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MegaPower® CPU
ADMPCPU
Administrator’s Guide
8200-0421-03 G
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MegaPower® CPU

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Administrator’s Guide
Figure 1. MegaPower 3200 Video-Matrix Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) System
Cameras
Cameras
Video
Video
Monitors
Keyboards
Matrix
Switcher Bay

About the Product

The MegaPower CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the control unit for the MegaPower 3200 video-matrix closed-circuit television (CCTV) system. It enables the setup and control of cameras, monitors, users, alarms, video recording, and data communications.
The MegaPower CPU ( following major components:
• MPU (Multiple Purpose Unit)
• Port Module
Figure 2. MegaPower CPU
Figure 2) consists of the
Data
Protocol
DDL*
MegaPower CPU
Devices
Data
*ADDL = AD Data Line

About this Guide

This Administrator’s Guide provides information about setting up and programming the MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system. Other related documents are:
• Installation Guide, 8200-0421-01
• Operator’s Guide, 8200-0421-02
• CPU Activity Log Client Installation and Operation
Guide, 8200-0421-09
• AD1024 S Operating Manual, 8000-1821-01
If you need assistance...
Contact Technical Support.
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System Setup Software Installation &
MPU Port Module
© 2009 Sensormatic Electronics Corp.
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Contents
MegaPower® CPU.................................................... 1
About the Product..................................................... 1
About this Guide....................................................... 1
MegaPower 3200 Video-Matrix CCTV System
(Dual CPU)..........................................................
MegaPower CPU Front Panel.................................. 4
CPU Rear Panel....................................................... 5
MegaPower System Overview ................................. 5
System Components ................................................ 5
System Capabilities.................................................. 5
Compatible System Keyboards................................ 6
System Features ...................................................... 6
Administrator Tasks.................................................. 7
Operator Tasks......................................................... 7
Initializing the System............................................... 8
Understanding the Screen Icons......................... 8
Direct Connection................................................ 8
Ethernet Network Connection ............................. 9
Firewall Setup ................................................... 12
Read Cycle........................................................ 12
Write Cycle........................................................ 13
Error Message Example.................................... 13
Installing EASY CPU .............................................. 13
System Requirements....................................... 13
Beginning the Installation.................................. 13
Starting EASY CPU................................................ 16
Configuring Preferences ................................... 16
Viewing Configuration File Properties............... 17
Saving Data on the Hard Drive ......................... 17
Retrieving Configuration Data........................... 18
Adding a User Login............................................... 21
Logging in Users for CPU Read/Write Access....... 22
Programming the MegaPower CPU....................... 23
EASY CPU Main Screen Overview........................ 23
Dropdown Menus .............................................. 23
Explore Menu .................................................... 24
Status Bar ......................................................... 24
Settings Window Display Area.......................... 24
Checking the System Status .................................. 24
Monitor Status ........................................................ 24
Camera Status ....................................................... 25
Passive Hot Switch Status ..................................... 25
Error Log Status ..................................................... 26
Configuring the System .......................................... 27
Setting System Options.......................................... 27
Setting System Date and Time .............................. 28
Setting the Date and Time Using the Dialog
Box...............................................................
Setting the Date and Time Using the
Keyboard .....................................................
Setting Port Configurations .................................... 30
Configuring the Dome/PTZ Device Direct
Connection........................................................
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Configuring Switching ............................................ 32
Creating Salvos...................................................... 32
Deleting Salvos or Alarm Contacts ................... 34
Creating Tours ....................................................... 34
Deleting Tours or Cameras............................... 35
Event Timers .......................................................... 35
Event Timers – Alarm Tables ........................... 35
Event Timer – Tours ......................................... 36
Configuring Alarms................................................. 37
Setting Up Alarm Monitors ..................................... 37
Adding Monitor Definitions................................ 37
Contact Arming ................................................. 39
Event Timers..................................................... 39
Creating Alarm Monitor/ Contact Tables................ 40
Alarm Messages .................................................... 42
Email Messages..................................................... 42
Defining System Devices ....................................... 42
Defining Cameras .................................................. 42
Adding Camera Definitions ............................... 43
Adding and Deleting Calling Contacts to
Cameras ......................................................
Associating Salvo Callups to Cameras............. 45
Defining Keyboards................................................ 46
Adding Keyboard Definitions ............................ 46
Configuring Keyboard/User Keyboards and
Priorities ............................................................
Defining the Keyboard/User Keyboards
Configuration ...............................................
Configuring the Keyboard/User Priority
Settings........................................................
Defining Satellite Sites ........................................... 50
Controlling Access with Partitions.......................... 50
Associating Cameras to Monitors .......................... 50
Adding Camera Definitions ............................... 51
Editing Camera Definitions ............................... 52
Changing Calling Contacts ............................... 52
Removing Calling Contacts .............................. 53
Associating Keyboards to Cameras....................... 53
Adding Keyboard Definitions ............................ 54
Editing Keyboard Definitions............................. 54
Deleting Keyboard Definitions .......................... 54
Adding Cameras to Keyboards......................... 54
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Removing Monitors or Satellite Sites Access
from Keyboards............................................
55
Associating Keyboards to Monitors........................ 55
Adding Keyboard Definitions............................. 55
Editing Keyboard Definitions............................. 56
Deleting Keyboard Definitions........................... 56
Adding Monitor Access to Keyboards............... 56
Adding Monitors to Keyboards.......................... 56
Removing Monitors from Keyboards................. 57
Associating Keyboards to Satellites ....................... 57
Adding Keyboard Definitions............................. 57
Editing Keyboard Definitions............................. 58
Deleting Keyboard Definitions........................... 58
Adding Site Access to Keyboards..................... 58
Adding Satellite Sites to Keyboards.................. 59
Removing Satellite Sites from Keyboards......... 59
Associating Monitors to Cameras .......................... 59
Adding Monitor Definitions ................................ 60
Adding a Range of Cameras............................. 61
Contact Arming ................................................. 61
Event Timers ..................................................... 62
Performing a Ping Test........................................... 62
Declarations ........................................................... 63
APPENDIX A: End User License Agreement......... 64
APPENDIX B: MegaPower CPU System Defaults 66 APPENDIX C: MegaPower CPU Front Panel
LCD Menu Structure .........................................
67
APPENDIX D: Port Number Assignments ............. 68
APPENDIX E: Auxiliary Key Code Functions......... 69
F1 Special Function Keys ................................. 69
F2 Special Function Keys ................................. 69
APPENDIX F: Configuring Video Loss Detection .. 71
APPENDIX G: Alarm Programming Overview....... 73
Alarm Receipt ................................................... 73
Alarm Arming and Response............................ 73
Alarm Display Indicators ................................... 73
APPENDIX H: Monitor Arming Methods ................ 74
Alarm Display Method....................................... 74
Alarm Queuing Method..................................... 74
Alarm Clearance Method .................................. 74
APPENDIX I: Monitor Arming Codes ..................... 76
Single Display, Sequence Queuing .................. 76
Single Display, Hold Queuing ........................... 76
Block Display, Sequence Queuing ................... 76
Block Display, Hold Queuing ............................ 77
Dual Display, Hold and Sequence Queuing ..... 77
APPENDIX J: Alarm Arming Notes........................ 78
Associating Alarms with Camera Salvos .......... 78
Associating Alarms with Monitor Blocks ........... 78
Monitor Block Queuing for Single Cameras ..... 78
Monitor Block Queuing for Camera Salvos ...... 78
Auxiliary and Preset Alarm Call-ups ................. 78
Wired Alarm Contact Sets ................................ 78
APPENDIX K: Satellite Configuration Overview .... 79
Setting Up Satellite Sites .................................. 79
Satellite Site Connections................................. 80
Typical Satellite System Connections – Two
Sites, Unidirectional.....................................
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Typical Satellite System Connections – Two
Sites, Bidirectional .......................................
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MegaPower 3200 Video-Matrix CCTV System (Dual CPU)

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Figure 3 illustrates a MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system with an optional second MegaPower CPU installed and a computer connected for programming the system using the EASY (Enhanced Administration
SYstem) CPU software.
Figure 3. MegaPower 3200 Video-Matrix CCTV system (dual CPU)
Video Input
Data Line
Keyboards
Video Input
Data Line
Video Bays
Monitors
Video Bays
Domes and
Cameras
Programming PC
with EASY CPU
software
Intellex
Ethernet
MegaPower CPU
Optional 2
Multiple
RS-232 Ports
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MegaPower CPU

MegaPower CPU Front Panel

The MegaPower CPU front panel (Figure 4) provides information about the unit’s operating condition and communications.
Figure 4. MegaPower CPU—front panel
Port module soft select
COM port RS-232 activity LEDs
Flashing blue = CPU running
Red = fault condition
Amber on = Ethernet 100BaseT Amber off = Ethernet 10BaseT
Power reset
Solid green = Ethernet connectivity Flashing green = Ethernet activity
AD data line activity
Rx Tx
LCD Icons:
– Blinking heart = System operating properly – Blinking broken heart = MPU not communicating – Up arrow = Selected CPU – Down arrow = Backup CPU – Clear circle = Normal operation – Dark circle inside outer circle = CPU fault (error) – Circle with one arrow = Single passive hot switch ribbon cable connected – Two opposing arrows = Dual passive hot switch ribbon cable connected – Rx/Tx levels = Peak and current level RS-232 and AD data line activity indicators
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CPU Rear Panel

The MegaPower CPU rear panel (Figure 5) provides data, network, and power connections.
Figure 5. MegaPower CPU—rear panel
AD data
lines
AD data line switch
select and LED
RS-232 COM ports

MegaPower System Overview

The MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system is capable of managing cameras, monitors, alarm events, and video recording at both local and satellite (remote) sites. Locally, the system can control up to 3,200 video cameras displayed on up to 256 video monitors with 128 keyboards. The system can include 30 satellite sites.
a. Ethernet b. Composite video image capture c. SW1 – Video termination
SW2 – SensorNet port 2 termination
SW3 – SensorNet port 1 termination d. Data connector e. Power
• Operator keyboards
• Video recording devices
• Alarm interface units
• Video loss detection
• Auxiliary devices such as locks, lights, and alarms
• Programming PC (personal computer)
• Satellite site connections
• Protocol devices
a. b. c. d. e.
The MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system can respond to 4,096 alarms by calling cameras to alarm monitors and performing auxiliary switching for the control of gates, doors, lights and other output devices. The system is compatible with a variety of operator keyboards and accessory devices.

System Components

The MegaPower CPU controls the MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system. It operates with a variety of components and communication protocols to satisfy a wide range of video surveillance needs.
System components can include:
• MegaPower CPU
• Camera/monitor switching bays
• Fixed cameras, pan/tilt/zoom cameras, and dome
cameras
• Video monitors

System Capabilities

The MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system provides the following capabilities:
• Configurable via PC based software
• Selection, switching, and control of up to 3,200
local camera inputs
• Selection and operation of up to 256 local monitor outputs
• Single or dual CPU configuration
• Single CPU control from up to 16 RS-232 ports
supporting up to 64 keyboards via AD port expander. Dual CPU control from up to 32 RS-232 ports supporting up to 128 keyboards via AD port expander.
• IP 10/100 Ethernet network connection for PC based configuration, firmware updates, activity logging, snapshot and Email text messaging
• Activity logging and reporting
• SensorNet support for up to 508 cameras
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• Support for up to 30 satellite systems
• Control up to 96,000 remote cameras
• Control up to 38,528 remote cameras (full
crosspoint connection) to 256 monitors
• Response to up to 4,096 alarms
• Supports up to 64 Tours
• Supports up to 64 Salvos
• Pseudo camera numbering of up to 9,999
• Support for recording devices
• Multilingual (English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish)
MegaPower CPU. The system can respond to up to 4,096 local alarm contacts.
• Camera Alarm Programming – Each alarm contact can be programmed to call up a local camera, Salvo, Preset camera scene and auxiliary action.
• External Control Inputs – RS-232 ports allow local and remote control via keyboards, computers, or other compatible devices. You can configure each port for alarm inputs and upload/download of system setup data. You also can expand each local port via an AD port expander.

Compatible System Keyboards

MegaPower CPU video switching and control capabilities are provided by American Dynamics keyboards. These capabilities are “monitor oriented” in that a keyboard controls only those functions associated with the monitor under control of that keyboard.
The MegaPower CPU is compatible with the following keyboards:
• AD2078A
• AD2079
• AD2088
• AD2089 (see note)
• ADCC0200
• ADCC0300
• ADCC1100
• ADTTE
Note: When the AD2089 keyboard is connected directly to the MegaPower CPU, the DVR (digital video recorder) functions are not supported.
For step-by-step instructions on using these keyboards with your MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system, refer to the appropriate keyboard manual.

System Features

The following are the MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system features:
• Activity Logging – The system can log
keyboard, alarm, and system configuration activity via a connected PC running Activity Logging Client Software. The data is stored in a format compatible with popular database sorting, formatting, and reporting software. Refer to the
CPU Activity Log Client Installation and Operation Guide, 8200-0421-09, for more information.
• Alarm Response – An alarm is a signal
generated by an external device (such as an alarm contact or sensor) connected to a local
• Input Identification – The MegaPower CPU provides on-screen identification of all video inputs. On-screen identification of local and remote cameras includes the camera input number, programmable title, status, and the date and time.
• Memory Retention – All local user-programmed data is stored in flash memory. The data stored includes date/time, input identification, system Tours and Salvos, event timers, port configurations, system partitioning and alarm programming information.
• Monitor Alarm Programming – Each alarm contact can be programmed to display its associated camera on specific monitors. You can program separate alarm contact-to-monitor associations for call up by Event Timers.
You can arm each monitor used for alarm displays for different display and clearance methods.
• Monitor Tours – A Monitor Tour is a temporary sequence of cameras programmed from a local keyboard for an individual monitor. A Monitor Tour can contain up to 64 local cameras, each with a unique dwell time.
• Partitioning – Programmable partitioning restricts access to specific local and satellite system resources.
• Passcode Log On and Log Off – Operator passcode entry allows only authorized personnel to operate the system. The passcode entry system allows a maximum of 500 users with separate passcodes.
• PC System Setup Software – EASY CPU is a PC-based software application package that provides programming and storage of all MegaPower CPU system setup information. The software allows you to read and write setup data to and from the MegaPower CPU.
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• Priority Access – Priority levels assigned to
keyboards and users allow higher priority users to capture and lock out cameras (pan, tilt, lens and auxiliary control) from lower priority users. The system allows up to eight priority levels.
• Recorder control – Operators can control
recording devices (DVR, VCR or other current and future recording devices) through keyboard commands.
• Selectable Date/Time Display – The system’s
date can be programmed to display in the following formats: MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY or YY/MM/DD. Time is displayed in a 24-hour format.
• Video Switcher Control – The MegaPower CPU controls the video switching of all local and remote cameras to all local monitors. Switching is performed in response to operator keyboard request or by automatic action via Tours, System Salvos, Timed Events, or Alarm Response.
• Satellite Site Support – Up to 30 individual MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV systems can be linked into a satellite network. For more detailed information on satellite systems, go to APPENDIX K: Satellite Configuration Overview on page
79.
• System Salvos – A System Salvo is a group of
local cameras programmed for simultaneous call­up to a contiguous group of local monitors. You can program up to 64 system salvos with a maximum of sixteen cameras in each Salvo.
• System Tours – A System Tour is a sequence of
cameras programmed from EASY CPU for an individual monitor. System Tours cannot be altered by keyboard commands and are therefore more permanent in nature than Monitor Tours. You can create up to 64 System Tours, each with up to 64 cameras. You determine the dwell time, Preset camera scene and auxiliary action for each camera.
• Timed Events – An Event is a user-defined time
slot programmed for automatic call up of System Tours and Alarm Contact Tables. You can program up to 35 local Event Timers with each set for call ups at a specific time of day, on any days of the week and week after week.
• User-Assigned Camera Numbers – You can
assign user-defined pseudo camera numbers to any camera input. Pseudo numbers identify cameras by function or location, rather than by its input number on the switcher. For example, you could assign pseudo numbers 101 through 110 for cameras on the first floor of a multi-floor building, 201 through 210 for second floor cameras, 301 through 310 for third floor cameras, and so on.
• Video Loss Detection – When equipped with the
optional Video Loss Detector module, the system can detect the presence or loss of a video signal for each local camera. You determine the sync or video signal level at which a loss of video is detected.

Administrator Tasks

A system administrator is an individual assigned to manage the MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system. This person often participates in pre­installation planning and should be familiar with the system’s capabilities, equipment, camera inputs, monitors, satellite locations, and programming.
The administrator prepares the system for operators to use. This preparation includes the following:
• Configuring the system
• Creating operator IDs, scheduling operator shifts,
and determining access levels
• Creating camera names and pseudo numbers
• Creating site numbers
• Creating alarm responses
• Maintaining a list of alarms and auxiliaries
• Setting Event times
• Creating Salvos
• Creating system Tours

Operator Tasks

Operators perform the day-to-day task of video surveillance using keyboards connected to the MegaPower CPU. They select and control cameras, create and run automated camera actions, acknowledge alarm activities, adjust monitors, and take appropriate action based on what is observed. Operators can also perform limited programming functions through their keyboards.
Refer to the MegaPower CPU Operator’s Guide, 8200-0421-02, for additional information.
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Initializing the System

There are two methods for initializing the MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV system:
• Direct connection of a PC to the CPU using either an RS-232 port or the Ethernet port
• Ethernet connection through an Ethernet network

Understanding the Screen Icons

The following icons can be seen on your CPU LCD screen. Some icons only appear under certain circumstances.
Icon Description
Indicates by constantly blinking on and off that the system is operating properly.
Indicates the MPU is not communicating.
Indicates the CPU that is currently active (selected).
Indicates, in a dual CPU system, the CPU that is currently on backup (standby) status. This CPU still receives data while in this condition.
Indicates that the system is operating properly.
Indicates that an error (fault) has occurred. An error message is displayed with this icon.
Indicates that a CPU is connected to itself using a single passive hot switch ribbon cable. No dual CPU installation is installed or connected.
Indicates that both CPUs are connected together in a dual system using dual passive hot switch ribbon cables.

Direct Connection

Note: Ensure the keyboard you are using is properly
configured for your installation.
RS-232 Port (S3 Software)
Note: S3 software should be used only to copy an
existing configuration from an AD1024 CPU to a MegaPower CPU. If you are creating a completely new configuration, use the EASY CPU software.
To initialize the system, do the following:
1. Configure an AD1024 RS-232 port as follows:
• Type = Terminal
• Baud rate = 4800 bps
• Parity = none
• Data bits = 8
• Stop bits = 1
2. Connect the PC RS-232 port to the configured AD1024 RS-232 port.
3. Open the S
3
program. When the Transfer System
dialog appears, click X to close it.
4. In the S
3
window, click the PC Utility button at the
bottom of the left column. A popup menu appears.
5. Click COMM Port Parameters in this menu, and in the PC Port dialog, set the parameters as follows:
• Baud rate = 4800 bps
• Parity = none
• Data bits = 8
• Stop bits = 1
6. Click the green check (9) button to accept the setting, and then close the dialog.
7. Click the PC Utility button, and then click Video Matrix Switch in the popup menu.
8. Set the Video Matrix Switch Selection field to AD1024, and set Disk Drive field to C:. The Video Matrix Switch Directory opens.
9. In the Directory field, type the following file name:
C:\Program files\Sensormatic\S3\A D1024\MPCPU
.
10. Click inside any other field to create the file. This is the file that stores the existing AD1024 configuration.
11. Click the X to close the dialog, and then click the X to close the COM Port dialog. The Transfer System dialog opens.
12. Upload the configuration by clicking all the white check boxes in the Transfer System dialog, and then click the up arrow at the bottom of the Transfer System dialog.
13. Wait for the uploading process to complete, and then click the X to close the Transfer System dialog.
14. Disconnect the AD1024 CPU end of the PC RS-232 cable from the AD1024, and connect it to any port on the new MegaPower CPU.
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15. Click the S
PC Utility in the left column of the S3 window, and then click COM Port Parameters in the popup menu.
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16. Set the PC Com port for the following:
• Baud Rate = 1200 bps
• Parity = none
• Data bits = 8
• Stop bits = 1
17. Click the green check (9) button to accept the
settings, and then click the X to close the dialog.
Note: You can decrease the file transfer time by changing both the PC and the MegaPower CPU COM ports to 4800bps.
18. Power up the MegaPower CPU. The LCD screen displays the AD Welcome Screen, followed by the CPU Status screen.
Figure 6. AD welcome screen
To initialize the system with a CPU connected directly to a PC via the Ethernet port, do the following:
1. Connect the CPU directly to the PC via an Ethernet cable.
2. Switch on the PC, and ensure EASY CPU is installed and operational on the PC. Refer to the sections starting on page
13 for installing, starting,
and programming instructions.
3. Switch on the CPU. The LCD screen displays the AD Welcome Screen, followed by the CPU Status screen.
Figure 8. AD welcome screen
Figure 7. CPU status screen
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19. Click the S
PC Utility in the left column of the S3 window, and then click Transfer System in the popup menu.
20. Click all the white check boxes in the Transfer System dialog, and then click the down arrow at the bottom of the dialog.
21. Wait for the download to complete, and then click the X to close the Transfer System dialog.
Note: The LCD screen does not display a confirmation that the configuration is complete.
Ethernet Port (EASY CPU Software)
When configuring the MegaPower CPU with EASY CPU software, use an Ethernet cross cable to connect the PC via its Ethernet port to the CPU. The CPU also can be connected to a LAN and accessed by any PC running EASY CPU on the LAN.
The default IP address on a new MegaPower CPU from the factory is 192.168.0.1. The IP address can only be changed with a keyboard connected to an RS-232 port on the CPU.
Figure 9. CPU status screen
4. If the PC is connected directly to the MegaPower CPU, and the PC and MegaPower CPU are not connected to a network, the default IP address,
192.168.0.1, can remain at the IP address. Before attempting a configuration download, ensure that the IP address is configured in the following folder:
EZ CPU\MPCPU\System\Options\CPU Addresses\CPU # 1.

Ethernet Network Connection

Note: Depending on your installation, you can use
either an IP address assigned by the network DHCP server or a static IP address.
To initialize the system that is installed using the Ethernet protocol, do the following:
1. Connect the CPU to the Ethernet network via an Ethernet cable.
2. Connect the PC to the Ethernet network via an Ethernet cable.
3. Switch on the PC, and ensure EASY CPU is installed and operational on the PC. Refer to the sections starting on page and programming instructions.
13 for installing, starting,
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4. Switch on the CPU. The LCD screen displays the AD Welcome Screen (
Figure 10), followed by the CPU Status screen, two examples of which are shown in
Figure 11.
ADCC1100:
a. Place the keyboard in Program Mode by
clicking the tab in the middle of the lower part of the screen).
Figure 10. AD welcome screen
Figure 11. CPU status screen
or
Using an IP Address Assigned by the Network DHCP Server
To set up the MegaPower CPU to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server, do the following:
1. Connect a keyboard to an RS-232 port on the MegaPower CPU. Ensure the baud rates match for the keyboard and CPU port in use.
2. Use the following instructions to provide the key sequences for each supported keyboard:
AD2088:
a. Place the keyboard in Menu Mode by turning
the keyswitch to MENU. The Camera field LED on the keyboard should display P6.
Note: To display and enter Program Mode, you must insert a Smartcard that has administrator privileges.
b. Press the Matrix Menus softkey.
c. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100.
○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
d. Press the Enter softkey.
ADCC0200/0300:
Notes: In RS–232 mode, the ADCC0200
keyboard does not have matrix menu access capabilities as indicated by the Access Denied message if the following procedure is attempted.
a. Press and hold the Shift (
press the Menu (
) button.
) button and then
b. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100.
○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
c. Press Enter (
).
b. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100.
○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
c. Press the ENTER key, which is located above
the joystick. “ENTER” is stenciled on the front face of the key; the top of the key may be labeled either PRESET or SHOT.
The Camera field LED on the keyboard will only display 7P if the selected CPU is accessed.
Note: Whenever scrolling to a different line
item on the LCD screen, you must press twice to select the new item.
Note: To exit Program Mode, press and hold the Shift (
) button, and then press the Clear ( )
button.
ADTTE:
a. Place the keyboard in Program Mode
(indicated by –P being displayed at the far right of the LCD).
b. Press the Menu key. The LCD screen displays
P6 - M.
c. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100
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○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
7. Press Enter to choose Enable.
8. Exit from the MegaPower CPU menu system.
d. Press the Ack key located in the lower right
corner.
The System Menu appears on the LCD screen
Figure 12).
(
Note: To exit the LCD Menu Mode, press the Menu key.
Figure 12. System Menu screen
3. Press Enter to choose Addressing. The Address
Menu screen appears.
Figure 13. Address Menu screen
4. Press Enter to choose IP Address. The IP
Address screen appears.
Using a Static IP Address
To set up the MegaPower CPU for a static IP address:
1. Connect a keyboard to an RS-232 port on the MegaPower CPU. Ensure the baud rates match for the keyboard and CPU port in use.
2. Use the following instructions to provide the key sequences for each supported keyboard:
AD2088:
a. Place the keyboard in Menu Mode by turning
the keyswitch to MENU. The CAMERA LEDs on the keyboard display P6.
b. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100.
○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
c. Press the ENTER key, which is located above
the joystick. “ENTER” is stenciled on the front face of the key; the top of the key may be labeled either PRESET or SHOT.
Figure 14. IP Address screen
5. Scroll down to Set IP Addr and press Enter. The
Set IP Address screen appears.
Figure 15. Set IP Address screen
6. Scroll down to DHCP and press Enter. The
DHCP Setting screen appears.
Figure 16. DHCP Setting screen
The CAMERA LEDs on the keyboard will only display 7P if the selected CPU is accessed.
ADCC1100:
a. Place the keyboard in Program Mode by
pressing its softkey.
Note: To display and enter Program Mode, you must insert a Smartcard that has administrator privileges.
b. Press the Matrix Menus softkey.
c. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100.
○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
d. Press the Enter softkey.
ADCC0200/0300:
Notes: In RS–232 mode, the ADCC0200
keyboard does not have matrix menu access
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capabilities as indicated by the Access Denied message if the following procedure is attempted.
Figure 18. Address Menu screen
a. Press and hold the Shift (
press the Menu (
) button.
) button and then
b. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100.
○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
c. Press Enter (
).
Note: Whenever scrolling to a different line
item on the LCD screen, you must press twice to select the new item.
Note: To exit Program Mode, press and hold the Shift (
) button, and then press the Clear ( )
button.
ADTTE:
a. Place the keyboard in Program Mode
(indicated by –P being displayed at the far right of the LCD).
b. Press Menu. The LCD screen displays P6 - M.
4. Press Enter to choose the IP Address. The IP Address screen appears.
Figure 19. IP Address screen
5. Scroll down to Set IP Addr and press Enter. The Set IP Address screen appears.
Figure 20. Set IP Address screen
6. Scroll down to Set IP Addr and press Enter. The Enter IP Address screen appears.
c. Enter one of the following number sequences
for your MegaPower CPU installation:
○ Standalone MPCPU: Enter 100
○ Dual MPCPU: Enter 100 for the selected
MegaPower CPU, or enter 101 for the Standby MP CPU.
d. Press the Ack key located in the lower right
corner.
The System Menu screen (
Figure 17) appears on
the LCD screen.
Note: To exit the LCD Menu Mode, press Menu.
Figure 17. System Menu screen
3. Press Enter to choose Addressing. The Address
Menu screen appears.
Figure 21. Enter IP Address screen
7. Press Enter, and then type the IP address pressing Enter twice after typing each segment of the IP address.
8. Scroll down to Accept and press Enter.
9. Exit from the MegaPower CPU menu system.

Firewall Setup

To set up the firewall, refer to APPENDIX D: Port Number Assignments on page
68 for the appropriate MPCPU IP port source and destination port numbers. Assigning these port numbers allows communication with external devices.

Read Cycle

During a Read cycle, data is transferred from the CPU to a PC running EASY CPU. The following
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screens show the sequence of operations that take place during a Read cycle.
Figure 22. File transfer in progress screen

Error Message Example

The following screen shows an example of an error message that can appear when an abnormal condition occurs.
Figure 28. Error message screen example
Figure 23. File transfer completed screen

Write Cycle

During a Write cycle, data is transferred to the CPU from a PC running EASY CPU. The following screens show the sequence of operations that take place during a Write cycle.
Figure 24. File transfer in progress screen
Figure 25. Receiving file saving screen
E1032
Rem KB Switch
Remote KB SW Equal

Installing EASY CPU

System Requirements

The following are the minimum system requirements for installing and operating the EASY CPU software application:
• Computer: PC-compatible computer with 600
MHz Intel
• Hard Drive Space: 300MB (100MB if .NET 1.1 is
already installed)
• Memory: 128MB
• Network Card: 10BaseT or 100BaseT
• Video: SVGA with 16MB video RAM
• Monitor: 800 x 600 pixel resolution, 16-bit color
• Operating System: Microsoft
Microsoft Windows Vista
®
Pentium® III microprocessor or greater
®
Windows® XP,

Beginning the Installation

Note: The following procedure explains the steps for
Figure 26. Received file saved screen
Figure 27. File transfer completed screen
a first-time installation. If EASY CPU is resident on your computer, installing subsequent versions will cause a different sequence of installation screens to appear.
To begin installing EASY CPU:
1. Do one of the following:
• If you have the EASY CPU CD, insert it into the computer. It should automatically load the install program.
Note: If the installation program does not load automatically, manually start it by navigating to My Computer, and then double-click on the CD drive unit to start autorun.
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• If you are downloading EASY CPU from a web site or server to the computer, save the zip file to a folder you have chosen, and then unzip the file in that folder. Next, double-click on the file, Setup.exe, to begin installation.
The Choose Setup Language dialog box appears
Figure 29).
(
Figure 29. Choose Setup Language dialog
2. Select the desired language from the dropdown
menu, and click OK.
The InstallShield Wizard operating system version checking screen appears (
Figure 30).
Figure 30. Operating System Version Check
screen
4. When the following screen (
Figure 31) appears,
click Next to continue the installation.
Figure 31. Wizard Welcome screen
5. When the License Agreement screen ( on page
15) appears, do one of the following:
Note: To view the License Agreement in your language, go to
Agreement on page
APPENDIX A: End User License
64.
Figure 32
3. A series of screens appear during the installation progress. Respond to the prompts as the installation progresses. When the prompt, OK, appears during installation, click on it.
Note: If you want to end the installation at any point before the installation has completed, click Cancel in a screen where this choice is not grayed out. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to end the installation. Click Yes to end the installation, or click No to continue the installation.
• After reading the license agreement, if you
accept the license agreement terms, click the I accept the terms in the license agreement radio button, and then click Next.
• If you do not want to accept the license
agreement terms, click the I do not accept the terms in the license agreement radio button, and then click Cancel. The installation will terminate.
If you want to go back a step in the installation, click < Back whenever it is appears.
Note: You can print a copy of the License Agreement by clicking Print in this screen; however, you must have a printer connected to your system to do this.
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Figure 32. License Agreement screen
Figure 34. Ready to Install screen
6. In the Customer Information screen (
Figure 33),
type your user name in the User Name field, and then type your organization name in the Organization field.
If you want to install EASY CPU so that anyone can access the application, click the Anyone who uses this computer (all users) radio button, and then click Next.
If you want to limit access to the application to just yourself, click on the Only for me (organization
name) radio button, and then click Next.
Figure 33. Customer Information screen
The following screens (
Figure 35 and Figure 36)
appear.
Figure 35. Installing EASY CPU Configurator
screen
Figure 36. Installation Complete screen
7. When the
Ready to Install screen (Figure 34) appears, click Install to begin the EASY CPU installation, or click Cancel to end the installation.
8. Continue to the next section,
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Starting EASY CPU.
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Starting EASY CPU

Figure 37. Installation Complete screen
To start EASY CPU, do one of the following:
• If you want to start EASY CPU immediately following completion of the installation, click the Launch EASY CPU Configurator checkbox in the preceding screen ( Finish.
Figure 37), and then click
Figure 38. EASY CPU Main screen

Configuring Preferences

Once EASY CPU is started, do the following:
1. Click Edit, and then click Preferences in the
dropdown menu bar. The Preferences dialog box appears (
Figure 39. Configurator Preferences dialog
Figure 39).
• If you do not want to start EASY CPU immediately following completion of the installation, leave the Launch EASY CPU Configurator checkbox blank, and click Finish.
If you choose to wait to start EASY CPU, then locate the MegaPower 3200 file > EASY CPU Configurator file > Configurator.exe, and then either double-click the file name to start the application, or use the Start Menu.
In either case, EASY CPU starts and the Main Screen appears (
Figure 38). Easy CPU will start
in the language selected during installation.
2. To complete the configuration preferences, enter the following information:
• Language – From the Language dropdown,
select the appropriate language. EASY CPU supports the following languages:
− English
− French
− German
− Italian
− Portuguese
− Spanish
− Korean
− Chinese
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• Time Format – Select a Time Format by
clicking either Standard Format (12-hr., a.m. and p.m. display) or Military Format (24-hr. display).
• Default MPCPU IP Address –Set the default
IP address used for write/read operations if no IP address is specified as CPU A and CPU B in the System – Options screen.
• Default Config File Save and Backup Paths used for File => Write
− Check To Enable Writing Config File By
Default in File => Write – When this
checkbox is checked, the File => Write dialog Save To File checkbox also will be checked when a Write operation is invoked.
− Default Config Save To Dir – Specify a
path to the default directory to which configuration files will be saved when invoking File => Write with a new MPCPU configuration. Use the Browse button on the right side of the path field to help define the path.
− Check To Enable Writing Backup File By
Default in File => Write – When this
checkbox is checked, the File => Write dialog Backup File checkbox also will be checked when a Write operation is invoked.

Viewing Configuration File Properties

To view the configuration file properties, do the following:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click Properties… in the dropdown menu bar.
The Config File Properties screen ( displays information about the currently open configuration file.
Note: If your configuration file was created prior to EASY CPU Version 2.00, it is designated as a Version 1.00 file and the Properties screen does not contain any information other than the version number and a note on how to convert a Version
1.00 file to a Version 2.00 file.
Figure 40. Configuration File Properties
Figure 40)
− Default Backup Config File Dir – Specify a
path to the default directory to which backup files will be archived when invoking File => Write. Use the Browse button on the right side of the path field to help define the path.
3. Click OK to save your preferences or Cancel to
close the dialog box without saving your preferences.
4. Close and restart EASY CPU for your change to take effect. The Main Screen (
23) appears in the selected language.
page
Figure 52 on
3. Click OK to exit this screen.

Saving Data on the Hard Drive

EASY CPU allows you to save system configurations on your hard drive. You can do this either before or after transferring new configurations to the MegaPower CPU. However, any configuration you save to your hard drive must be transferred (written) from the hard drive to the CPU before it will take effect in the system.
To save configuration data on your hard drive:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click Save in the dropdown menu bar if you are planning to overwrite the existing file or Save As if you are planning to create a new file.
3. If Save As, navigate through the Save As dialog to a desired folder and enter a file name.
4. Click Save to save and close the file.
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Retrieving Configuration Data

Do one of the following:
• For a new installation where no configuration data file has been previously created, you should initialize your system by retrieving (reading) into EASY CPU the factory-default configuration data residing in the CPU firmware. To do this, go to the section, Configuration Data in CPU, below.
• If you want to use an existing configuration file that already has been written to the CPU, go to the section, Configuration Data in CPU, below.
• If you want to use an existing configuration file that has not yet been written to the CPU, go to the section,
• If you want to create a new configuration file and then write it to the CPU, go to the section,
Configuration File, on page
Factory-Default or Existing
Factory-Default or Existing
Configuration Data File Only in PC.
New
20.
• MPCPU B: Read from the MPCPU B IP
address as defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in Figure 41.
• User-specified IP: Enter an appropriate IP
address of your choosing. The default for this field is defined in the Edit => Preferences menu option.
4. In the MPCPU A, B, and Site No./Name as
specified in Sys => Options section, the Site No. and Site Name fields only appear when either the MPCPU A or MPCPU B radio buttons are selected. They are for reference only and cannot be changed in this dialog box. They are defined in the System – Options dialog box.
5. Click the Read From Selected MPCPU button to
read the configuration from the selected MPCPU IP address, or click Cancel to close the dialog box without reading the configuration data.
6. Choose one of the following:
Factory-Default or Existing Configuration Data in CPU
Retrieve the factory-default or existing configuration data from the CPU into EASY CPU by doing the following:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click Read in the dropdown menu bar. The Read from MPCPU dialog box appears.
Figure 41. Read from MPCPU dialog
3. In the Select MPCPU IP to Read From section of the dialog box, select one of the following radio buttons:
Note: Only one MPCPU radio button at a time can be selected for reading.
• If you want to enable user logins, go to the section,
Adding a User Login, on page 21.
• If you do not want to enable user logins, your system is ready to use.
Configuration Data File Only in PC
After creating and saving a configuration data file in EASY CPU, you must write (or transfer) the new configuration settings to the CPU.
To write an existing configuration data file located in your PC to the CPU, do the following:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click Open… in the dropdown menu bar.
3. Locate and highlight the desired file in the Open
dialog box.
4. Click Open. The file is loaded into EASY CPU.
5. Click File on the main screen.
6. Click Write in the dropdown menu bar. The Write
to MPCPU and/or Save Configuration To File dialog box appears (
Figure 42).
• MPCPU A: Read from the MPCPU A IP
address as defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in Figure 41. The default for this field is defined in the Edit => Preferences menu option.
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Figure 42. Write to MPCPU and/or Save
Configuration To File dialog
7. In the section labeled MPCPU A and/or B must be specified in Sys => Options, choose one or both of the following checkboxes depending on whether you have a single MPCPU configuration or both MPCPUs in a dual hotswitch configuration:
• MPCPU A: When checked, the configuration
is written to the indicated IP address, which is defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in
Figure 42. When unchecked, the configuration is not written to the indicated IP address.
• MPCPU B: When checked, the configuration
is written to the indicated IP address, which is defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in
Figure 42. When unchecked, the configuration is not written to the indicated IP address.
path/filename by clicking the Browse button on the right and navigating to the path/filename of your choice in the dropdown list. When unchecked, the configuration is not saved.
• Backup File: When checked, the configuration
is backed up to the path and filename shown in the associated field. You can change the path/filename by clicking the Browse button on the right and navigating to the path/filename of your choice in the dropdown list. When unchecked, the configuration is not saved to the backup file.
10. Click the Write Configuration To Selected MPCPUs and/or Files button to begin writing the configuration data into the CPU, or Cancel to close the dialog box without writing the configuration data.
When you click the Write Configuration To Selected MPCPUs and/or Files button, each IP address is checked to ensure it has a properly formatted IP address. If either IP address has an invalid IP address format, you will receive a warning message. You will need to correct the invalid format before continuing.
Figure 44. Invalid IP Address message box
Note: If both MPCPU IP addresses are the same,
a message box will appear stating that the configuration will only be written once to the IP address.
Figure 43. MPCPU Addresses are the same
message box
8. In the Site No./Name specified in Sys => Options
section, the Site No. and Site Name fields are for reference only and cannot be changed in this dialog box. They are defined in the System – Options dialog box.
9. In the section labeled Config File Save and Backup Options, choose one or both of the following checkboxes:
• Save To File: When checked, the configuration
is saved to the path and filename shown in the associated field. You can change the
Note: If the configuration being written is a version V1.00 configuration file, upon clicking
Write Configuration To Selected MPCPUs and/or Files, you will be prompted whether or not
to convert the configuration to the V2.00 format prior to writing to the MPCPUs.
Figure 45. Configuration File Conversion dialog
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11. Choose one of the following:
• If you want to enable user logins, go to the section,
Adding a User Login, on page 21.
• If you do not want to enable user logins, your system is ready to use.
New Configuration File
Note: You must save a new configuration file to your
PC before EASY CPU allows you to write to the MegaPower CPU.
To create a new configuration file, do the following:
1. Click File on the main screen.
2. Click New in the dropdown menu bar.
3. Using the configuring information throughout this guide, set up your system configuration.
4. When you have completed your configuration, click File on the main screen.
5. Click Save or Save As… in the dropdown menu bar.
6. Navigate through the Save or Save As… dialog box to a desired folder, and enter an appropriate file name for your configuration.
7. Click Save to save the file. The file is saved to your PC.
8. Click File on the main screen.
9. Click Write in the dropdown menu bar. The Write
to MPCPU and/or Save Configuration To File dialog box appears (
Figure 46. Write to MPCPU and/or Save
Configuration To File dialog
Figure 46).
defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in
Figure 46. When unchecked, the configuration is not written to the indicated IP address.
• MPCPU B: When checked, the configuration
is written to the indicated IP address, which is defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in
Figure 46. When unchecked, the configuration is not written to the indicated IP address.
Note: If both MPCPU IP addresses are the same, a message box will appear stating that the configuration will only be written once to the IP address.
Figure 47. MPCPU Addresses are the same
message box
11. In the Site No./Name specified in Sys => Options
section, the Site No. and Site Name fields are for reference only and cannot be changed in this dialog box. They are defined in the System – Options dialog box.
12. In the section labeled Config File Save and Backup Options, choose one or both of the following checkboxes:
• Save To File: When checked, the configuration
is saved to the path and filename shown in the associated field. You can change the path/filename by clicking the Browse button on the right and navigating to the path/filename of your choice in the dropdown list. When unchecked, the configuration is not saved.
• Backup File: When checked, the configuration
is backed up to the path and filename shown in the associated field. You can change the path/filename by clicking the Browse button on
10. In the section labeled MPCPU A and/or B must be specified in Sys => Options, choose one or both of the following checkboxes depending on whether you have a single MPCPU configuration or both MPCPUs in a dual hotswitch configuration:
• MPCPU A: When checked, the configuration
the right and navigating to the path/filename of your choice in the dropdown list. When unchecked, the configuration is not saved to the backup file.
13. Click the Write Configuration To Selected MPCPUs and/or Files button to begin writing the configuration data into the CPU, or Cancel to close the dialog box without writing the configuration data.
is written to the indicated IP address, which is
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Note: When you click the Write Configuration To Selected MPCPUs and/or Files button, each
IP address is checked to ensure it has a properly formatted IP address. If either IP address has an invalid IP address format, you will receive a warning message. You will need to correct the invalid format before continuing.
Figure 48. Invalid IP Address message box
3. Click New User…. The Login Properties dialog
box appears (
Figure 50).
Figure 50. Login Properties dialog
14. Choose one of the following:
• If you want to enable user logins, go section
Adding a User Login below.
• If you do not want to enable user logins, your system is ready to use.

Adding a User Login

When you create a user login, the CPU login request function is enabled. Users must log in to be able to read and write configuration data.
To create a user login:
1. With EASY CPU started and a configuration file
open, click Edit in the dropdown menu bar.
2. Click User Logins…. The EASY CPU – Login
Manager dialog box appears.
Figure 49. Login Manager dialog
4. Complete the Login ID, Password, and Confirm fields in the Login Properties dialog box for the new user.
5. In the Access Level field, click on the scroll buttons to choose the appropriate access level for the new user (1 being the lowest level, 9 being the highest level).
Note: The Access Level field is grayed out for the first user so that user will have all administrator privileges. This field is available to set access levels for subsequent users.
CAUTION: Be sure that at least one user has an
access level of 9. Failure to maintain such a user might lock users out of the system and require a system reinstallation.
6. Click OK to save the new user properties or Cancel to close the dialog box without saving the properties.
7. Repeat this process for all users for whom logins are desired.
Note: You also can modify or delete users in the Login Properties dialog box whenever buttons are not grayed out.
8. Be sure to save these changes and write the modified configuration file to the CPU.
Note: With the user login function enabled, all newly initiated program sessions will require users to log in before reading or writing configuration data.
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Logging in Users for CPU Read/Write Access
When user logins are enabled, the Login dialog box appears whenever you want to read a configuration file from the CPU or write a configuration file to the CPU.
Figure 51. Login dialog
1. In the Login dialog box, enter your user name and password.
2. Click Logon to transfer configuration data or Cancel to close the dialog box without transferring configuration data.
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Programming the MegaPower CPU

r
EASY CPU allows you to program the MegaPower CPU from a connected PC. When started, the EASY CPU main screen provides links to all setup features.
Figure 52. EASY CPU main screen
Drop-
down
menu
Settings window
Explore
menu
display area
Status
ba

EASY CPU Main Screen Overview

The EASY CPU Main Screen contains the following sections:
• Dropdown menus
• Explore menu
• Status bar
• Setting window display area

Dropdown Menus

The dropdown menus across the top of the EASY CPU main screen provide the following options:
File Edit Help
• New
• Open
• Close
• Save
• Save As
• Print
• Read
• Write
• Properties
• Exit
* To facilitate the configuring of large systems, the copy and paste functions are also capable of duplicating:
• Selected columns of a single row to multiple rows, and
• Selected columns of multiple rows to areas having the same number of rows and columns.
• Copy*
• Cut
• Paste*
• Preferences
• User Logins
• About EASY
CPU Configurator
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Explore Menu

The Explore Menu on the left side of the screen allows you to open screens for setting up the following functions:
• Status – The Status function allows you to check
the status of monitors, cameras, the passive hot switch and the error log.
• System – The System function allows you to set
options (site, user logon, snapshots, and CPU addresses), date and time, and port configurations.
• Switching – The Switching function allows you to
create salvos, tours, and event timers.
• Alarms – The Alarms function allows you to
create up to four alarm tables for use in event timers. Through contact definitions, you can choose the monitors where alarms will appear. Alarm messages and Email messages also can be displayed for review.
• Definitions – The Definitions function allows you
to define cameras, monitors, keyboards, keyboard and user priorities, and satellite sites.
• Partitions – The Partitions function allows you to
associate cameras to monitors, cameras to keyboards, keyboards to monitors, keyboards to satellite sites, and monitors to cameras.

Status Bar

The Status Bar at the bottom of the main screen displays information about the currently displayed screen. It also provides progress status when saving or transferring files.

Checking the System Status

EASY CPU allows you to check the status of monitors, cameras, the passive hot switch, and the error log by selecting the status function. Click on Status links in the Explore menu to begin.
Figure 53. Status links

Monitor Status

The Monitor Status screen displays information about each monitor in the system. The information is for reference only and cannot be edited.
Click on the Status – Monitor Status link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 54. Monitor status screen

Settings Window Display Area

The Settings window displays currently selected screens and dialog boxes. If you see a small triangle
in the heading row for a column, you can click on it to sort the rows according to the number or character sequence in that column.
Note: Whenever you enter a value in a field or checkbox in any EASY CPU screen or dialog box, you must click in a field outside that field or checkbox to set the value just entered.
The Monitor Status screen provides real-time information about the system:
• MPCPU A / MPCPU B – Radio buttons that
enable you to select and view the status of the monitors connected to the chosen MegaPower CPU.
• Monitor No. – Lists every monitor in the system.
• Camera No. – Displays the pseudo number of the
video input currently called to the monitor. See
Definitions – Cameras screen on page 43 to
the reference video input numbers to pseudo camera numbers.
• Monitor State – Indicates whether the monitor is
in a Hold, Run, or Salvo state of camera display.
• Alarm State – Indicates whether an alarm is
currently displayed on the monitor.
• Camera State – Indicates whether the currently
displayed camera is locked or unlocked.
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• Video State – Indicates the video loss level
detected.
• Sync State – Indicates whether a video sync
signal is detected.
• Tour No. – Indicates the number of a Tour
currently loaded or running on the monitor.
• Site No. – Indicates the site (1-30) called to the
monitor. The MegaPower CPU can control up to 30 sites.

Camera Status

The Camera Status screen displays information about the state and synchronization of each camera’s video. The information is for reference only and cannot be edited.
Note: The camera status information is loaded as required. Initially the fields are empty. As you page up or down, the screen will be populated from requests made to the MegaPower CPU unit. This allows you to only view what is needed.
Tool tips pop-up explanations appear whenever the cursor hovers over a column heading.
Click on the Status – Camera Status link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 55. Camera status screen
The Camera Status screen provides the following information:
• MPCPU A / MPCPU B – Radio buttons that
enable you to select and view the status of the cameras connected to the chosen MegaPower CPU.
• Video Input – Displays the number of the
physical video input connector on the rear panel of the MegaPower system.
• Camera No. – Displays the number that the
camera is referenced by on the keyboard and in the EASY CPU configuration.
• Title 1 – Displays on the monitor the first line of a
camera title when the camera is called.
• Title 2 – Displays on the monitor the second line
of a camera title when the camera is called.
• Video State – Indicates the current video state of
the camera:
− Yes – Video is detected
− No – Video loss detected
− Don’t Care – Video loss detection not
configured, or no communication exists to video loss card.
• Sync State – Indicates the synchronization state
of the video signal to the selected camera and is used in connection with the video loss setup:
− Yes – Video synchronization present
− No – Video synchronization not present
− Don’t Care – Video synchronization portion of
the video signal is ignored.
Note: The camera status screen columns for Dome/PTZ On-line through Device Serial Number are only used for the Dome/PTZ Device Direct Connection to the MP CPU and not for AD2091 or AD2083 connected domes.
• Dome/PTZ On-Line – Indicates the on-/off-line
status of the dome:
− Yes – Dome/PTZ is currently answering polls
− No – Dome/PTZ has answered polls since
system power-on or reset, but is not currently answering polls and has exceeded its retry count
− – (dash) – Dome/PTZ has not answered a poll
since power-on or reset
− (blank) – Camera is not configured for a direct MegaPower CPU dome/PTZ connection.
• Dome/PTZ Connection– Displays codes identifying the connection type: M for Manchester, S for SensorNet, and R for RS-232/ RS-485.
• Dome/PTZ Address – Displays the address configured for the dome.
• Mnemonic – Displays a six-character code that identifies the dome type; for example, SDU 8.
• Flash Version No. – Displays the 14-character dome CPU board firmware version number.
• Device Type – Identifies the dome CPU board type; for example, 0150 for SDU 8.
• Device Serial Number – Displays the 20-character dome serial number.
• Device Date of Manufacture – Displays the eight-character date the dome was manufactured.

Passive Hot Switch Status

The Passive Hot Switch Status screen displays the real-time status of the passive hot switch between dual MegaPower CPUs. This information is for reference only and cannot be edited. The passive hot switch monitors the status of the MPUs in a dual MegaPower CPU system. If the selected MPU fails, the passive hot switch switches to the non-selected MPU.
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If only one MegaPower CPU IP address is specified, the status of that MegaPower CPU is shown. If no MPCPU A or B IP address is specified, the status of the Edit => Preferences default IP address is shown as MPCPU A.
Click on the Status – Passive Hot Switch Status link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears (
Figure 56).
Figure 56. Passive hot switch status screen
The Passive Hot Switch Status screen provides the following information:
• MPCPU – Shows the names of the MegaPower
CPUs.
• Site # – Site number assigned to the MegaPower
CPUs. The site number is configured in the System – Options dialog box. Range: 0-30.
• Site Name – Site name assigned to the
MegaPower CPU. The site name is configured in the System – Options dialog box.
• DHCP Host Name – MegaPower CPU Host
name for DHCP IP communications.
• IP Address – Ethernet communications IP
address.
• MAC Address – MAC Address of the
MegaPower CPU Ethernet interface.
• Selected Status:
− Selected – indicates actively driving the AD
Data Lines and the RS-232 port transmitters.
− Backup – indicates standby MegaPower CPU
is in the dual hot switch system.
• Port Range:
− High 17–32 – MegaPower CPU rear slide
switch is up selecting com ports 17-32 & ADDL 3-4.
− Low 1–16 – MegaPower CPU rear slide switch
is down selecting com ports 1-16 & ADDL 1-2.
• Firmware Version – Displays the MegaPower CPU firmware version number.
• Last Selected:
− Yes – MegaPower CPU was switched to
Selected by pushing recessed button on unit.
− No – MegaPower CPU was not the last unit set
to Selected status.
• Mating CPU Port Range:
− High 17–32 – MegaPower CPU rear slide
switch is up selecting com ports 17-32 & ADDL 3-4.
− Low 1–16 – MegaPower CPU rear slide switch
is down selecting com ports 1-16 & ADDL 1-2.
Mating CPU Status:
•
− Good – Mating MegaPower CPU operational
with heartbeat.
− Bad – Mating MegaPower CPU has faults.
− None – MegaPower CPU ribbon cable
connected to itself.
− Open – MegaPower CPU ribbon cable not
connected.
− Off – Mating MegaPower CPU not
communicating.
• Mating CPU IP Address – Ethernet communications IP address of a paired unit in hot switch configuration.
• Alarm Relay:
− Normal – Relay center pin connected to NC
(normally closed) pin.
− Active – Relay center pin connected to NO
(normally open) pin.

Error Log Status

You can view the status of the Error Log by selecting on the Error Log Status screen. The information is for reference only and cannot be edited.
Click on the Status – Error Log Status link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 57. Error log status screen
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The Error Log Status screen provides the following information:
• MPCPU A / MPCPU B – Radio buttons that
enable you to select and view the error log for the chosen MegaPower CPU.
• Fault – An abnormal condition detected by the
CPU. The system provides status on up to 12 faults.
• Count – Indicates the number of times the fault
has occurred.
• Error Code – Identifies the fault by number
(1,000–-9,999).
• Message – Provides a textual description of the
fault.
• Clear – Clears the error message from the error
log status screen and the CPU LCD screen. Click to clear the error message.

Configuring the System

The System function allows you to select sites, enable logon, determine the system date, and configure ports for keyboards, video loss detection, and other devices.
Click on the System links in the Explore menu to begin.
Figure 58. System links
Figure 59. System – options dialog
The System – Options screen provides the following options:
• Site Number – Allows you to create a numeric identifier for the local site (1–30).
• Site Name – Allows you to create a name for the local site. Site names can be any length.
• Users Enable Logon – Checkbox implements password protection on system resources, such as cameras and monitors, through keyboards.
− Unchecked: The Definitions – Keyboard/User
Priorities screen appears where you can set keyboard priorities.
− Checked: The Definitions – Keyboard/User
Priorities screen appears where you can

Setting System Options

The System Options function allows you to create site numbers (1-30) and determine their date formats and start dates. This function also allows you to enable or disable the user logon.
Click on the System – Options link in the Explore menu to begin. The following dialog box appears
Figure 59).
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create individual passcodes.
• Snapshot – Section that enables you to take and store snapshots of the currently selected monitor after you have installed a TFTP server application.
− Installing a TFTP server:
A TFTP server application can be downloaded from the Internet. After downloading the application, install it on a PC in the same Ethernet network as the CPUs according to the instructions accompanying the application or installation wizard. Then, configure the application by specifying the TFTP root directory where the Snapshot .jpg files will be stored. Also, enter the range of permitted IP addresses to match the IP addresses of the CPUs in the system.
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Note: The TFTP server application must be running in the background of the server for the snapshot feature to work.
− Taking a Snapshot:
To take a snapshot, first press 4, and then press F1 on a keyboard. The system automatically assigns a file name to the snapshot and saves it in .JPG format to the location defined in the TFTP server.
The file name is in the form:
KBx–CAMz–cameratitle–yy-mm-dd(hhmmss),
where x is a number designating the keyboard, and z is a number designating the camera. The date can be alternately configured as dd-mm-yy or mm-dd-yy. The time is hhmmss, where hh is hours, mm is minutes, and ss is seconds. If the cameratitle is not configured, this part of the file name will not be displayed.
You can choose the video standard, video mode, image quality (in %) and server parameters for the system.
○ Video Standard – Choose either PAL or
NTSC.
○ Video Mode – Choose one of the
following: CIF, 2 CIF Progressive, QCIF,
HalfDI Progressive, HalfD1 Interlaced, 4CIF, Full D1, VGA, SIF, or 2SIF.
− Viewing a Snapshot:
To view a snapshot, open Windows Explorer on the PC containing the TFTP server, locate the TFTP root directory, and then double-click on the filename of the image you want to view.
• Configuration – Allows you to specify the maximum number of cameras, monitors, and alarm contacts in your system, which limits the overall size of the system database.
− Max Cameras – Allows you to specify the
maximum number of cameras that can be used in the system.
− Max Monitors – Allows you to specify the
maximum number of monitors that can be used in the system.
− Max Alarm Contacts – Allows you to specify
the maximum number of alarm contacts that can be used in the system.
• CPU Addresses – Allows you to connect to the local MegaPower CPUs. These CPU addresses must be configured for EASY CPU to communicate with the MegaPower CPU.
• CPU Language – Allows you to select the language that will be displayed on the MegaPower CPU LCD screen. The language should correspond to the language defined for EASY CPU.
○ Image Quality – Choose from 1% to
100%.
○ Server 1 – Enter the IP address of the first
PC running a server where the snapshot image will be saved.
○ Server 2 – Enter the IP address of the
second PC running a server where the snapshot image will be saved. (Backup server if first server is not available).
○ Server 3 – Enter the IP address of the
third PC running a server where the snapshot image will be saved. (Backup server if first two servers are not available)
Note: Although the snapshot image is simultaneously saved to all three servers, it is only accessed from the currently available server.
○ Monitor Output – Choose the monitor to
display the video to be captured in snapshot mode. Choose from 1 to 256.

Setting System Date and Time

The System Date & Time function allows you to customize the system’s date and time or use the PC’s current date and time. There are two ways to set the system date and time:
• Using the System – Date & Time dialog box
• Using a keyboard

Setting the Date and Time Using the Dialog Box

Click on the System – Date & Time link in the Explore menu to begin. The following dialog box appears (
Figure 60).
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Figure 60. System – Date & Time dialog
To set the system date and time, complete the following sections:
• Set MPCPU’s Date/Time – This section contains
the following choices:
– Set MPCPU with current PC date/time –
Select this radio button if you want EASY CPU to use the date and time from the PC where it is installed.
– Set MPCPU using following date/time –
Select the radio button if you want to customize the date and time. When selected, use the box below this field to input a date and time.
– When you have chosen your selection, click the
Click to Set MPCPU’s Date/Time button to set the MegaPower CPUs date and time.
• Select MPCPU’s Date Display Format – The
MPCPU Date Format field in this section enables the date/time display on your video monitors and is necessary when configuring system event timers. Specify the date display format as MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, or YY/MM/DD.
• Network Time – Use this section to specify the
servers and mode of obtaining the date and time.
− Mode – The Mode field allows you to choose whether the network time is Off or Polling. Poll mode allows you to poll the network time server for date and time.
− Server 1 / 2 / 3 – Up to three network time servers can be defined by entering their IP addresses. If Server 1 is not available, then Server 2 provides the date/time. If Server 2 is not available, then Server 3 provides the date/time.
− GMT Offset – This field is read-only and
displays the GMT offset selected in the GMT Offset/Timezone/Region Settings field.
• Daylight Saving Settings – Daylight Savings
Time (DST) values are written to the MegaPower CPU, which uses them to determine when to adjust for either DST or Standard Time. This section contains the following choices:
– Enable DST Adjustments in MPCPU – Select
this checkbox to enable Daylight Savings Time. If left unchecked, Standard Time is used, and the button and all fields in this section are disabled.
– Minutes To Adjust Forward on Start DST –
Use the scroll bar in this field to make fine adjustments to the DST minutes.
– DST Start Date (Spring Forward) – Use the
dropdown calendar to choose the appropriate DST start date, or highlight the portion of the date or time to be changed and use the scroll arrows that appear to make the change, or manually enter the start date.
– DST End Date (Fall Back) – Use the
dropdown calendar to choose the appropriate DST end date, or highlight the portion of the date or time to be changed and use the scroll arrows that appear to make the change, or manually enter the end date.
• GMT Offset/Time Zone/Region Settings – This
field allows you to specify the global time zone and region in which you are operating. When a new time zone/region is chosen from the dropdown list, the GMT offset is applied to the network time and DST start and end dates.

Setting the Date and Time Using the Keyboard

Do the following to use the keyboard to set system date and time:
1. Place the keyboard in Menu mode.
2. Enter 102, and then press Enter on the keyboard.
The monitor will display lines for changing the date and time.
3. Using the keyboard joystick (pan controls) or left/right arrow keys, move to the date/time field that you want to change. The > and < characters will bracket the field you want to change.
4. Press Enter to set the field.
5. Using the joystick (tilt controls) or up/down arrow keys, adjust the field to the desired value.
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6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 to set the other date/time fields, as needed.
7. Do one of the following:
− To save the new date/time settings and then
exit, return the keyboard to Operate mode.
− To exit without saving the new settings, press
Clear, and return the keyboard to Operate mode. The monitor displays the original date/time settings.

Setting Port Configurations

Each MegaPower CPU provides the following port types:
• Keyboard
• Recorder
• Satellite
• Alarms (1–1024)
• Alarms (1025–2048)
• Alarms (2049–3072)
• Alarms (3073–4096)
• Terminal
• Auxiliary
• Video Loss Detection (1–1024)
• Video Loss Detection (1025–2048)
• Video Loss Detection (2049–3072)
• Video Loss Detection (3073–3200)
The Port Configuration setup allows you to identify the device type (keyboard, port expansion module, and others), baud rate, and other communications parameters of each device connected to a port on the CPU.
Important: The MegaPower CPU can support up to 128 keyboards using port expansion modules. Port expansion modules convert a single port into four ports. When a port expansion module is connected to a port, port numbering adds an alpha character (a, b, c, d) to each port number; for example, port one becomes ports 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; port two becomes ports 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, and so on.
Click on the System – Port Configurations link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 61. System – port configuration screen
To configure ports, complete the following fields:
• Port No. – Identifies the number of the port on the
CPU to which the device is connected. Each available port number expands by four when a port expansion module is connected (see Important explanation above).
• Type – Identifies the device connected to the
port. A predefined dropdown list offers the following options: Keyboard, Recorder, Satellite, Alarms, Terminal, Auxiliary, and Video Loss Detection.
• Baud Rate – Identifies the data transmission rate
(in bps) of the connected device. Choose from the following: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, and 38400.
• Parity – Detects transmission errors. Choose
from the following list: None, Odd, or Even.
• Data Bits – Identifies the number of bits in each
packet of data being transferred. Choose either 7 or 8.
• Stop Bits – Signals the end of each character
being transmitted. Choose either 1 or 2.
• Location – Identifies the physical location of the
device. You can type up to 16 characters. However, this field is for informational purposes only, and any device location entered in this field is not transferred to the MegaPower CPU.

Configuring the Dome/PTZ Device Direct Connection

The Dome/PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Device Direct Connect Configuration screen allows you to configure the MegaPower CPU to specify the physical connections and protocol that enable commands to be sent to domes connected to the system video inputs.
Click on the System – Direct Dome/PTZ Connections link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears (
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Figure 62).
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Figure 62. Dome/PTZ Device Direct Connect
Configuration screen
The Dome/PTZ Device Direct Connect Configuration screen consists of five sections:
• The top section contains two checkboxes that control how connections are generally set up.
Note: Both checkboxes cannot be checked at the same time.
− Neither checkbox checked – This
unconfigured/default state causes the MPCPU to send commands through both the ADDL and the Direct Connect ports according to the default settings.
o The lower four port group’s settings are
grayed out, and user input to these controls is disabled.
o All values in the lower four port group’s
controls will be set to the default settings
Table 1 on page 32 for the default
(See settings values).
o A red warning text appears indicating
commands will be sent through both the ADDL and the default direct connections.
− Not using direct connections: When
checked, this checkbox causes the MPCPU to send commands only through the ADDL.
○ The lower four port group’s controls are
grayed out, and the user input to the controls is disabled.
○ Setting values in the lower four port
group’s controls are unchanged from what they were before this checkbox was checked.
○ The red warning text is not displayed.
− Direct connection configured as below:
When checked, this checkbox causes the MPCPU to issue commands out the Direct Connect ports as configured in the lower four port group’s control settings. Commands are not sent through the ADDL.
○ The lower four port group’s controls are
now enabled for user input.
○ The red warning text is not displayed.
– Both checkboxes unchecked from a
previously checked state (return to defaults). If either checkbox is in a checked state and the user unchecks that box:
○ A warning message box appears and
informs you that unchecking both boxes will return the port group’s setting values to the default values.
○ If you click OK, the settings for all the
controls will be returned to the default values, and the screen will display as described in the Neither checkbox checked state above.
○ If you click Cancel, the checkbox you are
attempting to uncheck will remain checked, and no changes to any of the port group’s setting values will occur.
• The bottom four sections (the Port Groups) control the settings for the four MPCPU ports— two SensorNet/Manchester ports and two RS-422/–485 ports. These sections define how video inputs are configured and what connections and protocols the MPCPU should use to send commands to the Dome/PTZ devices connected to the video inputs. All the port groups’ controls are enabled for user input when the Direct connection configured as
below checkbox is checked. If the Not using Direct Connection checkbox is checked or
neither checkbox is checked, the controls are grayed out and disabled from user input.
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Table 1 describes the valid setting values that can be specified for the four port groups:
Table 1. Valid Port Group settings
Direct Connect Settings Description
Dome/PTZ Control:
Specifies the port protocol
Patterns (SensorNet/ Manchester) or Default Mode (RS-422/-485):
Specifies whether to use variable or legacy speed patterns
Starting Video Input Number: Physical
video connection number that defines start of group of inputs controlled on this port
Starting Dome/PTZ Address: The address
setting of the first (lowest address) Dome/PTZ connected to video inputs on this port
No. of Dome/PTZ Devices: The number
of Dome/PTZ devices connected to this port.
Note: The maximum value actually allowed for this setting is the lesser of:
• The nominal maximum value: 254, 64, or 100 or
• Maximum video inputs (3200) minus Starting Video Input No. + 1
SensorNet/ Manchester 1/2
SensorNet or Manchester
Variable or Legacy
1 to 3200 1 to 3200
1 to 254 (SensorNet) or 1 to 64 (Manchester)
0 to 254* (SensorNet) or 0 to 64* (Manchester) *See note.
RS-422/ RS-485 1/2
RS-422/-485 or RS-232
Variable or Legacy
1 to 100
0 to 100* *See note.

Configuring Switching

Switching provides many of the automated functions designed to enhance your video surveillance practices. It allows you to create Salvos and set up Tours that will run automatically. You can also use switching to schedule different alarm monitor/contact tables to become active at different times and days.
Click on the Switching links in the Explore menu to begin (
Figure 63 on page 32).
Figure 63. Switching links

Creating Salvos

A system Salvo is a group of cameras programmed to display simultaneously on a contiguous group of monitors. The MegaPower CPU allows you to create up to 200 Salvos.
You can place up to 16 cameras in each Salvo, with each camera having its own dwell time, Preset view, auxiliary action, and link status. You can also insert a Salvo as the last entry of a Salvo (in place of a camera). This “nesting” of a Salvo within a Salvo expands the number of different camera views.
Click on the Switching – Salvo link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 64. Salvos Camera tab screen
The Salvos screen is divided into two sections:
• The left side, “Salvos,” allows you to create Salvo numbers and names.
• On the right side of the screen, the Cameras tab section allows you to create the entries, cameras, and other actions associated with each Salvo. The Alarm Contacts tab section allows you to specify the alarm contacts associated with the highlighted Salvo.
To create a Switching Salvo, complete the following fields. To create additional Salvos, click on the asterisk in the header of the last row displaying a Salvo.
• Salvos Number – Enter an identifying number for a Salvo in the range of 1–9999. If you enter a Salvo number that already exists, you will be prompted to choose another Salvo number or delete the existing one prior to using the value for a new Salvo definition.
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You can change an existing Salvo number. If the new Salvo number already exists, you will be prompted to choose another number or delete the existing one prior to using the new Salvo number.
Any cameras and/or alarm contacts assigned to the previous Salvo number will remain assigned to the new Salvo number. Also, any references to the previous Salvo number in the Alarms – Contact Definitions screen will be changed to reference the new Salvo number.
• Salvos Name – Enter a descriptive name for the
each Salvo. The name represents different actions to be performed when the Salvo runs. Define the characteristics of each entry by completing the remaining fields on this screen.
• Cameras Tab – The Cameras tab contains the
following fields:
− Position – An automatically assigned number
that identifies the location of the camera for the Salvo.
− CameraNumber – Identifies by its pseudo
number the camera to be used in the salvo. If the Link field is set to Salvo, the number in this field refers to the Salvo number.
− Preset or Pattern – Identifies a Preset (0-96)
or a Pattern (0-3) associated with the camera to be displayed. Enter the number of a Preset or Pattern for the corresponding CameraNumber field as follows:
Figure 65. Salvos Preset or Pattern Dropdown
List
(See the MegaPower CPU Operator’s Guide, 8200-0421-02, for more information on Presets.)
− Aux – Identifies an auxiliary device to be
included as an action and determines the state that the auxiliary will switch to when the Salvo runs. To determine whether an auxiliary operates when a Salvo runs, select one of the following:
o Don’t Care – Ignores the auxiliary o Aux 1-4 On – Activates auxiliaries 1, 2, 3, or
4 when the Salvo runs
o Aux 1-4 Off – Deactivates auxiliaries 1, 2,
3, or 4 when the Salvo runs
− Link – Determines the next action associated
with the Salvo. Select one of the following. o Yes – Causes the next camera entry in the
Salvo to be called to the next continuous monitor
o No – Causes the Salvo to stop at the
camera position chosen above
o Salvo – Calls another Salvo to run and
stops the current Salvo
• Alarm Contacts Tab – The Alarm Contacts tab shows the contact definitions that are assigned to the Salvo. This tab is read-only. You must use the Alarms – Contact Definitions screen to assign a contact definition to a Salvo. Note: Only contact definitions with Link values of “Salvo” and “Salvo Group Ack” will be assigned the Salvo Number specified in the Alarms – Contact Definitions screen “Camera or Salvo” field. The Alarm Contacts tab contains the following fields:
Figure 66. Salvos Alarm Contacts tab screen
o For a Preset number, enter a numeric value
into the Preset or Pattern field. Ensure there is no prefix displayed as part of the numeric value entered. If the “Pat” prefix is displayed, select “General Preset Number” from the dropdown list to remove it.
o For a Pattern number, enter a numeric
value, and then select “Pattern Specific Number” from the dropdown list. The numeric value entered will now contain a “Pat” prefix.
− Contact No. – Number of the alarm contact
associated with the salvo
− Preset or Pattern – Pattern or preset number
associated with the salvo
− Link – Choose either Salvo or Salvo Group Ack
− Aux – Choose either Don’t Care, Aux 1 On,
Aux 1 Off, Aux 2 On, Aux 2 Off, Aux 3 On, Aux 3 Off, Aux 4 On, or Aux 4 Off
− Dwell – Enter the time, in seconds, the salvo
will display on the set of monitors
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− Alarm Message – Enter the alarm message number to be associated with the salvo. Note: Alarm messages are first created in the Alarms – Alarm Messages screen.
− Email Message – Enter the Email message number to be associated with the salvo. Note: Email messages are first created in the Alarms – Email Messages screen.
• Tours can include Salvos, Presets, Patterns, auxiliaries, and other Tours as entries.
• Any camera specified on one Tour entry can be repeated on another entry using a different dwell time, Preset, or auxiliary.
Click on the Switching – Tour link in the Explore menu. The following screen appears.

Deleting Salvos or Alarm Contacts

To delete a Salvo or an alarm contact definition:
1. Click the header of the row that contains the Salvo or alarm contact definition to be deleted.
2. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
Figure 67. Delete Rows dialog
3. Click Yes to delete the Salvo or alarm contact definition or No to close the dialog box without deleting the Salvo or definition.

Creating Tours

A system Tour is a programmed sequence of different camera views switching one after another on a monitor. Tours provide an efficient way for operators to see multiple areas of interest without having to call up cameras manually.
You can call Tours to run on any monitor using keyboard commands or schedule them to run automatically by placing them within Event Timers
Event Timers on page 35).
(see
You create System Tours by identifying each camera action to run, the order in which each action will appear on the monitor and the length of time the action is to remain on the monitor before switching (dwell time).
Key points to remember when programming Tours:
Figure 68. Tours screen
The Tours screen is divided into two sections. The left side, “Tours,” allows you to create tour numbers and names. The Cameras tab section on the right side of the screen allows you to create the entries, cameras, and other actions associated with each Tour.
To create Tours, complete the following fields. To create additional Tours, click on the asterisk in the header of the last row displaying a Tour.
• Tours Section
− Numb – Assign a unique number to the Tour.
− Name – Create a name for the Tour using as
many characters as needed.
• Cameras Tab – Click the Camera tab and
complete the following fields:
− Entry – Click on the row beneath Entry and
type a number to identify this entry. You will define the characteristics of this entry by completing the remaining fields across this row.
− Camera/Salvos/Tour – Enter the pseudo number of a desired camera. If the Link field is set to Salvo or Tour, the number in this field respectively refers to the Salvo number or Tour number.
− Preset or Pattern – Indicates a Preset (0-96) or a Pattern number (0-3) assigned to the camera number selected above. Enter the number of a Preset or Pattern for the corresponding Camera/Salvos/Tour field as follows (
Figure 69):
• The system allows 64 system Tours, and every Tour can include up to 64 Tour entries.
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Figure 69. Tours Preset or Pattern Dropdown List

Deleting Tours or Cameras

To delete a Tour or a camera definition:
1. Click the header of the row that contains the Tour or camera definition to be deleted.
2. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
o For a Preset number, enter a numeric value
into the Preset or Pattern field. Ensure there is no prefix displayed as part of the numeric value entered. If the “Pat” prefix is displayed, select “General Preset Number” from the dropdown list to remove it.
o For a Pattern number, enter a numeric
value, and then select “Pattern Specific Number” from the dropdown list. The numeric value entered will now contain a “Pat” prefix.
(See the MegaPower CPU Operator’s Guide, 8200-0421-02, for more information on Presets.)
− Dwell – Indicates the number of seconds (0-61)
that any Tour entry is to be displayed on the monitor.
− Aux – An auxiliary is a device (such as a light)
that can be activated when a Tour entry activates. The MegaPower CPU recognizes up to four auxiliaries per camera. To determine whether an auxiliary operates when a Tour runs, select one of the following:
o Don’t Care – Ignores the auxiliary o Aux 1-4 On – Activates auxiliaries 1, 2, 3, or
4 when the Tour runs
o Aux 1-4 Off – Deactivates auxiliaries 1, 2,
3, or 4 when the Tour runs
− Link – The Link function links the Tour entry to
the next entry on the screen. Options are: o Yes – Calls the next Tour entry to the next
contiguous monitor. By doing so, the user is simulating a Salvo.
o No – Calls the next Tour entry to the
monitor originally called in the Tour
o Salvo – Calls the first entry of a pre-
programmed Salvo to the monitor (each of the Salvo’s remaining entries will appear on contiguous monitors)
o Tour – Calls another pre-programmed Tour
to the monitor originally called
Figure 70. Delete Rows dialog
3. Click Yes to delete the Tour or camera definition or No to close the dialog box without deleting the Tour or definition.

Event Timers

Event Timers – Alarm Tables

Alarm Monitor/Contact Tables determine how the system will respond to alarms and where the alarm video will appear. The MegaPower CPU provides one default Alarm Monitor/Contact table and allows you to create four additional Alarm Monitor/Contact tables associating different alarm contacts with different monitors.
Using Event Timers, you can schedule any of the four Alarm Monitor/Contact tables to become active on different days and at different times.
For more information on Alarm Monitor/Contact tables, refer to Tables on page
Click on the Alarm Tables tab in the Switching – Event Timer link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Creating Alarm Monitor/ Contact
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Figure 71. Event timer–Alarm Tables tab screen
To schedule Alarm Monitor/Contact tables, you will need the following information:
• The hour of the day/night you want the table to be active
• The day(s) of the week you want the table to be active
• The number of the desired alarm table
To create an Event Timer for alarms, complete the following fields:
• Time – Select the hour and minute that you want the alarm table to become active.
• Alarm Tables
– Day of Week – Displays the days of the week
Figure 72. Event timer–Tours tab screen
Scheduling System Tours with the Event Timer
To schedule system Tours using the event timer feature, you will need the following information:
• The number of the system Tour you want to run
• The number of the monitor you want to display
the system Tour
• The day(s) of the week you want the Tour to run
• The hour of the day or night you want the Tour to
run
To create a system Tour using the Event Timer, click on the Tours tab and complete the following fields:
• MonitorNumber – Number of the monitor where
the tour is to be displayed
• Sunday through Saturday – Day of the week on
which the tour is to run
– Alarm Table – Click on the field and select the
desired alarm table (0-4)
– State – Select one of the following:
o Disabled – Event timer is disabled for the
day set in column 1
o Enabled – Event timer is enabled for the
day set in column 1
o Not Used – Event timer is not used for the
day set in column 1

Event Timer – Tours

Event Timers enable the automatic call up of Tours and alarm monitor/contact tables on specific days at specific times. By scheduling these activities to occur automatically, you can help ensure the surveillance of key areas at important times. The MegaPower CPU allows you to create 35 Event Timers.
Click on the Tours tab in the Switching – Event Timer link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Deleting Tours in the Event Timer Screen
To delete a Tour in the event timer screen:
1. Click the header of the row in the left screen that contains the time of the Tour to be deleted.
2. Click the header of the row in the right screen that contains the Tour to be deleted.
3. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
Figure 73. Delete Rows dialog
4. Click Yes to delete the Tour or No to close the dialog box without deleting the Tour.
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Configuring Alarms

The MegaPower CPU can respond to 4,096 alarms by calling cameras, salvos, or Presets to armed monitors and turning auxiliary devices on or off. These alarm responses are defined in tables called Alarm Monitor/Contact Tables.
EASY CPU provides one master Alarm Monitor/Contact Table and four additional tables for customizing monitor assignments. The master Alarm Monitor/Contact Table conforms to the site configuration of alarms and their associated cameras and auxiliary devices. You should alter this table only if the site configuration changes or in the event of errors in previous data entries.
Each of the additional tables contains the same associations of alarms to cameras, salvos, presets and auxiliary devices as the master Alarm Monitor/Contact Table. The difference between the master table and any of the additional tables is in the association of monitors to each alarm. You can change the monitor associations in any of the additional tables.
The system routes alarms to monitors depending on which Alarm Monitor/Contact Table is active at the time of the alarm. You can schedule Alarm Monitor/Contact Tables to become active automatically through Event Timers (see page
Click on the Alarms links in the Explore menu to begin (
Figure 74. Alarms links
Figure 74 on page 37).
35).
Figure 75. Alarms – Monitor screen
The Alarms–Monitor screen is split into an upper and lower screen. The upper screen shows existing monitor definitions and allows you to add new definitions.
The lower screen provides two tabs that allow you to:
• Add contact arming to selected monitors.
• View or delete event timers associated with
selected monitors.

Adding Monitor Definitions

To create monitor definitions, click Add on the right side of the Alarms-Monitor screen. The Add Monitors dialog box appears.
Figure 76. Add Monitors dialog

Setting Up Alarm Monitors

The Alarms–Monitor screen allows you to arm monitors to respond to alarms. You can arm each monitor by setting up methods for displaying, queuing, and clearing alarms.
Click on the Alarms–Monitor link in the Explore menu to begin. The Monitors screen appears.
To add monitors, complete the following fields:
• Number of Monitors – Enter the number of the monitor you want to define. The system will number monitors consecutively starting with the next highest available number.
If you plan to group several monitors together, select a range of monitors.
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• Type – Defining the type of monitor determines
how the monitor treats incoming alarms. From a dropdown list, you can define each monitor as:
− Single – incoming alarms are displayed on a
single monitor. Multiple alarms received at a single monitor will be either sequenced or held based on the monitor’s alarm queuing method. For an explanation of alarm queuing methods, refer to
Methods on page
APPENDIX H: Monitor Arming
74.
− Block – incoming alarms are displayed on a
block (group) of monitors with which they are associated. The first incoming alarm is displayed on the first (lowest numbered) monitor of the block. The second alarm is displayed on the next lowest numbered monitor of the block, and so on. When all monitors in a given block are displaying alarm video signals, all subsequent alarms are either held in queue or sequenced until the displayed alarms are cleared depending on the monitor alarm queuing method.
− Dual Hold – an incoming alarm is displayed
and held on the first of the pair of monitors until cleared. All subsequent alarms are queued in order on the second monitor until the current held alarm is cleared from the first monitor. As alarms are cleared off the first monitor, the stacked alarms on the second monitor are then transferred to the first monitor.
− Dual Sequence – an incoming alarm is
displayed and held on the first of the pair of monitors until cleared. All subsequent alarms are queued in order on the second monitor until the current held alarm is cleared from the first monitor. As alarms are cleared off the first monitor, the sequenced alarms on the second monitor are transferred to the first monitor.
− Disarmed – The monitor does not receive
alarms.
• Status – From a dropdown list, you can define
the selected monitor for either hold or sequence status.
− Hold – Alarm remains on the monitor until
cleared
− Sequence – Alarms are sequenced on the
monitor until cleared
• Acknowledgement – The Acknowledgement
field allows you to determine how alarms will be cleared for the selected monitor. Options are:
− Instant – an alarm resets immediately at its
source when the triggering device returns to
normal. For example, a door opens and activates the alarm: Closing the door clears the alarm instantly. An operator can manually override this alarm.
− Auto – an alarm resets at its source after a 20-
second delay. For example, a door opens and activates an alarm. The door is closed immediately, but the alarm will not clear unless the door remains closed for a 20-second interval. An operator can manually override this alarm.
− Manual Ack. – an operator must clear the
alarm using a keyboard command.
− Instant No Ack. – Alarm resets instantly after
alarm condition goes away. No acknowledgement from the operator is permitted.
− Auto No Ack. – Alarm resets 20 seconds after
alarm condition goes away. No acknowledgement from the operator is permitted.
• Group these monitors together
You can define several monitors as a group (or block) for the purpose of displaying multiple cameras or Salvo alarms. To create a group:
1. Select a range of monitors in the Number of
Monitors field.
2. Select Block in the Type field.
3. Click the box next to “Group these monitors
together.”
Click OK to display the new monitor arming configuration or Cancel to close the dialog box without displaying the monitor arming configuration. Remember to save and transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.
After clicking OK, the system will automatically assign the same group number to each monitor in the group. The group number will be the same as the first monitor number in the group.
For example, suppose you create a group comprised of five monitors starting at monitor number 12. The system will assign monitor numbers 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 to the five monitors, but they will share the number 12 as their group number.
Even though monitors are assigned in a contiguous block, the armed monitors can be selectively disarmed by changing the Type field to “Disarmed” for each one that you do not want to be armed. However, you cannot interleave monitor blocks.
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Contact Arming

The Contact Arming screen enables you to assign a group of contacts in an alarm table to a monitor.
Figure 77. Contact Arming screen
To begin assigning a group of contacts to a monitor from the Alarms – Monitor screen:
1. Click on a monitor.
2. Click the Contact Arming tab. The selected monitor number appears just below the tab in the Monitor field.
3. Click Add on the right side of the screen. The Add Contacts dialog box appears (
39).
page
Figure 78. Add Contacts dialog
Figure 78 on
Deleting Contacts
To delete contacts assigned to a monitor as defined in the Contact Arming tab, do the following:
1. In the upper screen, click on the monitor that contains the contact(s) to be deleted.
2. Click on the contact(s) in the lower screen to be deleted, and then press Remove on the right side of the screen.

Event Timers

The Event Timers tab in the Alarms – Monitor screen allows you to view and delete event timer information that is associated with selected monitors.
Note: Event timers displayed in this screen are for information only, and they cannot be added or edited here. You must define event timers in the Switching – Event Timer screen as described on page
Viewing Event Timers
To view event timer information from the Alarms – Monitor screen:
35.
The Add Contacts dialog provides three options.
1. To select an option, click the button beside the option, and complete the required information. Options are:
− Replace with the following sequence – enter
a range of monitors, for example, 1-256.
− Add a single Contact – Click the up or down
arrows to select a contact.
− Add a range of Contacts – Click the up or
down arrows on the “from” and “to” fields to select a range of contacts.
1. Click on a monitor in the upper screen.
2. Click the Event Timers tab on the Alarms – Monitor screen.
Figure 79. Event timers screen
Deleting Event Timers
To delete an event timer definition:
1. Click on a monitor in the upper screen.
2. Click the header of the row in the lower screen that contains the event timer definition to be deleted.
3. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
2. Click OK to save your contact choices or Cancel
to close the dialog box without saving your choices.
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Figure 80. Delete Rows dialog
4. Click Yes to delete the event timer definition or No to close the dialog box without deleting the
definition.

Creating Alarm Monitor/ Contact Tables

Alarm Monitor/Contact Tables allow you to associate alarm contacts with cameras or Salvos, Presets, and auxiliaries. You can set the alarm dwell time, auxiliary states, connections, and the locations of each alarm contact.
Click on Alarms – Contact Definitions to begin. The following screen appears (
Figure 81. Alarms – contact definitions screen
Figure 81).
• Preset or Pattern – Indicates a Preset (0-96) or a
Pattern number (0-3) assigned to the camera number or Salvo selected above. Enter the number of a Preset or Pattern for the corresponding camera number or Salvo field as follows:
Figure 82. Contact Definitions Preset or Pattern
Dropdown List
− For a Preset number, enter a numeric value into the Preset or Pattern field. Ensure there is no prefix displayed as part of the numeric value entered. If the “Pat” prefix is displayed, select “General Preset Number” from the dropdown list to remove it.
− For a Pattern number, enter a numeric value, and then select “Pattern Specific Number” from the dropdown list. The numeric value entered will now contain a “Pat” prefix.
To create Alarm Monitor/Contact Tables, complete the following fields:
• Contact No. – Determined by the following:
MPCPU port designation Alarms (1-1024), Alarms (1025-2048), Alarms (2049-3072), or Alarms (3073-4096), and either:
− The physical contact point on the AD2096A Alarm Interface Unit and the AD2096A DIP­switch settings, or
− The dome address and the AD2083-xx RS-422 Distributor’s DIP-switch setting for the Number of Alarm Contacts per Dome
• Camera or Salvo – Specifies the camera pseudo
number or Salvo to be called when the alarm activates. If the Link field is set to Salvo or Salvo Group Ack, the number in this field refers to the Salvo number.
(See the MegaPower CPU Operator’s Guide, 8200-0421-02, for more information on Presets.)
• Link – Allows linking of a contact definition to
another contact definition, salvo, or wired set of alarm contacts. Linked options are:
– No - Indicates that the alarm contact entry
either is not linked with another alarm contact or is the last entry of a linked group of alarm contacts.
– Yes - Indicates that the alarm contact entry will
be linked to the next alarm contact entry programmed into the system. A group of contacts linked in this way emulates a system Salvo (more than one camera action runs in response to an alarm).
– Salvo - Indicates that the alarm contact entry
will call a Salvo to a block of monitors.
− Wired - Indicates that the alarm contact entry
will be linked to the following entry in a wired set. A wired set is a set of alarm contacts.
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When any member of the set is activated, all members of the set are activated.
Each member of a wired set must be designated as “Wired Set” or “Wired Group Ack,” except the last member of the set, which must be designed as “No,” “No Group Ack,” “Salvo,” or “Salvo Group Ack.”
− No Group Ack, Yes Group Ack, Salvo Group Ack, Wired Group Ack – When an alarm is
cleared manually by a keyboard operator, all alarms in the wired set are cleared.
• Aux – Identifies an auxiliary device to be included
as an action when this alarm activates. Choose from the following:
– Don’t Care – Ignores the auxiliary – Aux 1-4 On – Activates auxiliaries 1, 2, 3, or 4
when an alarm is triggered
– Aux 1-4 Off – Deactivates auxiliaries 1, 2, 3, or
4 when an alarm is triggered
Figure 83. Email Message dialog
• Dwell – When the monitor is armed to sequence
alarms, the dwell time specifies how long an alarm stays on screen before the next alarm in queue takes its place. Options are 1-60 seconds.
• Alarm Message – Message that appears on a
given monitor when an alarm is activated. Alarm messages are created in the Alarm – Alarm Messages screen.
After the alarm message is created, enter the alarm message number in the Alarm Messages field of the Alarm – Contact Definitions screen.
• Email Message – Text of Email message
delivered to recipients designated in the Alarms – Email messages screen (
Figure 86). A message can be sent to any designated Email address in the event of an alarm.
To create an Email message, click on the Email Message field and the following appears:
− <<Add New…>> – When you select this, click
again outside this field and the following dialog box appears (
Figure 83).
1. To prepare an Email message, complete the following fields in the dialog box:
– Host Address – Enter the IP address of the
host Email server.
– Send To: – Section that allows up to three
Email addresses to be designated.
– Email Address – Enter each Email address
that you want the message to go to.
– Subject – Enter a subject line that briefly
describes the action to take in the event an alarm occurs.
– Message – Add descriptive text that will
help the reader to understand what needs to be accomplished.
2. Click OK to save and close the dialog box.
• Alarm Trigger – Enables the configuring of dome
input alarms. The first two columns, Dome and Dome Input can be edited while the third column, Video Loss Camera (range) is read-only.
Figure 84. Alarm Trigger Columns
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– Dome – Enter a Camera Number (pseudo
number) of a dome configured for input alarming (1-9999).
– Dome Input – Enter a value in the range of
1-4. This entry is the dome input alarm contact number.
– Video Loss Camera (range) – This column is
read-only and displays any camera ranges that have a video loss contact set. These contact sets are configured in the Definitions – Cameras screen.

Alarm Messages

• Address 1 – Enter the Email address of the 1st
person that you want the message to go to.
• Address 2 – Enter the Email address of the 2nd
person that you want the message to go to.
• Address 3 – Enter the Email address of the 3rd
person that you want the message to go to.
• Subject – Enter the subject text that you want to
appears in the subject header of the Email message. The subject can contain a maximum of 16 characters.
• Body – Enter the text of the Email message.
The Alarms – Alarm Messages screen allows you to enter the text for an alarm message and assign a number to this alarm message. The alarm message can be up to 16 characters in length. The number assigned to the message can then be entered in the Alarm Messages field of the Alarms – Contact Definitions screen.
This message text appears on a monitor when the monitor is in an alarm state.
Figure 85. Alarms – alarm messages screen

Email Messages

The Alarms – Email Messages screen (Figure 86) allows you to create an Email message that can be sent to up to three Email addresses in the event of an alarm.
Figure 86. Alarms – Email messages screen

Defining System Devices

The definitions section of EASY CPU allows you to identify, define, and set up cameras, keyboards, satellite sites, and recording devices. Click on the Definition links in the Explore menu to begin.
Figure 87. Definitions links

Defining Cameras

The Definitions – Cameras screen allows you to create pseudo camera numbers, camera titles, and title positions on the monitor display. You can also identify the remote site that provides the video trunk to the selected local camera input, the remote monitor output, the type of camera, and its location.
Additionally, when you define cameras, you can also set up alarm contacts and Salvo call-ups.
Complete the following fields:
• From Address – Enter the Email address of the
account sending the Email.
• Number – Enter an identification number for the
Email message.
• Host Name – Enter the IP address of the host
Email server.
Tool tips pop-up explanations appear whenever the cursor hovers over a column heading.
Click on the Definitions – Cameras link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
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Figure 88. Definitions – Cameras screen
The Definitions – Cameras screen can be split into an upper and lower screen.
• The upper screen shows existing camera definitions and allows you to add new definitions.
All of the fields can be edited except the Dome/PTZ Connection and Dome/PTZ Address, which are read-only fields. The Dome/PTZ Connection field displays codes identifying the connection type: M for Manchester, S for SensorNet, and R for RS-232/ RS-485. This field is also highlighted in red if the connection is configured to go out the ADDL. The Dome/PTZ Address shows the address configured for the dome.
The Calling Contacts and Salvo Contacts fields only display a range value until selected for edit.
• The lower screen only appears when either the Calling Contacts field or Salvo Callups field is selected, and provides a tab that allows you to do the following:
− Calling Contacts – View and edit alarm
contacts associated to call a camera. See
Adding and Deleting Calling Contacts to Cameras on page
44.
− Salvo Callups – View and edit Salvo call-ups
associated with selected cameras. See Associating Salvo Callups to Cameras on
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Adding Camera Definitions

You can create and edit camera definitions.
1. To add new camera definitions, click Add on the
right side of the screen. The Add Cameras dialog box appears.
Figure 89. Add Cameras dialog
2. Complete the following fields:
• Number of Cameras – Enter the number of
cameras you want to define. The system will number these cameras consecutively starting with the next highest available number. Camera numbers identify the video input connection number on the switcher.
Note: If multiple cameras are defined at the same time, they share the same video loss detection, site, output, pan/tilt, alarm number, and location. You can edit each camera’s definition after they have been created.
• Pseudo Number – Pseudo numbers are
unique identifiers you can give cameras to help identify their location or purpose. For example, you could number the cameras on the first floor of a building starting with 1000, such as: 1001, 1002, 1003, etc. You could use 2000 for second floor cameras, 3000 for third floor cameras and so on.
The pseudo number is assigned starting with the first camera you specify and is incremented by 1 for each additional camera specified.
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Note: By default, pseudo numbers in this dialog box match the physical camera numbers. In all other screens and dialogs, references to camera numbers are actually references to the defined pseudo numbers.
• Title 1 – You can create a two-line title for
each camera that will display on the monitor when the camera is called. Title 1 is the upper line of the title and can be up to eight characters or digits in length with the pseudo number appended to the title. Titles over eight characters are truncated.
• Title 2 – Title 2 allows you to create the lower
line of a two-line camera title. Title 2 can be up to eight characters or digits in length.
• Video Loss Detection – Provides video loss
detection alarming. You can set video loss detection for the following conditions:
− Off – Video loss detection not enabled
− Sync – To detect the presence or loss of
the synchronized portion of the video signal
− Low – To detect low picture content
Editing Camera Definitions
Once a camera is defined, you can edit the definition by highlighting the information in the desired field and entering new information.
For example, to position Title1 on the monitor, click on the Center Title1 field, and choose the desired title position from the dropdown menu that appears: Left, Center, Right, or None (no title will be displayed).

Adding and Deleting Calling Contacts to Cameras

The Calling Contacts tab allows you to specify the alarm contacts associated with the highlighted camera.
To view and edit this tab, double-click on the Calling Contacts field in the highlighted camera row.
Figure 90. Cameras Calling Contacts tab screen
− Medium – To detect medium picture
content
− High – To detect high picture content
Note: For detailed information on configuring
for video loss detection, go to
APPENDIX F:
Configuring Video Loss Detection on
71.
page
• Site – Identifies the remote site that provides
the video trunk inputs to the selected local camera.
• Output – Identifies the monitor output from the
remote site that is connected to the selected local camera input.
• Alarm Number – Specifies an alarm contact
number to activate when video loss is detected on this video input. See alarm contact definitions and
Video Loss Detection on page
APPENDIX F: Configuring
71.
3. Click OK to display the new definition or Cancel to close the dialog box without displaying the definition.
Note: Remember to save or transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.
The Calling Contacts tab contains the following fields:
• Contact No. – Number of the alarm contact
associated with the camera
• Preset or Pattern – Pattern or preset number
associated with the camera
• Link – Choose either No, Yes, Wired, No Group Ack, Yes Group Ack, or Wired Group Ack
• Aux – Choose either Don’t Care, Aux 1 On, Aux 2 On, Aux 3 On, Aux 4 On, Aux 1 Off, Aux 2 Off, Aux 3 Off, or Aux 4 Off
• Dwell – Enter the dwell time in seconds
• Alarm Message – Enter the alarm message
number to be associated with the camera.
Note: Alarm messages are first created in the Alarms – Alarm Messages screen.
• Email Message – Enter the Email message number to be associated with the camera.
Note: Email messages are first created in the Alarms – Email Messages screen.
To close the Calling Contacts tab, click the Close
Grid button
on the right side of the screen.
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Deleting Calling Contacts
To delete calling contacts:
1. Click on a camera in the upper screen.
2. Click the header of the row in the lower screen that contains the calling contact to be deleted.
3. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
Figure 91. Delete Rows dialog
assigned in Column 3 (Preset or Pattern) of the Switching – Salvo– Cameras tab screen.
• Aux – Displays the On, Off, or Don’t Care state of
devices designated as Aux 1, Aux 2, or Aux 3 when that camera is called by this salvo. This parameter is assigned in Column 4 (Aux) of the Switching – Salvo – Cameras tab screen.
• Link – Displays the link state. Options are: – No – The salvo will not execute any parameters
beyond those defined in that row.
– Yes – The salvo will link to and execute the
next line.
– Salvo – The salvo will link to and execute the
next salvo.
To close the Salvo Callups tab, click the Close Grid
button
on the right side of the screen.
4. Click Yes to delete the calling contact or No to
close the dialog box without deleting the calling contact.

Associating Salvo Callups to Cameras

The Salvo Callups tab allows you to specify the Salvos associated with the highlighted camera.
To view and edit Salvo callups from the Definitions – Cameras screen, double-click on the Salvo Callups field in the highlighted camera row.
Figure 92. Salvo callups screen
The Salvo Callups tab displays the following information:
Deleting Salvo Callups
To delete salvo callups:
1. Click on a camera in the upper screen.
2. Click the header of the row in the lower screen that contains the salvo callup to be deleted.
3. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
Figure 93. Delete Rows dialog
4. Click Yes to delete the salvo callup or No to close the dialog box without deleting the salvo callup.
• SalvoNumber – Displays the Salvos associated with selected cameras.
• Position – Number associated with a salvo, as defined in Column 1 (Position) of the Switching – Salvo – Cameras tab screen.
• Preset or Pattern – Displays the number assigned to the preset coordinates or pattern moves that the camera will execute when that camera is called by this salvo. This number is
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Defining Keyboards

The Definitions – Keyboards screen allows you to identify keyboards and the ports that connect them.
Click on the Definitions – Keyboards link in the Explore menu to begin. The Keyboards screen appears.
Figure 94. Definitions – Keyboards screen
The Definitions – Keyboards screen is split into an upper and lower screen
• The upper screen shows existing keyboard definitions and allows you to create new definitions.
• The lower screen provides two tabs that allow you to set up monitor access and site access for each keyboard.
− System Port Number – Enter the port number
of the keyboard’s connection to the MegaPower CPU. The MegaPower CPU can support up to 128 keyboards using port expansion modules. Port expansion modules convert a single port into four ports. When a port expansion module is connected to a port, port numbering adds an alpha character (a, b, c, d) to each port number; for example, port one becomes ports 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; port two becomes ports 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, and so on.
− Expansion Port – Choose the port on the
expansion port module (if the MegaPower CPU is so equipped) that the keyboard will connect to. The choices are a, b, c, or d.
− Name – Enter a name for the keyboard using
alpha or numeric characters.
3. Click OK to display the new definition or Cancel
to close the dialog box without displaying the definition.
Note: Remember to save or transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.
Editing and Deleting Keyboard Definitions
Once a keyboard is defined, you can edit the definition by highlighting the information in the desired field and typing in new information.
To delete a keyboard definition:
1. Click on the leftmost blue portion of the row in the upper screen containing the keyboard definition. The entire row turns blue.

Adding Keyboard Definitions

You can create, edit, and delete keyboard definitions.
Row dialog box appears.
Figure 96. Delete Row dialog
1. To add new keyboard definitions, click Add on the
right side of the screen. The Add Keyboard dialog
2. Press Delete on the PC keyboard. The Delete
box appears (
Figure 95 on page 46).
Figure 95. Add Keyboard dialog
3. Click Yes to delete the keyboard definition or No to retain the keyboard definition.
Adding Monitor Access to Keyboards
The Monitor Access tab on the Definitions –
2. To add keyboards, complete the following fields:
Keyboards screen allows you to enable selected keyboards to access monitors.
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Figure 97. Definitions – keyboards monitor
access screen
To begin associating monitors with keyboards from the Definitions – Keyboards screen:
1. Click on a keyboard.
2. Click the Monitor Access tab. The selected keyboard number appears just below the tab in the keyboard field.
3. Click Add on the right side of the screen. The Add (Replace) Monitors dialog box appears.
Figure 98. Add (Replace) Monitors dialog
2. Click Add on the right side of the lower screen.
The Add Monitors to monitor access dialog box appears.
Figure 99. Add Monitors to Monitor Access dialog
3. Enter the numbers of the monitors or range of monitors you want to associate with a specific keyboard.
The Add (Replace) Monitors dialog provides three options.
4. To select an option, click the button beside it and complete the required information. Options are:
− Replace with the following sequence – enter
a range of monitors, for example, 1-256.
− Add a single Monitor – Click the up or down
arrows to select a monitor.
− Add a range of Monitors – Click the up or
down arrows on the “from” and “to” fields to select a range of monitors.
5. Click OK to save your monitor choices or Cancel to close the dialog box without saving your choices.
Adding a Range of Monitors
To add monitors or a range of monitors:
For example,
Figure 100 displays a range of monitors for Keyboard 1. The range of monitors are 1, 5, 8 through 10, and 55 through 128. When entering the monitors, each monitor number or range of monitor numbers is separated by a comma. They appear as separate rows in the lower screen.
Figure 100. Adding a range of monitors
Adding Site Access to Keyboards
The Site Access tab on the Definitions – Keyboards screen allows you to enable selected keyboards to gain access to satellite sites.
Figure 101. Site access screen
To begin enabling site access from the Definitions – Keyboards screen:
1. Click the Monitor Access tab in the lower screen.
1. Click on a keyboard.
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2. Click the Site Access tab. The selected keyboard number appears just below the tab in the keyboard field.
3. Click Add on the right side of the screen. The Add Sites dialog box appears.
Figure 102. Add Sites dialog

Configuring Keyboard/User Keyboards and Priorities

The Definitions – Keyboard/User Priorities screen allows the administrator to assign priority access levels to individual keyboards.
Priority levels determine whether the keyboard can perform special functions, such as camera lock, override, system reset, and others. You create priority levels within the Priority Settings tab on the Keyboard/Users Priorities screen.

Defining the Keyboard/User Keyboards Configuration

To define the Keyboard/User Priorities – Keyboards configuration, do the following:
The Add Sites dialog provides three options. To select an option:
1. Click the button beside it and complete the required information. Options are:
− Replace with the following sequence – Enter
a range of satellite sites; for example: 1-30.
− Add a single Site – Click the up or down
arrows to select a satellite site.
− Add a range of Sites – Click the up or down
arrows on the “from” and “to” fields to select a range of satellite sites.
2. Click OK to save your site choices or Cancel to close the dialog box without saving your choices.
Removing Monitor or Site Access
To remove monitor or site access, do the following:
1. In the upper screen, click on the keyboard that contains the monitor to be deleted.
2. In the lower screen, click on the monitor or site access to be deleted, and then press Remove on the right side of the screen.
1. Click on Keyboard/User Priorities link in the Explore menu to begin.
Important: Depending of the setting of the User Enable Logon checkbox in the System – Options dialog box, one of two screens will appear.
User Enable Logon checkbox settings:
− Unchecked –
assigning of keyboard priorities.
− Checked –
assigning of user priorities and passcodes.
Figure 103. Definitions – keyboard/user priorities
keyboard setup screen
2. In the Keyboards tab, complete the following fields:
Figure 103 appears and permits
Figure 104 appears and permits
− Keyboard No. – Identifies the keyboard by its
physical connection to the CPU.
− Priority – Identifies the priority level (1-8)
assigned to the selected keyboard.
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Figure 104. Definitions – keyboard/user priorities
users setup screen
3. In the Users tab, complete the following fields:
− User No. – Numeric reference assigned by the
administrator that identifies individual users.
− Priority – Identifies the priority level (1-8) assigned to the user.
− Passcode – Displays the passcode for access to system resources, such as cameras and monitors.

Configuring the Keyboard/User Priority Settings

2. In the Priorities Settings tab, complete the following fields:
− Priority No. – Identifies a level (1-8) to this
priority (1 = lowest priority, 8 = highest priority).
− Reset System – If enabled, the selected
priority level can clear all programmed information from the CPU and return to factory defaults.
− Lock Camera – If enabled, the selected priority
level can lock the control of a camera (equal or lower priority levels will have view-only capability).
− Override – If enabled, the selected priority
level can override the keyboard/camera view and control partitioning restrictions.
− Menu Access – If enabled, the selected priority
level can access menu programming.
− Change Parameters – If enabled, the selected
priority level can edit system parameters through menu programming (must have menu access).
− Add User – If enabled, the selected priority
level can add new users.
The Keyboard/User Priorities setup allows you to create up to eight priority levels that can be assigned to keyboards and users. Each priority level grants a different level of permission for control of cameras or the system.
To configure the Keyboard/User priority settings, do the following within the Priority Settings tab:
1. Click on Keyboard/User Priorities link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 105. Definitions – keyboard/user priorities
settings screen
Deleting Keyboard/User Priorities Settings
To delete a keyboard, user, or priority settings:
1. Click on the appropriate tab.
2. Click on the leftmost blue portion of the row containing the desired definition. The entire row turns blue.
3. Press Delete on the PC keyboard. The Delete Row dialog box appears.
Figure 106. Delete Row dialog
4. Click Yes to delete the definition or No to retain the definition.
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Defining Satellite Sites

The Satellite Sites setup allows you to identify satellite sites and their port connections on the MegaPower CPU.
1. Click on the Definitions – Satellite Sites link to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 107. Satellite sites screen
2. To define satellite sites, complete the following fields:
− Site – Enter the unique site number (1-30) of
the satellite system. The unique site number was created at the satellite site during setup.
− Host Port – Enter the port to which the satellite
is connected on the local MegaPower CPU. The same port must be selected on the System – Port Configuration screen.
− Remote Port – Enter the communication port
on the satellite system.
Deleting Satellite Sites
To delete satellite sites:
1. Click on the leftmost blue portion of the row containing the desired satellite site: The entire row turns blue.

Controlling Access with Partitions

Partitions control user access to cameras, monitors, keyboards, and satellite sites. You can partition cameras to monitors, keyboards to cameras, keyboards to monitors, keyboards to satellite sites, and monitors to cameras ( setting is “no partitions.”
Partitioning provides the following capabilities:
• Camera to Monitor Access – Limits displaying
selected camera video on specified monitors.
• Keyboard to Camera Control Access – Limits
selected keyboards from controlling functions on selected cameras; for example, pan/tilt/zoom, and auxiliaries.
• Keyboard to Camera View Access – Limits
selected keyboards from calling up selected cameras for viewing and from directly accessing video trunk inputs in a satellite network.
• Keyboard to Monitor Access – Limits selected
keyboards from accessing selected monitors and from accessing video trunk outputs in a satellite network.
• Keyboard to Satellite Site Access – Limits
selected local keyboards from accessing all cameras at selected satellite sites.
• Monitor to Camera Access– Limits selected
monitors displaying video from specified camera inputs.
Figure 109. Partitions link
Figure 109). The default
2. Press Delete on the PC keyboard. The Delete Row dialog box appears.
Figure 108. Delete Row dialog
Associating Cameras to
3. Click Yes to delete the satellite site or No to retain the satellite site.
Monitors
The Partitions – Cameras to Monitors screen determines which cameras can be called to which monitors.
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The screen is split into two sections:
• The upper screen displays existing camera definitions and has an Add button in the upper right corner to add new camera definitions. It also has a reset button that allows you to reset camera pseudo numbers to the system default. The range for pseudo numbers is 1-9999.
Further, the upper screen allows you to change (add or delete) monitor access in the Monitor Access column.
• The lower screen has two tabs: Calling Contacts and Salvo Callups, which allow you to set alarm contacts and view salvo callups.
− Calling contacts must first be defined in the
Alarms – Contact Definitions screen. Calling contact changes can be made directly in the Calling Contacts tab’s fields.
− Salvos must first be defined in the Switching –
Salvos screen before they can be viewed in this screen. No changes to Salvos can be made within this tab and is for information only.
Note: Changes made in this screen are also reflected in the Partitions – Monitors to Cameras screen (
Figure 131 on page 59). Also, when pseudo numbers are changed, the changes are reflected wherever the pseudo numbers are referenced, such as alarm contact, salvo, and tour definitions.
Figure 111. Add Cameras dialog
3. To partition cameras to monitors, complete the following fields:
• Number of Cameras – Allows you to enter the
number of cameras you want to define. The system will number these cameras consecutively starting with the next highest available number. Camera numbers identify the video input connection number on the switcher.

Adding Camera Definitions

1. Click on the Partitions – Cameras to Monitors link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 110. Partitions – cameras to monitors
screen
2. Click Add on the right side of the upper screen. The Add Cameras dialog box appears.
Note: If multiple cameras are defined at the same time, they share the same video loss detection, site, output, pan/tilt, alarm number and location. You can edit each camera’s definition after they have been created.
• Pseudo Number. – Unique identifiers you can
give cameras to help identify their location or purpose. For example, you could number the cameras on the first floor of a building starting with 1000, such as: 1001, 1002, 1003, etc. You could use 2000 for second floor cameras, 3000 for third floor cameras and so on.
The pseudo number is assigned starting with the first camera you specify and is incremented by 1 for each additional camera specified.
Note: By default, pseudo numbers in this dialog box match the physical camera numbers (also known as Video Input numbers). In all other screens and dialogs, references to camera numbers are actually references to the defined pseudo numbers.
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• Title 1 – Allows you to create a two-line title
for each camera that will display on the monitor when the camera is called. Title 1 is the upper line of the title and can be up to eight characters or digits in length with the pseudo number appended to the title. Titles over eight characters are truncated.
Note: The CenterTitle1 and Center Title2 columns in the upper screen allow you to position the text shown in the Title1 and Title2 columns on the monitor.
For example, to position Title1 on the monitor, click on the Center Title1 field of the desired camera, and choose the title position from the dropdown menu that appears: Left, Center, Right, or None (no title will be displayed).
• Title 2 – Allows you to create the lower line of
a two-line camera title. Title 2 can be up to eight characters or digits in length.

Editing Camera Definitions

Once a camera is defined, you can edit the definition by highlighting the information in the desired field and entering new information.
Adding a Range of Monitors
1. To add monitors or a range of monitors, double­click on a field in the Monitor Access column of the Partitions – Cameras to Monitors screen.
2. Enter the numbers of the monitors or range of monitors that you want to associate with the camera of the currently highlighted row.
For example, monitors for five different cameras. For Camera 1, the mapped monitors are 1, 5, 8 through10, and 55 through 128. Each monitor number or range of monitor numbers is separated by a comma.
Figure 112 displays a range of
• Video Loss Detection – Provides video loss
detection alarming. You can set video loss detection for the following conditions:
− Off – Video loss detection not enabled
− Sync – To detect the presence of the
vertical synchronization pulse in the video signal
− Low – To detect low picture content
− Medium – To detect medium picture
content
− High – To detect high picture content
• Site – Identifies the remote site that provides
the video trunk inputs to the selected local camera.
• Output – Identifies the monitor output from the
remote site that is connected to the selected local camera input.
• Alarm Number – Specifies an alarm contact
number to activate when video loss is detected on this video input. See alarm contact definitions and
Video Loss Detection on page
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Figure 112. Adding a range of monitors

Changing Calling Contacts

The Calling Contacts tab section allows you to change the alarm contacts associated with the highlighted camera.
Note: Calling contacts must first be defined in the Alarms – Contact Definitions screen.
4. Click OK to display the new definition or Cancel
to close the dialog box without displaying the definition.
Note: Remember to save or transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.
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The Calling Contacts tab contains the following fields:
Associating Keyboards to
Figure 113. Cameras Calling Contacts tab screen
• Contact No. – Number of the alarm contact
associated with the camera
• Preset or Pattern – Preset or Pattern number
associated with the camera
• Link – Choose either No, Yes, Wired, No Group
Ack, Yes Group Ack, or Wired Group Ack
• Aux – Choose either Don’t Care, Aux 1 On, Aux 1
Off, Aux 2 On, Aux 2 Off, Aux 3 On, Aux 3 Off, or Aux 4 On
• Dwell – Enter the dwell time in seconds
• Alarm Message – Enter the alarm message
number to be associated with the camera. Note: Alarm messages are first created in the Alarms – Alarm Messages screen.
• Email Message – Enter the Email message number to be associated with the camera. Note: Email messages are first created in the Alarms – Email Messages screen.

Removing Calling Contacts

To remove calling contacts from a camera:
1. Click on a camera (any cell in the keyboard row) in the upper screen.
2. Click on the calling contact row to be removed in the Calling Contacts tab in the lower screen.
3. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
Figure 114. Delete Rows dialog
Cameras
The Partitions – Keyboards to Cameras screen determines the level of control that keyboard operators can have over cameras.
Click on the Partitions – Keyboards to Cameras link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears (
Figure 115. Partitions – keyboards to cameras
The Partitions – Keyboards to Cameras screen is split into two sections:
• The upper screen shows existing keyboard
Figure 115 on page 53).
screen
definitions and allows you to create new definitions. Ranges for camera view access and camera control access are set up in this screen.
The cameras associated with the keyboard are listed in the Camera View Access and the Camera Control Access columns.
The Camera View Access column allows you to enable selected keyboards to view, but not control, cameras, while the Camera Control Access column allows you to enable selected keyboards to control cameras.
• The lower screen provides two tabs that allow
you to set up monitor and site access for each keyboard.
You can create and delete monitor and site access definitions.
4. Click Yes to delete the calling contact definition or No to retain the definition.
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Adding Keyboard Definitions

Deleting Keyboard Definitions

To add new keyboard definitions:
1. Click Add on the right side of the Partitions – Keyboards to Cameras upper screen. The Add Keyboard dialog box appears.
Figure 116. Add Keyboard dialog
2. To add keyboards, complete the following fields:
• System Port Number – Enter the port number
of the keyboard’s connection to the MegaPower CPU. The MegaPower CPU can support up to 128 keyboards using port expansion modules. Port expansion modules convert a single port into four ports. When a port expansion module is connected to a port, port numbering adds an alpha character (a, b, c, d) to each port number; for example, port one becomes ports 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; port two becomes ports 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, and so on.
• Expansion Port – Choose the port on the port
expansion module (if the MegaPower CPU is so equipped) that the keyboard will connect to. The choices are a, b, c, or d.
1. Click the header of the row in the upper screen that contains the keyboard definition to be deleted.
2. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
Figure 117. Delete Rows dialog
3. Click Yes to delete the keyboard definition or No to retain the definition.

Adding Cameras to Keyboards

To associate cameras with keyboards:
1. Click on a keyboard (any cell in the desired keyboard row) in the upper screen.
2. Double-click in either the Camera View Access or Camera Control Access fields, and enter the desired camera or range of cameras. See a Range of Cameras below for detailed information.
3. Click in another field or press the Tab key on the keyboard to set the new camera definition.
Adding
• Name – Enter a name for the keyboard using
alpha or numeric characters.
3. Click OK to display the new keyboard definition or Cancel to close the dialog box without displaying the definition.
Note: Remember to save or transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.

Editing Keyboard Definitions

Once a keyboard is defined, edit the definition by highlighting the desired field and typing in the information.
Adding a Range of Cameras
Enter the pseudo numbers of the cameras or range of cameras you want to associate with a specific keyboard. The specified range shows all the enabled cameras by their pseudo numbers.
For example, cameras for five different keyboards. For Keyboard 1, the pseudo numbers of the mapped Camera View Access cameras are 1, 3 through 16, and 19 through
1024. Each camera number or range of camera numbers is separated by a comma.
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Figure 118. Adding a range of cameras

Removing Monitors or Satellite Sites Access from Keyboards

1. Click on a keyboard (any cell in the keyboard row) in the upper screen.
2. Do one of the following:
• Click on the monitor access row to be removed
in the Monitor Access tab in the lower screen.
• Click on the site access row to be removed in
the Site Access tab in the lower screen.
3. Click the Remove button on the right side of the lower screen. This removes the specified monitors or satellite sites associated with that keyboard.
The Partitions – Keyboards to Monitors screen is split into two sections:
• The upper screen shows existing keyboard
definitions and allows you to create new definitions.
• The lower screen allows you to set up monitor
access for each keyboard.
You can create, edit, and delete keyboard definitions.

Adding Keyboard Definitions

To add new keyboard definitions:
1. Click Add on the right side of the Partitions –
Keyboards to Monitors upper screen. The Add Keyboard dialog box appears.
Figure 120. Add Keyboard dialog

Associating Keyboards to Monitors

The Partitions – Keyboards to Monitors screen allows keyboard operators to access selected monitors.
Click on the Partitions – Keyboards to Monitors link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 119. Partitions – keyboards to monitors
screen
2. To add keyboards, complete the following fields:
• System Port Number – Enter the port number
of the keyboard’s connection to the MegaPower CPU. The MegaPower CPU can support up to 128 keyboards using port expansion modules. Port expansion modules convert a single port into four ports. When a port expansion module is connected to a port, port numbering adds an alpha character (a, b, c, d) to each port number; for example, port one becomes ports 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; port two becomes ports 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, and so on.
• Expansion Port – Choose the port on the port
expansion module (if the MegaPower CPU is so equipped) that the keyboard will connect to. The choices are a, b, c, or d.
• Name – Enter a name for the keyboard using
alpha or numeric characters.
3. Click OK to display the new keyboard definition or Cancel to close the dialog box without displaying the definition.
Note: Remember to save or transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.
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Editing Keyboard Definitions

Once a keyboard is defined, you can edit the definition by highlighting the desired field and typing in new information.

Deleting Keyboard Definitions

1. Click the header of the row in the upper screen that contains the keyboard definition to be deleted.
2. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
Figure 121. Delete Rows dialog
3. Click Yes to delete the keyboard definition or No to retain the definition and exit.
You can add monitors to keyboards, as well as remove them from keyboards.

Adding Monitors to Keyboards

1. Click Add on the right side of the Monitor Access
screen. The Add (Replace) Monitors dialog box appears.
Figure 123. Add (Replace) Monitors dialog
The Add (Replace) Monitors dialog provides three options. To select an option:

Adding Monitor Access to Keyboards

The Monitor Access tab on the Partitions – Keyboards to Monitors screen allows you to enable selected keyboards to view, but not control, monitors.
To begin associating keyboards with monitors:
Click on a keyboard (any cell in the keyboard row) in the upper screen. This associates the selected keyboard to the monitors listed in the Monitor Access screen (lower screen). The keyboard number appears in the grayed-out Keyboard box.
Figure 122. Monitor access screen
2. Click the button beside the option and complete the required information. The options are:
• Replace with the following sequence –
Enter a range of monitors; for example: 1-256.
• Add a single Monitor – Click the up or down
arrows to select a monitor.
• Add a range of Monitors – Click the up or
down arrows on the “from” and “to” fields to select a range of monitors.
3. Click OK to save your monitor choices or Cancel to close the dialog box without saving your choices.
4. Repeat this procedure for all keyboards.
Adding a Range of Monitors
To add monitors or a range of monitors:
1. Click the Monitor Access tab in the lower screen.
2. Click Add on the right side of the lower screen. The Add Monitors to monitor access dialog box appears.
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Figure 124. Add Monitors to Monitor Access
dialog
3. Enter the numbers of the monitors or range of monitors you want to associate with a specific keyboard.

Associating Keyboards to Satellites

The Partitions – Keyboards to Satellites screen allows you restrict keyboard operators from accessing satellite sites.
Click on the Partitions – Keyboards to Satellites link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears.
Figure 126. Partitions – keyboards to satellites
screen
For example, monitors for Keyboard 1. The range of monitors are 1, 5, 8 through10, and 55 through 128. When entering the monitors, each monitor number or range of monitor numbers is separated by a comma. They appear as separate rows in the lower screen.
Figure 125. Adding a range of monitors
Figure 125 displays a range of

Removing Monitors from Keyboards

To remove monitors from a keyboard:
1. Click on a keyboard (any cell in the keyboard row) in the upper screen.
The Partitions – Keyboards to Satellites screen is split into two sections:
• The upper screen shows existing keyboard
definitions and allows you to create new definitions.
• The lower screen titled Site Access allows you to
set up satellite site access for each keyboard.
You can create, edit, and delete keyboard definitions.

Adding Keyboard Definitions

1. To add new keyboard definitions, Click Add on
the right side of the Partitions – Keyboards to Satellites upper screen. The Add Keyboard dialog box appears (
Figure 127 on page 58).
2. Click on the monitors to be deleted in the monitor access screen (lower screen).
3. Click the Remove button on the right side of the Monitor Access screen. This removes all the monitors associated with that keyboard.
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Figure 127. Add Keyboard dialog
2. To add keyboards, complete the following fields:
• System Port Number – Enter the port number
of the keyboard’s connection to the MegaPower CPU. The MegaPower CPU can support up to 128 keyboards using port expansion modules. Port expansion modules convert a single port into four ports. When a port expansion module is connected to a port, port numbering adds an alpha character (a, b, c, d) to each port number; for example, port one becomes ports 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; port two becomes ports 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, and so on.
• Expansion Port – Choose the port on the port
expansion module (if the MegaPower CPU is so equipped) that the keyboard will connect to. The choices are a, b, c, or d.
Figure 128. Delete Rows dialog
3. Press Yes to delete the keyboard definition or No
to retain the definition and exit.
You can add monitors to keyboards, as well as remove them from keyboards.

Adding Site Access to Keyboards

The Site Access tab on the Partitions – Keyboards to Satellites screen allows you to enable selected keyboards to view, but not control, satellite sites.
To begin associating keyboards with satellite sites:
Click on a keyboard (any cell in the keyboard row) in the upper screen. This associates the keyboard to the satellite sites listed in the Site Access screen (lower screen). The keyboard number appears in the grayed-out Keyboard box.
• Name – Enter a name for the keyboard using
alpha or numeric characters.
3. Click OK to display the new keyboard definition or Cancel to close the dialog box without displaying the definition.
Note: Remember to save or transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.

Editing Keyboard Definitions

Once a keyboard is defined, you can edit the definition by highlighting the information in the field and typing in new information.

Deleting Keyboard Definitions

1. Click the header of the row in the upper screen that contains the keyboard definition to be deleted.
2. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows screen appears.
Figure 129. Site Access screen
You can add satellite sites to keyboards, as well as remove them from keyboards.
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Adding Satellite Sites to Keyboards

1. Click Add on the right side of the Site Access screen. The Add Sites dialog box appears.
Figure 130. Add Sites dialog
The Add Sites dialog box provides three options. To select an option:

Associating Monitors to Cameras

The Partitions – Monitors to Cameras screen determines which cameras can be called to which monitors. This method of association simplifies partitioning a range of cameras to specific monitors.
If you want to partition multiple cameras so they cannot be accessed by specific monitors, you must configure in the Partitions – Cameras to Monitors screen, the access on a per camera basis rather than on a per monitor basis (as in the Partitions – Monitors to Cameras screen).
Click on the Partitions – Monitors to Cameras link in the Explore menu to begin. The following screen appears (
Figure 131. Partitions – monitors to cameras
Figure 131 on page 59).
screen
2. Click the button beside it and complete the required information. The options are:
• Replace with the following sequence –
Enter a range of sites; for example: 1-30.
• Add a single Site – Click the up or down
arrows to select a site.
• Add a range of Sites – Click the up or down
arrows on the “from” and “to” fields to select a range of sites.
3. Click OK to save your site choices or Cancel to close the dialog box without saving your choices.

Removing Satellite Sites from Keyboards

1. Click on a keyboard (any cell in the keyboard row) in the upper screen.
2. Click on the satellite sites listed on the Site Access screen (lower screen).
3. Click the Remove button on the right side of the site access screen. This removes the satellite sites associated with that keyboard.
The Partitions – Monitors to Cameras screen is split into two sections:
• The upper screen shows existing monitor
definitions and allows you to create new definitions.
• The lower screen allows you to set up contact
arming and view event timers for each monitor.
Note: Changes made in this screen are also reflected in the Partitions – Cameras to Monitors screen (
You can create and edit monitor definitions.
Figure 110 on page 51).
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Adding Monitor Definitions

1. Click Add on the right side of the upper screen. The Add Monitors dialog box appears.
Figure 132. Add Monitors dialog
2. To partition monitors to cameras, complete the following fields:
• Number of Monitors – Specify the monitor by
number.
• Type – Defining the type of monitor
determines how the monitor treats incoming alarms. From a dropdown list, you can define each monitor as:
− Single – Incoming alarms are displayed on
a single monitor. Multiple alarms received at a single monitor will be either sequenced or held based on the monitor’s alarm queuing method. For an explanation of alarm queuing methods, refer to Monitor Arming Methods on page
− Block – Incoming alarms are displayed on a
block (group) of monitors with which they are associated. The first incoming alarm is displayed on the first (lowest numbered) monitor of the block. The second alarm is displayed on the next lowest numbered monitor of the block, and so on. When all monitors in a given block are displaying alarm video signals, all subsequent alarms are either held in queue or sequenced until the displayed alarms are cleared depending on the monitor alarm queuing method.
− Dual Hold – An incoming alarm is displayed
and held on the monitor until cleared. All subsequent alarms are queued in order until the current held alarm is cleared.
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− Dual Sequence – Incoming alarms are
displayed in sequence on an armed monitor and will cycle continuously until cleared. Each alarm will be displayed for a pre­programmed dwell time before it is succeeded by the next received alarm.
− Disarmed – The monitor does not receive
alarms.
• Status – From a dropdown list, you can define
the selected monitor for either hold or sequence status.
− Hold – Alarm remains on the monitor until
cleared
− Sequence – Alarms are sequenced on the
monitor until cleared
• Acknowledgement – This field allows you to
determine how alarms will be cleared for the selected monitor. Options are:
− Instant – An alarm resets immediately at its
source when the triggering device returns to normal. For example, a door opens and activates the alarm: Closing the door clears the alarm instantly. An operator can manually override this alarm.
− Auto – An alarm resets at its source after a
20-second delay. For example, a door opens and activates an alarm. The door is closed immediately, but the alarm will not clear unless the door remains closed for a 20-second interval. An operator can manually override this alarm.
− Manual Ack. – An operator must clear the
alarm using a keyboard command.
− Instant No Ack. – Alarm resets instantly
after alarm condition goes away. No acknowledgement from the operator is permitted.
− Auto No Ack. – Alarm resets 20 seconds
after alarm condition goes away. No acknowledgement from the operator is permitted.
• Group these monitors together – You can
define several monitors as a group (or block) for the purpose of displaying multiple cameras or Salvo alarms. To create a group:
a. Select a range of monitors in the Number of
Monitors field.
b. Select Block in the Type field.
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c. Click the box next to “Group these monitors
together.”
d. Click OK to display the new monitor arming
configuration or Cancel to close the dialog box without displaying the monitor arming configuration. Remember to save and transfer your changes before closing EASY CPU.
After clicking OK, the system will automatically assign the same group number to each monitor in the group. The group number will be the same as the first monitor number in the group.
For example, suppose you create a group comprised of five monitors starting at monitor number 12. The system will assign monitor numbers 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 to the five monitors, but they will share the number 12 as their group number.
Even though monitors are assigned in a contiguous block, the armed monitors can be selectively disarmed by changing the Type field to “Disarmed” for each one that you do not want to be armed. However, you cannot interleave monitor blocks.

Contact Arming

The Contact Arming tab screen enables you to assign a group of contacts in an alarm table to a monitor.
Figure 134. Contact Arming tab screen
Adding Contacts
To begin assigning a group of contacts to a monitor from the Partitions – Monitors to Cameras screen:
1. Click on a monitor in the upper screen.
2. Click the Contact Arming tab in the lower screen. The selected monitor number(s) appear just below the tab in the Monitor field.
3. Click Add on the right side of the lower screen. The Add Contacts dialog box appears.
Figure 135. Add Contacts dialog

Adding a Range of Cameras

1. To add cameras or a range of cameras, double­click on a field in the Camera Range column of the Partitions – Monitors to Cameras screen.
2. Enter the pseudo numbers of the cameras or range of cameras that you want to associate with the monitor of the currently highlighted row. The specified range shows all the enabled cameras by their pseudo numbers.
For example, cameras for four different monitors. For Monitor 1, the mapped cameras are 1, 3 through 16, and 19 through 1024. Each camera number or range of camera numbers is separated by a comma.
Figure 133. Adding a range of cameras
Figure 133 displays a range of
The Add Contacts dialog provides three options.
1. To select an option, click the button beside the option, and complete the required information. Options are:
• Replace with the following sequence –
enter a range of monitors, for example, 1-256.
• Add a single Contact – Click the up or down
arrows to select a contact.
• Add a range of Contacts – Click the up or
down arrows on the “from” and “to” fields to select a range of contacts.
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2. Click OK to save your contact choices or Cancel
to close the dialog box without saving your choices.
Deleting Contacts
To delete contacts assigned to a monitor defined in the Contact Arming tab, do the following:
1. In the upper screen, click on the monitor that contains the contact(s) to be deleted.
2. Click on the contact(s) in the lower screen to be deleted, and then click Remove on the right side of the screen.
Figure 137. Delete Rows dialog
4. Click Yes to delete the event timer definition or No to close the dialog box without deleting the
definition.

Event Timers

The Event Timers tab allows you to view or delete event timer information that is associated with selected monitors.
Note: Event timers displayed in this screen are for information only, and they cannot be added or edited here, but they can be deleted. You must define event timers in the Switching – Event Timer screen as described on page
Viewing Event Timers
To view event timer information from the Partitions – Monitors to Cameras screen:
1. Click on a monitor in the upper screen.
2. Click the Event Timers tab in the lower screen.
Figure 136. Event timers screen
Deleting Event Timers
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Performing a Ping Test

A ping test checks and verifies the state of communications between camera domes and the MegaPower CPU. The ping test also reports configuration information from the camera dome for display on the EASY CPU camera status screen. Refer to information on the camera status screen.
To initiate a ping test, enter the special function key
29-F1 on your keyboard. Refer to Auxiliary Key Code Functions on page
listing of keyboard special function keys.
• At the start of a ping test, the mnemonic and flash
• As the test progresses, the monitor displays the
A ping test allows concurrent testing of up to ten domes to different monitors.
Camera Status on page 25 for detailed
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version number data are displayed on a selected monitor for a few seconds before the ping test data is collected and displayed for the remainder of the test.
number of transmission attempts and the number of failure counts (up to 6 digits) of the attempts that failed to receive a reply from the dome.
To delete an event timer definition:
1. Click on a monitor in the upper screen.
2. Click the header of the row in the lower screen that contains the event timer definition to be deleted.
3. Press the keyboard Delete key of the PC running EASY CPU. The Delete Rows dialog box appears.
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Other Declarations

Declarations

Regulatory Compliance
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APPENDIX B: MegaPower CPU System Defaults

• IP Address – 192.168.0.1
• Subnet Mask – 255.255.0.0
• Default Gateway – 0.0.0.0
• Host Name – UltraMP
• Port Configurations – Ports 1 – 32
– Type – Keyboard
– Baud Rate – 1200 bps
– Parity – None
– Data Bits – 8
– Stop Bits – 1
– Location – Blank
• Salvo – None created
• Tour – None created
• Event Timer – None created
• Alarms – One contact table predefined; no others
created
• Alarm Messages – None created
• Email messages – None created
• Definitions – Cameras – None created
• Definitions – Keyboards – None created
• Definitions – Keyboard/User Priorities – None
created
• Satellite Sites – None created
• Partitions – Cameras to Monitors – Full access
• Partitions – Cameras to Keyboards – Full
access
• Partitions – Keyboards to Monitors – Full
access
• Partitions – Keyboards to Satellites – Full
access
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APPENDIX C: MegaPower CPU Front Panel
LCD Menu Structure
This appendix illustrates the hierarchy of screens that can be accessed on the MegaPower CPU liquid-crystal display (LCD).
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APPENDIX D: Port Number Assignments

The MegaPower CPU IP port source and destination port numbers must be programmed; otherwise, communication with external devices will not occur.
Purpose Protocol
(3)
Activity Logging
(1)
EASY CPU
Snapshot
(1)
Setting Time/ Firmware Upgrade
NTP
(1)
(2)
UDP
Alarm Email
IP Address Assignment
TCP
(1)
UDP
UDP
UDP
(2)
TCP
UDP
(2)
514 Any Used as a server to listen for requests asking to initiate
(4)
4001 Any Used to communicate (to the EASY CPU or any other such
(4)
Any 69 Used for sending JPEG images taken from a camera. Uses
(4)
69 Any Used to set or retrieve MPCPU calendar time. Uses TFTP
(4)
123 123 NTP (Network Time Protocol) provides time synch between
(3)
Any 25 This port of the server to which the MPCPU sends Email
(4)
68 67 Port 68 (source) assigns the IP address and is used for
MPCPU
Port
PC
Port
Description
activity logging. These requests are normally sent from the activity logging client. Once a request is received and the connection is established, the port is used as the source for sending the activity logging data.
program) all available status or information data. This port works as a server where each received request produces one or more replies to the requesting client (usually to the EASY CPU).
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) for image transfer.
(Trivial File Transfer Protocol) for the calendar time data transfer.
the MPCPU and network systems.
messages in response to an alarm.
DHCP when enabled. Port 67 Bootstrap Protocol Server (destination) is the listening port on boot and DHCP servers. Clients broadcast to this port for boot or network parameters.
Notes:
(1)
MPCPU specific
(2)
Network specified
(3)
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
(4)
UDP (User Datagram Protocol).
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APPENDIX E: Auxiliary Key Code Functions

The following special function keys enable you, using the keyboard, to manually operate and control cameras.

F1 Special Function Keys

Function Action
F1
1-F1
2-F1
4-F1
19-F1
21-F1
22-F1
23-F1
29-F1
30-F1
31-F1
32-F1
33-F1
Releases keyboard control of video trunk
Unlocks the current camera
Locks the current camera
Take snapshot of currently selected monitor and store on a remote IP server
Flip Camera 180°
Run Pattern 1
Run Pattern 2
Run Pattern 3
Ping Dome
(1)
Reset Dome
Go to start of Pattern 1
Go to start of Pattern 2
Go to start of Pattern 3
(1)
(1)
(1)

F2 Special Function Keys

Function Action
1-F2
2-F2
3-F2
4-F2
5-F2
6-F2
7-F2
8-F2
21-F2
22-F2
23-F2
Sets on-screen Time and Date display ON
Sets on-screen Time and Date display OFF
Sets Camera Title, Number, & Status display ON
Sets Camera Title, Number, & Status display OFF
Displays titles & date/time at the top of the screen
Displays titles & date/time at the bottom of the screen
Sets on-screen Time, Date, & Title display ON
Sets on screen Time, Date, & Title display OFF
Sets date format to month-day-year (MM-DD-YY)
Sets date format to day-month-year (DD-MM-YY)
Sets date format to year-month-day (YY-MM-DD)
Function Action
41-F1
42-F1
43-F1
44-F1
69-F1
70-F1
71-F1
99-F1
Auto Repeat Pattern 1
Auto Repeat Pattern 2
Auto Repeat Pattern 3
Run Apple Peel Pattern
(1)
Return to Auto Iris/Auto Focus
Set Aux 4 Off
Set Aux 4 On
Logoff from passcode Logon
Note:
(1)
For SensorNet and RS-422 domes connected via Direct
Connection only.
Function Action
24-F2
38-F2
39-F2
41-F2
42-F2
43-F2
44-F2
45-F2
46-F2
47-F2
48-F2
Steps through date formats
Enter/Exit Line Lock phase adjustment mode
Enter/Exit Line Lock phase adjustment mode (same as 38-F2)
Sets date format to month-day-year (MM-DD-YY)
Sets date format to day-month-year (DD-MM-YY)
Sets date format to year-month-day (YY-MM-DD)
Steps through date formats
Disables bell at keyboard for all RS-232 ports
Enables bell at keyboard for all RS-232 ports
Disables bell signal transmissions to selected keyboard
Enables bell signal transmissions to selected keyboard
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Function Action
Entering this key combination implies that you will also enter another 2-digit F2 code
55-F2
60-F2
61-F2
62-F2
63-F2
64-F2
65-F2
66-F2
67-F2
70-F2
91-F2
92-F2
93-F2
98-F2
99-F2
100-F2
101-F2
102-F2
103-F2
104-F2
105-F2
106-F2
107-F2
108-F2
combination within three seconds: 99-F2 ­System Reset or 98-F2 – Reset to Factory Defaults
Displays current day of week
Sets day of week to Sunday
Sets day of week to Monday
Sets day of week to Tuesday
Sets day of week to Wednesday
Sets day of week to Thursday
Sets day of week to Friday
Sets day of week to Saturday
Momentarily displays software version number as “V - - -” in the camera title field of the selected monitor
Changes which unit is Active
Writes app data (cameras selected on keyboards and other info) to Flash. Entering 92-F2 ten seconds before a front panel reset eliminates the need to resynchronize cameras to monitors
Loads the dynamically defined character set to the BVOM
Used in combination with 55-F2 to reset the MPCPU to factory defaults, except the direct port settings. This function does nothing by itself.
Used in combination with 55-F2 to reset the MPCPU. This function does nothing by itself.
Sets video loss mode to OFF for the called camera
Sets video loss mode to SYNC ONLY for camera
Sets video loss mode to VIDEO LOW for camera
Sets video loss mode to VIDEO MED for camera
Sets video loss mode to VIDEO HIGH for camera
Sets video loss mode automatically for called camera
Sets DBVL mode for all cameras automatically and transfers settings to the CPUs to synchronize databases
Updates video loss mode settings of all cameras from matrix switcher to the Video Loss Detection module
Clears the video loss mode for all cameras
Function Action
109-F2
110-F2
120-F2
121-F2
122-F2
123-F2
130-F2
131-F2
132-F2
133-F2
200-F2
202-F2
300-F2
301-F2
302-F2
303-F2
304-F2
305-F2
306-F2
307-F2
308-F2
309-F2
310-F2
311-F2
312-F2
313-F2
314-F2
315-F2
316-F2
317-F2
318-F2
998-F2
999-F2
Downloads video loss mode of called camera from VLD module to matrix switcher
Transfers video loss mode of all cameras from VLD module to matrix switcher
End Pattern Definition
Define Pattern 1
Define Pattern 2
Define Pattern 3
Save New Pattern
Clear Pattern 1
Clear Pattern 2
Clear Pattern 3
Frees remote PTZ slots
Resets all Alarms
Displays current arming code for selected monitor
SSI Monitor Arming
SSA Monitor Arming
SSM Monitor Arming
SHI Monitor Arming
SHA Monitor Arming
SHM Monitor Arming
BSI Monitor Arming
BSA Monitor Arming
BSM Monitor Arming
BHI Monitor Arming
BHA Monitor Arming
BHM Monitor Arming
DHI/DSI Monitor Arming
DHA/DSA Monitor Arming
DHM/DSM Monitor Arming
Disarm Monitor
Enable Manual Override
Disable Manual Override
Transfer Macro from keyboard to system
Transfer Macro from system to keyboard
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Note:
(1)
For an explanation of monitor arming codes, refer to
APPENDIX I: Monitor Arming Codes on page 76.
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APPENDIX F: Configuring Video Loss Detection

The following procedure describes how to configure the MegaPower CPU for video loss detection using EASY CPU.
Caution: As you progress through this configuration, ensure that the video loss contact assignments do not conflict with or duplicate the actual physical contacts.
1. With EASY CPU started, go to the Definitions –
Cameras screen to define your cameras.
2. In the upper screen section, click on the Video
Loss Detection field in the row for the camera you want to define, and then click on the scroll arrow to display the dropdown menu.
Figure 138. Video Loss Detection dropdown menu
6. Go to the Alarms – Email Messages screen and set up your Email addresses and messages. You can create up to 16 messages. Refer to Messages on page
7. Go to the Alarms – Contact Definitions screen and define the contacts, including the associated alarm and Email messages. Refer to
Alarm Monitor/ Contact
more information.
8. Go back to the Definitions – Cameras screen. In the Alarm Number field, assign contact numbers for video loss detection to the desired cameras.
9. Go to the Alarms – Monitors screen, and do the following:
• In the lower section of the screen, click on the
Contact Arming tab, and specify the contacts to be associated with each monitor.
• In the upper screen section, click on the Type
field in the row for the monitor you want to define, and then click on the scroll arrow to display the dropdown menu.
42 for more information.
Tables on page 40 for
Email
Creating
Choose one of the following from the dropdown
3.
menu:
• Off – Video loss detection not enabled
• Sync – To detect the presence or loss of the
synchronized portion of the video signal
• Low – To detect low picture content
• Medium – To detect medium picture content
• High – To detect high picture content
Note: The video signal is not measured as a signal peak-to-peak value. The Low, Medium, and High selections indicate the degree of video complexity being detected.
4. Go to the Alarms – Monitors screen and define your monitors.
5. Go to the Alarms – Alarm Messages screen and create your alarm messages. You can create up to 128 messages. Refer to
42 for more information.
page
Alarm Messages on
Figure 139. Video loss Type dropdown menu
Choose one of the following types of monitors from the dropdown menu:
− Single – incoming alarms are displayed on
a single monitor. Multiple alarms received at a single monitor will be either sequenced or held based on the monitor’s alarm queuing method. For an explanation of alarm queuing methods, refer to
Monitor Arming Methods on page
APPENDIX H:
74.
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− Block – incoming alarms are displayed on a
block (group) of monitors with which they are associated. The first incoming alarm is displayed on the first (lowest numbered) monitor of the block. The second alarm is displayed on the next lowest numbered monitor of the block, and so on. When all monitors in a given block are displaying alarm video signals, all subsequent alarms are either held in queue or sequenced until the displayed alarms are cleared depending on the monitor alarm queuing method.
− Dual Hold – an incoming alarm is displayed
and held on the first of the pair of monitors until cleared. All subsequent alarms are queued in order on the second monitor until the current held alarm is cleared from the first monitor. As alarms are cleared off the first monitor, the stacked alarms on the second monitor are then transferred to the first monitor.
− Dual Sequence – an incoming alarm is
displayed and held on the first of the pair of monitors until cleared. All subsequent alarms are queued in order on the second monitor until the current held alarm is cleared from the first monitor. As alarms are cleared off the first monitor, the sequenced alarms on the second monitor are transferred to the first monitor.
− Disarmed – The monitor does not receive
alarms.
Note: For information on defining the other fields in the Alarms – Monitors screen, see Monitor Definitions on page
37.
Adding
10. In the System – Port Configuration screen, configure the RS-232 ports for video loss detection. To do this, define the port(s) as video loss detection (1–1024), (1025–2048), (2049–
3072), and/or (3073–3200) corresponding with the number of video loss detection modules installed and the range of cameras being monitored.
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APPENDIX G: Alarm Programming Overview

An alarm is a signal generated by an external device connected to the MegaPower CPU system, either directly or through an alarm interface unit. External alarm signals can be generated in different ways, such as opening a locked door or window or detecting a moving object. In this guide, all types of alarm signals are referred to as alarm contacts. The system can be programmed to respond to up 4,096 alarm contacts.

Alarm Receipt

The MegaPower CPU receives external alarm contact signals via RS-232 communications from alarm interface units and/or external computers emulating the alarm codes. To process alarm contacts, each port connected to an RS-232 alarm input device must be set up for Port Use of Alarm.

Alarm Arming and Response

All alarm response actions operate by associating cameras and monitors with alarm contacts. Monitors are referred to as “armed” when this association is made. When a monitor is armed for an alarm contact, the camera video associated with that alarm contact is displayed when the alarm is received. Individual cameras or camera Salvos, each with Preset views and auxiliary action, can be called automatically to armed monitors or armed monitor blocks in response to alarm receipt.
Cameras and monitors must be armed for alarm response if they are to provide automatic video call­up to monitors. This includes associating alarm contacts with both cameras and monitors and specifying an Arming Code for each monitor.
Three steps are required to arm the system for alarm response:
1. Associating alarm contacts with cameras
Each alarm contact must be associated with a camera or a camera Salvo for automatic call-up when an alarm is received. Each camera or camera Salvo can be associated with more than one alarm contact number, allowing multiple views of a scene to be called up when an alarm occurs.
When camera Salvos are associated with alarm contact numbers for call-up, monitor blocks (groups of monitors) must be associated with the same alarm contact numbers to display the full set of cameras defined in the Salvo.
2. Associating alarm contacts with monitors
Each alarm contact must be associated with a monitor or a monitor block for call-up when an alarm occurs. Each monitor or monitor block can be associated with more than one alarm contact number, allowing multiple alarms to be queued and sequenced on a single monitor or block of monitors.
When alarm contact numbers are associated with monitor blocks, they must be associated with the first monitor of a block only.
3. Arming the Monitors (see
Arming Methods for detailed information)
Monitors are armed using a monitor arming code that identifies the following:
• Alarm Display Method (either Single, Block, or Dual).
• Alarm Queuing Method (either Sequence or Hold).
• Alarm Clearance Method (either Instant, Auto, or Manual).
Multiple alarm arming methods may be used to provide flexible responses to alarms.
APPENDIX H: Monitor

Alarm Display Indicators

During the period in which an alarm is active and being displayed on an armed monitor, the monitor status line shows the uppercase word “ALARM.” If a camera Salvo is called in response to an alarm, the monitor displaying the first camera of the Salvo shows the word “ALARM” in its status line and monitors displaying the remaining cameras of the Salvo show the word “SALVO” in their status lines.
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APPENDIX H: Monitor Arming Methods

The monitor arming code identifies the alarm display, queuing, and clearance methods for the monitors.
Note: Refer to Codes for a detailed explanation of each monitor
arming code.
APPENDIX I: Monitor Arming

Alarm Display Method

The alarm display method specifies the way that alarm video is displayed on multiple armed monitors.
Three different methods can be created:
• Single – The camera video associated with an
alarm is displayed on one monitor specified to display it. Multiple alarms received for the same monitor are held in a queue for display in accordance with the queuing method.
• Block – The camera video associated with an
alarm is displayed on the block of monitors specified to display it. The video for the first alarm received is placed on the first monitor in the block (the lowest numbered monitor). The video for the second alarm is placed on the second monitor and so forth through the last monitor of the block. When all monitors are displaying the alarms and no alarms have been cleared, subsequent alarms are held in queue for display in accordance with the queuing method.
• Dual – The camera video associated with an
alarm is displayed on two monitors specified to display it. One monitor is defined as a Hold
monitor; the other monitor is defined as a Sequence monitor. The Hold monitor displays
and holds the first alarm received (Hold Queuing). Subsequent alarms are queued for display on the Sequence monitor (Sequence Queuing). Once an alarm is cleared from the Hold monitor, the next alarm queued on the Sequence monitor moves to the Hold monitor.

Alarm Queuing Method

The alarm queuing method defines the way the armed monitor handles multiple alarms. An alarm contact must be associated with at least one camera and one monitor, and at least one monitor must be armed.
When an alarm is received, the system creates an alarm queue entry for every monitor or group of monitors associated to the alarm contact. If an alarm
contact is not associated with at least one camera and one monitor, it is ignored.
The two alarm queuing methods are Sequence and Hold.
• Sequence – The camera video associated with
each queued alarm is displayed on the armed monitor in sequence with a programmed dwell time between each alarmed video until cleared by the system. The dwell time between each camera video display is programmable for each alarm contact number.
• Hold – The camera video associated with the first
alarm received is displayed and held on the armed monitor. Subsequent alarms are held in a queue. After the first alarm held on the monitor is cleared, the next queued alarm is displayed and held on the armed monitor until cleared. All alarms are displayed in chronological order.

Alarm Clearance Method

The alarm clearance method defines the way an alarm is cleared (removed) from the system. Clearing an alarm returns armed monitors to their original states.
Alarms are cleared using any of five methods: Instant Clear, Auto Clear, Manual Clear, Instant No Ack, and Auto No Ack.
• Instant Clear – This method clears the alarm
automatically when the alarm condition returns to a non-alarming state. For example, a door alarm may activate when the door opens and return to a non-alarming state when the door closes. Instant Clear clears the alarm when the door closes.
• Auto Clear – This method clears the alarm
automatically 20 seconds after the alarm condition returns to a non-alarming state. Using the example above, the alarm would activate when the door opens and return to a non­alarming state 20 seconds after the door closes. This 20-second delay is intended to catch any momentary-type alarms. If the alarm contact returns to a non-alarming state and then alarms again—both within the 20 seconds—the alarm remains in the system without being cleared.
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• Manual Clear – This method relies on an
operator clearing it via a keyboard or after the alarm contact number is called to the monitor. All alarms remain queued on their respective monitors until the alarm is manually cleared.
• Instant No Ack – This method instantly clears the
alarm when the alarm condition returns to a non­alarming state. No operator acknowledgement is permitted.
• Auto No Ack – This method clears the alarm
automatically 20 seconds after the alarm condition returns to a non-alarming state. No operator acknowledgement is permitted.
Note: If an alarm is armed for more than one monitor, clearing it on any armed monitor will clear it from all armed monitors.
If the Dual alarm display is method is used, operators must call the Hold monitor in order to manually clear the alarm.
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APPENDIX I: Monitor Arming Codes

Monitor Arming Codes identify the alarm display,
queuing, and clearance methods for armed monitors, as well as the arm type (an abbreviated code that displays on the monitor when an alarm occurs).
The following arming codes are available.

Single Display, Sequence Queuing

• SSI – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are queued
and sequenced. Alarms are cleared when the alarm closures is restored (Instant).
• SSI A – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued and sequenced. Alarms are cleared when the alarm closure is restored or when the user clears the alarm (Instant or Manual).
• SSA – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued and sequenced. Alarms are cleared 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored (Automatic).
• SSA A – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued and sequenced. Alarms are cleared 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored or when the user clears the alarm (Automatic or Manual).
• SSM – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued and sequenced. Alarms are cleared only when the operator clears the alarm (Manual).

Single Display, Hold Queuing

• SHI – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued, and the first alarmed contact is displayed and held until cleared. Alarms are cleared when the alarm closure is restored (Instant).
• SHI A – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued, and the first alarmed contact is displayed and held until cleared. Alarms are removed from the queue when the alarm closure is restored or when the user clears the alarm (Instant or Manual).
• SHA – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued, and the first alarmed contact is displayed and held until cleared. Alarms are removed from the queue 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored (Automatic).
• SHA A – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued, and the first alarmed contact is displayed and held until cleared. Alarms are removed from the queue 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored or when the user clears the alarm (Automatic or Manual).
• SHM – Single alarm monitor, all alarms are
queued, and the first alarmed contact is displayed and held until cleared. Alarms are removed from the queue only when the operator clears the alarm (Manual).

Block Display, Sequence Queuing

• BSI – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms are
queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. When all monitors have alarms, alarms sequence evenly on all monitors. Alarms are removed from the queue when the alarm closure is restored (Instant).
• BSI A – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. When all monitors have alarms, alarms sequence evenly on all monitors. Alarms are removed from the queue when the alarm closure is restored or when the user clears the alarm (Instant or Manual).
• BSA – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. When all monitors have alarms, alarms sequence evenly on all monitors. Alarms are removed from the queue 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored (Automatic).
• BSA A – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. When all monitors have alarms, alarms sequence evenly on all monitors. Alarms are removed from the queue 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored or when the user clears the alarm (Automatic or Manual).
• BSM – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. When all monitors have alarms, alarms sequence evenly on all monitors. Alarms are removed from the queue only when the operator clears the alarm (Manual).
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Block Display, Hold Queuing

• BHI – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms are
queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. Monitors display and hold the first alarmed contacts. Alarms are removed from the queue when the alarm closure is restored (Instant).
• BHI A – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. Monitors display and hold the first alarmed contacts. Alarms are removed from the queue when the alarm closure is restored or the user clears the alarm (Instant or Manual).
• BHA – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. Monitors display and hold the first alarmed contacts. Alarms are removed from the queue 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored (Automatic).
• BHA A – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. Monitors display and hold the first alarmed contacts. Alarms are removed from the queue 20 seconds after the alarm closure is restored or when the user clears the alarm (Automatic or Manual).
• BHM – Multiple monitor alarm block, all alarms
are queued and displayed on monitors with no existing alarms. Monitors display and hold the first alarmed contacts. Alarms are removed from the queue only when the operator clears the alarm (Manual).

Dual Display, Hold and Sequence Queuing

• DHI/DSI – Two alarm monitors, the first alarm is
displayed on the Hold (DHI) monitor, and all subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence (DSI) monitor. Alarms are removed from the Sequence monitor queue when the alarm closure is cleared. When the alarm closure on the Hold monitor is cleared, the oldest alarm contact on the Sequence monitor is moved to the Hold monitor and removed from the Sequence monitor (Instant).
• DHI A/DSI A – Two alarm monitors, the first alarm
is displayed on the Hold (DHI) monitor, and all subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence (DSI) monitor. Alarms are removed from the Sequence monitor queue when the alarm closure is cleared instantly or when the operator clears the alarm. When the alarm closure on the Hold monitor is cleared instantly, or cleared by the operator, the oldest alarm on the Sequence monitor is moved to the Hold monitor and removed from the Sequence monitor (Instant or Manual).
• DHA/DSA – Two alarm monitors, the first alarm is
displayed on the Hold (DHI) monitor. All subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence (DSI) monitor. All subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence monitor. Alarms are removed from the Sequence monitor queue 20 seconds after the alarm clears. When the alarm closure on the Hold monitor is clears, and 20 seconds has expired, the oldest alarm contact on the Sequence monitor is moved to the Hold monitor and removed from the Sequence monitor (Automatic)
• DHA A/DSA A – Two alarm monitors, the first
alarm is displayed on the Hold (DHI) monitor, and all subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence (DSI) monitor. All subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence monitor. Alarms are removed from the Sequence monitor queue 20 seconds after the alarm closure is cleared or when the operator clears the alarm. When the alarm closure on the Hold monitor is cleared and 20 seconds has expired, or the alarm is cleared by the operator, the oldest alarm on the Sequence monitor is moved to the Hold monitor and removed from the Sequence monitor (Automatic or Manual).
• DHM/DSM – Two alarm monitors, the first alarm
is displayed on the Hold (DHI) monitor, and all subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence (DSI) monitor. All subsequent alarms are queued and sequenced on the Sequence monitor. Alarms are removed from the Sequence monitor queue only when the operator clears the alarm. When the alarm on the Hold monitor is cleared, the oldest alarm on the Sequence monitor is moved to the Hold monitor and removed from the Sequence monitor (Manual).
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APPENDIX J: Alarm Arming Notes

Associating Alarms with Camera Salvos

Each alarm contact can be associated with a camera Salvo for call-up when the alarm is received. To call a Salvo, the alarm contact number should be associated with a monitor block that contains enough monitors to display all of the cameras in the Salvo. If not, the cameras at the end of the Salvo with no matching monitors will not be shown.
Several alarm response actions are restricted when Salvos are called to a monitor block:
• If the first monitor of the block is enabled for Manual Clear, the operator must call that monitor to clear the alarm.
• During display in either Sequence or Hold method, the operator must call the first monitor of the block displaying the Salvo in order to shift the Salvo back.

Associating Alarms with Monitor Blocks

Each alarm contact can be associated with a block of monitors to display alarm video. Monitor blocks permit the distribution of multiple alarms over several monitors for simultaneous viewing.
Consider the following when associating alarms with monitor blocks:
• The desired monitor block(s) must be defined first.
• The Monitor Arming Code for each monitor in a
block must be set to a Block code.
• The alarm clearance method for the block is set by the arming code for the first monitor of the block only.
• The queuing method can be set as desired for each monitor of the block.
• Associate alarm contacts with the first monitor of the monitor block only.

Monitor Block Queuing for Single Cameras

No restrictions exist on the type of alarm queuing used in a block when alarm contacts are associated with single camera call-ups only (not Salvos). Both Block Sequence and Hold queuing methods can be intermixed within a block to provide varied viewing patterns.

Monitor Block Queuing for Camera Salvos

Monitor blocks are required to be able to view all cameras when Salvos are associated with alarms. Block Sequence and Hold queuing can be mixed in a monitor block with the following restrictions:
• To arm a monitor block for Hold queuing with Salvos, arm all monitors in the block to Block Hold.
• To arm a monitor block for Sequence queuing with Salvos, arm the first monitor of the block for Block Sequence and the remaining monitors in the block for Block Hold.
• Multiple Salvos can be programmed for simultaneous Sequence display within a monitor block. First, identify separate, contiguous subsets of monitors for Salvo displays. Then, arm the first monitor of each subset to Sequence and arm the remaining monitors in each subset to Hold. All subsets should contain a sufficient number of monitors to display the largest Salvo that could be called to this block.
Auxiliary and Preset Alarm Call-ups
Multiple alarm contacts can be associated with the same camera using different auxiliary and Preset views. If more than one of the alarm contacts is received during the same time period, the system will activate each Preset or auxiliary for the same camera in the order the alarms are received (stopping at the Preset or auxiliary of the last alarm contact received). In this instance, the operator may not see the first Preset or auxiliary action(s).

Wired Alarm Contact Sets

Continuous alarm contacts can be grouped into Wired sets. All contiguous Wired alarm contact numbers are activated when any alarm contact of the set is received. Each alarm contact number in the set is then handled as a separate, active alarm for the monitor to which it is armed in accordance with the arming code defined for each monitor.
• If the associated monitor is armed for Instant or Auto clear, then each alarm in the set is cleared automatically when the source alarm is cleared.
• If the associated monitor is armed for Manual clear, each alarm in the set must be manually cleared.
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APPENDIX K: Satellite Configuration Overview

A satellite system is a network of two or more MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV systems linked by video and data communications. You can link up to 30 individual MegaPower 3200 video-matrix CCTV systems into a satellite network.
Satellite systems are often used where multiple systems are needed in separate buildings or rooms, such as large multi-building corporate complexes, manufacturing facilities, college campuses, hospitals, and casinos.
Each satellite site communicates and shares video according to how you program it. You can enable operators at any one site to access the cameras and monitors at any other site. You can also restrict access to sites, as well as to certain cameras within certain sites.
Satellite sites are programmed as either local or remote sites.
• A local site refers to features that are accessible within a single site by the keyboard attached to that site’s MegaPower CPU.
• A remote site refers to features of other MegaPower CPU sites in a satellite network that are accessible from the local system.
Depending on the individual site connections (unidirectional or bidirectional), each site may be a source site, a receiving site, or both.
For illustrations of unidirectional and bidirectional connections between sites, refer to the following:
Typical Satellite System Connections – Two
•
Sites, Unidirectional on page
Typical Satellite System Connections – Two
•
Sites, Bidirectional on page
These sites are further defined as follows:
• Source Site – a satellite site that provides video trunk outputs to other sites.
• Receiving Site – a satellite site that receives video trunk inputs from other sites.
• Source and Receiving – a satellite site that both provides video trunk outputs to other sites and receives video trunk inputs from other sites

Setting Up Satellite Sites

Satellite system operations require specific setup procedures at each site in the satellite network before any remote functions can be performed.
At every site in a satellite network you can enable User IDs, create a site number, and perform other programming functions to enable or disable sharing.
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82.
The following local setup procedures are required for satellite (remote) operations.
• Verify Satellite Site Connections – Before starting
system setup, verify the RS-232 communications links for control commands between sites and video trunk lines for video transmission between sites. For installation and connection procedures, refer to the MegaPower CPU Installation Guide, 8200-0421-01.
• Identify the local Site Number – Assign each site
in a satellite network a unique site number. The site number is required for addressing purposes when commands and data are transmitted. Site numbers for the MegaPower CPU system range from 1 to 30.
• Identify the Local RS-232 Data Communications Link to Other Sites – At every site, define all
RS-232 port data interfaces from the local site to each remote site. This is accomplished through the Port Communications function in the setup software.
• Identify the Local Video Trunk Inputs – At a receiving site, define all video trunk inputs to the local site from each remote site. In addition, program a remote site title for each video trunk input.
Note: This title is displayed on the monitor when that site is called from a keyboard.
If the MegaPower CPU system is equipped with Video Loss Detector modules, set each video trunk input loss detection to OFF.
• Set Local Access Restrictions – Access restrictions must be placed on specific resources at the local site to prevent interference with satellite operations.
− At the source site, set user access to the video
trunk monitor outputs to “N” (access denied) for all local keyboards.
− At a receiving site, operators not requiring access
to a remote site can be denied access to the trunk lines having camera access partitioning. The system administrator can set the camera access to “N” (access denied) for those operators.
− At a receiving site, set any desired restrictions for
individual local keyboard access to individual remote sites.
− At each site, set any desired optional restrictions
for individual local keyboard, monitor, and camera access.
• Record Local Satellite Site Connections – Use
Satellite Site Connections table on page 80 to
the record all links between the local site and all remote sites that are connected to it.
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Satellite Site Connections

Record all local site RS-232 and video trunk satellite (remote) system connections in the tables below. A set of tables should be filled out for each site in a satellite network to identify all connections to and from other sites.
Local Site Number: _____________
RS-232 Data Ports
Local Port Remote Site Remote Port
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
Video trunk Lines
Local Cam (input) Remote Site Remote Mon (output)
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
________ __________ ___________
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Typical Satellite System Connections – Two Sites, Unidirectional

/
A
Site 1 (Source Site)
Site 2 (Receiving Site)
Site 1 Keyboard
Site 1 Monitors
Site 1 MegaPower CPU
Data Line
Site 1 Cameras
Site 1 Switcher Bays
T E
DATA LINE
S T
OUT
/ E X P A N
EXT. SYNC
S I
OUT
O N
50/60 Hz
RS-232 Link between Sites
IN
IN
To other switcher bays, code generators, or 75-ohm termination
Video Trunks from Site 1 to Site 2
Site 2 Keyboard
Site 2 Monitors
Site 2 MegaPower CPU
Data Line
Site 2 Cameras
Site 2 Switcher Bays
T E
DATA LINE
S T
OUT
E X P
N
EXT. SYNC
S I
OUT
O N
50/60 Hz
IN
IN
To other switcher bays, code generators, or 75-ohm termination
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Typical Satellite System Connections – Two Sites, Bidirectional

/
A
Site 1 (Source and Receiving)
Site 2 (Source and Receiving)
Site 1 Keyboard
Site 1 MegaPower CPU
Data Line
Site 1 Monitors Site 1 Cameras
IN
T E
DATA LINE
S T
OUT
/ E X P
IN
A N
EXT. SYNC
S I
OUT
O N
50/60 Hz
Site 1 Switcher Bays
RS-232 Link between Sites
Site 2 Monitors Site 2 Cameras
To other switcher bays, code generators, or 75-ohm termination
Video Trunks from Site 2 to Site 1
Video Trunks from Site 1 to Site 2
Site 2 Keyboard
Site 2 MegaPower CPU
Site 2 Switcher Bays
Data Line
T E
DATA LINE
S T
OUT
E X P
N
EXT. SYNC
S I
OUT
O N
50/60 Hz
IN
IN
To other switcher bays, code generators, or 75-ohm termination
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