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1.2 Getting to Know Your Camera

Front View

Lens Assembly

Power LED

indicates

the camera is powered
on with the steady
amber light.

Link LED

indicates

the camera’s network
connectivity with the
flashing green light.

Internal Microphone

allows the camera to
receive sound and voice.

Summary of Contents for ICS303C

Page 1: ...ICS303C CMOS MJPEG Wireless Network Camera Advanced Installation Guide Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...nents and functions of the camera Chapter 2 Hardware Installation helps you install the camera according to your application environment You can use this camera at home at work at any where you want Chapter 3 Accessing the Camera lets you start using your camera without problem The camera can be set up easily and work within your network environment instantly Chapter 4 Configuring the Camera guide...

Page 3: ...ications of the Camera 10 Chapter 3 Accessing the Camera 11 3 1 Using IPFinder 11 3 2 Accessing to the Camera 12 3 3 Configuring the IP Address of the PC 15 Chapter 4 Configuring the Camera 16 4 1 Using the Web Configuration 16 4 2 Using Smart Wizard 17 4 3 Basic Setup 20 4 4 Network Settings 23 4 5 Setting up Video Audio 32 4 6 Event Server Configuration 34 4 7 Motion Detect 37 4 8 Event Config 3...

Page 4: ...ontained in the package carefully You should have the following One ICS303C One AC Power Adapter One Camera Stand One Ethernet Cable RJ 45 type One Installation CD ROM 3 One Quick Installation Guide NOTE Once any item contained is damaged or missing contact the authorized dealer of your locale ...

Page 5: ...t View Lens Assembly Power LED indicates the camera is powered on with the steady amber light Link LED indicates the camera s network connectivity with the flashing green light Internal Microphone allows the camera to receive sound and voice ...

Page 6: ... is long pressed for five seconds the camera will resume the factory default settings DC Power Connector is used to connect the AC power adapter in order to supply power to the camera Ethernet Cable Connector is used to connect the network cable which supports the NWay protocol so that the camera can detect the network speed automatically WPS Button for wireless model is used to protect your wirel...

Page 7: ...n addition the camera can be upgraded remotely when a new firmware is available The users are also allowed to monitor the image and take snapshots via the network Multiple Platforms Supported The camera supports multiple network protocols including TCP IP SMTP e mail HTTP and other Internet related protocols Therefore you can use the camera in a mixed operating system environment such as Windows V...

Page 8: ...bove User Interface Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 or above Apple Safari 2 or above Mozilla Firefox 2 00 or above Google Chrome Accessing the Camera using UltraView Pro Platform Microsoft Windows XP Vista Win7 Resolution 1024x768 or above Hardware Requirement 1 8 cameras Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM 9 32 cameras Intel Core 2 Quad 4GB RAM NOTE If you connect multiple cameras to monitor various places ...

Page 9: ...ra comes with a camera stand which uses a swivel ball screw head to lock to the camera s screw hole When the camera stand is attached you can place the camera anywhere by mounting the camera through the three screw holes located in the base of the camera stand The Camera Stand ...

Page 10: ...nnected the Link LED starts flashing green light and the camera is on standby and ready for use now If you use a wireless network in your application environment you need to attach the included external antenna to the camera When the camera is powered on the camera will automatically search any access point with default SSID NOTE for wireless model If the camera cannot to your wireless network you...

Page 11: ...Internet or Intranet Capture still images and video clips remotely Upload images or send email messages with the still images attached The following diagram explains one of the typical applications for your camera and provides a basic example for installing the camera Home Applications Please enclosed by waterproof housing when using in outdoor ...

Page 12: ... 2 Click the IPFinder item to launch the utility The control panel will appear as below 3 Once you get the IP address of the camera launch the Web browser or UltraView Pro to access your camera Display the connected camera s Double click to link the camera Click About to get the Version information of IPFinder Click Link to connect the selected camera Click Change IP to modify the IP address of th...

Page 13: ...b browser 2 If Network Camera can t get IP Address under DHCP mode the default IP Address will be 192 168 0 30 3 When the login window appears enter the default User name admin and password admin and press OK to access to the main screen of the camera s Web Configuration NOTE If you are initially access to the camera you will be ask to install a new plug in for the camera Permission request depend...

Page 14: ...ng Language Select your favorite displayed language for the system Live View Setup Switch Click to configure the camera For details see Chapter 4 and Click the button to return to the Main screen to view the live view image Function Buttons Use these buttons to control the video functions Manual Record allows you to record and save a video clip Snapshot allows you to capture and save a still image...

Page 15: ...connected camera Camera Information Display the camera s location and the current date time The information can be modified in the Web Configuration NOTE If your PC use Microsoft Vista platform Maybe you can t find these recorded files what stored by Snapshot or Manual Record That you need to disable the protected mode of Security in the IE Browser Please follow as below Steps 1 Open IE Browser 2 ...

Page 16: ...ion to open the Network Connection window 3 Right click Local Area Connection and then click Properties from the shortcut menu 4 When the Local Area Connection Properties window appears select the General tab 5 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties to bring up the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window 6 To configure a fixed IP address that is within the segment of the came...

Page 17: ...onfiguration and guides you through the configuration of the camera by using the web browser To configure the camera click on the main page of Web Configuration The Web Configuration will start from the Basic page The Web Configuration contains the settings that are required for the camera in the left menu bar including Smart Wizard Basic Network Video Event Server Motion detect Event Config Tools...

Page 18: ...de you through the necessary settings with detailed instructions on each step To start the wizard click Smart Wizard in the left menu bar Step 1 Camera Settings Step 2 IP Settings Enter the name for the camera and place Enter the administrator password Select the IP setting according to your network DHCP Static IP or PPPoE ...

Page 19: ... 18 Step 3 Email Settings Step 4 Wireless Networking for wireless model Enter the required information to be able to send email with image Complete the required settings for wireless networking ...

Page 20: ...Step 5 Confirm Settings Click Apply to finish the wizard and reboot the camera Click Prev to go back to the previous step s and change the settings or click Cancel to end the wizard and discard the changes ...

Page 21: ...h as the Camera Name Location Date Time and User management Basic System Basic Camera Name Enter a descriptive name for the camera Location Enter a descriptive name for the location used by the camera Indication LED This item allows you to set the LED illumination as desired There are two options Normal and OFF ...

Page 22: ...n the following two boxes Manual Select this option to set the date and time manually Basic User Administrator To prevent unauthorized access to the camera s Web Configuration you are strongly recommend to change the default administrator password Type the administrator password twice to set and confirm the password General User User Name Enter the user s name you want to add to use the camera Pas...

Page 23: ...uest UserList Display the existing guests of the camera To delete a user select the one you want to delete and click Delete NOTE The General User can access the camera and control the Function buttons of the camera s Web Configuration the Guest can only view the live view image from the main page of the Web Configuration while accessing the camera Only the Administrator is allowed to configure the...

Page 24: ... 23 4 4 Network Settings The Network menu contains three sub menus that provide the network settings for the camera such as the IP Setting DDNS Setting IP Filter and Wireless for wireless model ...

Page 25: ...lt setting is 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Enter the Default Gateway of the camera The default setting is 192 168 0 1 Primary Secondary DNS DNS Domain Name System translates domain names into IP addresses Enter the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS that are provided by ISP PPPoE Select this option when you use a direct connection via the ADSL modem You should have a PPPoE account from your Internet s...

Page 26: ...n lowercase for process UPnP The camera supports UPnP Universal Plug and Play which is a set of computer network protocols that enable the device to device interoperability In addition it supports port auto mapping function so that you can access the camera if it is behind an NAT router or firewall Select the Enable option to enable this feature Ports Number HTTP Port The default HTTP port is 80 N...

Page 27: ...ick Add to save the range setting You can repeat the action to assign multiple ranges for the camera IPv6 Enter the IP Address that is allowed to access the camera Deny IPv4 Assign a range of IP addresses that are blocked to access the camera by entering the Start IP address and End IP address options When you are finished click Add to save the range setting You can repeat the action to assign mul...

Page 28: ...to any access point under the infrastructure network mode To connect the camera to a specified access point set a SSID for the camera to correspond with the access point s ESS ID To connect the camera to an Ad Hoc wireless workgroup set the same wireless channel and SSID to match with the computer s configuration Click Site Survey to display the available wireless networks so that you can easily c...

Page 29: ...de which communicates the key across the network Shared key Allow communication only with other devices with identical WEP settings WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA PSK WPA2 PSK is specially designed for the users who do not have access to network authentication servers The user has to manually enter the starting password in their access point or gateway as well as in each PC on the wireless network If you se...

Page 30: ...Enter the WEP key s in the following boxes If you select WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK as the Authentication mode you need to complete the following settings Encryption Select TKIP or AES TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol changes the temporal key every 10 000 packets to insure much greater security than the standard WEP security AES Advanced Encryption Standard is used to ensure the highest degree of sec...

Page 31: ...or the end users WPS can be enabled by the following two options 1 PIN Mode 2 PBC Mode or WPS button on the device depending on hardware design PROTECTED SETUP Press the Reset To Unconfigured button to reset the WPS configuration of the camera WPS PIN Mode The PIN Personal Information Number mode builds the connection by entering the PIN Code directly ...

Page 32: ...device a Click the PBC Mode option b Click the Connect button to start WPS function of the camera TIP Instead of clicking the Connect button of Configuration Utility you can press the WPS button if the camera is designed with a hardware button of WPS function c You need to press the WPS button on the router or access point within 120 seconds to complete the setup Device Status Display the WPS conf...

Page 33: ...o and audio settings for the camera Video Audio Camera Image Setting Brightness Adjust the brightness level from 0 100 Contrast Adjust the contrast level from 0 100 Saturation Adjust the colors level from 0 100 TIP Click Default then Apply to restore the default settings of the three options above ...

Page 34: ...ats VGA QVGA and QQVGA The higher setting VGA obtains better video quality while it uses more resource within your network Video Quality Select the desired image quality from five levels Lowest Low Normal High and Highest Frame Rate Select a proper setting depending on your network status The available setting value includes 5 10 15 20 or 25 Video Audio Audio Camera Microphone In Enable Select the...

Page 35: ...ub menus that allow you to upload images to FTP and send emails that include still images When you complete the required settings for FTP or Email click Test to test the related configuration is correct or not Once the camera connects to the server successfully click Apply ...

Page 36: ... email address of the user who will send the email For example tina gmail com SMTP Port Assign the SMTP port in the text box The default SMTP port is 25 If the mail server requires an encrypted connection you should check the SSL option STARTTTLS is an extension to plain text communication protocols It offers a way to upgrade a plain text connection to an encrypted TLS or SSL connection instead of...

Page 37: ...Receiver 2 Email Address Enter the second email address of the user who will receive the email WAN IP Change Notification Select the option to enable the system to notify you when the WAN IP address changed ...

Page 38: ...a provides two detecting areas To enable the detecting area select Window 1 or 2 from the pull down list and then select Enable When the detecting area is enabled you can use the mouse to move the detecting area and change the area coverage Name Assign a name to the detecting area Threshold Move the slide bar to adjust the level for detecting motion to record video ...

Page 39: ...ins four sub menus that provide the commands to configure event profiles Event Configuration General Setting Snapshot Recording Subfolder You can assign a given sub folder for captured file Otherwise leave this option blank to use the default setting ...

Page 40: ...you select in the Schedule Profiles list Weekdays Select the weekday s that you want to separately assign in the schedule profile The weekday that has been assigned will be displayed with green color Time List Display the time period that you have assigned within the selected weekday To assign the same time period to every weekday click Add this to all weekdays click Delete this from all weekdays ...

Page 41: ...s FTP server and email server to enable this feature Schedule Profile Select a schedule profile from the pull down list Action Select the destination that the captured images will be sent to Send Email or FTP Upload Event Configuration Schedule Trigger You can separately configure the schedule for trigger function of the camera by Email or FTP Select the Enable option on each item and then select ...

Page 42: ...ult settings for the camera System Reboot Click Reboot to restart the camera just like turning the device off and on The camera configuration will be retained after rebooting Configuration You can save your camera configuration as a backup file on your computer Whenever you want to resume the original settings you can restore them by retrieving the backup file Backup Click Get the backup file to s...

Page 43: ...upgrade the firmware for your camera once you obtained a latest version of firmware Select the firmware Click Browse to locate the backup file and then click Update NOTE Make sure to keep the camera connected to the power source during the process of upgrading firmware Otherwise the camera might be damaged because of failure of upgrading firmware ...

Page 44: ...enu displays the current configuration and events log of the camera Device Info Display the Basic Video Network and Wireless settings for wireless model of the camera System Log The Logs table displays the events log recorded by the system ...

Page 45: ...Compression MJPEG Video resolution VGA QVGA QQVGA 25fps max System Hardware Processor MIPS base RAM 32MB SDRAM ROM 4MB NOR Flash Power DC 5V Communication LAN 10 100Mbps Fast Ethernet auto sensed Auto MDIX WLAN IEEE 802 11b g n Protocol support TCP IP UDP ICMP DHCP NTP DNS DDNS SMTP FTP HTTP PPPoE UPnP ...

Page 46: ...t Windows XP Vista Win7 Browser Internet Explorer 6 0 or above Apple Safari 2 or above Mozilla Firefox 2 00 or above Google Chrome Software UltraView Pro for playback recording configuration features Operating Environment Temperature Operation 0 C 45 C Storage 15 C 60 C Humidity Operation 20 85 non condensing Storage 0 90 non condensing EMI FCC Class B CE Class B ...

Page 47: ...e The rule at the moment is that an applet can only make an Internet connection to the computer form that the applet was sent ASCII American Standard Code For Information Interchange it is the standard method for encoding characters as 8 bit sequences of binary numbers allowing a maximum of 256 characters ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARP is a protocol that resides at the TCP IP Internet layer t...

Page 48: ...ge while it is still connected It also supports a mix of static and dynamic IP addresses This simplifies the task for network administrators because the software keeps track of IP addresses rather than requiring an administrator to manage the task A new computer can be added to a network without the hassle of manually assigning it a unique IP address DHCP allows the specification for the service p...

Page 49: ...erates at 10 or 100Mbps per second over UTP STP or fiber optic media Firewall Firewall is considered the first line of defense in protecting private information For better security data can be encrypted A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks connected to the I...

Page 50: ...tocol based networks a node must have an Internet address that identifies it to the other nodes All Internet addresses are IP addresses IP Internet Protocol is the standard that describes the layout of the basic unit of information on the Internet the packet and also details the numerical addressing format used to route the information Your Internet service provider controls the IP address of any ...

Page 51: ...spans a relatively small area sharing common resources Most LANs are confined to a single building or group of buildings M MJPEG MJPEG Motion JPEG composes a moving image by storing each frame of a moving picture sequence in JPEG compression and then decompressing and displaying each frame at rapid speed to show the moving picture MPEG4 MPEG4 is designed to enable transmission and reception of hig...

Page 52: ... possible transmission speed between two devices P PCM PCM Pulse Code Modulation is a technique for converting analog audio signals into digital form for transmission PING Packet Internet Groper a utility used to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible It functions by sending a packet to the specified address and waits for a reply It is primarily used to troubleshoot Internet connect...

Page 53: ...e Router Information Protocol RIP a part of the Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP suite forwards packets from one network to another using the same network protocol R RJ 45 RJ 45 connector is used for Ethernet cable connections Router A router is the network software or hardware entity charged with routing packets between networks RTP RTP Real time Transport Protocol is a data...

Page 54: ...bnet mask T TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol is a widely used transport protocol that connects diverse computers of various transmission methods It was developed y the Department of Defense to connect different computer types and led to the development of the Internet Transceiver A transceiver joins two network segments together Transceivers can also be used to join a segment...

Page 55: ...in Wi Fi networks which secures data transmissions using 64 bit or 128 bit encryption Windows Windows is a graphical user interface for workstations that use DOS WPA WPA Wi Fi Protected Access is used to improve the security of Wi Fi networks replacing the current WEP standard It uses its own encryption Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP to secure data during transmission WPA2 Wi Fi Protected Ac...

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