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PTZ Optics 20X-ZCAM
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V1.1
(English)
Rev 1.1 1/17

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  • Page 1 PTZ Optics 20X-ZCAM User Manual V1.1 (English) Rev 1.1 1/17...
  • Page 2 Preface Thank you for using this HD Professional Box Camera. This manual introduces the function, installation and operation of the HD camera. Prior to installation and usage, please read the manual thoroughly. Precautions This product can only be used in the specified conditions in order to avoid any damage to the camera: ...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Supplied Accessories ·················································································································· iii Notes ······································································································································ 1 Features ··································································································································· 2 Product Specifications ·················································································································· 3 Main Unit ································································································································· 4 Serial Communication Control & Command Listings ············································································· 5 Menu Setting ··························································································································· 17 Networking ····························································································································· 21 Maintenance and Trouble Shooting································································································· 37 Supplied Accessories When you unpack your camera, check that all the supplied accessories are included: ...

  • Page 4: Notes

    Notes  Electrical Safety Installation and operation must be in accordance with national and local electric safety standards. Do not use any power supply other than the one originally supplied with this camera.  Polarity of power supply The power supply output for this product is 12VDC with a maximum current supply of 1A. Polarity of the power supply plug is critical and is as follows.

  • Page 5: Features

    Features Panasonic 1/2.7” inch HD CMOS Sensor 20x Optical Zoom 58.6° field of view 3G-SDI High Definition Video Output up to 60 fps Wide Dynamic Range High performance in low illumination situations (0.2 Lux) Full 1920x1080p HD Resolutions up to 60 frames per second 2D and 3D noise reduction with our latest “low noise CMOS sensor”...

  • Page 6: Product Specifications

    Product Specifications Model PTZ Optics 20X-ZCAM Type PTZ Optics HD 1080p Color Video Camera 720p50, 720p60, 1080i50, 1080i60, 1080p25, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p60 Video System (with IP stream currently limited to max 1080p30) Panasonic 1/2.7”, CMOS, Total Pixels: 2.2M, Effective Pixels: 2.12M...

  • Page 7: Main Unit

    Main Unit 1. 3G-SDI Female connector 2. Ethernet Port 3. RS485 4. Menu Navigate Buttons 5. Audio in/out 6. DC 12V power jack 7. Power indicator...

  • Page 8: Serial Communication Control

    Serial Communication Control In default working mode, the camera is able to connect to a VISCA or Pelco controller with an RS485 serial interface.  RS485 Communication Control The camera can be controlled via RS485, Half-duplex mode, with support for VISCA, Pelco-D or Pelco-P protocol. The parameters of RS485 are as follows: ...
  • Page 9 VISCA Command List Part 1: Camera-Issued Messages ACK/Completion Message Command Function Command Packet Comments z0 4y FF Returned when the command is accepted. ACK/Completion (y: Socket No.) Messages z0 5y FF Returned when the command has been Completion (y: Socket No.) executed.
  • Page 10 Part 2: Camera Control Commands Command Function Command Packet Comments AddressSet Broadcast 88 30 01 FF Address setting IF_Clear Broadcast 88 01 00 01 FF I/F Clear 8x 01 04 00 02 FF CAM_Power Power ON/OFF 8x 01 04 00 03 FF Stop 8x 01 04 07 00 FF Tele(Standard)
  • Page 11 Full Auto 8x 01 04 39 00 FF Automatic Exposure mode Manual 8x 01 04 39 03 FF Manual Control mode CAM_AE Shutter priority 8x 01 04 39 0A FF Shutter Priority Automatic Exposure mode Iris priority 8x 01 04 39 0B FF Iris Priority Automatic Exposure mode Bright 8x 01 04 39 0D FF...
  • Page 12 p: Dynamic Hot Pixel Setting (0: 0ff, level 1 CAM_DHotPixel 8x 01 04 56 0p FF to 6) CAM_ApertureMo Auto 8x 01 04 05 02 FF Sharpness Auto de(sharpness) Manual 8x 01 04 05 02 FF Sharpness Manual Reset 8x 01 04 02 00 FF 8x 01 04 02 02 FF Aperture Control CAM_Aperture(sha...
  • Page 13 8x 01 06 01 VV WW 02 02 DownRight 8x 01 06 01 VV WW 03 03 Stop 8x 01 06 02 VV WW AbsolutePosition 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Z 0Z 0Z 0Z 8x 01 06 03 VV WW RelativePosition 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Z 0Z 0Z 0Z Home 8x 01 06 04 FF...
  • Page 14 Part 3: Query Commands Inquiry Command List Command Command packed Inquiry Packet Comments y0 50 02 FF CAM_PowerInq 8x 09 04 00 FF y0 50 03 FF Off(Standby) y0 50 04 FF Internal power circuit error CAM_ZoomPosInq 8x 09 04 47 FF y0 50 0p 0q 0r 0s FF pqrs: Zoom Position CAM_FocusAFMo...
  • Page 15 CAM_Noise3DLev 8x 09 04 54 FF y0 50 0p FF Noise Reduction (3D) p: 0 to 8 CAM_FlickerMode 8x 09 04 55 FF y0 50 0p FF p: Flicker Settings(0: OFF, 1: 50Hz, 2: 60Hz) y0 50 02 FF Auto Sharpness CAM_ApertureMo 8x 09 04 05 FF y0 50 03 FF...
  • Page 16 y0 50 07 FF 1920x1080p60 y0 50 08 FF 1920x1080i50 y0 50 09 FF 1920x1080p25 y0 50 0A FF 1280x720p50 y0 50 0C FF y0 50 0D FF y0 50 0E FF y0 50 02 FF IR_Receive 8x 09 06 08 FF y0 50 03 FF Pan-tiltMaxSpeedIn ww: Pan Max Speed...
  • Page 17 y0 50 02 FF Bottom p: Color Hue setting 0h (− 14 degrees) to Eh CAM_ColorHueInq 8x 09 04 4F FF y0 50 00 00 00 0p FF ( +14 degrees y0 50 00 FF High CAM_AWBSensiti y0 50 01 FF Normal 8x 09 04 A9 FF vityInq...
  • Page 18 Pelco-D Protocol Command List Function Byte1 Byte2 Byte3 Byte4 Byte5 Byte6 Byte7 0xFF Address 0x00 0x08 Pan Speed Tilt Speed Down 0xFF Address 0x00 0x10 Pan Speed Tilt Speed Left 0xFF Address 0x00 0x04 Pan Speed Tilt Speed Right 0xFF Address 0x00 0x02...
  • Page 19 Pelco-P Protocol Command List Function Byte1 Byte2 Byte3 Byte4 Byte5 Byte6 Byte7 Byte8 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x08 Pan Speed Tilt Speed 0xAF Down 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x10 Pan Speed Tilt Speed 0xAF Left 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x04 Pan Speed Tilt Speed 0xAF Right 0xA0...

  • Page 20: Menu Setting

    Menu Settings 1. MENU OPERATION EXPOSURE Press the [MENU] button to display the main menu on the Mode Full Auto screen. Use the up and down arrow buttons to move the ExpCompMode cursor to the item to be set. Use the left and right arrow ExpComp buttons to change the menu setting.
  • Page 21 and AAE modes) BG: Blue gain. Optional items: -10 ~ 10 in Auto mode (0 Backlight: Set the backlight compensation. ~ 255 in Manual mode） Optional items: On, Off (Effective only in Full Auto Saturation: Color Saturation. Optional items: 60% ~ mode) 200%.

  • Page 22: Noise Reduction

    settings above. Optional items: Norm, Soft, Bright, NOISE REDUCTION Clarity 2D NR 3 3D NR 3 5. FOCUS Return Move the cursor to the Focus item in the main menu and press [HOME] button, NOISE REDUCTION menu appears, as shown in the following figure. FOCUS Navigate List D-Zoom Limit x1...

  • Page 23: Restore Default

    Language: Menu language, Optional items: English, Date: Date of firmware release Chinese AF Version: AutoFocus version Protocol: Control protocol type. Optional items: VISCA, IP: Assigned IP address PELCO-D, PELCO-P Gateway: Assigned Default Gateway Visca_Addr: VISCA address for camera. Optional items: Netmask: Assigned Subnet mask 1 ~ 7 (while in VISCA protocol) P-P Addr: Pelco address for camera.

  • Page 24: Network Connection

    Network Connection 1. Operating Environment Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7/8.1 Network Protocol: TCP/IP Client PC: P4/128M RAM/40G HD/ support for scaled graphics card, support for DirectX8.0 or more advanced version. 2. Equipment Installation 1) Connect camera to your network via a CAT5 or CAT6 patch cable or directly to your PC via a CAT5 or CAT6 crossover cable.
  • Page 25 Picture 1.1 Direct connections via “cross-over” network cable Picture 1.2 Connections to LAN via patch cable to LAN wall jack or LAN switch...
  • Page 26 IP camera viewing and control via IP Setting up the camera’s IP address: 1.1 Connect the Camera to the network (or PC). Turn on the camera power. The current IP address can be searched via the “Upgrade” software (software upgrading tool, named “upgrade_En.exe” or “upgrade.exe” that can easily be downloaded web site).
  • Page 27 Enter your new IP information as required and click the “Set” button. Note: In order to view or control the camera, the PC must be able to see this IP address, either by virtue of being in the same subnet or by appropriate routing settings in a router or network switch that connects these networks.
  • Page 28 NOTE Camera’s Factory Default IP Address and Login: IP: 192.168.100.88 User name: admin Password: admin Accessing the IP Camera: 2.1 Input http://[your IP address], (where [your IP address] is the IP address set for the camera) into the URL line of your browser.
  • Page 29 ！ NOTE If connecting to this type of camera for the first time, you may need to install the free VLC player software. Please go to . Click the download VLC button. If a download window appears, click “Save”. Then install the http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC player software by executing the file from your Downloads directory.
  • Page 30 IP Camera accessed/controlled by WAN (internet) 1. Setup camera for IP (see “setting up the camera’s IP” section above) 2. Setup “Dynamic DNS” for your IP address 2.1. Select a Dynamic DNS provider and setup a host/domain name for your camera. 2.2.
  • Page 32 IP Camera Parameter Setup Web User Interface Introduction All pages include 2 areas: On the left is the menu On the right is real time monitoring - displaying video image and the Parameter settings Live Video viewing window Click “Live” in the menu area. The video viewing window will be resized based upon video resolution, the higher the resolution is, the bigger the playing area is.

  • Page 33: Language Selection

    Press (or Press & Hold) to zoom in toward a subject. ‘Zoom Out’ Button Press (or Press & Hold) to zoom out from a subject. ‘Focus In’ Button Press (or Press & Hold) to manually focus for a closer subject. Note that using ‘Home’, ‘Zoom In’...

  • Page 34: Video Settings

    Video Settings: Video Format Supports 50HZ, 60Hz and OSD (OSD = Format set by menu on camera OSD). Default: OSD Encode Protocol Supports H265, H264 and MJPEG encoding Encode Level Support “mainprofile” format for H.265 video encoding. Support “baseline”, “mainprofile” and “highprofile” formats for H.264 video encoding. Support “mainprofile”...
  • Page 35 I Key Frame Interval: Affects the quality of the video compression. This setting defines how many predicted frames will be used for each actual frame (from 2-150). Shorter intervals increase video quality at the cost of requiring higher bit rates in order to look good. Bit Rate Control method: CBR (constant bit rate): video encoder will encode at a constant rate as set in bitrate setting VBR (variable bit rate): video encoder will encode at a variable rate with maximum as set in bit rate setting,...

  • Page 36: Audio Setup

    Color Saturation 0-14. Use the slider control. The box on the right shows the corresponding numerical value. The Default setting is 4. Contrast Contrast 0-14. Use the slider control. The box on the right shows the corresponding numerical value. The Default setting is 7.
  • Page 37 AAC is the only compression format at this time. Sample Rate 44.1k or 48k (samples per second). Bit Rate 96k, 128k or 256k (bits per second). Input Type Line In is only audio input (3.5mm TRS connector on camera, labeled ‘Line In’). Input Vol L Range -97dB to +30dB adds gain or attenuates left channel of audio input signal.

  • Page 38: Network Settings

    that should be used. Reboot: Click the "Reboot" button to initiate a system restart. This is required after changing some settings. User UserName and Password: The user can modify the password (letters and numbers only) The Factory Default settings are: UserName: admin Password: admin Press “Apply”...
  • Page 39 Enter the 4 octet subnet mask provided by your network administrator. The Factory Default subnet mask of the camera is 255.255.255.0. Default Gateway Enter the 4 octet default gateway provided by your network administrator. The Factory Default subnet mask of the camera is 192.168.100.1. DNS Address Enter the 4 octet DNS (Domain Name Server) address provided by your network administrator.
  • Page 40 Type in the MRL (media resource locator – like a URL for media) RTSP settings RTSP Auth Set to On or Off (Default) ONVIF Settings ONVIF Set to On or Off (Default) ONVIF Auth Set to On or Off (Default) Multicast Settings Multicast Set to On or Off (Default)

  • Page 42: Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    VISCA address). Copyright Notice The entire contents of this manual, whose copyright belongs to PTZ Optics, may not be cloned, copied or translated in any way without the explicit permission of the company. Product specifications and information referred to in this...

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