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CHAPTER 3
VIDEO CAPTURE CARD HARDW
ARE AND CONNECTIONS
SPOT OUT
The Spot Out feature allows you to send selected video channels to a separate monitor.
Menus and controls will not display in this monitor. If you do not wish to use this feature then
you do not have to attach this port.
Spot Out with Multiple Cards
In situations where multiple cards are
installed, only one card can provide the signal
to the remote monitor.
Link the con2 to con1 ports on the cards,
with the last card linking to the Spot Out port
on the face plate.
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AUDIO
You will only need to install the Audio dongle if you have audio-equipped cameras,
microphones or other audio input devices.
PIN1 AUDIO-1
PIN2
GND
PIN3 AUDIO-2
PIN4
GND
PIN5 AUDIO-3
PIN6
GND
PIN7 AUDIO-4
PIN8
GND
Use of this dongle will take up an additional
I/O port on the computer.
The audio connector’s pins are mapped out
in
Picture 3-5
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VIDEO
The video dongle connects to the 15-pin
receiver on the card. The four video inputs
use BNC connectors to interface with the
camera leads.
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3.2 CONNECTING A PTZ CAMERA
In order to operate a PTZ camera from the QSDT4PCRC, you will need to have first installed
the card into a PCI slot within the computer and attached the video dongle.
You will also need an RS485 to RS232 (Serial) adapter as well as having a serial port on the
back of your PC.
PTZ Camera
RS485 to
Serial Adapter
PC
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STEP 1
. Connect the RS485 cables from the PTZ camera to the RS485-to-Serial Adapter
STEP 2
. Connect the Adapter to the serial port on the back of the PC
STEP 3
. Connect the video line from the camera to any Video In port on the DVR card
(Item 4)
You may now connect your camera to a power source.
Please see
Chapter 8
for instructions on operating the PTZ camera with the SuperDVR
software.
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