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    Intel lex® RMS Instal lation Note English Intel lex ® RMS Installation Note READ THIS BEFORE INST ALLING THE RMS! NOTE: This n ote adds or corr ects in forma tion in the Inte llex RMS Insta llation a nd Oper ating Inst ructi ons . In ca se of con flict, thi s note replac es infor matio n in tho se manuals . NOTE: Default r ecording mode changed t[...]

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    Inte llex® RM S Insta llatio n Note 2 INSTA LLING THE HARD DRIVES The six hard drives packaged with the In te llex RMS must be installed in the uni t. The har d drives ar e each conta ined in caddies so they may be eas ily installed. 1. Remove the drives fr om the packaging. 2. Unlock the front cover of the RMS uni t and open the front cover . 3. [...]

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    Intelle x RM S Dig ital V ideo Manage ment Sy stem 3 Connec t the Cameras Connect the video cables fr om the cameras to the BNC connectors on the r e ar of the RMS (#12 in Figure 1 below). T erm inate the video using the switches at each BNC connect or or using the Intellex Setu p scr een. If you use the switches to select the 75 O hm termi - natio[...]

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    Inte llex® RM S Insta llatio n Note 4 3. Power In — Th is connector accepts any AC main power cord with an IEC-320-C13 plug. (Most standard computer cords meet this r equir ement.) CAUTION: Before connecting power , se t the voltage swit ch to the corr ect voltage (“1 15” or “230”). 4. Mouse — This PS/2-style connector accepts the plug[...]

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    Intelle x RM S Dig ital V ideo Manage ment Sy stem 5 NOTE: The Expor t Signal input can be us ed to s tart a Fil l CD opera tion witho ut acce ss to the norma l user interfac e. A conta ct cl osure, e .g., an e xternal switc h, can be used t o execute the Fil l CD co mmand to ex port the last 5 00 MB of data to a CD. 14. Video Out — This BNC conn[...]

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    Inte llex® RM S Insta llatio n Note 6 Audi o Reco rding and Mon itor ing Connecting the Audio Source Connect the audio source to the Intellex un it thr ough the color coded 3.5mm audio con- nectors on the rear of the unit. The pink connector is used for a microphone input and the blue connector is used for a line level sign al input. T o obtain th[...]

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    Intelle x RM S Dig ital V ideo Manage ment Sy stem 7 NOTE: NOTE: Do not m ix port exp ander s between different In tellex un its. Eac h expander will c reate a ne w set of RS -232 p orts on t he Intelle x. T ext S etup Select Te x t in the In tellex Se tup screen. Select Add to configure a text stream. Enter a name for the text s tr eam and the RS [...]

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    Inte llex® RM S Insta llatio n Note 8 The E xport Playe r T h e I n t e l l e x P l a y e r s o f t w a r e i s r e q u i r e d t o p l a y b a c k e x p o r t e d v i d e o c l i p s . T h i s p l a y e r c a n be exp ort ed w it h t he v id eo c li ps t o a CD a nd the pl aye r m ust be ins ta lle d on th e P C to be used for review . It only ne[...]