visual engineering HD Cam, User Manual

Page 1: ...HD Cam Visual Engineering Video solutions Integrated visualengineering co uk Page 1 June 2018 HD Helmet Camera User Manual HD IP Camera Direct Mount to a Picatinny Rail ...

Page 2: ...Menu 7 Update Menu 7 Video Menu 8 Video Flicker 9 View Menu 10 Alert Control 10 Ethernet Menu 11 UPnP Menu 11 Recording Menu 12 Recovering Recordings 13 Record Format 13 Using FileZilla 14 Using VLC to Play Streams 15 The VE Camera Viewer 17 Viewing Video 17 Video Panel Options 17 Settings 18 Play Recordings 18 Video Panel Coloured Border 20 Trigger Alarms 20 Pan Tilt Zoom Control 20 Advanced User...

Page 3: ...ns technical specifications and component dimensions Warranty and Support All Visual Engineering products are supplied as standard with a 12 month Return to Base warranty In the event of a suspected product failure users should contact the Visual Engineering support team on the telephone number 44 0 1206 211842 or please email us at support visualengineering co uk Should the fault persist or if th...

Page 4: ... All of these parameters can be configured via a web browser interface The outer casing is CNC machined aluminium this rugged build together with its IP67 environmental rating produces a camera that is fit for deployment into tactical field operations The camera is designed to have efficient use of power all connections including power and IP video are combined into one Fisher connector on the rea...

Page 5: ...r re powering the camera Type the camera s IP address into the browsers address bar using the camera IP address 192 168 1 195 Default IP Address HD Helmet cameras are by default set with a fixed IP address of 192 168 1 195 If the camera is not responding on this address it is possible that the IP address has been changed If the new IP address is unknown the user can use the VE Camera Viewer softwa...

Page 6: ... settings in the camera The functions of these menus are described in the following sections of this user guide The camera s IP address is typed in here In this example the IP address is 192 168 1 193 Control Menus User Menu The user menu page allows users to configure the user ID and password of the camera It is necessary to confirm the password to change it There is also the option to enable dis...

Page 7: ... displayed in the PC UTC Offset field Update Menu Following a Submit the camera will update the firmware and display the following text Programming in Progress Do NOT remove power Wait until the web page clears this text before trying to move away from the current web page or powering off the camera Updates typically take approx 3 minutes to complete It is possible to update the firmware of the ca...

Page 8: ...t using a number between 0 to 51 the lower the number the higher the quality this is set in the quality field Amendments to this value are only allowed when the constant quality mode is enabled In this mode the ceiling bitrate is controlled by the value set in the Bitrate field the encoder will attempt to limit the maximum bitrate to this value Other video encoder parameters include H 264 Resoluti...

Page 9: ...commended Settings Video Flip can be useful when the camera is installed upside down or hanging from a ceiling Video Reverse can be useful when viewing the image via a mirror Night Video mode will increase the sensitivity of the camera under low light conditions The camera s light exposure can be set to be either outdoor natural sunlight or indoor mode which eliminates video flicker created by art...

Page 10: ...nd light level triggers can be configured such that an audible tone and a visual alarm alerts the viewer These controls can also be set using the The VE Camera Viewer Motion and dark to light level triggers can be used to trigger an OSD On Screen Display event If users require this they should enable the Motion or Light OSD The level of motion required to invoke a trigger can be set with the Trigg...

Page 11: ...net menu The camera can operate with a fixed IP address or can be allocated an IP address from the network these modes are controlled using the DHCP button enable disable Users should press the submit button to enable changes UPnP Menu The Universal plug and play menu allows the user to set the Device ID and Camera Name Users should press the submit button to enable changes ...

Page 12: ...e trigger duration SD Card Management In the event of the SD card becoming full there are two options for Overwrite Control One option is to have the recordings stop when the SD card is full or the other option is to have the oldest material to be overwritten when the SD card becomes full Following any changes made in the menu the user must press the submit button Wait until the camera finishes re...

Page 13: ...iles containing motion will have an m appended on the end This is so any video clips with movement in the video can be easily identified When searching motion files it is advisable to also check for activity in the video in the file preceding any motion tagged file For the file described above with motion in the video it will have the complete file name of 170801134611m avi Recordings are stored i...

Page 14: ...shown here Username Camera Username the default is root Password Camera Password the default is 1234 Then press Quickconnect Files can be dragged across to the location selected on the local computer Recordings on the camera will be stored in the directory structure SD YYMMDDHH as shown above Individual files can then be selected and downloaded or dragged across to the storage location selected on...

Page 15: ...eed a video player application The camera is compatible with many players a simple freeware player is VLC Media Player Users should download VLC Media Player and run the application VLC is a free media player and can be downloaded from http www videolan org vlc index en_GB html Enable the VLC Media Player application From the Media menu select the Open Network Stream as shown below ...

Page 16: ...gineering co uk Page 16 June 2018 Enter the camera URL and stream type eg rtsp 192 168 1 195 h264 The URL depends upon the IP address of the camera and the stream type eg h264 or jpeg This is shown below Press play and the video stream will appear as shown below ...

Page 17: ...hand side of the player The video can be viewed by clicking the Eye Icon next to the camera s name The video panel selector can be used to select how the video panels are arranged this is useful when several video feeds are in the system Camera List Eye Icon Video Panel Selector The top of the video panel displays information on the playback mode of the displayed video In the above instance the vi...

Page 18: ...gs the user can flip or mirror the video feed The Motion Sensitivity can also be set to a value between 0 to 100 A value of 0 sets the motion trigger to off a value of 100 sets the motion to maximum sensitivity The Trigger Duration sets the duration of the audible tone and the red trigger icon displayed in the player If the Play Recording option is highlighted and selected as shown below the playe...

Page 19: ...months that don t hold recordings are greyed out Select the required date days that don t hold recordings are greyed out Select the required hour of day hours that don t hold recordings are greyed out Select the required start and end time from the time dial Press the play icon The files will then be downloaded after which time the video recording can be viewed in the video panel ...

Page 20: ...e bottom left corner The trigger icon is either a motion trigger or a low to high light level change as described in the table below Trigger Icon Trigger Source A low light level to high light level transition has been detected Motion has been detected in the video Pan Tilt Zoom Control Only for cameras that support remote control of Pan Tilt and Zoom Select a camera from the Camera List this will...

Page 21: ...button which is mounted on the top of the HD helmet camera controls the activation state of the LED Illuminator At initial power on the LED will switch on in low light levels determined by the integrated ambient light sensor Following power on if the button is pressed it will disable the LED regardless of light level Further presses of the button will cycle the LED to first switch back to auto sta...

Page 22: ...4 mm 35 mm Specifications Specifications Camera Sensor 1 3 CMOS Connector Fisher Camera Sensitivity 0 05 Lux no IR Filter 0 1 Lux with IR Filter Power 12v 1 4W IR Off Max Resolution 1920 x1080p Recording Option Micro SD card Video Encoding Dual H 264 and MJPEG Weight 96g 3 4oz Streaming Protocol RTSP over TCP or UDP Environmental IP67 IR LED 2W 940nm 5 to 10m Range Casing Aluminium Field of View 9...