Nexcom NCb-231 User Manual

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Intelligent Digital Security
IP Camera
NCb-231

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NEXCOM International Co., Ltd.
Published May 2014
www.nexcom.com

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. Intelligent Digital Security IP Camera NCb-231 User Manual NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. www.nexcom.com Published May 2014...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Login Information ................22 Web Browser (Internet Explorer) ............9 Test Remote FTP Server ..............22 Configuring the Camera’s Setting ............10 SMTP ....................23 Browsing Through the Configuration Menu ........11 SMTP Server ...................23 Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 3 Current Camera Time ..............34 Multicast ...................46 Time Settings .................34 Date & Time Format ...............35 Settings ..................46 NTP Server ..................35 Events ....................47 Firmware Upgrade ................36 Ethernet Lost Detection ..............47 Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 4 System ....................51 Schedule Recording ................51 Schedule Recording Setting ............51 COM Port ..................52 RS-232 Control ................52 RS-485 Control ................52 Chapter 3: Viewing Live Video via VLC Media Player.....53 Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 5: Preface

    No describes how to keep the system CE compliant. part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written consent from NEXCOM Declaration of Conformity International Co., Ltd.
  • Page 6: Rohs Compliance

    (Cr6+) < 0.1% or 1,000ppm, Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) < 0.1% or 1,000ppm, and Polybrominated diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) < 0.1% or 1,000ppm. In order to meet the RoHS compliant directives, NEXCOM has established an engineering and manufacturing task force to implement the introduction of green products.
  • Page 7: Safety Information

    There is a danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 8: Safety Precautions

    10. Never pour any liquid into an opening. This may cause fire or electrical shock. 11. Never open the equipment. For safety reasons, the equipment should be opened only by qualified service personnel. viii Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 9: Technical Support And Assistance

    Preface Technical Support and Assistance Conventions Used in this Manual 1. For the most updated information of NEXCOM products, visit NEXCOM’s Warning: website at www.nexcom.com. Information about certain situations, which if not observed, can cause personal injury. This will prevent injury to yourself 2.
  • Page 10: Package Contents

    Preface Package Contents The NCb-231 package contains the following accessories: Screw Kit Quick guide User Manual Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 11: Chapter 1: Product Introduction

    Key Features ▪ LPC box camera ▪ Full HD1080P @30fps ▪ 2/3” Image sensor ▪ Global shutter ▪ Support -20°C ~ 60°C/-4°F ~ 140°F ▪ Lens optional Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 12: Hardware Specifications

    ▪ Audio Output: Line out ▪ Certification: CE/ FCC ▪ Weatherproof: With housing Network ▪ Application: SDK available for application development ▪ Interface: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, RJ-45 Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 13: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 1: Product Introduction Physical Descriptions DI/O Pinout Assignment Light Sensor Lens Cover Aluminum Focus Ring Iris Connector Lens(Purchased Separately) Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 14: Chapter 2: Camera Configuration

    3. Click the Next button on the welcome screen to continue. software included with the camera. The following information outlines the instructions for each method. Next button Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 15 5. To check the available drives you can install the software to and their available and required disk space, please click on the Disk Cost button. User accounts 7. Click on the Next button to continue. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 16 8. Click on the Next button to begin installation. 9. Once the installation process is complete, click on the Close button to finish. A shortcut will be created on the desktop. Next button Close button Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 17: Ip-Finder

    Camera List You can also manually search cameras by clicking on the Search button. Search IP Address Note: Manual search will last for up to 90 seconds. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 18 To deselect, press the Clear All button to remove all the selection, or specific ones by unchecking the checkbox. Home Page Camera List Clear All Select All Checkbox Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 19: Web Browser (Internet Explorer)

    4. Once logged in, you will see the main screen with video stream [stream 3] Views the live video of the camera. Live view Snapshot Start/Stop Viewer Setup Setup Options for configuring the IP camera. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 20: Configuring The Camera's Setting

    Chapter 2: Camera Configuration Configuring the Camera’s Setting 1. To configure the camera’s setting, click on the Setup button on the main screen to enter the configuration menu. Setup Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 21: Browsing Through The Configuration Menu

    ▪ System – Audio Settings – Recording Settings – User Management – SD Card Management – Date & Time – Firmware Upgrade – Maintenance ▪ Advanced Settings Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 22: Video

    GOP Length Configures the GOP length of the stream. The options are 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4, setting “0.5 seconds” will yield the best video quality. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 23: Stream 2

    GOP Length Configures the GOP length of the stream. The options are 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4, setting “0.5 seconds” will yield the best video quality. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 24: Camera Settings

    Press the < button to decrease the value, or > button to increase the value. The default value is 128. Default Default button to discard all the settings applied to Image Adjustments. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 25: Mirror & Flip

    Selects the WDR constrast level to use outside of the scheduled time. Mirror & Flip Enable Mirror Flip the camera image horizontally. Enable Flip Flip the camera image vertically. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 26: Camera Settings Cont

    Adjusts the exposure value on the camera, the range is 0 ~ 255. Press the < button to decrease the value, or > button to increase the value. The default value is 128. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 27: Day & Night

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 28: Overlay Settings

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 29: Privacy Mask

    This section configures which area of the live video in Viewer will be masked for privacy. A total of 3 privacy masks can be configured. Selects the color of the privacy mask. The available colors are Black and White. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 30: Mask Zones

    Enable mask zone 3 options, then repeat steps 2 to 3 outlined earlier. To delete a mask, check the zone number you like to remove, and press the Remove button. Rectangular square Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 31: Network

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 32: Ftp

    FTP Server Host Name or IP Address Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Specify the host name or IP address of the FTP server. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 33: Smtp

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 34: Ports

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 35: Events

    1 to 100, with 1 being the least sensitive. For more information on event, please refer to Event Actions on page 28. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 36: Detection Zones

    To remove motion detection from an area, click the box to deselect it, then press the Save button for the changes to take effect. Highlighted Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 37: Alarm In/Out Trigger

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 38: Event Actions

    AVI and JPEG. For information on configuring the FTP server, please refer to FTP on page 22. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 39 Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 40: System

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 41: Recording Settings

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 42: User Management

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 43: Sd Card Management

    Enables or disables overwrite protection for the SD card. Press the Save button to apply the setting. File List Displays the information of the folders and files stored in the SD card. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 44: Date & Time

    Daylight Saving Select this option to enable daylight saving. The Start/End date and time for daylight saving can be manually configured in the text boxes beneath the option. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 45: Date & Time Format

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 46: Firmware Upgrade

    The firmware update process will take around 15 minutes to complete, during this time, do not disconnect the network CAUTION! CAUTION! CAUTION! cable, reset or power off the IP camera, as you may damage the device. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 47: Maintenance

    Save button to apply the configurations, click on this button once all the settings are confirmed for the new changes to take effect. Reset Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 48: Advanced Settings

    – SNMP – Multicast ▪ Events – Ethernet Lost Detection – Face Detection – Tampering Detection – Event Actions ▪ System – Schedule Recording ▪ Basic Settings Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 49: Video

    Manual Exposure Time 1:1 and 2:1 Adjusts the camera’s exposure manually, the range is 1:1/7 ~ 1:1/20000 and 2:1/7 ~ 2:1/20000, with 1/20000 being the shortest exposure length. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 50: Camera Settings (Advanced) Cont

    Step Control Level. Step Control Level: Configures the step control level, the range is 1 to 10. Note: Only available when a DC-iris lens is installed. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 51: Ir Cut Filter (Icr) Control

    Activates the default gamma state. Reset Gamma Reset button to discard all the settings applied. Adjusts the gamma manually, the range is 0.01 ~ 1.00, with 0.01 being the lowest value. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 52: Roi

    3. Repeat the above steps to create ROI for zones 2 to 5. To delete an area, check the ROI zone number you like to remove, and press the Remove button. ROI zone 1 ROI zone 2 Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 53: Auto Exposure Weights

    To allow the camera to adjust the exposure automatically, select the Auto option. Background Others Configures the weighting value of the area outside of the selected zones. Zone 1 Zone 2 Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 54: Network

    Displays the IP address assigned when the connection is established. Manual Used to manually specify an IP address of a DDNS server. Status Displays the connection status of the DDNS service. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 55: Snmp

    Used to configure the trap community string. SNMP v3 Enable SNMP v3 Enables or disables SNMPv3 support. User name Used to configure the SNMPv3 username. User password Used to configure the SNMPv3 password. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 56: Multicast

    Configures the port numbers for RTP audio and RTCP, the range is 1025 ~ 65535. Configures the time-to-live threshold of the multicast datagram before it is discarded by the router. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 57: Events

    This page is used to configure link failure detection for Ethernet. Alarm Output and Alarm Output2 Enables the camera to trigger the device connected to alarm output and alarm output2 upon detecting failure of the Ethernet connection. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 58: Face Detection

    Detect faces on the bottom (-90 degrees from the front). Detection Box Detection Zone Configures which detection zones are used for face recognition, the options are Rectangle, ROI and Rectangle + ROI. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 59: Tampering Detection

    Event Actions menu upon detecting image blurs. Sensitivity Configures the sensitivity of the tamper detection, the range is 1~100, with 1 being the least sensitive. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 60: Event Actions (Advanced)

    Check this option to activate the device connected to alarm output and desired file format in the drop down menu, the options are AVI and JPEG. alarm output2 when tampering detection is triggered. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 61: System

    Select this to set full-day recording. Select this to cancel full-day recording. Displays the end time of the recording, clicking E will allow you to configure the start time and end time. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 62: Com Port

    Configures the serial settings, baud rate, data bit, parity, stop bit, flow control and direction of data transfer. Please make sure the serial settings match the RS-485 device’s serial settings. Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...
  • Page 63: Chapter 3: Viewing Live Video Via Vlc Media Player

    4. You will be prompted with a pop-up window asking for login on the URL link. information, type in “admin” (default login name) and “9999” (default password) 4. Press the Play button to start streaming. Open Network Stream Copyright © 2013 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. NCb-231 User Manual...

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