Penfore MC-500-R8 User manual

INSTALLATION
MANUAL
MODEL MC-500-R8 / MC-500-R16
Reduceriskofreorelectricalshock.NOTE:Thisinstallationshouldbemadeby
Donotexposethisproducttorain  aqualiedservicepersonand
ormoisture.    comformwithlocalcodes.
IEC/UL60950-1
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
•Readallsafetyinstructions
•Keeptheseinstructions
•Heedallwarnings
•Followallinstructions
•Donotusethisapparatusnearwater
•Cleanonlywithadrycloth
•Referallservicingtoqualiedservicepersonnel
•Installinaccordancewiththemanufacturer’sinstructions
•Donotinstallnearanyheatsourcessuchasradiators,
heatregisters,stovesorotherapparatusthatproducesheat
MADE
IN
USA
03012019
1.

Head-end Installation MC-500-R8 and MC-500-R16
1) TheMC-500-R8/MC-500-R16canberackmountedorwallmounted.
 Usetheincludedmountingearsdependingonyourneedsasshownbelow.Whenmounting 
 theunit,besuretofollowtheseguidelines.
 A. OperatingAmbient-Donotinstalltheunitinanassemblywheretheambient
  temperaturecouldexceed52°C.
  NOTE:theambienttemperatureinaclosedormulti-unitrackassemblycouldgreatly  
  exceedtheambienttemperatureoutsidethatassembly.
 B. Air-Flow–Leavespaceonthesidesoftheunitforairowintothecoolingfansand  
  somespaceontopoftheunitforairtoexittheunit.Adequateairowisrequiredfor  
  safeoperation.
 C. MechanicalLoading–Themountingearsweredesignedfortwoearstosupportone  
  unit.Othercongurations,suchasmountingotherequipmentdirectlyontopofthe  
  unitorusingonlyonemountingear,couldcauseahazardousconditiondueto
  unevenorexcessivemechanicalloading.
 D. CircuitLoading-Donotconnecttheunittoanelectricalsupplyifthewiringorover  
  currentprotectionofthesupplycouldbeoverloadedwhentheratingslistedonthe  
  unitareconsidered.
 E. Grounding(Earthing)-Reliableearthgroundingofrack-mountedequipmentshould  
  bemaintained,useonly3conductorequipmentpowercords.Iftheunitisplugged  
  intoapowerstriporextensioncord,thatstriporcordshouldhaveaground(third)  
  pinonitsplug.
 F. ConnectmainpowertotheMC-500-R8/MC-500-R16usingaproperIECpowercord.
  ApowercordissuppliedintheboxwithyourMC-500-R8/MC-500-R16unit.
Front
Back
Rack Mounting
Options
Wall Mounting
Options
RackMounting
Options
WallMounting
Options
Front
Back
2) ThecoaxialLINKportsaredesignedforRG-59orRG-6,75ohmsolidcoppercoaxialcable.Itisimportant
 thatthecoaxialconnectorsbeingoodcondition.TheconnectionandPoEstatusareindicatedonthefront
 paneloftheunit.Atransmittermustbeconnectedtotheotherendofthecableforthestatustobeindicated.
SFPPorts
LANPorts
Coaxial
NetworkPorts
PowerJack
LINKPorts
Coaxial
2.
1.

3) ConnecttheLANporttothenetworkswitch.FormostapplicationsusingasingleLANportwillbetheeasiest
 andbestsolutiontopreventnetworkloops.EachoftheLANportsoftheMC-500-R8/MC-500-R16can
 communicateat1Gbps,andaggregatethetra󰀩coftheentireunit.BecausetheMC-500-R16normallyacts
 asaswitch,thetwogigabitLANportsoftheMC-500-R16convenientlyallowuserstochainmultiple
 MC-500-R16sunitstogether,LANporttoLANport,beforegoingontothenetworkswitch. Thisfeature
 providesawaytobring32camerasormoreintoasingleNICofaNVRunit,orportofanetworkswitch 
 bandwidthpermitting.Thisarrangementalsoreducesthepossibilityofnetworkloops.
 (Seechainconigurationabove).
 MC-500-R16highband width:ForapplicationswheretheaggregatedbandwidthoftheentireMC-500-R16
 unitexceeds1Gbps.TheMC-500-R16canbesplitviathewebbrowserintoindependenttopandbottom
 sections.WiththetopLANportaggregatingthetoprowofLINKconnections,andthebottomLANport
 aggregatingthebottomrowofLINKconnections.Seesplitcongurationsbelowtoavoiddatabottlenecksin
 furtheruplinkapplications,theseLANportfeedsshouldberuntoanetworkswitchwith10Guplinkcapability,
 orseparatenetworkswitches.Notethatthistop/bottomsplitfeatureisnotthedefaultcongurationinthe
 MC-500-R16,andmustbeenabledviatheWebbrowserinterface.Unlessthesplitfeatureisenabled,itis
 badpracticetorunBOTHLANportsouttoasingleswitch,orevendi󰀨erentswitchesonthesamenetwork.
 ThiswillcreatenetworkloopsthroughtheMC-500-R16,whichcausedatacascadesthatcanbringdown
 thenetwork.
NetworkSwitch,
NVRorServer
Chain conguration
NetworkSwitch,
NVRorServer
NetworkSwitch,
NVRorServer
Split conguration
Daisychain
LANorSFPports
Splittopandbottom
tra󰀩c using LAN or
SFPports.
Splitfunctionality
mustbeenabled
viawebbrowser.
 SFPPorts:SFPportsare1Gbpscapableandareanothermeansofachievinganetworkswitchconnection
 overalongdistanceorchainingunitstogether–similartotheLANports.Theyworkindependentlyofthe
 copperLANportsandbothcanrunatthesametime.Becausetheybothwillfeedintoacommonswitch,In
 theinterestofnotcreatingnetworkloops,connecttothenetworkswitchviatheLANport,ortheSFPport,
butnotboth.
3.

NotethattheLANportisNOTPoEcapableandwillnotpoweranythingconnectedtoit–onlytheLINK 
 portscanprovidepowertoconnecteddevices.TheLANportswillauto-negotiatetheirconnectionwiththe
 networkswitch,upto1Gbps,andindicaterateasshowninthediagram.Abovemakesureyournetwork 
 switchcanhandletheexpecteddata(i.e.don’tusea10/100portonanetworkswitchifyouexpect300Mb).
4) AftercompletingtheinstallationoftheHead-endequipment,thetransmitterunitsmustbeinstalledatthe
 camera/remoteend.
FrontPanelLEDDisplay
Data Transmission
speed detected per
port, 100Mb or 10Mb
PoE Signature has been
detected and PoE is
being sent to connected
IP device
LAN connectivity data
transmission speeds
Main Unit Power
Trouble Indicator LED
On Solid if internal temperature is too High
Flashing if Network Loop is detected
Port Numbers
PoEisbeing
sentto
connected
transmitter
4.

Transmitter-end Installation MC-500-T Unit
5) Atthecameralocationsecurelymountthetransmitter.
6) Connectcoaxialcablefromthehead-endtotheBNCjackofthetransmitter.Ifthehead-endispoweredup,
 thetransmitterunitwillturnon.ThiswillbeindicatedbythegreenPOWERLEDonthe“NetworkPort”.
 Afterabout15to30secondsthegreen10/100(upper)LEDatthe“CoaxPort”willturn-ontotellyouthat
 thehead-endhasconnectedwiththetransmitterunit.TheEthernetdevicedoesnotneedtobeconnected
 forthetransmittertocommunicatewiththehead-end.
7) ConnectanEthernetdevicetothetransmitter“NetworkPort”.IfthedevicerequiresPoEpower,thePoEOUT
 (lower)LEDatthe“CoaxPort”willturnonfollowedbytheLINKSTATUSLEDonthe“NetworkPort”.
Connector LED OFF ON FLASHING
Network
Port
Po wer Nopower Po wer
Good
LinkStatus NoEthernet
Lin k
EthernetLink
Good
Link
Port
PoEOut NoPoE
Po w er  Ou t
PoEPo wer
Good
10/100 No  Link 100Mb 10Mb
ET1500C LE D INDI CATORS
IPCamera
Coaxfrom
Head-en d
Transmitter Hookup Diagram
LinkPort
NetworkPort
PoE Device Power
RG59 Coax *
Distance Power at PoE Port
328ft/100m 21.7watts
984ft/300m 18.2watts
1312ft/400m 14.4watts
1640ft/500m 12.2watts
656ft/200m 21.7watts
* Results with ER8500
Receiver and usingRG59
SBC Type Cable with
20AWG  Cen t er
*Resultswith
MC-500-R8&MC-500-R16
ReceiverandusingRG59
SBCTypeCablewith
20AWGCenter
PoEDevicePower
RG59Coax*
Distance PoweratPoEPort
100m
200m
300m
400m
500m
21.7watts
21.7watts
18.2watts
14.4watts
12.2watts
Optional Hookup for High Power PoE Devices MC-500-T Unit
9) InsomecasesthePoEdeviceconnectedatthetransmitterendneedsmorepowerthancanbesupported
 overacoaxialrun.AnoptionalpowerinputontheTransmitterallowsittoprovidefull802.3atpower.
 Seethediagrambelow.
Distance from
Network Port
PoE Device Power
Available
33f t/10m 33watts
328f t/100m 26watts
Transmitter used as
PoE Injector*
*Results with 48VDC power to the
TransmitteroptionalPowerPort
IPCamera
Coaxfrom
Head-en d
48VDC Powered Transmitter Hookup Diagrams
LinkPort
Network
Port
115VAC
Optional
48VDC
Supply
48VDC Powered Transmitter
Hookup Diagrams
IPCamera
Transmitter Hookup Diagram
Coaxfrom
Head-end
LinkPort
NetworkPort
MC-500-T
MC-500-T
MC-500-T LED INDICATORS
5.

BROWSER BASED GUI – LOGIN PAGE
TheMC-500-R8/MC-500-R16donotrequireausersetuporcongurationinordertofunctionwhenusingasingleunit.
MultipleunitsdoneedtobeconguredtopreventIPaddressconicts,ifconnectedtothesamenetwork.TheGraphical
UserInterface(GUI)providesaccesstoadditionalfeaturesformonitoringthesystemandcustomizingthesettings.
Inordertoaccesstheinterface,connectanEthernetportofaPCtoanyportoftheMC-500-R8/MC-500-R16unit.Go
intothenetworksettingforyourPCandsetitsaddressto192.168.1.100andasubnetmaskof255.255.255.0.The
defaultIPaddressoftheMCunitis//192.168.1.1.Entertheaddressof//192.168.1.1intoyourBrowser.Thebrowserwill
displaytheloginscreenbelow.Thedefaultusernameis;“admin”.Thedefaultpasswordisnotassigned.
AfterloginyouwillcometotheHOMEscreenshownbelow.TheHomescreenprovidesalookatsomebasicinformation
aboutyourunit.Fromhereyoucanseebasicinformationaboutthestatusofeachport,currentrmware,IPaddress,
andMACaddressamongotherthings.Therearenosettingsorcontrolsonthispage.
6.

NextmovetotheAdministratorsettingswiththeADMINbutton.Hereyoucansetuppasswordsandusers.Onlythe
administratorcanaccessthispage.Enterinanewadminuserpassword.Thepasswordcanbeupto11digits;itiscase
sensitiveandmayincludespecialcharacters.Remembertorecordtheadminpassword,becauseitistheonlywayto
accesstheadminscreen.Aftersettingthenewpasswordyouwillbeforcedtologinagainusingthenewpassword.
ReturntotheADMINscreenandaddusersasneeded.
Additionaluserscanbeassigned.Usernamescanbeupto9charactersandapasswordcanbeupto8characters.
Foreachuseryoumayalsoselectadditionalrights.“Restricted”willonlyallowthispersontoseetheHomescreenand
theLogOutScreen.“POEOn/O󰀨”willallowausertoturno󰀨powertoindividualtransmittersandcamerasandtomake
LINKsettingsadjustments.Thisusercancyclecamerapower,adjustlinksettings,andrestarttheunit.“Firmware”will
allowausertoupgradethermwareandrestarttheunit.“Network”willallowausertochangenetworksettingsfora
unit.
AlsoavailableonlyintheADMINscreenistheCLOCKbutton.Thiscanbeusedtosetthecurrenttimeinternaltothis
unitonly.Setthecurrenttimefortheunitinthisscreen.Thereisarealtimeclockintheunitwhichisbatterybacked
up.Itisunlikelythatthebatterywillneedtobereplacedundernormaluse,butifitdoes,thebatterytypeisaCR1220.
7.

SelecttheNetworkbutton.FromwithinthenetworkpageyoucanchangetheIPaddressoftheunitandthesubnetmask
alongwithothersettings.Rememberonceyouchangethenetworkaddressyouwillhavetologinagaintotheunit.If
youhavemultipleunitsinoneinstallationyouwillneedauniqueIPaddressandhostnameforeachunit.Itwilloperate
withasinglehostnamebutcancauseconfusionforanetworkadministrator.TheIPaddressallowsyoutoaccessthe
webinterface.
Unitsareshippedfromthefactorywiththemostuptodatermware.Firmwareisfromtimetotimeupdated.Firmware
updateswillbepostedtothePenforewebsiteatwww.penfore.com.Inthehomescreenpageyoucanseewhatrmware
versionisloadedinyouunit.Toupdatethermware,downloadupdatetoyourPC.Followtheinstructiononthepage.
Youwillneedtorestarttheunitinorderthehavethecodetakee󰀨ect.
8.

The“Links”pageisusefulinseeingtheconnectionsbetweeneachoftheportsandtheconnecteddevice.Fromwithin
thispageyoucanseethelinkspeedforallportsthatareoperating.Thespeedwillbedisplayedbeloweachportandin
therowmarked“Mbps”.Thespeedcanbecontrolledforeachofthelinkports.Itisselectedinthe“Speed”row.
Theportsnormallyoperateat100Mbpsbutcanbechangedifaconnecteddeviceneedsalowerspeedorifthecable
isdegradedandcausingerrorsatahigherspeed.ThespeedoftheLANandSFPportsisdeterminedbytheconnected
device.Theyarenormally1000Mbpsbutifconnectedtoalowerspeeddevicetheywillautomaticallymatchthespeed
oftheconnecteddevice.SpeedcanalsobesettoOFF,thiswilldisabletheoperationofthisport.
The“Mode”isnormallysettoautomatic.Inthismodethesystemisalwayscheckingforcommunicationbetweencon-
necteddevices.Ifthereisnocommunicationorafaultisdeterminedthesystemwillattempttorepairtheconnection.
Inraresituationssomecamerasmaynotbecommunicatingwiththeserverormaynotyetbeproperlysetup.Thiscan
leadtoafalsereading.InthisrarecaseModemayneedtobesettoDM(DiscoveryMode)toallowforcamerastobe
congured.Oncethecamerasareproperlyconguredthesettingcanbereturnedto“Auto”(automatic).
FinallytheStatedisplaysthestatusofthelinks.Thereisatransmitterunitattheotherendofeachcoaxialcablerun.
ThetransmitterinturnisconnectedtoacameraorotherEthernetdevice.Statecantellyouifallofthedevicesareup
andworking.Ifthestateis“Down”thennotransmitterisdetected.Thiscanbebecausethereisnounitconnectedor
maybethecoaxwasdamagedorcut.Onceatransmitterisdetectedthestatewillbecome“New”.Afteraveryshort
periodstatewillshow“Test”,thismeansthatatransmitterisconnectedandisintheprocessofstartup.Thetransmitter
inturnattemptstoconnecttoanIPdevice.IfthereisnoIPdeviceorifthedeviceisnotworkingforsomereasonthe
statewillbe“Test”or“Retry”.ThisshowsthatthesystemisattemptingtogetanIPdeviceupandworking.Ifallpartsof
thesystemareworkingproperlythestatewillshow“Up”.Thistellsyouthecommunicationisnormal.
9.

SelectingthePOEbuttonwilldisplaypowerinformationabouteachport.Youcanseecurrent,voltageandpowercon-
sumedfromeachport.Additionally,youcandisablePOEpoweroutanyoftheportswhichwillbringthelinkdown.You
canseethetemperatureforeachportattheMC-500-R8/MC-500-R16end.Inthisscreenyoucanalsoturnonallof
thePOEportsorrestartthewholeunitifneeded.
TheLabelsbuttontakesyoutothescreenwhereyoucanapplyacustomlabeltotheports.Thislabelwillbedisplayed
belowtheportnumberontheotherscreens.
Whennishedwiththewebinterfaceitisimportanttocloseyourbrowsercompletely.Somebrowserskeepcookiesand
willnotfullydisconnectuntilthebrowserisclosed.
10.