CONNECTING MULTIPLE CARDS

You may control up to 32 cameras by installing up to two QSDT16PCRP cards. You will need to connect the cards in the manner shown below to use the Spot Out option.

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3.4 CONNECTING A PTZ CAMERA

In order to operate a PTZ camera from your card, you will need to have first installed the card into a PCI slot within the computer and attached the video dongle.

You will also need an RS485 to RS232 (Serial) adapter as well as having a serial port on the back of your PC.

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STEP 1. Connect the RS485 cables from the PTZ camera to the RS485-to-Serial Adapter STEP 2. Connect the Adapter to the serial port on the back of the PC

STEP 3. Connect the video line from the camera to any Video In port on the DVR card (Item 4)

You may now connect your camera to a power source.

Please see Chapter 8 for instructions on operating the PTZ camera with the SuperDVR software.

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