LG LW352-F, LW355-F Owner’s Manual

OWNER'S MANUAL

High Definition Network Camera

Please read this manual carefully before operating your set and retain it for future reference.

MODEL
LW6324/LW6354 series	LW342/LW345 series
LW332/LW335 series	LW352/LW355 series

1212 (V1.3)

Contents

Introduction....................................................................................	3
Features Chart.........................................................................................	3
Operation and settings..................................................................	4
Before using the system......................................................................	4
Recommended PC Requirements....................................................	4
Accessing the LG IP device.................................................................	5
LG Smart Web Viewer Overview.......................................................	6
Configuration menu overview...........................................	8
Configuring the LG Network Camera Device..............................	8
Accessing the Configuration menu.................................	8
System settings.......................................................................	9
Audio & Video settings......................................................	14
Network settings.................................................................	16
User settings..........................................................................	21
Event settings.......................................................................	23
OSD Menu Setup................................................................................	28
General Operation...............................................................	30
Exposure settings................................................................	31

White Balance settings......................................................	33
Day/Night settings..............................................................	33
3D-DNR setting....................................................................	34
Privacy setting......................................................................	34
Back Focus Setting..............................................................	35
Special menu settings........................................................	36
SCENE mode setting (Option).........................................	38
Reset setting..........................................................................	39
Reference......................................................................................	40
Troubleshooting..................................................................................	40
Open source software notice.........................................................	43
Specifications.......................................................................................	44

2

Introduction

The LG Network Camera is designed to use on an Ethernet network and must be assigned an IP address to make it accessible.

This manual contains instructions on how to install and manage the LG Network Camera in your networking environment. Some knowledge of networking environments would be beneficial to the reader.

Should you require any technical assistance, please contact authorized service center.

Features Chart

This table shows the differences between the models.

	Item		LW6324	LW6354	LW332	LW335	LW342	LW345	LW352	LW355
	VA		No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
	SD Card		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
		SCENE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	OSD	Mode
		ALC2	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Introduction

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Operation and settings

Before using the system

•Before using the LG IP device make sure the connections are correct and verify whether proper power supply is used.

•Check the connections of the LG IP device for the correct conditions.

•Check that the LG IP device is(are) connected to the network and that power is supplied.

•Once the connections are made you need to install the LG client program to the PC from which you want to access the device. The LG Smart Web Viewer program is automatically installed when you connect the LG IP device.

The LG Ipsolute VMS and the LG Smart Web Viewer program are the network program of the LG Video Server and the LG IP cameras.

•To view streaming video in Internet Explorer, set your browser to allow ActiveX controls. If you find this message “This website wants to install the following add-on: ‘IPCam_Streamer.cab’ from ‘LG ELECTRONICS INC’”, Click the yellow bar and install LG Smart Web Viewer Program on your computer. Please set your browser zoom level to 100%.

•The Layouts and the Live view pages may differ with different OS (Operating Systems) and Web Browsers.

•Care needs to be taken not to run any other applications when the Client Program is running as it may cause memory shortage.

Recommended PC Requirements

The LG IP device can be used with most standard operating systems and browsers.

	Items	Requirements
	Operating System	Windows XP Professional,
		Windows VISTA, Windows 7
	CPU	Intel Core2 Quard Q6700 (2.66 GHz) or
		above
	Web Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer above the
		version 6.0 and below the version 8.0.
	DirectX	DirectX 9.0c (Windows XP), DirectX 11
		(Windows VISTA, Windows 7) or above
	Memory	2 GB or above RAM
	Graphics Card	256 MB or above Video RAM
	Resolution	2040 x 1536 (with 32 bit color) or higher

4	Operation and settings

Accessing the LG IP device

You can access the LG IP device by following the below steps.

1.Install LG Ipsolute VMS Program

2.Discover the LG IP device using the IP Utility

The IP Utility can automatically discover and display LG IP devices on your network.

The IP Utility shows the MAC address, IP address, Model name and so on.

Note:

The computer running the IP Utility must be on the same network segment (physical subnet) as the LG IP device.

2.1Run the IP Utility program.

2.2Click the [Search] button or select the [Search] option in the Device search menu.

After a few seconds the found LG IP devices gets displayed in the IP Utility window.

3.Logging in to the LG Smart Web Viewer

3.1Run the IP Utility and find the LG IP devices.

3.2When the LG IP devices appear in the IP Utility window, double-click IP address or right click on the same IP address and select “Connect to Web Page” to start the LG Smart Web Viewer. When accessing the LG Smart Web Viewer, the authentication dialog appears on the screen.

3.3Enter the user name and password. (Note that the default administrator user name and password are “admin”.)

3.4Click the [OK] button and then the LG Smart Web Viewer is displayed in your browser.

Notes:

•You can also access the LG Smart Web Viewer as shown below.

3.1Start your Web browser.

3.2Enter the IP address of the LG IP device in the address bar of the browse.

3.3Enter the user name and password set by the administrator.

3.4Click the [OK] button and then the LG Smart Web Viewer is displayed in your browser.

•The LG Smart Web Viewer needs more time to display it according to the network conditions.

•If the login window is not displayed, check the pop-up blocker. If you set the pop-up blocker, the login window is not displayed. You must allow the pop-ups.

•If you connect the LG Smart Web Viewer for the first time, the Security Warning window is displayed to install the LG Smart Web Viewer program. You must install the LG Smart Web Viewer program for using the LG IP device.

•If your computer or network is protected by a proxy or firewall, the proxy or firewall settings can prevent the LG Smart Web Viewer program. Change the proxy or firewall settings to activate the LG Smart Web Viewer program.

Operation and settings

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LG Smart Web Viewer Overview

Item	Description
	Select the video image size from the
	drop-down list.
	The initial view size is set to D1.
	Displays the current video codec of the
	selected video stream.
	Check this option as the network
	connection type (TCP or UDP). If you
	check it, the client connects to the server
	using TCP connection.
	Select buffering time of live stream.

Click to display the check box of [Hostname], [Framerate] and [Bitrate] options. [Display] is displayed on left top of the live view window in order of selecting options.

Video Analysis

>>Hide: Video Analysis display function is not in use.

>>MD: Displays the Motion Detection function to the live view window.

Note:

When you use the DPTZ function, all of Display function is deactivated for a while.

Click to save the current image in JPEG format on your computer.

1.Click the [Snapshot] button and then the Snapshot window is displayed.

2.Click the [Save] button in the Snapshot window.

3.Enter the file name (JPEG format) and select the folder to save it.

4.Click the [Save] button to confirm it.

5.Click the [Close] button in the Snapshot window to close it.

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Displays the Camera OSD control window. Use these buttons to setup the Camera. This button does not appear on the screen if the login is other than the administrator.

Select the video stream. From the Live view drop-down list, select the desired video image source.

Note:

You can set the stream configurations independently. This would facilitate the user to set the live view at his comfort.

Provides all the necessary tools for setting up the device to your requirements. The user will need administrator level to do this.

Note:

If you want to exit the Configuration menu, select one of the video stream in the Live view drop-down list.

Displays the current surveillance live screen. You can monitor the camera image on the live view window of the LG Smart Web Viewer.

Click this button and drag the area to use PTZ function. Right-clicking the screen will bring up the previous magnification.

(Color icon: On, Gray scale icon: Off.)

1.Click this button to open the folder browse window. Click the button again in next time, video is recorded automatically without selection of folder.

Note:

If you want to change the folder, move to other pages or press the refresh button.

2.Recording button is activated and recording will be started.

Note:

If recording exceed the time(1 hour) or size limit (1 GB), recording is stopped automatically with warning.

3.To stop the recording, click this button during the recording.

Click this button to connect or disconnect the audio communication between the LG IP device and the connected PC.

(Color icon: On, Gray scale icon: Off.)

Click this button to switch the microphone off and on for the computer.

(Color icon: On, Gray scale icon: Off.)

Click this button to switch the sound off and on, for the speaker of the computer.

(Color icon: On, Gray scale icon: Off.)

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Configuration menu overview

The following table shows the list of menu items.

The configuration images are different from each model.

Main Menu	Sub Menu	Note
	Version
	Date & Time
	Maintenance
System	Storage
	Text Overlay	Option
	Log & Report
	Language
	Camera
Audio & Video	Stream
	Audio
	Basic
	RTP stream
Network	TCP/IP
	DDNS
	IP filtering
	SNMP
User	Basic

	Event server
	Sensor & Relay
Event	Motion detect
	Triggered Event
	Scheduled Event

Configuring the LG Network Camera Device

The features and options of the LG IP camera are configured through the Configuration menu.

Only administrator-level users have permission to access the Configuration menu.

Accessing the Configuration menu

Click the [Configuration] button to display the LG Smart Web Viewer configuration window.

Warning

The Configuration setup should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers.

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System settings

Version

Displays the current Model Name and Software version.

Date & Time

Time zone

Set the time difference from GMT in the area where the IP device is installed. Select the time zone in the area where the IP device is installed from the drop down list.

Time mode

>>Synchronize with NTP Server: Select if you want to synchronize the IP device’s date and time with those of the time server called NTP (Network Time Protocol). Specify the NTP server’s name. Click the [Test] button for connection test to the server.

>>Synchronize with personal computer: Select if you want to synchronize the IP device’s date and time with your computer.

>>Synchronize manually: Select if you want to set the IP device’s date and time manually. Select the year, month and date by clicking the calendar button. Set hour, minutes and seconds in the edit boxes.

Notes:

•When system reboot after time setting, time of system could be delayed. If you set the time correctly, set the [Synchronize with NTP server] option.

•Refer to NTP configuration as operation system of the Recording Server when the Recording Server use recording function and NTP server.

Server time

>>Server time: Displays the current date and time of the IP device.

•Save: Click this button to confirm the settings.

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Maintenance

System reboot

Click the [Reboot] button to restart the IP device. It takes some minutes for the IP device to start again.

Restore and backup

>>Backup: To take a backup all of the settings. If necessary, it make possible to return to a backuped configuration.

1.Click the [Backup] button.

2.Click the [Save] button.

3.Follow the instructions on the browser to specify the folder.

4.Click the [Save] button to save the settings.

>>Restore:

1.Click the [Browse] button.

2.Find and open the file in which the configuration setting data is stored.

3.Click the [Restore] button and the system settings will be restored and reboot the system.

Note:

Backup and Restore can happen on IP device having the same version of firmware. This feature is not intended for multi-configurations or for firmware upgrades.

Firmware

>>Upgrade

1.Click the [Browse] button.

2.Find and open the firmware file.

3.Click the [Upgrade] button to update the firmware.

Note:

When you upgrade the system, it may take some minutes to be done. Do not close the browser while the upgrade is in progress. If you close the browser, it may cause a

malfunction. You should wait until the confirmation window is displayed. When the upgrade is finished, the confirmation window will be displayed.

>>Initialize: The [Initialize] button should be used with caution. Clicking it will return all of the IP device’s settings to the factory default values. (Except for the Network settings, PTZ Protocol and Preset settings. The option depends on the model.)

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Storage

Genernal

>>Overwrite: If the micro SD card has insufficient space and this option will be activated. It will overwrite the oldest data.

>>DiskFull Notification: Sends an warning e-mail to the SMTP server when the micro SD card has fully recorded. Select the SMTP server from the drop-down list. You should register the SMTP server on the Event server setting to set this function.

>>Network Failure Recording: Select the check box to activate the micro SD card recording function. If the system does not work with recording server, the system will record the data to the micro SD Card. When the system connect to the recording server again, the recorded data of the micro SD card will transfer to the recording server automatically.

>>Recording Server IP: Enter the recording server IP.

>>Set as NTP server IP: Click this button to use the entered Recording Server IP as the NTP server IP.

Notes:

•The recorded file name is made automatically as the “[Created date of the file]_[GMT Recording Time]+(-) [Value of the Local Time minus GMT Time (Second)]_[Use or not of the Daylight saving time(N/D)][Stream index] [DeleteFlag].DAT” type.

•If the capacity of the SD card remains less than 200 MB, stop recording or overwrite new file after delete old one as [Overwrite] setting. The overwritten file can not play or may malfunction when you download.

•Recorded file on the SD card, is recording 1 frame per second when set video codec to MJPEG.

Device Management

>>Using the micro SD card

1.Insert the micro SD card carefully to the micro SD card slot of the camera.

2.Click the [Mount] button. If the micro SD card is mounted to the system correctly, the [Mount] button will be changed to the [Unmount] button.

3.Displays the information of the[Disk ID], [Status], [Capacity] options.

Notes:

•When the micro SD card is mounted, you should format the micro SD card. After the micro SD card format is finished, you should click the [Mount] button to use it.

•When you use the micro SD card format function, it may not progress immediately. In this case, you should try it again after waiting a few minutes.

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>>Remove the micro SD card

1.Click the [Unmount] button. If the micro SD card is unmounted from the system correctly, the [Unmount] button will be changed to the [Mount] button.

2.Remove the micro SD card from the micro SD card slot of the camera.

Note:

When you use the Unmount function, it may not progress immediately. Operations such as recording of the system and reading of data are required stop time before the Unmount function is activated. You should try it again after waiting a few minutes.

File Format

>>File Format: You can selects the Recording File Format(AVI or DAT). Recording, Search and Download are available according to the setting.

Notes:

•SD Recording or FTP(Video) Sending Format are set according to the setting. When you select to AVI, [Auto Recording function] may not be activated in case of network error.

•IP Camera’s time will be appeared in players based on DirectShow such as Windows Media Player and MPlayer.

File Management

Displays the recorded file of the micro SD card on the list. Click the [Search] button to display the recorded file. The list will be updated when you click the [Search] button.

>>To view the recorded file of the micro SD card

1.Select the search option.

-- All: Search the all recorded files in the micro SD card.

-- Some: You can set the search condition by using the date and time options.

2.Click the [Search] button and then the search result is displayed on the list.

>>Download: You can download the recorded data of the list to your PC. Select a recorded file on the list and click the [Download] button. The two confirmation window is displayed. You should download the all files that the recorded file(*.DAT) and information file(*.INFO). You can download as AVI file according to File format.

Notes:

• It is recommended to deactivate the [Overwrite] function before you download the file. When [Overwrite] function is activated, the downloading file might be overwritten, if the micro SD card has insufficient space.

• The downloaded file can be played by using the LG File player.

>>Remove: Delete file from the SD card.

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Text Overlay

Log & Report

Text Overlay

>>Enable: Set to ON or OFF. Setup menu is appeared when selects ON.

>>Date & Time : Select the ON to display time and date of Client PC.

>>Channel Name: Enter the channel name you want to use. You type the Channel Name, it will be displayed whether you select the ON or OFF.

>>Flickering: Set to On or OFF.

>>Position: You can designate the position of text from drop down list.

•Save: Click this button to confirm the settings.

Log & Report status

The System log provides a summary of the status of the IP device. The unit records the data of the software activity in a file.

>>View Log: Click this button to display the system log information.

-- Download: Click this button to see the log information of system.

>>View report: Click this button to display the report of the system.

-- Download: Click this button to see the report information of system.

Note:

The downloaded file is a UNIX type. If you open the file in Microsoft Notepad, it will display the text as if the file contained no line breaks at all.

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Language	Audio & Video settings
	Camera

Language list

Select a language for the LG Smart Web Viewer configuration menu and information display.

•Save: Click this button to confirm the settings.

Preview

You can preview the camera image on the preview window.

General

>> Contrast: Edit the contrast value from 0 to 100. Selecting 100 provides the image with the highest contrast.

>> Standard: Displays the video standard of the camera. >> CaptureMode (Option): Select the capture mode.

Note:

If you change the CaptureMode option, the Privacy, WDR/ BLC and HSBLC settings on the OSD menu are initialized.

• Save: Click this button to confirm the settings.

• Default: Click this button to restore the IP device back to original factory settings.

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	Note:	constant bit rate.
	The Capture mode is not initialized.	>> Stream quality: If the [Quality] option set to VBR, this option
		is displayed. Select the stream quality from the drop down
	Stream	box, the camera supports five types. (Highest, High, Medium,
		Low and Lowest)
		>> Alias: Enter the profile name you want to use.
		>> Bit rate: If the [Quality] option set to CBR, this option is
		displayed. Edit the bit rate value from 256 kbps to 10 240
		kbps.
		Note:
		If the ‘Bit rate’ is configured too low with high resolution,
		the actual frame rate will decrease because of narrow
	Resolution	bandwidth. So you need to set or change the ‘Bit rate’ to
		high value.
	>> HD: Displays the maximum image size of the camera.
		• Save: Click this button to confirm the settings.
	>> SD: Select the output image size of the camera.
	Profile

>>Enable: Click to activate the stream function.

>>Video codec: Select the video mode (Codec) from the dropdown list. The viewer can choose among MJPEG, H.264 and H.264_HIGH.

>>Maximum frame rate: Set the frame rate of the image.

>>GOP size: It means “Group of Pictures”. The higher the GOP, the better is the video quality of the camera. Edit the value of GOP from 1 to 30. This setting is valid for H.264 video format only.

>>Quality: Select the Quality.

-- VBR: The bit rate may vary depending on the complexity of the video to meet the selected quality.

-- CBR: The video quality may vary in order to preserve a

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Region Of Interest

You can set and streaming the desired area on the live view window to use ROI(Region Of Interest) function. Select Profile4(ROI-1) to Profile7(ROI-4).

>>Enable

1.Click to activate the [Region Of Interest] window. You can add the 4 windows maximum for ROI function.

2.Click the edge or corner of the window box to adjust the window size.

3.Click the [Save] button to save the settings.

Note:

ROI area can not overlap with each other.

Audio

Audio In

>>Enable: Click the check box if you want to send the audio from the microphone input connector.

Note:

The Clients connected to the IP device remain unaffected with additional changes made in the setting.

>>Audio type: Select the codec when you send the audio from the microphone input connector.

Audio Out

>>Enable: Click the check box to output the audio from the speaker.

•Save: Click this button to confirm the settings.

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