Arec TP-100 User Manual

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Auto Tracking System
User Manual English
AREC Inc.© All Rights Reserved 2017. l www.arec.com
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  • Page 1 TP-100 Auto Tracking System User Manual English AREC Inc.© All Rights Reserved 2017. l www.arec.com All information contained in this document is Proprietary...
  • Page 2 TP-100 User Manual Auto Tracking System AREC TP-100 Auto Tracking System can work with different cameras for vertical and horizontal tracking. It may track lecturers/target in indoor environment when accompanied with a compact AREC AM-600 Positioner. In addition to online device setup, the AREC Auto Tracking System features both auto and manual tracking modes for even greater user conveniences.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TP-100 User Manual Table of Contents 1. Product information....................3 2. Getting to know your product..................5 3. Light indicators of your TP-100................6 4. Wireless microphone Positioner information............6 5. Light indicators of your wireless microphone............7 6. How to install your system..................8 7. How to enable the auto tracking function? ............9 8.
  • Page 4: Product Information

    TP-100 User Manual 1. Product information Safety Precautions Precautions before using your product for the first time: 1. Please open the package of your product with care. Please keep the packaging material as you may need them for transport, storage, or return for service in future.
  • Page 5: Hardware Specifications

    Tilting: 60 degree (-25 ~ +35 degree ) Tracking range 3~12 meter radius (from Positioner to TP-100)* Webpage control (via TP-100 setting page or <AREC media station> online director) Manual operation Joystick & console control via RS-485 interface (Pelco-D/Pelco-P protocol)
  • Page 6: Getting To Know Your Product

    B. TP-100 external power socket C. RS-485 connector D. Power and network connector for TP-100 and Cloud console E: TP-100 reset button, reset all settings to the factory defaults, including the IP address. *To connect to Local Area Network(LAN) or AREC Media Station...
  • Page 7: Light Indicators Of Your Tp-100

    4. Wireless microphone positioner information AREC TP-100 can work with the AREC AM-600 wireless microphone, an exclusive positioner, for concurrent lecturing and tracking shooting. When the person wearing the microphone moves, the TP-100 would follow its movement without interruption by other moving objects.
  • Page 8: Light Indicators Of Your Wireless Microphone

    • Green light turns on when power is ON. • Red light flashes when power is low Press the button twice to pause/resume tracking function. When the tracking function is paused, the TP-100 Auto Tracking Mount will return to the full-view position. Red and green Power switch and stop •...
  • Page 9: How To Install Your System

    TP-100 User Manual 6. How to install your system Your TP-100 can be ceiling mounted or wall mounted or affixed on a stand. See below for each installation method. 1.Ceiling mounted installation (1) Remove the ceiling panels at the target (2) Open the positioning sticker, and affix it to the desired installation location.
  • Page 10: How To Enable The Auto Tracking Function

    3 seconds. Its light indicator is steady green when powered ON. 3. Fix your AM-600 to the target person or object properly. After your AM-600 is detected by your TP-100, its power indicator flashes, and it follows the movement of the person automatically.
  • Page 11: How To Install A Network Camera

    QUICK SHOE's instruction label. 3. Pull open your TP-100's QUICK SHOE lock, insert the network camera until the lock snaps back to its original position. 4. Prepare the power wire to connect your TP-100 5.
  • Page 12: The Tp-100 Management Web Page

    In the case where the DHCP server is available The default network setting of TP-100 is DHCP, which means IP is assigned by a router or any DHCP server. To log in to the administration web, please connect the TP-100 and your PC / Notebook to a router or a DHCP server.
  • Page 13 In the case where the DHCP server is unavailable If no IP is assigned due to a DHCP server failure, or simply because the TP-100 is not connected to a DHCP server, the TP-100 provides an alternate IP address: 192.168.11.100 Therefore, to access the camera for the first time, please set the IP address of the PC as: 192.168.11.XXX;...
  • Page 14 After the new IP address of your TP-100 is acquired, set the first three number of your computer's IP address to the same as that of the newly found IP address of your TP-100, open up your network browser, type in the newly found IP address of your TP-100 and it should work now.
  • Page 15 TP-100 User Manual (2) Click sensor setup in your KS-710 management page. (3) The search page displays. Click the Auto Tracking System tab and the Auto Tracking System information page displays.
  • Page 16 TP-100 User Manual (4) Click Advance and the system login page pops up. Type the default account ID and password (admin and admin) and the Auto Tracking System management page displays.
  • Page 17: The Administrator Web Page

    1. Tracker moving speed: Press the arrow key one to move the unit distance. The greater the number is the faster the TP-100 is scanning. Your changes become effective only after you press the Apply button. 2. Manual direction control panel: Press the arrow key to change direction. Press HOME key to back to the origin.
  • Page 18 TP-100 User Manual Patrol setup: 1. Preset point setting: Set up the arrow key direction control. Press the HOME key to return to the origin. 2. Coordinates of the system: Negative, "-" coordinates to the left and positive "+" the right.
  • Page 19 Validate the file name, press the Upload button to start software updating. e. The power light indicator of TP-100 flashes orange during software updating. f. Once the update is completed, the power light stops flashing to turn to steady green and the TP-100 back to its original position.
  • Page 20 Above two settings are designed for avoiding the view changes too many times or too often and make viewers confusing. 8. Installed direction: Select to install your TP-100 in upright direction (e.g. installed on a tripod) or upside down direction (e.g. ceiling mounted). Set up the upside down direction installation if your TP-100 is ceiling mounted or it may move opposite to your instruction when operating it manually.
  • Page 21: How To Setup Auto Full View Function

    Therefore, we could suggest users to activate full view function to cover this problem. This function MUST be set in AREC Media Station web page and work with it to get a better performance. Here is the instruction about how to setup full view function.
  • Page 22 6. The setting completed. You could click on P01 button below to check the close-up shot and “Home” button which in the direction keys to check the full view setting. 7. Log into TP-100 administrator web page, and check if the function already activated.
  • Page 23: Appendix

    Proper installation position of TP-100 (the best tracking distance): 4~7 meters away from the target object. * Faultless tracking: Nothing stands in between AM-600 and TP-100, e.g. the target turn around. Once the target is lost, the TP-100 can detect the target again in 3 seconds automatically.
  • Page 24 Assume the classroom is of width at 10m TP-100 is away from the blackboard at 4~7m You may employ the projector ceiling mount in the system installation: You may employ a projector ceiling mount in the system installation to adapt to different classroom height.
  • Page 25 2.5m 2.35m 16° 1.15m 1.2m The shortest distance your TP-100 can be tracked: 1.6m 2m x cos35°=1.64m Assumptions: 1. Height of the target: 1.7m 2. AM-600 is worn at 1.2m above the ground 3.The ceiling is 2.5m high These two figures are for illustration only. The proportion may be incorrect.
  • Page 26 AREC Inc.© All Rights Reserved 2017. l www.arec.com All information contained in this document is Proprietary Made in Taiwan Version:2017...

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