Airlink101 AICN500W manual

SkyIPCam500W Wireless Night Vision Network Camera Model # AICN500W User’s Manual Ver. 1.0[...]

-1- Table of Content C HAPTER 1 .................................................................................................................... 2 I NTRODUCTION T O Y OUR C AMERA .............................................................................. 2 1.1 Checking the Packa ge Contents ...................................................[...]

-2- C HAPTER 1 I NTRODUCTION T O Y OUR C AMERA 1.1 Checking the Package Contents Check the items contained in the packa ge ca refully. You should have the following: 5 One SkyIPCam500W Wirel ess Nig ht Vision Network Camera. 5 One Antenna. 5 One AC Power Adapter. 5 One Camera Stand. 5 One Ethernet Cable (Cat.5). 5 One Installation CD-ROM. 5 One Qui[...]

-3- Rear View 1.3 Features and Benefits  Audio Capability The built-in microphone all ows you to ca pture and monitor sounds and voices.  Day & Night Surveillance Supported The six Infrared LEDs around the standard len s as sembly enable the camera to capture crystal clea r images in dark environmen t s or at night. Whe n the Light Sensor[...]

-4- capture both still images and video cli ps, so that you can kee p the archives and restore them at any time. 1.4 System Requirements  Networking LAN: 10Base-T Ethernet or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet. WLAN: 802.11b/g Wireless LAN  Accessing the Camera using Web Br owser Platform: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/Vista CPU: Intel Pentium III 350M[...]

-5- C HAPTER 2 H ARDW ARE I NST ALLA TION 2.1 Installing the Camera Stand The camera comes with a camera stand, which u ses a swivel ball screw head to l ock to the camera’s screw hole. When the camera stand is attached, yo u can place the camera anywhere by mounting the camera through the three screw hol es located in the base of the camera stan[...]

-6- If you use a wireless network in your application environment, you need to attach the included external antenna to the camera. When the camera is powe red on, the camera will automatically search any access point with “default” SSID and with security encryption disabled. NOTE If the camera cannot connect to your wireless network, you need t[...]

-7- C HAPTER 3 S OFTW ARE I NST ALLA TION 3.1 Installing SkyIPCam Utility Step 1 Insert the provided CD and wait for the auto-run screen to appear. Step 2 Click on Install SkyIPCam Utility . Note : If the autorun screen does n ot appear automatically, go to Start , Run , type D: UtilitySetup.exe (whe re D is the letter of your CD drive) and click[...]

-8- Step 4 Click Close to complete the installation. 3.2 Using SkyIPCam Utility Step 1 Go to Start > (All) Programs > Airlink101 > Airlink101 SkyIPCam Utiliy Step 2 Select the IP Camera you want to c onfigure from the list and click on the Change IP button. Note : If the Camera’s IP address does not sho w up in the window, make sure the [...]

-9- Step 3 You may simply accept the suggested Static IP , or you can manually change the last 3-digit number of the IP Address, in case that the su ggested one ha s already been used by another device in the same network. Another option is that if your router’s DHCP server is enabled, you can select DCHP , so the router will automatically assign[...]

-1 0- Step 5 A web browser window will open up requesting a username and pa ssword. Enter admin for both User name and Password , and click OK . Step 6 The camera viewing window will appe ar. Click on Setup , then click Sm ar t Wizard . Step 7 Enter a name for your camera and a locatio n if you like. Then enter “ad min” for both Adm in Password[...]

-1 1- Step 8 You can change the camera’s IP settings in th e below window. If you have done this i n Step 3, click Next and go to the next step. Step 9 If you would like to set up email alerts that yo u can receive in the future, enter you r em ail information here. You can get this information from y our internet service p rovid er . You can als[...]

-1 2- Step 10 Enter the wireless information according to your wi rel ess router’ s (or access point’s) setting if you would like to connect the camera wirelessly to the ne tw ork. You can log in to the router’s (or AP’s) web configuration pages to get the SSI D and encryption de tails. Click Next . Step 11 Confirm your settings at the la s[...]

-1 3- 3.3 V iewing Images Method 1 --- Access from Web Browser Step 1 If you know the IP address of your network camera, you may open the Web Browser o n your computer. Step 2 Type the IP address of your camera (the default IP is 192.168.1.240) in the Address bar, and then press [Enter]. Step 3 Enter “admin ” for both the User name and Pass w o[...]

-1 4- Step 5 Click on Install , and then you may be able to view images. Step 6 To get a clear view of images, you can simply rotate the ca mera’ s lens clockwise or counter- clockwise to adjust the focus.[...]

-1 5- Method 2 --- Access from SkyIPCam Utility Step 1 Go to Start > (All) Programs > AirLink101 > AirLink101 SkyIPCam Utiliy , and open the Airlink101 SkyIPCam Utility. Step 2 Select your camera from the list and cli ck Link[...]

-1 6- Step 3 Follow Step 3 to Step 6 mentioned in Method 1.[...]

-1 7- 3.4 Using SkyIPCam View T o Inst all the Program Step 1 Click on Install SkyIPCam View from the auto-run screen. Step 2 Keep clicking Next on the following windo ws Step 3 Click Close to complete the installation[...]

-1 8- To Launch the Program This section describes the user interface and operat ing instruction s of SkyIPCam View. To launch the program, click Start > Pro grams > AirLink101 > AirLink101 Sky IPCam View , and the main screen will appear as below: NOTE Please set the resolution to 1024x768 or above on your compute r while using SkyIPCam V[...]

-1 9- Item Features The following describes the function of each item on the main screen:  CONTROLS Panel - SETTING: Click to enter the Setting screen of SkyIPCam View. Cli ck again to return to the main screen of SkyIPCam View. - PLAY: Click to play the recorded video file usin g t he media player on the com puter (for example, Windows Media Pl[...]

-2 0-  CAMERA Panel - TRIGGER OUT: Click to turn on the tri gger o ut connector of the camera. This button is available only when the connected camera supports the trigger out conne ctor, whi ch is used to control the external device connected to the camera, such as a light. - SNAPSHOT: Click to capture a still image using the se lected camera a[...]

-2 1- - SWING: If you have saved two or more positio ns for the selected camera, click this button to control the camera swinging from one p osition to another position.  Video View Window and Camera List - Video View Window: This window displays the video view of the sele cted camera, which can be divided into 4/9/16 windows according to your s[...]

-2 2- 3. In the pop-up Add New Camera di alog window, you can: z Select the Search tab if you are not sure of the camera’s IP add ress. Click Sea rch camer a to search the available camera within th e network. Once the camera is foun d and is shown in the list, select it and click Add Camera . z Select the Input tab to add a camera by entering it[...]

-2 3- To Remove a Camera 1. Click SETTING in the CONTROLS panel to display the Setting screen. 2. Select a camera from the list and cli c k Delete Camera . To Link to the Web Page of the Camera Click SETTING > Camera List > Camera Con figuration and then Link web page to launch the Web browser that displays live view image and Web Co nfigurat[...]

-2 4- When the motion detection function of the sele cted camera is enabled, you can configure the camera to start recording trigger ed by the motion detected. Click SETTING > M otion Configuration , and then select the Recording option to enable the selected camera to reco rd by motion detection. z Schedule recording This recording method will [...]

-2 5- - Recording Time: First, select the camera from the pull-do wn list and select Recording time tab. Then, select the weekday from the day bu ttons and then set the time period. Click Apply to save the settings. To Configure the Recording Settings To configure the recording setting s, including the storage folder and stora ge optio ns, click SE[...]

-2 6- To Playback the Recorded Video The recorded video clip s are saved in your comput er, and can be played usi ng th e media player on the computer, such as Windows Media Pla yer. To start playback, simply click the PLAY button on the CONTROLS panel, and the following dialog screen will appear , allowing you to select the file to playback. Selec[...]

-2 7- To Set up Motion Detection Options When the motion detection function of the se lected camera is enabled, you can set the Motion Options by selecting Alarm , Recording , Send e-Mail , and Trigger Ou t under SETTING > Motion Con figuration . z Alarm: Select Beep or Music to alert you for the motion detected. When you select Music , you can [...]

-2 8- - Mail From: Enter the email address of the user who wi ll send the e mail. For example, John@mymai l.com . - Mail To: Enter the email address of the user who will receive the email. - User Name: Enter the user name to login the mail server. - Password: Enter the password to login the mail se rver. - Subject: Enter a subject for the notificat[...]

-2 9- Other Allows you to set the rotation interv al if monitoring multiple cameras.[...]

-3 0- Information Click SETTING > About to display the information of the software application.[...]

-3 1- C HAPTER 4 C ONFIGURA TION 4.1 Using the Web Configuration You can access and man a ge the camera through th e Web browser and the p rovided software application SkyIPCam View. This chapter describes the We b Co nfiguration, and guides you through the configu ration of the camera by using the web bro wser. To configure the camera, click Setup[...]

-3 2- Basic >> Date & Time  Date & Time - TimeZone: Select the proper time zone for the region from the pull-down menu. - Synchronize with PC: Select this option and the date & time settings of the camera will be synchronized with the connected com p uter. - Synchronize with NTP Server: Select this option and the time will be s[...]

-3 3- When you are finished, click Add/Modi fy to add the new user to the camera. To modify the user’s information, select the one you want to modify from UserList and click Add/Modify . - UserList: Display the existing users of the camera. To delete a user, select the one you want to delete and click Dele te .  Guest - User Name: Enter the gu[...]

-3 4- Network >> Netw ork  IP Setting This item allows you to select the IP addr ess mode and set up the related configuration. - DHCP: Select this option when your network uses t he DHCP serv er. Wh en the camera starts up, it will be assigned an IP address from the DHCP se rver automatically. It is recommended that you NOT use DCHP. You [...]

-3 5- - HTTP Port: The default HTTP port is 80 . Some ISP’s have port 80 blocked. If you are having problems, you can cha nge it to some other por t. The suggested port to be used is anything between 1024 to 65535 Network >> IP Filter The IP Filter setting allows the administrator of the ca mera to limit the users within a cert ain range of[...]

-3 6-  Image Setting - Brightness: Adjust the brightness level from 0 ~ 10 0. - Contrast: Adjust the co ntrast level from 0 ~ 100. - Saturation: Adjust the colors level from 0 ~ 100 . Click Default to restore the default settings of the three options abo ve. - Mirror: Select the Horizontal option to mirro r the image horizontally. Select the Ver[...]

-3 7- Video & Audio >> Video  MJPEG - Video Resolution: Select the desired video re solution from the three formats: VGA , QVGA and QQVGA . The higher setting (VGA) obtains bette r video qua lity while it uses more resource within your network. QQVGA is the lowest video quality setting but it provides the best speed over the network. -[...]

-3 8- 4.5 Event Server Configuration The Event Server menu contains two sub-menu s t hat allow you to u pload images to FTP, and send emails that include still images. When you complete the required setting s for FTP, or Email, click Test to find out if the related configuration is correct or not. Once the came ra connects to the s erver succe s sf[...]

-3 9-  Email - SMTP Server Address: Enter the mail server ad dre ss. For example, mymail.com . - Sender Email Address: Enter the email addre s s of the user wh o will send the email. For example, John@mymai l.com . - Sender User Name: Enter the user name to login the mail server. - Sender Password: Enter the password to login the mail serve r. -[...]

-4 0- 4.7 Event Configuration The Event Configuration menu contai ns four su b-menus that provide the commands to configure event profiles. Event Configuration >> General Setting - Snapshot/Recording Subfolder: You can assign a given sub -fold er for captured file. Otherwise, leave this option blank to use the default setting. Event Configura[...]

-4 1- - Time List: Display the time period that you have assi gned within the selecte d weekday. To assign the same time period to every weekday, click Add this to a ll weekdays ; click Delete this from all weekda ys to remove the selected time period from every weekday. Click Delete to remove the selected time period. - Start/End Time: Enter the s[...]

-4 2- You can separately configu re the sche du le for trigger function of the camera by Email , or FTP . Select the Enable option on each item, and then select a Schedule Profile from the pull-down li st and set the Interval time. 4.8 Tools The Tools menu provides t he com mands that allow you to restart or re set the camera. You can also backup a[...]

-4 3- 4.9 Information The Information menu displays the cu rre nt c onfiguration and events log of the camera.  Device Info Display the Basic, Video & Audio, and Network settings of the camera.  System Log The Logs table displays the event s log re corded by the system.[...]

-4 4- C HAPTER 5 A PPENDIX A.1 Specification  Image Sensor Sensor 1/4” color CMOS Resolution 640x480  Video Compression MJPEG Video resolution VGA/QVGA/QQVGA; 30fps max.  System Hardware Processor ARM9 base RAM 16MB SDRAM ROM 4MB NOR Flash Power DC 5V  Communication LAN 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet, auto-sensed, Auto-MDIX Protocol support[...]

-4 5-  EMI FCC Class B, CE Class B A.2 Glossary of Terms NUMBERS 10BASE-T 10BASE-T is Ethernet over UTP Category III, IV , or V unshielded tw isted-pair media. 100BASE-TX The two-pair twisted-media implementation of 100BASE-T is called 100BASE-TX. A ADP CM Adaptive Differential Pulse C o de Modulation, a ne w technology improved from PCM, which [...]

-4 6- E Enterprise netw ork An enterprise network consists of collections of networks connected to each other over a geographically dis persed area. T he enterp r ise network serves the needs of a widely distributed company and o perates the co mpany’s mission- critical applications. Ethernet The most popular LAN communic ation technology. There [...]

-4 7- monthly cost for a direct connection. J JA VA Java is a programming language that is specia lly desi gned for writing programs that can be safely downloaded to yo ur computer through the Internet without the fear of viruses. It is an object-oriented multi-thread pr ogramming b est for creatin g applets and applications for the Internet, Intra[...]

-4 8- network operating system are the Internet wo rk Packet Exchange (IPX) prot ocol or the Internet Protocol (IP). Protocols that dictate the format of data for transferors the medium include token-passin g and Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collisio n Detection (CSMA/CD), implemented as tok en-rin g, ARCNET, FDDI, or Ethernet. The Router Inf[...]

-4 9- WA N Wide-Area Network. A wide-area net work consists of groups of interconnected computers that are separated b y a wide dist ance and communicate with each other via common carrier telecommunication tech ni ques. WEP WEP is widely used as the basic security protocol in W i-F i n etworks, which secures data transmissions using 64-bit or 128-[...]

-5 0- 1 Technical Support E-mail: support@airlink101.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlink101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate based on IEEE standard 802.11g specificatio ns. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and enviro nme ntal factors, in cluding volume of net work traffic, building materials and cons[...]

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