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Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Autoiris lens connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Chapter 2. Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
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Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Onboard controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
PC configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Chapter 3. Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Camera ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sense UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Light control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Picture control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Day/night control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Focus adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Chapter 4. Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Contacting technical support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Chapter 1 Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of your
GEC-HDR/GEC-HDR-DN, including
minimum hardware/software requirements
and steps you need to perform before you
begin installing, configuring, and using
your GEC-HDR/GEC-HDR-DN.
In this chapter:
Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Autoiris lens connector . . . . . . . .4
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Product overview
This color CCD video camera series employs a
1/3-inch charge-coupled device (CCD) solidstate imaging device with 470k/410k picture
elements, and equipped with a newly developed
digital signal processor (DSP) for processing the
video signals.
A micro-controller is also introduced to provide
high quality, high color reproduction, and a
sharp, crisp picture.
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Figure 1. Camera overview
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C (CS) mount adapter. If a CS-mounted lens is used,
remove the C mounting ring.
Standard photographic pan head screw size (1/4
in. - 20).
C
D
Focal length locking screw.
Backfocus thumb wheel.
Autoiris lens connector. For more information, see
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Autoiris lens connector on page 4.
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Video output terminal.
Onboard controls.
Slide out cover.
Power pilot LED.
12 VDC/24 VAC block terminal. This terminal
accepts 12 VDC (nonparity) or 24 VAC. The other
model accepts 100 - 240 VAC.
OSD remote control connector.
Brightness level sensor.
Autoiris lens connector
If your autoiris lens has a built-in EE amp (video
type), set the LIGHT CNTL to Video lens. With
this setting, the connector in Figure 2 on page 5
should be wired as shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Built-in EE amp pinout
Pin Description
1Power (red)
2NC
3 Video (white)
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Table 1. Built-in EE amp pinout
Pin Description
4Ground (black)
If your autoiris does not have a built-in EE amp
(DC type), set the LIGHT CNTL to DC lens.
With this setting, the connector in Figure 2
should be wired as shown in Table 2.
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Table 2. No built-in EE amp pinout
Pin Description
1 Damping coil (+)
2 Damping coil (-)
3 Driving coil (+)
4 Driving coil (-)
Figure 2. Autoiris pins
2
1
4
3
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Chapter 2 Controls
This chapter provides an overview of your
GEC-HDR/GEC-HDR-DN controls.
In this chapter:
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Onboard controls. . . . . . . . . . . . .8
PC configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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Controls
You can configure the camera through either the
onboard controls, or by an RS-232 conn ection to
a PC.
Onboard controls
Use the onboard up, down, left, right, and enter
buttons (Figure 3) to make selections on the
onscreen menus.
Figure 3. Onboard controls
Up
Left
Enter
Right
Down
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PC configuration
To configure the camera with a PC, you’ll need
to connect them through an RS-232 connection.
RS-232
T o connect the camera to an RS-232 cable, do the
following:
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1. Connect the RX terminal to pin 3 on a
DB9 connector (Figure 4).
Figure 4. RS-232 connection
GND I/O
GND
NC TX RX
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2. Connect the TX terminal to pin 2 on a
DB9 connector.
3. Connect the GND terminal to pin 5 on a
DB9 connector.
Note: The NC terminal does not connect to
anything.
PC
To configure the camera with a PC, do the
following:
1. Connect the DB9 connector to the serial
port (COM1) of your PC.
2. In a Windows 95/98/ME/200 0/XP
system, insert the floppy disk that came
with the camera into the floppy disk
drive.
3. Click Start > Run > Browse. Navigate
to the disk drive, and double-click the
OSD_CONT.EXE file.
4. The OSD Control program will display
on your screen (Figure 5 on page 11).
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Figure 5. The OSD program.
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5. Click the center button to display the
Main Menu on the display monitor. Use
the arrow buttons or your PC’s keyboard
to navigate and select menu items.
6. Click on Exit to close the program.
Note: Try the following steps if the OSD Control
program doesn’t function as stated.
• Make sure the RS-232 cable is wired
correctly.
•Run the patch.exe program on the
provided floppy disk.
•Click on the Setup (S) button to make
sure the correct COM port is selected.
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I/O port
The I/O port can receive a signal from an
external device to switch between day or night
mode. For more information, see External day to
night menu on page 28.
This is only for use with the GEC-HDR-DN.
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Chapter 3 Menus
This chapter provides an overview of your
GEC-HDR/GEC-HDR-DN menus.
In this chapter:
Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Camera ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Sense UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Light control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
White balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Picture control. . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Day/night control. . . . . . . . . . . .26
Focus adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . .30
Misc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
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Setup menus
The camera is configured through the setup
menus which appear onscreen.
Main menu
To access and navigate the main menu, press the
Enter button on the camera (Figure 3 on page 8
and Table 3 on page 15). Then you can use the
Up or Down keys to move between items, and
press Enter again to select the option (Figure 6
on page 15).
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Figure 6. Main menu
CAMERA ID OFF
SENSE UP OFF
LIGHT CNTL WD MODE
WHITE BAL ATW
PICTURE VIDEO
D/N CNTL* HD1
FOCUS ADJ
MISC
SETUP MENU
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END INIT UNLOCK
Table 3. Main menu options
Menu option Description
Camera ID Camera identification.
Sense up Options to control brightness in low
light.
Light cntl Options for light control.
White bal Options for white balance controls.
Picture Options for video display controls.
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Table 3. Main menu options (continued)
Menu option Description
D/N cntl Options for day/night controls.
Note: This is only for use with the
GEC-HDR-DN.
Focus adj Focus adjustment screen.
Misc Adjust synchronization and lens
applications.
End Exits the menu.
(up arrow) Adjust menu positioning.
Unlock Lock or unlock the setup menu.
Note: To enter the unlock password,
press Up, Down, Down,
Right, and Enter.
Note: If you don’t press a button for 2 minutes, your
changes are saved, and the camera returns to
its normal function.
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Camera ID
You can set a camera ID to display on the
monitor ’s screen. To set the camera ID, do the
following:
1. On the main menu, move the cursor to
Camera ID and press the Enter button.
2. Using the up, down, left, or right keys,
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highlight the characters you want to
display. Press the Enter button to select
the characters (Figure 7).
Figure 7. Camera ID character selection
CAMERA ID
0123456789:
ABCDEFGHIJK
LMNOPQRSTUV
WXYZabcdefg
hijklmnopqr
stuvwxyz ,.
RET POSI
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3. Press Left or Right to move and edit a
specific character in the editing area.
4. Use the blank character between the z
and, to delete the last character entered.
5. Select the Posi option to move the
position of the camera ID with the
directional keys. When done, press
Enter.
6. When finished, select the Ret option to
return to the main menu.
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Sense UP
This menu controls the optimal brightness level
by increasing the number of stored fields of the
CCD in response to the brightness level. This
function will start and control electronic frame
integration automatically. To change the Sense
UP option, do the following:
1. On the main menu, move the cursor to
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Sense UP and press the Enter button.
Press Left or Right to select the mode (Off, 2X,
4X, 8X, 16X, 20X, 40X, 80X, and 160X), and
press Enter to access that mode’s menu.
Light control
You can adjust the camera’s light control. To
change the light control option on the main
menu, move the cursor to Light Cntl and press
Left or Right to select NORMAL or WD MODE
menus.
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Normal menu
Figure 8. The Normal menu
NORMAL MENU
TYPE AUTO IRIS
BLC OFF
AGC 00
E-ZOOM
Return
Table 4. Normal menu options
Menu options Description
TYPE Press Left or Right to choose between
AUTO IRIS, ME, or AES. Press Enter to
select the AUTO IRIS or ME submenu.
BLC Press Left or Right to turn backlight
compensation on or off.
AGC Press Left or Right to adjust the bright
level low light condition.
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Table 4. Normal menu options
Menu options Description
E-ZOOM Press Enter to select the E-Zoom from
01-04.
WD mode menu
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Table 5 lists the WD mode menu options.
Table 5. WD mode menu options
Menu option Description
Mode
sequence
The mode sequence has 6 options:
•Indoor1 - Lobby or similar
environments
• Indoor2 - Hallway or similar
environments
• Indoor3-4 - Environments with
large contrasts
• Outdoor1 - Camera near to the
door surveillance for outside or
similar environments
• Outdoor2 - Camera under strong
light conditions changing to weak
light conditions.
AGC Press Left or Right to adjust the bright
White balance
You can adjust the camera’s white balance. To
adjust the white balance, do the following:
level low light condition.
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1. On the main menu, move the cursor to
WHITE BAL and press Left or Right to
change between ATW , PRESET,
MANUAL, PTL (Push to Lock)
(Table 6).
2. On the PRESET and PTL options, press
Enter to access a submenu.
Table 6. White balance menu options
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Menu options Description
ATW Automatic tracking white balance.
Preset Choose the fixed color temperature
between Indoor, Outdoor, and
Fluorescent.
Manual Manual white balance. Change the
value of R or B gain to adjust the
desired white balance
PTL Push to lock white balance. When you
press Enter, the camera will process
the white balance. The display will
change from PTL PUSH to PTL
SETTING. When the display changes
back to PTL PUSH, the process is
complete and you can exit the menu.
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Picture control
You can make adjustments to the camera’s
picture. To make adjustments, on the main menu,
move the cursor to PICTURE and press Left or
Right to access the VIDEO, GAMMA, or
APERATURE menus.
Table 7. Picture control menu options
Menu options Description
Video The Video menu has two option:
• Bright - Move the cursor to the
BRIGHT position and press Left or
Right to change the brightness.
• Pedestal - Move cursor to
PEDESTAL position, while
observing the color video monitor
or waveform monitor /
oscilloscope, press Left or Right
key to adjust the pedestal level
Gamma Move the cursor to the GAMMA
position and press Left or Right to
choose from 9 settings.
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Table 7. Picture control menu options (continued)
Menu options Description
Aperture Move the cursor to the APERTURE
position and press Left or Right to
choose from 00, 09, and AUTO for your
aperture.
Note: We recommend you use
AUTO as your default
aperture setting. Otherwise,
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you may see large amounts
of noise in a low-light
environment.
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Day/night control
You can adjust the camera’s day/night controls.
To adjust the controls, do the following:
Note: This is only for use with the GEC-HDR1-DN.
1. On the main menu, move the cursor to
D/N CNTL (Figure 9)and press Left or
Right to choose between LUX/DELAY,
SCHEDULE, EXTERNAL, DAY MODE,
and NIGHT MODE.
Figure 9. Day/night menu
D/N TYPE LUX/DELAY
D N MODE NORMAL
D/N MENU
2. Once you’ve chosen a mode, press
Enter to access the mode’s submenu.
RETURN
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Lux/delay menu
Table 8 lists the lux/delay menu options.
Table 8. Lux/delay menu options
Menu options Description
D J N LEVEL Press Left or Right to adjust the light
level at which the camera switches
from day mode to night mode.
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N J D LEVEL Press Left or Right to adjust the light
level at which the camera switched
from night mode to day mode.
DELAY TIME Set the delay time that dictates how
long after the camera has detected
the appropriate level of light or dark to
switch modes. You can set from five to
60 seconds.
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Schedule menu
Table 9 lists the schedule menu options.
Table 9. Schedule menu options
Menu options Description
D J N TIME Set the HOUR and MIN at which the
camera will switch from day mode to
night mode.
N J D TIME Set the HOUR and MIN at which the
camera will switch from night mode to
day mode.
CHOICE D/N
TYPE
Note: If the D J N TIME and N J D TIME are identical,
the camera will automatically add one minute
to the N
Press Enter to switch between day or
night mode.
J
D TIME.
External day to night menu
This function allows you to set whether the
camera switches to night mode by HI potential
(+5 V) or LOW potential (0 V). When finished,
move the cursor to RETURN and press Enter.
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Day mode
This switches the camera to day mode.
Night mode
This switches the camera to night mode.
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Focus adjustment
You can make adjustments to the camera’s back
focus. To make adjustments, do the following:
1. On the main menu, move the cursor to
FOCUS ADJ and press Enter
(Figure 10).
Figure 10. Focus adjustment
PLEASE ADJ FOCUS
PRESS ENTER TO EXIT
2. Adjust the back focus and press Enter
again when finished.
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Misc
On the MISC menu, you can adjust things like
the camera’s synchronization and l en s
applications. To make these adjustments on the
main menu, move the cursor to MISC and press
Enter to access the MISC menu (Figure 11 and
Table 10).
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Figure 11. Misc menu
MISC MENU
EXT SYNC LINE LOCK
MIRROR OFF
MASK
WINKER
LOW LIGHT ON
BACK DEFAULT
RETURN
GEC-HDR
MISC MENU
EXT SYNC LINE LOCK
MIRROR OFF
MASK
SYSTEM HOUR: 22
MIN: 46
SYSTEM TIME : DISPLAY
BACK DEFAULT
RETURN
GEC-HDR-DN
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Menus
Table 10. Misc menu options
Menu options Description
EXT SYNC Press Left or Right to select the type
of synchronization, and press Enter to
access the external sync phase
adjusting menu. Align the sync phase
by pressing Left of Right.
MIRROR Press Left or Right to turn mirroring
on or off.
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MASK Masks are used to cover private areas
in the camera’s view. Press Enter to
access the Mask menu (Figure 12 on
page 35). To set a mask, see Setting a
mask on page 35.
WINKER Turn the winker on to have an
indicator blink in the upper right
corner of the display, signaling that
the camera is on.
Note: This is only for use with the
GEC-HDR.
LOW LIGHT Choose between color and black-
and-white when in a low light
environment.
Note: This is only for use with the
GEC-HDR.
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Table 10. Misc menu options (continued)
Menu options Description
SYSTEM HOUR Set the hour of the current local time.
This will affect when the day/night
mode changes if you are using the
schedule option for your day/night
control.
Note: This is only for use with the
GEC-HDR-DN.
SYSTEM MIN Set the minute of the current local
time. This will affect when the day/
night mode changes if you are using
the schedule option for your day/
night control.
Note: This is only for use with the
GEC-HDR-DN.
SYSTEM TIME Display or hide the system time on
the display.
Note: This is only for use with the
GEC-HDR-DN.
BACK DEFAULT Restores the unit to the default
settings.
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Menus
Setting a mask
To set a mask, see Misc on page 31 to access the
MISC menu and do the follo wing:
1. Press Left or Right to select the mask
you want to edit (Figure 12).
Figure 12. Mask menu
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2. Press Down to move to the next line, and
then press Left or Right to turn the mask
on or off.
3. Press Down to move to the next line, and
then press Left or Right to choose the
color of the mask (white, gray, or black).
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4. Press Down to move to the next line, and
then press Enter to set the position of
the mask.
5. Press Down to move to the next line, and
then press Enter to set the size of the
mask.
6. Press Down to move to RETURN, and
press Enter to exit the menu.
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Chapter 4 Support
This chapter provides information to help
you contact technical support in case you
need assistance with your GE equipment.
In this chapter:
Contacting technical support. . . . . .38
Online publication library. . . . .39
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Contacting technical
support
For assistance installing, operating, maintaining,
and troubleshooting this product, refer to this
document and any other documentation
provided. If you still have questions, please
contact your local supplier.
Note: Be ready at the equipment before calling for
technical support.
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