Arecont Vision AV40185DN Installation Manual

Arecont Vision H.264 Color or Day/Night SurroundVideo® Series Installation Manual

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H.264 Color or Day/Night SurroundVideo

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Installation Manual

Inside the box:

A. Arecont Vision SurroundVideo® camera
B. Mounting template
C. RJ45 female to female coupler
D. Hex key
E. Security L-key
F. Pack of four (4) wood screws and four (4)

dry wall anchors

Not included but needed:

 #1 Phillips head screwdriver
 #2 Phillips head screwdriver
 Flat head screwdriver ( for side conduit

opening)

Mounting the Camera:

1. Remove camera and hardware from the box.

2. Using the mounting template, prepare the
mounting provisions for camera installation.

NOTE: Since SurroundVideo
both surface mount and in-ceiling mount, the
mounting template takes both into
consideration.

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.

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series ship with

Image 1

Image 2

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In-Ceiling Mount

Surface Mount

Screws

Pendant Mount

Wall Mount

4. If using in-ceiling mount, please use #2
Phillips head screwdriver to loosen the four
(4) machine screws (Image 3) and remove in­ceiling mount housing from surface mount
housing. (Image 4)

NOTE 1: The above removed screws are also
used to attach the camera with in-ceiling
mount housing to the pendant mount (Image

5) and wall mount (Image 6). Do not
disregard.

NOTE 2: The in-ceiling mount only can be
attached on hard ceilings including wood,
plastic, metal and concrete.

NOTE 3: For use in a false ceiling, a flush
mount adapter kit must be used.

Image 4

Image 3

Image 5

Image 6

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Red

+

Black

–

External camera

Power input

RJ45 Connector

Digital I/O connector

Heater & Blower

Power input

Heater & Blower

Power input

Conduit Plug

5. If you are using the side conduit opening on
the surface mount, remove the conduit plug
by first removing the socket set screw using
the provided Allen key (Image 7) and remove
the conduit plug using a flat screwdriver.

Note: the conduit fits ¾” NPT standard

Image 7

Connecting External Power: (Optional)

6. If the camera is powered by an outside power
supply, 12~48VDC or 24VAC, connect the
power cable shown in Image 8.

Table 1

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.

Image 8

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Electrical Characteristics:

Min

Max

Input voltage (V)

ON

2.9

6.3

(measured between + and – terminals)

OFF 0 1.3

Output current (mA)

ON - 50

(measured between + and – terminals)
Applied Voltage Rage: 0 - 80V

OFF - 0.1

Orange

OUT +

Yellow

OUT –

White

IN +

Black

IN -

On

Off

Heater

17C° (62.6 °F)

30 °C (86 °F)

Blower

10C° (50°F)

15 °C (59 °F)

Blower

50C° (122 °F)

45 °C (113°F)

Power input

Power consumption

DC12V to 20V

11 Watts

AV24V

13 Watts

Red

+

Black

–

Dual power board

Heater board

Blower

Connecting Digital I/O: (Optional)

7. To use digital I/O, connect the I/O cable
shown in image 8.

Table 2

NOTE: Both the input and the output are
electrically isolated from the rest of the
camera’s electrical circuitry via general­purpose photo couplers. The input is
additionally protected with a serial 250 Ohm
resistor, and a debouncing circuit. Duration of
any input signal should be at least 5 ms to
comply with the requirements of the
debouncing circuit.

Connecting Heater and Blower : (-HB Version
only)

8. To run the heater and blower shown in Image
8, connect heater & blower power input to

12V to 20V DC or 24VAC power supply.

(Image 9).

Table 4

Table 5

Table 3

Table 6

Image 9

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Set Screws

360

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Wood Screws

Flush Mount

Adapter

9. Align the holes in the camera with the
prepared holes on the mounting surface.
Attach the camera with in-ceiling mount
housing to the surface mounting housing
shown in Image 4.

10. To insert camera with in-ceiling mount into
hard ceiling with the wood screws or any
optional hardware suitable for the mounting
surface shown in Image 10

. Image 10

Note: Use Flush Mount Adapter for false
ceiling tile installation. (Image 11) Please
refer to Flush Mount Adapter Installation
Instructions on page10.

Adjusting Tilt, Pan and Focus:

10. Power on camera to adjust tilt, pan and focus.

11. To adjust the pan, use a #2 Phillips
screwdriver to loosen both screws on the
sides of the plastic gimbal bracket as shown
in Image 12 and Image 13.

12. Adjust the pan as required and tighten the
screw from step 11 shown in image 14.

Image 12 Image 13

Image 11

Image 14

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Set Screws

Set Screws

100

°

13. To adjust the tilt, use a #2 Phillips screwdriver
to loosen both screws on the sides of the
plastic gimbal bracket 1/4 turn (Image 15 and

16). CAUTION: Do not remove the screws!

14. Adjust lens tilt as required and tighten the
screws from step 13 shown in image 17.

NOTE: the camera has 2-Axis gimbal with
360° pan and 100° tilt for easy and accurate
positioning.

Image 15

Image 17

15. To adjust focus, loosen set screw on each
lens as shown in Image 18.

16. Adjust lens focus as required and tighten the
screws from step 15.

Image 16

Image 18

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