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Making a third-party camera stream available to IQAN
Hello, I just wanted to know if it would be possible for IQAN to accept a stream from an external camera (network connected) and, if so, what sorts of stream parameters / codecs would be required in doing so? Is this even
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Yes, this is the generic camera in the IQANdesign system layout.
The camera must support rtsp and mjpeg.
What additional path information is required in the generic camera set-up to view the video stream that is shared by multiple displays over the ethernet? The other display(s) are 3rd party, not IQAN modules.
The RTSP path differ between manufacturers, you should be able to find this in the camera manual or config tool if it is not fixed.
The path property you set in IQANdesign is amended to the IP address to give a full RTSP path.
If you for example have IP address 192.168.128.1, and set the Path to "stream", the resulting path will be this:
RTSP://192.168.128.1:554/stream
A common pitfall to forget to check is the port number, we use 554 which is RTSP standard, but I've come across camera models that are configured differently.
I am confused by the design manual page 97 instructions. The instructions have an IP address other than 192.168.128.xx for static IP connections. I have tried the camera on a MD4-7 and MD5-8 without success. The SC camera for the MD5-8 shows an address of 192.168.133.2 and port 50004 on wireshark. This agrees with the manual. When I try to enter the listed IP address in the program, it gives an invalid IP address error.
The table shows the IP address the IQAN master modules will take on port B.
A camera with a fixed IP address that you connect here should have an IP address in the range 192.168.128.x, this ensures it will not have the same IP address as the IQAN display.
The camera should be configured for subnet 255.255.128.0.