LevelOne WCS-2030 - Manuals

5 Installation In this manual, "User" refers to whoever has access to the Network Camera, and "Administrator" refers to the person who can configure the Network Camera and grant user access to the camera. Hardware installation Please verify that your product package contains all the ...

6 To install in wireless LAN If the Ethernet is not available while power on, the Network Camera will search for any access point with the SSID “default”. Once any access point is found, the LED will turn green to wait for installation. If the network environment cannot meet the default settings, in...

7 Software installation The following are steps for the software installation. STEP 1 Put the Installation disk into the CD-ROM drive, and the installation should start automatically. If the installation does not start, click on “Start” on the lower left corner of your screen, open “My Computer” and...

13 Using Installation Wizard User Interface Once you run the Installation Wizard, you will see the user interface. You can click on the device list to select a device. The three buttons (Setup, Upgrade, and Reset to default) won’t be enabled until you select at least one device. Installation wizard ...

14 Action buttons Click on this button to clean up the device list and search all devices on the within the same subnet again. It will take about 5 seconds. To setup or upgrade the devices which can not be found by Installation Wizard, please click on this button to add them manually. Click on this ...

15 Function buttons Click on this button to modify the settings of the selected devices. For more detail, please refer to Upgrade. Click on this button to upgrade the firmware of the selected devices. For more detail, please refer to Upgrade. Click on this button to reset the selected devices to def...

16 Setup When you select one or multiple devices (of the same model) , the “Setup” button will be enabled. Click on it to modify the settings of the selected device(s). After clicking on the “Setup” button, Installation Wizard will try to connect to the selected device(s). If the authentication is f...

17 Change root password To change the administrator’s password, type the new password in both root password and confirm password text boxes identically. What is typed will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes. The maximum password is 14 characters.

18 Adjust date and time There are three ways to adjust system date and time. The easiest way is to make Network Camera " Sync with computer time ". The second way “ Manual ” is to set the date and time manually by entering new values. Notice the format in the related field while typing. The ...

19 Fix the IP address Check " Reset IP address at next boot " will force Network Camera to reconfigure its IP address whenever it reboot. If you want the Network Camera to use a fixed IP, please uncheck the " Reset IP address at next boot " and assign a valid IP address. If you selec...

20 be reachable. Upgrade When you select one device or multiple devices (of the same model), the “Upgrade” button will be enabled. Click on it to upgrade the firmware of the selected device(s). After click on the “Upgrade” button, Installation Wizard will try to connect the selected device(s). If th...

21 Package Information The package information will show the information about the file that you selected. Firmware version: The version number of the selected firmware. Supported script version: The maximum script version that firmware can support. Web page version: The version number of the web pa...

22 File Selection You can use the file combolist to browse the file that you want upgrade onto the selected device(s). After selecting the file, Installation Wizard will check whether the file you selected is correct. If it is correct, then the package information will display the information about ...

23 How to Use Authentication After opening the Web browser and typing in the URL of the Network Camera, a dialogue window pops up to request a username and password. Upon successful authentication, the following figure is displayed. The foreground is the login window and the background shows the mes...

26 Primary user’s capability Main Screen with Camera View The main page layout has two parts: Configuration functions : The camera can be configured using these user interfaces. Camera View : What the camera sees. Click on the configuration link to the left of the image window to enter the configura...

27 Digital Zoom Click on the magnifier icon under the camera view then the digital zoom control panel will be shown. Uncheck “Disable digital zoom” and use the slider control to change the zoom factors.

29 Client settings At the initial access to the “Connection type” page in Windows, the web browser will ask for a new plug-in installation, the plug-in being the Network Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certification and can be used to change the parameters at the client’s site. The user...

31 Administrator’s capability Fine-tuning for Best Performance Best performance generally equates to the fastest image refresh rate with the best video quality, and at the lowest network bandwidth as possible. The three factors, “Maximum frame rate”, “Fix bit rate”, and “Fix quality” on the Video Co...

33 Opening accounts for new users Protect Network Camera by passwords The Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means everyone can access the Network Camera including the configuration as long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the Network C...

34 viewers exceed the limit. The overloaded viewers will have snapshot mode instead. Change homepage layout

37 How to design my own homepage to replace the current one 1. Prepare your own homepage with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to user.htm, 2. Insert the html codes of video object, the bold Italian text in the following example, into the appropriate position in user.htm. Note that the codes...

39 Build a multimedia web attraction site Demo on multiple sites – mid-scale service The Network Camera can allow ten visitors on-line simultaneously. After Installation, focus the Network Camera on any view you would like friends to share and tell the visitors to type in the web browser address. Ca...

42 Build a security application The Administrator can use the built-in motion detection to monitor any movement to perform many useful security applications. To upload the snapshots, users can choose either email or FTP according to user’s needs. Both e-mail and FTP use the network settings on the n...

43 Software revision upgrade Customers can obtain the up-to-date software from the web site. An easy-to-use Upgrade Wizard is provided to upgrade the Network Camera with just a few clicks. The upgrade function is opened to the Administrator only. To upgrade the system, follow the procedures below. 1...

44 Definitions in Configuration Only the Administrator can access system configuration. Each category in the left column will be explained in the following pages. The bold texts are the specific phrases on the Option pages. The Administrator may type the URL below the figure to directly enter the fr...

45 System parameters "Keep current date and time" Click on this to reserve the current date and time of the Network Camera. An internal real-time clock maintains the date and time even when the power of the system is turned off. "Sync with computer time" Synchronizes the date and tim...

46 Security settings “Root password” Change the Administrator’s password by typing in the new password identically in both text boxes. The typed entries will be displayed as asterisks for security purposes. After pressing , the web browser will ask the Administrator for the new password for access. ...

47 Network settings Any changes made on this page will restart the system in order to validate the changes. Make sure every field is entered correctly before clicking on . "Reset IP address at next boot" , the default status is checked to get IP address automatically at the server start. The...

48 “Improve audio quality in low bandwidth environment” If the Network Camera seems to work in a low bandwidth network environment, the user can use this option to see if audio quality can be improved by sacrificing some real-time synchronization. “Mute” This can force the transmission protocol to H...

49 “Key length” The administrator can select the key length among 64, 128 or 256 bits. 64bits is the default setting. “Key format ” Hexadecimal or ASCII. “ HEX ” is the default setting. “ HEX” digits consist of the numbers 0~9 and the letters A-F. “ASCII” is a code for representing English letters a...

50 “Password of SMTP 2” , granted password on the backup email server. “Recipient email address 2” The email address of the recipients for the backup server. “Sender email address” , the email address of the sender. FTP “Local FTP server port” This can be other than the default port 21. The user can...

51 DDNS and UPnP settings “Enable DDNS” This option turns on the DDNS function. “Provider” The provider list contains four hosts that provide DDNS services. Please connect to the service provider’s website to make sure the service charges. “Host name” If users wants to use DDNS service, this field m...

53 Motion detection “Enable motion detection” Check this option to turn on motion detection. Click on this button to add a new window. At most three windows can exist simultaneously. Use the mouse to click, hold, and drag the window frame to resize or the title bar to move. Clicking on the ‘x’ at th...

54 Application settings Weekly schedule “Sun” ~ “Sat” Select the days of the week to perform the following operations. “Snapshots begin at” Set the time to start operations. “Snapshots stop at” Set the time to stop operations. Setting identical begin time and stop time means 24-hour operation. “All ...

56 Homepage layout settings “Use the customized homepage” , check this option to use “user.htm” uploaded by the Administrator instead of the default one. Refer to the section “Administrator’s capability” for detail usage. The following options related to the default homepage will not affect the “use...

58 Appendix A. Troubleshooting Status LED After powering up, the Network Camera performs a self-diagnostic to detect any hardware defects. The following table lists the LED patterns in general. In case of any fatal error, the LED will blink in a pattern other than those below. Condition LED color Du...

51 C. URL commands of the Network Camera For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, the Network Camera can be easily integrated through convenient URLs. This section lists the commands in URL format corresponding to the basic functions of the erase Network Cam...

52 Restart system /setup/reset.cgi Restart the Network Camera without warning.

58 smtp2Usr <string shorter than 63characters> user name for secondary SMTPserver smtp2pass <string shorter than 15 characters> password for secondary SMTP server mail2 <text string shorter than 80characters> mail recipient address retmail <text string shorter than 80characters&...

61 Homepage layout configuration URL URL: /setup/layout.cgi NAME VALUE DESCRIPTION blank hide logo def use default logo cuslogo url use image from URL logourl <text string shorter than 80 characters> URL of image for logo linkurl <text string shorter than 80 characters> URL to link when ...

62 D. Technical specifications - System CPU: Trimedia PNX1300 RAM: 16MB SDRAM ROM: 2MB FLASH ROM - Networking Protocol TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, DDNS, UPnP , Telnet, NTP, DNS and DHCP Physical 10 baseT or 100 baseT Fast Ethernet auto negotiation - Video Algorithm supported MPEG4(short header mode) fo...