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Operating Your Camera 

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Day&Night Color CCD Camera

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Day&Night Color CCD Camera

Operating Your Camera

Gain Control 

You can see a brighter picture at low light level. Increasing the gain level, you
will see the noise increased although the picture gets brighter. 
1. Press the SET button to display the setup menu and move the arrow indicator

to ‘Gain’ using the UP or DOWN button

2. You can control the Gain level at AGC selected.

Caution.

When Gain Limit is set to Low, screen noise will decrease but resolution 
decrease. 
When Gain Limit is set to High, resolution will increase but screen noise will 
increase. 

White Balance Control

You can use this when the screen color needs to be controlled. 
1. Press the SET button to display Setup menu and move the arrow indicator to

‘White Balance’ using the UP or DOWN button

2. The three white balance control modes are as follows : 

ATW

(Auto Trace White Balance ) 

The camera automatically controls the white balance in any environment 

AWC 

( Auto White Balance Control ) 

The white balance is automatically adjusted in a specific environment. 
In order to obtain the best result, press the SET button while the camera
focused on white paper. 
If the environment including the light source is changed, you have to adjust
the white balance again. 

Select AGC or OFF using the LEFT or 
RIGHT button 

Setup 

Camera ID 
BLC 
Lens 
Shutter 
Gain 
White Balance 
Motion Detect 
Color 
Sync. 
Reset 
End 

OFF 
OFF
DC
OFF 
AGC
ATW
OFF 
AUTO
INT 

Select ATW, AWC or Manual 
using the LEFT or RIGHT button

Setup 

Camera ID 
BLC 
Lens 
Shutter 
Gain 
White Balance 
Motion Detect 
Color 
Sync. 
Reset 
End 

OFF 
OFF
DC
OFF 
AGC
ATW
OFF 
AUTO
INT 

Low/Middle/High 

Gain Limit

Middle

Press SET to Return

Summary of Contents for CAM91

Page 1: ...e Products 3233 SW 2nd Ave Fort Landerdale FL 33315 USA toll free 877 585 MACE local 954 585 6223 fax 954 585 6225 www mace com MACE Electronic Surveillance Products 1 3 Day Night Color CCD Camera Mod...

Page 2: ...ge within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the us...

Page 3: ...You can control the camera using OSD menu and RS 232 jack at a remote place Video DC Lens Selectable The camera accepts 2 types of auto iris lens DC type VIDEO type and is set with the DC VIDEO selec...

Page 4: ...he most important parts of the camera Be careful not to be stained by fingerprint Do not install the camera under unstable lighting conditions Severe lighting change or flicker can cause the camera to...

Page 5: ...6 Mounting a C Mount Lens 16 Connecting to Monitor 17 Connecting to Power 17 Operating Your Camera Configuration of The Menu 18 Setting Up The Menu 19 Camera ID 20 Back Light Compensation 22 Lens Sele...

Page 6: ...cket on the top of the camera Auto Iris Lens Connector Used to connect the auto iris lens plug Tripod Mounting Hole Used to install the camera on an optional tripod The tripod must be equipped with th...

Page 7: ...nnect an external video monitor in jack Power Terminal Used to connect AC24V or DC12V power source Non Polarity Menu Setup Buttons Set Button Used to access menu mode Also used to confirm the setting...

Page 8: ...supplied and solder the lens cable to the plug as shown below 2 Attach the lens to the camera by turning clockwise 3 Connect the lens plug to the auto iris connector on the right side of the camera 4...

Page 9: ...to set the lens ALC mode to Av mode Average Pk mode can be occurred hunting Be suer to connect power only after all the installation is complete Note that power adaptor is not supplied with camera Us...

Page 10: ...1sec Setup menu is displayed on the monitor screen 2 Select the desired feature using the UP or DOWN button Each time you press the UP or DOWN button the arrow indicator moves up or down Move the arr...

Page 11: ...s the SET button the cursor moves to the left or right in the string of characters When the cursor moves to the wrong character correct the character by using the 4 directional buttons 5 Select the po...

Page 12: ...tup menu and move the arrow indicator to Lens using the UP or DOWN button 2 When the auto iris lens is mounted you have to set the DC Video selection switch on the back side of the camera The setup wi...

Page 13: ...d 3 OFF selected The shutter speed is fixed at 1 60 1 50 sec 4 FLKless selected The speed is fixed at 1 100sec in NTSC mode and at 1 120sec in PAL mode This should be selected when flickering is cause...

Page 14: ...nd move the arrow indicator to White Balance using the UP or DOWN button 2 The three white balance control modes are as follows ATW Auto Trace White Balance The camera automatically controls the white...

Page 15: ...reen If you connect the camera to an external alarm you can pay attention to the screen when the alarm sounds This feature is useful when you have to monitor several screens simultaneously 1 Press the...

Page 16: ...onnect external equipment like buzzer or lamp The output of alarm is an open collector under DC16V 100mA capacity Tips on using Motion Detection After selecting zone and sensitivity perform a test ope...

Page 17: ...chronous generator The linelock synchronization is only used in the areas of 60Hz NTSC models 50Hz PAL models 1 Press the SET button to display the setup menu and move the arrow indicator to Sync Usin...

Page 18: ...elow you can access the menu setup mode from a remote place with an equipment like computer 1 RS 232C Communication Setting Mode Serial Data bit 8 Bit sec 9600bps Stop bit 1 Parity None 2 Wiring 3 Set...

Page 19: ...ents Effective Pixels Scanning System Resolution Shutter Speed S N Ratio Video Output Min Illumination Sync System Back Light Iris Mode White Balance Lens Mount Color O S D RS 232C comm Power Supply P...

Page 20: ...of the camera is set to a proper position according to the type of your auto iris lens Check that the power frequency is proper in Sync If the power frequency is not proper the linelock synchronizati...

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