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The information offered in this instruction manual is intended as a guide only. At all times,
Datavideo Technologies will try to give correct, complete and suitable information. However,
Datavideo Technologies cannot exclude that some information in this manual, from time to
time, may not be correct or may be incomplete. This manual may contain typing errors,
omissions or incorrect information. Datavideo Technologies always recommend that you
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decision or using the product. Datavideo Technologies is not responsible for any omissions or
errors, or for any subsequent loss or damage caused by using the information contained within
this manual. Further advice on the content of this manual or on the product can be obtained by
contacting your local Datavideo Office or dealer.
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FCC Compliance Statement
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject
to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Warnings and Precautions
1. Read all of these warnings and save them for later
reference.
2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on this unit.
3. Unplug this unit from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use
liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
4. Do not use this unit in or near water.
5. Do not place this unit on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The unit
may fall, causing serious damage.
6. Slots and openings on the cabinet top, back, and bottom are
provided for ventilation. To ensure safe and reliable operation of
this unit, and to protect it from overheating, do not block or cover
these openings. Do not place this unit on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar
surface, as the ventilation openings on the bottom of the cabinet
will be blocked. This unit should never be placed near or over a
heat register or radiator. This unit should not be placed in a built-in
installation unless proper ventilation is provided.
7. This product should only be operated from the type of power
source indicated on the marking label of the AC adapter. If you are
not sure of the type of power available, consult your Datavideo
dealer or your local power company.
8. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this
unit where the power cord will be walked on, rolled over, or
otherwise stressed.
9. If an extension cord must be used with this unit, make sure that the
total of the ampere ratings on the products plugged into the
extension cord do not exceed the extension cord rating.
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10. Make sure that the total amperes of all the units that are plugged
into a single wall outlet do not exceed 15 amperes.
11. Never push objects of any kind into this unit through the cabinet
ventilation slots, as they may touch dangerous voltage points or
short out parts that could result in risk of fire or electric shock.
Never spill liquid of any kind onto or into this unit.
12. Except as specifically explained elsewhere in this manual, do not
attempt to service this product yourself. Opening or removing
covers that are marked “Do Not Remove” may expose you to
dangerous voltage points or other risks, and will void your
warranty. Refer all service issues to qualified service personnel.
13. Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer to qualified
service personnel under the following conditions:
a. When the power cord is damaged or frayed;
b. When liquid has spilled into the unit;
c. When the product has been exposed to rain or water;
d. When the product does not operate normally under normal
operating conditions. Adjust only those controls that are covered
by the operating instructions in this manual; improper
adjustment of other controls may result in damage to the unit
and may often require extensive work by a qualified technician
to restore the unit to normal operation;
e. When the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been
damaged;
f. When the product exhibits a distinct change in performance,
indicating a need for service.
Warranty
Standard Warranty
Datavideo equipment are guaranteed against any manufacturing
defects for one year from the date of purchase.
The original purchase invoice or other documentary evidence should
be supplied at the time of any request for repair under warranty.
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The product warranty period beings on the purchase date. If the
purchase date is unknown, the product warranty period begins on
the thirtieth day after shipment from a Datavideo office.
All non-Datavideo manufactured products (product without
Datavideo logo) have only one year warranty from the date of
purchase.
Damage caused by accident, misuse, unauthorized repairs, sand, grit
or water is not covered under warranty.
Viruses and malware infections on the computer systems are not
covered under warranty.
Any errors that are caused by unauthorized third-party software
installations, which are not required by our computer systems, are
not covered under warranty.
All mail or transportation costs including insurance are at the
expense of the owner.
All other claims of any nature are not covered.
All accessories including headphones, cables, and batteries are not
covered under warranty.
Warranty only valid in the country or region of purchase.
Your statutory rights are not affected.
Three Year Warranty
All Datavideo products purchased after July 1st,
2017 are qualified for a free two years extension
to the standard warranty, providing the product
is registered with Datavideo within 30 days of
purchase.
Certain parts with limited lifetime expectancy such as LCD panels,
DVD drives, Hard Drive, Solid State Drive, SD Card, USB Thumb Drive,
Lighting, Camera module, PCIe Card are covered for 1 year.
The three-year warranty must be registered on Datavideo's official
website or with your local Datavideo office or one of its authorized
distributors within 30 days of purchase.
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Disposal
For EU Customers only - WEEE Marking
This symbol on the product or on its packaging
indicates that this product must not be disposed of
with your other household waste. Instead, it is your
responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment
by handing it over to a designated collection point
equipment. The separate collection and recycling of your waste
equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural
resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects
human health and the environment. For more information about where
you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please contact
your local city office, your household waste disposal service or the shop
where you purchased the product.
replaced by "CE Marking" in the Directive 93/68/EEC in 1993. "CE
Marking" is now used in all EU official documents.
for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic
CE Marking is the symbol as shown on the left of
this page. The letters "CE" are the abbreviation of
French phrase "Conformité Européene" which
literally means "European Conformity". The term
initially used was "EC Mark" and it was officially
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1. Introduction
The BC-200 Block Camera is a 4K (3840x2160, QFHD) camera with an
infra-red remote control. It can be used for 4K high quality shooting in
an environment where space is limited. The video resolutions
supported are 2160p29.97 and 2160p25. The BC-200 provides 12x
optical focus, and SDI and HDMI video output interfaces. A tally light
indicator sits above the BC-200 camera lens.
The BC-200 supports SONY VISCA control protocol so that the camera
can be controlled via RS-422 or DVIP interface.
Features
Lens: 1/2.3” type Exmor R CMOS
12x optical zoom, f = 3.9 mm (Wide) to 46.8 mm (Tele), F1.8 to
F2.0
Supported 4K formats: (3,840 x 2,160, QFHD)
2160p/29.97, 2160p/25
Supported HD formats:
1080p/59.94/50, 1080i/59.94/50,
720p/59.94/50
Video Output: 2 HDMI (Simultaneous)
Tally LED Design (RS-422/ DVIP Operation)
Supports SONY VISCA Protocol
Supports DVIP and RS-422 Control Protocol
Users can save up to 10 preset camera settings for future filming.
Users can control up to 4 BC-200 devices simultaneously via the
RMC-180 PTZ camera remote control unit (including White
Balance, Focus, Iris, Shutter Speed, Zoom, Zoom Speed, Save
Preset, Recall Preset)
P.S. Shutter speed function must be set by the RMC-180 menu.
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2. System Diagram
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3. Connections
IR Receiver
Receives signal from the IR remote control.
Tally Light
As the camera is booting the tally light stays
solid green and turns solid red for about three
seconds just before the boot is complete. The
tally light remains solid green after the camera
finishes booting.
Lens
Camera lens for capturing images.
Front View
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Rear Panel
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SDI Output
Video output connected to SDI
monitor.
HDMI Output
Video output connected to
HDMI port of the monitor.
RS-422 Control
Port
Remote control port using the
RS-422 control protocol. See
RS-422 Control Protocol for
details.
12V DC Power IN
DC in socket connects the
supplied 12V PSU. The
connection can be secured by
screwing the outer fastening
ring of the DC In plug to the
socket.
Power Switch
Turns ON/OFF the camera.
Power LED
Indicator
Green: Power ON
OFF: Power OFF
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DVIP Control
Port
Remote control port using the
DVIP control protocol. See
DVIP Control Operation Guide
for details.
Firmware
Upgrade Port
Connects USB drive for
firmware upgrade. For details,
please refer to the Firmware
Upgrade section.
DIP Switch
DIP Switch sets the camera
VISCA ID, Remote Control
Protocol, and Resolution, Video
Mode Selection Method, and
Camera ID Assignment. For
details, please refer to the DIP
Switch Settings section.
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4. IR Remote Control
Use the IR remote control that comes with the product package to
operate the BC-200 Block Camera. The IR remote control functions are
described in the table below.
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No
Item
Description
1
Reset
Press RESET or XYZ button to return
the camera lens to the default zoom
position (Z:0000).
2
Group
Not Applicable
3
Camera Select
Select CAM1-CAM4 in a multicamera environment
Press Camera Select buttons to
select a camera from Camera 1 to
Camera 4 in a multi-camera
environment.
However before using the Camera
Select function, first assign an ID
number (CAM 1 – CAM 4) to the
camera intended for remote control
operation by adjusting the DIP
switch located at the rear of the
camera. Please refer to DIP Switch
Settings section for details.
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Preset Setting
Various combinations of settings
(position, zoom, focus, gain control
and iris control) can be saved to
presets.
Adjust Preset Point
Adjust position, zoom, focus, gain
control and iris of the camera.
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Set up Preset Point
Press any of the POSITION buttons
1~50 and then press SET button.
Recall saved settings
Press any of the POSITION buttons
1~50 and then press PRESET button.
Set up Group Scan mode
Press any of the POSITION buttons
1~8 and then press GROUP button.
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Focus Setup
Manually focus camera lens on a
subject
Press either (F) FAR button or (N)
NEAR button to manually focus the
camera lens onto the subject.
Before using manual focus, make
sure Auto Focus mode is turned off
by pressing the AUTO FOCUS
button.
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Auto Focus Control
Automatically focus camera lens on
a subject
Press AUTO FOCUS button and
camera lens will be automatically
focused on the subject.
7
Gain Control
Adjust Brightness
Press GAIN+ button to increase the
brightness or GAIN- button to
decrease the brightness.
Press AUTO button to activate auto
Gain Control and press again to exit.
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P/T Speed
Adjust Pan/ Tilt Speed
Not Applicable
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Auto Iris Control
Make the subject appear brighter
Adjust the iris opening (aperture), to
control the amount of light coming
through the lens (i.e. the
"exposure"). Press IRIS+ button to
enlarge the iris opening to allow
more light to come in so that the
subject appears brighter and press
IRIS- button to shrink the iris
opening to allow less light to come
in so that the subject appears less
bright.
Press AUTO button activate auto Iris
Control and press again to exit.
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ENTER
ENTER
Press ENTER key to select a
particular menu option or confirm a
parameter value.
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Direction Arrows
Browse Menu Options
Press UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT
arrow buttons to browse the menu
options or adjust parameter values.
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Enter/ Exit Camera
Menu
Press the MENU button to Enter or
Exit the Camera OSD Menu
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Zoom In/Out
Buttons
Zoom
Press either (T) TELE button to zoom
in on the subject such that it
appears to be close to the camera or
(W) WIDE button to zoom out from
the subject such that it appears to
be far away from the camera.
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Zoom Speed Buttons
(4 speed selection)
Adjust Zoom In/Out Speed
Press the ZOOM SPEED buttons to
switch to different zoom speeds (4
being the highest and 1 being the
lowest).
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Power Button
Switch ON/OFF camera
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5. OSD Menu Options
Main Menu
1. Camera Setting
White Balance
Color temperature adjustment to make the
image look more natural.
IRIS
This is an adjustable aperture used to control
the amount of light coming through the lens.
The more the iris is opened, the more light it
lets in and the brighter the scene will be.
AGC
The setting that automatically adjusts the
amplification of the signal from the camera
sensor.
Aperture
Aperture adjusts the image sharpness.
Increasing the aperture setting so that the
foreground and background of your images
appear sharp.
2. Video Output
Selection Way
This option configures how you can select the
video mode.
Enabling DIP SW 8 allows you to use the DIP
[MAIN MENU]
1: Camera Setting
2: Video Output
3: Remote Control
4: System
5: Escape
On-Screen Menu allows the user to change various camera settings
such as shooting conditions and the system setup. Press Menu button
on the IR remote control to enter the on-screen menu as shown below.
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switch to set the video mode instead of the
remote control.
Pattern
Pattern generates color bars for color
calibration.
Camera Select Function (IR Remote Control) –
Camera ID Assignment
OFF / OFF
CAM 1
ON / OFF
CAM 2
OFF / ON
CAM 3
ON / ON
CAM 4
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7. RMC-180 PTZ Camera Control Unit
The RMC-180 PTZ Camera Controller is designed to control up to 4
Datavideo Block/Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) cameras such as the BC-200.
The four RJ-45 ports provided on the RMC-180 rear serve to connect
Block/PTZ cameras, thus allowing the user to use any RJ-45 cable to
connect the RMC-180 to the RS-422 port located on the Block/PTZ
camera’s rear panel. The communication protocol is VISCA.
Note: Before connecting the camera to these channel ports, please set
bit 4 of the camera DIP switch located at the bottom to OFF.
Direct Connection to Camera
To use the RMC-180 PTZ Camera Control Unit to directly control the BC200 camera, connect the RS-422 port on the camera’s rear panel to the
RJ-45 port of the RMC-180 using any RJ-45 cable. The RS-422 wiring
scheme is shown below.
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RMC-180 Controller
(RJ-45 Port)
BC-200 Camera
(RS-422 Port)
GND 1 White/Orange
White/Orange
1
GND
NC 2 Orange
Orange 2 NC
TX- 3 White/Green
White/Green
3
RX-
RX- 4 Blue
Blue 4 TX-
RX+ 5 White/Blue
White/Blue
5
TX+
TX+ 6 Green
Green 6 RX+
NC 7 White/Brown
White/Brown
7
NC
NC 8 Brown
Brown 8 NC
GND
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8. DVIP Configuration Tool
The DVIP Configuration Tool allows users to setup the network setting
of the BC-200 HD block camera. Please see following sections for the
detail of the DVIP Configuration Tool setting.
8.1 DVIP Configuration Tool Setting
At first, you have to download the DVIP Configuration Tool from
Datavideo website’s product page to your PC. Moreover, you can also
get the DVIP Configuration Tool from your local distributor. After the
software download is completed, please follow following steps for
setting the DVIP Configuration Tool.
Step1. Connect your PC directly to the DVIP port of the BC-200 camera.
If there is more than one BC-200 camera, please connect all the BC-200
cameras to an Ethernet router. Please make sure that the Ethernet
router and all connected devices are within the same IP range.
Step2. On the PC, please open the DVIP Configuration Tool by doubleclicking the “DVIP_Net_Conf.exe.”
8.1.1 User Interface
Step1. After the DVIP Configuration Tool is opened, please select the
corrected network interface card in your PC and then click the button
“OK”.
Note: Please make sure that the selected network interface card is
within the same IP range as the connected BC-200 camera or it is
impossible for the DVIP Configuration Tool to find the connected DVIP
device.
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Step2. After logging in the interface card, the user will be able to view
the device name, MAC address and number of device.
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8.1.2 Device Search
2
3
On the tool bar, users can click the search icon to search for all
DVIP devices.
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8.1.3 Clearing Device List
On the tool bar, users are allowed to clear the device list by
clicking the “Device List Clear” button.
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8.1.4 Detailed Device Network Information
After selecting a device in the left column, you will then be able to
view each device information on the right, including name, MAC,
IP address and etc.
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8.1.5 Modify Device Information and Write to Device
The user is allowed to modify the device information in the right
column such as device name, MAC, IP address and etc. Click the
Save button to write the information into the device. Right after
the Save button is clicked, you will be able to see a prompt
message at the top right corner to request for a device reboot
for the new settings to become effective.
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8.1.6 Switch to Other Network Interface
To select other network interface cards, click Network
Network Card
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8.1.7 Language Selection
On the tool bar, select a language: Traditional Chinese,
Simplified Chinese or English
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9. Firmware Upgrade
1) Copy MB CPU image files into the root directory of a USB hard
drive (<16 GB) and insert it into the USB Upgrade port (You may
use a USB extension cord).
2) Open the OSD menu using IR remote control by pressing the
MENU button.
3) Browse to
=> 4: SYSYEM
=> 4: UPDATE SOFTWARE
=> 3: UPDATE ALL
=>YES
=> ENTER
4) Wait for another five minutes until the following lines appear on
the screen
- Updated MCPU =>OK
The OSD will flash “Write OK/Power ON Again”.
Note: it takes approximately 5-7 minutes to complete the
update.
5) Turn off the device by unplugging the power cord. Plug the power
cord back into the socket and then turn on the device again.