M-JPEG Internet Camera

IC-1500Wg / IC-1500

U s e r r M a n u a l l

Version 2.0 September , 2007

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Contents

1.

Introduction

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2.

Package Content

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3.

System Requirement

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4.

Hardware Installation

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4.1. LED and Focusing .............................................................................................. 1

5.

Software Installation

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6.

Using the Administrator Utility

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6.2.4. Date / Time Settings ......................................................................................... 11

6.2.5. Resolution......................................................................................................... 12

6.2.7. Users ................................................................................................................ 13

6.2.8. Tools................................................................................................................. 14

6.2.9. About ................................................................................................................ 15

7.

Using the Camera Viewer

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7.7. View Four Cameras Simultaneously ................................................................ 20

7.8. Viewer Utility Setting......................................................................................... 20

7.8.1. Setting .............................................................................................................. 21

7.8.2. Recording ......................................................................................................... 22

7.8.3. Status................................................................................................................ 23

7.8.4. General............................................................................................................. 24

7.8.5. About ................................................................................................................ 25

7.9. Playback ........................................................................................................... 25

8.3. WLAN ............................................................................................................... 30

8.4. E-Mail and FTP................................................................................................. 31

8.6. System.............................................................................................................. 33

8.7. Status................................................................................................................ 34

8.8. Users ................................................................................................................ 34

9. Frequently Asked Questions

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10.

Technical Specifications

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Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing

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12.

Appendix B Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP

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1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Internet Camera. This Internet Camera sends live video through 10/100Mbps wired network to a web browser or camera viewer across Internet anywhere in the world! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep an eye on your home, your kids, and your workplace—whatever’s important to you.

How does the Camera do all of this? Unlike standard “web cams” that require an attached PC, the Internet Camera can connect directly to a network. The MJPEG video compression produces a high quality, high-frame rate, 640 x 480 video stream.

The included Camera Viewer utility lets you record the video to your local hard drive, “live” or on a predetermined schedule.

Use the instructions in this Guide to help you integrate the Camera into your network. These instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Internet Camera.

2. Package Content

z z z z z z

One Internet Camera

One Power Adapter

One Camera Stand

One 100M Category 5 Ethernet Cable

One Quick Installation Guide

One CD (Including Manual/Utility/Driver)

If any of the above items are missing, please contact your supplier.

3. System Requirement

System requirement for PC, MAC or Notebook PC to access the Internet Camera are: z OS System: Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 , Vista z

IE Version: 6.0.29 + SP2 or above z CPU: Intel Pentium III 750MHz above or Intel Celeron 1GHz above z

Memory Size: 128MB (256MB recommended) z DirectX 7.0 or above z VGA card with fully DirectX 7.0 supported. z

VGA Card Resolution: 800 x 600 or above

4. Hardware Installation

4.1 LED and Focusing

The Camera head and its focus ring allow you to modify the aim and focus of the Camera.

To adjust the Camera’s focus, rotate the dark focus ring.

There are four LEDs indicating the camera status and networking status. y

Monitoring

When someone is viewing the camera, the LED will light. y

Ready

When the camera is power on and ready for access, the LED will light. y

LAN

When the Internet Camera is linking to wired network, the LED is lighting. The LED is flashing when video is transmitted or received through wired network.

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4.2 Camera Ports

The Camera features three ports and a Reset button. y

Power

The Power port is where you can connect the power adapter. y

LAN

The LAN port is where you can connect the Ethernet network cable. y

WLAN (for IC-1500Wg only) (Antenna Connector)

This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Internet Camera.. y

Reset

1. If problems occur with your Internet Camera, press the reset button with a pencil tip (for less than 2 seconds) and the Internet Camera will re-boot itself, keeping your original configurations.

2. If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your password, press the reset button for longer than 5 seconds and the Internet Camera will reset itself to the factory default settings (warning: your original configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings).

4.3 Installation Procedure

1. Unpack the Internet Camera package and verify that all the items listed in the Chapter 2 are provided.

2. Connect the Internet Camera to your network by attached the network cable from the switch/router to the UTP port of the Internet Camera.

3. Connect the power adapter to the Internet Camera and plug the power adapter to power outlet. The Internet

Camera will be powered on. When the Internet Camera is ready, the Ready LED will show orange color.

4. Make sure that you have installed correct VGA driver and DirectX 7.0 or above.

Note : It is highly recommended to use the power adapter shipped with the Internet Camera, do NOT use any other power adapter from any sources

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5. Software Installation

Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly through the Installation process. The following installation is implemented in Windows XP. The installation procedures in Windows 98SE/Me/2000/Server

2003 are similar.

1. Insert the CD shipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The “Autorun.exe” program should be executed automatically. If not, run “Autorun.exe” manually from “Autorun” folder in the CD.

2. The Install Wizard will show four selections, select the program you want to install or click “Exit” to install the program later. The following installation steps are the demonstration of “Install Administrator Utility & Camera

Viewer”.

3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation.

4. If you wish to install the software program in an alternate location, click “Change”; otherwise click “Next” to move on to the next step.

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5. Click “Install” to start installing the program.

6. The system will install the program automatically.

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7. Click “Finish” to complete the software installation.

8. When the installation is completed. The system will auto run ”Administrator Utility“. On the Internet Camera first page, the cameras found in the network are listed in the left window. Choose the one you want to configure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed.

N

IC-1500

“N” means the camera is new and not configured.

9. Please enter the default password “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page.

10. Internet Camera is working through the network (TCP/IP Protocol). The IP address setting must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera. The wizard program will detect the IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IP address for the Camera. You can accept the suggested value or enter the value manually. If you enter the value manually, please be aware that the “Subnet Mask” must be the same for both the camera and the PC. Click “Finish” to apply the configuration.

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11. This wizard will pop up a window to ask you if you want to run the “Camera Viewer” and see the video of the

Camera immediately. Select “OK” to run “Camera Viewer”.

12. The “Camera Viewer” will show the video automatically. Congratulations, you can use the camera through the network to view the video from now on.

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6. Using the Administrator Utility

The Administrator Utility allows users to search and setup the cameras located within the Intranet or on the Internet. From the utility, users can view all the information of the selected camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard, which can guide users to add the camera to the network easily and promptly.

There are two ways to run the Administrator Utility as follows.

1. Click “Start”, select “Programs\IP Camera\Admin Utility” to run the utility.

2. Click the “IP Camera Admin” icon to run the utility.

Once the utility is started, it will search all the cameras within the network. To do more settings, please refer to the description in the following sections.

6.1 General Setting

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LAN

Auto Discover Click the button will search the camera within the network automatically.

Camera List

The list shows the camera name and the setup status of the camera.

It means the camera is in the default setting.

It means the camera is configured before.

Internet

Add

Delete

Camera List

Camera

Information

Click “Add” will appear a window for you to enter the IP Address of the camera on the Internet.

Click “Delete” to delete the camera from the list.

The list shows the camera name and the connect status of the camera.

It means the camera is disconnected or not in the Internet.

It means the camera is connected.

Information of Camera

It displays all information of the selected camera. The information includes Firmware Version,

Network Information, IP Address, UPnP Setting, DDNS Setting, Resolution and E-mail setting, etc.

Camera Setting

Detail Setting Click “Detail Setting” to do more setting of the camera such as IP address, Resolution, password and firmware upgrade, etc.

Setting Wizard Click “Setting Wizard” to setup the necessary setting for the camera.

6.2 Detail Setting

When you click the “Detail Setting”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”.

The default value is

Name: “ admin ” & Password: “ 1234 ”

If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.

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Network Setting

Internet

Camera Name

The default camera name is “IC1500WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.

IP Address

Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.

Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN. For example: 255.255.255.0.

Gateway

DNS Server

The Gateway is used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet on the Internet. The

Gateway setting must be the same with the gateway used by the PCs on your LAN.

DNS Server (Domain Name Server) that translates names to IP addresses. Set the same DNS

Server as the PCs on your LAN.

Video Port

Web Port

Network Setting

The Video Port is used to transmit or receive the video streaming in the network. The default port setting is “4321”. If you want to view the video from the camera, the port setting should be correct.

This camera support web connection, the default web port is 80. Since the web server may use port 80, you can use a different port for the camera. If you change the web port from 80 to 8080, you must type http://192.168.2.3:8080 to connect the camera through the web browser.

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E-Mail Setting

Recipient E-Mail

Address

This camera supports “Snap Shot” and “Motion Detection” functions. You can snapshot a picture and send the picture by E-Mail. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the picture.

SMTP Server Enter the SMTP Server for the E-Mail sending.

Sender E-Mail

Address

Specified the e-mail address of the e-mail sender.

Authentication Enable or Disable the SMTP Authentication function

Username When Authentication is enabled, input the SMTP Username.

Password When Authentication is enabled, input the password.

Send a Test

Email

Press this button to send a test e-mail to your mailbox. You can use this function to test if your setting is correct.

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FTP Server

FTP Settings

This camera supports “Motion Detection” functions. When Motion Detection event occurred, you can record the live video to FTP server. Enter the FTP address for receiving the video.

Enter the port of the FTP server. FTP Port

User Name Specify the user account of ftp server.

Password Specify the Password of your ftp account.

Remote Folder Specify the folder of the ftp site that you want to store the video.

Password When Authentication is enabled, input the password.

Passive Mode If your Camera is under NAT, you usually need to enable this feature.

6.2.4 Date / Time Settings

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Date / Time Settings

Set Date/Time manually Set the current Date and Time.

NTP Server Synchronize the Date and Time with NTP server.

Time Zone

NTP Server

6.2.5 Resolution

Select the time zone that your camera put on.

Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server.

Resolution

Resolution

Select the desired video resolution format. Larger resolution requires more bandwidth. 640 x 480 is “VGA” format. 320 x 240 is “CIF” format.

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UPnP

DDNS

Enable/Disable

Provider

Domain Name

Account

Password

6.2.7 Users

Advanced Setting

When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the

Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly click the camera to view the video through web browser.

Many internet connections use a "Dynamic IP address", where the Internet IP address is allocated dynamically whenever the Internet connection is established. Internet users should know the IP Address of the camera when they want to connect to the camera every time. DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name, rather than an IP address.

Enable or disable DDNS function of the camera.

Several companies provide DDNS service. This camera supports the service from DynDNS who is one of the DDNS providers.

The domain name given by DynDNS is “registername.dyndns.com”. Enter the domain name that you register for the camera from DynDNS web site.

Enter the login name for the DDNS service.

Enter the password for the DDNS service.

Administrator

Current Password

New Password

Confirm New Password

User

Users

Setting the password of Administrator account

Enter the current password of the camera.

Enter the new password you want to use for the camera.

Retype the new password to confirm the setting.

Setting the user account and password. Your camera can support 4 user accounts .

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6.2.8 Tools

Firmware Version

Firmware Update

Reset to Default

Tools

Display current firmware version.

You can upgrade camera’s firmware via this function. Press this button and select the correct firmware to upgrade.

If you want to reset the camera, click this button. The default settings of the camera are as follows.

Camera Name: “IP Camera”

IP Address: “192.168.2.3”

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Administrator Name: “admin”

Password: “1234”

Video Port: “4321”

Web Port: “80”

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6.2.9 About

About

Administrator Utility Version Display current Administrator Utility Version.

6.3 Setting Wizard

When you click the “Setting Wizard”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”.

The default value is as follows.

Name: “ admin ”

Password: “ 1234 ”

If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera.

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Internet Camera Name

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Gateway

Video Port

Cancel

Finish

Setting Wizard

The default camera name is “IC1500Wg”. It is recommended to enter a meaningful name for the camera.

The wizard will auto setup an available IP Address to the camera. For example: if the

IP address of the network is 192.168.2.x, the wizard will search an unused IP Address from 192.168.2.250 to 192.168.2.0 and assign the camera an available IP Address.

You are allowed to enter another IP Address to change the setting.

The wizard will auto search the Subnet Mask setting of the network and set the camera in the same Subnet Mask.

You can enter another Subnet Mask to change the setting.

The wizard will auto search the Gateway setting of the network and set the camera to use the same Gateway.

You can enter another Gateway to change the setting.

It defines the video stream port. The default value is “4321”.

Click “Cancel” to stop wizard setting.

Click “Finish” to complete the camera setting.

When you finish the camera setting, you can click “Ok” to run the “Camera Viewer” immediately or click “Cancel” to run the “Camera Viewer” later.

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7 Using the Camera Viewer

The Camera Viewer Utility allows users to view video from up to four cameras. It also allows users to manual/schedule record video and playback the recording file. The status of camera viewing such as frame rate, video received, and etc. are also recorded in time.

There are three ways to run the Camera Viewer Utility as follows.

1. Click “Start”, select “Programs\IP Camera\Camera Viewer” to run the utility.

2. Click the “IP Camera Viewer” icon to run the utility.

3. Click “Setting Wizard” from Administrator Utility and follow the instructions in the utility.

7.1 Panel Introduction

In the beginning when you start the Camera Viewer, you would see a Control Panel and a four division Viewer window.

7.2 Camera Buttons

Camera

Camera Buttons

Click one of these four cameras will connect to the selected camera that you want to view and configure. If you want to remove the camera from the viewer, please right click the icon and select “Reset Camera x”. If you want to configure the camera, please right click the icon and select “Configure Camera x”.

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7.3 Camera Status

There is a status bar shown different color to indicate the status of each Internet Camera.

Yellow

Blue

Pink

Red

7.4 Control Buttons

Camera Status

It means that there is no camera set to connect.

It means that the camera is connected and playing the live video.

It means that the camera is not connected now.

It means that the camera is recording.

Snapshot Pause

Close the Camera Viewer

Play

Stop

Pause

Forward

Snapshot

Record

Stop Record Play

Minimize the Window

Forward

Control Buttons

The “Play” button is an intelligent play user-interface. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is disconnected, clicking on the “Play” can make the viewer connect to the Internet Camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the

“Play” can play the video in the normal speed.

The “Stop” button is an intelligent play user-interface. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is connected, clicking on the “Stop” can make the viewer disconnect the camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the “Stop” can stop playing the video.

The “Pause” button provides you a way to pause the current video display. When the displaying video is paused, click on the “Play” again to resume the video display.

The “Forward” button to forward the speed of display when playback the recording file. Click the button at a time will increase the playing speed one time.

Click “Snapshot” will make the viewer to take a snapshot of the video and save the picture as a bitmap file in the hard disk. (You can set the directory for storing these bitmap files at the Section 7.8.4)

By clicking on “Record” you can record video immediately.

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7.5 Video Recording

This utility allows you record the video in AVI format files. There are two ways of video recording – Manual

Recording and Schedule Recording.

Manual Recording

You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file.

Click “Record”, then the viewer utility will start to record the video stream. You can assign the path in the setting dialog. If you want to stop recording, click “Stop”.

Note: Before manual recording, you have to click the camera button to select the Internet Camera that you want to record first and make sure that the viewer is successfully connecting to the Internet Camera.

Schedule Recording

You can assign a schedule and let this viewer automatically recording the video stream into video files. Please refer to Section 7.8 to see how to setup schedule for the recording. The file name of the recorded video file is the start time of recording. For example, the file name “IPCamera_2004-10-8-23-56-40.avi” was started to record at

2004/10/8 23:56:40.

7.6 Change Resolution

The Internet Camera supports two resolution, 640x480 (VGA) and 320x240 (CIF). You can change the resolution of each Internet Camera by clicking the resolution button.

Note: Before changing the resolution of the Internet Camera, you have to select the Internet Camera by clicking the camera button first. If you change the resolution of an Internet Camera, other clients that are viewing the same Internet Camera simultaneously will also see the video with the changed resolution, too.

VGA

CIF

Resolution

Change the resolution to 640x480 (VGA) mode.

Change the resolution to 320x240 (CIF) mode.

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7.7 View Four Cameras Simultaneously

Click the four division button can view the 4 cameras simultaneously in a four-division window. When

7.8 Viewer Utility Setting

Click the “Setting” , then the setting window of the Internet Camera will pop up.

Note: When you want to change the settings such as IP Address, Video Port, etc. in the “Setting” option, you must disconnect the Internet Camera first by clicking the “Stop”.

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7.8.1 Setting

Name

IP Address

Video Port

Model

Username

Password

Discover

Setting

It is not required to fill the camera name for connecting camera. It is for users to identify the camera.

IP address/Domain name of the Internet Camera.

The number of service port used by the Internet Camera.

Select “Internet Camera” (This camera only supports MJPEG).

The user name for login into the Internet Camera. By default, the user name is “admin”.

The password for login into the Internet Camera. By default, the password is “1234”.

Click “Discover”, then camera auto-discover windows will pop up. The window will show all the discovered cameras on LAN environment for you to select.

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7.8.2 Recording

You can setup schedule for the recording here. This utility will record the video stream in the assigned file folder according to the schedule automatically. The recorded video files are AVI format.

Note:

1. The utility will only start to record the video stream when this utility is running and is successfully connecting to the Internet camera in the beginning of the schedule.

2. The schedule setting of one-time or weekly schedule should not overlap, or the recording will fail.

One-Time Schedule

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Weekly Schedule

Cycle Recording

Schedule

Select this item to enable cycle recording. When the Cycle Recording is enabled and the storage usage has already reached the maximum reserved storage space, the utility will automatically delete the oldest recorded video file and use the space to store the newly recorded video stream.

One-Time Schedule

You can assign a range of time and the utility will automatically record the video stream only during the period of time. The default time is 2 minutes later from the current time.

Weekly Schedule

You can assign the days in a week and the period of time in a day when you want to record the video stream. The utility will automatically record the video stream during the periods of time every week again and again.

New

Edit

Delete

Schedule

Click “New” to add a new recording schedule.

Select an existing schedule in the schedule list and click “Edit” to edit the schedule.

Select an existing schedule in the schedule list and click “Delete” to delete the schedule.

7.8.3 Status

You can see the current status information of the connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera.

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Connected

Stream Started At

Time Elapsed

Video Received

Audio Received

Frame Rate

Data Rate

Number of Frames

Number of Users

Status

It displays “Yes” when the utility is connecting to the Internet Camera and displays “No” when the utility is not connecting to the Internet Camera.

The beginning time of the current connection session between the utility and the

Internet Camera.

The elapsed time of the current connection session between the utility and the

Internet Camera.

The total size (Unit is KByte) of video stream received during the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera.

The total size (Unit is KByte) of audio stream received during the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera.

The frame rate (frame per second) of the current video download speed from the

Internet Camera to the utility.

The data rate (KByte per second) of the current video download speed from the

Internet Camera to the utility.

The total number of video frames received during the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera.

The total number of users that viewing this camera currently.

7.8.4 General

You can manage storage usage for this Internet Camera here.

Snap Shot Directory

Record Directory

Free Disk Space

Max Recording Space

Used Disk Space

Max Video File Size

General

This lets you assign the directory where bitmap files will be stored when you click “Snapshot” to take pictures. The default folder is where the software program is installed, for example: “C:\Program Files\Internet Camera”.

This lets you assign the directory where the recorded video files will be stored.

The default folder is where the software program is installed, for example:

“C:\Program Files\Internet Camera”.

The current free disk space of the hard drive where is assigned to save recording files.

You can reserve a disk space to store the recorded video and snapshot files. If the space is run out, a message will pop up to remind you.

The current used disk space for saving the recording file.

This let you assign a maximum size of each video file. The upper bound of this value is 2 GB per file.

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7.8.5 About

About

Camera Viewer Utility Version Display current Camera Viewer Utility Version.

7.9 Playback

Click the “Open File” and a “Load File” window will be popped up. Select the file that you want to play.

The viewer will start to play the selected video file.

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Play

Pause

Stop

Forward

Playing Control

When the video playback is in Stop state, just click “Play” and the viewer will play the video file from the beginning point. When the video playback is in Pause state, just click “Play” and the viewer will play the video file from the current pause point. When the viewer is playing with fast speed, just click “Play” to let the viewer play with the normal speed.

When the recorded video is playing, you can click “Pause” to freeze the playback. If you want the viewer to continue playing from the current pause point, just click “Play”.

When the viewer is playing, you can click “Stop” to stop the playback. If you want the viewer to play again, just click “Play” and the viewer will play the video file from the beginning point.

If you want the viewer to play the video file in a faster speed when the viewer is playing the video file, just click “Forward” and the viewer will double the playing speed. If you want the viewer play with the normal speed when the viewer is playing with fast speed, just click “Play”.

Rotate function lets you rotate the video frame 180 of degree angle each time you click the “Rotate” this function, you can view the live video with normal, and 180 degree angles counterclockwise.

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8 Web Connection and Setup

You can use the Web browser to connect the camera for viewing or setting. Open the web browser and enter the IP

Address of the camera to establish a connection. The default IP Address of the camera is “ 192.168.2.3

”.

When the welcome screen appears, enter the “Admin Name” and “Password”. The default values are:

Admin Name: “ admin ” & Password: “ 1234 ”

When the camera is connected, the browser will take you to the live video page. If you are viewing this camera at first time, the following dialog will appear to install the ActiveX plug in. Please check the publisher part, you should only accept it if it is published by Edimax Technology CO.,LTD..

After installed the ActiveX plug-in, the video image will be shown up in the web screen directly.

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The menu options for the web control screen are as follows. z

Camera – View live video and adjust the video format from the menu. z

LAN – Setup the camera LAN port functions in the menu. z WLAN ( for IC-1500Wg only) – Setup the camera WLAN port functions in the menu. z

E-Mail & FTP – Setup the E-Mail client and FTP client in the menu. z

Motion Detection – Configure the Motion Detection Actions here.

z

System – Setup System utilities and settings in this menu. z

Status – Shows the camera information and current status in this page. z Users – This camera support up to 4 user accounts. You can setup them in this menu.

8.1 Camera Setting

Resolution

Image Quality

Max Frame Rate

Frequency

Brightness

Contrast

Saturation

Hue

Whiteness

Camera Setting

Select the desired video resolution format. Larger resolution requires more bandwidth. 640 x 480 is “VGA” format. 320 x 240 is “CIF” format. The default resolution is CIF format.

Adjust this property to control the video quality

Set the video max frame rate. This camera can support at most 30 frames per second. Set the frame rate higher can get video more smooth. But will use more bandwidth.

Adjust this property to fitting light frequency.

You can adjust the brightness of the video. If the video is too dark, you can input the larger number in this text box. The video will be brighter. This value can be from 1 to

100.

You can adjust the contrast by change the value. This value can be from 1 to 100.

You can adjust the saturation by change the value. This value can be from 1 to 100.

You can adjust the hue by change the value. This value can be from 1 to 100.

You can adjust the white balance by change this value. This value can be from 10 to 30.

Enable Auto Exposure You can enable Auto Exposure by check this box.

Apply When you finish “AV Server” setting, click this button to validate the setting values.

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8.2 LAN Setting

Network Type

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Gateway

DNS Server

AV Control Port

Web Port

Apply

LAN

This camera can obtain IP via DHCP protocol or specified static IP Address to it..

Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP

Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.0 to 192.168.2.250, you can set an unused IP

Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.

The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN. For example:

255.255.255.0.

The Gateway is used to forward frames to destinations in a different subnet on the Internet.

The Gateway setting must be the same with the gateway used by the PCs on your LAN.

DNS Server (Domain Name Server) that translates names to IP addresses. Set the same

DNS Server as the PCs on your LAN.

The AV Control Port is used to transmit or receive the AV streaming in the network. The default port setting is “4321”. If you want to view the video from the camera, the port setting should be correct.

This camera support web connection, the default web port is 80. Since the web server may use port 80, you can use a different port for the camera. If you change the web port from 80 to 8080, you must type http://192.168.2.3:8080 to connect the camera through the browser.

When you finish the “LAN”, click “Apply”.

Enable DDNS

Provider

Domain Name

User Name

Password

Apply

Dynamic DNS

Enable or disable DDNS function of the camera.

Several companies provide DDNS service. This camera supports the service from DynDNS company.

The domain name given by DynDNS is “registername.dyndns.com”. Enter the domain name that you register for the camera from DynDNS web site.

Enter the login name for the DDNS service.

Enter the password for the DDNS service.

When you finish the “Dynamic DNS” setting, click “Apply”.

Enable UPNP

Apply

UPnP

Enable or disable UPnP function of the camera.

When you finish the “UPnP” setting, click “Apply”.

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8.3 WLAN ( for IC-1500Wg only)

Wireless Setting

Wireless connection

Enable or disable the wireless function of the Internet Camera. By default, the function is disabled.

Network Type

Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of a Wireless LAN Access

Point or Router. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router.

Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the

Wireless LAN network without through an

Access Point or Router.

Available Networks Select the networks listed below and click apply to connect to the specified network.

SSID

Channel

The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a

WLAN ( for IC-1500Wg only). The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs.

You may specify a SSID for the card and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the card. If you want to add one of the networks nearby to the profile list, pull down the menu, all the networks nearby will be listed and you can add one of them to the profile list.

This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode. Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking. The channel setting should be the same with the network you are connecting to.

The camera will force to the data rate that you selected to transmit data. Basic Rate

Authentication and

Encryption Type

Choose the authentication type you want to use.

“None” means that you don’t want any encryption for wireless. “Open System” means that you can use WEP for encryption or not to encryption. When you select “Shared

Key”, you must use WEP for encryption. The last option is “WPA-PSK”. When you select this authentication type, you can encryption your wireless with WPA-TKIP or

WPA-AES.

WPA Pre-Shared Key

The WPA-PSK key can be from 8 to 64 characters and can be letters or numbers. This same key must be used on all of the wireless stations in the network.

WEP Key Length

WEP Key Format

Default Key

You may select 64-bit or 128-bit to encrypt transmitted data. Larger key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower.

Hexdecimal – Only “A-F“, “a-f“ and “0-9“ are allowed to be set as WEP key.

ASCII – Numerical values, characters or signs are allowed to be WEP key. It is more recognizable for user.

Select one of the keys (1~4) as the encryption key.

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Key1 ~ Key4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network.

Fill the text box by following rules below.

64-bit – Input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or 5-digit ASCII characters (including “a-z” and “0-9”) as the encryption keys. For example:

“0123456aef“ or “test1”.

128-bit – Input 26-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) or 13-digit ASCII characters (including “a-z” and “0-9”) as the encryption keys. For example:

“01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator”.

Apply When you finish “WLAN” setting, click this button to validate the setting values.

8.4 E-Mail and FTP

The “E-Mail & FTP” lets you setup E-Mail client and FTP client that camera can sent images to your e-mail account or FTP server when Motion has been detected.

AV Server

Recipient E-Mail Address

This camera supports “Snap Shot” and “Motion Detection” functions. You can snapshot a picture and send the picture by E-Mail. Enter the E-Mail Account for receiving the picture.

SMTP Server Enter the SMTP Server for the E-Mail sending.

Sender E-Mail Address Specified the e-mail address of the e-mail sender.

SMTP Authentication Enable or Disable the SMTP Authentication function

Username

Password

Send a Test Email

FTP Server

When Authentication is enabled, input the SMTP Username.

When Authentication is enabled, input the password.

Press this button to send a test e-mail to your mailbox. You can use this function to test if your setting is correct.

This camera supports “Motion Detection” functions. When Motion Detection event occurred, you can record the picture to FTP server. Enter the FTP address for receiving the picture .

FTP Port

User Name

Password

Remote Folder

Password

Passive Mode

Enter the port of the FTP server.

Specify the user account of ftp server.

Specify the Password of your ftp account.

Specify the folder of the ftp site that you want to store the picture .

When Authentication is enabled, input the password.

If your Camera is under NAT, you usually need to enable this feature.

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8.5 Motion Detection

The “Motion Detection” allows users to setup the behavior of motion detection feature.

Motion Detection

Motion Detection Enable Enable or Disable the Motion Detection Function.

Next Event Detected

Interval

Setup the interval between two events. For example, if you setup the interval to 5 seconds, the next event will start after this event finished + 5 seconds.

Threshold

Send Recording File to

E-Mail

E-Mail Subject

Setup the sensitivity of motion detection.

Select Yes to send the recorded pictures to your e-mail account that you had specified at “E-Mail & FTP” menu.

Specify the subject of motion detection notify e-mail.

Send Recording File to FTP

Select Yes to send the recorded pictures to your FTP server that you had specified at “E-Mail & FTP” menu.

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8.6 System

The “System” allows users to setup the camera’s parameters, like camera name, data/time setting. And also provide firmware upgrade and reset tools at this page.

Camera Name

Login Name

System

The default camera name is “IC1500 or IC1500Wg”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.

Setup your administrator account’s login name. Default name is “admin”

Enter up to 4 digits password for the new user account. Password

Confirm Password Enter the password again to confirm the setting.

Set Date/Time manually Set the current Date and Time.

NTP Server

Time Zone

NTP Server

Upgrade Firmware

Synchronize the Date and Time with NTP server.

Select the time zone that your camera put on.

Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server.

You can upgrade camera’s firmware via this function. Press the browse button, find the correct firmware and press upgrade.

Reset to Factory Defaults If you want to reset all the camera settings to default, click this button.

Reboot Device To reboot the Internet Camera, click “Reboot”.

LED Setting

There are four LEDs to indicate the status of Internet Camera. If you wan to secure the camera from noticing, you can turn off the LED light by clicking “LED

Light OFF”. To turn on the LED light, click “LED Light ON”.

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8.7 Status

The “Status” shows the current firmware version, uptime, system time and IP information of this camera.

8.8 Users

The “Users” allows users to add four user accounts which are able to view video from Camera Viewer and Web

Management. These users, unlike Administrator, are not allowed to configure the camera.

User 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Enable or Disable the user number #. User #

Login Enter the the login name to the camera.

Password Enter up to 4 digits password for the new user account.

Confirm Password Enter the password again to confirm the setting.

Apply Click “Apply” to save the user account setting.

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9 Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: What is an Internet Camera?

A: The Internet Camera is a standalone system connecting directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. It is different from the conventional PC Camera; the Internet Camera is an all-in-one system with built-in CPU and web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that can transmit high quality video images for monitoring. The Internet Camera can be managed remotely, accessed and controlled from any PC/Notebook over the Intranet via a web browser or camera viewer.

Q2: What algorithm is used to compress the digital image?

A: The Internet Camera utilizes MJPEG video compression technology to provide high quality images. MJPEG is a standard for video compression and can be applied to various application software.

Q3: Can I capture or record still images from the Internet Camera?

A: Yes, you are able to capture or record still images with the snapshot function from the Camera Viewer application supplied with the Internet Camera CD-ROM.

Q4: What network cabling is required for the Internet Camera?

A: The Internet Camera uses Category 5 UTP Twisted-pair cable allowing 10 Base-T and 100 Base-T networking.

Q5: Can the Internet Camera be setup as a PC-cam on the computer?

A: No, the Internet Camera is used only on Ethernet and Fast Ethernet network.

Q6: Can the Internet Camera be connected on the network if it consists of only private IP Addresses?

A: Yes, the Internet Camera can be connected to a LAN with private IP Addresses.

Q7: The focus on the Internet Camera is bad, how can I correct it?

A: Adjust the Internet Camera focus manually.

10 Technical Specifications

z Video specification

Max Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels

Sensor: 300K pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor

Gain control: Automatic

Exposure: Automatic

White Balance: Automatic

Focal Length: 6.0 mm

Aperture: F=1.8 z

Image (Video Setting)

Image compression: MJPEG Image Video

Digital 24-bit Color

Frame rate: 30fps@CIF, 20fps@VGA

Video resolution: 320x240, 640x480 z System Hardware

LAN Connector: One RJ-45 port to connect to 10/100Mbps Ethernet

LED Indicator: Monitoring LED (Green), Ready LED (Orange), LAN LED (Green), Power Supply: 12VDC, 0.5A z

HTTP/Utility

Includes easy-to-use Viewer & Recorder utility

Provides Admin utility & WEB browser Management

View multiple cameras simultaneously - Up to 4 cameras at a time

Manual/Schedule Record, Video Playback/Stop/Forward/Pause

Supports four additional user accounts for viewing camera

Auto sending Snap Shot by E-mail or FTP

Support DDNS and UPnP functions

Supports Windows 2000/XP/2003

Firmware Upgradeable z EMI & Safety

FCC, CE

11 Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing

To view Internet Camera across the Internet, you have to make sure Router/Gateway has configured to pass incoming

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TCP/UDP connections from remote PC to the Internet Camera. The Router/Gateway should set port forwarding or virtual server for the connections. Please see the illustration as below.

Setup 1

Setup 2

Setup 3

Setup 4

Router/Gateway Port Forwarding/Virtual Server Setup

TCP

TCP

UDP

UDP

80

4321

13364

4322

192.168.2.3

192.168.2.3

192.168.2.3

192.168.2.3

Setup 1

Setup 2

Setup 3

Setup 4

Setup 1/Setup 2

Setup 2/Setup 4

Setup 3

Port Definition

It is the port of Web port. You have to configure the protocol to “TCP”.

It is the port of Video port. You have to configure the protocol to “TCP”.

It is the port for Internet Camera and Administrator Utility communication. The protocol setting should be “UDP”.

It is the port for Internet Camera and Camera Viewer Utility communication.

The protocol setting should be “UDP”.

Viewing Internet Camera via Web Browser

If you want to view the video via Web Browser, you have to ensure the

Router/Gateway has configured setup1 and setup 2. If the web port is not default port “80”, but changed to 8080. The remote user has to enter http://203.30.212.82:8080.

Viewing Internet Camera via Camera Viewer Utility

If you want to use Camera Viewer Utility to view the camera, please make sure the Router/Gateway has configured setup2 and setup 4.

Setup Internet Camera via Administrator Utility

If you want to use Administrator Utility to configure the Internet Camera via

Internet, the Router/Gateway should configure setup 3.

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12 Appendix B Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP

When the UPnP function is enabled, the camera can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly double click the camera or right click the camera and select “Invoke” to view the video through web browser.

Enable UPnP in Windows XP SP2

If you can’t find the camera in the Neighborhood of Windows XP SP2 or you have seen the following message when you double click the camera. You have to check if UPnP function is blocked by the firewall. Please follow the steps below to enable it.

1. Go to “Start\Settings\Network Connections”.

2. Right click the “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”.

3. In the “Local Area Connection Properties”, select “Advanced” option menu and click “Settings”.

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4. The “Windows Firewall” screen will be popped up, select “Exceptions” option menu.

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5. Enable “UPnP Framework” from the “Programs and Services list” and click “Ok”.

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