CBC (America) Corp. Megapixel Cameras and MP100 Surveillance Video Server System Software USER MANUAL Rev 5.0.4 Dec. 27, 2007 MP100 SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AS-IS BASIS. CBC (AMERICA) CORP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS.
ii USER MANUAL Table of Contents Chap t er 1 . Intro duc tion ................................................1 Product Overview................................................................................................. 1 Product contents.................................................................................................. 1 System Requirements......................................................................................... 2 Standard performance..................................
iii USER MANUAL Advanced ...............................................................................................................32 Authentication......................................................................................................33 Remote Viewing ..................................................................................................35 Day/Night...............................................................................................................
1 USER MANUAL Chapter 1. Introduction Product Overview MP100 supports full-motion real-time multi-camera viewing and policy-based archiving, remote access to live and archived video via Internet Explorer, postevent zooming from digital archives, simultaneous viewing of full-field of view and multiple zoomed images and a multitude of other features that take advantage of unique functionality and performance of CBC (America) cameras.
2 USER MANUAL Inspect the package and contents for visible damage. If any components are damaged or missing, do not use the unit; contact the supplier immediately. If you need to return the unit, you must ship it in the original box. System Requirements We recommend a dedicated PC to receive the image streams from cameras for archiving and display. The suggested minimum computer requirements are detailed for standard and high performance installations.
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4 USER MANUAL Camera Reference Introduction MP1, MP2, MP2A, MP3, MP3-DN, MP5, MP5A, MP8D and MP8P are megapixel resolution IP cameras capable of delivering crisp, low-noise images at video frame rate. MP1 is a 1.3-megapixel resolution camera having a maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024 and achieving a maximum frame rate of 30. MP2 & MP2A are 2-megapixel resolution cameras having maximum resolution of 1600 by 1200 and achieving a maximum frame rate of 24. MP2A has a connector for an Auto iris lens.
5 USER MANUAL All cameras are equipped with LAN connector and can deliver image data at a maximum data rate of up to 55 Mbps. Images are sent over the network in a compressed Motion JPEG format using TFTP protocol.
6 USER MANUAL MP2, & MP3; 4.5 Watts for MP3-DN; 5 Watts for MP5; 6 Watts for MP8D; and 8 Watts for MP8P. Housing and Mounting All MP camera models feature a durable aluminum housing that minimizes fire hazards. The housing is not hermetically sealed. The ambient temperature should be maintained between 0ºC and 50ºC (32ºF to 122ºF). The cameras are not to be used outdoors without appropriate protective enclosures. Cameras are mounted using a ¼ x 20 threaded hole at the bottom of the housing.
7 USER MANUAL • Computar M3Z1228C-MP (12mm - 36mm), format=2/3 See http://computarganz.com/product_category.cfm?category_id=14 for more data. Using Manual Iris Lenses Choosing the lens correctly is very important for mega-pixel cameras. Poorly selected lenses may cause the image to appear blurry when the lens iris is fully open or closed too much. To deliver sharp mega-pixel resolution images, it is recommended to: • Use mega-pixel-resolution lenses.
8 USER MANUAL • • • CBC America Video System software (MP100) User software utilizing CBC (America) MP camera SDK (Software Developer Kit) HTTP requests issued from IE Explorer or other applications Supported Network Services All MP cameras, namely MP1, MP2, MP3, MP3-DN, MP5, MP8D and MP8P, support TFTP and HTTP network protocols. TFTP protocol yields the highest frame rate. It is accessible to the user through manufacturer SDK which supports both Windows and Linux platforms.
9 USER MANUAL Chapter 2. Video Surveillance Software Software installation To install MP100 software: 1. Make sure your Windows XP/Vista account has administrative privileges. 2. Open Control Panel\Add or Remove Programs , remove old versions of CBC America Vi de o S ystem software if any. 3. Run Setup.exe and follow the directions to complete the installation. 4.
10 USER MANUAL For newer version of Norton Internet Security (Figure 3), go to Set tings>Personal Firewall (under Web Br owsing) and select Turn Off. Figure 3. Newer version of Norton Internet Security For McAfee Personal Firewall (Figure 4), click Grant Access. CBC (America) www.computarganz.
11 USER MANUAL Figure 4. McAfee Personal Firewall Plus If you are using Windows XP firewall, follow these instructions: 1. Click the Windows Start button and select C ontr ol Panel>Windows firewall. 2. Windows Firewall settings dialog will appear. If the firewall is on, make sure Don t allow exceptions is unchecked (Figure 5). CBC (America) www.computarganz.
12 USER MANUAL Figure 5. Windows Firewall General Tab 3. Click “Exceptions” tab. Make sure “AppManager”, “CameraLocalMachine” and “CameraInstaller” appear in the list of programs and services and have a checkmark next to them (Figure 6). If these applications are not in the list, click Add Program button. Figure 6. Exceptions Tab CBC (America) www.computarganz.
13 USER MANUAL 4. Find “Camera Installer” in the list of programs and click Ok. Repeat same for “CBC America Video”. Figure 7. Add a program 5. Click Ok to close the Windows Firewall dialog. CBC (America) www.computarganz.
14 USER MANUAL CBC Application Manager Setup.exe places the shortcut to the CBC Application Manager on the user s Desktop. All programs and utilities comprising CBC America Video System can be accessed via CBC Application Manager. The standard selections include Camera Installer, Live Video System, and AVI Maker. The Firmware Loader can also be listed as shown below (figure 8) if the FirmwareLoader.exe is placed in c:\Program Files\CBC America\ folder. Figure 8.
15 USER MANUAL Basic Mode In this mode Camera Installer detects all MP cameras that can be reached by the broadcast request and automatically assigns IP addresses to the cameras, selecting those addresses that belong to the same sub-network as the computer running Camera Installer and that are not assigned to other devices. To detect and install the cameras automatically the user should simply press Install Cameras button.
16 USER MANUAL automatically (as in Basic mode) or manually when specific range of IP addresses is required. Sorting feature is the same with that in Basic mode. (Figure 10) Figure 10. Advanced mode Advanced mode has an Advanced Features function group which is usually invisible. Users can click Show Advanced Features to make it visible and click again to hide it.
17 USER MANUAL Install Selected ‒ this function installs the selected cameras and verifies their operation in a way similar to the Install Cameras function in Basic mode. When one or more cameras are selected (highlighted), the selected cameras will be installed and the unselected ones will be skipped. When no cameras are selected (highlighted), the Installer will install all cameras available.
18 USER MANUAL Operating CBC America Video System MP100 Note: CBC America Video System requires a license file for each of the installed MP cameras. The license is tied to a unique camera s MAC address. The license files are located in the C:\Program Files\CBC America\license folder. However, for the evaluation purposes, MP100 will operate any one MP camera without a license.
19 USER MANUAL Figure 11. Live video display Toolbar The toolbar of the CBC America Video System is located in the upper portion of the screen above the video display area. It contains the following icons: Turns on/off a drop-down list of the installed cameras. Individual cameras are disabled / enabled by left double-clicking on the camera number.
20 USER MANUAL Selects screen layout for viewing live/archived video from multiple cameras (from left to right): single camera layout, 2x2 camera layout; 3x3 camera layout; 4x4 camera layout; 10-camera layout with 2 large and 4x2 smaller images; 8-camera layout with 1 large, 3x1 and 1x4 smaller images; 13-camera layout with 1 large, 2x2 and 4x2 smaller images, 8-camera layout with 2x4 images for panoramic cameras, 10camera layout with 2 large and 2x4 smaller images for regular and panoramic cameras.
21 USER MANUAL In order to fit multiple video images on screen the images are displayed at a reduced resolution. The format of the reduced resolution display is determined by the chosen screen layout (see Toolbar above on page 20). An individual camera image can be expanded to a full resolution display by left double-clicking on the image. The full resolution image can be scaled back to its reduced resolution display by left double-clicking on the image.
22 USER MANUAL A maximum of four independent live zoom windows can be opened per each camera. Each zoom window will display live video at full resolution. Note: the panoramic camera MP8D currently allows only one zoom window per channel. CBC (America) www.computarganz.
23 USER MANUAL Settings Settings menu (Figure 13) is displayed by clicking on the Settings button the toolbar. in Figure 13. Setting menu Settings menu is the top level menu for all settings provided in the CBC America Video System. Selecting one of the menu items opens up a lower level dropdown menu containing detailed settings and options.
24 USER MANUAL Exposure Figure 15. Exposure menu Select Exp osure (Figure 15) from the Setting menu to adjust exposure related settings: • Illuminati on is a group of options to adjust camera s white balance computation to the illumination of the scene. Automatic enables the camera to adjust for illumination automatically. CBC (America) www.computarganz.
25 USER MANUAL Lighting is a group of options to adjust camera s auto exposure computation to the oscillation frequency of the indoor lighting: European (50 Hz) or US/Japan (60 Hz). Low Light Mode is a group of options to adjust camera s operation under low light conditions: a. High Speed enables the shortest exposure time, selectable from a drop-down list Short Exposure between 1 and 10 ms, and the maximum frame rate.
26 USER MANUAL When single capture is activated, the camera stops sending live video and enters an endless loop to check external trigger events. The software that communicates with the camera must send image requests constantly and check whether the camera s responses contain images. When there is no event, the camera responds to image requests with an empty data packet. When an event occurs, the camera responds to the most recent image request with the captured image.
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28 USER MANUAL Image Quality Figure 16. Image Quality menu Select Image Quali t y from the Setting menu. Image Quali t y is a lower-level menu to adjust image quality settings: C ompression adjusts the level of JPEG compression applied to the images in different display modes: Full View is to display full resolution video. Multi View is to display multiple cameras at a reduced resolution. Zoom View is to display zoom windows. Bri ghtness adjusts image brightness. Sharpness adjusts image sharpness.
29 USER MANUAL Archive Select Archi ve (Figure 17) from the Setting menu. menu to set up video archival settings: Archi ve is a lower-level Fil ter is a group of archiving options: Save all frames enables archiving the entire video stream received from the camera. Save all and mark motion enables saving the entire video stream and marking the frames when motion was detected for future archive browsing.
30 USER MANUAL Motion Detection Motion detection is achieved by analyzing inter-frame brightness changes on a pixel-by-pixel basis. There are two modes of Motion Detection supported in MP Video System: a software mode and an on-camera mode. • The software mode performs motion detection by processing the images after they were transmitted from the camera to the computer. In contrast, the on-camera mode performs motion detection prior to transmitting the images to the computer.
31 USER MANUAL Motion detection settings apply only to the camera which number is displayed in the Camera field on the left of the Motion Settings menu: use drop-down list to change the camera number. The settings are: Detected by provides two options to select between the software motion detection and the on-camera motion detection. Note: some of the MP camera models may not support motion detection on-camera.
32 USER MANUAL should be the same for all cameras; it is possible to specify different Hard Drives for each camera. Advanced Select A d vanced from the Setting menu (figure 19) to set the following options: Figure 19. Advanced menu D on t upda te sensor window is an option that determines how the changes to the image size are applied: at a software level or in hardware (the image sensor).
33 USER MANUAL Use Direct X if p ossible is an option to use DirectX functions that utilize graphics card hardware to display images instead of using the software. This reduces the load on the CPU. The drop-down list DirectX size provides options for the graphics area supported by DirectX. Aut o ‒ S tartup is an option to automatically restart the CBC America Video System with the earlier settings after it was stopped.
34 USER MANUAL Administrator grants full access to all features of CBC America Video System. Viewer grants access to live video and browsing the archives, but not to the settings. Live only grants access to live video only. Adding, changing, and removing the users is done via three buttons Add, Change, and Remove on the bottom of the menu. If one or more user accounts were created, the MP Video System will display a log-in dialog prompting for the user name and password (Figure 21): Figure 21.
35 USER MANUAL Remote Viewing MP100 software has built-in web server allowing MP cameras and archives to be viewed remotely. (Figure 22) Figure 22. Remote viewing menu CBC (America) www.computarganz.
36 USER MANUAL To enable the built ‒ in HTTP server, select Rem ote viewing from the Setting menu and do the following: 1. Select Al l ow Rem ote V iewing. 2. On the bottom of the menu click Appl y then Ok 3. Start Internet Explorer and type in the address of the web server. For example, if the CBC America Video System is installed on a PC with an IP address of 200.168.1.102, type in the following address: http://200.168.1.102:4250/guix.htm 4. Then click Enter to have Internet Explorer open that page. 5.
37 USER MANUAL Day/Night Day/Night (Figure 23) settings apply only to MP3-DN camera including: Figure 23. Day/Night setting menu Aut oma ti c enables the camera to automatically switch from daylight conditions (using the color sensor) to nighttime conditions (using the monochrome sensor), and back based on the Threshold settings. Day enables the daylight mode and disables the nighttime mode. Night enables the nighttime mode and disables the daylight mode.
38 USER MANUAL Camera DC auto- iris can be configured using Auto-Iris menu (Figure 24): Figure 24. Auto-Iris menu The iris can be disabled by un-checking Enabled. The camera will open the iris fully and have electronic auto-exposure working. This configuration is identical to using a manual lens. The state of the auto-iris is displayed on a color panel which has six different states: • Disabled: The auto-iris is either disabled by un-checking the Enabled check box, or is not present.
39 USER MANUAL • • • • Too Dark. The camera cannot close the iris because the scene illumination is too low. Closing: The iris is closing down by the number of F-stops appropriate for the lens model. Closed: The iris is closed. Opening: The iris is opening. Auto-iris will open the lens fully once the on-camera analog gains exceed a certain level. Gain scroll bar adjusts the point where the auto-iris will open fully: the higher the gain, the later the auto-iris will open as the illumination diminishes.
40 USER MANUAL Save takes a snapshot of live video and saves it in the snapshot folder. The snapshot is taken from the camera which is highlighted in the dropdown list of the installed cameras (see Toolbar on page 22). To highlight another camera, left-click on the camera number. To take the snapshot from all cameras, highlight cameras at the root (top) of the drop-down camera list. • Save/Print takes a snapshot and prints it instantly. • Browse opens the snapshot folder for browsing.
41 USER MANUAL Language Selection CBC America Live Video System supports interfaces in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, Finnish, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian and other languages. To select language press the F2 button to bring up the language menu (Figure 26). Figure 26. Language menu Browsing Archives Archive browsing is enabled by pressing the button in the Toolbar, or via the right-click menu (see Right-Click Menu on page 40). Figure 27.
42 USER MANUAL Archive browsing controls are located on the bottom of the playback screen (Figure 27). Archives are best viewed when the video is displayed in full-screen mode. The date-and-time stamp is located on the top left-hand side of the image. The user can select playback speed and frame skipping, as well as the image quality.
43 USER MANUAL AVI Maker - Making video clips from the archive The AVI Maker (Figure 28) is started by clicking the corresponding Run button in the CBC Application Manager. Figure 28. AVI Maker NOTE: PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE ARCHIVE IS NOT EMPTY WHEN MAKING AVI CLIPS. To make video from archive, please do the following steps: 1. Using the Load Archive drop-down list on the left select the camera for making the video clip from. 2.
44 USER MANUAL Motion JPEG (Original Quality) XviD ‒ http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml is a codec recommended by CBC America (it is included in the MP Software Setup, and is typically installed during the CBC America software installation). This codec has been found to produce very good quality and compression of resulting AVI files. MSVC - standard is a standard Microsoft video codec. Codec List allows selecting any of the alternative codecs that are installed on the computer.
45 USER MANUAL Figure 29. Video Compression 4. Click Make AVI. If no records are available for the selected range of dates or times a warning will be displayed. 5. In the Save as window type in a file name for your new AVI file, then click Save. If Codec List was selected under Video Compression the dropdown list of available codecs will appear. Select a codec from the list to proceed. 6. The AVI Maker will begin to create the AVI and show the progress in the progress bar.
46 USER MANUAL The firmware upgrade will start automatically. Do not disconnect the MP camera. When the upgrade is complete Success! message will be displayed with the new version of firmware. 3. To upgrade the hardware: • Click Up gra de Hardware and choose the hardware upgrade file. The file name starts with hwupdate , and the file extension is .bin. MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMERA MODEL YOU ARE UPGRADING IS INCLUDED IN THE HWUPDATE FILE NAME. • The hardware upgrade will start automatically.
47 USER MANUAL Chapter 3. HTTP Access Non-Panoramic Cameras This chapter describes the HTTP access of CBC (America) cameras MP1, MP2, MP3, MP3-DN, and MP5. HTTP access of panoramic cameras MP8D and MP8P are described in the next chapter. CBC (America) cameras support two protocols, TFTP and HTTP. TFTP protocol is recommended for application scenarios where high quality video at full frame rate is preferred.
48 USER MANUAL To incorporate the video container in the user s html page, the user should add the following line in the body of the page: where parameters width and height specify the image size requested from the camera. HTTP JPEG Image Request Format IMPORTANT: COMPLETE SET OF HTTP REQUESTS DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS SUPPORTED FOR FIRMWARE VERSIONS 61430 AND ABOVE.
49 USER MANUAL HTTP://192.168.0.36/image?res=full&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublesca n=0 The user also has the option of specifying default image parameters via parameter set requests and then obtaining the image by using a simple request without additional parameters: HTTP://ip_address/img.jpg The cameras also have built-in web page suitable for control of main camera parameters and for live display of the images in IE, Opera and Mozilla web browsers.
50 USER MANUAL 0 and all values above 16 result in maximum frame rate that is model dependent. The following example illustrates the request to camera with IP address 192.168.0.36 for the new full resolution 1600x1200 image stream with compression quality 12 at maximum frame rate: GET /mjpeg?res=half&x0=0&y0=0&x1=1600&y1=1200&quality=12&doublescan=0 HTTP/1.1\r\n Host: 192.168.1.
51 USER MANUAL The camera parameters can be accessed via the HTTP requests of the following format: HTTP://ip_address/set?parameter=value HTTP://ip_address/get?parameter Examples: HTTP://192.168.0.36/set?brightness=15 HTTP://192.168.0.
52 USER MANUAL • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • sensorwidth - width of sensor window (valid values defined by sensor size; this value affects sensor frame rate) sensorheight - height of sensor window (valid values defined by sensor size; this value affects sensor frame rate) imgleft - left coordinate of default image returned in response to the simple request http://ip_address/img.
53 USER MANUAL Parameters Specific to MP3-DN DAY/NIGHT Cameras MP3-DN camera utilizes two distinct sensors for its day and night modes. Specifically, 3-Megapixel color sensor with IR-cut filter is used in the day mode, while 1.3-Megapixel monochrome sensor without IR-cut filter is used in the night mode.
54 USER MANUAL Motion Detection Control Parameters The unique design of MP cameras allows supporting highly accurate 64-zone motion detection (also see Motion Detection). Motion detection is achieved by analyzing inter-frame brightness changes on a pixel-by-pixel basis. To provide accurate motion detection in low contrast and low light environments, EACH pixel of EACH frame is analyzed.
55 USER MANUAL • • • • • • mdzonesize ‒ size of motion detection zones measured in number of 32x32 pixel blocks in each zone; All zones are squares of the same size from 7x7 to 15x15 (valid values are 7 to 15 for MP1 and MP2 and 8 to 15 for AV3100 and MP3-DN) mdlevelthreshold ‒ motion detection threshold that determines the sensitivity to local inter-frame brightness changes (valid values are 2…31). Lower settings may cause false motion detection due to noise.
56 USER MANUAL mdresult=... where is the SPACE symbol, and the byte value, byteN, indicates the number of sub-zones (blocks of 32x32 pixels) with motion within zone N. Note: the sub-zone size is fixed to 32x32 and cannot be changed. Important: the user should keep in mind that the total number of zones is always 64 (8 vertically and 8 horizontally).
57 USER MANUAL In order to delete viewer password, log-in as admin and change the viewer password to a reserved password empt y ‒ this would restore the full anonymous access to the camera. The a dmin user can change the viewer password at any time, even without knowing the current viewer password.
58 USER MANUAL incur round trip delay repeatedly. However, HTTP/1.0 is supported by all HTTP implementations and can be used reliably, albeit with limited speed. By default, CBC (America) cameras are configured to respond using HTTP/1.0 protocol regardless of the HTTP version used by the client. The users who desire faster full duplex communication and image delivery may request responses over HTTP/1.1 protocol. To do so, the user should append parameter ver=HTTP/1.
59 USER MANUAL • [ ] : non-mandatory value which could be dropped. In order to access the built-in camera s web page type either of the two following http commands into the web browsers address field: http://camera_ip/ http://camera_ip/index.html Requesting Images from Camera The MP8D and MP8P camera supports two types of image requests: single JPEG image requests (image or img.jpg) and motion JPEG stream requests (mjpeg).
60 USER MANUAL 1.2 Requesting images using implicit parameter list (parameters are loaded on camera in advance using separate http commands (see section B 16 below): http://camera_ip/img.jpg?[id=(0..99999999999999)]&[ssn=(0..65535)] where: id ‒ an arbitrary number used to control the web browser s cache; ssn ‒ a unique HTTP session number which cancels out any earlier sent HTTP request with the same number which got hung ; 2.
61 USER MANUAL 1. Enabling camera channels: http://camera_ip/get?channelenable http://camera_ip/set?channelenable=(1..15 as a 4-bit mask where each bit corresponds to one camera channel, LSB is channel 1) 2. Image rotation: http://camera_ip/get?rotate http://camera_ip/set[]?rotate=(0¦180) 3. Brightness: http://camera_ip/get?brightness http://camera_ip/set?brightness=(-50..+50) 4.
62 USER MANUAL 11. Shutter time in highspeed exposure mode (in milliseconds): http://camera_ip/get?shortexposures http://camera_ip/set?shortexposures=(1..10) 12. Auto exposure control: http://camera_ip/get?autoexp http://camera_ip/set?autoexp=("on"¦"off") 13. Auto exposure mode: http://camera_ip/get?exposure http://camera_ip/set?exposure=("auto"¦"on"¦"off") 14. Exposure window: http://camera_ip/get?expwndleft http://camera_ip/set?expwndleft=(0..
63 USER MANUAL http://camera_ip/get??sensorheight http://camera_ip/set?sensorheight=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size) 16. Image settings used as the implicit parameter list in img.jp g image requests: http://camera_ip/get?imgleft http://camera_ip/set?imgleft=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size) http://camera_ip/get?imgtop http://camera_ip/set?imgtop=(0..max of the corresponding sensor size) http://camera_ip/get?imgwidth http://camera_ip/set?imgwidth=(0..
64 USER MANUAL 23. Store current settings into the flash memory: http://camera_ip/set?params=save 24. Restore factory default settings: http://camera_ip/set?params=factory 25. Custom mode settings: http://camera_ip/get?kneepoint http://camera_ip/set?kneepoint=(1..100) http://camera_ip/get?analoggain http://camera_ip/set?analoggain=(1..10) http://camera_ip/get?maxkneegain http://camera_ip/set?maxkneegain=(2..
65 USER MANUAL Access Control CBC (America) cameras support dual-level password-protected access control. Camera authentication is compatible with RFC-2068 HTTP 1.1 and is supported by all standard browsers and video surveillance software. There are two types of users with the following reserved names: a dmin ‒ has full access to all camera settings and the video. viewer ‒ has viewing access to all current camera settings and the video.
66 USER MANUAL Chapter 4 Troubleshooting and Useful Tips Connecting Directly To Laptop or PC In a typical scenario cameras are connected using network cables to a network switch. A camera can also be connected to a PC or laptop directly. Be sure to use a cross-over network cable between the camera and PC when connecting in this fashion. When a camera is connected directly, in some cases you may need to change TCP/IP configuration on your PC. For example, configure the PC to work with a static IP address.
67 USER MANUAL Frequently Asked Questions 1. What t ype of vi de o c ompression is used in MP cameras? MP cameras use MJPEG - Motion JPEG. 2. H ow much st ora ge space is required when using MP cameras? The storage space requirements will vary depending on how compressible your imagery will be. Shown below (Figure 31) is an example of a system running at 22 FPS. However, the user can specify the archival frequency to be lower than the full frame rate.
68 USER MANUAL the Archi ve f ol der? The default destination of the Archive folder is C:\CBC (America) Storage. The location of the archive can be changed using Save to menu under Settings (Figure 32). While the name of the archival directory should be the same for all cameras, the user has an option of specifying the Hard Drive for the archival on a camera-by-camera basis. Figure 32. Save to menu CBC (America) www.computarganz.
69 USER MANUAL 5. Why is my C BC (America) camera not de tecte d by the Camera Installer? If the camera is not detected it maybe because of the firewall settings. To allow Camera Installer access to the network the user should, configure the firewall properly. To configure the Windows firewall, access the Windows Security Center in the Windows Contr ol Panel, and then click on Windows Firewall.
70 USER MANUAL There are several DVRs that support CBC (America) MP cameras. A few examples are Bosch, March networks, and Sanyo DVRs. 7. Can I upda te al l my c ameras wit h the same version of firmware? There are three types of updates. One update will update the MP1, MP2, and MP5. The MP3-DN has its own update and it should only be used for the MP3-DN. The MP8D and MP8P have their own update; it should only be used for the MP8D and MP8P. The camera model(s) is listed in the update file name. 8.
71 USER MANUAL CBC (America) cameras are supported by many third-party software packages, including our own ZNS-NVR software package which can incorporate other IP cameras. Contact CBC (America) Corp. for an updated list. Current NVR Partners: Bosch ‒ www.boschsecurity.com(DiBos 8) D3DATA ‒ www.d3data.com DVTEL ‒ www.dvtel.com Genetec ‒ www.genetec.com General Electric ‒ www.gesecurity.com Integral Technologies - www.integral.com ISN ‒ www.isnsecurity.com IP Vision Software ‒ www.ipvisionsoftware.
72 USER MANUAL quality will be achieved with megapixel lenses. The auto-iris lenses available on the market today are not megapixel and will yield the images that are less crisp than those that can be obtained with manual megapixel lens. 12 . What a djustments can be made t o reduce the mot i on blur? The shutter speed is automatically controlled by the camera. The motion blur may occur when the camera operates slow shutter speeds (long exposure times). This may happen when the scene is relatively dark.
73 USER MANUAL not sufficient, the user may want to consider using lower resolution camera. For example, 2-megapixel MP2 has larger pixels and has better low-light sensitivity than the 5-mega pixel product, MP5. If that still does not yield sufficient low-light performance then, the user should consider MP3-DN day-night camera that uses monochrome sensor in low light conditions and is sensitive to 0.01 lux . Figure 35. Exposure menu 13 .
74 USER MANUAL 14. How d o I disable the aut o startup of the CBC America sof tware? To disable the auto startup of the MP100 Software start from Settings Select C ontr ol Panel, Administrat i ve T o ols, then double click Services. Under Services (Loca l) scroll down and double-click on LMSrv. In the LMSrv Properties window select the General Tab. Under the Startup Ty pe: choose Disable d. 15 . Is there a link t o view li ve vi de o fr om y our camera systems? We have three sites that can be accessed.
75 USER MANUAL 21 . D oes y our software include mot i on de tect i on? Our software does include motion detection. However, most MP cameras also support on-board motion detection that, in contrast to software motion detection, does not take up CPU cycles. The on camera feature was implemented to reduce the overall network bandwidth so the camera itself will not send images until motion is detected. The user can adjust 3 motion detection sensitivity settings and specify up to 64 motion detection zones.
76 USER MANUAL enable the server by checking the Allow Remote Viewing field and select the port that is not blocked by the firewall. For increased security the default value of remote access port is 4250. The user has the option to select any available port. Often the port 80 (HTTP port) is most likely to be open on the secured network as it is used by default by IE browser. 27 . What is the night performance (Lux) of the MP3-DN camera? In low-light conditions MP3-DN switches to 1.
77 USER MANUAL 33 . How d o I reset the camera sett ings t o the ori ginal fact or y c onfi gurati on? Resetting the MP camera to its original configuration can be achieved through the built-in web server. To reset the MP camera open IE explorer and type as http://ip_address/set?params=factory. Replace ip_address with the actual camera IP address. CBC (America) www.computarganz.
78 USER MANUAL Chapter 5. Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement All MP cameras have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
79 USER MANUAL 2. Limite d Warranty.
80 USER MANUAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM CBCA S PERFORMANCE OF FAILURE TO PERFORM, WHETHER DUE TO BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE. 4. Repa ired or Repla ced Pr odu ct .
81 USER MANUAL CBCA s option, return the Product or allow CBCA to inspect the rejected Product and shall follow CBCA s instructions regarding disposition of the rejected Product. Prior to the return of any Product to CBCA as provided for hereunder, Purchaser shall obtain from CBCA s Technical Support Department a Return Material Authorization ( RMA ) number.
