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Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 September 2017 TMC 3 User Manual User Guide for the Tactical Mesh Camera System visualengineering.co.uk Page 1...
Updated Firmware Upgrade Procedure Warranty and Support All Visual Engineering products are supplied as standard with a 12 month ‘Return to Base’ warranty. Please note: Any unauthorised product disassembly, modification or the removal of tamper proof labels will void the warranty.
It also offers eight user preset settings that can be saved allowing PTZ framing and camera racking profiles to be easily recalled. Two removable antennas connect via TNC connectors, this allows the TMC 3 to be mounted in the orientation chosen by the user.
Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 September 2017 Connections The TMC 3 has two TNC antenna and two Fischer cable connections, as shown on the right. Remove the protective caps from all connectors. Connect the provided antennas to the TNC connectors at the required orientation. Information...
The Silvus StreamCaster 4200 MIMO Mesh radio forms the wireless connectivity solution for the TMC 3. Connection to the radio’s user interface is via a web page interface. Ensure that the controlling PC is on the same network as the Mesh radio(s) and enter the virtual IP address of a Mesh radio on the network into the web browser’s address bar.
Live stream, it can also be noted that the camera is currently recording since the REC icon is shown. Since the TMC 3 camera does not contain an integrated battery the power source will be displayed as a DC input.
Play Recordings Recordings will only be available if the TMC 3 camera is fitted with the recording option. If the Play Recording option is highlighted and selected as shown below the player will allow the user to select a recording to playback.
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Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 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.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 September 2017 Video Panel Coloured Border The video panel is edged in a colour, the meaning of which is described in the following table. Video Panel Edge Colour Meaning A trigger alarm has occurred...
10Mb/sec 8Mb/sec 6Mb/sec 4Mb/sec Using VLC to Play Streams The TMC 3 is compatible with many players, a simple freeware player is VLC Media Player, which can be downloaded from: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.en_GB.html • Install and run the VLC Media Player application.
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Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 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 •...
September 2017 IP Video Encoder Once the TMC 3 is powered and has an network connection to a PC, users can web browse to the camera’s video encoder to control its functions. The web browser allows control of the encoders parameters such as resolution, bit-rate, and network settings.
The example screen below shows what is to be expected once a valid connection between the PC and TMC 3 has been established by typing the video encoder’s IP address into the web browsers address bar. In this example it is using the IP address 192.168.1.195 On the left side of the screen are the Control Menus which allow the user to configure various encoder settings.
“PC UTC Offset” field. Update Menu It is possible to update the camera encoder firmware of the TMC 3. There are three steps to updating 3. Submit the file the firmware, as shown on the right.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 September 2017 Video Menu The Video Page is where all the 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.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 September 2017 Recommended Settings Bit-rate Available Resolution Frame Rate 5-10MB/s 1920x1080 4-5Mb/s 1920x1080 3-4Mb/s 1280x720 2-3Mb/s 800x600 1-2Mb/s 800x600 512kb/s-1Mb/s 640x480 256-512kb/s 320x240 Video Flip can be useful when the camera is installed upside down or hanging from a ceiling.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 September 2017 Ethernet Menu Network parameters can be set on the encoder by selecting the Ethernet menu. The encoder 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.
September 2017 Recording Menu Recordings will only be available if the TMC 3 camera is fitted with the recording option. 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 TMC 3 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.
If the TMC 3 is to be mounted onto a flat surface where it is not possible to position the antennas so that they hang below the camera it is important to position the antennas such that they do not interfere with the camera’s view.
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated TMC 3 September 2017 Specifications Specifications Waveform Mobile Networked MIMO Camera Sensor 1/2.8” Type CMOS Channel Bandwidth 5, 10, 20MHz Camera Sensitivity <0.05 Lux, ICR On DES Standard, AES/GCM Encryption 128/256 Optional Camera Resolution 1920 x 1080 Pixel...
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