Installation Instructions
CDR Series
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SYSTEM CONNECTIONS
Notes
When using DC continuous rotation Pan/Tilt heads, two slip rings will be required for
the 20mA twisted pair connection.
Use Belden 8723 or similar for the 20mA twisted pair cable. The screen must be
earthed and the cable length should not exceed 20m.
The recommended coaxial cable is RG59, copper cored. Maximum length is 500m.
RS485 MENU CONTROL
The camera can be connected to a PC-based controller via a BAXCOM or equivalent
RS485/RS232 converter. The controller can then be used to make menu selections.
The connections should be made through pins 1 and 2 of the Comms I/O Connector - see
Comms I/O Connections
on page 9 for pin-out.
Notes
The RS485 connections are only used for controlling the on-screen menus. It cannot
be utilized without setting the PROTOCOL option in the Comms menu must be set to
BAXALL. This operation can only be carried out locally via the camera joystick. For
more details, see page 38.
For details on BAXCOM, refer to the online manuals section of Baxalls website.
This product does not incorporate termination or biasing within the RS485 control.
RS485 Menu Control
BAXCOM or
RS232/RS485
Converter
Camera
PC-based
Controller
RS232
RS485
