Verifying Camera Operation; Power And Analog Video; Ip Communications - FLIR A3xx pt series User Manual

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Verifying camera operation

Prior to installing the camera, use a bench test to verify camera operation and to configure
the camera for the local network. The camera provides analog video, and can be con-
trolled through either serial or IP communications providing streaming video over an IP
network.

8.1 Power and analog video

Follow this procedure:
1. Connect the power, video, and serial cables to the camera.
2. Connect the video cable from the camera to a display/monitor, and connect the power
cable to a power supply. The camera operates on 24 VAC (21–30 VAC; 24 VAC: 215
VA max. with heater) or 24 VDC (21–30 VDC; 24 VDC: 195 W max. with heater). Verify
that video is displayed on the monitor.
3. Connect the serial cable from the camera to a serial device such as a keyboard, and
confirm that the camera is responding to serial commands. Before using serial commu-
nications, it may be necessary to configure the serial device interface to operate with
the camera. When the camera is turned on, the video temporarily displays system in-
formation including the serial number, IP address, Pelco address, Baud rate, and set-
ting of the serial control DIP switch: SW (software control—the default) or HW
(hardware).
• S/N: 1234567
• IP Addr: 192.168.250.116
• PelcoD (Addr:1): 9600 SW

8.2 IP communications

As shipped from the factory, the FLIR A3xx pt series camera has an IP address of
192.168.250.116 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
Follow this procedure:
1. Configure a laptop or PC with another IP address from this network (i.e., 192.168.250.
xxx).
2. Connect the camera and the laptop to the same Ethernet switch (or back-to-back with
an Ethernet crossover cable). In some cases, a straight Ethernet cable can be used
because many PCs have auto detect Ethernet interfaces.
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