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IR Internet Camera 

 

ICA-302 

 

User’s Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ICA-302

Page 1: ...IR Internet Camera ICA 302 User s Manual...

Page 2: ...ot represent a commitment on the part of PLANET PLANET assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User s Manual PLANET makes no commitment to update or keep current t...

Page 3: ...creen 21 Advanced Functions Area 22 Camera setting Menu 22 System Screen 23 Camera Screen 25 Network Screen 27 User Screen 31 IP Filter Screen 31 FTP Client Screen 33 SMTP Screen 35 Schedule Setting S...

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Page 5: ...a computer network or DSL modem and with a standard Web browser you get instant on demand video streams Within minutes you can set up the Network Camera to capture a video image to a PC Live video im...

Page 6: ...hare the same Internet IP address DDNS Support In order to view video over Internet user must know the Internet IP address of the gateway used by ICA 302 An easy to remember DDNS Dynamic DNS name will...

Page 7: ...e to connect the Network Camera to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network switch or hub RS 485 To connect to an indoor outdoor Pan Tilt scanner unit Red D Blue D Composite Video Output BNC connector Use BNC...

Page 8: ...wing items should be included If any of these items are damaged or missing please contact your dealer immediately PLANET ICA 302 Camera x 1 Wall mount x 1 Installation software and manual CD x 1 Quick...

Page 9: ...card resolution 800x600 or above Windows 2000 XP Note The listed information is minimum system requirements only Actual requirement will vary depending on the nature of your environment L Hint Install...

Page 10: ...ntenance Current firmware supports Microsoft Internet Explorer the Netscape Navigator support is planned in the future firmware release L Note 1 Default LAN interface IP address of ICA 302 is 192 168...

Page 11: ...d ran the main screen will be displayed 5 Now you login to the Network Camera as a full authorized administrator You can enter Setting to change the password and setup Administrator or User authority...

Page 12: ...the ICA 302 The ICA 302 web page communicates machine via ActiveX control The ActiveX control must be downloaded from ICA 302 and installed on your PC Your Internet Explorer security settings must al...

Page 13: ...By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for Network Camera 9...

Page 14: ...rolling user access to the live video stream Making video available from the Internet Adjusting the Video Image If necessary the ICA 302 administrator can adjust the video image Settings are provided...

Page 15: ...There are some protocols supported and will add more models in gradually Camera PT User can control the direction of Pan and Tilt Reverse Pan Check this option to reverse pan direction Reverse Tilt Ch...

Page 16: ...idth Image Mirror Focus Mode White Balance Mode Exposure Mode These function buttons are reserved for PTZ model It s not functional in ICA 302 Saturation Sharpness Contrast Hue Image quality adjustmen...

Page 17: ...ters for details 2 In machine Setting menu select User 3 You may add up to 10 users in machine database choose the user number and enter the name password and access right for each user User Setting S...

Page 18: ...TP but port 80 is likely to be used by a Web Server you can use a different port for the ICA 302 This port is called the HTTP Port2 The first port is port 80 The HTTP port2 is disabled in default sett...

Page 19: ...t the Internet IP address has changed and inform the DDNS server of the new IP address Internet users can then connect to your LAN using the Domain Name allocated by the DDNS service provider Limitati...

Page 20: ...he address of the camera either the Internet IP address or the Domain name and the correct communication port number Enter the address of the ICA 302 and its port number in the Address or Location fie...

Page 21: ...the camera in the Cameras list on the main screen and click OK to establish a connection and view live video Please check respective chapter for further details of viewing Video using either the Windo...

Page 22: ...e the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA 302 Once connected you can add the ICA 302 to your Browser s Favorites or Bookmarks Connecting using your Web Browser 1 Star...

Page 23: ...o three areas Viewing Area Images from the Network Camera Control Panel Area Network Camera Manipulation and image quality control Advanced Functions area only available for administrator Camera admin...

Page 24: ...nloaded from the camera and installed on your PC The security settings on the Internet Explorer must allow the ActiveX plug in to be functional Please refer to the chapter 2 Basic Setup After the Acti...

Page 25: ...a Direction Control camera up down left right and home position Camera Speed Increase decrease the camera Pan Tilt speed Recall Preset mode Preset set up camera fixed locations before operation Recall...

Page 26: ...tions menu offers more features and camera control privileges to meet various application demands Note Only available for administrator Advanced Functions Screen Three categories are contained Setting...

Page 27: ...log file Camera Adjust camera parameters Network Configure Network setting such as DHCP On Off DDNS and PPPoE User Setup user name password and login privilege IP Filter Setup legal IP address of use...

Page 28: ...rate The default frame rate in ICA 302 is 30fps the video frame rate can be adjusted in this menu or on the Control panel menu Log Administrator can check the log information in machine including the...

Page 29: ...external scanner to control PT through RS485 bus There are some protocols supported and will add more models gradually Camera PT User can control the direction of Pan and Tilt Reverse Pan Check this...

Page 30: ...er image quality requires more bandwidth Image Mirror Focus Mode White Balance Mode Exposure Mode These functions are available for PTZ Network Camera only It s not functional for this model Saturatio...

Page 31: ...assigned by the DHCP server If it can not get a DHCP address on a limited tries the ICA 302 will assigned a default IP address as the default IP address IP address Subnet mask Default gateway Primary...

Page 32: ...Username Password Enter the Username Password for your DDNS account Domain Name Enter the host name assigned by DDNS service provider HTTP Proxy Proxy Username Proxy Password Enter the parameter assi...

Page 33: ...via web browser enter Setting Network Select PPPoE Setting Input the User and Password which are provided by your local ISP Select the Send Mail after dialed and input the Mail Server and the related...

Page 34: ...s Netmask Gateway address DNS Server address will be mailed to preset e Mail address Please consult your ISP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE IP address related information and input carefully If Inte...

Page 35: ...ral user Please refer to the chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup Controlling User Access to the Video Stream User Screen IP Filter Screen The IP filter can set 10 different user s IP address which are al...

Page 36: ...comes from 192 168 0 A to B Allow Result when the remote users login in the name of 12345 and come from the IP addresses 192 168 0 A to 192 168 0 B login will be successful If these users did not com...

Page 37: ...ion detection area and sensitivity Time Setting Setup the ICA 302 time configuration Popup Setup event message while a motion has been detected Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrade Factory Default Restor...

Page 38: ...name Please input the file name that you want to assign to the images when sending them to the FTP server Suffix Date Time The date time suffix is added to the file name Sequence number A consecutive...

Page 39: ...u Some SMTP server may require authentication Please enable the Check Password and enter the password field for authentication Username Password Enter the Username Password for your SMTP account Sende...

Page 40: ...g Screen Motion Detection Screen The motion detection is implemented by a patented software algorithm it runs on the Network Camera due to a larger processing power of motion detection the overall per...

Page 41: ...tion to suit your environment If covering a large area you usually need higher sensitivity since a moving object will take only a small portion of the image Area Adjust the motion detection area By dr...

Page 42: ...ink with the Time Server The default setting is Synchronize the time with PC s time Date yy mm dd Time hh mm ss To set the Date and Time manually select User Input and system administrator must enter...

Page 43: ...yed on the screen immediately when any motion is detected Pop up Screen Network Settings Pop up text Input the warming text Display mode Only administrator can see the message or any user can see it M...

Page 44: ...able Motion Detection function 3 Disable Camera Tour function 4 Set the video resolution to 176 x 144 or smaller 5 Set the frame rate to 1 fps 6 Select Firmware Upgrade in menu 7 The Firmware Upgrade...

Page 45: ...oken during the download procedure it might possibly cause permanent damage to the ICA 302 Once the upgrading process completed the ICA 302 will reboot the system automatically Note please wait for 20...

Page 46: ...tion all information changed and saved on the flash will be lost and restored to the factory default setting Reboot Reboot the Internet Camera by hardware reset The Reboot button will reboot the Netwo...

Page 47: ...his function is available for logging in as an administrator only Capture This screen is displayed when you click the Capture menu and the function can capture current image and save it to storage med...

Page 48: ...ntrol These functions include View Splits Rotate Quality Resolution Image Recording Save Current Picture As View This screen is displayed when you click the View menu on the ActiveX control View Setti...

Page 49: ...as a 320 x 240 pixels After the Status bar selected machine status will be displayed on the bottom It displays Status Open Close camera status Resolution 704x576 640x480 320x240 352x288 176x144 160x12...

Page 50: ...tal Flip the image horizontally Frame Rate URL Split This screen is displayed when you click the Split menu on the ActiveX control The Network Camera provides four setting for Window split it can disp...

Page 51: ...he same camera but with different time It is useful on the low frame rate condition and then user can check the images that are the recently got Rotate Quality Resolution Rotate An image can be rotate...

Page 52: ...tion 176x144 320x240 352x288 640x480 If users control the ICA 302 of NTSC through internet they could have 5 choices of resolution 640x480 352x288 320x240 176x144 160x120 If users control the ICA 302...

Page 53: ...ution L Hint Quality Available quality Highest The same as Clarity on control panel High Medium The same as Default on control panel Low Lowest The same as Fluency on control panel The control method...

Page 54: ...en is displayed when you click the Image Recording menu on the ActiveX control Recoding Screen Save as JPEG Select this option and click Save as JPEG for detailed configurations The pre defined schedu...

Page 55: ...nt to stop the recording please press the Stop Image Recording to stop the image recording process After Stop Image Recording list the files these files are named as file_name_prefixed_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_m...

Page 56: ...rding please press the Stop Image Recording to stop the save as AVI process After the Stop Image Recording list the file on the selected saved directory the file were saved by the filename_prefix_date...

Page 57: ...nt Picture As menu on the ActiveX control Please select the Save Current Picture As to save the current display image into the local PC Please input the file name and click Save button Please select t...

Page 58: ...user s manual CD and start the CamView installation from the default page or manually browse the Utility folder in the CD to install the software 5 1 CamView Installation Run the setup exe to start in...

Page 59: ...Decide which directory to install the software By default just hit the Next button to continue 55...

Page 60: ...Decide the program group name By default just hit the Next button to continue Decide whether to create a desktop icon of the program Then press Next 56...

Page 61: ...Ready to install By default just hit the Install button to start installation Installing wait for a moment 57...

Page 62: ...the program User need login authentication while starting to use CamView Two pairs of default login ID and password admin admin and guest guest Admin ID has supreme authority to adjust any settings G...

Page 63: ...11 10 7 12 4 3 12 9 CamView main screen 5 2 1 Date and Time The current date and time of the computer are displayed here 5 2 2 Alert Message A message box will appear while alert event occurs Ex free...

Page 64: ...ove the camera direction to the up down left right home and zoom in or zoom out on the image respectively Note camera zoom feature is reserved for future product development 5 2 9 Viewer Screen Users...

Page 65: ...w application program After the button is pressed a dialog form will show up Users then configure the program by the form as the following sections 5 3 1 Application Settings Figure 5 3 1 shows settin...

Page 66: ...pplication Configuration Figure 5 3 1 The Application Tab 5 3 2 Camera Settings As shown in Figure 5 3 2 users can set parameters of each camera If the Restore button is pressed the current setting mo...

Page 67: ...ory Video Frame Rate Video Number of Frame The maximum number of images in a video file If the value is smaller Snapshot Path A directory to store snapshots Double click the input field or click the s...

Page 68: ...he following lists describe for each setting Hour Set the hour of time in 24 hour clock format stands for all hours Minute Set the minute of time stands for all minutes Month Set the month for recordi...

Page 69: ...s switch viewer screen layout switch camera channel or minimize close the CamView Note The Apply button is unused for this tab always confirm the settings by pressing the OK button to let configuratio...

Page 70: ...Management Figure 5 4 5 5 Recording Figure 5 5 1 Figure 5 5 2 Figure 5 5 3 Select a camera by pressing the button with camera number as shown in Figure 5 5 2 selected camera icon will be like Figure 5...

Page 71: ...ress the Playback button on the panel as shown in Figure 5 6 a form will appear to show the list of video records and snapshots Figure 5 6 5 6 1 Video List The Video List tab lists video records and d...

Page 72: ...ab 5 6 3 Video Search The video search tab lists video file information about the specified search Press the start time and end time toggle tab then a calendar form will appear as Figure 5 6 3 1 then...

Page 73: ...on recording event Figure 5 6 3 2 The Video Search Tab 5 7 Image Rotation After the button is pressed the displayed image rotates 180 degree It is used for the camera being installed upside down direc...

Page 74: ...10 a form will appear to show the eMap function Figure 5 10 5 8 1 EMap Setting Select the File from the File menu bar and the following are descriptions 1 New EMap First create a new layout 2 Insert M...

Page 75: ...h the map image in layout you can drag the camera icons into proper positions to deploy your cameras The following describes layout entries Name Define a name for this layout Position Describe the lay...

Page 76: ...mple 2 When your mouse moves over the camera icon you can click the right button to display a menu which has options to set the configuration show the record list record show video and remove the came...

Page 77: ...or ordinary data communication The Network Camera uses port 80 default only This port or the port you specify from the Configuration screen if you change the default port needs to be opened on the fir...

Page 78: ...he router needs Port Forwarding feature Refer to your router s manual for details Packet Filtering of the router may prohibit access from an external network Refer to your router s manual for details...

Page 79: ...s frame rate slower than the setting When more than one client were viewing the frame rate becomes slower Ethernet switching hub can smooth the frame rate especially in viewing on the Multi Camera scr...

Page 80: ...lts generated by the ICA 302 may be varying Image Resolution Average range of Data Sizes 176 x 144 QCIF 20 40k bit 320 x 240 QVGA 56 92k bit 352 x 288 CIF 64 112k bit 640 x 480 VGA 160 320k bit For ex...

Page 81: ...x 0 Lux at IR on Signal to Noise More than 48 dB Auto Gain Control Built in Auto White Balance 2500 K 9500 K BLC Auto Gamma Correction 0 45 SYNC System Internal Lens 6 mm standard Video Output Composi...

Page 82: ...TX Notification Email FTP Popup message OS Linux Type Of IP Address Static or Dynamic Firmware Upgrade Ethernet Security 2 Levels Administrator or user Viewer Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or later...

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