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Network Camera User’s Guide

3. AC power cord & Local Video out (BNC port)
The AC power input and video output cable are located on the Network Camera’s back
panel. The input power is 85~260VAC..
The Network Camera also provides composite video output. User can use BNC video
cable to connect the Network Camera with a TV monitor or VCR.

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Summary of Contents for RP-VP0643

Page 1: ...Network Camera User s Guide RP VP0643 Network Camera User s Guide Software Version 2 1 7 1 82 ...

Page 2: ...elevision reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the de...

Page 3: ...ation 12 Access the Network Camera from the Internet Explorer for the first time 16 Logging in as an ordinary User 18 Logging in as an Administrator 18 Operating the Network Camera 19 Control Panel 20 Advanced Function Area 22 Basic Setting 22 System 23 Camera 25 Network 27 User 32 IP Filter 33 FTP Client 36 SMTP 38 Schedule 40 Motion Detection 41 4 82 ...

Page 4: ...ightMouseButton of ActiveX Control 52 View Menu 53 Image Recording Save as JPEG 59 Save Current Picture As 65 Appendix A Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions 67 Appendix B PING IP Address 72 Appendix C Bandwidth Estimation 73 Appendix D Specifications 74 Appendix E Time Zone Table 76 Appendix F DDNS Application 78 5 82 ...

Page 5: ...orking on day but also on night The IR Network Camera is accessible via the LAN or Internet connection Connect your Network Camera directly to 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 sequence to a PC Live video image can be uploaded to a website for the world to see o...

Page 6: ...tion z Remote monitoring z Surveillance Minimum System Requirement z Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or later z VGA Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 z Pentium 4 1 3GHz or above z Memory Size 256MB or above z Windows ME 2000 XP or 2003 7 82 ...

Page 7: ...ts User can find the following items in the package z IR IP Camera x 1 z RS 485 terminal x 1 z Installation software and manual CD x 1 z Quick installation guide If any of the above items are missing please contact your dealer immediately 8 82 ...

Page 8: ... To connect to PC or Hub The LAN socket is an RJ 45 connector for connections to 10Base T Ethernet or 100Base TX Fast Ethernet cabling This Ethernet port built NWay protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network automatically Please use Category 5 straight through cable to connect the Network Camera to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network switch or hub 9 82 ...

Page 9: ...ort The AC power input and video output cable are located on the Network Camera s back panel The input power is 85 260VAC The Network Camera also provides composite video output User can use BNC video cable to connect the Network Camera with a TV monitor or VCR 10 82 ...

Page 10: ...the network 3 Connect RS485 two wires to RS485 D and D if you need to control PT scanner 4 Plug in Power cable into power socket 5 Connect Video BNC connector to a local TV for checking camera viewing angle 6 Done Once you have installed the Network Camera well the status LED will turn on It means the system is booting up successfully Furthermore if you have a proper network connection and access ...

Page 11: ...ur Network camera on your LAN environment you may execute IPFINDER EXE to discover Network camera s IP address IPCam Finder program IPFINDER EXE is used to scan the Installed Network Camera setting the Network Camera Name IP address settings and so on Using your mouse to select any one of the Network Cameras within your LAN 12 82 ...

Page 12: ...e needed to modify the port number 2 of HTTP access Power recycling might be necessary 7 Submit it Click submit the IP information of this Network Camera will be updated after seconds Install the Network Camera with an ADSL Router If the Network Camera was installed on the LAN with an ADSL router then the Network Camera can get a dynamic IP address from the DHCP server However if the Network Camer...

Page 13: ... Your Internet Explorer security settings must allow for the web page to work correctly To use the Network Camera user must setup his IE browser as follows 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 co...

Page 14: ...Network Camera User s Guide By now you have finished your entire PC configuration for Network Camera 15 82 ...

Page 15: ...he web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the Network Camera you want to monitor as below The Login Window of the Network Camera is displayed 2 Type in your login name and password under USERNAME and PASSWORD textbox For the first time use default value input the User Name admin Password 16 82 ...

Page 16: ... a full authorized administrator You can enter Setting to change the password and setup Administrator or User authority Please refer to Setting Î User and IP Filter 3 The IE Web Page will display the Security Warning window select Yes to install and run the ActiveX control into your PC 4 Display the image After the ActiveX control was installed and ran the first image will be displayed 17 82 ...

Page 17: ...the administrator then those control and function buttons will not be available as well For the rest of this user guide it is assumed that the Remote camera control will be turned on for normal operation Logging in as an Administrator If you log in the Network Camera as the Administrator you can perform all the settings provided within the software The Administrator may be logged in at any time re...

Page 18: ...Network Camera User s Guide Operating the Network Camera Start up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator Viewing Area Images from the Network Camera 19 82 ...

Page 19: ...g 1 Camera direction Control camera up down left right and home position Note It s useful if IR Network Camera is carried by a P T scanner Otherwise this function is not available 2 Camera speed Adjust camera speed up down Note It s useful if IR Network Camera is carried by a P T scanner Otherwise this function is not available 20 82 ...

Page 20: ...6 Auto pan on off Turn on or off the auto pan of camera While auto pan is on the camera will swing the camera from leftmost to rightmost tour and then from rightmost to leftmost cyclically Note It s useful if IR Network Camera is carried by a P T scanner Otherwise this function is not available 7 Video resolution Adjust Video resolution Network Camera provides 4 resolutions 640x480 352x288 320x240...

Page 21: ... menu is used for setting various applications according to individual Click on each menu name to display its setting page Basic Setting For the setting you will see there are divided into two categories Basic Setting and Application Basic Setting Symbol Item Action System Define Frame Rate Turn on off Remote camera control and view system log file Camera Adjust camera parameters and set camera to...

Page 22: ...parate the name string For example IR_IP or IR IP will be ok and IR IP will not work here Default frame rate You can set up frame rate here or via right side control panel For example set the frame rate to 5 FPS then the image will be updated for 5 frames per second the time interval can be checked by the time displayed on the image Remote camera control Turn on Remote camera control users will be...

Page 23: ...Network Camera User s Guide Appended Info Operator IP Operator MAC and Time Select the View button to check the log file 24 82 ...

Page 24: ... s Guide Camera Adjust Camera parameters PTZ Type The Video Server can connect to P T or P T Z camera and control those devices thru RS485 bus There are a lot of cameras supported and will add more models in future 25 82 ...

Page 25: ...gher Default System default value Note The value on the list box display the current setting of the current image when you make a new selection the value on the list box will be changed until you save the new setting Image Mirror Focus Mode White Balance Mode Exposure Mode These functions are available for PTZ Network Camera and Video Server only It s not functional for this model Saturation Sharp...

Page 26: ...tocol DHCP ON is default network setting of the Network Camera when a Network Camera is joined into the LAN it will issue the DHCP packets to request an IP address that is dynamically assigned by the DHCP server If it can not get a DHCP address on a limited tries the Network Camera will assigned a default IP address as the default IP address 27 82 ...

Page 27: ...eping the Http port 1 as 80 to make sure the IPCam can be accessed by the default HTTP port setting access on the LAN http xx xx xx xx If multiple IPCams are installed on the LAN also required to be accessed from the WAN then the Http port 2 can be changed as the virtual server port mapping to support multiple IPCams Note If you just want to reboot system without change anything You could click SA...

Page 28: ...now what your current WAN IP address is when you want to access your network over the Internet The solution to the dynamic IP address problem comes in the form of a dynamic DNS service The Internet uses DNS servers to lookup domain names and translates them into IP addresses Domain names are just easy to remember aliases for IP addresses A dynamic DNS service is unique because it provides a means ...

Page 29: ...dband network Also this local PC gets a dynamic IP address For more PPPoE and Internet configuration please consult your local dealer or ISP The Network Camera can directly connect to the ADSL however it should be setup on LAN environment to setup the PPPoE information and then connect to the ADSL modem Power on again then the Network Camera will dial on to the ISP connect to the WAN through the A...

Page 30: ...ed by the ISP If the check box of Send Mail after dialed was checked then the MailServer and User on the MailServer field need to be filled If the mail server needs authentication then the check box of Password needs to be checked and password information need to inputted Also the Sender email Receiver email needs to be inputted The Subject field can be modified too Select Save to save the setting...

Page 31: ...log into the system User only can input or modify the password of Administrator The username of Administrator is fixed as admin You can set up to 10 different usernames and passwords Although there are 10 sets only you may have one group of people use one username and password to login Every one set of username and password can be acted as an Administrator or just a normal user Select Save to save...

Page 32: ...sed with function User respectively You can enter 10 different user s IP address which are allowing enter or disregarding by the Network Camera You should configure User before IP Filter Each User username and password matches with one IP Filter user Select Save to save the setting 33 82 ...

Page 33: ...sful If these users did not come from the IP addresses A to B login access will be rejected 2 User page Login name 1 12345 Password 12345 Access Authority whatever IP filter page Default Policy Allow login name1 comes from 192 168 0 A to B Deny That is 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 denied If these users did ...

Page 34: ...onfiguration Schedule Set the schedule to enable motion detection or CF card recording Motion Detection Setup motion detection area and sensor sensitivity Time Setting Setup the Network Camera time configuration Popup Setup event message while motion or sensors has been activated Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrade Factory Default Recall the Network Camera factory default setting Reboot Reboot this ...

Page 35: ... server name and your login username and password you will be able to upload those previous captured image to the FTP server You can also send data to the server according to different situation such as by event or by period FTP server name Type the FTP server name to upload still images or the IP address of the FTP server User name Type the user name for the FTP server Password Type the password ...

Page 36: ...nsists of lower two digits of year 2 digits month 2 digits date 2 digits hour 2 digits minute 2 digits second 2 digits and consecutive number 2 digits thus 14 digit number is added to the file name Sequence number A consecutive number is added to the basic file name A number of up to 10 digits between 0000000000 to 4294967295 is added to the file name Sequence No clear Reset the sequence number to...

Page 37: ...he pre set mail address You may setup SMTP mail parameters for future event message receiving such as motion detected or sensor activated SMTP server name Type the SMTP server name up to 64 characters or the IP address of the SMTP server User name Type the user name for the SMTP server Password Type the password for the SMTP server 38 82 ...

Page 38: ...his address is used for reply mail Note you can key in multiple receiver s email address at the time Subject Type the subject title of the E mail up to 64 characters Mode Send a captured image via three different situations via event such as motion detected or sensor1 2 activated or send it periodically or off Select SAVE to save the setting 39 82 ...

Page 39: ...ide Schedule Setup event schedule The schedule setting is used to set the time schedule for events The event may be Star Motion Detection or others There are 6 schedules to be programmable Select SAVE to save the setting 40 82 ...

Page 40: ...ocessing power of motion detection the overall performance of Network Camera will be degraded the frame rate may be reduced You can enable or disable motion detection If your enable motion detection you can also setup detection sensitivity from one of three sensitivity levels By dragging mouse position on the image you can see a red box area which is the motion detection area according to your sen...

Page 41: ...fault Press SAVE button to do the time synchronization with PC time After the SAVE button was set the Network Camera time will be synchronized as PC s time From the setting the Server s time is the same as PC s time Change the time manually The following steps can change the time manually 1 Select the check box of User Input 2 Change the date according to the yyyy mm dd format 3 Change the time ac...

Page 42: ...s Guide Get Time from a NTP server Select NTP Button Key in the NTP server s IP address Press SAVE to activate it After the Network Camera gets the time from NTP server it will update the Network Camera s time field 43 82 ...

Page 43: ...e motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled and one of them detected then a message window will be displayed on the screen You can have output message in case of events activated such as sensors or motion detection to warn user 44 82 ...

Page 44: ...latest firmware file from A Linking s website Unzip this firmware file to binary file and store it into your PC The file name should be RZ BIN or similar for the Network Camera Then follow the steps as bellows carefully 1 Close all other application programs which are not necessary for firmware update 2 Disable Motion Detection function 3 Disable Camera Tour function 4 Set the video resolution to ...

Page 45: ...must be make sure that the Firmware only apply to Network Camera once update it will be burned into FLASH ROM of system 9 Once the firmware file was selected select Upload 10 Press the here button to begin to upgrade firmware 11 Press the OK button to continue 46 82 ...

Page 46: ...re it might possibly cause serious damage to the Network Camera Suggest that do not upgrade firmware via Wireless LAN due to high error rate possibly Please be aware that you should not turn off the power during updating the firmware and wait for finish message Once the upgrading process completed the Network Camera will reboot the system automatically Note please wait for 20 seconds and then you ...

Page 47: ...g The Factory Default button will restore to the factory default configuration all information changed and saved on the flash will be lost and restored to the factory default setting You will be prompt before restore to factory default setting Select OK to continue or Cancel to abort it 48 82 ...

Page 48: ...he Network Camera by hardware reset The Reboot button will reboot the Network Camera It s useful while the Network Camera got problem You will be prompt before restore to factory default setting Select OK to continue or Cancel to abort it 49 82 ...

Page 49: ...utput a trigger to control the alarm output using Trigger section on the main page Action Meaning FTP Upload a captured image to server Mail Mail captured image to specific mail address Noted This function is available for logging in as an administrator only 50 82 ...

Page 50: ...rk Camera User s Guide Capture You can capture current image and save it to storage media The image is saved in the JPEG format Noted This function is available for logging in as an administrator only 51 82 ...

Page 51: ...e right mouse button This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsfoft Internet Explorer On the ActiveX control right click the RightMouseButton then a menu pop up This menu provides feature that are unique to the ActiveX control These functions include View Splits Rotate Quality Resolution Image Recording Save Current Picture As 52 82 ...

Page 52: ...ts is supported on this mode Actual size Make the image show as the actual size the Splits function does not work on this mode StatusBar A status bar display on the button of the image View It makes the image resizable After the Resizable was selected the border of the image changed to resizable border 53 82 ...

Page 53: ...he Actual size was selected the image will displayed as the actual size in this example the image displays as a 640 x 480 pixels After the Statusbar was selected a status bar will be displayed on the bottom of the image It displays 54 82 ...

Page 54: ...20x240 352x288 176x144 160x120 NTSC Quality Highest High Medium Low Lowest Split 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 Rotate Normal Rotate 0 the defau state Rotate Rotate 180 rotate the image by 180 degree used on the camera was up side down mounted Flip Vertical Flip the image vertically Flip Horizontal Flip the image horizontally Frame Rate URL 55 82 ...

Page 55: ...Network Camera User s Guide Split This function is used to support 4CH Video Server Therefore it s not so useful in Speed Dome Network Camera 56 82 ...

Page 56: ...Network Camera User s Guide Rotate After the Rotate 180 was selected the image will be overturned from 0 to the angle 180 57 82 ...

Page 57: ... overturned horizontally Resolution If Network Camera type is NTSC it will have 5 choices of resolution 640x480 352x288 320x240 176x144 and 160x120 While users control the PAL type of the Network Camera they could have 6 choices of resolution 704x576 640x480 352x288 320x240 176x144 and 160x120 The control method is the same as control panel s Quality 58 82 ...

Page 58: ...s control panel s Quality Image Recording Save as JPEG Select Image Recording The Image Recording pop up window displays select Save as JPEG Input the Download Number for the number of images desire to be saving or Download No Limit to save the images continuous until the Stop Image Recording is selected Select SaveAs the pop up window to select the save path and file name prefix select Save to co...

Page 59: ...al PC During the download and save as JPEG files process the yellow mark will be displayed on the right down position to indicate the saving as JPEG files operation Before the Download Number of images is reached or Download No Limit select Stop Image Recording to stop the image recording process 60 82 ...

Page 60: ...Network Camera User s Guide After Stop Image Recording list the files these files are named as file_name_prefixed_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss_ms jpg 61 82 ...

Page 61: ...VI file the maximum saved images in each file are specified in Max Jpeg Num once the saves image on each AVI file are reached by this number then a new AVI file will created to save the following images until the Stop Image Recording is selected 6 Select SaveAs the pop up window to select the save path and file name prefix select Save to continue Select Start to start the AVI files recording Durin...

Page 62: ... User s Guide 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_time avi 63 82 ...

Page 63: ...Network Camera User s Guide The AVI files can be display by the standard Windows Media Player but it needs the DixectX 9 0 or higher version to be installed 64 82 ...

Page 64: ...s Use the Save Current Picture As to save the current display image into the local PC Input the saved File name select Save If you like to retrieve the saved image select the file to display the saved image by using any one of graph editing tools 65 82 ...

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Page 66: ...weatherproof case for outdoors using However equipped with a weatherproof case will disable the audio function of Network Camera Install Network Camera Status LED does not light up Check and confirm that the standard AC adaptor included in packaged is used Secure the power connector and re power it on again If the problem is not solved the Network Camera might be faulty Contact your dealer for fur...

Page 67: ...ve any space in the name field Use underline _ or dash to replace the space Network may have trouble Confirm the parameters and connections of the Network Camera Access Network Camera Cannot access the login page and other web pages of Network Camera from Internet Explorer Maybe the IP Address of the Network Camera is already being used by another device or computer To confirm this possible proble...

Page 68: ...ngestion may prevent the Image screen from appearing quickly You may choose lower resolution to reduce the required bandwidth Check the Network Camera s ActiveX is installed on your computer Go to C Windows Downloaded Program Files and check to see if there is an entry for the file WebWatch Class The status column should show Installed If the file is not listed make sure your Security Settings in ...

Page 69: ...enter and Preset Positioning Click Refresh on the Internet Explorer when the communication stops with the Network Camera The image will refresh Other clients may be operating Pan Tilt Pan Tilt operation has reached the end of corner The Pan Tilt operation may be locked by turning off Remote Camera Control Pan Tilt Zoom and Focus do not work smoothly There may be a slight delay when you are using t...

Page 70: ...ameters such as brightness contrast hue and saturation properly Image flickers Wrong power line frequency makes images flicker Make sure the NTSC or PAL format of your Network Camera If the object is dark the image will flicker Make the condition around the Network Camera brighter Noisy images occur The video images might be noisy if the Network Camera is located in a very low light environment Ma...

Page 71: ...address conflicts with any other devices over the network If you want to make sure the IP address of Network Camera utilize the PING command as follows z Start a DOS window z Type ping x x x x where x x x x is the IP address of the Network 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 Netw...

Page 72: ...lts generated by the Network Camera 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 example streaming 2 fps of 320 x 240 video requires 112 to 184 kbps kilobits per second Therefore with a 128K upload connection you will typically see 3 to 6 frames per second with 176 x 144 reso...

Page 73: ... Gain Control AGC White Balance Auto 2000 K 10000 K BLC Auto Gamma Correction 0 45 SYNC System Internal Lens 6mm Standard 25mm Video Output Composite 1 0 Vp p at 75 ohm IR LED High light led 12pcs High light led 12pcs With condensing lens IR View Angle View angle 80 Beam spread 20 per LED IR Wavelength 850 mm IR Distance 25 30 M 50 M IR Status Under 10 Lux by CDS auto control LED Life More than 20...

Page 74: ...s ME 2000 XP 2003 LAN I F 10 100M Notification Email FTP OS Linux Type Of IP Address Static or Dynamic Firmware Upgrade Ethernet Security 2 Levels Administrator or user Viewer Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 5 or later IP Filtering Yes Networking Protocol TCP IP HTTP SMTP FTP NTP DNS DDNS ARP and DHCP Communication Protocol PPPoE 75 82 ...

Page 75: ...Network Camera User s Guide Appendix E Time Zone Table GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time which is the global time that all time zones are measured from 76 82 ...

Page 76: ...Network Camera User s Guide 77 82 ...

Page 77: ... org to uk etc 2 Ethernet Network Environment Normally DDNS services is only necessary for the 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 Network ...

Page 78: ...org Pink No 1 2 Click Account Pink No 2 3 After the columns show up at the left side click Create Account 4 Fill the application agreement and necessary information a Input Name b E mail input and confirmation c Password input and confirmation d Submit all the input information and finish creating a account 79 82 ...

Page 79: ... Guide 5 Check your e mail mailbox There will be an e mail with a title Your DynDNS org Account Information Click the hyperlink address to confirm the DDNS service that you just applied Then DDNS you applied activated 80 82 ...

Page 80: ...ername and password that you just applied to login administration interface of DDNS service 7 If the correct username and password are input you can see the following picture at the top right of the login page 8 Click the Services 9 Click the Dynamic DNS and then click the Add a host 81 82 ...

Page 81: ...n name information Pink No 3 4 Setup the DDNS and PPPoE At last users have to enter the web page of Network Camera or IP camera 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 Network Camera or IP camera by ...

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