User ’s Manual Model No.: IP-901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network Camera Hardware Installation & Web Configuration PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SAVE This manual contains important information about this product's operation. If you are installing this product for others, you must leave this manual -or a copy- with the end user. R.901.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES .........................................................................................................4 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 6 2. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION AND QUICK INSTALLATION/USAGE................................ 8 3. 4. 5. 2.1. MAJOR HARDWARE COMPONENTS................................
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera APPENDIX D. TROUBLE SHOOTING ........................................................................................... 40 APPENDIX E. 3GPP/ISMA OPERATION ....................................................................................... 42 APPENDIX F. THIRD PARTY AND EMBEDDED WEB PAGE INTEGRATION...........................
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 1. Introduction The IP Network Camera is designed with the “user-friendly” idea deep in mind. The user can install the IP Camera easily on his/her home network and then access the IP Camera anywhere in the world through the accompanied video management software - CamView without setting some complicated DNS name or changing the router’s settings. It’s just a plug & play action.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera mapping, fixed IP, DDNS, virtual server) of the NAT/router devices, it’s just a plug & play usage.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 2. Hardware description and quick installation/usage The IP CAM is designed to be very easy to install and use. First, let’s see the major components of the IP CAM products. 2.1. Major hardware components. The major components of the IP CAM products are listed below : 1. Lens – the focus of the lens is fixed, you do not need to spend time to adjust the focus, the effective focus range is from 30cm to infinity. 2.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 2.2. Quick installation and usage There are only three things that you need to do to see the video from the IP CAM. 1. Connect the IP CAM to the home network. 2. Install the CamView software on the notebook/PC. 3. Key in the ID/password of the IP CAM(from the IP/Password sticker on the software installation CD provided with the package) on the CamView, and then you can see the video.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Second, Install the CamView software on the notebook/PC Please insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive in your notebook or personal computer (must be running Microsoft Windows OS). Execute the program CamViewInstaller-xxx.exe on the disk. The program will pop-up some windows about the installation options, please press the “next” button to proceed with the installation.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Notice : 1. You can modify this play-video password by entering into the web configuration pages. Please refer to section 3.6 for more information. 2. You can also add the IP CAM into the CameraList in the CamView software to have more convenient video display, please refer to the latter sections regarding to CamView utility software for more functions.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Figure 2-6: Pop-up play-video password window 10
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3. Web configurations You can login into the web configuration page by directly key-in the IP address of the IP CAM or right-click the searched IP CAM in the “Auto Search” list of the CamView software and click the “Web Configure” to open the login window of the IP CAM. Figure 3-1: Open the web configuration page from CamView software The default login account is “admin”, leave the Password field empty.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.1. Information The first page of the web configuration of the IP CAM is the information page. You can see the model name/firmware version, IP CAM ID, registration status, network type and current video settings( bandwidth, resolution) in this page. The IP CAM can be viewed remotely by the CamView software only when the IP CAM is registered. If this IP CAM is not registered, please check the Ethernet wiring of your network environment.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.2. Video Display This display page allows you to view the video display of the IP camera. For the first time use of this display on a computer, an activeX component will be automatically downloaded into the browser. This could take some time, depends on the internet speed. The component is downloaded from a public domain, so that the computer must be connected to the Internet.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.3. Network The Network page allows you to modify the network settings of the wired Ethernet. The default settings use DHCP to obtain an IP address automatically. In most of the home network environment, there is a DHCP server running. In this situation, by using these default settings, the IP CAM can work immediately in most of the time. If the Ethernet cable is unplugged, the IP CAM will lose connection.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Figure 3-6: Network settings page for Static IP address 15
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.4. Advanced Network In some special situation, your network environment only provides PPPoE connection (xDSL service), there is no NAT/router available. You will then need to set the PPPoE settings in the “Advanced Network” page. Only the PPPoE username and password are needed to let PPPoE work. After the “Save&Apply” button is pressed, the PPPoE function will work immediately.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.5. Video Settings The IP CAM is designed to provide high quality video for viewing from CamView software. In this page, you can modify some settings related to the video viewing: 1. Password(play video) – this is the password needed for viewing the video from the CamView software. Together with the IP CAM ID, you can view the video of this IP CAM anywhere in the world through the Internet. 2.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera display when the IP camera is taking indoor video. In this situation, change the setting to “Indoor video” will solve the problem. Please also be noticed that in “Indoor video” setting, the video display of outdoor view is very vague. For indoor usage, if there is strong sun light into the room, please select the “Indoor+sun light” choice. 12.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.6. 3GPP/RTSP settings The IP CAM is able to be viewed from a 3G mobile phone, for detailed settings on the 3G mobile phone, please refer to Appendix E. Users can disable the 3G mobile access ability in this page. After the 3GPP/RTSP feature is disabled, no 3G mobile phone is allowed to access the video of the IP camera.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.7. Schedule The IP CAM provides a variety of security alert and record functions, you can schedule and enable these security functions in this section, the IP CAM will then follow the preset schedule to send out an email with a jpeg picture attached in the email and/or send out the jpeg picture file to a ftp server and/or record to a physical NAS (Network Attached Storage). The related settings are explained below: 1.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 8. SMTP server test – after the settings are filled, you could press “SMTP server test” to check if all the settings are correct. 9. Send FTP message – if this item is enabled, the IP CAM will send out a jpeg picture file to the specified ftp account. 10. FTP server – this is the FTP server address to receive the jpeg file. 11.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.8. NAS Settings The IP CAM allows you to record to your physical NAS (Network Attached Storage) device. The related settings are explained below: 1. NAS Recording: choose between “Always”, “Schedule” and “Disable”. The default setting is “Disable Recording”. 2. In the following settings, you can input your NAS related information. Figure 3-11: NAS Setting page.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.9. Scheduling The scheduleing table allows you to set up a preset schedule to activate the Email/FTP Alarm or NAS storage settings in previous page. 1. Email/FTP Alarm: check to activate the schedule below. 2. NAS Recording: check to activate the NAS storage recording. 3. Week day or Every day : chose every week then select the specific week day(s) or chose every day then set up the time segment you wish to take effect. 4.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.10. Admin login In this page, you can modify the web login account. With this account, you can login to the IP CAM and do any modifications. The default account is “admin” without password. If the login account is forgotten, you can reset the IP CAM to the factory default settings by following the steps in section 3.16 and login with the “admin” account.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.11. Date/Time The IP CAM can synchronize the date/time with the universally available time server( for example time.windows.com) through NTP protocol. The date/time will then be corrected with the time server anytime when the Internet is connected. Users can choose the different TimeZone of their areas to display the correct time. For some TimeZone areas, the “Daylight Saving Time” could be enabled or disabled.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Upgrade If there is some new firmware available from the supplier of this IP CAM, you can upgrade the firmware on this page. Please ask for the correct information about FTP server, username/password account and firmware filename from your supplier, and then do this upgrade. A status message about the percentage done in the upgrade procedure is displayed. Please be noticed that during the upgrade procedure, do not power off the IP CAM.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.12. Reboot You can restart the IP CAM manually on this page. All the connected video viewing users will be disconnected.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 3.13. Set to factory default For some reason, for example you forgot the web login password, you may want to set the IP CAM to the factory default settings. The only thing you need to do is pressing the “reset” button on the cable for more than 4 seconds and release it, do this when the IP CAM is powered on. The IP CAM will reset to the factory default settings and restart automatically.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 4. Features and specifications 4.1. Features ¾ Easily access the camera from anywhere in the world via the ID/password ¾ No complicated NAT/router settings needed. ¾ Free video management software - CamView program accompanied for easy access and multi-camera management. ¾ 3GPP/ISMA support. ¾ Dual video streaming with separate frame rate/resolution/bandwidth settings for PC and mobile.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 4.2. Specifications Power DC 12V, 1A Processors RISC CPU, hardware video processing and compression. Network interface Ethernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX, Auto-MDIX, RJ-45 Image sensor RGB VGA 1/4 inch CMOS Automatic exposure control, automatic white balance, automatic gain control, automatic brightness control. Light sensitivity 1~8 Lux 30 meters Lens 3.6 mm, viewing angle: 56° / 41°.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera multi-camera management Firmware upgrades via FTP Minimum Web Built-in web server for standard web browser access browsing and Pentium 4 CPU 1.0 GHz or higher, or equivalent AMD management 1GB RAM software requirements Supported protocols IPv4, HTTP, TCP, ICMP, RTSP, RTP, UDP, IGMP, RTCP, SMTP, SNTP, FTP, DHCP, UPnP, ARP, DNS, PPPoE, etc.
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Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Appendix A. List of Tested NAT/router Devices The followings are the list of tested NAT/router devices that can work with the IP CAM and CamView software when viewing in a remote location. You do not need to do any modification on the default settings of the NAT/routers. In some office environment, if some strict firewall function is enabled, it’s possible that you can not view the IP CAM video through the firewall router.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera PCi BRL-04R ZyXEL Prestige-334 Table A-2: List of tested Wired NAT/router devices Appendix B. Maximum Allowed Video Users The maximum allowed video users for a single IP Cam at the same time is dependent on the video settings including “Internet speed” and resolution. The followings are the summary of the maximum allowed video users: For video resolution of 160x120 pixels Frame rate\bandwidth 64k ~ 512k 1M ~ 1.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Appendix C. Performance Information 1. Video Performance Information The video quality is dependent on the video parameter settings and the network quality. If you want to have a better video quality, you will usually set higher resolution and higher frame rate. This is fine when you are viewing the video locally in the same network.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Appendix D. Trouble shooting 1. Could I adjust the effective focus of the IP Cam? A: The effective focus of the IP Cam is from 30cm to infinity, so, in almost all circumstances you can see the video clearly. There is no need to adjust the effective focus. 2. What’s the viewing angle of the IP Cam? A: The viewing angle of the IP Cam is about 56 degrees. 3.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera 169.254.xxx.xxx. If your PC/notebook computer is configured to DHCP, it will also use an “auto IP” address. But this will take about one minute after the IP camera is connected to the computer and you need to make sure that the WiFi interface on your PC/notebook computer is disabled. After about one minute, you can run the CamView software to access the IP camera, the CAM ID should be displayed on the “auto-search” list.
Model IP901 Weatherproof Day/Night Network IP Camera Appendix E. 3GPP/ISMA operation 3GPP/ISMA is using RTSP protocol for 3G mobile phone to display the video stream from network devices. This Network IP camera supports the RTSP protocol and video codec needed by 3GPP/ISMA. There are 3 preconditions to meet prior to mobile phone connection: A. Mobile phone must running under Windows Mobile 6.0 B. The telecom service provider uses WCDMA as its 3G protocol; C.
