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MFR

August 2020

Visual Engineering

Video solutions. Integrated

visualengineering.co.uk

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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. Bit rates set to a value greater

than the allowed maximum value for a given number of clients will result in video breakup.

With the camera set to constant bit rate mode, the table below describes the maximum bit rate the

camera can be set to for a given number of connected viewing clients using the unicast method of

network transmission.

Multiple Viewers

Client Count

Maximum Camera Bit rate

10Mb/sec

8Mb/sec

6Mb/sec

4Mb/sec

Multiple Viewing

The camera is capable of transmitting a video stream over either UDP or TCP transmission

protocols. The benefits of each protocol is particular to the specific deployment of the camera.

In general terms UDP is a more efficient method which carries less overhead than TCP but lacks

some reliability as not all video frames are required to be received in full.

For example, if the camera is used in a scenario where the video is being monitored in real time

and the stream is being sent across an RF link that is susceptible to break up, UDP would be the

best choice. The reason for this is that re-sending any missed video packets using the TCP method

will result in out of date video frames being reconstructed, which will ultimately result in an

increase to the video latency.

If this checkbox is

ticked VLC will request

that the camera sends

video packets over

TCP, otherwise it

will request that the

camera sends video

packets over UDP.

TCP Vs UDP

TCP/UDP in VLC

Summary of Contents for MFR

Page 1: ...MFR August 2020 Visual Engineering Video solutions Integrated visualengineering co uk Page 1 MFR User Manual User Guide for the MFR Optical Thermal PTZ Camera ...

Page 2: ... Encoder 12 Encoder Login 12 Default IP Address 12 Video Encoder Control 13 User Menu 13 Date Menu 14 Update Menu 14 Video Configure 15 Alert Control 17 Ethernet Menu 18 HTTP Ports 18 Unreachable Cameras 19 UPnP Menu 19 Recording Menu 20 Recovering Recordings 21 Record Format 21 Using FileZilla 22 The VE Camera Viewer 23 Viewing Video 23 Video Panel Options 23 Settings 24 Play Recordings 24 Video ...

Page 3: ...Play Streams 28 Multiple Viewing 30 TCP Vs UDP 30 Multiple Viewers 30 TCP UDP in VLC 30 ONVIF 31 Video Management Systems 31 Control Across The Internet 32 Port Forwarding 32 Remote Configuration 33 Remote Video Streaming 33 Video Adjustment 34 Specifications 36 Dimensions 37 Overall Dimensions 37 Base Plate Hole Centres 37 ...

Page 4: ...e number 44 0 1206 211842 or please email us at support visualengineering co uk Should the fault persist or if the support team are unable to resolve the fault it may be necessary to return the equipment Equipment should only be returned using the RMA Returns Management Authorisation process Users should contact the support team on the above number and request an RMA number Version Date Change Sum...

Page 5: ...tegrated IP video encoder is explained in the IP Encoder section of this user guide The camera has absolute position feedback and therefore has the ability to self correct its actual position if external forces act upon it It also offers eight user preset settings that can be saved allowing PTZ framing and camera racking profiles to be easily recalled Pan and tilt movement is driven by gearless st...

Page 6: ...o includes a power comms interface cable a mains power adaptor and a USB memory stick The kit contents are shown and listed below along with the kit part numbers MFR Kit Part Description MFR Camera MFR Power Comms Cable AC DC Power Supply with Adaptors Software and Documentation 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 MFR Kit Part Numbers Optical Camera Kit 110 3841 Thermal Camera Kit 110 4538 IP Encoded Option 110 4012 ...

Page 7: ...levant connectors The connections are described below Only active if the MFR includes an IP encoder Connector Signal Micro USB Comms EXT 232 485 RS232 485 DC Coax Power RJ45 Ethernet Connector Signal Camera Type BNC HD SDI HD Optical CVBS Thermal SD Optical MFR communications are supported via the micro USB and EXT 232 485 connectors The EXT 232 485 connector supports RS232 and RS485 comms the pin...

Page 8: ...a PC Open the PC serial comms application Power on the camera a character will appear and shortly after a character As soon as the appears type v e in quick succession The Main Menu shown on the right will then be displayed Select the required option The function options are described in the following tables Boot Menu Comm Port Options Comm Port Options Sub Menu Description Options Mode The serial...

Page 9: ...h the camera uses to hold position High Medium Low Camera Options Video Options Sub Menu Description Options Output Mode The output video format PAL NTSC 720p 25 720p 29 97 720p 50 720p 59 94 1080i 50 1080i 59 94 1080p 25 1080p 29 97 1080p 50 1080p 59 94 Digital Zoom If disabled only optical zoom is allowed Disabled Enabled On Screen Display The OSD in the camera s video Disabled Enabled Flip on T...

Page 10: ...elcoD PelcoP Sony Visca protocols The user may choose to use a software controller of their choice or use the VE Camera Controller This software application can be downloaded from the Visual Engineering website www visualengineering co uk supportdownload 9 The user should install the Software application on a PC The screen below shows the software application ...

Page 11: ...en made the user can go ahead and connect the application to the COM port In the example below the port COM3 has been selected Now select Connect Once the software application is connected the functions of the software can be used In the example below the pan right command has been selected This will cause the MFR camera to pan right Similar commands for pan left tilt up down and zoom functions ca...

Page 12: ...tted it is possible to view the camera s video and configure the encoder s parameters over an IP connection to a PC The web browser control of the encoder s parameters allows the configuration of parameters such as resolution bit rate and network settings once saved all configuration changes will be retained Connect a network cable between the RJ45 socket of the power comms lead and the controllin...

Page 13: ...are the Control Menus which allow the user to configure various encoder settings The functions of these menus are described in the following sections User Menu The user menu page allows users to configure the user ID and password of the encoder It is necessary to confirm the password to change it There is also the option to enable disable the following FTP Server Connection OSD Print On Screen Dis...

Page 14: ...sual Engineering Use of other files will render the encoder inoperable 3 Submit the file Tick this box and press submit to sync the encoder to the PC time 1 Select the Update tab 2 Browse to the file Following a Submit the encoder will update the firmware and display the following text Programming in Progress Do not remove power Wait until the web page clears this text before trying to move away f...

Page 15: ...ences The frame rate frequency of 25Hz or 29 97Hz must match the frame rate frequency the MFR camera module has been set to This can be configured in the Output Mode in the Camera Options menu 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 The Video page contains parameters ...

Page 16: ...re is restricted bandwidth available H 264 FPS frames Per Second The maximum frame rate is 30fps users may choose to select lower frame rates thereby reducing the bandwidth required H 264 IDR Frame changes to the I frame interval balances the stream s quality against latency the lower the number the lower the latency Lower latency however can incur picture degradation due to the effect of limiting...

Page 17: ...triggers can be used to trigger an OSD On Screen Display event For this to occur users should ensure that the OSD Print option in the User Menu is enabled The level of motion required to invoke a trigger can be set with the Trigger Sensitivity between Off Low Mid or High The duration of the alarm event will be the duration of the motion event plus the time set in the Trigger Duration field values ...

Page 18: ... should press the submit button to enable any changes HTTP Ports The default HTTP port and ONVIF HTTP port to control and configure the camera is 80 Selecting one of the five options as shown in the drop down box on the right will set both the HTTP port and ONVIF HTTP port number Moving the encoder s HTTP port number should only be carried out by users confident of keeping a track on what settings...

Page 19: ...ed to a HTTP port number which is not the default number of 80 If an encoder has been set to an unknown IP address it can be found by using the VE Camera Viewer this will find any encoder IP address regardless of the IP subnet If port number the encoder has been configured to is unknown run a VMS software tool such as the ONVIF Device Manager More information on VMS tools can be found in the Video...

Page 20: ...ng when the start time is reached and record for the set duration Trigger Recording Trigger Recordings can be triggered by either motion or light level change Trigger recordings are disabled by default if enabled a recording will be made The duration of the recording will be the duration of the motion event plus the time set in the trigger duration SD Card Management In the event of the SD card be...

Page 21: ...1134611 would have the meaning YY Year is 2017 MM Month is 08 August DD Date is 01 the 1st of the month HH Hour is 13 24 hour format NN Minutes is 46 SS Seconds is 11 Recordings are stored in directories for each individual hour the directory has the form YYMMDDHH Since each file is a minimum of 10 seconds long there will only ever be a maximum of 360 files in each directory Recordings can be acce...

Page 22: ...Username The encoder s default username is root Password The encoder s default password is 1234 Then press Quickconnect Files can be dragged across to the location selected on the local computer Recordings on the encoder will be stored in the directory structure SD YYMMDDHH as shown above Individual files can then be selected and downloaded or dragged across to the storage location selected on the...

Page 23: ...The video can be viewed by clicking the Eye Icon next to the camera s name The video panel selector can be used to select how the video panels are arranged this is useful when several video feeds are in the system The top of the video panel displays information on the playback mode of the displayed video In the above instance the video playback is a Live stream it can also be noted that the camera...

Page 24: ...ncoder does not support the Flip Video or 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 Audio not normally included in MFR cameras If the Play Recording option is selected the player will allow the user to select a recording to playback The player will find all available f...

Page 25: ...ths that don t hold recordings are greyed out Select the required date days that don t hold recordings are greyed out Select the required hour of day hours that don t hold recordings are greyed out Select the required start and end time from the time dial Press the play icon The files will then be downloaded after which time the video recording will be played out in the video panel ...

Page 26: ...der and an icon will be shown in the bottom left corner The trigger icon is either a motion trigger or a low to high light level change as described in the table below Trigger Icon Trigger Source A low light level to high light level transition has been detected Motion has been detected in the video Pan Tilt Zoom Control Select a camera from the Camera List this will cause the selected camera desc...

Page 27: ...ncy of the video stream being reduced values below 350mS are not recommended For the MFR camera select the H 264 Encoder Type The video stream packets can be sent over TCP or UDP select the preferred transport method More information on this is described in the TCP Vs UDP section Select multicast on sends a request to the camera to send a multicast IP stream Currently the MFR does not support mult...

Page 28: ...atible with many IP video players a simple freeware player is VLC Media Player Users should download VLC Media Player and run the application VLC is a free media player and can be downloaded from http www videolan org vlc index en_GB html Install the VLC Media Player application From the Media menu select the Open Network Stream as shown below ...

Page 29: ...ust 2020 Visual Engineering Video solutions Integrated visualengineering co uk Page 29 Enter the camera URL and stream type eg rtsp 192 168 1 195 h264 Press play and the video stream will appear as shown below ...

Page 30: ...Multiple Viewing The camera is capable of transmitting a video stream over either UDP or TCP transmission protocols The benefits of each protocol is particular to the specific deployment of the camera In general terms UDP is a more efficient method which carries less overhead than TCP but lacks some reliability as not all video frames are required to be received in full For example if the camera i...

Page 31: ...free download available here https sourceforge net projects onvifdm The software will locate IP encoders on the network Click the Network settings tab to display the port that the encoder is configured to In the example shown below the port has been set to 8080 therefore the camera s URL is 192 168 1 195 8080 Video Management Systems ONVIF If the controlling PC and the encoder are on separate IP s...

Page 32: ...led routers are capable of providing this gateway the settings and control interface will differ dependant on manufacturer and model The example below shows a router s NAT PAT Network Address Translation Port Address Translation configured to forward port 8080 the HTTP port and port 554 the RTSP port of an encoder which has an IP address of 192 168 1 194 Both of these ports can be configured in th...

Page 33: ...at has been forwarded Remote Configuration Remote Video Streaming To stream the camera s video across the internet a URL similar to the one described below should be used rtsp 90 81 72 63 554 h264 In the above URL example the internet router s gateway IP address 90 81 72 63 and the camera s RTSP port 554 should be substituted where relevant Ensure that the video bit rate of the camera is matched t...

Page 34: ...If the MFR is fitted with an IP Encoder it is also possible to send the packet across a TCP IP connection The PelcoD Go To Preset message type is used for controlling the parameters the format of the PelcoD packet is as follows Synch Byte Address Command 1 Command 2 Data 1 Data 2 CheckSum 0xFF 0x01 0x00 0x07 0x00 0xnn 0xnn All values shown are hexadecimal base 16 The CheckSum is the 8 bit modulo 2...

Page 35: ...crease 0x28 Iris Decrease 0x29 Gain Reset 0x2A Gain Increase 0x2B Gain Decrease 0x2C Bright Reset only in AE Bright mode 0x2D Bright Increase only in AE Bright mode 0x2E Bright Decrease only in AE Bright mode 0x30 On Screen Display ON 0x31 On Screen Display OFF 0x32 Colour Auto Mode ON Thermal Camera Only 0x33 Colour Auto Mode OFF Thermal Camera Only 0x34 Image Enhance Detail Increase Thermal Came...

Page 36: ...Resolution 1920 x 1080 Pixel User Presets 8 Optical SNR 50dB Serial Protocol Visca PelcoD PelcoP Optical Field of View 63 7 Pan Tilt Range 270 Tilt 360 Pan Optical Zoom 30x Lens Drive Silent Stepper Thermal Output PAL or NTSC Pan Tilt Drive Low Noise Stepper Thermal Pixel Size 17um Power Requirement 9 18V DC 11 5W Thermal Spectral Range 8 14um Environmental IP68 NEdT 60mk 30 C Weight 1 5kg Video E...

Page 37: ...l 44 0 1206 211842 CO3 8NB Web www visualengineering co uk UK Email sales visualengineering co uk MFR August 2020 Visual Engineering Video solutions Integrated visualengineering co uk Page 37 Dimensions 182 4 ø 115 43 43 75 50 50 50 Overall Dimensions Base Plate Hole Centres ...

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