Easy HD Expressway! DC-105 Quick Installation Guide PACKAGE CONTENTS POWER ON CONNECT TO A DVB-T RECEIVER ADJUST THE FOCUS OF THE LENS CONNECT TO A CVBS MONITOR MIC-IN USB UART DONGLE MONITOR BOOT MESSAGES CUSTOM CONFIGURATION MODULATION SETTING DESCRIPTION VIDEO AND OTHER SETTING DESCRIPTION UPDATE FIRMWARE WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
CVBS Video Output DVB-T RF Video output 12 V DC-in USB UART dongle Reserved UART2 Pin headers Special USB cable for firmware update, Power on Apply 12V DC to DC-105. A red power LED will be on when power applied. WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
Easy HD Expressway! It will take about 20~30 seconds for DC-105 to boot. When the boot process is completed, it begins to transmit the camera video from the yellow BNC connector in DVB-T, and the CVBS output (thru the black BNC) is also present.
Connect to a CVBS monitor A CVBS video output is optional. If it’s enabled, when the system boot is completed, there is a standard CVBS video output (default PAL). Mic-in If it’s bare bone DC-105, a condenser microphone is included. WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
When you want to enable MIC-in feature, it’s recommended to disable CVBS output with the configuration kit for better audio quality. USB UART Dongle The USB UART dongle can be used to configure DC-105 or monitor the system boot status. WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
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If the device driver is installed well, there will be a new Com Port device, shown in Windows Device Manager. The com port assignment may vary depending on the PC configurations. In the following example, COM5 is assigned. The following picture show how the USB UART dongle is connected to DC-105. WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
Monitor Boot Messages When you connect the USB UART dongle to a Laptop PC, and driver is well installed, you may use any UART terminal application (for example, Tera Term) or the DC-105 configuration tool iTE_SerialTool.exe (described below) to monitor debug message.
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Easy HD Expressway! Tera Term. iTE_SerialTool.exe: WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
Easy HD Expressway! Custom Configuration Users may customize the configurations with a PC tool thru the USB UART dongle. Connect the USB UART dongle to a Laptop PC, and make sure driver is well installed as described in previous paragraph. WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
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Specify the correct COM port which corresponds to the USB UART dongle, then click on “Open” button. Note: The com port’s friendly name is “Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COMxx)”. The following shows the USB UART dongle is open successfully. Click on “Get” button to retrieve current configurations. WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
Note: When you change the modulation settings, you needn’t to reboot the camera after clicking on “Set” button. The new settings take effect immediately. Parameter Description Default Cell ID DVB-T TPS Cell ID 0X9513 Frequency ccHDtv DTVCAM frequency in KHz. [474000] Range: DC-105: 70000KHz ~1450000KHz (excluding 950-1100) WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
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Constellation ccHDtv DTVCAM constellation options. 0: QPSK 1: 16QAM 2:64QAM (In 16QAM mode, only Guad Interval 1/4 and 1/8 are supported) Note:QPSK is not supported by DC-105 CodeRate ccHDtv DTVCAM code rate options. 0: 1/2 1: 2/3 2: 3/4 3: 5/6...
Encoded horizontal frame size, 1920>=Width>=160 1920 Frame Height Encoded vertical frame size, 1080>=Height>=64 1080 Frame rate Encoded frame rate in FPS (frame per second) Maximum 30 for 1920x1080 Maximum 60 for 1280x720 Video Bitrate Encoded video data rate in Kbps 4000 WWW.HIDES.COM.TW...
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Channel provider name (for SDT) [Hides] Service Name Channel service name (for SDT) [DC-105] SIPSI_Table_Duration Duration in minutes. 0: SI/PSI table always be sent N: After N minutes, TS SI/PSI table will not be sent. And the TV system could only scan the DTVCAM channel in this period.
2. It’s recommended the USB disk is clean without any other files or folder expect the 5 firmware files. A newly formatted disk is preferred. These five files can be found in the folder \Firmware of the software package of DC-105 sunmoretek.cchdtv.update uImage.sh1x2l...
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Easy HD Expressway! The following steps describe how to update DC-105 firmware 1. Power off DC-105 2. Open the camera housing ( You may skip this step for DC-105-BB or DC-105H-BB) *Loosen the cover screw * Remove the housing and...
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UART communication parameters:115200,n,8,1 6. Attach the USB disk with the special USB cable to the tiny connector in the middle of the main board of DC-105. Refer to the picture below. 7. Power on DC-105 It will take about 3 minutes and you will see the following messages on the UART terminal.
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