In the following content, "user"
refers to those who can access the IT150 Network Camera and
"administrator" refers to the supervisor who can configure the IT150 Network
Camera and grant users access.
When completing the hardware installation,
administrators need to run the Installer
program included in the product CDROM to locate the newly installed IT150
Network Camera. Any IT150 Network Camera standby for software installation will
be captured by the Installer program. Therefore there may be several entries
shown in the window. Administrators may differentiate the IT150 Network Camera
with the serial number and click on the entry with "Assigned" field
labeled "No" to perform software installation. The serial number is
printed on the labels on the carton and the rear panel of the IT150 Network
Camera¡¦s body.
The IP address shown in "Current IP Address" field depends
on the local network. It may get from the DHCP server for the administrator's
reference. If there is no DHCP server, administrators can choose any neighbor
IP address of the PC. The Installer program will check the IP address
automatically; there will be a warning message if it conflicts with others.
If administrators want to use another IP
address, modify the IP address text field.
If the administrator wants to fix the IP
address of the unit, check the option "Use this IP whenever system
boots" to skip future installation procedures. Otherwise the unit will
need installation whenever it is restarted.
If the IP is not taken by another network device in the network, the
Installer program will continue to setup. Otherwise another message window will
warn that the assigned IP conflicts.
In this case, administrators should ask the
network supervisor for a vacant IP address.
After clicking on 
in the successful dialog, the
"Assigned" field will be labeled "Yes". Administrators
should keep the address information for users¡¦ request.
If there is any error dialog rather than ¡§Set
IP OK¡¨, please check the next page.
Administrators may click directly on 
to access the newly installed server in
the default browser.
When administrators choose ¡§Use this IP
whenever system boots¡¨, the local FTP server port and root password of the IT150
Network Camera will be utilized.
If they have been changed prior to the
installation, a confirmation window will pop out to request correct settings.
After entering the correct settings, press ¡§Retry¡¨.
If the ¡§Server FTP Port¡¨ or ¡§Server Root Password¡¨ is lost,
click ¡§Cancel¡¨ to exit. In this case, the IP address of the IT150 Network
Camera will still be installed though it is not fixed for further reboot. If
the root password is correct, administrator can log in to browse the
correct local FTP server port in
the network settings.
Otherwise refer to Appendix A Troubleshooting
to restore factory default settings and then use the installer to install
again.
Once
installation is complete, administrators should proceed to the next section
"First access to the IT150 Network Camera " for necessary checks and
configurations.
Although the IT150 Network Camera already
can be connected after software installation from Local Area Network,
administrators should complete the network settings in the configuration page
including the correct subnet mask and IP address of gateway and DNS. Ask for
the network administrator or Internet service provider for the detail
information. By default the IT150 Network Camera will need administrator's
installation every time it reboots. If the network settings are sure to work
all the time, disable the install option. Refer to ¡§Network settings¡¨ in system
configuration page for details. Once any setting is entered incorrectly and
thus hangs the IT150 Network Camera, restore the factory settings according to
the steps in troubleshooting.
Since the
administrator¡¦s password is blank by default, the IT150 Network Camera will not
ask for any password. However the administrator should change the password as
soon as possible to protect from network intruders. Once the administrator¡¦s
password is saved, the IT150 Network Camera always needs user name and password
before access. The administrator can setup at most twenty user accounts. Each
user is able to access the IT150 Network Camera except for system
configuration. Some critical functions are limited only for administrators such
as system configuration, user administration and software upgrade. The user
name of the administrator is assigned to ¡§root¡¨ permanently. Once the password
is changed, the browser will display an authentication window to ask for the new password. There
is no way to discover administrator¡¦s password. If the password is forgotten,
only restoring factory defaults can help.
After opening the Web browser and typing in
the URL of the IT150 Network Camera, a dialogue window may pop up to request a
username and password except that the administrator does not save any password.
Upon successful authentication, the main page will display like the figure
below.
In the figure, the foreground is the login
window and the background shows the message when authentication fails. The user
may check the option to save the password for future convenience.
If it is initial access to the IT150 Network
Camera in Windows, the web browser may prompt for permission to install a new
plug-in that is provided by the IT150 Network Camera. Prompt or not and the
prompt message depend on the Internet security settings of user¡¦s PC or
notebook. The highest security level may prohibit any installation and execution
attempt even the plug-in is safe. This plug-in has been registered for
certificate and is used to display the motioned pictures in the browser. Users
may click on 
to proceed. If the web browser does not
allow the user to install, check the Internet security option to lower security
levels or contact network supervisors.
There is a
logo image shown in the upper left corner. It can link to other web sites or
resources depending on the settings in configuration. The assigned caption and
system date/time will display in the banner above the image window. There might
be some windows enclosed by red lines shown in the image as soon as motion is
detected in the related windows. Click on the configuration link to the right
of the image window to enter the configuration page.
If
it is the first access to ¡§Connection type¡¨ page in Windows, the web
browser will ask to install a new plug-in that is provided by the IT150 Network
Camera. This plug-in has been registered for certificate and is used to change
the parameters at the client side. Users may click on to install the plug-in. If the web
browser does not allow the user to install, check the Internet security to
lower the security level or contact network supervisors.
There
are two settings for the client side. One is ¡§Media Option¡¨ for users to
determine if the audio should be muted. The other is ¡§Protocol Option¡¨
to choose the connection protocol between client and server. There are three
protocols to optimize your usage - UDP, TCP and HTTP. With
UDP protocol, audio and video streams can be more real-time. But some packets
may be lost due to network burst traffic and images will be obscure. If TCP
protocol is selected, packet loss would not occur and video display will more
accurate. But the real-time effect is worse than UDP protocol. If the network
is protected by a firewall and it opens HTTP port (80) only, HTTP protocol must
be selected. In this mode, audio will not be sent and you can see the video
only. If you have no special needs and no idea to choose one among them, simply
choose UDP. Generally the client will automatically try these protocols by the
following order, UDP ¡÷ TCP ¡÷ HTTP. After the client connects to the IT150 Network Camera
successfully, ¡§Protocol Option¡¨ will show the working protocol. The
chosen protocol will be recorded in the user's PC and used for next connection.
If the network environment is changed or users want to let web browser detect
again, select UDP manually to save and then return HOME to connect again.
<url> http://<IT150Network Camera>/protocol.html
<IT150
Network Camera> is the domain name or original IP address of the IT150 Network
Camera.
The
best performance means the image refresh rate should be the fastest as possible
and the video quality should be the best as possible at the lowest network
bandwidth as possible. Three factors, ¡§Maximum frame rate¡¨, ¡§Fix bit
rate¡¨, and ¡§Fix quality¡¨ in the Video configuration page, are
correlative to the performance.
My priority is
real-time motioned images
To
achieve the real-time visual effect, the network bandwidth should be large
enough to transmit 20 image frames or more. If you are in the broadband network
over 1 Mbps, you can fix the bit rate to 1000Kbps or 1200Kbps, or fix the
quality to achieve the maximum frames. The maximum frame rate is 25 in 50Hz
system and 30 in 60Hz system. If your network bandwidth is more than 384Kbps,
you can fix the bit rate according to your bandwidth and set the maximum frame
rate to 25 or 30. If the images vary dramatically in your environment, you may
slow down the maximum frame rate to 20 to decrease the transmitted data for
better video quality since human could not easily tell the difference between
20 and 25 or 30 frames per second. If your network bandwidth is below 384 Kbps,
you should fix the bit rate according to your bandwidth and try out the best
performance by tuning the maximum frame rate. The larger frame rate in slow
network will blur the images. You may also try to choose ¡§Half¡¨ in size option
for better images or ¡§Halfx2¡¨ for larger image size. Note that even you have
well tuned the parameters, the performance may still vary from person to person
when multiple users view at the same time. Because the network has burst
constraint and everyone¡¦s environment is not the same, any poor connection will
drop the normal performance.
My priority is
clear identification for each image
To
have the best video quality, you should fix the quality to detailed or
excellent and tune the maximum frame rate to suit for your network bandwidth.
If you get some broken pictures in slow network, you can choose TCP protocol in
¡§Connection type¡¨ for more accurate transmission but the received images may
have certain time delay. Note that any slow connection in multiple users will
drop the proper performance.
I want to
compromise between real-time and clear images
If
you have a broadband network, choose fix quality to normal or better rather
than fix bandwidth. Otherwise fix the bandwidth according to your actual
network speed and set the frame rate to 30. If the images look bad, select the
lower frame rate above 15. If the images are not improved, select the lower
bandwidth.
Protect the IT150
metwork camera by passwords
The
IT150 Network Camera is shipped without any password by default. That means
everyone can access the IT150 Network Camera including the configuration as
long as the IP address is known. It is necessary to assign a password if the IT150
Network Camera is intended to be accessed by others. Type a new word twice in 1 to enable protection. This
password is used to identify the administrator. Then add an account with user
name and password for your friends in 2. The IT150 Network Camera
can provide twenty accounts for your valuable customers or friends. Each
account identifies the access right rather than the real visitor. That allows
multiple visitors share the same account of different level. An option to access DI/DO is provided for
each account. Some users may need to prohibit from controlling your attached
devices. You may delete some users from 3.
More flexible
options for viewers 4
The
first option allows anyone uses ¡§demo¡¨ as the user name to view without
password. Administrators can also decide if more viewers are allowed to watch
the video if the viewers exceed the limit. The overloaded viewers will have
snapshot mode instead.
How to change the
subject text of homepage
1.
Click on ¡§Configuration¡¨ on homepage,
2.
Change the text in ¡§Host name¡¨,
3.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button.
How to change the
font color
1.
Click on ¡§Configuration¡¨ on homepage,
2.
Click on ¡§Homepage layout¡¨ at the left column,
3.
Find ¡§Font color¡¨ and pull down the list to choose any color you like,
4.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button.
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The font color is better to contrast with the background.
How to change the
background
1.
Click on ¡§Configuration¡¨ on homepage,
2.
Click on ¡§Homepage layout¡¨ at the left column,
If
you want to display simple color without any image,
3.
Find ¡§Background graph¡¨ and choose ¡§blank¡¨,
4.
Find ¡§Background color¡¨ and pull down the list to choose any color you like,
5.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button.
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The background color is better to contrast with the font.
If
you want to use the image from another web site as background,
3.
Find ¡§Background graph¡¨ and choose ¡§Url¡¨,
4.
Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, ¡§http://www.intellisystem.it/img/logo.gif¡¨,
5.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button.
If
you want to change the default background image stored in the IT150 Network
Camera,
3.
Find ¡§Background graph¡¨ and choose ¡§default¡¨,
4.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button,
5.
Prepare an image file with size less than 131000 bytes and rename it to
wallppr.jpg,
6.
Open an FTP client program and connect to the IT150 Network Camera. The user
name and password is as same as the administrator¡¦s.
7.
Transfer wallppr.jpg in local folder to the IT150 Network Camera,
8.
Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the IT150 Network Camera.
How to change the
image logo at the upper left corner of homepage
1.
Click on ¡§Configuration¡¨ on homepage,
2.
Click on ¡§Homepage layout¡¨ at the left column,
If
you want to remove any logo,
3.
Find ¡§Logo graph¡¨ and choose ¡§blank¡¨,
4.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button.
If
you want to use the image from another web site as logo,
3.
Find ¡§Logo graph¡¨ and choose ¡§Url¡¨,
4.
Type the URL of the image on the Internet in the edit box, for example, ¡§http://www.intellisystem.it/img/logo.gif¡¨,
5.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button.
If
you want to change the default logo stored in the IT150 Network Camera,
3.
Find ¡§Logo graph¡¨ and choose ¡§default¡¨,
4.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button,
5.
Prepare an image file with size less than 65000 bytes and rename it to
logo.gif,
6.
Open an FTP client program and connect to the IT150 Network Camera. The user
name and password is as same as the administrator¡¦s.
7.
Transfer logo.gif in local folder to the IT150 Network Camera,
8.
Close the FTP program and reload the homepage of the IT150 Network Camera
If
you want to add hyperlink to the logo image,
3.
Find ¡§Logo link¡¨ and type the hyperlink in the edit box, for example,
http://www.intellisystem.it,
4.
Click on ¡§Save¡¨ button.
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 of
video object must be copied exactly the same including the letter case.
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****** Intellisystem Technologies -
Example homepage begin ******
<html>
<head>
<title>Example ¡V custom
homepage</title>
</head>
<body
background="/pic/wallppr.jpg">
<p>
<a href="/setup/config.html">
<img src="http://www.intellisystem.it/img/logo.gif"
align="left" width="100" height="29">
</a>
<font size="7" face="Comic Sans MS"
color="#FF0000">
IT 150 Demo Page
</font>
</p>
<p align="left">
<!-- Copy the next bold line to
where you want to show the image coming from IT150. This line is remark
only and is hidden on homepage. //-->
<OBJECT
ID=VAMCtrl></OBJECT>
</p>
</body>
</html>
****** Example homepage end ******
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should be fully understood and cautioned. Ignoring the warnings may result
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