LevelOne FCS-4202 manual

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 1/ 66 FCS-4201_ 43 01_4202_4302 PT/ Zoom Dome Network Camera 2-Megapixel, , PoE 802.3af, Day & Night, IR LEDs, WDR, 3DNR User’s manual Versi on 0.8[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 2/ 66 Table of Contents Package Contents ................................................................................................ . 5 Connections .......................................................................................................... 6 Hardware description_Indoor_FCS-4201_4301 ............[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 3/ 66 Stream ................................................................................................................ 46 Camera control(PTZ model only) ................................................................ ........ 48 Application ................................ ...................................[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 4/ 66 Overview Law in y our country may prohibi t the use of survei llance devi ces. The Netw ork Camera is not only a hi gh-performance web-ready camera but al so can be p art of a flexi ble surveill ance system. It is the user ’ s responsibi lity to ensure that the opera tion of such devices is legal be fore ins[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 5/ 66 Package Conten ts If any of the abov e items are missin g, please cont act your dealer immediatel y . Network Camera ( W ired or PoE) Softw are CD Power adapter Quick inst allation guide Screws RJ45 Female/Gene ral I/O T e rminal Block Mounting Kit (indoor) Note : Using a po wer s upply with a different vo lt [...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 6/ 66 Connections Hard w are description_Indoor_FCS-4201_4301  Outer Vie w  Inner View Slide cover Wired cover[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 7/ 66 Hard w are description_Indoor_FCS-4202_4302 ◎ Out er View[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 8/ 66 ◎ Inner Vie w[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 9/ 66 Hardware In stallation 1. Attach the Ne twork Camera with the included stand 2. Place the Came ra fix it on to ceiling or wall Use screws to fix the Netw ork Camera onto the cei ling or wall .[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 11 / 66 3 . Genera l I/O Terminal Block Name Specification 12V DO+ Power +12V 12V DO- Digital Output GND DI+ Digital Input GND DI- Ground DI/DO Diagram Please refer to the following illustration for the connection method.[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 12 / 66 4 . Po wer over Etherne t (PoE)  Using a PoE-enabled switch The Network Came ra is PoE-compli ant, allow ing transmission of pow er and data via a single Etherne t cable. Foll ow the below il lustration to connect the Ne twork Camera to a PoE-enabled sw itch via Ethernet cabl e.  Using a non-PoE s witc[...]

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    Network Cam era User ’s Manual 13 / 66 Connect to t he Network Camera Inst all the IP Find er program When you installed your Network camera on you r LAN environment, you may install “IP Finder” to discov er Network camera ’ s IP addr ess. The Administrato r must place the product software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the PC running in Mi cr[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 14 / 66 “ Cam Finder” is used to search the IP address of Network Cameras or Video servers on a LAN. After searching, Video Servers or Netw ork Cameras will be located by the Cam Finder.[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 15 / 66 Search Camera Click search Camera button, The program will search for all family network devices on the same LAN. After searching, the main installer window will pop up. Click on the MAC and model name which matches the product label on your device to connect to the Network Camera via Internet Explorer.[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 16 / 66 Setup Camera Auto Install W iz ard will be started and that it can auto guide through the installation process. Press the “ Next ” button execute next process. For more information, pl ease refer to the Ne twork section on page 33.[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 17 / 66[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 19 / 66 Bonjour program Safari brow ser supports Bonjour search pro gram the wil l search for all fami ly network devices on the same LAN.[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 20 / 66 C2.mylevel1.com(Free DDNS serv ice) 1. W hen you want to connect the network camera over In ternet, you can use the service “ C2.mylevel1.com ”. The “ip - discovery .co m” is a free DDNS serv er fo r this camera. Make sure that the router must st art UPnP and DHCP serv er functions. Y ou can get the[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 21 / 66 Initial Access to the Network Camer a (1) For t he ini tial acce ss to the Ne twork Camera i n W indow s, the w eb browser may prompt f or permission t o install a new plug-in for the Network Camera . This plug-in has been registered for certi ficate and is used to display the v ideo in the browser. Users m[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 22 / 66 2. The video will be display ed. Note: Please conta ct with y our dealer for assis tance if the AP Ps of iPhone, ipad or andr oid phone re quired for camera.[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 23 / 66 Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera V ie w The main p age has three p arts : 1. Configuration functions: The came ra can be configured usin g these user interfaces. 2. Pan/Tilt/Zoom & co nnection control buttons: T he se buttons prov ide the direction to control the p an and tile o f cam[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 24 / 66 Camera view: On the top of i mage show s the connecting type of the Networ k Camera and the current date/time. Vie w capabilities : 1. C lick this button to capture and save stil l images. The captured images wi ll be display ed in pop-up window . Right-click the image and choo se Save Pi cture As to save i[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 25 / 66 the client and recei ve sound from the environmen t and send to clien t. 10. C lick on this button t o adjust the M icrophone vol ume. 11. Click on this button sw itch Microphone M ute On/Off. 12 . “ Go to ” (PTZ ty pe) Once the Administrator h as determined the preset positions; the User can aim the ca[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 26 / 66 Pan/Tilt/Zoom & connection control buttons : 1. “ Connection ” User can choose R emote or Local mode for bes t connection quality. Proposal: Internet environment, switch Re mote mode. 2. “ Video Stream ” User can choose stream1 or stream2. 3. “Digit al Outpu t” Clicking on the “On” or ?[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 27 / 66[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 28 / 66 Client Settin g 1. “Intranet Protocol Options” Setting camera in intranet mode of p rotocol. “UDP” Select use UDP protocol connect camera. “ TCP ” Select use TC P protocol connect camera. “ HTTP ” Select use HTTP protocol connect camera. 2. “Internet Protocol Options” Setting camera in i[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 29 / 66 “ Add date and time suffix to file name ” Select this option to append the date and time to the end of the file name. NOTE : Protocol Options which allow s choices on connection p rotocol betwee n client and server . The re are three protocols choices to optim ize your usage – UDP ,TCP ,HTTP . The U[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 30 / 66 Definitions in Configur ation Please note that only the Administrator can access the system con figuration. System para meters 1. “ General Setting ” (1) “Host name” The text displays the title on the top o f the main p age . (2) “LED indicator” Select turn on or turn of f the led indicato r . F[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 31 / 66 2. “Time Setting” (1) “T ime zone” Ch oose a time z one from the down ar row . (2) “Daylight saving” For summertime; It w ill be one hour ahead . (3) “Current Time” Network camera set the current time. (A) “Keep current date and time” Click on this to keep the current da te and time of t[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 32 / 66 Security Security setting The administrator account n ame is “ root” , w hich is permanent and can not be deleted. If you w ant to add more accoun ts in the M anage User column, plea se set a passw ord for the “root” accoun t first. 1. “Change root p assword” Change the Admini strator ’s p ass[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 33 / 66 setting. (2) “Delete a user” Select an existin g user name. Click Finish to enable the setting. (3) “Up date a existing user” Select an exi sting user name. Administ rators can modify user ’ s passw ord and privi lege. Click Finish to enable the settin g. Access rights a re sorted by user privileg[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 34 / 66 Network Any changes made on this pa ge will restart the sy stem in order to validate the change s. Make sure ev ery field is en tered correctly before clicking on “ finish ” Network Setti ng “ LAN ” & “ PPPoE ” The default type i s LAN. Sel ect PPPoE if using ADS L 1. LAN The default s tatus[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 35 / 66 or you can use the UP nP function prov ided by the Netw ork Camera (MS W indows XP provides UPnP f unct ion at My Network Place) . (1) “Get IP address a utomaticall y ” (2) “Use fixed IP address” - “IP address” : This is necessary for network identification. - “Subnet mask” : This is used to[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 36 / 66 6 . “User name” The Username or E-mail field is necessa ry for logging i n the DDNS server or notify the User o f the new IP add ress. Note : when this field is input as “Use r name”, the follow ing field must be i nput as “Password”. 7 . “Password” Please input the passw ord or key to get t[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 37 / 66 Access list A ccess list setting 1. H ow to control access permission by v erifying the client PC’ s IP address. General Settings. General Settings[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 38 / 66 ◆ A d d a rule to configure an A llowed/Denied li st: Click A dd to add a rule to Allowed/Denied list. There are three types of rules for user to set up: “ Single ” This rule allows the user to add an IP a ddress to the Allow ed/Denied list. For example: “ Network ” This rule allow s the user to a[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 39 / 66 “ Range ” This rule allow s the user to assi gn a range o f IP add resses to the Allow /Deny List. This rule is only app lied to IPv4. For example:[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 40 / 66 Audio and Video setting[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 41 / 66 General Setting 1. “ Color mode ” Select use color or monochrome vi deo display . 2. “ Video orient ation ” The orienta tion of video (1) “Flip” V ertically rotate the v ideo. (2) “Mirror” Horizontally rotates the video. 3. “Environment” The orientatio n of video (1) “indoor” This op[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 42 / 66 Exposure settin g Here it provides 3 mode: Auto , Backlight a nd Customized . Aut o a nd Backlight modes are 2 default settings for general purpose and backlight scene, respectively. Customized mode relates to the grid window above can be pointed on for interesting areas. Within the mode Customized, 16*15 g[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 43 / 66 set 15~25% of target luminance. “ Gain ” In the slide bar of Gain , there are also two sliders, which represent the limitations to control the maximum gain value and the minimum one, respecti vely. Normally, the minimum value is to 1x for better quality. It is not allowed if the maximum slider and the m[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 44 / 66 Audio Setting 1. “Mute” Audio mute. 2 . “ Microphone ” I nternal m icrop hone or external m icroph one select. 3 . “Mic V olume” Adjus t microphone v olume, which ranges from 1 to 64 . Video record Schedule mode (1) “ Every day ” Enable/Disable ev ery day application. (2) “ Week day ” En[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 45 / 66 (2) “Sun” / “ Mon ” / “ T ue ” / “ W ed ” / “ Thu ” / “ Fri ” / “Sat” Select the days of the week to perfor m the application. (3) “ Start day ” and “ Start time ” as the start timing the time. “ End da y ” and “ End time ” as the end timing the time (4) “ Enabl[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 46 / 66 Stream A udio codec setting (1) “ Audio codec type ” There are two choices of audio codec ty pes avail able: ” A M R” 、 “AA C” and ”G .711 ” . (2) “ Bit rate ” -- “ AMR ” The bit rates are selectable a t the follow ing rates: 4. 75 Kbps,5.15 Kbps,5 .9 Kbp s ,6 .7 Kbps ,7 .4 Kbps ,7[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 47 / 66 Video codec setting (1 ) “ Select Stream ” The Netw ork Camera s upports “ Stream 1 ” and “ Stream 2 ” . (2) “Video codec” The Netw ork Camera suppor ts three kind of video compression mode: “H.264” or “MPE G4 ” or “MJPE G” . User can choose on e of these compression modes based [...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 48 / 66 Camera control(PTZ m odel only) Camera control The pan a nd tilt functions can be controll ed with these but tons. The “Lef t” butt on controls the cam era to the le ft; the “Right” , “Up” , and “Down” buttons control the camera accordingly . (1) “ UL ” , “ UR ” , “ LL ” and “ [...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 49 / 66 camera. (4) “ Patrol cycle ” It is the cycle of p atrol function. (5) “Auto p an speed” This de fines the speed o f auto panni ng. The larger value is setting, the faste r speed will run by the camera. (6) “Auto p atrol speed” This de fines the spee d of auto pa trol. The larger value is setting[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 50 / 66 Application Schedule mode (1) “Every day” Enable/Disable ev ery day application. (2) “Week day ” Enable/Disable w eek day application. (3) “Selected day” Enable/Disabl e selected day appl ication. Schedule information (1) Enter the “Start time” and “Stop time” for day mode . Note that th[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 51 / 66 week to perfor m the application. (3) “ Start day ” and “ Start time ” as the start timing the time. “ End day ” and “ End time ” as the end timing the time T rigger mode (1) “Video motion det ection” Enable/Disable v ideo motion application (2) “Periodically” This option allow s the[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 52 / 66 -- “ User pa ss word ” Enter the passw ord if necessary. (4 )”NAS” -- “NAS server address” Enter IP address of the NAS server. -- “NAS shared directory” Ente r the NAS sh ared directory path. -- “Workgroup” Enter the NAS workgroup par ameter . -- “User account” En ter the lo gin name[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 53 / 66 Storage Manage the storage device. Sto rage S t atus Here show the storage devi ce information. NA S server setting (1) “ NAS Host name ” Choose and in put the NAS Host nam e of this camera. (2) “ Workgroup ” Input the na me of Workgrou p. Y o u can see the NAS Host name you input in the same w orkg[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 54 / 66 camera. File operat ion Move the mouse over the file. Press the mou se right button tha t Right-click menu is display ed. Y ou can delete files. Move the mouse over the directo ry . Press the mouse le ft button tha t the file structure exp and. Press the mous e right button tha t Right-click menu is display[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 55 / 66 Syslog The Network ca mera support s log the sy stem messages on remote serv er . The protocol is complian t to RFC 3164. If you have external Linux server with sys log service, use “ -r ” option to turn on the facility for receivi ng log from remote m achine. Or you can use some software on W indows th[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 56 / 66 Status and Parameters User can find a lot of informa tion about the syste m such as “ Upnp port forwarding ” , “ T raversing NA T ” , “ Public IP ” , an d so on. User also can get the number o f current view er of t he Network Camera here.[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 57 / 66 Maintenance 1. “Reboot system” The “Reboot” button wi ll reboot the Netw ork Camera. It’s use ful while the Netw ork Camera got problem. 2. “Restore system” Click on “ Resto re ” button on the con figuration p age to res tore the factory de fault settings. Res tore all settin gs to factory[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 58 / 66 backup file. If you have set up a fixed IP or other speci al settings for your d evice, it is not suggested to upload a settin gs backup file. 4 . “ Upgrade firmware ” Select the firmware file and clic k upgrade butto n. Please be aware that you shoul d not turn off the power during updati ng the firmw [...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 59 / 66 Appendix A . T roubleshooting & Frequently A sk ed Questions Q1: St atus led does not light up. A1: First, make su re that 「 Configuration>System>Tu rn off the LED indi cator 」 is disabled . If it is, check the item, and the led shoul d light up. Second, if red led does not light u p, please c[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 60 / 66 6.T ype IP address:80 80 at b rowser . Then you can see camera through I nternet. 7.Y ou can also type the ddns name a t below label of camera on browser URL field. For example, you may type ah00001 .ip-discovery .com:8080. (2) By Settin g Port Forwarding M anually 1. Select a router . Set the p ort forward[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 61 / 66 PS. Port 80 is HTTP Port, port 53 is stream port, port 554 is R TSP port. and port 443 is HTTPS port. 2.Go to camera Network p age. Disable UP nP port forw arding function.[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 62 / 66 3. T y pe IP address at bro wser . Then you can see camera through Interne t. 4. Y ou can also type the dd ns name at below label of camera on browser UR L field. For example, you may type ah00001 .ip-discovery .com. Note: The fire wall software at PC may block the transfer of network camera. Please remove [...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 63 / 66 default value. You can al so press t he button “ Fac tory ” in “ M aintenance ” page to restore the default value . Q7 : I cannot play the recorded video file. A7 : Install the audio codec in the CD, and use the W indow s Medi a Player 10 or later t o play the *.A SF or *. A VI f ile recorded by the[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 64 / 66 A13: • May be due to the network cable. Try correcting your netw ork cable and con figuration . Test the netw ork interface by conne cting a local c omputer to the Network C amera via a crossover cable . • Make sure the Internet connection and settin g is ok. • Make sure en ter the IP address o f Inte[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 65 / 66 B. T ec hnical specifications - System RAM : 4GB DDR ROM : 16MB flash ROM - Camera specification T y pe 1/2.8 So ny CMOS sensor IMX222 Resolution: 1920x1080 - IR Led Auto/Manual m ode, 15~20M visible S pectra l band width 42nm, Peak emission wavelengt h 850nm Daylight sensor , angle +/-6 5, wave length 400~[...]

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    Network Camera User ’ s Ma nual 66 / 66 Notification of Compliance Appendix C Europe - EU Declaration of Conformity For com plete DoC please visit http://global.level1.com /downloads.php?action=in it GPL License Agreement GPL may be included in th is product, to view the GPL license agreem ent goes to http://download.leve l1.com/level1/g pl/GPL.p[...]