LevelOne WCS-2040 User manual

FCS-1040 WCS-2040
IP Camera
User’s Manual
V3.0

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Table of Contents
Overview.......................................................................................................................................................3
Read Before Use.....................................................................................................................................3
Package Contents ...................................................................................................................................3
Physical Description ................................................................................................................................4
Installation ....................................................................................................................................................7
Hardware Installation...............................................................................................................................7
Network Deployment ...............................................................................................................................8
Software Installation ..............................................................................................................................12
Network Setting .....................................................................................................................................17
PPPoE Setting.......................................................................................................................................17
Accessing the Network Camera .................................................................................................................24
Using Web Browsers.............................................................................................................................24
Using RTSP Players..............................................................................................................................26
Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices...............................................................................................27
Using LevelOne Recording Software ....................................................................................................28
Main Page ..................................................................................................................................................29
Client Settings ............................................................................................................................................33
Conguration ..............................................................................................................................................35
System ..................................................................................................................................................36
Security .................................................................................................................................................38
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) ...................................................................................39
Network .................................................................................................................................................44
Wireless LAN (WCS-2040v3 only) ........................................................................................................55
DDNS ....................................................................................................................................................58
Access List ...........................................................................................................................................60
Audio and Video ....................................................................................................................................63
Motion Detection ...................................................................................................................................69
Camera Control .....................................................................................................................................71
Homepage Layout ................................................................................................................................74
Application ............................................................................................................................................77
Recording .............................................................................................................................................90
System Log ..........................................................................................................................................93
View Parameters ..................................................................................................................................94
Maintenance..........................................................................................................................................95
Appendix ....................................................................................................................................................99
URL Commands for the Network Camera.............................................................................................99

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Overview
LevelOne’s FCS-1040v3(PoE)/WCS-2040v3(WLAN) is a high-performance network camera
featuring 10x zoom and pan/tilt functionality. The camera is designed for indoor surveillance
applications such
as retail stores, ofces, and banks.
The built-in 10x motorized optical zoom module provides excellent depth of eld when zoomed
in, displaying clear-cut images of near or distant objects. With 300-degree pan and 135-degree
tilt, the camera can achieve a wide range of view, giving users more comprehensive control
over the monitored site. The FCS-1040v3/WCS-2040v3 is incorporated with LevelOne’s self-
developed Bach SoC; therefore, users can benet from the advantages of dual-codec video and
two-way audio. With support for simultaneous dual streaming, the camera allows users to view
MJPEG or MPEG-4 videos on multiple platforms such as web browsers or 3G cell phones.
LevelOne’s WCS-2040v3 supports wireless and FCS-1040v3 supports Power-over-Ethernet
connection, making installation easier and more cost-efcient. The free, standard, multi-lingual
16-channel recording software helps users to seamlessly set up an easy-to-use IP surveillance
system.
Read Before Use
The use of surveillance devices may be prohibited by law in your country. The Network Camera
is not only a high-performance web-ready camera but can also be part of a exible surveillance
system. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal and
complies with all privacy laws before installing this unit for its intended use.
It is important to rst verify that all contents received are complete according to the Package
Contents listed below. Take note of the warnings in the Quick Installation Guide before the
Network Camera is installed; then carefully read and follow the instructions in the Installation
chapter to avoid damage due to faulty assembly and installation. This also ensures the product
is used properly as intended.
The Network Camera is a network device and its use should be straightforward for those
who have basic networking knowledge. It is designed for various applications including video
sharing, general security/surveillance, etc. The Configuration chapter suggests ways to best
utilize the Network Camera and ensure proper operations. For more creative and professional
developers, the URL Commands of the Network Camera section serves as a helpful reference
to customizing existing homepages or integrating with the current web server.
Package Contents
■ IP Camera
■ Power Adapter
■ Antenna (WCS-2040v3 only)
■ Ceiling Mount Brackets
■ Quick Installation Guide
■ CD Manual / Utility
■ A/V Cable

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Physical Description
Front panel
Rear panel
General I/O Terminal Block
This Network Camera provides a general I/O terminal block which is used to connect external
input / output devices. The pin denitions are described below.
1: Power
2: Digital output
3: Digital input
4: Ground
Built-in Microphone
Status LED
Lens
Recessed Reset Button
Ethernet 10/100
RJ45 Socket
External/Internal
Microphone Switch
General I/O
Terminal Block
AV Out
Microphone In
Power Cord Socket
Antenna
(WCS-2040v3 only)
Pin Name Specification Remarks
1 Power 12VDC ± 5%, max. 1.5A Max. rating 2A
2 Digital output Max. 40VDC, max. 400mA, isolation 2kV
3 Digital input OPEN/Short-to-GND, isolation 2kV Internal pull-up
4 Ground

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DI/DO Diagram
Please refer to the following illustration for the connection method.
Status LED
The color of LED indicates the status of the Network Camera.
Status LED Color Description
Blinking red Power is being supplied to the Network Camera.
Solid green The Network Camera is booting up.
Steady green with blinking red The Network Camera is trying to obtain an IP address.
Steady green and red An IP address is successfully assigned to the Network Camera.
Steady red with blinking green The Network Camera is working.
Blinking red and green During firmware upgrade.

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Hardware Reset
The reset button is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings. Sometimes
resetting the system can return the camera to normal operation. If the system problems remain
after rebooting, restore the factory settings and install again.
Reset: Press and release the recessed reset button with a paper clip or thin object. Wait for the
Network Camera to reboot.
Restore: Press and hold the recessed reset button until the status LED rapidly blinks red and
green simultaneously. Note that all settings will be restored to factory default.

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Installation
Hardware Installation
Follow the steps below to install the Network Camera to the ceiling:
1. Attach ceiling mount bracket A to the Network Camera and secure it with two small screws.
2. Drill three pilot holes into the ceiling; hammer the plastic anchors into the holes.
3. Fasten ceiling mount bracket B to the ceiling with three screws.
4. Slide the Network Camera into ceiling mount bracket B.
5. Secure the ceiling mount bracket A and B with a small screw.
NOTE
► If you want to intall the Network Camera on
the wall, please use the wall mount bracket
(optional, not included in the package).
► Keep away from interference source to
make sure performance integrate, and
avoid snow or moiré patterning.

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Network Deployment
Setup the Network Camera over the Internet
This section explains how to con gure the Network Camera over an Internet connection.
1. If you have external devices such as sensors and alarms, connect them to the general I/O
terminal block.
2. Connect the camera to a switch via Ethernet cable.
3. Connect the supplied power cable from the Network Camera to a power outlet.
There are several ways to set up the Network Camera over the Internet. The  rst way is to set
up the Network Camera behind a router. The second way is to utilize a static IP. The third way is
to use PPPoE.
Internet connection via a router
Before setting up the Network Camera over the Internet, make sure you have a router and follow
the steps below.
1. Connect your Network Camera behind a router, the Internet environment is illustrated below.
Regarding how to obtain your IP address, please refer to Software Installation on page 11 for
details.
Ethernet Switch
1
2
1: Power
2: Digital ouput
3: Digital input
4: Ground
3

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2. In this case, if the Local Area Network (LAN) IP address of your Network Camera is
192.168.0.3, please forward the following ports for the Network Camera on the router.
■ HTTP port
■ RTSP port
■ RTP port for audio
■ RTCP port for audio
■ RTP port for video
■ RTCP port for video
If you have changed the port numbers on the Network page, please open the ports accordingly
on your router. For information on how to forward ports on the router, please refer to your
router’s user’s manual.
3. Find out the public IP address of your router provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Use the public IP and the secondary HTTP port to access the Network Camera from the
Internet. Please refer to Network Type on page 32 for details.
Internet connection with static IP
Choose this connection type if you are required to use a static IP for the Network Camera.
Please refer to LAN on page 32 for details.
Internet connection via PPPoE (Point-to-Point over Ethernet)
Choose this connection type if you are connected to the Internet via a DSL Line. Please refer to
PPPoE on page 33 for details.

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Set up the Network Camera through Power over Ethernet (PoE) (FCS-1040v3 only)
When using a PoE-enabled switch
The Network Camera is PoE-compliant, which allows it to be powered via a single Ethernet
cable. If your switch/router supports PoE, refer to the following illustration to connect the
Network Camera to a PoE-enabled switch/router.
PoE Switch
power + data transmission

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Non-PoE Switch
PoE Power Injector
(optional)
When using a non-PoE switch
If your switch/router does not support PoE, use a PoE power injector (optional) to connect
between the Network Camera and a non-PoE switch/router.

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Software Installation
The following are steps for the software installation.
Note: The default user name is root and the password is blank
How to Use Installation Wizard
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 double click on the CD-ROM icon. The Installation Wizard
Installation Window will appear.
STEP. 2 There are links on this page, including Install Software, User’s Manual and Customer
Homepage. Click on “Install Software” to enter Install Software page.
STEP. 3 There are links on this page, including Installation Wizard, User’s Manual and
Surveillance Software. Click on “Installation Wizard” to launch the setup program.
Destination Location for Installation

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STEP 4: After clicking “Install” button, the install system will install the Installation Wizard to your
computer, and a progress bar will display on the dialog. After completed the installation, please
click on the “Close” button.
Completed
Using Installation Wizard
User Interface
Once you run the Installation Wizard, after a short searching time, you will see the user interface
as below. “Manual Setup” button, a “Refresh Devices” button and an arrow button on the left
panel of your user interface. When you click on the arrow button, you will see more advanced
functional buttons: “Firmware Upgrade”, “Restore Default” and “About IW”. You can select
your device by double-clicking it in the device list. The left three buttons (“Manual Setup”,
“Firmware Upgrade”, and “Restore Default”) won’t be enabled until you select at least one
device.
Installation Wizard allows you to setup one device at one time and upgrade multiple devices
(of the same model) at the same time. If you selected different models, then the “Firmware
Upgrade” button would be disabled.

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Installation wizard allows you to setup or upgrade multiple devices (of the same model) at the
same time. If you selected different models, then the buttons will be disabled. There are five
buttons on the bottom of the main page, and ve buttons on the left panel of the main page.
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.
Click on this button to modify the settings of the selected devices. For
more detail, please refer to 0 Setup.
Click on this button to upgrade the rmware of the selected devices. For
more detail, please refer to 0 Upgrade.
Click on this button to reset the selected devices to default settings.
Click on this button to get information about the Installation Wizard.
Manual Setup
When you select one device in the selection list, the “Manual Setup” button will be enabled.
Click on it to modify the settings of the selected device. After clicked on the “Manual Setup”
button, Installation Wizard would try to connect to the selected device.
The default Administrator’s password is blank and the Network Camera initially will not ask for
any password. If the authentication is failed, there would be a pop-up dialog window to ask for
correct password. If you failed three times, the Installation Wizard would show you a warning
dialog window and abort the connecting to the selected device.
Authentication Dialog Window

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Authentication error
System Setting
After connected to the selected device, the Installation Wizard will switch to system setting page
as below.
System setting page

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Click on this button to cancel the setup progress.
Click on this button to keep the present setting and go to the next page.
Change Host Name
The “Hostname” is used for the homepage title of main page and is displayed as the title in the
video window of the main page. The maximum string length is 40 characters or 20 characters
in double-byte-character-systems like Chinese or Japanese. But for some models supported
Unicode, the maximum string length depends on the characters you input, and it may less than
20 characters.
Change root password
To change the administrator’s password, type the new password in both “Password” and
“Confirm Password” text boxes identically. What is typed will be displayed as asterisks for
security purposes. The maximum password depends on the server you connected.
Adjust date and time
Date/Time setup
There are three ways to adjust system date and time:
1. “Synchronize with computer time”: The easiest way is to make device synchronized
with your computer time.
2. “Set date and time manually”: Set the date and time manually by entering new values.
Notice the format in the related eld while typing.
3. “Synchronize to network time server automatically”: Make device automatically
synchronize with timeservers over the Internet every hour.
If you want to keep the current date and time, please choose “Keep current date and time”.

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Network Setting
The Installation Wizard can help you to setup the network connection with LAN or PPPoE. After
you clicked on the “Next” button on the System page, the Installation Wizard would lead you to
the PPPoE setting page. If you want to connect your server to Internet via PPPoE, please click
on “Yes” to start the PPPoE setting process, or click on “No” to invoke the LAN setting.
Choosing the network type
PPPoE Setting
Network setting for PPPoE
If you click on “Yes” in the “Network Type” dialog window, you will be led to the PPPoE setting
page. In this page, you can input the “PPPoE username” and “PPPoE password” provided by
your ISP, and then the server will be set to PPPoE mode rather than LAN mode when the setup
is completed. If you don’t know the account information, please contact your ISP. After inputting
the account information, please click on the “Next” button to continue your next step.

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LAN Setting
If you click on “No” in the “Network Type” dialog window, you will be led to the Network setting
page. In this page, you can change the server’s IP address, subnet mask, default gateway,
primary DNS server, secondary DNS and DHCP server. Please refer to the below page.
Network Setting for LAN
You could set up the network with DHCP or xed IP:
1.DHCP: Check the “Get IP by DHCP Server automatically” will force the device to renew its
IP address whenever it reboots, and the related network conguration is provided by the DHCP
server.
2.Fixed IP: If you want the device to use a xed IP, please uncheck the “Get IP by DHCP Serv-
er automatically” checkbox and assign a valid IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and
DNS server for the device.
Mobile Access
After nished the DDNS setting and click on the Next button. If your device supports mobile
viewer and you want to access the device by mobile phone, you can enable the “Mobile Access”
by clicking on the Yes button. The Installation Wizard will do some setting for mobile viewing
toward the device:
1.Video: The video codec will be set to MPEG-4, and the resolution will be set to 176x144 pix-
els.
2.Audio: The audio codec will be set to AAC.

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Mobile Access
Apply to selected device
After conguring all the settings, the apply page will show up. Click on “Apply” button to apply
the changes to the selected device or click on “Back” button to go back to the previous page and
modify the setting again.
Apply page
When you click on the “Apply”, it will start to update your settings to server.
Upgrade
When you select one device or multiple devices (of the same model), the “Firmware Upgrade”
button will be enabled. Click on it to upgrade the rmware of the selected device(s). After click
on the “Firmware Upgrade” button, Installation Wizard will try to connect the selected device(s)
and lead you to the rmware upgrade page.

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Click on the “Firmware Upgrade”
Device Information
After connected to the selected device(s), it would display as below. If you select more than one
device, then the device information will show all the selected devices. You can switch to the
server info by click on the tab control.
Device information