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WAT-2500, WAT-3500
User's Manual
Rev. 1.00
Watec Co., Ltd.

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  • Page 1 WAT-2500, WAT-3500 User’s Manual Rev. 1.00 Watec Co., Ltd.

  • Page 2: Revision Record

    Revision Record Rev. Date Changes 1.00 2023/10/23...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Revision Record ..................2 Table of Contents ..................3 1. About this manual ................. 5 2. Configuring the camera function .............. 6 2.1. RC-01 (Remote Controller) ............... 6 2.2. OSD Menu Operations ..............7 3. Functions ..................... 9 3.1.
  • Page 4 3.4.10. Reset Picture Adjust (DEFAULT) ..........21 3.5. FUNCTIONS .................. 22 3.5.1. Digital Zoom (DZOOM) ............22 3.5.2. DEFOG ................24 3.5.3. DWDR ................. 25 3.5.4. Backlight Compensation (BACKLIGHT) ........26 3.5.5. Pixel Binning (BINNING) ............28 3.5.6. DEFECT PIXEL COMPENSATION ..........29 3.5.7.

  • Page 5: About This Manual

    The WAT-2500/3500 user’s manual is subject to change by design and the specifications of the product without notice. The copyright of the WAT-2500/3500 user’s manual shall belong to Watec Co., Ltd. Copying in whole or in part without the authorization of the holders permission is...

  • Page 6: Configuring The Camera Function

    2. Configuring the camera function The function of WAT-2500/3500 can be set by the RC-01 (remote controller). Utilize the option RC-01 (remote controller) to set function through OSD (On Screen Display) menu. 2.1. RC-01 (Remote Controller) Operate the OSD menu by the RC-01.

  • Page 7: Osd Menu Operations

    2.2. OSD Menu Operations All of the camera function can be set by the OSD (On Screen Display) menu. Set the function through the OSD menu operation by the following procedure. [Open / Close OSD menu] Press the “ENTER” while the OSD menu is not displayed, then the OSD menu (MAIN MENU) will be opened.
  • Page 8 [Change Settings] Use the “UP/DOWN” on the RC-01 to move the cursor to select each OSD menu item, and press ”LEFT/RIGHT” to change the setting of the item that the cursor is matched. Change settings by “LEFT/RIGHT” Figure 4. Change Settings Precautions *About an operation for save of settings The set value is saved immediately on this camera as soon as the settings are changed by the OSD.

  • Page 9: Functions

    3. Functions Set each function by the OSD menu. 3.1. EXPOSURE 3.1.1. AE MODE Set control method of shutter, slow shutter, gain and DC iris lens. Default: AUTO AUTO Automatically control the shutter speed (including SENS UP), gain and DC iris lens in accordance with the brightness of the subject.

  • Page 10: Shutter

    Table 1. The Max. and Min. the Shutter Speed of Each CVBS Format Max. & Min. of the Shutter Speed (sec.) CVBS Format (AE MODE=AUTO) NTSC/EIA 1/60 - 1/10000 PAL/CCIR 1/50 - 1/10000 SHUT FIX Gain automatically controls the brightness of the subject but the shutter speed is fixed.

  • Page 11: Agc Max

    3.1.4. AGC MAX Set the max. value of gain while the AE MODE is AUTO or SHUT FIX. Selectable from OFF, LOW, MID and HIGH. AGC MAX = LOW AGC MAX = MID AGC MAX = HIGH Figure 6. AGC MAX The max.

  • Page 12: Dc Iris

    3.1.7. DC IRIS Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation while the cursor is matched with the DC IRIS. The following settings are configurable in the menu. Default: MODE = OPEN, PWM OFFSET ADJ = 127, IRIS SPEED = 3 Table 3.

  • Page 13: White Balance

    3.2. WHITE BALANCE 3.2.1. WHITE BALANCE MODE (MODE) Set the WHITE BALANCE control mode. This setting is not applicable for the WAT-3500. Default: ATW Table 4. WHITE BALANCE - MODE Menu Value Description Item Automatically follow WHITE BALANCE (Approx. 2000K- 15000K) by matching the color temperature of a subject.

  • Page 14: B-Gain (Blue)

    3.2.3. B-Gain (BLUE) Set the B and R gain value while the WHITE BALANCE mode is “MANUAL”. Lager the B gain, it will be bluer. The setting value range is 0-100. Default: 50 3.2.4. R-Gain (RED) Set the B and R gain value while the WHITE BALANCE mode is “MANUAL”. Lager the R gain, it will be redder.

  • Page 15: Noise Reduction

    3.3. NOISE REDUCTION NOISE REDUCTION NOISE REDUCTION =OFF =2D+3D Figure 8. NOISE REDUCTION 3.3.1. Noise Reduction Mode (MODE) Set the NR (Noise Reduction) control mode. Default: 2D+3D Table 5. NOISE REDUCTION - MODE Menu Value Description Item Not operating NR control. The 2DNR works.

  • Page 16: Noise Reduction Level (Level)

    3.3.2. Noise Reduction Level (LEVEL) Set the strength of NR. Default: AUTO Table 6. NOISE REDUCTION - LEVEL Menu Value Description Item AUTO Automatically control the strength of NR. Set the strength of NR to LOW. The noise increases when imaging a dark subject comparing with HIGH/MID, but the after-image will be less.

  • Page 17: Picture Adjust

    3.4. PICTURE ADJUST 3.4.1. GAMMA CORRECT Complete the ENTER operation while the GAMMA CORRECT is ON to open the setting menu. Default: GAMMA CORRECT = ON, GAMMA = 0.45, Y LUT EXTEND = UNIFORM OFF (1.0) Turn off the “GAMMA CORRECT” (γ≒1.0). Turn on “GAMMA CORRECT”.

  • Page 18: Contrast

    3.4.2. CONTRAST Adjust the contrast difference and color density difference of the image. The setting value range is 0-20. Default: 11 3.4.3. BRIGHTNESS Adjust the brightness of the image. The setting value range is 0-20. Default: 11 3.4.4. SATURATION Adjust the saturation of the image. The setting value range is 0-20.

  • Page 19: Auto Saturate

    3.4.7. AUTO SATURATE Control the saturation while the illumination of the subject is low. This setting is not applicable for the WAT-3500. Default: MID Table 8. AUTO SATURATE Menu Value Description Item Retain the saturation even while the illumination of the subject is low.

  • Page 20: Auto Edge

    3.4.8. AUTO EDGE Weaken the contour emphasizing during low illuminance. Default: OFF Table 9. AUTO EDGE Menu Value Description Item Retain the saturation even while the illumination of the subject is low. Weaken the contour emphasizing AUTO during low EDGE illuminance.

  • Page 21: Display Function

    3.4.9. DISPLAY FUNCTION Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation while the cursor is matched with “DISP.FUNCTION”. Default: FREEZE = OFF, MIRROR = OFF, IMAGE EFFECT = OFF Table 10. DISPLAY FUNCTION Menu Value Description Item Turn off FREEZE. FREEZE Turn on FREEZE.

  • Page 22: Functions

    3.5. FUNCTIONS 3.5.1. Digital Zoom (DZOOM) Display the partly enlarged image. Enlarged view by zoom and movable horizontally and vertically by pan and tilt. Default: OFF Turn off the “DZOOM” (1 time). Note that the PTZ (Pan, Tilt, and Zoom) settings turn back to the original setting when DZOOM was turned OFF without DZOOM SAVE after the setting of the position of Pan/Tilt and ZOOM RATIO.
  • Page 23 [Setting Method of OSD] -Set digital ZOOM RATIO: Operate LEFT/RIGHT while the cursor is on RATIO *Press “ENTER” to move the cursor to the “POSITION”. ENTER ZOOM Figure 13. ZOOM - Set the position of PAN/TILT: Operate UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT while the cursor is on POSITION *Press “ENTER”...

  • Page 24: Defog

    3.5.2. DEFOG Correct by improving visibility of the image when the contrast becomes low by foggy or poor weather conditions. Default: OFF Turn off the “DEFOG”. Enable the “DEFOG (FIX)”. Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation. Table 11. DEFOG (ON) Menu Value Description...

  • Page 25: Dwdr

    3.5.3. DWDR Correct the contrast of the subject by the histogram equalization. Default: OFF Turn off the “DWDR”. Enable the “DWDR (FIX)”. Correct the contrast of the subject by the histogram equalization on the bright part. Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation. Table 13.

  • Page 26: Backlight Compensation (Backlight)

    3.5.4. Backlight Compensation (BACKLIGHT) Make more visible the subject with backlighting, etc. Default: OFF Turn off the “BACKLIGHT”. Control the exposure by the entire image information. Match the exposure to the specified area on the image. The dark part will be more visible when metering only the dark part with backlighting.
  • Page 27 HSBLC Match the exposure to the specified area on the entire image except the brightest part. Make more visible the part except the headlight while imaging the subject including high brightness part. Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation. Table 16.

  • Page 28: Pixel Binning (Binning)

    3.5.5. Pixel Binning (BINNING) Enhance sensitivity by combining the A/D value of the adjacent pixels. The resolution of the image will be low. Default: OFF Turn off the “BINNING”. Turn on the “BINNING”. (AE MODE = MANUAL, SHUTTER = 1/60s, GAIN = 0dB, BINNING = OFF) (AE MODE = MANUAL, SHUTTER = 1/60s, GAIN = 0dB, BINNING = ON) Figure 17.

  • Page 29: Defect Pixel Compensation

    3.5.6. DEFECT PIXEL COMPENSATION Correct inconspicuously the defect pixel. Default: ON Turn off the “DEFECT PIXEL COMPENSATION”. Turn on the “DEFECT PIXEL COMPENSATION”. *The subject, which is similar with a defect pixel, may be corrected when it was imaged. In this case, turn off this setting.

  • Page 30: Multiple Exposure-Type Wdr (Wdr)

    3.5.7. Multiple Exposure-Type WDR (WDR) Make more visible of the subject with a large contrast. Synthesize one frame of the WDR image from the two frames of the long exposure and short exposure. The detail setting of the WDR image synthesis from the setting menu.
  • Page 31 Turn off the “WDR”. Turn on the “WDR”. Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation. Table 17. WDR Menu Value Description Item WDR ON Display the WDR image synthesis. FRAME LONG Display only the long exposure image. VIEW SEL SHORT Display only the short exposure image.

  • Page 32: Privacy Mask

    3.5.8. PRIVACY MASK Mask arbitrary area in the image. 8 different size, position and color masks can be displayed. Cannot use together the “PRIVACY MASK” and “CROSS LINE”. TYPE = SQUARE TYPE = POLYGON Figure 19. PRIVACY MASK Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation while the cursor is on the “PRIVACY MASK”.
  • Page 33 Table 18. PRIVACY MASK Menu Value Description Item Turn off the “PRIVACY MASK”. MODE Turn on the “PRIVACY MASK”. SQUARE Set the mask with adjustable square size. TYPE POLYGON Set the mask adjustable the 4 corner coordinates. MASK NO. MASK 1-8 Select the mask No.

  • Page 34: Cross Line

    3.5.9. CROSS LINE Display vertical/horizontal line in the image. 8 lines (4 cross lines) for the total can be displayed with the setting of thickness, position, color and vertical/horizontal of each line. Cannot use together the “PRIVACY MASK” and “CROSS LINE”. Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation while the cursor is on the “CROSS LINE”.

  • Page 35: System

    The line 1 and 2 are displayed and line 3 -8 are hidden with the default when MODE = ON. Turn on the “DISPLAY” and select line 3-8 to display 3 or more lines. Figure 20. CROSS LINE 3.6. SYSTEM 3.6.1.

  • Page 36: Cam Title

    3.6.2. CAM TITLE Display letters on the right top on the screen. Default: OFF Turn off the “CAM TITLE”. Turn on the “CAM TITLE”. Open the setting menu by the ENTER operation. Table 21. CAM TITLE Menu Value Description Item A-Z, a-z, [blank], Set the letter to display.

  • Page 37: Menu Color

    3.6.3. MENU COLOR Set the OSD menu color. Open the software information display menu by the ENTER operation while the cursor is on the “MENU COLOR”. Default: TEXT COLOR =WHITE, TEXT (H) COLOR = YELLOW, B/G COLOR = BLACKOP, B/G (H) COLOR = WHITE OP Table 22.

  • Page 38: Cvbs Format

    The default setting is marked on the serial label attached on the packing box or on the camera. (NTSC or PAL for the WAT-2500 and EIA or CCIR for the WAT-3500.) Both WAT-2500 and WAT-3500 crop the portion of 1920 x 1080 pixels captured by...

  • Page 39: Osd Menu Tree

    4.OSD menu tree Legend: Represents OSD menu item Represents the operation by UP, DOWN and ENTER key of the remote controller Represents the operation by RIGHT, LEFT and ENTER key of the remote controller Represents a selectable mode and setting value of each menu item Represents the title on the OSD and not a setting item Default : in Red ○MAIN MENU...
  • Page 40 ○WHITE BALANCE *This setting is not applicable for the WAT-3500. WHITE BALANCE MODE ATW, ONE PUSH, INDOOR, OUTDOOR, MANUAL PUSH BLUE 0 - 100 (50) 0 - 100 (50) SPEED 0 - 7 OFFSET-B 0 - 100 (50) OFFSET-R 0 - 100 (50) RETURN ○NOISE REDUCTION...
  • Page 41 ○DISPLAY FUNCTION DISPLAY FUNCTION FREEZE OFF, ON MIRROR OFF, MIRROR, V-FLIP, BOTH(H/V) IMAGE EFFECT OFF, NEGATIVE, GREY, *REDDISH-1~4, *BLUISH-1~4, *GREENISH-1~4 *This setting is not applicable for the WAT-3500. PICTURE STYLE OFF, STANDARD, VIVID, CLEAR, VIVID CLR, NEUTRAL PIC CONTRAST 0 - 6 PIC SATURATION 0 - 6 *This setting is not applicable for the WAT-3500.
  • Page 42 ○FUNCTIONS FUNCTIONS DZOOM -> to "D-ZOOM" menu. OFF, ON DEFOG -> to "DEFOG" menu. OFF, ON, AUTO DWDR -> to "DWDR" menu. OFF, ON, AUTO BACKLIGHT -> to "BACKLIGHT - BLC"/"BACKLIGHT - HSBLC" menu. OFF, BLC, HSBLC BINNING OFF, ON DFCT PIX COMP.
  • Page 43 ○DWDR SETUP DWDR SETUP STRENGTH 0 - 16 SATURATION 0 - 16 LOCAL RATIO 0 - 16 SAT. SYNC OFF, ON AUTO LEVEL HIGH, MID, LOW RETURN ○BACKLIGHT - BLC BACKLIGHT - BLC OFF, SIZE/POSITION AREA DISPLAY OFF, DEFAULT RETURN ○BACKLIGHT - HSBLC BACKLIGHT - HSBLC AREA DISPLAY...
  • Page 44 ○WDR FRAME VIEW SEL ON, LONG, SHORT WDR STRENGTH 0 - 29 (12) LOCAL CONTRAST 0 - 5 WDR AE MODE AUTO, MANUAL AE BRIGHT 0 - 19 (10) GAIN 0 - 19 SHUTTER 0 - 19 (19) EXPOSURE RATIO 1:32, 1:16 DEFAULT RETURN...
  • Page 45 ○PRIVACY MASK PRIVACY MASK MODE OFF, ON TYPE SQUARE, POLYGON MASK NO. MASK 1~8 DISPLAY OFF, ON COLOR BLACK, WHITE, *GREEN, *BLUE, *RED, *CYAN, *MAGENTA, *YELLOW, GRAY-1~6 *This setting is not applicable for the WAT-3500. POLY SELECT L-TOP, R-TOP, L-BOTTOM, R-BOTTOM POSITION-X 0 - 255 POSITION-Y...
  • Page 46 CAM TITLE -> to "CAM TITLE" menu. OFF, ON MENU COLOR -> to "MENU COLOR" menu. MENU POSITION DEFAULT, TOP-LEFT, TOP-RIGHT CVBS FORMAT WAT-2500:NTSC, PAL / WAT-3500:EIA, CCIR RETURN ○S/W INFO S/W INFO S/W Ver S/W Date RETURN ○CAM TITLE...
  • Page 47 ○FACTORY RESET FACTORY RESET ?

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