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Owner's Manual - Setup Thank you for using the TAMRON Panorama Camera 180-View. To get the best efficiency, read carefully all instructions in this manual before use, and keep this manual for reference. If you have any problems with this camera, contact your supplier to service.
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Contents Contents Before Setting Up .................. Connecting the Camera to the Computer ............ Operational Environment ................ Installing the Software ................. Starting the Software ................ To Exit the Software ...................11 Creating a Backup File ................11 Loading a Backup File ................11 Configuring the Camera and Image Settings .........1 1 Mode Setting (Output Screen Selection) ..........
Before Setting Up Before Setting Up Connecting the Camera to the Computer Start up the computer, and connect the camera to the computer with a USB cable.Then turn on the power for the camera. Data output To the USB port USB cable of the unit * Please supply your own USB cable.
Before Setting Up Installing the Software 1. Start the computer and insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD- ROM drive. 2. Copy the following files from the CD-ROM to any folder on your computer. • 130NT-P-CM Parameter Setting Ver1.0.exe (camera controller software) • CP210x_VCP_Win_XP_S2K3_Vista_7.exe (USB/RS232C conversion software) 3. Double-click the file "CP210x_VCP_Win_XP_S2K3_Vista_7.exe". 4. Select "Install a new instance of this application" and click [Next >].
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Before Setting Up 5. Click [Next >]. 6. Select "I accept the terms of the license agreement" and click [Next >].
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Before Setting Up 7. Click [Next >]. 8. Click [Install]. The installation begins.
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Before Setting Up 9. Check that "Launch the CP210x VCP Driver Installer." is checked, and click [Finish]. The driver installation window appears. 10. Click [Install]. The install complete window appears.
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Before Setting Up 11. Click [OK]. 12. Remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. Uninstalling ■ ● On Windows XP Click on this software from [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Add or Remove Programs] to remove the program. ● On Windows Vista Click on this software from [Start] →...
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Starting the Software Starting the Software Turn on the power for the camera that is connected to the computer. 1. Double-click on the "130NT-P-CM Parameter Setting Ver1.0.exe" icon that you copied onto your computer. A window for selecting the COM port appears. 2. Select the COM port connected to this computer, and click [OK]. Selecting [ON] will display the latest settings saved in the Select a camera.
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Starting the Software 3. From the menu, select [Action (A)] → [Reload (R)]. The initial settings of the camera are loaded and reflected in the main configu- ration window. To configure the settings, proceed to "Configuring the Camera and Image Set- tings" on page 12.
Starting the Software To Exit the Software 1. From the menu, select [Action (A)] → Write to [EEPROM (W)]. The settings displayed in the main configuration window are written to the EE- PROM of the camera. When the write process is complete, "Successfully Loaded" is displayed on the dialog box. Click [OK] to close the dialog box. Note: Performing a [Write to EEPROM] will overwrite the initial settings with the current settings.
Configuring the Camera and Image Settings Configuring the Camera and Image Settings Camera-related settings Image-related settings (pages 13 - 15) (pages 16 - 18)
Configuring the Camera and Image Settings 1 Mode Setting (Output Screen Selection) Here, you set the ON/OFF status of the following features: Screen distortion com- pensation, motion detection tour, auto sequence. In addition, you can configure the distortion compensation per screen block. Setting Details Distortion compensation When turned OFF, the distortion compensation is disabled, and the raw image from the fisheye lens is...
Configuring the Camera and Image Settings 2 Manual PTZ Control (Manual Pan, Tilt, and Zoom Adjustment) Manually adjust the camera orientation and zoom. Setting Details Range of Values Pan/Tilt Speed Setting for the speed of movement. The smaller the numeric value, the slower the speed, and x1 - x10 Zoom Speed larger the numeric value, the faster the speed.
Configuring the Camera and Image Settings Tour speed Speed at which modes are switched. The x1 - x10 larger the numeric value, the faster the speed. 4 Motion Detection Tour Program Configure the motion detection feature. Setting Details Range of Values No. 1 - No. Specify the area number for the [Motion Detec- 1 - tion Tour] in Mode Setting.
Configuring the Camera and Image Settings 5 Picture Adjust Adjust the image display quality, such as brightness and contrast. Setting Details Range of Values Brightness Set the brightness. 0 - 6 Contrast Set the contrast. 0 - 55 Sharpness Set the sharpness of the image. Set the hue.
Configuring the Camera and Image Settings 8 White Balance Configure the white balance. Setting Details Automatically adjusts the white balance (within set color temperature). Automatically adjusts the white balance (any color temperature). One-Push Enables the One-Push mode when set to ATW. 9 Block Size (Detection Block Size) Sets the block size for motion detection.
Configuring the Camera and Image Settings 0 Mirror Mode Horizontally flips and displays the image. Setting Details Turning this ON flips the image horizontally and displays it. Displayed the image normally. a BLC Area (Back Light Compensation) Splits the entire screen into 9 areas as shown below, and turns AE wave detection area ON/OFF.
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Tamron co., Ltd. Industrial Optics Business Unit New Product Sales & Marketing Dept 1385, Hasunuma, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama 337-8556 JAPAN Tel: +81-48-613-7629 Fax: +81-48-683-8594 E-mail tokki@tamron.co.jp...