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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual
Megapixel Cameras
and
Surveillance Software
User Manual
August 22, 2006
www.cbcamerica.com
CBC (America) Proprietary Information p.1
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual CBC SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS BASIS. CBC (AMERICA) CORP. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL CBC (AMERICA) CORP. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTUOUS ACTION, ARISING OU
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................................3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................5 Technical Support ...............................................................
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Frequently Asked Questions......................................................................................................................33 Regulatory Compliance .......................................................................................................................................41 FCC Compliance Statement ............................................................................................................
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Introduction Thank you for purchasing CBC mega-pixel IP video cameras. MP2, MP3DN, MP5, and MP8D are state-of-the-art IP cameras designed to deliver full-motion high definition digital video across local area networks. The CBC software system accommodates multiple cameras connected to a single video server and provides for a variety of display and digital archiving modes. Delivering over 45 Mpixels/sec of crystal-clear imagery, CB
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual • D-Link Web Smart #DES-1316 (POE Switch/Hub) www.dlink.com 10/100Base-TX 8 PoE ports and 8 non-PoE ports True IEEE 802.3af Street price $388(www.compuplus.com) • TRENDnet #TPE-S88 (POE Switch/Hub) www.trendnet.com 10/100Base-TX 8 PoE ports and 8 non-PoE ports True IEEE 802.3af Street price $250(www.provantage.com) • PowerDsine #PD-6001/AC (PoE Single port hub) www.powerdsine.com 10/100Base-TX Single Midspan POE port True
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual MP8D is a quad-sensor 8-megapixel panoramic camera consisting of four 2-megapixel sensors and operating at up to 22 FPS per camera. All cameras are equipped with LAN connector and can deliver image data at a maximum data rate of up to 55 Mbps. Images are sent over the network in a compressed Motion JPEG format using TFTP protocol. All cameras feature: • Automatic exposure (AE) and Gain (AGC) control • Automatic backlight compens
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Optics MP2, MP3DN, and MP5 should be used with a 1/2” or 2/3” optical format lenses. MP3DN requires two manual iris lenses and has a limitation on lens diameter (<38mm). Manual Lenses A wide variety of C/CS mount lenses with megapixel resolution may be used with CBC cameras. Note that all C-mount lenses require a 5mm adaptor ring. Some lenses may also require 0.4mm-0.8mm adjustment spacers. CBC (America) lens suggestions include:
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual • User software utilizing CBC (America) camera SDK (Software Developer Kit) • HTTP requests issued from IE Explorer or other applications Supported Network Services MP2, MP3DN and MP5 implements deliver video over TFTP and HTTP network protocols. TFTP protocol yields the highest frame rate. It is accessible to the user through CBC SDK. CBC Video software also utilizes TFTP protocol. HTTP protocol delivers lower frame rates but allo
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE MPS To complement its line of megapixel cameras CBC (America) offers full-featured video surveillance software, MPS. MPS supports full-motion real-time multi-camera viewing and policy-based archiving, remote access to live and archived video via Internet Explorer, post-event zooming from digital archives, simultaneous viewing of full-field of view and multiple zoomed images and a multitude of other fea
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Figure 1. Open Norton Internet Security firewall for CBC Figure 2. Open McAfee Personal Firewall Camera Installer application for CBC Video System application If you are using Windows XP firewall, follow these instructions: 1. Click the Windows Start button and select “Control Panel”. 2. From the “Control Panel” open “Windows Firewall”. 3. “Windows Firewall” settings dialog will appear. If the firewall is “on”, make
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Figure 3. Windows firewall is enabled and Figure 4. Verify "LocalMachine" or “CBC exceptions are allowed Video System”, “CBC Manager”, and “CBC Installer” are in the list of exceptions Figure 5. Add CBC Installer, CBC Application Manager, and CBC Video System to the list of exceptions CBC (America) Proprietary Information p.12
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual CBC Application Manager Setup.exe places the shortcut to the CBC Application Managers on the user’s Desktop. All programs and utilities comprising CBC Video System can be accessed via CBC Application Manager. The standard selections include Camera Installer, Video System, and AVI Maker. The Firmware Loader can also be listed as shown below if the CBCFirmwareLoader.exe is placed in the CBC (America) Video Surveillance folder. C
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual • Advanced Mode – In this mode the user can detect all CBC cameras present on the local area network and choose one or more cameras for the installation. Furthermore, Advanced mode allows to set IP of the cameras either automatically (as in Basic mode) or manually, if specific values of IP addresses are required. The “Advanced” mode provides the following set-up functions: • Automatic – this function installs the cameras and
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Operating CBC Video System MPS Note: CBC Video System requires a license file for each of the installed CBC cameras. The license is tied to a unique camera’s MAC address. The license files are located in the C:\Program Files\CBC America\Video Surveillance\license folder. However, for the evaluation purposes, MPS will operate any one CBC camera without a license. After the cameras are successfully installed, the CBC Video Syst
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual • Displays the Settings menu (see Setting below). • Enables a full screen display without the toolbar and menus. • Selects screen layout for viewing live/archived video from multiple cameras (from left to right): single camera layout, 2x2 camera layout; 3x3 camera layout; 4x4 camera layout; 10-camera layout with 2 large and 4x2 smaller images; 8-camera layout with 1 large, 3x1 and 1x4 smaller images; 13-camera layout with 1
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Settings Settings menu is displayed by clicking on the Settings button in the toolbar. Settings menu (shown on the left) is the top level menu for all settings provided in the CBC Video System. Selecting one of the menu items opens up a lower level drop- down menu containing detailed settings and options. Depending on the camera model, some of the listed groups of settings may b
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Exposure Exposure is a lower-level menu to adjust exposure related settings: • “Illumination” is a group of options to adjust camera’s white balance computation to the illumination of the scene. “Automatic” enables the camera to adjust for illumination automatically. “Lighting” is a group of options to adjust camera’s auto exposure computation to the oscillation frequency of the indoor lighting: Europe
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Image Quality CBC (America) Proprietary Information p.19
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Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software User Manual Image Quality is a lower-level menu to adjust image quality settings: “Compression” adjusts the level of JPEG compression applied to the images in different display modes: “Full View” when displaying full resolution video; “Multi View” when displaying multiple cameras at a reduced resolution; “Zoom View” when displaying zoom windows. “Brightness” adjusts image brightness. “Sharpness” adjusts image sharpness.
