COMMELL MP-840 User Manual

MP-840

User’s Manual

Edition 1.0

2009/09/11

MP-840

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Packing List:

Hardware :

MP-840 Mini-PCI Capture Card x1

Cable kit :

Video cable ( Included )

D-SUB 9 Cable x 1

4-Ch BNC video input Cable x 1

(OALDB9-H15) (OALBNCE4)

Audio cable ( Option )

Dual D-SUB 9 Cable x 1

4-Ch RCA audio input Cable x 1

(OAL2DB9-H15) (OALDB9-AUD4)

CD Content : Windows Drivers/SDK & User’s Manual

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1.0 <Product Specification>

General Specification

Form Factor
Compression Format

Cable kit

Features

OS Support
Software

Mini-PCI Type-III B
Video: H.264 Hardware compression technology
Audio: G.721 compression
1 x DF14 to D-sub 9 Cable
1 x D-sub 9 to 4-ch BNC connector Cable
1 x DF14 to dual D-sub 9 Cable (option)-Audio
1 x D-sub 9 to 4-ch RCA connector Cable (option)-Audio
Display Rate:
NTSC: 1-ch total 30 fps / D1 resolution
PAL: 1-ch total 25 fps / D1 resolution
Recording Rate:
NTSC: 4-ch total 120 fps / D1 resolution
PAL: 4-ch total 100 fps / D1 resolution
Windows XP , Vista ( 32-bit )
Windows SDK ( support directdraw display mode) ,
Network Streaming SDK

Dimensions (L x W)

59.75mm x 44.6mm

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1.1 <Component Placement>

CN_AV

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1.2 <Mechanical Drawing>

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1.3 <Connector Reference>

Audio input

CN_AV

Video input

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CN_ AV Type: 15-pin DF14/Male (Pitch=1.25mm)

CN_AV

Pin Description Pin Description

1 CAM_IN1 11 AUDIO2
2 GND_Vd 12 AUDGND
3 CAM_IN2 13 AUDIO3
4 GND_Vd 14 AUDGND
5 CAM_IN3 15 AUDIO4
6 GND_Vd
7 CAM_IN4
8 NC
9 AUDIO1
10 AUDGND

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1.4 <Driver Setting>

1. Copy the CD Driver folder to disk, Ex: C:\ , D:\ …

2. Please choose Device Manager
then you can see Other devices

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3. Please choose Multimedia Controller then press advanced

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4. Please select file location

C:\MP-840_090907\driver

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5. Please press continue anyway

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6. Press Finish

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7. Driver install succeed

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1.5 <Application files> location Æ C:\MP-840_090824\bin

AHWinApp.exe (Demo program)
AHWinPlayer.exe (Search program)
NetViewer.exe (Streaming program)
ALWatermark.exe (For checking watermark)
ALMonitor.exe (For check current compression rate)
ALCommon.dll (puplic library)
AZDevCtrl.dll (Driver interface library)
MyAVCD.dll (S/W Decoder library)
G721Codec.dll (Voice codec library)
WatermarkDLL.dll (Watermark library)

1.6 <Demo program play>

1) The Program is composed by Application program and Player
(AHWinPlayer.exe).

2) If the application program was activated, it will be come out below window in
the screen (FYI, Default camera input is set by NTSC).

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3) If the program is activated, 4ch display screen will be come out as a
default.

4) The right part of display is composed of Display mode, Reset & Exit,

Display set block.

5) The below [1]~[4] button of Display is for channel choice.

6) The below number of channel choice button means frame per second

of each channel compressed and if the capture start, put a mark frame
number which is captured.

7) The Show, Hide block in the right-below part could activate or disable

detailed setting dialogs.

1.6.1 <Display Mode>

1) The screen displayed is controlled by Display Mode.

2) If it choose [1 Display], it comes out 720x480 size for just one channel

in display screen and in this time, the channel could be changed by
pressing [CH Down], [CH Up] button and also choose channel by
pressing [1]~[4] button.

3) [1 Display] [4 Display], could choose the channel in the same way.

1.6.2 <Search>

1)This button to playback the record file

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1.6.3 <Capture>

1) There are two [Start] and [Stop] buttons.

2) If choose [Start] button, the live and capture image is displayed.

3) If choose [Stop] button, the live and capture image stops.

1.6.4 <Reset & EXIT>

1) There are two [All Reset], [EXIT] buttons.

2) If [All Reset] button press, the value in PC Card is initialized in PC Card.

3) If [EXIT] button press, Application program is finished.

1.6.5 <Display>

1) It could choose [Live] or [H.264] in Display setting block.

2) If you choose [Live] in capturing status, the chosen channel’s live image
is displayed in the screen in the real time.

3) If you choose [H.264] in capture start status, you could wat ch law capture
image.

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1.6.6 <Capture Information>

1) You could see camera off and motion event status in the right part of

program window.

2) On the occasion of not having camera input, it will be displayed the red
color “V” letter.

3) On the occasion of working motion event, it will be displayed the red color
“M” letter.

4) Total: Show the 1ch to 4 ch total FPS.

1.6.7<Menu expansion>

1) There are two [Show] and [Hide] buttons.

2) If you press [Show] button, Menu expansion which could set

application program in detail is displayed under main screen.

3) [Hide] is used for hiding this expansion-menu.

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1.7 <Demo program menu expansion>

1.7.1 <General>

1) There are [General], [Camera], [Codec], [Register], [Color], [OSD], [Motion],
[Audio], [Network] tap in expansion-menu.

2) You could NTSC and PAL in [General] tap.

3) Default is NTSC, if you want change from NTSC to PAL, choose [PAL-B]
and press [All Reset] button.

4) You could choose Hard disk drive in [Save Drive]. Default is C Drive.

1.7.2 <Camera>

1) [Camera] : You can check the tab-settings through Rec in [Display] of main
screen. User can use this image when the user does Network transmit.

2) Each channel could set the resolution.

3) All channel is set 720x480 (D1) resolution as a default. (NTSC).

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1.7.3 <Codec>

1) It choose Encoding Path.

2) [GOP] : could control the number of group of I frame and P frame.

3) [Skip Count] : could control the number of frame per second of chosen

channel.

4) [Bit Rate] : set the display quality of chosen channel.

- set VBR, CBR or Hybird-VBR

- I-Frame QP : set the display quality value of I Frame.

- P-Frame QP : set the display quality value of P Frame.

- QP-Limit, BPS Limit : set display quality limited value when it set CPR.

5) [Watermark] : recognition of On/Off water mark of chosen channel and

choose the level.

6) [Frame Picture Type] :set field resolution of Odd, Even of D1 image.

On the occasion of Separated, it is displayed Even Field in upper side,
Odd Field in below side.

7) [Key Frame Encoding] : set whether or not use of Key Frame of chosen

channel.

8) [Interpolation Encoding] : set function to be shorten color line when H.264

compress, the color information is changed from 4:2:2 to 4:2:0

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1.7.3 < Pre-Filter >

1) Choose Encoding Path. (Possible to set per each path)

2) [Pre-Filter Enable]: Activate filter function of chosen Path.

3) [Crominance Enable] : It activate the noise reduction function in the

chrominance level.

4) [Apply Automatically] : If you check [Apply Automatically] clause, the filter

function is activated automatically when the noise-image put into

5) [Pre-Filter Type] : It sets kinds of filter.

- HV :

It has the lowest level of noise-reduction function. The improving effect
of compression rate is very small and the picture quality is maintained as the
original one.

- HS : It has lower level of noise-reduction function. The improving effect of

compression rate is is small and the picture quality is maintained as nearly
as the original one.

- CX : It has middle level of noise-reduction function. The improving effect of

compression rate is better. The picture quality is little lower and the
resolution in the border of the original one become dim.

- AS : It has high level of noise-reduction function. The improving effect of

compression rate is best. The picture quality is lower and the resolution in
the border of the original one become dimmer.

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1.7.4 < Register >

1) Register Tap could set PCI Base Memory of BAR2/BAR3, TW2864

2) You could access on the register of each function by using various taps
PCI Base Memory BAR3.

3) [Get] button shows the selected IC Register on the Data space, [Set]
button write the input value of Data space on the chip’s Address.
(Caution) You have to 16 hex character in Address and Data space.
Ex) 31(0), 3B(0), 0x3C (X)

1.7.5 < Color >

1) Each channel or all channel at the same time could set [Brightness],

[Contrast], [Color], [Hue].

2) Choose the channel in the left and set the value in the right.

3) If you want to set at the same time, check and set [All]

4) If you press Default on the right below side, all channel will be

initialization.

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1.7.6 <OSD >

1) It could be revised the OSD to be seen by PC, TV Monitor.

2) Each camera has been set channel number as a default like channel 1.

3) If it click [Start] in the [Capture] after revising OSD and checking

[EncdeOSD], the revised letter is displayed in the Monitor screen.

4) If you don’t want see OSD, it has only to do disable [EncdeOSD] after

stopping [Capture].

1.7.7 <Motion>

1) It is set the [Motion Capture Enable], [Threshold], [Detect Block Count],
[Rect] In Motion tap.

2) On the occasion of choosing only one channel in [Motion Channel], input
setting value is applied in the just chosen channel.

3) On the occasion of checking [ALL] check box, it could set all channel value
at one time.

4) It is controlled sensitivity of Motion Detect in slide bar of [Threshold] block.

5) It could control block-count to recognize motion by using slide-bar of

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[Detect Block Count].

6) It could choose motion part in [Rect].
a) [All Area] – Designated all area into motion part.
b) [Part Area] – Designated part of screen into motion part by using mouse.
c) [Area Erase] – deleted all designated part.

1.7.8 <Audio>

1) [Audio] support 16ch and each channel is possible to enable or record.

2) Volume control is possible in each [Audio In], [Audio Out].

3) If it check all in [Audio Channel Select], all channel is chosen and could
set at one time.

Note : SDK does not support audio playback function.

1.7.9 <Network>

Enable or Disable the Network Server.

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1.8 <Play back program>

If you play AHWinplayer.exe, it will come out like upper. This is
the program for play recorded video image.

The recorded file folder at C:\Alogics or D:\Alogics…
Video file Æ xxxxxx.264
Audio file Æ xxxxxx.g721
Note:

SDK does not support audio playback function.

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1) Calendar status : It displays recorded date and chosen date in right upper part.
The chosen date is displayed by red color and the recorded date is displayed
with shadow by dark color. It could choose the date by clicking mouse.

2) You can choose the partition mode on the right side of Display Mode tab.

3) Time status : It is displayed the re corded time by hours and min utes in the below
part. The number of 0~24 means time and the chosen time is displayed by red
color and the recorded time is displayed with shadow by dark color. It could
choose the time by clicking the number.

4) Minute unit status : The chosen time is divided with 60 minutes a nd displayed i n
the right below part. A default is displayed 60 minute in 4 channel. On the
occasion of having the recorded part, it is display with shadow. If it clicks the
point which you want to search, it is displayed by minute unit.
Slide bar : It could control the time which you look for by moving the slide bar.
The slide bar is fit into minute unit.

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5) Play button : There are buttons related play in the below part of slide bar.
From left, there are (R-I/Search : moving per I frame unit in reverse), (R-Search:
moving per a picture in reverse ), (Stop), (Play), (Pause), (F-Search: moving per
a picture), (F-I/Search :moving per I frame unit).

6) speed control : There are [Up], [Down] buttons related speed in the right side of
button related play. When it play or play in reverse, it could control the speed
and support 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times.

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4. 4.

If you want to play the recording data, please follow up below step.

1.

1) Select the date in the upper-right side calendar.

2) Select the hour in the hour menu below screen.

3) Select the minute in the minute menu below the application program,
then slide bar will be moved to the place.

4) I/Search button, you can find out the nearest I-Frame. Then push the
play button.

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1.9 <Network Streaming program>

Copy the Driver folder to your remote PC and run NetViewer.exe

You’ll see the network streaming program GUI .

Then , Fill in the IP Address and Push the Connect .

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can help you please don’t hesitate to contact wit h us. We will do our best to
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