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Harrier 10x AF-Zoom IP
- Compact Ethernet IP camera solution.
- Low latency H.264 RTP streaming video.
- Lightweight 2 Megapixel camera.
- 10x optical zoom, 32x digital zoom.
- 1/2.8-type 2MP Sony IMX462LQR-C STARVIS CMOS sensor.
- Supports 1080p – 60/50/30 fps, 720p – 60/50/30 fps.
- Built-in web server for setup and configuration.
- Options for Ethernet, PoE and wireless interfaces.
| Model | Harrier 10x AF-Zoom IP |
|---|---|
| Image sensor | 1/2.8″ Sony IMX462LQR-C CMOS sensor (progressive scan) [issue02 camera] |
| Effective no. of pixels | Approx. 2,130,000 pixels |
| Video format (HD) | 1080p/60, 1080p/30, 720p/60 720p/30 |
| Video format (SD) | CVBS from camera |
| Minimum illumination | Color (1/30s, 60dB): 0.003 lux; Color DSS (1/8s, 60dB): 0.00075 lux; BW (1/30s, 60dB): 0.0004lux; BW DSS (1/8s, 60dB): 0.0001 lux; [values for AS-CAM-10SHD-A issue02] |
| S/N ratio | More than 50dB |
| Gain control (AGC) | OFF/ON |
| Shutter speed | 1/30(25) – 1/30,000 sec |
| Sync system | Internal |
| Aperture control | 20 steps |
| DSS | Off / 2x / 4x / (8x:60 or 50 fps only) [DSS = Digital Slow Shutter] |
| White balance | Auto, One Push, Manual, Indoor, Outdoor |
| AE (Auto exposure mode) | Auto, lris Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual |
| Lens (wide to tele) | 10x optical zoom f= 5.1mm to 51mm F1.6 to 1.8 |
| Digital zoom | OFF / MAX 2x – 32x |
| Focusing system | Auto, one push, manual |
| Horizontal viewing angle (wide to tele) | 57° to 6.2° [issue02 camera] |
| Minimum object distance (wide to tele) | 100mm to 1000mm |
| Control protocol | Serial VISCA Pelco-D / Pelco-P |
| Baud rate | 2400 / 4800 / 9600 / 19200 / 38400 / 57600 / 115200 |
| Camera Functions | |
| Day & Night mode | Infrared Cut filter Removal (ICR). Auto / Day / Night / Ext-in. |
| Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) | real-time. OFF / WDR / BLC. |
| Digital Noise Reduction | 2D+3D DNR. OFF / Low / Middle / High / Auto |
| Digital Image Stabilization | Available. |
| High/Back Light Compensation (HLC/BLC) | OFF / ON / Night only. |
| Defog | Available. |
| Motion detection | Detection OFF / 3 positions. |
| Privacy mask | Mask OFF / 24 positions. |
| Defect detection | Available, ON/OFF. |
| Mirror | OFF, H, V, H&V. |
| Specification - Harrier IP Camera Interface Board | |
| Video input (J8) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is connected to the main camera module by a 100mm KEL cable. The corresponding connector on the camera interface board is the same 30-way miniature connector that carries camera LVDS video signals. |
| Video resolution/rate | 1080p 60/30 fps |
| Video compression | H.264 |
| SD card (J5/J6) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a standard micro-SD socket (J5) that can accept cards of up to 512GB. There is also a 12-way 0.5mm pitch FFC connector (J6) to enable connection to external/remote SD card sockets. |
| Camera control | ONVIF profile S, VISCA (via Ethernet connection and ONVIF DeviceIO service) |
| Protocol support | ONVIF Profile S, IPv4/v6, HTTP, HTTPS, RTSP, RTP, TCP, UDP, RTCP, ICMP, DHCP |
| Wireless Protocols | 802.11 a b g n and ac Dual 2.4 and 5GHz bands |
| PELCO/microphone connector (J7) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a 10-way 0.8mm pitch connector to enable connection to a PELCO controller and mono microphone. |
| USB (J3) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a 12-way 0.5mm pitch FFC connector (J3) to enable connection to external/remote SD card sockets. |
| Operation and Features - Harrier IP Camera Interface Board | |
| Board Options | A Harrier IP interface solution is usually composed of two boards – a SoC processing board (AS-CIP-IP-SOC-001-A) and an Ethernet connection board (AS-CIP-IP-IFETH-001-A). These two boards are connected by an FFC cable and can be mounted directly on to a block camera or stacked on top of each other. The boards are available separately, as a set or mounted on a camera (see product image). A version of the SoC board that supports wireless connectivity is also available (AS-CIP-IP-SOC-002-A). There are also two versions of the connection board, the Ethernet connection board (AS-CIP-IP-IFETH-001-A) and a Power over Ethernet enabled version (AS-CIP-IP-IFPOE-001-A). Specifications of the Ethernet or PoE connection board are found in the datasheets available for both boards (see download tab). |
| Operation | When connected to a suitable power supply the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board will boot and then power-up the camera. Once the camera has initialized it will start transmitting an LVDS video stream; the camera interface board will compress the video (H.264), convert it to RTP format, and broadcast it from the Ethernet port. Any RTP/ONVIF compatible application (e.g. VLC player or GStreamer) can then receive and display the video. ONVIF services can be used to control the camera and video stream settings. When the interface board is connected to the network, any ONVIF compatible application, such as the ONVIF Device Manager (https://sourceforge.net/projects/onvifdm/), can be used to discover the IP address of the board/camera and control the camera/video settings. |
| Setting an IP address | By default, the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is automatically assigned an IP address using DHCP, but it can be set to a fixed IP address using the Harrier IP Website or the ONVIF Device Management Service. When setting fixed IP addresses please ensure that the address is correct and that you make a record of the new address before making the changes as it can be very difficult to locate a device at an unknown/incorrect IP address. |
| ONVIF and RTSP Services | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board platform supports an RTSP server for streaming video and the ONVIF profile S standard for camera control. The RTSP server enables connected host devices to receive and control the H.264 video stream. ONVIF is a SOAP webservice that standardises the network interface for network video products. The ONVIF services include the following areas: IP configuration Device discovery Device management H.264 encoder configuration Camera control The ONVIF and RTSP services can be consumed from many programming languages and several software frameworks already exist to use those services. For example: ONVIF can be readily used from C# using Visual Studio’s ‘Add Service Reference’ utility. There are several Python modules available to consume ONVIF services Valkka – “Python Media Streaming Framework for Linux” – supports both ONVIF and RTSP https://elsampsa.github.io/valkka-examples/_build/html/onvif.html Zeep is a SOAP client for Python, which can be used to consume the ONVIF WSDL files. https://docs.python-zeep.org/en/master/client.html The GStreamer library includes an RTSP client and can be used to decode and display the live video. GStreamer is a C library with C# and Python bindings. Visual Studio can load the WSDL files that describe the various ONVIF SOAP services and generate a C#class with methods for the various ONVIF functions. The ONVIF services supported are listed below: Device Management service: allows control of the platform (e.g. set time and date, etc.). Media service: Media configurations are used to determine the streaming properties of requested media streams; this enables control of the H.264 encoder and on-screen displays (OSD). Imaging service: provides configuration and control data for imaging specific properties. DeviceIO service: provides direct communication to the camera serial port (this enables VISCA communication with an attached camera to allow full control of the camera and all its features). For detailed information on these services please refer to the ONVIF documentation at https://www.onvif.org/profiles/specifications/. |
| Encoding Interval – Low Latency 1080p30 | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board can be configured to receive a low latency 60Hz video and convert it to a 30Hz video, reducing the latency, network bandwidth and recording space required. |
| Harrier IP Website | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board hosts a website which can be used to control the board and camera. When the board is connected, the website can be accessed by entering the IP address of the camera into a web browser. For more information see the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board datasheet. |
| Block Camera Control Over Ethernet | The camera video mode and H.264 compression parameters can be managed using the ONVIF media service. The ONVIF Imaging service enables any ONVIF-compliant third-party software/application to control the camera settings. However, most AF-zoom block cameras have many more settings than those available through the ONVIF Imaging service. These additional settings are usually managed using VISCA commands sent over a serial interface. The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board supports direct serial communication with cameras; applications can access this serial interface via the ONVIF DeviceIO service. |
| RS-485 Interface Control Over Ethernet | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board supports direct RS-485 serial communication with external devices. Host applications can access the RS-485 serial port via the ONVIF DeviceIO service. The same ONVIF DeviceIO service can also be used to exchange VISCA messages between the block camera and the host application. (see previous section) |
| RS-485 VISCA Service for Camera Control | The RS-485 VISCA service enables direct control/VISCA communication with the block camera from an external host attached to the RS-485 port of the Harrier IP board. The RS-485 VISCA service runs at start-up; when connected it receives data from the RS-485 port and will forward valid VISCA messages to the block camera (VISCA address 0x81), or to the Harrier IP board (VISCA address 0x82). When running, the RS-485 VISCA service has full ownership of the RS-485 port; this means that other services (e.g. ONVIF DeviceIO calls) cannot use the RS-485 port while the service is active. For more information, please consult the datasheet of the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board. |
| Video Graphical Overlay Control | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is able to superimpose graphics and text on the live video stream. This includes graphics with transparent/alpha blended pixels. The application manages these overlays using an API from the ONVIF Media service. The overlays can be stored in system memory (volatile) or in the flash on the platform (non-volatile). The flash has a high but limited number of guaranteed writes, hence in applications where the overlays are frequently changed it is recommended that the volatile setting be used. The functions CreateOSD() and SetOSD() of the media profile have had an optional boolean element added to select if the OSD should be volatile (saved to memory) or not (saved to flash). More in the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board datasheet. |
| SD Card Interface | The SD card interface supports all standard micro SD cards (up to 512GB) and operates them in SDR25 mode. High data rates that come with UHS II cards are not supported and UHS II cards will operate in UHS I modes (lower data rate). The SD card can be used to store graphical overlays or video from the camera. |
| Harrier IP Example Software | The Harrier IP Example Software from Active Silicon contains sample application code that shows how to use the ONVIF services for adding text and graphical overlays to the live video stream and sending VISCA commands (over IP) to the camera to enable full camera control. |
| Wireless/Wi-Fi Interface Option | If your Harrier IP interface board supports Wi-Fi it will have a wireless module fitted and will have a serial number that starts with 724. The title of the Harrier IP Website will also indicate that the board has Wireless/Wi-Fi support. To receive Wi-Fi signals there must be at least one antenna fitted to the wireless module. The antennae fit to the small microcoaxial MHF4 connectors (A and B) on the module. The connection to a wireless network is achieved using the Wireless page on the Harrier IP Website. On the Wireless page you can scan for available wireless networks, select a suitable network/SSID and enter the password. The Harrier IP will then connect to the network and update the Wi-Fi status on the page. The network SSID and password will be stored and used next time the Harrier IP is powered up. Only one SSID and password is stored. The wireless network you connect to must be running a DHCP server as, by default, the Harrier IP wireless connection is set to obtain its IP address from a DHCP server. This can be changed by accessing the Harrier IP Website, opening the ‘Network Setting’ web page, selecting the wireless interface, changing the appropriate settings and then clicking on Select. When setting fixed IP addresses please ensure that the address is correct and that you have a note of it before changing it, as it can be very difficult to locate a device at an unknown/incorrect IP address. Note: when you click on ‘Submit’ the IP address will change, and you will need to use the new address to access steaming video and the Harrier IP Website. |
| Status LED ("LED1/2/3/4") | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with several multi-color LEDs to indicate camera status. LED1 – ACT – indicates activity on the Ethernet link (flashing=activity, steady on=no activity). LED2 – LNK – indicates the state of the Ethernet link (Green=1G link OK, Red= 10/100 link OK, Off=no link). LED3 – Wi-Fi – [to be implemented]. LED4 – STAT – indicates the status of the board system (steady green=board has booted successfully). |
| Evaluation Kit | An Evaluation Kit for Harrier IP is available. This kit enables fast and effective evaluation and testing of the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board and cameras based on this interface board. |
| Specification - Ethernet Connection Board | |
| Ethernet support | On board magnetics for 10/100/1G Ethernet support |
| Versions | The board is available in two versions, the Harrier Ethernet Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFETH-001-A) and the Harrier PoE Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFPOE-001-A); the latter allowing Power over Ethernet. |
| Connection to Harrier IP Camera Interface Board | The Ethernet connection board connects to the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board via a 24-way FFC/FPC that also carries power to the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (and any camera connected to it). |
| Mounting of the Ethernet connection board | The Ethernet/PoE connection board can be mounted on the back of a camera, or stacked on top of the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board. See product image and views of the boards mounted in the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board datasheet (download tab). |
| PoE power delivery | On the Harrier PoE Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFPOE-001-A) the PoE power delivery board is an isolated, regulated, DC-DC converter with an output of 12V, an input range of 37-57V DC, a typical efficiency of 84% and full 2250 Volt DC isolation. The board is PoE class 0 IEEE 802.3af compliant powered device with input undervoltage lockout and output current limit. To guarantee optimal heat dissipation, a heatsink is attached to the Harrier PoE Connection Board. |
| Physical and Environmental Details (assembled camera + interface module) | |
| Power requirement | 8.25V to 12.25V DC |
| Power consumption | approx. 5.5W (approx. 6.5W during motor operation – zoom and focus) |
| Operating temperature | 0°C to +50°C (ambient environment). |
| Storage temperature | -20°C to +60°C. |
| Operating humidity | 20% to 80% (no condensation) |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | approx. 75 x 55 x 46mm (L x W x H) (AS-CIB-IP-001-10LHD-A and AS-CIB-IP-002-10LHD-A [wireless]) For PoE: approx. 86 x 52 x 47mm (L x W x H) (AS-CIB-IP-003-10LHD-A and AS-CIB-IP-004-10LHD-A [wireless]) |
| Weight | approx. 176g. |
