1. RECEIVING
INSPECTION
Remove from shipping container and inspect for any shipping damage to
the VSA-10. Included will be a VSA-10, 24VDC external power module, a
computer keyboard, and this instruction book. Caution: Read this
instruction manual before operating the equipment.
2. INTRODUCTION
This product allows you to superimpose as many as 10 user
programmable alert messages onto any video image and have them appear and
disappear on the monitor screen under the control of external alarm
contacts. As an example, you could wire a door with contacts and then
when the door is opened a message would appear overlaying the video image
alerting the monitor personnel that the door was open, and when the door
is closed the monitor would return to its normal view.
Having a custom message appear on the monitor screen will speed
reaction time for personnel, and it can alert them to problems beyond the
view of the camera. You can use it to display emergency instructions for
visitors on public display monitors used for entertainment.
Install the unit ahead of any video recorder so the alert message
will be overlaid on the video and will be recorded along with the video
image. In this way the opening and closing of any alarm contact can be
recorded in synchronism with the video image. Unauthorized entry can be
identified and displayed on the video monitor.
Use the included MINI KEYBOARD to customize your on screen message.
This unit brings the alarm contact activity right onto the monitor
screen so you can see any alarm event at a glance and the bright
lettering will attract your attention even out of the corner of your eye.
With 25 characters on each of ten independently controlled screen message
lines this product will cover just about any application you can think
of, and more.
A standard computer keyboard is used to input your custom message
and then the unit saves the message into an EE-Prom non-volatile memory
so if the power goes out your data is protected. If you wish to change
the message at a later date you can re-program the unit anytime you wish.
In fact you can reprogram the unit as many times as you like any time you
like. This is a very versatile video product that will add an extra layer
of security to any CCTV system.
This unit can also overlay privacy masking zones on any of the 10
lines combined with text on the video signal to create user defined areas
covered in black rectangles the size of a standard character. The privacy
zone area is blacked out completely preventing private areas from being
observed or recorded. These areas can be uncovered at any time prior to
recording by using the input contact control. Masking can be used to
block out fixed bright (hot spots) in the image that can cause overloads
in the DVR.
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