Black Box Blackbox IP Security Camera and Accessories User manual

Get LAN/WAN security with this TCP/IP-addressable
digital video camera and its accessories.
Get LAN/WAN security with this TCP/IP-addressable
digital video camera and its accessories.
IP Security Camera and Accessories
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FEATURES
• Use camera and coax-video devices over
your network or the Web for security
purposes.
• Components work with each other
and inexpensive CAT5 cable.
• Adjustable bandwidth consumption
and frame rates.
• Add analog closed-circuit cameras
using connector device.
• Optional software for recording and
viewing up to 16 video streams at the
same time.
• Mounting bracket for camera available.
How the IP Security Camera components work together.
OVERVIEW
Looking to deploy enterprise-wide LAN/WAN-based
security that can be managed remotely? For sophisticated yet
economical video-surveillance capabilities, you can’t go wrong
with these compatible components.
These field-tested, IP-ready devices can be used over
Ethernet—local, remote, or Internet-based—for a variety of
security applications. For example, use them to remotely
monitor and record video from a central location.
Start with the IP Security Camera (LC1000A), which enables
you to view the IP camera image either remotely from an
Ethernet-attached Windows®PC or locally. If you want to
expand your system to include a ”generic” closed-circuit TV
(CCTV) device that’s already installed in your application,
order the IP Security CCTV Connector (LC1003A). It has two
coax connectors: one for input and one for output.
You can add advanced video recording functions to your
system, too. Order the IP Security Digital Recorder (LC1004A),
which is software that records up to 16 TCP/IP video streams at
the same time! You can also view any or all of the 16 streams
in real time.
For single-user, multi-session viewing of up to 16 camera
feeds, use IP Security View software (LC1005A).
IP Security Camera
The IP Security Camera is a color CCD digital TCP/IP-addressable
digital video camera. Because it uses its own TCP/IP connection,
integrating it into an existing network is easy. You need only to
assign the camera its own IP address using the software shipped
with it.
The camera has a built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN interface
for connecting Category 5 cable. It also has a BNC analog output
connection for simultaneous video transmission over coax.
Connect the camera to your existing CCTV equipment for
recording images to a VCR or displaying on video monitors.
With advanced video-compression technology that improves
the performance of video when transmitted, the IP Security
Camera provides frame rates that are among the fastest in the
industry. The camera also clarifies and filters video data, reducing
unwanted blemishes that occur when video is compressed during
the codec process.
What you get in return is clear video that typically uses no
more bandwidth than a serial device on your network. Want
even more bandwidth? Simply adjust the camera‘s dynamic
throttle. With this helpful function, you can set bandwidth
consumption as low as 9.6 kbps per average usage.
The camera comes with viewing software for setup and basic
viewing applications. This CD-based application includes a point-
and-click graphical user interface (GUI) that has a control panel
for setting frame rates and bandwidth throttle, and for switching
from color to black and white. For more advanced viewing
capabilities, however, you’ll need IP Security View software.
The camera is only 6" (15.2-cm) long, so you can install it in a
tight corner or an inconspicuous location. To mount the device,
be sure to order a Mounting Bracket (LC1002B).
You’ll need to choose from the following iris lenses for
your camera (the IP Security Camera does not come with lens
pre-installed):
• 4-mm auto iris lens
• 3–8-mm manual iris lens
• 3–8-mm auto iris lens
NOTE: Auto-iris lenses are DC-driven and include a built-in DC
power cable that connects to the DC receptor on the IP Security
Camera.
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IP Security Cameras
(LC1000A)
IP Security Camera
(LC1000A)
CCTV Camera
CCTV
Cameras
PC with IP
Security View
installed
PC with IP
Security View
installed
PC with IP Security
View installed
IP Security CCTV
Connector
(LC1003A)
IP Security CCTV Connectors
(LC1003A)
8-Port Palm-Sized
Ethernet Switch
(LB8408A-R3)
Series 500 Branch
Office Frame Relay
Router, T1 CSU/DSU
(LR1535A-R2)
Series 500 Branch
Office Frame Relay
Router, T1 CSU/DSU
(LR1535A-R2)
Managed Express
Ethernet Switch
(LB9030A-R2)
Managed Express
Ethernet Switch
(LB9030A-R2)
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Network-based digital video recording offers increased
efficiency at a reduced cost. Camera images captured at
multiple facilities can be recorded at a central location. Or
you can set up the IP Security Digital Recorder so recorded
clips link automatically to your other database records. Digital
video recording also eliminates the administrative cost of
handling tapes and cleaning VCR heads.
The network-based nature of the system also allows both
the IP Security Digital Recorder and its video sources to be
connected to your existing LAN cabling, with no need to pull
expensive coax to support the connection.
And this is no ordinary recorder that’s only able to capture
one camera shot at a time. The IP Security Digital Recorder
can record up to 16 camera feeds simultaneously and at frame
rates up to 30 fps (frames per second)—rates that are
unattainable with ordinary VCR/multiplexor combos.
Specifically, the software can record 30 fps of digital video
frames on a single stream basis and up to 4 fps with multiple
video streams.
It’s able to do this by using the network as its video
multiplexor, and this process is aided by sophisticated codec
technology that compresses the data for recording. You also
get efficient video-transmission capabilities for reduced
bandwidth consumption and extended recording time.
The IP Security Digital Recorder software enables you to
also view images while they’re being recorded by a remote
camera (or any other video device, for that matter). So it’s
essentially a recorder that‘s also a real-time observation
platform. You can play back all recorded views in a 4 x 4
(16-image), split-screen format, or play back any individual
stream.
And finding the images you‘ve recorded is easy—no more
fiddling with an analog multiplexor and a VCR to track down
a camera shot. The viewer software provided with the IP
Security Digital Recorder offers reduced search time, making
it simple to retrieve recorded video clips to play back over
your LAN, WAN, or Virtual Private Network (VPN). The
powerful search engine locates images by time, date, and
location. Using a calendar-based time and date search engine,
you can view recorded video from any location, instantly
locating and viewing the minute an event took place.
With the software‘s powerful, user-friendly GUI, you can
easily navigate within the application with standard mouse
and keyboard techniques. The software also includes an
ODBC-compliant driver for setting up recording schedules
and logging events, alarms, and location ID. Snapshots can
be stored on an event basis.
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IP Security CCTV Connector
Use this bandwidth-efficient digital video transmitter to
connect just about any standard analog CCTV camera to your
corporate network or the Internet.
Through this economical connection, you can tap into live
streaming video from previously installed closed-circuit
cameras, such as those used for security purposes. Because
the IP Security CCTV Connector uses your existing LAN/WAN
infrastructure for transmission and has an integrated DHCP
server, you can reduce the costs of connecting equipment
within an enterprise-wide system.
TCP/IP addressable, the IP Security CCTV Connector allows
simultaneous access by two receivers. These receivers can
be two viewing stations, two IP Security Digital Recorders,
or one viewing station and one IP Security Digital Recorder.
The LAN interface is autosensing 10/100BASE-T. For
composite video input, there’s a 75-ohm BNC analog video
interface. The CCTV Connector also has control ports (an RS-
232 DB9 passthrough port and an RS-422/485 RJ-11 connector)
for accessing the CCTV Connector remotely. A CCTV video loop
function enables you to add additional CCTV Connectors to
your setup or to output to other CCTV devices.
With the included GUI-based software utility (which is
identical to that shipped with the IP Security Camera), you can
limit the amount of bandwidth used by the IP Security CCTV
Connector. This is done using the software’s throttling
function. You’re also given two display modes. You can switch
on the fly between standard color video display or mono-
chrome display for up to 30% more video throughput.
What’s more, the device’s proprietary codec algorithms
result in faster frames per second and lower bandwidth usage.
This level of digital video compression frees bandwidth space
for other network applications and allows you to install more
cameras on your network.
IP Security Digital Recorder
Compared to traditional time-lapse recording, digital video
recording can be a time and money saver while providing you
with greater flexibility and the means to automate the
recording process. The IP Security Digital Recorder, however,
takes digital video recording a step further—it’s a network-
based digital video recorder!
Why rely on an expensive centralized storage system to
store digital video when you can make use of the distributed
storage capacity of your network? This software-based
recorder enables you to convert any Pentium®II class PC on
your network to a digital video recorder. Video can be played
back as a standard .avi file on any authorized Windows
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You’re also given setup controls for selecting your video
device and setting your recording frame rate. For example,
you can use slower frame rates for smaller video files.
To run the recorder software, you’ll need a PC system with
Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT®4.0; an Intel®
Pentium processor; 128 MB of RAM; 1 GB of available disk
space; and a screen capable of displaying 16 bits of color or
higher.
IP Security View
You may have an application in which you require
enhanced video-viewing capabilities. This is where you would
need our IP Security View software, which provides single
users with sophisticated view-only functions of local and
remote camera feeds.
How does this software differ from that shipped with the
IP Security Camera? The camera’s included software allows
you to view a single image captured by a single camera. The
IP Security View software, however, enables you to view up
to 16 TCP/IP video streams within a single computer screen.
These streams—displayed in a 4 x 4, split-screen format
on your computer—originate from connections made via your
LAN/WAN or the Internet to up to 16 IP Security Cameras or
IP Security CCTV Connectors (or a combination of the two).
The software features a user-friendly GUI that can be
navigated with ordinary mouse and keyboard techniques.
Adding the LC1000A cameras or LC1003A units to the IP
Security View database can be done quickly and involves
entering an IP address and assigning a port address. You can
even change your video settings from color to black and white
to increase frame refresh rates and modify bandwidth used to
improve video speed.
With its activity log, the IP Security View stores logged
activities in a database, from which you can export with
filtering capabilities to text files.
For the software, you’ll need a PC running Windows 95/98,
Windows 2000, Windows NT, or Windows XP with a screen
capable of displaying 16 bits of color or higher. A 17" or larger
monitor is recommended.
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TECH SPECS
IP Security Camera:
Camera Sensor:
Gamma Correction — 0.45
Geometry — Zero geometric distortion
Imager — 1⁄3NTSC color CCD
Iris — Manual models: CCD iris; Auto models: Video-driving auto iris
NTSC Video Output Level — Composite, 1 Vp-p
Picture Elements — 512 horizontal x 492 vertical
Pixel Size — 9.6 x 7.5
Scanning System — 2:1 interlaced NTSC
Scene Illumination (Minimum) — 2 lux @ F1.4
Signal-to-Noise Ratio — +46 dB
Sync System — Internal sync
White Balance — Auto
Connectors:
Auto Iris Lens — (1) 4-pin square (QQQ)
Composite Video — (1) BNC, 75-ohm, analog
LAN Interface — (1) RJ-45 Category 5
Power — (1) 2-pin screw terminal
Mounts:
Camera — Top or bottom mount, 1⁄4-20 threaded; use included mini
bracket
Lens — CS/C mount, adapter included
Performance:
Compression Rate (Maximum) — 30 fps
Nominal Frame Refresh — Color mode: Up to 15 fps;
Monochrome mode: Up to 30 fps
Resolution — 330 TV (H) 350 TVLL (V)
Video Latency — 1⁄30 of a second
Power:
Power Requirements — 12-VDC, 1.5-A regulated supply
IP Security CCTV Connector:
Connectors:
Composite Video — (1) BNC, 75-ohm, analog
Control Ports — RS-232: (1) DB9 passthrough port;
RS-422/RS-485: (1) RJ-11
LAN Output — (1) RJ-45 Category 5
Relay/Alarm Extender Port — (1) DB9
Power — (1) 2-pin screw terminal
Performance:
Compression Rate (Maximum) — 30 fps
Nominal Frame Refresh: At 128 kbps: Up to 15 fps;
At 256 kbps: Up to 30 fps
Video Latency — 1⁄30 of a second
Power:
Power Requirements — 5-VDC, 500-mA regulated supply
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Item Code
IP Security Camera LC1000A
You’ll also need one of the following…
Iris Lenses
Manual 3–8-mm LC1001M-8mm
Auto 4-mm LC1001A-4mm
3–8-mm LC1001A-8mm
To mount your IP Security Camera, order…
Mounting Bracket LC1002B
To complete your system, you may also need…
IP Security CCTV Connector LC1003A
IP Security Digital Recorder
(Windows Compatible Software) LC1004A
IP Security View
(Windows Compatible Software) LC1005A
IP Security Camera:
✦ IP Security Camera
✦ Installation/viewer software
✦ 120-VAC power supply
✦ Lens adapter
✦ Iris connector
✦ Allen wrench
✦ Installation guide
IP Security CCTV Connector:
✦ IP Security CCTV Connector
✦I nstallation/viewer software
✦ 120-VAC power supply
✦ Installation guide
WHAT‘S INCLUDED
LC1000A