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WebGUI ....................... .. Appendix A: Visca over Serial properties ............32 Visca over IP properties and command list ............. 32 Pelco-D Protocol Command List ................44 Pelco-P Protocol Command List ................45 Appendix B Dimensions ....................46 CMOS Characteristics ...................... 47 www.avonic.com...
For any questions or suggestions, contact your reseller or the local distributor of Avonic. Find the local distri- butor on the website of Avonic. For the most recent version of the manual or datasheet, look at the Avonic website: www.avonic.com.
Installation Set up this Product on a hard, stable surface or mount it to a wall or ceiling. Only use an Avonic mount for mounting to a wall or ceiling. Ensure the mounting construction is capable of supporting four times the weight of the equipment downwards.
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Power adapter To operate the Avonic power adapter safely and reduce the possibility of heat-related injury or damage, plug the power adapter directly into a power outlet. Don’t use the power adapter in wet locations, and don’t connect or disconnect the power adapter with wet hands. Stop using the power adapter and any cables if any of the following conditions exist: •...
PACKAGE CONTENTS AND ACCESSORIES Contents Quantity Description Avonic SKU 1 pc PTZ Camera AV-CM40 1 pc Power Supply 12V/A AV-CM40-PSU 1 pc Remote Control AV-CM40-RC 1 pc USB cable type A to type A AV-USB20-AA 1 pc RS232 9-pin male to 8-pin male...
PRODUCT OVERVIEW The Avonic AV-CM40-B is a high-quality PTZ camera with 20x optical zoom and a 54.7° horizontal angle view. Its High SNR CMOS combined with digital noise reduction makes this camera extremely silent and delivers a pristine video quality even under very low light conditions. The camera is designed for fixed installations and has the ability to install up to 255 presents with 0.1°...
RS-232 mini-DIN-8 OUT for daisy chaining RS-232 connection 3G-SDI video output SMTPE 424M compliant HDMI Type A USB2.0 Type A, UVC video output RJ45 Ethernet connection (firmware update and Visca over IP control) DC12V power with locking screw (connect the supplied DC PSU) Power ON/OFF www.avonic.com...
(Note: If the position preset 0 has been stored, the position preset 0 will be called after initialization). From this point onwards the user can control the camera with RC or Serial Communication. RS232 Interface www.avonic.com...
5m. IP network connection diagram Connect an Avonic camera to a LAN using a standard switch Addressing is done via IP, the Visca address in a Visca over ip environment is always 1.
Serial Communication Control COM port settings In default working mode, an Avonic camera is able to connect to a VISCA controller with RS-232 or RS-485 serial interface. The camera can be controlled via RS-232, the parameters of RS-232C are as follows: •...
OPERATION Remote controller Power Camera select Number Keys Focus + - Auto/Manual Focus Zoom + - Set & Clear Preset PTZ keys (up/down/left/right) Home BLC (Back Light Control) ON/OFF Menu Function Keys (F1/F2/F3/F4) Blank buttons www.avonic.com...
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“Set Preset”. You can call the preset by pressing the number 0-9 on the remote control. Set Preset: [SET PRESET]+[<number>] Call Preset: [<number>] Clear Preset: [CLEAR PRESET]+[<number>] If the position preset 0 has been stored, this position will be called after initialization. www.avonic.com...
: Switch the video format to 1080p25* [#]+[#]+[8] : Switch the video format to 720p30* [#]+[#]+[9] : Switch the video format to 720p25* *NOTE: THE CAMERA RETURNS TO THE VIDEO OUTPUT SETTING OF THE ROTARY DIAL AFTER A REBOOT www.avonic.com...
OSD MENU The OSD menu can be accessed by the Remote Control or an Avonic PTZ controller. In the following pages, the navigating is described for using the IR Remote Control. www.avonic.com...
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Remember that this is a software setting, take care to not ‘overdo’ the settings or the picture will become washed out bright or too dark to make out details in shadows. www.avonic.com...
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If you don’t know exactly what you are doing or the light conditions change a lot, it’s best practice to keep the camera on the automatic exposure setting. www.avonic.com...
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Bright level, Gain limit and DRC as low as possibly acceptable to avoid getting too much noise in the picture. If the level of noise in the image becomes unacceptable, noise reduction is available to smooth the picture over.. (See page 31) www.avonic.com...
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How saturated the image’s colors are. 0% would produce a black and white image. Hue or tint The balance between green and red. 0 is green, 14 is red. AWB or Auto White Balance Sensitivity how quickly the camera responds to changing light settings. www.avonic.com...
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The Dynamic Contrast affects the contrast of the picture. The higher the number, the more contrast you will get. www.avonic.com...
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‘crispness’of the image. Better practice is to add light to the filmed object to avoid having your dynamic contrast and gain set too high, causing noise in the first place. www.avonic.com...
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(remote) controller. Preset Pan, Tilt and Zoom Speed: This mode affects the speed to which the camara is switching from one preset to another when you use your (remote) controller. The higher the number, the faster it will switch. www.avonic.com...
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AF Version date [Menu] Back 8. RESTORE DEFAULT Here you can restore all the settings to the factory default settings by selecting YES. RESTORE DEFAULT Restore default? NO / YES Select Item Change Value [Menu] Back [Home] OK www.avonic.com...
In the System Tab it is possible to change username and password, perform a firmware upgrade, reset the camera to Default settings and Reboot the camera. User Under User you can set the authority, User Name and Password. Save the settings to take effect. www.avonic.com...
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Update The update form gives information on the current firmware versions and the possibility to update the firmware by choosing an upgrade file provided by Avonic. Do not turn off the camera while updating. Default Click on the button “default” to perform a factory default. The camera will be ready for use again after the boot cycle.
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(remote) controller. The higher the number, the faster it will switch. Zoom Speed: You can set the speed to which the camera will zoom in to the image. The higher te num- ber, the faster the camera will zoom in. www.avonic.com...
Restore to Factory Default Power Issues • No self-test (applies only to PTZ cameras) and no power LED - Check the net power - Check the power supply - Check the physical power button on the back of the camera www.avonic.com...
- Check network cable - Check if PC is in the same subnet as camera - Reset the factory default ip settings by pressing [*] [#] [Manual] and Reboot • Firmware update failed - Check firmware file integrity, download it again. www.avonic.com...
VISCA over IP The Avonic IP camera is implemented with a TCP server. The TCP port number is 1259 by default and can be al- tered in the WebGUI. Once the connection between client and server is set up, the client will be able to send PTZ commands to the server.
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90 6y 41 FF Returned when a com- table (y: Execution com- mand cannot be exe- mand Socket No. cuted due to current Inquiry command: 0) conditions. For exam- ple, when commands controlling the focus manually are received during auto focus. www.avonic.com...
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8x 01 04 0E 02 FF Down 8x 01 04 0E 03 FF Direct 8x 01 04 4E 00 00 0p 0q pq: ExpComp Position CAM_BackLight 8x 01 04 33 02 FF Back Light Compen- sation On/Off 8x 01 04 33 03 FF www.avonic.com...
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SYS_Menu 8x 01 06 06 03 FF Turns on/off the OSD menu 8x 01 06 06 02 FF CAM_ColorGain Direct 8x 01 04 49 00 00 00 0P FF p: Color Gain setting 0h (60%) to Eh (200%) www.avonic.com...
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8x 01 02 70 02 FF Autoflip ON Autoflip OFF 8x 01 02 70 03 FF Autoflip OFF CAM_SettingSave Save 8x 01 04 A5 10 FF Save Current Setting CAM_Iridix Direct 8x 01 04 A7 00 00 0p 0q pq: Iridix Position www.avonic.com...
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-10 ~ +10 (00~14 HEX) active) balance active Red_Tuning (auto more or less red while 81 0A 01 12 pp FF pp = setting whitebalance maintaining auto white -10 ~ +10 (00~14 HEX) active) balance active www.avonic.com...
0x00 0x00 Query Tilt Position 0xFF Address 0x00 0x5B Value Value Response High Byte Low Byte Query Zoom Position 0xFF Address 0x00 0x55 0x00 0x00 Query Zoom Position 0xFF Address 0x00 0x5D Value Value Response High Byte Low Byte www.avonic.com...
Query Tilt Position 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x5B Value Value 0xAF Response High Byte Low Byte Query Zoom Position 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x55 0x00 0x00 0xAF Query Zoom Position 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x5D Value Value 0xAF Response High Byte Low Byte www.avonic.com...
In this example, the dots represent the sampled data and the curve represents the original signal. Because there are too few sampled data points, the resulting pattern produced by the sampled data is a poor representation of the original. www.avonic.com...
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Depending on lighting types, such occurrences may not be improved with the antiflicker setting. It is recommended to set the shutter speed to 1/100 sec. in the areas of 50 Hz power supply frequency and to 1/60 in the areas of 60 Hz. www.avonic.com...
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