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Preset 88-89 (Autotour Sequences) — An Autotour is a series of up to 256 pan, tilt and zoom actions .
Accessing the “Program Autotour” option will bring up an on-screen menu which allows dynamic
programming of each autotour event. This is described in greater detail in the Preset/Tour Handling menu
section.
Preset 90 (Pan/Tilt Lockout) — Storing preset 90 will disable joystick control of that dome, and the
message Pan/Tilt Disabled will momentarily appear on the screen. Any time the joystick is moved, the
message will reappear. To restore pan/tilt operation, preset 90 must be stored again.
This feature prevents the camera dome’s position from being tampered with. This allows the dome to
respond only to preset positions, eliminating the operator’s ability to manually position the dome. It also
allows a unit to be temporarily locked onto a subject for recording or monitoring specific activity. Recalling
preset 90 has no effect. The camera dome retains its capability of zoom, focus and iris control while
locked.
Preset 93 (Set Response Line Polarity) (Duplex Only) — The SurveyorVFT checks for polarity of the
command in lines through the auto baud detect feature. The baud detect cycles through 4800+/4800-
/9600+/9600-/19200+/19200-, indicating not only the baud rate it is searching for but also the polarity that
the receive lines are set to. When preset 93 is selected, the dome will periodically cycle the polarity of the
COMM IN+ and COMM IN- lines. During the cycling, pan the joystick and press either the A/I or A/P key.
As soon as one of the respective lights illuminates, press the AUX2 key. This locks in the correct polarity
for operation.
Preset 94 (Enter Dome Menu System) — Many SurveyorVFT features are accessed through a series of
on-screen menus. These are described in the following programming menu sections and accessed by
storing preset 94. Recalling preset 94 has no effect. For convenience, when performing programming,
pressing the L-SPD (lens speed) button will display a black background.
Preset 95 (Auto-Baud Detect Feature) — Auto-baud detect functions after installing defaults, using
preset 95, when switching Vicoax to Pilot/NOVA (VPS) and upon power-up when the dome sees an
incorrect baud rate from keypad or control system. It allows the camera dome to detect a new baud rate
from the host controller without having to fully reboot the camera dome and lose all stored configuration
parameters. Be sure that auto home on power up is disabled before executing this command. Symbols
are used to display the status of the detection process. The * symbol indicates that valid data at the
correct baud rate has been received, the X symbol represents a framing error has been received and the
- symbol indicates that no data has been received. Recalling preset 95 has no effect.
Preset 96 (Program Dome Sectors) — The SurveyorVFT has the ability to divide its 360
°
field-of-view
into sections or sectors. There may be up to 16 sectors and the boundaries for each are programmed for
each individual dome. An individual title may be programmed for each sector and video may be enabled
or disabled. More information on disabling sector video or “sector censoring” and titling may be found in
the Camera Controller and Source Titling menu sections.
Storing preset 96 will begin the sector programming process by establishing the left boundary for sector
1. Pan the camera to the right and press the
AP (autopan) key to set the right boundary for sector 1,
which is also the left boundary of sector 2. Continue panning the camera and pressing AP until all 16
boundaries have been programmed. If fewer than 16 sectors are required, press AP repeatedly at the
right boundary of the last sector you will be programming to use up all the boundary numbers and exit
sector-programming mode.
When the camera is moved, the corresponding sector title is displayed on the screen (when sector titles
have been enabled). If the video is disabled for a given sector, a black screen with the words “Blank
Sector” will appear when the camera enters that sector and video will be restored when the camera
moves to a sector where video is enabled. Sector programming can be aborted by issuing a preset recall;
this will also erase any prior sector programming. Recalling preset 96 has no effect.