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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are User Man ual CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.1 Megapixel Came ras and Surveillance Software User M anual August 22, 2006 www.cbcamerica.com[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.2 CBC SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS- IS BASIS. CBC (AMERICA) COR P. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO T HIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPL IED WAR RANTIES OF M ERCHANTABILIT Y AND FITNESS. IN NO E VENT SHALL CBC (AMERICA) CORP. BE L [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.3 T a ble of C o nte nts Table of Con ten ts ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... .. 3 Intro du ction[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.4 Frequ ent ly Ask ed Q ues tion s ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ....33 Regu lator y Co mpl iance ... ..... ..... ...... ..... ....[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.5 Intro ducti o n Thank yo u fo r pu rchasing CBC mega- p ixe l I P vid eo ca mer as. MP2, MP3DN, MP5, an d M P8D are stat e-of -the- art I P c amer as des ign ed to de liver fu ll-mo tion h igh d efinition d igital vid eo across local a[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.6 • D-Link W eb S mar t #DE S-1 31 6 (PO E Sw itch/ Hu b) www .dlink .com 10/1 00Bas e-TX 8 PoE p orts and 8 n on -PoE p orts True IE EE 802 .3af Street pric e $38 8(w ww. comp up lus.co m) • TREND ne t #T PE-S8 8 (PO E Sw itch/ Hub [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.7 MP8D is a q uad- senso r 8-megap ixel pano ram ic camera co nsis ting of fou r 2-megap ixel s enso rs and oper ating a t up to 22 FP S per c amera. All cam eras ar e equ ipped wi th LAN conn ector an d can d eliver imag e dat a at a m [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.8 Optics MP2, MP3 DN, and MP5 sh ould be used w i th a 1 /2” or 2/3 ” o pt ical for ma t len ses . M P3D N r equ ires two manua l iris lens es and h as a limi tatio n on lens d ia me ter (<3 8 mm). Manual Lenses A wide v ariety of[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.9 • User sof twar e utili zing CB C (Am eri ca) camer a SD K (S oftw are D eve lop er K it) • HTTP requ ests issu ed fro m I E Explor er or o ther appl ication s Supporte d Netw ork Ser vices MP2, MP3D N and MP5 imp lemen ts de liver[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.10 VIDEO S U RVEI LLANC E SO FT W ARE MP S To co mpl emen t its line o f meg apix el c ameras C BC (Am er ica) o ffer s fu ll-featur ed v ideo su rv eillance software , MPS. MPS sup po rts fu ll-mo tion rea l-tim e mu lti- camer a v iewi[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.11 Figu re 1. O pen No rton Inte rnet Se cur ity f irewa ll fo r C B C Came ra Inst a ller appl icat ion Figu re 2. O pen M cAfee P erso nal Fi rewa ll for CB C V ideo Sy ste m app licat ion If yo u are us ing W indo ws XP fir ewa ll, fo[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.12 Figu re 3. Win dow s f irewal l is enab led and except ions are al lowed Figu re 4. V er ify " Local Ma chin e" or “C BC Video Syst em” , “ CBC Mana ge r”, an d “C BC Insta ller” are i n th e list of ex cept ions[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.13 CBC Ap plicati o n Ma na ger Setup. exe pl aces th e sh or tcut to the CBC A ppl icat ion Mana gers on the user’s De sktop . A ll p ro grams and utiliti es compr ising CBC Video S yst em can be ac cessed v ia CB C App lic ation Man [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.14 • Adv anced Mode – I n th is mod e the u ser c an de tect all C BC camer as pr esen t on the lo cal area n etwor k and c ho ose o ne or mor e cam eras fo r th e ins talla tion. Fur ther mor e, Adv anced mo de a llows to set IP o f[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.15 Operating CBC Vi deo S ystem MPS Note : C BC Video S yst em r equir es a license file fo r each of t he installed CBC camera s. The licens e is t ied to a u niqu e camer a’s MA C add res s. The lice n se files are loca ted in the C [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.16 • Disp lays the S ettings m enu (se e Set ting below) . • Enab les a ful l scre en d ispl ay w ithou t the too lbar and men us . • Selects scre en layo ut for view ing live/ archiv ed video from multip le c am eras ( fro m left [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.17 Settings Settings m enu is disp lay ed by cl ick ing on th e Set tings button in th e toolbar. Sett ings menu (sho wn o n the left) is th e top leve l men u fo r all set tings pro vided in the CB C Vid eo Syst em. Se lecting one of th[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are User Man ual CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.18 Exposure  “Auto exp osur e On /Off” is an op tion to enabl e/disab le the o n-ca mera au toma tic expo sur e compu tat ion. Auto ex po sure mainta ins th e targ et im age br ightn ess un der chang ing ligh ting cond itions. Expo[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are User Man ual CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.19 Image Quality[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.20 Image Qu ality i s a lower -lev el m enu to ad just imag e qu ali ty set tings :  “Com press ion ” adjust s the level of J PEG compr ession ap plied to the im ages in differ en t displ ay mod es: “Fu ll View” w hen di splay[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.21 Archive Archiv e i s a low er- lev el m enu to set up video archiv al se tting s:  “Filter” is a gro up of arch ivin g op tion s :  “Save all fram es” enabl es ar chiv ing the entire video strea m r eceiv ed from the cam[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.22 motion d etec tion is di sab led. The Enab led /Dis abled s tatus is di splay ed in the bo ttom r ight corn er of the Mo tion Se ttings w indo w.  Motion d ete ction is com put ed indep en dent ly in mu lt iple de tec tion zone s o[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.23 canno t exce ed th e n umb er of zone s in th e grid ( d ispl ayed i n the low er lef t corn er of Motio n S ettings) . Save to A lower leve l S ave to m enu a llow s to spe cify the d irec tory path f or v ideo arch ives an d f or s [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.24 Access Control / Permission “Access Contro l” or “Per mis sion” is u s ed to set up p asswor d -p rotected ac cess to CBC V id eo Syste m. Fo r an y user ther e are three lev els of acc ess av ai labl e (fr om the d rop -d own[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.25 Day/Night “Day/ Night ” set tings app ly only to MP3 DN camera .  “Autom at ic” enab les the cam era to autom atic ally swi tch f ro m d ayl ight cond itions (using th e color senso r) to nigh ttime cond it ions (u sing the[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are User Man ual CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.26 The s tate of the auto- iris is d isp layed on a co lor panel whi ch has s ix diff erent sta tes:  “Disab led” : th e auto- iris is ei ther disab led by un- check ing the “En abl ed” check box , or is not pres ent .  “E[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.27 1. “Sho w” pr esen ts two op tion s:  “Archiv e” enab les a ccess to bro wsing ar chiv es. (S ee “Brows ing Arch ives ” ) .  “Photo s” en abl es acces s to sn apsho ts tak en w ith the CBC ca meras . Th e def au [...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.28 CBC V id eo Sys tem al lows s ett ing up pas swo rd- pro tected access (see A cc ess Con trol / Perm iss ion) . If o ne or mo re us er a ccount s w ere creat ed, the CBC Vid eo Sy ste m will d isplay a log - in di alog pro mp ting f o[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.29 • Play in Revers e – P lays th e reco rded arch iv e con tinuou sly in revers e • Play by F ram e in Rev erse – S tarts the p layb ack on e fr am e a t a tim e in r ev erse • Paus e – Pau s es the pl ayback . • Play by F[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.30 • “Fram e P eriod ” adjus ts th e AVI fr ame r ate ( in mil lisecon ds). If th is set ting d oes n ot match the archiv ed fr ame r ate, the AVI vid eo will be p l aying a ccording ly faster or slower. • “Video Compr ession ?[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.31 • The f irmw are u pg rad e w il l st art auto ma tically . Do no t d iscon nec t the C B C ca mera . Wh en the upgr ade is comp lete “Su ccess! ” m essag e will be disp layed w ith the new rev is ion of firmwar e. 3. To up gr a[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.32 HTT P Access CBC (A m er ica) I P ca mer as e mploy p rop rietary ma ssiv ely-p arall el im age p ro cess ing archi tec ture, Megap ix el W E B c amera, a nd CB C Netwo rk Video are d esign ed t o pr ov ide low c ost fu ll mo tion h i[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.33 T rou b les ho otin g an d U sef ul Tip s Connectin g Directl y To L aptop or PC In a typ ic al sc enar io cam eras are conn ect ed u s ing ne twork cables to a ne twor k sw itch. A cam era can also be con nec ted to a PC o r l ap top[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.34 3. Wh y am I hav ing t roubl e run n ing mor e than on e cam e ra? Our MPS sof twar e imp lemen ts a l icensin g po licy wh ere on e cam era wi ll alway s w or k, b u t to h ave more than on e cam era d ispl ayed yo u w i ll need a li[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.35 5. Why is my C BC (A mer ica) ca mera not d ete cted by th e Ca m era In stal ler? If the ca mer a in no t de tec ted i t m ayb e b ecaus e of the f irew all s etting s. To a llow C amer a I nst aller access to the n etwork the user s[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.36 8. Wha t is th e cost of a C BC (A m erica) ca me ra? The co st v aries fro m cam era to ca mer a bu t fo r un para llel c larity ou r pr ices ar e unbe a table. Visi t us online at ww w .cb cameri ca.com 9. Is th ere thi rd pa rty so[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.37 10. When shou ld th e u se r cho ose auto -iris op t ion? Certa in CBC camer as su pp ort auto- iris o p tion. Th ese ca mer as ar e: M P2A and MP5 A . Au to-iris option a llows k eep ing the lens optima l ly c losed when th ere is su[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.38 sho uld consid er the MP3D N day-n igh t cam era tha t u ses mo n och rome sensor in low ligh t cond ition s and is sensitiv e to 0.01 lux . 11. How do I disa ble th e aut o sta rtup of th e C BC (Am eri ca) so ftw are? To dis able th[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.39 19. Eve ry time tha t I start th e so ftw ar e ap plicat ion it st a rts r ecord ing all f ram es, ev en if I set it to record o n ly mo tion fram es . Is th is a bug ? This is a b ug tha t w as f ixed in so ftw are v ersion 3 .8.1 an[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.40 27. What type of powe r su pp ly is n eed ed fo r C BC (A m er ica) cam eras? MP2 and MP5 ca meras sh ould be po wer ed fro m a 9V to 12 V D C po wer sou rc e pr ov iding at leas t 4W per c amer a. MP3 DN requir es 5W. 12V – 1A is r[...]

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    Megap ix el Cam eras and Su rv ei llanc e Softw are U ser Manu al CBC ( Am erica) Pr opr ietary In fo rma tion p.41 Reg ulatory C om plianc e FCC Comp lianc e Statem ent All C BC c amer as hav e be en t ested an d fo un d to com p ly with the limi ts for a Cl ass A digi tal dev ic e, pur suan t to part 15 of th e F CC Rules. Th ese l imits ar e de [...]