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1 ETHERNE T C AMERA , MP EG-4 ZN-L8000 INSTRUCT ION M ANUAL ZN-L8210 PH A ZN-L8210 NH A ZN-LN804 8PH A ZN-LN804 8NHA Color or Day/Night High Resolution Camera with In tegrated Co m putar Auto-Iris Var ifocal Lens & MPE G-4 Streaming Video[...]
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v2.0 - En glish 2 Copyright This m anual is the intellectual property of CBC (America) Corp. A ll ri ghts reserved. No part of t his docum ent m ay be rep roduced or transmitted for any purpo s e, b y any m eans, el ectronic or m echanical, w ith out the express w ritt en perm issi on of CBC (A m erica ) Corp. Edition : v2.0 - English April 2004 (b[...]
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v2.0 - English 3 I NDE X 3 I NTRO DUCT I ON 4 SAFET Y I NFO R M AT ION 5 PRODUCT DESCR IPT ION 6 I NSTA LLAT ION 8 CONFIGURAT I ON W ITH W EB BRO W SER 11 OPERAT ION W I TH INTERNET E X PL ORER 26 SERV I CE 27 TECH NI CA L SPE C I FICAT IONS 28 INDEX[...]
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v2.0 - English 4 This m anual is intended for persons authorized to insta ll and o perate this cam era and other VCS product s . International, national and an y rele vant regional regulations relating to electroni cs m ust be observed at all tim es. Conven tions In thi s m anual , the following sym bol s and notations are used to draw attenti on t[...]
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v2.0 - English 5 Electrical Shock Hazard Ø Never attem p t to conn ect the unit or the power su ppl y to any power source other than the one for w h ich it was provided fo r . Ø Use o nly appropriate an d approved pow er sup ply units with this device ( see technical specifications). Ø Do n ot open the h ousing of the po w er supply unit. Ø Dis[...]
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v2.0 - English 6 Sy stem Req uirem e nts Ø PC w i th W indows 98/20 00/XP operating syst em an d network connection Ø Microsof t Internet E xpl orer web browser (version 5 and up) or serial interface and terminal program , e .g. W indows Hyperte rm i nal Configuration Req uiremen t s Ø Co m pute r w ith W indo w s 9 8/2000/XP oper ating system a[...]
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v2.0 - English 7 Mu lticas t functions This camera utilize s MP EG-4 com p ressi on t ech nology. T hanks t o efficient e ncoding, the data tra nsm i ssion ra te rem ai ns l ow, even w i th maxim u m i mage quality at 25 i m ages per second; furtherm or e, it can be adapted to m e et the bandwidth requir em en ts of var i ous network infrastr uctur[...]
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v2.0 - English 8 1 8 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 / 8 6 7 1 Lin e A u dio In 2 GND 3 Lin e A u dio Out 4 GND 5 ALARM I N 1 6 ALARM I N 2 7 Rela y 8 Rela y 9 12 V DC 10 GND 2 6 7 Connectors and Controls 1 DC iris: ON 2 Anti-Flicker: ON/ OFF 3 BLC: ON /OFF 4 Always ON 5 VR f or iris adjust m ent 6 Zoo m adjus tm ent 7 Focus adjus t m ent 8 DC iris connector 1 USB[...]
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v2.0 - English 9 This cam era i s designed for i ndoor operations. Choose a site for installation w hi ch ensures that the c amera is NOT exposed to e xtrem e te m peratu res or extreme moisture or humidi ty. The am bie nt te mperature m ust be between +40°F and 115°F (+5°C ~ 40°C ) a nd the r e lative hum id ity cannot exceed 80%. During opera[...]
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v2.0 - English 10 The r elay output allows for switching external devi c es. This con trol out put can be used in teract ively during an active connect io n w ith the cam era. T he contact can be program m ed as no rm a ll y open (NO) or normally close d ( N C) an d i t is possible to i nvert the m ech ani cal function by software setup. The r elay[...]
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v2.0 - English 11 Making the Conn e ction The int egrated HTT P server offers you the possibility of configuring the cam er a over the network with a web b rowser. T his possi bility is far m or e conveni ent than the configuration via the term inal program a nd also allows you to vie w live video i mages. In order for li ve v i deo i m ages to be [...]
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v2.0 - English 12 Click on the ite m s i n the left gray bar to navigate the configuration pages. T he pages are di v id ed i nto categories; click on each category an d then on the de s ired subject. To sa ve your changes, i t i s necessary to clic k the Set button o n each screen before moving on to another categ ory of sett ings. Unit Identifica[...]
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v2.0 - English 13 Unit Identifica tion ó Pas sword Settings Password level: Access to the cam er a is ge nera lly protected with a pa ssw ord i n order to prevent unauth or i zed use of the de vice. The transm itters operate with three a uthorization le vels: Live, User and Service. Serv ic e - for configuration, services control and li ve picture[...]
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v2.0 - English 14 Unit Identifica tion ó Time Serv er Settings The ca m er a can re ceive a tim e sig nal from an NTP ser ver and use i t to set the inter nal clo ck. The device calls up the t i m e sign al autom ati call y every tw o ho urs. Time zone: sel ect the cu r rent t i me zone. Time se rv e r IP add ress: enter the IP address of the NT P[...]
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v2.0 - English 15 Video/Audio Settings ó MPEG-4 En code r The dat a transm i ssio n param ete rs can be configu red to suit the local operating environment (e.g. network architecture, band width, data structures). The ZN-L8000 ca m er a can provide you the po wer o f 2 i ndependent MP EG-4 Encoders that you can use at different tr a nsm i ssi on b[...]
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v2.0 - English 16 Video resolution: You can choose between these resolutions: Low 176 x 144 pi xels (Q CIF) Standard 352 x 288 p i xels (CIF) High 704 x 288 p ixels (2CIF) Reset this parameter preset: W hen t he 'Default' button is pressed, th e parameters for the selected profile are reset to the factory default values. If the MPEG Activ[...]
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v2.0 - English 17 Video loss alarm: Select th e option On i f the unit is to activate an alarm w hen the video signal is in terrupted. Unified picture detection: This function constantly che cks t he contrast of the video i m age and tr iggers an al arm w h en the vi deo i s locked, for ex a mple, w hen th e le ns i s covered. Motion ala rm: Select[...]
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v2.0 - English 18 A larm IP address : You can en ter the IP addr esses of a possible receive r. Remote receiver password: Here you can enter the respective receiver password i n case the rece iver is protect ed by on e. Live v ideo a uto-connect: Select the option O n if it is required to re-es t abli sh a conne c tion to the previous l y speci fie[...]
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v2.0 - English 19 Motion d etector: Select the option On to activate the v ideo sensor. Select sensor f ield : The ar eas of the i m a ge to be m o ni tored by the video sensor are se lect ed here. The vid eo frame i s subd i vided in to 396 square cell s. Each o f these cells can b e acti vated or deactivated. I f it i s ne cessary to e x clude pa[...]
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v2.0 - English 20 T racker: In the T racker field yo u see an arrow, which indi cates the current motion i n the vid eo i m age . By m eans of check boxes in the fo ur corners, the desi red direction can be activated. If, fo r example, all m ove m en t s to the “ l eft” a n d “ upwards” are to acti vate an a la rm , th en m ar k the top l e[...]
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v2.0 - English 21 The following events can act iva te the r elay: Ø Off : No relay triggering by events Ø Connection : Triggering i f any connection i s established Ø Video alarm : Trig gering caused by l oss of th e video signal Ø Motion ala rm : Trig ger i ng b y the m oti on alarm Ø Loc al input : Triggering caused by an ex ternal alarm se [...]
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v2.0 - English 22 DNS Server IP Address: W hen working with a device o ver the Int erne t, dynamic IP addresses ar e assigned for efficient use of the IP address poo l , i .e. the d evice gets a new (changing) IP addre ss each time a con nection i s set up . Connect in g is eas i er when the dev i ce i s liste d on a DNS serve r. T he d evice l ogs[...]
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v2.0 - English 23 The devices support the m ulti- un i cast operation up to a m a ximum of 5 si m ul tan eously connecte d re ceivers for MP EG-4. T he transparent data connection i s m ai nta ined from the fir st unit. How ever , after 15 seconds o f i nactivity the d ata connection is autom ati call y suspende d and another u nit can ex cha nge t[...]
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v2.0 - English 24 Serv ic e Settings ó Li vepage Setti ngs The live pa ge ca n be set up t o sui t i ndividua l re quirements. Opti ons a re provided he re to di splay different inform at ion a nd operat i ng elements along w ith the video p ictu re. In addition, individual background im ages for the m ain wind ow and fo r the upper screen are a ([...]
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v2.0 - English 25 Save general logf ile to hard dis k: Select this option to store the logf ile in a text file on the l ocal com put er. File for sa vin g a larm messag es: Enter the path to the location w here th e log files for th e al arm m essage s are stored. File for sa vin g g eneral messa ges: Enter the path to t he l ocation where the l og[...]
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v2.0 - English 26 You must use Microsoft In ternet Ex p lor er from versi on 5, the Micro s oft Java Virtu al Mach i ne and please d isable the java s cr ipt debugging. You n eed to install the MPE G Acti veX plugin. Your PC should support a v i deo resolution of 1024 x 768 p i xels. Connection Once you have configured yo ur de v ice , you m ay en [...]
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v2.0 - English 27 Snapshot Indi vidua l i m a ges can be displayed in different reso lu tions. To select the resolution, append the corresponding param et er to the comm a nd snap.jpg : Ex: 192.168.0.1/snap.jpg Ø Snap.jpg?JpegSize=S 176 x 144 pixels Ø Snap.jpg?JpegSize=M 352 x 288 pixels (defaul t v alue) Ø Snap.jpg?JpegSize=XL 704 x 576 p ixels[...]
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v2.0 - English 28 Video M odel Z N-LN 80 48NHA Z N-LN 80 48PHA Z N-L 8210PHA Z N -L8210NHA System N TSC/EIA (D ay/Ni ght) PAL/ CCIR (D a y/Night) PAL NTSC Sensor 1/4" Int erline T r ansfer CCD Pixels 768(H) x 492(V) pixels 752(H) x 582(V) pixels 768(H) x 492(V) pixels Scanning Sy stem 2:1 interlac ed Sync. Sys tem Internal Scanning fr eq. (H) [...]
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v2.0 - English 29 CBC (Am e rica) Co rp. I m agi ng T echnology Division cctv@cbcamerica.com http://www .cb ca m er ica .com New York Offi ce 55 Mall Drive Co mm ack, NY 1172 5 Tel.: 631 86 4 9700 Fax: 631 543 5426 Los Angeles Office 20521 Earl Street Torrance, CA 90503 Tel: 310 793 1500 Fax: 310 793 1506[...]