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VC-A51P/ VC-A51PN 

HD Camera 

(PTZ Video Camera) 

 

User Manual - English 

 
 

 

 
 

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Summary of Contents for VC-A51P

Page 1: ... the latest version of Quick Start Guide multilingual user manual software or driver etc please visit Lumens https www MyLumens com support VC A51P VC A51PN HD Camera PTZ Video Camera User Manual English Important ...

Page 2: ...ter 4 Remote Control and Setting Menu 14 4 1 Functions of remote control 14 4 2 Setting Menu 15 Chapter 5 Network Function Settings Description 19 5 1 Connecting Camera to Network 19 5 2 Web Page Function Description 22 Chapter 6 DIP Switch Setting 36 6 1 OUTPUT Switch 36 6 2 IR SELECT 36 6 3 Camera Address Selector 36 6 4 System Switch 36 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 37 Chapter 8 Safety Instructions...

Page 3: ...s VC A51P VC A51PN Instruction for installation Remote Control Power Cord Power Adapter RS 422 Connector Appearance may vary depending on country region Metal Plate A Metal Plate B M3 Screws Silver x 8 Black x 2 Quick Installation Guide ...

Page 4: ...ort Audio output 9 3G SDI 3G SDI output 10 OUTPUT Switch Adjust the resolution setting The default is 1920 x 1080 60p 11 IR SELECT Remote control ID setting It can be controlled only when it corresponds to the Camera Select on the remote control 12 RS 232 output RS 232 output port at most 7 cameras can be connected in a serial connection 13 RS 232 input RS 232 input port at most 7 cameras can be c...

Page 5: ... progress Green light Orange light In use Green light No indicator In standby mode No indicator Orange light Tally mode Red light Red light Remark The Tally mode can be enabled via RS 232 command control Please download the file for RS 232 Command Set from the Lumens website ...

Page 6: ...a proper place for installation of camera in advance Please determine an installation place according to the following requirements 1 Confirm the position for the object to be captured 2 Confirm whether the camera is set at a proper distance from other light sources 3 2 Instruction for installation 3 2 1 I would like to install camera on the desk 3 2 1 1 Precautions for installation Please install...

Page 7: ...he box metal plates A B M3 screw silver x 8 black x 2 Screw for locking on ceiling mounted hanger x 4 Drilling machine screw driver ladder 3 2 2 2 Camera Size L x W x H 174 x 187 x 186 mm Weight 2 0 Kg 3 2 2 3 Dimensions of the bottom of the machine The camera can be mounted on a 1 4 20 UNC PTZ tripod deck by using the lock holes on the bottom for the tripod ...

Page 8: ...English 7 3 2 2 4 Metal Plate size diagram Metal plate A machine side Metal plate A machine side Metal plate A locking screw ...

Page 9: ...English 8 Metal plate B ceiling side Metal plate B ceiling side M3 threaded hole M3 threaded hole M3 threaded hole Metal plate B locking screw Metal plate B locking bolt ...

Page 10: ... on the ceiling please use the hanger that has obtained UL security approval to prevent the machine from falling down Please check whether the camera is installed securely on a regular basis 3 2 2 6 Installation steps 1 Please adjust resolution on DIP switch at first Please refer to Chapter 6 DIP Switch Setting for the relevant descriptions on DIP switch 2 Fix the metal plate A on the machine base...

Page 11: ...e B 2 And then secure with 2 M3 silver screws and 1 M3 black screw 3 2 2 7 How to remove 1 Remove the connecting wires from the camera 2 Uninstall the camera together with the ceiling loosen the three screws that fix the metal plates A and B and push to the left to remove the machine 3 Then remove the screws on the hanger and the machine black screw ...

Page 12: ...nnecting devices 3 3 1 RS 232 connection at most 7 Lumens cameras can be connected Only one of RS 422 RS 232 can be selected for control please refer to 6 4 System Switch DIP1 setting RS 232 pins definition instructions ...

Page 13: ...h 12 3 3 2 RS 422 connection at most 7 Lumens cameras can be connected Only one of RS 422 RS 232 can be selected for control please refer to 6 4 System Switch DIP1 setting RS 422 pins definition instructions ...

Page 14: ... and pull out in the direction shown by the arrow in the figure below 2 Peel off a section of copper wire AWG Nos 28 to 18 and insert it into the connector hole then use flat screw driver to fix it 3 Insert the wired RS 422 connector back to the camera Now the connection is completed ...

Page 15: ...ngth Focus Auto Auto Focus Freeze Freeze the screen Home Enter Go back to the main page Execute Info Status information L R Direction Set L R Direction Normal Menu Display OSD menu Mirror Rotate the image OFF Mirror Flip Rotate Pan Tilt Reset Clear the Pan Tilt setting Picture Switch image effect OFF Neg B W Power Power Switch Preset Appoint an ID 0 9 to save the current position data Reset Appoin...

Page 16: ... 1 Iris Pri F1 6 F6 3 Adjustable when the Exposure mode is set to Iris Pri Manual Gain 0 45dB Adjustable when the Exposure mode is set to Manual Manual Speed 60 30 mode 50 25 mode Manually set the shutter 1 10000 1 1 Manual Iris F1 6 F6 3 Manually set the iris Gain Limit 9 C 45dB Max limit value of electron gain Iris Limit F1 6 C F6 3 Max limit value of iris WDR Off 1 2 3 4 5 White Balance Mode 1 ...

Page 17: ...turation 0 C 25 Adjustable when the Image mode is set to Custom Black Level Type 1 5 Off Adjustable when the Image mode is set to Custom Gamma 0 C 3 Adjustable when the Image mode is set to Custom Skin Tone 0 C 5 Pan Tilt Zoom Pan Tilt Limit On Off On Off Turn on off the angle limit setting Pan Right Limit 0 170 Limit the right angle Pan Left Limit 170 0 Limit the left angle Tilt UP Limit 0 90 Lim...

Page 18: ...he item to be modified using the up and down keys and modify the value using the left and right keys or the numeric keys Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 100 254 Audio Audio In Line In Mic In Set Audio In Audio Enable On Off Turn on off audio output Audio Volume 0 C 10 Volume Setting Audio Delay On Off When audio and video are out of sync enable this feature to set the audio delay time Au...

Page 19: ...ontroller for joystick Encoder for tracking system Motionless Preset On Off When the function is enabled the screen will Freeze when Preset is executed Freeze will be released after Preset is completed Protocol VISCA Pelco D Pelco D Address 1 255 The Protocol set to Pelco D allows the camera ID address to be assigned Output Mode 1080p 60 59 94 50 30 29 97 25 1080i 60 59 94 50 720p 60 59 94 50 Choo...

Page 20: ...he IP address of the computer should be changed so that it is on the same network segment as the camera E g The factory preset default IP address of the camera is 192 168 100 150 The computer IP address must be set with the same network segment such as 192 168 100 101 so that the computer can be connected correctly with the camera Change network settings Switch or router Network cable Network cabl...

Page 21: ...oftware to View the Images Remark For VC A51PN turn off NDI HX to support preview screen Please refer to 5 2 4 Setting Video NDI HX Open LUMENS VMS software Please download from the Lumens official website Search Camera Press automatically search for the device button to locate the Camera Click the camera in the list and start operation after connecting to network When using automatic search the c...

Page 22: ...gle stream in MJPEG rtsp VC IP Address 8555 mjpeg If password authentication is enabled the RTSP connection address is as follows rtsp Username Password VC IP address port hevc rtsp Username Password VC IP address port mjpeg Remark To enable password authentication function please refer to 5 2 9 Setting Network Example Open VLC software click Open Network Streaming and enter a URL rtsp 192 168 100...

Page 23: ...in for the first time please refer to 5 2 3 Account Management to change the default password 3 Language selection Currently the system supports English Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese 4 Remember password Save user account name and password to the browser When you log in next time there is no need to re enter them 5 Login Log into the administrator screen on the website 1 2 3 5 4 ...

Page 24: ...t the zoom in or zoom out ratio via scroll bar v v 3 Preview window Display the screen currently captured by the camera v Note 1 4 Preset setting Select the number first and then select SAVE or LOAD v v 5 Switch to Full Screen Switch the preview window to full screen v Note 1 6 Power button Turn on or turn off the camera power v v Note 1 Support when NDI HX is Off 4 3 2 1 5 6 ...

Page 25: ...user 2 Permission setting Set the new account management permissions User Type Admin Operator Viewer View images V V V Settings V V X Account management V X X 3 Applying setting Add the newly created user to the list of account 4 List of accounts Edit Modify the user password and permissions Delete Delete the user account 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 26: ...v v 3 NDI HX VC A51PN can turn NDI HX on off On Support NDI ONVIF cannot find devices and RTSP RTMP RTMPS MPEG TS SRT streams cannot be used Off Support RTSP RTMP RTMPS MPEG TS SRT and ONVIF can find devices but cannot be used with NDI Tool v v 4 Streaming Mode Choose from Single Dual stream v Note 1 5 Encode Set the encode type H 264 H 264 Dual stream H 264 MJPEG Dual stream MJPEG Dual stream MJP...

Page 27: ...s applicable to RTSP streaming of 8601 8602 8603 and 8604 ports different refresh rate for different ports See 5 2 4 1 SVC description Encode Profile Encoded data support High Profile only v Note 1 Note 1 Support when NDI HX is Off 5 2 4 1 SVC description Link Address rtsp VC IP Address Port h264 60Frame rtsp VC IP Address 8557 h264 E g rtsp 192 168 100 150 8557 h264 30Frame rtsp VC IP Address 860...

Page 28: ...xposure mode Automatic Shutter Priority Aperture Priority Manual Exposure Comp Level Select exposure compensation level Gain The gain limit is adjustable when the exposure mode is set to Manual Iris The size of aperture is adjustable when the exposure mode is set to Manual or Aperture Priority WDR Set the level of wide dynamic range WDR in order to obtain better images Shutter Speed The shutter sp...

Page 29: ... is set to One Push WB Manual Red Blue Manually adjust blue red color temperature 6 Focus Mode Select manual automatic focus Focus Range The focusing range is adjustable when the focus mode is set to Manual AF Sensitivity Set automatic focus sensitivity AF Frame Set automatic focus range Preset AF Set whether to perform auto focus after Preset 7 Mirror Mirror Set the mode at which the image is mir...

Page 30: ...eters will be read and applied to Custom 6 Black Level Black Level adjustment Adjustable when the image mode is set to Custom 7 Gamma Gamma Level adjustment Adjustable when the image mode is set to Custom 8 Skin Tone Skin Tone adjustment Adjustable when the image mode is set to Custom 9 Brightness Brightness adjustment Adjustable when the image mode is set to Custom 10 Contrast Contrast adjustment...

Page 31: ...olume Adjust Volume v v 4 Audio delay On Off audio signal delay v Note 1 5 Audio delay time Set the audio signal delay time 1 500 ms v 6 Encode type AAC G 711 v 7 Encode sample rate Set Encode sample rate 48 KHz AAC 44 1 KHz AAC 16 KHz AAC 16 KHz G 711 8 KHz G 711 VC A51PN only supports 48 KHz AAC 44 1 KHz AAC v Note 1 Note 1 Support when NDI HX is Off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 32: ...rent camera 2 Set the Time Manual Configuration Set time manually Synchronize with computer time Set the camera time according to the computer time Synchronize with SNTP server Set the camera time synchronously with the SNTP server SNTP server address Please go to 5 2 9 Settings Network to make changes 1 2 ...

Page 33: ...v Note 1 3 RTSP Setting Enable Disable Multicast It is suggested to enable Multicast when the number of users online watching the image simultaneously is more than 4 Enable Disable Password Authentication RTSP connection format can be found in 5 1 4 Using RTSP Players The username password is the same as the web login password of the camera please refer to 5 2 3 Account Management to add modify ac...

Page 34: ... not connect correctly 8554 8556 8557 8080 9090 1935 3 Delay time is for 20 to 8000 microseconds The default value is 120 microseconds v Note 1 6 SNTP Setting Set SNTP Server IP v v 7 Port Setting Set HTTP port The default Port value is 80 v v Note 1 Support when NDI HX is Off 5 2 9 Setting Maintenance Upgrading Firmware No Item Function Descriptions 1 Firmware Update The camera firmware can be up...

Page 35: ...ears please try to clear it to make sure whether the issue has occurred repetitively 5 2 11 Setting Maintenance System Service No Item Function Descriptions 1 Reset to the default value Select the reset button to resume the factory default setting as the web page setting 2 Setting File The web page setting parameters can be exported from the computer and imported applied to another camera 1 2 ...

Page 36: ...2 About No Item Function Descriptions 1 Camera name Display the current camera name 2 Firmware Version Display the firmware version of the camera 3 Version Information Display firmware version related information 1 2 3 ...

Page 37: ...20 60p 1280x720 50p 1080 59 94p 1080 59 94i 1080 29 97p 720 59 94p 6 2 IR SELECT ID Setting 1 2 3 6 3 Camera Address Selector Setting Function Descriptions 0 7 ID 0 7 8 9 Reserved 6 4 System Switch Setting Function Descriptions DIP 1 RS 232 RS 422 Communication Control OFF RS 232 ON RS 422 DIP 2 IR signal output OFF Off ON On DIP 3 Communication baud rate OFF 9600 ON 38400 DIP 4 Reserved ...

Page 38: ...30 fps signals 4 RS 232 cannot be controlled 1 Confirm the connection is correct RS 232 In Out 2 Please make sure the Baud rate setting is the same as the control equipment 5 Whether the Internet can be used for operation Please refer to Chapter 5 Network Function Description for the Internet usage 6 The ONVIF software cannot find the machine Please make sure that Setting Video Camera ID Location ...

Page 39: ...teries please only use similar or the same type of batteries 5 2 When disposing of batteries or products please adhere to the relevant instructions in your country or region for disposing of batteries or products Precautions This symbol indicates that this equipment may contain dangerous voltage which could cause electric shock Do not remove the cover or back No user serviceable parts inside Refer...

Page 40: ... Information Supplier Lumens Integration Inc 4116 Clipper Court Fremont CA 94538 United States e mail support mylumens com FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undes...

Page 41: ...e product Lumens Digital Optics Inc hereby reserves the right to make changes to product specifications without prior notice The information in this file is subject to change without prior notice To fully explain or describe how this product should be used this manual may refer to names of other products or companies without any intention of infringement Disclaimer of warranties Lumens Digital Opt...

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