Asante Technologies 8001/P/W manual

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Import ant Safety Instructions Before operating this machine, please read the entire manual thoroughly . This unit is designed to be used as surve ill ance appliance for transporti ng sounds and images to and from other locations across various interconnects. T he manufacturer designed, built, and tested this product for use indoors, using nominal [...]

About This Document This manual is intended for administrators and users of NetCam 8001 Network Camera. The manual includes instructions for installing and using the product on your net work. Any previous experi ence of networking will be of use to the reader when installing and using this product. With knowledge of IP networking, router , firewall[...]

Content s The Package Content s .............................................................................................................. 6 1. System Requirement s ........................................................................................................... 7 2. Introduction .......................................................[...]

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The Package Contents T hank you for choosing the Asante product s . NetCa m 8001 is a very competitive Pan T ilt(Digital Zoom) Network Camera system. It is to plug into Ethernet jack with plug-n-play fashion to allow you to delivers clear and sharp image to any browser on the Internet. The NetCam 8001 PT(Z) I nternet Camera is provided with the fol[...]

1. System Requirement s NetCam 8001/P/W PT(Z) Internet Camera Internet Environments LAN 10/100M Ethernet Wireless LAN 802.11b or 802.11g Monitor System Requireme nts OS support Windows 2000 Professional SP4, XP Home SP2 Browser support Internet Explorer 6.x or later Hardware CPU: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or later Memory: 256 MB (512 MB recommended) VGA ca[...]

2. Introduction The NetCam 8001 PT Net work Camera is a combine d Ne twork Camera and Pan/T ilt device. It plugs directly into an Ethernet network and de livers clear and sh arp surv eillance video/images to any Internet browser via Ethernet or IP n etwork. The Net Cam 8001 includes its own, built-in W eb server that enhances tra ditional surveilla[...]

Cost effective - NetCam 8001 can deliver quality image/video over prevail broadband IP networks such as DSL/cable or any Ethernet which is majority of worldwide Internet infrastructure. The load or overhead to bring this IP surveillance is very cost effective. Th ere is no additional hardware of software are required. Open System - The NetCam 8001 [...]

3. Product Description Please do read the following information to familiarize with NetC am 8001 before you start to inst all and use it. Front View o Link Indicator The Network Link LED shows steady , flash or off during normal operation end depend on setting. o Event Indicator The Event Link LED s hows flash green during detecting moving object o[...]

Tripod Mounting The NetCam 8001 is supplied with a screw hole for tripod mounting. The screw ho le is located on the base of the unit, as shown below . The base plate of the NetCam 8001 is similar , but is supplied with a ceiling or wall mounting plate instead of the tripod screw hole. W all Mounting the NetCam 8001 Ceiling Mounting the NetCam 8001[...]

Audio/Video Output Plug the AV converter into the audio/video output. The yellow RCA female plug is for video output. The white RCA female plug is for audio output. V ideo output Audio output LAN Socket Connect the LAN cable into the LAN so cket. LAN socket External alert bus (DI/DO) For more information about DI/DO, refer to Attachment A. Reset to[...]

MIC External alert bus Reset Link LED and Event LED 1. Link LED: The green LED lights up when you transmit images after turning on the camera. 2. Event LED: The green LED flashe s when motion or alert detection is implemented after you turn on the camera. Focus knob You can rotate the focus knob clockwi se or anticlockwise to acquire the sharpest i[...]

4. Inst alling The System Before connecting the hardware 1. Please be aware of that it is required to connect a PC and NetCam 8001 on the same IP network or same Ethernet swit ch or hub for easier set up. 2. By default, NetCam 8001 is set at 192.168.0.20 private IP address. 3. Or you may use “IPFinder .exe” sof tware come from CDROM alone with [...]

3. External Alarm DI/DO connector – Please refe r ap pendix A. 4. Reset button is to reset the system back to manufactu ring default setting. 5. Connect the power cable to the power supply connector and conne ct it to the main power supply . a. Upon connect the power , Pan/Tilt camera will p an back to start position and Event indicator will show[...]

View or set up device via browser System Requirement s o Windows 2000 Professional SP4 or XP Home SP2/Profession o 256 MB Memory o Ethernet/WLAN o Internet Explorer 6.x or above o VGA resolution: 800 x 600 or above o CPU ： Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or above (If you would like to monitor mu ltiple IP camera and record, Pentium 4 with 3GHz above or D ual C[...]

some limitations. Using the Port Forward ing , you can make local computers or servers available to the Internet for dif f erent se rvices (for example, FTP or HTTP), to play Internet games (like Quake III), or to use Internet applications (like CUseeMe). Port Forwarding is designed for FTP , Web Serv er or other server based services like IP Camer[...]

3. V erify Internet browser security . Click menu “tools” and “Internet Options” . Continue cli c k t ab on “Security” and press the button on “Default Level”. If your browser is being set into “Medium”, then you may close all pop-up wind ows m eanin g you should be able to access video without any blocking. 4. V erify ActiveX S[...]

5. V erify Window Firewall Setting. Click Contro l Pan el and Window Firewall. If the setting is ON, then the IP video may be b locked b ut in normal case the Windows may ask if you want to unblock for temporary . It is not recommend to turn off firewall permanently in ord er to view the video. It is totally user ’s decisi on to change this setti[...]

Use Internet Explorer (IE) Browser 1. S tart a new I E browse r 2. Enter NetCam 8001 IP address and enter default u sername “ root ” with a default password “ root ”. 3. Y ou should be able to observe NetCam 8001 control panel and video. If video can not be observed, then you may be blocked by your firewa ll or router . In case of this, ple[...]

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5. The Basic Operations Web Control Features Descriptions Main Page Video Camera product’ s main page display the video streaming from camera or video server using TCP , UDP or HTTP transport to streaming the video to viewer , where Under the video frame, there is text message showing source streaming is presented at 4 different resolutions of vi[...]

S treaming: Video S treaming Protocol a. UDP (User Dat agram Protocol) UDP is non-flow control protocol and it is good for real time video voice application. However , the UDP p acket will no guarantee of delivering and re-transmit if UDP packet loss due to the network or intermediate IP network node congestion or service disruption. b. TCP (T rans[...]

Camera Control Panel Camera control panel of fers cap ability of managing camera from Pan, T ilt, Preset position, or aut o Pan. The camera control wheel is able to manage the direction, speed of pan and tilt, and display “alert message” Control wheel: With Up, Down, Left and Right directional button to allow you to adjust th e direction. Cente[...]

T our : Device could be arranged by automatically “touring” each “preset location” with still stand at that location for a dwelling timer . The timer is configurable. Procedure describes as follow: 1) Select SET , a sub window will popup 2) Select Location Number from sub windows and enter the position na me. 3) Control camera wheel to desi[...]

6. Setting Page System : System Info Device Name - Any Device Name should be entered without any space. MAC address – Network Camera/server Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) address. IP address – Network Camera/server Internet Protocol (IP) address. Network Mask – IP address network mask for subnetwork setting Gateway – LAN or WAN to exte[...]

OFF: Turn off the LED System Log : Network Camera/server system log Administrator can understand the usage on this devic e including ON and OFF device, streaming viewer, Login users and time. Video/Image : Video image configuration V ide/Image: 3GPP T o view the camera image using a 3G cellular phone, click Enable to enable the 3GPP mode. (Note: Wh[...]

4. The camera has a fixed IP address. 5. The 3GPP mode is activated. Example : Nokia N71. Follow these step s to set up your 3G viewing function. ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of th eir r espective owners. Specifi[...]

V ide/Image: Video Format Y ou can select MPEG4 or MJPEG a s the video format. It is recommended to select MPEG4 for real-time browsing to o ptimize the bandwidth. MJPEG is a good choice for t he best resolution when video recording i s required for collection of evidence. V ideo Image: Video Resolution Generally speaking, sel ect ion of resolution[...]

V ideo Image: Frame Per Secon d (FPS) Frame per Second (FPS): Frames per second to stream on the net w ork NTSC have 30, 15, 10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, frame rates selection PAL have 25, 12, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 frame rates selection V ideo Image: Video Quality Video quality subjects to be determined by the quality of each image frame or quality of consecut[...]

Fix Quality: Device will perform best effort in the quality level of 1. Best 2. Better 3. Normal 4. Fast 5. Fastest Fix Bit Rate: This device offers 15 different rates, Higher the bandwidth you select, the better and smooth video quality will be delivered. Thi s is a constant bit rate quality which the video will be within the range of bandwidth yo[...]

Video Image: GOP (Group Of Pictures) GOP provid es users with the function to set the pages of the I Frame and P Frame to be transmitted in the MPEG4 mode. Basically , the I Frame page co ntains the entire picture and needs higher bandwi dth, while the P Frame p age onl y contains the part s that are diff erent from the I Frame and needs lower band[...]

Audio : Audio Setting: Audio Raw Format: Audio Codec (No or 16bit PCM) ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of th eir r espective owners. Specifications subject to cha nge without prior notice. 33[...]

User Setting User List: Add – Add user by setting Username, Password, and Privilege. A table for user privilege format: ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of th eir r espective owners. Specifications subject to cha n[...]

User Administrator operator viewer Live View v v v System Setting v v v v Video Setting 3GPP v v Audio Setting v v Date / T ime Setting v User Setting root v Wireless v DDNS setting v PPPoE setting v S treaming v UPnP v SMTP v SAMBA v Network Setting Notification v v IP Filter setting v v schedule setting v v event server v v Event Setting trigger [...]

Network : IP Assignment DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Default is OFF. Factory preset IP address as 192.168.0.20. DHCP setting will issue DHCP request to any available DHCP server in your net work environment. On the return, you will receive a “legal” I P addres s, Subnet mask, Default gateway, DNS 1, DNS 2: DNS: system can not run [...]

From the AP information t able, you can find out the SSID, Mode, Channel, Encryption, Quality , and MAC address, where SSIS is the only item you need to select to configure network wireless setting. Encryption is required to be identical to AP encryption setting. Please consult your IT manager to a cquire the Encryption Ke y information and at leas[...]

WORKST A TION 1 WORKST A TION 2 AdHoc networking mode 2. AdHoc: Point-to-point networking mod e This camera connects to other wireless devices via a wireless network when it is in the AdHoc point-to-poi nt networking mode; i.e. t he product connect s to other devices equipped with built-in wireless conne ction fun ction without the n eed to access [...]

Shared Key Authentication Shared key authentication relies on the f act that both st ations ta king part in the authentication process have the sam e "shared" key or p ass phra se. T he shared ke y is manually set on both the client station and the AP/router . Thre e types of sh ared key authentication are available today for home or smal[...]

of 128 Bit encryptions is equivalent to 26 sets of hexadecimal digits or 13 sets of ASCII characte rs. Encoding HEX ASCII Available characters 0~9, a~f, A~F 0~9, a~f, A~Z 64 Bit 10 5 128 Bit 26 13 Example.: Wireless mode setting (a ppli cable to most situations) Selection: 1. Mode: Select Infrastructure to conne ct the camera to a wireless base sta[...]

Default is OFF. Factory preset IP address as 192.168.0.20. DHCP setting will issue DHCP request to any available DHCP server in your network environment. On the return, you will receive a “legal” I P address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, DNS 1, DNS 2: Streaming 1. HTTP: HTTP is WWW application protocol using T CP port 80. This is very open to [...]

PPPoE is a tunneling protocol which allows layerin g IP , or other protocols that run over PPP , over a connection between two Ethern et port s, but with the softwa re features of a PPP link, so it is used to virtually "dial" to another Ethernet machine and make a point to point connection with it, which is then used to transport IP pa ck[...]

Network: PPPoE (dial-up netw o rking setting) PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is a protocol that supports access to a high-speed wideband network usin g a PC and a wideband modem (such as xDSL, Cable, Wireless modem). The user need only to equip the PC with an Ethernet card and apply to an ISP (such as HiNet) and an ADSL provider (such[...]

Network: PPPoE: PPPoE Dial: You can select whether or not to dial whe n you boot the machine (On Boot or Off). Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. Password: Enter the password. Network: PPPoE: PPPoE Information IP Address: The IP addres s acquired when dialing has been exe c uted successfully. Subnet Mask: The subnet mask inform atio[...]

DDNS DDNS: Dynamic Domain Name Server DDNS is a service that maps Internet do main names to IP addresses. DDNS serves a similar purpose to DNS: DDNS allows anyone hosting a We b or FTP server to advertise a publi c name to prospective users. Unlike DNS that only works with st atic I P addres ses, DDNS works with dynamic IP addresses, such as those [...]

DDNS helps you locate your website and access your website easil y. You can find a lot of free DDNS service providers on the Internet , such a s www.no-ip.com and www.DynDNS.org . Some gateway-routers can dire ctly communicate with DDNS. In this case, you may directly enter your DDNS account on the setting page in the Internet rout er, and then the[...]

UPnP: Universal Plug and Play UPnP Device If you connect your camera to a router , IP allocator , or wireless AP , your camera will possibly be blocked by the NA T and can’t be located on the I nternet. T o penetrate the firewall, activate the supportive item- UPnP . The Link URL shows the external IP address and the port of the router . Enter th[...]

T o activate the UPnP function in Wi n dows OS: For example : Windows XP: 1. Windows component inst allation. 2. Open Windows firewall option 2. Vie w the connection device using “M y Netw ork Place” ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or r[...]

SMTP Server SMTP server is to set for alarm triggering re port via email format. When the criteria or condition match on event from motion detection or alar m I/O or manual trigger, the image will be captured and email to the destination accordingly. SMTP server : Setting SMTP server IP address or domain nam e address – for example mail.comcast.n[...]

SMTP setting Samba Samba is software that ca n be run on a platform other than Microsof t Windows, for example, UNIX, Linux, IBM System 390, OpenVMS, and ot her operating systems. Samba uses th e TCP/IP protocol that is inst alled on the host se rver . It allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server a s if it is a Windows [...]

Username : enter external file system account user name. (For NAS, please refer to NAS user manual to create user name and p assword). Password : enter external file system account password. Path : Enter the full path of destinatio n to store you r information in format of IP address and directory in the format as p ath //192.168 .x.X/xxx where 192[...]

Notification This setting is not necessary for a fixed IP addr ess configuration. For a dynamic IP , you need to update the IP address every time you connect to the Internet to access the camera. This setting allows you to update the IP address by t he automatic notification of IP addre ss change . Choose one of the following three notice options t[...]

Notification setting ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of th eir r espective owners. Specifications subject to cha nge without prior notice. 53[...]

Date/Time (date/time setting) Date/Time setting Server T ime: Display the video device time. PC Time: Di splay the local PC or Laptop time. To synchronize the time, you may 1. Synchronize the time w ith PC’s time: The preset method of time synchronization of the camera time with your PC time. 2. Get Time from an NTP server: synchroni ze the tim e[...]

IP Filtering This function is to allow or deny any particu lar IP device to access this video device. IP filter setting General IP Filtering: enables/disables the IP filter Policy: allows/denies access Basic Setting => IP Filter => Filter IP Address (Overview of the set IPs) Add : enter the IP address you want to allow or deny the access of i[...]

7. Application Setting This camera is eq uipped with intelligent securi ty management function s. It ensures security monitoring by allowing user to define “trigger events” based on p articular times and situations, and sets the camera respond to the event. Event Add Event ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered[...]

Add Event : Add Event setting page Options: General: Name: Name the trigger event here. Response to event trigger: the time setting of the trigger event Always: Always monitoring During time: Check the date you wan t to monitor (Sun.~Sat.) and the duration of monitoring here. For example, if you want to set the camera to monitor from 7 pm after wor[...]

Add Schedule : Add Schedule setting p age The Add Event setting pag e and the Add Schedule setting page are basically the sam e exce pt that the Add Schedule setting page d oes not have the option “T rigger by” to indicate the sources of the trigger event. Click Save to save and activate your settings when you complete setting. Delete : delete [...]

on-device memory . The above table i s for your reference if you would like to use these types of notification for event. However , SAMBA will be the only exemption which does allow as many frames as you like due to the SAMBA is virtually local disk whi ch can capture and write to the disk at the same time as long as your network has reasonable thr[...]

7. T rigger SAMBA: Sending message to Samba shared folder Path: Enter the path of the shared folder in your PC. Event Servers (setting for uploading trigge r eve nt file to the server) Y ou can perform a complete setting for uploadi ng files to the server . Please set servers (SMTP , FTP , SAMBA…etc) in the Event Serv er setting by the instructio[...]

Network Address: IP address of the FTP Login: Log-in name Password: Log-in p asswo rd Upload Path: Uploading p a th Port: Port (Default S tandard FTP port is 21) Passive: Check to set the FTP status as passive Click Add Http to go to the setting page and ente r the information of the HTTP server you specified. Name: HTTP name Network Address: HTTP [...]

Name: TCP server name Network Address: TCP IP address Port: TCP port Modify : Modifies the setting value Remove : Removes the setting value ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of th eir r espective owners. Specification[...]

Motion Detection You can open the setting frame by cli cking on the area to monitor. To set the area to monitor, you can adjust the size of the frame by drag ging the pointer to the frame edge and adjust after you move the mouse to the desire location. There are 3 frames available for setting. Y ou may adjust the sensitivity of the area by entering[...]

Firmware upgrade Contact your dealer for more information about firmware upgrade. The sal es representative will send you the latest versi on via e-mail or from ftp server . When you receiv e the firmware, please move the file ( uImage.gz) to known location at your P C and execute the upgrade procedure as below . Please follow the instruction and u[...]

The auto upgrade will st art to run. The upgra de st atus shows the pr ogress of the upgrade. When the firmware upgrade has b een comple ted, the machine reboots automatically . Reconnect to the server af ter 60 seconds. ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may b[...]

Note: Y ou can not interrupt and power off the net work cam era while it is process of upgrading. The system may be damaged severely a nd may need to RMA for repairing. Firmware upgrading in a wireless net work env i ronment is not recommended. When the firmware upgrade has be en complet ed, you don't need to restart the camera manually . The [...]

Factory Default Y ou can use this function to re set to factory default, but all changes, includi ng the IP address, you have made are deleted. Factory Default: R eset to factory default. Reset s all p arameters, except the IP parameters: Y ou can use this function to reset to factory default. All changes you have made are deleted but the IP addres[...]

Backup: Data backup Back all p arameters: Back up all changes you have made. When you click Backup , a file download window appears. Back up the file named param.bin ( Atte ntion: Don't change the file name; otherwise, the backup may fail. ) File backup Restore backup p arameters: Y ou can select this function to restore t he changes you have [...]

Reboot You can enable this function for the camera to reboot automatica lly. ©2007 Asante Networks Inc. , All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of th eir r espective owners. Specifications subject to cha nge without prior notice. 69[...]

8. Att achment A: External Alarm In addition to the motion detection executed by th e internal software application, the cam era can connect to external infrared detectors, beepers, and smoke detectors. For more information about these external devices, contact to your local reta iler, dealer or installation service provider. This camera provides a[...]

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9. Attachment B: Bandwid th Estimation Please note the value of the table is for reference only. The bandwidth utilization is determine d by the factor of 1. Quality setting – Bandwidth subjects to determined by best effort or fix bandwid th setting. Video clarity and smooth motion are two complete different characteristic of compression. 2. Vide[...]

10. Att achment C: Frequently Asked Questions Q. What are the differences bet w een MPJEG and MPEG4 ? A. The camera use s MJPEG or MPEG4 compression technology to provide quality images. MJPEG is a standard im age compression technology for years. It was evolved from JPEG which is com pression for still image. MJPEG’s co mpre ssion ratio is relat[...]

Q. Can the camera be used out doors? A. The camera is not waterproof, so a special waterproof cover must be available for outdoo r use. Please note that the waterproof cover may af fe ct the built-in pickup function of the camera. Q. Can this device ON for 24 hours ? A. Y es, it is designed to be 24 hours operation. Q. Can I mount on ceiling? A. Y [...]

11. Att achment D: T roubleshooting Issue Quick tips What are the usernam e and password for the first use and after reset to factory default? Username = root Password= root . Please change your password imme diat ely after entering the system to ensure information security. What If I forgot Password Admini strator account is always there. Please u[...]

use dynamic IP address, the add ress might have been changed after your last che ck. • Internet traffic might slow down th e web page access. Please wait. • Be sure that you are using http port. The default setting is Port 80. It will be converted to the private camera IP address. • The port assigned for your camera might not able to access t[...]

network. • The number of frames transmitted may become less when multiple users are viewing the video stream. • The network hub might be another reason for this problem, especially when multiple camera video streams are viewed simultaneously. When the audit function is activated, the video streaming area becomes black or the transmission become[...]