Brickcom CB-101AP manuale d’uso

Megapixel Cube Net work Camera CB -100A/CB-5 00A Series User ’ s Manual Quality Service Gro up[...]

- - Product name: Network Camera ( CB -100A/CB- 500A series) Release Date: 20 13/1 Manual Revi sion: V 2. 2 Web site: www .brickcom.com Email: support@brickcom .com info@brick com.com © 20 12 Brickcom Corporatio n. All Rights Rese rved[...]

- - T able of Conte nt s Before Y ou Use This Product .......................................................................................... 0 FCC Warning .................................................................................................................. 0 Regulatory Information ...................................................[...]

- - Motion Detection .............................................................................................. 59 PIR(*) ................................................................................................ ............... 60 Audio Detection ............................................................................................[...]

Before Y ou Use This Product In many countries, there are laws prohibiting or restricting the use of surveillance devices. This Network Camera is a high-pe rformance, w eb-read y camera which can b e part of a f lexible surveillance system. It is the user ’ s responsibility to ensure that the operation of this camera is legal before installi ng t[...]

- - Regulatory Information Federal Commu nication Commi ssion Interference State ment This equipmen t has been tested and f ound to co m ply w ith the li mits for a Class B digit al devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 o f the FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to prov ide reasonable protection a gainst harmful interference in a resid ential instal lati[...]

Product Comp arison Model Name Lesns Resolution DI/DO Wi Fi PoE USB port for 3G/ 4G CB -100A Series CB -100Ap Board Lens 1280x800 - - - - WCB-100Ap Board Lens  - - CB -101Ap V2.1 Board Lens  (1/1) -   CB -102Ap V2.1 CS Mount -   CB -500A Series CB -500Ap Board Lens 2592 x 1944 pixel  (1/1) -   WCB-500Ap Board Lens  - -[...]

- - c. Camera St and d. W arranty Card e. T erminal I/O Connector Blo ck ( *) f. Easy Installation Guide g. 1.5m White Flat RJ -45 cable (For CB-100 Ae/ CB-100 Ap only) h. Power A d apter (*) NOTE - (*) These are optional features. Please refer to the Product List for the full list of optiona l features that a re availabl e for this product.[...]

- 2 - Cube Network Camera Overview The compact Brickcom CB -100A/CB-500A series Cube ne twork series offers a high quality , video surveillance solution for residences and small b usinesses. Unlike a general webcam, this camera series is a standalone surveillance system that does not need to be connected to a computer. EasyLink TM is a fe ature of [...]

- 3 - Pet Monitor – The motion detection feature c an be used to create forbidden areas in the home whi ch the pet should not enter when th e owner is away. If the camera records the pet entering the region, a recorded m essage can be programmed to play and the owner will be notified via ema il or MMS.[...]

- 4 - Device Appearance Description < Front & Rear view > 1. NOT E - T he W PS and Privacy bu ttons must first be enabled through the web GUI in order to work. See page 37 for det ails on how to enable the Priv acy button and see page 50 for details on how to enable the WPS Button. 2. (*) These are optional features. Please refer to the P[...]

- 5 - LED Behavior Function LED Behavior Description Remark Power Continuous Il lumination Normal Operation T op (Blue) Power Unlit Powered of f T op (Blue) St atus Continuous Il lumination 1. Connected to sw itch by Ethernet or W iFi. Second (Blue) St atus Unlit 1. Power ed of f 2. No connection Second (Blue) St atus Blinking 1. Data T ransmission[...]

- 6 - Hardware Reset CB -100A Series CB -500A Series The Reset Button can be u sed to reboot th e cam era or restore it to facto ry defa ult settings. If th e camera experiences a problem, rebooting the camera may correct the problem. If the problem remains, p lease restore the camera to factory default settings an d reinstall the software. T o Reb[...]

- 7 - Inst allation System Requirement s Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Computer: IBM PC/AT Compatible CPU: Pentium 3GHz or faster Memory: 1024 MB or more Monitor: 1024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit True color or better Network Interface: 10/100Mbps Network interface card must be install[...]

- 8 - Camera Connection W arning Hot – Please attach the bracket before using CB-500A Series. T erminal I/O Connector Block Connection Attach t he supplied con nector bl ock to the t erminal co nnector on the cam era. Refer to the diagram below to attach external de vices to the connector b lock . Basic Connection 1. Conne ct the supplied pow er [...]

- 9 - CB -500A Series W hen p owering up, the power LED will light up and the ca mera will boo t up. T he st atus LED will turn amber when the camera is obtaining the IP address. Aft er obtaining the IP address, the link LED w ill f lash orange while the network connection is process in g.[...]

- 10 - Sof tware Inst allation In this manual, "Us er" refers to whoever has acce ss to the Network Cam era, and "Administrator" refers to the pe rson who can conf igure th e camera an d grant use r access to the camera. After checking the hardware conne ction, run the Installation W izard program inclu ded o n the product’s C[...]

- 11 - 2. In the Install Shield Wizard dialog box, click <Next> to continue. 3. Read the End-User L icense Agreement and check the option “I accept the term s of the license agreement”. Click <Next> to contin ue .[...]

- 12 - 4. Select eithe r “Complete” setup or “Custom” setup to install the system. a. If COMPLETE SETUP is selected : i. All program features will be installed into the default directory. Check the option “ Complete ” and then click <Next>. ii. Select to create shortcuts . Click < Next > to co ntinue.[...]

- 13 - iii. The install ation information will be displayed. Click <Next> to co ntin ue . b. If CUSTOM SETUP is selected: i. This option is recommended for advanced users. It can be used to install the system to a preferred directory or to select specific program feature(s) . ii. Check the option “ Custom ”, and then click <Next>.[...]

- 14 - iii. Select the features to install. Click <Next> to continue. iv. Click < Change > to change the appointed f older where installation and program files will be stored. Click <Next> to continue.[...]

- 15 - v. Select programs to create shortcuts. Click <Next> to continue. vi. The installation information will be displayed. Click <Next> to contin ue .[...]

- 16 - 5. T o launch EasyConfig or PC-NVR S tandard, select the application and click < Finish > . W hen launching t he PC-NVR program, please refer to the PC -NVR user manual.[...]

- 17 - EasyConfig T o launch EasyConfig, select EasyConfig from the start menu. If Com plete Setup type was used in the so ftware installation, an EasyConfig icon was installed on the desktop. Double click to open the icon. If Custom Setup type was u sed in the software installation a nd an EasyConfig icon was not installed on the desktop, the prog[...]

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- 19 - 2. Select either “S imple M ode ” or “P rofessional M ode ” to obtain the camera ’s IP settings. If “S imple M od e ” is selected, EasyConfig will set up the connection automatically . I f “P rofessional Mode ” is selected, the user will need to configure the IP settings manually .[...]

- 20 - 3. There may be many cameras in the local network. Dif feren tiate the cameras using their UPnP name. Double click on the camera from the survey list to connect. 4. Enter the username and password of the camera. For f irst time use, the default username and password are “ admin/admin .”[...]

- 21 - 5. For configuring the IP address settings, select either <Settings remain the same> , <Automatically obtain an IP Address (DHCP)> or <Set IP Address configuration manually>. The DHCP setting is recommend ed . a. If <Set IP Address config uration manually > is selected, th e f ollowing pages will b e displayed.[...]

- 22 - 6. If the camera support s the Eas y Link TM function , the fo llowing page will be displayed. Otherwise, th is page w ill not be sho wn. *If desired, click <Skip> to skip this setting.[...]

- 23 - EasyLink TM is a unique Brickcom function which allo ws users to assign a unique EasyLink name to their netw ork camera’ s IP address. There is no need to configure the router to op en up ports or remember hard- to -memorize IP addresses. W hen th is feature is enabled, users can log onto [uniqueEasyLink name].mybrickcom.com to view the ca[...]

- 24 - 7. W hen the IP address settings have been configured , the screen will either display a successful or failed connection message. If the connection failed, e ither try a gain o r quit the installation. a. If “ DH CP IP address se ttings ” w as selected, the failure p age w ill be displa yed as below: b. If “S tatic IP address settings [...]

- 25 - c. If the connection was successfu l, the user will see the m essage: “Congratulations. The installation of the camera is comple te.” W hen this wi ndow is displayed, click < PC -NVR > to st a rt the PC-NVR program, < Live Vie w > to view the live video from the connected IP camera, or < X > in the top right corner of t[...]

- 26 - Accessing the Net work Camera Check Net w ork Settings The camera c an be co nnected either b efore or immediately after the sof tware inst allation. The Administrator s hould co mplete the network settings on the config uration p age, inclu ding entering the correct subnet mask a nd IP address of gate way and DNS. A sk t he network administ[...]

- 27 - Inst alling the Plug - In For the initial access to the came ra in W ind ows, the web browser may prompt the administrator fo r permission to install a new plug-in for on Interne t Explorer. Permission request depends on the Internet security settings of the use r ’s PC or notebook. If the highest security level is set, the computer may pr[...]

- 28 - Live V iew NOTE - (*) These ar e optional features. Please refer to the Product List fo r the f ull list of optional features available for the product. Live Vie w is the default page that opens when accessing th e camera. Live video is displa yed directly in the browser w indo w .  Stream 1/Stream 2 Channels The network came ra offers si[...]

- 29 - TCP - This proto col guarantees the complete d elivery o f streaming data and provides better video quality. The dow nside of using this protocol is that the quality o f its real -time effect is less than that of the UDP protocol. UDP - T his protocol allows f or more rea l-time audio and video streams. However, network packets may be lost d[...]

- 30 - mode. Full Screen - Switch to f ull screen m ode. Press the “Esc” key to return to normal mode. Motion Detection Alert - Enable the motion detection alert function. Mute – Turn off the sound. T alk(*) – To communicate through the camera using the computer MIC. Set Default – Reset to default settings. NOTE 1. The <Camera Control [...]

- 31 - Configuration Click < Configuration > on the main page to change the camera settings pages. NOTE - On ly Administrators can access the Configuration page. Camera/V ideo/ Audio Camera Profile – Up to five profiles can be c reated for different lighting environment s. Day and night are default profiles and users can create up to three [...]

- 32 - Exposure Control Auto: The camera will automatically control exposure. Manual: Select this option to define the exposure manually Mirror and Flip Mirror - Enable to horizontally reflect the display of the live video. Flip - Enable to vertically reflect the display of the live video. De - No ise A uto - The camer a will au tomatically filter [...]

- 33 - Schedule – Select Schedule to schedule specific time periods for different profiles. Digital Inputs (Only available with models w ith a DI terminal)- Select Digital Input to have the profile management controlled by an external sensor. Select profiles f rom the d rop down menu. Profiles will change according to different trigger voltage le[...]

- 34 - Stream 1 & Stream 2 A spec t Ratio – Select the width to height image aspect ratio. Video Codec - The Network Camera offers three choices of video codec standards for real-time viewing: H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG. Video Resolution - Select from the drop-down menu to choose the best reso lution recording settings. Frame Rate - Select the f[...]

- 35 - RTP w ith Quantization Table Header : Choose this option to explicitly includ e JPEG quantization table in the RTP stream [RFC 2435, section 3.1.8]. HTTP Transport: If MJPEG is use d for Video Codec, HTTP T ransport protocol must be enabled to remotely access the video stream. NOTE - a higher bitrate will use higher network band width. The v[...]

- 36 - RTSP Server To utilize RT SP authentication, the user must first set a password f or the came ra. RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) controls the d elivery of streaming media. By default th e po rt number is set to 554. A uthentic ation - Dep ending on the network security requirements, th e camera prov ides t wo types of security settings [...]

- 37 - Recording folder path - T he destination for saving th e recording video files. Click B rowse to specify the saving path. Snapshot folder path - The destination for saving th e sn apshot files. Click Browse to specify the saving path and select the format from the drop-down menu. A d vanced Settings Video usability information (VUI)- Enable [...]

- 38 - A d vanced Settings Camera Speaker – If the speaker is enabled, select the volume from the drop-do wn menu. Echo Cancellation Enabled - Enable to avoid an echo. Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. Multicast Multicast sends a video stream to the multicast group address and allows multiple clients to acquire the stream[...]

- 39 - Protocol) controls the delivery of streaming media. Click “ Enab le ” to enable Multicast stream 1 or Multicast stream 2. T he default value f or multicast address and port are 234.1.2.3 a nd 10000. Use different p ort number f or different stream s. It is recommended to use the default values. NOTE - Using the IP address of the Network [...]

- 40 - Net w ork IP Settings This section e xplains how to configure a wired network co nnection for the camera. There are several ways to setup the camera over the I nternet: (1) ob tain an available dynamic IP a ddress assigned by a DHCP server, (2) use a static IP, or use PPPoE (Point - to -point over Ethernet). Select the desire setup mode from[...]

- 41 - 3. PPPoE (Point- to -point over Ethernet) : Use this mode if connecting to the Internet through a DSL Line. NOTE - To u tilize th is feature, it requires an account provided by an Internet Serv ice Provider. Enter the user name and password provided by the ISP . Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. 4. 3G (*) – Use thi[...]

- 42 - d. The network camera can now be accessed over a 3G network. T o access the video feed through the internet, open a web browser and enter the network ca mer a’s IP address. A dialog window will pop up requesting a username and password . As stated on the previous page, the default username and password for the Administr ator account are ?[...]

- 43 - Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. DDNS (dynamic domain nam e service) DD NS li nks a domain name to an IP a ddress, allow ing users to easily access their camera ev en with a changing IP a ddress. Brickcom network cameras are compatible with three DDNS service prov iders (1) DynDNS, (2) T ZO, and (3) No-IP . NOTE - B[...]

- 44 - No - IP No - IP is a D DNS provider which offers DNS services, email, netw ork mon itoring an d SS L certificates. Email services include POP3 email, outbound SM TP email, b ackup ma il services and ma il reflection and f iltering. Refe r to the No-IP website (www.no-ip.com) to apply fo r a dynamic d omain account. W hen a n account h as b e[...]

- 45 - 4. If Manual mode is selected, the following page will be displayed. a. Manually enter the Public IP Add ress, HTTP port and R TSP port or leave the default values. Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. NOTE - The EasyLink function will not work if the following conditions occur: 1. The camera cannot be located behind a [...]

- 46 - Wireless These settings control how a Network Camera inte racts with a w ireless network. Use rs can identify the wireless network and enable wireless encryption. NOTE – This function is only available for WCB models. Basic Settings Network Name (SSID) - The Service S et Id entifier (SSID) is th e network nam e used to identify the wireles[...]

- 47 - Security - Encryption prote cts data transmitted o ver a wireless network. W i -Fi P rotected Access (W PA-Personal/ W PA2-personal) an d W ired Equivalent Privacy (W EP) offer different levels of security f or wireless communication. A network encrypted with W PA-Personal/ W PA2- personal is more se cure than a n etwork encrypted with W EP [...]

- 48 - WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy (W EP) is a basic encryption method w hich transm its network broadcast messages using radio signals. It is not as secure as W PA. Tx Key - Select a key from the drop-down menu. WEP Encryption - Se lect a level of W EP encryption: 64 b its 10 hex digits or 12 8 bits 26 hex digits. The default is 64 bits 10 hex [...]

- 49 - WP A -Pers onal - W iFi Protected Access ( W P A)-Personal Encryption - Supports two encryption methods with d ynamic encryption keys: T em poral Key Integrity Protoco l (T KIP) and Advanced Encryption S tandard (AES). Select the algorithm type from the drop down menu: TKIP or AES. The default is TKIP. Shared Key - En ter the key shared betw[...]

- 50 - WP A 2-Pe rsona l - WiFi Protected Access (W P A2-Personal) Encryption - W PA2 supports AES encryption method with dynamic encryption keys. Shared Key - En ter the key shared between the Router and the server keys. En ter a password of 8-63 characters. NOTE - If using W PA or W PA2, each de vice in the wireless network must u se the s ame W [...]

- 51 - A d vanced Settings Network Mode - From the drop-down menu, select the wir eless standards running on the network.  If there a re W ireless-B, W ireless-G and W ireless-N (2.4GHz) de vices on the network, use the default setting, BGN-Mixed .  If there are W ireless-B and W ireless-G dev ices on the network, select BG-Mixed .  If the[...]

- 52 - Wi -Fi Protected Setup Use this method if the client device has a Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN number. 1. Enter the network name from the device in the f ield. 2. Click <Register> to start W PS. 3. Click “ Enab le ” to enable the WPS Button. If this feature is not enabled, the user will not be able to use the W PS button Cl ick Apply [...]

- 53 - To enable HTTPS, users have to create and install a certificate. 1. Click “ Continue to this website ” to insta ll. 2. Enter the User name and Password of t he camera.[...]

- 54 - 3. Click “ Certificate Error ” on the top right corne r of the window to view the certificate. 4. Click “ Install Certificate ” and follow the steps to finish the installation.[...]

- 55 - Event Event Settings W hen a n event (such as unauthorized movement ) occurs, the camera can be scheduled to perform certain actions. An Event Type is a set of parameters that de fines these actions. This s ection describes ho w to configure the cam era to perform certain actio ns when events occur. Click <Add Event> on the Event Setti[...]

- 56 - 2. Set E vent Schedule to define when the event is activated by selecting from Always (24 hours), Schedule or Recurrence patter n. a. If Schedule is se lected from the Event Schedule, the f ollowing page will be displayed: A Scheduled Event can be programmed for certain times and day. Click individual boxes to schedule specific times for the[...]

- 57 - i. An event schedule can b e programmed to recur at different times according to the user’s n eeds. S elect the days for the event schedule to occur. Select a start time and specify the duration. 3. Def ine what will trigger an event to occur by selecting an option f rom the Event drop-down list. 4. Select the Actions that will occur when [...]

- 58 - a. W hen <Send to Email> is selected, the follow ing page will be shown: i. Sender - Enter the email address of the sender. ii. Recipient - Enter the em ail address of the recipient. To enter multiple recipients, separate each using a comma. iii. Sender ’ s Name – E nter the sender ’ s n ame that will app ear in the recipient ’[...]

- 59 - Motion Detection Motion can be dete cted by measuring change s in the speed or vector of an object or objects in the monitored area. This se ction explains how to conf igure the Network Camera to enable motion detection. Detection Setting – Use this setting to enable and def ine the mo tion detection windows. The user can defined up to thr[...]

- 60 - PIR(*) The PIR (Passive InfraRed) sensor measures infrared light radiating from object s in its field of view. T his can be used to detect a moving object, such as a person, in dimly lit areas . Sensitivity – Adjust the sensitivity of the PIR Sensor from the drop dow n menu. The sensitivity can be set f rom 10 - 100%; with the default sens[...]

- 61 - Notifications Use the tools in this section to specify w hat type of notification will be sent when an even t occurs. The camera can send buffered images to an FTP server, Samba, Email, or HTTP. FTP Settings File T ransfer Protocol (FTP) is used a s an application component to automatically transfer files for program internal function s. Sel[...]

- 62 - E-mail Settings Select “Primary Em ail Server” option f rom the Server S election drop down men u to send media files to an email server when an event is trig gered. SMTP Server - Enter the server host name of the email server. SMTP Port - Enter the port numb er of the email server ; by def ault, the S MTP p ort is set to 2 5. Authentica[...]

- 63 - HTTP Settings Select this option to send the media files via an HTTP notification when an e vent is trigg ered . URL – Specify the URL to send HTTP requests . T he URL is normally written a s: http://ip_address/ notification.cgi?parameter ip_address – type the IP address or host name of the HTTP host. Parameter – type the notification [...]

- 64 - Video Clip This function is use d to determine when v ide o clips w ill be recorded and stored after an ev ent is triggered. P re -alarm buffer - Images can be stored internally on th e server f rom the time immediately preceding the trigger. Enter the desired length of time. Post-alarm buffer - Ima ges can be stored internally on the server[...]

- 65 - A udio Clip(*) Audio Recording – Audio clips can be recording and played when an event occurs. Click Browse to import a file from a local hard drive or network disk. Select the file and click Import. NOTE – The camera can on ly play audio clips which are saved a s .wav files with G .7 1 1 u-law encoding in 8000 Hz sampling rate. To recor[...]

- 66 - LED Light(*) Mode – Select “Keep active during event” or “ Keep a ctive for” a specific amount of tim e when an event is triggered. LED Control - The LED on the f ront of the ca mera can be set to flash at a configurable interval when an e vent is triggered. From the Activate drop down menu, select a percentage which the LED w ill [...]

- 67 - System System Log Log – Set up the camera to record a system log when an event is trigg ered. This page displays the system’s log in chronological order. The system log is stored in the camera’s buffer area and will be overwritten when the buffer area is full. Click Retrieve to retrieve the log or click Save to file to save the system [...]

- 68 - Remote Logging The user can configure the camera to send the system log f ile to a remote server as a log backup. Click to enable remote log and enter the IP address of the remote server. E nt er the port number of the remote server. Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. Date and Time Manual – Manually enter the date a[...]

- 69 - Device Information System Information – Displays the complete system information of the camera. Network Setting s – Displays the complete network settings information of the cam era. Video/Audio Setting s – Displays the complete video/audio settings information of the camera.[...]

- 70 - Wireless - Displays the complete wireless information of the camera. Client Information- Displays the R TSP Client .Y o u will see a list of R TSP clients wi th the following information: IP Ad dress and channel.[...]

- 71 - Sto rage Management (*) S torage Management is used to view all the recorded files on the Micro- SD /SDHC card. Click Reload to refresh the list of recorded files. Click Remove to safely remove the Micro-SD/SDHC memo ry card. Click Format to format the Micro-SD/SDHC memory card. Left click o n the folder to list the recorded f iles. T he use[...]

- 72 - A d vanced Settings A utoma tic Rec ycle (*) – Enable to automatically overwrite o lder files when the available space remaining on the Micro - SD /SDHC card is less than 100MB. If the Automatic Recycle function is disabled, there must be at le ast 50MB hard drive space available for the camera to be able to record video files. Offline Rec[...]

- 73 - this function. Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes.[...]

- 74 - Maintenance User Management This section explains how to enable password protection and create multiple accounts. The administrator account name is “admin”, which is permanent and cannot be deleted. Click Add to create an account. Enter th e new user’s name , password and confirm pa ssword . Administrators ca n add up to 10 user accoun[...]

- 75 -  Administrator - user has access t o view and change the Configuration page . Users with administrator privilege can change other user’s access rights and delete user accounts. Click Delete or Update to delete or modify a user’s account.  Viewer - user can only access the main page for liv e viewing .  Remote Viewer - us er can [...]

- 76 - Firmware Upgrade This feature allows the user to upg rade the ca mera firmware. It will take a few minu tes to complete the process. NOTE - Do not power off the camera or camera during the upgrade. Upgrade - Click Browse … and specify the firmware file. Click Upgrade . The camera will begin upgrading and will reboot automatically w hen the[...]

- 77 - Reset to Default This section is used to restore the camera to default factory sett ing s. Check th e boxes to preserve th e IP, W ireless, Date and T ime, EasyLink, or Language settings. Click Apply to restore the camera to default factory settings. Reboot This fe ature will reboot th e came ra. Click A pply to begin. A message will po p up[...]