User manual EDIMAX IC-1500

[. . . ] M-JPEG Internet Camera IC-1500Wg / IC-1500 User Manual Version 2. 0 September , 2007 Copyright© by Edimax Technology Co, LTD. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software. [. . . ] The wizard will auto search the Gateway setting of the network and set the camera to use the same Gateway. Click "Finish" to complete the camera setting. IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway When you finish the camera setting, you can click "Ok" to run the "Camera Viewer" immediately or click "Cancel" to run the "Camera Viewer" later. 16 7 Using the Camera Viewer The Camera Viewer Utility allows users to view video from up to four cameras. It also allows users to manual/schedule record video and playback the recording file. The status of camera viewing such as frame rate, video received, and etc. Click "Start", select "Programs\IP Camera\Camera Viewer" to run the utility. Click "Setting Wizard" from Administrator Utility and follow the instructions in the utility. 7. 1 Panel Introduction In the beginning when you start the Camera Viewer, you would see a Control Panel and a four division Viewer window. 7. 2 Camera Buttons Camera Buttons Camera Click one of these four cameras will connect to the selected camera that you want to view and configure. If you want to remove the camera from the viewer, please right click the icon and select "Reset Camera x". If you want to configure the camera, please right click the icon and select "Configure Camera x". 17 7. 3 Camera Status There is a status bar shown different color to indicate the status of each Internet Camera. Camera Status Yellow Blue Pink Red 7. 4 Control Buttons It means that there is no camera set to connect. It means that the camera is recording. Snapshot Pause Close the Camera Viewer Minimize the Window Stop Record Play Forward Control Buttons Play The "Play" button is an intelligent play user-interface. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is disconnected, clicking on the "Play" can make the viewer connect to the Internet Camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the "Play" can play the video in the normal speed. In the normal display mode and the Internet Camera is connected, clicking on the "Stop" can make the viewer disconnect the camera. In the playback mode, clicking on the "Stop" can stop playing the video. The "Pause" button provides you a way to pause the current video display. When the displaying video is paused, click on the "Play" again to resume the video display. Stop Pause Forward The "Forward" button to forward the speed of display when playback the recording file. Snapshot Click "Snapshot" will make the viewer to take a snapshot of the video and save the picture as a bitmap file in the hard disk. (You can set the directory for storing these bitmap files at the Section 7. 8. 4) By clicking on "Record" you can record video immediately. Record 18 7. 5 Video Recording This utility allows you record the video in AVI format files. There are two ways of video recording ­ Manual Recording and Schedule Recording. Manual Recording You can manually record the video stream into an assigned video file. Click "Record", then the viewer utility will start to record the video stream. Note: Before manual recording, you have to click the camera button to select the Internet Camera that you want to record first and make sure that the viewer is successfully connecting to the Internet Camera. Schedule Recording You can assign a schedule and let this viewer automatically recording the video stream into video files. [. . . ] These users, unlike Administrator, are not allowed to configure the camera. User 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 User # Login Password Confirm Password Apply Enable or Disable the user number #. Click "Apply" to save the user account setting. 34 9 Frequently Asked Questions Q1: What is an Internet Camera?A: The Internet Camera is a standalone system connecting directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. It is different from the conventional PC Camera; the Internet Camera is an all-in-one system with built-in CPU and web-based solutions providing a low cost solution that can transmit high quality video images for monitoring. [. . . ]