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427-0032-00-12, Version 170

Mar 2014

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PT-Series Camera Installation

This manual describes the installation of the PT-Series cameras. If you need help during the installation 

process, please call to speak with our support experts (877-773-3547). All installers and integrators are 

encouraged to take advantage of the training offered by FLIR; visit

 http://www.flir.com/training for more information.

This manual includes the following topics: 

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Installation Overview

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Mounting the camera and its components 

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Connecting the electronics

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Bench testing the camera

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Basic configuration and operation of the camera

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Camera Specifications

For safety, and to achieve the highest levels of performance from the PT-Series camera system, always 

follow the warnings and cautions in this manual when handling and operating the camera system.

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Warnings and Cautions

Warning!

Caution!

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References

PT-SERIES Camera Mechanical Interface Control Document (ICD) 

(FLIR Doc # 427-0032-00-19)

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Available on the documentation CD or from the FLIR website, provides further details regarding 

mechanical dimensions and mounting for the PT-Series camera. 

Nexus IP Camera Configuration Guide 

(FLIR Doc # 427-0030-00-28) 

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Available on the documentation CD or from the FLIR website, provides further details on using a web 

browser to configure the PT-Series camera. 

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Camera Overview

If mounting the PT-Series camera on a pole, tower or any elevated location, use industry standard 

safe practices to avoid injuries.

Except as described in this manual, do not open the PT-Series camera for any reason. Disassembly 

of the camera (including removal of the cover) can cause permanent damage and will void the 

warranty.
Be careful not to leave fingerprints on the PT-Series camera’s infrared optics.
The PT-Series camera requires a power supply of 24 Volts. Operating the camera outside of the 

specified input voltage range or the specified operating temperature range can cause permanent 

damage.

Summary of Contents for PT series

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Page 2: ...ual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Shielded cables must be used to connect this device to other devices Note 2 If ferrites are supplied with this equipment the equipment was tested for compliance wit...

Page 3: ...1 6 3 Ethernet Connection 1 8 1 6 4 Serial Connection 1 8 1 7 Serial Communications Overview 1 8 1 8 Serial Communications Settings Hardware DIP Switches 1 8 1 9 PT Series Camera Specifications 1 11 Basic Operation and Configuration 2 1 Nexus IP Camera 2 1 2 1 1 Nexus Server Configuration 2 1 2 1 2 Serial and or IP Communications 2 1 2 1 3 Serial Communications 2 2 2 1 4 Ethernet Communications 2 ...

Page 4: ...5 2 6 6 Configuration File 2 16 2 7 Thermal Imaging Overview 2 17 2 8 Troubleshooting Tips 2 19 2 9 General Errors 2 22 2 10 Restoring the Factory Settings 2 24 2 11 Setting the IP address on a Windows PC 2 25 Serial Address Decimal To Binary Conversion 3 1 Address Conversion Table 3 1 ...

Page 5: ...ferences PT SERIES Camera Mechanical Interface Control Document ICD FLIR Doc 427 0032 00 19 Available on the documentation CD or from the FLIR website provides further details regarding mechanical dimensions and mounting for the PT Series camera Nexus IP Camera Configuration Guide FLIR Doc 427 0030 00 28 Available on the documentation CD or from the FLIR website provides further details on using a...

Page 6: ...ecessary to temporarily remove the back cover of the camera housing 1 4 1 Camera Connection Options Camera connections are made through water tight cable gland seals on the rear of the camera Refer to section 1 5 5 Cable Gland Sealing on page 1 5 to ensure the glands are used correctly and the connections are properly sealed The camera can be powered with a conventional power supply using 21 30 VA...

Page 7: ...7 for additional information Camera grounding strap Coaxial RG59U video cables BNC connector at the camera end for analog video Shielded Category 6 Ethernet cable for control streaming video and for software upgrades Optional serial cable for serial communications Miscellaneous electrical hardware camera mount with stainless steel washers and bolts connectors and tools 1 5 Location Considerations ...

Page 8: ...ety for power cables and adequate signal strength for video and communications 1 5 3 Camera Mounting Caution PT Series cameras must be mounted upright on top of the mounting surface with the base below the camera The unit should not be hung upside down Once the mounting location has been selected verify both sides of the mounting surface are accessible Use a thread locking compound such as Loctite...

Page 9: ... gland Leave the gland nuts loosened until all cable installation has been completed Inspect and install gland fittings in the back cover with suitable leak sealant and tighten to ensure water tight fittings Teflon tape or pipe sealant i e DuPont RectorSeal T are suitable for this purpose 1 5 6 Cable Glands and Spare Parts Kit The kit contains the two 3 4 cable glands and gland seal plugs required...

Page 10: ...aller must use wires that are sufficient size gauge 16 AWG recommended for the supply voltage and length of the cable run to ensure adequate current carrying capacity Always follow local building codes Ensure the camera is properly grounded Typical to good grounding practices the camera chassis ground should be provided using the lowest resistance path possible FLIR requires using a grounding stra...

Page 11: ...l Gland A Camera End Serial and IP Communications Main Analog Video Gland B Camera End Auxiliary Analog Video and Power Ethernet Serial Control Male BNC Video Ethernet RS232 RS422 20 AWG MAX RX TX GND RD A GND RD B TD A TD B 1 2 3 4 5 Main Port Back Cover 16 AWG Shielded 16 AWG Shielded Local GND 24 VAC DC 24 VAC DC 1 2 3 1 2 3 24 VAC DC 24 VAC DC Earth Ground 24 VAC DC 24 VAC DC Earth Ground Chas...

Page 12: ...onfigured via hardware then configuration changes in the future may require accessing the camera on a tower or pole dismounting it and removing the back and so on If the camera does not have an Ethernet connection the DIP switches must be used to set the serial communication options Note Note 1 8 Serial Communications Settings Hardware DIP Switches The camera has two blocks of DIP switches that ar...

Page 13: ... the block of switches on the left SW102 to set the serial address of the camera The available range of values is from decimal 1 to 255 The dip switches are interpreted as a binary number with switch 1 representing the least significant bit the switches are in the reverse order of the bits For convenience a table of serial addresses and their binary equivalents is included at the end of the manual...

Page 14: ...ol This is the communication protocol selected for the system when operating over the serial port The available protocols are Pelco D and Bosch Bit 3 Bit 4 OFF OFF Pelco D ON OFF NA OFF ON Bosch ON ON NA Serial Communication Standard This determines the electrical interface selected for the user serial port The available settings are RS422 and RS232 Bit 5 Bit 6 OFF OFF NA ON OFF RS422 OFF ON RS232...

Page 15: ...ion 320 x 240 160 x 120 640 x 480 25 μm Continuous e zoom on PT 6xxE models OUTPUTS CONTROL PAN TILT PERFORMANCE GENERAL Composite Video NTSC or PAL Standard Video Over Ethernet Two independent channels of streaming MPEG 4 H 264 or M JPEG for each of two cameras Point To Point stand alone Standard Ethernet Standard Serial RS 232 422 Pelco D Bosch Network Enabled Standard Pan Angle Speed Continuous...

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Page 17: ...r example each camera comes from the factory with the same default IP address so adding more than one camera to an IP network requires each camera to be configured with a different IP address at a minimum On the other hand many of the configuration parameters will remain unchanged from the factory default settings In order to control the camera it is necessary to communicate with it either using s...

Page 18: ...the manual is available from the Windows Start menu once the software is installed With the latest version of camera firmware a web browser can be used to operate the camera view video pan tilt zoom and so on and it can be used to make configuration changes This manual has basic configuration information refer to the Nexus IP Camera Configuration Guide FLIR Doc 427 0030 00 28 for more details abou...

Page 19: ...e the camera offers both analog video and IP video there are several ways to bench test the camera It is recommended the installer should test the camera using the same type of connections as the final installation Even if using analog video and serial communications in the final installation it is a good idea to test the IP communications when performing the bench test If any image adjustments ar...

Page 20: ...cted It is possible to log into the camera using one of three User Names user expert and admin the corresponding passwords by default are user expert and fliradmin respectively The user login can be used to do the initial bench test of the camera The admin login must be used to make configuration changes such as setting the IP address The login passwords can and should be changed by the system adm...

Page 21: ...d Status In the lower left of the screen are two indicator lights Control and Status Initially the Control light is off as in the image above indicating the user is not able to control the camera immediately When multiple users are connected to a camera only one user at a time can issue commands to the camera If another user has control of the camera the Control light is yellow A user is able to r...

Page 22: ...f the video image which allow the camera to be panned left or right or to be tilted up or down To move the camera click on one of the arrows To zoom in click on the Zoom In control to zoom out click the Zoom Out control For a camera with continuous zoom or e zoom to zoom the camera all the way in or out click on either zoom control or and drag it onto the video image Save Snapshot This button allo...

Page 23: ...FSM software Autofocus This button causes the active video source to perform an autofocus operation If the active source is a thermal camera with a fixed focus lens selecting this button causes an error message to be displayed below the video window Function not available for this driver Function Some cameras have additional features or functions which can be accessed using an extra numeric functi...

Page 24: ...tion it is a good idea to perform a bench test with it as described below prior to making configuration changes The FSM software is included with the camera the software installation will begin automatically when the CD is inserted into the PC Once the bench test is complete use a web browser to make configuration changes as needed for example set the IP address to an address that is compatible wi...

Page 25: ...ameras on the network When the Discovery Panel is displayed click Refresh The FLIR camera will appear in the list of Discovered Sensors The camera will be called FLIR and the asterisk in parenthesis indicates the camera has not been added to the list of Active Sensors on the right Click on the center bar to move the camera over to the list of Active Servers The name of the camera should appear in ...

Page 26: ...ed to the monitor and it is possible to control the camera using the pan tilt zoom controls in the Control Panel For example click on the zoom button magnifying glass with and the video will zoom to 2X Once operation of the camera has been confirmed the camera can be configured to an IP address that matches the installation network ...

Page 27: ...d only be made by someone who has expertise with thermal cameras and a thorough understanding of how the various settings affect the image Haphazard changes can lead to image problems including a complete loss of video When a user logs in as admin a third menu called Maintenance is available It is possible to use settings on the Maintenance menu to modify the network settings including the IP addr...

Page 28: ...AN Settings Services and Security Options selections are described below Generally with these settings it is necessary to save the changes to make them effective but it is not necessary to stop and restart the server Step 1 If you are logged into the Nexus Server User account select Log Off or direct your web browser to http 192 168 250 116 Step 2 Enter admin for the User Name and fliradmin for th...

Page 29: ... the Save button is clicked a pop up message will appear to indicate the network interface should be restarted Once all the changes have been made and saved click on the Restart Network button at the bottom of the page If the Hostname is changed the new name may not show up in FSM until the camera is rebooted To reboot the camera save any configuration changes then select Server Status and click t...

Page 30: ...nd time zone can be obtained from an NTP server or can be entered manually If the NTP mode is selected the NTP server information can be entered The NTP server address can be entered as a static address or can be obtained via DHCP If the Custom mode is selected a pop up window allows the information to be entered manually Set the date and time parameters then select the Save button at the bottom ...

Page 31: ...ach password is set and confirmed select the Save button at the bottom it may be necessary to scroll down the page Note as an additional security measure it is possible to limit which computers have access to the web browser interface At the top of the page under Restrict Web Configuration add a computer s IP address and click Add After all the allowed IP addresses are entered select the Save butt...

Page 32: ...ile can also be downloaded to another computer for backup or a new configuration file can be uploaded from a computer to the camera Shown at the top of the screen is the configuration script file in a scrollable window This can be useful if you ever need help from a support engineer In the Custom Backup Recovery section click the Restore link associated with the factory defaults configuration to r...

Page 33: ... source of visible light something hot such as the sun or lights that reflects off the objects in the scene to the camera The same is true with human eyesight the vast majority of what people see is based on reflected light energy On the other hand the thermal camera detects energy that is directly radiated from objects in the scene Most objects in typical surroundings are not hot enough to radiat...

Page 34: ...nal cameras it senses heat or temperature differences The camera senses small differences in apparent radiation from the objects in view and displays them as either white or lighter shades of grey for warmer objects and black or darker shades of grey for colder objects The thermal imaging camera relies on the fact that all objects even very cold objects like ice emit thermal energy in the portion ...

Page 35: ...ed to the camera and the circuit breaker is set properly If a fuse was used be sure the fuse is not blown If the video cabling is suspected as a possible source of the problem plug a monitor into the RCA connection inside the camera and determine if it produces an image When the camera is powered on it will do a NUC operation shortly after startup If you are uncertain if the camera is receiving po...

Page 36: ...ket two times per second When FSM starts up it listens to the network for the discovery packets If no cameras are listed in the Discovered Servers list press the Refresh button If the list is still empty it indicates no discovery packets were received This could be due to a wide variety of problems with the network the PC or the camera If necessary use a packet sniffer utility such as Wireshark to...

Page 37: ...his icon indicates the camera has been discovered and added to the list of active servers but the camera is not actively connected to FSM and therefore FSM is not receiving status updates To connect to the camera right click on the icon and select Connect Alternatively it is possible to double click the icon to connect Connected This icon indicates the camera has been discovered and added to the l...

Page 38: ...rsonal Firewall may ask for permission to allow the FLIR Video Player vp exe to communicate on the network Select the check boxes domain private public that are appropriate for your network If necessary test to make sure the video from the camera can be viewed by a generic video player such as VLC media player http www videolan org vlc To view the video stream specify RTSP port 554 and the appropr...

Page 39: ...er should keep in mind that the sky is quite cold and can strongly affect the overall image It may be possible to avoid a problem by slightly moving the camera up or down to include or exclude items with hot or cold temperatures that influence the overall image For example a very cold background such as the sky could cause the camera to use a wider temperature range than appropriate Eastern or Wes...

Page 40: ...ived packet indicates the camera has a custom loopback connector installed on its Ethernet interface The detection of the loopback packet cues the camera to restore Factory Defaults including the IP settings user passwords and configuration file reverting to the same configuration and behavior as when the camera left the factory The custom loopback connector is described below The RJ45 loopback te...

Page 41: ...1 9600 SW 2 11 Setting the IP address on a Windows PC To set the computer IP address in Windows first connect the PC to a switch or connect it to the camera and ensure the camera has power Step 1 With the PC or laptop connected to the switch or if back to back with the camera with the camera powered on open the Control Panel Network and Sharing Center a Windows 7 example is shown The connection to...

Page 42: ...peration and Configuration Step 2 Click to select the Local Area Connection then click Properties as shown at the right Step 3 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 as shown Then click Properties Click Properties Click to select Click Properties ...

Page 43: ... 27 2 Basic Operation and Configuration Step 4 Select Use the following IP address then enter 192 168 250 xxx where xxx is any number between 1 255 other than 116 the camera default Step 5 Set the Subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 then click OK ...

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Page 47: ...3 Serial Address Decimal To Binary Conversion 427 0032 00 12 version 170 Mar 2014 3 3 ...

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