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1.  SAFETY NOTES --- IMPORTANT!!!

 

 

The following important notes must be followed carefully to run the PTZ camera and respective accessories in total safety. 
The camera and relative accessories are called 

 video system 

in this section. 

 

Use the instructions correctly and fully

 

Read all safety rules and instructions carefully before starting to run the video system. 

 

Follow the instructions in the instruction manual. Pay attention to all warnings on the camera and in the instruction manual. 
Keep the safety notes and instructions for future reference. 

 

Attachments & Accessories

 

Do not use attachments other than those recommended in the instruction manual because this could cause risks  to the 
products. Only use the recommended accessories for the camera for installation and operation. 

 

Protect the video system

 

To protect the camera, avoid installing and using it in direct sunlight or any source of bright light. Bright light, like that from 
a spotlight, can cause dimming and blurs. A vertical line may appear on the screen. This does not indicate a problem. 

 

Keep it away from rain and dust. Do not touch the zoom lens with your fingers. If needed, use a soft cloth and methylated 
spirit to remove traces of dust. Apply a specific cap to protect the zoom lens when the camera is not in use. 

 

Install the camera away from video interference. The pictures could present interference if the leads are arranged near a 
TV set or other device. Either move the leads or re-install the device to solve the problem. 

 

Do  not  use  any  part  of  the  video  system  near  water,  i.e.  bathtubs,  wash  basins,  sinks,  tubs,  on  damp  surfaces,  near 
swimming  pools,  etc.  Do not  insert objects  of any kind  through  the camera  openings to  avoid  touch live  parts:  fire and 
electrocution risk. Do not pour any kind of liquid on the device. 

 

A  switch  for  performing  maintenance  operations  on  the  camera  must  be  included.  Connect  the  camera  only  to  the 
electrical power supply shown on the ratings plate. Contact your retailer if in doubt. 

 

Lay the power wires keeping them from being trodden on or squeezed by objects placed on top of them. Pay particular 
attention to leads near plugs, screws and the product outlet. 

 

Disconnect the power lead and the wiring to protect the camera during electrical storms or when it is left unattended and 
not used for a long time. This will prevent damage to the video system in the event of lightening or electrical line overload. 

 

Do not overload the electrical power and the extensions to prevent the risk of fire or electrocution. 

 

Do  not  place  the  camera  near  or  over  radiators  or  sources  of  heat.  Check  that  the  area  is  suitably  ventilated  before 
installing the camera inside partially closed areas (such as recesses, bookshelves and shelves). 

 

Do not position the camera on unsteady trolleys, stands, brackets  or tables. The camera could fall  and severely injury 
adults and children in addition to seriously damaging the product. 

 

Maintenance & Repairs

 

Always contact a qualified service technician to repair the camera (or any other part of the video system). Unauthorized 
opening or removing the lids may cause fire and electrocution risk and other dangers. 

 

Disconnect all electrical parts from the mains before cleaning. 

 

Uses  spare  parts  specified  by  the  manufacturer  or  spare  parts  with  equivalent  characteristics  when  replacements 
required. Unauthorized replacements can cause fires, electrical shocks and other dangers. 

 

After  any  servicing  intervention  or  repair  to  the  video  system,  ask  the  technician  to  run  a  safety  check  to  ensure  that 
everything is working safely. 

 

Damage requiring professional assistance

 

Disconnect the video system from the power mains and call qualified service personnel in the following cases:

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If the power lead or plug is damaged. 

 

 

If liquid or foreign objects accidentally penetrate inside the device. 

 

 

If the device was exposed to rain or water. 

 

 

If the device was dropped, subjected to heavy shocks or if the camera packaging was damaged. 

 

 

If the device performance changes considerably. 

Summary of Contents for VP-F18X

Page 1: ...i iii INSTALLATION USER MANUAL Auto Tracking High Speed PTZ Camera...

Page 2: ...the retailer immediately if any parts are either missing or damaged Make sure if the contents are all included as per the packing list Do not attempt to use the device with missing or damaged parts Se...

Page 3: ...ions 13 4 4 1 Pan And Tilt 13 4 4 2 Zoom 14 4 4 3 Focus 14 4 4 4 IRIS Opening 14 4 4 5 Preset Positions Programming and Recalling 15 4 5 Function Program Menu 15 4 5 1 Product Information 16 4 5 2 Dis...

Page 4: ...the electrical power supply shown on the ratings plate Contact your retailer if in doubt Lay the power wires keeping them from being trodden on or squeezed by objects placed on top of them Pay partic...

Page 5: ...amera from field or do any screw work Wide Dynamic Range WDR A camera is intended to provide clear images even under back light circumstances where intensity of illumination can vary excessively when...

Page 6: ...true color image Back Light Compensation BLC If a bright backlight presents the subjects in the picture may appear dark or as a silhouette Backlight compensation enhances objects in the center of the...

Page 7: ...P T Speed Pan 0 05 240 sec Tilt 0 03 160 sec Pan 0 05 240 sec Tilt 0 03 160 sec Pan 0 05 240 sec Tilt 0 03 160 sec S N Ratio 50DB 50DB 50DB AGC Auto Manual Auto Manual Auto Manual BLC Auto Manual Aut...

Page 8: ...2 3 and 4 and operate at 1200bps 2400bps 4800bps 9600bps and 19200bps baud rate by setting SW1 switches 5 6 7 and 8 Do not set the switches to reserved position Pic 2 shows the default settings for t...

Page 9: ...Pic 5 Refer to the instructions supplied with the bracket Take out cables for the dome through the bracket And install the bracket to the power box See Pic 5 Pic 6 Press the thumb fastener and open t...

Page 10: ...and sponge See Pic 8 Pic 9 Line up link card and faucet of the back board of the dome Push the dome drive in See Pic 9 Step 3 Install lower dome Pic 10 Take out a screw from lower dome Link cables scr...

Page 11: ...tile See Pic 14 Right Pic 14 Put the reinforcing metal plate see following pic on top of the ceiling behind the ceiling with the two circles aligned vertically Pic 15 Step 2 Install back box Pic 16 Ta...

Page 12: ...Pic 19 If the LED does not light up refer to Section 5 Trouble Shooting Step 3 Install dome drive Set the DIP switches for SW1 and SW2 at the bottom of the camera drive for the appropriate receiver ad...

Page 13: ...he trim ring into the plastic snap washers on the mounting screws See Pic 23 3 2 3 SURFACE MOUNT INSTALLATION Step 1 Install back board of surface mount Pic 24 Locate the back board of the camera loca...

Page 14: ...om of the dome drive for the appropriate receiver address communication protocol and baud rate Refer to the labels on the dome drive or DIP SWITCH SET in this manual Pic 27 Line up link card and fauce...

Page 15: ...NGS1 POWER UP The camera will continue working this way until any command is received from the keypad The camera during this phase can be pointed to a fixed point or pan across the field Refer to the...

Page 16: ...The syntax used in this manual for controls using keys consists of various elements words and three digit numbers Each command is always in braces and each element is separated by commas Each word or...

Page 17: ...om the control panel The method for accessing these controls will be shown in detail in the following paragraphs 4 3 SELECT A CAMERA The camera to be controlled must be selected first For example the...

Page 18: ...he vertical axis opposite to the normal axis because tipping the joystick downwards will turn the camera upwards Normal operation of the joystick will be resumed as soon as the downward tip is interru...

Page 19: ...are saved in a permanent memory area of the camera where they are maintained also when power is disconnected However RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULT will delete all preset values Press PRESET 83 ENTER to dele...

Page 20: ...ion 4 5 1 DISPLAY SETUP Display menu refer to Section 4 5 2 DOME SETTINGS 1 Main programming menu refer to Section 4 5 3 DOME SETTINGS 2 Secondary programming menu refer to Section 4 5 4 DOME LABEL Me...

Page 21: ...ITION The labels may be positioned where required on the screen ZONE DOME PRESET SAVE RESET P T DEG ZOOM Screen 5 Label Position To establish a position 1 Point the cursor to the label to be moved by...

Page 22: ...OFF BACKLIGHT COMP OFF PROGRAM AE MODE ADDITIONAL WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE OFF BACK EXIT Screen 7 Camera Sub Menu Option Value Explanation DIGITAL ZOOM ON OFF Switch digital zoom ON or OFF BACK LIGHT COMP O...

Page 23: ...0 1 75 1 100 1 120 1 150 1 215 1 300 1 425 1 600 1 1000 1 1250 1 1750 1 2500 1 3500 1 6000 1 10000 OF SECOND This selects the maximum opening of the IRIS It is used to manually set the IRIS opening ti...

Page 24: ...automatically SHARPNESS ON OFF The sharpness of the image may be adjusted automatically ON or to a level defined in the SHARPNESS LEVEL menu SHARPNESS LEVEL 0 15 Sharpness can be programmed in the ran...

Page 25: ...y 2 every 142 FRAME SCAN The camera performs a frame scan at the end of the park time the horizontal scan is performed in the SET SCAN limits PRESET 1 PRESET 8 The camera goes to preset 1 or preset 8...

Page 26: ...ON NONE BACK EXIT Screen 11 Power UP Sub Menu Option Value Explanation POWER UP ACTION NONE No action is performed at the end of power up AUTO SCAN The camera performs an auto scan at the end of power...

Page 27: ...e following menu will appear on the display PRESET NUMBER 1 PRESET LABEL 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Y Z y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X a b c d e f g h I j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x O...

Page 28: ...is used to delete the zone selected in the ZONE NUMBER field see below Table 12 EDIT ZONE LABEL submenu This includes the operations needed to enter labels to be associated to zones 1 Use the joystick...

Page 29: ...rsor to PRESET NUMBER 2 Press ENTER 3 Move the joystick vertically and select 256 4 Press ENTER to confirm Do not change the setting 256 4 5 4 SECONDARY PROGRAMMING MENU DOME SETTINGS 2 In the first l...

Page 30: ...PATTERN 4 The camera performs pattern action 4 on alarm CRUISE The camera performs a cruise on alarm the camera runs a cycle consisting of up to 30 preset positions TRACKING The camera performs track...

Page 31: ...st power up the hard address will be applicable and the camera address will be hard type 4 5 4 3 PASSWORD PASSWORD ENABLE PASSWORD OFF EDIT PASSWORD BACK EXIT Screen 21 Password Sub Menu Option Value...

Page 32: ...rea or by using a semi transparent smear window which shows the scene without details BLANK ALL ABOVE OFF 0 80 Blanks out the upper part of the frame shown on the monitor The value means the beginning...

Page 33: ...be used to define the position of the privacy zones to be created 1 Press on EDIT WINDOW LOCATION 2 Press OPEN The following screen will appear EDIT WINDOW LOCATION IRIS OPEN TO CONTINUE IRIS CLOSE T...

Page 34: ...one becomes visible after defining the color and the position of the privacy zone 1 Press on EDIT WINDOW ZOOM 2 Press OPEN the following screen will appear EDIT WINDOW ZOOM IRIS OPEN TO CONTINUE IRIS...

Page 35: ...SPEED AUTO TRACKING TIME M AUTO BACK Screen 29 Tracking Setting Sub Menu The auto tracking function is used to automatically track moving objects by detecting grayscale variations in the frame Option...

Page 36: ...1 slow 63 fast TRACKING TIME AUTO 1 15 MINUTES This option allows setting the max tracking duration in minutes during which the camera automatically tracks moving objects Once the tracking time has ex...

Page 37: ...prove performance GRAY SENS most false alarms are caused by the tracking of unexpected objects For this reason it is preferable to select low sensitivity ZOOM SETTING it is advisable to use the lowest...

Page 38: ...and Function PRESET 95 ENTER Access main menu PRESET XXX ENTER Store preset position Preset xxx CALL XXX ENTER Recall preset position Preset xxx CALL 80 ENTER Start the tracking function CALL 82 ENTER...

Page 39: ...sconnected Reconnect power wiring Pan Tilt not initializing when power on Address protocol and baud rate is not correctly set Check and set the parameters again RS485 cable is not correctly connected...

Page 40: ...FF OFF OFF 8 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 9 ON OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 10 OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 11 ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 12 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 13 ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF OF...

Page 41: ...N ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF 56 OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF 57 ON OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF 58 OFF ON OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF 59 ON ON OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF 60 OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF 61 ON OFF ON ON ON...

Page 42: ...FF ON OFF ON ON OFF 107 ON ON OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF 108 OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF 109 ON OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF 110 OFF ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF 111 ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF 112 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON...

Page 43: ...157 ON OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF ON 158 OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF ON 159 ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF ON 160 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON 161 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON 162 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON 163 ON O...

Page 44: ...8 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON 209 ON OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON 210 OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON 211 ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON 212 OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON ON 213 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON ON 214 OFF ON...

Page 45: ...F OFF ON OFF ON ON ON ON 245 ON OFF ON OFF ON ON ON ON 246 OFF ON ON OFF ON ON ON ON 247 ON ON ON OFF ON ON ON ON 248 OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON ON 249 ON OFF OFF ON ON ON ON ON 250 OFF ON OFF ON ON ON O...

Page 46: ...DE DYNAMIC RANGE OFF BACK EXIT MOTION AUTO FLIP ON PROPORTIONAL PAN ON PARK TIME 15S PARK ACTION NONE SCAN SPEED DEG S 1 SET SCAN MANUAL LIMIT SET AZIMUTH ZERO CLEAR AZIMUTH ZERO BACK EXIT POWER UP PO...

Page 47: ...ISPLAY ON HEATER MODE AUTO TEMPERATURE SET 33 BACK EXIT EDIT WINDOW ZOOM IRIS OPEN TO CONTINUE IRIS CLOSE TO CANCEL EDIT WINDOW LOCATION CRUISE DWELL TIME SECS 7 PRESET LIST 1 1 ON 0 IRIS OPEN TO CONT...

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