Network Camera
User
Manual
201504 A2
NCB750 / NCB752
NDR720 / NDR722
NCR770 / NDR772
NDR721
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Table of Contents
Important Notices 2
Get Started 2
1. Viewing Preparation 3
IP Finder 3
Discovering devices in Windows Network 4
ActiveX add-on Installation 5
2. Accessing the camera 7
Viewing the live video 7
The Live view page 9
3. Video & Audio 11
4. Network Conguration 20
5. Recording 25
Conguration of Event Handling 31
6. Event Management 31
Examples of Event Handling 38
7. System Options 41
8. Connectors & LED 45
9. Focus Assist Button (For NCB750&NCB752) 50
10. Desiccant Bag Replacement (For NCR770&NCR772) 51
11. Troubleshooting 52
Check rmware version 52
Upgrade device rmware 52
Recover device settings 54
Appendix A: Specications of Fixed Network Camera 55
Appendix B: Specications of IR Bullet Network Camera 57
Appendix C: Specications of Indoor IR Dome Network Camera 59
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Important Notices
– Read Before Use
This instruction manual is intended for administrators and users of the network camera, including instructions for using
and managing the camera on your network. The use of video surveillance devices can be prohibited by laws that vary from
country to country. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the operation of such devices is legal before installing this unit
for surveillance purposes.
Heed all warnings
Before installing the IP Camera, please read and follow all the safety and operating instructions to avoid any damages caused
by faulty assembly and installation. The user must adhere to all the warnings on the product and in this manual.
Liability
Every reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of this instruction manual. We cannot be held responsible for any
technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make alterations to the product and manuals without prior notice.
We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the material contained within this manual, including, but not limited to, the
implied warranties of merchantability and tness for a particular purpose. The user should verify the relevant information is
current and complete before placing orders. All products are sold subject to our terms and conditions of sale at the time of
order acknowledgement.
We shall not be liable nor responsible for the applications and resale of its products or bundled software with statements
dierent from or beyond the specication/parameters stated by us. We are under no obligation to provide any further
technical support service or product/software alteration beyond our representation.
Trademarks
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CE/FCC Statement (EMC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is operated in
a commercial environment. If the equipment is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, it generates, uses,
and can radiate radio frequency energy which may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this
equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user at his/her own expense will be required
to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference.
Get Started
This user manual is designed as a reference for the installation and manipulations of the unit including the camera’s features,
functions, and detailed explanation of the menu tree. Please read this manual thoroughly and save it for future use before
attempting to connect or operate the unit.
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1. Viewing Preparation
IP Finder
IP Finder is a utility program that helps users locate the unit in the local area network which the computer is connected to.
Please note that IP Finder works only on Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows 7. Steps to
get the utility program running are listed below.
1. Download IP Finder from MESSOA Website to the computer.
2. Double click on IPFinder.exe in the IP Finder folder, and the IP Finder window should pop out.
3. The window would list information of units in operation at present. Press FIND CAMERA to nd more units.
4. Locate and double-click one of the cameras in the list you want to congure the network settings. If you have multiple
cameras connected to your local network, locate the MAC address on the camera to distinguish the target camera from
others.
5. Congure the following settings as needed.
• NAME: Enter a descriptive name for the camera.
• NETWORK SETTINGS: If you have a DHCP server on your network to assign IP addresses to network devices, enable
the DHCP option. Otherwise, manually enter the IP ADDRESS, NET MASK and GATEWAY values.
• USERNAME & PASSWORD: Manually setup preferred username and password.
• SET: Whenever you make revision of camera settings, click “SET” to take eect.
• SW DEFAULT: To perform the factory defaults excluding network settings of the selected camera.
• HW DEFAULT: To perform the factory defaults of the selected camera.
• RESET: To reboot the selected camera.
Click Save to enable the settings and click Exit to exit the utility.
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Discovering devices in Windows Network
If the IP camera is installed in a network with DHCP and UPnP services, after obtaining an IP address from DHCP server, it can
then be discovered in “Windows Network” of a client PC, see gure below. The reason for being automatically discovered is
that the IP camera’s UPnP is default enabled (see Network → Network Connectivity).
NOTE:
The term “Windows Network” in given gure above is used in Windows Vista / 7. It can be referred to Windows XP “My Network Places”
which possesses the same capability of discovering UPnP devices.
Right-click on the device and select “Properties”, the pop-up window shows all the information related to the device,
including the web access info. Use the web address to connect to the IP camera. Or simply double-click on the selected
device, which gets immediately access to the camera webpage.
To identify the camera from the listed devices in “Network”, utilize the UPnP name and the device’s MAC address. This MAC
address can be found on the label.
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ActiveX add-on Installation
It is recommended to use Internet Explorer 8 or later as the primary browser to access the IP cameras website. The rst-time
access to the camera webpage will be prompted to install the ActiveX. To allow the installation, click “Install” on the message
bar and follow the instructions to complete ActiveX installation.
When the installation is completed, IE browser can display the live video of the IP camera as the below gure.
NOTE:
If, however, there is not any prompted message or ActiveX cannot be installed at all, it is needed to change the IE
security level and settings.
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<Example>
Internet Explorer 9: Internet Options → Security → Custom level
Ensure the “Download signed ActiveX controls” setting is either “Enable” or “Prompt” selected.
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Viewing the live video
With the correct installation and IP settings, the camera device can be approached via network. There are three ways to view
the live video from the camera,
1. Internet Explorer
- Launch IE browser and input the IP address of the camera .
2. Accessing the camera
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NOTE:
IP cameras also support the other web browsers for viewing the live video such as Firefox, Google Chrome or
Safari.
2. RTSP Player
The live video of the camera can be played with RTSP players, such as VLC or QuickTime.
The camera supports two simultaneous video streaming (see Video & Audio → Video Setting). To gain access to
the camera for each video stream, the RTSP URL will be required. The default paths for the streams are “stream1”,
“stream2” and “stream3”. The URL format should be input as below.
Stream1: rtsp://Camera_IP/stream1
Stream2: rtsp://Camera_IP/stream2
Stream3: rtsp://Camera_IP/stream3
The example given below is the live video displayed with QuickTime player.
3. NVR / CMS Software
IP cameras are ONVIF conformant products. Most of ONVIF conformant NVR / CMS software can retrieve the
video from the cameras for both live view and recording. For more details about the support information and
operation, please contact the software vendors.
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The Live view page
The following illustration shows the front page of IP camera website, Options within each item may dier slightly among
dierent products (Here takes NDR721 as an example to illustrate the UI functions of the camera).
Live Video Window
Video Stream Operations
Live Window
Quick Index
Quick Functional Buttons
OSD
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Snapshot: Press the button to capture an image photo
Record: Press the button to start recording. Press again to stop it.
Record Path/Set Path: set up a le path that video clips and snapshots can be stored.
Full screen: Press the button to enter the full screen mode. Press ESC key to return.
Manual trigger: Press the button as triggering an event. See Event Management for detail.
Listen: Enable / Disable to receive video from camera. (NCR770, NCR772 do not support)
Talk: Enable / Disable to send audio to camera. (Only for NCB750, NCB752)
Digital Zoom: toggle the digital zoom function.
Video Stream Operations
Language selection for the WEB UI
Select video stream for displaying on live video window
Display the video in actual (congured) size or digital (scaled)
Select the preferred streaming protocol on the client
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This section describes how to congure the video streaming of the device and the related camera image congurations.
Users with Administrator or Operator authority (see System → User Management) are able to do these congurations.
Click on “Setup” of Quick Index to enter the Video & Audio page shown as below.
The sub-settings under “Video & Audio” are:
- Camera Setting
- Video Setting
- ROI (Region Of Interest) (NCB750, NCR770 and NDR720 Excluding)
- Audio Setting (NCR770 and NCR772 Excluding)
3. Video & Audio
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Camera Setting
Image Setting
Brightness: the luminance of image view. Default value is 8; adjustable from 0 to 16.
Contrast: the ratio of luminance of white to black. Default value is 8; adjustable from 0 to 16.
Saturation: colorfulness of a color related to its own brightness. Default value is 8, adjustable from 0 to 16.
Sharpness: refer to image acutance, which presents in the edges contrast of an image. Default value is 8, adjustable
from 0 to 16.
The 4 correlates are referring image appearance in terms of color/vision that is adjustable according to user
preferences.
Video Orientation: change the image orientation
•Mirror: rotate the image horizontally
•Flip: rotate the image vertically
NOTE:
These operations are usually applied when camera must be installed in an exceptional position. For the example of
ceiling installation, camera must be installed upside-down.
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Day/Night
Day/Night Mode:
Switch the video images for Day (plenty of light) or Night (Low light) scene. In default “Auto” mode, camera will switch
to Day or Night vision according to the light intensity. The Day / Night modes contain 2 actions: switching IR Filter On /
O, and image hue Color / Mono.
In day mode, the IR lter is switched in to avoid the image sensor from receiving the infrared, thus the true color image
is provided. When camera enters night mode, IR lter is switched o to allow IR illuminations going into the sensor,
thus increasing the images light level. The image color is switched to B/W (Mono mode).
Nightmode Enhancement
With this function enabled, the better night vision will be obtained. However, the number of FPS may drop depends
on the actual environmental illuminations.
Light Sensor Sensitivity
The value reects to adjust the sensitivity of Light Sensor.
Night to Day Threshold
The value reects the timing switching from night to day.
Day to Night Threshold
The value reects the timing switching from day to night.
Switch Time
The value reects the delay time for both ways of day and night switch.
Advanced Setting
AC Frequency: Anti-flicker setting for environment with fluorescent light sources, image sensor needs to fit the
frequency of light (power) source. For instance, the power frequency is 50Hz for most European countries, while 60Hz
is typically for US. This setting is therefore regionally dierent.
White Balance: The selections for dierent lightening condition, which is refereeing to color temperature. The default
value is set to AUTO.
Flickerless Mode: Flickering can also present in various exposure level. Set “Flickerless” Mode “On” to x the maximum
shutter speed (auto exposure control). Thus, the ickers can be eliminated.
Exposure & Gain Mode: Select auto / manual Exposure & Gain control mode. The selection denes the controlling in
a range of or xed value, according to the following two items (Shutter Speed and Gain Value). The congurations
will be limited at selected maximum rates when AUTO mode is on.
Exposure Level: Adjust Exposure level for a target level of sensed brightness. Auto exposure function will adjust to
exposure time to make the sense image brightness close to the target.
Max. Shutter Speed: Also refer to the exposure time. Higher shutter speed is normally applied under strong light
circumstance, so the image won’t be overexposure. Lower shutter speed, on the other hand keeps image luminance in
low light environment.
Max. Gain Value: Also refer to the amplication factor for the incoming light. Increasing the gain value provides a
brighter image, but the noises may also be increased.
WDR: Enable this function for image objects under backlight circumstances.
NOTE
The “Exposure Level”, “ Shutter Speed”, “Gain Value” and “WDR” can be congured for daytime and nighttime. The
congurations will be applied according to the current status of “Day/Night Mode“.
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: represents the Day mode
: represents the Night mode
The setting items with the Day or Night mode symbol will be altered along with the setting of Day/Night mode. The
examples are illustrated as below.
Video Setting
Video Stream
This tab provides detailed stream congurations. These settings can aect resolution ratio, video size, quality. The
maximum transmission performance can be expected under the condition of full network bandwidth.
The camera supports up to 2 or 3 video streams (3 streams only for NDR721). Each stream can be congured with
following items.
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Resolution Ratio(Only for NDR721): 16:9 or 1.3M mode is selectable. The image ratio of Stream1 to Stream 3 will
change at the same time based on a pre-dened table if user changes the ratio mode.
Video Format: H.264, MPEG4 and MJPEG are available for the selection. The demand of bandwidth and storage
requirement diers from the selection of video format. In the request of same video quality, H.264 contributes to less
bandwidth and storage requirement, which can be more ecient than MPEG4 or MJPEG.
Resolution: The resolution here describes an image size counted in width by height, e.g. 1280x1024, referring to pixel
resolution.
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The Codec combination table are listed in the following table.
Mode ID NDR721
Stream Stream1 (Main Stream) Stream2 (Sub Stream) Stream3 (Sub Stream)
Compression H.264 MPEG4 MJPEG H.264 MPEG4 MJPEG H.264 MPEG4 MJPEG
Resolutions
16:9
mode
HD720, 800x450,
640x360, 320x180
800x450,
640x360, 320x180
800x450,
640x360, 320x180
1.3M
mode
1280x1024, 1024x768,
800x600,
640x480, 320x240, 60x120
800x600,
640x480, 320x240,
160x120
800x600,
640x480, 320x240,
160x120
HD720
30fps 25fps 30fps X X
15fps 15fps 15fps
1280x1024
30fps 20fps 30fps X X
15fps 15fps 10fps 15fps 15fps 10fps 15fps
1024x768
X 30fps X X X
30fps 15fps 30fps 15fps 15fps
800x600/ 800x450 30fps 15fps 15fps
640x480/ 640x360 30fps 30fps 30fps
Mode ID NCB752, NDR722, NCR772
Stream Stream1 (Main Stream) Stream2 (Sub Stream)
Compression H.264 MPEG4 MPEG4 H.264 MPEG4 MJPEG
Resolutions 1080P, HD720, 800x450, 640x360, 320x180 800x450, 640x360, 320x180
1080P
30fps 10fps 30fps X
25fps X 25fps 15fps
15fps X 15fps 30fps
HD720
X 30fps X X
X 15fps X 15fps
30fps X 30fps 30fps
800x450 30fps 30fps
Mode ID NCB750, NDR720, NCR770
Stream Stream1 (Main Stream) Stream2 (Sub Stream)
Compression H.264 MPEG4 MPEG4 H.264
Resolutions
1280x800, HD720, 800x450,
640x360, 320x180
800x450,
640x360, 320x180
1080P/ HD720
30fps X 30fps 30fps 25fps 30fps
X 30fps X 15fps X 15fps
X 15fps X 15fps
800x450 30fps 30fps
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Enable ROI(NCB750, NCR770 and NDR720 Excluding): Once the ROI function enabled, relative ROI area could be
setup under the “ROI” page.
Frame Rate: It represents the number of frames that are displayed per second. The higher the frame rate is the better/
smoother the video stream can be obtained. However, it would be the tradeos for the higher network bandwidth
and storage requirement.
Intra Frame Period: This is applied only in MPEG4 / H.264 which the video stream is composed of I-frames (full image
information) and P-frames (motion-compensated dierence information).
This setting congures the time period between 2 I-frames. The shorter period means the higher frequency of I-frame.
Video can then be well handled whereas the bit rate may increase.
Video Quality: There are four types of bit rate controls for video quality adjustment, Constant Bit Rate (CBR), Variable
Bit Rate (VBR), Enhanced Constant Bit Rate (ECBR) and Enhanced Variable Bit Rate (EVBR).
For CBR, the video bit rate is between low to high bandwidth based on dierent resolutions. The user can set the
desired bit rate to match the limitation of bandwidth.
For VBR, the user should choose the quality level to set the video quality rather than bit rate. The quality level
separates into standard, good and excellent.
For ECBR, the video bit rate is based on normal CBR mode. However, the target bit rate can be
increased to max target bit rate while lots of motion in video. The max target bit rate will keep a pre-
dened time period and then back to normal CBR bit rate.
For EVBR, the video bit rate is based on normal VBR mode. However, the bit rate can be limited to the max bit rate
while lots of motion in video
NOTE:
CBR, ECBR, and EVBR are not applicable in MJPEG video mode.
Video Overlay
The camera supports OSD (On Screen Display) which means stamping text information on the video image. The
options of the date/time string or/and a line of text message (e.g. camera name or location) are available for displaying
on the images. Also, the transparent percentage of the OSD background could be adjustable.
For the user dene text OSD, it supports ASCII and UTF-8. ASCII text includes only limited standard characters, and
UTF-8 ts for those applications which need OSD with multiple language OSD support. UTF-8 works on IE8 or above,
chrome, and Firefox.
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Privacy Mask
Privacy Mask can block out the specic areas from view. The blocked areas will not be seen in both live view and
recorded video clips and the total of 8 proles can be created to the list.
To create Privacy Mask, simply input Privacy Mask Name and click “Add New” button and then apply it to complete the
addition.
ROI(NCB750, NCR770 and NDR720 Excluding)
The checkbox of “Enable ROI” under Video Setting page should be clicked before active the function of ROI.
Region of interest that users could determine the region what would be monitored. To drag any corner of red rectangle to
resize the window and the modied video resolution will be shown on right side in red.
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