Webcam ........................12 Connecting Voyager II to the Web ................12 Installing the VLC Video Player ................13 Accessing the Voyager II from a Remote Location ..........17 Camera Control ...................... 19 Image Mode Control ....................19 Image Contrast....................... 20 Black/White Hot ......................
Voyager II from the original Voyager thermal camera. These features include the set of NMEA Interface Functions as well as an improved IP interface that allows monitoring and control of the Voyager II from remote locations. The configuration and use of these features is described in this manual.
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum NMEA Interface Setup Menu The NMEA menu is accessed from the Voyager II setup menu. To access the main setup menu, push the Setup button on the Joystick Control Unit (JCU). Figure 1: NMEA Menu access...
Figure 2: NMEA Menu By default, the three possible NMEA modes of operation are disabled. The NMEA menu allows the Voyager II user to enable one NMEA mode at a time. The NMEA menu includes the following choices: ► Enable Radar Cursor Tracking – Enable turns to Disable in the menu when selected ►...
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Radar Cursor Tracking With this function selected you can control the camera by using the cursor on your radar display screen to select a target. The camera will track whatever target is selected by the cursor. Moving the cursor to a different target will move the camera to the new target.
NMEA Target Tracking Message (TTM) data provided by the radar unit. The user can select up to 100 targets to be tracked by Voyager II (refer to the radar or GPS documentation on how to designate a target).
Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Sailboat 1 Sailboat 2 Figure 3: Voyager II tracking two targets Once Voyager begins to sequentially track the selected target(s), the user can, if desired, override the automatic scan by using the joystick to point the camera at a different location. Once the user releases the joystick, the camera will return to tracking its targets 10 seconds after the last JCU input (buttons or joystick).
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum before moving on to the next target, it could be possible to set up a long string of targets so that it could take too long to cycle through all of them for the information to be of any use to the operator.
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum • Aircraft mode: moving the joystick forward causes the camera to look down • Gaming mode: moving the camera forward causes the camera to look up Focus Buttons For best results it is suggested that you use the manual focus first when trying to look at an image, and then move to the auto focus mode.
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Webcam It is possible to use Voyager II as a Webcam, allowing you to keep an eye on your vessel from anywhere in the world using an internet connection. NOTE: The Webcam function is turned off by default. To enable this...
• Firefox 3.0.4 Installing the VLC Video Player Before you can start using your Voyager II camera through a remote connection you must download the VLC Video Player, which is the supported video player. If you are using Internet Explorer™ 6/7 you...
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432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum necessary only in order to download the software. Once you download the player you can reset your security settings. To change the security settings to allow the download of the player, follow these...
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432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum In Internet Options, select Security Tab, then Custom Level: Scroll down through the options until you find “Download Unsigned Active-X Controls”, then change the setting from Disable to Prompt:...
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432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Click Ok when done and exit all dialogue windows. You can now download and install the VLC Player. Download and save the executable file to your computer, then click on the file to install the application. Please note that when asked to choose...
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Accessing the Voyager II from a Remote Location To access your Voyager camera from a remote location (WAN), enter the camera’s IP address in your browser address bar: http://[IP from Service Provider]:8080/operation.html Note: When accessing the Voyager from a LAN, use the camera’s default IP Address:...
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Figure 5: Voyager's GUI displayed on Internet Explorer 7 Figure 6: Voyager's Web Interface...
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Camera Control To control the camera movement, use the arrow button Please note the following: • Pressing the single arrow ► and releasing the mouse button in less than one second lets the camera move one step (1/3 or ¼...
432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum Figure 7: Same image with different color modes - White/Hot Night (left) and Day (right) color modes Image Contrast Under Contrast Mode you have four preset options: Night Underway, Night Docking, Day, and Man Overboard. It is advisable that you find...
Users will be notified when software upgrades for the Voyager system become available. Enabling the Webcam function The webcam function on Voyager II is turned off by default. To enable this function follow these steps: 1. Logon to the web configuration server located at http://192.168.250.116/.
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432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum 5. Under Use External IP, select Yes. 6. When you select Yes, a box for the external IP address opens. Type in the IP address shown below:...
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432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum 7. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page, then repeat these steps for device 3. 8. Next, click on the Communications Tab and enter the port and gateway settings as shown below, then click Save: 9.
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432-0002-00-12, Rev100 Voyager II Operator’s Manual Addendum 10. Click Save. When done, reset the camera by turning it off and on OR use the Stop/Start button on top of the page. Either method will make the changes effective.