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    6/30/2003 1 Application Note Intellex ® Dome Control Methods AN035 This Application Note provides recommended d esign practices when impleme nting Pan, Tilt, Zoom dome control using the Intellex (software ve rsions 2.3 and higher ) Digital Video Management System. Three configuratio ns are list ed below and additional details are provide d as the [...]

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    6/30/2003 2 INSTALLATION AND MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS The remote dome control software i s compatible with Intellex DV8000 and DV16000 serie s running v2.3 or higher. The software m ay be installed via a CD-ROM or diskettes. Once the software and license key are installe d, and version 2.3 upgrade is activated, the softwa re installation is co[...]

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    6/30/2003 3 Figure 1a. I ntellex Cameras s ubmenu with Touch Trac ker Sensor net Controll er selected for d ome contro l. Direct RS-422 Dome Control Direct Sensormatic RS-422 control may be achi eved by connecting the dome to an available USB connector on the rear of the Intellex unit via a USB-to-RS-232 dongle and RS-232-to- RS-422 converter devic[...]

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    6/30/2003 4 For proper dome control op eration the Intellex software settings withi n the SETUP – CAMERAS – CAMERA CONTROL sub-menu shoul d be set for RS-422 Dome as illustrated in Figure 2a. Our RJ860AP 10-Position RS-422 J-B ox and RJ856UD Single Position RS-4 22 J-Box may be used to repeat the data signal, extend the cabling di stance, or im[...]

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    6/30/2003 5 Figure 2a. I ntellex Cameras s ubmenu with RS-422 Dome selected for direct dom e control.[...]

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    6/30/2003 6 Intellex-to-Matrix S w itcher Bas ed Dome/Pan, Tilt, Zoom Control INTELLEX 3.0 VR48 PATCH PA NEL DB9 TO RJ45 USB TO RS232 RS232 PORT PART # 6003-0198-01 PART # 0351-1315-01 Figure 3. D ome control via American Dyna mics MegaPower 48 Matrix Switcher. The illustration above depi cts a serial connection to one of the Co m ports on the Mega[...]

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    6/30/2003 7 Note : The DB9-to-RJ45 cable assembly may be ordered as Part#: 0351-1315-01. It is recommended that the RS-232 port on t he Matrix Switcher be set for Te rminal mode in the event that keyboard pass code security ha s been programm ed. The Intellex dome control settings may be configure d within the following submenu: SETUP – CAMERAS ?[...]

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    6/30/2003 8 Table A. Software configuration setti ngs for Intellex and Matrix Switcher. * When using Intellex v.3.0.11, th e Video Matrix Switcher baud rate should be set to 1200 Baud and when using Intellex v.3.0.15 set the baud rate to 4800 ** The USB Port must be set fo r communications port 6 or higher *** Set for logical Monitor from Matrix Sw[...]