ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Table of Contents About Our Warranty ............................3 Global (3 Year) Limited Warranty......................3 Camera Overview ............................4 Package Contents ............................5 Installation ..............................6 SD Card ..............................8 Corner Mount ............................9 Pole Mount ............................11 Electrical Box Adapter .........................
About Our Warranty Global (3 Year) Limited Warranty ARECONT VISION COSTAR warrants to Purchaser a “Limited Warranty” that (a) each Product shall be free from material defects in material and workmanship for a period of thirty-six (36) months from the date of shipment, the “Warranty Period”;...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Camera Overview The ConteraIP Bullet EX outdoor-ready megapixel camera features 5-megapixel (MP) resolution for ® optimum performance. The ConteraIP ® Bullet EX combines a day/night mechanical IR cut filter with an integrated motorized 2.7–12mm varifocal remote focus and zoom precision iris (P-iris) lens. The ConteraIP ®...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Installation Description Supplied Dry Wall Anchors Supplied Screws (4pcs #8-16 1¼” tapping screws) Supplied Mounting Template ConteraIP Bullet EX Camera ® NOTE: The camera is suggested to be installed above 3 meters and covered by a minimum 3.1”...
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera 6. Install the supplied rubber plug on the bracket to ensure a water tight installation for outdoor applications. 7. Connect the network cable to the camera’s RJ45 connector. 8. Align four supplied screws with the dry wall anchors, and screw ConteraIP Bullet EX camera into ®...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera SD Card 1. Use Phillips screwdriver to remove sun shield cover 2. Use Phillips screwdriver to unscrew four screws on the lid, and take off the lid 3. Push SD card into SD card slot, or take SD card out from SD card slot Note: Make sure insert SD card in the correct orientation ConteraIP ®...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Corner Mount For a corner mount installation, the AV-JBA-W Junction Box Adapter and AV-CRMA corner mount are required (sold separately). A corner mount should only be attached onto hard corner surfaces including wood, plastic, metal, and concrete. 1.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Reference # Description Attach corner mount adapter to exterior 90 ◌ corner wall AV-JBA-W junction box adapter ConteraIP Bullet EX Camera ® Conduit pipe AV-CRMA corner mount adapter Apply Teflon water seal tape to the thread of ¾” NPT pipe to avoid water leakage 6.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Pole Mount For a pole mount installation, the AV-JBA-W junction box adapter and AV-PMA pole mount are required (sold separately). 1. Using the Mounting template, prepare the mounting provisions for the camera installation. 2. Attach the Junction Box Adapter to the Pole Mount Adapter. 3.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Reference # Description Steel straps with compression screws AV-JBA-W junction box adapter ConteraIP ® Bullet EX Camera Conduit pipe AV-PMA pole mount adapter Apply Teflon water seal tape to the thread of ¾” NPT pipe to avoid water leakage 6.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Camera Power Up 1. Connect the camera to a PoE port on 100Mbps network PoE switch using an Ethernet cable. 2. If the camera is powered by an outside power supply, 12~48VDC or 24VAC (red and black wires), connect the power cable.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Alarm I/O Functions Connect the Alarm In (DI) connector to the alarm input sensor, and connect Alarm Out (DO) connector to the alarm output signal. To avoid any damaged, please follow the specification of the part as below: .Alarm In (Wet Contact) Alarm Out (Wet Contact) V sense...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Camera Discovery, Setup, and Configuration For camera discovery and setup, the AV IP Utility is recommended. The software can be found on the CD included with your camera or at: http://www.arecontvision.com/softwares.php The AV IP Utility has the ability to provide multiple discovery options, including broadcast and multicast, check the status of a camera, change camera settings, import and export camera settings via a .csv file, and update firmware and/or hardware from virtually anywhere with a network connection.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Camera Discovery 1. Locate and double click the AV IP Utility shortcut on the desktop. 2. When the AV IP Utility is launched, it will automatically search the Contera cameras on the network. Or, you can also manually search cameras by clicking “Discovery (Multicast)” 3.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Web Interface Navigation The entire menu is located on the top of the web interface. following camera settings are available on the top of the menu in the web interface, and the user will be direct to the page when they click the tab.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera FTP Upload Handler SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Notification Network Storage • System Options Firmware Upgrade Reboot & Restore Settings Date/Time • Administration Administrator settings Viewer Management • About Support • ConteraIP ® Bullet EX | Installation Manual...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Image Menu Feature Description Brightness Controls the overall brightness of the camera image and works in conjunction with the exposure controls to maintain the image brightness. Sharpness Controls sharpness and edge definition of the image.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Menu Feature Description Auto Auto detects bright backlight, glare or high contrast lighting and automatically selects the WDR level. Note: WDR enabled will decrease the FPS of 5MP camera. Manually adjusts the intensity of backlight compensation.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera • Moonlight Mode: Limits exposure time from 20ms Moonlight Mode • Custom to 500ms. This mode produces the best image Exposure Mode quality under very low light conditions with the least amount of image noise. The trade-off is in favor of low noise at the expense of high motion blur.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Defog Level Compensates for fog or clouds in the scene. Camera Name Specifies a name for the camera. The maximum length is 32 characters. Background Configures the background color of the text overlay. The options are Translucent (light grey) or •...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Video & Audio Menu Feature Description Show Video Type: Disable Video: Disables live video on the screen. • Disable Video MJPEG over HTTP: This radio button is the default • MJPEG over browser display option. No plug in is required as HTTP most browsers can decode MJPEG images.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Video Compression: Radio buttons to select the desired compression. • H.265 • H.264 Radio buttons to select the desired resolution. Options vary based on the sensor resolution being Resolution used. Enables the SNAPstream+ feature on camera. This feature utilizes both Smart GOP and Smart ROI to reduce bitrate without impacting the image quality.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Video Compression: The third stream is designed for the live view on the web interface, the only compression option is • MPJEG MPJEG. The third stream is designed for the live view on web Resolution interface, the only Resolution is VGA.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Focus Menu Feature Description Manual Zoom/ Focus: Numbers indicate the level of Zoom/ focus to adjust the field-of-view. • • • • • • Enable Auto Focus Zoom Camera will Auto Focus after changing zoom lens group position.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Network Menu Feature Description IP Assignment: DHCP: If checked, the camera will attempt to obtain its IP address from the DHCP server available on • DHCP the network. • IP Address IP Address: Sets the current IP address of the •...
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Enable QoS Enables quality of service. Video QoS Sets DSCP value for video traffic. Management DSCP Sets DSCP value for non-video traffic. Enable UPnP Enables Universal Plug and Play function. Port Configures the port number for stream 1 to stream 3.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Video Port Audio IP Configures the multicast address and the port number to stream audio. Audio Port Meta IP Configures the multicast address and the port number to the HTML meta. Meta Port Path Configures the URL address of the video stream.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Community String Specifies the name of the community for access to SNMP information. Trap Configuration: Specifies the destination IP address to send SNMP trap messages. • Address • Community String SNMP v3 Enables SNMP version 3 support. SNMP User Specifies the user name of the SNMP v3.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Install New Certificate CA Certificate Client Certificate Locate and click Upload. Click Install New Certificate to upload the • CA Certificate Certificate. • Client Certificate Enable Enables FTP access to the camera. Note: This function is only available when a SD card is installed.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Privacy Mask Menu Feature Description Enable Privacy Mask Creates a privacy mask on the image so the selected areas will not be visible. ConteraIP ® Bullet EX | Installation Manual...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Event Menu Feature Description Enable Turns on and off on-camera motion detection Extend Enables the extended motion detection and motion detection zones increase from default 64 to 1024 for enhanced motion detection sensitivity. Zone Size Adjusts the size of motion detection zones.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera the schedule settings on the selected time. A light blue color on the time block indicates that the alarm schedule is enabled, while a light grey color indicates that the alarm schedule is disabled. Alternatively, you can manually enter numbers to configure the hours and minutes from start to end for all weekdays.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Selects a desired trigger source. The options are Trigger Alarm Detection, Trigger Motion Detection, and Trigger Video Analytics. SMTP Server Host Address: Specifies the host name or IP address of the SMTP server. • Host Address Port: Specifies the port number of the SMTP •...
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Recipient Setup Network Storage Status: Displays the current status of the connection with the network storage • Network server. (not mounted or ok) Storage Status • Network Network Address: Specifies the IP address of the Address network storage server.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera • Overwrite Status: Displays whether the SD card is installed or when storage not. (not mounted or ok) full Overwrite when storage full: Enables overwriting • Record Type the SD card if the storage is full. Recoding Type: Specifies the desired action to record a stream.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Video Analytics “This camera is not used for heavy traffic (vehicles) or roads/intersections. “ Menu Feature Description Enable Analytics Enables and selects a desired Analytic function. The options are Line Crossing, Loitering, Camera Tamper, Intrusion Detection, Person/Vehicle Counting*, Object Left/Removed*.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera most situations since objects can be hidden from view. Sensitivity Specify the desired trade-off between true detections and false alarms to minimize the effects from the background motions. • For night/low contrast scenes the sensitivity should be increased to 90-95.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Minimum Loitering Time 1. Left click and drag to draw a virtual area. (Sec) 2. Right click and drag to erase a virtual area. Specify the amount of time an object must be in the area to trigger the event.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera • 1. Left click and drag to draw a virtual area. Type Enable Object Left 2. Right click and drag to erase a virtual area. 3. Selects Enable Object Left or/and Enable • Type Enable Object Removed.
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ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Center (TAC). Call at +1.818.937.0700 and select option #1. Note: Cameras with Advanced License cannot be downgraded to Standard License. ConteraIP ® Bullet EX | Installation Manual...
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera System Options Menu Feature Description Firmware Upgrade Browse Click to choose the firmware upgrade file, and then click Upgrade. Download Log Records all the status information of the camera in list format. Downloads the log file to the computer as a text file.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera Administration Menu Feature Description Access Control Passwords can be up to 16 letters, digits and symbols, excluding following symbols for passwords without encoding # % & ' " < > / [ ] { } _ ( ) = . + , Administrator Username: The username of Administrator is admin and cannot be changed.
ConteraIP Bullet EX ® Megapixel Camera About Menu Feature Description About Displays the information of the camera: Model Name, Firmware, Serial Number, and MAC Address. Support Menu Feature Description Support Provides several useful hyperlinks for users who would like to get more information of the camera. ConteraIP ®...
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Get AV IP Utility, installation manuals, and more information on our product at the Arecont Vision website. 400 N. Brand Boulevard, Suite 860, Glendale, California, 91203 USA 115mm...
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