Edimax Technology IC-7000PTn User Manual V2

Mechanical Pan & Tilt IP Camera

User Manual

C A T A L O G

Chapter I: Familiar with your Internet IP Camera............................................................4

1.1 Package Contents.....................................................................................................4

1.2 Basic Introduction......................................................................................................4

1.3 Product Highlights.....................................................................................................5

1.4 Familiar with Key Components ......................................................................................6

1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators ...................................................................................10

1.6 Camera Installation......................................................................................................11

Chapter II: Using Web Management Interface...............................................................14

2.1 Camera Settings..........................................................................................................14

2.2 Pan and Tilt..................................................................................................................17

2.2.1 Preset Points..............................................................................................17

2.2.2 Grand Tour..................................................................................................18

2.3.3 Dynamic DNS.............................................................................................27

2.3.4 UPnP..........................................................................................................28

2.3.5 Login Free ..................................................................................................29

2.4.1 Motion Detection.........................................................................................31

2.5.1 Camera Information....................................................................................36

2.5.2 Date / Time Setting.....................................................................................37

2.5.3 Utilities........................................................................................................37

2.5.4 Status ..........................................................................................................39

2.6 Account........................................................................................................................43

2.7 SDHC…………………………………………………………………………………………..42

2.7.2 Sp ace Alarm…………………………………………………….…………………………..43

2.7.3 File Management...................................................................................................... 43

Chapter III: Using Surveillance Software.......................................................................43

3-1 Installing IP Camera Surveillance Software.................................................................44

3-2 Using IP camera surveillance software ........................................................................47

3-3 Configure IP camera surveillance software..................................................................49

3-3-1 Configure cameras.....................................................................................49

3-3-2 General Settings ........................................................................................55

3-4 Change Display Layout ...............................................................................60

3-5 Full-screen modes.......................................................................................62

3-6 Scan ............................................................................................................63

3-7 Zoom-in / Zoom-out.....................................................................................64

3-8 PTZ..............................................................................................................65

3-9 Snapshot .....................................................................................................66

3-10 Recording..................................................................................................66

3-11 Video Playback..........................................................................................67

Chapter IV: Appendix.......................................................................................................68

4.1 Specification.................................................................................................................68

4.2 Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................69

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 2 Antenna 2 3 Power Adapter 1 4 Ethernet Cable 1 5 Driver and User Manual CD-ROM 1

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 came ra is i nstalled to your monitoring computer, don’t worry! This IP camera also support s wireless network, that is, you can link to this camera wirele ssly! 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 monito ring 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 t he air i s encrypted; therefore no o ne 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!

1.3 Product Highlights

No pre-loaded software required - all you need is a browser like Internet Explorer 6 (and above, with

plug-in installed).

With supplied video surveillance software, you can connect up to 16 video cam eras and view images

captured by every camera at the same time. Supports 3 video resolutions: XGA (1024 x 768), VGA (640 x 480), and QVGA (320 x 240). 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 / 802.11n) support, supports up to 100Mbps for wired

network and 100Mbps 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 and video 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 16 users, and you can set different password to different user. Usage and event logging.

1.4 Familiar with Key Components

Front View

The picture is similar with IC-7000PT

Focus Ring

Microphone

IC7000PTn Power LED Audio LED LAN LED WLAN IC7000PT Power LED Audio LED ACT LED LAN

z Power LED: Indicates power status z Audio LED: Indicates Audio status z LAN LED: Indicates LAN activity z ACT LED: Indicates Data activity z WLAN LED: Indicates Wireless LAN activity z Focus Ring: Adjusts focus

Back V iew

Ethernet Connector

Antenna Power Connector WPS Button SD Card Slot Audio Connector

z Antenna: Connects to supplied antenna (IC-7000PTn only) z Power Connector: Connects to A/C power adapter z SD Card Slot: Accepts SD / SD-HC memory card for image / video storage z WPS Button: click the bottom on IP Cam and click it on the AP you want to connect for wireless z Audio Connector: Connects to external speaker for audio output z Ethernet Connector: Connect to your local area network

ide V iew

Reset Button: Press the button with pen nib and hold for 5 seconds to reset the camera settings to factory default value.

Reset Button

Bottom V iew

Tripod Connector: Connects to tripod to secure the camera when the camera is not put on a horizontal surface.

Tripod Connector

1.5 Descriptions for LED Indicators For IC-7000PTn

LED Name Status Description

Power

Off Camera is not powered (camera off) On Camera is correctly powered (camera on)

Off LAN port not in use

LAN

On LAN port in use

Flash Transferring dat a via LAN port

Off Wireless LAN not in use On Wireless LAN in use

WLAN

Flash at low

speed

Waiting for WPS connection from AP and flash speed is once a second.

Flash Transferring dat a via wireless LAN

Off Audio function is disabled (Volume 0)

Audio

On Audio function is enabled

Flash Two way audio is working

For IC-7000PT

LED Name Status Description

Power

ACT

Off Camera is not powered (camera off) On Camera is correctly powered (camera on)

Off Data is not transfer On Transferring data

Off LAN not in use

LAN

On LAN in use Off Audio function is disabled (Volume 0)

Audio

On Audio function is enabled

Flash Two way audio is working

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. 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.

2. 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 two antennas to the antenna bases, which is located at the back of this IP camera.

4. Place the camera at a secure place, and point the camera to the place you wish to monitor. If you wish to hang the camera on the ceiling or wall, please use the tripod connector (located at the bottom of the camera) to secure the camera.

5. Launch Internet Explorer on your computer, and following the instructions given in next section to set the IP camera.

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.

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Item Description

Specifies the moving speed when you use pan / tilt function to point the camera to a new direction. Available options are 1 (fastest) to 5 (slowest).

Pan/Tilt Speed

Select 1 to move the camera by a faster speed, but you will not be able to control the movement precisely. If you wan to move the camera in a more accurate manner, select a slo wer speed.

Specifies the video resoluti on. Available options are 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 @ MPEG4 or 1280x1024, 640x480 and 320x240 @ MJPG

Higher resolution provides more details about the objects captured by camera, but will consume more bandwidth, which wil l make the image

Resolution

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 the resolution of 320 x 240 may cause the image become 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).

Specifies the quality of image captured by camera. There are 5 options from ‘Highest’ to ‘Lowest’.

Video Quality

Just like resolution, higher image quality will provide more details ab out 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.

Video Type

Frame Rate

Frequency

Flip Mode

Brightness /

Saturation /

Sharpness

Volume

Select the video encoding type. Available options are ‘MJPEG’ and ‘MPEG4’.

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, 15, 10, 5, and 3. If the place where this IP camera points to has a (or 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.

If you’re not putting this camera on a horizontal surface but hang the camera on the ceiling or wall, you can use this function to rotate the displaying image.

Select brightness, saturation, and sharpness from dropdown menu, and click ‘ - ' or ‘ + ‘ button to increase or decrease brightness / saturation / sharpness setting value. In certain environment, adjust brightness, saturation, and / or sharpness will help improve video quality.

Adjust the volume of audio output. Press ‘+’ or ‘-‘ button to increase or decrease volume.

Multi-Camera Display

Click one of these buttons to select 1 / 4 / 6 / 9 multi-camera view. See chapter 2.2.3 for detailed instructions.

NOTE: When you change any setting(s) listed above, please click ‘Apply’ button so the

change(s) will take effect. For following functions, changes will take effect right away.

Pan / Tilt Control

Preset Points

Snapshot

Moves camera to a new direction. Press one of 8 directional buttons to move the camera, and press ‘H’ to move the camera back to ‘home’ (original) position.

You can set up to 9 preset points of camera position; press the number to move the camera to preset point instantly. See next chapter for detail instructions of how to set preset points.

Press ‘C’ and the camera will cruise between all preset points automatically.

Click ‘Snapshot’ button to save the displaying image as an image file, a message box will appear after you click ‘Snapshot’ button, showing the filename and location of saved image file (default filename is current date and time).

Default directory used to save image file is ‘C:\’, you can change the directory by clicking the text input box located at the right of ‘Snapshot’ button:

and you’ll be prompted to select a new directory.

Recording

Speak to IP Cam

Digital Zoom

Fit to Window Size

Press this button to record the displaying image as a video file in AVI format, and you can play the video file back by Windows Media Player. To stop recording, press ‘Stop Recording’ button (the same button). You can also change the directory used to save video file.

You can transmit the voice received by your computer’s microphone to the camera’s external speaker. Press and hold this button, then speak to the microphone. Please note that external speaker must be connected to this camera.

If you wish to enlarge certain portion of the captured image, you can click this button to set digital zoom:

Click ‘Enable’ to enable digital zoom function, then you can drag the slide bar to adjust zoom ratio. You can also use your mouse to drag the zoom area (the yellow square) to reposition the zoom area.

Click this button and the image size will be adjusted to fit the size of browser window.

Full Screen

Click this button to display the image in full-screen mode (uses all available space to display the image captured by this camera).

2.2 Pan and Tilt

This IP camera supports pan and tilt function, as you explored in last section. You can also make the camera move automatically in pan and tilt 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 Preset Points

You can define the camera position and save the position so you can recall the position later again. This camera provides 9 memory slots; follow the following instructions to move the camera and set a new preset point:

UPPER LEFT

UPPER RIGHT

RIGHT LEFT

LOWER LEFT

LOWER RIGHT

DOWN

1. Select a memory slot from ‘Available Positions’ dropdown menu first.

2. To move the camera, click the position of labeled text (not shown on image) on the image to move the

camera to the direction. You may need to set the Pan / Tilt speed to a slower setting, so you can move the camera in a more accurate manner.

3. When you move the camera to the position you want, type a name in ‘Position name’ field, and click ‘Set to

Point n’ (where ‘n’ is the number of memory slot) button to save the position to selected memory slot. After you set the position, you can recall the position from ‘Camera’ menu (click the position number button),

and the camera will move to preset position instantly. If you want to remove a preset position, select the memory slot from ‘Available Positions’ dropdown menu,

and then click ‘Remove Point n’, (where ‘n’ is the number of memory slot you wish to clear p osition setting).

2.2.2 Grand Tour

You can make the camera move between many pre-defined positions, 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 ‘Preset Points’ section (refer to last section for detailed information).

The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:

Item Description

Add Edit

Add a new set of grand tour (see instructions below) Edit a selected grand tour. The parameters for an existing grand tour will be

recalled and you can modify them. Select a grand tour and click this button to start grand tour, click again to stop it.

Start / Stop

fter a grand tour has been started, go to ‘Camera’ menu to see it in action. Only

one 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

Input the name of this set of grand tour here. As you m ay have many set s ofgrand

Name

tour, please give it a meaningful name so you can remember the main purpose of this set.

iew with random

order

Available

positions

Do not visit all positions in this grand tour by order; visit them randomly instead.

Select preset points 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:

View Time: Define the time you wish the camera 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 b y ord er (from 1 to last number, and t hen start from 1 again).

Remove: Remove this position from list. Save: Save settings for this position. Close: Close this window and discard all changes.

2.2.3 Multi-Camera Display

If you have more than one IC-5010 IP camera, you can view up to 9 videos captured by every camera, so you can monitor up to 9 places at the same time.

Before you do this, please collect the following information:

a. The IP address of each camera b. The port (default: 80) of each camera

You can get above information from ‘Network’ menu of each camera, and then you can log onto the web management interface of any camera, and select one type of multi-camera display:

You can select one type of multi-camera display:

video of the camera you logged onto.

than others.

One-camera view: Only one camera’s video will be displayed, and you can only see the

Four-camera view: You can see the video of up to 4 cameras.

Six-camera view: You can see the video of up to 6 cameras, and one camera’s view is larger

Nine-camera view: You can see the video of up to 9 cameras.

Please note that the upper-left camera view always show the video of the camera you connected to and cannot be changed.

The following example uses four-camera view as example, and the video of the camera you connected to is displaying at upper-left view:

The IP address and port will be displayed at the top of camera’s view:

When IP and port information is displayed on the top of camera’s view, indicates the camera is configured. You can also click the image to point the camera to a new position, as instructed in chapter 2.2.1. To point the camera to center position, click ‘C’ mark located at up per-right corner.

If you wish to configure new camera for a specific camera view, please right-click on the camera view and select ‘Add new IPcam’:

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