Installation Overview; Installation Components - FLIR F-Series Installation Manual

1—F-Series Camera Installation
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Installation Overview

The F-Series Camera is an infrared thermal imaging camera intended for outdoor applications,
and can be installed in a fixed location or on a pan/tilt mechanism.
The F-Series camera is intended to be mounted on a medium-duty fixed pedestal mount or wall
mount commonly used in the CCTV industry. Cables will exit from the back of the camera
housing. The mount must support up to 30 lbs. (15 KG).
The F-Series is both an analog camera and an IP camera. The video from the camera can be
viewed over a traditional analog video network, and it can be viewed by streaming it over an IP
network using MPEG-4, M-JPEG and H.264 encoding. Analog video will require a connection to
a video monitor or an analog matrix/switch. The IP video will require a connection to an
Ethernet network switch, and a computer with the appropriate software for viewing the video.
The camera can be controlled through either serial or IP communications.
The camera operates on 21 - 30 VAC or 21 - 30 VDC.
In order to access the electrical connections and install the cables, it is necessary to
temporarily remove the back cover of the camera housing.
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Installation Components

The F-Series camera includes these standard components:
• Fixed Camera Unit
• Cable Glands and Spare Parts kit
• FLIR Sensors Manager CD
• F-Series Camera Documentation Package (including installation mounting templates)
The installer will need to supply the following items, the lengths of which are specific to the
installation.
• Electrical wire, for system power; up to 100' (3-conductor, shielded, gauge determined by
cable length and supply voltage; Refer to paragraph 1.7.3 "Cable Gland Seal Inserts" on
page 1-5 for additional information)
• Camera grounding strap
• Coaxial RG59U video cables (BNC connector at the camera end) for analog video
• Shielded Category 6 Ethernet cable for control and streaming video over an IP network; and
also for software upgrades.
• Optional serial cable for serial communications
• Miscellaneous electrical hardware, connectors, and tools
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Shipping plugs only -
Remove before installing
Figure 1-1: F-Series Camera
January 2012
F-Series Installation Manual
427-0030-00-12, version 150