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Internet Camera
ICA-500
User’s Manual
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Copyright Copyright (C) 2004 PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. The products and programs described in this User’s Manual are licensed products of PLANET Technology, This User’s Manual contains proprietary information protected by copyright, and this User’s Manual and all accompanying hardware, software, and documentation are copyrighted. No part of this User’s Manual may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Table of Contents Overview .............................................................................................................4 Package Contents ..............................................................................................6 Physical Details ..................................................................................................7 Hardware Installation .................................................................................
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Overview This user’s guide explains how to operate the ICA-500 from a computer. Basically, the user’s guide is written to be read on the computer display. However, users might consider printing it out to access easily and read it before you operate the ICA-500. Introduction ICA-500 is an inexpensive fully scalable surveillance technology. Because the ICA-500s can be plugged in to your existing computer network infrastructure, you will potentially save thousands
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Minimum System Requirement l Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later l VGA Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 l Pentium III 800MHz or above l Memory Size: 128MB or above l VGA card resolution: 800x600 or above l Windows ME, 2000, XP, or 2003 5/80
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Package Contents User can find the following items in the package: l ICA-500 x 1 l Power adapter x 1 l Power cord x 1 l Decoration ring x 1 l Screw x 4 l Terminator for Alarm I/O x 1 l Installation software and manual CD x 1 Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the ICA-500 will cause damage and void the warranty for this product. 6/80
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Physical Details Factory Status & 10/100M Microphone Default Reset LEDs LAN Alarm I/O CF Slot Socket Connector Rear Panel of ICA-500 LAN Socket Beside the DC power and video output cable, 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
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ICA-500 User’s Manual the ICA-500, the LED will be off and flash orange while some one accesses this ICA-500. DC Power and Video Output Cable The DC power input and video output cable is located on the ICA-500’s back panel. The input power is 12VDC. Note that supply the power to the ICA-500 with standard power adapter included in package. Otherwise, the improper power adapter may damage the unit and result in danger. The ICA-500 also provides composite video output. User can use BN
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Hardware Installation 1. Fix the ICA-500 to Ceiling Use 4 screws to fix the ICA-500 onto the ceiling as below. You can also put the ICA-500 on the table directly. 2. Plug an Ethernet cable into ICA-500 Connect an Ethernet cable to the LAN socket located on the ICA-500’s back panel and attach it to the network. 3. Connect the external power supply to ICA-500 9/80
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Connect the external power supply to the DC power connector attached on the extension cable from the ICA-500. Note: use the power adapter, 12VDC, included in the package and connect the other end to wall outlet for AC power. When you have installed the ICA-500 well, the status LED will turn green. It means the system is booting up successfully. Furthermore, if you have a proper network connection, and access to the ICA-500, the 10/100M LAN LED will flash orange 1
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Logging in to Homepage Before Operation Install the IP Address of ICA-500 When you installed your ICA-500 on your LAN environment, you may execute IPEditV3 to discover ICA-500’s IP address. IPCam Finder Program (IPEditV3) is used to scan the Installed ICA-500, setting the ICA-500 Name, IP address settings. Using your mouse to select any one of the ICA-500s within your LAN environment, you can find out its IP address and other IP parameters as follow
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ICA-500 User’s Manual 5. Default HTTP Port1 number is 80. 6. ‘Submit’ it. After Submit, the IP information of this ICA-500 will be updated. Install the ICA-500 with an ADSL Router If the ICA-500 was installed on the LAN with an ADSL router, then the ICA-500 can get a dynamic IP address from the DHCP server. However, if the ICA-500 wants to be access from the WAN, the ICA-500 IP address needs to be setup as fixed IP, also the Virtual Server function of ADSL router needs to be se
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ICA-500 User’s Manual By now, you have finished your entire PC configuration for ICA-500. 13/80
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Access the ICA-500 from the Internet Explorer for the first time 1. Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the ICA-500 you want to monitor as below: The Login Window of the ICA-500 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: That’s, type in “admin” on the “USERNAME” as a default name a
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ICA-500 User’s Manual 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. 15/80
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Logging in as an ordinary User For ordinary user usage, “Setting”, “Trigger”, and “Capture” will be not available. On the right side of the screen, there are lots of controls and function buttons. If the administrator turns off “Remote camera control”, 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
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Operating the ICA-500 Start-up screen will be as follow no matter an ordinary users or an administrator. Advanced Function Viewing Area Control Panel Viewing Area: Images from the ICA-500 17/80
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Control Panel Area Control Panel Area: ICA-500 Manipulation and image quality control Camera direction Up, Down, Left, Right, Home Camera Speed Adjust camera focus Recall/Preset Mode Video Resolution Preset or Recall positions Video Brightness adjustment positions Frame rate adjustment via image quality Frame rate adjustment directly Audio On/Off 18/80
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Button Definition Camera Control camera up/down/left/right and home position Direction Camera Speed Recall/Preset Preset: set up camera fixed locations before operation mode Recall: Set camera position to preset location Video Adjust Video resolution Resolution ICA-500 provides 4 resolutions: 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144 For NTSC camera: 320x240 is suitable For PAL camera: 352x288 and 176x144 are suitable However, all resolution are avail
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ICA-500 User’s Manual Advanced Function Area Advanced function area: only available for administrator. It has contained three categories. Setting System Configuration Trigger Send out current message or setup activities Capture Capture current screen and save to HDD or other media Setting menu consists of the Basic menu and the Application menu. The Basic menu is used for basic settings of the ICA-500, and the Application menu is used for setting various applications according to in
