Edimax 802.11g Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter User manual

802.11g Wireless
Internet Camera
User Manual

Version: 1.0
Released Date: Jan., 2005
Contents
1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................1
2. Package Content.............................................................................................................1
3. System Requirement.......................................................................................................1
4. Hardware Installation......................................................................................................2
4.1. LED and Focusing..............................................................................................2
4.2. Camera Ports.....................................................................................................3
4.3. Installation Procedure.........................................................................................4
5. Software Installation........................................................................................................5
6. Using the Administrator Utility......................................................................................10
6.1. General Setting..................................................................................................11
6.2. Detail Setting ....................................................................................................12
6.2.1. Network Setting........................................................................................14
6.2.2. Wireless Setting........................................................................................15
6.2.3. E-Mail Setting ...........................................................................................19
6.2.4. Resolution.................................................................................................20
6.2.5. Advanced Setting.....................................................................................21
6.2.6. Passw ord..................................................................................................22
6.2.7. Tools .........................................................................................................23
6.2.8. About........................................................................................................24
6.3. Setting Wizard..................................................................................................25
7. Using the Camera Viewer............................................................................................27
7.1. Panel Introduction ............................................................................................27
7.2. Camera Buttons................................................................................................28
7.3. Camera Status..................................................................................................29
7.4. Control Buttons.................................................................................................29
7.5. Video Recording...............................................................................................31
7.6. Change Resolution...........................................................................................32
7.7. View Four Cameras Simultaneously................................................................33
7.8. View er Utility Setting ........................................................................................33
7.8.1. Setting.......................................................................................................34
7.8.2. Recording .................................................................................................36

7.8.3. Status........................................................................................................38
7.8.4. General.....................................................................................................39
7.8.5. About........................................................................................................40
7.9. Playback...........................................................................................................41
7.10. Rotate Video.....................................................................................................43
8. Web Connection and Setup.........................................................................................44
8.1. Camera Setting.................................................................................................45
8.2. Network Setting................................................................................................46
8.3. Wireless Setting................................................................................................50
8.4. Password Setting .............................................................................................53
9. FrequentlyAsked Questions........................................................................................55
10. Technical Specifications...............................................................................................56
11. AppendixA Router/GatewaySetup for Internet Viewing........................................57
12. AppendixB Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP.........................................................59

1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Internet Camera. This Internet Camera sends live video through
10/100Mbps wired or 54Mbps 11gwireless network to aweb browser or camera viewer
across Internet anywhere in thew orld! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep an eye
on your home, your kids, and your workplace—w hatever’s important to you.
How does the Camera do all of this? Unlike standard “w eb cams” that require an attached PC,
the Internet Camera can connect directly to a network. The Motion JPEG video compression
produces a high quality, high-frame rate, 640 x 480 video stream.
The included Camera Viewer utility lets you record the video streamto your local hard drive,
“live” or on a predetermined schedule.
Use the instructions in this Guide to help you integrate the Camera into your network. These
instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Internet Camera.
2. Package Content
One Internet Camera
One Antenna
One Pow er Adapter
One Camera Stand
One 100M Category 5 Ethernet Cable
One Quick Installation Guide
One CD(Including Manual/Utility/Driver)
If any of the above items are missing, please contact your supplier.
3. System Requirement
Systemrequirement for PC, MACor Notebook PC to access the Internet Camera are:
OS System: Windows 98SE, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003
CPU: Intel Pentium III750MHz above or Intel Celeron 1GHz above
Memory Size: 128MB (256MB recommended)
VGA Card Resolution: 800 x 600 or above
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4. Hardware Installation
4.1. LED and Focusing
The Camera head and its focus ring allow you to modify the aimand focus of the Camera.
To adjust the Camera’s focus, rotate the dark focus ring.
There are four LEDs indicating the camera status and networking status.
yMonitoring
When someone is viewing the camera, the LED will light.
yReady
When the camera is power on and ready for access, the LEDwill light.
yWLAN
When the Internet Camera is linking to a Wireless LANAPor a Wireless Station, the LED
is lighting. The LED is flashingwhen video is transmitted or received through wireless
network.
yLAN
When the Internet Camera is linking to wired network, the LEDis lighting. The LED is
flashingwhen video is transmitted or received through wired netw ork.
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4.2. Camera Ports
The Camera features three ports and a Reset button.
yAntenna Connector
This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with
Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Internet Camera.
yPower
The Power port is where you canconnect the power adapter.
yLAN
The LAN port is where you can connect the Ethernet network cable.
yReset
1. If problems occur with your Internet Camera, press the reset buttonwith a pencil tip
(for less than 2 seconds) and the Internet Camera w ill re-boot itself, keeping your
original configurations.
2. If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or youforgot your password,
press the reset button for longer than 5 seconds and the Internet Camera will reset
itself to the factory default settings (warning: your original configurations will be
replacedwith the factory default settings).
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4.3. Installation Procedure
1. Unpack the Internet Camera package and verify that all the items listed in the Chapter 2
are provided.
2. Connect the Internet Camera to your network by attached the netw ork cable fromthe
switch/router to the UTPport of the Internet Camera.
3. Connect the pow er adapter to the Internet Camera and plug the power adapter to pow er
outlet. The Internet Camera w ill be pow ered on. When the Internet Camera is ready, the
Ready LEDw ill show orange color.
Note: It is highly recommended to use the pow er adapter shippedw ith the Internet Camera,
do NOT use any other power adapter fromany sources.
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5. Software Installation
Follow the simple steps below to run the Install Wizard to guide you quickly through the
Installation process. The follow ing installation is implemented in Windows XP. The installation
procedures in Windows 98SE/Me/2000/Server 2003 are similar.
1. Insert the CDshipped along with the Internet Camera into your CD-ROM drive. The
“Autorun.exe” programshould be executed automatically. If not, run “Autorun.exe”
manually from“Autorun” folder in the CD.
2. The Install Wizard w ill show four selections, select the program youw ant to install or click
“Exit” to install the program later. The follow ing installation steps are the demonstration of
“IC-1000/Wg” and “Click To Setup”.
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3. The systemwill start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation.
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4. If youwish to install the software programin an alternate location, click “Change”;
otherw ise click “Next” to move on to the next step.

5. Click “Install” to start installing the program.
6. The systemwill install the program automatically.
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7. Click “Finish” to complete the softw are installation.
8. When the installation is completed. The systemwill auto run ”Administrator Utility“. On the
Internet Camera first page, the cameras found in the network are listed in the leftwindow .
Choose the one youwant to configure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed.
N IPCamera_MJPEG
“N” means the
camera is new and
not configured.
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9. Please enter the default password “1234” and click “OK” to login to the IP setup page.
10. Internet Camera is w orking through the network (TCP/IP Protocol). The IPaddress setting
must be correct, or you cannot access to the camera. The w izard programw ill detect the
IP address status of your network automatically and suggest a free IPaddress for the
Camera. You can accept the suggested value or enter the value manually. If you enter the
value manually, please be aw are that the “Subnet Mask” must be the same for both the
camera and the PC. Click “Finish” to apply the configuration.
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11. This w izard will pop up a window to ask you if youwant to run the “Camera Viewer” and
see the video of the Camera immediately. Select “OK” to run “Camera Viewer”.

12. The “Camera View er” w ill show the video automatically. Congratulations, you can use the
camera through the network to view the video fromnow on.
6. Using the Administrator Utility
TheAdministrator Utility allows users to search and setup the cameras located within the
Intranet or on the Internet. Fromthe utility, users can view all the information of the selected
camera; furthermore, it provides a setting wizard,which can guide users to add the camera to
the network easily and promptly.
There are tw oways to run theAdministrator Utility as follows.
1. Click “Start”, select “Programs\IP Camera\Admin Utility” to run the utility.
2. Click the “IP Camera Admin” icon to run the utility.
Once the utility is started, it w ill search all the cameras w ithin the netw ork. To do more settings,
please refer to the description in the following sections.
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N IPCamera_MJPEG
6.1. General Setting
LAN
Auto Discover Click the button w ill search the camera within the netw ork
automatically.
Camera List The list show s the camera name and the setup status of the
camera.
It means the camera is in the default setting.
It means the camera is configured before.
Internet
Add Click “Add” w ill appear a window for you to enter the IPAddress
of the camera on the Internet.
Delete Click “Delete” to delete the camera fromthe list.
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Camera List The list show s the camera name and the connect status of the
camera.
It means the camera is disconnected or not in the
Internet.
It means the camera is connected.
Information of Camera
Camera Information It displays all information of the selected camera. The information
includes Firmw are Version, Network Information, IP Address,
UPnP Setting, DDNS Setting, Wireless Setting, Resolution and
E-mail setting, etc.
Camera Setting
Detail Setting Click “Detail Setting” to do more setting of the camera such as IP
address, Resolution, password and firmware upgrade, etc.
Setting Wizard Click “Setting Wizard” to setup the necessary setting for the
camera.
6.2. Detail Setting
When you click the “Detail Setting”, a screenwill pop up for you to enter the “Administrator
Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows.
Name: “Admin”
Passw ord: “1234”
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N IPCamera_MJPEG
If the name and password you enter are correct, youcan start to setup the camera.
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6.2.1. Network Setting
Network Setting
Internet Camera Name The default camera name is “WIPCamera_MJPEG”. It is
recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera.
IPAddress Enter an unused IPAddress within the IP address range used on
your LAN. If the IPAddress of your LANis fromthe 192.168.2.1
to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address fromthe
range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250.
Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your
LAN. For example: 255.255.255.0.
Gateway The Gatew ay is used to forwardframes to destinations in a
different subnet on the Internet. The Gateway setting must be the
same with the gatew ay used by the PCs on your LAN.
DNS Server DNS Server (Domain Name Server) that translates names to IP
addresses. Set the same DNS Server as the PCs on your LAN.
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Network Setting
Video Port The Video Port is used to transmit or receive the video streaming
in the network. The default port setting is “4321”. If youwant to
view the video fromthe camera, the port setting should be
correct.
Web Port This camera supportweb connection, the defaultweb port is 80.
Since the w eb server may use port 80, you can use a different
port for the camera. If you change theweb port from80 to 8080,
you must type http://192.168.2.3:8080 to connect the camera
through the web browser.
6.2.2. Wireless Setting
If youwant to use the Internet Camera through wireless LAN, please set up the Internet
Camera through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless LANsetting is correct.After
setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable then you can start to use the Internet
Camera through wireless LAN. If thewireless configuration does notwork, please plug the
Ethernet cable again, and configure the Internet Camera through Ethernet until the wireless
LAN settings are correct.
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Wireless Setting
Wireless Setting Enable or disable thewireless function of the Internet Camera. By
default, the function is disabled.
Available Network
Available Network This list show s all available wireless networks within range of
your Internet Camera. It also displays the information of the
networks including the SSIDand Signal Strength. If youwant to
connect to any networks on the list, double-click the itemon the
list or select the itemand click “Connect”, and the Internet
Camera w ill automatically connect to the selected netw ork.
Refresh Button Click “Refresh” button to collect the new information of all the
wireless networks nearby.
Connect Button Click “Connect” to connect to the selected network.
Add to Profile Button Add the selected network to Profile List and save it in your PC.
Profile List
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Profile List The “Profiles List” is for you to manage the networks you connect
to frequently. The profile list displays all the profiles and the
relative settings of the profiles including Profile Name, SSID,
Channel, etc. If youw ant to connect to any profiles on the list,
double-click the profile or select the profile and click “Activate”,
and the Internet Camera will automatically connect to the
selected profile.
Add/Delete/Edit Button Click these buttons to add/delete/edit the selected profiles.
Activate Button Click “Activate” to connect to the selected profile. When a profile
is activated, the card w ill be initially connected to the profile.
Configure the Profile
Profile Name Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different
networks.
SSID The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCIIcharacters) is the unique
name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional
merging of two co-located WLANs.
You may specify a SSID for the card and then only the device
with the same SSIDcan interconnect to the card. If youwant to
add one of the networks nearby to the profile list, pull dow n the
menu, all the networks nearby will be listed and you can add one
of themto the profile list.
Channel This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode. Select the number
of the radio channel used for the networking. The channel setting
should be the same w ith the network you are connecting to.
Netw ork Type Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of a
Wireless LANAccess Point or Router. All communication is done
via the Access Point or Router.
Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if youwant to connect to another
wireless stations in the Wireless LANnetworkwithout through an
Access Point or Router.
Configure the Profile
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