Arecont Vision MegaView 2 AV1225PMIR-S User manual

Arecont Vision MegaView®2 Installation Manual
Installation Manual
Wide Angle Models:
AV1225PMIR-S
AV2225PMIR AV2225PMIR-S
AV2225PMIR-A AV2225PMIR-SA
AV2226PMIR AV2226PMIR-S
AV3225PMIR AV3225PMIR-S
AV3226PMIR AV3226PMIR-S
AV3226PMIR-A AV3226PMIR-SA
AV5225PMIR AV5225PMIR-S
AV5225PMIR-A AV5225PMIR-SA
AV10225PMIR AV10225PMIR-S
Telephoto Models:
AV2225PMTIR AV2225PMTIR-S
AV2226PMTIR AV2226PMTIR-S
AV3225PMTIR AV3225PMTIR-S
AV3226PMTIR AV3226PMTIR-S
AV5225PMTIR AV5225PMTIR-S
AV10225PMTIR AV10225PMTIR-S
Telephoto Model Wide Angle Models

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MegaView®2 Installation
Contents
Contents ................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Package Contents................................................................................................................................................... 3
Warranty Information.............................................................................................................................................. 4
Install MegaView®2 Camera................................................................................................................................. 5
SD Card Installation................................................................................................................................................ 8
Replacing the IR LED board:................................................................................................................................. 9
Camera Discovery................................................................................................................................................. 10
Web Interface Quick Guide.................................................................................................................................. 14
SD Card Functionality........................................................................................................................................... 22
Electrical Box Adapter (SV-EBA) Installation Instructions (Sold Separately).............................................. 25
Pole Mount Adapter (AV-PMA) Installation Instructions (Sold Separately).................................................. 26
Corner Mount Adapter (AV-CRMA) Installation Instructions (Sold Separately).......................................... 27
Installation Best Practices.................................................................................................................................... 30
LED Indicators (Camera Signal)......................................................................................................................... 31
Support ................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Mounting Template............................................................................................................................................... 33

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Package Contents
MegaView®2 Camera Package:
A. Arecont Vision MegaView®2 Camera
B. Junction box adapter
C. Mounting Template for Junction box adapter
D. Mounting Template for MegaView®2 Camera
E. CD with AV100 software and user manuals (license key required for recording)
F. Security L-key
G. Pack of four (4) screws and four (4) anchors
NOTE: Anchors and screws are good to be used for concrete, wall block and red bricks.
NOTE: Screws by themselves can be used in wood.
H. Rubber plug
I. Pack of four (4) machine screws, #8-32, ½” Phillips Pan Head
Image 1
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A
C
B
E
F
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Warranty Information
3 Year Limited Warranty
ARECONT VISION warrants to Purchaser (and only Purchaser) (the “Limited Warranty”), that: (a) each Product shall be free
from material defects in material and workmanship for a period of thirty-six (36) months from the date of shipment (the
“Warranty Period”); (b) during the Warranty Period, the Products will materially conform with the specification in the applicable
documentation; (c) all licensed programs accompanying the Product (the “Licensed Programs”) will materially conform with
applicable specifications. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, ARECONT VISION shall have no obligation or
responsibility with respect to any Product that (i) has been modified or altered without ARECONT VISION’s written
authorization; (ii) has not been used in accordance with applicable documentation; (iii) has been subjected to unusual stress,
neglect, misuse, abuse, improper storage, testing or connection; or unauthorized repair; or (iv) is no longer covered under the
Warranty Period. ARECONT VISION MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR
OTHERWISE, OTHER THAN THE EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTIES MADE BY ARECONT VISION ABOVE, AND
ARECONT VISION HEREBY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER EXPRESS, STATUTORY AND IMPLIED
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND THE IMPLIED CONDITION OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY. ALL
LICENSED PROGRAMS ARE LICENSED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY. ARECONT VISION DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT (I) THE OPERATION OF THE PRODUCTS OR PARTS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE;
(II) THE PRODUCTS OR PARTS AND DOCUMENTATION WILL MEET THE END USERS’ REQUIREMENTS; (III) THE
PRODUCTS OR PARTS WILL OPERATE IN COMBINATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS SELECTED BY THE END USER;
OTHER THAN COMBINATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS WITH PARTS OR OTHER PRODUCTS AUTHORIZED BY
ARECONT VISION OR (IV) THAT ALL LICENSED PROGRAM ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED.
For RMA and Advance Replacement information visit ArecontVision.com

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Install MegaView®2 Camera
Mounting the Camera:
1. Remove camera and hardware from the
box.
2. Use the mounting template (Image 1-C), to
prepare the mounting provisions for junction
box adapter installation.
3. Attach provided Junction Box Adapter
(Image 1-B) to the wall using appropriate
hardware.
NOTE: Hardware, provided with the unit, is
only suitable for surfaces listed on page 3.
4. Remove the conduit plug on Junction box
adapter and connect ¾” NPT conduit pipe to
Junction Box Adapter shown in Image 2.
NOTE: Use silicon or water pipe seal tape
to make sure no water leakage between
conduit pipe and junction box adapter.
5. Run Ethernet cable and other cables (if
necessary) through the Junction Box
Adapter and connect to Megaview®2 pigtail
cable as shown in Image 8.
6. Add provided rubber plug (Image1-H) on
the bracket to ensure a water tight
installation for outdoor applications as
shown in Image 3.
7. Organize pigtail cable and attach
MegaView®2 camera to Junction Box
Adapter using provided screws (Image 1-I)
as shown in Image 3-1 and Image 4.
NOTE 1: Water damage from improper
installation is not covered by the warranty!
NOTE 2: Use of silicon on the RJ45 connector
without junction box adapter does not
guarantee a water resistant install.
Image 2
Image 3
Image 3-1
¾” NPT Pipe

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Image 4
8. Use the security L-key to adjust
MegaView® 2 bracket to appropriate
position. ( Image 5)
Image 5
CAUTION: Only adjust the screws with an
arrow pointing to them on the bracket base
and camera body (Image 6)
Image 6
NOTE 1: Bracket screws are all security screws
that are tamper-resistant.
NOTE 2: Bracket with 3 axes enables easy
installation in any location, including 360°
camera body rotation, 90° tilt, 360° bracket
rotation. (Image 7)
Image 7
NOTE 3: MegaView®2 is a total PoE class 0
solution to power the camera, IR illuminator and
fan. Fan is always on.
NOTE 4: To use the external power, 12-48VDC
or 24VAC, power on camera, connect external
power with pigtail cable connector (Image 8)
NOTE 5: Only MegaView®2 –A audio models
have female 3.5mm audio in / out jack.
Image 8
90°
360°
360°
Adjustable Screws
Arrow
Digital In
Audio Out
PoE RJ45
Audio In
Auxiliary Power

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Optional: Connecting Digital I/O:
9. To use digital I/O, connect digital I/O with
pigtail cable connector as shown in Image
8.
NOTE 1: MegaView®2 only supports digital
input but no digital output.
NOTE 2: Table 1 shows electrical
characteristics
Electrical
Characteristics:
Min
Max
Input voltage (V)
(measured between
+ and –terminals)
ON
2.9
6.3
OFF
0
1.3
OFF
-
0.1
Table 1
NOTE 3: The digital input is electrically isolated
from the rest of the camera’s electrical circuitry
via general-purpose photo couplers. The input
is additionally protected with a serial 250 Ohm
resistor, and a debouncing circuit. Duration of
any input signal should be at least 5 ms to
comply with the requirements of the debouncing
circuit.
NOTE 4: Table 2 shows cable color for digital
input
Green
Digital IN +
Black
Digital IN -
Table 2

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SD Card Installation
1. Use Phillips screwdriver to remove sun
shield cover as shown in Image 9
2. Use Phillips screwdriver to unscrew four
screws on the lid, and take off the lid as
shown in Image 10
3. Push SD card into SD card slot, or take SD
card out from SD card slot as shown in
Image 11
Note: For more SD card information, please
refer to “SD Card Functionality”
Image 9
Image 10
Image 11
Image 12
NOTE: Please Insert SD card in the correct
orientation as shown on Image 12

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Replacing the IR LED board:
1. Unscrew glass ring (Image 13)
2. Use Phillips screwdriver to remove IR LED
board (Image 14)
3. To replace IR LED board, unplug cable and
replace new IR LED board (Image 14-1)
NOTE :
48pcs IR LED board for wide angle MV2: part
number: M000094-34
4pcs IR LED board for tele photo part number:
M000094-38
Image 13
Image 14
Image 14-1

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Camera Discovery
1. Install the AV200 application manager
Software found on the CD.
NOTE: you can download latest version AV200
and installation manual on website
http://www.arecontvision.com/softwares.php
2. Running the Program Installer
To begin the installation of the AV200
software, launch the AVSysSetup.msi
installer (double-click or right click and
chose Open).
This will start the installation and is followed
by the installation welcome screen.
Click next and follow the AV200 Setup
Wizard to install the AV200.
3. Adding Cameras with System Setup Wizard
After the AV200 is installed, the first time it
is launched the System Setup Wizard will
be started.
Anytime you wish to re run the setup wizard
in the future you can access it from your
desktop by clicking on the icon called
“AVSysSetup”.
The first screen the wizard displays is the
welcome screen.
Click next to continue. Following the
welcome screen, the Accounts screen will
ask to set up Administrator and User
passwords.

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An Administrator password must be set and
confirmed. The wizard will not allow a blank
password for Administrator and setup
cannot proceed without setting one.
User password can be left blank, allowing
standard users to launch the application
without a password. Click Next to continue.
The next screen in the wizard is the camera
discovery page.
A range of IP addresses can be defined to
apply to the cameras. If unchanged, the
default address range will be defined by the
IP address currently assigned to the
computer. The second IP range means
cameras within this range will be not
selected by default. No changes will be
made to any cameras not selected (see
next wizard page).
Click Next to continue.
The following screen will display a list of
cameras discovered on the network.
The Refresh button provides an option to
make sure all cameras are found or to
rediscover cameras that were connected
after wizard started.
If Refresh is selected, the wizard will display
the discovery screen while it searches for
cameras on the network.
If you have recording licenses click the
button called “Import licenses” to browse to
the folder on your computer the license files
are located. As example if you had licenses
for cameras previously in AV100 software
they will usually be found in the “C:\Program
Files\Arecont Vision\Video
Surveillance\license” directory.
After the license files are successfully
imported you will see the following pop up
display.

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Click “OK” and then next to proceed to
discovery.
When the discovery process ends, a list of
cameras found on the network will be
displayed.
The camera model, MAC address, current
IP address and status of the camera will be
displayed in the list.
If the current IP address assigned to the
camera is incompatible with the subnet the
computer running AV200 is assigned to; a
warning icon will be displayed next to the
camera title and the Action message will
display signifying the camera as
inaccessible.
No camera IP addresses are changed at
this stage. To apply an IP change to all
selected cameras check the radio button
labeled Force IP renewal.
If changes are made to the address, the
screen will be followed by an individual
confirmation of the IP address change and
the title of each camera found on the
network.
Individual confirmation screens for each
camera can be skipped, but the software
will change the IP addresses of each
camera found without confirmation.
To change all the addresses and skip to the
end of the set up process, check the radio
button called do not show info for individual
cameras.
Click next and receive a pop-up
confirmation window warning that camera IP
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Click yes to continue.
If the option for Do not show info for
individual cameras is selected, the wizard
will jump to the summary screen.
If Do not show info for individual cameras is
not selected, the next series of screens will
display a screen for each camera
discovered.
The Model, MAC address, Firmware/
Hardware version, and a preview image
from the camera will be displayed. There is
an option to change the camera Name or
configure a custom IP address different than
the one currently assigned.
There is also an option to choose to restore
the camera to its previous IP address.
To skip any remaining individual camera
information pages, check the radio button
for “do not show info for individual
cameras”.
Select Next to continue.
Following the camera discovery process a
summary of all cameras set up in the
system will be displayed.
Check the cameras listed on this screen to
confirm that all cameras connected to the
network have been discovered and
successfully installed.
If necessary, click Back to re-run the
discovery process or click next to proceed
to the final setup screen.
The final screen indicates that the system
setup is complete.
Click “Close” to complete the wizard and
exit the software.
4. To launch the AV200 application click on
the desktop icon called “AV200”
NOTE: For more detail instructions, you can
refer to the latest version AV200 installation
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Web Interface Quick Guide
The web interface page is accessed by typing
in any web browser:
http://ip_address or http://ip_address/index.html
NOTE: For supporting H.264 streaming on
webpage, the recommended browsers are
Internet Explorer and Firefox
NOTE: For more details, you can refer to the
latest version AV Camera Web Page and
Access Protocols manual
http://www.arecontvision.com/softwares.php
1. Menu Navigation
Clicking on any button will cause the menu
displayed on the left side of the page to
jump to the settings section for the selected
function.
2. Image Menu
Brightness controls the overall brightness of
the camera image and works in conjunction
with the exposure controls to maintain the
image brightness
Sharpness controls sharpness and edge
definition of the image. Setting this to higher
levels may make overall image to appear a
bit softer while causing lines and edges in
the image to look smoother
Saturation controls the color saturation of
the image
Rotate Image allows image to be digitally
rotated 0°, 90°, 180°, or 270°
Bandwidth Saving Mode optimizes all
camera settings to provide the best quality
at lowest bitrate possible
Day/Night settings control operation of this
functionality in Day/ Night model cameras
i. Automatic is default setting enabling
the camera to automatically change
from color (Day) to black and white
(Night) modes as illumination levels
drop off
ii. Day this mode will manually place the
camera in color mode
iii. Night this mode will manually place
the camera in black and white mode

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Switching Level this slider bar and numeric
field control the switching point when the
camera switches from “Day” (color) into
“Night” (black & white) mode. Higher values
cause the camera to stay in “Day” mode at
lower illumination levels, lower values will
cause the camera to switch to “Night” mode
in higher illumination
Toggle Guard this slider bar and numeric
field control the level of brightness required
to switch from “Night” (black & white) into
“Day” (color) mode. Higher values will cause
the camera to stay in “Night” (black & white)
mode longer than lower values as
illumination levels rise. Toggle Guard should
be adjusted to prevent the mode from
toggling between “Night” and “Day” modes
in areas where transitional lighting exists in
the scene
Enable P-Iris this button enables the P-Iris
control function on the camera
Note: If “Enable P-Iris” is unchecked, the iris will
be fully open to the maximum. It may result in
less sharpness and artificial color under strong
light condition as the image shown below.
Binning control operation of the “binning”
function when using a 3, 5, or 10mp camera
model
i. Binning in day mode will place the
camera in binning mode when the
camera is in “Day” mode
ii. Binning in night mode will place the
camera in binning mode when the
camera is in “Night” mode
Downscaling user can downscale their desired
image resolution
Scaling Size sets down-scaling image size

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3. Video Menu
Show Video type these radio buttons control
selection of display mode
iv. Disable Video when selected this
button the live video won’t show on
the screen
v. MJPEG over HTTP this is the default
browser display option. No plug in is
required as most browsers can
decode MJPEG images
vi. H.264 over RTP/UDP will display
video using H.264. If viewing this way
for the first time you will see the
following prompt to download the
necessary browser plug –in allowing
display of video in the browser using
this compression
4. H.264 Menu
RTSP Unicast port this numeric field allows
configuration of the application port for
RTSP Unicast video streams. Default is 554
valid values that can be set are 1 –65535
Variable Bitrate Control when this radio
button is selected the camera will maintain
the bit rate based on the Quality setting and
rate limit configured. There may be variation
in the bit rate output from the camera with
additional image compression increase
being applied if the bit rate exceeds the user
defined limit
i. H.264 Quality this numeric field
allows configuration of the default
image compression (also called
Quantization parameter) setting for
H.264 video streaming from the
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compression and result in higher
quality images with trade off for
larger file sizes. Lower levels
increase image compression
reducing file sizes with the trade off
for lower quality image detail. Valid
numeric values that can be entered
here are 16 to 36. The configured
value will be constant default unless
rate limit or constant bit rate control
are selected
ii. Enable Rate Limit this radio button
enables operation of the bit rate limit
feature for H.264
iii. Rate limit this numeric field allows
setting the maximum bit rate limit for
Variable bit rate control. Valid values
that can be entered are 0 to 65535
kbps. When active the bit rate will
vary depending on camera
resolution, illumination, and scene
content until it exceeds the
configured limit. When this limit is
exceeded image compression will be
increased in attempt to keep the bit
rate within the configured limit
Constant Bitrate Control when active this
radio button enables the constant bit rate
control feature. Unlike variable bit rate
control option constant bit rate control will
set a hard limit for the bit rate. Image
compression will be set to whatever value
achieves the configured bit rate. This
method of bit rate control can achieve a
more consistent overall bit rate. Image
quality will be dependent on camera
resolution, illumination, and scene content
based on the constant control limit
configured
i. Bitrate this numeric field allows
setting the bit rate value for constant
bit rate control. Valid values that can
be entered are 0 to 65535 kbps
Frames per second this slider bar control
allows setting a frame rate output limit for
the H.264 video stream. Default value is
“Max” minimum fps is 1. Reducing the frame
rate output is another way to control the
bandwidth used for the H.264 video
streaming from the camera trade off is the
obvious reduction of frame rate output at the
camera
5. Focus Menu
Adjusting the Remote Focus and Remote
Zoom
i. To manually adjust zoom, click the
“+20”, “+5”, “+1”, “-20”, “-5”, “-1”
buttons to zoom in and out, adjusting
the field of view
NOTE 1: “+20” zooms in 20x further than
“+1”
NOTE 2: If the “Enable Auto Focus after
zoom” option is checked, the focus will
automatically be adjusted when zoom is
changed.
ii. Set up a focus area (if necessary) by
drawing a rectangle with the mouse
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iii. To automatically adjust focus, choose
“Full-range Focusing” or “Short-range
Focusing” depending on the image
clarity
iv. If the image is completely out of
focus, choose “Full-range Focus” to
scan the full focus range and find the
best focus position.
v. If the image is slightly of out of focus,
choose “Short-rang Focus” to fine
tune and quickly get a precise focus
position to save time.
vi. To manually focus, click the “+20”,
“+5”, “+1”, “-20”, “-5”, “-1” buttons to
fine tune the focus.
6. Network Menu
IP Address the camera IP address can be
manually configured in this field
Subnet Mask the sub net of the local
network can be manually configured in this
field
Default Gateway the gateway IP address for
the local network can be manually
configured in this field
DHCP/ Fixed Selection these radio buttons
allow configuring the camera as either Fixed
IP (manually configured), or DHCP (auto
addressed from local DHCP server) when
selected
Miscellaneous settings allow assignment of
a camera name in the Camera Name: field,
and creating an alternate HTTP access port
in the Second HTTP port: field
7. Motion Detection Menu
Enable radio button enables the motion
detection feature when selected. When this
button is selected no additional changes
can be made to the other settings in this
menu
Extended radio button enables the
“extended” motion detection from default 64
to 1024 detection zones for enhanced
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Zone Size determines the size of the
detection zone grid displayed when motion
detection feature is enabled
Note: if the zone size is set too small for
image sensor pixel resolution the motion
detection grid can be made smaller than the
actual image size. Areas not covered by the
grid will not be monitored for motion
Detail determines the size of each zone
displayed by the motion detection grid
contains sub zones the number of which is
determined by the zone size setting up to
32x32 (pixels). This setting configures the
sensitivity of the motion detection to the size
of objects in the image moving through the
zone. Higher values will trigger motion only
for larger objects moving through the zone,
lower values will cause detection of smaller
objects in the zone (increasing sensitivity to
smaller size objects moving through the
image)
Level threshold determines the sensitivity to
brightness changes between dark and light
objects within each grid zone. As example
“Detail” will set the size of the object being
detected within the zone, “level” sets the
duration that movement must be maintained
to trigger motion detection. Lower settings
can increase false motion alarms caused by
image noise, higher settings will require
more movement to trigger a motion event
Motion Sensitivity, % determines the
sensitivity to sudden overall brightness
changes in the image. This setting can be
useful to prevent false motion alarms due to
sudden exposure changes such as car head
lights from triggering motion detection.
Larger values will disregard larger changes
affecting the entire image, smaller values
will make motion detection more sensitive to
large changes in the image.
Note: the motion mask setting under the Video
menus requires Enable to be selected as on
before areas can be masked to prevent motion
detection in selected zones
8. Privacy Mask Menu
Enable Privacy Mask this radio button when
selected will enable any privacy masks that
have been configured by the Privacy Mask
function in the Video menu.
Note: masked areas of an image are
transmitted with the mask in place, it is part of
the video and cannot be turned off or removed
from video that is being viewed or recorded
after transmission
9. Administration Menu

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Save all settings to flash will save the
current camera configuration as setting
default
Restore to factory default will restore all
settings to factory default (except the
camera IP address)
Firmware upgrade allows selection and
application of a firmware file to be applied to
the camera
10. SD Menu
*See section below SD Card Functionality
for detailed instructions on this feature
Playback SDcard video allows the user to
choose the specific time of video to
playback
SD Card Recording
- Continuous Recording allows the user
enable continuously recording
- Stop Continuous Recording AND
Enable Event-triggered Recording
allows the user to enable events
recording when network failure, motion
alarm or I/O alarm triggered
NOTE: if the continuous recording is
disabled and no of event recording is
enabled, the SD card will not initiate
recording.
Start/End shows the time frame of the video
being recorded.
11. About Menu
This menu displays important information
about the camera model being viewed