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Installation and Operating Instructions
VDC1604 VISTA DOME CONTROLLER
PROGRAMMING
EXITING THE MENU SYSTEM
Each submenu has a
Previous menu
field. To exit a submenu, either select
this item and press enter to return to the previous menu level, or press the
Escape
Esc
key. This will eventually bring you back to the Main Menu. Here, use
the joystick to select
Exit menus
and press enter. The
Save and Exit menu
will
be displayed.
In this menu, there are three choices:
Save changes and exit
- selecting this will save any changes you have made
and then exit the menu system.
Discard changes and exit
- selecting this will discard any changes you have
made and exit the menu system.
* Restore factory defaults
- this menu item will reset all of the default factory
settings.
* Clear log
- this command will clear the contents of the alarm log.
Cancel and return to menu
- selecting this will close the
Save and Exit
screen
and return you to the main menu.
Alternatively, the menu system may be exited at any time and from any place by
pressing the Escape key.
When used, this method will not save any menu
changes that have been made within the menu system.
Note that in order to preserve configuration integrity, each data entry screen
within the menu system should be exited by selecting
Previous
menu
or by the
valid selection of a new menu.
*
These menu items are only available to the installer.
PROGRAMMING THE TIME AND DATE
Your VDC1604 has a battery-backed clock that will retain the correct time, date and all other programmed data in the event
of power loss to the unit. The Time and Date menu is accessed from the main
menu.
Programming the Date
1. Select the date format field and use the joystick to select from the
picklist
MM/DD/YY
,
DD/MM/YY
or
YY/MM/DD
. Default is
DD/MM/YY
.
Press
enter.
2. Select the
Set
field and use the number keys to enter the day (
DD
) in a
two digit form i.e. 01, 31, etc. Advance to the next field (
MM
) using the
joystick and enter the month in two digit form. Advance to the next field (
YY
)
and enter the year. Note the date must be entered in DD/MM/YY format.
3. Select the
Set day
field and use the joystick to choose the correct
day from the pick list.
4. Select
Set clock
to make the selected time active.
Programming the Time
1. Select the
Time format
field and use the up/down joystick to select
24 hour
or
12 hour
from the picklist . Press enter. Note that in 12 hour format, a.m.
times are displayed
09.54
and p.m. times are displayed
09:54
.
2. Select the
Set time
field. The hours
field will be selected. Use the number
keys to enter the desired hour in a two digit format, i.e. 02, 13, etc. Advance
the cursor to the minutes field using the joystick and press enter. Use the
number keys to input the minutes. Press enter. Note that the time in this
field is always entered in 24 hour format regardless of how the time will
actually be shown by the on-screen display system.
Note
To activate the time and date information you have entered, select
Set clock
and press the enter key. To abandon any changes, select
Prev
and press the
enter key.
Save and exit
4
Save changes and exit
Discard changes and exit
Restore factory defaults
Clear log
Cancel and return to menu
Time and Date
Date format
4
DD/MM/YY
Time format
24 hour
Daylight save
None
Set DD
01
MM
12
YY
99
Set time 24hr clock
hh
:
mm
Set day
MON
Prev Set clock
Daylight Saving
The Daylight Saving time function is
achieved using the
Daylight Save
field.
On the day before DST, select
Advance
or
Retard
. The time will then be
advanced or retarded as appropriate,
by one hour at the next occurence of
2.00 a.m. for advance and 2.00 a.m. for
retard.
The DST Daylight Save field will then
reset itself to
None
.