Pelco CM9740-CC1 manual

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    CM9740-CC1 System 9740™ Controller Installation/ Operation Manual C1508M-A (02/01) ® Pelco • 3500 P elco W a y • Cl o vis, CA 93612-5699 USA • ww w .pelco.com In No r th Ame r ica and Canada: T el (800) 289-9100 • F AX (800) 289-9150 International Customers: T el +1(559) 292-1981 • F AX +1(559) 348-1120[...]

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    2 | C1508M-A (02/01) CONTENTS Section Page 1.0 IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS AND W ARNINGS ...................................................... 5 1.2 REGULA T ORY NO TICES .............................................................................. 5 2.0 OVER VIEW .........................................................................................[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 3 LIST OF ILLUSTRA TIONS Figur e Page 1 CM9740-CC1 Front Vie w ................................................................................... 8 2 Rear Vie w , Gener al Identification ....................................................................... 9 3 CM9740-CC1 Rear Connector Pinouts .......................................[...]

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    4 | C1508M-A (02/01) LIST OF T ABLES T able Page A Command K e y Functions .................................................................................. 25 B CC1 Hardw are Errors ........................................................................................ 32 C CC1 System Errors ......................................................[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 5 1.0 IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS AND WARNINGS Prior to installation and use of this product, the following W ARNINGS should be obser ved. 1. Installation and servicing should only be done by qualified ser vice personnel and con- for m to all local codes. 2. Unless the unit is specifically mar ked as a NEMA T ype 3, 3R, 3S, 4, 4X ,6 or 6P en[...]

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    6 | C1508M-A (02/01) 2.0 OVER VIEW 2.1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS The CM9740-CC1 is the controller for the System 9740 ™ Matrix s witching system. Although the CM9740-CC1 has a smaller hardware footprint than the CM9760-CC1, it can, with its “ 9740 specific ” e xecutable software , interface the same peripher al mix that the CM9760- CC1 does , but [...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 7 3.0 BEFORE YOU BEGIN 3.1 A BRIEF NOTE The CM9740-CC1 is a none xpandab le CPU , optimiz ed for systems r anging from a 16 x 4 configur ation (16 inputs and 4 outputs) to a 256 x 32 configuration (256 in- puts and 32 outputs). Beginner or New to 9740 If y ou are totally ne w to P elco , or are f amiliar with P elco but new to the 9740[...]

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    8 | C1508M-A (02/01) 4.0 INTRODUCTION TO THE CC1 4.1 DESCRIPTION The CM9740-CC1 Controller is the main component and central oper ating hub of the Sys- tem 9740. All components of the system connect to and communicate with the Controller via the por ts located on the rear of the unit. The CM9740-CC1 Controller mounts in a standard 19-inch (48.26 cm[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 9 Rear View The rear of the controller appears as illustrated in Figure 2. This is the business end of the CM9740-CC1. Figure 2 Rear Vie w , General Identification (RS-232 Wir ing Connection between the CC1 and an External PC) RX RX TX TX Refer to Figure 3 for COM port pinout identification[...]

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    10 | C1508M-A (02/01) 4.3 SERCOM BOARD CARDS Sercom Card installation at the f actory configures the Sercom cards for the slot position lo- cations the y occup y in the unit. Once y ou have an oper ational system, y ou can cycle through your IRQ/Slot position set- tings b y toggling the AL T + A k e y combination on the ke yboard associated with th[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 11 4.5 CONNECTING TO THE CONTROLLER All system de vices connect to the rear of the CM9740-CC1 controller . In gener al, an y con- nectable de vice that can be used with the CM9760-CC1 can also be used with the CM9740-CC1. D-type , 9-pin connectors are used f or COM 1 and COM 2, while the VGA card connector is a 15-pin D-type connector.[...]

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    12 | C1508M-A (02/01) 5.0 PHYSICAL INST ALLATION AND INITIALIZA TION 5.1 CC1 INST ALLA TION – CATEGOR Y I Pr eliminary For new installations, y ou nor mally receive a configur ation setup or dia- g r am and a por t assignment sheet f or y our specific installation. P a y close attention to these when setting up y our system. Items specific to CC1[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 13 5.1 .2 Categor y I – Upgrade Replacement (Hardware Only) Object: Ph ysical Replacement of the CC1 Assumptions: • The CC1 to be replaced is par t of an existing oper ational system configu- r ation that has f ailed. • The softw are en vironment that existed on the failed CC1 is to be used on the replacement CC1. T o ph ysically[...]

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    14 | C1508M-A (02/01) 5.1.3 Categor y I – Upgrade Replacement (Har dware and Software) Object: Ph yscial replacement of the CC1, in conjunction with softw are upgr ade or re- placement. Assumptions: • The CC1 to be replaced is par t of an existing, operational, system configuration. • The operational softw are within the existing CC1 needs to[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 15 5.1.4 Categor y I – Upgrade Replacement (Software Only) Object: T o upgr ade current system softw are to the latest a vailab le . Assumptions: • Yo u ’ re currently running a fully oper ational CC1 to which is attached an exter nal PC containing the MGR progr am. • Y ou have ordered the current softw are upgr ade pac kage f [...]

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    16 | C1508M-A (02/01) 6.0 CC1 INITIALIZA TION The initialization process occurs during the time that the CM9740.EXE program is booting up. During this time configuration files and diagnostic programs are loaded enabling system par ameters for CCTV matr ix operation. As the initialization process proceeds , the execut- ab le calls for its associated[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 17 6.1.3 MGR Pr ogram System Window That leaves the MGR system window , which is par t of the MGR prog r am proper . If you ha ve an external PC connected to the CC1 that contains the MGR program, there are m ultiple indications of online status associated with this program that can be checked. Just bef ore the boot process, have the M[...]

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    18 | C1508M-A (02/01) Figure 10 Initialization – Online Nodes Figure 11 MGR Windo ws – A Precaution 6.1.5 Online Node Dialog Box If y ou close the Configur ation File menu and click on the Nodes icon on the MGR prog r am toolbar , y ou will see what appears in Figure 10. This indicates the node number and the associated “ group ” flat file [...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 19 6.1.6 Single-Node Hot Switch Configurations Ref er back to Figure 7 and note the information in the lower right-hand cor ner of the diagnostic screen. Specifically , note the A OFF phr ase . This means “ Asynchronous OFF , ” which means the CC1 is not par t of a hot s witch configur ation. If , howe v er, the CC1 is par t of a h[...]

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    20 | C1508M-A (02/01) 7.0 CC1 CONTROLLER OPERA TION The center of 9740 system operation is the CC1 controller. Monitor ing operations and perf or ming housek eeping chores are important par ts of main- taining the CC1 and system integ r ity . First, we will discuss the tools used to monitor CC1 oper ation in gener al; then, w e will discuss specifi[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 21 Figure 13 Display Screen Geometry[...]

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    22 | C1508M-A (02/01) In addition to the area of the screen where the System box appears, there are tw o other ar- eas of significance on the diagnostic screen. Ref er to the sample diagnostic screen in Fig- ure 14. First, there is the GPI and Ax (short f or Aux) bo x located i n the lo wer left-hand portion of the screen. GPI displa ys the GPI cur[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 23 7.1.2.1 Monitor Box Examples Figure 15 shows a normal online diagnostic screen. If a CM9760-KBD connected to the system is using monitor 4 f or camer a displa y , the FWD and BWD buttons on the k e yboard can be used to cycle through the available camer as . On the diagnostic screen, the corre- sponding cameras numbers cycled on the[...]

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    24 | C1508M-A (02/01) 7.1.2.2 Monitor Box Allocation Monitor box es can be re-allocated. T o do so , perform the f ollowing steps: Press one of the Fx k e ys (F1 through F8 , as illustr ated in Figure 17, show the relation- ship of the Fx ke y and Monitor bo x alloca- ti on) that corresponds to the n umber of the box that you wish to mo ve a monito[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 25 7.1.2.3 Scr een Operation – Keystr okes There are a number of helpful screen functions associated with certain ke ystroke combinations that result in a process being en - abled or result in inf or mation being obtained. Y ou hav e just seen how the Fx ke ys are used to reallocate monitor box es . Those, as well as other ke y combi[...]

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    26 | C1508M-A (02/01) A number of these k e y combinations are quite helpful. Below we illustrate the diagnostic screens of some when the ref erenced ke y combination is in vok ed. AL T+V AL T+A AL T+N AL T+J There may be times when an error message appears on the System bo x (System Error line) that might be due to system noise or other tempor ary[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 27 T o adjust the time: W e first synchronize the system cloc k (this is the clock kept b y the DOS oper ating system) to an RTC (a Ref erence Time Clock). W e then let the system r un f or 24 hours (or a m ultiple of 24 hours, if necessary). W e then compare the system clock again with the R TC and note any diff erence . W e then sync[...]

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    28 | C1508M-A (02/01) For example, if system time in step 7 had read 2:02.30 (2 minutes and 30 seconds after 2 PM ) at the time R TC time read 2 PM, then we kno w that system time, over the ne xt 24 hours, must be slowed by 2 min utes and 30 seconds to synchronize system and R TC time . T o accomplish that, enter a negative (-) sign in front of the[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 29 F or multi-node situations , time adjustments are carr ied out utilizing the CC1 containing the NIU . The NIU , in turn, pro vides to the rest of the netw ork the parameters f or displaying sys- tem time . The time f or the system is updated each min ute b y the NIU, which, of course , is initially adjusted to R TC by the user. If t[...]

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    30 | C1508M-A (02/01) 3 . When the Save & Send bar tab is pressed, a splash screen appears and in the Sys- tem Windo w of the MGR progr am, the follo wing message appears: D YNREQ Monitor code OK from Node 1 4 . If there are no more changes, close the Configur ation dialog windo w . When you do, the following dialog box appears (refer to Figure[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 31 Figure 25 Dynamic Update Block Diagram ’ One more aspect of dynamic updates m ust be considered. Whene v er y ou clic k on a Send Update Request, the f ollo wing happens (let ’ s stay with the same example): a . First of all, the or iginal TEST .MON file , which e xisted in the C:9740 director y on the hard drive of the CC1 who[...]

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    32 | C1508M (02/01) Mismatched baud rate (actually , after initialization and “ Setup Complete ” the diagnostic line would first report “ Port x ERR Coms Parity ” followed by the Framing error message. Failure of Comms line after power up and initialization. Mismatched parity entry in the Comms file. If the communications line is faulty (mi[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 33 APPENDIX I – INST ALLING THE MGR PROGRAM The reason the installation of the MGR progr am is reiter ated here is that the 9740 DOS e xecutab le on the CC1 and the Windo ws ® 95 based MGR progr am interact. If an exter nal PC containing the MGR program is connected to a COM por t on the CC1, the CC1 will repor t oper ational activi[...]

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    34 | C1508M (02/01) APPENDIX II – DOS ENVIRONMENT AND COMMAND REFERENCE DOS is an acron ym f or D isk O per ating S ystem. Ev ery time y ou tur n on the CM9740-CC1 or ever y time y ou reboot (Alt + Ctr l + Delete), the computer loads DOS from disk (the CC1 ’ s dr iv e) into memor y (RAM). Once loaded, DOS lets you run other prog r ams, in par t[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 35 ➤ A Closer Look at AUTOEXEC.BA T and the BOOT Pr ocess The A UT OEXEC.BA T file is the last file called dur ing the boot process as descr ibed in the pre vious section. For CC1s configured as par t of a system node at the f actor y , the end re- sult of this process is the appearance of the CM9740 diagnostic screen on the attached[...]

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    36 | C1508M (02/01) The P A TH Statement The P ATH statement causes DOS to look in each of the directory paths listed there f or an y e xecutable [.EXE, .COM or .BA T file] it ’ s instructed to carr y out. The syntax of the P A TH statement is as follo ws: P ATH = { [drive:]path; [drive:]path; [drive:]path … ..] } Example: PA TH=c:;c:dos;c:w[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 37 The “ ” symbol, when used alone represents the root director y; otherwise it indicates sepa- r ation of v arious lev els of the director y tree, collectively known as the dir ectory path . The result of the abo ve entry takes you directly to the root director y and the f ollo wing screen prompt: C: > T o bac ktr ac k one d[...]

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    38 | C1508M (02/01) The flat files used b y the CM9740-CC1 are a pr ime e xample of how the wildcard can be used. Example 1 T o cop y flat files from the A floppy dr iv e to the 9740 director y on the CC1 hard disk: Change to the A: directory and use the f ollowing syntax at the A prompt: A: > copy [ flat file name ] . * [ destination ] [ ENTER [...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 39 Ta bl e D DOS Command Reference Directory (Continued) COMMAND EXAMPLE(s) SWITCHES COMMENTS Deletes the file or files y ou specify . Y ou must include the location (if other than y our current location) and name of the file or set of files y ou w ant to delete. Prompts y ou for confir mation bef ore deleting each file . Displays a li[...]

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    40 | C1508M (02/01) MORE C:>DIR C:DOS MORE P A TH P A TH=C:;C:dos;C: windo ws RENAME or C:> RENAME C:9740TEST .* REN TEST ALL.* C:>REN C:9740TEST .* TEST ALL.* TYPE C:> TYPE C:9740TEST .MON C:> TYPE C:9740TEST .ALM MORE MORE UNDELETE C:> UNDELETE C:9740TEST.BA T C:>UNDELETE C:9740 /LIST /LIST C:>UNDEL[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 41 APPDENDIX III – MGR WRITE UTILITY[...]

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    42 | C1508M (02/01) APPENDIX IV – MGR READ UTILITY[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 43 APPENDIX V – REMOVING AN EXISTING MGR PROGRAM[...]

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    44 | C1508M (02/01) APPENDIX VI – EDITING THE AUTOEXEC.BA T FILE[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 45 Figure 27 CC1 Connections – Exercise I APPENDIX VII – EXERCISES The Dir ectory Structure of the CC1 – Exer cise I T ake the CC1 that came with y our order and hook it up according to the illustration in Figure 2 7. Figure 28 CC1 Setup – Final When finished, your hook-up should look something like that illustrated in Figure 2[...]

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    46 | C1508M (02/01) Next, hold the CTRL k e y on the k eyboard down and, at the same time, press the Q ke y .*** This action exits the System 9740 program and the associated diagnostic screen and takes you to the following DOS prompt: C:9740>_ Y ou should arr iv e at this prompt using an y CC1 receiv ed from the factor y as par t of an y new sy[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 47 Directory Structure Hands-On – Exer cise II Figure 29 is a sample director y tree which represents the file str ucture of the CC1. P a y no attention to the VGA CAP director y and its CAPS subdirector y . It doesn ’ t e xist on y our hard dr iv e . It ’ s an extr aneous DOS screen capture utility that w as used f or capturing [...]

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    48 | C1508M (02/01) 9740 Directory Flat File s Note that in addition to the previously mentioned CM9740.exe , which is the system ex- ecutable, there are a group of files , all of which have a common TEST prefix. These are the flat files that the system progr am uses to configure the system f or operational mode . The suffix es on the TEST files te[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 49 and then change to the DOS director y by typing the follo wing: C:> cd dos [ ENTER ] In either case, y ou will arr iv e at the DOS directory and the on-screen prompt will as follo ws: C:DOS> At the DOS director y , again in vok e the dir command. You ma y w ant to use the /w/p switches with the command. Ref er to Appendix II[...]

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    50 | C1508M (02/01) TESTPORT Dir ectory The TESTPOR T director y contains files that can be used to test whether or not the RJ-45 communi catio n p or ts on th e r e a r o f t h e C C 1 are good. If y ou issue a dir command while in the TESTPOR T direc- tor y , y ou should see something lik e to the f ollo wing: The MGR and Y our System Configurati[...]

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    CM9740-CC1 | 51 Figure 34 MGR Program Location Reading in Y our Configuration Files After the MGR program is installed, a 9740MGR P elco icon should appear on y our desktop . If it is not there , look f or the 9740MGR f older in the root director y of your C driv e (ref er to Figure 34). The 9740MGR application progr am will be located there. Doubl[...]

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    52 | C1508M (02/01) 9.0 SPECIFICA TIONS ELECTRICAL Processor: CPU Clock Speed: 133 MHz or better Memory: 16 MB RAM Disk Drive: 3.5-inch, 1.44 MB Hard Drive: 16 MB Monitor Output: V GA (V GA gr aphics card supplied, monitor is not supplied) I/O Por ts: 16 RS-422 ports on tw o SerCom boards , expandab le to 32 2 RS-232 COM ports, COM 1 and COM 2 1 P [...]

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    54 | C1508M (02/01) 10.0 W ARRANTY AND RETURN INFORMA TION REVISION HISTOR Y Manual # Date Comments C1508M 6/00 Or iginal version. C1508M-A 02/01 Updated to include cer tification information. P elco, the P elco logo, Spectra, Gene x, Legacy , Esprit, Camclosure, and PelcoVision are registered trademarks of P elco. Endura, ExSite, and System 9740 a[...]