Portable day/night camera and digital cofdm transmitter (20 pages)
Summary of Contents for DTC Palladium II Digital
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Palladium II Digital COFDM Transmitter Model Pd2-TX-100 100 mW Output Palladium II VIDEO TX COMMUNICATIONS...
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NOTE: Unless specificaly designed for body- worn applications, the antenna must be kept at least 20 cm away from the body of the user. NOTE: Do not allow the device to directly contact the skin due to warm operating temperatures. DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
The input voltage range is from 10 to 16 VDC. Audio WARNING: Do not apply power to the transmitter unless an antenna or non-radiating load is connected to the Antenna SMA connector. Power Option Palladium II VIDEO TX Antenna Battery Pack Typical Wiring Configuration DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
• Programming Cable VIDEO TX • Antenna, ANT2A • VidiWire on-body antenna system, VW-ANT Antenna Connector • Palladium II Configuration Software • 16-Pin Data Chaining & Control Connector Cable Palladium Pd2-TX-100 Transmitter, Front View • Transport Case DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
All connections are conveniently located off the ends of the unit. Many users will want to power this device with disposable batteries. Palladium II VIDEO TX Palladium Pd2-TX-100 NOTE: Use only Lithium batteries with this device. 100-Milliwatt Digital Transmitter DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
The Palladium Transmitter can store up to 8 different configurations, which can be selected with the Channel Control. Each of these configura- tions can be programmed into the Transmitter with the supplied DTC Programming Software and a Windows PC. Refer to the Programming section on page 10 for more information.
These connectors provide the audio input connections to the transmitter. Either one or two audio inputs can be used with the Palladium II Transmitter. ALARM LED This red LED indicates a valid video signal is not present. DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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(6-pin Hirose) This connector provides connections for the DC Power Input, DC RS232 In 5 2 +V Power Camera Power, Programming, and 75 Ohm Composite 10V - 16V Video Signal. RS232 Out 4 3 Camera Power Out 10V -16V DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
•Click Refresh in the application to Audio display the current configuration. •Update the current settings in the application, then click Apply save to memory. Power Option Palladium II VIDEO TX 10 AA BATTERY PACK Antenna Battery Pack DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Narrowband modulation is used in the narrowband modes to select between QPSK and 16QAM modulation. For best range with good video quality, QPSK is used; 16QAM will give better video quality but will cut down the link range by approximately 50%. DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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LO injection. DVBT 4 KHz Offset DVB-T 4 KHz offset is not normally used but might improve BER in cases where the TX upconverter I/Q balance is poor. DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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NOT be changed from factory settings. (0 attenuation = full output power, greater than 0 attenuation = reduced power in 0.25 dB steps.) Output Attenuation low (dB) Output attenuation low (dB) is the low power attenuator setting. DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Horizontal resolution determines the maximum number of horizontal Pixels that can be sampled by the video encoder. For optimal performance this setting should be set to the first value that exceeds the horizontal resolution of the camera in use. Options are: 352, 480, 528, 704 pixels. DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Audio input level selects the audio preamp gain level, options are: 0 dB, 12 dB, 24 dB, 36 dB, 48 dB. Use 24 dB for DTC supplied micro- phones. Note: 3.5 VDC phantom power is at the microphone input for powering electret condenser microphones.
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AES128, AES256 (optional), or ABS (a proprietary 32 bit scrambling algorithym). Heartbeat Enable Heartbeat enable activates a beating heart on the screen video graphic to indicate that a link is still functioning even if there is no motion on screen. DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Polling Enabled – selecting this option makes the control application automatically refresh the data presented to the user every few seconds. Polling Options – selecting this option opens a dialog box for entering a customer-selected polling interval (in milliseconds). DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
PAL 625 or NTSC 525 Horizontal Resolution 704, 528, 480, 352 pixels (528 as standard) Vertical Resolution 576 (625 lines) or 480 (525 lines) Video Bitrates 1Mbps to 10 Mbps Video Latency End to end delay of 54 milliseconds DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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+4 dBu Scrambling Scrambling type Fixed key scrambling system Algorithms offered include AES. COFDM RF output Output Frequency Band Dependent Occupied Bandwidth 1.22/2.44 MHz Power 100 mW Connector COFDM Standard Proprietary, 2.5 MHz channel bandwidth. DVB-T 1.25 MHz DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
The warranty shall not apply to Engineering Prototypes or Customer requested modifications to electronic circuits. This warranty does not apply to and DTC does not independently warrant items or systems sold by DTC which are produced by other manufacturers. With respect to such items, the Customer shall look to the warranty of the original manufacturer and DTC disclaims all warranty, expressed or implied.
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COMMUNICATIONS 486 Amherst Street • Nashua, New Hampshire 03063 • 603-880-4411 www.dtccom.com...
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