Pelco dx8100 manual Basic Camera Setup

CAMERA SETUP

Up to 32 video cameras can be connected to the unit. Only an Administrator or Power User can configure cameras.

This section describes how to setup the camera and includes the following topics:

•Basic Camera Setup

•Motion Detection Setup on page 118

•Audio Setup on page 119

•Configuring Video Loss Detection on page 121

•Applying Settings to All Cameras on page 122

•IP Camera Setup on page 122

BASIC CAMERA SETUP

This section describes how to set up an analog camera. For information about setting up an IP camera, refer to IP Camera Setup on page 122. To set up camera picture and PTZ options:

1.Do one of the following:

•On the DX8100 toolbar, click the Setup button . The Setup dialog opens to the Camera page.

•If the Setup dialog box is already open, click the Camera button . The Camera page is displayed.

2.In the Camera Properties section, do the following:

a.Select a camera from the Selected Channel drop-down box. Alternately, you can click a camera in the Site Tree to select it.

b.Verify that Local Camera is displayed in the associated Selected Channel drop-down box.

c.(Optional) To disable an analog camera, select Disable in the associated Selected Channel drop-down box.

d.Enter an optional new name in the Camera Name box for the camera. Camera names can be up to 32 characters long and can include spaces and special characters. The Camera Name box cannot be left blank or have any spaces. If a valid name is not entered in the Camera Name box when you click Apply, the previous name is displayed.

e.Set camera security level. The default security levels are as follows:

•None: The camera can be viewed by all users.

•Low: The camera can be viewed by all users except the Guest account.

NOTE: If you do not want video from a low security level camera to be viewed by the Guest user, set the security level for that cameras to medium or higher.

•Medium: The camera can be viewed by users with Standard User access and higher.

•High: The camera can be viewed by users with Power User access and higher.

f.In the Protocol drop-down box, select the appropriate PTZ protocol for the camera, or select No PTZ if the selected camera does not support PTZ functions. Some of the supported protocol options are as follows:

•NO PTZ: Disables all PTZ functions for the current camera

•PELCO-C: Coaxitron

•PELCO-D: Pelco engineered

•PELCO-P: Pelco engineered

•SAMSUNG™ (V2.0)

•PANASONIC®

•VICON®

•KALATEL™

•Honeywell™ (HSD251)

•American Dynamics™

•Phillips® (TC8560, TC700 Series)

•LG® (v1.0)

You must configure one of the RS-422/RS-485 PTZ ports for Spectra for Coaxitron to function. For more information, refer to Setting Up RS-422/RS-485 Communication Port Properties on page 180.

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