Chapter 2 - Setting Up Your System Hardware
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Main Camera
The ViewStationEX and ViewStation FX come with an integrated main camera,
which is designed with a wide-angle lens.
Some older models of the ViewStationEX and ViewStation FX use a
detachable wide-angle conversion lens. The detachable wide-angle lens
cannot be used on systems with the newer style of camera.
Do not install a wide-angle conversion lens if your system uses the type
of camera shown here.
The VS4000 uses a separate camera, which allows you to install the system in an
equipment room rather than the conference room. This section describes how to
install a Polycom PowerCam™ or other camera as the main camera.
The camera you connect to the Camera 1 input determines whether your system is
an NTSC or PAL system. The VS4000 detects the camera type and provides the
appropriate video to the TV monitor. Because of this, you must connect a camera
to the Camera 1 input.
For best results, position cameras so that they do not normally point directly at a
window or other source of bright light.
The enhanced VS4000 system’s Camera 1 connections provide full PTZ functionality for the
Polycom PowerCam only.
The original VS4000 system’s Camera 1 connections provide this functionality for all
supported PTZ cameras.