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Failsafe method - Installation and Configuration with a Serial cable
With your PC and COMCAM-10 device OFF, attach a 9-pin serial cable to the PC’s serial port
and RJ-11 (telephone plug) end to the RJ-11 jack in the back of the ComCam-10 unit (this is the
smaller of the two phone-like jacks in the back of the unit).
Power up the PC and open a terminal program with the following settings:
19200 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no handshaking
Terminal emulation should be VT100 with no local echo and no send line ends with line feeds.
Configure the terminal software to connect using the serial port of your PC to which you connected
the ComCam-10 serial cable.
Note: A single built-in PC serial port is usually “COM1”
Power on the ComCam-10 unit (plug supplied power adapter into the round jack on back of
ComCam-10 unit and other end into the wall AC jack)
After 5-10 seconds you should see some camera information appear in the terminal window,
followed by “VideoServer>” prompt. Hit Enter on your keyboard a few times - the “VideoServer>”
prompt should repeat each time you press enter. This indicates that your serial connection to the
camera is functioning properly.
NOTE 1- In all of the following instructions “Type:” means you should type the command, as shown,
in your terminal program. <Enter> means press the Enter key on your computer keyboard (i.e. do not
type the “<“,”Enter”, or “>” – just press the Enter key). Comments shown in parentheses such as
“( example text )” are part of the instructions and should not be typed.
NOTE 2 - ALL “set” COMMANDS are case-sensitive. Type the word “set” as lower-case and
the name of the setting as UPPER CASE.
After 5-10 seconds you should see some camera information appear in the terminal window,
followed by “VideoServer>” prompt. Hit Enter on your keyboard a few times - the “VideoServer>”
prompt should repeat each time you press enter. This indicates that your serial connection
to the camera is functioning properly.
NOTE 1- In all of the following instructions “Type:” means you should type the command,
as shown, in your terminal program. <Enter> means press the Enter key on your computer keyboard
(i.e. do not type the “<“,”Enter”, or “>” – just press the Enter key). Comments shown in
parentheses such as “( example text )” are partof the instructions and should not be typed.
NOTE 2 - ALL “set” COMMANDS are case-sensitive. Type the word “set” as lower-case
and the name of the setting as UPPER CASE.
Viewing the ComCam Settings
Type: set<Enter>
This will show the current camera settings.
Some settings are only applicable in certain camera hardware configurations.
Do not change any settings that are not explained here. Inappropriate settings could result
in disabling the serial cable communications.
Checking and Setting the Real Time Clock
Checking the real time clock in the ComCam-10 unit:
setclock ?<Enter>
Setting the real time clock: