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Chapter 1
INTRODUCITON
1.1 Features
Th
is
joystick controller is designed to control 64 dome cameras. It is expandable to 255
dome
cameras in simplex control mode. Roll over key functions make
it
capable
of
control
ling
a variety of
external switching devices such as Multiplexer
s
and/or Digital Video Recorder
s
.
The joystick controller features:
•
The capability of controlling a camera’s panning and tilting movement with variable speed from 0.1
°
/sec to 90
°
/sec (64 speed steps). It has manual override capability of
the
auto focus and auto iris
function
s
of
a
zoom camera. Speed is inversely proportional to the zoom ratio. With
the
key
pressed the
maximum speed goes up to 360
°
/sec
ond
(
t
urbo speed mode)
.
•
The ability to define and recall up to 248
presets
, which are immediate camera call-ups of preset
position view
s
, with automatic zoom and focus.
•
Program
8
patterns
, which comprise a sequential series of pan, tilt, zoom, and focus movements
from a single camera.
•
One define (continuous rotation) with 16
scans
.
•
8 tours consist
ing
of 64 of the presets, patterns, scan and tour is expandable to over 400 functions
with
nested tours.
•
Global preset
recalls the preset of all dome cameras.
•
Manual override mode of auto focus or auto iris is switched to Auto Iris/Focus mode by slight moving
of the joystick handle.
•
Programmable user preferences (alarm, preset, title, etc.).
•
Two levels of password, administrator and user, are supported for higher security.
•
One Master and multiple slave Keyboards are supported for distributed control.
•
DVR system (Max
imum
99) can be controlled remotely.
•
Up to two
data
program
s
data from
the
dome cameras can be downloaded to non volatile memory
space
in the joystick controller for the purpose of programming new dome cameras.
