Planet Technology ICA-600 User Guide

Speed Dome IP Camera

ICA-600

User’s Manual

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User’s Manual for PLANET Speed Dome IP Camera Model: ICA-600 Rev: 1.0 (Nov. 2005) Part No. EM-ICA600v1

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................1

Overview ............................................................................................................................1

Physical Details..................................................................................................................3

Package Contents ..............................................................................................................5

CHAPTER 2 BASIC SETUP...................................................................................................6

System Requirements........................................................................................................ 6

Installation.........................................................................................................................7

Setup...................................................................................................................................9

CHAPTER 3 ADVANCED VIEWING SETUP...................................................................11

Introduction.....................................................................................................................11

Adjusting the Video Image.............................................................................................11

Controlling User Access to the Video Stream............................................................... 14

Making Video available from the Internet....................................................................15

CHAPTER 4 WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT....................................................................19

Introduction.....................................................................................................................19

Connecting to ICA-600....................................................................................................19

Welcome Screen...............................................................................................................20

Viewing Area ...................................................................................................................21

Control Panel Screen.......................................................................................................22

Advanced Configuration Area.......................................................................................23

Camera Advanced setting Menu....................................................................................23

System Screen..................................................................................................................24

Camera Screen.................................................................................................................25

Network Screen................................................................................................................27

User Screen ...................................................................................................................... 30

IP Filter Screen................................................................................................................30

FTP Client Screen ...........................................................................................................33

SMTP Screen...................................................................................................................34

Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen.............................................................................................35

Schedule Screen............................................................................................................... 35

Motion Detection Screen.................................................................................................36

Time Setting Screen.........................................................................................................37

Popup Screen...................................................................................................................38

Firmware upgrade Screen..............................................................................................39

Factory Default Screen....................................................................................................40

Reboot...............................................................................................................................41

ActiveX Control............................................................................................................... 42

CHAPTER 5 CLIENT UTILITY..........................................................................................48

INSTALLATION............................................................................................................48

HOW TO USE.................................................................................................................52

APPENDIX A ALARM I/O CONNECTOR.........................................................................67

APPENDIX B TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................69

APPENDIX C BANDWIDTH CALCULATION .................................................................73

APPENDIX D SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................74

Chapter 1

Introduction

This Chapter provides details of the ICA-600's features, components and capabilities.

Overview

This Speed Dome IP Camera is a fully scalable surveillance device. Because the Internet Cameras can be plugged in to your existing computer network infrastructure, you will potentially save thousands of dollars on unnecessary cabling.

The Internet Camera is accessible via the LAN or Internet connection. Connect your Internet Camera 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 Internet Camera to capture a video sequence to a computer. Live video image can be uploaded to a website worldwide to see or made available only to selected users on the network.

ICA-600 applications

Features

• Pan / Tilt / Zoom capability

ICA-600 is able to perform 360° PAN, 180° tilt electric flip and 18x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom adjustment, which brings more convenience and flexibility in network deployment.

Ease of use

•

Plug-N-Watch capability to simplify system integration in an existing network environment

•

Meeting SOHO, business, or public facilities surveillance needs

ICA-600 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.

• Notification Support

Supporting TCP/IP networking, SMTP e-mail, and HTTP public network standards, ICA-600 can be applied and utilized to a IP network environment and view online via Internet Explorer 5.0 or above browser.

Motion Detection

• This feature will send you alert message when motion is detected. The ICA-600

will compare consecutive frames to detect changes caused by the movement of large objects.

• Audio Recording With the RCA video, and audio output interfaces, the system administrator can

record the video/audio locally onto DVR or other video recording equipment.

• JPEG Video Compression

• Composite Video Output

• Software for monitor 16 cameras for surveillance application

• Alarm triggers email / FTP upload

Internet Features

• User-definable administration port number.

This allows Internet Gateways to use “port mapping” so the ICA-600 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-600. An easy-to-remember DDNS (Dynamic DNS) name will help you memorize your site more easily.

NTP (Network-Time-Protocol) Support

• NTP allows the ICA-600 to calibrate its internal clock from an Internet Time-

Server. This ensures that the time stamp on the recorded video from the ICA-600 will be correct.

PPPoE supported

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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.

Physical Details

AC Power and Video Output Cable

The 24V AC power input and video output cable (yellow cable) are located on the Network Camera’s back panel. Note that power supply need user to purchase additionally according to local electrical specification. In order to prevent the improper power adapter may damage the unit and result in danger.

The Network Camera also provides video output to connect the Network Camera with a TV monitor or VCR.

Audio Input Cable

The Network Camera provides audio input to connect with external microphone. User can monitor not only images but sounds.

LAN Cable

LAN cable is a 10Base-T Ethernet or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cabling. The Ethernet port built NWay protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network automatically. Provided Category 5 “straight through” cable to connect the Network Camera to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network switch or hub.

Alarm cable

The Network Camera provides 8 pins cable to connect with external alarms. Color definition for installing alarms:

Pin Color Function

1 Black 2 Brown 3 Red 4 Orange 5 Yellow 6 Green 7 Blue 8 Purple

Alarm Output #2 (NO) Alarm Output #2 (COM). Max 24VDC, 1A Alarm Output #1 (NO) Alarm Output #1 (COM) Alarm Output #1 (NC). Max 24VDC, 1A Alarm Input #2 (A). Max 24VDC, 12mA Alarm Input #1/2 (K). Alarm Input #1 (A). Max 24VDC, 12mA.

Package Contents

The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately.

• Planet ICA-600 Speed Dome IP Camera x 1 (with Ethernet, Video, Audio and

Alarm cable integrated)

• User manual CD x 1

• Quick Installation Guide x 1

Chapter 2

Basic Setup

This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-600.

System Requirements

• To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100Base-TX hub or switch and network

cable is required.

• Minimum System Requirement :

System Hardware

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later Windows ME, 2000, XP, or 2003

1-4 cameras surveillance application

• CPU: Pentium 4, 1.3G MHz or above

• Memory Size: 256 MB or above

• VGA card resolution: 1024 x 768 or above

4 or more cameras surveillance application

• CPU: Pentium 4, 1.7G MHz or above

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• Memory Size: 512 MB or above

• VGA card resolution: 1024 x 768 or above

Note: The listed information is minimum system requirements only. Actual requirement will vary depending on the nature of your environment.

Installation

1. Use magnetic screw driver to take off the decoration ring

2. Use screw driver to take off the screw of embedded mount

3. Twist the dome body anti-clockwise direction to take off from the embedded mount.

Please remove the safety hook after taking dome body out.

Note: “Safety hook” is used to avoid the speed dome IP falling down to the floor

4. Cut a hole as following picture in the ceiling. Or place the bracket (embedded mount)

on the ceiling and mark the three screw holes and the inner circle of the bracket ring. Then cut the hole in the ceiling according to the markings.

Safety

Hook

5. Insert the embedded mount in the ceiling with the holders folded in, and secure the

bracket by tightening the three screws.

Embedded mount

Ceiling

3 screws

6. Mount the dome body back onto the embedded mount and rotate it clockwise to

lock the dome body into the embedded ring. Make sure the safety hook is securely hooked first.

7. Make sure the screw hole on the side of dome is aligned with the bracket. Tighten

the fixing screw to secure the dome.

8. Use magnetic screw driver to fix the decoration ring. The hardware installation is

now complete.

Setup

Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or using the supplied Windows-based camera utilities. This program can locate the ICA-600 even if its IP address is invalid for your network. You can then configure the ICA-600 with appropriate TCP/IP settings for your LAN.

Subsequent administration can be performed with your Web browser, as explained in Chapter 3 - Web-based Administration.

Setup Procedure

Before setup operations

The ICA-600 provides GUI (Web based, Graphical User Interface) for machine management and maintenance.

To start ICA-600 web configuration, the requirement of the web browser should be: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher with Java support

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Default LAN interface IP address of ICA-600 is 192.168.0.20. 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-600 web configuration page.

ICA-600 will prompt for User Name and Password, please enter: admin as username to continue machine Web Management.

Current firmware supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, the Netscape Navigator support is planned in the future firmware release

Or you may execute IPEdit to discover/edit IP address of ICA-600. Procedures of IPEdit utility

• Please find the IPEditV3.1.exe in the Utility folder on user’s manual CD

• Double-click the IPEditV3.1.exe and the following screen should be prompt on

your computer.

• Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications

• After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web browser.

Chapter 3

Advanced Viewing Setup

This Chapter provides information about the optional settings and features for viewing video via the ICA-600. This Chapter is for Administrators only.

Introduction

After finishing the network setup, the ICA-600 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-600 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 Web-based interface of the ICA-600.

2. On the Administration menu, select Image. You will see a screen like the example

below.

Camera setting

3. Make the required adjustments, as explained below, and save your changes.

Camera Settings Image Size

Select the desired video resolution. The default resolution is set to 320*240.

Available resolution: ‧176x144‧320x240‧352x288 ‧ 640x480

Image Quality

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

• Standard: System default value. Note: Higher image quality requires more bandwidth.

Saturation,

Image quality adjustment, the parameter ranges from 0 to 255

Sharpness, Contrast, Hue

Options Camera tour

Reset to default

Enable the check box if you want the time to be displayed on the Video image.

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 B for more information on the image adjustment.

Controlling User Access to the Video Stream

By default, only system administrators can connect to the ICA-600 and view live Video. If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring each user

to login to the ICA-600 with their individual username and password.

To enable this feature:

1. Connect to the Web-based interface of the ICA-600. (Please check related chapters for details.)

2. In machine Administration 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

• 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.

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-600 available via the Internet.

ICA-600 Setup

The ICA-600 configuration does NOT have be changed, 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-600.

Second HTTP Port Configuration

Normally, HTTP (Web) connections use port 80. Since the ICA-600 uses HTTP, but port 80 is likely to be used by a Web Server, you can use a different port for the ICA-

600. 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-600's Network screen, as shown below.

Network Screen

The Network screen is part of the Web-based Administration interface. See Webbased Management for further details on using this interface.

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.

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-600 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-600 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 not 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-600. The Router/Gateway uses the Port Number to determine which incoming connections are intended for the ICA-600.

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 connections should be passed to the ICA-600. 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 "Second Port" number specified on the Network screen of the ICA-600.

Viewing via the Internet

Clients (viewers) will need a broadband connection; dial-up connections are NOT recommended.

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-600, 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-600 is 1024.

Example - Domain Name:

HTTP://ipcam.dyndns.org:1024

Where the Router/Gateway's Domain name is ipcam.dyndns.org and the " HTTP Port2" number on the ICA-600 is 1024.

Using the Windows Viewing/Recording Utility

If using the CamView Utility, the details of the ICA-600 must be entered on the Internet tab of the Add Camera screen.

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.

Chapter 4

Web-based Management

This Chapter provides Setup details of the ICA-600’s Web-based Interface. This Chapter is for Administrators only.

Introduction

The ICA-600 can be configured using your Web Browser. The ICA-600 must hav e an IP address, which is compatible with your PC.

Connecting to ICA-600

• If you have run the CamView utility, the screen provided a button

Clicking this button will immediately connect to the ICA-600 to do web settings.

• If using only Web Browser, use the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA-600:

• Once connected, you can add the ICA-600 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-600, as in this example, which uses the ICA-600's default IP Address:

HTTP://192.168.0.20

3. Default username/password for machine login: admin/ <no password>

4. If the Administrator ID and Password have been assigned, enter the name and password you assigned.

Welcome Screen

When you connect, the camera Home screen will be displayed.

Camera Home Screen

The Home screen can be divided into three areas:

• Viewing Area - Images from the ICA-600

• Control Panel Area – ICA-600 Camera Manipulation and image quality control

• Advanced Configuration area - only available for administrator. Camera

administrator can have full configuration in this menu.

These options are explained in the following sections.

Viewing Area

This screen is displayed when you log in machine

Viewing Area Screen

• The ICA-600 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.

• To use the ICA-600, please execute your Internet Explorer and browse to Î ”Internet Options…” Î ”Security” Î”Custom Level…” and change the settings as follows:

• Download the signed ActiveX controls

• Download the unsigned ActiveX controls

• Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt

• 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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