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WebGUI ....................... .. Visca over Serial properties ..................33 Visca over IP properties and command list ............. 33 Pelco-D Protocol Command List ................43 Pelco-P Protocol Command List ................44 Appendix B Dimensions ....................45 CMOS Image Sensors Characteristics ..............46 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 Product.
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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 AV-CM4 -VCUC 1 pc PTZ Camera 1 pc Remote Control AV-CM40-RC 1 pc USB cable type A to type A AV-USB20-AA 1 pc Power Supply 12V/A AV-CM40-PSU 1 pc RS232 9-pin D-Sub female to DIN -8 male...
SKU black: AV-MT200-B PRODUCT OVERVIEW The Avonic AV- -VCUC is a high-quality PTZ camera, with USB2.0 output. The camera is designed for fixed installations and works very well in low light conditions. The camera is equipped with high quality components like a Panasonic CMOS sensor and a glass lens with x optical zoom.
RS-232 mini-DIN-8 IN (connect the supplied RS-232 cable) RS-232 mini-DIN-8 OUT for daisy chaining RS-232 connection USB2.0 Type A, UVC video output RJ45 Ethernet connection for IP control or firmware update DC12V power with locking screw (connect the supplied DC PSU) Power ON/OFF www.avonic.com...
If you are not using the RS232 9-pin D-Sub female to DIN -8 male cable supplied in the box, connect the controller to the back of the camera as is shown in the respectively figures below for Windows DB-9 and Mini-DIN-8. The photo below is a picture of the RS-232 interface of the back of the camera. 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. IP controller...
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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+ -“ are disabled. When the camera is in “manual focus” modus and the Zoom buttons are used, the camera automatically switces to auto-focus. Zoom + - Zoom the camera with these buttons. When the camera is in “manual focus” modus and the Zoom buttons are used, the camera automatically switches to auto-focus. www.avonic.com...
[*]+[#]+[9] : Flip switch (just temporary flip to view the image flipped) [*]+[#]+[Auto] : Enter into the aging mode, only for quality control purposes [*]+[#]+[Manual] : Restore the default username, password, and IP address [#]+[#]+[#] : Clear all presets 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...
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 23) 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. Image Quality Improves the image quality by making the picture slightly more saturated. 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...
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...
AF Version date [Menu] Back 7. 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...
The login screen looks like this: Network In the Network Tab network IP settings can be changed. These settings involve DHCP or fixed IP address, DNS- and port settings. Save changed settings and Reboot the camera to activate any changes. www.avonic.com...
The MAC Address can be found on the last visible line. Save to apply settings, a small dialogue screen appears in the bottom right of the window telling the settings are saved successfully and that a reboot is needed for the changes to take effect. www.avonic.com...
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 This will restore the factory settings.
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. This works only when the remote controller is used to control te camera. www.avonic.com...
Turn the camera off and on again and check if the problem persists. • 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...
Faces: partly hidden faces, sideways filmed faces, diagonal or up side down When the camera itself moves, or when the iris is narrowed down Note: When you experience one or more of the above mentioned problems check also our Appendix D - CMOS characteristics. www.avonic.com...
Reset the factory default ip settings by pressing [*] [#] [Manual] and Reboot • Firmware update failed Check firmware file integrity, download it again. Make sure you are trying to flash the UVC file for the correct color camera (ARM is generic, UVC is color dependant) www.avonic.com...
VISCA OVER IP PROPERTIES AND COMMAND LIST The Avonic IP camera is implemented with a TCP server. The TCP port number is 1259 by default and can be altered 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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81 01 7E 01 0A 00 02 03 FF Tally Light Red ON Green 81 01 7E 01 0A 00 03 02 FF Tally Light Green ON 81 01 7E 01 0A 00 03 03 FF Tally Light OFF 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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