Panasonic WV-C L924A manual

(Lens : option) W V - CL924 CL924 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. Model No. WV -CL920A WV -CL924A Color CCTV Cameras Operating Instructions[...]

-2- WARNING: To prevent fire or electric shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert[...]

-3- IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. 8) Do not use near any heat sou[...]

-4- 12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-overs. 13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. 14) Refer all servicing to [...]

-5- CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................................................................................................. ......................... 3 PREFACE ....................................................................................................................... ................................................ 6 FE[...]

-6- PREF ACE Panasonic's WV-CL920A (WV-CL924A) series digital color camera introduces a new level of high picture quality and high resolution through the use of a 1/2-inch frame interline transfer CCD image sensor having 768 horizontal pixels (picture elements), and digital signal processing LSI's. This model offers cutting-edge tech- nol[...]

-7- 1. The following functions are built in. (1) Auto Light Control (ALC)/Electronic Light Control (ELC) (2) Back Light Compensation (Auto: Factory pre- set, Manual: Manual photometric measuring area set) (3) Various External Sync Functions, including Gen-Lock (4) Auto/Manual White Balance Function (5) Electronic Shutter Function 2. Signal-to-noise[...]

-8- 1. The installation should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers. 2. Do not attempt to disassemble the camera. To prevent electric shock, do not remove screws or covers. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Ask a qualified service person for servicing. 3. Handle the camera with care. Do not abuse the camera. Avoid s[...]

-9- <WV-CL920A> <WV-CL924A> WV- CL920A FB LOCK FB LOCK Hi-Z G/L 75 Ω WV- CL920A VIDEO OUT GEN-LOCK AC 24V IN DC 12V IN GND 2 1 r e !3 !3 !2 !2 !1 q w !0 i y t u o !6 !4 !5 !7 VIDEO OUT GEN-LOCK GND 120V AC 60Hz OUT ALARM DAY/ NIGHT GND IN GND OUT ALARM DAY/ NIGHT GND IN MAJOR OPERA TING CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS Slide the panel to [...]

-10- q Auto Iris Lens Connector This connector is used to connect the auto iris lens with a 4-pin male connector supplied as a standard accessory (Part No. YFE4191J100). w Flange-back Adjusting Ring (FB) This ring is used to adjust the back focal length or picture focus. Rotate this ring upward or downward for a CS-mount lens. In case of using a C-[...]

-11- !4 Alarm Output Terminal (ALARM OUT/GND) Connects to the alarm input connector (terminal) of an external device. When the camera detects motion, the alarm output signal is supplied to the connected external device (Open collector output: 16 V DC, 100 mA max). !5 Day/Night Input Terminal (DAY/NIGHT IN/GND) This terminal is used for connecting t[...]

-12- Copper wire #24 #22 #20 #18 size (AWG) (0.22 mm 2 ) (0.33 mm 2 ) (0.52 mm 2 ) (0.83 mm 2 ) Resistance 0.078 0.050 0.030 0.018 Ω /m Resistance 0.026 0.017 0.010 0.006 Ω /ft A. WV-CL920A (120 V AC 60Hz) 1. Plug the AC power cord (supplied as standard accessory) into the AC Inlet Socket. 2. Connect the AC power cord to a 120 V AC 60 Hz outlet[...]

-13- 2. 24 V AC Power Supply Connect the power cable to the AC/DC compatible input terminal on the rear panel of the camera. Recommended wire gauge sizes for 24 V AC line. V ideo Cable 1. It is recommended to use a monitor whose resolu- tion is at least equal to that of the camera. 2. The maximum extensible coaxial cable length between the camera a[...]

-14- Replacement of Auto Iris Lens Connector If necessary, replace the existing lens connector with the type YFE419J100 supplied. 1. Cut the existing lens connector at the end of the iris control cable. 2. Process the cable end as shown in the figure. Cover Lens 8 mm (5/8) 2 mm (1/16) 3. Solder each wire to a pin as follows. Pin #1: Red/Power Pin #[...]

-15- Caution for Mounting the Lens The lens mount should be a CS-mount (1”-32UN). In case of a C-mount, it should be a C-mount adapter and the lens weight should be less than 450 g (0.99 lbs). If the lens is heavier, both the lens and camera should be secured by using the supporter. The protrusion at the rear of the lens should be as shown below:[...]

The following adjustment should be made by qualified service personnel or system installers. 1. Loosen the screw on the side of the camera. 2. Turn the flange-back adjusting ring to the desired position. Note: Adjusting a focus in the visible rays may be soft-focused with the near-infrared light. -16- Screw Flange-back Adjusting Ring 3. Tighten the[...]

-17- Fixing Screws Mount Adapter • Mounting from the top Remove the mount adapter from the bottom of the camera by removing the two fixing screws. Attach the mount adapter to the top as shown in the dia- gram, then mount the camera on the mounting bracket. Use the two original screws to attach the mount adapter to the camera. Using shorter ones m[...]

-19- White Balance ATW1 ATW2 AWC Motion Detector Special Menu Display Mode CHROMA GAIN UP SIDE DOWN AP GAIN PEDESTAL BW BURST (BW) ON OFF Camera Resetting Manual Mask Area Selection Detection Level Adjustment Lens Drive Signal Selection AUTO1 AUTO2 EXT OFF ON Manual Mask Area Selection DWELL TIME Selection HUE DC VIDEO -18- 1. CAMERA SETUP MENU Thi[...]

• Opening the Setup Menu Hold down I for 2 seconds or more to display the CAM SET UP menu. You can confirm the current set- tings on the menu. Check the current settings on the menu. Move the cursor to END in the bottom line, and press I to close the menu and return to the camera picture. -20- ** CAM SET UP ** CAMERA ID OFF ALC/ELC ALC SHUTTER OF[...]

2. SETUP OPERA TION This camera utilizes a user setup menu (CAM SET UP) that is displayed on the monitor. To set items on the CAM SET UP menu, use the follow- ing buttons on the side panel. Up Button ( J ) : Moves the cursor upwards. Use this button to select an item or adjust the parameters. Down Button ( K ) : Moves the cursor downwards. Use this[...]

-22- • Editing the CAM SET UP Menu To edit the CAM SET UP menu (change settings), press J and K or L and M to move the cursor to SET UP DISABLE in the bottom line. Press I . SET UP DISABLE changes to SET UP ENABLE. Move the cursor to END, then to the item(s) you want to change. Notes: • When SET UP DISABLE appears in the bottom line of the CAM [...]

-23- 1. Camera Identification (CAMERA ID) Setting You can use the camera identification (CAMERA ID) menu to assign a name to the camera. The camera ID consists of up to 16 alphanumeric characters. The cam- era ID display can be switched on or off on the monitor screen. Camera ID ON/OFF Move the cursor to CAMERA ID, and select ON or OFF. ON: Display[...]

-24- 2. Move the pointer to the character to be replaced by pressing L or M . Then move the cursor to the character area and select a new character. 3. Press I to determine the CAMERA ID. To erase all characters in the editing area Move the cursor to RESET and press I . All charac- ters in the editing area disappear. To determine the display positi[...]

-25- 1. Move the cursor to the ALC/ELC parameter. 2. Select ALC or ELC. Cautions: 1. Under bright lighting conditions such as outdoors, use an ALC type lens because the ELC control range is not wide enough under these conditions. 2. Use an ALC type lens if the following phenomena occur: • Strong smear and/or blooming on highlight objects such as [...]

-26- ** ALC CONT ** BACK LIGHT COMP PRESET OFF PEAK MODE OFF MASK SET LEVEL ...I..... - + RET END ↵ ** ALC CONT ** BACK LIGHT COMP PRESET ON PEAK MODE OFF LEVEL ...I..... - + RET END 2. Move the cursor to the PRESET parameter and select ON. The backlight compensation is automatically set. 3. If you want to change the video output level (picture c[...]

-27- 2. Move the cursor to MASK SET and press I . The 48 mask areas appear on the monitor screen. The cursor is blinking in the top left corner of the screen. 3. Move the cursor to the area where backlight is bright, and press I to mask that area. The mask turns white. (When the cursor is moved on an area that has already been masked, the mask and [...]

The preset values for SHUTTER (electronic shutter speed) change by pressing L or M as follows: 4. Gain Control Setting (AGC ON/OFF) You can select an automatic gain control (AGC) mode with dynamic noise reduction (DNR) options. 1. Move the cursor to AGC and select a mode. OFF: Applies neither AGC nor DNR. ON (DNR-H): Applies AGC with high-level DNR[...]

5. Electronic Sensitivity Enhancement (SENS UP) There are two modes for SENS UP. AUTO: If you select x32 AUTO, for example, the sensitivity is raised automatically to x32 max. When AUTO is selected, AGC is automatically set to ON. FIX: If you select x64 FIX, for example, the sensitivi- ty is raised to just x64. Move the cursor to the SENS UP parame[...]

-30- • Whenever the multiplexed vertical drive pulse (VD2) is supplied to the camera from an external equip- ment such as a Matrix Switcher, the camera sync mode is automatically switched to the VD2 mode. • When the VBS or VS gen-lock mode is to be used select INT from this menu and supply the gen-lock input signal to the Gen-lock Input Connect[...]

-31- 6-1. Internal Sync Mode (INT) 1. Move the cursor to SYNC and select INT. 2. Press I . Note: Never supply VD2, VBS, or VS to the camera when you intend to operate the camera in the internal mode. Otherwise your selection will be ignored because INT has the lowest priority. 6-2. VBS Gen-lock Mode (EXT(VBS)) 1. Move the cursor to the SYNC paramet[...]

-32- 6. Set the oscilloscope to the horizontal rate and expand the horizontal sync portion on the oscillo- scope. 7. Move the cursor to H PHASE. 8. Adjust the horizontal phase by pressing L or M . The adjustable range is 0 - 2.0 µs. 9. Move the cursor to SC COARSE. 10. Press L or M to match the chroma phase of the camera’s video signal, when obs[...]

-33- 6-3. VS Gen-lock Mode (EXT(VS)) 1. Move the cursor to the SYNC parameter and select INT. 2. Connect the coaxial cable for the composite sync or composite B/W video signal to the gen-lock input connector. 3. Confirm that the parameter INT changed to EXT (VS) on the menu. Caution: The gen-lock input signal should meet the EIA specifications and [...]

-34- 2. After confirming the cursor is on LL, press I . The vertical phase adjustment menu appears on the monitor. 3. Supply the video output signal of the camera to be adjusted and the reference camera video output signal to a dual-trace oscilloscope. 4. Set the oscilloscope to the vertical rate and expand the vertical sync portion on the oscillos[...]

-35- • To reset COARSE and FINE to the values pre- set at the factory, press L and M simultane- ously. COARSE and FINE adjustments are pre- set at the factory to zero-crossing of the AC line phase. • If the AC line contains noise (spike noise, etc.), the stability of the vertical phase of the camera video output signal may be disturbed. 7. Whit[...]

-36- • Automatic White Balance Control Mode (AWC) In this mode, accurate white balance is obtained within a color temperature range of approximately 2 300-10 000K. 1. Move the cursor to the WHITE BAL parameter and select AWC → PUSH SW. 2. Press I to start the white balance setup. The PUSH SW is highlighted to indicate that the white balance is [...]

-37- 5. Press L or M to obtain the optimum amount of blue gain. Note: When you need to set MASK SET, re-adjust to obtain the optimum amount of red and blue gain. 8. Motion Detector Setting (MOTION DET) The motion detector detects the moving objects in the scene by monitoring changes in brightness level. You can select the level of sensitivity for m[...]

-38- 9. Move the cursor to DWELL TIME, and select a time with L or M . When the time specified here elapses after motion detection, the camera will notify the connected device of the alarm activation. The default setting is 2S. Available Time (second): 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 30 s Notes: • Masking or adjusting the detection level is needed to prevent mal[...]

-39- 10. Special Menu (SPECIAL) This menu lets you adjust and set up the video signal of the camera to meet your requirements. Move the cursor to END on the bottom line of the CAM SET UP menu and press L and M simultaneously (hold down L and press M ) for 2 seconds or more. The SPECIAL menu appears on the monitor as shown below. 10-1. Camera Pictur[...]

EXT: Color picture reverts to black-and-white when an external day/night switching signal is received (refer to alarm connections). ON: Black and white mode is selected. OFF: Color mode is selected. 3. Select AUTO1 or AUTO2 using L or M . 4. Press I . The AUTO1 or AUTO2 menu appears on the moni- tor screen. -40- 10-6. BW 1. Move the cursor to the B[...]

-41- To reset to the factory settings 1. Move the cursor to the CAMERA RESET parameter. PUSH SW is highlighted. 2. While holding down L and M , press I for 2 seconds or more. The camera is reset to the factory settings. ** SPECIAL ** UP SIDE DOWN OFF CHROMA GAIN ....I.... AP GAIN ....I.... PEDESTAL ....I.... HUE ....I.... - + BW OFF BURST (BW) ON C[...]

Pick-up Device: 768 (H) x 494 (V) pixels, Interline Transfer CCD Scanning Area: 6.45 (H) x 4.84 (V) mm (Equivalent to scanning area of 1/2” pick-up tube) Scanning: 525 lines/60 fields/30 frames Horizontal: 15.734 kHz Vertical: 59.94 Hz Synchronization: Internal, Line-locked, External (VS/VBS) or Multiplexed Vertical Drive (VD2) selectable Video O[...]

-43- Electronic Light Control: Equivalent to continuous variable shutter speeds between 1/60 s and 1/10 000 s AGC: ON (DNR-H), ON (DNR-M), ON (DNR-L) or OFF (SET UP MENU) selectable Backlight Compensation: Preset ON or OFF (SET UP MENU) selectable Electronic Shutter Speed: 1/60 (OFF), 1/100, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1 000,1/2 000,1/4 000, 1/10 000 s selecta[...]

-44- ST ANDARD ACCESSORIES Body Cap .................................................................... 1 pc. ALC Lens Connector (YFE4191J100) ......................... 1 pc. AC Power Cord (only for WV-CL920A) ....................... 1 pc. C-mount Adapter ......................................................... 1 pc.[...]

-45- OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Lenses : WV-LA4R5A, WV-LA6A, WV-LA12A, WV-LZ80/2, WV-LZ81/10, WV-LZ81/6[...]

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