USER MANUAL DCS-930 VERSION 1.
Table of Contents Table of Contents Product Overview......................................................... 4 Package Contents.................................................... 4 System Requirements.............................................. 4 Introduction............................................................... 5 Features................................................................... 6 Hardware Overview.................................................. 7 Front View........................
Table of Contents Wireless Basics.......................................................... 49 Networking Basics..................................................... 54 Check your IP address........................................... 54 Statically Assign an IP address.............................. 55 Technical Specifications...........................................
Section 1 - Product Overview Product Overview Package Contents • DCS-930 Network Camera • CAT5 Ethernet Cable • Power Adapter • Manual and Software on CD • Quick Install Guide • Camera Stand Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with your product will cause damage and void the warranty for this product. If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller. System Requirements • Computer with Microsoft Windows® 7, XP®, or Vista® • PC with 1.
Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the DCS-930 Network Camera. The DCS-930 is a versatile and unique solution for your small office or home. Unlike a webcam, the DCS-930 is a stand-alone system with a built-in CPU that transmits high quality video images for monitoring. The DCS-930 can be remotely accessed, and controlled using a Web browser over the Intranet or Internet.
Section 1 - Product Overview Features Simple to Use The DCS-930 is a stand-alone system with a built-in CPU, requiring no special hardware or software such as PC frame grabber cards. The DCS-930 supports both ActiveX mode for Internet Explorer and Java mode for other browsers such as Firefox® and Safari®. Supports a Variety of Platforms Supporting TCP/IP networking, HTTP, and other Internet related protocols.
Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Overview Front View Camera Lens Microphone D-Link DCS-930 User Manual Power and Link LED 7
Section 1 - Product Overview Rear View Ethernet Connector Power Connector Reset WPS LED WPS Button Camera Stand D-Link DCS-930 User Manual 8
Section 2 - Installation Installation Hardware Installation Connect the Ethernet Cable Connect the included Ethernet cable to the network cable connector located on the bottom panel of the DCS-930 and attach it to the network. Attach the External Power Supply Attach the external power supply to the DC power input connector located on the bottom panel of the DCS-930 and connect it to your wall outlet or power strip.
Section 2 - Installation Wireless Installation Considerations The D-Link Wireless Network Camera lets you access your network using a wireless connection from anywhere within the operating range of your wireless network. However, the number, thickness and location of walls, ceilings, or other objects that the wireless signals must pass through, may limit the range. Typical ranges vary depending on the types of materials and background RF (radio frequency) noise in your home or business.
Section 2 - Installation Starting the Camera Installation Wizard Insert the Installation CD-ROM into your computer’s optical drive to start the autorun program. The CD-ROM will open the Camera Installation Wizard. Simply click Start to go through the Installation Wizard, which will guide you through the installation process from connecting your hardware to configuring your camera.
Section 2 - Installation WPS - Hardware Push Button Setup Alternatively, you may create a WPS connect using the WPS Button on the back of the camera. To create a WPS connection: Step 1 Press and hold the WPS button on the side of the camera for three seconds. The blue WPS status LED above the button will blink. Step 2 Press the WPS button on your router within 60 seconds. The WPS button is usually on the front or side of your router.
Section 3 - Configuration Configuration Using the Configuration Menu After completing the Camera Installation Wizard, you are ready to use your camera. The camera’s built-in Web configuration utility is designed to allow you to easily access and configure your DCS-930. At the end of the wizard, click Go To Camera, or enter the IP address of your camera into a web browser, such as Internet Explorer®. To log in, use the User name admin and the password you created in the Installation Wizard.
Section 3 - Configuration Click the ActiveX or Java radio button to view live video. Please make sure that you have the latest version of Java application installed on your computer to ensure proper operation when viewing the video in Java mode. The Java application can be downloaded at no cost from Sun’s web site. (http://www.java.com) When you connect to the home page of your camera, you will be prompted to download ActiveX.
Section 3 - Configuration Live Video ActiveX: For Windows® Users that do not have Java installed, please choose this option to view video streaming on the Home page. Java: For Windows® users that have Java installed, you can also use this for viewing video. Mac users must choose this mode to view video. Setup > Wizard You may choose to configure your network by using the Internet Connection Setup Wizard that includes step-by-step instructions.
Section 3 - Configuration Internet Connection Setup Wizard This wizard will guide you through a step-by-step process to configure your new D-Link Camera and connect the camera to the Internet. Click Next You may configure your camera using • DHCP Connection (by default), where your DHCP server will automatically assign dynamic IP to your device. • Static IP Address if your ISP has already assigned an IP address to you.
Section 3 - Configuration If you have a Dynamic DNS account and would like the camera to update your IP address automatically, enable DDNS and enter your host information. Click Next Enter a name for your camera. Click Next Configure the correct time to ensure that all events triggered, captured and scheduled at the right time. Click Next This page displays your configured settings. Click Apply to save and activate the setting, or Back to change your settings.
Section 3 - Configuration Network Setup This section allows you to configure your network settings. DHCP: Select this connection if you have a DHCP server running on your network and would like a dynamic IP address to be updated to your camera automatically. Static IP Client: You may obtain a static or fixed IP address and other network information from your network administrator for your camera. A static IP address will ease you for accessing your camera in the future.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > Wireless This section allows you to setup and configure the wireless settings on your camera. Wireless Interface SSID: Service Set Identifier, an identifier for your wireless network. Channel: The default setting is channel 6. Select the same channel that is using by other wireless devices within your network. When there is interference from the wireless networks that overlap with one another, you may change the channel to obtain maximum performance for your connection.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > DDNS This section allows you to configure the DDNS setting for your camera. DDNS will allow all users to access your camera using a domain name instead of an IP address. DDNS: (Dynamic Domain Name Server) will hold a DNS host name and synchronize the public IP address of the modem when it has been modified. The username and password are required when using the DDNS service. Enable: Click to enable the DDNS function.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > Image Setup This section allows you to configure the image settings for your camera. Image Settings Enable Antiflicker: Select this box to enable antiflicker. Flip Image: Select this box to vertically rotate the video. If the camera is installed upside down, Flip Image and Mirror should both be checked. Mirror: Horizontally rotates the video. Brightness Control: Allows you to adjust the brightness level. Contrast Control: Allows you to adjust the contrast level.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > Video This section allows you to configure the video settings for your camera. Video Configuration Video Profile: This section allows you to change the Encode Type, Resolution, FPS, and Quality. Encode Type: The compression format used when viewing your camera. Resolution: Select the desired video resolution from three formats: 640x480, 320x240, and 160x120. The higher setting can obtain better quality. However, it will use more resource within your network.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > Audio Enabling audio setting will allow you to listen to audio from the camera through your PC’s audio output. Note: Please wait a few seconds for the camera to adjust the audio after the setting has been selected. Audio Settings: You may Enable or Disable the camera audio feed. Volume Settings: Select the desired volume percentage level.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > Motion Detect Enabling Video Motion will allow your camera to use the motion detection feature. You may draw a finite motion area that will be used for monitoring. Motion Select this box to enable the motion detection feature of your Detection: camera. Sensitivity: Specifies the measurable difference between two sequential images that would indicate motion. Please enter a value between 0 and 100.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > Mail Email Account This section allows you to configure the email notification settings for your camera. SMTP Server This is the domain name or IP address of your external e-mail Address: server. Sender e-mail This is the e-mail address of the person sending the camera Address: snapshots. Receiver e-mail Address: This is the e-mail address of the recipient. User Name: If the SMTP server uses authentication, you must enter your user name here.
Section 3 - Configuration Time Schedule Enable e-mail image to e-mail Choosing Always will start sending snapshots to the recipient’s e-mail account right away. Choosing Schedule will allow you to account: schedule when to start and stop the sending of snapshots to the recipient’s e-mail account. Interval: The frequency of the snapshot interval can also be configured from 1 to 65535 seconds. Test E-mail This will send a snapshot to the e-mail account that you have configured in the E-mail section.
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > FTP FTP Server This section allows you to configure a FTP server to receive images from the camera. Host Address: This is the IP address of the FTP server that you will be connecting to. Port Number: Default is port 21. If changed, external FTP client program must change the server connection port accordingly. User Name: Specifies the user name to access the external FTP server.
Section 3 - Configuration Time Schedule Enable upload image to FTP server: Checking this box will enable video uploads to the FTP server you have selected. Always: Selecting this option allows snapshots to be uploaded to your FTP as soon as you click Apply. Schedule: Selecting this option allows you to configure specific times when you want the snapshots to be uploaded to your FTP server. Video Frequency: Users can select in frames per second (1, 2, 3 or auto, in auto this could go to 4).
Section 3 - Configuration Setup > Time and Date This section allows you to configure the settings of the internal system clocks for your camera. Test FTP Server: Select the time zone for your region from the pull-down menu. Synchronize NTP Server: Network Time Protocol will synchronize your camera with an Internet time server. Choose the one that is closest to your camera. Copy your Computer’s Click to synchronize the time information from Time Settings: your PC.
Section 3 - Configuration Maintenance > Admin This section allows you to change the administrator’s password and configure the server settings for your camera. You can also manage the user account(s) that access to your camera. Camera Name: Specity a name for your camera LED Control: Select Normal to enable the LED on the front of the device, or select off to disable the LED.
Section 3 - Configuration Maintenance > System This section allows you to save and restore your configuration, restore the factory settings, and/or restart the camera.
Section 3 - Configuration Maintenance > Firmware Upgrade Your current firmware version and date will be displayed on your screen. You may go to the D-Link Support Page to check for the latest firmware versions available. To upgrade the firmware on your DCS-930, please download and save the latest firmware version from the D-Link Support Page to your local hard drive. Locate the file on your local hard drive by using the Browse button.
Section 3 - Configuration Status > Device Info This section displays all the details information about your device and network settings.
Section 3 - Configuration Status > Active User This page lists all the active user’s information including the User Name, IP address, and the time that camera access began.
Section 3 - Configuration Using & Configuring the DCS-930 D-Link’s DCS-930 is a versatile and cost effective Network Camera for video monitoring. It can also serve as a powerful surveillance system in security applications. The DCS-930 can be used with any wired or 802.11n wireless router. This section explains how to view the camera from either the Internet or from inside your internal network.
Section 3 - Configuration After you have completed the setup of the DCS-930 outlined in the Quick Installation Guide you will have an operating camera that has an assigned IP Address. Because you are using a router to share the Internet with one or more PCs, the IP Address assigned to the Network Camera will be a local IP Address. This allows viewing within your Local Area Network (LAN) until the router is configured to allow remote viewing of the camera over the Internet. 1.
Section 3 - Configuration 2. View the Network Camera Using Your Internet Explorer Web Browser Run your Internet Explorer Web browser. In the address bar, type in the IP Address that was assigned to the Network Camera by the Installation Wizard program. The DCS-930 Home Page appears with a window displaying live video from the camera. You are able to view this screen from any PC running Internet Explorer on your LAN. Click on the Configuration button on the left side of the display.
Section 4 - Security Wireless Security This section will show you the different levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The DCS-930 offers the following types of security: • WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) • WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard and uses the RC4 encryption algorithm.
Section 4 - Security What is WPA? WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). The 2 major improvements over WEP: Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered with. WPA2 is based on 802.11i and uses Advanced Encryption Standard instead of TKIP.
Section 4 - Security Using & Configuring the DCS-930 with a NAT Router D-Link’s DCS-930 is a versatile and cost effective Network Camera offering both video and audio monitoring. It can also serve as a powerful surveillance system in security applications. The DCS-930 can be used with any wired or 802.11n/g wireless router. This section explains how to view the camera from either the Internet or from inside your internal network.
Section 4 - Security 1. Assign a Local IP Address to Your Camera Run the setup wizard from the CD included with the DCS-930. Follow the steps in the Quick Installation Guide to configure the DCS-930. The camera will be assigned a local IP Address that allows it to be recognized by the router. Write down this IP Address for future reference.
Section 4 - Security 2. View the Network Camera Using Your Internet Explorer Web Browser Run your Internet Explorer Web browser. In the address bar, type in the IP Address that was assigned to the Network Camera by the DCC program. The DCS-930 Live Video Page appears with a window displaying live video from the camera. You are able to view this screen from any PC running Internet Explorer on your LAN. Click on the Setup button on the left side of the display.
Section 4 - Security The Setup > Network Setup page displays the port settings for your camera. If necessary, these ports can be changed if they are already in use by other devices (e.g. in a multiple camera environment). Note: Both the HTTP port and RTSP port are required to be opened for the DCS-930.
Section 4 - Security Router Set-Up and Installation The following steps generally apply to any router that you have on your network. The D-Link DIR-655 is used as an example to clarify the configuration process. Configure the initial settings of the DIR-655 by following the steps outlined in the DIR-655 Quick Installation Guide. 3. Access the Router with Your Web Browser If you have cable or DSL Internet service, you will most likely have a dynamically assigned WAN IP Address.
Section 4 - Security Note: Because a dynamic WAN IP can change from time to time depending on your ISP, you may want to obtain a Static IP address from your ISP. A Static IP address is a fixed IP address that will not change over time and will be more convenient for you to use to access your camera from a remote location. The Static IP Address will also allow you to access your camera attached to your router over the Internet. 4.
Section 4 - Security Repeat the above steps adding the port 554 to both the Public and Private Port sections. A check mark appearing before the entry name will indicate that the ports are enabled. Important: Some ISPs block access to port 80 and other commonly used Internet ports to conserve bandwidth. Check with your ISP so that you can open the appropriate ports accordingly.
Section 5 - Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 1. Why does the LED not light up? The power supply might be faulty. Confirm that you are using the provided DC 5V power supply for this network camera. Verify that the power supply is correctly connected. If the camera is functioning normally, the LED may have been disabled. See page 30 for information about how to enable the LED. 2. Why is the camera’s network connection unreliable? There might be a problem with the network cable.
Section 5 - Troubleshooting 5. The camera is producing noisy images. How can I solve the problem? The video images might be noisy if the Network Camera is used in a very low light environment. 6. The images are poor quality, how can I improve the image quality? Make sure that your computer’s display properties are set to at least 6-bit color. Using 16 or 256 colors on your computer will produce dithering artifacts in the image, making the image look as if it is of poor quality.
Appendix A - Wireless Basics Wireless Basics D-Link wireless products are based on industry standards to provide easy-to-use and compatible high-speed wireless* connectivity within your home, business or public access wireless networks. Strictly adhering to the IEEE standard, the D-Link wireless family of products will allow you to securely access the data you want, when and where you want it. You will be able to enjoy the freedom that wireless networking delivers.
Appendix A - Wireless Basics What is Wireless? Wireless or WiFi technology is another way of connecting your computer to the network without using wires. WiFi uses radio frequency to connect wirelessly, so you have the freedom to connect computers anywhere in your home or office network. Why D-Link Wireless? D-Link is the worldwide leader and award winning designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking products. D-Link delivers the performance you need at a price you can afford.
Appendix A - Wireless Basics Who uses wireless? Wireless technology as become so popular in recent years that almost everyone is using it, whether it’s for home, office, business, D-Link has a wireless solution for it.
Appendix A - Wireless Basics Where is wireless used? Wireless technology is expanding everywhere not just at home or office. People like the freedom of mobility and it’s becoming so popular that more and more public facilities now provide wireless access to attract people. The wireless connection in public places is usually called “hotspots”.
Appendix A - Wireless Basics Wireless Modes There are basically two modes of networking: • Infrastructure – All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router. • Ad-Hoc – Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication, using wireless network adapters on each computer, such as two or more DCS-930 wireless network Cardbus adapters. An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router.
Appendix B - Networking Basics Networking Basics Check your IP address After you install your new D-Link adapter, by default, the TCP/IP settings should be set to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server (i.e. wireless router) automatically. To verify your IP address, please follow the steps below. Click on Start > Run. In the run box type cmd and click OK. At the prompt, type ipconfig and press Enter. This will display the IP address, subnet mask, and the default gateway of your adapter.
Appendix B - Networking Basics Statically Assign an IP address If you are not using a DHCP capable gateway/router, or you need to assign a static IP address, please follow the steps below: Step 1 Windows® Vista - Click on Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Manage Network Connections. Windows XP - Click on Start > Control Panel > Network Connections. Step 2 Right-click on the Local Area Connection which represents your D-Link network adapter and select Properties.
Appendix C - Technical Specifications SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Technical Specifications • Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 • Internet Explorer 6 or above , Firefox 3.
Appendix C - Technical Specifications LENS • Focal length: 5.01 mm, F2.8 SENSOR • VGA 1/5 inch CMOS Sensor Minimum Illumination • 1 lux @ F2.8 View Angle • Horizontal: 45.3° • Vertical: 34.5° • Diagonal: 54.9° DIGITAL ZOOM • Up to 4x 3A CONTROL • AGC (Auto Gain Control) • AWB (Auto White Balance) • AES (Auto Electronic Shutter) Power • Input: 100-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz • Output: 5 V DC, 1.
