Planet ICA-230 User manual

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Chapter 1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Pan/Tilt Internet Camera. It is versatile and high image solution of
surveillance application for day and night. The Pan/Tilt Internet Camera is also a stand-alone
camera system with a built-in processor and web server that provides highest quality video and
system performance.
1.1 Before Installation
Before installation, please be sure to read this quick installation guide and user’s manual (CD)
carefully to complete machine installation. This guide shows how to quick set up the three
cameras, unless model name specified terms “PT Internet Camera” will be used for these three
models.
1.2 System Requirements
1.3 Package Content
PT Internet Camera x 1
Power Adapter x 1
Camera Mount Kit x 1
CD Disk x 1
Quick Installation Guide x 1
NOTE: If any of the above items are missing, please contact your dealer immediately.
Network Interface 10/100MBase-TX Ethernet
Monitoring System Recommended for Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
System Hardware · CPU: Pentium 4, 3.0GHz or above
· Memory Size : 512 MB (512 MB or above Recommended )
· VGA card resolution : 1024 x 768 or above
· VGA card memory : 64 MB or above
(at least 128 MB for Megs-pixel resolution)
· Network bandwidth: In VGA resolution mode, minimum
upload bandwidth is 1Mbps.

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Chapter 2. Physical Description
2.1 ICA-230/M230
2.1.1 Front Panel
IR LEDs These LEDs are Infra-Red type. It’s very useful for low-lux environment to
provide supplementary light source for image sensor.
Lens & focus ring User could use this ring to adjust focus manually.
Power & LAN LED This LED is used to indicate whether DC power is on or not. In addition,
this LED will be flashing while network accessing via Ethernet.
Microphone The Camera has built-in an internal microphone. This microphone is
hidden in the pinhole located on the front panel.
Wireless LED This LED is used to indicate the wireless accessing of the Camera.
*Future feature
IR LEDsIR LEDs Lens & focus
ring
Microphone
Power
&
LAN LED
Wireless LED

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2.1.2 Rear Panel
Audio Output Jack Audio-out Jack allows this device to output audio or alerting sound.
The input power is 12VDC.DC Power Jack
NOTE Only use the power adapter supplied with ICA-230/M230.
Otherwise, the product may be damaged.
The LAN socket is a RJ-45 connector for connections to 10Base-T
Ethernet or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cabling. This Ethernet port
built N-Way protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of
the network automatically. Please use Category 5 “straight through”
cable to connect the ICA-230/M230 to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet
network switch or hub. The LAN socket is compliant with IEEE802.3af
standard PoE interface.
LAN Socket
NOTE If you need to connect the ICA-230/M230 to PC or notebook
directly, you should use cross over cable instead.
Factory Default
Reset This button is hidden in the pinhole. Please refer to the Appendix A in manual for more information.
Audio Output Jack
DC Power Jack
LAN Socket
Factory Default

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2.2 ICA-501
2.2.1 Front Panel
Lens & focus ring User could use this ring to adjust focus manually.
Power & LAN LED This LED is used to indicate whether DC power is on or not. In addition,
this LED will be flashing while network accessing via Ethernet.
Microphone The Camera has built-in an internal microphone. This microphone is
hidden in the pinhole located on the front panel.
Wireless LED This LED is used to indicate the wireless accessing of the Camera.
*Future feature
Lens & focus
ring
Microphon
e
Power
&
LAN LED
Wireless LED

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2.2.2 Rear Panel
Audio Output Jack Audio-out Jack allows this device to output audio or alerting sound.
The input power is 12VDC.DC Power Jack
NOTE Only use the power adapter supplied with ICA-501.
Otherwise, the product may be damaged.
The LAN socket is a RJ-45 connector for connections to 10Base-T
Ethernet or 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet cabling. This Ethernet port
built N-Way protocol can detect or negotiate the transmission speed of
the network automatically. Please use Category 5 “straight through”
cable to connect the ICA-501 to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network
switch or hub.
LAN Socket
NOTE If you need to connect the ICA-501 to PC or notebook
directly, you should use cross over cable instead.
Factory Default
Reset This button is hidden in the pinhole. Please refer to the Appendix A in manual for more information.
Audio Output Jack
DC Power Jack
LAN Socket
Factory Default

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Chapter 3. Mounting the PT Internet Camera
3.1 Ceiling Mount
1.Fix the camera to L-type bracket with two supplied screws.
2.Fix the bracket and camera to the ceiling using two holly wall anchors and screws.

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3.2 Ceiling Mount
1. Fix the L-type bracket to the wall using two holly wall anchors and screws.
2. Fix the camera to L-type bracket with two supplied screws.

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3.3 Physical Installation
1. Connect an Ethernet cable
Connect the LAN cable on the PT Internet Camera to the network device (hub or switch).
NOTE: If there has a IEEE802.3af PoE switch in your network, you can connect the
ICA-230/M230 LAN cable to this PoE switch to obtain power. The power adapter
is unnecessary when ICA-230/M230 is connected to a PoE switch.
2. Check the LED (Front Panel)
The LED is defined to identify LAN connection type. When LAN port is connected, the LED
will be green.
3. Place the PT Internet Camera on the table or fix it onto ceiling or wall
Use screws to fix the PT Internet Camera onto the ceiling or wall. You could also put the PT
Internet Camera in the table directly.
4. Attach the power supply
Plug in power adapter and connect to power source. After power on, PT Internet Camera
will start to operate.
NOTE: Only use the power adapter supplied with PT Internet Camera. Otherwise, the
product may be damaged
The power adapter is unnecessary when ICA-230/M230 is connected to a PoE
switch. Otherwise, the product may be damaged when ICA-230/M230 is
connected to a PoE switch and power adapter simultaneously.
5. Attach Speaker to PT Internet Camera (option)
If user needs not only video stream but also audio stream, then the speaker should be
attached to PT Internet Camera.

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Chapter 4. IPWizard
This chapter shows how to quick set up your PT Internet Camera. The PT Internet Camera is
with the default settings. However to help you find the networked camera quickly the windows
utility-IPWizard can search the cameras in the network that shall help you to configure some
basic setting before you started advanced management and monitoring.
4.1 Installation
NOTE: In the installation steps below, this guide use ICA-M230 as the example. However,
the steps for ICA-501 & ICA-230 are similar.
1. Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive to launch the autorun program. Once
completed, a welcome menu screen will appear.
2. Click the “IPWizard” hyperlink, you will see the InstallShield Wizard dialog box as below.
Note: If the welcome screen does not appear, click “Start” at the taskbar. Then, select
“Run” and type “D:\Utility\setup.exe”, assume D is your CD-ROM drive.
3. The “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for IPWizard” will display on the screen and
click “Next” to continue.

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4. Please click “Next” to install with original settings, or you may click “Change…” button to
modify the install folder then press “Next” to continue.
5. Please click “Install” to start the installation.