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LevelOne FCS-1030 10/100Mbps IP Network Camera User’s Manual
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Table of Contents Before You Use This Product......................................................................4 Warning Before Install..............................................................................5 Package Contents ....................................................................................7 Installation .............................................................................................5 Hardware installation.............................................................
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Change homepage layout ............................................................ 25 Build a multimedia web attraction site ........................................... 30 Build a security application .......................................................... 33 Software revision upgrade ........................................................... 34 Definitions in Configuration ..................................................................... 35 System parameters .......................................
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Page URL .................................................................................. 48 System resource URL .................................................................. 48 General format of command URL .................................................. 49 System configuration URL ............................................................ 49 Security configuration URL ........................................................... 50 Network configuration URL.......................................
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Before You Use This Product The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The FCS-1030 Network Camera is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but also can be part of a flexible surveillance system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit for its intended use. It is important to first verify that all contents received are complete according to the list in the "Package Contents" chapter.
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Warning Before Install -5-
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Installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the FCS-1030 Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. Hardware installation Please verify that your product package contains all the accessories listed in the foregoing Package Contents. Depending on the user’s application, an Ethernet cable may be needed. The Ethernet cable should meet the specs of UTP Category 5 and not exceed 100 meters in length.
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Software installation The following are steps for the software installation. STEP 1 Put the Installation disk into the CD-ROM drive, and the installation should start automatically. If the installation does not start, click on “Start” on the lower left corner of your screen, open “My Computer” and double click on the CD-ROM icon. The Installation Wizard Installation Window will appear. STEP 2 There are links on this page, including Install Software, User’s Manual and Customer Homepage.
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STEP 3 There are links on this page, including Installation Wizard, User’s Manual and Surveillance Software. Click on “Installation Wizard” to launch the setup program.
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STEP 4 Select the installation directory for this application software and click on “Next”. You can also change the installation directory from the default directory by clicking on “Browse…” STEP 5 Select a program folder to install the application software into and then click on “Next”.
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STEP 6 Click on “Finish” to finish installation. This completes the installation.
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Using Installation Wizard User Interface Once you run the Installation Wizard, you will see the user interface. You can click on the device list to select a device. The three buttons (Setup, Upgrade, and Reset to default) won’t be enabled until you select at least one device. Installation wizard allows you to setup or upgrade multiple devices (of the same model) at the same time. If you selected different models, then the buttons will be disabled.
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Action buttons Click on this button to clean up the device list and search all devices on the within the same subnet again. It will take about 5 seconds. To setup or upgrade the devices which can not be found by Installation Wizard, please click on this button to add them manually. Click on this button will popup a dialog. You can input the IP address and click on Ok to add the device into the device list. Click on this button will remove all the selected devices from the device list.
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Function buttons Click on this button to modify the settings of the selected devices. For more detail, please refer to 0 Setup. Click on this button to upgrade the firmware of the selected devices. For more detail, please refer to 0 Upgrade. Click on this button to back to the previous page or main page Click on this button to reset the selected devices to default settings. Click on this button to back to the previous page or main page Click on this button to close the Installation Wizard.
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Note: The default password is the MAC address with capital letter. System Setting After connected to the selected device(s), it will switch to system setting page. Click on this button to back to the previous page or main page Click on this button to keep the settings and go to the next page. Click on this button to discard the settings of the current page and go to the next page.
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Adjust date and time There are three ways to adjust system date and time. The easiest way is to make Network Camera "Sync with computer time". The second way “Manual” is to set the date and time manually by entering new values. Notice the format in the related field while typing. The third way “Automatic” is to make Network Camera automatically synchronize with timeservers over the Internet every hour.
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Network Setting In this page, you can change the server’s IP address, subnet mask, default router, primary dns, and secondary dns. Fix the IP address Check "Reset IP address at next boot" will force Network Camera to reconfigure its IP address whenever it reboot. If you want the Network Camera to use a fixed IP, please uncheck the "Reset IP address at next boot" and assign a valid IP address.
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Basic Network Settings You can setup the network setting by this page. Usually this is no need to be changed, if you do change it please make sure you input the correct setting or the device may not be reachable. Upgrade When you select one device or multiple devices (of the same model), the “Upgrade” button will be enabled. Click on it to upgrade the firmware of the selected device(s). After click on the “Upgrade” button, Installation Wizard will try to connect the selected device(s).
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Package Information The package information will show the information about the file that you selected. Firmware version: The version number of the selected firmware. Supported script version: The maximum script version that firmware can support. Web page version: The version number of the web page. Script version: Script version used by web page and server script. Viewer plugin version: The version number of the viewer plugin.
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Upgrade plugin version: The version number of the upgrade plugin Supported language: The language that the selected file supports. File Selection You can use the file combolist to browse the file that you want upgrade onto the selected device(s). After selecting the file, Installation Wizard will check whether the file you selected is correct. If it is correct, then the package information will display the information about the file and enable the “Upgrade” button.
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How to Use Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful authentication, the following figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the message if authentication fails. The user may check the option box to save the password for future convenience. This option is not available to the Administrator for obvious reason.
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Installing plug-in For the initial access to the Network Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new plug-in for the Network Camera. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the user’s PC or notebook. If the highest security level is set, the computer may prohibit any installation and execution attempt. This plug-in has been registered for certificate and is used to display the video in the browser. Users may click on to proceed.
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Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has two parts: Configuration functions: The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View: What the camera sees. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configuration page.
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Digital Zoom Click on the magnifier icon under the camera view then the digital zoom control panel will be shown. Uncheck “Disable digital zoom” and use the slider control to change the zoom factors. Snapshot Click on “Snapshot”, web browser will pop up a new window to show the snapshot. Users can point at the snapshot and click the right button of mouse to save it.
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Client settings At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask for a new plug-in installation, the plug-in being the Network Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the client’s site. The user may click on to install the plug-in. If the web browser does not allow the user to complete the installation, check the Internet security to lower the security level or contact your IT or networking supervisor.
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There are two settings for the client side. One is “Media Option” for users to determine if audio should be muted. The other is “Protocol Option” which allows choices on connection protocol between client and server. There are three protocols choices to optimize your usage - UDP, TCP and HTTP. The UDP protocol allows for more real-time audio and video streams. However, some packets may be lost due to network burst traffic and images may be obscured.
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http:///protocol.html is the domain name or the original IP address of the Network Camera.
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Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Fix bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Video Configuration page, are correlative to allow for achieving the best performance possible.
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environment, you may want to slow the maximum frame rate down to 20 fps in order to lower the rate of data transmission. This allows for better video quality and the human eyes cannot readily detect the differences between those of 20, 25, or 30 frames per second. If your network bandwidth is below 384 Kbps, set the “Fix bit rate” according to your bandwidth and try to get the best performance by fine-tuning with the “Maximum frame rate”. In a slow network, greater frame rate results in blur images.
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Opening accounts for new users 1 2 3 4 Protect Network Camera by passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Network Camera is 1 to enable protection. intended to be accessed by others. Type a new word twice in ○ This password is used to identify the administrator. Then add an account with user 2 .
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may need to prohibit from controlling your attached devices. You may delete some 3 . users from ○ 4 More flexible options for viewers ○ The first option allows anyone uses “demo” as the user name to view without password. The Administrator can also decide if more viewers are allowed to watch the video if the viewers exceed the limit. The overloaded viewers will have snapshot mode instead. Change homepage layout How to change the font color 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2.
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How to change the background 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, If you want to display simple color without any image, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “blank”, 4. Find “Background color” and pull down the list to choose any color you like, 5. Click on “Save” button. * The background color is better to contrast with the font. If you want to use the image from another web site as background, 3. Find “Background graph” and choose “Url”, 4.
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3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “Url”, 4. Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, “http://dgl.microsoft.com/thumbnails/j023/j0234430(t).gif”, 5. Click on “Save” button. If you want to change the default logo stored in the Network Camera, 3. Find “Logo graph” and choose “default”, 4. Click on “Save” button, 5. Prepare an image file with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to logo.gif, 6. Open an FTP client program and connect to the Network Camera.
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How to design my own homepage to replace the current one 1. Prepare your own homepage with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to user.htm, 2. Insert the html codes of video object, the bold Italian text in the following example, into the appropriate position in user.htm. Note that the codes of video object must be copied exactly the same including the letter case. ****** Example homepage begin ******
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3. Open an FTP client program and connect to the Network Camera. The user name and password is as same as the Administrator’s. 4. Transfer user.htm in local folder to the Network Camera, 5. Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the Network Camera, 6. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 7. Click on “Homepage layout” at the left column, 8. Check “Use the customized homepage”. 9. Click on “Save” button and return to homepage. * The user.
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Build a multimedia web attraction site Demo on multiple sites – mid-scale service The Network Camera can allow ten visitors on-line simultaneously. After Installation, focus the Network Camera on any view you would like friends to share and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address. Caution: You may want to maintain your visitor’s list in the security configuration page to block out unexpected visitors. No need to have the geeks’ skill and equipments, no need to find suitable software.
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If you want to expand to allow in more viewers, the host server should be able to handle large network traffic, which must handle the picture refreshing from the Network Camera. If the web space has FTP service, Set the Network Camera as an FTP client to upload the pictures. The access to the Network Camera will be independent of the number of viewers and the picture quality will remain constant. 1. Click on “Configuration” on homepage, 2. Click on “Network” at the left column, 3.
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****** Example homepage begin ******
Example - auto refresh Network Camera Demo
