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CamCon Camera Server

FCS-5004 / FCS-5008

User Manual

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Page 1: ...LevelOne CamCon Camera Server FCS 5004 FCS 5008 User Manual...

Page 2: ...gainst harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used according to the instructions may cause har...

Page 3: ...er ra a S Se er rv ve er r 2 21 1 4 1 Entering the Monitoring Page 21 4 2 Display Mode 23 4 3 Recording Videos 23 4 4 Taking Snapshots 23 4 5 Miscellaneous Messages 24 4 6 System Warnings 24 4 7 Playb...

Page 4: ...d Network Settings 58 8 3 Update the System 59 8 4 Restore to Factory Defaults 59 P Pa ar rt t I II I C Ca am mC Co on n M Ma an na ag ge er r 6 60 0 1 1 O Ov ve er rv vi ie ew w o of f t th he e C Ca...

Page 5: ...ic c D Do om ma ai in n N Na am me e 9 91 1 A Ap pp pe en nd di ix x C C C Co on nn ne ec ct t a a P Pe er rs so on na al l C Co om mp pu ut te er r t to o t th he e C Ca am mC Co on n C Ca am me er r...

Page 6: ...5 Part I CamCon Camera Server FCS 5004 FCS 5008...

Page 7: ...ways which were not possible before Networked Because of the networked nature of the server all major tasks including monitoring the cameras administering the server and storing image files can now be...

Page 8: ...up to 4 surveillance cameras or PTZ cameras Records digital images up to 30 seconds before the alarm is triggered Supports 1 16x to 16x playback speed Supports multicast mode Uses IE version 5 0 or a...

Page 9: ...8 Note In Internet Options of Internet Explorer Security level for this zone has to be set to Medium or lower...

Page 10: ...9 1 4 Package Contents CamCon Camera Server CamCon Camera Server Power Cord One CAT 5 Ethernet Cable CamCon Administrator Watcher Browser CD ROM...

Page 11: ...mera Server 5004 Front View Rear View Power Reset Switch Network Indicator Power Indicator RJ 45 Network GPIO Connector Video Input Connector RS 232 Port Power Connector VGA Port RS 422 485 Port PS 2...

Page 12: ...r camera 1 to camera 4 RS 232 Port is only used to connect PTZ cameras Please refer to Appendix D for further information There are two standards for television communication NTSC National Television...

Page 13: ...configuration to the factory default settings use a sharp object to press the configuration reset switch located in the front of the server for 5 seconds You will hear beeps when the reset has been co...

Page 14: ...ll automatically prompt you for the user name and the password Please enter the default user name and password User name administrator Password admin Connecting the server to a LAN by the assigned sta...

Page 15: ...14 iii Click on the Refresh button and select the server you wish to configure iv Click on the Configure button to configure the server v Enter the user name and password The default password is admin...

Page 16: ...ternet through ADSL i e dynamic IP is used it is recommended that you use the Dynamic DNS service in order to connect to the CamCon Camera Server with an easy to remember Internet server name Please r...

Page 17: ...t dynamic IP address v Click on the OK button and wait a few seconds for the CamCon Camera Server to apply the new network configuration vi Shut down the server and use a network cable to connect the...

Page 18: ...low the steps below for installing CamCon Browser Step 1 Browse the CD ROM for CamCon Browser installation Click CamCon Browser on the screen Step 2 Select the language for CCS English Simplified Chin...

Page 19: ...18 Step 3 Follow the instructions of all pop up screens and click Next to proceed Then click Finish to complete the setup...

Page 20: ...19 After the setup process you will find the shortcuts for CamCon Browser CamCon Watcher and CamCon Adminstrator You can then start using CamCon Camera Server...

Page 21: ...or more detailed description please refer to chapters 4 6 Part I of the user manual Field Description CamCon Browser To monitor all cameras of multiple CamCon Camera Servers CamCon Watcher To view rec...

Page 22: ...back the recorded video files 4 1 Entering the Monitoring Page Users can use one of the following ways to access the monitoring page of the CamCon Camera Server Enter the IP address of the CamCon Came...

Page 23: ...sful login to the server the following monitoring page should be displayed on the screen Note If the monitoring page is displayed improperly shut down the anti virus software first if any and then ref...

Page 24: ...ture Mode Quad Mode Sequential Mode 4 3 Recording Videos Click on the button to record the selected camera s live video to the computer Click on the button again to stop the recording The recorded fil...

Page 25: ...lege The account used to login to the server does not have the privilege to view the camera login to the server again using an account which is authorized to view the cameras 4 6 System Warnings When...

Page 26: ...files stored will occur Storage Device is almost Full When the storage device is almost full the system will generate this warning message to notify the system administrator of the condition 4 7 Playb...

Page 27: ...iles recorded due to some certain triggered events Select files stored on this computer Save Video Files After you have selected the files stored on the remote storage device you can click on the butt...

Page 28: ...TZ camera 1 Adjust focusing lenses to minimize scope 2 Adjust focusing lenses to maximize scope 3 Click other buttons properly can turn PTZ camera lenses Playback Adjust PTZ Camera Focus Start Recordi...

Page 29: ...inistration page by one of the following methods Enter the IP address of the CamCon Camera Server in the location bar of the web browser and press Enter Run CamCon Administrator and double click on th...

Page 30: ...29 After you have successfully logged in to the server click on the located on the left column of the monitoring page to enter the system configuration page...

Page 31: ...Allow All Connection Allow Connections Only from the List Deny Connections from the LIst User Management Add Remove Advanced Settings Edit Basic Settings Advanced Video Settings Add E Map PTZ Camera...

Page 32: ...p may take from 3 minutes to 10 minutes to finish Note It is recommended that you backup these configuration settings after completing quick configuration to avoid system crash 5 4 System Settings You...

Page 33: ...er uses to connect to the network and decide whether to enable the multicast function You need to understand the configuration of your network to enter the correct setting If you are uncertain about h...

Page 34: ...t If you do not wish to set up any gateway address information enter 0 0 0 0 as the gateway address Use broadband connection to the Internet PPPoE PPPoE is often used in dial up ADSL broadband service...

Page 35: ...You may choose one of the following options to restrict access to the server Allow all connections default setting All connections to the server will be allowed Allow connections only from the followi...

Page 36: ...ministrator Password admin You can create new user if you need to It is required to provide the following information to create a new user User name The user name can contain up to 32 characters It is...

Page 37: ...settings for the camera Specify camera name exclude Adjust video resolution Select image compression ratio Adjust capturing frame rate You can perform the following additional image settings on the a...

Page 38: ...nction is enabled the live video shown on the web page will not be saved The recording function should be enabled to save the video files first and then the video playback function can be activated Th...

Page 39: ...purpose and not available for now NAS If you choose to use NAS Network Attached Storage as the external storage device you have to provide its IP address a valid user name and the corresponding passw...

Page 40: ...t recorded files option is selected your storage device must be able to store at least 2 hours worth of video files which takes around 5 GB of storage space Note If you choose to store the files on a...

Page 41: ...the recording or snapshot taking won t be interrupted Note 1 If you save the video files using the FTP service please make sure you enter a valid existing path Otherwise you will not be able to save...

Page 42: ...ver the CamCon Camera Server will not be able to detect the amount of available space on the FTP server Therefore you will not be able to set the percentage for the Storage Space Full event 5 12 Event...

Page 43: ...correctness of the update image file before proceeding with the update The current settings will remain unchanged even though the system is upgraded To update the system software download the updated...

Page 44: ...ion reset switch is disabled in the System Tools Hardware Settings page you will not be able to reset administrator password and network configuration using this function in this case please write dow...

Page 45: ...of particular cameras After uploading an icon will be displayed on the screen which links to the corresponding electronic map of that camera E map for viewing location of all cameras E map full map E...

Page 46: ...onal computer and launch the CamCon Watcher to view the file content 6 1 Using CamCon Watcher Double click the CamCon Watcher shortcut to launch the CamCon Watcher You should see the following screen...

Page 47: ...mCon Administrator Double click the CamCon Administrator shortcut to launch the CamCon Administrator You should see the following screen Click on server name and click Configure Enter the Administrato...

Page 48: ...47 Enter the information for configuration and click OK When you click the following screen will appear which shows the detailed information of the selected CamCon Camera Server item...

Page 49: ...wser User Name user Password user CamCon Browser is a software which allows you to view multiple CamCon Camera Servers in your network environment But you can t revise the configuration by using CamCo...

Page 50: ...plication or client web page 7 1 System Requirements IBM or IBM compatible PC Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows XP 7 2 Installation Instruction Run VGActiveXSetup exe to install the sof...

Page 51: ...on to see a demo of the CamCon Camera Server CamCon client Viewer ActiveX Control resides in the so called control panel User can manipulate most of CamCon client s functions by using the buttons and...

Page 52: ...d Recording Function After you click on these buttons a dialog box will pop up and prompt you for the filename to store the snapshot photos or video clips Property Page You can use this button to requ...

Page 53: ...same one that is displayed during the design time mode 7 5 Object Interface CamCon Client Viewer ActiveX Control uses the concept of objects to expose programming functions Users can start viewing li...

Page 54: ...object server url is the url path that contains the cabinet file of CamCon Camera Server Client Viewer ActiveX control ver no is a version string of the form Version a b c d a High order word of the m...

Page 55: ...54 If the client computer has a newer version of the Viewer installed no download will occur...

Page 56: ...activated boolean ShowControlPanel Indicates if control panel will displayed BSTR Username Username to logon CamCon Camera Server BSTR Password Input only Password to logon CamCon Camera Server Long...

Page 57: ...Besides after this method was called current user account will no more valid boolean Snapshot long Camera BSTR Filepath Camera 0 3 Filepath Full file path to save snapshot frame Take a snapshot of one...

Page 58: ...thod Example Start Stop live video First set the property ServerHost and ServerPort to the URL and port number of CamCon Camera Server 100 respectively Assign the viewing mode to the ViewMode property...

Page 59: ...you will not be able to perform any administration work on the server In this case you can reset the administrator password and network configuration to the factory default Use the tip of a pen to de...

Page 60: ...the system please make sure that the image file that you are about to update is the correct version and read through the instruction carefully 8 4 Restore to Factory Defaults To restore the factory de...

Page 61: ...60 Part II CamCon Manager FCS 9000 FCS 9002 FCS 9004...

Page 62: ...anage four FCS 5004 or FCS 5008 1 1 About CamCon Manager Virtual Surveillance Centre Using CamCon Manager to connect to all the servers your surveillance centre s location is not restricted to any par...

Page 63: ...62 simultaneously and does not support 20 way viewing mode FCS 9004 can only configure view maximum 4 servers simultaneously...

Page 64: ...ol effortlessly and much more besides Configurable Viewing Page of Selected Cameras Supervisors can pick up images from any camera within any IP surveillance server to configure a personal viewing pag...

Page 65: ...64 Package Contents CamCon Manager CD ROM x1 Manual file included KeyPro x 1...

Page 66: ...should see the following screen 3 Please choose Install CamCon Manager to install CamCon Manager software Note When installing CamCon Manager CamCon Watcher and CamCon Administrator will be installed...

Page 67: ...66 After running the installation program you should be see the following screen Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation...

Page 68: ...e CamCon Manager is installed the system will automatically create CamCon Manager CamCon Administrator and CamCon Watcher shortcuts on your desktop Please double click on the CamCon Manager shortcut t...

Page 69: ...fault administrator password for the servers is admin After the system has finished searching the same subnet for servers you can also add additional servers by clicking on the Add button and manually...

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Page 71: ...ould see a screen similar to this Display Mode To suite your needs you can use the function keys on the left column to change the display mode View Single Camera Adjust Frame Size Full Screen Mode Seq...

Page 72: ...ust Frame Size and Full Screen modes When using Picture in Picture mode you can freely select up to 3 children cameras Double click on the child camera will switch the child camera with the parent cam...

Page 73: ...ew group viewing page to edit Select the image frame of which you wish to change its video source The selected frame s border will be changed to orange Select the desired video source Repeat step 2 an...

Page 74: ...73 3 4 Sorting and Removing Cameras To arrange the cameras in order click To remove a camera from the viewing page select the camera and click...

Page 75: ...is not available for CamCon Browser 3 6 Adding and Deleting Video Server You can use this setting to add or delete the servers in the list Please click to enter System Setting When the server cannot...

Page 76: ...number and the administrator s password Modify When you cannot successfully connect to a particular server you can change the server s IP address port number and the administrator s password to resto...

Page 77: ...not available for CamCon Browser 2 The snapshot icon will not be displayed on the page when i no CamCon Camera Servers are connected to the system or ii the users logged on to the system do not have...

Page 78: ...lient Notification has been selected the monitoring page will show a warning icon to alert the system administrator to the current status of the server Meanwhile the system will automatically switch t...

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Page 80: ...c maps of the monitoring area add remove and monitor cameras and GPIO devices create or remove shortcuts for electronic maps define the alert system in cases when a motion within the area or a signal...

Page 81: ...click OK Note The maximum resolution of each map uploaded is 1 000x660 pixels The recommended resolution of the map is 800x600 pixels 4 2 Deleting a Map Select a map to be deleted from the pull down m...

Page 82: ...ic ce es s o on n a an n e el le ec ct tr ro on ni ic c m ma ap p d dr ra ag g t th he e c co or rr re es sp po on nd di in ng g i ic co on ns s t to o t th he e a ap pp pr ro op pr ri ia at te e l lo...

Page 83: ...th he e d de ev vi ic ce es s d do ou ub bl le e c cl li ic ck k t th he e i ic co on ns s o on n t th he e m ma ap p 4 5 Removing Cameras and GPIO Devices To remove cameras and GPIO devices from a ma...

Page 84: ...ap Shortcut T To o a ad dd d a an n e el le ec ct tr ro on ni ic c m ma ap p s sh ho or rt tc cu ut t o on n a a m ma ap p d dr ra ag g t th he e i ic co on n t to o t th he e a ap pp pr ro op pr ri i...

Page 85: ...ew w f fi il le e f fo or r m ma ap p s sh ho or rt tc cu ut t C Cl li ic ck k C Cr re ea at te e a a m ma ap p a an nd d e en nt te er r t th he e m ma ap p n na am me e T Th he en n b br ro ow ws se...

Page 86: ...85 4 8 Viewing Monitoring Cameras To view a monitoring camera double click and the monitoring page will be shown...

Page 87: ...86 4 9 Viewing GPIO Devices Status T To o v vi ie ew w t th he e s st ta at tu us s o of f G GP PI IO O d de ev vi ic ce es s c cl li ic ck k or Alarm Input Device...

Page 88: ...87 Alarm Output Device...

Page 89: ...ras or GPIO devices will be activated when an event takes place e g movement of an object or disconnection of signal is detected A signal will blink to alert that an event has taken place Double click...

Page 90: ...sfer Protocol This is a method of moving files from system to system using TCP IP with FTP application DHCP IP A dynamic IP address is assigned to your computer by your ISP s server so that other comp...

Page 91: ...S service enables clients and servers to automatically register themselves in the database without needing administrators to manually define records Multicast Multicast is the technique that allows ne...

Page 92: ...rnet users will be able to access your CamCon Camera Server via this dynamic domain name When the ISP assigns a new WAN IP address CamCon Camera Server will update the new address to the DynDNS server...

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Page 94: ...o create a DDNS service account You will need to enter the same user name and password in the Network Settings DDNS Service page of the Disk On line Server system administration Please verify your ema...

Page 95: ...y created and a confirmation message has been sent to your mail address Please follow the instructions in the e mail to activate your account within 48 hours When you have finished the process of conf...

Page 96: ...t as the CamCon Camera Server If the CamCon Camera Server s default network setting has not been changed simply modify your PC s network setting to the following settings IP address 192 168 0 2 Subnet...

Page 97: ...96 Highlight the Internet Protocol TCP IP and choose Properties Setup the IP address and subnet mask fields as the following...

Page 98: ...1 in the address bar If you successfully connect to the CamCon Camera Server the web page will automatically prompt you for the user name and the password Please enter the default user name and passw...

Page 99: ...the RS 422 485Port If you wish to connect the PTZ camera using the RS 422 485 port you will need a cable to connect the camera to the server and you will also need a D type 9p connector on the server...

Page 100: ...422 Pin No Definition 1 TX 2 TX 3 RX 4 RX RS 485 Please cross pin 2 and 3 to D and 1 and 4 to D as shown in the following diagram You only need to connect the D and D to the camera to create the conne...

Page 101: ...p the server name date time and basic network configuration of the surveillance server via this program Screenshot All surveillance servers can be identified using a unique server name Indicates the I...

Page 102: ...ring router mapping to the given ports on CamCon Camera Server Please assign two different ports for monitoring the live video on the CamCon Camera Server and playing the recorded video files In this...

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