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ME6 IR Dome Configuration Guide

Chapter 4

Configuring Encoding Profiles and

Audio

The

Encoder Settings

page allows you to configure the encoding profiles and the input-

output audio channels for the ME6 IR Dome.

Important Note:

Additional configurations required to integrate the camera in a specific

custom applications designed for Seproban streaming to 8000 and 9000 Series recorders
are included in the

Configuring Seproban Streaming on ME4 and SE2 Cameras

Application Note

, available for download from the March Networks Partner Portal.

This chapter contains the following topics:
•

“Configuring the Encoding Profiles” on page 44

•

“Mirroring and Rotating the Image” on page 47

•

“Configuring Superimposed Text” on page 48

•

“Configuring a Region of Interest on Secondary Streams” on page 51

•

“Adjusting the Compression on Selected Regions” on page 52

•

“Configuring Video Streaming to the Web Setup” on page 54

•

“Setting Privacy Masks” on page 55

•

“Configuring Bi-Directional Audio Channels” on page 56

Summary of Contents for ME6 IR Dome

Page 1: ...March Networks ME6 IR Dome Configuration Guide Software Version 1 1 5...

Page 2: ...and New Zealand 61 1300 089 419 Middle East and Africa 971 4 399 5525 www marchnetworks com Notice of Rights The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclo...

Page 3: ...6 IR Dome 18 Chapter 3 Configuring System Settings 20 Setting the Interface Language 21 Changing the Administrator Password 21 Viewing the System Log 23 Accessing the System Configuration Page 24 Sett...

Page 4: ...etup 54 Setting Privacy Masks 55 Configuring Bi Directional Audio Channels 56 Chapter 5 Configuring the Camera s Sensor 58 Configuring the Camera s Sensor 59 Saving Different Sets of Sensor Configurat...

Page 5: ...ing perimeter or area breaches unattended objects and atypical activity more rapidly and consistently The software detects camera tampering in real time and also promotes more proactive system mainten...

Page 6: ...t of video evidence Evidence is streamed to the CRS by IP cameras encoders and NVRs using a network connection Command Enterprise A management server that monitors devices from a central location allo...

Page 7: ...ublications Additional March Networks hardware and software publications are available in PDF format for download from the March Networks corporate website and the Partner Portal What s Next You can p...

Page 8: ...ow to configure your Microsoft Internet Explorer browser to access the Web Setup interface This chapter contains the following topics Reviewing the System Requirements on page 9 Detecting the ME6 IR D...

Page 9: ...atest security updates for NET Framework 3 5 and 4 7 2 for your OS Processor CPU Intel i3 or equivalent minimum Memory 2GB minimum 4GB recommended HDD Space 50 MB Network interface Gigabit Ethernet Vi...

Page 10: ...d to download and install the following updates from the Microsoft website The updates must also be applied in the following order 1 KB2919442 2 KB2919355 Microsoft NET Framework 4 5 2 and Visual C 20...

Page 11: ...d static IP using the following procedure To switch the camera to a valid static IP address 1 Launch the Discovery Browser tool 2 Select your ME6 IR Dome camera with the generic IP address The Change...

Page 12: ...later and it is recommended that you use this browser To view high resolution video on the Sensor and Encoder pages with other browsers you must enable a secondary stream with MJPEG encoding To prope...

Page 13: ...o access the Web Setup interface 1 To access the Web Setup interface type the camera s IP address in the browser s address bar If you changed the password using the Discovery Browser tool see Detectin...

Page 14: ...bols 3 In the Confirm Password field enter the new password a second time 4 Click Save to save and apply the changes The password for the admin account is changed and the camera restarts Note After th...

Page 15: ...Setup home page appears 7 Click Sensor Live video appears on the Sensor Settings page Important Note The Sensor and Encoder pages display video at high resolution only with Internet Explorer 9 or lat...

Page 16: ...n To return to the Web Setup either press the ESC key or right click the video preview and select Normal View You can perform various actions using the buttons below the video preview as described in...

Page 17: ...s list 4 To reset the zoom settings to factory default click the RESET button 5 In the AF Mode section select the automatic focus management mode Hides live video from the preview Click the button aga...

Page 18: ...m the March Networks Partner Portal If you do not have access to the Partner Portal contact your March Networks representative It is recommended that you back up the configuration of your camera befor...

Page 19: ...rowse The Open dialog box appears 7 Navigate to the folder where the firmware upgrade file is stored select it and click Open 8 Select the firmware file from the drop down list 9 Click Upgrade WARNING...

Page 20: ...wing the System Log on page 23 Accessing the System Configuration Page on page 24 Setting the Camera s Date and Time on page 25 Configuring HTTPS Connections on page 27 Configuring the 802 1x Protocol...

Page 21: ...e admin user profile is the only profile configurable on the camera the profile has access to all configuration You cannot delete the admin profile Notes For cameras shipped with firmware version 1 1...

Page 22: ...ime 4 Click Save to save and apply the changes 5 Select the authentication mode for the HTTP protocol from the HTTP Authentication Setting list Options include Basic and Digest 6 Click Save near the l...

Page 23: ...ick Log The System Log page appears 2 Click the Generate Syslog button to export the log in a text file The Save As dialog box appears 3 Navigate to the folder where you want to save the system log en...

Page 24: ...g the System Settings page To access the system configuration page and configure the general settings 1 Web Setup home page under System click Settings The System Settings page appears 2 In the Host N...

Page 25: ...Select your current time zone from the Time zone list 3 Select the Enable daylight saving time check box allow the camera to automatically switch to Daylight Saving Time DST Important Note It is manda...

Page 26: ...s Option Description Sync with computer time Automatically sets the camera to the date and time of your computer Note The PC Date and PC Time fields are read only Manual Allows you to manually enter t...

Page 27: ...rtificate signed by a certificate authority on page 29 To enable the HTTPS protocol 1 On the System Settings page click the HTTPS tile The HTTPS sub menu appears 2 In the Enable HTTPS section select w...

Page 28: ...information in the Installed Certificate section Note To view more detailed information click Properties Option Description Country The code of the country where you organization is located State or p...

Page 29: ...Select Generate Certificate Request from the Install New Certificate list 3 In the Install signed certificate section click Create Certificate Request The Create Certificate Request dialog box appears...

Page 30: ...d the signed certificate Select Upload Certificate from the Install New Certificate list 10 Click the Browse button in the Private Key section The Open dialog box appears 11 Navigate to the folder whe...

Page 31: ...tem Settings page click the IEEE 802 1x tile The IEEE 802 1X sub menu appears 2 Select On to enable the 802 1x protocol The Protocol list appears 3 Select the type of 802 1x authentication to use from...

Page 32: ...k the Save button to save and apply the changes To use TTLS authentication a Select EAP TTLS from the Protocol list b Select the internal authentication mode from the Inner Auth list c Enter valid cre...

Page 33: ...P on page 33 To configure the camera to use a static IP address on page 34 To configure the camera to obtain the network parameters through a router on page 34 To configure communication ports and ena...

Page 34: ...ck Save to save and apply the changes The camera restarts To configure the camera to obtain the network parameters through a router 1 On the System Settings page click the Network Basic tile The Netwo...

Page 35: ...the Enable IPv6 check box Option Description Web Server Port The communication port for the connection to the camera s web server using the HTTP protocol RTSP Port The communication port for the RTSP...

Page 36: ...S tile The QoS sub menu appears 2 Enter the Management DSCP code This code regulates the video streaming to the Web Setup interface 3 In the Stream 1 DSCP section enter the Video code This code regula...

Page 37: ...bling and configuring the SNMP protocol on the camera To configure the SNMP protocol 1 On the System Settings page click the SNMP tile The SNMP Settings sub menu appears 2 To enable the SNMP v1 protoc...

Page 38: ...p address field enter the IP address of the camera c In the Trap Community field enter the name of the group of users with read rights over the messages d Select the Warm start check box to avoid chan...

Page 39: ...formation see Exporting and Importing Configuration Settings on page 41 To revert the camera configuration to factory defaults 1 On the System Settings page click the Factory Default tile The Factory...

Page 40: ...figuration access the System Settings page click the Maintenance sub menu and then click Export For more information see Exporting and Importing Configuration Settings on page 41 To upgrade your ME6 I...

Page 41: ...ras You can also create a backup copy of the camera s configurations WARNING Importing the configuration from another camera deletes the current configuration To export configuration settings 1 In the...

Page 42: ...ing and Importing Configuration Settings 2 Navigate to the folder where the BIN configuration settings file you want to import is located and click Open After several seconds the new configuration set...

Page 43: ...re included in the Configuring Seproban Streaming on ME4 and SE2 Cameras Application Note available for download from the March Networks Partner Portal This chapter contains the following topics Confi...

Page 44: ...time The camera is able to compress the video using H 264 and M JPEG compression Note According to the number of encoding profiles in use restraints to the maximum resolution and bitrate allowed are...

Page 45: ...Frames key frames and P Frames Alternatively you can select or enter a value in the text box This option configures the interval in which the key frames I Frames are coded A value of 30 60 if HDR is e...

Page 46: ...o quality Alternatively you can select or enter a value in the text box Note The only rate control mode for M JPEG compression is Variable Bit Rate VBR d Move the Framerate slider to configure the fra...

Page 47: ...irror and rotate the image according to the camera s installation To mirror and rotate the image 1 On the Encoder Settings page click the Video Rotation tile The Video Rotation sub menu appears 2 Sele...

Page 48: ...p BMP format Other formats and resolution are not accepted by the camera To configure superimposed text 1 On the Encoder Settings page click the Video Text Overlay tile The Video Text Overlay sub menu...

Page 49: ...appears on the video Note Select the Include text string 2 check box and repeat steps b d to add a second custom text string To add the a custom header formed by multiple lines as superimposed text a...

Page 50: ...st c Click Set to save and apply changes d In the Image overlay setting section enter the Image transparency value and click Set Note You can enter a value between 0 image not transparent and 255 imag...

Page 51: ...when the HDR feature is disabled see Configuring the Camera s Sensor on page 59 To configure a ROI on secondary streams 1 On the Encoder Settings page click the Video ROI tile The Video ROI sub menu...

Page 52: ...one of the borders or edges Adjusting the Compression on Selected Regions The Video ROI Encoding sub menu allows you to configure up to three regions for each stream where you can increase or decreas...

Page 53: ...drag to resize the region 6 Click Add and repeat steps 3 5 to add up to two additional regions on the image Notes The compression settings are applied to every region configured on a stream The unsele...

Page 54: ...g the ONVIF protocol To configure video streaming to the Web Setup 1 On the Encoder Settings page click the Video OCX Protocol tile The Video OCX Protocol sub menu appears 2 Select a streaming protoco...

Page 55: ...To set a privacy mask 1 On the Encoder Settings page click the Video Mask tile The Mask sub menu appears 2 Select the Enable to display Mask 1 check box to enable the first privacy mask on the image...

Page 56: ...able to display Mask 2 5 check boxes and repeat steps 3 5 8 Click Save to save the privacy masks Configuring Bi Directional Audio Channels The Audio sub menu allows you to configure the bi directional...

Page 57: ...ist 5 Select the audio bitrate and audio compression from the Bit Rate list 6 Click Save to save and apply changes 7 Select the type of audio in device from the Input Type list Options include Line In...

Page 58: ...amera s sensor It also allows you to save up to 10 different sets of sensor configuration and automatically switch from one set of configurations to another according to a custom schedule This chapter...

Page 59: ...stantly applied to the image and it is not required to save the changes Changes to the sensor configuration are instantly applied except for WDR Function and TV System settings To revert the sensor to...

Page 60: ...gain control level High levels are recommended for scenes with low light conditions low gain levels are recommended for scenes with strong light conditions d Select the Min Shutter Speed in seconds fr...

Page 61: ...Click the Picture Adjustment tile The Picture Adjustment tile expands and you can configure the image appearance The available options are described in the following table Option Description Brightne...

Page 62: ...to disable transitions and force the camera in day mode applying the IR cut filter Select Night to disable transitions and force the camera in night mode disabling the IR cut filter Select Light Senso...

Page 63: ...rames and eliminating the noise pixels from them 15 Click the WDR Function tile The WDR Function tile expands and you can configure the high dynamic range feature This feature improves the sharpness o...

Page 64: ...list to enable the feature b To automatically calibrate the feature select On from the Auto Calibration list c To manually calibrate the feature according to the current image click the button Note Y...

Page 65: ...two schedules overlap for example Profile 1 is configured with Schedule 1 from 8AM to 8PM while Profile 2 is configured with Schedule 2 from 7PM to 8AM the Web Setup always applies the schedule with a...

Page 66: ...manually apply the configuration click the button To apply schedules to the set of sensor configurations a Select the By schedule check box b Select the check boxes corresponding to configured schedu...

Page 67: ...tion about the Shadow Archive feature see the latest Command Recording Server Configuration Guide available for download from the March Networks Partner Portal For more information about storage dispo...

Page 68: ...e microSDXC card 1 On the Web Setup home page under Recording Management click Storage The Storage page appears Note In the Device Information section you can view useful information about the card to...

Page 69: ...Cleanup Setting section select the Enable automatic disk cleanup check box to allow the camera to automatically remove the video evidence when it is older than a set time interval or when the microSDX...

Page 70: ...your configuration To configure continuous recording on page 70 To configure programmed recording on page 71 To configure continuous recording 1 On the Web Setup home page under Recording Management c...

Page 71: ...e Recording Schedule section click Only during time frame The schedule configuration panel is enabled 3 Click a schedule in the panel The schedule is highlighted and the schedule options are enabled 4...

Page 72: ...motion events This process is independent from the Recording page settings and does not follow the configured schedules For more information see Configuring Motion Detection Alarms on page 79 If two...

Page 73: ...n the FileName panel Note Click Sort to sort the video files in descending order 6 Select the video image you want to export in the panel and click Download You can select a single video image or you...

Page 74: ...anti tampering alarm Note If two schedules overlap for example Schedule 1 is configured from 8AM to 8PM while Schedule 2 is configured from 7PM to 8AM the Web Setup always applies the schedule with a...

Page 75: ...nformation about configuring day night transitions see Configuring the Camera s Sensor on page 59 Select Time to manually enter the schedule Start time and Duration 5 Click Save to save and apply chan...

Page 76: ...his chapter does not cover the March Networks ME6 Video Analytics configuration and usage Video Analytics tile For information about configuring the analytics see the ME6 Video Analytics User Guide av...

Page 77: ...Switch list 3 Select your configuration Select Off to disable the alarm input Select On to enable the alarm input Select By Schedule to enable the alarm input following one or more schedules select th...

Page 78: ...witch status is an open circuit 6 Optional You can automatically enable or disable the IR cut filter after the alarm is triggered Note This option can be selected only if the IR Function option is not...

Page 79: ...enu allows you to configure up to 4 different motion detection alarms on the same scene To configure a motion detection alarm 1 On the Events page click the Motion Detection tile The Motion Detection...

Page 80: ...of motion detected on the image Select By Schedule to enable the current instance following one or more schedules select the check boxes corresponding to configured schedules from the list The camera...

Page 81: ...status is an open circuit 8 Select the Record video clip check box to enable local recording on motion The recording options appear Option Description Sampling pixel interval The number of pixels used...

Page 82: ...ole motion alarm duration 11 Click Save to save and apply the changes 12 Repeat steps 2 11 to configure additional motion alarms instances Configuring the Anti Tampering Alarm The Tampering Alarm sub...

Page 83: ...check box to enable local recording after the tampering alarm is triggered The recording options appear 6 Enter the pre recording time interval in seconds in the Pre trigger buffer field This option c...

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