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CM9760-VCRC VCR Contr oller Installation/ Operation Manual C1941M (7/98) ® P elco • 3500 P elco Wa y • Clovis, CA 93612-5699 USA • www .pelco .com In Nor th America and Canada: T el (800) 289-9.
2 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) CONTENTS Section Page 1.0 GENERAL .................................................................................................. 5 1.1 IMPORT ANT SAFEGU ARDS AND W ARNINGS ............................... 5 1.2 REGULA T ORY NO TICES .
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 3 REVISION HISTOR Y Manual # Date Comments C1941M 7/98 Original version. LIST OF ILLUSTRA TIONS Figur e Page 1 F ront View of CM9760-VCRC ............................................................ 7 2 F ront Panel Remo val .
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Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 5 1.0 GENERAL 1.1 IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS AND W ARNINGS Prior to installation and use of this product, the following W ARNINGS should be obser v ed. 1. Installation and servicing should only be done by qualified ser vice personnel and conform to all local codes.
6 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 2.0 DESCRIPTION The CM9760-VCRC is another optional accessory of the System 9760™. This VCRC giv es security and sur v eillance operators the ability to automatically or manually control appropriate VCRs from the 9760 matrix system.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 7 3.0 PRE-INST ALLA TION INFORMA TION 3.1 FRONT VIEW Figure 1 illustrates the front view of the unit. Po wer and data LEDs occup y opposite ends of the front panel. The pow er LED on the left is green and the data LED on the right is red.
8 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 3.1.1 DIP Switches With the front panel remov ed, DIP s witch 1 and DIP s witch 2 are visib le. These two ten-position DIP switches configure and define man y functions of the CM9760- VCRC. 3.1.1.1 DIP Switch Locations Figure 3 identifies the relativ e locations of DIP s witches 1 and 2.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 9 3.2 REAR VIEW The rear of the unit is illustrated in Figure 4. F rom left to r ight are the f ollowing: 1 . The f our 16-input blocks of VCR connectors in the f or m of screw-type connec- tors with associated mating plugs (one shown in Bloc k 1) running from the left rear to middle right of the unit 2 .
10 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 3.2.1 Input VCR Connectors Physically , each of the four VCRC input connectors consists of the same number of input screw-type terminals. Each input group uses a dual-ro w removab le plug and each plug is associated with 8 VCR inputs.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 11 3.2.2 Relay Output Connector Figure 6 illustrates the rela y output connector and its relativ e por t pin assignments. The connector is a three-position plug with scre w-type contacts similar in operation to the mating connectors just discussed.
12 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 3.2.3.1 DB-9 Connector Pin-outs The DB-9 connector is reserved for f actor y use only . Figure 7. RJ-45 Pin-outs 3.2.3.2 RJ-45 Connector The RJ-45 connector pin-outs are illustrated in Figure 7. Because both RJ-45 connectors hav e the same wir ing pin-outs , they require the same “flipped” cable.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 13 3.2.4 Power Connections The CM9760-VCRC utiliz es an auto-ranging internal transformer circuit that allows the input power to range from 100-240 V AC @ 50/60 Hz. Associated with the input power is the po wer ON/OFF switch and the input po wer fuse.
14 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 3.3 SETUP 3.3.1 Preliminary Discussion The VCR controller (VCRC) enables automatic control (via macro e x ecution) or manual control (from the CM9760-KBD) of se ven predefined VCR functions. Each VCRC can control up to 64 VCRs.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 15 Figure 10. DIP Switch Functions NO TES: ANY OF THE 1 1 VCRCS MA Y BE ASSIGNED ANY OF THE USEABLE EVEN FRAME ADDRESSES IN ANY ORDER YOU WISH (KEEP IN MIND THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDA TION MADE IN THE NOTES ON THE PREVIOUS P AGE).
16 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 3.3.3 Software Setup–Using the MGR Pr ogram to Configure VCRC Operation The VCRC unit controls up to 64 VCRs per unit and provides se ven basic functions of VCR control direct from the CM9760 keyboard. These controls include Stop, P ause, Pla y , Eject F ast Forw ard, Rewind and Record.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 17 Figure 12. Configuring the GPI SETUP file for VCRC Operation 7 . This br ings up the GPI SETUP file dialog bo x (.GPI file). Refer to Figure 12. 8. Program logical GPI n umbers for all the ph ysical numbers that will be used.
18 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) Figure 13. Configuring the COMMS file for VCRC Operation 10 . Define operator access, sa ve the GPI file, return to the MGR main menu screen and press the tab to bring up the COMMS file (.SCP file). Refer to Figure 13. 11.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 19 4.0 INST ALLA TION Physical installation of the VCRC unit is relativ ely simple, although v arious configu- rations are possible . 4.1 DIRECT RACK-MOUNT HOOK-UP Regardless of the location of a VCRC unit, it will more than likely be installed in a rac k (refer to Figure 14).
20 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 4.3 DAISY -CHAINING Up to elev en VCRCs ma y be daisy-chained together . This enables the system to suppor t up to 700 VCRs.
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 21 5.0 OPERA TIONAL OVERVIEW The basic function of the VCRC unit is to act as an interface between the user/ operator of the system and any connected VCRs. Each VCRC processes and ex- ecutes only commands with addresses that match the controller address.
22 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 5.2 OPERA TING THE CM9760-VCRC FROM THE CM9760-KBD Direct control operation of VCRs attached to VCRCs from a CM9760-KBD is rela- tively str aightf orward. Once the system is running and the keyboard is on-line , di- rect control of a VCR is as follows: 1 .
Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 23 6.0 SPECIFICA TIONS Electrical Input Voltage: Auto-ranging 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Power: Consumption: 30 vA Data Ports Input: RS-422, RJ-45 connector DIP switch selectable baud rate Output: RS-422, RJ-45 connector.
24 Pelco Manual C1941M (7/98) 7.0 W ARRANTY AND RETURN INFORMA TION Pelco, the Pelco logo, Camclosure, Esprit, Genex, Legacy, Spectra, CM9760, and PelcoVision are registered trademarks of Pelco. Endura and ExSite are trademarks of Pelco. © Copyright 1998, P elco.
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