Summary of Contents for Radio Engineering Industries HD Series
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Digital BUS-WATCH ® Radio Engineering Industries ® BUS-WATCH HD Series Mobile Digital Video Recorders Hardware User Manual Hardware Installation Manual Page 1 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Camera Placement ......................33 Recording & Playback ....................38 System Start-Up ......................38 System Shut-Down ....................... 38 Playback Options ......................39 TV Video Outputs (Front and Back) ..................39 Page 2 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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Codec Settings ....................67 Input Setup ......................68 Speedometer Setup.................... 68 Input Setup ......................70 J1939 Setup ....................... 73 Network Setup ...................... 74 General Network Setup ..................74 Page 3 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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System Log ....................... 83 Play Back ..........................84 Time/Date Search....................84 Alarm Search ......................86 USB Backup......................87 Web User Interface ......................88 Specifications ........................93 Page 4 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Figure 40: Video Setup ..................... 56 Figure 41: Camera – Camera Setup .................. 56 Figure 42: Custom Record Settings .................. 57 Figure 43: Camera Names ....................59 Page 5 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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Figure 80: Web UI - Network ................... 90 Figure 81: Web UI - Video ....................91 Figure 82: Web UI – Input ....................91 Figure 83: Web UI – Status ....................92 Page 6 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
HDx00 Introduction All of us at Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. would like to thank you for purchasing a Digital BUS-WATCH® surveillance system. This manual is intended to provide the user with the information required for proper installation, initial setup and explanation of the individual programming options.
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● External GPS antenna module for embedded digital information of GPS location, speed, heading, and time ● External 3-axis inertia sensor for embedded digital information or trigger of video-matched motion events for accident reconstruction Page 8 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
® Digital BUS-WATCH HDx00 System Overview DIGITAL System Diagram BUS-WATCH CAMERAS INDOOR WEDGE HD SERIES MOBILE DVR SYSTEMS 750202 750203 FRONT AND REAR CAP KIT REAR CAP ONLY *CAMERA CABLES (OPT) (VARIOUS LENGTHS AVAILABLE) DOME **ADD CAMERA SWITCH DEVICE (710030)
REMOTE IR SENSOR STATUS INDICATORS (6) USB 2.0 PORT HDD KEY LOCK CAMERA INDICATORS (4 OR 8) REMOVABLE HDD MODULE SD CARD SLOT Figure 2: Front Panel Layout Page 10 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
VEHICLE SENSOR INPUTS CAMERA INPUTS (1-4 or 8) PANIC BUTTON INPUT J1939 INPUT AUX POWER OUT (2) GPS PORT USB 1.0 PORT Figure 3: Rear Panel Layout Page 11 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
NOTE: The power button will not power the DVR off in normal operation when the DVR should be operating in response to another input (ignition input), schedule, or timer. Page 12 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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If no video is currently available on the current date, playback will begin at the earliest recorded time on the most recent date with available video. Page 13 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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The FF button advances the currently displayed frame to the next available frame during pause mode. Subsequent presses of the FF button will continue to step the displayed frame to the next frame one frame at a time. Page 14 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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5 minutes previous from the current playback/pause location. Page 15 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
The SEARCH button displays the search selection page. The user may select time/date search or alarm search from the search select page. Figure 5: Remote - Search Page 16 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Figure 6: Remote – Backup button C. Setup button (SETUP) The SETUP button displays the first page of the DVR setup menu. Figure 7: Remote - Setup Page 17 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
D. Calibrate button (CAL) The calibrate (CAL) button jumps directly to the DVR speedometer setup pages of the DVR setup wizard. Figure 8: Remote - Calibration Page 18 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
HDD or not. Without HDD, DVR will power on and allow user to configure the settings but it will not record any videos unless the user load the HDD and lock the HDD key. Page 19 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
SD card all the way in then release to eject the SD card. Once SD card is removed, reinstall retaining clip. Page 20 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
*Due to HD400’s processing capability, Best Quality is set to resolution D1, frame rate 15, and quality 9, when the HD800 is capable of resolution D1, frame rate 30, and quality 9. Page 21 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
DVR to avoid draining the vehicle battery. The DVR internal clock will hold time and date for up to 10 years sitting on a shelf, and the daylight saving time functions will kick in upon re-initialization when power is applied. Page 22 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
The white wire (labeled 12V Battery) connects directly to the positive terminal of the battery. The white wire should be fused at 10 Amps. Page 23 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Note: White wire fused @ 7A (1-6 Cameras), 10A for more cameras; Red wire fused @ 1A. Figure 11: System Wiring – Power and Camera Cables Page 24 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
The aftermarket switch is round, for easier installation in vehicles without spare switch knockouts. All of the cables plug into the same port on the back of the DVR.. Page 25 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Internal memory backup allows the GPS antenna module to retain critical data such as satellite orbital parameters, last position, date, and time, to reduce valid data acquisition time. Page 26 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Front and Back Doors • Turn Signals The default TRANSIT monitored points in the vehicle are: • Vehicle speed • Brake activation • Warning lamp operation (de-acceleration lights) Page 27 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
BLACK RED WARNING LAMP BROWN YELLOW WARNING LAMP LEFT TURN SIGNAL ORANGE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL YELLOW STOP ARM GREEN BRAKES BLUE FRONT DOOR VIOLET REAR DOOR Page 28 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
LEFT TURN SIGNAL On RIGHT TURN SIGNAL On FRONT DOOR OPEN REAR DOOR OPEN SPEEDOMETER XX MPH (SEE NOTE 1) NOTE: The XXs represent the vehicle speed (i.e. 35). Page 29 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Z axis is drawn from the bottom to the top of the bus. The Accelerometer Module then needs to be calibrated. Figure 16: 3 Axis Inertia Sensor Directions Page 30 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
This type of installation is recommended for vehicles that have a secured compartment, such as a radio box, where the DVR cannot be tampered with. Page 31 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Security covers can be installed to protect the front and back of the DVR. Rear Cover Holes Rear Cover Front Cover Holes Cable Opening Front Cover Front Door Figure 19: Security Cover Mounting Page 32 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
For a single camera installation, it is common to place the camera in the front of the vehicle looking towards the rear of the vehicle. The Digital BUS-WATCH® camera shown above is mounted to the center of the front header panel. Page 33 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
® Digital BUS-WATCH HDx00 Figure 21: Potential Single and Two Camera Placement Options Page 34 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
OFF DELAY option is enabled, the Digital BUS-WATCH® will continue to record for the prescribed number of minutes. When the off-delay expires, the camera and Digital BUS-WATCH® shut off. Page 38 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Using the REI RMS PC Software, the user can access the files by connecting the computer to the DVR Front Panel Ethernet port, as shown below. Page 39 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
® Digital BUS-WATCH HDx00 BUS-WATCH DVR, HD SERIES 710277 CAMERAS COMPUTER ANT1 ANT2 PANIC REAR VIEW POWER INPUTS J1939 NETWORK CABLE 530072 (OR EQUIVALENT) ETHERNET PORT Figure 25: Connecting to the DVR with a Computer through the Ethernet Connection DVR Default Settings: IP Address: 192.168.0.200...
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DVR. After entering username and password, the web browser will open up the Web UI. Refer to Web UI section for more information. Page 41 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
All of the data associated with the video is digitally embedded into the video frames, creating a proprietary format that requires REI PC Software to decode and display. Page 42 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Speed Cal goes directly to Speed Calibration menu so that the user can calibrate the speed in shortest steps. Import Cfg reads configuration saved from USB external storage for fast setup. Page 43 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Del. To switch to lowercase letters, select “#”. Use “<” and “>” to move cursor left and right. Select DONE to close on-screen keyboard. Page 44 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
The System section of the System Setup Sub-Menu is subdivided into eight subcategories: Vehicle I.D., Time & Date, Operating Mode, Audio/Visual Alerts, Export Configuration, Firmware Upgrade, Reset to Defaults, and Password. Page 45 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Vehicle I.D. allows custom information to identify the DVRs, such as bus number. Company Name allows the user to enter company name of the bus service. Page 46 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Time Zone is for use with the GPS and Sync Time, as GPS satellite time comes in as GMT and needs to be offset for your time zone for proper automatic time synchronization. Page 47 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Manual’, the Daylight Saving Time triggers can be changed to any of the first, second, third, fourth, or last week of any month, not overlapping, as shown below. Figure 32: Custom DST Triggers Page 48 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Either Ignition or Schedule: DVR starts recording by schedule and when ignition is on at the same time. Both Ignition & Schedule: DVR starts recording by schedule or when ignition is Page 49 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
ON Time -> OFF Time: Start Time –> Stop Time. Turn Off Delay: The number of minutes will continue recording after the Operating Mode expires (no delay for Schedule only). Page 50 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Audio Alert: allow audible alerts when condition is set to Yes. Select Toggle All to toggle all options to On or Off. Display Fault on Ext Rec Indicator: allow DVR to display fault on external record indicator. Page 51 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Export Configuration Menu Figure 36: Export Configuration Export Configuration Menu allows user to export current DVR settings onto an external storage for quick multiple DVR installation. Page 52 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Select Main Firmware to upgrade only the Main firmware. Select MCU Firmware to upgrade only the MCU firmware. Select Both to upgrade both Main and MCU firmware. Page 53 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Figure 38: Reset to Defaults Reset to Default changes all DVR settings to factory configuration in case of user experiencing DVR problems caused by inappropriate settings. Page 54 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Password: password to access setup menu when Local Password is turned On, also the password to log on Web UI and viewing video using Bus-Watch software. Page 55 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Camera Setup, Camera Names, Video Adjust, Motion Setup, Camera Faults, Video Storage Settings, USB Download Setup, and Codec Settings. Camera Setup Figure 41: Camera – Camera Setup Page 56 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Frame rate – 7.5 FPS Alarm frame rate – 15 FPS Quality – 7 Custom Configuration: Custom record setting for each camera. Figure 42: Custom Record Settings Page 57 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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Record camera audio if selected. Record Capacity: For how long the HDD can record under current camera setup. FR/AFR: Non-alarm and Alarm Frame rate percentage at current camera setup. Page 58 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Camera Names Menu allows user to set camera name individually. Each camera name is displayed on the screen inside each window. Use on-screen keyboard to enter names. Page 59 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Channel: the channel that needs adjustment. Brightness: brightness adjustment for the video from 0 -100. Contrast: contrast adjustment for the video from 0-100. Color: color adjustment for the video from 0-100. Page 60 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Sensitivity and area can also be adjusted for each camera. Enable: turn on or off motion detection. Alarm: trigger alarm when detecting motion. Page 61 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Trigger: activate motion when selected sensor input is triggered. Set All: set the whole image for motion detection. Clear All: clear the all the motion detection areas. Hide Grid: turn off the selection grid. Page 62 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Alarm: triggers alarm when Blind Cam or Video Loss is detected. Sensi: sensitivity of detecting Blind Cam. Toggle: toggle each row of settings to Yes or No. Page 63 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Clear Hard Drive allows user to clear the hard drive completely. Select Clear Hard Drive and follow the steps to clear the hard drive. Page 64 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
® Digital BUS-WATCH HDx00 Figure 49: Clear Hard Drive USB Download Setup Figure 50: USB Download Setup Page 65 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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Prevent Re-download: when select Yes, DVR will not re-download videos that have been downloaded. Include Player: when select Yes, DVR will install video player onto the USB storage. Page 66 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
FR: video frame rate. 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 7.5, 6, 3.75, 2, and 1. Qual: video quality from 9 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. Page 67 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
The Input Setup Menu contains all the settings to configure DVR’s inputs including: Speedometer Setup, Input Setup, Accelerometer Setup, and J1939 Setup. Speedometer Setup Figure 53: Speedometer Setup Page 68 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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Speed Sensitivity: how fast the speedometer reading gets updated. High-speed Alarm: when select On, if speedometer reading is higher than threshold value, DVR records video as high-speed alarm. Page 69 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Vehicle Input Template: DVR gives two preset templates School Bus and Transit and one Custom setting that allows user to configure the template manually. Use remote and on-screen keyboard to enter information. Page 70 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Low if signal is low (ground or negative) when activated. Alarm When Activate: when set to On, DVR triggers an alarm when the particular input is activated. Page 71 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
When set to Preset, DVR enables the presets selection box. User can select from 1 to 9 for the most suitable sensitivity. Figure 57: Accelerometer Sensitivity When set to Manual, DVR allows user to enter threshold valves on each axis. Page 72 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
The HDx00 series DVRs also support the newest J1939 can-bus system to read vehicle information from its computer. The J1939 Configuration Strings allow user to enter strings to configure J1939 data. Page 73 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Figure 60: Network Setup The Network Setup Menu contains five subsections: General, Internal Wireless, Email Notification, Dynamic DNS, and Network Schedule. General Network Setup Figure 61: General Network Setup Page 74 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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Central Server IP Address: IP address the central video server connects to. Central Server Port: port the central video server connects to. Client Port: This is the port the user accesses DVR’s client function. Page 75 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Net Mask: A mask address is to use with the IP address as a pair. The default setting is 255.255.255.000. Depending on how the network is set up, the user needs to change it to work with the network. Page 76 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Email Notification settings gives DVR the ability to send video reports to the user so that the user can know if there are any recorded alarm videos. Page 77 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Sender Email: the sender address that will show on the Email notification. Receiver Email 1/2/3: Email address that will be receiving the Email notifications. Email Subject: Email notification subject. Dynamic DNS Setup Figure 64: Dynamic DNS Setup Page 78 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Low Power Mode can be set to Wake-On-LAN (WPL) or WOL or Schedule. User also can select for how long the DVR stays up after off delay expires for the server to download alarm videos. Page 79 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Figure 66: System Information System Information Menu contains three subsections: Status, History, and Log. All the DVR system information, such as temperature and voltage can be found here. Page 80 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
System Status Figure 67: System Status System Status contains the Main/MCU Firmware version, HDD Capacity/Hours, HDD Free Space/Hours, DVR Total Record Hours, and HDD Total Record Hours. Page 81 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
System History contains maximum and the minimum readings as well as when it happened from various of sensors, including Maximum Accelerometer Readings, High/Low System Voltages, and High/Low System Temperature. Page 82 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Enter, use up/down arrows to go up and down entry by entry or use left/right arrows to go forward/backward page by page. Figure 70: System Log - Search Page 83 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
User can search videos by using the Time/Date Search function, and the Alarm Search function. Videos can also be backed up onto an external storage using the USB Backup function Time/Date Search Figure 72: Time/Date Search - Date Page 84 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
If there is an alarm event, the hour will appear yellow. Use the arrows on the top to change date. Select hour and press enter on the remote to play video. Page 85 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Playback: start play back alarm videos from the beginning. Un-protect: if video is protected, select Un-protect to remove video protection. Search: search alarm video by alarm type, start time/date, and end time/date. Page 86 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
User can select the video type, start time/date, end time/day. In addition, user can select to include player that allows to playback Bus-Watch videos on the computer. Page 87 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
GPS coordinates, accelerometer readings. Users can also choose display how many cameras on the screen, turn on and off audio, and open up the map that shows the current location of the DVR. Page 88 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Users can search a specific date and time or by alarms. It also allows user to back up video files to local hard drive. Figure 79: Web UI - System Page 89 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
(If equipped with internal wireless adaptor), email notifications, dynamic DNS, and network schedule. Please refer to Network Setup section for more information. Page 90 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
USB download, and so on. Please refer to Video Settings section for more information. Figure 82: Web UI – Input Page 91 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
Status displays extra information of the DVR such as firmware version, HDD capacity/free space, min/max temperature, system error logs, and so on. Refer to System Information section for more details. Page 92 of 93 Radio Engineering Industries, Inc. 640430 -- Rev A -- 9/7/2012...
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