visual engineering Body Worn Camera Manual

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Body worn ip camera with recording

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Visual Engineering
Video solutions. Integrated
BWC
September 2020
Body Worn Camera
Body Worn IP Camera
With Recording
visualengineering.co.uk
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  • Page 1 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated September 2020 Body Worn Camera Body Worn IP Camera With Recording visualengineering.co.uk Page 1...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated September 2020 Table of Contents Table of Contents ............... 2 Document History .
  • Page 3: Document History

    The VE part number for this manual is 110-3172 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

    September 2020 Introduction The Body Worn 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 September 2020 Connecting the Camera Body Worn 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 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 bar.
  • Page 7: Date Menu

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated 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. If a network connection is not...
  • Page 8: Video Menu

    For correct camera operation it is important that the Encoder Type matches the hardware configuration. For the Body Worn Camera this is always the HD IP Camera type. The RTSP Port is the port number the IP video stream will be transmitted on, this has the default port number 554, which can be configured to another port number as required.
  • Page 9: Video Frame Preview

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated 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 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.
  • Page 11: Alert Control

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 •...
  • Page 20: The Ve Camera Viewer

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated 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 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 • The Trigger Duration sets the alarm time (in secs) following the end of the triggered event •...
  • Page 22 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated 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.
  • Page 23: Video Panel Coloured Border

    Motion has been detected in the video. Pan, Tilt & Zoom Control PTZ is not supported in the Body Worn Camera. Select a camera from the Camera List, this will cause the selected camera description being edged in blue, as shown on the right. The video panel for the camera will also be edged in blue.
  • Page 24 Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated 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.
  • Page 25: Multiple Viewing

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated 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

    ONVIF Video Management Systems The Body Worn 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. ONVIF Device Manager is available as a free download available here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/onvifdm/...
  • Page 27: Control Across The Internet

    Control Across The Internet Port Forwarding It is possible to control the Body Worn 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 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: Mounting

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated September 2020 Mounting The BWC includes a clip on the reverse, this can be used to attach it to a tactical vest, as shown below. visualengineering.co.uk Page 29...
  • Page 30: Specifications

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated September 2020 Specifications Specifications Camera Sensor 2Megapixel, CMOS Recording 32GB micro SD Card Camera Sensitivity < 0.1 Lux Power Consumption 2W, 2.5W Illuminated Max: 1920 x 1080p30 Camera Resolution IP Streaming RTSP over TCP or UDP Min: 320 x 240 H.264 and MJPEG...
  • Page 31: Dimensions

    Visual Engineering Video solutions. Integrated September 2020 Dimensions All dimensions are in 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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