Pelco CM6800E-48X8 manual Program a Video Loss Alarm, Program Video Loss Alarms

PROGRAM A VIDEO LOSS ALARM

Use the Video Loss screen to program the CM6800 to detect video loss from any camera input and indicate the loss through alarm mode – the logical alarm number, the alarm icon, and a “V” (for video loss) appear on system monitors as specified by alarm group assignment.

PELCO SWITCHER

MODEL CM6800E

MAIN MENU

1	CAMERA		ALARM CONTACTS
2	LOGICAL CAMERA
3	MONITOR	1	INTERNAL CONTACT
4	ACCESS
		2	EXTERNAL CONTACT
5	TIME & DATE
6	PORT	3	VIDEO LOSS
7	PRIORITY	4	ALARM GROUP
8	SEQUENCE	5	LOGICAL ALARM NUMBER
9	MACRO
10	ALARM CONTACTS
11	EVENT TIMER		RETURN

12SET AUXILIARY

13SET PASSWORD

14SYSTEM

15ABOUT CM6800E

ENGLISH

RETURN

VIDEO LOSS MENU

PHYSICAL INPUT:

ENABLE: OFF

ACK TYPE: MANUAL TIME OUT: 10 CAMERA 0001

GROUP ENABLE

A B C D E F G H

N N N N N N N N

RETURN

Figure 36. Program Video Loss Alarms

1.Select the PHYSICAL INPUT number; the logical camera number associated with the physical input appears in the CAMERA field.

2.Select ON in the ENABLE field.

3.In the GROUP ENABLE field, select “Y” under the appropriate group letter to assign the alarm contact to one or more alarm groups. Refer to the Program Alarm Groups section for information on alarm group display options.

4.Optional: The ACK TYPE (alarm clearance type) field is set to MANUAL by default, requiring an operator to acknowledge a video loss alarm from a system keyboard. If you select AUTO, the alarm will time out automatically after the interval specified in the TIME OUT field.

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