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- Page 1 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Helmet Camera User Manual IP Helmet Camera Direct Picatinny Rail Mount visualengineering.co.uk Page 1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Table of Contents Document History ..............3 About the User Manual . -
Page 3: Document History
This is followed up with a description of mounting options, technical specifications and dimensions. 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
The HD Helmet Camera is a 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 Helmet Cam September 2020 Connecting the Camera HD Helmet Cameras are shipped with a custom interface cable as per customer specification. 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 Helmet Cam September 2020 Web Browser Control The primary mechanism for configuring the camera is its web browser interface. The example screen below shows what is to be expected once a valid connection between the PC and camera has been established by typing the camera’s IP address into the web browser address... -
Page 7: Date Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 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. -
Page 8: Video Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Video Menu The Video Page is where the camera’s IP encoder parameters can be configured. The encoder supports two encoding formats, H.264 and MJPEG. The choice of the format is initiated by the user when the video stream is started. -
Page 9: Video Frame Preview
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 The Camera has two fundamental modes of operation: • Constant Bitrate. This will output a constant bit rate IP video stream, as set in the Bit rate field. • Constant Quality. In this mode the bit rate is varied in a effort to maintain a constant quality. - Page 10 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Example Settings The bit rate of the IP stream can be adjusted to suit the system bandwidth available. Changes to the resolution and frame rate will adjust the stream’s bit rate. The following table shows example bit rates for particular resolution and frame rate values.
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Page 11: Alert Control
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 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 12: Ethernet Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Ethernet Menu The camera’s network parameters can be set by selecting the Ethernet menu. The camera can operate with a fixed IP address, or can be allocated an IP address from the network. This is configured using the enable/disable Use DHCP Server button. -
Page 13: Unreachable Cameras
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Once a camera has been set to a new port or IP address the web browser will be automatically re- directed to the camera’s new URL. In the example shown below the camera has been set to an IP address of 192.168.1.195 and port 8080. -
Page 14: Upnp Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 UPnP Menu The Universal plug and play menu allows the user to set the Device ID and Camera Name. Users should press the submit button to enable changes. visualengineering.co.uk Page 14... -
Page 15: Recording Menu
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Recording Menu The integral SD card 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 16: Recovering Recordings
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 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 17: Using Filezilla
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 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 18: Using Vlc To Play Streams
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 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 19 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 • 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 20: The Ve Camera Viewer
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 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 21: Settings
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Settings • The video can be orientated as required using the Flip Video and Mirror Video options • The Motion Sensitivity can also be set to: Off, Low, Mid or High •... - Page 22 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 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 23: Video Panel Coloured Border
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 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... - Page 24 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 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 Helmet Cam September 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 26: Onvif
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 ONVIF Video Management Systems The HD Helmet Camera supports the ONVIF protocol such that it can be controlled and viewed on ONVIF compliant VMS platforms such as the ONVIF Device Manager, Milestone and Airship. -
Page 27: Control Across The Internet
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Control Across The Internet Port Forwarding It is possible to control the HD Helmet 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 camera. -
Page 28: Remote Configuration
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Remote Configuration Access to the remote camera’s web pages are 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 ones described below should... -
Page 29: Led Illumination Control
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 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 30: Specifications
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Specifications Specifications Camera Sensor 1/3” CMOS Connector Fisher 0.05 Lux, no IR Filter Camera Sensitivity Power 12v, 1.4W (IR Off) 0.1 Lux, with IR Filter Max: 1920 x 1080 Resolution Recording... -
Page 31: Dimensions
Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated Helmet Cam September 2020 Dimensions 68 mm 35 mm 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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