Arecont Vision AV12366DN User Manual

Arecont Vision SurroundVideo® WDR Camera Installation Manual

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RJ-45

POWER

HOLE

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AV12186DN/AV12366DN SurroundVideo® Installation Manual

Inside the box:

A. Arecont Vision AV12186DN camera
B. Mounting template
C. Security L-key
D. 1.5mm Hex L-key
E. Power cable
F. I/O Cable
G. Pack of four (4) screws and four (4)

anchors.

NOTE: Anchors and screws are good to be used for
concrete, wall block and red bricks. Screws by
themselves can be used in wood.

Not included but needed:

 #2 Phillips head screw driver

How to Mount the Camera

1. Remove camera and hardware from the
box.

2. Using the Mounting template, prepare the
mounting provisions for camera
installation. NOTE: the 19.5mm diameter

hole on the Mounting template is where
the Ethernet cable will be exiting the
AV12186DN camera, align accordingly.
If using the side conduit hole, please see
step 7 below.

3. Using Security L-key, loosen the four (4)
screws securing the dome cover (Image 2).

Remove vandal resistant dome cover. NOTE:

Do not remove screws from the dome cover.

Image 1

Image 2

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HOLE

POWER

RJ-45

4. Run Ethernet cable through the hole on the
bottom of the camera (Image 3) and plug it
into the RJ45 port.

5. If the camera is powered by a separate
outside AC or DC power source, run the
supplied power cable through the hole and
connect it to 2-pos. AC/DC power connector
inside the camera (Image 3). NOTE: Make

sure that your installation of wires complies
with Electrical Code of the local government,
where the camera is installed and no bare
wires are exposed.

6. Align the holes in the camera with the
prepared holes on the mounting surface.
Attach the camera to the mounting surface
with the wood screws or any optional
hardware suitable for the mounting surface.

7. If you are using the side conduit opening,
remove the conduit plug by first removing the
socket set screw using 1.5mm Hex L-key

(Image 4).

Image 4

Image 3

Image 5

Adjust Camera Tilt, Pan and Focus:

8. To adjust the gimbal tilt, use #2 Phillips

screwdriver to loosen two screws on both sides of
the Gimbal, no more than two full turns (Image 5)

CAUTION: Do not remove the screws!

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90°

360°

+/-7°

Set Screws

CORRECT

SLOT

POSITION

CAUTION: Make sure the sensor cables are

freely moving in cable slot, the correct way to

tilt the Gimbal is shown on Image 6.

Image 6

9. Adjust the gimbal tilt as required and tighten
the screw from step 8 shown in image 7

NOTE: Grab gimbal by the brackets, not the
ball to avoid direct contact with lenses not to
damage them or leave fingerprints on glass.

Image 8

11. Adjust the gimbal pan as required shown in

image 8

12. To adjust each lens tilt angle, loosen two set
screws on the top shell via #1 Phillips
screwdriver. Adjust each lens tilt angle as
required and tighten two set screws shown in
Image 9.

NOTE: The travel range for each lens tilt
angle is 14°

10. To adjust the gimbal pan simply rotate the

Image 7

gimbal. The friction ring at the bottom of the
gimbal doesn’t require any hardware.

Image 9

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13. To focus each of four lenses, remove the lens
cap and focus the lens as shown in Image 10­1 (AV12366DN) and Image 10-2
(AV12186DN) NOTE: the wave washer

underneath the lens prevents it from losing
focus in vibration.

14. Remove the protective film from the camera
dome. NOTE: be cautious not to scratch the
vandal-resistant dome cover.

15. Secure the vandal dome cover to the camera
as shown in Image 2.

Image 10-1 (AV12366DN)

Camera Installation:

16. Install the AV100 application manager
Software as shown in Image 11 (found on
the CD).

17. Run the AV100 application manager by
double clicking on the icon as shown in

Image 12 (found on your desktop).

Image 11 Image 12

18. Select “Run” next to “Setup Cameras”
from the AV100 application manager as
shown in Image 13 and wait for “Arecont

Vision Camera Installer” window to appear

as shown in Image 14.

Image 10-2 (AV12186DN)

Image 13

19. Click “Mode” tab to select desired install
mode on Arecont Vision Camera Installer
as shown in Image 14.

NOTE 1: Advanced Mode: (Default setting)
software will automatically discover but allow

manual update of the IP address. See “AV100

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Installation Manual” (found on the CD) for details on

Advanced Mode.
NOTE 2: Basic Mode: software will automatically

discover and change / assign IP address to match
PC subnet if they are not locked.

NOTE3: User can verify camera model number and
FW version of all cameras as shown in Image 11.

Image 14

20. Select “Find Cameras” on Arecont Vision
Camera Installer as shown in Image 14

21. Confirm all cameras connected to the
network switch appear in the upper
window.

22. Repeat Step 24 if all of the cameras do
not appear in the upper window.

NOTE : Double click the camera model on the
Camera Installer as shown in Image 15 to
access the camera web interface.

See “AV Camera Web Page User Manual”
(found on the CD) for details on the web
interface.

23. When all cameras appear, select
“Save/Exit.” The AV100 application will
appear.

24. From the “AV100 Application Manager”
menu, select “Run” to view live images.

NOTE: See the “AV100 Installation Manual”
(found on CD) for details on camera
configurations.

Image 15

CAUTION: If the software does not find a
camera, the software utility may be blocked by
the anti-virus or Windows® firewall. Before
turning them off, please consult your IT
manager.

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Image equalization (exposure reference) instructions: (AV12186DN/AV12366DN)

1. Launch the camera webpage

2. Click “Setting” and select the desired channel to be the cameras “Exposure Reference Channel” (see
Image 16). Setting an Exposure Reference Channel will reduce the color and brightness variations
among channels. Channel numbers are shown in Image 17.

Image 16

NOTE: The default setting for the “Exposure Reference Channel” is “Auto”, which means that each channel
is automatically adjusted to provide the best WDR scene. This may cause variations from image to image,
however the camera is providing the best image for each channel. When different channels are under
different lighting conditions, there will be some color or brightness variation among the channels. See below
for an example on how to adjust different reference channels to minimize brightness and color differences.

NOTE: Using Exposure Reference Channel Setting may result in abnormal noise which can’t be resolved!

Image 17

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