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Chapter 1
—
Introduction
1.1 FEATURES
The ScanDome
TM
joystick controller is designed to control up to 64 ScanDome
TM
cameras (it is
expandable up to 255 dome cameras when in simplex control mode). Rollover key functions make it
capable of controlling a variety of external switching devices such as Multiplexers and/or Digital Video
Recorders.
The joystick controller features:
•
The capability of controlling a camera
’
s panning and tilting movement with variable speed from 0.1
°
/sec to 90
°
/sec (64 speed steps). It has capability to manually override the zoom camera
’
s auto
focus and auto iris functions. Speed is inversely proportional to the zoom ratio. With (
Shift
) key
pressed enabling the Turbo speed mode, the maximum speed supported is 360
°
/sec.
•
The ability to define and recall up to 248
presets
, which are immediate camera call-ups of preset
position view, with automatic zoom and focus.
•
Program 4
patterns
, which comprise a sequential series of pan, tilt, zoom, and focus movements
from a single camera.
•
One define (continuous rotation) with 16
scans
.
•
8
tours
consisting of 64 presets, patterns, scans and alternate tours. It is expandable to over 400
functions with nested tours.
•
Global preset
recalls the preset of all dome cameras.
•
Manual override mode of auto focus or auto iris is switched to Auto Iris/Focus mode by slight
movement of the joystick handle.
•
Programmable user preferences (alarm, preset, title, etc.).
•
Two levels of password, administrator and user, are supported for higher security.
•
One Master and multiple slave Keyboards are supported for distributed control.
•
DVR system (Max 99) can be controlled remotely.
•
Up to two dome cameras
’
programmed data can be downloaded to none volatile memory space in
the joystick controller for the purpose of transfer to a new dome cameras.
