it:
a. Press and hold the ‘Reset’ button located at the bottom of this IP camera, to
clear all settings of the IP camera and reset the IP address back to
192.168.2.3. You’ll lose all settings in the IP camera.
b. Ask network administrator to check the DHCP release table, if the camera
was set to obtain the IP address by DHCP, a new record will be added to
DHCP release table on DHCP server when the IP camera is connected to the
local area network.
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1.8 Log Onto Web Management Interface
Make sure the IP camera is correctly powered (Power LED is on), and then launch
Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the IP camera in address bar of Internet
Explorer. You should be prompted to input the user name and password:
Default user name is ‘admin’ (in lower case) and password is ‘1234’. Click ‘OK’ to
continue after user name and password has entered.
If you’re rejected, maybe the password has been modified previously. This should not
happen if this is a newly-purchased camera, however, if you get the camera from
someone else, the password would be changed. Please try to obtain the correct user
name / password, or you’ll have to reset the camera.
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After logged on, you should see the following messages at the top of Internet
Explorer:
This IP camera requires a special ActiveX control (A.K.A. ‘Plugin’) to work. Please
click on the message, and select ‘Install ActiveX Control…’:
When you’re prompted, click ‘Install’ to continue.
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You should be able to see the image from camera now:
Note: If you see one of these messages (or both):
Your computer may not have the display capability that this IP camera requires, or
you don’t have Microsoft DirectX® installed. Please download Microsoft DirectX®
from Microsoft’s website (http://www.microsoft.com), and try again.
In some cases, your computer is able to display the image from IP camera correctly,
but you’ll still see these messages. If this happens, just ignore them.
OR
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Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface
2.1 Camera Settings
The first menu after you logged onto web management interface is ‘Camera’, and this
is the only menu you can see the real-time image from camera.
You can always back to this menu by clicking ‘Camera’ on the top of web
management interface.
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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Resolution Specifies the video resolution. Available options are
640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120.
Higher resolution provides more details about the objects
captured by camera, but will consume more bandwidth,
which will make the image refreshes very slow. If you
have a slow Internet connection, you may want to use a
lower resolution to make the image refresh faster.
Selecting 160 x 120 (or 320 x 240) may cause the image
too small on a high-resolution computer monitor. If you
want to save bandwidth while selecting a high resolution,
please select a lower image quality (see below).
Image Quality Specifies the quality of image captured by camera. There
are 5 options from ‘Highest’ to ‘Lowest’.
Just like resolution, higher image quality will provide
more details about the objects captured by camera, but
the cost is bandwidth. Sometimes you just want to see if
there’s anything moving at the place where camera
points to, you can select a lower image quality to get a
higher image refresh rate.
Max Framerate The highest image refresh rate of this IP camera is 30,
which is the same as TV. However, if you are using an
Internet connection with limited bandwidth, and you don’t
need a fast image refresh rate, you can limit the
maximum refresh rate (frame rate) to a certain value.
Available options are 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 3, and 1.
Frequency If the place where this IP camera points to has a (or
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more) fluorescent light(s), the image may look flashing.
In this case, you can adjust this setting to the frequency
of electrical power; this can improve the image quality
effectively. If you don’t know which one you should use,
just try any of them and select one with less flicker.
Brightness This camera will adjust the brightness of captured image
automatically, however, you can adjust the brightness of
the image here, from 0 to 99 (step 5 below 95). An
improper brightness setting will lose the detail of image,
please try all brightness settings and find the best setting
of your environment. You may have to adjust the setting
again every time you move the camera to a new place.
When you place the camera at a dark place, the
brightness setting may help, but will not help too much.
Setting the brightness to a too high value will lose the
details of image. In this case, you should try to improve
the brightness of the environment where camera is
located (like keep the lights on, or add some lights), but
not the brightness setting here.
Example:
With brightness setting 95, the lamp at the middle of
image looks all white.
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With brightness setting 45, you can see more details
about the lamp now.
With brightness setting 5, you can see few more details
about the lamp, but the image is a little bit dark.
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NOTE: When you change any setting(s) listed above, please click ‘Apply’
button so the change(s) will take effect.
Zoom Controls
These buttons can change the zoom rate of IP camera:
Zoom in (see more details about a certain place)
Zoom out (see more things which camera can get)
Full view (see everything which camera can get)
Example:
Click full view button to see everything camera can get:
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And click zoom in to see details:
Pan / Tilt
Control
There are 4 directions in pan / tilt control: Up, Down,
Left, and Right. Click the direction button to move
camera to respective direction.
Note: You can also click the image to move camera to
the direction you want. There are 8 direction available:
Up / Down / Left / Right, plus
Upper-right / Lower-right / Upper-left / Lower-left
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Click on the position away from the center of image to
move the camera to the direction. The distance from the
center will affect the speed that camera moves.
You can not move the camera when in full view mode.
Pan / Tilt Speed This setting will affect the speed when you use pan / tilt
control. There are 5 options available: 1 (slowest) to 5
(fastest).
Preset Positions If you have some places you’ll visit frequently, you can
use this function to save the position into memory.
You have to move the camera to the position you wish to
monitor first, give the position a name by inputting the
name in ‘Position Name’ field, then click ‘Add’.
If you want to recall a preset position, select one of
preset positions from dropdown menu:
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Then click ‘Goto’, and camera will move to the position
immediately. If you no longer need a position and wish to
delete it, please select it from dropdown list, then click
‘Remove’.
Cruise Tour Click ‘Start Cruise Pan/Tilt’ button to start automatic
camera cruise. The cruise path must be defined in ‘PTZ’
menu (see next section).
Snapshot file
path
Specify the folder you wish to save snapshot file. Click
‘Get snapshot’ button to take a picture of current image,
and the picture will be saved in the folder you specified.
Record file path Specify the folder you wish to save video recording file.
Click ‘Start recording’ button to start recording and the
picture will be saved in the folder you specified.
You have to click ‘Stop recording’ (the same button) to
stop recording. Recorded file is encoded in AVI format,
and you can play the file by Windows media player.
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2.2 PTZ
This IP camera supports PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) function, as you explored in last
section. You can also make the camera move automatically in PTZ menu by defining
a set of pre-defined path.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘PTZ’ on the top of web management interface.
2.2.1 Grand Tour
You can make the camera move between many pre-defined position, and define the
time you wish to pause at every position, this is called as ‘Grand Tour’.
Before you can use this function, you have to define at least 2 positions in ‘Camera’
section (refer to last section for detailed information).
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Add Start to add a new grand tour (see instructions below)
Edit Edit a selected grand tour. The parameters for an
existing grand tour will be recalled and you can modify
them.
Start / Stop Select a grand tour and click this button to start grand
tour, click again to stop it. After a grand tour has been
started, go to ‘Camera’ menu to see it in action. Only one
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grand tour can be activated at the same time.
Remove Remove a grand tour from the list.
If you wish to add a new set of grand tour, click ‘Add’ to start to add a new grand tour
set:
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Name Input the name of this set of grand tour here. As you may
have many sets of grand tour, please give it a
meaningful name so you can remember the main
purpose of this set.
View with
random order
Do not visit all positions in this grand tour by order; visit
them randomly instead.
Available
positions
Select preset positions from dropdown menu here, then
click ‘Add to list’ to add this position to this grand tour.
When you click ‘Add to list’, you’ll be prompted to set
these parameters:
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View Time: Define the time you wish to stop at this
position in seconds.
View Order: Give this position a number greater than 1
and not the same with other positions, and grand tour
will start visiting positions by order (from 1 to last
number, and then start from 1 again).
Remove: Remove this position from list.
Save: Save settings for this position.
Close: Close this window and discard all changes.
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2.2.2 Cruise Tour Path
You can select one cruise tour path from 4 available options. If you want to start
camera cruise, please go to ‘Camera’ menu and click ‘Start Cruise Pan / Tilt’ button to
begin cruise.
Please select one of cruise, and click ‘Apply’ to select a cruise mode, you have to go
back to ‘Camera’ menu to see it in action.
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2.3 LAN Settings
All network-related settings can be found in this menu, and you have to specify
TCP/IP parameters in this menu if you want to change IP address, use PPPoE,
Dynamic DNS, and activate UPnP function.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface.
2.3.1 IP Address
You can define IP address and select the port number you wish to use here.
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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Network Type This camera can obtain the IP address from DHCP
server automatically (if you have one), or set a fixed IP
address. Select ‘DHCP’ to obtain IP address
automatically or ‘Static IP Address’ to assign this IP
camera with a fixed IP address.
When ‘DHCP’ is selected, IP address parameters below
will be grayed out.
IP Address Specify the IP address for this IP camera here.
Subnet Mask Specify the subnet mask for this IP camera here.
Gateway Specify the gateway address of the local network here.
Primary DNS Specify the IP address of DNS server here. Please input
IP address only. If you don’t know the address of DNS
server, ask network administrator or your ISP for help.
Secondary DNS Specify the IP address of backup DNS server here.
When primary DNS is unreachable, IP camera will use
the IP address specified here as DNS server.
This field is optional.
Video Port Specify the port number of video transfer here. If you
have firewall on your network, you need to allow
computers on Internet to access this port number of the
IP address of IP camera, or you’ll not be able to view
video from Internet.
HTTP Port Specify the port number of web management interface
here. If it’s not 80, you’ll have to add ‘:port’ after the IP
address / hostname of this IP camera.
For example, if the HTTP port number you specified here
is 90 and the IP address of IP camera is 10.20.20.30,
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then you have to input ‘http://10.20.20.30:90’
in the address bar of Internet explorer.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.3.2 PPPoE
If the ISP requires you to connect to the Internet by PPPoE, you can specify PPPoE
username and password here.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Enable PPPoE Select ‘Enable’ to activate PPPoE function of this IP
camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
User Name Input the PPPoE username assigned by your ISP here.
Password Input the PPPoE password assigned by your ISP here.
MTU Input the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) given by
your ISP here. Ask your ISP if you don’t know what value
you should input here, or use default value.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.3.3 Dynamic DNS
If your ISP does not give you a fixed Internet IP address (i.e. the Internet address
you’re using when you access the Internet is not always the same – ask your ISP for
detailed information), you can use this function to help you locate the IP address of
this IP camera when you’re away from home or office.
Before you can use this function, you’ll need to apply for an account at dyndns.org
(http://www.dyndns.org
). Detailed instructions of how to apply a new account can be
found on dyndns.org’s website.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Enable DDNS Select ‘Enable’ to activate Dynamic DNS function of this
IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
Provider Select dynamic DNS service provider here. Only
dyndns.org is available currently.
Host Name Input dynamic DNS host name here.
User Name Input dynamic DNS user name here, must be the same
as the one you applied on dyndns.org.
Password Input dynamic DNS password here, must be the same
as the one you applied on dyndns.org.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.3.4 UPnP
When UPnP function is activated, all UPnP-compatible computers / network devices
will be able to discover this IP camera automatically (only those in the same local
network).
This function is useful and you don’t have to remember the IP address of this IP
camera. Simply open ‘Network neighbor’ and it’s there!
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Enable UPnP Select ‘Enable’ to activate UPnP function of this IP
camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
After UPnP function is activated, a popup message will appear:
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Click the message to open ‘My Network Places’, and you’ll see the IP camera:
You can double-click the icon to launch Internet Explorer and log onto IP camera’s
web management interface directly.
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2.4 WLAN Parameters (For IC-1520DPg only)
If you wish to use wireless network instead of wired network connection, you have to
set wireless LAN parameters here.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘LAN’ on the top of web management interface.
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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Wireless
Connection
Select ‘Enable’ to activate wireless network function of
this IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
Network Type Select the network type of wireless connection.
Available options are ‘Infrastructure’ (Connect the IP
camera to a wireless access point), and ‘Adhoc’ (This IP
camera will become a stand-alone wireless network
point, other wireless computers / devices can discover
this IP camera and connect to it without wireless access
point).
You can set to ‘Adhoc’ when you don’t have any wireless
access point, but your computer has wireless network
card. Set to ‘Infrastructure’ when you have wireless
access point, and you have computers with wired
network connection.
Available
Networks
Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP
camera. Please note not all access points will be
displayed at the same time, if the access point you wish
to connect does not appear, you may have to click
‘Refresh’ button for several times until it appears.
The descriptions of all fields is listed below:
Connect: You can select the wireless access point you
wish to connect here.**
SSID: the SSID of all found wireless access points will
be shown here. Some wireless access point may hide
their
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SSID, in this case, you have to identify them by their
MAC address.
MAC Address: If you there are many wireless access
points in proximity or some wireless access point hides
it’s SSID, you can use MAC address to distinguish them.
Signal: Shows the radio signal strength in percent.
Channel: Shows the radio channel of this wireless
access point.
Encryption: Shows the encryption type used by this
wireless access point. You must use the same
encryption type if you wish to connect to a certain
wireless access point. If the wireless access point does
not use encryption, ‘Disabled’ will be displayed here.
Network Type: Shows the network type of a certain
wireless access point (Infrastructure or Adhoc).
SSID Input the SSID of the wireless access point you wish to
connect. It should be less than 32 alphanumerical
characters.
When you select a wireless access point above, it’s
SSID will be filled in this field automatically. However, if
the SSID is not displayed (the wireless access point you
selected choose to hide it’s SSID), you have to know it’s
SSID and input it here, or you will not be able to connect
it.
Channel Select the radio channel you wish to use here. When
network type is ‘Infrastructure’, the radio channel is
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auto-selected according to the channel that wireless
access point uses. You can only select the channel
number when network type is ‘Adhoc’.
Basic Rate Select the maximum wireless data transfer rate here,
from 1Mbps to 54Mbps. Maximum transfer rate for
802.11b wireless network is 11Mbps, and maximum
transfer rate for 802.11g wireless network is 54Mbps.
It’s recommended to select ‘Auto’, so the data transfer
rate will vary according to the actual signal strength and
quality.
Authentication Select the wireless authentication here, and this setting
must be the same with the wireless access point you
selected.
When you select a wireless access point from the list, it’s
authentication type will be selected automatically, and
you should not modify it or you will not be able to
connect to the wireless access point you selected.
Available options are: None (no authentication), Open
System, Shared Key System, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK,
and WPANone (the last one is only for Adhoc).
Encryption Type Select the wireless encryption type here, and this setting
must be the same with the wireless access point you
selected.
When you select a wireless access point from the list, it’s
encryption type will be selected automatically, and you
should not modify it or you will not be able to connect to
the wireless access point you selected.
Available options are: None, WEP, TKIP and AES. The
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options available here will vary depends on the
authentication type you selected above. If an
authentication type does not support need encryption,
this field will be grayed out.
WPA Pre-Shared
Key
Input the WPA pre-shared key here.
This field is only available when authentication type is
WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK, and will be grayed out when
other authentication type is selected.
WEP Key Length Please select the key length when you use WEP
encryption. Available options are 64-bit and 128-bit.
Selecting ‘128-Bit’ is safer, however, it would make the
network a little bit slower.
If the key length is 64-bit, you should input 10 HEX
characters or 5 ASCII characters, like 112233aabb
(HEX) or MYWEP (ASCII).
If the key length is 128-bit, you should input 26 HEX
characters or 13 ASCII characters, like
11223344556677889900abcdef (HEX) or
myweppassword (ASCII).
WEP Key Format Select the Key Format of WEP key here. Available
options are ‘HEX’ and ‘ASCII’.
When you select ‘HEX’ WEP key format, you can only
use numbers (0 to 9), and alphabet a to f as WEP key;
when you select ‘ASCII’ WEP key format, you can use all
alphanumerical characters, and is case sensitive.
Default Key Select the default key set that is IP camera should use
against the wireless access point when WEP encryption
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is used.
Available options are 1 to 4.
WEP Key 1 Input the 1st set of WEP key here. At least a set of WEP
key is required and you should use 1st WEP key if you
only have one WEP key.
WEP Key 2 Input the 2nd set of WEP key here.
WEP Key 3 Input the 3rd set of WEP key here.
WEP Key 4 Input the 4th set of WEP key here.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.5 Email & FTP
This IP camera is capable to send an Email or perform FTP upload with captured
image, when a motion is detected. This is very convenient since IP camera will guard
the environment automatically for you, and you don’t have to look at the monitor all
the time.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘E-Mail & FTP’ on the top of web management
interface.
The instructions of Email and FTP settings will be given below.
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2.5.1 Email Settings
These settings are used to send the captured picture via Email:
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Recipient E-Mail
Address
Input the email recipient’s Email address here.
SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server
(the server that delivers the Email for you) here.
If you don’t know, please refer to the SMTP server you’re
using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook
Express etc.), or ask your network administrator or ISP.
Sender E-Mail
Address
Input the Email address of mail sender, this will help you
to identify the Email sent by this IP camera by sender’s
Email address.
NOTE: Some mail server would reject to deliver the
Email from unknown sender, it’s recommended to input
your own Email address here, or any other actual one.
SMTP
Authentication
Some SMTP server requires mail senders to be
authenticated before they can send Email. If your SMTP
server requires you to do so, please select ‘Enable’, or
select ‘Disable’ to disable it. If you don’t know, please
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refer to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email
software (like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask your
network administrator or ISP.
User Name Please input the user name of SMTP server here, if your
SMTP server requires the use of authentication.
Password Please input the password of SMTP server here, if your
SMTP server requires the use of authentication.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
After that, you can click ‘Send a test email’ to send a testing Email to the address you
set here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and working.
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2.5.2 FTP Settings
These settings are used to send the captured picture by FTP:
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
FTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the FTP server you
wish to use here.
FTP Port Input the port number of the FTP server you wish to use
here.
User Name Input the user name of the FTP server you wish to use
here.
Password Input the password of the FTP server you wish to use
here.
Remote Folder Input the remote folder name on the FTP server here. If
nothing is specified here, all uploaded image files will be
placed in FTP server’s root directory.
Please ask FTP server’s administrator to know which
folder you should use. Certain user name may have
restrictions and therefore can not place the file in the
directory not owned by the user.
Passive Mode Select ‘Enable’ to use passive mode to send file, or
select ‘Disable’ to not to use passive mode to send file.
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Some FTP servers require passive mode, if you don’t
know, please ask FTP server’s administrator; most of
FTP servers will work fine with both modes, but if you
found that non-passive mode is not working, you can try
to use passive mode.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
After that, you can click ‘Upload a test file’ to send a file to the FTP server you set
here, so you can make sure the setting you specified here is correct and working.
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2.6 Motion Detection
Motion detection function makes this IP camera become your non-stop guard. You
don’t have to waste all the time monitoring the images from the camera, and camera
will detect all motions for you. Once motion is detected, a captured image will be sent
to you by Email or via FTP.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘Motion Detection’ on the top of web
management interface.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Enable Motion
Detection
Select ‘Enable’ to start motion detection, and select
‘Disable’ to disabled it.
Motion Detection
Interval
Specify the time interval between two motion detections
in seconds. If a motion is detected after last detection
time, and before next detection time, nothing will be send
by Email or via FTP.
Please specify a time interval that suites your need. If
the time interval is too long, you may not be able to know
what is happened between time interval; if the time
interval is too short, you may receive too much
unnecessary images, and consumes too much disk
storage spaces on Email and / or FTP server.
Threshold Set the sensitivity of motion detection. When you need to
detect very minor motions in the image that IP camera
captures, you have to set threshold to the most sensitive
level; If you only want to detect major changes in the
image and ignore those minor ones (like something is
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small and always moving), please set to the most
insensitive one.
Available options are from 1 (most sensitive) to 6 (least
sensitive).
Send snapshot
file to Email
Select ‘Yes’ to send a picture to the Email address you
specified in ‘E-Mail & FTP’ menu when a motion is
detection, and select ‘No’ to disable this function.
E-Mail Subject Set the subject of Email being sent here. This will help
you to distinguish the Email sent by this IP camera from
others.
Send snapshot
file to FTP
Select ‘Yes’ to send a picture to the FTP server you
specified in ‘E-Mail & FTP’ menu when a motion is
detection, and select ‘No’ to disable this function.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.7 System
The system menu allows you to set some system-specific parameters, like password
and time setting. You can also upgrade the firmware of this IP camera, to make new
functions available on this IP camera. You may also clear all settings or reboot the IP
camera here.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘System’ on the top of web management
interface.
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2.7.1 Camera Information
Camera information allows you to set the name and administrator’s password of this
camera.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Camera Name Please specify the name of this IP Camera here. This
can be used to identify your camera on the network
when you have more than one IP camera in the same
network.
Default name begins with ‘IC-‘ plus the last 6 characters
of the MAC address of this IP camera. You can modify
the name to the one you can remember and meaningful
to you, but never give all IP cameras in the same
network with same name.
Password Please specify user name ‘admin’ ‘s password here.
(The one you need when you log onto web management
interface and use ‘admin’ as user name.
Confirm
Password
Please input the same password again, to make sure
there’s no typo.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.7.2 Date / Time Setting
This setting allows you to change the date and time of the real time clock in this IP
camera. You can set the time manually, or use network time protocol (NTP) to set the
time automatically.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Set Date/Time
manually
Please input the date and time you wish to set here.
Date / time format is YYYY / MM / DD HH:MM:SS
Time is in 24-hour format.
You can click ‘Synchronize to PC time’ to use the time of
the computer you’re using.
Example: 24th August 2007 = 2007/ 08 / 24,
and PM 9:24:30 = 21:24:30
Time Zone Please select the time zone of the country / city of
resident from dropdown menu here.
NTP Server Please input the IP address or host name of NTP server
here. You can use default value ‘pool.ntp.org’, or ask
your ISP for the IP address or host name, if they have
one.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.7.3 Utilities
This menu allows you to upgrade firmware, clear all settings, reboot the IP camera,
and switch LED lights on/off.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Upgrade
Firmware
If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website,
you can click this button to start to upload the firmware
file to the IP camera.
The following message will appear when you click this
button:
Click ‘OK’ to stop image capture, and you’ll be prompted
to provide the location of firmware file:
You can input the location in the field directly, or click
‘Browse…’ to select the file. Click ‘Upgrade’ to start
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uploading new firmware and IP camera will start
upgrading, please be patient. The IP camera will reboot
after the upgrade procedure is done.
Reset Clear all settings in the camera. Please think again
before you do this, and then click this button to reset all
settings.
NOTE: IP address will be reset to default value
‘192.168.2.3’ also. You’ll need to change the IP address
setting of your computer if the IP address of your
computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet
mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to
connect to this IP camera again.
Reboot Device If you found the IP camera is responding slowly or
behaves strange, you can click this button to try to
reboot the IP camera, this may help.
LED Setting Switch the LED light of this IP camera off, so ‘LAN’ and
‘WLAN’ LED on the IP camera will stop working, in case
you don’t want other people know the camera is
transferring data.
You can click this button again to switch LED lights on
again.
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2.8 Status
This menu provides all information about this IP camera, like firmware version,
system uptime, date / time, and network information.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘Status’ on the top of web management
interface.
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2.9 Users
If you wish to allow other people to view the image captured by this camera, but don’t
want to allow them to modify system settings, you can give them user-level user
name and password, so they can only view the image and can not change any
system setting. When they want to click menus other than ‘Camera’, they will see the
following message informing that they don’t have permission to do that:
This IP camera supports up to 4 users.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘Users’ on the top of web management
interface.
Please note: only one user (including administrator) will be able to view the image of
IP camera at the same time.
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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
User (1 - 4) Select ‘Enable’ to enable this user (allow him / her to
login), and select ‘Disable’ to disallow him / her to login.
Selecting ‘Disable’ won’t erase the user name and
password, so you can select ‘disable’ to disallow a user
from logging in temporarily, without erasing it’s account
information.
Login Specify the user name here. Please use alphanumerical
characters (0 to 9, A to Z, and a to z). Not using symbols
and space.
Password Specify the password for this user here.
Confirm
Password
Specify the password for this user here again.
Click ‘Apply’ to save settings and make the new settings take effect.
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2.10 Log
All activities of this IP camera will be logged, and you and enter ‘Log’ menu to view
these logs.
You can access this menu by clicking ‘Log’ on the top of web management interface.
Click ‘Refresh’ to get latest update.
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Chapter III: Windows-Based Utility
3.1 Install Windows-based Utility
To install windows-based Utility of this IP camera, please put the supplied
CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. The following message
should appear within 1 minute:
**missing autorun capture
If the autorun function of your computer is not enabled, or nothing appears
after CD-ROM has been loaded, you can click ‘My Computer’ icon and locate
your CD-ROM drive (labeled as ‘CD-ROM Drive’, ‘CD-RW Drive’, ‘DVD-ROM
Drive’, or ‘DVD-RW Drive’), then double-click ‘setup.exe’ to activate utility
setup procedure manually.
Follow the following instructions to install utility:
1. Click ‘Next’ to start setup procedure:
Click ‘Next’ to install the utility to default location (folder). To change folder,
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click ‘Change’ and pick another folder you wish to use.
2. Click ‘Install’ to install utility to the folder selected in previous step:
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Setup procedure may require several minutes, please be patient.
3. When you see this message, the setup procedure is completed. Click
‘Finish’ to exit.
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4. If you have Windows Defender (Windows XP) or other 3
rd
party firewall
software, you may see the following (or similar) message:
Please click ‘Unblock’ (or similar option) to let IP camera Utility pass the
firewall, or the IP camera utility may not be able to function properly.
5. A new folder named ‘IP Camera’ in ‘All Programs’ will be created: Admin
Utility, Camera Viewer, and Uninstall. You can use these 3 utilities to connect
to the IP camera and use the functions of the camera without web browser.
3.2 Locate Camera on Local Network and Network Setting
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Admin utility will launch automatically after installation is complete. If not, please
launch ‘IP Camera Admin’ from ‘IP Camera’ group in ‘All Programs’ by yourself.
If the IP camera is correctly installed and connected to your network, you should see
something similar like this:
All found cameras will be displayed at the left of admin utility, which begins with
‘IC-‘ and the last 6 characters of IP camera’s network MAC address (the ‘IC-E52C85’
item in this example). You can check the MAC address label at the back of the
camera to distinguish from different cameras, if you have more than one IP camera
connected to your network.
If no camera is found, please go to section 1-6 and 1-7 and check if everything is
correctly configured.
You will see a letter located at the left of camera’s name (‘N’ in the example above),
which indicates the status of each IP camera:
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‘N’ indicates the camera is newly found and not configured;
‘D’ indicates the camera is disconnected, and
‘M’ indicates the camera is connected.
Please select a camera, and the camera’s current setting will be displayed at
‘Information of Camera’ section (right). You can click the ‘+’ sign at the left of ‘Network
Information’ and ‘Wireless Information’ to check respective settings of selected
camera:
If you want to change these settings, please click ‘Detail Setting’ or ‘Setting Wizard’.
If you only need to change the basic network setting, click ‘Setting Wizard’. You’ll be
prompted to input user name and password:
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The default user name is ‘admin’ (you can not change it), and the default password is
‘1234’, and then click ‘OK’ to continue.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Internet Camera
Name
The name of this IP camera. If you have more than one IP
camera, it’s suggested to use the place’s name where
camera is located, so you can identify the camera easily,
like ‘Garden’ or ‘Front Door’. Spaces are allowed.
IP Address Please specify the IP address you wish to assign to this IP
camera.
Subnet Mask Please specify the subnet mask you wish to assign to this
IP camera.
Gateway Please specify the IP address of the gateway of the your
network.
Video Port Please specify the port number for video transmission.
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When you finish setting, click ‘Finish’, and you’ll be prompted that the camera is
rebooting:
The following message will appear after few seconds, if you wish to connect to the IP
camera and see the images captured by IP camera, click ‘OK’; otherwise click
‘Cancel’ to exit.
Please refer to section ** for detailed instructions of Camera Viewer.
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3.3 Detail Setting
Please click ‘Detail Setting’ in admin software for detailed IP camera setting, and
you’ll be prompted to input user name and password:
The default user name is ‘admin’ (you can not change it), and the default password is
‘1234’, and then click ‘OK’ to continue.
3.3.1 Network Settings
The ‘Network Settings’ tab lets you to configure the network settings of the IP
camera.
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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
DHCP Select ‘Enable’ to use DHCP to configure the IP address
of this IP camera via DHCP server automatically; select
‘Disable’ to configure the IP address manually.
Camera Name The name of this IP camera. If you have more than one IP
camera, it’s suggested to use the place’s name where
camera is located, so you can identify the camera easily,
like ‘Garden’ or ‘Front Door’. Spaces are allowed.
IP Address Please specify the IP address you wish to assign to this IP
camera.
Subnet Mask Please specify the subnet mask you wish to assign to this
IP camera.
Gateway Please specify the IP address of the gateway of the your
network.
DNS Server Please specify the IP address of the DNS server of your
network.
Video Port Please specify the port number for video transmission,
default value is ‘4321’.
Web Port Please specify the port number for web management
interface, default value is ’80’.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.2 Wireless Settings (For IC-1520DPg only)
The ‘Wireless Settings’ tab lets you to configure the wireless network settings of the
IP camera.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Wireless Connection Select ‘Enable’ to enable the wireless interface of this IP
camera; select ‘Disable’ to switch wireless interface off. If
the wireless interface is disabled, all setting items in this
tab will be grayed out.
Available Network Shows all wireless devices found, and their SSID (the
name of wireless device) and signal strength. If the SSID
of wireless device is hidden, the ‘SSID’ of the wireless
device will appear blank.
Refresh Click to search wireless devices again. Sometime a
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wireless device will not be shown before you click
‘Refresh’ for several times.
Connect Connect to the selected wireless device in the list. If the
wireless device requires authentication / encryption, you’ll
be prompted to input required information.
Add to Profile Save selected wireless device to profile. However, if the
wireless device you selected requires authentication /
encryption, you need to edit the profile and input required
information before you can connect to the wireless device.
Add Create a new profile. You’ll be prompted to input these
information:
Profile Name: Give the profile a name so you can
distinguish from others.
SSID: Please specify the SSID of the wireless device you
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wish to connect; you MUST know the SSID of wireless
device you wish to connect.
Channel: Select the radio channel number of this profile,
must be the same with the wireless device you wish to
connect.
Network Type: If the network device is a wireless access
point, you should select ‘Infrastructure’; if the network
device is a computer, you can try ‘Ad Hoc’.
Authentication Type: Set the authentication type required
by the network device you wish to connect here (Select
one from drop down menu).
Encryption Type: Select the encryption type required by
the network device you wish to connect here, the content
of drop down menu will vary depend on the authentication
type you selected above.
WPA Pre-Shared Key: Input the WPA pre-shared key of
the wireless device you wish to connect here. Must be the
same with the setting of the wireless device you wish to
connect, or you’ll not be able to build connection. This
option will be grayed out when encryption type is not
WPA.
Key Length: Select the key length of WEP encryption.
Must be the same with the setting of the wireless device
you wish to connect.
Key Format: Key Length: Select the key format of WEP
encryption. Must be the same with the setting of the
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wireless device you wish to connect.
Default Key: Select the default encryption key of WEP
encryption. Available options are Key 1 to Key 4; in most
cases you should use Key 1, unless otherwise instructed.
Key 1 to Key 4: Input the WEP encryption key here in
respective field. In most cases only Key 1 is required.
When you finish with setting, click ‘OK’ to save settings.
Edit You can edit the content of a selected profile.
Delete You can delete a selected profile. You WILL NOT be
prompted before deleting a profile, use with caution.
Activate Activate selected profile (connect to the wireless device
defined in the profile).
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.3 E-Mail Settings
The ‘E-Mail Settings’ tab lets you to configure the E-mail alert settings of the IP
camera. An E-mail will be sent to the address you specified here when the IP camera
detects motion, so you can be alerted by E-mail anywhere & anytime.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Send a Test Email After the settings in this page is complete and saved (by
clicking ‘OK’), you can click this button to send a test
E-Mail to verify if these settings are correct and working.
Recipient E-Mail
Address
Input the email recipient’s Email address here.
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SMTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the SMTP server
(the server that delivers the Email for you) here.
If you don’t know, please refer to the SMTP server you’re
using in your Email software (like Outlook, Outlook
Express etc.), or ask your network administrator or ISP.
Sender E-Mail
Address
Input the Email address of mail sender, this will help you
to identify the Email sent by this IP camera by sender’s
Email address.
NOTE: Some mail server would reject to deliver the Email
from unknown sender, it’s recommended to input your own
Email address here, or any other actual one.
SMTP Authentication Some SMTP server requires mail senders to be
authenticated before they can send Email. If your SMTP
server requires you to do so, please select ‘Enable’, or
select ‘Disable’ to disable it. If you don’t know, please refer
to the SMTP server you’re using in your Email software
(like Outlook, Outlook Express etc.), or ask your network
administrator or ISP.
User Name Please input the user name of SMTP server here, if your
SMTP server requires the use of authentication.
Password Please input the password of SMTP server here, if your
SMTP server requires the use of authentication.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.4 PPPoE Settings
The ‘PPPoE Settings’ tab lets you to setup the PPPoE account required to build a
PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) connection, primarily used by ADSL.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Enable PPPoE Select ‘Enable’ to activate PPPoE function of this IP
camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
User Name Input the PPPoE username assigned by your ISP here.
Password Input the PPPoE password assigned by your ISP here.
MTU Input the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) given by
your ISP here. Ask your ISP if you don’t know what value
you should input here, or use default value.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.5 FTP Settings
When the IP camera detects motion, besides E-Mail, it can send the captured file via
FTP also. If you have a FTP server or has a FTP account with write permission, you
can use FTP server to keep captured image.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
FTP Server Input the IP address or host name of the FTP server you
wish to use here.
FTP Port Input the port number of the FTP server you wish to use
here.
User Name Input the user name of the FTP server you wish to use
here.
Password Input the password of the FTP server you wish to use
here.
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Remote Folder Input the remote folder name on the FTP server here. If
nothing is specified here, all uploaded image files will be
placed in FTP server’s root directory.
Please ask FTP server’s administrator to know which
folder you should use. Certain user name may have
restrictions and therefore can not place the file in the
directory not owned by the user.
Passive Mode Select ‘Enable’ to use passive mode to send file, or
select ‘Disable’ to not to use passive mode to send file.
Some FTP servers require passive mode, if you don’t
know, please ask FTP server’s administrator; most of
FTP servers will work fine with both modes, but if you
found that non-passive mode is not working, you can try
to use passive mode.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.6 Date / Time Settings
You can set the internal calendar / clock of the IP camera, so the camera can keep
correct timestamp when recording the video / capturing the image.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Set Date/Time
manually
Select this option to input date and time by yourself, and
you have to set date and time manually here.
Date / time format is MM / DD / YYYY HH:MM:SS
Time is in 24-hour format.
Example: 24th August 2007 = 08 / 24 / 2007
and PM 9:24:30 = 9:24:30 PM
NTP Server Select this option and the IP camera will synchronize the
internal calendar / clock with time server automatically.
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Please select this option only when Internet connection
is available (Internet can be reached by this IP camera).
Time Zone Please select the time zone of the country / city of
resident from dropdown menu here.
NTP Server Please input the IP address or host name of NTP server
here. You can use default value ‘pool.ntp.org’, or ask
your ISP for the IP address or host name, if they have
one.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.7 Resolution
You can set the resolution of the video / image captured by IP camera. Higher
resolution setting will provide more details of the image, but will consume more disk
storage space and network bandwidth.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Resolution Select resolution from drop down menu, available
options are 160 x 120, 320 x 240 (QVGA), and 640 x
480 (VGA)
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.8 Advanced Settings
You can set advanced network settings like UPnP and DDnS here.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
UPnP Select ‘Enable’ to activate UPnP (Universal
Plug-and-Play) function, so the IP camera can be
located by UPnP-compatible computers / devices. Select
‘Disable’ to disable it.
DDNS Select ‘Enable’ to activate Dynamic DNS function of this
IP camera, select ‘Disable’ to disable it.
Provider Select dynamic DNS service provider from drop down
menu here. Only dyndns.org is available currently.
Host Name Input dynamic DNS host name here.
User Name Input dynamic DNS user name here, must be the same
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as the one you applied on dyndns.org.
Password Input dynamic DNS password here, must be the same
as the one you applied on dyndns.org.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.9 Users
You can change IP camera administrator’s password here. You can also create up to
4 users which only have permission to view the image captured by IP camera, but
can not modify the settings of the IP camera.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Login Name The login name of administrator. This field is grayed out
and can not be modified.
Current
Password
Specify current password here. If current password is not
correct, administrator’s password can not be modified.
New Password Specify new password here.
Confirm New
Password
Specify new password here again.
User Account (1 -
4)
Check the box before ‘User Account (1-4)’ to enable this
user (allow him / her to login), and select ‘Disable’ to
disallow him / her to login.
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Uncheck the user won’t erase the user name and
password, so you can select uncheck someone to
disallow a user from logging in temporarily, without
erasing it’s account information.
Login Specify the user name here. Please use alphanumerical
characters (0 to 9, A to Z, and a to z). Not using symbols
and space.
Password Specify the password for this user here.
Confirm
Password
Specify the password for this user here again.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.10 Tools
Here provides several tools to upgrade the firmware of this IP camera, clear all
settings, or switch LED notification off.
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item Description
Upgrade
Firmware
If you downloaded latest firmware file from our website,
you can click this button to start to upload the firmware
file to the IP camera, and you’ll be prompted to provide
the location of firmware file.
Click ‘Open’ to start uploading new firmware and IP
camera will start upgrading, please be patient. The IP
camera will reboot after the upgrade procedure is done.
Reset to Default Clear all settings in the camera. Please think again
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before you do this, and then click this button to reset all
settings.
NOTE: IP address will be reset to default value
‘192.168.2.3’ also. You’ll need to change the IP address
setting of your computer if the IP address of your
computer does not begin with ‘192.168.2’, and subnet
mask is not ‘255.255.255.0’, or you’ll not be able to
connect to this IP camera again.
LED Light OFF Switch the LED light of this IP camera off, so ‘LAN’ and
‘WLAN’ LED on the IP camera will stop working, in case
you don’t want other people know the camera is
transferring data.
You can click this button again to switch LED lights on
again.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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3.3.11 About
This menu shows the information about the admin software itself.
Click ‘Cancel’ or ‘OK’ to exit.
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3.4 Camera Viewer
The camera viewer is the utility to view the video / image captured by IP camera. Up
to 4 cameras can be connected simultaneously. You can also use this utility to
capture still images / record videos, and store them in the hard disk of your computer.
Before you can connect to any IP camera, you must collect the following information:
IP Camera’s IP address
Video port number
Model No. (This viewer supports IC-3010, IC-1001, and IC-15XX series)
Username and Password
And click ‘IP Camera Viewer’ icon to launch IP camera viewer.
NOTE: If the following message appears when you launch IP camera viewer, it
means your computer does not equipped with DirectX® compatible video card, or
DirectX® is not installed. Please go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx
to download
latest version of DirectX®, if this does not help, please consult your computer dealer
or manufacturer for assistance.
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The user inteface of camera viewer utility looks like this, and consists two parts:
1) Real-time camera video viewer: Displays live video from IP camera, up to 4 videos
from different 4 cameras can be displayed in the same viewer window. Cameras
are arranged in the following order:
1 2
3 4
If any camera is not connected, nothing will be displayed in the corresponding
area. You can use you mouse to change the size of viewer window, to make the
window and the video bigger or smaller. Current date and time will be displayed at
upper-left corner for your reference.
2) Dashboard: Dashboard lets you control the camera; you can change camera view,
Video Viewer
Windows
Dashboard
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capture image, and record video. When you’re playing video, you can control the
video playing by dashboard also.
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3.4.1 Connecting to IP Camera
Before you can view the image captured by IP camera, you need to input camera
information, so viewer utility can connect to IP camera and display the image for you.
Please follow the following instructions to input camera information:
1. Click one of camera number you wish to use:
2. The following setup window will appear:
The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
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Item Description
Name Specify the name of this camera, so you can distinguish
every camera from each other. You can set a different
name in this field, if the camera already has a name.
IP Address Specify the IP address of the camera here, must be the
same with the setting of the IP camera you wish to
connect.
Video Port Specify the video port number of the IP camera here,
must be the same with the setting of the IP camera you
wish to connect.
Model Select the model of the IP camera you wish to connect
here, must be the same with the model of IP camera you
wish to connect.
Username Input the administrator or user’s user name of the IP
camera.
Password Input the administrator or user’s corresponding password
of the IP camera.
Discover Click this button to launch camera discover utility:
Note: Detailed descriptions of other tabs in this window (AV Setting,
Recording, Status, General, and About will be given in section 3.5
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All found camera will appear on the left, select it, then
click ‘Apply’ and discover utility will to input the
information of selected IP camera for you; if you click
‘Close’, the information of selected camera will not be
inputted.
When a camera is connected, its image will be displayed in the corresponding area in
the video viewer window. Repeat steps 1 to 2 to setup more camera, up to 4 cameras
can be controlled by a single camera viewer utility.
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3.4.2 Select the Camera to View and Control
The status of every camera will be shown in the dashboard (the color bar above the
camera’s number):
Where:
Blue indicates the video camera is connected,
Red indicates the camera is recording now.
Pink indicates the video camera’s information has been set
already, but unable to connect to selected camera, or the camera is
being stopped or paused, and
Yellow indicates the camera’s information is empty.
The length of color bar shows the frame rate of connected camera; when the color
bar is longer, the frame rate is higher. A low frame rate may be caused by slow
network connection or simple because there’s too little motion in the environment that
IP camera points to.
If a camera is connected, clicking its number will bring the viewer to single-camera
mode:
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In this mode, only the image of selected camera will be displayed in view window,
and the PTZ control Window will appear, so you can control the pan and tilt of
selected camera.
In PTZ control window, the descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given
below:
Camera Video
View Window
PTZ Control
Window
Dashboard
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Item Description
Zoom Controls
These buttons can change the zoom rate of IP camera:
Zoom in (see more details about a certain place)
Zoom out (see more things which camera can get)
Full view (see everything which camera can get)
Example:
Click full view button to see everything camera can get:
And click zoom in to see details:
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Pan / Tilt
Control
There are 4 directions in pan / tilt control: Up, Down,
Left, and Right. Click the direction button to move
camera to respective direction.
Pan / Tilt Speed This setting will affect the speed when you use pan / tilt
control. There are 5 options available: 1 (slowest) to 5
(fastest).
Preset Positions If you have some places you’ll visit frequently, you can
use this function to save the position into memory.
You have to move the camera to the position you wish to
monitor first, give the position a name by inputting the
name in ‘Position Name’ field, then click ‘Add’.
If you want to recall a preset position, select one of
preset positions from dropdown menu, and then click
‘Goto’, camera will move to the position immediately. If
you no longer need a position and wish to delete it,
please select it from dropdown list, then click ‘Remove’.
Cruise Tour Click ‘Start Cruise Pan/Tilt’ button to start automatic
camera cruise.
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The description of other camera controls on dashboard in single-camera mode will be
given below:
Item Description
Camera Setup
Click this button to setup selected camera. Detailed
instructions will be given in next section.
Quad View
Back to 4-camera view mode.
Reduce View
Window
Reduce the size of camera view window (resolution 320
x 240)
Enlarge View
Window
Enlarge the size of camera view window (resolution 620
x 480)
Rotate View
Flip the captured image upside down (turn 180 degrees),
click this button again to return. This function is very
useful when camera is installed in a upside-down
position.
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Capture
Save current image as an JPEG image file, you’ll hear
the sound of camera shutter release when you click this
button. The filename of captured file will be named as
the time when you hit this button.
Stop
Stop getting image from camera. The camera is still
working when you click this button, but no images will be
transferred to your computer (no data will be sent
through network too). Click ‘Play’ button to resume.
Pause
Freeze the image displayed in view window, the camera
is still working and sending images to your computer
when you click this button. Click ‘Play’ button to resume.
Record
Begin recording video in AVI format. The filename of
recorded video will be named as the time when you hit
this button. Click ‘Stop’ button to stop recording.
Play
Return to normal state when camera is stopped or
paused.
After all settings are completed, click ‘OK’ to save settings, or click ‘Cancel’ to abort
and discard changes.
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Stop
Pause
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