Page 2 - SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Important Safety Instructions Before operating this machine, please read the entire manual thoroughly. This unit is designed to be used as surveillance appliance for transporting sounds and images to and from other locations across various interconnects. The manufacturer designed, built, and tested ...
Page 3 - Liability
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 network. Any previous experience of networking will be of use to the reader when installing and using this product. Wi...
Page 4 - Contents
Contents The Package Contents .............................................................................................................. 6 1. System Requirements ........................................................................................................... 7 2. Introduction............
Page 6 - The Package Contents; Asante; The; NetCam; Item
The Package Contents T hank you for choosing the Asante products . NetCam 8001 is a very competitive Pan Tilt(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 ...
Page 7 - System Requirements
1. System Requirements NetCam 8001/P/W PT(Z) Internet Camera Internet Environments LAN 10/100M Ethernet Wireless LAN 802.11b or 802.11g Monitor System Requirements 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 ...
Page 10 - Product Description; Please do read the following information to familiarize with; before you start to install; Front View; Rear Panel; Wireless Antenna; Reset button
3. Product Description Please do read the following information to familiarize with NetCam 8001 before you start to install 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 show...
Page 11 - Tripod Mounting; Wall Mounting the NetCam 8001; Ceiling Mounting the NetCam 8001
Tripod Mounting The NetCam 8001 is supplied with a screw hole for tripod mounting. The screw hole 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. Wall Mounting th...
Page 12 - LAN Socket; Connect the LAN cable into the LAN socket.; Reset to factory settings
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. Video output Audio output LAN Socket Connect the LAN cable into the LAN socket. LAN socket External alert bus (DI/DO) For more informat...
Page 13 - Link LED and Event LED; Focus knob
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 flashes when motion or alert detection is implemented after you turn on the camera. Focus knob You can rotate the focus knob cloc...
Page 14 - Installing The System; Before connecting the hardware; Wiring the Product
4. Installing 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 switch 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...
Page 15 - indicator will show green.; directly from your browser, as described below.; W need to connect to 802.11 AP and encryption later. Please refer to
3. External Alarm DI/DO connector – Please refer appendix A. 4. Reset button is to reset the system back to manufacturing default setting. 5. Connect the power cable to the power supply connector and connect it to the main power supply. a. Upon connect the power, Pan/Tilt camera will pan back to sta...
Page 16 - View or set up device via browser; Windows 2000 Professional SP4 or XP Home SP2/Profession; Internet Router/Firewall Setting; How to access IP Camera form outside of LAN or Intranet; is showing router ‘s public IP
View or set up device via browser System Requirements 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 multiple IP camera an...
Page 17 - Change the Internet Explorer (IE) Browser Setting; Internet Explorer”’ and confirm make sure IE is version 6.0 or above.
some limitations. Using the Port Forwarding , you can make local computers or servers available to the Internet for different services (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 Server ...
Page 20 - IP address and enter default username “; ” with a default password; root; You should be able to observe; control panel and video. If video can not be
Use Internet Explorer (IE) Browser 1. Start a new IE browser 2. Enter NetCam 8001 IP address and enter default username “ root ” with a default password “ root ”. 3. You should be able to observe NetCam 8001 control panel and video. If video can not be observed, then you may be blocked by your firew...
Page 22 - The Basic Operations; Web Control Features Descriptions
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 ...
Page 24 - Camera Control Panel
Camera Control Panel Camera control panel offers capability of managing camera from Pan, Tilt, Preset position, or auto 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...
Page 26 - Setting Page
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 subne...
Page 27 - Enable; to enable the 3GPP mode.
OFF: Turn off the LED System Log : Network Camera/server system log Administrator can understand the usage on this device including ON and OFF device, streaming viewer, Login users and time. Video/Image : Video image configuration Vide/Image: 3GPP To view the camera image using a 3G cellular phone, ...
Page 29 - Video Image: Video Resolution
Vide/Image: Video Format You can select MPEG4 or MJPEG as the video format. It is recommended to select MPEG4 for real-time browsing to optimize the bandwidth. MJPEG is a good choice for the best resolution when video recording is required for collection of evidence. Video Image: Video Resolution Ge...
Page 30 - Frame per Second (FPS): Frames per second to stream on the network; Video Image: Video Quality
Video Image: Frame Per Second (FPS) Frame per Second (FPS): Frames per second to stream on the network 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 Video Image: Video Quality Video quality subjects to be determined by the quali...
Page 33 - Audio
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 their respective owners. Specifications subject to change wit...
Page 34 - User; Setting; A table for user privilege format:
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 their respec...
Page 35 - Please note that “root” user can not be removed.
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 / Time Setting v User Setting root v Wireless v DDNS setting v PPPoE setting v Streaming v UPnP v SMTP v SAMBA v Network Setting Notification v v IP Filter setting v v schedule set...
Page 36 - Network; IP Assignment; Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
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 network environment. On the return, you will receive a “legal” I P address, Subnet mask, Default gat...
Page 37 - Mode: Selection of the wireless networking mode; Infrastructure: Infrastructure networking mode
From the AP information table, 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 acqu...
Page 38 - AdHoc networking mode; Authentication Type:
WORKSTATION 1 WORKSTATION 2 AdHoc networking mode 2. AdHoc: Point-to-point networking mode This camera connects to other wireless devices via a wireless network when it is in the AdHoc point-to-point networking mode; i.e. the product connects to other devices equipped with built-in wireless connecti...
Page 39 - Shared Key Authentication; An; SSID; indicating that the security function is disabled.; Authentication mode:; a WEP encryption mode from the security list.; WEP key password encryption mode:
Shared Key Authentication Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in the authentication process have the same "shared" key or pass phrase. The shared key is manually set on both the client station and the AP/router. Three types of shared key authentication...
Page 41 - PPPoE; , is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP
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 prot...
Page 45 - DDNS; DDNS: Dynamic Domain Name Server; DDNS Server: Current support only
DDNS DDNS: Dynamic Domain Name Server DDNS is a service that maps Internet domain names to IP addresses. DDNS serves a similar purpose to DNS: DDNS allows anyone hosting a Web or FTP server to advertise a public name to prospective users. Unlike DNS that only works with static IP addresses, DDNS wor...
Page 47 - UPnP: Universal Plug and Play; UPnP Device; Device Name: the name of the UPnP device; UPnP setting
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 NAT and can’t be located on the Internet. To penetrate the firewall, activate the supportive item- UPnP. The Link URL shows the external IP addr...
Page 48 - To activate the UPnP function in Windows OS:; Open Windows firewall option; View the connection device using “My Network Place”
To activate the UPnP function in Windows OS: For example : Windows XP: 1. Windows component installation. 2. Open Windows firewall option 2. View the connection device using “My Network Place” ©2007 Asante Networks Inc., All rights reserved. NetCam are registered trademarks of Asante Network, Inc. A...
Page 49 - SMTP Server; SMTP server
SMTP Server SMTP server is to set for alarm triggering report via email format. When the criteria or condition match on event from motion detection or alarm I/O or manual trigger, the image will be captured and email to the destination accordingly. SMTP server : Setting SMTP server IP address or dom...
Page 50 - SMTP setting; Samba; Active; : enable or disable the security access
SMTP setting Samba Samba is software that can be run on a platform other than Microsoft Windows, for example, UNIX, Linux, IBM System 390, OpenVMS, and other operating systems. Samba uses the TCP/IP protocol that is installed on the host server. It allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windo...
Page 51 - Username; manual to create user name and password).; Password; : enter external file system account password.; Path; directory in the format as; Shared Folder Size (M; : The maximum of each record file size.
Username : enter external file system account user name. (For NAS, please refer to NAS user manual to create user name and password). Password : enter external file system account password. Path : Enter the full path of destination to store your information in format of IP address and directory in t...
Page 52 - Notification; SMTP Notification
Notification This setting is not necessary for a fixed IP address 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 the automatic notification of IP address change. Choos...
Page 53 - Notification setting
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 their respective owners. Specifications subject to change without prior notice. 53
Page 54 - Synchronize the time with PC’s time:
Date/Time (date/time setting) Date/Time setting Server Time: Display the video device time. PC Time: Display the local PC or Laptop time. To synchronize the time, you may 1. Synchronize the time with PC’s time: The preset method of time synchronization of the camera time with your PC time. 2. Get Ti...
Page 55 - IP Filtering; IP filter setting; General; IP Filtering: enables/disables the IP filter
IP Filtering This function is to allow or deny any particular 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 ...
Page 56 - Application Setting; Event
7. Application Setting This camera is equipped with intelligent security management functions. It ensures security monitoring by allowing user to define “trigger events” based on particular times and situations, and sets the camera respond to the event. Event Add Event ©2007 Asante Networks Inc., Al...
Page 58 - Add Schedule : Add Schedule setting page; fps
Add Schedule : Add Schedule setting page The Add Event setting page and the Add Schedule setting page are basically the same except that the Add Schedule setting page does not have the option “Trigger by” to indicate the sources of the trigger event. Click Save to save and activate your settings whe...
Page 59 - Trigger; Click “Set” to trigger the alarm. Click “Clear” to stop the alarm.; Trigger FTP: Sending AVI file to FTP Server; Upload AVI files to FTP server to test the file integrity.; HTTP Server: Sending message to HTTP Server; Enter the message in the “Message” field.
on-device memory. The above table is 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 which can capture and write to the disk at the same t...
Page 60 - Trigger SAMBA: Sending message to Samba shared folder; Path: Enter the path of the shared folder in your PC.; Event Servers; (setting for uploading trigger event file to the server)
7. Trigger SAMBA: Sending message to Samba shared folder Path: Enter the path of the shared folder in your PC. Event Servers (setting for uploading trigger event file to the server) You can perform a complete setting for uploading files to the server. Please set servers (SMTP, FTP, SAMBA…etc) in the...
Page 63 - Motion Detection; Select Save to complete and activate your settings.
Motion Detection You can open the setting frame by clicking on the area to monitor. To set the area to monitor, you can adjust the size of the frame by dragging the pointer to the frame edge and adjust after you move the mouse to the desire location. There are 3 frames available for setting. You may...
Page 64 - Firmware upgrade; to known location at your PC and execute the upgrade; Please follow the instruction and upgrade it !!; Close all active applications on your PC.
Firmware upgrade Contact your dealer for more information about firmware upgrade. The sales representative will send you the latest version via e-mail or from ftp server. When you receive the firmware, please move the file ( uImage.gz) to known location at your PC and execute the upgrade procedure a...
Page 66 - Firmware upgrading in a; wireless network environment; is
Note: You can not interrupt and power off the network camera while it is process of upgrading. The system may be damaged severely and may need to RMA for repairing. Firmware upgrading in a wireless network environment is not recommended. When the firmware upgrade has been completed, you don't need t...
Page 67 - Factory Default; Resets all parameters, except the IP parameters:
Factory Default You can use this function to reset to factory default, but all changes, including the IP address, you have made are deleted. Factory Default: Reset to factory default. Resets all parameters, except the IP parameters: You can use this function to reset to factory default. All changes ...
Page 68 - Back all parameters:; File backup; Restore backup parameters:
Backup: Data backup Back all parameters: Back up all changes you have made. When you click Backup , a file download window appears. Back up the file named param.bin ( Attention: Don't change the file name; otherwise, the backup may fail. ) File backup Restore backup parameters: You can select this f...
Page 69 - Reboot
Reboot You can enable this function for the camera to reboot automatically. ©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 their respective owners. Specifications subject to chang...
Page 70 - external sensor 1; , while Pin 2 and Pin 3 are used for; external sensors 2
8. Attachment A: External Alarm In addition to the motion detection executed by the internal software application, the camera can connect to external infrared detectors, beepers, and smoke detectors. For more information about these external devices, contact to your local retailer, dealer or install...
Page 72 - Effort Base Video Quality
9. Attachment B: Bandwidth Estimation Please note the value of the table is for reference only. The bandwidth utilization is determined by the factor of 1. Quality setting – Bandwidth subjects to determined by best effort or fix bandwidth setting. Video clarity and smooth motion are two complete dif...
Page 73 - Attachment C: Frequently Asked Questions; Q. What are the differences between MPJEG and MPEG4 ?
10. Attachment C: Frequently Asked Questions Q. What are the differences between MPJEG and MPEG4 ? A. The camera uses MJPEG or MPEG4 compression technology to provide quality images. MJPEG is a standard image compression technology for years. It was evolved from JPEG which is compression for still i...
Page 74 - Q. How fast is the video frame rate of the network camera ?; level protection. Or you can use UDP or TCP special
Q. Can the camera be used outdoors? A. The camera is not waterproof, so a special waterproof cover must be available for outdoor use. Please note that the waterproof cover may affect the built-in pickup function of the camera. Q. Can this device ON for 24 hours ? A. Yes, it is designed to be 24 hour...
Page 76 - Media Viewer Class” is registered
use dynamic IP address, the address might have been changed after your last check. • Internet traffic might slow down the webpage 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...
