LevelOne FCS-1070, WCS-2070 User Manual

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LevelOne

FCS-1070/WCS-2070

Day/Night IP Network Cameras

User Manual

Ver 1.0.0 – 0606

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Before You Use This Product

The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited in your country by law. The Network Camera

is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a flexible surveillance

system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before

installing this unit for its intended use.

It is important to first verify that all contents received are complete according to the list in the

"Package Contents" chapter. Please review “Quick Installation Guide” before the Network

Camera is installed, then carefully read and follow the instructions in the “Installation” chapter to

avoid damages due to faulty assembly and installation. This also ensures the product is used

properly as intended.

The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for those who

have basic network knowledge. The “Troubleshooting” chapter in the Appendix provides

remedies to the most common errors in set up and configuration. You should consult this

chapter first if you run into a system error.

The Network Camera is designed for various applications including video sharing, general

security/surveillance, etc. The “How to Use” chapter suggests ways to best utilize the Network

Camera and ensure proper operations. For the creative and professional developers, the "URL

Commands of the Network Camera" chapter serves to be a helpful reference to customize

existing homepages or integrating with the current web server.

For paragraphs preceded by the reader should use caution to understand completely the

warnings. Ignoring the warnings may result in serious hazards or injuries.

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Package Contents

Network Camera + IR Len

Power adapter

Antennas (WCS-2070 only)

Camera stand

Wrench

Software CD

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Table of Contents

BEFORE YOU USE THIS PRODUCT ..................................................................................................................................1

PACKAGE CONTENTS......................................................................................................................................................2

INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................................................3

Hardware Installation....................................................................................................................................................3

Software Installation......................................................................................................................................................5

Initial Access to the Network Camera ...........................................................................................................................9

Installing Plug-in .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Check Network Settings ...................................................................................................................................................................9

Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access..............................................................................................................................10

HOW TO USE.................................................................................................................................................................11

Authentication..............................................................................................................................................................11

Primary User’s Capabilities........................................................................................................................................12

Main Screen with Camera View .....................................................................................................................................................12

Client Settings................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Administrator’s Capabilities........................................................................................................................................15

Fine-tuning for Best Performance................................................................................................................................................... 15

Opening Accounts for New Users................................................................................................................................................... 17

Build a Multimedia W eb A ttraction Site......................................................................................................................................... 18

Build a Security Application...........................................................................................................................................................22

Definitions in Configuration........................................................................................................................................24

System Parameters ......................................................................................................................................................25

User Group Administration.........................................................................................................................................26

Edit User......................................................................................................................................................................................... 27

Network Settings..........................................................................................................................................................28

General............................................................................................................................................................................................28

HTTP.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 28

Streaming........................................................................................................................................................................................ 28

Wireless (WCS-2070 only)...........................................................................................................................................30

DDNS & UPnP............................................................................................................................................................31

Mail & FTP .................................................................................................................................................................33

SMTP.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 33

FTP.................................................................................................................................................................................................33

Video Codec Parameters .............................................................................................................................................35

Image Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 37

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CCD Settings.................................................................................................................................................................................. 38

Audio............................................................................................................................................................................39

Motion Detection.........................................................................................................................................................41

Application Setup.........................................................................................................................................................42

Weekly Schedule.............................................................................................................................................................................42

Event Operation.............................................................................................................................................................................. 42

Sequential Operation.......................................................................................................................................................................43

Naming rule of snapshot file........................................................................................................................................................... 44

Viewing System Log.....................................................................................................................................................47

Viewing System Parameters.........................................................................................................................................47

Factory Default............................................................................................................................................................47

APPENDIX.....................................................................................................................................................................48

A. Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................................................48

C. URL commands of Network Camera.......................................................................................................................52

Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 52

Style convention .............................................................................................................................................................................52

General CGI URL syntax and parameters.......................................................................................................................................53

Get server parameter values............................................................................................................................................................ 53

Set server parameter values.............................................................................................................................................................54

Available parameters on the server................................................................................................................................................. 55

Application page CGI command.....................................................................................................................................................65

Drive the digital output................................................................................................................................................................... 68

Query status of the digital input...................................................................................................................................................... 68

Query status of the digital output.................................................................................................................................................... 69

Capture single snapshot..................................................................................................................................................................70

Account management...................................................................................................................................................71

System logs..................................................................................................................................................................................... 72

Configuration file............................................................................................................................................................................72

System Information.........................................................................................................................................................................73

D. T ec hnical Specifications..........................................................................................................................................74

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Installation

Hardware Installation

Please verify that your product package contains

all the accessories listed in the foregoing

Package Contents. Depending on the user’s

application, an Ethernet cable may be needed.

The Ethernet cable should meet the specs of

UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in

length.

Connect the power adapter jack to the

Network Camera before plugging in to the power

socket. This will reduce the risk of accidental

electric shock.

Upon powering up, the device runs through a self-test procedure and the front LEDs will blink

between green and red for a few times. If self-test passes, the LEDs will shut off and the

Network Camera will be on stand-by and ready for software installation. If self-test fails the red

LED will blink several times. Refer to Appendix A for troubleshooting.

The Network Camera will first detect Ethernet. If it does not connect to Ethernet, the Network

Camera will try WLAN. During the searching and connecting process to the wireless access

point or station, the LED of the Network Camera will keep red. Until the Network Camera is

connected to the other wireless device, the LED will become green and flash. Operating in

either network mode, the green LED will flash every second as heartbeat to indicate alive.

* This feature supports WCS-2070 only

To install in Ethernet

Make sure the Ethernet is firmly connected to a switch hub. After attaching the Ethernet cable

plug in the power adapter. If the LED turns out to be steady green after self-test, go to next

paragraph “Software Installation”. If the Ethernet is not available, the Network Camera will

switch to wireless LAN mode (WCS-2070 only).

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To install in wireless LAN (WCS-2070 only)

If the Ethernet is not available while power on, the Network Camera will search for any access

point with the SSID “default”. Once any access point is found, the LED will turn green to wait for

installation. If the network environment cannot meet the default settings, install Network Camera

in Ethernet to proceed with wireless LAN configuration.

The Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block with one digital input and one relay

switch for device control. Pin 3 and Pin 4 can be connected to an external sensor device and the

state of voltage can be monitored from the initial state 'LOW'. The relay switches Pin 1 and Pin 2

can be used to turn on or off an external device.

Consult with the dealer of the peripherals for correct installation.

1 SW_COMMON OUTPUT (open from SW_OPEN at

initial state)

(close with SW_OPEN when set DO

to ON)

2 SW_NOPEN OUTPUT (Max. 1A, 24VDC or 0.5A,

125VAC)

3 DI+ INPUT (Max. 50mA, 12VDC)

4 DI- INPUT (Initial state of DI is low)

The Network Camera also provides the auto iris lens connector. If the auto iris lens is used, AES

option in CCD settings must be turned OFF. And you also have to select VIDEO drive or DC

drive lens by select correct iris mode in CCD settings. The pin assignment of the auto iris lens

connector is as follows.

Video Drive DC Drive

1. Ground, Shield 1. Driver -

2. Not used 2. Driver +

3. Video signal 3. Damp +

4. Power source 4. Damp -

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Software Installation

In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator"

refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the

camera.

At the end of the hardware installation, the Administrator must place the product software CD

into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in MS Windows. An auto-run program will pop up (If

the program is not on auto-run, go to the root directory of the software CD and click on

“autorun.exe”).

Click on “Install Software” after the window contains changed, click on “Installation Wizard” to

run installation program.

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Upon Installation Wizard’s start up, a searching box will pop up. This program searches for

product on the same LAN:

After searching, Network Cameras will be

located by the Installation Wizard. There may

be several entries shown in the window. The

Administrator may differentiate the Network

Cameras with the MAC address.

For the MAC number in the “MAC” field, please check the label on the bottom of the camera.

The IP addresses shown in the "Current IP Address" field reflect those on the local network.

They may be from the DHCP server. If there is no DHCP server, the camera will try to find a free

IP address (this takes from 15 second to 3 minutes, depending on the LAN status). The method

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of finding IP address is seeking from 192.168.0.99, to 192.168.0.254. If any of the address

inside this range is free, the Network Camera will be assigned to this IP address, and its subnet

mask would be 255.255.255.0. If none of the addresses is free, the Network Camera will try the

range from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.98. After an IP address is assigned to the camera, the

“Activity” status LED blinks.

The new UPnP function will always assign an IP address for the Network Camera. The

Administrator can click on button “Link to selected device” to connect the I.E. to the camera.

If the camera is not on the Installation Wizard list, click on the “Search” button to search for the

camera on the LAN.

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For more detailed usage of the Installation Wizard, please refer to the user’s manual of the

Installation Wizard.

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Initial Access to the Network Camera

Installing Plug-in

For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for

permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera after a period of time of downloading.

Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook. If the

highest security level is set, the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt.

This plug-in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in the browser.

Users may click on

to proceed. If the web browser does not allow the user to continue

to install, check the Internet security option and lower the security levels or contact your IT or

networking supervisor for help.

Check Network Settings

The Network Camera can be connected either before or immediately after software installation

onto the Local Area Network. The Administrator should complete the network settings on the

configuration page, including the correct subnet mask and IP address of gateway and DNS. Ask

your network administrator or Internet service provider for the detail information. By default the

Network Camera requires the Administrator to run installation every time it reboots. If the

network settings are to remain unchanged, disable the Install option. Refer to “Network settings”

on the System Configuration page for details. If any setting is entered incorrectly and cannot

proceed to setting up the Network Camera, restore the factory settings following the steps in the

“Troubleshooting” chapter of the Appendix.

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Add Password to Prevent Unauthorized Access

The default Administrator’s password is the MAC Address, which marks at the bottom label of your FCS-1070/WCS-2070. The Administrator should immediately implement a new

password as a matter of prudent security practice. Once the Administrator’s password is saved,

the Network Camera will ask for the user’s name and password before each access. The

Administrator can set up a maximum of twenty (20) user accounts. Each user can access the

Network Camera except to perform system configuration. Some critical functions are exclusive

for the Administrator, such as system configuration, user administration, and software upgrades.

The user name for the Administrator is permanently assigned as “root”. Once the password is changed, the browser will display an authentication window to ask for the new password. Once

the password is set, there is no provision to recover the Administrator’s password. The only option is to restore to the original factory default settings.

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How to Use

Authentication

After opening the web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue

window pops up to request a username and password.

The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication

fails. The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience.

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Primary User’s Capabilities

Main Screen with Camera View

The main page layout has two parts:

Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees.

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The Configuration:

“Digital Output”

Clicking on the “On” or “Off” button turns the digital output to either on or off status.

“Snapshot”

Clicking on the “Snapshot” can get a JPEG format image of the current camera view in

another window.

“Client Settings”

Clicking on this button links you to the client setting page, please check the following session

for more details.

“Configuration” Only the Administrator can access camera configurations.

The camera view

The information bar at the top of the camera view shows the assigned caption and the current

date/time. The information bar at the bottom of the camera view shows the current streaming

mode and audio transmission mode. You can push/toggle the talk button to talk to the remote

server. The volume of speaker and microphone can also be adjusted.

Digital zoom

Talk button

Speaker volume

Microphone volume

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Client Settings

There are four settings for the client side.

Media Options - For the User to determine whether to receive video, audio or both. Protocol Options – Which allows choosing on connection protocol between client and server.

There are two protocol choices to optimize your usage – UDP and HTTP.

The UDP protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, some packets

may be lost due to network burst traffic and images may be obscured.

The HTTP protocol must be selected if the network is protected by a firewall which allows only

HTTP Port (80) to be opened. If there is no restriction, UDP protocol is recommended. Generally

speaking, the client’s choice will be in the order of UDP → HTTP. After the Network Camera is

connected successfully, “Protocol Options” will indicate the selected protocol. The selected

protocol will be recorded in the user's PC and will be used for the next connection. If the network

environment is changed, or the user wants to let the web browser to detect again, manually

select the UDP protocol and save, then return to HOME to connect to the Network Camera.

Streaming Options – For users to select the video streaming types. Select “Streaming Video” options, the video connection will keep alive to enable you to see smooth video, while “Single JPEG” options will let you see the video in JPEG format by client periodic update the JPEG image from server according to the “Frame rate” settings. Talk Button Control Style – For the User to determine whether to “click once and talk” or “push

to talk”.

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Administrator’s Capabilities

Fine-tuning for Best Performance

There are a few choices the Administrator is allowed to maximize the capabilities of the Network

Camera. Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best

video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The six factors, “Size”,

“Maximum frame rate”, “Video codec type”, “Key frame interval”, “Fix bit rate”, and “Fix quality”

on the Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance

possible.

For Best Real-time Video Images

To achieve good real-time visual effect, the network bandwidth should be large enough to allow

a transmission rate of greater than 20 image frames per second. If the broadband network is

over 1 Mbps, set the “Fix bit rate” to 1000Kbps or 1200Kbps, or set “Fix quality” at the highest

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quality. The maximum frame rate is 25 fps in a 50Hz system and 30 fps in a 60Hz system. If your

network bandwidth is more than 384Kbps, you can fix the bit rate according to your bandwidth

and set the maximum frame rate to 25 fps or 30 fps. If you are shooting fast-moving images, you

may want to slow the maximum frame rate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data

transmission. This allows for better video quality and the human eyes cannot readily detect the

differences between those of 20, 25, or 30 frames per second. If your network bandwidth is

below 384 Kbps, set the “Fix bit rate” according to your bandwidth and try to get the best

performance by fine-tuning with the “Maximum frame rate”. In a slow network, greater frame rate

results in blur images. Another work-around is to choose “Half” in the “Size” option for better

images, or “Halfx2” for a larger image view. Video quality performance will vary somewhat due

to the number of users viewing on the network; even when the parameters have initially been

finely tuned. Performance will also suffer due to poor connectivity because of the network’s

burst constraint.

In multi-user environment, the user who has poor network performance will receive only the key

frame in MPEG4 format. Try to reduce the key frame interval can improve the frame rate for

poor network performance, but the penalty is the increasing of network traffic. If the server is

running on the Internet, select the “improve efficiency in the multi-user environment” will improve

the efficiency in the multi-user environment.

Only Quality Images Will Do

To have the best video quality, you should set “Fix quality” at “Detailed” or “Excellent” and adjust

the “Maximum frame rate” to match your network’s bandwidth. If your network is slow and you

receive “broken” pictures, go to the HTTP protocol in “Connection type” and choose a more

appropriate mode of transmission. The images may suffer a time delay due to a slower

connection.

Somewhere Between Real-time and Clear Images

If you have a broadband network, set “Fix quality” at ”Normal” or better, rather than setting “Fix

bit rate”. You can also fix the bandwidth according to your actual network speed and adjust the

frame rate. Start from 30 fps down for best results but not below 15 fps. If the image qualities are

not improved, select a lower bandwidth setting.

Select for Motion JPEG

The Network Camera is a camera with dual video codec, they’re MPEG4 and MJPEG. If MJPEG

is selected, the camera will transmit video data in JPEG format. Therefore, it requires higher

bandwidth to view smooth video. General speaking, each normal sized JPEG image would be

3k~12k bytes, depending on the selected video quality and contents. Together with the frame

rate selected, the administrator can control the bandwidth of each connection.

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Opening Accounts for New Users

Protect Network Camera by Passwords

The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can

access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is

necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is intended to be accessed by others.

Type a new word twice in the first field to enable protection. This password is used to identify the

administrator. Then add an account with user name and password for your friends in the second

field. The Network Camera can provide twenty accounts for your valuable customers or friends.

Each account identifies the access right rather than the real visitor. That allows multiple visitors

share the same account of different level. Each account has four kinds of privileges, which can

be set individually. The “I/O access” privilege permits the user to access DI/DO of the server. The “Talk” privilege permits the user to send speech to the Network Camera. The “Listen”

privilege permits the user to listen sounds from the server. You may edit or delete some users

from the third field.

More Flexible Options for Viewers

If you want to have a guest account for viewers only, you just need to add a user without

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password and disable all the privileges. Share the account to your friends to access your

camera.

Build a Multimedia Web Attraction Site

Demo on Multiple Sites – Mid-scale Service

The Network Camera can allow ten visitors on-line simultaneously. After Installation, focus the

Network Camera on any object you wish to share, and tell the visitors to type in the web browser

address. Caution: You may want to maintain your visitor’s list in the security configuration page

to block out unexpected visitors.

Product Demo for E-business – Large-scale Service

If the number of visitors has exceeded the limit, the Network Camera can allow the "overload"

viewers to see the snapshots in JPEG mode, on the homepage. These are still images and will

be refreshed periodically and automatically.

1. Click on “Client Settings” on the homepage,

2. Select “Single JPEG” in “Streaming Options”,

3. Set the snapshot interval to refresh the still image automatically. The longer the snapshot

interval, the better the snapshot mode works for multiple viewers.

If you want to expand to allow in more viewers, the host server should be able to handle large

network traffic, which must handle the picture refreshing from the Network Camera.

If the web space has FTP service

Set the Network Camera up as an FTP client to upload the pictures. The access to the Network

Camera will be independent of the number of viewers and the picture quality will remain

constant.

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1. Click on “Configuration” on the homepage,

2. Click on “Mail & FTP” in the left column,

3. Fill in the FTP related settings including server, server port, user name and password, as well

as the upload path if it is specified by the web space,

4. Click on “Save”,

5. Click on “Application” in the left column,

6. Select the day or days of the week in “Weekly schedule” you want to upload the pictures,

7. Select “Sequential operation” and set the interval,

8. Unselect “FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix” as the upload method and click on

“Save”,

9. The image file uploaded to the web space is named “video.jpg”. Check if the file is

successfully uploaded to the correct folder,

10. Prepare a homepage with the embedded image reference to the image file uploaded via

FTP in advance.

If the web space has no FTP service

An auto-refresh homepage can be used to periodically poll the newest image from the Network

Camera. It is most efficient if using a free web space provider as the FTP service may be

limiting.

1. Prepare an auto-refresh homepage as the following example. The URL of image is http://“IP

address of the Network Camera”/cgi-bin/video.jpg. Modify the IP address according to your

Network Camera. Define the refresh interval according to your network bandwidth for best result.

If the refresh rate is too fast and there is a large number of visitors, this may overload the

Network Camera and slows the response.

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Example of an auto-refresh web page:

<html>

<head>

<title>Example - auto refresh</title>

</head>

<body>

MiniAVServer Demo

</font>

</p>

<!-- Begin of scripts to auto refresh the image. Change the IP address in the image URL and

refreshrate if necessary. //-->

var image="http://192.168.0.203/cgi-bin/video.jpg"; //IMAGE URL

var refreshrate=5; //SECONDS BETWEEN REFRESH

var imgwidth=352; //IMAGE WIDTH

var imgheight=240; //IMAGE HEIGHT

function refresh(){

document.images["pic"].src=image+"?"+new Date();

setTimeout('refresh()', refreshrate*1000);}

document.write('<img src="'+image+'" height="'+imgheight+'" width="'+imgwidth+'"

name="pic">');

if(document.images)window.onload=refresh;

</script>

</p>

</body>

</html>

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Build a Security Application

The Administrator can combine options on

the application page to perform many useful

security applications. There are two trigger

sources coming from attached devices, such

as for motion detection. There are also two

kinds of actions responding to such events,

including uploading snapshots over the

Internet and driving other attached devices.

To upload the snapshots, the User can

choose either email or FTP according to

user’s needs. Both e-mail and FTP use the network settings on the Mail & FTP page. Refer to

the definition section for detail configuration.

1. Click on “Configuration” on the homepage,

2. Click on “Application” in the left column,

3. Check the weekdays as you need and give

the period of "Snapshots begin" time and

"Snapshots end" time to monitor the triggering

conditions every day,

4. Check the “Event operation”. The triggering

condition can be set to detected motion or

status of the attached device,

5. Set the delay before detecting next event to

avoid continuous false alarms following the

original event,

Send Snapshots When Motion is Detected

If no external sensor is available, the Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to

monitor any movement and send snapshots via emails for security check.

6. Click on “Motion detection” in the left column,

7. Check “Enable motion detection”,

8. Click on “New” to have a new window to monitor video,

9. Type in a name to identify the new window,

10. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window corner to resize or the title bar to move,

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11. Fine-tune using the “Sensitivity” and “Percentage” fields to best suit the camera’s

environment. Higher ”Sensitivity” detects the slighter motion. Higher “Percentage” discriminates

smaller objects,

12. Clicking on “Save” enables the activity display. Green means the motion in the window is

under the watermark set by the Administrator and red means it is over the watermark,

13. Click on “Application” in the left column,

14. Check on the window name set in step 9,

15. Check “Upload snapshots while motion detected”, if e-mailing the snapshots is preferred,

16. Check “Send snapshots by email”,

17. Click on “Save” to validate.

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Definitions in Configuration

Only the Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left column will be

explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages.

The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of

configuration. If the Administrator also wants to set certain options through the URL, read the

reference appendix for details.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/config.html

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/system.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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System Parameters

"Host name" The text displays the title at the top of the main page. “Turn off the LED indicator” Check this option to shut off the LED on the rear. It can prevent

the camera’s operation being noticed.

"Keep current date and time" Click on this to reserve the current date and time of the Network

Camera. An internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the

system is turned off.

"Sync with computer time" Synchronize the date and time of the Network Camera with the

local computer. The read-only date and time of PC is displayed as updated.

“Manual” Adjust the date and time according to what is entered by the Administrator. Notice the

format in the related fields while doing the entry.

“Automatic” Synchronize with the NTP server over the Internet whenever the Network Camera

starts up. It will fail if the assigned time-server cannot be reached.

“NTP server” Assign the IP address or domain name of the time-server. Leaving the text box

blank connects the Network Camera to the default time-servers.

"Time zone" Adjust the time with that of the time-servers for local settings. “Update interval” Select hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly update with the time on the NTP

server.

Remember to click on

to immediately validate the changes. Otherwise, the correct time

will not be synchronized.

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User Group Administration

“Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new password

identically in both text boxes. The typed entries will be displayed as asterisks for security

purposes. After pressing

, the web browser will ask the Administrator for the new

password for access.

“Add user” Type the new user's name and password and press

to insert the new entry.

The new user will be displayed in the user name list. There is a maximum of twenty user

accounts. Each user can have four privileges – “I/O access”, “Talk” and “Listen”.

“I/O access” Allows user to control the DO and get status of the DI. “Talk” Allows user to talk to the server. “Listen” Allows user to listen from the server. “Delete user” Pull down the user list to find the user’s name and press

to complete.

“Edit user” Pull down the user list to find the user’s name and press

to edit the user’s

password and privilege.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/security.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Edit User

Type the new password, change the privilege and press to modify the account.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/edituser.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Network Settings

Any changes made on this page will need to restart the system in order to validate the changes.

Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on

"Get IP address automatically" & “Use fixed IP address”

The default status is “Get IP address automatically”. This can be tedious having to perform

software installation whenever the Network Camera starts. Therefore, once the network settings,

especially the IP address, have been entered correctly, select “Use fixed IP address” then the

Network Camera will skip installation at the next boot. The Network Camera can automatically

restart and operate normally after a power outage. Users can run Installation Wizard to check

the IP address assigned to the Network Camera if the IP address is forgotten or using the UPnP

function provided by the Network Camera (MS Windows XP provides UPnP function at My Network Place). As for how to get IP address automatically, please refer to the section of

Software Installation.

General

“IP address” This is necessary for network identification. “Subnet mask” It is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet. The default

value is “255.255.255.0”.

“Default router” This is the gateway used to forward frames to destinations in different subnet.

Invalid router setting will fail the transmission to destinations in different subnet.

“Primary DNS” The primary domain name server that translates hostnames into IP addresses. “Secondary DNS” The secondary domain name server that backups the Primary DNS.

HTTP

“HTTP port” This can be other than the default Port 80. Once the port is changed, the User

must be notified the change for the connection to be successful. For instance, when the

Administrator changes the HTTP port of the Network Camera whose IP address is

192.168.0.100 from 80 to 8080, the User must type in the web browser

“http://192.168.0.100:8080” instead of “http://192.168.0.100”.

Streaming

“UDP audio channel port” This can be something other than the default port 5002 in order to

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work with the port opened by the firewall.

“UDP video channel port” This can be something other than the default port 5003 in order to

work with the port opened by the firewall.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/network.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Wireless (WCS-2070 only)

“SSID” (Service Set Identifier), it is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access Points and

wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) must

use the same SSID. The default setting is default. Note: The maximum length of SSID is 32

single-byte characters and SSID can’t be any of “, <, > and space character.

“Wireless mode” Clicking on the pull-down menu to select from the following options: “Infrastructure” Make the Network Camera connect to the WLAN via an Access Point. (The

default setting)

“Ad-Hoc” Make the Network Camera connect directly to a host equipped with a wireless

adapter in a peer-to-peer environment.

“Channel” While in infrastructure mode, the channel is selected automatically to match the

channel setting for the selected Access Point. In Ad-Hoc mode, the channel must be manually

set to the same channel for each wireless adapter. The default channel setting depends on the

installed region.

“TX rate” This field is for selecting the maximum transmission rate on the network. The default

setting is “auto”, that is the Network Camera will try to connect to the other wireless device with

highest transmitting rate.

“Preamble”, either “Long preamble” or “Short preamble” defines the length of the CRC block

(Cyclic Redundancy Check is a common technique for detecting data transmission errors) for

communication between the Access Point and the roaming wireless device. Long Preamble is

the default setting. Note: High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type.

“Data encryption” Checking the box to enable the data encryption. By default it is disabled. “Auth Mode” Choosing one of the following modes, (Open is the default setting) “Auto” –The selection will apply Shared mode authentication method. This is the most strict

mode.

“Shared” – allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP settings. “Open” – communicates the key across the network. “Key length” The administrator can select the key length among 64 or 128 bits. 64bits is the

default setting.

“Key format” Hexadecimal or ASCII. “HEX” is the default setting. “HEX” digits consist of the numbers 0~9 and the letters A-F. “ASCII” is a code for representing English letters as numbers from 0-127 except “, <, > and

space characters that are reserved.

“Network Key” Entering a key in either hexadecimal or ASCII format. When selecting different

key length, acceptable input length is listed as following:

64 bits key length: 10 Hex digits or 5 characters.

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128 bites key length: 26 Hex digits or 13 characters.

Note: When 22(“), 3C(<) or 3E(>) are input in network key, the key format can’t be changed to

ASCII format.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/wireless.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

DDNS & UPnP

“Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function. “Provider” The provider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please connect to

the service provider’s website to make sure the service charges.

“Host Name” If the User wants to use DDNS service, this field must be filled. Please input the

hostname that is registered in the DDNS server.

“Username/E-mail” The Username or E-mail field is necessary for logging in the DDNS server

or notify the User of the new IP address. Note: when this field is input as “Username” the

following field must be input as “Password”.

“Password/Key” Please input the password or key to get the DDNS service.

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“Enable UPnP” This turns on or off the UPnP function. When UPnP is turned off, the camera

cannot be found through network neighbors in MS Windows XP. If the UPnP network

component is installed in Windows XP, the hostname of the Network Camera will be shown with

bracketed IP address in the Network neighbors. Ex: Network Camera with Pan/Tilt

(xxx.xxx.xxx.96). That is: The hostname of the Network Camera is “Network Camera with Pan/Tilt”, and the IP address of the Network Camera is xxx.xxx.xxx.96, depends on the last value of the IP address assigned to the Network Camera. “Enable UPnP Port Forwarding” This turns on or off the UPnP port forwarding function. If your

camera is behind an NAT router and your router supports UPnP port forwarding, turn on this

option will help you to access your camera.

“Save” Click on this button to save current settings for the DDNS service and UPnP function.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/ddnsupnp.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Mail & FTP

SMTP

“1st SMTP (mail) server” The domain name or IP address of the external email server. “1st SMTP account name” Granted account name on the email server. “1st SMTP password” Granted password on the email server. “1st recipient email address” The email address of recipients for snapshots or log file.

Multiple recipients must be separated by semicolon, ‘;’.

“2nd SMTP (mail) server” The domain name or IP address of another email server once the

previous server is unreachable.

“2nd SMTP account name” Granted account name on the backup SMTP server. “2nd SMTP password” Granted password on the backup SMTP server. “2nd recipient email address” The email address of recipients for the backup server. “Sender email address” The return email address used in the event the mails fail to send out.

FTP

“Built-in FTP server port” This can be other than the default Port 21. The User can change

this value from 1 to 65535. After the change, the external FTP client program must change the

server port of connection accordingly.

“1st FTP server” The domain name or IP address of the external FTP server. The following

user settings must be correctly configured for remote access.

“1st FTP server port” The port to access the external FTP server. “1st FTP user name” Granted user name on the external FTP server. “1st FTP password” Granted password on the external FTP server. “1st FTP remote folder” Granted folder on the external FTP server. This folder is for system

log information and for images captured due to sequential operation or digital input events. The

string must conform to that of the external FTP server. Some FTP servers cannot accept

preceding slash symbol before the path without virtual path mapping. Refer to the instructions

for the external FTP server for details. The folder privilege must be open for upload.

“1st FTP remote folder for motion detection” Granted folder on the external

FTP server. This folder is for images captured due to motion detection events. The

string must conform to that of the external FTP server. Some FTP servers cannot

accept preceding slash symbol before the path without virtual path mapping. Refer

to the instructions for the external FTP server for details. The folder privilege must

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be open for upload.

“1st FTP passive mode” The Network Camera is located inside the network protected by a

firewall, data connection for FTP may be prohibited. By selecting passive mode, the FTP can

bypass the rule and allow snapshot upload to proceed. If the passive mode is selected, the

Network Camera can automatically attempt for active mode, if the external FTP server does not

support passive mode.

“2nd FTP server” The domain name or IP address of the backup FTP server. “2nd FTP server port” The port to access the backup FTP server. “2nd FTP user name” Granted user name on the backup FTP server. “2nd FTP password” Granted password on the backup FTP server. “2nd FTP remote folder” Granted folder on the backup FTP server. This folder is for system

log information and for images captured due to sequential operation or digital input events.

“2nd FTP remote folder for motion detection” Granted folder on the external

FTP server. This folder is for images captured due to motion detection events.

“2nd FTP passive mode” Passive mode setting for the backup FTP server.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/mailftp.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Video Codec Parameters

“Text on video” The text will be displayed in the black bar above the video window with a

timestamp. The timestamp is captured from date and time of the Network Camera that is

maintained by a built-in real-time clock.

“Color” Select either for color or monochrome video display. "Size" There are five options for three video sizes. “Half” is the quarter size of “Normal” and

“Normal” is the quarter size of “Double”. “Half x 2” has the same video size as “Normal” but of a

lesser quality, while consuming less network bandwidth. “Normal x 2” has the same size as

“Double” but of a lesser quality.

“Video codec type” It can be either MJPEG or MPEG4. In MJPEG mode, the video frames are

independent. In MPEG4 mode, there are I frames and P frames. To decode a P frame need the

information of previous frame. MPEG4 consumes much less network bandwidth than MJPEG.

There are five dependent parameters provided for video performance adjustment. "Maximum

frame rate" This limits the maximal refresh frame rate, which can be combined with the "Video quality control" to optimize the bandwidth utilization and video quality. If the User wants to fix

the bandwidth utilization regardless of the video quality, choose "Fix bit rate" and select the

desired bandwidth. MPEG4 video are composed by I frames and P frames as the following

sequence. IPPPPPIPPPPPIPPPP… “Key frame interval” determines how many repeated P frames will appear after one I frame. Large “Key frame interval” can reduce the bit rate, but cause image corrupt longer if there is packet loss while transmission. “Fix bit rate” option and “Key frame interval” option are only available in “MPEG4” mode. The video quality may be

poor due to the sending of maximal frame rate within the limited bandwidth when images are

moving rapidly. Consequently, to ensure detailed video quality (quantization rate) regardless of

the network, it will utilize more bandwidth to send the maximal frames when images change

drastically.

"Flip" Vertically rotate the video. "Mirror" Horizontally rotate the video. Check options both if the Network Camera is installed

upside down.

“Improve efficiency in the multi-user environment” Check this option to improve efficiency in

the multi-user environment when running in the low bandwidth environment. But it will cause

each connection slow a few minutes when connection established.

“Time stamp on video” When selected the time stamp format is:

a) “Size” becomes Normal or Double, “Text on video

hh:mm:ss yyyy/mm/dd”

b) “Size” becomes half, “hh:mm:ss yyyy/mm/dd”

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<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/video.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Image Settings

Click on “Image Settings” to pop up another window for tuning "Brightness", “Contrast”, “Hue”

and "Saturation" for video

compensation.

Each field has eleven levels ranged

from -5 to +5. The User may press

“Preview” to fine-tune the image. When the image is O.K., press “Save”

to set the image settings. Click on

“Restore” to recall the original settings

without incorporating the changes.

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CCD Settings

Click on “CCD Settings” button, the CCD settings window will pop up.

“IRIS mode” selection allows you to select

between DC drive or Video drive to fit your

auto iris lens.

“IRIS level” let users to adjust the aperture

size of your auto iris lens.

“AES” - auto electronic shutter, enable this

will let CCD sensor adjust electronic shutter

automatically. Disable this when auto iris lens

is attached.

“BLC” - back light compensation, enable this

will help to identify objects in front of light

source.

“AGC” - automatic gain control, enable this

to do MAX AGC, otherwise NORMAL AGC is

done.

“FLICKLESS” – ENABLE THIS TO FIX THE ELECTRONIC SHUTTER TO (1/100 NTSC)(1/120 PAL).

Both IRIS mode and IRIS level work only when auto iris lens is attached. In the CCD settings

window, click on “Preview” to see the effect of changing the options. Click on “Save” to set the CCD settings. Click on “Restore” to recall the original settings without incorporating the

changes.

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Audio

“Transmission mode” There are five options to select. For all the modes, only one client can

talk to the server at the same time.

“Full-duplex (Talk and listen simultaneously)” In this mode, the User can talk to the server

while listening sound from the server simultaneously.

“Half-duplex (Talk or listen, not at the same time)” In this mode, the User can talk to the

server or listen from the server, but not at the same time.

“Simplex – Talk only” In this mode, the User can only talk to the server. “Simplex – Listen only” In this mode, the User can only listen from the server. “Disable” In this mode, the audio is disabled in both directions. “Send audio from the active client to all the other clients” In half duplex transmission mode,

select the option to talk to the server and broadcast your voice to all the other clients.

“Improve audio quality in low bandwidth environment” If the Network Camera works in

versatile or low network bandwidth environment, the User can check this option to improving

audio quality by sacrificing some real-time synchronization.

“Audio source” Select source from external or built-in microphone. “Acoustic echo cancellation” In full-duplex mode, the server can play sound from the client

and receive sound from the environment and send to client. Since the sound from the client is

played by server, it will also be received by the server’s microphone and send back to client.

That is the client will hear its echo. Select this option can prevent echo by sacrificing the video

frame rate. “Bit rate” There are three kinds of bit-rate for audio. 32Kbps and 24Kbps are suitable for both

music and speech like audio while 8Kbps are suitable for only speech like audio.

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<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/audio.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Motion Detection

“Enable motion detection” Check this option to turn on motion detection.

Click on this button to add a new window. At most three windows can exist simultaneously.

Use the mouse to click, hold and drag the window frame to resize or the title bar to move.

Clicking on the ‘x’ at the upper right-hand corner of the window to delete the window. Remember

to save in order to validate the changes.

Click on this button to save the related settings. A graphic bar will rise or fall depending on

the image variations. A green bar means the image variation is under monitoring level and a red

bar means the image variation is over monitoring level. When the bar goes red, the detected

window will also be outlined in red. Going back to the homepage, the monitored window is

hidden but the red frame shows when motion is detected.

“Window Name” The text will show at the top of the window. “Sensitivity” This sets the endurable difference between two sequential images. “Percentage” This sets the space ratio of moving objects in the monitoring window. Higher

sensitivity and small percentage will allow easier motion detection.

<url> http://<Network Camera>/setup/motion.vspx

<Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera.

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Application Setup

Weekly Schedule

“Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the following operations. “Snapshots begin at” Set the time to start operations. “Snapshots stop at” Set the time to stop operations. Setting identical begin time and stop time

means 24-hour operation.

“All the time except for the above schedule” Invert the selected schedule. The default setting

of this option is checked.

“Snapshot file name prefix” Specify the prefix name for the snapshot file. Please check naming

rule of snapshot file for more detail.

Event Operation

“Delay second(s) before detecting next event” Set the time delay before restarting to check

on the triggering condition when the current condition is triggered.

“Send pre-event image(s) when event occurs” Specify how many pre-event snapshot will be

sent if events happen.

“Trigger condition” There are four conditions relative to the digital input and three windows for

motion detection. More than one condition can be selected at once. Select the appropriate

digital input condition that suits the characteristics of the external device. “high”, “low” selects

level-triggering via external voltage input. “rising”, “falling” is for edge-triggering. There are three

windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name. If motion detection has not been

set up, it will not be shown. If this happens, clicking on “Motion detection” and a note will show to

direct the User to the configuration page for motion detection.

“Trigger action” There are four options for two types of action. More than one condition can be

selected at once. While choosing to trigger an output alarm, the digital output will short both pins

and complete the external device’s circuit. The normal state is open. Either email or FTP can be

used to command uploading snapshots. The date and time suffix may also be added as an

option. Confirm the external mail or FTP server settings in the network configuration.

“Reset output” Select and save this option to reset the external device at the digital output to

return to the original state.

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Sequential Operation

“Snapshot interval” The Network Camera will send snapshots at the specified intervals to the external server. “Send snapshots by email” This selects the uploading method following the intervals set

above. The snapshot will be attached in the email with the subject title “Periodic snapshots”.

“Send snapshots by FTP” The snapshots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the

file name defined in the next option. This can also be used to refresh the captured images

stored in the external web server to build creative homepages.

“FTP put snapshot s with date and time suffix” This option sets up the snapshot capture date

and time, which can be used to easily differentiate the snapshot file names in either the

sequential or event operation. Please check naming rule of snapshot file for more detail.

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Naming rule of snapshot file

Assume the Snapshot file name prefix is <prefix>

Method

with date and

time suffix

Sequential Event

Yes <prefix>_20050107175903.jpg <prefix>_20050107180653_1_pre.jpg

<prefix>_20050107180654_2_pre.jpg

<prefix>_20050107180655_3_pre.jpg

<prefix>_20050107180659_4_trg.jpg

<prefix>_20050107180700_5_pos.jpg

(according to the sending order)

FTP

No <prefix>.jpg <prefix>_1_pre.jpg

<prefix>_2_pre.jpg

<prefix>_3_pre.jpg

<prefix>_4_trg.jpg

<prefix>_5_pos.jpg

(according to the sending order)

Email N.A <prefix>.jpg

Example:

*** Periodic snapshots ***

From: http://192.168.1.53

<prefix>.jpg: 2005/01/07

17:59:45

Note: Network Camera

<prefix>_1_pre.jpg

<prefix>_2_pre.jpg

<prefix>_3_pre.jpg

<prefix>_4_trg.jpg

<prefix>_5_pos.jpg

Example:

*** Event snapshots: Motion detected

***

From: http://192.168.1.53

<prefix>_1_pre.jpg 2005/01/07