Installation and User Guide FB-Series FB-Series O FB-Series ID 427-1065-00-12 Revision 130 November 2019 This document does not contain any export-controlled information.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Camera Installation 1.1 Camera Overview ........................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Warnings and Cautions ............................................................................................... 5 1.3 Installation Overview ................................................................................................... 6 1.3.1 Camera Connection Options ...........................................
Table of Contents Advanced Configuration 3.1 Setup Menu ............................................................................................................... 32 3.1.1 Input/Output (IO) Page ..................................................................................... 33 3.1.2 Video Setup ...................................................................................................... 33 3.1.3 Thermal Image Setup - IR Page ..............................................................
1 Camera Installation This manual describes the installation and initial configuration of the FB-Series thermal camera. The FB-Series O and the FB-Series ID are based on identical hardware. The FB-Series ID camera has software installed providing for on-board video analytics—setting of detection regions, tripwire, and classification of detected objects which is not available with the FB-Series O camera. 1.1 Camera Overview The FB-Series cameras are components within the FLIR Thermal Fence.
Camera Installation 1.3 Installation Overview The FB-Series camera is an infrared thermal imaging camera for indoor or outdoor security applications. The camera mounting must support up to 5.4 lbs (2.5 kg). Refer to Mounting Accessories, pg. 7 for wall and pole mounts that can be purchased from FLIR Systems, Inc. 1.3.1 Camera Connection Options The FB-Series camera can be installed with an analog or digital (IP) video output (or both).
Camera Installation • Accessory cable 5-conductor for Alarm In/Out (optional) • PoE power supply or PoE switch, if used for system power. • Cat5e or Cat6 Ethernet cable for digital video and/or PoE for system power • Coaxial RG59U cables (BNC connector at the camera end) for analog video • Camera grounding strap, camera mount, electrical hardware, connectors, and tools 1.3.
Camera Installation 1.3.6 Site Preparation There are several requirements to address prior to installation at the site. The following recommendations provide for proper installation and operation of the unit. Adhere to all local and industry standards, codes, and best practices. • Ambient Environment Conditions: Avoid positioning the unit near heaters or heating system outputs. Avoid exposure to direct sunlight.
Camera Installation 1.4 Camera Connections 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Refer to Table 1-1 for a description of these camera connections. Table 1-1: FB-Series Camera Connections Connection 1 BNC Analog video 2 Green barrel not supported 3 1.4.
Camera Installation 1.4.2 Analog Video Connections The primary analog video connection of the camera is a BNC connector. The video cable used should be rated as RG-59/U or better to ensure a quality video signal. 1.4.3 Connecting Power The camera can be powered with a conventional 24 Vac or 12 Vdc power supply, rather than PoE. Prior to making any connections, ensure the power supply or circuit breaker is switched off.
Camera Installation 1.5 Mounting the Camera 1. Place the supplied template where you will install the camera. Mark the position of the two screw holes for the base of the mounting bracket. Slot for surface mounting cable 2. At the center of the template, a cable entry hole 40 mm (1.57”) in diameter will provide for hidden cables. 3. Drill the cable entry hole for cables or use the slot for surface mounting the cables. 4.
Camera Installation 1.6 Camera Specifications Thermal Camera Specifications Array Format 320 x 240 640 x 480 Detector Type Long-Life, Uncooled VOx Microbolometer Effective Resolution 320 x 240: 76,800 640 x 480: 307,200 Spectral Range 8 µm to 14 µm Lens Athermalized, focus-free Field of View (Focal Length) for available 320 x 240 camera lens configurations. Camera Models Video FB-309 9° HFoV (24 mm)—12 µm pixel pitch FB-312 12° HFoV (18 mm)—12 µm pixel pitch FB-324 24° × 19° (12.
Camera Installation General Weight 2.3 lb (1 kg) with sun shield Dimensions (L,W,H) 11.1" x 3.8" x 3.7" (285 mm x 96 mm x 94 mm) with sun shield and fully extended mounting arm General Purpose Input/ Output (GPIO) Two input dry alarm contacts; One output relay contact 130 mA max at 300 Vac /Vdc Input Voltage dc 12 Vdc (±10 %) Input Voltage ac 24 Vac (±10 %) Input Voltage PoE IEEE 802.
2 Basic Operation and Configuration This chapter provides basic information on how to operate the FB-Series camera. A bench test can be used to verify camera operation before the camera is configured for the local network. This chapter also provides general configuration information. 2.
Basic Operation and Configuration b c Unzip the utility, then double-click to run the executable file ( DNA.exe). All the units on the VLAN are discovered. For additional instructions on using DNA, refer to the DNA User’s Manual available in the Help ( ) link while the software is running. Online manual Right-click Select IP Setup Step 4 Right-click on the camera, select IP Setup to change the IP address.
Basic Operation and Configuration Open a web browser and enter the camera’s IP address. The login screen with a picture of the camera will appear. Enter user for the User Name and user for the Password, and click Log in. Figure 2-1: Camera Web Page Login Screen 2.3.2 Live Video Page The Live Video page displays a live image from the camera on the left part of the screen and at the top of the screen menu choices: including Live Video (the red text indicates it is selected), Help, and Log out.
Basic Operation and Configuration In the lower right of the web page there is a frame rate selector. This selector allows the user to change the rate at which the frames are displayed in the browser from the default 8 fps up to 16 fps. This rate controls the user’s own web browser only, and does not affect the video streams to other users or to an NVR. For slow communication links, if there is a problem displaying the video image, it may help to slow down the frame rate.
Basic Operation and Configuration The following buttons appear for FB-Series cameras: Toggle Polarity This button changes the polarity of the assigned colors to the different temperatures in a scene. In the black and white palette for example, hot objects are displayed as white and cold objects as black, or vice versa. Toggle Palette This button causes the camera to cycle through six different look up table (LUT) color palettes.
Basic Operation and Configuration 2.4.2 Server Menu When a user logs in as expert or admin, the Maintenance Server menus are available. When the Server menu is selected, the LAN Settings page appears. The basic camera configuration steps are accessed through the Maintenance Server menu, using the menus on the left side of the page. The LAN Settings, Services, and Security Options selections are described below.
Basic Operation and Configuration When the IP address is changed and the Save button is clicked, a pop-up message will appear to indicate the network interface must be restarted. Once the IP address of the camera is changed, the PC may no longer be on the same network and therefore may not be able to access the camera until the IP address on the PC is changed also. IEEE 802.1X Security: The 802.1x standard is designed to enhance the security of local area networks.
Basic Operation and Configuration Step 7 Using the Browse and Upload buttons, upload the Private Key and enter the Private Key Password associated with the identity. The Private Key Password field can be left blank if a password is not required. If uploading a PKCS #8 file, the private key must be a valid PKCS #8 file. A typical key has a “*.per” file extension. If uploading a PKCS #12 file, the private key must be a valid PKCS #12 file. A typical key has a “*.p12” or “*.pfx” file extension.
Basic Operation and Configuration Services Menu Date and Time: The Date and Time settings page is used to configure the date and time settings. The date, time, and time zone can be obtained from an NTP server, or can be entered manually. If NTP mode is selected, the NTP server information can be entered. Toggle Server (Stop/Start) Note The Nexus server must be stopped before changes can be saved. Set the date and time parameters, then select the Save button at the bottom of the page.
Basic Operation and Configuration If the Custom mode is selected, a pop-up window allows the information to be entered manually. Msg Systems: Use the Msg Systems page to setup a connection to a mail server to send outgoing email notifications. If the email server is on a different network, ensure the IP default gateway and DNS servers are configured in the LAN Settings; refer to LAN Settings, pg. 19. Configure the Msg Systems page with mail server information and then click Save.
Basic Operation and Configuration Notification Lists: Use this page to setup multiple email addresses and other notifications that can be sent as a result of alarms being processed by the Alarm Manager. Server Status: The Server Status page provides an indication of the current server status (either running or stopped) and buttons for starting or stopping the server or for rebooting the system.
Basic Operation and Configuration The message at the bottom of the page indicates the saved configuration is different than the active (running) configuration, and it is necessary to restart the server. It may take up to 20 seconds or more to stop the server, especially when there are multiple video streams open. Be patient when stopping the server. When the server is stopped and the page is refreshed, the status will show Server Stopped and the Start button will be enabled.
Basic Operation and Configuration Security Options: Use the Security Options page to restrict access through the camera web server to specific IP addresses and to set or change passwords. The admin login may change or set all passwords. The expert login can only change the expert password. Add IP address As an additional security measure, limit which computers have access to the web browser interface. Simply add a computer’s IP address and click Add.
Basic Operation and Configuration • admin—The admin account can use all pages and set all passwords. Select login Click Edit Enter new password Confirm password Click Save 2.5 Thermal Imaging Overview The thermal camera makes an image based on temperature differences. In the thermal image, by default the hottest item in the scene appears as white and the coldest item is black, and all other items are represented as a gray scale value between white and black.
Basic Operation and Configuration 2.6 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Tips If help is needed during the installation process, contact the local FLIR representative, or visit the FLIR Support Center at: https://www.flir.com/support/. FLIR Systems, Inc. offers a comprehensive selection of training courses to help get the best performance and value from the thermal imaging camera. Find out more at the FLIR training web page: https://www.flir.com/support-center/training/.
Basic Operation and Configuration image, ensure that power has been properly applied to the camera and the circuit breaker is set properly. If a fuse was used, be sure the fuse is not blown. If the video cabling is suspected as a possible source of the problem, plug a monitor into the BNC connection inside the camera and determine if it produces an image. When the camera is powered on, it will do a NUC operation shortly after startup.
Basic Operation and Configuration Port 554 is the standard RTSP port as well as the default for the camera. Typically, if the default port has not been changed, the port can be left out of the streaming command, such as: rtsp://192.168.0.250/stream1/sensor1. In addition, to maintain compatibility with legacy systems the stream names are aliased as: ch0 = stream1/sensor1 and ch1 = stream2/sensor1. The video streams can be accessed with the shortened strings, such as rtsp://192.168.0.250/ch0.
Basic Operation and Configuration Eastern or Western Exposure Once installed, the camera may point directly east or west, and this may cause the sun to be in the field of view during certain portions of the day. We do not recommend intentionally viewing the sun, but looking at the sun will not permanently damage the sensor. In fact the thermal imaging camera often provides a considerable advantage over a conventional camera in this type of back-lit situation.
3 Advanced Configuration In this chapter, additional setup and configuration settings related to the following topics are described: • • • • • • Setting up the video streams to optimize quality and network performance Selecting NTSC or PAL analog video format Optimizing the thermal image Setting up detection areas for Analytics Configuring alarm responses and email notifications Configuring the camera to work with a third-party VMS (ONVIF) When configuration changes are made with the web browser, the se
Advanced Configuration 3.1.1 Input/Output (IO) Page The IO Info page shows a summary of the status of the GPIO signals. Table 3-1: GPIO Labels Alarm Input1 Alarm Input2 Alarm Output 3.1.2 User GPIO signals are enabled by default. (Refer to General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO), pg. 6.) Video Setup Video: By default, two video streams are enabled for the camera: Video 0 and Video 1.
Advanced Configuration The parameters in the Encoding section will have a significant impact on the quality and bandwidth requirements of the video stream. Use the default values initially, and then individual parameters can be modified and tested incrementally to determine when bandwidth and quality requirements are met. For the video streams, the Codec options are H.264 or MJPEG. The Bit Rate parameter is only used when the Rate Control parameter is set to CBR (Constant Bit Rate).
Advanced Configuration 3.1.3 Thermal Image Setup - IR Page In most installations it is not necessary to change the default settings of the thermal camera. However in some situations, depending on weather, time of day, or scene, it may be useful to make changes to the video image to enhance the image by modifying one or more parameters. Be aware that when the conditions change the camera may need to be adjusted again; it is also a good idea to know how to restore the factory default settings.
Advanced Configuration AGC: The AGC parameters control the overall brightness and contrast, and determine how the overall video image appears. The defaults are suitable for most installations, but in some cases different settings may provide a more appealing image, depending on personal preferences. Note The Video Analytics default AGC Mode parameters are invoked whenever analytics is enabled. If AGC parameters are changed while analytics is disabled, they will be invoked whenever analytics is disabled.
Advanced Configuration 3.1.4 Video Analytics Setup—FB-Series ID Only The Analytics function of the FB-Series ID camera provides the capability to detect motion, send an alarm, and classify detected objects as Human, Vehicle, or Object of Interest based on size and aspect ratio (height and width). Note Objects of interest are detected objects that do not quite match the human or vehicle aspect ratio, but move through the scene uniformly. For example, a deer, bus, or oversized truck.
Advanced Configuration Auto Calibration If the scene is well ordered and without random motion from things such as trees, shrubs, or small animals, and access is limited to people (the calibration target), then Auto calibration is a good choice. Auto calibration relearning adjusts the detection size parameters as people (the calibration target) are detected walking in all areas of the scene. The progress of the auto calibration is shown as a percent in the top left corner of the image.
Advanced Configuration Step 4 Set the far size aspect ratio for a person. Have a person walk around at the top of the area. Select the blue box at the top of the screen and drag to fit the subject. Click Save. Step 5 After calibration is complete set up detection areas and check calibration. Refer to Global Settings, pg. 39, Creating Analytics Regions, pg. 40, and Check Calibration, pg. 41.
Advanced Configuration Creating Analytics Regions Selected Region (Alarm Id 1) Select targets Save Manual Selection Add Region Analytics On/Off To create a detection area, click the add region icon and a new four corner area will appear on the image. Drag any of the highlighted circles to expand and define the detection area. To create a more complex area with more than four corners or a Tripwire, or to mask an area of the video from motion detection, select the manual selection icon .
Advanced Configuration Check Calibration 1. Click the icon and set Analytics Enabled to Yes. 2. Set Show Tracking to Show Triggered then check the Lines box. 3. Click Save. 2 3 4. Have subjects (person, car, truck, etc) enter the area or cross the tripwire at various distances from the camera. The boxes should be classified correctly and the direction across tripwires should be as expected. The image below shows a classified human box and tracking line in a detection region.
Advanced Configuration 3.2 Maintenance Menu The following sections describe more advanced camera configuration options that require the admin login. For the configuration changes in the remainder of this chapter, it is necessary to save the changes, then stop and restart the server to make the changes effective. The basic camera configuration settings (LAN Settings, Services, and Security Options) available through the expert login are described in Server Menu, pg. 19.
Advanced Configuration If the Enable Network Broadcast Discovery parameter is set to Yes, the camera sends out a “discovery” packet on the network every half second as an Ethernet broadcast. To restrict client programs to allowed IP addresses, enter allowed IP addresses in the Remote Clients list, then set the Allow anonymous clients parameter to No, and click Save. The changes will not take effect until the server is stopped and started.
Advanced Configuration VMS Remote: The VMS Remote page provides communication interfaces for devices that connect to the camera. Authentication when enabled uses the same passwords set from the Server Security Options page. Refer to Security Options, pg. 26. For ONVIF, use the settings in Interface 1 Scroll down For Nexus CGI, use the settings in Interface 0 Nexus CGI Interface After the interface is configured, scroll down and click on the Save button to save the configuration.
Advanced Configuration IOI Interface Install this interface to hand-off FB-Series ID detection events to the PTZ Tracker (trk-101-P). In order to implement a hand-off from the FB-Series ID camera to a PTZ camera, the FB-Series ID camera and trk-101-P are bound together from the web interface of the trk-101-P or from the FLIR Latitude Network Video Management System. Users can define perimeters and areas for the FBSeries ID camera to monitor (refer to Video Analytics Setup—FB-Series ID Only, pg. 37).
Advanced Configuration Link Cameras on trk-101-P Tracker Link the PTZ camera and the FB-Series ID from the trk-101-P web interface. Step 1 Ensure that the FB-Series ID Analytics have been calibrated (refer to Analytics Calibration, pg. 37). Step 2 With the FB-Series ID Analytics turned off, login to the trk-101-P and set presets for the bound PTZ camera and link the preset scenes to the FB-Series ID scene.
Advanced Configuration Devices Menu GPIO: On the GPIO page, scroll down to read the current I/O parameters. GPIO is enabled by default. Default Settings The GPIO must be wired during installation, refer to General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO), pg. 6. The illustration at the right shows the default settings for the input signal channel, Input/Output 0. • The Label setting can be changed to reflect more specific alarm information which can then appear in VMS systems such as FLIR Latitude.
Advanced Configuration The illustration at the right shows the default settings for the output signal channel, Input/Output 2. • The Label setting can be changed to reflect more specific alarm information which can then appear in VMS systems such as FLIR Latitude. • The GPIO Name determines the circuit point for the GPIO driver and must not be changed. Set an Initial Value (On or Off) for this output signal. • The Output Reset Interval is used to automatically reset the output signal after a set time.
Advanced Configuration message is to be sent from the camera as a result of an alarm, it is necessary to define Message Systems and set up Notification Lists (refer to Services Menu, pg. 22). Set Enable to Yes In general, each Alarm Rule describes an alarm Source and a single alarm Action.
Advanced Configuration Alarm Actions: Just as there can be multiple sources of alarms, there are also a variety of actions or responses to these alarms. Some actions are only used with pan/tilt cameras. Actions such as Point, Load ScanList, Go To Preset, and Engage Radar Track would only be used with a pan/tilt camera and are not used with the FB-Series ID fixed camera.
Advanced Configuration is always the same for the alarms coming from the FB-Series ID camera itself, and only the source type changes (Video Analytics or GPIO Input). Enable each alarm rule Indicates the alarm comes from the camera itself, rather than another device on the network.
Advanced Configuration GPIO Input to Snapshot: In the example rule shown at the right the source type of the alarm is GPIO, with the Input ID set to 1, which corresponds with the input IO 1 (refer to Devices Menu GPIO, pg. 47), then takes a snapshot and stores it locally onboard the camera and/or over the camera network using FTP or an NAS server. The Action is set to Capture Image File; a snapshot is stored when the alarm occurs.
Advanced Configuration Firmware Page For camera firmware updates, manually install a firmware update file by first stopping the camera server, browsing to select the update file on your computer, and then selecting Upload. The firmware files will be uploaded and installed. Caution! The firmware update procedure resets the FB-Series camera to default settings. Before performing the update, detach the camera from any VMS. A firmware update resets video settings, IR settings, and rules to factory defaults.
Advanced Configuration Upload & Download The Download button is used to save a copy to a PC for safe keeping. A pop-up window will ask for a file name and destination folder. To transfer a configuration file (server.ini) from a PC to the camera, use the Browse button to select the file on the PC, then use the Upload button to upload the file. After a file upload you must stop and restart the server. Factory Defaults Select Full Restore to return the camera its original factory configuration.
Advanced Configuration Media Browser: The Media Browser page shows all of the images captured by the camera as a result of an alarm action. The image files can be downloaded to another computer for backup. Select to preview local folder Select to Refresh After selecting a file, the file will appear in the Preview window. The file name contains the year, month, day, 24 hour clock time, and the sensor that captured the image. In this case IR0 is the only sensor.
Advanced Configuration 3.2.3 Product Info Menu The Identification page shows information for the camera and allows changing the Friendly Name of the camera for easier identification when multiple cameras are used on the network. The friendly name is included in network traffic, in the Name field in FLIR Latitude, and shown on the Property tab in DNA. Click on the Update button to save any changes. The changes will not take effect until the server is stopped and started.
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