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- Page 1 QM4 & QM8 B&W Simplex Multiplexer EIA / NTSC OPERATIONAL MANUAL...
- Page 2 CAUTION! RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK! DO NOT OPEN! CAUTION! TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE! WARNING! THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES, USES, AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL, MAY...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
7.4 Display Settings ..........24 7.5 Normal Record Mode ........25 7.6 Alarm Record Mode ........30 7.7 Remote Port ............. 33 7.8 Input Termination ..........36 7.9 Sequence Dwell ..........37 GENERAL POLICIES ............ 37 AVE’S LIMITED EQUIPMENT WARRANTY FOR QM ..38... - Page 4 FIGURES Figure 1 Front Panel QM4 ........9 Figure 2 Back Panel of QM4 .........10 Figure 3 Basic QM4 Connections ......11 Figure 4 DB-25 Pinouts ...........12 Figure 5 Main Menu ..........18 Figure 6 Time/Date Menu ........19 Figure 7 Time&Date ..........20 Figure 8 Camera Titler Main Menu ......21 Figure 9 Sub-Menu of Set Titler ......22...
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Page 5: Features
1. FEATURES 580 lines High Resolution 672x480 pixels with 256 levels of gray (8 bit) Real Time 60 Hz Quad Mode, Duopage Quad for QM8 or Multiplexed Output in Record Mode Quad or Full Screen in Playback Mode Duopage Quad for QM8 2X Zoom in all modes with 9 Centering Positions Camera Switcher Pulse Input for automatic VCR synchronization... -
Page 6: Specifications
1 Call Monitor Output 1 V P-P BNC into 75 ohm (All sources switchable) Live Mode: QM4 - Quad, Full Screen, or Sequencing Full Screen QM8 - Quad, Duoquad Sequencing, Full Screen, or Sequencing Full Screen Record Mode: Full Frame Mode - 60Hz maximum new picture rate... -
Page 7: Introduction
Full Duplex allows the playback of a second VCR while viewing the multi-screen display while the first VCR remains recording. The AVE QM line of multiplexers are Black & White Simplex. They do however have features above the standard Simplex design. The high resolu- tion give the QM line the most advanced performance &... -
Page 8: Front Panel
4. FRONT PANEL There are 16 push buttons on the QM8, and 12 push buttons in QM4 as shown in Figure 1. They are described as follows: MENU: Press this button to bring out the menu-driven setup feature. Press it again while in the programming mode will exit the menu immediately. -
Page 9: Figure 1 Front Panel Qm4
If you want to view the live multiplexed output of the VCR or to program the VCR via its on-screen programming, press the PLAY and MON buttons simultaneously. Pressing the Play button again will return to the normal play mode. Figure1:(a) Front Panel Of QM4... -
Page 10: Back Panel
REMOTE CONTROL: The DB-25 female connector is used for RS-232 communication, alarm input/out- put and trigger pulse input/output connections. The pin out of Remote Control is shown in figure 4. Figure 2: Back panel of QM4... -
Page 11: Connections
3. Power up the system. The QM will go into the multiplexer record mode by default, the call monitor will be sequencing through the live cameras, and the VCR playback monitor will have the multiplexed image that goes to the VCR. Cameras VCR Monitor Call Monitor Figure 3: Basic QM4 connection... -
Page 12: Connections
GROUND GROUND ALARM OUT SWITCHING PULSE OUT SWITCHING PULSE IN ALARM IN 8 ALARM IN 7 GROUND Figure 4: Remote Control Pinout (a) QM4 (b) QM8 The above connections are shown as the solder points to the mating DB-25M connector. -
Page 13: Basic Operation
8. BASIC OPERATION In this section we will discuss the basic operation of the multiplexer without doing any programming. We will assume the programming is at the factory default settings. There are two basic modes of operation in the QM; namely the Record mode and the Play back Mode. - Page 14 Quad or Duoquad Recording/Viewing To record the real time quad image press the “RECORD” button. In this mode you will now be able to change the recording signal to the VCR. If you are only using a call monitor you will be viewing the same as the VCR monitor output.
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Page 15: Play Back Mode
6.2 Play Back Mode The multiplexed-recorded cassette tape can be viewed in quad, duoquad, full screen, and zoom mode or as the actual images coming from the VCR. The default of the QM is to display the playback on both monitors in the quad mode. If you desire to use the VCR monitor for playback while the Call monitor is displaying something else refer to MON programming. -
Page 16: Programming
8. PROGRAMMING QM4 MENU t i x i r T y t i i t t t i x t i x t r o t i x r e t l e v l l e y t i... - Page 17 8. PROGRAMMING QM8 MENU t i x i r T y t i i t t t i x t i x e t o t r o e t a t i x r e t l e v l l e y t i l l e...
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Page 18: Main Menu
To Exit out of main menu place the cursor in front of “EXIT” and press and re- lease the “SET” button. You may also exit from the menu at any time by pressing the menu button again. i t t Figure 5: Main Menu of QM8/QM4... -
Page 19: Time & Date
7.2 Time & Date An Internal clock circuit generates the time and date that is super imposed on the monitor screens. After the clock is set, the date and time modes are displayed on the monitor screens (live picture and multiplexed record). Under the Time & Date menu you can turn the time and date display “ON”... -
Page 20: Figure 7 Time&Date
Selecting Date Format 1. Under the “Time & Date” menu place the cursor in front of “Date Format” and press and release “ SET” button. 2. Cursor will start blinking. 3. Chose the format from the selection yy/mm/dd or mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy by pressing either “UP”... -
Page 21: Camera Titler
7.3 Camera Titler The Camera Titler allows you to turn the titler “ON” or “OFF”, set the position of the titler, or let you enter the titler on any specific camera or on all of the cameras connected with QM. If no titler is entered then the QM by default will display the camera number on the screen. -
Page 22: Figure 9 Sub-Menu Of Set Titler
4. Exit out from all the menus to activate your selection. Set Titler Set Titler lets you enter the title for any camera in the QM4 or QM8. To enter the titler follow the following instructions. 1. Under the camera titler menu move your cursor in front of “Set Titler” and press and release “... - Page 23 " " " " " " " " Now move your cursor to the desired title number and press and release “ SET” but- ton. (e.g. If you want to put title on camera 3 then select “ SET TITLE 3” ) A blinking cursor will appears on the screen.
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Page 24: Display Settings
7.4 Display Settings Display Settings are provided to allow simple changing of the display’s verticle and horizontal position, and the gray scale or the background settings. The following menu will pop up on the screen when display settings are selected from the main menu. Figure 10: Display Settings Menu Display Position Follow the steps below to set the horizontal postion or the verticle position of the... -
Page 25: Normal Record Mode
7.5 Normal Record Mode Normal Recording mode lets you set the recording speed of the QM. The QM al- lows you to set the recording speed in three different ways • Set by External Trigger (usually from the VCR) • Set Speed Hour (the recording hour of the timelapse VCR) •... -
Page 26: Figure 12 Extrernal Trigger Connection
The following figure shows the connections that need to be made between the QM remote control connector and the VCR CS output so that QM can receive the trigger output from the VCR. After making that connection turn ON the external trigger of QM by using the following programming steps. - Page 27 Set speed Manually The QM Normal record menu gives you option to set the recording speed manually. The speed selection options are Real time, Virtual real time, and Time Lapse recording. Following the sections below described the setting of the Real Time, Virtual Real Time, and the Time Lapse settings.
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Page 28: Figure 13 Set By Hour Menu
Now move cursor in front “Record mode” and press and release the “SET” button. Cursor will start blinking again. Press “UP” OR “DOWN” button until “ VIRTUAL REAL TIME” appears in front of “Record mode”. Press and release “SET” again. Now exit in all the sub-menus to exit out of programming mode. -
Page 29: Figure 14 Set By Field Interval Menu
Setting by Field Interval This option is designed for more experienced users. You can set the record speed by fieldd interval. Follow the following steps to set recording speed by field interval. In the “Normal Record mode” menu place your cursor in front of “Set by Field Interval”... -
Page 30: Alarm Record Mode
7.6 Alarm Record Mode Alarm recording is one of the most powerful feature of QM. QM upon receiving the Alarm input the user can change the recording speed, i.e. if QM recording speed is on Time Lapse can be change to Real Time ( or any other selected speed). If no selection is made for the speed then QM by default switch the recording speed to Real Time recording. - Page 31 By External or Internal Trigger The QM can either adjust its recording speed with the VCR by Internal trigger or can set the speed of the VCR by the external trigger. To set the speed with external or internal trigger follow the following procedure. NOTE: This option only work with the VCRs which support internal trigger input or external trigger output.
- Page 32 Alarm In Mode The QM provides an option to set the alarm input as active high or active low. Follow the steps to set the QM alarm input as active high (NC Normally Closed) or active low (NO Normally Open). 1 Under the Alarm Record mode place the cursor in front of Alarm In Mode and press the “SET”...
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Page 33: Remote Port
7.7 Remote Port The QM accepts commands from the RS-232C port. That means you can control the QM remotely via a computer or any other serial device. To interface the computer with the QM, the remote port of the multiplexer should connected with the DB-9 or DB25 connectors with the following connection. -
Page 34: Figure 16 Remote Port Menu
Table 3: RS-232 Commands The QM uses the above set of RS-232 commands. To communicate with the serial device the Baud rate of the QM and the serial de- vice must be the same. Also configure the serial device as 8 bits, No parity, and 1 stop bit. -
Page 35: Input Termination
7.8 Input Termination The QM4 and QM8 gives you the option to terminate the input of the VCR or Cam- eras either with 75 ohms or with high impedance. The cameras termination is a global one which means all must be terminated or all unterminated. If you are mixing looping with terminating you must supply an external terminator on cameras not looping. -
Page 36: Sequence Dwell
7.9 Sequence Dwell Sequence Dwell lets you specify the amount of time that a camera image can stay on the monitor or VCR before switching to different camera image. Different switching timing can be selected for Monitor output and for VCR output. To change the timing follow the following steps. -
Page 37: General Policies
Products returned for credit must be in unused condition and contained in its original package. · All return other than the products under the AVE manufacture warranty are subjected to 15% restocking and freight charges. · Call our customer service toll free number to obtain the RMA number (Return Mate- rial Authorization) prior to the shipment of the product to return. -
Page 38: Ave's Limited Equipment Warranty For Qm
AVE’S LIMITED EQUIPMENT WARRANTY FOR QM AVE’s Products are guaranteed to be free of defects in workmanship and material. If any failure, resulting from either workmanship or material defects should occur under normal and proper usage within the period stated below for each product form the original provable date of purchase, such failure should be repaired at no cost to the buyer for labor and if the defective product(s) is sent to AVE. - Page 39 NOTES Date ______________ Site Information_______________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Camera 1_____________________________________________ Camera 2_____________________________________________ Camera 3_____________________________________________ Camera 4_____________________________________________ Camera 5_____________________________________________ Camera 6_____________________________________________ Camera 7_____________________________________________ Camera 8_____________________________________________ Normal Record Setting__________________________________ Alarm Record Setting___________________________________ Normal VCR Setting ____________________________________ Alarm VCR Setting _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________...
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