This chapter describes the configuration of the MDR.
Brigade’s MDR products display a single, quad, or 9-split live view.
Change this to 9-split by right clicking the mouse and selecting the
option from the bottom banner. See Figure 4 and Figure 5.
Note: For ease of understanding, channels that can accept
analogue cameras will be referred to as analogue channels; those
channels that cannot accept analogue cameras will be referred to
as IP channels.
MDR-504/644/641 - By default, the first 4 channels are used for
analogue cameras, which cannot be used by IP cameras. IP
cameras can be assigned to channels 5 and 6.
MDR-508 - by default, the first 8 channels are used for analogue
cameras. These channels can be re-assigned to IP cameras.
During the setup of an IP camera with an MDR, the installer can
manually assign any channel (1-16) to an IP camera. MDR-508 IP
camera support is flexible, allowing them to be used on any of the
channel inputs.
Warning:For MDR-508/644/641, all channels could be manually
overridden to display IP camera footage. Make sure all
cameras are visible during channel assignment.
To differentiate between analogue channels and IP channels:
a. Analogue channels are enabled by default, if the MDR cannot
detect a camera or video signal then that OSD channel on OSD will
show “VIDEO LOSS”, as shown in figures 4-6.
b. IP channels, however, are disabled by default and display “No
device” instead. If the IP camera channel has been set up and
enabled but the IP camera has a data connection issue with the
MDR, it will show “VIDEO LOSS”. Refer to Figure 6 “IP Camera
Lost Data Connection”. Setup procedures will be explained in
Sections 3.2 Fast Setup & 3.3 Advanced Setup.
Navigate to SETUP->SURVEILLANCE-> IPC SETUP to
view all IP camera settings. Refer to Figure 7 –IPC Setup.
Channel lists all channels for this MDR.
Enable is used to choose a specific channel for IP Camera
usage. Without ticking this box, other settings will remain greyed
out and cannot be set.
IP and Port displays the IP address and communication port
of the currently connected IP camera. 80 is the default port used
by MDR. There is no need to change this setting.
Warning:
1. IP cameras must have unique individual IP addresses to
avoid conflicts.
2. The IP address should be in the range of 10.100.100.XXX,
where XXX stands for any number between 1 and 255.
Outside is currently not supported.
Local Address determines the IP address for this MDR and
what range of IP addresses it can detect. The IP address range
is fixed to 10.100.100.XXX, which means every connected IP
