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Internet Camera
ICA-500
User’s Manual
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Copyright Copyright (C) 2005 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 or machine-readable f
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................. 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1 Physical Details.................................................................................................................. 3 Package Contents .......................................................................
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APPENDIX D SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................ 71 Appendix D: Specifications............................................................................................. 71 ii
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Chapter 1 1 Introduction This Chapter provides details of the ICA-500's features, components and capabilities. Overview As broadband communication gets more and more popular, it becomes easier to transfer video and audio through network. Traditional surveillance system is gradually evolving to be deployed in packet switching TCP/IP network. PLANET ICA- 500 provides an advanced digital solution of Internet Camera with pan and tilt capability to meet more application demands. It suppo
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• Ease of use Plug-N-Watch capability to simplify system integration in an existing network environment • Meeting SOHO, business, or public facilities surveillance needs ICA-500 can be deployed in many different situations, such as library, train station or factory production line to provide efficient, human-resource reducing, and offers flexibility, affordability, and reliability for the proper surveillance of manufacturing facilities. • Multi-Platform support Supporting TCP/IP netwo
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Physical Details ICA-500 Rear Panel Rear Panel LAN port Use a standard LAN cable to connect your ICA-500 to a 10/100BaseT hub or switch. Alarm I/O ICA-500 provides a terminal block with 8 pins of connectors Connector located on the center of the back panel. There are 3 pins for two alarm inputs and 5 pins are for alarm output. The I/O connectors are physical interface to sense and/or activate alarm signals to a variety of external sensors or alarms. CF SLOT User can plug a CF m
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Package Contents The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. • Planet ICA-500 Pan / Tilt Camera x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Power cord x 1 • Decoration ring x 1 • Screw x 4 • Terminator for Alarm I/O x 1 • Installation software and manual CD x 1 4
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Chapter 2 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-500. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a standard 10/100BaseT hub or switch and network cable is required. • System Requirement for Viewer & Recorder: System 1-4 cameras surveillance application Hardware • CPU: Pentium III, 800 MHz or above • Memory Size: 128 MB (256 MB recommended) • VGA card resolution: 1024 x 768 or above 4 or more cameras surveillance application • CPU:
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Installation 1. Mount the Camera on the supplied Base and Stand. Use 4 screws to fix the ICA-500 onto the ceiling as below. You can also put the Network Camera on the table directly. ICA-500 Installation 2. Connect the LAN Cable Connect the ICA-500 to a 10/100BaseT hub or switch. 3. Connect power adapter Connect the external power supply to the DC power connector attached on the extension cable from the Network Camera. Note: use the power adapter, 12VDC, included in the package and
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Setup Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or using the supplied Windows-based camera utilities. This program can locate the ICA-500 even if its IP address is invalid for your network. You can then configure the ICA-500 with appropriate TCP/IP settings for your LAN. Subsequent administration can be performed with your Web browser, as explained in Chapter 3 - Web-based Administration. Setup Procedure Before setup operations The ICA-500 provides GUI (Web based, Gr
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• Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications • After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web browser. 8
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Chapter 3 3 Advanced Viewing Setup This Chapter provides information about the optional settings and features for viewing video via the ICA-500. This Chapter is for Administrators only. Introduction After finishing the network setup, the ICA-500 can immediately be used by all users on your LAN. This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live Video: • Adjusting the video image • Controlling user access to the live video stream • Making video available f
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Camera setting 3. Make the required adjustments, as explained below, and save your changes. Camera Settings Image Size Select the desired video resolution. The default resolution is set to 320*240. Available resolution: ‧176x144 ‧320x240 ‧352x288 ‧ 640x480 Image Quality Select the desired image quality. The default Image Quality is set to Standard. Available selection: • Clarity: Video is better but frame rate may be slower • Fluency: Video is not as good as Clarity but frame rat
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Note Please check the appendix B for more information on the image adjustment. 11
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Controlling User Access to the Video Stream By default, only system administrators can connect to the ICA-500 and view live Video. If desired, you may apply the access privileges to known users, by requiring each user to login to the ICA-500 with their individual username and password. To Enable this feature: 1. Connect to the Web-based interface of the ICA-500. (Please check related chapters for details.) 2. In machine Administration menu, select User. 3. You may add up to 10 users in
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Making Video available from the Internet If your LAN is connected to the Internet, typically by a Broadband Gateway/Router and Broadband modem, you can make the ICA-500 available via the Internet. ICA-500 Setup The ICA-500 configuration does NOT have be changed, unless: • You wish to change the port number from the default value (1024). • You wish to use the DDNS (Dynamic DNS) feature of the ICA-500. Second HTTP Port Configuration Normally, HTTP (Web) connections use port 80. Since th
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DDNS (Dynamic DNS) Many Internet connections use a "Dynamic IP address", where the Internet IP address is allocated whenever the Internet connection is established. This means that other Internet users don't know the IP address, so can't establish a connection. DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name, rather than an IP address. To use DDNS: 1. Register for the DDNS service with a supported DDNS service provider. You can then
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The "Port" for the Port Forwarding / Virtual Server entry above is Hint the "Second Port" number specified on the Network screen of the ICA-500. Viewing via the Internet Clients (viewers) will need a broadband connection; dial-up connections are NOT recommended. Using your Web Browser If using your Web browser, you need to know the address of the camera (either the Internet IP address or the Domain name) and the correct communication port number. Enter the address of the ICA-500
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You can then select the camera in the Cameras list on the main screen, and click OK to establish a connection and view live video. Please check respective chapter for further details of viewing Video using either the Windows Viewing/Recording utility or Web Browser. 16
