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Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 SWZ HD User Manual User Guide for the Switched Zoom HD PTZ Camera visualengineering.co.uk Page 1...
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...
PTZ control is integrated into the ethernet connection, no additional comms channels are required. PTZ functionality can be accessed via our PC or Android applications. With its internal slip ring the SWZ HD offers continuous pan and 250° of tilt. The unit is mounted in an environmentally sealed, CNC machined housing.
September 2017 Connecting the Camera The SWZ HD Camera is an IP streaming camera. Users therefore need access to a PC or similar networked enabled device to view the camera’s video. Camera control can be accessed through the web browser interface, users will therefore need either Firefox, Internet Explorer or Chrome installed on their PC.
All parameters are non-volatile, meaning they will be remembered after re-powering the camera. Users can web browse the SWZ HD camera using any of the standard web browsers; Firefox, Internet Explorer or Chrome. Simply type the camera’s IP address into the browsers address bar, using the default camera IP address of 192.168.1.195.
September 2017 Web Browser Control The primary mechanism for configuring the SWZ HD camera is its web browser interface. The example screen below shows what is to be expected once a valid connection between the PC and camera has been established by typing the camera’s IP address into the web browsers address bar.
“PC UTC Offset” field. Update Menu It is possible to update the firmware of the SWZ HD camera. There are three steps to updating the camera firmware, as shown on 3. Submit the file the right.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Video Menu The Video Page is where all the camera’s IP encoder parameters are controlled. The encoder supports two encoding formats, H.264 and MJPEG. The choice of the format is initiated by the user when the stream is enabled.
320x240 View Menu Viewing the video from the SWZ HD camera can be possible from the web browser by selecting the view button. Users can return to the main menu by selecting the Back button. Recent web browser releases have stopped supporting the VLC video plug-in, as such the video will not be displayed.
SWZ HD September 2017 Ethernet Menu Network parameters can be set on the SWZ HD camera by selecting the Ethernet 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.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Recording Menu The integral SD Card has a capacity of 32GBytes, this offers 17 hours of continuous recording at 4Mb/s, or 34 hours at 2Mb/s etc. If recording capacity is achieved there is a user option to either stop recording or overwrite.
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Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Timed Recordings There are 4 options for timed recordings, these are; Off, Continuous, Once and Daily. Off = No recording takes place. Continuous = Recording Continuously. Once = Record once when the start time is reached and record for the set duration.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Recovering Recordings Record Format Recordings are stored on the SD Card as individual 10 second duration .avi files. The file size is proportional to the video bit-rate selected by the user.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Using FileZilla With FileZilla downloaded, installed and running it will appear as shown below. Set the Host = IP Address of Camera, default IP Address of 192.168.1.195 is shown here Username = Camera Username, the default is root Password = Camera Password, the default is 1234 Then press ‘Quickconnect’...
September 2017 Using VLC to Play Streams Users wishing to access streaming video from the SWZ HD camera will need a video player application. The camera is compatible with many players, a simple freeware player is VLC Media Player. Users can download VLC Media Player and run the application.
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Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 • 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 •...
Live stream, it can also be noted that the camera is currently recording since the REC icon is shown. Since the SWZ HD camera does not contain an integrated battery the power source will be displayed as a DC input.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Settings Under Settings the user can set the Motion Sensitivity 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.
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Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Select “Other” to choose a specific period Select the required month, months that of timed recording. don’t hold recordings are greyed out. Select the required date, days that don’t Select the required hour of day, hours hold recordings are greyed out.
Motion has been detected in the video. Pan, Tilt & Zoom Control Select the SWZ HD camera from the Camera List, this will cause the selected camera description to be edged in blue, as shown on the right. The video panel for the camera will also be edged in blue.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Multiple Viewers It is possible to connect multiple instances of the Camera Viewer to a single camera. There is however a maximum limit at which the camera bitrate can be set to whilst streaming video to multiple viewers.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated SWZ HD September 2017 Specifications Specifications Camera Sensors 3 x 2Megapixel, CMOS Pan Range Continuous Camera Sensitivity < 0.1 Lux Tilt Range 250° User Configurable TCP/IP, DHCP DNS, Camera Resolution Max: 1920 x 1080p30 Protocols...
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