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RapidView
Operation Guide

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  • Page 1 Document Number - MNRDVO250602US RapidView Operation Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ‘Manual Alarm Mode’ Setting a Global Alarm Timer 5. Menu Options To Display a list of Menu options To set-up an Auto-sequence using the Menus To Set the Time and Date To Edit the Idents. © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page i...
  • Page 3 Table of To Set Up the Cameras (RapidDome Only) Contents To Set Active Alarms Set-up of Alarm Timers Line Lock 10.0 Remote Reset 11.0 Privacy Zones 12.0 Mimic Tours (Learn Mode) 13.0 Sector Zones Page ii © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    Ademco Video products are sold in accordance with our General Conditions of Sale and Delivery. ALL DESIGNS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE © Ademco Video 2002 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page iii...
  • Page 5 For both PSU’s (input mains current less than 3A) the minimum conductor size is 0.75mm or 18 AWG. If stranded wire is to be supplied for connecting the PSU to the mains supply it cannot be soft soldered. Page iv © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...
  • Page 6 Compliance Information Canada This Class A digital apparatus complies with Industry Canada Standard ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 d'Industrie Canada. © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page v...

  • Page 7: Keyboard Functions

    LED is illuminated, then the RapidView is locked, if the Lock LED is not illuminated then the RapidView is unlocked. If the RapidView is locked, then it is necessary to unlock it to make all functions available. This is done in the following way: Press and hold the ‘LOCK’...

  • Page 8: Camera Select

    Telemetry commands are always sent to the camera that is displayed on monitor 1. RapidView 8 / 2 K+ and RapidView 16 / 2 K+ An asterisk (‘*’) to the left of the camera number at the top left of the image on the monitor indicates that this monitor is being controlled by the keyboard.
  • Page 9 Auto-sequencing will be turned off if the joystick is moved or a telemetry button is pressed while the monitor under control is auto-sequencing. (Or while monitor 1 is auto-sequencing for the RapidView 8 / 2 K and RapidView 16 / 2 K.) Setting up Auto-sequence for Cameras For example, to set up an auto-sequence using cameras 1, 2, 3, 4, &...
  • Page 10 Press button ‘4’, then press the ‘CAMERA’ button. Press button ‘8’, then press the ‘TIME’ button. Next Camera: Press button ‘2’, then press the ‘CAMERA’ button. Press button ‘4’, then press the ‘TIME’ button. © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 4...
  • Page 11 14. Note: If an alarm is activiated during the programming of Monitor 1 with an auto-sequence, the programming will be interrupted at the point of activation. (The sequence will also require re-programming.) Page 5 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...

  • Page 12: Telemetry Functions

    Operation Guide Rapid View 2. Telemetry Functions The Rapid View range of handsets can control any Ademco Video telemetry receiver. The features that can be used depend upon the features that are available on the camera / receiver. Under normal operation there is no audible beep when pressing the te- lemetry function buttons.

  • Page 13: Focus And Iris

    FOR WIPE. Press the ‘WIPE’ button to activate the wiper. Press the ‘WIPE’ button again to turn off the wiper. Note: If the LED above the ‘WIPE’ button is illuminated, the wiper is ON. Page 7 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...
  • Page 14 The LED above the ‘AUX’ button is not altered by this operation as it is used to monitor ‘Change Over’ Orbiter Microspheres. Note: The ‘#’ button has no function on the Rapid View. © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 8...

  • Page 15: Presets And Tours

    ’PRESET 1’ to ‘PRESET 4’. To Start a Tour of Presets The units in the RapidView range have enough memory for four different tours. After programming the tours, as detailed in the next sections, they may be recalled in the following way.

  • Page 16: To Define A Simple Tour

    Press button ‘2’, then press the ‘PRESET’ button. (This selects the second preset in ‘Tour 2’.) Press button ‘1’, then press button ‘0’, then press button ‘0’, then press the ‘180°’ button. (This defines 100°/sec to this preset position.) © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 10...

  • Page 17: To Vary The Standard Speeds And Dwell Times Of A Tour

    Press button ‘3’, then press the ‘PRESET’ button. (This selects the third preset in ‘Tour 3’.) Press button ‘2’, then press the ‘180°’ button. (This defines 2°/ sec to this preset position.) Page 11 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...

  • Page 18: To Stop A Tour Of Presets

    Chapter 3 To Restart a Tour of Presets Press the ‘AUTOPAN’ button. (This will start the last tour that the RapidView was carrying out.) Note: If an alarm is activated on a camera whilst the keyboard is being used to program a tour for that camera, the programming will be interrupted at the point of activation.

  • Page 19: Alarms

    Alarm Input 1 being the highest. Alarm Activations When an alarm input becomes ‘active’, the RapidView will be set to ‘alarm mode’ and as a result respond in several ways (as listed in this section).
  • Page 20 ‘active’. Chapter 4 When the RapidView is in ‘alarm mode’ due to ‘active’ alarm inputs, the alarm monitor cannot be used to view other cameras unless the alarm inputs are cancelled first (see section 5.0‚ Cancelling Alarms).

  • Page 21: Cancelling Alarms

    Rapid View Operation Guide Alarm Relay There is an alarm relay output on the RapidView which could be used to switch a time-lapse VCR to 'alarm mode recording' (e.g. It could switch the VCR from 'time-lapse' to 'real-time' recording). The relay closes when an alarm input becomes ‘active’ and opens again when all the alarm inputs have gone ‘inactive’...
  • Page 22 As stated earlier, the highest priority alarm is displayed on the alarm monitor. To select another camera for display (or to cancel the RapidView ‘alarm mode’ if only one alarm input is active), the highest priority alarm must be cancelled first. This is done by pressing the ‘ALARM’...

  • Page 23: Manual Alarm Mode

    Rapid View Operation Guide ‘Manual Alarm Mode’ When there are no ‘active’ alarm inputs on the RapidView, it can be put into a 'manual alarm mode' by pressing the 'ALARM' button on the keyboard. (When monitor 1 is in control.) When the RapidView is in ‘manual alarm mode’, the alarm relay...
  • Page 24 If an alarm is activated on a camera whilst the keyboard is being used to program a tour for that camera, the programming will be interrupted at the point of activation. (The tour will also require re-programming.) Chapter 4 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 18...

  • Page 25: Menu Options

    Note: Menu options are only available on monitor 1 of the RapidView 8/2K and RapidView 16/2K, not on mon- itor 2. To Display a list of Menu options Press and hold the ‘LOCK’ button.

  • Page 26: To Set-Up An Auto-Sequence Using The Menus

    0 to 255 seconds. If the dwell time is set to 0, then the selected camera will be skipped. (Due to entries being skipped if the dwell time is set to 0, it is not possible to have a sequence with all dwell times set to 0.) © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 20...

  • Page 27: To Set The Time And Date

    If no item is to be selected, or set-up of auto-sequence has been completed, press the ‘LOCK’ button to return to the ‘MAIN’ menu. Then press ‘LOCK’ again to return the RapidView to normal operation. To Set the Time and Date Use the joystick while on the ‘MAIN’...
  • Page 28 The new time and date will not be used unless ‘AUX’ has been pressed. This allows for accurate setting and checking of the new time and date. Press the ‘LOCK’ button again to return the RapidView to Chapter 5 normal operation.

  • Page 29: To Edit The Idents

    This is achieved by selecting the camera number as above. Then move the joystick down to the ’SECTOR’ label, the sector zone number will be flashing. Page 23 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...
  • Page 30 ‘LOCK’ button to return to the main menu. Then press ‘LOCK’ again to return the RapidView to normal operation. Note: The Preset ident is displayed during a tour, but not when seeking a preset.

  • Page 31: Set-Up Of Text Color

    If no item is to be selected, or set-up of text color has been completed, press the ‘LOCK’ button to return to the ‘MAIN’ menu. Then press ‘LOCK’ again to return the RapidView to normal operation. Page 25 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...

  • Page 32: To Set Up The Cameras (Rapiddome Only)

    MONO integration. It is expected that IR lights would be turned on by a light sensor when the light level drops. When the light level increases and the camera starts to ‘white-out’ it will automatically change over to COLOR. © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 26...

  • Page 33: To Set Active Alarms

    If no item is to be selected, or set-up of cameras has been completed, press the ‘LOCK’ button to return to the ‘MAIN’ menu. Then press ‘LOCK’ again to return the RapidView to normal operation. To Set Active Alarms Chapter 5 Use the joystick while on the ‘MAIN’...
  • Page 34 Use the joystick to move the flashing area to an ‘ON/OFF’ item or a ‘TYPE’ item. To change a selected setting, press the ‘ALARM’ button. Chapter 5 ON/OFF = ON indicates that the RapidView will respond to this numbered alarm input. ON/OFF = OFF indicates that this numbered alarm input will be ignored.

  • Page 35: Set-Up Of Alarm Timers

    = 0, then the alarm will be active only for the duration of the active alarm input. This option can be used, for example, with sensors that have an in-built alarm timer. The preset number is in the range 0 to 127. Page 29 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...

  • Page 36: Line Lock

    When you switch on a line lock RapidDome, the adjustment parameter that was being used when the RapidDome was switched off is sent to the camera module so that it is not necessary to use the RapidView 'ad- just camera sync' menu every time the power is turned on. The camera module adjusts it's sync which can cause the picture to be unstable for a few seconds.
  • Page 37 For example connect the two cameras to inputs 1 and 2. set REFERENCE CAMERA to 01, and CAMERA TO ADJUST to 02. Press 'AUX' to adjust camera 2. The RapidView will select camera 1, then camera 2. It will measure the VD syncs and calculate the difference.
  • Page 38 AUTO SYNC OF ALL CAMERAS If a sync RapidView is used in a system that has several sync Rapid- Domes, they can all be adjusted together as follows: Select the ADJUST CAMERA SYNC menu and select the camera to be used as the REFERENCE CAMERA.

  • Page 39: Remote Reset

    10.1 Introduction The Remote Reset enables you to reset the camera from the RapidView keyboard, i.e. you can reset the camera without having to physically unplu+g it, or turn the power off then on again for a particular camera. Note:...
  • Page 40 Figure x Remote Reset (Power-up Reset) Menu A camera number can be entered then the ’CAMERA’ button pressed. The RapidView will then switch to that camera, providing that the camera input is available. This enables you to view the camera that you want to reset.
  • Page 41 The home preset / tour functions will not work as it relies on presets. Alarm presets will be lost, etc. This option is useful if you want to reprogram the camera presets from scratch. Page 35 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...
  • Page 42 Figure xii Factory Reset Menu The camera number will be flashing. Select which camera is to be reset via the RapidView numeric keys. If this is the camera you wish to reset then press the ‘CAMERA’ key to reset this camera...
  • Page 43 Select the remote reset option via the joystick then press ‘AUX’ to enter the remote reset menu, then ‘AUX’ again to toggle through to the the ‘CAMERA RESET’ option. Select this and the screen will change as shown in Figure xiii. Chapter 5 Page 37 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...

  • Page 44: Privacy Zones

    Figure xiii Camera Reset Menu The camera number will be flashing. Select which camera is to be reset via the RapidView numeric keys. If this is the camera you wish to reset then press the ‘CAMERA’ key to reset this camera The camera module will now reset.
  • Page 45 , as shown in Figure xiv b). We then define it as a preset. If we defined our preset as is shown in Figure xiv a), then not only would the house be blanked , but also that area that surrounds the Page 39 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...
  • Page 46 Privacy Zone is c) Privacy Zone Privacy Zone defined after being defined Figure xiv Defining a Preset for a ‘Privacy Zone’ Chapter 5 Note: The objects benearth the shaded area will NOT be shown. © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 40...
  • Page 47 Chapter 5 will appear like that shown below in Figure xvi. EDIT PRESETS CAMERA 01 PRESET PRESET PRESET PRESET PRESET PRESS AUX TO SELECT LOCK TO END Figure xvi The Privacy Zone Menu Page 41 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...
  • Page 48 ‘AUX’ button. If the presets have been defined on a different camera than enter the camera number using the RapidView ’NUMBER’ buttons, then press the ’CAMERA’ button. The RapidView will then display the selected camera, see Figure xvii. Note:...

  • Page 49: Mimic Tours (Learn Mode)

    Additional Points to Remember About Privacy Zones If the RapidView memory is reset, by removing the battery link, the camera will still have Privacy Zones defined. Entering the RapidView ‘Privacy Zone’ menu will show that there are no ‘Privacy Zones’...
  • Page 50 When the end is reached for a mimic tour the tour will begin again from the start. 12.4 To Restart a Mimic Tour Press the ‘AUTOPAN’ button (this will restart the last tour that the receiver was carrying out) © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 44...

  • Page 51: Sector Zones

    Select which camera you wish to define the Sector Zone on by enter- ing the camera number via the keyboard ‘NUMBER’ buttons. Press the ‘CAMERA’ button to select the camera, the RapidView will then switch to that camera if available.
  • Page 52 Sector. Pan the camera to the right hand side (RHS) of the Sector Zone. The end position of the Sector Zone will be at the centre of the monitor, see © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 46...
  • Page 53 Once positioned at the RHS, press the ‘AUX’ button to set this position. 13.2 Editing the Sector Zone Label For details on editing the Sector Zone Label, refer to section 4.0 earlier in this chapter. Page 47 © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US...
  • Page 54 Without moving the joystick left or right (panning), move the joystick down so that the ‘PAN TO RHS’ label is flashing, then press ‘AUX’ button, this will remove the SECTOR ZONE from the monitor display Chapter 5 Figure xxi Sector Zone Menu © Ademco Video 2002 MNRDVO250602US Page 48...

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