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BB-HNP17

Network Camera Recorder with Viewer Software

Specifications

Camera registration monitoring
No. of registerable
camera units
Up to 64 camera units.
Note that the actual number of registerable camera units varies depending on the performance of the PC used.
Camera image view Sequential display, Up to 16 multi-camera display, full screen display, layout change
Image display size Automatically adjusted to match the camera layout.
Camera setup*1 Each camera can be set up individually
(camera name,resolution, image quality setting, recording format, timer setting, etc.)
Selected camera
image display
Automatically adjusted to match the camera layout.
Image zoom in/out None (Automatically adjusted to match the camera layout.)
Camera control*1 Control of basic camera functions (pan/tilt/zoom, brightness,resolution, image quality, sound level).
Preset Preset functions set in cameras can be used
Preset Sequence*1 Periodically scans and displays the locations registered in the camera presets.(only for cameras with preset sequence feature)
Time specified color night view*1 Color night view activation/deactivation can be registered in a schedule.
Recording
Recording file
format
Original file format: Images and voices are recorded continuously in a moving image file.
Recording media Hard disk, network dirive*2
Recording resolution*1 H.264 : 1280 x 960 / 640 x 480 / 320 x 240
MPEG-4 : 1280 x 960 / 640 x 480 / 320 x x240 / 192 x 144
MotionJPEG : 1280 x 1024 / 1280 x 960 / 640 x 480 / 320 x 240 / 192 x 144 / 160 x 120
Image quality
(JPEG only)
Favor clarity, standard, favor motions
Recording interval Not specified (based on camera's image update interval), specified: 5 images/second to 1 image/hour Recording interval designation and sound recording can be done simultaneously.
No. of camera units for
simultaneous recording
Dependent on camera type and performance of PC. See the hardware specifications below.
Recording capacity
limit function
Maximum recording capacity value can be set for individual camera units (whether to save new data by overwriting or to stop recording when the set capacity is reached can be selected). In addition to a capacity limit for each camera, there is also a capacity limit for the entire storage media.
Motion detection
recording
(JPEG only)
The unit can be set to activate recording when motion is detected (sensitivity and threshold value can be adjusted) or to record for a certain time length before and after motion detection.*3 Motion detection can be disabled in specified areas. Motion detection can be confirmed on-screen.
Shock detection recording*1
(JPEG only)
Starts recording with shock detection recording when the camera detects a shock.
The recording time for shock detection recording (and so on) is set using this software.
Sound detection recording*1
(JPEG only)
The unit can be set to activate recording when sound is detected (loudness and threshold value can be adjusted) or to record for a certain time length before and after motion detection.
Sound detection can be confirmed on-screen.
Timer recording Programming of start and stop schedules based on day of week and time. Key word can also be set for recording.
(10 schedules can be registered per camera).
Timer recording with preset designation Specifying the display location of timer start/stop times
Alarm recording
(JPEG only)
Recording is triggered by the reaction of a sensor mounted to the camera. A certain time length before and after the sensor reaction can also be recorded.
Disk capacity limit
function
Monitors the free space on the specified recording disk, and stops recording when the free space becomes smaller than the set value.
Image operation
Continuous play back Playback of images with voices, playback of image files. Playback speed can be varied. Playback in reverse is possible. Simultaneous playback of images from multiple cameras is also possible.
Recorded image view A list of recorded image files, or a graphical list can also be displayed.
Operation of recorded images Recorded images can be copied or deleted.
Format conversion All or part of the recorded images can be converted to MPEG-1, MPEG-4, or JPEG format files, or only the audio portion can be converted to WAV files.
Image search
Recorded image
search function
Search recorded images in 1-day units using the recording time, or using a key word set before recording.
Searching can also be done for particular, desired folders.

*1 Depends on Camera's Spec.

*2-1 Folders on the network allotted to the drive can be specified for saving data.

*2-2 When a network drive is specified as a folder for saving data, the amount of data flowing over the network increases. This may remarkably degrade the operating performance for watching or recording camera images, watching previously recorded images,etc., and may also result in errors.It is recommended that a folder on a local disk be specified for saving data.

*3 The detection level varies depending on the camera resolution, image quality setting, subject conditions, network conditions, etc.

System Requirements for your PC

OS Microsoft® Windows Vista®
Microsoft® Windows® XP
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003
Microsoft Windows 7(32bit)
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008
Web browser Internet Explorer® 6/7/8(32bit)
Resolution SXGA (1280 × 1024 pixels; 16,770,000 colors)
File system NTFS (NT File System)
Audio*1 Audio output feature (Speaker or Headphones)
Audio input feature (Microphone)
Hardware specifications
Recording
condition
· When 10 network camera units are connected CPU: Intel® Pentium® 4 3GHz or greater, or equivalent compatible processor, RAM: 1024 MB or more*
· When 2 network camera units are connected CPU: Intel® Pentium® 4 2.6GHz or greater, or equivalent compatible processor, RAM: 512 MB or more*
Voice Audio output function (including speaker or headphone)

*1 When using a camera that supports audio

*This specification is required for using all network cameras to simultaneously record at a resolution of 320 x 240 in standard image quality, while monitoring with all registered cameras at a frame rate of 2 fps.

BB-HNP17 The recommended PC specification for number of recording camera.

Recommended PC specification *1
CPU Core2 Quad CPU Q 9400 Intel Core 2Duo
Clock 2.66GHz 2.1 GHz
Memory 1.96GB 1 GB
OS Windows XP Windows XP or later
Condition
Compression H.264 JPEG MPEG-4 H.264
Monitoring frame rate Not specify *2 10fps Not specify *2 10fps 10fps
Resolution: VGA VGA VGA QVGA VGA
Monitoring layout 4x4 4x4 2x2 3x3 4x4 2x2
The Number of connecting cameras 20 10 4 8 11 2

*1: In case of using lower performanced PC than this table, PC resource is almost occupied by BB-HNP17.
It cause that unexpected PC operation response degradation may occur.
It is not recommended to install nor operate the other application during operationg this software.
*2: In case of defining "Monitoring frame rate" to be "Not specify", PC resource is consumed much more than "10 fps".
It cause that the number of recordable camera will be reduced.
BB-HNP17 display image with same frame rate from camera. (Ex. If camera output 30fps display around 30fps.)

Still and motion image data size

JPEG Data size for 1 image frame (image only), Data format: JPEG

resolution (dot) size(KB):
favor clarity
size(KB):
standard
size(KB):
favor motion
1280 x 960 approx.120 approx.77 approx.60
640 x 480 approx.50 approx.35 approx.27
320 x 240 approx.25 approx.16 approx.10
194 x 144 approx.10 approx.7 approx.5

The approximate recording capacity is calculated by using the following formula:
Size (KB) x Frame rate (images/sec) x Recording time (sec)

Example

  • The calculation for a 1-hour recording of 640 x 480 resolution images at a frame rate of 5 images/sec in Favor Clarity mode is as follows:
    50 KB x 5 images/sec x 3,600 sec (1 hour) = 900,000 KB ≒ 879 MB
  • In case of images with voices, 4 KB is added per each second:
    900,000 KB + 4 KB x 3,600 sec = 914,400 KB ≒ 893 MB

MPEG-4 Data size for 1 second of motion images (images only), Data format: MPEG-4

resolution (dot) MPEG-4 bit rate*
640 x 480 768kbps
320 x 240 384kbps
194 x 144 128kbps

* MPEG-4 bit rate: This depends on the value set at the camera for MPEG-4 bit rate for image distribution.

The approximate recording capacity is calculated by using the following formula:
MPEG-4 bit rate (Kbps)/8 bits x time (sec).

Example

  • The calculation for 640 x 480 resolution images at an MPEG-4 bit rate of 768 Kbps is as follows:
    768 Kbps/8 bits x 3,600 seconds (1 hour) = 345,600 KB ≒ 337.5 MB
  • In case of images with voices, 4 KB is added per each second:
    345,600 KB + 4 KB x 3,600 sec = 360,000 KB ≒ 352MB

H.264 Data size for 1 second of motion images (images only), Data format: H.264

resolution (dot) MPEG-4 bit rate*
1280 x 960 2048kbps
640 x 480 1536kbps
320 x 240 1024kbps

* H.264 bit rate: This depends on the value set at the camera for H.264 bit rate for image distribution.

The approximate recording capacity is calculated by using the following formula:
H.264 bit rate (Kbps)/8 bits x time (sec).

Example

  • The calculation for 640 x 480 resolution images at an H.264 bit rate of 1536 Kbps is as follows:
    1536 Kbps/8 bits x 3,600 seconds (1 hour) = 691,200 KB = 675 MB
  • In case of images with voices, 4 KB is added per each second:
    691,200 KB + 4 KB x 3,600 sec = 705,600 KB ≒ 689MB

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