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NTCS

April 2018

Visual Engineering

Video solutions. Integrated

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Description

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Status tab

. Divided into Overview, Spectra and Maps sub-tabs. This displays detailed status 

information of received signal quality, battery and mapping information.

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Global Settings tab

. Divided into Main, Ethernet Ports and Interlink Mode panes.

The Set Clock, Format File system, Restore Defaults and Password buttons are found here.

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Configuration tab

. Divided into Transmitter, Recording,  Audio, Mesh, Streamer, RS232, GPS, 

Scrambling and VLAN panes. The Configuration tab contains the list of 8 presets. In each 

preset the user can specify demodulation parameters, decoding modes, and descrambling 

configuration.

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Information tab

. Contains information including software versions and unit specific data. 

This information is of use during a support call.

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Sub-Tabs

. Simply enables the user to break down information from a tab.

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SNR Pane

. The tabs and sub-tabs are broken down into panes of information. This particular 

one is all about Signal to Noise ratios, for example.

Basic Settings

This explains how to configure a Mesh so that the user can start to explore what can be done with a 

Mesh network.

There are only seven things to configure to form a mesh network. Choose the configuration tab and 

set up these seven options.

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Summary of Contents for NTCS

Page 1: ...NTCS April 2018 Visual Engineering Video solutions Integrated visualengineering co uk Page 1 NTCS User Manual User Guide for the NTCS Mesh Node Camera...

Page 2: ...The Status Overview Tab 13 The Status Spectra Tab 14 The Status Maps Tab 15 Changing Frequency or Encryption Key in the System 16 The VE Camera Viewer 17 Viewing Video 17 Video Panel Options 17 Play...

Page 3: ...odification or the removal of tamper proof labels will void the warranty In the event of a suspected product failure users should contact the Visual Engineering support team on the telephone number 44...

Page 4: ...fore offer excellent RF penetration and performance in the presence of multipath The integrated EV7520 HD Sony block camera offers a 30x optical zoom with and a 63 7 wide angle of view It supports vid...

Page 5: ...01 2 x Antenna DBA Series 110 4021 1 x Fischer CAT 5 Cable 110 3507 1 x Passive PoE Cable Set 110 8301 1 x Power Supply AC DC 15V 4 3A 110 3613 1 x IEC C7 Power Cord 110 3614 1 x PSU 12V 5A 110 8815 1...

Page 6: ...ule 110 3510 is included in the kit this should connected to the GPS Fisher connector Antennas Power Network GPS Module The CNTRL connector allows the NTCS to be powered by a mains supply and direct c...

Page 7: ...ht as shown here and hinge the door open Slide hatch to the right to access the battery compartment The power level of each battery can be checked by pressing the status indicator button The battery L...

Page 8: ...nge the system IP addresses Change the Encryption key Understand the RF performance of the system better Users should be very careful when using this interface because it is entirely possible to make...

Page 9: ...w Authentication is required to connect By default the Name is admin By default the Password is meshweb Click the Connect button Once logged in the user can begin configuring it to suit This is the ma...

Page 10: ...ion tab contains the list of 8 presets In each preset the user can specify demodulation parameters decoding modes and descrambling configuration 4 Information tab Contains information including softwa...

Page 11: ...must be the same on all units in the mesh network The mesh ID tells the unit which mesh it belongs to All nodes are defaulted to Mesh ID 101 5 Node ID Type in a Node ID for each node in the mesh The...

Page 12: ...make it easier to identify each camera node This name is assigned in the Global Settings Tab 3 IP Address 192 168 1 180 for example This shows the IP address of the unit that we set up in our initial...

Page 13: ...steady green boxes for all links Naturally mobile units will go out of range or interference will cause a unit to degrade for a while The clever thing is the mesh will find a new routing and heal its...

Page 14: ...antenna is not connected If the Interference button is selected the display shows the spectra when none of the nodes in the mesh are transmitting This enables the user to look for interference on the...

Page 15: ...Network for now Note When you are in Network mode the Upload Set Coordinates and Reset Locations buttons are greyed out Under the radio buttons you ll see some node information about the node you are...

Page 16: ...the Network radio button is selected Each node is shown as a circle with a white number If the number turns red then the node is temporarily congested If the Show Names box is checked the node name is...

Page 17: ...and side of the player 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 s...

Page 18: ...icon next to the Advanced User text If the Play Recording option is highlighted and selected as shown below the player will allow the user to select a recording to playback The player will find all av...

Page 19: ...r which time the video recording can be viewed in the video panel Pan Tilt Zoom Control Select a camera from the Camera List this will cause the selected camera description being edged in blue as show...

Page 20: ...er which can be downloaded from http www videolan org vlc index en_GB html Install and run the VLC Media Player application From the Media menu select the Open Network Stream as shown below Enter the...

Page 21: ...and has an network connection to a PC users can web browse to the camera s video encoder to control its functions The web browser allows control of the encoders parameters such as resolution bit rate...

Page 22: ...IP address 192 168 1 195 On the left side of the screen are the Control Menus which allow the user to configure various encoder settings The functions of these menus are described in the following sec...

Page 23: ...display the following text Programming in Progress Do NOT remove power Wait until the web page clears this text before trying to move away from the current web page or powering off the camera Updates...

Page 24: ...stant Quality In this mode the bit rate is varied in a effort to maintain a constant quality The target quality is set using an arbitrary number between 0 to 51 the lower the number the higher the qua...

Page 25: ...1Mb s 640x480 15 256 512kb s 320x240 15 Recommended Settings View Menu Viewing the video from the encoder can be possible from the web browser by selecting the view button Users can return to the mai...

Page 26: ...e is reached and record for the set duration Daily Record daily starting when the start time is reached and record for the set duration SD Card Management In the event of the SD card becoming full the...

Page 27: ...et menu The encoder can operate with a fixed IP address or can be allocated an IP address from the network these modes are controlled using the DHCP button enable disable Users should press the submit...

Page 28: ...s shown in the pole mounted example on the left or with the camera above the antennas as shown in the tripod mounted example on the right In both of these scenarios it can be seen that the antennas ar...

Page 29: ...1 65GHz to 2 5GHz Camera Sensor 1 2 8 Type CMOS Channel Bandwidth 2 5 3 5 6MHz Camera Sensitivity 0 05 Lux ICR On Modulation COFDM 360 Carrier Camera Resolution 1920 x 1080 Pixel Data Capacity Up to 8...

Page 30: ...anway Colchester Essex Tel 44 0 1206 211842 CO3 8NB Web www visualengineering co uk UK Email sales visualengineering co uk NTCS April 2018 Visual Engineering Video solutions Integrated visualengineeri...

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