Plan your home/office network topology
Write down your plan of the home/office network before starting to set up the surveillance system. Consider the following when doing so:
- The IP address of the NAS
- The IP address of the cameras
- The IP address of your router and the wireless SSID
Your computer, the NAS, and the IP cameras should be installed to the same router in LAN. Assign fixed IP addresses for the NAS and the IP cameras. In this example
- The LAN IP of the router: 192.168.1.100
- Camera 1 IP: 192.168.1.10 (fixed IP)
- Camera 2 IP: 192.168.1.20 (fixed IP)
- NAS IP: 192.168.1.60 (fixed IP)
Set up the IP Cameras
Configure the IP address for both IP cameras by the following steps.
TAKE out the CD-ROM from the camera package and install the IPFinder. The IPFinder is a utility that helps you search the IP address of the ICS-1013 camera. A user manual is included in the package. You can refer to the manual or the Advanced Guide in the CD-ROM for the operation of the camera.
CONNECT the ICS-1013 IP camera to your home/office network with a network cable and run the IPFinder. Set the IP address of the cameras so that they are in the same LAN as the computer. You will then be able to login the configuration page of the camera with the IE browser. Enter the IP address of the first camera as 192.168.1.10. The default gateway should be set as the LAN IP of the router (192.168.1.100 in our example).
Note: The default IP of ICS-1013 camera is 192.168.0.30
The default login name and password of ICS-1013 camera is admin/ admin
ENTER the web configuration page of the IP camera. The first time you access the configuration page by the IE browser, remember to install the ActiveX control.
You will then be able to view the monitoring image.
GO to 'Network/ Network' and check the IP settings of the camera.
NEXT, go to 'Network/Wireless' and configure the wireless setting of the camera. You can use the Site Survey function to search the wireless SSID at home or office. Apply the settings and wait for the camera to restart. The camera's settings are done.
Repeat the above steps to set up the second camera.
To summarize, so far you have finished the following settings by now:
- Camera 1 IP: 192.168.1.10 and the wireless network settings
- Camera 2 IP: 192.168.1.20 and the wireless network settings
Tip: What if I forget the camera settings?
Press the reset button at the back of the camera for 5 to 10 seconds. The camera settings will be restored to default. You can then set the IP address and login the camera's configuration page by the default login name and password (admin/ admin).
Configure the Surveillance Station on the QNAP NAS
Note: The Surveillance Station is only supported on Internet Explorer 6.0 or above.
Go to 'System Administration' > 'Network' > 'TCP/IP' specify a fixed IP to the NAS: 192.168.1.60. The default gateway should be the same as the LAN IP of your router, which is 192.168.1.100 in our example.
Go to 'Applications' > 'Surveillance Station' and tick both checkboxes of 'Enable Surveillance Station' and 'Show service link on the login page' then click on 'Apply' button to save the settings. Now you should see that the Surveillance Station icon no longer grayed out. Simply click on it go to its page.
In Surveillance Station go to 'Settings' and select 'Camera 1 then enter the camera information, e.g. name, model, and IP address. In our demonstration we will assign the following IPs to each camera:
Camera 1: 192.168.1.10
Camera 2: 192.168.1.20
After the configuration, wait for the NAS to restart. You may enable continuous recording by checking the option 'Enable recording on this camera'.
Note: Before applying the settings, you may click 'Test' on the right to ensure the connection to the IP camera is successful.
You may enable the audio recording option of the camera in the 'Settings' > 'Recording Settings' page. Click 'Apply' to save the changes.
After you have added the network cameras to NAS, go to the 'Live View' page. The first time you access this page by IE browser, you have to install the ActiveX control in order to view the images of Camera 1 and Camera 2. You can start to use the monitoring and recording functions of the Surveillance Station!
Tip: When you click on the monitoring screen of a camera, the frame will become orange. You can use the buttons on the right panel to control the camera. For example, you can take a snapshot of the monitoring image, enable or disable manual recording, enable or disable audio function of the camera, use audio broadcast function, or enter the camera's configuration page.
Configure Schedule Recording on NAS
The Surveillance Station supports continuous recording and motion detection recording by schedule. To use this function, go to 'Settings' > 'Schedule Settings' in the Surveillance Station.
Select the camera you want to set. In the table, 0~23 represents the time period. For example, 0 means 00:00~01:00, 1 means 01:00~02:00. You can set continuous recording, motion detection recording, and not recording for each period.
You may set the schedule by one of the following ways:
Select "Continuous recording" (blue block) or "Motion detection recording" (red block), then click the blocks on the time table to mark the recording schedule.
Select "Continuous recording" or "Motion detection recording", check the boxes for weekdays (Sun to Sat), the select "All day " or specify the time period. Click "Add" and the schedule will be applied to the time table.
After configuring the schedule, click "Apply" to save the settings to the camera you selected or click "Apply to all cameras" to apply the changes to all available cameras.
Playback Alarm Recording
To search for the alarm (motion detection) recording on NAS, go to the "Playback" page of the Surveillance Station.
Select the camera from the 'Video Channel' list. Click 'Alarm recording data only' to specify the recording type. Specify the date and time and click to start searching the alarm recording.
All the video data that match your searching criteria will show up on the playlist. You may play the video on the browser or download the video to your computer.
