Allied International Home Security System Conventions used in this manual, Styles

Introduction

–Follow all safety instructions, especially the cautions when con- necting cameras.

–Take special care when operating board level cameras (Caution- ESD, general warnings, loading and dirty environments). Read all notes and safety instructions before operating any AVT board level camera.

•Chapter AVT cameras: installing hardware on page 27 describes the hard- ware installation procedures. In this chapter you get links to the AVT website (accessories) and you learn how to get more information on installing software.

–Read this chapter before installing any hardware.

–Read and follow the FireWire hot plug precautions.

–Read and follow the caution when connecting a camera to PC or laptop.

•Chapter Camera interfaces on page 32 describes the interfaces of all AVT cameras (I/O connector and IEEE 1394a and 1394b connectors).

–Read all notes and cautions carefully.

•Chapter Firmware update on page 61 describes how to get information on firmware updates.

Conventions used in this manual

To give this manual an easily understood layout and to emphasize important information, the following typographical styles and symbols are used:

Styles

Style	Function	Example
Bold	Programs, inputs or highlighting	bold
	important things
Courier	Code listings etc.	Input
Upper case	Register	REGISTER
Italics	Modes, fields	Mode
Parentheses and/or blue	Links	(Link)
	Table 2: Styles

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