Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MC3700 Series Pelco
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® Installa tion/Oper a tion MC3700 Series Monoc hr ome Camera C1987M (6/02) Pelco World Headquarters • 3500 Pelco Way, Clovis, CA 93612-5699 USA • www.
[ 2 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02).
Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) [ 3 ] CONTENTS IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS AND W ARNINGS .............................................................................................. ....... 4 Regulatory Notices .................................................
[ 4 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) IMPORT ANT SAFEGU ARDS AND WARNINGS Prior to installation and use of this product, the following WARNINGS should be observed. 1. Installation and servicing should be done only by qualified service and installation personnel.
Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) [ 5 ] DESCRIPTION The MC3700 Series monochrome video camera is compact, with a 1/3-inch CCD imager . The camera has a direct drive/auto iris lens connector and adjustable back focus, and accepts C and CS lenses. Models MC3700S-2 Standard resolution, 380 TV lines, SuperHAD™ CCD, 0.
[ 6 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) CAMERA LA Y OUT BACK FOCUS ADJUSTMENT RING BNC VIDEO CONNECTOR LENS CONNECTOR LED MOUNT ADAPTER PHASE ADJUSTMENT LENS LEVEL ADJUSTMENT POWER CONNECTOR BACK FOCUS ADJUS.
Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) [ 7 ] PIN DC (AID) AUTO IRIS LENS VIDEO (AIV) AUTO IRIS LENS 1 Control coil negative (-) Not used 2 Control coil positive (+) Lens positive supply 3D rive coil positive (+) Video drive signal 4D rive coil negative (-) Ground Figure 2.
[ 8 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) POWER AND VIDEO CONNECTIONS MC3700 Series camera is designed to operate from a 12 VDC or 24 V AC power supply . The power supply con- nections are shown in Figure 4. The LED on the back panel of the camera indicates that power is connected.
Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) [ 9 ] AC Operation Only – If you are wiring more than one camera to the same transformer , connect one side of the transformer to the same terminal on all cameras, and connect the other side of the transformer to the remaining terminal on all cameras.
[ 10 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) LENS SETUP AND FOCUS PROCEDURES V ideo Drive Auto Iris Lens When a video drive auto iris lens is used, the lens mode selector switch must be set to AIV . Switch the ESC and AGC OFF . Refer to the lens instructions and adjust the lens for the optimum picture (video output level of 1V peak-to-peak).
Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) [ 11 ] BA CK FOCUS ADJUSTMENT The back focus adjustment is located at the front of the camera and is accessible from either side of the case. To adjust the back focus: 1. Loosen the two back focus locking screws (one on each side).
[ 12 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) SWIT CH SETTINGS Figure 6. Switch Settings (Defaults) LL/INT Synchronization Selection – Switch Setting 10 Locks the frame rate to the power supply frequency . Eliminates vertical roll caused by multiple cameras connected to the same switching device.
Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) [ 13 ] A GC OFF/A GC ON – Switch Setting 5 Automatically adjusts the image to compensate for low light levels when using fixed or manual iris lenses. AGC (Default setting) - Enables the AGC mode. OFF - Disables the AGC mode.
[ 14 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) CAMERA SYNCHRONIZA TION When using one AC power supply in a multi camera system, a brief vertical roll may occur on the monitor each time a camera view is switched. T o eliminate vertical roll adjust the phase control to synchronize (line-lock), the cameras to one another .
Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) [ 15 ] SPECIFICA TIONS GENERAL CCD Sensor: 1/3-inch Synchronization System: AC line lock or internal oscillator Horizontal Resolution: 380 TV lines Iris Control: Electronic/passive Minimum Illumination: 0.08 lux @ 50 IRE, f1.
[ 16 ] Pelco Manual C1987M (6/02) ® Pelco, the Pelco logo, Spectra, Genex, and Legacy are registered trademarks of Pelco. ™ Esprit and Camclosure are trademarks of Pelco. ™ HyperHAD and EXview HAD CCD are trademarks of the Sony Corporation. © Copyright 2002, Pelco.
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