Parts and their functions

Control panel

 

 

 

GAIN

AUTO

WHT BAL

OPERATE

 

MANU

A

 

 

 

 

0dB

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

CAM

MODE

H

B

ON

 

 

BAR

 

 

 

CONT

 

CAM

 

 

 

ON

SHUTTER

 

ATW

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

TALLY

 

 

 

2

3

4

5

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

LEVEL

IRIS

MEMORY

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

MANU

 

 

Multi Hybrid Control Panel AW-RP555

AWC

SCENE FILE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USER

 

 

 

 

NG

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

 

 

 

MENU

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

ABC

 

MENU ITEM

YES

NO

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

DEF

WIP

H/F

2

3

4

5

 

 

 

(AF)

EXT ND OP

7 8 9 10

LAMP

SPEED

ZOOM

LOW

TELE

 

HIGH

 

 

 

WIDE

 

FAR

NEAR

FOCUSPAN/TILT

UP

LEFTRIGHT

DOWN

OPERATE lamp

This lamp will come on when power is supplied to this unit and the OPERATE switch is on.

OPERATE switch

This controls the power of all pan/tilt head systems (pan/ tilt head and convertible camera) connected to this unit. Allow at least 5 seconds between ON/OFF operations.

Setting the OPERATE switch to OFF will not turn the power to this unit off. To turn the power to this unit completely off, the power switch of AC adapter must be turned off.

GAIN [AUTO/MANU] button

This is used to select the gain control mode of the camera in the pan/tilt head system currently selected. Each time it is pressed, the mode is switched by one step in the sequence of the auto mode and manual mode

[0 dB, L (9 dB) and H (18 dB)].

If a setting other than 0 dB, 9 dB or 18 dB has been selected for the gain in the manual mode using the camera menu, it will be changed to the setting established by the operation of this button.

In the auto mode, the button’s lamp lights; in the manual mode, it goes off.

CAM CONT lamp

This lights when the CAM CONT switch is at ON and communication with the camera of the pan/tilt head system currently selected is taking place successfully. It goes off if trouble occurs in the communication.

When using a pan/tilt head other than the AW-PH350, AW-PH360 or AW-PH650, it remains off even when communication is taking place successfully.

MANU [L, H] lamp

These lamps turn on and off as follows when a MANU gain setting has been selected using the GAIN button.

0 dB

L lamp off

H lamp off

9 dB

L lamp on

H lamp off

18 dB

L lamp off

H lamp on

When a setting other than the above has been selected using the camera menu, both the L and H lamps turn on.

CAM CONT switch

This switch is used to turn the control panel’s camera control functions ON or OFF.

ON: Camera control is enabled (turned on).

OFF: Camera control is disabled (turned off).

The following functions can be turned on and off using the CAM CONT switch.

GAIN, MODE, SHUTTER, WHT BAL [A, B, ATW], AWC, ABC, SCENE FILE [USER, 1, 2, 3], MENU/, ITEM/, YES/, NO/

MODE [BAR/CAM] button

This is used to select the camera’s video output signals in the pan/tilt head system currently selected.

Each time it is pressed, the camera’s color bar signals or video signals are selected in turn.

When the color bar signals are selected, the button’s lamp comes on; when the video signals are selected, it goes off.

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Panasonic AW-RP555N manual Parts and their functions, Control panel

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