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OPERATIONS MANUAL for a JVC DV-180 CONTROLLER Prepared for: JVC Professional Products Company 1700 Valley Road Wayne, NJ 07470 Document No. D0154 Date: 19 November 2003 Revision:...
Controller controls. Four RS-422 connectors are located on the rear of the unit to interface to each of the 4 remote camera sites. A 15 Pin D female connector is located on the rear of the DV-180. This connector provides the interface to the user’s computer system for Camera Control functions. A computer program is supplied with the DV-180 which provides Gain, Shutter and White Balance control of the GY-DV300.
RS-422 CABLE INSTALLATION This interface is the normal connection between DV-180 controllers and the DV-115 pan and tilt heads. The figure below illustrates a typical RS-422 interface cable. These cables are terminated with conventional telephone type modular six position four contact connectors.
12 VDC @ 500 ma version power module. To install the power module simply plug the unit into the AC wall outlet and plug the DC plug into the jack on the rear panel of the DV-180 Controller labeled “POWER +12 VDC”.
POWER SWITCH The power switch on the DV-180 Controller is located on the lower area of the controller rear panel. To apply power to the unit depress the bottom portion of the switch. The front panel green power LED will illuminate indicating the power is on.
The Camera Auto/Manual Iris mode is toggled by depressing the AUX 1 switch when the “PAGE” LED illuminated. The functions of this switch will also be discussed in depth in the operations section of this manual JVC DV-180 PAN/TILT Operations Manual Doc #: D0154-A...
DV-180 Controller. The direction that the joystick drives the pan and tilt may be reversed by using the setup switches on the DV-180 Controller rear panel. These switches are used in conjunction with the AUX 1 switch. Direction reversal is discussed in the operations section.
These four, six conductor, four contact modular telephone type plugs are used to link the pan and tilt heads to the DV-180 Controller. The control data for the pan and tilt head or the camera will go out the port that is selected on the front panel by the camera select switches.
REAR PANEL DIP SWITCHES The function of the DV-180 Controller set-up switches are shown below. To activate any of these commands, verify the PAGE led is not illuminated, put the desired command DIP switch in the DOWN position, depress the CAMERA SELECT switch and then depress and release the AUXILIARY 1 switch as described in the tilt example.
Used The camera connector pin assignment: Pin # Description P/T Data Out - (Data In to the DV-180 Controller) P/T Data Out + P/T Data In - (Data Out of the DV-180 Controller) P/T Data In + JVC DV-180 PAN/TILT Operations Manual...
The PC COMM program operates much like a typical Camera Control Unit. It will only work, if it is connected to the DV-180. Special code exists in the PC COMM command structure to tell the DV-115 to switch the incoming data directly to the GY-DV300REM. Directly interfacing the PC COMM program to the camera WILL NOT WORK.
Select the desired camera by depressing the appropriate CAMERA select switch. The selected camera LED will be lit and the camera location will be under the control of the DV-180 Controller. Camera 1 is the default selection at power up. To position the selected pan & tilt head, move the joystick up, down, left and right.
DV-180 PC COMM The DV-180 PC COMM is a software program that runs on the user’s personal computer. The user’s PC must have a CD and at least one external serial port. This program performs limited camera control unit functions and communicates with the DV-180, the DV-115, and the GY-DV300 camera via a RS-232 cable interface.
7.10 AUTO FOCUS There is an auto focus command available from the front panel of the DV-180. This control use the preset switches 6. To activate auto focus, verify the PAGE LED is illuminated indicating the functions listed under the PRESET switches are enabled.
Attached are the two applicable cable drawings for the DV-180 Controller, these include; drawing 960379 the RS-422 I/F cable between the DV-180 Controller and the pan and tilt heads and drawing 2030066, the RS-232 cable between the DV-180 Controller the user’s personal computer.
Verify configuration of 3 conductor RS-232 interface cable, P/N 2030066. TECHNICAL SUPPORT For technical assistance on the DV-180 call (321) 956-0095 or go to web site at esi-inc.com. Have serial number of unit and description of symptoms available. JVC DV-180 PAN/TILT Operations Manual...
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