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User's Manual - 21  

Start Upgrade 

Clicking on the “Start Upgrade” button to upgrade the firmware of the selected device(s), and 

it will be a pop-up dialog window to show the progress of the upgrading process. Usually, it will 

take about 5 to 10 minutes to finish the firmware upgrading. It depends on your server model 

and network bandwidth. We recommend you do the upgrade process in wired LAN environment 

rather than PPPoE or wireless environment.

Update progress

After the upgrade process had been done, you could see the dialog window as below. 

Please click on the button “OK” to finish it.

Upgrade Done

Summary of Contents for FCS-1151

Page 1: ...FCS 1151 2 Megapixel H 264 IP Camera User s Manual V1 0...

Page 2: ...SP Players 24 Using 3GPP compatible Mobile Devices 25 Using LevelOne Recording Software 26 Main Page 27 Client Settings 31 Configuration 33 System 34 Security 36 HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol over...

Page 3: ...y with either C or CS mount lens providing system integrators with more flexibility and hassle free installation for different applications The built in SD SDHC card slot offers a convenient and porta...

Page 4: ...This Network Camera provides a general I O terminal block which is used to connect external input output devices The pin definitions are described below Pin Name 1 Power 12V 2 Digital Output 3 Digital...

Page 5: ...cription 1 Steady Red Power on and system booting Red LED unlighted Power off 2 Steady Red Blink Green every 1 sec Network works heartbeat Steady Red Green LED unlighted Network fail 3 Steady Red Blin...

Page 6: ...mount the lens to the Network Camera 1 Mount the lens by turning it clockwise onto the camera mount until it stops If necessary turn the lens counterclockwise slowly until it gets the best attitude 2...

Page 7: ...e port numbers on the Network page please open the ports accordingly on your router For information on how to forward ports on the router please refer to your router s user s manual 3 Find out the pub...

Page 8: ...a DSL Line Please refer to PPPoE for details Set up the Network Camera through Power over Ethernet PoE When using a PoE enabled switch The Network Camera is PoE compliant allowing transmission of pow...

Page 9: ...User s Manual 9 When using a non PoE switch If your switch router does not support PoE use a PoE power injector optional to connect between the Network Camera and a non PoE switch...

Page 10: ...If the installation does not start click on Start on the lower left corner of your screen open My Computer and double click on the CD ROM icon The Installation Wizard Installation Window will appear S...

Page 11: ...Refresh Devices button and an arrow button on the left panel of your user interface When you click on the arrow button you will see more advanced functional buttons Firmware Upgrade Restore Default a...

Page 12: ...more detail please refer to 0 Upgrade Click on this button to reset the selected devices to default settings Click on this button to get information about the Installation Wizard Manual Setup When yo...

Page 13: ...User s Manual 13 Authentication error System Setting After connected to the selected device the Installation Wizard will switch to system setting page as below System setting page...

Page 14: ...strator s password type the new password in both Password and Confirm Password text boxes identically What is typed will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes The maximum password depends on...

Page 15: ...s or click on No to invoke the LAN setting Choosing the network type PPPoE Setting Network setting for PPPoE If you click on Yes in the Network Type dialog window you will be led to the PPPoE setting...

Page 16: ...ork configuration is provided by the DHCP server 2 Fixed IP If you want the device to use a fixed IP please uncheck the Get IP by DHCP Serv er automatically checkbox and assign a valid IP address subn...

Page 17: ...and modify the setting again Apply page When you click on the Apply it will start to update your settings to server Upgrade When you select one device or multiple devices of the same model the Firmwar...

Page 18: ...formation After connected to the selected device s it would display as below If you select more than one device then the device information will show all the selected devices You can switch to the ser...

Page 19: ...Select firmware button to browse the file that you want upgrade onto the se lected device s After selected the file Installation Wizard will check whether the file you select ed is correct If it s th...

Page 20: ...20 User s Manual Firmware Information Warning message for unmatched firmware...

Page 21: ...ocess Usually it will take about 5 to 10 minutes to finish the firmware upgrading It depends on your server model and network bandwidth We recommend you do the upgrade process in wired LAN environment...

Page 22: ...ur web browser ex Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox or Netscape 2 Enter the IP address of the Network Camera in the address field Press Enter 3 The live video will be displayed in your web b...

Page 23: ...on please refer to Security on page 26 If you see a dialog box indicating that your security settings prohibit running ActiveX Controls please enable the ActiveX Controls for your browser 1 Choose Too...

Page 24: ...ing through port number 554 please set the RTSP port to 554 For more information please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 46 For example 4 The live video will be displayed in your player For more inform...

Page 25: ...treaming is set to disable For more information please refer to RTSP Streaming on page 46 2 As the the bandwidth on 3G networks is limited you will not be able to use a large video size Please set the...

Page 26: ...us monitoring and video recording for multiple Network Cameras Please install the recording software then launch the program to add the Network Camera to the Channel list For detailed information abou...

Page 27: ...to page 59 for detailed information Digital Output Click to turn the digital output device on or off PTZ Panel This Network Camera supports both digital e PTZ and mechanical pan tilt zoom control Plea...

Page 28: ...ocol and Media Options The transmission protocol and media options for H 264 MPEG 4 video streaming For further configuration please refer to Client Settings on page 21 Time Display the current time F...

Page 29: ...work Camera Audio will project from the external speaker connected to the Network Camera Click this button again to end talking transmission Mic Volume When the Mute function is not activated move the...

Page 30: ...ng magnified To control the zoom level drag the slider bar To move to a different area you want to magnify drag the navigation screen Start MP4 Recording Click this button to record video clips in MP4...

Page 31: ...unicast client connecting to the server takes up additional bandwidth and the Network Camera allows up to ten simultaneous accesses UDP multicast This protocol allows multicast enabled routers to forw...

Page 32: ...ge Here you can specify the storage destination and file name Folder Specify a storage destination for the recorded video files File name prefix Enter the text that will be appended to the front of th...

Page 33: ...ut Application Recording System log View parameters are not displayed in Basic Mode If you want to set up advanced functions please click Advanced Mode on the bottom of the configuration list to quick...

Page 34: ...how to configure the basic settings for the Network Camera such as the host name and system time It is composed of the following three columns System System Time and DI and DO When finished with the...

Page 35: ...uter clocks by periodically querying an NTP Server NTP server Assign the IP address or domain name of the time server Leaving the text box blank connects the Network Camera to the default time servers...

Page 36: ...lso have the ability to control the Network Camera through the main page Please refer to Main Page on page 17 Allow anonymous viewing If you check this item any client can access the live stream witho...

Page 37: ...tion HTTP HTTPS or HTTPS only Note that you have to create and install a certificate first in the second column before clicking the Save button Create and Install Certificate Method Before using HTTPS...

Page 38: ...umn as shown below You can click Property to view detailed information about the certificate 5 Click Home to return to the main page Change the address from http to https in the address bar and press...

Page 39: ...ate Information will automatically be displayed in the third column as shown below You can click Property to see detailed information about the certificate Create certificate and install Select this o...

Page 40: ...User s Manual 3 If you see the following Information bar click OK and click on the Information bar at the top of the page to allow pop ups 4 The pop up window shows an example of a certificate reques...

Page 41: ...NOTE How do I cancel the HTTPS settings 1 Uncheck Enable HTTPS secure connection in the first column and click Save a warning dialog will pop up 2 Click OK to disable HTTPS 3 The webpage will redirec...

Page 42: ...naged device A network node on a managed network For example routers switches bridges hubs computer hosts printers IP telephones network cameras web server and database Before configuring SNMP setting...

Page 43: ...me the camera is connected to the LAN Use fixed IP address Select this option to manually assign a static IP address to the Network Camera 1 You can make use of LevelOne Installation Wizard 2 on the s...

Page 44: ...he router automatically so that video streams can be sent out from a LAN To utilize of this feature make sure that your router supports UPnPTM and it is activated PPPoE Point to point over Ethernet Se...

Page 45: ...Error Router does not support UPnP port forwarding Steps to enable the UPnPTM user interface on your computer Note that you must log on to the computer as a system administrator to install the UPnPTM...

Page 46: ...twork Camera shortcuts under My Network Places Enabling UPnP port forwarding allows the Network Camera to open a secondary HTTP port on the router not HTTP port meaning that you have to add the second...

Page 47: ...e When IPv6 is enabled by default the network camera will listen to router advertisements and be assigned with a link local IPv6 address accordingly IPv6 Information Click this button to obtain the IP...

Page 48: ...lt value is 8080 you can also link to the webpage in the following address format Please refer to HTTP on page 43 for detailed information If you choose PPPoE as the Network Type the PPP0 address will...

Page 49: ...ant A client end user camera which requests authentication 2 Authenticator an access point or a switch A go between which restricts unauthorized end users from communicating with the authentication se...

Page 50: ...erver 2 A Network Camera requests access to the protected LAN using 802 1X via a switch the authenticator The client offers its identity and client certificate which is then forwarded by the switch to...

Page 51: ...e support for QoS The network video devices used in the network must be QoS enabled QoS models CoS the VLAN 802 1p model IEEE802 1p defines a QoS model at OSI Layer 2 Data Link Layer which is called C...

Page 52: ...es 64 different class IDs It gives an indication of how a given packet is to be forwarded known as the Per Hop Behavior PHB The PHB describes a particular service level in terms of bandwidth queueing...

Page 53: ...nd 65535 If the ports are incorrectly assigned the following warning messages will be displayed To access the Network Camera on the LAN both the HTTP port and secondary HTTP port can be used to access...

Page 54: ...ess the Network Camera Users can only use URL commands to request the stream 5 For more information about URL commands please refer to page 106 HTTPS By default the HTTPS port is set to 443 It can als...

Page 55: ...efer to Client Settings on page 21 and Audio and Video Settings on page 53 Click to enable audio transmission to the Network Camera click to adjust the volume of microphone click to turn off the audio...

Page 56: ...unauthorized access The availability of the RTSP streaming for the three authentication modes is listed in the following table Access name for stream 1 5 This Network camera supports multiple streams...

Page 57: ...gned the following warning message will be displayed Multicast settings for stream 1 4 Click the items to display the detailed configuration information Select the Always multicast option to enable mu...

Page 58: ...the Internet Additionally we offer other DDNS providers such as Dyndns org Dynamic Dyndns org Custom TZO com DHS org CustomSafe100 dyn interfree it Note that before utilizing this function please app...

Page 59: ...as been successfully created you will see a success message in the DDNS Registration Result column 3 Click Copy and all for the registered information will be uploaded to the corresponding fields in t...

Page 60: ...If the administrator has set a password for the webpage the clients have to enter a user name and password to access the live video The user name will be displayed in the User ID column If the adminis...

Page 61: ...e disconnected temporarily and will automatically try to re link again IE Explore or Quick Time Player Enable access list filtering Check this item and click Save if you want to enable the access list...

Page 62: ...olumn make a selection and click Delete NOTE For example when the range of IP addresses on the allowed list is set from 1 1 1 0 to 192 255 255 255 and the range in the denied list is set from 1 1 1 0...

Page 63: ...eam This Network Camera supports time shift cache stream on the Network Camera Select one stream and check the below option Enable time shift caching stream Enable time shift caching stream Advanced M...

Page 64: ...s and clear the settings in the Viewing Window Video frame rate first Select this option will limit the frame size to 800x600 and clear the settings in the Viewing Window Cropping mode The cropping fu...

Page 65: ...ork Camera to adjust the color temperature automatically 3 Select Keep Current Value to confirm the setting while the white balance is being measured 4 Click Save to enable the new setting Image Adjus...

Page 66: ...window 2 Use the mouse to size and drag drop the window which is recommended to be at least twice the size of the object height and width you want to cover 3 Enter a Window Name and click Save to enab...

Page 67: ...re times result in less light Exposure level You can manually set the Exposure level which ranges from 1 to 8 dark to bright The default value is 4 Enable AGC Auto Gain Control You can manually set th...

Page 68: ...w Please follow the steps beolw to setup a profile 1 Check Enable this profile 2 Select the applied mode Day mode Night mode or schedule mode Please manually enter a range of time if you choose Schedu...

Page 69: ...e live view window Stream 2 Users can define the Region of Interest viewing region and the Output Frame Rate size of the live view window Stream 3 Mobile stream Users can define the Region of Interest...

Page 70: ...size of your monitoring device The parameters of the multiple streams The maximum Region of Interest of stream 3 is 1468 x 1200 You can also check the item Set region to full view to extend the regio...

Page 71: ...resize accordingly If you want to set up a customized viewing re gion you can also resize and drag the floating frame to a desired position with your mouse 3 Click Save to enable the settings and clic...

Page 72: ...set a smaller frame size and lower bit rate for remote viewing on mobile phones and a larger video size and a higher bit rate for live viewing on web browsers Note that a larger frame size takes up mo...

Page 73: ...th usage Because the media contents are a combination of JPEG images no audio data is transmitted to the client There are three parameters provided in MJPEG mode to control the video performance Frame...

Page 74: ...rom reaching the sensor so that the colors will not be distorted Night mode In night mode the Network Camera switches off the IR cut filter at all times for the sensor to accept infrared light thus he...

Page 75: ...t conditions Adjust the gain from 21 db most sensitive or 33 db least sensitive Audio type Select audio codec AAC or GSM AMR and the bit rate Advanced Mode AAC provides good sound quality at the cost...

Page 76: ...pace ratio of all alerted pixels by moving the Sensitivity and Percentage slider bar 4 Click Save to enable the settings 5 Select Enable motion detection to enable this function For example The Percen...

Page 77: ...etection windows can be configured on this page as well Please follow the steps beolw to set up a profile 1 Create a new motion detection window 2 Check Enable this profile 3 Select the applicable mod...

Page 78: ...t slight movements while smaller sensitivity settings will neglect them When the sensitivity is set to 70 the Network Camera defines the pixels in the purple areas as alerted pixels frame D Percentage...

Page 79: ...ection function 1 Check Enable camera tampering detection 2 Enter the tamper trigger duration 10 sec 10 min The tamper alarm will be triggered only when the tampering factor the difference between cur...

Page 80: ...e Select this option to disable this function PTZ camera Select this option to enable PTZ operation To utilize this feature please connect the Network Camera to a PTZ driver or scanner via RS485 inter...

Page 81: ...also select preset positions for the camera to patrol A total of 20 preset positions can be configured Please follow the steps below to preset a position 1 Adjust the shooting area to the desired posi...

Page 82: ...er s Manual Home page in Mechanical PTZ Mode The Preset Positions will also be displayed on the home page Select one from the drop down list and the Network Camera will move to the selected preset pos...

Page 83: ...on will be displayed on the Source list 3 Set the Dwelling time for the preset location during auto patrol You can also manually enter a value in the blank and click Update 4 Repeat step 1 and 3 to se...

Page 84: ...o set the commands in the Control Settings session Please refer to your PTZ scanner user s manual to enter the commands in the following fields Click Save to enable the settings and click Close to exi...

Page 85: ...up with its own e preset positions and e patrol settings For detailed information about how to set up Preset Positions and Patrol Settings please refer to page 71 73 Zoom Times Display If you check th...

Page 86: ...lobal View In addition to using the e PTZ control panel you can also use the mouse to drag or resize the floating frame to pan tilt zoom the viewing region The live view window will also move to the v...

Page 87: ...column on this page The settings will be displayed automatically in this Preview field The following shows the homepage using the default settings Logo Here you can change the logo at the top of your...

Page 88: ...Here you can change the color of your homepage layout There are three types of preset patterns for you to choose from The new layout will simultaneously appear in the Preview filed Click Save to enabl...

Page 89: ...ou want to change the color on the right column 3 The palette window will pop up as shown below 4 Drag the slider bar and click on the left square to select a desired color 5 The selected color will b...

Page 90: ...settings Please note that there is a limited number of customized scripts you can upload if the current amount of customized scripts has reached the limit an alert message will pop up If you need more...

Page 91: ...of 3 event settings can be configured Event name Enter a name for the event setting Enable this event Select this option to enable the event setting Priority Select the relative importance of this ev...

Page 92: ...akes use of the built in motion detection mechanism as a trigger source To enable this function you need to configure a Motion Detection Window first For more information please refer to Motion Detect...

Page 93: ...n you need to configure the Tampering Detection option first Please refer to page 69 for detailed information Event Schedule Specify the period for the event Select the days of the week Select the rec...

Page 94: ...on to take such as which server to send the media files to when a trigger is activated Add Server Add Media Click Add Server to configure Server Settings For more information please refer to Server Se...

Page 95: ...rk Camera will automatically send snapshots via e mail If you want to stop the event trigger you can click ON to turn it to OFF status or click Delete to remove the event setting To remove a server se...

Page 96: ...ated Sender email address Enter the email address of the sender Recipient email address Enter the email address of the recipient Server address Enter the domain name or IP address of the email server...

Page 97: ...where the media file will be placed If the folder name does not exist the Network Camera will create one on the FTP server Passive mode Most firewalls do not accept new connections initiated from ext...

Page 98: ...n in a pop up window as below If successful you will receive a test txt file on the HTTP server Click Save to enable the settings then click Close to exit the page Network storage Select to send the m...

Page 99: ...om stream 1 4 Send pre event images The Network Camera has a buffer area it temporarily holds data up to a certain limit Enter a number to decide how many images to capture before a trigger is activat...

Page 100: ...nds Up to 10 seconds can be set For example if pre event recording is set to five seconds and the maximum duration is set to ten seconds the Network Camera continues to record for another 4 seconds af...

Page 101: ...e and hour automatically If you check this item the system will generate folders automatically by date View Click this button to open a file list window This function is only for SD card and Network S...

Page 102: ...a The format is YYYYMMDD Click to open the directory Click to delete selected items Click to delete all recorded data Click to go back to the previous level of the directory The format is HH 24r Click...

Page 103: ...er Settings page first Please remember to format your SD card when using for the first time Please refer to page 96 for detailed information Network Storage Setting Click Server to open the Server Set...

Page 104: ...ttings Click Add to open the recording setting page In this page you can define the recording source recording schedule and recording capacity A total of 2 recording settings can be configured Recordi...

Page 105: ...n the maximum capacity is reached the oldest file will be overwritten by the latest one The reserved amount is reserved for cyclic recording to prevent malfunction This value must be larger than 15 MB...

Page 106: ...storage on the Network Camera Here you can view SD card status search for recorded files to playback download etc SD Card Management SD card status This column shows the status and reserved space of...

Page 107: ...files will be stored on the SD card for 7 days Click Save to enable your settings Searching and Viewing the Records This column allows the user to set up search criteria for recorded data If you do n...

Page 108: ...results in either direction View Click on a search result which will highlight the selected item in purple as shown above Click the View button and a media window will pop up to play back the selected...

Page 109: ...format files such as snapshots You can select several snapshots from the list then click this button Those snapshots will be converted into an AVI file Lock Unlock Select the desired search results t...

Page 110: ...g messages from the Network Camera An example is Kiwi Syslog Daemon Visit http www kiwisyslog com kiwi syslog daemon overview Follow the steps below to set up the remote log 1 In the IP address text b...

Page 111: ...anual 111 View Parameters Advanced Mode The View Parameters page lists the entire system s parameters in alphabetical order If you need technical assistance please provide the information listed on th...

Page 112: ...r the IP address of the Network Camera in the address field to resume the connection Restore This feature allows you to restore the Network Camera to factory default settings Network Type Select this...

Page 113: ...ort files column click Export to export the daylight saving time configuration file from the Network Camera 2 A file download dialog will pop up as shown below Click Open to review the XML file or cli...

Page 114: ...owse to upload a setting backup file Please note that the model and firmware version of the device should be the same as the setting backup file If you have set up a fixed IP or other special settings...

Page 115: ...User s Manual 115 The following message is displayed when the upgrade has succeeded The following message is displayed when you have selected an incorrect firmware file...

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