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V DMH User Manual
User Guide for the V DMH
Optical/Thermal PTZ Camera
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Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Change History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warranty and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conguring the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
• Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
• Comm Port Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
• Motor Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
• Camera Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Software Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
• Overall Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
• Base Plate Hole Centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Change History
Version Date Change Summary Author
v1.0 10/10/2017 Existing Support Articles Compiled RE
Warranty and Support
All Visual Engineering products are supplied as standard with a 12 month ‘Return to Base’ warranty.
Please note: Any unauthorised product disassembly, modication or the removal of tamper
proof labels will void the warranty.
In the event of a suspected product failure, users should contact the Visual Engineering support
team on the telephone number +44 (0) 1206 211842 or please email us at:
support@visualengineering.co.uk
Should the fault persist or if the support team are unable to resolve the fault, it may be necessary
to return the equipment.
Equipment should only be returned using the RMA (Returns Management Authorisation) process.
Users should contact the support team on the above number and request an RMA number.
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Introduction
The V DMH is a fully IP67 sealed weather proof pan, tilt and zoom camera with internal heating and
a rain/dust wiper.
The whole camera is extremely rugged and is designed specically for high vibration environments
such as large robotic or military vehicles.
The V DMH has internal slip rings for continuous horizontal pan and supports 195° of tilt.
It is designed to carry a range of thermal imagers, including the 320x240 imager with a frame rate
of 9Hz.
The standard optical camera is the Sony FCB-EV7520, 30x optical zoom block camera. This camera
exceeds 520 TVL resolution and operates under several low light modes. The video outputs of both
cameras are available simultaneously.
Camera control is performed over a serial RS232/485 interface and various protocols are
supported, giving the full range of pan, tilt and zoom functions, in addition to preset control over a
wide range of camera parameters.
Integrated sensors allow the camera to monitor its pan and tilt angle and therefore has the ability
to self correct its actual position if external forces act upon it.
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Conguring the Camera
The V DMH can be congured for a specic user prole, to include; communications, motor and
camera settings. Once congured the camera will remember these settings.
The camera is congured using a menu structure on its control interface which is only accessible
at power on. To access the control menu it is necessary to connect the camera to a serial comms
software application, such as TeraTerm.
• Connect the D-Type connector on the
control cable to a Comm port on a PC.
• Open the terminal application and
congure the Comm port to 9600 baud
• Re-power the camera, a > will appear and
shortly after !
• As soon as the ! appears type ‘v’ ‘e’ in quick
succession.
• The Main Menu shown on the right will then
be displayed.
• Select the required option.
• The function of each option is described in
the tables that follow.
Boot Menu
Comm Port Options
Comm Port Options
Description Options
The serial comms standard
RS485 No Parity , RS232 No Parity,
RS485 Odd Parity, RS232 Odd Parity
RS485 Even Parity, RS232 Even Parity
Motor Options
Motor Options
Sub Menu Description Options
Auto Position
Correction
Whether the camera automatically corrects
its actual position if external forces
act upon it
Disabled, Enabled
Stall Detection Detects a stall in the motor drive Disabled, Enabled
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Camera Options
Camera Options
Sub Menu Description Options
Optical
Camera Model
The type of Sony camera tted to the unit at
the time of manufacture
EX1020P, EV7520
Wide Angle
Lens
Applicable for models where the additional
wide angle camera is included
Disabled, Enabled
Thermal
Camera
Selects the thermal camera model Camera 1, Camera 2
Video Output
Only applicable to EV7520 model, selects the
composite video standard output
PAL, NTSC
Software Control
The V DMH camera supports serial communication control over RS232 and RS485. It supports
PelcoD, PelcoP & Sony Visca protocols.
The user may choose to use a software controller of their choice or use the VE Camera Controller.
This software application can be downloaded from the Visual Engineering website:
www.visualengineering.co.uk/supportdownload/9
The user should install the Software application on a PC. The image below shows what the software
application looks like.
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It is necessary to connect a USB to serial comms lead to the PC. The operating system of the
computer will allocate this a COM port number.
Once this connection between the comms lead and the computer’s operating system has been
made the user can go ahead and connect the application to the COM port. In the example below
the port COM3 has been selected. Now select Connect.
Now that the software application is connected to the comms lead the functions of the software
can be used. In the example below the pan right command has been selected. This will cause the
V DMH camera to pan right. Similar commands for pan left, tilt up & down and zoom functions can
also be tried out using the intuitive software user interface.
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Specications
Pinout
The V DMH is tted with an Amphenol connector in the base of the
camera. The pinout for the Amphenol connector is described in the
table on the right.
Specications
Optical Sensor 1/2.8” FCB EV7520 Tilt Range 130° Up, 65° Down
Optical Resolution 2.4 MegaPixel Pan Range Continuous
Optical Sensitivity
<0.01 Lux
Hi Sense on
Power Requirements
9-36VDC, 20W Unheated
50W Heated
Optical Zoom 30x Weight 10kgs
Thermal Sensor
320 x 240 Pixels
@9Hz
Connection
Amphenol
D38999/24ZB35PN
Thermal Range 8-14um Dimensions
ø 200mm x H 264mm
Thermal Sensitivity <50mk Environmental IP67
Thermal Digital Zoom
2x, 4x, 8x
Matched to Optical
Zoom
Casing Machined Aluminium
Amphenol Connector
Pin Signal
1 +V
2 +V
3 Power GND
4 Power GND
5 Video 1
6 Video GND
7 Video 2
8 Video GND
9 232TX 485A
10 232RX 485B
Part Number
V DMH PTZ Camera 110-2809
Part Number
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Dimensions
Overall Dimensions
264 mm
200 mm
Visual Engineering Technologies LTD
Kemps Farm
Stanway
Colchester
Essex Tel: +44 (0)1206 211842
CO3 8NB Web: www.visualengineering.co.uk
UK Email: sales@visualengineering.co.uk
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Base Plate Hole Centres
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