How to set up a Harrier IP camera
Watch this video to get started with your chosen camera assembly based on Harrier IP Camera Interface Board technology. What you need for the set-up, how it works and how to control the camera.
The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is an interface solution from Active Silicon’s Harrier series of camera interface boards. It provides IP (Ethernet) output for a range of LVDS cameras including Harrier 10x/36x/40x/55x AF-Zoom cameras, Tamron (e.g. MP3010M-EV) and Sony FCB-EV series cameras (e.g. FCB-EV9520L and EV9500L).
The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is based on a powerful SoC processor that delivers a low latency H.264 video stream over RTP; a wireless version is available. The block camera and interface board are connected via a KEL 30-way cable. The interface board can be mounted on the side or back of a block camera and is usually connected to the Harrier Ethernet Connection Board via an FFC cable. The Ethernet connection board can either be mounted on the back of the camera or stacked on top of the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (see product image). The two boards are available as a set or already mounted on a chosen camera (see ordering info).
The interface board compresses (H.264) the camera LVDS video signal, converts it to an RTP stream and sends it to the Ethernet connection board. The latter carries magnetics that enable physical connection to external Gigabit Ethernet systems using CAT5/6 Ethernet cables. A version of the Harrier Ethernet Connection Board that supports Power over Ethernet (PoE) is available (Harrier PoE Connection Board).
The high-performance processor device on the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board supports ONVIF services and a system administration website. Application examples of how to add text/graphical overlays to the live video stream and send VISCA commands to the camera via the ONVIF media service are available in the Harrier IP Example Software.
The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board, and Harrier IP cameras based on this board, can be easily evaluated using the Evaluation Kit for Harrier IP. Also, check out our tutorial video on “How to set up a Harrier IP camera” under the Video tab.
As latency can be an issue in Ethernet IP imaging systems, Harrier IP camera hardware and firmware has been optimized to reduce latency to a minimum. Read more about how to obtain the lowest latency with your Ethernet IP autofocus-zoom camera and IP interface board system. For more details (and measured latencies for our Harrier IP AF-Zoom modules) please download the Technical Note: Obtaining the lowest latency from your Harrier AF-Zoom IP camera.
Video input | Standard camera LVDS video signals at 1080p30 (single LVDS mode) or 1080p60 (dual LVDS mode). |
Video resolution/rate | 1080p 60/30 fps |
Video compression | H.264 |
SD card | Up to 512GB |
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 |
USB 2 | OTG (in development) |
Audio | Mono microphone |
Power connector (J1) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a 2-way JST connector for connection to an external power supply. When the camera interface board is connected to an Ethernet Connection Board the J1 connector is not used, as the J2 connector on the Harrier Ethernet/PoE Connection Board is used to power the camera. |
Ethernet connection board connector (J2) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a 24-way 0.5mm pitch vertical FFC connector (with clamp) for connection to an Ethernet or a Power over Ethernet (PoE) connection board via FFC cable. |
USB connector (J3) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a 10-way 0.5mm pitch FFC connector for connection to external devices. |
Micro SD socket (J5) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a standard micro-SD socket. |
External Micro SD extension socket (J6) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a 12-way 0.5mm pitch FFC connector to enable connection to external/remote SD card sockets. |
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 microphone. (in development) |
KEL30 camera connector (J8) | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with a 30-way miniature connector that is used to connect to compatible LVDS cameras. |
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 a video stream; the camera interface board will compress the video (H.264), convert it to RTP format, and stream it to the Ethernet port. Any RTP/ONVIF compatible application (e.g. VLC media player or GStreamer) can then receive and display the video. ONVIF services can be used to control the camera and video stream 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. On the very first power up the Harrier IP board will also have an additional fixed IP address of 192.168.189.100. This is a temporary additional IP address used to program/configure the board during manufacture. Once you have selected a network configuration for the board (DHCP or fixed) this additional address will not be used unless you set it manually as a fixed 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/ONVIF servers enables connected host devices to receive and control the H.264 video stream.
The ONVIF and RTSP services can be consumed from many programming languages and several software frameworks already exist to use those services. For example:
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:
For detailed information on these services please see 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 an administration website, the Harrier IP Website, which can be used to control the board and camera. When the board is connected, the website can be accessed by connecting to the IP Address of the camera using a web browser. For more information see the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board datasheet (download tab). |
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. Applications can access the serial port via the ONVIF DeviceIO service.
Function SendReceiveSerialCommand() is used to send and receive data to the port. |
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 Camera Interface 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. Find more information in the datasheet for the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (download tab). |
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 (download tab). |
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 video from the camera. |
Harrier 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 to the camera to enable full camera control. |
Status LED ("LED1/2/3/4") | The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is fitted with several multi-color LEDs to indicate camera status.
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Wireless/Wi-Fi Interface | 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. |
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 IP cameras based on this interface 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. |
Harrier IP Camera Interface Board connector (J1) | The Harrier Ethernet/PoE Connection Board is fitted with a 24-way 0.5mm pitch FFC connector for connection to the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (SoC board). Connector type: Samtec ZF5S-24-01-T-WT (PoE board). Mating cable: 24-way 0.5mm pitch FFC |
Ethernet connector (J2) | The Harrier Ethernet Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFETH-001-A) is fitted with a 9-way connector for connection to external devices. For pin out see the datasheet. Connector type: JST – BM09B-SRSS-TB(LF)(SN) Mating cable: JST – SHR-09V-S-B connector The Harrier PoE Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFPOE-001-A) is fitted with a 9-way connector for connection to external devices. For pin out see the datasheet. Connector type: Molex Picoblade 9-way socket 53398-0971 Mating cable: Molex PicoBlade – 0510210900 connector and cables |
Power Connector (J3) | The Harrier Ethernet/PoE Connection Board is fitted with a 4-way connector for connection to a power supply. Connector type: JST – BM04B-SRSS-TB(LF)(SN) Mating cable: JST – SHR-04V-S-B connector The power for the Harrier PoE Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFPOE-001-A) can be supplied via this socket, or from the Ethernet connection and the on-board PoE power converter. |
Dimensions | Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (AS-CIB-IP-SOC-001-A/-002-A): Harrier Ethernet Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFETH-001-A): |
Weight | Weight of assembly: Weight of individual boards: Harrier Ethernet Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFETH-001-A): |
Power Supply | Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (AS-CIB-IP-SOC-001-A/-002-A): Harrier PoE Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFPOE-001-A): |
Power Consumption | Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (AS-CIB-IP-SOC-001-A/-002-A): Harrier Ethernet Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFETH-001-A): Harrier PoE Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFPOE-001-A): |
Storage Temperature | -20°C to +70°C |
Operating Temperature | 0°C to +60°C (ambient environment). |
Relative Humidity | 10% to 90% non-condensing (operating and storage). |
Ethernet | Harrier IP Camera Interface Board (AS-CIB-IP-SOC-001-A, AS-CIB-IP-SOC-002-A) is compliant with: The Harrier Ethernet Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFETH-001-A) is compliant with: The Harrier PoE Connection Board (AS-CIB-IP-IFPOE-001-A) is compliant with: |
Approvals | Active Silicon makes the following approval statements: CE RoHS3 REACH EMC
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Part number | Description |
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AS-CIB-IP-001-A |
Harrier IP Camera Interface Board system. |
AS-CIB-IP-002-A |
Harrier IP Camera Interface Board system; wireless. |
AS-CIB-IP-003-A |
Harrier IP Camera Interface Board system; Power over Ethernet. |
AS-CIB-IP-004-A |
Harrier IP Camera Interface Board system; wireless, Power over Ethernet. |
AS-CIB-IP-001-EVAL-A |
Evaluation kit for the Harrier IP; to evaluate the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board and IP cameras based on that board (does not include boards or cameras). Contains power supply, a power adapter cable (AS-CBL-549-503Y), a 30-way micro coax KEL cable (AS-CIB-USL30-100MM, for connecting a camera to the camera interface board), 2 Wi-Fi antennas (AS-M-026-935G) and Ethernet adapter cables (AS-CBL-935-153S for non-PoE boards/cameras and AS-CBL-020-731U for PoE boards/cameras). |
AS-CBL-935-153S |
Ethernet interface adapter cable, JST to RJ45 socket |
AS-CBL-020-731U |
Ethernet interface adapter cable, Molex to RJ45 socket – for use with PoE enabled products |
AS-CBL-549-503Y |
Power adapter cable, barrel socket to 4-way JST connector |
AS-CIB-USL30-100MM |
30-way micro-coax cable for connecting the interface board to the camera. Length 100mm [Manufacturer: KEL] |
AS-M-026-935G |
WiFi 4/5/6/6E antenna with MHF-4L plug, 100mm |
AS-CIB-BRK-007-A |
Metal bracket, screws and spacers for mounting the chosen Harrier IP Camera Interface Board system (AS-CIB-IP-00x-A) to Sony FCB-EV9520L or EV9500L cameras and Harrier 36x, 40x or 55x AF-Zoom Cameras. |
AS-CIB-BRK-008-A |
Metal bracket, screws, spacers and thermal pad for mounting the chosen Harrier IP Camera Interface Board system (AS-CIB-IP-00x-A) to a Tamron MP3010M-EV camera. |
AS-CIB-BRK-012-A |
Metal bracket, screws, spacers and thermal pad for mounting the chosen Harrier IP Camera Interface Board system (AS-CIB-IP-00x-A) to a Harrier 10x AF-Zoom Camera. |
Watch this video to get started with your chosen camera assembly based on Harrier IP Camera Interface Board technology. What you need for the set-up, how it works and how to control the camera.
The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is compatible with all our LVDS output cameras. Watch this video to learn more about Harrier AF-Zoom cameras:
The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is mounted to the side and the Harrier Ethernet Connection Board on the back of the block camera.
The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is mounted to the side and the Harrier Ethernet Connection Board on the back of the block camera.
On slightly bigger cameras, both boards are mounted on the back of the block camera. The Harrier Ethernet Connection Board is stacked on top of the Harrier IP Camera Interface Board.
On the Power over Ethernet (PoE) versions the Harrier PoE Connection Board is stacked on top of a Harrier IP Camera Interface Board and mounted on the rear of the block camera. The Harrier PoE Connection Board comes with a heat sink, as shown in the photo.
The Harrier IP Camera Interface Board is mounted to the side of the camera, the Harrier PoE Connection Board fits on the back of the block camera and comes with a red heat sink.