Surface-mounted outdoor station with colour camera and call push button 1-gang, surface-mounted outdoor station with colour camera and call push button 2/3-gang (16 pages)
Device description The surface-mounted home station video and surface-mounted home station video Plus from the Gira door communication system are fully pre-mounted units with a 2.2" TFT colour display and convenient hands-free speech. Operation of the home stations is carried out using capacitive operating buttons.
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1 Cover frame, 2-gang without crossbar (not included in the scope of supply; frameless installation only possible with wall mounting) 2 Mounting plate 3 Surface-mounted home station video 4 Fixing holes for wall mounting 5 Fixing holes for box mounting 6 Terminal block 7 Protective cover (for protecting the terminal block during installation or renovation work)
Operation The surface-mounted home station video is operated with capacitive operating buttons. All that is needed for operation is to lightly touch the symbols. Successful actuation of the buttons is signalled by an acknowledgement tone, which can be switched off if desired. The operating buttons have the following functions: specifically switches the display and the...
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Menu Briefly pressing the button activates the menu (see Page 13). OK confirms the menu item selected in the display. Selection of the menu items or settings in the display. If no menu is active, the voice volume (see Page 10) and the ringing tone volume (see Page 10) are set with Directly switches a switching actuator (see Page 12).
Normal conversation mode Accepting a call When a call is received, flashes for two minutes. 1. Press to begin intercom conversation with the person at the calling station. During the intercom conversation, lights up. Maximum conversation time The maximum conversation time is 2 minutes. When this time expires, the conversation is automatically ended.
Saving an image manually (Order No. 1239 .. only) The surface-mounted home station video Plus enables you to manually save an image from the live video image during a conversation. The incoming call is accepted, and intercom communication is started. The camera symbol appears in the bottom right-hand part of the display.
Setting the speech volume The speech volume is changed to one of eight levels during intercom communication. The speech volume is increased with decreased with Setting the ringing tone volume The ringing tone volume is changed to one of eight levels when no intercom communication is in effect.
is pressed with Automatic call acceptance activated, the current status of the ringing tone deactivation is shown: • If lights up for approx. 3 s, the ringing tone is deactivated. • If goes out up for approx. 3 s, the ringing tone is activated.
Camera menu – Quick access 1. Pressing and holding (for at least 3 s) opens the camera menu if the home station is switched off. All connected cameras are listed and can be selected and activated directly. Switching functions Opening door 1.
Structure of menu interface 1. Briefly press Menu to open the menu. Menu Internal call > Switching > Rng. tone melody > Brightness > Back 1 Menu title The active menu item is shown here. 2 Selection symbol The selection symbol indicates which menu item is selected.
User menu 1. Briefly press Menu to open the User menu. Menu Internal call > Operation without Switching > additional power supply Rng. tone melody > Brightness > If a conversation is in progress between other users of the door communication system, then the Back menu cannot be opened on a surface-mounted home station video without an additional power...
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Number of image captures: You can choose between 1, 2 and 3 images per door call. Please note the following for making settings: The internal image memory of the home station can hold a maximum of 48 images. Therefore: 1 image per call = max. 48 savable door calls 3 images per call = max.
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Archive: Images of the image memory which Archive have not yet been archived can be archived man- ually in the image folder of the SD card here. All images save 1. Confirm the message "All images save on the on the SD card?"...
Internal call Internal call Internal call 1 In the "Internal call" menu assigned home sta- Internal call 2 tions can be called. With the desired Internal call 3 internal call is selected and called with OK. Internal call 4 "Sent"...
Renaming internal call/switching action Internal call Statically named internal calls and switching Internal call 8 Internal call 9 actions can be issued new names as desired. Internal call 10 The steps are identical in the "Internal call" and Rename >...
Assigning ringing tone melody Assign melody Melody 1 The surface-mounted home station video offers Melody 2 five ringing tone melodies, which can be individ- Melody 3 ually assigned to the call buttons of the door sta- Melody 4 tion, the internal call buttons of other home sta- tions or the floor call button.
Order No. 1279 ..: The surface-mounted home Assign melody Assign melody station video features five permanently saved Melody 2 Melody 1 ringing tone melodies. Melody 3 Melody 2 Melody 4 Melody 3 Melody 5 Melody 4 Back Back Assign melody Order No.
Settings with several surface-mounted home stations video and colour cameras The settings "brightness", "contrast" and "col- our" apply in each case only to the connection from the active surface-mounted home station video to the active colour camera. That means that if several home stations and/or colour cam- eras are installed, these parameters can be set individually for each camera at each home sta- tion.
Date/time (Order No. 1239 .. only) Menu The date format depends on the set language Switch-on time > (German: 21.03.14 -> English: 03/21/14). Date/time > Language > Options > Back Select "Date/time" with and activate Date/time with OK. Then select either "Set time" or "Set Set time >...
Options Options Button tones Auto door opener Number of displayed functions Auto call accept Under "Options" only the functions which have been released in the Start-up menu under the Back item "Releases" appear (see Page 33). Here the functions •...
Behaviour after power failure Following a power failure, the automatic door opener is deactivated. Automated door opener and image memory Activating the automated door opener automat- ically deactivates image memory. Options - Automatic call acceptance When an incoming internal call is received from another home station, the call is automatically accepted after 1 s.
SD card (Order No. 1239 .. only) General information The SD card (FAT32) included with the surface- mounted home station video Plus contains the image memory and ringing tone melodies. Image memory: Up to 200 images can be per- manently stored on the SD card (image 201 overwrites image 1 etc.), regardless of the mem- ory capacity of the SD card.
Parameters for WAVE files The following parameters must be heeded when using new WAVE files: Sampling rate: 16 kHz Resolution: 16-bit Soundtrack: Mono Removing SD card 1. Pull off the housing of the mounting plate (see Page 36). 2. Carefully move the SD card holder downward (1), open it and remove the SD card from the SD slot (2).
Start-up menu To open the Start-up menu: Menu 1. Press the programming button on the control Basic setting > device for 3 s to start the programming Frequency > Lighting > mode. Assign > flashes on the home station. If the home station has already been assigned Back call buttons,...
Basic setting - Resistor Factory setting: activated The terminating resistor of the flush-mounted home station video is activated/deactivated here. This setting is dependent on the topology. More detailed information on this is available in the system description included with the video control device.
Frequency Selecting camera beforehand Before the menu item "Frequency" is selected, a colour camera must be selected. If no camera has been selected, the cameras available in the system are listed for selection. The optimum frequency of the video signal of Frequency the currently active transfer path is set for fine- tuning of the video signal between the camera...
Lighting Lighting Factory setting: activated Camera 1 Camera 2 The behaviour of the field of view illumination of Camera 3 the colour camera is activated or deactivated here. The desired camera is selected with Back confirmed with OK. A camera with an activated field of view illumination is marked with "...
Teach-in call: the home station is assigned a call button. R: 3.24 Indicates how many call buttons have already been taught in and the maximum num- ber that can be assigned. In this example the home station has already been assigned 3 call buttons, and a total of 24 call buttons can be assigned.
Delete cameras: All camera assignments are cleared here. The values in the menus Fre- quency, Lighting, Brightness, Contrast and Col- our are reset to the factory setting. "Delete cameras" is, for example, required if the bus connector of the video door station is to be replaced.
Additional menu items The following menu items are also available in the User menu and are described in the front section of these instructions: • Image memory (Order No. 1239 .. only) (see Page 9) • Internal call (see Page 17) •...
Installation Installation and mounting Installation and mounting of electrical devices may only be carried out by a qualified electri- cian. The surface-mounted home station video can either • be mounted on a flush-mounted or hollow- wall box (only with cover frame) or •...
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Wall mounting 1. Strip the supply cable. 2. Mark the drilling holes. Specify the mounting location so that the mounting plate is located centrally over the cable outlet. 4. Drill the two mounting holes and insert the dowels. 5. Attach mounting plate with the cover frame to the wall with two screws.
Place upper housing section 1. Close the home station: place the upper housing section on the mounting plate and engage it. Removal Remove upper housing section The upper housing section is removed • for disassembly of the home station • to remove or replace the SD memory card (Order No.
Start-up of the door communication system is described in the system manual included with the control device (download the system manual at www.download.gira.de). The most important start-up procedures of the surface-mounted home station video are explained on the following pages.
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Assigning a door station to the surface-mounted home station video A door station call button is assigned to the sur- face-mounted home station video as follows: 1. Press the "Systemprogr." button on the con- trol device for 3 s to start the programming mode.
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Assigning surface-mounted home station video to a flush-mounted home station The so-called internal call function can be real- ized with the surface-mounted home station video. A voice connection between two home stations can be established via the internal call. To assign the surface-mounted home station video to another home station, proceed as fol- lows: 1.
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Assigning a flush-mounted home station to surface-mounted home station video A voice connection between two home stations can be established via the internal call. To assign a flush-mounted home station call but- ton to the surface-mounted home station video, please proceed as follows: 1.
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Assigning a switching actuator to the surface-mounted home station video 1. Control device: press the "Systemprogr." but- ton for 3 s to start the programming mode. The LED of the last set operating mode flashes at the switching actuator. 2. Press the "Funktion" button on the switching actuator several times until the LED of the desired operating mode flashes.
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Assigning surface-mounted home station video via floor-call button If you cannot access the flat during start-up, you can also assign the surface-mounted home station video via a connected floor-call button: 1. Control device: press the "Systemprogr." but- ton for 3 s to start the programming mode. 2.
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Deleting all call button assignments via floor-call button If necessary, the assignments to the surface- mounted home station video can also be deleted via a connected floor-call button: 1. Control device: press the "Systemprogr." but- ton for 3 s to start the programming mode. 2.
What to do if... flash clockwise like a running light? This error message is displayed if. 1. the additional power supply on the additional power supply terminal has failed or 2. overvoltage is being applied at the bus terminal. In the former case, the home station is no longer operational except for the door opener function.
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... the display does not switch on during an internal call The display switches on during internal calls or door calls from a door station without a colour cameras when the surface-mounted home sta- tion video is operated with an additional power supply.
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The ringing tone melodies used in the surface- mounted home station video Plus (Order No. 1239 ..) are available in the Gira download area. If necessary, ringing tone melodies 1 to 5 of the surface-mounted home station video (Order No.
Notes on care Cleaning To clean the surface-mounted home station video, wipe it off with a damp cloth (do not use cleaners containing solvents) or an antistatic cloth. Never use a dry cloth, as there is danger of static charging in this case. A button is accidentally pressed during cleaning When wiping off the surface-mounted home...
Technical data Order No. 1279 .. and 1239 .. Power supply: 26 V DC ± 2 V (bus voltage) Connections: 2 screw terminals for 2-wire bus 2 screw terminals for floor-call button 2 screw terminals for additional power supply Dimensions (W x H x D): 55 x 127 x 21 mm Temperature range:...
The warranty is provided in accordance with statutory requirements via the specialist trade. Please submit or send faulty devices postage paid together with an error description to your responsible salesperson (specialist trade/instal- lation company/electrical specialist trade). They will forward the devices to the Gira Service Center.
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