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Page 2: ...ensures the product is used properly as intended The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for those who have basic network knowledge The Troubleshooting chapter in the Appendix provides remedies to the most common errors in set up and configuration You should consult this chapter first if you run into a system error The Network Camera is designed for various app...

Page 3: ...Primary user s capability 13 Main screen with camera view 13 Digital Zoom 14 Digital Output 14 Snapshot 14 Client settings 15 Administrator s capability 17 Fine tuning for Best Performance 17 Opening accounts for new users 19 Change homepage layout 20 Build a multimedia web attraction site 26 Build a security application 30 Software revision upgrade 33 Definition in Configuration 34 System paramet...

Page 4: ...leshooting 50 Status LED 50 Reset and restore 50 B Frequently asked questions 51 C URL commands of the Network Camera 54 Capture update Snapshot of JPEG image 54 Query status of the digital input 54 Drive the digital output 54 Restore factory default settings 54 Restart system 55 Page URL 56 System resource URL 56 General format of command URL 57 System configuration URL 57 Security configuration ...

Page 5: ... 4 Image quality configuration URL 63 Application configuration URL 64 Homepage layout configuration URL 65 D Technical specifications 66 ...

Page 6: ... 5 Package Contents Network Camera IPCAMWL40 Power adapter I O terminal block connector Camera stand Software CD ...

Page 7: ...x A for troubleshooting The Network Camera will first detect Ethernet If it does not connect to Ethernet the Network Camera will try WLAN During the searching and connecting process to the wireless access point or station the red LED of the Network Camera will flash every second Until the Network Camera connects to the other wireless device the red LED will become lighted Operating in either netwo...

Page 8: ...hernet to proceed with wireless LAN configuration The Network Camera provides a general I O terminal block with one digital input and one relay switch for device control Pin 1 and pin 2 can be connected to an external sensor device and the state of voltage will be monitored from the initial state LOW The relay switch of pin 3 and pin 4 can be used to turn on or off the external device 1 DI INPUT I...

Page 9: ...mera There may be many Network Cameras in the local network Users can differentiate the Network Cameras with the serial number The serial number is printed on the labels on the carton and the bottom of the Network Camera body The IP addresses shown in the Current IP Address field reflect those on the local network They may be from the DHCP server If there is no DHCP server the camera will try to f...

Page 10: ...e Installer list After the hardware installation users may click on to update the list Users may click directly on to access the Network Camera in the default browser Once installation is complete the Administrator should proceed to the next section Initial access to the Network Camera for necessary checks and ...

Page 11: ... Troubleshooting chapter of the Appendix Add Password to prevent Unauthorized Access The default Administrator s password is blank and the Network Camera initially will not ask for any password The Administrator should immediately implement a new password as a matter of prudent security practice Once the Administrator s password is saved the Network Camera will ask for the user s name and password...

Page 12: ...quest a username and password Upon successful authentication the following figure is displayed The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason ...

Page 13: ...he user s PC or notebook If the highest security level is set the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt This plug in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in the browser Users may click on to proceed If the web browser does not allow the user to continue to install check the Internet security option to lower the security levels or contact your ...

Page 14: ...ra view The main page layout has two parts Configuration functions The camera can be configured using these user interfaces Camera View What the camera sees Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page ...

Page 15: ...isable digital zoom and use the slider control to change the zoom factors Digital Output Clicking on the On or Off button turns the digital output to either on or off status Snapshot Click on web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot Users can point at the snapshot and click the right button of mouse to save it ...

Page 16: ... or contact your IT or networking supervisor There are two settings for the client side One is Media Option for users to determine if audio should be muted The other is Protocol Option which allows choices on connection protocol between client and server There are three protocols choices to optimize your usage UDP TCP and HTTP The UDP protocol allows for more real time audio and video streams Howe...

Page 17: ...in the order of UDP TCP HTTP After the Network Camera is connected successfully Protocol Option will indicate the selected protocol The selected protocol will be recorded in the user s PC and will be used for the next connection If the network environment is changed or the user wants to let the web browser to detect again manually select the UDP protocol save and return HOME to re connect url http...

Page 18: ... correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible For Best Real time Video Images To achieve good real time visual effect the network bandwidth should be large enough to allow a transmission rate of greater than 20 image frames per second If the broadband network is over 1 Mbps set the Fix bit rate to 1000Kbps or 1200Kbps and set Fix quality at the highest quality The maximum frame...

Page 19: ...ork even when the parameters have initially been finely tuned Performance will also suffer due to poor connectivity because of the network s burst constraint Only Quality Images Will Do To have the best video quality you should set Fix quality at Detailed or Excellent and adjust the Maximum frame rate to match your network s bandwidth If your network is slow and you receive broken pictures go to t...

Page 20: ...s Type a new word twice in 1 to enable protection This password is used to identify the administrator Then add an account with user name and password for your friends in 2 Network Camera can provide twenty accounts for your valuable customers or friends Each account identifies the access right rather than the real visitor That allows multiple visitors share the same account of different level An o...

Page 21: ...ssword The Administrator can also decide if more viewers are allowed to watch the video if the viewers exceed the limit The overloaded viewers will have snapshot mode instead Change homepage layout How to change the subject text of homepage 1 Click on Configuration on homepage 2 Change the text in Host name 3 Click on Save button ...

Page 22: ...font color is better to contrast with the background How to change the background 1 Click on Configuration on homepage 2 Click on Homepage layout at the left column If you want to display simple color without any image 3 Find Background graph and choose blank 4 Find Background color and pull down the list to choose any color you like 5 Click on Save button The background color is better to contras...

Page 23: ...word is as same as the Administrator s 7 Transfer wallppr jpg in local folder to the Network Camera 8 Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera How to change the image logo at the upper left corner of homepage 1 Click on Configuration on homepage 2 Click on Homepage layout at the left column If you want to remove any logo 3 Find Logo graph and choose blank 4 Click on Save...

Page 24: ... The user name and password is as same as the Administrator s 7 Transfer logo gif in local folder to the Network Camera 8 Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera If you want to add hyperlink to the logo image 3 Find Logo link and type the hyperlink in the edit box for example http www mywebsite com 4 Click on Save button ...

Page 25: ...e same including the letter case Example homepage begin html head title Example custom homepage title head body background pic wallppr jpg p a href setup config html img src http dgl microsoft com thumbnails j023 j0234430 t gif align left width 64 height 64 a font size 7 face Comic Sans MS color FF0000 Network Camera Demo font p p align left Copy the next bold line to where you want to show the im...

Page 26: ...omepage 7 Click on Homepage layout at the left column 8 Check Use the customized homepage 9 Click on Save button and return to homepage The user htm only provides plain text content that scripts and URL of external resources can be used to adorn the homepage Refer to tutorials of writing HTML and scripts If the customized homepage goes wrong and cannot display link to the Homepage layout page http...

Page 27: ... need to find suitable software Product demo for e business large scale service If the number of visitors has exceeded the limit the Network Camera can allow the overload viewers to see the snapshots in JPEG mode on the homepage These are still images and will be refreshed periodically and automatically It needs a script function supported by the web browser 1 Click on Configuration on homepage 2 ...

Page 28: ...twork Camera as an FTP client to upload the pictures The access to the Network Camera will be independent of the number of viewers and the picture quality will remain constant 1 Click on Configuration on homepage 2 Click on Network at the left column 3 Fill the FTP related settings including server user name and password as well as the upload path if specified by the web space 4 Click on save and ...

Page 29: ...ded via FTP in advance If the web space has no FTP service An auto refresh homepage can be used to periodically poll the newest image from the Network Camera It is most efficient if using a free web space provider as the FTP service may be limiting 1 Prepare an auto refresh homepage like the following example The URL of image is http IP address of the Network Camera cgi bin video jpg Modify the IP...

Page 30: ...e if necessary script language javascript var image http 192 168 0 203 cgi bin video jpg IMAGE URL var refreshrate 5 SECONDS BETWEEN REFRESH var imgwidth 352 IMAGE WIDTH var imgheight 240 IMAGE HEIGHT NTSC 240 PAL 288 function refresh document images pic src image new Date setTimeout refresh refreshrate 1000 document write img src image height imgheight width imgwidth name pic if document images w...

Page 31: ...tached devices To upload the snapshots users can choose either email or FTP according to user s needs Both e mail and FTP use the network settings on the network page Refer to the definition section for detail configuration 1 Click on Configuration on homepage 2 Click on Application at the left column 3 Check the weekdays as you need and give the period of Snapshots begin time and Snapshots end ti...

Page 32: ... Enable motion detection 9 Click on new to have a new window to monitor video 10 Type in a name to identify the new window 11 Use the mouse to click hold and drag the window corner to resize or the title bar to move 12 Fine tune using the Sensitivity and Percentage fields to best suit the camera s environment Higher Sensitivity detects the slighter motion Higher Percentage discriminates smaller ob...

Page 33: ... 32 16 Check Upload snapshots while motion detected if e mailing the snapshots is preferred 17 Check Send snapshots by email 18 Click on save to validate ...

Page 34: ...ad the firmware file named FLASH BIN from the appropriate product folder 2 Run the Upgrade Wizard and proceed following the prompts Refer to the instructions of the Upgrade Wizard for details 3 The whole process will finish in a few minutes and it will automatically restart the system If power fails during the writing process of Flash memory the program in the memory of the Network Camera may be d...

Page 35: ...are the specific phrase on the Option pages The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the frame page of configuration If the Administrator also wants to set certain options through the URL read the reference appendix for details url http Network Camera setup config html Network Camera is the domain name or original IP address of the Network Camera ...

Page 36: ... local computer The read only date and time of the PC is displayed as updated Manual Adjust the date and time according to what is entered by the Administrator Notice the format in the related field while doing the entry Automatic Synchronize with the NTP server over the Internet whenever the Network Camera starts up It will fail if the assigned time server cannot be reached NTP server Assign the ...

Page 37: ...ol Delete user Pull down the user list to find the user s name and press to complete Allow demo account to view Click this to permit anyone who types in demo as user name No password is needed for demo account Note that a demo account is restricted to view only Allow more viewers with snapshot mode There can only be a maximum of 10 users to simultaneously view the video This option allows for the ...

Page 38: ... is the gateway used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet Invalid router setting will fail the transmission to destinations in different subnet Primary DNS The primary domain name server that translates hostnames into IP addresses Secondary DNS Secondary domain name server that backups the Primary DNS HTTP Http port This can be other than the default port 80 Once the port is cha...

Page 39: ... default Note The maximum length of SSID is 32 single byte characters and SSID can t be any of and space character Wireless mode Clicking on the pull down menu to select from the following options Infrastructure Make the Network Camera connect to the WLAN via an Access Point The default setting Ad Hoc Make the Network Camera connect directly to a host equipped with a wireless adapter in a peer to ...

Page 40: ...t Hexadecimal or ASCII HEX is the default setting z HEX digits consist of the numbers 0 9 and the letters A F z ASCII is a code for representing English letters as numbers from 0 127 except and space characters that are reserved Network Key Entering a key in either hexadecimal or ASCII format When selecting different key length acceptable input length is listed as following 64 bits key length 10 H...

Page 41: ...sword on the backup email server Recipient email address 2 The email address of the recipients for the backup server Sender email address the email address of the sender FTP Local FTP server port This can be other than the default port 21 The user can change this value from 1 to 65535 After the changed the external FTP client program must change the server port of connection accordingly 1st FTP se...

Page 42: ...t upload to proceed If the passive mode is selected the Network Camera can automatically attempt for active mode if the external FTP server does not support passive mode 2nd FTP server The domain name or IP address of the external FTP server 2nd FTP user name Granted user name on the backup FTP server 2nd FTP password Granted password on the backup FTP server 2nd FTP remote folder Granted folder o...

Page 43: ...s Note when this field is input as Username the following field must be input as Password Password Key Please input the password or key to get the DDNS service Enable UPnP The turns on or off the UPnP function When UPnP is turn off the camera cannot be found through network neighbors in MS Windows XP If the UPnP network component is installed in Windows XP the hostname of the Network Camera will b...

Page 44: ...ers provided for video performance adjustment Maximum frame rate This limits the maximal refresh frame rate which can be combined with the Video quality control to optimize the bandwidth utilization and video quality If the user wants to fix the bandwidth utilization regardless of the video quality choose Fix bit rate and select the desired bandwidth The video quality may be poor due to the sendin...

Page 45: ... 44 recall the original settings without incorporating the changes ...

Page 46: ...eans the image variation is under monitoring level and a red bar means the image variation is over monitoring level When the bar goes red the detected window will also be outlined in red Going back to the homepage the monitored window is hidden but the red frame shows when motion is detected Window Name The text will show at the top of the window Sensitivity This sets the endurable difference betw...

Page 47: ...ital input and the three windows for motion detection More than one condition can be selected at once Select the appropriate digital input condition that suits the characteristics of the external device high low selects level triggering via external voltage input rising falling is for edge triggering There are three windows for motion detection each can be assigned a name If motion detection has n...

Page 48: ...owing the intervals set above The snapshot named video jpg will be attached in the email with the subject title Periodic snapshots Send snapshots by FTP The snapshots will be uploaded to the external FTP server with the file name defined in the next option This can also be used to refresh the captured images stored in the external web server to build creative homepages FTP put snapshots with date ...

Page 49: ...tor s capability for how to change the default logo Logo link when users click on the logo image a new window will pop up to show the homepage of the given URL Clear the URL will disable the link function Background graph the background image can be hidden to show the background color only the default one that can be changed by the Administrator or any image on the Internet that can be located via...

Page 50: ...ration page to view the entire system s parameter set The content is the same as those in CONFIG INI Restore factory default settings Click on the link on the configuration page to restore the factory default settings Any changes made so far will be lost and the system will be reset to the initial factory settings After clicking on the Restore button and make confirmation the system will restart a...

Page 51: ... is setup Blink green every second Any hardware failure Other patterns Reset and restore There is a button hidden in the pinhole beside the Ethernet socket It is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings Sometimes resetting the system can make the system back to normal state If the system still has problems after reset restore the factory settings and install again RESET Pok...

Page 52: ...Camera for the first time using Internet Explorer adjust the security level of Internet Explorer to allow installation of plug ins 3 If the problem still exists after adjusting and the message over the image window is showing connecting the network traffic may be too crowded Q What is the plug in for A The plug in provided by the Network Camera is used to display motion pictures and audio in Inter...

Page 53: ...lows only HTTP mode disable the web filtering function of the anti virus program temporarily During the period users should be aware of the risk of malicious network activity Q I have opened motion detection windows but it cannot work A If the motion detection windows are setup and names are given check to see if the function is checked at the first line While it is enabled adjust the sensitivity ...

Page 54: ...pictures per second from a regular environment Q How can I keep the Network Camera as private as possible A The Network Camera is designed for surveillance purposes and has many flexible interfaces The user authentication and special confirmation in installation can keep the Network Camera from unauthorized access You may also change the HTTP port to non public number The demo account is good to s...

Page 55: ...t up to date snapshot in JPEG format Query status of the digital input cgi bin getdi cgi The Network Camera will return the status of digital input Drive the digital output cgi bin setdo cgi do state The state is either H L H means high that is NC is connected with COMMON and L means means low that is NO is connected with COMMON For instance typing http 192 168 0 201 cgi bin setdo cgi Do h in the ...

Page 56: ... 55 The Network Camera will automatically restart after restoring factory default configurations Restart system setup reset cgi Restart the Network Camera without warning ...

Page 57: ...tem html security option setup security html network option setup network html video option setup video html motion detection setup motion html image quality option setup image html application option setup app html homepage layout option setup layout html system log setup logfile html system parameters setup parafile html set factory default setup factory html System resource URL There are some i...

Page 58: ...m cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION host text string shorter than 15 characters system name yes turn off front LED Ledoff no turn on front LED keep keep date and time unchanged auto use NTP server to synchronize method manu directly adjust date and time date yyyy mm dd year month and date separated by slash time hh mm ss hour minute and second separated by colon ntp domain name or IP address NTP server z...

Page 59: ... demo users with open yes grant for demo account open no prohibit for demo account yes permission for DIDO access dido no prohibit for DIDO access Network configuration URL URL setup network cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION yes enable installation at next boot reset no disable installation at next boot ip IP address Network Camera s IP address subnet IP address subnet mask router IP address default gate...

Page 60: ... Canada 1 13 channel in Europe 10 11 channel in Spain 10 13 channel in France chan 1 14 channel in Japan all 1 1 Mbps transmission rate 2 2 Mbps transmission rate 3 5 5 Mbps transmission rate 4 11 Mbps transmission rate tx 5 22 Mbps transmission rate l long preamble preamb s short preamble yes enable data encryption encr no disable data encryption auto auto authentication shared shared key authent...

Page 61: ...RIPTION smtp1 domain name or IP address primary SMTP server smtp1Usr string shorter than 39 characters user name for primary SMTP server smtp1pass string shorter than 39 characters password for primary SMTP server mail1 string shorter than 80 characters mail recipient address smtp2 domain name or IP address secondary SMTP server smtp2Usr string shorter than 39 characters user name for secondary SM...

Page 62: ...s user name for secondary FTP server ftppass2 text string shorter than 15 characters password for secondary FTP server ftpfolder2 text string shorter than 40 characters upload folder in secondary FTP server yes access FTP server in passive mode Pasv2 no access FTP server in active mode DDNS UPnP configuration URL URL setup ddns html NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION enddns anything Enable DDNS function This ...

Page 63: ...ver the URL is called if UPnP function is to be enabled Video configuration URL URL setup video cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION text text string shorter than 15 characters enclosed caption B W monochrome color other than B W color 1 half 2 half x 2 3 normal 4 normal x 2 size 5 double 50Hz synchronize with 50Hz utility mode 60Hz synchronize with 60Hz utility fixb fix bit rate quality other than fixb fix...

Page 64: ...et maximum frame rate to 2 fps 3 set maximum frame rate to 3 fps 5 set maximum frame rate to 5 fps 10 set maximum frame rate to 10 fps 15 set maximum frame rate to 15 fps 20 set maximum frame rate to 20 fps 25 set maximum frame rate to 25 fps frame 30 set maximum frame rate to 30 fps yes flip image flip no normal image yes mirror image mirror no normal image 1 auto white balance 2 fixed indoor 280...

Page 65: ...equential mode application mail upload snapshots by email smethod ftp upload snapshots by FTP suffix not required FTP file with date and time suffix delay integer seconds delay to detect next event inter integer seconds delay to capture post event dihigh not required set DI high as trigger condition dilow not required set DI low as trigger condition dirise not required set DI rising as trigger con...

Page 66: ...e to stop sequential mode Homepage layout configuration URL URL setup layout cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION blank hide logo def use default logo cuslogo url use image from URL logourl text string shorter than 80 characters URL of image for logo linkurl text string shorter than 80 characters URL to link when clicking on logo blank hide background image def use default background cusback url use image f...

Page 67: ...at 352x240 Camera Specification 1 3 inch color CMOS sensor 640x480 2 5Lux F1 4 AGC AWB Electronic shutter 1 60 1 15000 second Lens Standard CS mount type lens 6 0mm F1 8 Audio 24Kbps 8Kbps optional Microphone Omni directional Frequency 50 16000Hz S N ratio more than 60dB General I O 1 sensor input max 12VDC 50mA 1 relay output max 24VDC 1A 125VAC 0 5A LED indicator Dual color status indicator Dime...

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