LevelOne FCS-3052 manual

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    FCS-3052 3-Megapixel Day/ Night PoE Dome Network C amera User ’ s Manual H/W : V1.0[...]

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    Product name: FCS- 3052 Release Date: 2012 /12/13 Manual Revi sion: V1.0 Default Settings IP Address DHCP Username admin Password admin[...]

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    T able of Conte nt s Package Contents .......................................................................................................... 1 Hardware ........................................................................................................................ 2 Device Appea rance ................................ ...................[...]

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    E-mail Settings ............................................................................................... 50 Samba Settings .............................................................................................. 51 HTTP Settings ................................................................................................ 51 Digital [...]

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    1 Package Content s  FCS- 3052  Power Adapte r  Quick Installation Guid e  CD Manual/Utility[...]

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    2 Hardware Device A ppearance[...]

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    3 LED Indicators Function LED Behavior Description Power LED Continuous illumination Power on Power LED Unit Power of f Link LED Continuous illumination (Orange) Link Link LED Blinking (Orange) Connecting DI /DO Diagram[...]

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    4 Hard w are Reset The Reset Button can be used to reboot the camera or restore it to factory default settings. If the camera experiences a problem, rebooting the cam era may correct the problem. If the proble m remains, please restore the camera to factory default settings and reinstall the sof tware. T o Reboot Press and hold the Reset Button for[...]

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    5 Hardware Inst allation a. Remove the dome cover: Unscrew the screws and remove the dome cov er from the camera device. b. PoE, Power , DIDO, A udio Connection i. Insert the PoE, DIDO, and Audio cable through conduit hole A or B.[...]

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    6 ii. Connect the PoE (1), DIDO (2), and Audio (3) Cables to their respective terminals. See below f or more det ails regarding the DIDO and Audio connection. 1) Power over Ethernet (PoE) Connection 2) Power Adapter Connection Please refer to the definition of the terminal blocks below . It is also printed on the motherboard. Terminal Block Pin No.[...]

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    7 c. For wall inst allation: i. Chose the location on the wall to place the camera. ii. Drill four holes through the center of the four location holes on the sticker . iii. Hammer the four plastic anchors which are provided in the product package into the four location ho les. iv. Mount the camera on the wall and position the four screw slots over [...]

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    8 from the product packa ge to tighten the four included screws clockwise through the four holes on each side of the device as shown below . T he best place to mount the camera is into a ceiling stud. W A RNING: Do not mount the came ra on a sof t material. The camera may fall and be damaged. e. A djust the Focus A rea i. The lens can be rotated to[...]

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    9 iii. Release th e video adjustment screw an d to adjust the lens direction. After completion, tighten the video adjustment screw. f. Complete the Installation a. Place the dome cover on the camera device and slow ly turn it until it is in the desired position. b. Fasten the dome screws to secure the dome cover to the camera device.[...]

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    10 Camera Connection a. Basic Connection (Without PoE) b. Connect the camera device to the Ethernet hub using a RJ45 Ethernet cable. c. Connect the power adaptor to the camera dev ice. b. P ower over Ethernet (PoE) Connection a. Connect the camera to a PoE-enabled hub using a single Ethernet cable. b. Connect the camera to a non-PoE hub using the P[...]

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    11 System Requireme nt s Operating System: Microsoft W indows X P Home Edition SP2 Microsoft W indows X P Professional SP2 Computer: IBM PC/A T Comp atible CPU: Pentium 3GHz or faster Memory: 10 24 MB or more Monitor: 1024 x 768 pixels or more, 24-bit T rue color or better Network Interface: 10/100Mbps Netw ork interfa ce card must be inst alled We[...]

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    12 Sof tware Inst allation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Netw ork Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. After hardware connection checking, the users can run the Inst allation W izard program included in the product [...]

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    15 2. Do not check the box if user would like to check the hardware inst allation setting s. Otherwise click “ Skip the hardware installation ” to skip the hardware connection checking , the program will automatically search for the Network Camera in the Intranet. Click “ S tart ” to continue.[...]

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    16 3. Select the Network Cam era from the survey list an d e nter the user name and password. T he user name and p assword are assigned as “ admin/ admin ”.[...]

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    17 4. Setting the Network Camera IP address. User can e ither select simple mode or professional mode for ne twork camera IP setting. If simple mo de is select ed, the easy co nfiguration program will set up the connection automatically . If professional mode is selected, th e user will need to configure the IP manually , T he DHCP setting is recom[...]

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    18 5. Please m ake sure the internet connection is ready then start to do the inte rnet discovery , otherwise click “ Skip ” to finish the setting. The default domain name is MAC address; you ca n also register with your own name on-line. 6. After finish setting, the connection successful or fail showed. If connection failed, user can either tr[...]

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    19 continue or click “ X ” on the top right of the screen to fi nish the installation. Once installation is completed, the Administrator should proceed to the next section "Access to the Network Camera" for necessary checks and configurations.[...]

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    20 Access to the Network Camera Check Net w ork Settings The Network Camera can be connected either before o r immediately after softw are installation onto the Local Area Network. T he Ad ministrator should complete th e network settings on the configuration page, including the correct subnet mas k and IP address o f gateway and DNS. Ask your netw[...]

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    21 A uthenti cation After opening the Web browser a nd typing in the URL o f t he Netw ork Camera, a dialogue window pops up to req uest a username and passw ord. The user name and passw ord for th e Administrator are assigned as “ admin/admin ”. Inst alling plug- in For the initial access to the Network Camera in W indows, the web browser may [...]

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    22 Live V iew Live V iew is the default p a ge that opens when accessing the camera. Live video is displayed directly in the browser window .  Stream 1 ~3 Cha nnels The network camera offers simultaneous several streams for optimized quality and bandwidth. Go to Configuration → Camera/ Video/A udio → Video to configure the codec compression [...]

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    23 better video quality. The dow nside of using this protocol is that the quali ty of its real-time effect is less than that of the UDP protocol. UDP - This protocol allows for more real-time aud io and video streams. How ever, network packets may be lost due to network burst traffic and images may be broken. Activate UDP connection time-sensitive [...]

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    24  Motion Detection - Enable the motion detection alert function.  Mute - Turn off the sound.  Talk - To communicate through the camera using the computer MIC.  Default – Reset to default view settings. NOTE 1. The <Camera Control Panel > f unctions have no effect on the recorded video. W hatev er changes are made to the <Ca[...]

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    25 Configuration Click < Configuration > on the main page to change the came ra settings pages. NOTE - Only Administrators can access the Configuration page. Camera/V ideo /Audio Camera[...]

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    26 Profile – Up to five profiles can be created for dif ferent lighting environments. Day , night and sunset are default profiles and users can create up to t wo additional profiles. Select a profile from the drop-down menu or select dif ferent ones to chang e profile settings. Brightness - Dr ag the bar to adjust the image brightness l evel . Co[...]

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    27 Profile Management : Profiles can be scheduled to change at sched uled times or under different lightening changes. A lw ays - Select Always to use a single profile. Select the profile from the drop dow n menu. Day & Night - Select Day & Night to schedule two profiles for day and night. Selec t profiles from the drop down menu for the Da[...]

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    28 Sc hedule – Select Schedule to schedule specific time periods for different profiles. Digital Inputs - Select Digital Input to have the profile management controlled by an external sensor. Select profiles from the drop down menu. Profiles will change according to different trigger voltage levels . Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to can[...]

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    29 Video The Network Camera offers several separate streams for different viewing options.[...]

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    30 Stream 1 ~ 3 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 resolution recording settings. Frame Rate - Select the frame rate from drop-down menu. W hen selecting from Video Codec opti on, the fram[...]

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    31 Text To make a note about the camera, check “ Enable ” and select the display pos ition from the drop-down menu. Enter a video description in the text box. NOTE - The video overlay will only take effect in stream 1. Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. RTSP Server To utilize RTSP authentication, the user must first set [...]

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    32 A udio The administrator can set up several streams for the camera for different viewin g devices. The administrator can enable or disable the audio func tion on either stream. If audio enable is selected, select the Audio codec from the drop-down m enu. A d vanced Settings Camera Speaker – If the speaker is enabled, select the volume from the[...]

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    33 Privacy Mask Control The camera is equipped with a privacy feature which allows users to mask the whole or partially of the camera ’ s live view . Privacy Mask Control - Enable the Privacy Mask control to remotely disable live view and recording from the camera. Configure the privacy windows for up to three ind ividual windows or for the full [...]

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    - 34 - Net w ork IP Settings This section explains how to configure a wired network connection for the camera. The re are several ways to setup the camera over the Internet: (1) obtain an av ailable dynamic IP address assigned by a DHCP server, (2) use a static IP, or use PPPoE (Point- to -point over Ethernet). Select the desire setup mode from the[...]

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    - 35 - 3. PPPoE (Point- to -point over Ethernet) : Use this mode if connecting to the Internet through a DSL Line. NOTE - To utilize this feature, it requires an account provided by an Internet Serv ice Provider. Enter the user name and passw ord provided by the ISP . Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. UPnP Universal Plug an[...]

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    - 36 - with a changing IP a ddress. Network came ras are comp atible with three DDNS service providers (1) DynDNS and (2) TZO NOTE - Before utilizing this function; please apply for a dynamic domain account from a DDNS provider. DynDNS – Enable the DynDNS to allow the camera to have a fixed host and domain name. Refer to the DynDNS website ( www [...]

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    - 37 - HTTP/HTTPS HTTP – (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) - This protocol allows for TCP protocol quality without ha ving to open specific ports for streaming. Users inside a firewall can utiliz e this protocol to allow streaming data through. HTTPS - (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) - This protocol allows authentication and encrypted communic[...]

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    - 38 - Multicast Multicast sends a video stream to the multicast group address and allows multiple clients to acquire the stream at the same time by requesting a copy from the multicast group address. Therefore, multicast can effectively save Internet bandwidth. The RTSP (Real -Time Streaming Protocol) controls the delivery of streaming media. Clic[...]

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    - 39 - EasyLink The IP Camera is bun dled with free Le vel1DNS TM service which allows users to assign a un iqu e user name to their network camera’ s IP address. There is no need to configure the router to open up ports or remember hard- to -memorize IP addresses. The default domain name is MAC address, you can also register your own name on -li[...]

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    - 40 - Event Event Settings W hen an ev ent (such as unauthorized movement) occurs, the camera can be schedul ed to perform certain actions. An Event Type is a set of parameters that de fines these actions. This section describes how to configure the camera to perform certain actions when events occur. Click <Add Event> on the Event Settings [...]

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    - 41 - How to Set Up an Event Schedule Event Schedule describes how and when the camera performs certain actions. 1. C heck “ Enable ” and enter a descriptive name for th e event schedule. 2. Set Event Schedule to define when the event is activated by selecting from Always (24 hours), Schedule or Recurrence patter n. a. If Schedule is selected [...]

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    - 42 - i. A Scheduled Event can be programmed for certain times and day. ii. Click individual boxes to schedule specific times for the camera to detect events.[...]

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    - 43 - b. If Recurrence Pattern is selected, the following page will be displayed. i. An event schedule can be programmed to recur at different times according to the user’s needs. Select the days for the event schedul e to occur. Select a start time and speci fy the duration. 3. Define what will trigger an event to occur by selecting an option f[...]

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    - 44 - a. W hen <Se nd to Email> is selected, the following page will be shown: ii. Sender - Enter the email address of the sender. iii. Recipient - Enter the email address of the recipient. To enter multiple recipients, separate each using a comma.[...]

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    - 45 - iv. Sender ’ s Name – Enter the sender ’ s name that will appear in the recipient ’ s inbox. v. Subject - Enter the title of the email. 5. W hen complete, click Apply to save new event or Cancel to delete the event. The new event will appear on the event list. 6. To edit an event setting ; select the event from the list . To remove a[...]

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    - 46 - Detection Setting – Use this setting to enable and define the motion detection windows. The user can defined up to three areas on the live view window for motion detection. 1. Select <W in dow 1 >, <W in dow2>, or < W indow3> to adjust the motion detection window. 2. Check the box to enable the window. 3. Use the mouse to[...]

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    - 47 - 5. Adjust the “ Threshold ” to change the threshold level. The higher the threshold, the larger objects need to be to trigger an event. 6. The chart below the Live View window indicate s the activity lev el of the M otion Detection window. W hen motion is detected by the camera and exceeds the defined threshold, a red bar w il l appear. [...]

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    - 48 - Users can schedule an event to be trigg ered if the re is a change in the sound level of a monitored area. Audio detection can be used to measure change in t he ambient voice. Select the sensitivity from the drop-down menu. Sensitivity - is used to adjust the sensitivity of the sound level from 10 - 100%. Click Apply to apply settings or Can[...]

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    - 49 - Notifications Use the tools in this section to specify w hat type of notification will be sent when an event occurs. T he camera can send buffered images to an FTP server, Samba, Email, or HTTP. FTP Settings File T ransfer Protocol (FTP) is used as an application component to automatically transfer files for program internal functions. Selec[...]

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    - 50 - E-mail Settings Select “Primary Email Server” option from the Server Selection drop down menu to send media files to an email server w hen an event is triggered. SMTP Server - Enter the server host name of the email server. SMTP Port - Enter the port number of the email server ; by default, the SMTP port is set to 2 5. Authentication - S[...]

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    - 51 - Samba Settings Select this o ption t o s end the media files v ia a n etwork n eighborhood when an event is triggered. Server Address - Enter the IP address of the Samba server. User Name - Enter the user name of the Samba server. Password - Enter the password of the Samba server. W ork Group - Enter th e workgroup of the Samba server. Share[...]

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    - 52 - http://ip_address/ notification.cgi?parameter ip_address – type the IP address or host name of th e HTTP hos t. Parameter – type the notification parameter if necessary. Example URL - http://192.168.1.1/xxxx.cgi Message - name1=value1&name2=vlaue2 Result - http://192.168.1.1/xxxx.cgi? name1=value1&name2=vlaue2 Ex: https://192.168[...]

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    - 53 - A udio Clip Audio Recording – Audio clips can be record ed and played when an event occurs. Click Browse to import a file from a local hard drive or network disk. Se lect the file and click Import. NOTE – The camera can only play audio clips w hich are saved as .wav files with G .71 1 u-law encoding in 8000 Hz sampling rate. To record a [...]

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    - 54 - Video Clip This function is u sed to determine when v ideo clips w ill be recorded and stored after an ev ent is triggered. P re -alarm buffer - Images can be stored internally on the server from the time immediately preceding the trigger. Ente r the desired leng th of time. Post-alarm buffer - Images can be stored internally on the server f[...]

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    - 55 - Maintenance Language Select the desired language from the drop-down list. Click Apply to apply settings or Cancel to cancel changes. 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 to create an [...]

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    - 56 - Enter th e new user’s name , password and confirm password . Administrators can add up to 10 user accounts. Select the privilege level for the new user account from the drop-d own list. Privileg e levels can be assigned as:  Administrator - user has access to view and change the Conf iguration page. Users with administrator privilege ca[...]

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    - 57 - 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 upgrade is finished. The following message will show during the firmware up grading process. Configuration This feature allows the us[...]

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    - 58 - Reset to Default This section is used to restore the camera to default factory s ettings. Check the boxes to preserve the IP, Date and Time, or Language settings. Click Apply to restore th e camera to default factory settings. Reboot This feature will reboot the camera. Click A pply to begin. A message w ill pop up asking “T he dev ice w i[...]

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    - 59 - System System Log Log – Set up the camera to record a system log w hen an event is triggered. This page displays the system’s log in chronological order. T he 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[...]

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    - 60 - Date and Time T ime Zone – Select the local time zone from drop-down menu. Manual – Manually enter the date and time. Clone from PC – The camera w ill sync with the t ime, date and time zone of the computer used to modify the camera settings. Che ck “Clone” to utilize this option. The read -only date and time of the PC will be disp[...]

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    - 61 - Save File Folder Recording folder path - The destination for saving the recording video files. Click Browse to specify the saving path. Snapshot folder path - The destination for saving the snap shot files. Click Browse to specify the saving path and select the format from the drop -down menu. Device Information System Information – Displa[...]

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    - 62 - 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.[...]