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- Page 1 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 MFR User Manual User Guide for the MFR Optical/Thermal PTZ Camera visualengineering.co.uk Page 1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Table of Contents Change History ............... . . 3 Warranty and Support . -
Page 3: Change History
Video Adjustment Section Added 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. -
Page 4: Introduction
August 2018 Introduction The MFR is a very rugged PTZ camera environmentally sealed to IP68. It offers the choice between the inclusion of a HD optical or thermal camera head. The optical camera incorporates a Sony FCB-EV7520 high definition block camera with a 30x optical zoom lens and a 63.7°... -
Page 5: Connections
August 2018 Connections The MFR kit includes a power comms break out cable, part number 110-3562. The cable assembly connects to the Fischer MiniMax connector on the base of the camera. All signals are then split out to their relevant connectors. -
Page 6: Configuring The Camera
August 2018 Configuring the Camera The MFR can be configured for a specific user profile, to include; communications settings, motor control, video format and camera type. Once configured the camera will retain the settings. The camera is configured using a menu structure on its control interface which is only accessible at power on. -
Page 7: Motor Options
Disabled, Enabled of its travel. Select Model Select Model Description Options Sets the camera type, set to either MFR or MFR-TI MKVI, TEDAS, MKIV, 10178, MKIVH, MFR, MFR-TI visualengineering.co.uk Page 7... -
Page 8: Software Control
August 2018 Software Control The MFR camera’s serial communication supports PelcoD, PelcoP & Sony Visca protocols. The user may choose to use a software controller of their choice or use the VE Camera Controller. This software application can be downloaded from the Visual Engineering website: www.visualengineering.co.uk/supportdownload/9... - Page 9 In the example below the pan right command has been selected. This will cause the MFR camera to pan right. Similar commands for pan left, tilt up & down and zoom functions can also be tried out using the intuitive software user interface.
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Page 10: Ip Encoder
IP Encoder If the MFR camera is IP encoder enabled it is possible to view the video over an IP connection to a PC, with this option users can web browse to view the video and control its functions. The web browser also allows control of encoder’s parameters such as resolution, bit-rate, and network... -
Page 11: Video Encoder Control
The mechanism for configuring the H.264 encoder in the MFR is its web browser interface. The screen below shows what is to be expected once a valid connection between the PC and MFR has been established by typing the video encoder’s IP address into the web browsers address bar. -
Page 12: Date Menu
“PC UTC Offset” field. Update Menu It is possible to update the firmware of the MFR encoder. 3. Submit the file There are three steps to updating the firmware, as shown on the right. -
Page 13: Video Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 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. -
Page 14: View Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Example Settings The bitrate of the IP stream is adjusted by setting the resolution, frame rate and quality. The following table describes H.264 typical average bitrates for these three given parameters. Typical Bitrate... -
Page 15: Alert Control
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Alert Control External, motion and 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... -
Page 16: Ethernet Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 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. -
Page 17: Recording Menu
August 2018 Recording Menu Recordings will only be available if the MFR 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. -
Page 18: Recovering Recordings
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Recovering Recordings Record Format Recordings are stored on the SD Card as individual 10 second duration .avi files. This is for a maximum frame rate of 30fps, lower frame rates will increase the length of the stored file proportionately. -
Page 19: Using Filezilla
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Using FileZilla With FileZilla downloaded, installed and running it will appear as shown below. Set the Host = Encoder default IP Address of 192.168.1.195 is shown here Username = The encoder’s default username is root Password = The encoder’s default password is 1234... -
Page 20: The Ve Camera Viewer
Live stream, it can also be noted that the camera is currently recording since the REC icon is shown. Since the MFR camera does not contain an integrated battery the power source will be displayed as a DC input. -
Page 21: Settings
The Audio can also be enabled or disabled. Play Recordings Recordings will only be available if the MFR camera is fitted with the recording option. If the Play Recording option is selected the player will allow the user to select a recording to playback. - Page 22 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 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.
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Page 23: Video Panel Coloured Border
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 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 Blue... - Page 24 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Selecting the centre settings icon allows access to several player settings including: • Network Cache Size • Encoder Type • Internet Protocol • Multicast Increasing the Network Cache Size will cause the player to cache more data before streaming video.
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Page 25: Multiple Viewing
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Multiple Viewing Multiple Viewers It is possible to connect multiple instances of a video player 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 using the unicast method of transmission. -
Page 26: Using Vlc To Play Streams
Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Using VLC to Play Streams Users wishing to access streaming video from the MFR camera will need a video player application. The camera’s encoder is compatible with many players, a simple freeware player is VLC Media Player. - Page 27 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 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 •...
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Page 28: Video Adjustment
Connect a serial comms client, such as TeraTerm set to 9600 baud 8n1 to the RS232 comms port of the camera and build a Pelco D packet as described. If the MFR is fitted with an IP Encoder it is also possible to send the packet across a TCP/IP connection. - Page 29 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Data 2 Value Parameter Control 0x15 ON/OFF (manual only) 0x16 Auto/Manual 0x17 Wide Dynamic Range ON/OFF 0x18 Back Light Compensation ON/OFF 0x19 Image Flip ON/OFF 0x1A Digital Noise Reduction OFF then 1-5 steps...
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Page 30: Specifications
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Specifications Specifications Optical Sensor 1/2.8” Type CMOS Streaming Protocol RTSP over TCP or UDP Optical Sensitivity <0.05 Lux, ICR On Optional Storage 32GB micro SD Card Optical Resolution 1920 x 1080 Pixel User Presets Optical SNR >50dB... -
Page 31: Dimensions
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2018 Dimensions Overall Dimensions ø 115 Base Plate Hole Centres Visual Engineering Technologies LTD Kemps Farm Stanway Colchester Essex Tel: +44 (0)1206 211842 CO3 8NB Web: www.visualengineering.co.uk Email: sales@visualengineering.co.uk visualengineering.co.uk Page 31...
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