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Summary of Contents for ICA-600

Page 1: ...Speed Dome IP Camera ICA 600 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...t 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 the information in this User s Manual and reserves the right to make improvements to this User s Manual and or to the products described in this User s Manual at any time without notice If you find info...

Page 3: ...Screen 20 Viewing Area 21 Control Panel Screen 22 Advanced Configuration Area 23 Camera Advanced setting Menu 23 System Screen 24 Camera Screen 25 Network Screen 27 User Screen 30 IP Filter Screen 30 FTP Client Screen 33 SMTP Screen 34 Alarm 1 Alarm 2 Screen 35 Schedule Screen 35 Motion Detection Screen 36 Time Setting Screen 37 Popup Screen 38 Firmware upgrade Screen 39 Factory Default Screen 40 ...

Page 4: ...nnection Connect your Internet 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 Internet Camera to capture a video sequence to a computer Live video image can be uploaded to a website worldwide to see or made available only to selected users on the network ICA 600 applications Features Pan T...

Page 5: ... other video recording equipment JPEG Video Compression Composite Video Output Software for monitor 16 cameras for surveillance application Alarm triggers email FTP upload Internet Features User definable administration port number This allows Internet Gateways to use port mapping so the ICA 600 and a Web Server can share the same Internet IP address DDNS Support In order to view video over Intern...

Page 6: ...rk Camera with a TV monitor or VCR Audio Input Cable The Network Camera provides audio input to connect with external microphone User can monitor not only images but sounds LAN Cable LAN cable is a 10Base T Ethernet or 100Base TX Fast Ethernet cabling The Ethernet port built NWay protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network automatically Provided Category 5 straight throu...

Page 7: ...2 NO 2 Brown Alarm Output 2 COM Max 24VDC 1A 3 Red Alarm Output 1 NO 4 Orange Alarm Output 1 COM 5 Yellow Alarm Output 1 NC Max 24VDC 1A 6 Green Alarm Input 2 A Max 24VDC 12mA 7 Blue Alarm Input 1 2 K 8 Purple Alarm Input 1 A Max 24VDC 12mA 4 ...

Page 8: ...uld be included If any of these items are damaged or missing please contact your dealer immediately Planet ICA 600 Speed Dome IP Camera x 1 with Ethernet Video Audio and Alarm cable integrated User manual CD x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 5 ...

Page 9: ...Explorer 5 0 or later Windows ME 2000 XP or 2003 1 4 cameras surveillance application CPU Pentium 4 1 3G MHz or above Memory Size 256 MB or above VGA card resolution 1024 x 768 or above 4 or more cameras surveillance application CPU Pentium 4 1 7G MHz or above Memory Size 512 MB or above VGA card resolution 1024 x 768 or above Note The listed information is minimum system requirements only Actual ...

Page 10: ...the embedded mount Please remove the safety hook after taking dome body out Safety Hook Note Safety hook is used to avoid the speed dome IP falling down to the floor 4 Cut a hole as following picture in the ceiling Or place the bracket embedded mount on the ceiling and mark the three screw holes and the inner circle of the bracket ring Then cut the hole in the ceiling according to the markings 7 ...

Page 11: ...e body back onto the embedded mount and rotate it clockwise to lock the dome body into the embedded ring Make sure the safety hook is securely hooked first 7 Make sure the screw hole on the side of dome is aligned with the bracket Tighten the fixing screw to secure the dome 8 Use magnetic screw driver to fix the decoration ring The hardware installation is now complete 8 ...

Page 12: ... the web browser should be Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher with Java support Current firmware supports Microsoft Internet Explorer the Netscape Navigator support is planned in the future firmware release L Note Default LAN interface IP address of ICA 600 is 192 168 0 20 You may now open your web browser and insert http 192 168 0 20 in the address bar of your web browser to logon ICA 600 ...

Page 13: ... Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications After modifications you may now connect the camera via web browser 10 ...

Page 14: ... user access to the live video stream Making video available from the Internet Adjusting the Video Image If necessary the ICA 600 Administrator can adjust the Video image Settings are provided for Image size Select the desired size The larger sizes require greater bandwidth Image quality This determines the degree of compression applied to the Video stream Higher quality requires greater bandwidth...

Page 15: ...dard Available selection Clarity Video is better but frame rate may be slower Fluency Video is not as good as Clarity but frame rate may be higher Standard System default value Note Higher image quality requires more bandwidth Saturation Sharpness Contrast Hue Image quality adjustment the parameter ranges from 0 to 255 Options Camera tour Enable the check box if you want the time to be displayed o...

Page 16: ...Please check the appendix B for more information on the image adjustment L Note 13 ...

Page 17: ...face of the ICA 600 Please check related chapters for details 2 In machine Administration 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 Screen Operation When each user connects they will be prompted for their username and password They must enter the name and password defined on the U...

Page 18: ...ses HTTP but port 80 is likely to be used by a Web Server you can use a different port for the ICA 600 This port is called the HTTP Port2 The first port is port 80 The HTTP port2 is disabled in default settings If you prefer to use a different port number than port 80 you can specify the port number on the ICA 600 s Network screen as shown below Network Screen The Network screen is part of the Web...

Page 19: ...S server of the new IP address Internet users can then connect to your LAN using the Domain Name allocated by the DDNS service provider Limitation if the ICA 600 is installed with private IP address behind the NAT router please find and enable the DDNS feature on the router This can prevent the remote users not able to connect to the camera Current supported DDNS service provider www dyndns org ww...

Page 20: ...cation port number Enter the address of the ICA 600 and its port number in the Address or Location field of your Browser Example IP address HTTP 203 70 249 52 1024 Where the Router Gateway s Internet IP address is 203 70 212 52 and the HTTP Port2 number on the ICA 600 is 1024 Example Domain Name HTTP ipcam dyndns org 1024 Where the Router Gateway s Domain name is ipcam dyndns org and the HTTP Port...

Page 21: ...n 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 Windows Viewing Recording utility or Web Browser 18 ...

Page 22: ...ly connect to the ICA 600 to do web settings If using only Web Browser use the following procedure to establish a connection from your PC to the ICA 600 Once connected you can add the ICA 600 to your Browser s Favorites or Bookmarks Connecting using your Web Browser 1 Start your web browser 2 In the Address box enter HTTP and the IP Address of the ICA 600 as in this example which uses the ICA 600 ...

Page 23: ... divided into three areas Viewing Area Images from the ICA 600 Control Panel Area ICA 600 Camera Manipulation and image quality control Advanced Configuration area only available for administrator Camera administrator can have full configuration in this menu These options are explained in the following sections 20 ...

Page 24: ...unctional To use the ICA 600 please execute your Internet Explorer and browse to Tools Î Internet Options Î Security Î Custom Level and change the settings as follows Download the signed ActiveX controls Download the unsigned ActiveX controls Initialize and script the ActiveX controls not masked as safe to Prompt After the ActiveX installation completed video content will start playing automatical...

Page 25: ...trol 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 Set camera position to preset location Video Resolution Adjust Video resolution The ICA 600 provides 4 resolutions 640x480 352x288 320x240 176x144 For NTSC camera 320x240 is suitable For PAL camera 352x288 and 176x...

Page 26: ...on demands Advanced Configuration Screen The ICA 600 Advanced Configuration page divided into three sub menus Camera Advanced Setting Camera Trigger Setting Screen capture Setting Respective menu descriptions are illustrated in the following sections Camera Advanced setting Menu Clicking on Setting on the menu provides privileges to all the settings for the ICA 600 The Advanced Setting menu is div...

Page 27: ...e below System Screen Data System Screen System Settings Serial Number Product serial number Camera Name This displays the name for the ICA 600 camera name is useful while multiple unit installation Default frame rate The default frame rate in ICA 600 is 30fps the video frame rate can be adjusted in this menu or on the Control panel menu Remote camera control Enable or disable remote control featu...

Page 28: ...bandwidth and carefully select the proper video resolution Image Quality Video display quality selection in ICA 600 Clarity Video is better but frame rate may be slower Fluency Video is not as good as Clarity but higher frame rate Standard System default value Note The value on the list box displays the current setting all the modifications will not take effects until it is saved in this menu Satu...

Page 29: ...ra tours Camera Tour Screen Data Camera Tour Screen Camera Tour Settings Tour Name Choose the one tour name from A to E Dwelling Time The time period between every tour point Sequence 16 points can be assigned Enable Enable camera tour group should be activated To use the camera tour function user must preset some camera positions first The maximum number of preset points is 16 In the Camera Tour ...

Page 30: ...quied for Internet access Note User need to reboot the Network Camera to make this setting to take effect HTTP Port 1 HTTP Port 2 Users could assign the port number of http protocol and the WAN users should follow the port number to login IP Edit User can use IP Edit software program to find Internet Cameras or edit related parameters on the LAN Disable this option to restrict the modification of ...

Page 31: ...Name Enter the host name which DDNS service provider assigned HTTP Proxy Proxy Username Proxy Password Enter the parameter which DDNS service provider assigned PPPoE Setting If the ISP demands PPPoE connection for Internet access please select PPPoE as connection type and insert the username password by your ISP to connect you to the Internet 28 ...

Page 32: ...SP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE IP address related information and input carefully If Internet connection cannot be established please check the physical connection or contact the ISP service staff for support information L Hint 29 ...

Page 33: ...an be acted as an Administrator or just a general user User Screen IP Filter Screen The IP filter can set 10 different user s IP address which are allowing enter or disregarding by the Network Camera Please configure User before IP Filter Each User username and password matches with one IP Filter user IP Filter Screen 30 ...

Page 34: ...ers 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 any IP filter page Default Policy Allow login name1 comes from 192 168 0 A to B Deny 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 denied If these users did not come from the IP a...

Page 35: ... 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 Product firmware upgrade Factory Default Pre default the Network Camera factory default setting Reboot Reboot this device 32 ...

Page 36: ...you want to assign to the images when sending to the FTP server Suffix Select the suffix to add to the file name None No suffix is added The basic file name is assigned to the image to be sent to the FTP server Date Time The date time suffix is added to the file name The Sequence number A consecutive number is added to the basic file name Sequence No clear Enable or disable clear sequence number M...

Page 37: ...and able to relay mails for you Some SMTP server may require authentication Please enable the Check Password and enter the Account Password fields below for authentication Username Password Enter the Username Password for your SMTP account Sender s Mail Box Enter the sender e mail address in the field This field must be entered with a valid e mail format Receiver s Mail Box Enter the receiver e ma...

Page 38: ...elect Manual or Event for the Alarm mode Duration Set up the alarm duration 0 means the alarm working always Alarm1 Screen Schedule Screen The Schedule can enable motion detection in an arranged period in order to avoid unnecessary images transmitting and catch the desired images Schedule Setting Screen 35 ...

Page 39: ...een Motion Detection Settings Enable Motion Detection Enable or disable Motion Detection function in ICA 600 Sensitivity Select the desired option 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 Use the adjust the determine which areas of the image are examined for motion 36 ...

Page 40: ...erver The default setting is Synchronize the time with PC s time Date yy mm dd Time hh mm ss To set the Date Time manually select User Input and system administrator must enter the Date and Time in the respective field manually Time Zone System administrator must select the time zone for the region Please refer to the appendix for the time zone selection table Please find below NTP server web addr...

Page 41: ...them detected then a message window will be displayed on the screen Pop up Screen Pop up Settings Pop up text Input the warming text Display mode Select display mode for your Sensor 1 Sensor 2 Motion detection Enable or disable the display of a text string in the video image Type the text string that you want to display in the adjacent field 38 ...

Page 42: ... 2 Please close the motion detection function 3 Please reduce the frame rate 4 Please modify the resolution to smallest one Do not interrupt the upgrading procedure during proceeding or the inner component might be permanently damaged NOTE Then follow this procedure to upgrading firmware 1 Click the Browse button and locate the upgrade file 2 Select this file and click OK The filename will then ap...

Page 43: ...displayed on the screen Once the upgrading process completed the Network Camera will reboot the system automatically Factory Default Screen This screen is displayed when you click the Factory Default menu on the Status screen Please Click OK button to load default settings to camera 40 ...

Page 44: ...TP Upload a captured image to server Mail Mail captured image to specific mail address Alarm 1 Enable Alarm output 1 Alarm 2 Enable Alarm output 2 Clear Alarm 1 Clear alarm1 output status Clear Alarm 2 Clear alarm2 output status Capture This screen is displayed when you click the Capture menu and the function can capture current image and save it to storage media The image is saved in the JPEG for...

Page 45: ...ActiveX Control This feature only supports on the ActiveX control within Microsoft Internet Explorer 42 ...

Page 46: ...ze the Splits function does not work on this mode Status Bar A status bar display on the button of the image 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 display different time frame images of the selected Network Camera The time string with green characters is the current displayed image Availa...

Page 47: ...ated in predefined 180 degree increments Quality Available quality High Default Low Resolution Available resolution 176x144 320x240 352x288 640x480 Image Recording This screen is displayed when you click the Image Recording menu on the ActiveX control 44 ...

Page 48: ... configurations The pre defined schedule can be set by JPEG During the JPGEG file recording a red icon displays on lower right position of the image to indicate the AVI saving process If want stop the recording please press the Stop Image Recording to stop the save as JPEG process 45 ...

Page 49: ...e press the Stop Image Recording to stop the save as AVI process Recording File Path Save Current Picture As This screen is displayed when you click the Save Current Picture As menu on the ActiveX control How to configure Motion Detection Please select the Save Current Picture As to save the current display image into the local PC Please input the saved file name and click Save button Please selec...

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Page 51: ...llation 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 installation A welcome message is shown as the following figure and then hit the Next button to continue Read the license agreement first please If you accept the agreement select I accept the agreement and then hit the Next button to continue 48...

Page 52: ... Decide which directory to install the software By default just hit the Next button to continue 49 ...

Page 53: ... 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 50 ...

Page 54: ... Ready to install By default just hit the Install button to start installation Installing wait for a moment 51 ...

Page 55: ...h 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 Guest ID has view related function privilege only and does not have authority to adjust machine settings Such as switch viewer screen layout switch camera channel or minimize close the CamView 52 ...

Page 56: ...8 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 space is almost exhausted 5 2 3 Recording and Playback Here are the buttons for playback record stop record and snapshot 53 ...

Page 57: ...move 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 may choose different layout to monitor different cameras The available camera display modes are shown below Each viewer section displays video from the associated camera Right click on a viewer secti...

Page 58: ...ew 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 settings for the global scope of the application including initialization and basic environment settings After all settings are complete press the OK button to save the configuration and exit the form Note...

Page 59: ...Application 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 modifications of the specified camera will be cleared and restore to the original If the Apply button is pressed the current setting modifications will be applied to the specified camera Note that thes...

Page 60: ...ber of Frame The maximum number of images are saved in a video file If the value is larger then few files will get If the value is smaller then more files will get Snapshot Path A directory to store snapshots Double click the input field or click the square button to select the directory Motion Rec Interval Sec If Motion Detection is enabled then when Motion Detection starts CamView will do record...

Page 61: ...The 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 recording tasks stands for all months Day Set the day for recording tasks stands for all days Weekday Set the specific weekday of a week If no day is specified All weekdays will fit Duration Sec The duratio...

Page 62: ...uest Guest Guest only can view the images only or perform the view related function Such as 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 configurations take effect Figure 5 3 4 The User Tab 59 ...

Page 63: ... 5 show the setting When user presses DVR button the CamView will switch to DVR application Figure 5 3 5 The External Tab 5 4 Camera Configuration Users can hit the button shown in Figure 5 4 to configure the associated camera Please refer to Chapter 4 Web Based Management Figure 5 4 60 ...

Page 64: ...o Recording The last method to record is done by scheduling Schedule recording tasks are described in section 5 3 3 Scheduling The CamView will start to record on time 5 6 Playback When you press 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 displays t...

Page 65: ...Snapshot List The Snapshot List tab lists snapshots and displays the information about the specified snapshot file When you hit the Show button Internet Explorer will be invoked to display the snapshot Figure 5 6 2 The Snapshot List Tab 62 ...

Page 66: ...ure 5 6 3 1 then select a proper date and time After press OK in the calendar form then hit the Search button you will get the matched video files in the following column Press the Play button to play the selected video file via the Windows Media Player Figure 5 6 3 1 The Calendar Form Note The pink color indicates the motion recording event Figure 5 6 3 2 The Video Search Tab 63 ...

Page 67: ...normal mode Figure 5 8 5 9 Lock Application Press this button will avoid strangers to access CamView unless they have correct password Figure 5 9 5 10 EMap When you press the EMap button on the panel as shown in Figure 5 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 ...

Page 68: ...ons in current layout In the menu bar select Window to change EMap As shown in Figure 5 10 1 and Figure 5 10 2 with 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 layout position Figure 5 10 1 Layout example 1 65 ...

Page 69: ...ample 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 camera icon Figure 5 10 3 66 ...

Page 70: ...era provides a general I O terminal block with two digital inputs and two outputs for device control Pin 1 and 2 can be connected to an external sensor 1 Pin 2 and 3 can be connected to an external sensor 2 Both of the inputs the voltage will be monitored from the initial state LOW The relay switch of pin 4 5 and 6 can be used to turn on or off the external device The relay switch of pin 7 and pin...

Page 71: ...Y YOURSELF INCORRECT WIRING COULD DAMAGE NETWORK CAMERA YOU COULD RECEIVE THE FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK THE EXTERNAL I O IS NOT CAPABLE OF CONNECTING DIRECTLY TO DEVICES THAT REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF CURRENT IN SOME CASES A CUSTOM INTERFACE CIRCUIT CUSTOMER PROVIDED MAY HAVE TO BE USED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO NETWORK CAMERA MAY RESU IF A DEVICE IS CONNECTED TO THE EXTERNAL I O THAT EXCEEDS ITS ELECTRICAL CAP...

Page 72: ...rk port 80 is open for 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 firewall Q The username and password for the first time or after factory default reset A Username admin and leave password blank Note that it s all case sensitivity Q Forgot the usern...

Page 73: ...roxy server may prevent you from connecting directly to ICA 600 set up not to use the proxy server Confirm that Default Gateway address is correct The 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 Access ICA 600 from the Internet with the global IP ...

Page 74: ...ideo when audio is enabled A Your connection to the ICA 600 does not have enough bandwidth to support a higher frame rate for the streamed image size Try reducing the video streaming size to 176x144 or 320x240 and or disabling audio Audio will consume 32 to 64 kbps Disable audio to improve video Your Internet connection may not have enough bandwidth to support streaming audio from the ICA 600 Q Im...

Page 75: ... noisy if the ICA 600 is located in a very low light environment Make the condition around the ICA 600 brighter Q How to Reboot the ICA 600 A If you just want to reboot system without change anything Go to Network page and click SAVE button directly then system will reboot again Q Can not play the recorded AVI file A Have installed Microsoft s DirectX 9 0 or later and use the Windows Media Player ...

Page 76: ...lts generated by the ICA 600 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 resolution ...

Page 77: ...Streaming 1 channel RCA connector female Variable Pan Speed 0 5 ゚ 300 ゚ S Pan Coverage 360 ゚ continuous Variable Tilt Speed 0 5 ゚ 150 ゚ S Tilt Coverage 90 ゚ Sensor in Alarm out 2 in 2 out Image Image Compression JPEG 3 levels Image resolution 640 x 480 352 x 288 320 x 240 176 x 144 Image frame rate 30 FPS for all resolutions Preset Points 16 presets Camera Tour 5 camera tours Protocols TCP IP HTTP...

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