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Installation and Operation Manual For Models ER8500C and ER16500C IMPORTANT SAFTY INSTRUCTIONS ● Read all safety instructions. ● Keep these instructions. ● Heed all warnings. ● Follow all instructions. ● Do not use this apparatus near water. ● Clean only with a dry cloth.
ER8500C and ER16500C The ER8500C / ER16500C can be rack mounted, wall mounted or used as desk top unit. Use the included mounting ears in the front or back of the unit depending on your needs. The mounting ears can also be turned to the bottom of the unit for wall mounting if needed.
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3) Connect the LAN port to the network switch. The LAN ports of the ER8500 / ER16500 can communicate at 1Gbps. The LAN port will automatically sense the connection speed of the connected network device. The LAN port is NOT POE capable, only the coaxial ports can provide power to connected devices.
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Transmitter-end Installation ET1500C or ET4500C Units 6) At the camera location securely mount the transmitter. 7) Find the coaxial cable from the head-end and make sure it is properly terminated RG59 or RG6 (75 ohm type) solid copper cable. Connect coaxial cable to the BNC jack of the transmitter. If the head-end unit is powered up it will sense the connection of the transmitter unit and turn on the power.
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11) If the needed level of power is not available for the length of coaxial cable, alternate options are available. One method is to directly power the transmitter with a 48VDC power supply as shown below (Nitek# PS48). When pow- ered directly from a 48VDC supply the transmitter can deliver full 802.3AT power regardless of the coaxial cable...
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BROWSER BASED GUI – LOGIN PAGE The ER8500C and ER16500C do not require a user setup or configuration in order to function. When using a single unit. Multiple units do need to be configured to prevent IP address conflicts, which could occur. The Graphical User Interface (GUI) provide access to additional features to provide for monitoring of the system and customizing of the settings.
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Next move to the Administrator settings with the ADMIN button. Here you can setup passwords and users. Only the administrator can access this page. Begin by entering a new admin user password. The password can be up to 11 dig- its;...
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These updates are mostly in the form of added features in this webpage section. Firmware updates will be posted to the Nitek website at www.nitek.net and can be found under the support tab. In the home screen page you can see what firmware version is loaded in you unit and when it was loaded.
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The “Links” page is useful in seeing the connections between each of the ports and the connected device. From within this page you can see the link speed for all ports that are operating. The speed will be displayed below each port and in the row marked “Mbps”.
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Additionally, you can disable POE power out any of the ports which will being the link down. You can see the temperature for each port at the ER8500C/ER16500C end. In this screen you can also turn on all of the POE ports or reset the whole unit is needed.