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Controlling PTZ Cameras (RS485 Setup)
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If you have PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) cameras connected to the DVR they can be controlled locally from
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the front panel and/or remote controller and also remotely over a LAN/WAN connection via a remote
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PC or smartphone / tablet running the FingerCMS App.
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Before you can drive the camera you will have to set up the serial data settings and also define the
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protocol used to communicate with the camera, and define the cameras unique physical address.
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Camera Address
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Each controllable camera must have its own unique address, otherwise when you send control
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commands from the DVR to the camera (such as pan left, tilt up, zoom in etc) cameras that share an
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address will move together. After you have set your cameras addresses as desired, go into the Pre
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Camera set up menu (refer to section 10.1.a) and set the address in the appropriate PTZ ID field.
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Usually, to avoid confusion, the camera connected to input 1 will be addressed 1, the camera
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connected to input 2 will be addressed 2 and so on...
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Connecting Data Wires
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IRIS8xx series DVR
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s communicate to PTZ cameras via a two wire RS485 serial data connection.
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Refer to section 7.4 for details on the DVR
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s RS485 connections, as well as your cameras user
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guide. For quick reference, use the black (RS485 A(+)) and white RS485 B(-)) wires on the 16 way
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rectangular connector on the rear of the DVR.
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RS232/485/GPS Setup
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Once your cameras have been set up and you data wires connected up either directly from the DVR
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to the camera or via a serial data distributor (see section 7.4), the final step is to configure the serial
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port on the DVR.
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Section 10: Setup
