What's In This Manual; Text Conventions - American Dynamics AD615 Operator's Manual

What's In This Manual?

This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, Getting Started, describes how to use the DeltaDome surveillance camera
configuration utility.
Chapter 2, Pan, Tilt and Zoom Options, describes how to set the "flip" feature and zoom
stop settings for the dome.
Chapter 3, Camera and Lens Functions, describes how to set the line lock to prevent
vertical rolling and how to set the automatic gain control and adjust the white balance.
Chapter 4, Alarms, Areas and Home Settings, describes how to assign presets or patterns
and set the normal state for alarm inputs. You can specify whether or not a pattern or
preset should run after defined periods of inactivity. In addition, you can also set the
boundaries for up to 16 areas and program presets.
Chapter 5, On-Screen Text Display Settings, describes how to enable or disable the
display of status, name and diagnostic information associated with the camera dome. It
also provides instructions for setting or changing the names of areas, presets, patterns,
alarms, and the dome. You can also set the appearance of text displayed by the camera
dome.
Chapter 6, Language and Password Settings, describes how set the language for the
menus and prompts. It also describes how to set and enable a password to prevent
unauthorized use of the configuration utility.
Appendix A, Records, provides a convenient place for listing the configuration
information associated with your camera dome.
Appendix B, Software License Agreement, lists the terms and conditions for using this
product.

Text Conventions

This book uses text in different ways to identify different kinds of information.
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I M P O R T A N T
If Portuguese is the selected language, the characters "ã" and "õ " will not
be displayed on the screen. This is due to a limitation of the text overlay
chip.
Italics Used for terms specific to your system, and
text that requires emphasis, for example
Preset
Monospace
Used for menu selections or settings, for
example, On-screen Text Display
Bold
Used for names of buttons, for example,
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