Planet ICA-500 User Manual

Internet Camera ICA-500 User’s Manual

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 Netw

Setup Initial setup can be performed either from the web browser or using the supplied Windows-based camera utilities. This program can locate the IC

• Choose the destination camera for IP address and device name modifications • After modifications, you may now connect the camera via web browser

3 Chapter 3 Advanced Viewing Setup This Chapter provides information about the optional settings and features for viewing video via the ICA-500. This

Camera setting 3. Make the required adjustments, as explained below, and save your changes. Camera Settings Image Size Select the desired video re

Please check the appendix B for more information on the image adjustment. L Note 11

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 ma

Making Video available from the Internet If your LAN is connected to the Internet, typically by a Broadband Gateway/Router and Broadband modem, you c

DDNS (Dynamic DNS) Many Internet connections use a "Dynamic IP address", where the Internet IP address is allocated whenever the Internet c

The "Port" for the Port Forwarding / Virtual Server entry above is the "Second Port" number specified on the Network screen of t

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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 respe

4 Chapter 4 Web-based Management This Chapter provides Setup details of the ICA-500’s Web-based Interface. This Chapter is for Administrators only. I

Welcome Screen When you connect, the camera Home screen will be displayed. Camera Home Screen The Home screen can be divided into three areas: • V

Viewing Area This screen is displayed when you log in machine Viewing Area Screen • The ICA-500 web page requires ActiveX control to display the v

Control Panel Screen When you connect, the camera control panel screen will be displayed. Camera direction Up, Down, Left, Right, Home Camera speed

Adjustment Image quality Adjust image quality. Clarity: Video is better but frame rate may be slower Fluency: Video is not as good as Clarity but fra

Camera Adjust camera parameters and set camera tour Network Configure Network setting such as DHCP On/Off, DDNS and PPPoE User Setup user name, pa

Camera Screen This screen is displayed when the Camera menu option is clicked. Note: please adjust carefully to have proper machine configurations.

Saturation, Sharpness, Contrast, Hue Key in respective value for image adjustment. It is not required to adjust this value when the image is vivid. C

Network Screen This screen is displayed configure Network setting such as IP address, DHCP, DDNS and PPPoE. Network screen Data - Network Screen Ne

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION...1 Overview ...

DDNS screen DDNS Settings Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function. Username, Password Enter the Username/Password for your DDNS account. Domain

PPPoE screen Please consult your ISP personnel to obtain proper PPPoE/IP address related information, and input carefully. If Internet connection

User Screen This User setting can set up to 10 different usernames and passwords. Every one set of username and password can be acted as an Administr

Application Setting Parameters in the Basic configuration menu provide machine adjustment; the available configurations are listed below: Icon Menu

FTP Client Screen FTP Client Screen FTP Client Settings FTP server name IP address or domain name of the destination FTP server Username, Password

SMTP Screen This screen is displayed when the SMTP menu option is clicked. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for sending e-mail mess

Image Memory Setup CF memory card setting or view the pictures stored in CF memory card. User can store the pictures into CF memory card by enabling

We strongly suggest using SanDisk CF memory card to avoid compatible issue with this device. Because this device does not support plug and play f

Alarm 1 & Alarm 2 Screen This screen is displayed when the Alarm 1/Alarm 2 menu option is clicked. You can select Manual or Event for the Alarm m

Motion Detection Screen This screen is displayed when the Motion Detection menu option is clicked. You can Enable/Disable function and adjust the sen

APPENDIX D SPECIFICATIONS...71 Appendix D: Specifications...

Time Setting Screen This screen is displayed when the Time Setting menu option is clicked. Time Screen Time Settings IP Cam Time Provides settings

Popup Screen This screen is displayed setting event message while motion or sensors has been activated When any one of alarms enabled, and one of the

Firmware upgrade Screen This screen is displayed when you click the Firmware Upgrade menu on the Status screen. Firmware Upgrade Screen This screen

6. The upgrade progress status information will be displayed on the screen. Once the upgrading process completed, the Network Camera will reboot th

Trigger Settings FTP Upload a captured image to server Mail Mail captured image to specific mail address Image Memory Save images in attached CF me

View This screen is displayed when you click the “View” menu on the ActiveX control. View Settings Resizable Make the image is resizable, but “Ac

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

Recoding Screen Save as JPEG: Select this option and click “Save as JPEG” for detailed configurations. The pre-defined schedule can be set by JPEG.

Save as AVI: Select this option and click “Save as AVI” for detailed configurations. The pre-defined schedule can be set by AVI. During the AVI fil

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1 Chapter 1 Introduction This Chapter provides details of the ICA-500's features, components and capabilities. Overview As broadband communicati

5 Chapter 5 Client UTILITY INSTALLATION The CamView utility is a powerful utility for video recording, viewing, and camera administrations. Please

• Decide which directory to install the software. By default, just hit the Next button to continue 47

• 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

• Ready to install. By default, just hit the Install button to start installation. • Installing, wait for a moment. 49

• Installation complete. CamView software can be launched after pressing Finish. HOW TO USE After successfully installing the utility, this ic

5.2. CamView User Interface 125 6 811107 3 12 12 4 9 CamView main screen 5.2.1. Date and Time The current date and time of the co

5.2.4. Rotate, Full screen and Lock Press the Rotate button to rotate the up-side-down images. Press the Full Screen button to enlarge the viewer scr

5.2.11. Camera Selector Here are the camera number buttons to select cameras. Blue color: the normal camera icon. Pink color: the current selected

Note: Free Space Alert Percent (%) and Free Space Alert Size [MB] is OR condition combination, any one above is TRUE, then an alert message will appe

The following lists describe for each setting: • IP: IP address of the camera. • Port: Connection port of the camera. The default is 80. • Login I

• Ease of use Plug-N-Watch capability to simplify system integration in an existing network environment • Meeting SOHO, business, or public facilitie

When the Modify button is pressed, the new schedule recording will be updated to the specified item. If the Remove button is pressed, the specified t

Guest / Guest: Guest only can view the images only. Note: The Apply button is unused for this tab; always confirm the settings by pressing the OK bu

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 ref

The second way to record automatically, the method has described in section 5.3.2 Camera SettingÆ Auto Recording. The last method to record is done

5.6.2. Snapshot List The Snapshot List tab lists snapshots, and displays the information about the specified snapshot file. When you hit the Show bu

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 5.7. Image Rotation

5.8. Full Screen After this button is pressed, it will show full screen mode and press the keyboard "Esc" key or the center of screen to r

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

Figure 5.10-2 Layout example 2 • When your mouse moves over the camera icon, you can click the right button to display a menu which has options to

Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector Appendix A Alarm I/O Connector The terminal block is used in applications for e.g. motion detection, event triggering,

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

Appendix B Troubleshooting Appendix B Troubleshooting Q: The video and audio codec is adopted in the Network Camera? A: The Network Camera utilizes

Q: Forgot the IP address of the Network Camera. A: Check IP address of Network Camera by using the IP Finder (ipeditv3) program. Q: IP Finder program

• If the problem is not solved, the ICA-500 might be faulty. Contact your dealer for further help. Q: Image or video does not appear in the main page

• Blurred images may have been registered when registering or modifying the preset button or home position button. Adjust the focus in manual focusin

Appendix C Bandwidth Calculation Appendix C: Bandwidth Calculation The frame rate of video transmitted from the ICA-500 depends on connection bandwid

Appendix D Specifications Appendix D: Specifications Model ICA-500 Hardware Sensor 1/3” CCD sensor Iris control Video-drive iris control Gain contr

Package Contents The following items should be included: If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately. • Pla

2 Chapter 2 Basic Setup This Chapter provides details of installing and configuring the ICA-500. System Requirements • To use the LAN interface, a s