Sitecom LN-402, WL-400 User Manual

(Wireless) IP Camera

LN-402/WL-400

Full Manual

About This Guide

This manual describes Internet Camera, including a
description of the features, as well as the installation
procedures and web configuration. Included in the
manual are the operating procedures for the IPView
application.

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1. Introduction

Thank you for the purchase of the Internet Camera
connecting directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet. It is
different from the conventional PC Camera, the Internet
Camera is a standalone system with built-in CPU and
web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that
can transmit high quality video images for monitoring.
The Internet Camera can be managed remotely,
accessed and controlled from any PC/Notebook over the
Intranet or Internet via a web browser. The simple
installation procedures and web-based interface offers
easy integration to your network application
environments coupled with many applications such as
remote monitoring for a cost-effective solution.

2. System Requirements

• 10Base-T Ethernet or 100Base TX Fast Ethernet

• Recommended system for accessing the IP

camera

o Web based:

 Pentium 2 266Mhz or above
 32MB video memory (64MB

recommended)

 800x600 video resolution at 16-bits

or above

 Java or ActiveX enabled web

browser (Internet Explorer 5.0,
Netscape 6 or above)

o IPView:

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 Pentium 3 450Mhz or above
 64MB video memory

 800x600 video resolution at 16-bits

or above

3. Features and Benefits

This section describes the features and benefits of the
Internet Camera

Simple To Use

The Internet Camera is a standalone system with built-in
CPU requiring no special hardware or software such as PC
frame grabber cards. The Internet Camera supports both
ActiveX mode (for Internet Explorer users) and Java
mode (for Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator
users). Therefore, all that is required is a web browser
software such as Internet Explorer 5.0 or above or
Netscape 6.0 or above. Just plug and view the picture
from your Internet Camera with a valid IP Address.

Support Variety of Platforms

The Internet Camera supports TCP/IP networking, SMTP
e-mail, HTTP and other Internet related protocols, and
can be utilized in a mixed operating system environment
such as Windows, Unix, and Mac. It can be integrated
easily into other www/Intranet applications.

Web Configuration

Applying a standard web browser, the administrator can
configure and manage the Internet Camera directly from
its own web page via the Intranet or Internet. Up to 64

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users name and password are permitted with privilege
setting controlled by the administrator.

Remote Utility

The powerful IPView application assigns the administrator
with a pre-defined user ID and password, allowing the
administrator to modify the Internet Camera settings
from the remote site via Intranet or Internet. When a
new firmware is available, you can also upgrade remotely
over the network for added convenience. Users are also
allowed to monitor the image, and take snapshots.

Broad Range of Applications

With today’s high-speed Internet services, the Internet
Camera can provide the ideal solution for live video
images over the Intranet and Internet for remote
monitoring. The Internet Camera allows remote access
from a web browser for live image viewing and allows
administrator to manage and control the Internet Camera
anywhere and any time in the world. Apply the Internet
Camera to monitor various objects and places such as
homes, offices, banks, hospitals, child-care centers,
amusement parks and other varieties of industrial and
public monitoring. The Internet Camera can also be used
for intruder detection; in addition, it can capture still
images for archiving and many more applications.

4. Physical Description

This section describes the externally visible features of
the Internet Camera.

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Front Panel

Link/Act

Power

Power LED

The Power LED is positioned on the right side of the
Internet Camera’s lens while facing the Internet Camera.

A steady blue light confirms that the Internet Camera is
powered on.

Note: There are three settings for the Power LED to
control the light illumination for monitoring purpose from
Normal / Off / Dummy. Please refer to the Web
Configuration section for detailed information and usage.

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Link LED

The Link LED is positioned on the right side of the
Internet Camera’s lens while facing the Internet Camera.
It is located right of the Power LED

A steady orange light confirms that the camera has good
connection to LAN connectivity.

Dependent on the data traffic the LED will begin to flash
to indicate that the Internet Camera is receiving/sending
data from/to the network.

Note: There are three settings for the Link LED to
control the light illumination for monitoring purpose from
Normal / Off / Dummy. Please refer to the Web
Configuration section for detailed information and usage.

Rear Panel

Ethernet

port

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Antenna connector

(WL-400 only)

Reset

button

Power

connector

Network Cable Connector

The Internet Camera’s rear panel features an RJ-45
connector for connections to 10Base-T Ethernet cabling
or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cabling (which should be
Category 5 twisted-pair cable). The port supports the
NWay protocol, allowing the Internet Camera to
automatically detect or negotiate the transmission speed
of the network.

Antenna connector (WL-400 only)

Screw on the antenna supplied with the WL-400 here.

DC Power Connector

The DC power input connector is located on the Internet
Camera’s rear panel, and is labeled DC 5V with a single
jack socket to supply power to the Internet Camera.
Power will be generated when the power supply is
connected to a wall outlet.

Reset Button

Reset will be initiated when the reset button is pressed
once, and Power LED begins to flash.

Factory Reset will be initiated when the reset button is
pressed continuously for three seconds or when Power
LED begins to light up. Release the reset button and the
Power LED will begin to flash, indicating the Internet
Camera is changing to factory reset. When factory reset
is completed, the Internet Camera will be set to default
on channel 11 and EES-ID is set as “NULL String” (This
default setting will let the Internet Camera connect to
ANY access point on the infrastructure network). The IP

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address will also return to the default setting as

192.168.0.20.

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5. Hardware Installation

• For the installation of the (wireless) IP camera it

is assumed you have a working network
environment.

• It is highly recommended to first connect the IP

camera using a UTP cable instead of directly using
the wireless mode (WL-400 only).

• Connect the UTP cable; use standard UTP cables

to connect the camera to one of the LAN ports on
your network HUB, switch or router. Note that
when connecting the camera directly to a network
adapter you should use a crossed-over UTP cable.

• Connect the power supply adapter to the IP

camera. Only use the adapter supplied with the
camera.

• Check the LED’s:

o The power LED (‘PWR’) should be ON
o The link/activity LED (‘LNK’) should be ON

6. Security

To ensure the highest security and prevent unauthorized
usage of the Internet Camera the Administrator has the
exclusive privilege to access the System Administration
for settings and control requirements to allow users the
level of entry and authorize the privileges for all users.
The Internet Camera supports multi-level password
protection and access to the Internet Camera is strictly

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restricted to defined the user who has a "User Name" and
"User Password" that is assigned by the Administrator.

Administrator can release a public user name and
password so when remote users access the Internet
Camera they will have the right to view the image
transmitted by the Internet Camera.

Note:

Since the default settings are Null String, it is highly
recommended to set the "Admin ID" and "Admin
Password" when you are the first time to use the Internet
Camera. Once the ID and Password are defined, only the
administrator has the access to management the
Internet Camera. This procedure should be done as soon
as possible since the security features with the Internet
Camera will not be enabled until the "Admin ID" and
"Admin Password" is defined.

7. Software Installation

This section describes the Software installation procedure
of the Internet Camera for Web Configuration and IPView
application.

7.1 Web Configuration

The Internet Camera must be configured through its
built-in Web-based Configuration.

Extensive knowledge of local area networks will be
helpful in setting up the Internet Camera.

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From the web browser, enter the default IP address to
access the Welcome screen of the Internet Camera. To
configure your Internet Camera, type
http://192.168.0.20 in the address box. This is the
default IP address of your Internet Camera. Then, press
[Enter].

Note:

The PC’s IP address must correspond with the Internet
Camera’s IP address in the same segment for the two
devices to communicate.

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7.1.1 Main Menu Image

After the default IP address is entered from the browser,
the Internet Camera Welcome screen will appear with a
still image.

7.1.2 Configuration

Click “Configuration” from the Welcome screen to
access the settings required for the Internet Camera.

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7.1.3 Configuration – System

- System Setting: In this field, you can configure
the basic information of your camera.

• Camera Name: This field is used to enter a

descriptive name for the device. The default
setting for the Camera Name is CS-xxxxxx,
where xxxxxx is the last six digit of the MAC
Address. The maximum length is 32 (printable
ASCII).

• Location: This field is used to enter a

descriptive name for the location used by the
camera (optional).

• Admin: This field is used to enter the

administrator name along with the password to
access the System Administration settings. Be
sure to enter the password twice to confirm the
details once in the Admin Password field and
again in the Confirm Password field.
The default setting for administrator is blank
space (Null String), and you need to key in the
administrator name with a maximum length of

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12 (printable ASCII) characters and enter the
administrator password with a maximum length
of 8 (printable ASCII) characters.
It is highly recommended to set the Admin ID
and Admin Password as soon as possible to
enable security option for the Wireless Internet
Camera to function.

• LED Control: This option allows user to setup

the LED illumination as desired. This feature
provides the flexibility when surveillance
activity is ON.
There are three options as follows:

Power - Steady On of the LED
indicator.

Normal

OFF

Dummy

The default setting for the LED control is at
Normal. When you have configured the LED
control, the correct illumination will be set after
1 minute.

Link - Steady On of the LED
indicator. When WLAN activity is
present the LED indicator will
flash steadily.
Power - LED indicator is off.
Link – LED indicator is off.
Power - Steady On of the LED
indicator.
Link - Steady On of the LED
indicator with random flashing.

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7.1.4 Configuration – Video

- Video Setting: In this field, you can configure
the basic information of your camera.

• Video Resolution: Select the desired video

resolution format, including 160x120,
320x240 (default) and 640x480.

• Compression Rate: Select the desired

compression rate with five levels from Very
Low to Very High. Higher video compression
rate will generate more compact file size with
less video quality and vise-versa. The default
setting is Medium.

• Frame Rate: Select the frame rate desired

with default setting at Auto for optimal frame
rate.

• Brightness Control: Adjust the brightness

level with default setting at 64.

• Contrast Control: Adjust the contrast level

with default setting at 64.

• Saturation Control: Adjust the saturation with

default setting at 64.

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Light Frequency: Adjust the light frequency to suit your
area of operation from the options either 50 Hz or 60 Hz
(default).
Mirror: Using this option it’s possible to flip the screen
horizontally or vertically. (eg. When the camera is placed
upside-down, the screen can be flipped horizontally.)
Anti-flicker: Select this option to reduce flickering of
pulsating light sources.

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7.1.5 Configuration – Wireless (WL-400
only)

Click the Wireless item to setup the wireless LAN
configuration of your camera.

- Wireless Interface

• Connection Mode: Use this option to

determine the type of wireless communication
for your camera. There are two choices of
Infrastructure mode and Ad-Hoc mode. The
default setting is Infrastructure.

• SSID: The SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the

name assigned to the wireless network. It will

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auto-detect and display the SSID of wireless
network connected in this box (it displays
default initially). This default setting will let
the camera connect to ANY access point under
the infrastructure network mode.
To connect the camera to a specific access
point on the network, please make sure to set
the SSID of the camera to correspond with the
access point’s SSID for communication. Type
any string up to 32 characters long (spaces,
symbols, and punctuation are not allowed) in
the Network Name box.
To connect the camera to an Ad-Hoc wireless
workgroup, make sure to set the same wireless
channel and SSID to match with the
PC/Notebook’s configuration for direct wireless
communication.

• Wireless Channel: This pull-down menu

provides the wireless channel for
communication. A "channel" is a range of
frequencies to be used in communication
between the camera and access point in
Infrastructure mode, or the camera and
PC/Notebook in Ad-Hoc mode. Select the
appropriate channel from the list provided
depending on the regulatory region where the
unit is sold. The default setting is at channel

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• Transmission Rate: Select the data transmit

rate from this pull-down menu. The default
setting is Fully Automatic.

- WEP Encryption

• WEP Encryption: Wireless network

communications can be intercepted easily.

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WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is an
encryption method specified by the IEEE

802.11g standard to make any intercepted
communications extremely difficult to interpret
by unauthorized parties. The default setting for
this option is Disable.

• WEP Key Format: To enable WEP Encryption,

you should decide the encryption format first by
selecting the ASCII or HEX option, and then
input the WEP key (in the following Key 1~4
box).

ASCII input format:

ASCII format causes each character you type
to be interpreted as an eight-bit value. All
unaccented upper- and lower-case Western
European characters that can be input
through your keyboard's typing zone are
valid. To setup a 64-bit WEP key, input 5
ASCII characters. For example, ‘12345’. To
setup an 128-bit WEP key, input 13 ASCII
characters. For example, ‘1234567890123’.
These character counts result in bit counts of
40 and 104 respectively; the camera will
automatically pad your input to a bit count of
64 or 128.

HEX input format:

Hex format causes each pair of characters you
type to be interpreted as an eight-bit value in
hexadecimal (base 16) notation. Only the
digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through F
(in upper or lower case) are valid. To setup a
64-bit WEP key, input 10 HEX format. For
example, ‘3132333435’, which is the same
with ASCII input ‘12345’. To setup an 128-bit

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WEP key, input 26 HEX format. For example,
‘31323334353637383930313233’, which is
the same with ASCII input ‘1234567890123’.
These character counts result in bit counts of
40 and 104, respectively; the Wireless
Internet Camera will automatically pad your
input to a bit count of 64 or 128.

• Encrypt Data Transmissions Using: Use this

pull-down menu to decide to use Key 1, 2, 3 or
4 for encryption).

- WPA PSK: WPA PSK is more secure than WEP. If

your network uses WPA PSK encryption, this
option should be selected. Enter your
encryption key in the ‘Preshare Key’ field.

- Advanced Setting: In this field, you can setup
more advanced configuration.

• Beacon Interval: This option defines time

interval between two images sent.

• Preamble: A preamble is a signal used in

wireless environment to synchronize the
transmitting timing including Synchronization
and Start frame delimiter. Please NOTE that if
you want to change the Preamble type into
Long or Short, please check the setting of
access point.

• Authentication Type: Open System

communicates the key across the network.
Shared Key allows communication only with
other devices with identical WEP settings. The
default setting is Both.

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7.1.6 Configuration – Network

- TCP/IP: The items in this field display the
information of the wireless LAN, such as the
Connection Mode (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc), Link,
SSID, Channel, Transmission Rate, and WEP
Encryption.

• IP Address Mode: This field provides your

with three options to select the IP Address
Mode:
Fixed IP – You can select this option and enter
the IP address directly. The default settings
are:

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• IP Address – 192.168.0.20

• Subnet Mask – 255.255.255.0

• Default Gateway – 0.0.0.0

Dynamic Address (DHCP) – If your network
uses the DHCP server, select this option.
According to this setting, the camera will be
assigned an IP address from the DHCP server
automatically. Every time when the camera
starts up, please make sure that the DHCP
server is set to assign a static IP address to
your camera.
PPPoE – If your application requires a direct
connection from an ADSL modem through the
camera’s RJ-45 LAN port, click this option and
enter the User ID and Password into the
respective boxes. (You should have an ISP
PPPoE account.) The camera will get an IP
address from the ISP as starting up.

• DNS IP Address: DNS (Domain Name

System) server is an Internet service that
translates domain names into IP addresses.
Enter at least one DNS IP Address in this field.

• Dynamic DNS: The Dynamic DNS service

allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a
static hostname in any of the domains, allowing
your computer to be more easily accessed from
various locations on the Internet.

• Second HTTP Port: The default port for

communication is via port 80, and you can
change it according to your network
configuration. Select Enable from the option
and enter the desired port number in the
following box.

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• UPnP: UPnP is the architecture for pervasive

peer-to-peer network connectivity of intelligent
appliances, wireless devices, and PCs of all
form factors. Check the Enable option to
enable the function of your camera.

7.1.7 Configuration – User

- User Access Control:

• Access Control: The administrator has the

authority to give permission for the privilege to
control the device to users by selecting Enable
or Disable. The default setting is No.

- Define Users: Use this field to add or delete
users for your camera.

• Add User: Enter the user name in this box,

and enter the user’s password assigned by the
administrator. The maximum password length
is 8 (printable ASCII).
The administrator has the authority to give
permission for the privilege to control the
Upload/E-mail Video control to the users by

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selecting Yes or No to activate the Upload/E­mail Video.

To add a new user’s name, enter the necessary
information first and click the Add button.

• Delete User: Select the user you want to

delete from the pull-down menu, and then click
the Delete button.

• User List: This list displays the current users

status of your camera.

7.1.8 Configuration – Date & Time settings

Click the DateTime item to setup time and date for your
camera, providing correct information for the remote
users who might be thousands of miles away from the
camera’s location.

- Date & Time: You can set up time and date
manually or automatically by selecting the
Synchronized with Time Server option.

• Synchronized with Time Server: Select this

option and the time will be based on GMT

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setting. The time will be synchronized every 10
minutes. When selecting this option, you have
to enter the required information in the
following fields:
IP Address – Enter the IP Address of the Time
Server in this box.
Protocol – Two options of NTP or Time are
available for your selection to link with the Time
Server. The default setting is NTP.
TimeZone – Select the time zone for the
region from the pull-down menu.

• Set Manually: Select this option to set the

time manually. The system administrator must
enter the date and time in the respective field
manually.

7.1.9 Configuration – Upload

Click the Upload item in to setup configuration for FTP
server, time schedule and manual operation.

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- FTP Server: This field contains the following six
basic settings for your FTP server.

• Host Address: The IP Address of the target

FTP server.

• Port Number: The standard port number for

the FTP server is Port 21, and it’s also the
default setting. If the FTP server uses a
specific port, please confirm the IT manager.

• User Name: Enter the user name in this field.

• Password: Enter the user password in this

field to login the FTP server.

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• Directory Path: Enter an existing folder name

in this field, and the images will be uploaded to
the given folder.

• Passive Mode: This function depends on your

FTP server. Please check with your IT manager
if the FTP server uses passive mode. The
default setting is No.

- Time Schedule: Select the “Enable upload video
to FTP server” option and enter the relevant

information, such as the schedule, video
frequency and base file name.

• Schedule: You can 1.) Choose Always to

always upload the video to FTP server, or 2.)
Set the Schedule to manage the uploading
task. In the Schedule option, you can set the
Day and Time Period option.

• Video Frequency: There are two ways to set

the video frequency: 1.) Set Auto/1/2/3
frames per second, or 2.) Set the time in
seconds for every frame.

• Base File Name: Enter the file name to make

sure that the images could be saved as the
base file name.

• File: Since you may not upload only one image

to the FTP server, you can choose the filing rule,
including Overwrite, Date/Time Suffix, and
set up the Sequence Number.

7.1.10 Configuration – E-mail

Click the E-mail item to setup configuration for E-mail
account, time schedule and manual operation settings.

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- E-mail Account: This field contains the following
six basic settings for your FTP server.

• SMTP Server Address: SMTP (Simple Mail

Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for sending e­mail messages between servers you need to
input the mail server address in this field.

• Sender e-mail Address: Enter the e-mail

address of the user who will send the e-mail.

• Receiver e-mail Address: Enter the e-mail

address of the user who will receive the e-mail.

• User Name: Enter the user name in this field.

• Password: Enter the user password in this

field to login receiver’s mail server.

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- Time Schedule: Select the “Enable-mail video to
e-mail account” option to set schedule to send e-

mail. Please refer to the instruction in “Upload”
section. The Interval option is to define time
interval between two images sent.

- Manual Operation: When you click the E-mail

Video button in view video screen, it will start to

e-mail image. The Interval option is to define
time interval between two images sent.

7.2.1 Management - System

Click the System item to display the device status of
your camera.

- Device Status: The information about the
camera, including the Camera Name, Location,
Model, Firmware Version, MAC Address and IP
Address, can be found in this field.

- Ethernet Status: You can monitor the

networking status in this field, including the Link

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