IR Internet Camera
ICA-302
User’s Manual
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Revision
User’s Manual for PLANET Infrared Internet camera
Model: ICA-302
Revision 1.0
Part No. EM-ICA302V1
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................1
Overview ............................................................................................................................1
Physical Details..................................................................................................................3
Package Contents ..............................................................................................................4
CHAPTER 2 BASIC SETUP...................................................................................................5
System Requirements........................................................................................................ 5
Installation.........................................................................................................................5
Setup...................................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 3 ADVANCED VIEWING SETUP...................................................................10
Introduction.....................................................................................................................10
Adjusting the Video Image.............................................................................................10
Controlling User Access to the Video Stream............................................................... 13
Making Video available from the Internet....................................................................14
CHAPTER 4 WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT....................................................................18
Introduction.....................................................................................................................18
Connecting to ICA-302....................................................................................................18
Welcome Screen...............................................................................................................19
Viewing Area ...................................................................................................................20
Control Panel Screen.......................................................................................................21
Advanced Functions Area...............................................................................................22
Camera setting Menu......................................................................................................22
System Screen..................................................................................................................23
Camera Screen.................................................................................................................25
Network Screen................................................................................................................27
User Screen ...................................................................................................................... 31
IP Filter Screen................................................................................................................31
FTP Client Screen ...........................................................................................................33
SMTP Screen...................................................................................................................35
Schedule Setting Screen..................................................................................................36
Motion Detection Screen.................................................................................................36
Time Setting Screen.........................................................................................................38
Popup Screen...................................................................................................................39
Firmware upgrade Screen..............................................................................................40
Factory Default Screen....................................................................................................42
Reboot...............................................................................................................................42
ActiveX Control............................................................................................................... 44
CHAPTER 5 CLIENT UTILITY..........................................................................................54
INSTALLATION............................................................................................................54
HOW TO USE.................................................................................................................58
APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................................73
Appendix A Troubleshooting.........................................................................................73
APPENDIX B BANDWIDTH CALCULATION .................................................................76
Appendix B: Bandwidth Calculation.............................................................................76
APPENDIX C SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................77
Appendix C: Specifications.............................................................................................77
TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, NTP, DNS, DDNS, ARP, DHCP, PPPOE.................................78
Chapter 1
Introduction
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This Chapter provides details of the ICA-302's features, components
and capabilities.
Overview
This ICA-302 IR Network Camera is an inexpensive fully scalable surveillance
technology. Because the Network Cameras can be plugged in to your existing
computer network infrastructure, you will potentially save thousands of dollars on
unnecessary cabling. By using IR technology, this Network Camera is not only
working on day but also on night.
The ICA-302 is accessible via the Internet connection. Connect your ICA-302 directly
to a computer network or DSL modem, and with a standard Web browser you get
instant, on demand video streams. Within minutes you can set up the Network
Camera to capture a video image to a PC. Live video images can be uploaded to a
website to see on condition that network is available.
Network Camera applications
Features
• Ease to use
Plug-N-Watch capability to simplify system integration in an existing network
environment.
Greater image quality in day and night with longer life span
•
ICA-302 can be deployed in many different situations, such as library, train station
or factory production line to provide efficient, human-resource reducing, and
offers flexibility, affordability, and reliability for the proper surveillance of
manufacturing facilities.
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• 20M IR distance
The effective range could be 20 -25 meters.
• Multi-Platform support
Supporting TCP/IP networking, SMTP e-mail, FTP uploading and HTTP public
network standards, ICA-302 can be applied and utilized to a mixed IP network
environment.
• Motion Detection
This feature will send you alert message when motion is detected. The ICA-302
will compare consecutive frames to detect changes caused by the movement of
large objects.
• High quality video compression
ICA-302 delivers complete, high quality images in JPEG format, which can be
viewed using standard web browser.
Internet Features
• User-definable administration port number.
This allows Internet Gateways to use “port mapping” so the ICA-302 and a Web
Server can share the same Internet IP address.
DDNS Support
•
In order to view video over Internet, user must know the Internet IP address of the
gateway used by ICA-302. An easy-to-remember DDNS (Dynamic DNS) name
will help you memorize your site more easily.
NTP (Network-Time-Protocol) Support
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NTP allows the ICA-302 to calibrate its internal clock from an Internet Time-
Server. This ensures that the time stamp on the recorded video from the ICA-302
will be correct.
Security Features
• User Authentication
If desired, the camera access can be restricted to known users. Users will have
to enter their username and password before being able to view the video stream.
Up to 10 users can be entered.
IP Filter
•
The camera access not only can be restricted by username/password, but also
can be limited by the IP range to bring users more security.
Application
• Remote monitoring via Web browser
• Powerful central management software – Cam View
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Physical Details
Rear Panel
Network Cable
RJ-45
RS-485
Composite Video
Output (BNC
connector)
Electric Plug
ICA-302 Rear Panel
This Ethernet port can detect or negotiate the transmission
speed of the network automatically. Please use Category 5
“straight through” cable to connect the Network Camera to a
100Mbps Fast Ethernet network switch or hub.
To connect to an indoor/outdoor Pan/Tilt scanner unit.
Red: D- , Blue: D+
Use BNC video cable to connect the Network Camera with a
TV monitor.
The power is 12V DC. Please use the attached power adapter
only. Otherwise, the improper power adapter may damage the
Network Camera.
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Package Contents
The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing,
please contact your dealer immediately.
• PLANET ICA-302 Camera x 1
• Wall mount x 1
• Installation software and manual CD x 1
• Quick installation guide x 1
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Chapter 2
Basic Setup
This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-302.
System Requirements
• To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100BaseT hub or switch is required.
• System Requirement for viewer:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
• VGA Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 (for
Master Vision)
• Pentium III 800MHz or above
• Memory Size: 128MB or above
• VGA card resolution: 800x600 or above
• Windows 2000, XP
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System
Hardware
Note: The listed information is minimum system requirements only.
Actual requirement will vary depending on the nature of your
environment.
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Installation
STEP 1. Install the ICA-302 camera to a desired location
STEP 2. Plug-in Network Cable into a network device, ex: hub / switch.
STEP 3. Connect power adapter to provided power cable then to power socket.
STEP 4. If you need to control additional RS-485 device; connect RS485 two wires to
RS485, Red: D- , Blue: D+
STEP 5. If required, connect video BNC connector to local TV or monitor for displaing.
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Setup
Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or using the supplied
IPEditV3 utility. This utility can locate the ICA-302 even if its IP address is invalid for
your network. You can then configure the ICA-302 with appropriate TCP/IP settings for
your LAN.
Subsequent administration can be performed with your Web browser, as explained in
Chapter 4 - Web-based Administration.
Setup Procedure
Before setup operations
The ICA-302 provides GUI (Web based, Graphical User Interface) for machine
management and maintenance.
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1. Default LAN interface IP address of ICA-302 is 192.168.0.20. Setup the monitoring
PC network within this same segment 192.168.0.xx. You may now open your web
browser, and insert http://192.168.0.20 in the address bar of your web browser to
logon ICA-302 web configuration page.
2. ICA-302 will prompt for User Name and Password, please enter admin as
username and leave blank for password to continue machine Web Management.
Current firmware supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, the Netscape
Navigator support is planned in the future firmware release
3. The IE Web Page will display the “Security Warning” window, select “Yes” to install
and run the ActiveX control into your PC if you first time use this camera.
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4. After the ActiveX control was installed and ran, the main screen will be displayed.
5. Now, you login to the Network Camera as a full-authorized administrator. You can
enter “Setting” to change the password and setup “Administrator” or “User” authority.
Please refer to “Setting” Î “User” and “IP Filter”.
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IPEditV3 Utility
Or you may execute IPEditV3 to discover/edit IP address of ICA-302.
Procedures of IPEdit utility
• Please find the IPEditV3.exe in the Utility folder on user’s manual CD
• Execute the IPEditV3.exe
• Choose the target camera, the IP address and device name can be modified.
• After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web browser. Or using
the default IP address.
Setup ActiveX to use the ICA-302
The ICA-302 web page communicates machine via ActiveX control. The ActiveX
control must be downloaded from ICA-302 and installed on your PC. Your Internet
Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly. To use the
Network Camera, user must setup his IE browser as follows:
From your IE browse Î ”Tools” Î ”Internet Options…” Î ”Security” ΔCustom
Level…”, please setup your “Settings” as follow.
Set the first 3 items
• Download the signed ActiveX controls to Prompt
• Download the unsigned ActiveX controls to Prompt
• Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt
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By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for Network Camera.
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Chapter 3
Advanced Viewing Setup
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This Chapter provides information about the optional settings and
features for viewing video via the Web browser. This Chapter is for
Administrators only.
Introduction
After finishing the network setup, the ICA-302 can immediately be used by all users on
your LAN.
This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live video:
• Adjusting the video image
• Controlling user access to the live video stream
• Making video available from the Internet
Adjusting the Video Image
If necessary, the ICA-302 administrator can adjust the video image. Settings are
provided for:
• Image size - Select the desired size. The larger sizes require greater bandwidth.
• Image quality - This determines the degree of compression applied to the Video
stream. Higher quality requires greater bandwidth.
• Saturation, Sharpness, Contrast, Hue adjustment
To Adjust the Video Image:
1. Connect to the ICA-302 via Internet Explorer.
2. On the Setting menu, select Camera. You will see a screen like the example
below.
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Camera setting
3. Make the required adjustments, as explained below, and save your changes.
Camera Setting
PTZ Type
ICA-302 can connect with external scanner to control PT
through RS485 bus. There are some protocols supported and
will add more models in gradually.
Camera PT
User can control the direction of Pan and Tilt. Reverse Pan:
Check this option to reverse pan direction.
Reverse Tilt: Check this option to reverse tilt direction.
Image Size
Select the desired video resolution. The default resolution is
set to 320*240.
Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧
640x480
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Image Quality
Image, Mirror,
Focus Mode,
White Balance
Mode, Exposure
Mode
Saturation,
Sharpness,
Contrast, Hue
Options
Audio, Camera
tour
Reset to default
Select the desired image quality. The default Image Quality is
set to Standard.
Available selection:
• Clarity: Video is better but frame rate may be slower
• Fluency: Video is not as good as Clarity but frame rate
may be higher
• Default: System default value.
Note: Higher image quality requires more bandwidth.
These function buttons are reserved for PTZ model. It’s not
functional in ICA-302.
Image quality adjustment, the parameter ranges from 0 to 255
These functions are not available for this model.
If this option is enabled, all the settings in this page will be
reset to factory default values.
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Please check the appendix A for more information on the image
adjustment.
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Controlling User Access to the Video Stream
By default, only system administrators can connect to the ICA-302 and view live video.
If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring each user
to login to the ICA-302 with their individual username and password.
To Enable this feature:
1. Connect to the Web-based interface of the ICA-302. (Please check related
chapters for details.)
2. In machine Setting menu, select User.
3. You may add up to 10 users in machine database, choose the user number, and
enter the name, password and access right for each user.
User Setting Screen
Operation
• The username of “Administrator” is fixed as “admin”. User can modify the
password of “Administrator”.
• When each user connects, they will be prompted for their username and password.
They must enter the name and password defined on the User screen above.
• The camera system administrator can have full access/system modification
privileges; the user only has viewing privilege.
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Making Video available from the Internet
If your LAN is connected to the Internet, typically by a Broadband Gateway/Router and
Broadband modem, you can make the ICA-302 available via the Internet.
ICA-302 Setup
The ICA-302 configuration does NOT need to change, unless:
• You wish to change the port number from the default value (1024).
• You wish to use the DDNS (Dynamic DNS) feature of the ICA-302.
Second HTTP Port Configuration
Normally, HTTP (Web) connections use port 80. Since the ICA-302 uses HTTP, but
port 80 is likely to be used by a Web Server, you can use a different port for the ICA-
302. This port is called the "HTTP Port2". (The first port is port 80.)
The HTTP port2 is disabled in default settings. If you prefer to use a different port
number than port 80, you can specify the port number on the ICA-302's Network
screen, as shown below.
Network Screen
The Network screen is part of the Web-based Administration interface. See Chapter 4
Web-based Management for further details on using this function.
Viewers need to know this port number in order to connect and
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view live video, so the current communication port number has to
be informed to the remote users to connect to.
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DDNS (Dynamic DNS)
Many Internet connections use a "Dynamic IP address", where the Internet IP address
is allocated whenever the Internet connection is established.
This means that other Internet users don't know the IP address, so can't establish a
connection.
DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to connect to your LAN
using a domain name, rather than an IP address.
To use DDNS:
1. Register for the DDNS service with a supported DDNS service provider. You can
then apply for, and be allocated, a Domain Name.
2. Enter and save the correct DDNS settings on the DDNS Setting screen in the
Network setting menu.
3. Operation is then automatic:
• The ICA-302 will then automatically contact the DDNS server whenever it
detects that the Internet IP address has changed, and inform the DDNS server
of the new IP address.
• Internet users can then connect to your LAN using the Domain Name
allocated by the DDNS service provider.
• Limitation: if the ICA-302 is installed with private IP address behind the NAT
router, please find and enable the DDNS feature on the router. This can
prevent the remote users from not be able to connect to the camera.
• Current supported DDNS service provider:
www.dyndns.org , www.no-ip.com
DDNS Setting Screen
Router/Gateway Setup for remote viewing
Your Router or Gateway must be configured to pass incoming TCP (HTTP)
connections (from remote viewers) to the ICA-302. The Router/Gateway uses the Port
Number to determine which incoming connections are intended for the ICA-302.
This feature is normally called Port Forwarding or Virtual Servers in the router. The
Port Forwarding/Virtual Server entry tells the Router/Gateway that incoming TCP
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connections should be passed to the ICA-302. If necessary, check the user manual for
your Router/Gateway for further details.
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The "Port" for the Port Forwarding / Virtual Server entry above is
the “HTTP Port2" number specified on the Network screen of the
ICA-302.
Viewing via the Internet
Clients (viewers) will need a broadband connection for viewing the camera; dial-up
connections are not recommended for the online video display.
Using your Web Browser
If using your Web browser, you need to know the address of the camera (either the
Internet IP address or the Domain name) and the correct communication port n umber.
Enter the address of the ICA-302 and its port number, in the Address (or Location)
field of your Browser.
Example - IP address:
HTTP://203.70.249.52:1024
Where the Router/Gateway's Internet IP address is 203.70.212.52 and the "HTTP
Port2" number on the ICA-302 is 1024.
Example - Domain Name:
HTTP://ica302.dyndns.org: 1024
Where the Router/Gateway's Domain name is ica302.dyndns.org and the " HTTP
Port2" number on the ICA-302 is 1024.
Using the Windows Viewing/Recording Utility
If using the CamView Utility, the details of the ICA-302 must be entered on the Internet
tab of the Add Camera screen.
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CamView - Add Camera Screen
You can then select the camera in the Cameras list on the main screen, and click OK
to establish a connection and view live video.
Please check respective chapter for further details of viewing Video using either the
Windows Viewing/Recording utility or Web Browser.
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Chapter 4
Web-based Management
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This Chapter provides Setup details of the ICA-302’s Web-based
Interface. This Chapter is for Administrators only.
Introduction
The ICA-302 can be configured using your Web Browser. This must have an IP
address, which is compatible with your PC.
Connecting to ICA-302
• Use the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA-
302
• Once connected, you can add the ICA-302 to your Browser's Favorites or
Bookmarks.
Connecting using your Web Browser
1. Start your web browser.
2. In the Address box, enter "HTTP://" and the IP Address of the ICA-302,
3. Example for default setting:
HTTP://192.168.0.20
4. Default username/password for machine login: admin/ <no password>
5. If the Administrator ID and Password have been assigned, enter the name and
password you assigned.
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Welcome Screen
When you connect, the camera Home screen will be displayed.
The Home screen can be divided into three areas:
• Viewing Area - Images from the Network Camera
• Control Panel Area - Network Camera Manipulation and image quality control
• Advanced Functions area - only available for administrator. Camera
administrator can have full configuration in this menu.
These options are explained in the following sections.
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Viewing Area
This welcome screen is displayed when you log in machine
Viewing Area Screen
• The ICA-302 web page requires ActiveX control to display the video content. The
ActiveX control must be downloaded from the camera and installed on your PC.
• The security settings on the Internet Explorer must allow the ActiveX plug in to be
functional. Please refer to the chapter 2 Basic Setup.
• After the ActiveX installation completed, video content will start playing
automatically. Due to various network conditions, the video display may be a delay
of a few seconds while the video stream is buffered.
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Control Panel Screen
When you connect, the camera control panel screen will be displayed.
Camera direction Up, Down, Left, Right, Home
Camera moving speed adjustment (If using
external scanner)
Adjust camera focus Recall/Preset Mode
Camera Preset/Recall positions
Frame rate adjustment via image quality
Video Resolution
Video Brightness adjustment positions
Audio feature On/Off
Camera Control Panel Screen
The function on the control panel can be shown below:
Button Definition
Camera
Direction
Camera
Speed
Recall/Preset
mode
Control camera up/down/left/right and home position
Increase/decrease the camera Pan/Tilt speed
Preset: set up camera fixed locations before operation
Recall: Set camera position to preset location
Adjust Video resolution
The ICA-500 provides 4 resolutions:
Video
Resolution
640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144
For NTSC camera: 320x240 is suitable
For PAL camera: 352x288 and 176x144 are suitable
However, all resolution are available for NTSC and PAL
camera
Preset or
Recall
positions
Video
Brightness
Preset or Recall camera 1~16 location(s)
Ex. If you press 5, then the camera will move to preset
location 5.
Adjust Camera video brightness
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Adjustment
Adjust image quality.
Image
quality
Frame rate
adjustment
directly
Audio On/Off
Clarity: Video is better but frame rate may be slower
Fluency: Video is not as good as Clarity but frame rate may
be higher
Standard: System default value
Adjust video frame rate via giving a number directly.
1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
Turn on/off audio output function.
Note: The Microphone is located on the rear panel. You
need to position the MIC hole face to the audio source to
have better audio quality.
Advanced Functions Area
The Advanced Functions menu offers more features and camera control privileges
to meet various application demands.
Note
: Only available for administrator
Advanced Functions Screen
Three categories are contained:
Setting
Trigger
Capture
System Configuration (Basic Setting , Application)
Send out current message or setup activities
Capture current screen and save to HDD or other media
Camera setting Menu
Clicking on Setting on the menu provides privileges to all the settings for the ICA-302.
The Setting menu is divided into 2 categories: Basic and Application settings:
The Basic menu provides essential configurations of the ICA-302, and the Application
menu is provided for various applications. Click on each button to display its setting
page.
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Basic Setting
Parameters in the Basic configuration menu provide machine adjustment; the
available configurations are listed below:
Basic Setting
Symbol Item Action
System
Camera
Network
User
IP Filter
System Screen
Click on the System menu, you will see a screen like the example below.
Define Frame Rate, camera name and view system log
file.
Adjust camera parameters.
Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off,
DDNS and PPPoE
Setup user name, password and login privilege.
Setup legal IP address of user login (This function
should be used with function “User” altogether)
System Settings
System ID
System Screen
Product serial number
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Camera Name
Default frame
rate
Log
This displays the name for the ICA-302; camera name is useful
while multiple units are used.
The default frame rate in ICA-302 is 30fps, the video frame rate
can be adjusted in this menu or on the Control panel menu
Administrator can check the log information in machine,
including the Main Info, Appended Info, Operator IP, Operator
MAC, and Time.
Select the “View” button to check the log file.
Log Screen
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Camera Screen
Click on the Camera menu, you will see a screen like the example below
Note: please adjust carefully to have proper machine configurations.
Data - Camera Screen
Camera Setting
PTZ Type
Camera PT
Image Size
ICA-302 can connect with external scanner to control PT
through RS485 bus. There are some protocols supported and
will add more models gradually.
User can control the direction of Pan and Tilt.
Reverse Pan: Check this option to reverse pan direction.
Reverse Tilt: Check this option to reverse tilt direction.
Select the desired video resolution. The default resolution is
set to 320*240.
Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧
640x480
Camera Screen
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Image Quality
Image, Mirror,
Focus Mode,
White Balance
Mode, Exposure
Mode
Saturation,
Sharpness,
Contrast, Hue
Options
Audio, Camera
tour
Reset to default
Select the desired image quality. The default Image Quality is
set to Standard.
Available selection:
• Clarity: Video is better but frame rate may be slower
• Fluency: Video is not as good as Clarity but frame rate
may be higher
• Default: System default value.
Note: Higher image quality requires more bandwidth.
These functions are available for PTZ Network Camera only.
It’s not functional for this model.
Image quality adjustment, the parameter ranges from 0 to 255
These functions are not available for ICA-302.
If this option is enabled, all the settings in this page will be
reset to factory default values.
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Network Screen
You may configure Network setting such as IP address, DHCP, DDNS and
PPPoE in the Network setting page.
Data - Network Screen
Network Settings
DHCP
IP address,
Subnet mask,
Default
gateway,
Primary DNS,
Secondary
DNS
HTTP Port 1,
HTTP Port 2
“DHCP OFF” is default network setting of the Network Camera, if
users choose “DHCP ON” when a ICA-302 is joined into the
LAN, it will issue the DHCP packets to request an IP address
that is dynamically assigned by the DHCP server. If it can not
get a DHCP address on a limited tries, the ICA-302 will assigned
a default IP address as the default IP address.
These parameters allow users to setup the IP address assigned
by ISP. Your ISP should provide all the information requied for
Internet access.
Note: User need to reboot the IC-302 to make this setting to
take effect.
Users could assign the port number of http protocol, and the
WAN users should follow the port number to login.
Network screen
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DDNS Setting
The DDNS is designed to solve dynamic IP problem, by allowing users to connect to
your ICA-302 using a friendly domain name, rather than an numeric IP address.
Please refer to the chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup Æ Making Video available from
the Internet.
Network Settings
Enable DDNS
Username,
Password
Domain Name
HTTP Proxy,
Proxy
Username,
Proxy
Password
Enable or disable DDNS function.
Enter the Username/Password for your DDNS account.
Enter the host name assigned by DDNS service provider.
Enter the parameter assigned by DDNS service provider.
DDNS screen
PPPoE Setting
A standard builds on Ethernet and Point-to-Point network protocol
It allows a local PC with xDSL or cable connects with broadband network. Also this
local PC gets a dynamic IP address. For more PPPoE and Internet configuration,
please consult your local dealer or ISP.
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PPPoE screen
The ICA-302 can directly connect to the ADSL, however, PPPoE setting should be
setup first in LAN environment, and then connect to the ADSL modem. Power on
again, then the ICA-302 will dial up to the ISP connect to the WAN through the ADSL
modem.
The procedures are as following:
• Connect ICA-302 to the LAN by DHCP or Fixed IP. Please refer to the chapter 2
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Basic Setup
• Access the ICA-302 via web browser, enter Setting Î Network.
• Select “PPPoE Setting”.
• Input the “User” and “Password” which are provided by your local ISP.
• Select the “Send Mail after dialed”, and input the “Mail Server“ and the related
information fields.
• If the mail server needs authentication, then the check box of “Password” needs
to be checked, and input the password.
• Input both the “Sender email”, “Receiver email” is required.
• The “Subject” field can be modified.
• Select “Save” to save the setting.
• If the ADSL Modem and ICA-302 were connected with a hub, after all the
information were inputted, then you can press “Dial” to do the PPPoE dial.
Setup.
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If the PPPoE option “Send mail after dialed” is selected, then when PPPoE dials up to
ISP successfully, a mail that contains the Dialup IP Address/ Netmask/ Gateway
address/ DNS Server address will be mailed to preset e-Mail address.
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Please consult your ISP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE/IP
address related information, and input carefully. If Internet
connection cannot be established, please check the physical
connection or contact the ISP service staff for support
information.
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User Screen
This User setting can set up to 10 different usernames and passwords. Every one set
of username and password can be acted as an Administrator or just a general user.
Please refer to the chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup
the Video Stream.
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Controlling User Access to
IP Filter Screen
The IP filter can set 10 different user’s IP address, which are allowing enter
or disregarding by the ICA-302. Please configure “User” before “IP Filter”.
Each “User” username and password matches with one “IP Filter” user.
User Screen
IP Filter Screen
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Function Notification
The page of user setting is very closely related to the IP filter settings. While the
administrators are setting these two pages, they should notice that login authorities
are not only based on the login names but also the range of IP addresses.
Administrators could reject login users according to both login names and IP
addresses. The administrator accounts have the supreme power; system will always
accept no matter how IP filter setting was set.
Several examples to explain the logical relations between login names and the IP
policy:
-1-.
User page: Login name 1= 12345, Password=12345, Access Authority=any
IP filter page: Default Policy=Allow, login name1 comes from 192.168.0.A to B=Allow
Result: when the remote users login in the name of 12345 and come from the IP
addresses 192.168.0.A to 192.168.0.B, login will be successful. If these users did not
come from the IP addresses A to B, login access will be rejected.
-2-.
User page: Login name 1= 12345, Password=12345, Access Authority=any
IP filter page: Default Policy=Allow, login name1 comes from 192.168.0.A to B=Deny
Result: when the remote users login in the name of 12345 and come from the IP
addresses 192.168.0.A to 192.168.0.B, login will be denied. If these users did not
come from the IP addresses A to B, login access will be successful.
-3-.
(User page: Login name 1= 12345, Password=12345, Access Authority=any
IP filter page: Default Policy=Deny, login name1 comes from 192.168.0.A to B=Deny/
Allow
Result: login of all the login names will be rejected except the login name “admin”.
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Application Setting
Application
Symbol Item Action
FTP Client
Setup the ICA-302 as a client site and configure
Server site in order to upload images to server
SMTP Setup Email configuration
Schedule
Motion
Detection
Schedule Motion Detection to send email or
upload images.
Setup motion detection area and sensitivity
Time Setting Setup the ICA-302 time configuration
Popup
Setup event message while a motion has been
detected.
Firmware
Upgrade
Firmware upgrade
Factory
Default
Reboot Reboot this device
Restore to the factory default setting
FTP Client Screen
Setup the ICA-302 as a FTP client and configure FTP server related
information to upload images to server
When there is a motion been detected, user can send the captured images to the pre
set FTP server.
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Network Settings
FTP Client Screen
FTP server
name
Username,
Password
Remote path
Image file
name
Suffix
Sequence No.
clear
Mode
IP address or domain name of the destination FTP server
Please input the Username/Password for the FTP server
Please input the uploading file path to the destination FTP
server.
Please input the file name that you want to assign to the images
when sending them to the FTP server.
Date/Time:
The date/time suffix is added to the file name.
Sequence number:
A consecutive number is added to the basic file name. A number
of up to 10 digits between 0000000000 to 4294967295 is added
to the file name.
Enable or disable clear sequence number
Event / Periodical sending / Off
Please select a mode to upload a captured image.
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SMTP Screen
This screen is displayed when the SMTP menu option is clicked.
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for sending e-mail
messages between servers. The mail server address must be filled in this
field.
Network Settings
SMTP server
name
Username,
Password
Sender’s Mail
Box
Receiver’s Mail
Box
Subject
Mode
SMTP Screen
Enter the address of SMTP server used to send the mail. Please
ensure the server is using SMTP protocol and able to relay mails
for you. Some SMTP server may require authentication. Please
enable the “Check Password”, and enter the password field for
authentication.
Enter the Username/Password for your SMTP account.
Enter the sender’s e-mail address in the field. This field must be
entered with a valid e-mail format.
Enter the receiver’s e-mail address in the field. Note: Multiple
receiver email addresses by using semicolon to separate.
Enter the subject of outgoing mail up to 64 characters.
Event / Periodical sending / Off
Please select a mode to send a captured image.
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Schedule Setting Screen
The Schedule can enable motion detection in an arranged period in order
to avoid unnecessary images transmitting and catch the desired images.
Schedule Setting Screen
Motion Detection Screen
The motion detection is implemented by a patented software algorithm, it
runs on the Network Camera, due to a larger processing power of motion
detection, the overall performance of Network Camera will be degraded;
the frame rate may be reduced.
Note: Turn off this function in this page while using schedule motion detection in
Schedule Setting page.
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Network Settings
Enable Motion
Detection
Sensitivity
Area
Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA-302
Select the desired option to suit your environment. If covering a
large area, you usually need higher sensitivity, since a moving
object will take only a small portion of the image.
Adjust the motion detection area. By dragging mouse position on
the image, you can see a red-box area which is the motion
detection area according to your sensitivity.
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Time Setting Screen
This screen is displayed when the Time Setting menu option is clicked.
You can setup the ICA-302 time or make it synchronized with PC or remote
server. Also, you may select your time zone in order to synchronize time
locally.
Network Settings
Time Screen
IP Cam Time
PC Time
Set Time
Date
(yy/mm/dd)
Time
(hh:mm:ss)
Time Zone
L Hint
Provides settings of adjusting the camera’s time
This is default time value for PC.
Three options of Synchronize with PC's time / User Input / NTP
are available for your selection to link with the Time Server. The
default setting is Synchronize the time with PC’s time
To set the Date and Time manually select “User Input” and
system administrator must enter the Date and Time in the
respective field manually. Change the date according to the
yyyy/mm/dd format. Change the time according to the hh:mm:ss
by 24 hours format.
System administrator must select the time zone for the region.
Please refer to the appendix for the time zone selection table.
Please find below NTP server web address for your reference to
set the timeserver.
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2.htm
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Popup Screen
This screen is for setting event message while a motion has been detected.
A message window will be displayed on the screen immediately when any
motion is detected.
Network Settings
Pop up Screen
Pop-up text
Display mode
Motion
detection
Input the warming text.
Only administrator can see the message or any user can see it.
Enable or disable pop-up text function according to motion
detection function whether it is enabled.
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Firmware upgrade Screen
This screen is displayed when you click the Firmware Upgrade option in
menu. Download the latest firmware to your PC.
Then follow this procedure:
1. Close all other applications, which are not necessary for firmware update.
2. Disable Motion Detection function.
3. Disable Camera Tour function.
4. Set the video resolution to 176 x 144 or smaller.
5. Set the frame rate to 1 fps.
6. Select “Firmware Upgrade” in menu.
7. The Firmware Upgrade screen will appear:
Firmware Upgrade Screen
8. Select the Firmware binary file. (It must be make sure that the Firmware only apply
to ICA-302, once update, it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system.)
9. Once the firmware file was selected, select “Upload”.
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10. Press the “here” button to begin to upgrade firmware.
11. Press the “OK” button to continue.
The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen.
Warning: The firmware upgrade cannot be interrupted. If the power
and/or network connection are broken during the download procedure, it
might possibly cause permanent damage to the ICA-302.
Once the upgrading process completed, the ICA-302 will reboot the system
automatically.
Note: please wait for 20 seconds, and then you can connect to machine again.
L Hint
• Do not interrupt the upgrading procedure during proceeding;
or the inner component might be permanently damaged.
• Suggest not to upgrading firmware via Wireless LAN due to
high error rate possibility.
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Factory Default Screen
This screen is displayed when you click the Factory Default option in the
application menu. Please Click “OK” button to load default settings to
camera. The “Factory Default” button will restore to the factory default
configuration, all information changed and saved on the flash will be lost,
and restored to the factory default setting.
Reboot
Reboot the Internet Camera by hardware reset. The “Reboot” button will
reboot the Network Camera. It’s useful while the Network Camera got
problem.
Select “OK” to continue, or “Cancel” to abort it.
Trigger & Capture
Trigger:
This is sending an image manually to test the related settings are correct, using
Trigger section on the main page.
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Network Settings
FTP
Mail
Upload a captured image to FTP server
Mail captured image to specific mail address
Note:
This function is available for logging-in as an administrator only.
Capture:
This screen is displayed when you click the Capture menu and the function can
capture current image and save it to storage media. The image is saved in the JPEG
format.
Note:
This function is available for logging-in as an administrator only.
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ActiveX Control
In the viewing area, the plug-in ActiveX control support a lot of functions by clicking the
right mouse button. This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft®
Internet Explorer.
On the ActiveX control, right click the Right Mouse Button, then a menu pop-up. This
menu provides feature that are unique to the ActiveX control. These functions include
• “View”,
• “Splits”,
• “Rotate”,
• “Quality”,
• “Resolution”,
• “Image Recording…”,
• “Save Current Picture As …”
…
View
This screen is displayed when you click the “View” menu on the ActiveX control.
View Settings
Resizable
Actual size
Status Bar
After the “Resizable” was selected, the border of the image changed to resizable
border.
Make the image is resizable, but “Actual size disable”, the
“Splits” is supported on this mode.
Make the image show as the actual size, the “Splits” function
does not work on this mode.
A status bar display on the button of the image.
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After the “Actual size” was selected, the image will displayed as the actual size, in this
example, the image displays as a 320 x 240 pixels.
After the “Status bar” selected, machine status will be displayed on the bottom. It
displays
• Status
Open/Close camera status
• Resolution
704x576, 640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (PAL)
640x480, 320x240, 352x288, 176x144, 160x120 (NTSC)
• Quality
Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest
• Split
1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4
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• Rotate
- Normal: “Rotate 0”, the default state.
- Rotate: “Rotate 180”, rotate the image by 180 degree; used on the
camera was up side down mounted.
- Flip Vertical: Flip the image vertically.
- Flip Horizontal: Flip the image horizontally.
• Frame Rate
• URL
Split
This screen is displayed when you click the “Split” menu on the ActiveX control.
The Network Camera provides four setting for Window split, it can display different
time frame images of the selected Network Camera. The time string with green
characters is the current displayed image.
Available selection: 1 x 1 (Default) ‧ 2 x 2‧ 3 x 3‧ 4 x 4
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Note: The images on the split window are the same camera, but with different time. It
is useful on the low frame rate condition, and then user can check the images that are
the recently got.
Rotate & Quality & Resolution
Rotate:
An image can be rotated in predefined 180-degree increments.
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After the “Rotate 180” was selected, the image will be overturned from 0 to
the angle 180.
Resolution:
Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧640x480
If users control the ICA-302 of NTSC through internet, they could have 5 choices of
resolution: 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 160x120.
If users control the ICA-302 of PAL through internet, they could have 6 choices of
resolution: 704x576, 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 160x120.
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L Hint
Quality:
Available quality:
The control method is the same as control panel’s
“Resolution”.
• Highest (The same as “Clarity” on control panel )
• High
• Medium (The same as “Default” on control panel )
• Low
• Lowest (The same as “Fluency” on control panel )
L Hint
The control method is the same as control panel’s “Image
Quality”.
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Image Recording
This screen is displayed when you click the “Image Recording” menu on the ActiveX
control.
Recoding Screen
Save as JPEG:
Select this option and click “Save as JPEG” for detailed configurations. The predefined schedule can be set by JPEG.
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During the JPEG file recording, a yellow icon displays on lower right position of the
image to indicate the JPEG saving process. If users want to stop the recording, please
press the “Stop Image Recording” to stop the image recording proce ss.
After “Stop Image Recording”, list the files, these files are named as
file_name_prefixed_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss_ms.jpg
Save as AVI:
Select this option and click “Save as AVI” for detailed configurations. The pre-defined
schedule can be set by AVI.
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During the AVI file recording, a red icon displays on lower right position of the image to
indicate the AVI saving process. If want stop the recording, please press the “Stop
Image Recording” to stop the save as AVI process.
After the “Stop Image Recording”, list the file on the selected saved directory,
the file were saved by the filename_prefix_date_time.avi.
The AVI files can be displayed by the standard Windows Media Player, but it needs
the DirectX 9.0 or higher version to be installed.
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Save Current Picture As
This screen is displayed when you click the “Save Current Picture As” menu on the
ActiveX control.
• Please select the “Save Current Picture As” to save the current display image into
the local PC.
• Please input the ”file name”, and click “Save” button.
• Please select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing
tools.
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Chapter 5
5
Client UTILITY
This chapter provides how to manage multiple network cameras by powerful
CamView utility.
INSTALLATION
The CamView utility is a powerful utility for video recording, viewing, and camera
administrations.
Please insert the user’s manual CD and start the CamView installation from the
default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software:
5.1. CamView Installation
• Run the “setup.exe” to start installation. A welcome message is shown as the
following figure, and then hit the Next button to continue.
• Read the license agreement first, please. If you accept the agreement, select I
accept the agreement, and then hit the Next button to continue.
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• Decide which directory to install the software. By default, just hit the Next button to
continue
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• Decide the program group name. By default, just hit the Next button to continue.
• Decide whether to create a desktop icon of the program. Then press Next.
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• Ready to install. By default, just hit the Install button to start installation.
• Installing, wait for a moment.
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• Installation complete. CamView software can be launched after pressing Finish.
HOW TO USE
After successfully installing the utility, this icon will be added to the
desktop. Double click it to launch the program.
User need login authentication while starting to use CamView.
Two pairs of default login ID and password: admin/admin and guest/guest.
Admin ID has supreme authority to adjust any settings.
Guest ID has view related function privilege only, and does not have authority to
adjust machine settings. Such as switch viewer screen layout, switch camera channel
or minimize / close the CamView.
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Note: It is strongly suggested to change the Login ID and Password for security
concerns.
5.2. CamView User Interface
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CamView main screen
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5.2.1. Date and Time
The current date and time of the computer are displayed here.
5.2.2. Alert Message
A message box will appear while alert event occurs. Ex: free space is almost
exhausted.
5.2.3. Recording and Playback
Here are the buttons for playback, record / stop record and snapshot.
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5.2.4. Rotate, Full screen and Lock
Press the Rotate button to rotate the up-side-down images.
Press the Full Screen button to enlarge the viewer screen to full computer screen.
Press Esc button on the keyboard to return to main CamView screen.
Press the Lock button to forbid intruders to operate the CamView unless they input
the correct password.
5.2.5. Camera and Application Settings
Press Camera Configuration button to adjust the camera settings in Web.
Press Application Configuration button to adjust and maintain the CamView tasks.
5.2.6. EMap
Press this button to do central location management for 16 cameras.
5.2.7. DVR
Press this button to recall the DVR application and view the DVR images as well.
5.2.8. Camera Pan / Tilt / Zoom Control
Here are the PTZ controllers integrated in the CamView to move the camera direction
to the up / down / left / right / home and zoom in or zoom out on the image
respectively.
Note: camera zoom feature is reserved for future product development.
5.2.9. Viewer Screen
Users may choose different layout to monitor different cameras. The available camera
display modes are shown below:
Each viewer section displays video from the associated camera. Right click on a
viewer section, and then the viewer will change to Single viewer. At this movement,
Right click on the single viewer again, it will change to previous layout mode. The
layout of the screen has the following modes:
z Single: Only one viewer displays video.
z 2x2: The screen is divided into 4 viewer sections.
z 6: The screen is divided into 6 viewer sections.
z 3x3: The screen is divided into 9 viewer sections.
z 13: The screen is divided into 13 viewer sections.
z 4x4: The screen is divided into 16 viewer sections.
5.2.10. Layout Selection
There are six kinds of layout (Please refer to 5.2.9 Viewer Screen) can be chosen.
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5.2.11. Camera Selector
Here are the camera number buttons to select cameras.
Blue color: the normal camera icon.
Pink color: the current selected camera.
5.2.12. Minimize, Audio and Close application button
The right top button is for minimizing the CanView software; all the proceeding tasks
will not be terminated.
Press Audio button to enable the audio from the associated Internet Camera. To
enable audio function from CamView, please also enable audio in Web configuration.
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(Please refer to the Chapter 4 Web-Based Management
Press power symbol button to close the CamView software; all the proceeding t asks
will be terminated.
Control Panel Screen)
5.3. Application Configuration
Press the button below to configure the CamView application program. After the
button is pressed, a dialog form will show up. Users then configure the program by the
form as the following sections.
5.3.1. Application Settings
Figure 5.3.1 shows settings for the global scope of the application including
initialization and basic environment settings. After all settings are complete, press the
OK button to save the configuration, and exit the form.
Note: The Apply button is unused for this tab; always confirm the settings by
pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect.
The following lists descriptions of each setting:
z Initial Viewer Layout: Set the initial layout of viewers at the start of the program.
z Free Space Alert Percent (%): When the free space reaches the specific
percentage, an alert message will appear automatically.
z Free Space Alert Size [MB]: When the free space reaches the specified hard
drive size, an alert message will appear automatically.
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Note: Free Space Alert Percent (%) and Free Space Alert Size [MB] is OR
condition combination, any one above is TRUE, then an alert message will
appear automatically.
z Max Number of Events: Set the number of lines which you want to show in the
alert message window.
z Continuous Recording: IF free space is not enough, CamView will delete the
oldest recording file and keep recording.
z Export: Select the item to save the configuration(Application Configuration)
z Import: Select the item to load the configuration(Application Configuration)
Figure 5.3.1. The Application Tab
5.3.2. Camera Settings
As shown in Figure 5.3.2, users can set parameters of each camera.
If the Restore button is pressed, the current setting modifications of the specified
camera will be cleared and restore to the original.
If the Apply button is pressed, the current setting modifications will be applied to the
specified camera. Note that these modifications are not saved to the persistent
storage like HD on the computer.
If the OK button is pressed, all settings on all tabs will be saved, and exit the form.
Note: The Apply button is unused for this tab; always confirm the settings by
pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect.
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The following lists describe for each setting:
• IP: IP address of the camera.
• Port: Connection port of the camera. The default is 80.
• Login ID: Please input the login ID if you enable authentication function of the
specific camera.
• Password: Please input the password if you enable authentication function of the
specific camera.
• Video Path: A directory to store recorded video files. Double-click the input field or
click the square button to select the directory.
• Video Frame Rate:
• Video Number of Frame: The maximum number of images in a video file. If the
value is smaller,
• Snapshot Path: A directory to store snapsh ots. Double-click the input field or click
the square button to select the directory.
• Motion Rec Interval[Sec]: If Motion Detection is enabled, then when Motion
Detection starts, CamView will do recording for the specified duration. Minimum
unit is second.
Figure 5.3.2 The Camera Tab
Auto Recording: If the box is checked, the program will do recording for the
•
specified camera automatically at the beginning of CamView starts.
Motion Detection: Check this option will enable Motion Detection in CamView.
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5.3.3. Scheduling
As shown in Figure 5.3.3, users can schedule recording.
When you press the Add button, the editing task will be added to the Schedule Items
column.
When the Modify button is pressed, the new schedule recording will be updated to the
specified item.
If the Remove button is pressed, the specified task will be removed from the list.
Note: The Apply button is unused for this tab; always confirm the settings by
pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect.
The following lists describe for each setting:
• Hour: Set the hour of time in 24- hour clock format. * stands for all hours.
• Minute: Set the minute of time. * stands for all minutes.
• Month: Set the month for recording tasks. * stands for all months.
• Day: Set the day for recording tasks. * stands for all days.
• Weekday: Set the specific weekday of a week. If no day is specified, All
weekdays will fit.
• Duration (Sec): The duration in seconds for the schedule recording. 0 (zero)
means no limit.
For example, set a recording task which begins at 10:00 every Monday with dura tion
3600 seconds. The configuration is like below:
Hour = 10, Minute = 0, Month = *, Day = *, Weekday = Mon, Duration = 3600
Figure 5.3.3 The Scheduling Tab
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5.3.4. User Settings
Two accounts to access CamView.
Admin / Admin: Administrator has the supreme authority to change all the settings.
Guest / Guest: Guest only can view the images only or perform the view related
function. Such as switch viewer screen layout, switch camera channel or minimize /
close the CamView.
Note: The Apply button is unused for this tab; always confirm the settings by
pressing the OK button to let configurations take effect.
Figure 5.3.4 The User Tab
5.3.5. External Settings
Designate the DVR application path in External tab. Figure 5.3.5 show the setting.
When user presses DVR button, the CamView will switch to DVR application.
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Figure 5.3.5. The External Tab
5.4. Camera Configuration
Users can hit the button shown in Figure 5.4 to configure the associated camera
Please refer to Chapter 4 Web-Based Management.
Figure 5.4
5.5. Recording
Figure 5.5-1. Figure 5.5-2. Figure 5.5-3.
Select a camera by pressing the button with camera number as shown in Figure 5.5-2,
selected camera icon will be like Figure 5.5-3 and then press the toggle button as
shown in Figure 5.5-1. To stop recording is similar to the previous method, just press
the toggle button as shown in Figure 5.5-1.
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The second way to record automatically, the method has described in section 5.3.2
Camera SettingÆ Auto Recording.
The last method to record is done by scheduling. Schedule recording tasks are
described in section 5.3.3 Scheduling. The CamView will start to record on time.
5.6. Playback
When you press the Playback button on the panel as shown in Figure 5.6, a form will
appear to show the list of video records and snapshots.
Figure 5.6
5.6.1. Video List
The Video List tab lists video records, and displays the information about the specified
record, for example: Camera number, recording start time and recording file length.
When you hit the Play button, the Windows Media Player will start to play the video.
The Video list is shown in the following figure.
Figure 5.6.1 The Video List Tab
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5.6.2. Snapshot List
The Snapshot List tab lists snapshots, and displays the information about the specified
snapshot file. When you hit the Show button, Internet Explorer will be invoked to
display the snapshot.
Figure 5.6.2 The Snapshot List Tab
5.6.3. Video Search
The video search tab lists video file information about the specified search.
Press the start time and end time toggle tab, then a calendar form will appear as
Figure 5.6.3-1, then select a proper date and time. After press OK in the calendar form
then hit the Search button, you will get the matched video files in the following column.
Press the Play button to play the selected video file via the Windows Media Player.
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Figure 5.6.3-1 The Calendar Form
Note: The pink color indicates the motion recording event.
Figure 5.6.3-2 The Video Search Tab
5.7. Image Rotation
After the button is pressed, the displayed image rotates 180 degree. It is used for the
camera being installed upside-down direction.
Note: Recorded video / image files will not be rotated.
Figure 5.7
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5.8. Full Screen
After this button is pressed, it will show full screen mode and press the keyboard "Esc"
key or the center of screen to return normal mode.
Figure 5.8
5.9. Lock Application
Press this button will avoid strangers to access CamView unless they have correct
password.
Figure 5.9
5.10. EMap
When you press the EMap button on the panel as shown in Figure 5.10, a form will
appear to show the eMap function.
Figure 5.10
5.8.1. EMap Setting
Select the File from the File menu bar and the following are descriptions:
1. New EMap: First, create a new layout.
2. Insert Map Image: Choose a proper image file or map layout to load.
3. Delete EMap: Delete current editing EMap layout.
3. Save: Save all settings.
4. Exit: Exit Emap function. Before you select it, we recommend you to save the
current settings.
The following describes Edit menu bar:
1. Reset: Remove all camera icons in current layout.
In the menu bar, select Window to change EMap.
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As shown in Figure 5.10-1 and Figure 5.10-2, with the map image in layout, you can
drag the camera icons into proper positions to deploy your camera s.
The following describes layout entries:
• Name: Define a name for this layout.
• Position: Describe the layout position.
Figure 5.10-1 Layout example 1
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Figure 5.10-2 Layout example 2
• When your mouse moves over the camera icon, you can click the right button to
display a menu which has options to set the configuration, show the record list,
record, show video and remove the camera icon.
Figure 5.10-3.
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Appendix A
Troubleshooting
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Q: The video and audio codec is adopted in the Network Camera?
A: The Network Camera utilizes JPEG compression to providing high quality
images. JPEG is a standard for image compression and can be applied to
various web browsers without the need to install extra software. The audio
codec is ADPCM compression.
Q: The maximum number of users access Network Camera simultaneously.
A: The maximum number of users is depending on the total bandwidth accessed
to Network Camera from clients. The data throughout of Network Camera is
around 5~6Mbps. Therefore, the maximum number of connected clients is
varying by settings of resolution and frame rate. Obviously, the performance of
the each connected client will slow down when many users are logged on.
Q: The ICA302 camera can be used outdoors or not.
A: The ICA302 camera lens is weatherproof for outdoors using. However, the
RJ45, electric wire, composite video output and RS485 cable should be
equipped with a weatherproof case.
Q: The Network Camera will be installed and work if a firewall exists on the
network.
A: If a firewall exists on the network, port 80 is open for ordinary data
communication. The Network Camera uses port 80(default) only. This port (or
the port you specify from the Configuration screen if you change the default
port) needs to be opened on the firewall.
Q: The username and password for the first time or after factory default
reset
A: Username = admin and leave password blank.
Note that it’s all case sensitivity.
Q: Forgot the IP address of the Network Camera.
A: Check IP address of Network Camera by using the IP Finder (ipeditv3)
program.
Q: IP Finder program (ipeditv3) cannot find ICA-302
A:• Re power the ICA-302 if cannot find the unit within 1 minute.
• Do not connect ICA-302 over a router. IP Finder program cannot detect ICA-
302.
• If IP address is not assigned to the PC which running IP Finder program, and
then IP Finder program cannot find ICA-302. Make sure that IP address is
assigned to the PC properly.
• Antivirus software on the PC might interfere with the setup program. Disable
the firewall of the antivirus software during setting up ICA-302.
Q: Internet Explorer does not seem to work well with the ICA-302
A: Make sure that your Internet Explorer is version 6.0 or later. If you are
experiencing problems, try upgrading to the latest version of Microsoft’s Internet
Explorer from the Microsoft webpage at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie.
Q: Internet Explorer does not seem to work well with the ICA-302
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A: IP Finder program fails to save the network parameters.
Don’t leave any space in the name field. Use underline, “_”, or dash, “-“ to
replace the space, “ “. • Network may have trouble. Confirm the parameters and
connections of the ICA-302.
Q: Internet Explorer does not seem to work well with the ICA-302 Cannot
access the login page and other web pages of ICA-302 from Internet
Explorer
A: • Another device or computer is already using Maybe the IP Address of the
ICA-302. To confirm this possible problem, disconnect the ICA-302 from the
network first, and then run the PING utility to check it out.
• Maybe due to the network cable. Try correcting your network cable and
configuration. Test the network interface by connecting a local computer to the
ICA-302 via a crossover cable.
• Make sure the Internet connection and setting is ok.
• Make sure enter the IP address of Internet Explorer is correct. If ICA-302 has a
dynamic address, it may have changed since you last checked it.
• Network congestion may prevent the web page appearing quickly. Wait for a
while.
The IP address and Subnet Mask of the PC and ICA-302 must be in the same
class of the private IP address on the LAN.
• Make sure the http port used by the ICA-302, default=80, is forward to the ICA302’s private IP address.
• The port number assigned in your ICA-302 might not be available via Internet.
Check your ISP for available port.
• The proxy server may prevent you from connecting directly to ICA-302, set up
not to use the proxy server.
• Confirm that Default Gateway address is correct.
• The router needs Port Forwarding feature. Refer to your router's manual for
details.
• Packet Filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network.
Refer to your router's manual for details.
• Access ICA-302 from the Internet with the global IP address of the router and
port number of ICA-302.
• Some routers reject the global IP address to access ICA-302 on the same
LAN. Access with the private IP address and correct port number of ICA-302.
• When you use DDNS, you need to set Default Gateway and DNS server
address.
• If it’s not working after above procedure, reset ICA-302 to default setting and
installed it again.
• If the problem is not solved, the ICA-302 might be faulty. Contact your dealer
for further help.
Q: Image or video does not appear in the main page
A: ‧ The first time the PC connects to ICA-302, a pop-up Security Warning
window will appear to download ActiveX Controls. When using Windows NT,
Windows 2000 or Windows XP, log on with an appropriate account that is
authorized to install applications.• Network congestion may prevent the Image
screen from appearing quickly. You may choose lower resolution to reduce
the required bandwidth.
Q: Check the ICA-302’s ActiveX is installed on your computer
A: Go to C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files and check to see if there is an
entry for the file “WebWatch Class”. The status column should show
“Installed”. If the file is not listed, make sure your Security Settings in Internet
Explorer are configured properly and then try reloading the ICA-302’s home
page. Most likely, the ICA-302 ActiveX control did not download and install
correctly. Check your Internet Explorer security settings and then close and
restart Internet Explorer. Try to browse and log in again.
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Q:
Check the ICA-302’s ActiveX is installed on your computer
A: Internet Explorer displays the following message: “Your current security
settings prohibit downloading ActiveX controls”. Setup the IE security
settings or configure the individual settings to allow downloading and scripting of
unsigned ActiveX controls.
Q: The ICA-302 works in local network, but not accessible from remote
network
A: This might be caused from the firewall protection. Check the Internet firewall
with your system or network administrator. The firewall may need to have
some settings changed in order for the ICA-302 to be accessible outside your
LAN.• Make sure that the ICA-302 isn’t conflicting with any other web server
running on your LAN.• Check the configuration of the router settings allow the
ICA-302 to be accessed outside your local LAN.
Q: There are unreadable characters displayed in machine configuration
pages
A: Use the operating system of the selected language. Set the Encoding or the
Character Set of the selected language on the Internet Explorer.
Q: Frame rate is slower than the setting
A: • The traffic of the network and the object of the image affect the frame rate.
The network congestion causes frame rate slower than the setting. • When more
than one client were viewing, the frame rate becomes slower. • Ethernet
switching hub can smooth the frame rate especially in viewing on the MultiCamera screen.
Q: Image Transfer on e-mail or FTP does not work
A: Default Gateway and DNS server address should be set up correctly. • If FTP
does not work properly, ask your ISP or network administrator about the
transferring mode of FTP server.
Q: The color of the image is poor or strange
A:
• To insure the images you are viewing are the best they can be, set the Display
property setting (color quality) to 16bit at least and 24 bit or higher if possible
within your computer.
•The configuration on the ICA-302 image display is incorrect. You need to adjust
the image related parameters such as brightness, contrast, hue and saturation
properly.
Q: Image flickers
A: ‧ Wrong power line frequency makes images flicker. Make sure the NTSC or
PAL format of your ICA-302
.• If the object is dark, the image will flicker. Make the condition around the ICA302 brighter.
Q: How to Reboot the ICA-302
A: If you just want to reboot system without change anything. Go to Network page
and click SAVE button directly, then system will reboot again.
Q: Can not play the recorded AVI file
A: Have installed Microsoft’s® DirectX 9.0 or later and use the Windows Medi a
Player 9 or later to play the AVI filed recorded by the ActiveX.
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Appendix B
Bandwidth Calculation
Appendix B: Bandwidth Calculation
The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-302 depends on connection
bandwidth between client and server and quality setting of server. Here is a guideline
to help you roughly estimate the bandwidth requirements form your ICA-302.
Image bandwidth is approximately equal to the average frame rate in frames per
second multiplied by the average frame data size in kilobits. Frame data size, or the
number of bits comprising a single video frame varies a great deal from depending on
scene complexity, lighting conditions, camera noise, etc. The table shown below is
reference figures. Actual results generated by the ICA-302 may be varying.
Image Resolution Average range of Data Sizes
176 x 144 (QCIF) 20 – 40k bit
320 x 240 (QVGA) 56– 92k bit
352 x 288 (CIF) 64 – 112k bit
640 x 480 (VGA) 160 – 320k bit
For example, streaming 2 fps of 320 x 240 video requires 112 to 184 kbps (kilobits per
second). Therefore, with a 128K upload connection; you will typically see 3 to 6
frames per second with 176 x 144 resolution and 1 to 2 frames per second with 320 x
240 resolution without audio stream.
ÍNote
Audio streaming also takes bandwidth around 32 kbps to
64kbps. Most ADSL/Cable modem upload speeds may not
even reach up to 128 kbps. Thus, you may not be able to
receive any video while streaming audio on a 128 kbps
or lower connection. Even though the upload speed is
more than 128kbps, for optimal video performance,
disabling audio streaming will get better video
performance.
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Appendix C
Specifications
Appendix C: Specifications
Model ICA-302
Horizontal Resolution 380 TV Lines
Image Device 1 / 3” Color CCD image sensor
NTSC:542(H) × 492(V) /
Effective Pixels
PAL:542(H) × 582(V)
Electronic Shutter
Power Supply
Sensitivity
Signal to Noise More than 48 dB
Auto Gain Control Built-in
Auto White Balance 2500°K ~ 9500°K
BLC
Gamma Correction
SYNC System
Lens 6 mm (standard)
Video Output Composite 1.0 Vp-p at 75 ohm
IR LED High-light led × 8pcs
IR Wavelength
IR Distance 25 M
NTSC : 1 / 60 – 100,000 sec / PAL : 1 / 50 –
100,000 sec
12V DC
0.2 Lux / 0 Lux at IR on
Auto
0.45
Internal
850 mm
IR Status
Protection Class
Construction
IP
Codec
Resolution
Under 10 Lux by CDS auto control
IP-66 classification
Aluminum with sunshield IP66 weatherproof
JPEG, 3 levels
640*480, 352*288, 320*240, 176*144
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Frame Rate
Compatibility
LAN
Notification
OS
Type Of IP Address
Firmware Upgrade
Security
Viewer
IP Filtering
Networking Protocol
Up to 30fps for all resolutions
Windows 2000, XP
10/100Base-TX
Email, FTP, Popup message
Linux
Static or Dynamic
Ethernet
2 Levels, Administrator or user
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
Yes
TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, NTP, DNS, DDNS,
ARP, DHCP, PPPoE
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