visual engineering HD Cam User Manual

Hd helmet camera. hd ip camera, direct mount to a picatinny rail

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Visual Engineering
Video solutions. Integrated
HD Cam
June 2018
HD Helmet Camera
User Manual
HD IP Camera, Direct Mount
to a Picatinny Rail
visualengineering.co.uk
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  • Page 1 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 HD Helmet Camera User Manual HD IP Camera, Direct Mount to a Picatinny Rail visualengineering.co.uk Page 1...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Table of Contents Table of Contents ............... 2 Change History .
  • Page 3: Change History

    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...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    June 2018 Introduction The HD Cam is a full HD IP camera which can be connected directly onto a helmet Picatinny rail mount, making it suitable for use in tactical situations. The camera integrates directly with the Visual Engineering Body Worn Mesh Radio. When coupled with the BWM it provides a complete end to end surveillance system.
  • Page 5: Connecting The Camera

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Connecting the Camera HD helmet cameras are shipped with custom interface cable as per customers specifications. Once the camera is powered and has an IP connection, users can web browse to the camera to control its functions.
  • Page 6: Web Browser Control

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Web Browser Control Once a connection is established with the camera on the web interface the user should see the following camera home page: The camera’s IP address is typed in here.
  • Page 7: Date Menu

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Date Menu The date menu page allows the user to synchronise the camera time to an SNTP server. In this instance it is necessary to have the PC connected to a network.
  • Page 8: Video Menu

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 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.
  • Page 9: Video Flicker

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Recommended Settings Bitrate 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.
  • Page 10: View Menu

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 View Menu Viewing the video from the 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.
  • Page 11: Ethernet Menu

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Ethernet Menu Network parameters can be set on the 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.
  • Page 12: Recording Menu

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Recording Menu The integral SD Card in each camera node has a capacity of 32GBytes, this offers 17 hours of continuous recording at a total IP bit stream of 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 13: Recovering Recordings

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 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 50fps, lower frame rates will increase the length of the stored file proportionately.
  • Page 14: Using Filezilla

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 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’...
  • Page 15: Using Vlc To Play Streams

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Using VLC to Play Streams Users wishing to access streaming video from the camera will need a video player application. The camera is compatible with many players, a simple freeware player is VLC Media Player.
  • Page 16 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam 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 •...
  • Page 17: The Ve Camera Viewer

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 The VE Camera Viewer The VE Camera Viewer is a software application used to display the video from all cameras in the system. It will auto detect any VE cameras that are on the network and populate a list on the left hand side of the player.
  • Page 18: Settings

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 Settings Under Settings 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.
  • Page 19 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 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.
  • Page 20: Video Panel Coloured Border

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 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...
  • Page 21: Led Illumination Control

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated HD Cam June 2018 LED Illumination Control The 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.
  • Page 22: Specifications

    68 x 44 x 35 mm Field of View Dimensions Changeable M12 lens 2.7 x 1.7 x 1.4 inches Dimensions 68 mm 35 mm Visual Engineering Technologies LTD Kemps Farm Stanway Colchester Essex Tel: +44 (0)1206 211842 Web: CO3 8NB www.visualengineering.co.uk...

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