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DropCam MK2

User Manual

Users’ Manual

Version 1.0

30 September 2010

Cobham Surveillance

Domo Products
11 Manor Court, Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth,
Hampshire, PO15 5TH, England

T: +44 (0)1489 566 750
F: +44 (0)1489 880 538

Summary of Contents for DropCam MK2

Page 1: ...hange without notice DropCam MK2 User Manual Users Manual Version 1 0 30 September 2010 Cobham Surveillance Domo Products 11 Manor Court Barnes Wallis Road Segensworth Hampshire PO15 5TH England T 44...

Page 2: ...Operation 8 1 1 Which Model do I have 8 Controls 9 Advanced Operation 16 1 1 SOLO System PC Controller Application Software 16 1 2 Transmitter Control Application 18 Fault Finding 26 Connector Pin Ou...

Page 3: ...3 Change History Version Main Changes from Previous Version Edited By v1 0 Initial Release MB...

Page 4: ...ploy and use a domo DropCam transmitter Advanced operation This section describes the operation of the equipment in more detail concentrating particularly on how to store and recall configurations wit...

Page 5: ...d with a high resolution low light camera with interchangeable lenses which docks directly to the transmitter body or can be abstracted using a 3m cable The SOL4DCAM MK2 is also compatible with the fu...

Page 6: ...acking purposes If you have extended warranty provisions then domo will send an immediate advance replacement to you Under most circumstances this must be returned once the fault item is repaired Depe...

Page 7: ...y can not be replaced by customers the unit must be returned to domo for battery replacement 1 2 EMC Safety and Radio Approvals The equipment has been designed to meet and has been tested against the...

Page 8: ...AM P 2002500 2 to 2 5GHz SOL4DCAM N 030040 300 450MHz SOL4DCAM N 120150 1 2 to 1 5GHz SOL4DCAM N 2002500 2 to 2 5GHz DropCam kit P indicates PAL N indicates NTSC 1 x Rugged Case 1 x Operator instructi...

Page 9: ...Gun controller Button 2 is unused in normal operation unless the unit is upgraded to have internal 3G capability The use of the domo PC GUI application is described fully in section 3 Advanced Operati...

Page 10: ...ndication of the charge status based on current drawn by the battery Flashing orange indicates the battery is in boost charge mode flashing green indicates trickle charge mode and solid green indicate...

Page 11: ...should have the following characteristics Input Voltage Range 6V to 16V reverse voltage protected The internal battery will charge on 12 5V and above Current draw 0 45A at 12V mode dependant The domo...

Page 12: ...gain antennas and domo has a range of suitable high gain antennas to offer Note The LBand antenna covers 1 2 to 1 5GHz which is a subset of the whole possible transmitter tuning range of 1 to 1 5GHz i...

Page 13: ...onnected directly DropCam with remote camera The camera head can be removed from the body by gripping the camera head and pulling firmly away from the body The standard camera is either PAL or NTSC de...

Page 14: ...un screw the Lens on the front of the camera and screw in the alternatives provides They are standard 12mm lenses Lens colour scheme 3 4mm Lens Black 8mm Lens Blue 16mm Lens Red Camera with Lens remov...

Page 15: ...ction to general purpose tripods and camera mounts 2 Magnetic base strip and right angle magnetic bracket allow the DropCam to attach to metal surfaces in various orientations 3 A threaded spike is pr...

Page 16: ...Serial COM part can be used Installation of the two control programs is as simple as copying them from the CD to a suitable location on the PC No install shield routine is launched Note that the cont...

Page 17: ...d to the unit when the Apply button is clicked Current values as running in the unit can be read using the Refresh button Parameters that are status information only appear in greyed in the applicatio...

Page 18: ...d Values outside the range supported by a particular transmitter type will be rounded to the highest of lowest supported frequency as appropriate The transmit frequency can be set in step sizes of 250...

Page 19: ...FEC bandwidth and modulation requirements from the Advanced page Ultra Long Range 1 25MHz QPSK FEC 1 3 optional Long Range 2 5MHz QPSK FEC 1 3 Medium Range 2 5MHz QPSK FEC 2 3 Short Range 2 5MHz 16QA...

Page 20: ...ected For the SOLO4 transmitter products the modulation bandwidths 8 7 6 or 2 5MHz can be selected If the Ultra Narrow band upgrade has been purchased the 1 25MHz will also be available to select The...

Page 21: ...cts The SOLO4 product is also capable of DVB T but this mode is not recommended for normal operation DVB T Service Name Applicable in DVB T mode only defaults to Unit 1 This should not be changed in n...

Page 22: ...ure at the expensive of an additional delay MPEG4 Encoding Mode This option is only available on SOLO4 products installed with the Ultra Narrow Band Upgrade This defaults to low delay interlace Other...

Page 23: ...cause some of the available data capacity is diverted away from video to audio Selecting high fidelity audio modes will degrade the video quality more than lower fidelity audio modes The Audio encoder...

Page 24: ...n purchased for the SOLO2 or SOLO4 system in use then it is possible to encrypt the link Scrambling must be enabled at the transmitter by selecting either AES128 or AES 256 in the scrambling field At...

Page 25: ...gue box allows the user to change timeouts used during the serial communications between the unit and the controller Enable Polling selecting this option makes the control application automatically re...

Page 26: ...or alignment of directional antennas No Diversity operation Ensure both down converters are operational Blue screen at receiver Receiver RF LED not lit see No RF Link section Receiver RF LED lit Check...

Page 27: ...Gnd 5 Chroma 6 5V 7 Camera RS232 TX 8 Camera RS232 RX 9 Microphone 10 Microphone GND 11 Ext Trig 1 12 Ext Trig 2 1 2 Power and Control 8 Pin Mating cable connector Binder 9992260008 FEC 1778693 Pin No...

Page 28: ...n external adapter where multiple units are controlled over one RS 485 bus Normal operation involves sending a packet from the control device normally a PC to the device being controlled If the packet...

Page 29: ...if commands do not match against the allowed list of commands or if the checksum is wrong Addresses in the range 0001 to 9998 are for general use Address 0000 is reserved and 9999 is a broadcast addr...

Page 30: ...o spe 1 byte 0 Normal 1 Inverted int COFDM Bandwidth r w o wid 0 6MHz 1 7MHz 2 8MHz 3 2 5MHz 4 1 25MHz list Output level attenuation high r w o lev Default level is 0 Value 0 to 32 1dB steps int Outpu...

Page 31: ...Off 1 ABS 4 AES128 6 AES256 8 Bcrypt128 10 Bcrypt256 int AES Key lower 128 w z kez Encryption key for AES lower 128 Hex string 32 characters AES Key upper 128 used in AES 256 only w z kex Encryption k...

Page 32: ...ormal 1 sleep if no video int MPEG mode r w e enc 0 MPEG2 1 MPEG4 int MPEG2 GOP length r w e gop 0 stripe refresh mode default 1 intra only 2 100 GOP length in frames int MPEG4 frame rate r w e frm 0...

Page 33: ...r2 mono int Audio Input Level r w a lev 1byte 0 0dB line level 1 12dB mic level 2 24dB mic level 3 36dB mic level 4 48dB mic level and 4 also enables ALC int MPEG Layer 1 Audio Bitrate r w a mpr 1byte...

Page 34: ...nt Restore Default Build w g def 0 No 1 Yes int Sleep Mode r w g sle 0 No 1 Yes int Front Panel Lock r w g fpl 0 unlocked 1 locked int DVB T Service name r w g dna Unit Name String string Heart beat e...

Page 35: ...35 2 discharging 3 temp fault 4 bad battery Drop cam voltage r g vch Voltage in multiples of 100mV Drop Cam charger current r g Ccu Current in multiples of 10mA...

Page 36: ...er Name r w g pro 0 default Other value string Type d messages for Data commands Function R W Block Command Data Type Data On Off r w d inp 1 byte 0 Off 1 On 2 On even parity 3 On odd parity int Input...

Page 37: ...Function R W Block Command Data Type Lowest Operating Frequency r w c flo Frequency in MHz double Highest Operating Frequency r w c fhi Frequency in MHz double Intermediate Operating Frequency 1 r w...

Page 38: ...5GHz RF Output OFF OFF Frequency 2405MHz 1395MHZ Modulation QPSK QPSK Power Maximum Maximum Standby OFF OFF Unit Address 0001 0001 Unit name Solo 01 SOLO4 Unit 1 SOLO2 Solo 01 SOLO4 Unit 1 SOLO2 Horiz...

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