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Easy48

for the MegaPower

TM

 48+

Installation and Operation Manual

Содержание MegaPower 48 Plus

Страница 1: ...Easy48 for the MegaPowerTM 48 Installation and Operation Manual ...

Страница 2: ...ity or fitness American Dynamics Video Products Division reserves the right to revise this manual and change its content without obligation to notify any person of these revisions Software License Agreement A Software License Agreement appears in Appendix A of this manual Please read it carefully Using the Easy48 software indicates that you accept the terms and conditions of this agreement ...

Страница 3: ...ing Data 9 Uploading Data 10 System Warnings 11 Monitor Status 11 System Multi Matrix 12 Operation Mode 12 Primary Matrix Configuration 12 Secondary Configuration 13 System Ports 13 System Time Date 14 System Pager Profile 15 Prerequisites for Paging 15 Modem Connection 15 Associating an Alarm Contact with a Pager Message 15 Paging Response to Alarms 15 System Options 16 System Passwords 16 Camera...

Страница 4: ...sing Timers 27 Partitioning Keyboard Monitor 28 Partitioning Keyboard Camera 28 Partitioning Keyboard Control 29 Partitioning Monitor Camera 30 Alarms 31 Programming an Alarm 31 Additional Alarm Programming Notes 31 Alarm Configuration Alarm Messages 32 Alarm Triggers Patch Panel 33 Alarm Triggers Domes 33 Alarm Triggers Serial 34 Alarm Triggers Video Loss 34 Alarm Associations Choose Alarm Associ...

Страница 5: ...8 system software parameters and for people who will be responsible for administration and maintenance of the system Compatibility The Easy48 configuration software is suitable for use with the MegaPower 48 only Use the S3 system setup software to configure the MegaPower 48 AD168 and AD1024 matrix switcher controller systems The MegaPower 48 can be ugraded to a MegaPower 48 by purchasing a softwar...

Страница 6: ...ding system parameters to the PC This connection can be via RS232 using a RS232 port on the MegaPower 48 or via an Ethernet connection using the network connector on the MegaPower 48 Ethernet When using a single MegaPower 48 matrix an Ethernet connection can be made between the network connector on the matrix and a PC using a cross over cable or using a straight connection via an Ethernet switch I...

Страница 7: ...asswords are case sensitive If the correct password is entered the main Easy48 window is displayed and the user can begin to create a data file If an incorrect password is entered an error message is displayed and the utility is closed and must be reopened Consult your system administrator for more information Main Easy48 Window When a correct system access password is entered the main Easy48 wind...

Страница 8: ...r 48 unit 5 Upload upload data from the connected MegaPower 48 unit 6 Version view the version number of Easy48 Display Area The display area is split into two sections On the left hand side of the area is a list of nodes one for each of the different types of settings that can be made When a setting type is selected from this list the right hand side of the area is populated with details about cu...

Страница 9: ...n edit the data file If an incorrect password is entered an error message is displayed and the user must try to open the file again If no password has been issued to the site file there is no need to enter any text Simply click OK Downloading Data When a site file has been created and the user is ready to download the information to the MegaPower 48 system either select the Download option from th...

Страница 10: ...this either select the Upload option from the File menu or click the Upload button on the toolbar The Upload dialog is displayed Data can be uploaded from the PC to the MegaPower 48 via an Ethernet connection or an RS232 serial port connection see page 6 If using a serial port connection at a setting of 38400 baud the upload can take from 5 minutes in a Mode 1 system configuration up to 20 minutes...

Страница 11: ... and third characters are the port number on that matrix 1 16 The screen displays the following information Camera shows the video input number currently being displayed on the monitor Sync indicates whether a video synchronisation signal is detected on the currently displayed video input Tour indicates the number of the tour currently running on the monitor If no tour is running 0 is displayed Ho...

Страница 12: ...monitor output unit Mode 1 has a primary matrix and a maximum of three secondary units In a Mode 1 system the maximum capability is 144 cameras with sixteen full cross point switched monitor outputs Mode 2 has a primary matrix and a maximum of four secondary units In a Mode 2 system the maximum capability is 192 cameras with twelve full cross point switched monitor outputs and three additional mon...

Страница 13: ... addresses can be used Primary Matrix IP 192 168 3 1 Secondary Matrix C IP 192 168 3 4 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Secondary Matrix D IP 192 168 3 5 Gateway Leave Blank Secondary Matrix E IP 192 168 3 6 Secondary Matrix A IP 192 168 3 2 Secondary Matrix F IP 192 168 3 7 Secondary Matrix B IP 192 168 3 3 If the MegaPower 48 system is to be used on a wider network that includes other PC s or systems c...

Страница 14: ... enable paging communications with an external AT command set modem For this use set the baud rate to 2400 data bits to 7 parity to Even and stop bits to 2 Note that the Modem setting is only available for port 8 of the primary matrix port reference X8 Expander should be selected when a RS232 port expander has been connected to the specific port Three new rows will be added to the screen for these...

Страница 15: ...to Even data bits to 7 and stop bits to 2 See page 13 for more details on the Ports menu Notes Only one modem can be connected in a MegaPower 48 system connections cannot be made to port 8 on more than one matrix in a multi matrix system Port 8 on a MegaPower 48 unit is also equipped with an RJ45 jack for connection to a variety of RS232 devices However if the DB9 connector is used for modem conne...

Страница 16: ...abled or disabled for video inputs individually using the Titles Pseudos screen see page 17 Note that video loss detection is automatically enabled in operation modes 2 and 3 see page 12 Use the Language drop down box to select the language in which Easy48 should be displayed The available options are English French German Spanish Portuguese and Italian System Passwords The Passwords screen enable...

Страница 17: ...tified by function or location For example if a two story building has 10 cameras located on each floor floor 1 cameras could be assigned the pseudo numbers 101 through 110 and floor 2 cameras could be assigned the pseudo numbers 201 through 210 The Title 1 field can be used to enter a eight character alphanumeric title for the video input Double click in the field and enter the required text The ...

Страница 18: ...n field is used to specify the on screen position of that preset title Double click in the field and select from left centre and right To append the characters entered in the Title 2 field to those entered in the Title 1 field select the same justification type in both fields Note In this screen it is possible to use the drag down method to change multiple fields in a column to the same setting En...

Страница 19: ...over the fields below that are to be set the same Press the Enter key to copy the setting to the highlighted fields Cameras Camera Status The Camera Status screen displays real time status information for each video input To display this screen expand the Cameras node on the left hand side of the display area and then click the Camera Status node Video inputs are listed by port reference with the ...

Страница 20: ...al Display incoming alarms are displayed on a pair of monitors The monitor that receives the first of a series of alarms is called the hold monitor Subsequent alarms are received and queued at the second monitor of the pair The second monitor is called the sequence monitor After an alarm is cleared on the hold monitor the first alarm in queue on the sequence monitor is moved to the hold monitor fo...

Страница 21: ...et priority levels for keyboards or users and to configure each of the eight priority levels Notes Keyboards are added to the system in the Ports screen See page 13 for more details The way the Users Priorities screen looks depends on whether the User IDs checkbox is ticked in the Options screen see page 16 If the checkbox is ticked the lower half of the screen is used to issue users with priority...

Страница 22: ...ck Camera Ability If enabled the selected priority level can lock the control of a camera by keyboard commands Override If enabled the selected priority level can override the keyboard camera view and control partitioning restrictions If disabled the selected priority level cannot override partitioning restrictions Menu Access If enabled the selected priority level has access to the programming me...

Страница 23: ... on the monitor for the required dwell time A message INVcccc is displayed on the monitor to indicate that an invalid camera was selected Creating a New Tour To create a new tour follow the steps below 1 In the Name text field enter a name for the tour 2 Using the ID drop down list select an ID for the tour This is the number that will be entered on a system keyboard in order to recall the tour 3 ...

Страница 24: ...he video input pseudo number This field is disabled if the Link field is set to Tour or Salvo Salvo This field is only enabled when the Link field is set to Salvo It is then used to specify the pre programmed salvo number that is to be called at this tour step Tour This field is only enabled when the Link field is set to Tour It is then used to specify the pre programmed tour number that is to be ...

Страница 25: ...monitor and a camera in that salvo is not available a message INVcccc is displayed on the monitor to indicate that an invalid camera was selected Creating a New Salvo To create a new salvo follow the steps below 1 In the Name text field enter a name for the salvo 2 Using the ID drop down list select an ID for the salvo This is the number that will be entered on a system keyboard in order to recall...

Страница 26: ... simultaneous display of different camera views on a group of contiguous monitors will show Yes in the Link field for each salvo entry except the last entry which will show No or Salvo If No is selected the salvo stops at the selected position If Salvo is selected another pre programmed system salvo is called The desired salvo number is specified in the Salvo field Salvo can only be selected as th...

Страница 27: ...sociation tables are configured using the Alarm Association screens See pages 36 39 for more details on these screens Calling System Tours Using Timers Using the bottom section of the Timers screen it is possible to call system tours on specific monitors at specific times during a week To call up a system tour using an event timer follow the steps below 1 In the current timer list highlight the ti...

Страница 28: ...n list to select the cross symbol By default all keyboards have viewing privilege to all cameras It is also possible to use the drag down method to change multiple fields in a column to the same setting Select the required option in the uppermost field and then click and drag the cursor over the fields below that are to be set the same Press the Enter key to copy the setting to the highlighted fie...

Страница 29: ...erefore if video loss detection is enabled changes to the access rights of this monitor cannot be made Partitioning Keyboard Control The Keyboard Control screen is displayed by expanding the Partitioning node on the left hand side of the display area and then clicking on the Keyboard Control node Use this screen to define which individual cameras each keyboard can control If access is not granted ...

Страница 30: ...itor with port reference X16 will be used by the system to sample video Therefore if video loss detection is enabled changes to the access rights for this monitor cannot be made The triggering of an alarm contact can be set to display a specify video input on a specific monitor When completing the Monitor Camera screen ensure that these alarm monitors are granted access on these alarm cameras In t...

Страница 31: ...ll display alarm responses and the arming method selected determines how alarms will be displayed queued and cleared See page 20 for more details on the Monitors screen Additional Alarm Programming Notes Please take note of the following points when carrying out alarm programming Auxiliary and Preset Alarm Callups Multiple alarm contacts can be associated with different auxiliary and or preset cal...

Страница 32: ...t cannot display on screen text any messages programmed to an alarm associated with these monitors will not be displayed For each alarm message complete the following fields The Title 1 field can be used to enter a 24 character alphanumeric alarm message Double click in the field and enter the required text The first Justification field is used to specify the on screen position of this message Dou...

Страница 33: ...mplete the fields described in the table on page 35 Alarm Triggers Domes Dome alarms are alarm contacts routed from AD domes to the RS422 or SensorNet connectors on the MegaPower 48 patch panel There can be up to four alarm inputs on each connected AD dome maximum 288 dome cameras The Dome Alarm Setup screen is used to create an alarm response for each connected dome alarm To display this screen e...

Страница 34: ...ix or to a secondary unit This means there is a maximum of 288 video loss alarms To activate video loss alarms it is necessary to enable video loss detection in the Options screen see page 16 Video loss detection can then be enabled for individual video inputs in the Titles Pseudos screen see page 17 The Video Loss Alarm Setup screen is used to create an alarm response for each video loss alarm To...

Страница 35: ...hen in sequence queuing mode Set this field to 61 if the alarm is to be held on screen until it is cleared Preset This field can be used to recall a preset on the specified camera A preset is a programmed camera view determined by a camera with pan tilt and or lens adjustment capability In a MegaPower 48 system presets can range from 1 to 96 If no preset is to be called set this field to 0 Note th...

Страница 36: ...tion table 0 10 that is to be configured 2 Select the alarm type whose association table you wish to configure i e patch panel dome serial or video loss by clicking on the appropriate tab at the top of the screen A screen appropriate for the selected type of alarm is displayed Use the following sections to configure monitor alarm contact associations 3 Return to the Choose Alarm Association Set sc...

Страница 37: ...hen follow the steps below to configure the monitor alarm contact associations 1 Click the Patch Panel tab 2 Double click in the appropriate cell A drop down list is displayed For example in the figure above an association between patch panel alarm X05 and monitor 2 X02 is currently selected 3 To specify that the patch panel alarm should be associated with this monitor use the drop down list to se...

Страница 38: ...on that matrix 1 16 Ensure that the required association table number is selected from the Choose Alarm Association Set screen and then follow the steps below to configure the monitor alarm contact associations 1 Click the Domes tab 2 Double click in the appropriate cell A drop down list is displayed For example in the figure above an association between the third alarm input on dome camera A02 an...

Страница 39: ...o configure the monitor alarm contact associations 1 Click the Serial tab 2 Double click in the appropriate cell A drop down list is displayed For example in the figure above an association between the serial alarm 011 and monitor 2 X02 is currently selected 3 To specify that the serial alarm should be associated with this monitor use the drop down list to select the tick symbol To specify that no...

Страница 40: ...ed association table number is selected from the Choose Alarm Association Set screen and then follow the steps below to configure the monitor alarm contact associations 1 Click the Video Loss tab 2 Double click in the appropriate cell A drop down list is displayed For example in the figure above an association between the video loss alarm A10 and monitor 4 X04 is currently selected 3 To specify th...

Страница 41: ...s License Agreement and agrees to abide by the restrictions on its use of the Software and Documentation set forth in Section 5 of this License Agreement 5 Use and Copies Customer may use the Software and Documentation only in conjunction with the other equipment identified in the Equipment Agreement as part of the access control closed circuit television or other security system being acquired fr...

Страница 42: ...puter on which the Software is run to SEC s specifications or requirements and for the maintenance of such computer in good working order and repair SEC s suppliers do not warrant the Software assume any liability regarding the use of the Software or undertake to provide any maintenance support or information regarding the Software 7 U S Government Restricted Rights The Software and Documentation ...

Страница 43: ...d to a primary matrix 2 Go to the Upload dialog see page 10 3 Select the Upload Licence Key option from the Upload Task drop down list 4 Click the Upload button Details of the current licensing information will be uploaded from the matrix to Easy48 Make a note of the current licence key and the MAC address 5 Contact American Dynamics Technical Support or go to the American Dynamics website at www ...

Страница 44: ...information www americandynamics net 2004 American Dynamics Product specifications subject to change without notice Certain product names mentioned herein may be trade names and or registered trademarks of other companies MP EASY48 HB 1 ...

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