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Warnings
Installation and servicing should be performed only by qualified and experienced
technicians to conform to all local codes and to maintain your warranty.
WARNING! 12 VDC/24 VAC models require the use of CSA Certified/UL
Listed Class 2 power adapters to ensure compliance with
electrical safety standards.
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment). Correct
disposal of this product (applicable in the European Union and other
European countries with separate collection systems). This product
should be disposed of, at the end of its useful life, as per applicable
local laws, regulations, and procedures.
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Explanation of Graphical Symbols
Important Safeguards
• Read and keep these instructions.
• Heed all warnings.
• Follow all instructions.
• Do not use this apparatus near water.
• Clean only with dry cloth.
• Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions.
• Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or
other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
• Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer,
or sold with the apparatus.
FCC Compliance Statement
Information to the User: 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, these limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses,
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and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment.
This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformance
The manufacturer declares that the equipment supplied with this guide is compliant with
the essential protection requirements of the EMC directive 2004/108/EC, conforming to
the requirements of standards EN 55022 for emissions, EN 55024 for immunity, and LVD
2006/95/EC for Electrical Equipment safety.
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
HCXFinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Installing HCXFinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Assigning an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Image Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Gain Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overlays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Window Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Crop Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Exposure Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Privacy Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Motion Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Network Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting E-mail (SMTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Security Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting Access Hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Updating Camera Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Trigger Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting E-mail Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring FTP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Checking E-mail and FTP Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring I/O Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting Button Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting Relay Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring Analog Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring Multiview Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
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Figures
Figure 1-1 HCXFinder List of Detected Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 1-2 Assign IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 1-3 Live Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 1-4 Image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 1-5 Image Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 1-6 Gain Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 1-7 Overlays Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 1-8 Window Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 1-9 Exposure Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 1-10 Live View with Automatic Exposure Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 1-11 Privacy Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 1-12 Window Screen with 4 Privacy Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 1-13 Window Screen with Motion Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 1-14 Network Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 1-15 Email Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 1-16 Time Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 1-17 Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 1-18 Access Hours Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 1-19 Trigger Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 1-20 E-mail Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 1-21 FTP Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 1-22 E-mail and FTP Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 1-23 I/O Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 1-24 Button Attributes Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 1-25 Relay Action Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 1-26 Analog Output Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 1-27 MultiView Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Tables
Table 1-1 Image Settings Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 1-2 Gain Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 1-3 Overlay Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 1-4 Threshold Settings Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 1-5 Network Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 1-6 Email Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 1-7 Time Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 1-8 Passwords Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 1-9 Trigger Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 1-10 E-mail Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 1-11 FTP Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 1-12 Dynamic Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Table 1-13 Button Attributes Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 1-14 Relay Action Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 1-15 Multiview Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 1-16 Camera Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Introduction
The HCX Series high speed network megapixel cameras deliver hi-speed, high quality
images even in low-light. With the HCX Series cameras in your network, you can record
crisp, clear megapixel images while, at the same time, viewing low-bandwidth video.
About This Guide
This guide explains how to plug your HCX Series network camera into the network and
then use the Honeywell HCXFinder Utility to:
• Assign an IP address to your HCX Series Network IP camera
• Configure each HCX Series Network IP camera in your network
• Secure your Network IP camera system against unwanted access
• Limit access to camera images at certain times
• Update firmware to your Network IP cameras
• Set your cameras to capture sequences in response to trigger events
• Set when and to whom e-mails will be sent after trigger events
• Designate an FTP server to which your camera transfers trigger images
• Configure the relay output of your Network IP cameras
• Set up your cameras to deliver a web page showing streaming images from up to
nine cameras, simultaneously
This guide is written for installers and network administrators. Advanced users—those
who understand digital imaging and networking—may find the information in this guide
useful for optimizing the performance of their network cameras.
Note Changes may be made to this guide from time to time. Honeywell
recommends that you obtain the most current version from the product page
at www.honeywellvideo.com.
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Installation
1. Plug your HCX Series camera into the network.
2. Before applying power, verify you are using the correct power supply.
The HCX Series cameras can be powered directly or via the Ethernet using an IEEE
802.3af power source.
Powered Direct:
The input voltage is 12 - 24 VDC or 24 VAC, and the polarity is not important.
Powered via the Ethernet:
Requires an IEEE 802.3af compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE) power injector or
switch.
3. After power is applied, the HCX Series cameras can be focused using a field service
monitor. If no analog monitor is available then focus must be performed by using a
browser to view the camera images.
ETHERNET
802.3afPoE
VIDEO
OUT
Ethernet HCX5D
00 – 50 – 1A – D 0 – 00 – 11
POW ER
24V~ 12-24V
CF MEDIA
TRIGGER
- IN + - O U T +
POW ER
24V~ 12-24V
ETHERNET
802.3afPoE VIDEO
OUT
Ethernet HCX13M
00 – 50 – 1A – D0 – 00 – 11
HCX13M
HCX3 / HCX5D
PoE
connection
PoE
connection
Direct
connection
Direct
connection
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HCX13M Camera
The analog Video Out is a female RCA connector. The analog video is only available
for viewing until the first digital image is requested via the Ethernet connection.
Note Setting up the camera on an analog monitor after the camera has streamed
images to the network, requires a reboot of the camera.
The analog monitor displays the overall image with the center of the image digitally
zoomed in the middle of the screen. Below the digitally zoomed image are two bar
meters that indicate optimal focus.
Moving the focus ring on the lens causes the two bar meters to move left and right.
The goal is to have the bottom meter as far to the right as possible.
HCX3/HCX5D Series Cameras
The analog video output of the HCX3/HCX5D cameras is a female BNC connector.
The analog video is available simultaneously with digital images via the Ethernet.
Adjust the focus ring on the lens for the best possible focus.
POWER
24V~ 12-24V
ETHERNET
802.3afPoE VIDEO
OUT
EthernetHCX13M
00 – 50 – 1A – D0 – 00 – 11
Center of image
digitally zoomed
in middle of
screen
POWER
24V~ 12-24V
ETHERNET
802.3afPoE
VIDEO
OUT
Ethernet HCX5D
00 – 50 – 1A – D0 – 00 – 11
CF MEDIA
TRIGGER
- IN + - OUT +
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HCXFinder
The HCXFinder application is a Windows based IP address configuration tool. Every time
you launch HCXFinder it automatically detects any cameras on the local network. You can
then assign a unique IP address for each detected camera.
Installing HCXFinder
The HCXFinder application is located on the CD-ROM accompanying your HCX Series
camera. Double-click hcx_finder.exe to launch the Install Wizard. Honeywell recommends
that you check for the most current version on the product download center at
www.honeywellvideo.com.
Assigning an IP Address
To assign an IP address to a detected network camera:
1. Launch HCXFinder. All detected network cameras are listed.
Figure 1-1 HCXFinder List of Detected Cameras
2. Highlight a camera in the list, then click Assign IP.
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Configuration
To configure each connected network camera for optimal performance:
1. Launch HCX Finder, then do one of the following:
• Double-click a camera entry in the list, or
•Click Web Page,
The Live window opens.
Figure 1-3 Live Window
Note An alternative is to enter the IP address of the HCX device in the address field
of your Internet Explorer browser.
2. Click Settings.
3. When prompted, enter:
User name: root (default)
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Image Settings
On the Image screen you can adjust several important settings affecting your camera
image. These settings affect your camera image as well as your network bandwidth.
Figure 1-4 Image Screen
To adjust a setting:
• Select the desired value from the pull-down list, or
• Enter it into the text field
The setting changes after you select the value or press Tab.
Figure 1-5 Image Settings Dialog Box
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Table 1-1 describes the fields on the Image Settings dialog box.
Table 1-1 Image Settings Fields
Field Description
Quality Your ideal quality setting depends on the minimum image quality
and maximum transmission time that you find acceptable. The
higher the image quality, the larger the file size and the slower the
transmission time.
In a network with plenty of available bandwidth, changing quality
does not affect frame rate.
Max frame
rate
Enter a maximum frame rate in frames per second (fps). This is the
maximum number of images per second that the camera sends to
any one viewer.
Note You can also set a bandwidth limit, limiting the total network
traffic from the camera.
Sharpness Increasing the sharpness value enhances the edges and small
features in your camera images. If the edges appear too smooth or
blurred, increase the sharpness. If your image seems rippled or
noisy, decrease the sharpness. Increasing sharpness works
against increasing compression by increasing file sizes.
Saturation Saturation describes the difference of a color from the gray of the
same lightness. Increasing saturation deepens the colors of your
images, making reds redder and blues bluer. Decreasing saturation
brings the image closer to a grayscale (that is, monochrome,
black-and-white) image.
Options are: 0.00 to 1.99
When saturation is set to 0, your camera goes into monochrome
mode. In this case, all color information is discarded, creating
grayscale images.
Note Monochrome images compress better and transfer faster
than comparable quality color images.
In dark scenes, there is often little or no useful color information, so
image quality improves with monochrome images.
High
Low
Image
quality
Transmissio
n time
File size
Large
Small
Slow
Fast
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