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2.5 IP Wizard 

When you installed the camera on a LAN environment, you may execute IP Wizard to discover 

s and set up related parameters in the camera. 

ation Box. Click on the left button of the mouse and the 

Information Box of the Listing Window will roll upward automatically; on the contrary, move the 
cursor to the Information Box on the top of Listing Window and click on the left button of the mouse 
and Listing Window will roll downward. 

camera’s IP addres

 

Search Button:

   

When click 

Search

 button, a searching window will pop up. IP Wizard is starting to search camera 

on the LAN. The message “No Network Devices Is Found” will appear on this window if IP Wizard 
cannot find any camera on the LAN. Otherwise, existed cameras will be listed. If total quantity is 
over, please move the cursor to Inform

 

 

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Summary of Contents for ICA-120

Page 1: ...CMOS Box Internet Camera ICA 120 User s Manual Version 2 00 Date April 2009 1 ...

Page 2: ...tallation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined b...

Page 3: ...estic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures WEEE Regulation To avoid the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment end users of electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed out whe...

Page 4: ... 23 2 8 1 Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP 23 2 8 2 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP 24 2 8 3 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista 25 3 Web based Management 26 3 1 Introduction 26 3 2 Connecting to Camera 26 3 3 Live View 28 3 4 ActiveX Control 30 3 4 1 Digital Zoom 31 3 4 2 Record 31 3 4 3 Snapshot 32 3 4 4 Voice 32 3 4 5 Statistics 33 3 4 6 About 33 3 5 Network 34 3 5 1 Network 34 3 5 2 DDN...

Page 5: ... Object Detection 59 3 13 Event Server 61 3 13 1 FTP Server 61 3 13 2 TCP Server 62 3 13 3 HTTP Server 63 3 14 Event Schedule 64 3 14 1 Setting 64 3 14 2 Record 65 Appendix A Reset Factory Default Settings 66 Appendix B PING IP Address 67 Appendix C Bandwidth and Video Size Estimation 68 Appendix D DDNS Application 70 Appendix E Alarm I O Connector 76 4 ...

Page 6: ... access easily and read it before you operate the Network Camera 1 2 Features Supports CS mount lens Up to 30 FPS for all resolution Provides 4 motion detection area MPEG 4 and M JPEG dual codec 3GPP for 3G mobile remote applications External I O trigger for various surveillance applications Cam Viewer Central management software supported 2 way audio with built in microphone and adding external s...

Page 7: ...ion 1024 x 768 or above VGA card memory 64 MB or above Network bandwidth In VGA resolution mode minimum upload bandwidth is 1Mbps NOTE The listed information is minimum system requirements only Actual requirement will vary depending on the nature of your environment 2 2 Physical Description 2 2 1 Front View Internal Microphone Lens Lens User could adjust the focus to get the best picture quality I...

Page 8: ...Category 5 straight through cable to connect the Network Camera to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network switch or hub LAN Socket NOTE In case you need to connect the device to PC or notebook directly you should use cross over cable instead Factory Default Reset This button is hidden in the pinhole Please refer to the Appendix A in this manual for more information Power LAN LED green color This LED is u...

Page 9: ...t the external power supply to camera Connect the attached power adapter to the DC power jack of the camera Note Use the power adapter 12VDC included in the package and connect it to wall outlet for AC power Once you have installed the camera well and powered it on the power LED will turn on It means the system is booting up successfully Furthermore if you have a proper network connection and acce...

Page 10: ...agement and monitoring 1 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM drive to launch the autorun program Once completed a welcome menu screen will appear Please click the IP camera model to next page 2 Click the IP Wizard hyperlink you will see the InstallShield Wizard dialog box as below NOTE If the welcome screen does not appear click Start at the taskbar Then select Run and type D Utility IPWizard se...

Page 11: ...4 Please click Next to install with original settings or you may click Change button to modify the install folder then press Next to continue 5 Please click Install to start the installation 10 ...

Page 12: ...6 Please click Finish to complete the installation Please double click the utility icon on the desktop then you will see the utility 7 11 ...

Page 13: ...he cursor to the Information Box on the top of Listing Window and click on the left button of the mouse and Listing Window will roll downward camera s IP addres Search Button When click Search button a searching window will pop up IP Wizard is starting to search camera on the LAN The message No Network Devices Is Found will appear on this window if IP Wizard cannot find any camera on the LAN Other...

Page 14: ...ns this device is selected please press Wizard button Or you could double click the mouse left key on the selected camera Relative settings will be carried out Details of Install Wizard will be specified as Section 2 6 About Button When click About button you will see the version information of IP Wizard shown in the pop up dialog box Exit Button Click Exit button will close the IP Wizard Program ...

Page 15: ...rd Wizard Page 1 Username and Password This page is about the change of the authorized user name and password of the selected device If you don t want to change them please click Next to move to the next page Press Exit button if you don t want to set up right now If you want to change authorized name or password you have to check the box in front of ID or New Password Authorized Username should c...

Page 16: ...es the form of packets IP subnets advance network security and performance to some level by organizing hosts into logical groups Subnet masks contain four bytes and usually appear in the same dotted decimal data For example a very common subnet mask in its binary demonstration 11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000 will usually be shown in the corresponding more readable form as 255 255 255 0 Def Gat...

Page 17: ...en your web browser and key in http 192 168 0 20 in the address bar of your web browser to logon camera s web configuration page Wizard Page 3 Confirmation This page shows the new configurations If it is correct please press Submit icon and the setting information will be save to your camera Click on Exit to close this window 16 ...

Page 18: ...software and peripherals This device is an UPnP enabled device If the operating system Windows XP of your PC is UPnP enabled the device will be very easy to configure Use the following steps to enable UPnP settings only if your operating system of PC is running Windows XP Go to Start Settings and Click Control Panel The Control Panel will display on the screen and double click Add or Remove Progra...

Page 19: ...The Add or Remove Programs will display on the screen and click Add Remove Widows Components to continue The following screen will appear select Networking Services and click Details to continue 18 ...

Page 20: ...The Networking Services will display on the screen select Universal Plug and Play and click OK to continue Please click Next to continue 19 ...

Page 21: ...The program will start installing the UPnP automatically You will see the below pop up screen please wait while Setup configures the components Please click Finish to complete the UPnP installation 20 ...

Page 22: ...orking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment software and peripherals This device is an UPnP enabled device If the operating system Windows Vista of your PC is UPnP enabled the device will be very easy to configure Use the following steps to enable UPnP settings only if your operating system of PC is running Windows Vista Go to Start Control Panel Network and Internet...

Page 23: ...Double click My Network Places on the desktop the My Network Places will display on the screen and double click the UPnP icon with camera to view your device in an internet browser 22 ...

Page 24: ...work correctly To use the camera user must setup his IE browser as follows 2 8 1 Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP From your IE browse Î Tools Î Internet Options Î Security Î Custom Level please setup your Settings as follow Set the first 3 items Download the signed ActiveX controls Download the unsigned ActiveX controls Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt By n...

Page 25: ...ternet Options Î Security Î Custom Level please setup your Settings as follow Set the first 3 items Allow previously unused ActiveX control to run Allows Script lets Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for camera 24 ...

Page 26: ...prompting for ActiveX controls Prompt Initialize and script active controls not marked From your IE browse Î Tools Î Internet Options Î Security Î Trusted Sites Î Custom Level please setup your Settings as follow Enable Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls Prompt Initialize and script active controls not marked By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for camera 25 ...

Page 27: ... the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the camera z Once connected you can add the camera to your Browser s Favorites or Bookmarks Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the camera The Default IP http 192 168 0 20 The login window of camera will appear Default login username password is admin no password NOTE If the User name and Password have ...

Page 28: ...ntrol into your PC After the ActiveX control was installed and run the first image will be displayed NOTE If you log in the camera as an ordinary user setting function will be not available If you log in the camera as the administrator you can perform all the settings provided within the device 27 ...

Page 29: ...Video Profile The camera support multi profile for both MEPG 4 and M JPEG simultaneously User can chose the proper and or preferred profile here 2 Way Audio The camera supports 2 way audio function User can chose to enable or disable this function by toggling the icon below Disable audio uploading function Enable audio uploading function ActiveX Control The plug in ActiveX control supports a lot o...

Page 30: ...o Configure audio parameters User Setup user name password and login privilege E Mail Setup E Mail configuration Object Detection Setup Object detection Event Server This device is a client site and configure information to upload images to server Event Schedule Configure the schedule while event triggered Streaming Protocol User can select proper streaming protocol according to networking environ...

Page 31: ...Note that this feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft Internet Explorer On the ActiveX control icon click the LeftMouseButton then a menu pop up This menu provides features that are unique to the ActiveX control These features include Digital Zoom Record Snapshot Voice Statistics About 30 ...

Page 32: ...s ASF format into your local PC While you want to stop it press Stop to stop recording Select Browser the pop up window to select the save path and file name prefix select OK to continue After stop recording list the files this file is named as Video_yyyymmddhhmmss asf The ASF files can be display by the standard Windows Media Player but it needs the DixectX 9 0 or later version to be installed NO...

Page 33: ...select OK to continue If you like to retrieve the saved image select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools NOTE Default save path is C Documents and Settings All user Desktop 3 4 4 Voice Click Volume to activate this function These have two control bars for speaker and microphone volume Scroll this control bar to adjust the audio attribute Check the volume mut...

Page 34: ...ivate this function A window will be popup to show the statistics information of the streaming status Note that this information is the statistics between the device and your local PC 3 4 6 About Click About to show the ActiveX information 33 ...

Page 35: ... as the default IP address IP address Subnet mask Gateway 1st DNS 2nd DNS server If you do not select Obtain an IP address automatically then you need to enter these network parameters by yourself IP Address This address is a unique numbers that identifies a computer or device on the WAN or LAN These numbers are usually shown in groups separated by periods for example 192 168 0 200 Subnet Mask Sub...

Page 36: ... support multiple devices When the configuration is finish please click OK to save and enable the setting 3 5 2 DDNS server DDNS Stands for Dynamic Domain Name Server The device supports DDNS If your device is connected to xDSL directly you might need this feature However if your device is behind a NAT router you will not need to enable this feature Because DDNS allows the device to use an easier ...

Page 37: ...able on the Internet and best of all they re free to use One such service you can use is www DynDNS org You ll need to register with the service and set up the domain name of your choice to begin using it Please refer to the home page of the service for detailed instructions or refer to Appendix D for more information DDNS To enable or disable the DDNS service here Server Name Choose the built in ...

Page 38: ...ram the PPPoE information first and then connect to the xDSL modem Power on again then the device will dial on to the ISP connect to the WAN through the xDSL modem The procedures are Connect to a LAN by DHCP or Fixed IP Access the device enter Setting Î Network Î PPPoE as below PPPoE To enable or disable the PPPoE service here User Name Type the user name for the PPPoE service which is provided by...

Page 39: ...range is 50000 to 50999 User can specify a number between 1024 and 65535 To use the 3GPP function in addition to previous section you might need more information or configuration to make this function work NOTE 1 The camera must be set as Multi profile mode not Mega pixel mode Otherwise this device cannot serve 3GPP stream 2 To use the 3GPP function it strongly recommends installing the Networked ...

Page 40: ...Where host is the host name or IP address of the camera Compatible 3G mobile phone Please contact your dealer to get the approved list of compatible 3G phone 39 ...

Page 41: ... an intranet LAN and you wish to make it available from the other WAN side of a NAT router With NAT traversal properly configured all HTTP traffic to an external HTTP port in the NAT router will be forwarded to the device UPnP To enable or disable the UPnP service here Friendly Name Shows the friendly name of this device here UPnP NAT Traversal When enabled the device will attempt to configure por...

Page 42: ... can enter different user s IP address which are allowing enter or denying by the device IP Filter To enable or disable the IP filter function here IP Filter Policy Choose the filter policy where is denying or allowing 41 ...

Page 43: ... mail Subject Type the subject title of the E mail TCP Notification If enable this function then the TCP Server TCP Port and Message fields need to be filled TCP Server Type the server name or the IP address of the TCP server TCP Port Set port number of TCP server Message The message will be sent to FTP server HTTP Notification If enable this function then the fields below need to be filled URL Ty...

Page 44: ...the IP address of the HTTP Proxy Proxy Port Set port number of Proxy Proxy Login Name Type the user name for the HTTP Proxy Proxy Login Password Type the password for the HTTP Proxy Custom Parameter User can set specific parameters to HTTP server Message The message will be sent to HTTP server 43 ...

Page 45: ... function of the camera of camera 3 6 1 Picture Rotation Turn the Mirror and Vertical Flip On or OFF The image will be overturned as below White Balance Auto will adjust the white balance automatically Hold will hold the white balance 44 ...

Page 46: ...old the internal gain Brightness Large value will brighten camera Sharpness Large value will sharpen camera Contrast Large value will contrast camera heavily Night Mode User can turn Auto or Off of the night mode This function is very useful under low illumination environment 45 ...

Page 47: ...an enter the name of this unit here It s very useful to identify the specific device from multiple units Software Version This information shows the software version in the device Log User can check the system log information of the device including the Main Info Appended Info Operator IP and so on 46 ...

Page 48: ...d time with those of time server called NTP server Network Time Protocol Adjust Synchronize with PC Click this option to enable time synchronization with PC time NTP Server name Type the host name or IP address or domain name of the NTP server NTP Sync Interval Select an interval between 1 and 23 hours at which you want to adjust the device s time referring to NTP server Time Zone Set the time dif...

Page 49: ...Daylight Saving Stop Time Sets up the date and time of daylight saving stop time Daylight Saving Offset Sets up the date of daylight saving offset 48 ...

Page 50: ...be possible to return to the previous settings if settings are changed and there is unexpected behavior Restore Setting Click the Browse button to locate the saved backup file and then click the Restore Setting button The settings will be restored to the previous configuration Firmware Upgrade The device supports new firmware upgrade 1 Close all other application programs which are not necessary f...

Page 51: ...u can use IP Wizard to search the device again Warning The download firmware procedure cannot be interrupted If the power and or network connection are broken during the download procedure it might possibly cause serious damage to the device Please be aware that you should not turn off the power during updating the firmware and wait for finish message Furthermore do not try to upgrade new firmware...

Page 52: ...upport different request to each client simultaneously Each user can choose his preferred video profile as his request independently 3 8 1 Common Text Overlay Setting There are some important information can be embedded into image including date time and or text 51 ...

Page 53: ...6kbps User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per s...

Page 54: ...24kbps User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per ...

Page 55: ...20kbps User can set the desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth For VBR user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per ...

Page 56: ...ile Rate Control The quality level is between 1 and 100 The higher value is the better quality Max Frame Rate Defines the targeted frame rate of this profile For example set the frame rate to 15 fps then the image will be updated for 15 frames per second User can set the desired max frame rate versus video quality under the limited bandwidth 55 ...

Page 57: ...audio function Audio Input Source To select audio source from built in MIC or external MIC Audio Mode To select Simplex or Full duplex 2 way audio mode Input Gain To adjust gain of input audio Output Gain To adjust gain of output audio 56 ...

Page 58: ...oose this to disable anonymous user login User name Enter the user s new account here which you want Password Enter the user s new password here Verify Password Please enter the user s new password here again to confirm Access Right Administrator can access every function in this device However Viewers only can view the video and access limited function Add Update and Remove Manage the user s acco...

Page 59: ...P Port Set port number of SMTP service SMTP Authentication Select the authentication required when you send an e mail Disable If no authentication is required when an e mail is sent Enable If authentication is required when an e mail is sent Authentication User Name Type the user name for the SMTP server if Authentication is Enable Authentication Password Type the password for the SMTP server if A...

Page 60: ...ingly Included or Excluded Window These windows can be specified as Included or Excluded type Included Windows target specific areas within the whole video image Excluded Windows define areas within an Include window that should be ignored areas outside Include windows are automatically ignored Name Name of the specified motion window Object Size Defines the object size of motion detection The hig...

Page 61: ...Sensitivity Defines the sensitivity value of motion detection The higher value will be more sensitivity 60 ...

Page 62: ... SMTP Name User can specify multiple FTP paths as wish Therefore user needs to specify a name for each FTP setting FTP Server Type the server name or the IP address of the FTP server Test Check the FTP server whether this account is available or not FTP Login Name Type the user name for the FTP server FTP Login Password Type the password for the FTP server FTP Port Set port number of FTP service F...

Page 63: ...so can send event message to specified TCP server Name User can specify multiple TCP servers as wish Therefore user needs to specify a name for each TCP server setting TCP Server Type the server name or the IP address of the TCP server TCP Port Set port number of TCP server 62 ...

Page 64: ...or the IP address of the HTTP server Test Check the HTTP server whether it is available or not HTTP Login Name Type the user name for the HTTP server HTTP Login Password Type the password for the HTTP server Proxy Address Type the server name or the IP address of the HTTP Proxy Proxy Login Name Type the user name for the HTTP Proxy Proxy Login Password Type the password for the HTTP Proxy Proxy Po...

Page 65: ...ble Enable or disable this Event or Schedule Type Schedule start with Event trigger or Schedule trigger Enable Time Define the feasible time slot Trigger by Select the triggered sources with event trigger Action Define the actions once event triggered Example If you want to upload image from camera to FTP server periodically You will need to configure some parameters as below 64 ...

Page 66: ... select which file type you would like to record and set a prefix file name Name Name of the Event or Schedule Record File Type You can select AVI or JPEG format for event recording Record File Prefix You can set a prefix file name for the recording file The max you can enter 20 digitals 65 ...

Page 67: ...tall it again Restore the device 1 Insert the paper clip or other suitable tool to press and hold the button down continuously 2 Hold it least 3 seconds and release the tool Then the device has been restored to default settings and reboot again Factory Default Reset NOTE Restoring the factory default setting will lose the all previous settings included IP address forever User needs to run the IP W...

Page 68: ...address conflicts with any other devices over the network If you want to make sure the IP address of camera utilize the PING command as follows zStart a DOS window zType ping x x x x where x x x x is the IP address of the camera The replies as illustrated below will provide an explanation to the problem If you want to detect any other devices conflicts with the IP address of camera also can utiliz...

Page 69: ...x 480 VGA 20 50K byte per frame 256kbps 4096kbps 30fps Note Audio streaming also takes bandwidth around 5 kbps to 64kbps Most xDSL Cable modem upload speeds may not even reach up to 128 kbps Thus you may not be able to receive any video while streaming audio on a 128 kbps or lower connection Even though the upload speed is more than 128kbps for optimal video performance disabling audio streaming w...

Page 70: ...200Kbps 5 fps 183Kbps 200Kbps 5 fps 320 240 CIF 1024Kbps 5 fps 760Kbps 800Kbps 5 fps 320 240 CIF 2048Kbps 5 fps around 850Kbps 5 fps 320 240 CIF 200Kbps 25 fps around 240Kbps 28 fps 320 240 CIF 1024Kbps 25 fps around 1100Kbps 30 fps 320 240 CIF 2048Kbps 25 fps around 1600Kbps 30 fps 160 120 QCIF 128Kbps 5 fps 117Kbps 121Kbps 5 fps 160 120 QCIF 1024Kbps 5 fps around 176Kbps 5 fps 160 120 QCIF 2048K...

Page 71: ...users that could only obtain dynamic IP addresses As to the users that could obtain the static valid IP address they do not usually have to apply the DDNS service Before we decide if DDNS is necessary for the users we have to check what kind of Ethernet network environment we have to install our Networked Device on 1 Environment of Fixed Valid IP Network If users could obtain valid IP addresses th...

Page 72: ...he left side click Create Account 4 Fill the application agreement and necessary information a Username b E mail address and confirmation c Password and confirmation d Submit all the input information and finish creating an account 71 ...

Page 73: ...Click these two options 72 ...

Page 74: ...t you just applied Then DDNS you applied activated Click to confirm 6 Enter the web page http www dyndns org again Input your username and password that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS server Input your account 7 If the correct username and password are input you can see the following picture at the top right of the login page 73 ...

Page 75: ... 8 Click the Services 9 Click the Dynamic DNS 10 Click the Create Hosts 74 ...

Page 76: ...ion No 3 1 3 2 4 Setup the DDNS and PPPoE of Network Device At last users have to enter the web page of Networked Device and setup the necessary information of DDNS and PPPoE after the application of DDNS service Please check the user manual to access the DDNS and PPPoE pages After saving the modification restart the device The external users could browse the Networked Device by the input of their...

Page 77: ... from dealers who carry surveillance and security products Electrically they must be able to provide a momentary contact closure This device provides a general I O terminal block with one digital input and one output for device control Pin 2 and 3 can be connected to an external sensor The input voltage will be monitored from the initial state LOW If the external sensor need 12VDC power then it ca...

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