User's Manual

9
What You Will Need
Equipment
Computer / Soware
• Computer: Windows™ 7 or Windows 8 tablet, or small laptop is helpful for focusing.
• A web browser (Firefox, or Chrome work best)
• Oponal: Laptop with wireless internet access (local WiFi or Cellular WiFi) that can be le temporarally
connected to the hub for live performance monitoring via a internet enabled smart phone.
Hand Tools
• Baery Powered Screwdriver or Impact Driver
• 1/4” and 10mm socket wrench (easiest if aached to baery powered driver)
• Zip Ties
• Pliers
• Magnec compass and Protractor (a smart phone with a compass and angle detecon will also work)
Means To Access Camera Locaon and Hub Locaon
• Ladder / Bucket Truck / Manli “cherry picker”
• Safety Harness, etc.
• Roof Access to get the hub antenna outside and elevated to achieve LOS (Line of Sight) to the cameras
Method to Mount the Camera and Hub to Desired Locaon
MicroPower supplies a camera bracket, a solar panel bracket, and an antenna bracket that can be mounted to
a pole. Given the variety of mounng possibilies and locaons, the hardware to aach these brackets to the
desired surfaces are not included. This means the installer will need to supply:
• Screws (oponal to aach hub to wall, and/or camera, antenna and solar panel bracket to pole / surface)
• Stainless Steel hose clamps (to aach solar panel and camera to pole)
• Antenna mast or surface to mount/aach the hub antenna to.
Network Access
The hub is an IP device and will require both power and LAN/Network access in order for the video to stream to
an NVR and/or remote locaon. Generally this is done via a house LAN, but may also be some other method of
network access such as a back haul radio, cellular device, or other IP Ethernet network technology.
VMS (Video Management System)
The hub generally communicates on the LAN to a local NVR (Network Video Recorder) for recording and archiving
of video. The NVR will then typically communicate via the Internet or LAN/WAN for remote viewing and
monitoring. However the actual network conguraon tends to vary greatly from site to site.
The VMS used, needs to be capable of recording a basic RTSP h.264 video streams from the hub in order to be
compable.
A complete list of compable VMS plaorms with integraon instrucons are available on the MicroPower website.