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- Page 1 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 2020 Table of Contents Document History ..............4 Warranty and Support . - Page 3 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 Table of Contents Using VLC to Play Streams ............. . 28 Multiple Viewing .
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Page 4: Document History
Updates to support v4.0 firmware release 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 5: Introduction
August 2020 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 high definition block camera with a 30x optical zoom lens and a 63.7°... -
Page 6: Mfr Kit
August 2020 MFR Kit The MFR camera comes complete in a foam lined Peli flight case. In addition to the MFR camera the kit also includes a power comms interface cable, a mains power adaptor and a USB memory stick. -
Page 7: Connections
August 2020 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. The connections are described below. -
Page 8: Configuring The Camera
August 2020 Configuring the Camera The MFR can be configured for a specific user profile, to include; communication 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 9: 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 9... -
Page 10: Software Control
August 2020 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 11 Once the software application is connected the functions of the software can be used. 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 sent using the intuitive software user interface.
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Page 12: Ip Encoder
August 2020 IP Encoder If the MFR camera has an IP encoder fitted it is possible to view the camera’s video and configure the encoder’s parameters over an IP connection to a PC. The web browser control of the encoder’s parameters allows the configuration of parameters such as resolution, bit rate, and network settings, once saved all configuration changes will be retained. -
Page 13: Video Encoder Control
The mechanism for configuring the MFR H.264 encoder is its web interface. The screen below shows what is to be expected once a valid connection between the PC and MFR encoder has been established by typing the encoder’s IP address into the web browser address bar. -
Page 14: Date Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 Date Menu The date menu page allows the user to synchronise the camera time to a SNTP server. In this instance it is necessary to have the PC connected to a network. If a network connection is not... -
Page 15: Video Configure
For correct camera operation it is important that the Encoder Type matches the hardware configuration. For the MFR camera this is always an LVDS Input type of either 25Hz or 29.97Hz, this allows adjustment to match mains frequency regional differences. - Page 16 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 H.264 Resolution The maximum resolution is 1920x1080, users can select lower resolutions if there is restricted bandwidth available. H.264 FPS (frames Per Second) The maximum frame rate is 30fps, users may choose to select lower frame rates, thereby reducing the bandwidth required.
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Page 17: Alert Control
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 Alert Control 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 VE Camera Viewer... -
Page 18: Ethernet Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 Enable/Disable button. -
Page 19: Unreachable Cameras
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 Once an encoder has been set to a new port or IP address the web browser will be automatically re- directed to the encoder’s new URL. In the example shown below the encoder has been set to an IP address of 192.168.1.195 and port 8080. -
Page 20: Recording Menu
August 2020 Recording Menu Recording 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 reached there is a user option to either stop recording or overwrite. -
Page 21: Recovering Recordings
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 Recovering Recordings Record Format Recordings are stored on the SD Card as individual 10 second duration .avi files. This is for a frame rate of 30fps, lower frame rates will increase the length of the stored file proportionately. For example a frame rate of 15fps will create a 20 second video clip. -
Page 22: Using Filezilla
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 23: The Ve Camera Viewer
Live stream, it can also be noted that the camera is currently recording since the REC icon is shown in the OSD. Since this MFR camera instance does not contain an integrated battery the power source will be displayed as a DC input. -
Page 24: Settings
Audio - not normally included in MFR cameras 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 25 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 26: Video Panel Coloured Border
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 27 TCP Vs UDP section. Select multicast on sends a request to the camera to send a multicast IP stream. Currently the MFR does not support multicast streaming. Selecting the right hand side icon allows the user to manually add a camera by IP address.
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Page 28: Using Vlc To Play Streams
August 2020 Using VLC to Play Streams The MFR encoder is compatible with many IP video 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... - Page 29 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 • Enter the camera URL and stream type, eg: rtsp://192.168.1.195/h264 • Press play and the video stream will appear, as shown below. visualengineering.co.uk Page 29...
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Page 30: Multiple Viewing
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 encoder bit rate can be set to whilst streaming video to multiple viewers using the unicast method of transmission. -
Page 31: Onvif
August 2020 ONVIF Video Management Systems The MFR Camera with an IP encoder fitted supports the ONVIF protocol such that it can be controlled and viewed on ONVIF compliant VMS platforms such as ONVIF Device Manager, Milestone and Airship. ONVIF Device Manager is available as a free download available here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/onvifdm/... -
Page 32: Control Across The Internet
Control Across The Internet Port Forwarding If the MFR Camera has an IP encoder included it is possible to control the MFR Camera and view its video remotely through an internet connection. One way of achieving this is through port forwarding on a router that is connected to the internet and also connected to the MFR Camera. -
Page 33: Remote Configuration
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 Remote Configuration Internet access to the encoder’s web pages can be addressed by using the gateway IP address of the router along with the HTTP camera port that has been forwarded. Remote Video Streaming To stream the camera’s video across the internet a URL similar to the one described below should... -
Page 34: 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 PelcoD 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 35 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 36: Specifications
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 37: Dimensions
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated August 2020 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 37...
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