Predator Installation Manual Ver 2.9
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7 Basic Twisted Pair/RS485 Data Wiring
The Predator is capable of being controlled by either Coax Telemetry or Twisted Pair Telemetry (RS485). Below
are wiring configurations for two wiring formats used for Twisted Pair Telemetry (RS485). The Predator camera
cannot
be wired in a Daisy Chain configuration as the RS485/twisted pair circuit is terminated/end of line.
Daisy Chain
(Cannot be used with the 360 Predator)
RS485 twisted pair cable is wired to each camera in a “chain”. Only the
last camera is to have the RS485 (end of line) termination on, all other
cameras in the chain must have the RS485 termination off.
Star Wired
RS485 twisted pair cable is wired to each camera in a “star” from one
point. A suitable RS485 star driver/data distribution product must be
used. All cameras in this wiring configuration must have the RS485
(end of line) termination on.
8 Predator Protocol/Address setup.
All Predator cameras are supplied set to 360 Vision protocol, camera twisted pair address 1. When the Predator
is switched on, an OSD (On Screen Display) is shown on the image from the camera for approx 20 seconds.
PRO:360VTL CAM:0001 DS
Predator Software Version
PRO: Protocol being used for telemetry (e.g. 360 Vision Technology Ltd)
CAM: Camera RS485 ID (e.g. Cam 1)
D: If present dual addressing is enabled on the camera.
S or L: Short or Long cable run. Use the utility to set wether the coax used to send video is under or over 300m.
Second Line: Shows the Predator Software Version loaded into the camera.
To change the above settings in the camera, 360 Predator utility software, a USB/RS485 cable (PRED-
USB-485) and a laptop are required.
The Predator utility and PRED-USB-485 cable drivers can be found on the CD (shipped with the camera) or
contact 360 Vision Technical Support.
Install the software (Predator-issued-120521-1-installer.exe) on the laptop being used. Connect the RS485 end
of the cable fitted with a 3 way connector to the Predator PSU 3 way RS485 port. Run the utility on the laptop
and then connect the USB end of the cable into the laptop. The utility will then look for new comms ports and
then will look for the camera across all baud rates used.
Settings that can be altered from this software are:
• Protocol: 360 (Coax/RS485), Pelco P 2400/4800/9600, Pelco
D 2400/4800/9600, Pelco Coaxitron (Extended version), VCL
(Coax/RS485), Ultrak (RS485), Forward Vision (RS485),
Molynx (Coax/RS485)*
• Coax Cable length: Longer than 300m or shorter than 300m.
• RS485 Address: Used on RS485 systems only.
*Molynx Coax is only available when the camera is ordered with
this requirement.
