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4 ” Outdoor Dome Series Hardware Manual D71A, D72A, D81A, D82A E71A, E72A, E73A, E74A, E75, E76, E77 E81A, E82A, E83A, E84A, E85A, E86A, E88 201 5/03/24[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 2 T able of Con tents Precautions ............................................................. 4 Safety Instructions .................................................................................... 6 Introduction ............................................................. 7 The List of Models .............[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 3 Other Adjustments and Accessories .................. 34 How to Adjust the V iewing A ngle ........................................................... 34 D7xA / E7x / E7xA Series ...................................................................... 34 D8xA / E8xA Series .........................................[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 4 Precautions Read these instructio ns Y ou should read all the safet y and operating instructio ns before usi ng this produc t. Heed all warnings Y ou must adhe re to all the warnings on the produc t and in the instruction manual. Failure to f ollow the safet y instruction gi ven m ay directly endanger people, c[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 5 Federal Communic ations Commission Statement This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for a class B digital device, p ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These lim its are designed to provide reasonabl e protection aga inst harmf ul interference in a resident ial installation. This e[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 6 Safety Instructions Cleaning Disconnect this video prod uct from the power supply before clea ning. Attachments Do not use attachm ents not reco mm ended by the video product manufacturer as they ma y cause hazards. Do not use accessories n ot recommended b y the manufacture r Install the PoE switch or injector[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 7 Introduction The List of Models This hardware m anual contains the fol lowing models: D71A 1MP Outdoor Dome with D/N, IR, F ixed lens D72A 3MP Outdoor Dome with D/N, IR, F ixed lens D81A 1MP Outdoor Dome with D/N, IR, V ari-focal lens D82A 3MP Outdoor Dome with D/N, IR, V ari-focal lens E71A 1MP Outdoor Dome wi[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 8 E86A 3MP Outdoor Dome with D/N, IR, Superior W DR, V ari-f ocal lens E88 1.3MP Outdoor Dome with D/N, IR, Basic W DR, SLLS, V ari -focal lens From the instal lation persp ective, these models are similar; theref ore, one m anual is used f or all of them.[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 9 Package Contents Camera Mounting Scre w Kit Hexagon Screwdri ver Drill T emplate Conduit Gland Cable Gland Lens Focus T uner (for D7xA / E7xA only) T erminal Block (for Audio a nd DI/DO) Quick Installation Gui de War ranty Card Drill T emplate[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 10 Physical Descri ption NOTE: The camera picture above is for ref erence only . Actual camera ma y s lightly differ . 1) E thernet Port Connects to a network using an Ethernet cable. 2) Memory Card Slot Insert a mem ory card (not included) i nto this slot for lo cal recording purposes. See How to Install / Remov[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 11 4) Digital Input / Output (DI/DO) and A udio Inp ut / Output This connector connec ts to digital input or o utput devices, suc h as an alarm trigger , panic button, etc., as well as au dio input and out put devices, suc h as micr ophon es and speak ers. Digital Input (DI) and Di gital Output (DO) devices are u[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 12 Mounting Options There are several m ounting options t hat you can use to insta ll the camera. S elect the m ost suitable solution for your installation environm ent. Mount T ypes Accessories Surface Mount Suitable when mounting the camera directly w alls or ceilings without extra accessories. See Installing t[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 13 Straight Wa ll Mount Suitable when mounting the camera on straight walls. PMAX-0314 (Heavy Duty Wall Mount) V ertical Pole Mount Suitable when mounting the camera on vertical poles. PMAX- 0314 PMAX- 0503 Horizontal Pole Mount Suitable when mounting the camera on horizontal poles. PMAX- 0101 PMAX-0102 PMAX - 05[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 14 Other Mounting Accessories Accessories PMAX-0104 (Extension T ube) PMAX- 070 2 (Junction Box) NOTE: For more inf ormation about the m ounting solutions and accessories, please ch eck the Mounting Accessory Selector in our website ( http://www .acti.com /mountingse lector ). The above m ounting access o[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 15 Installing the Camera on a Surface This section describes the procedures in installing the c amera on a flat surf ace such as a har d or dropped ceiling and s traight or tilted walls. Before insta llation, mak e sure the wall or ceilin g can bear more than the weight of the cam era. Step 1: Drill the Holes Bef[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 16 Step 2: Open the Dome Co ver NOTE: T o avoid scratches or leaving f ingerprints on the dom e cover , it is recomm ended to retain the plastic covering the dom e cover until the cam era is completely installed. Ho wever , th e plastic has been rem oved on the pictures in this docum entation to sho w clarity of [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 17 3. Carefully lift to open th e dom e cover and place it on th e side of the cam era. NOTE: Do not abrupt ly lift the dom e cover; it is attache d to the cam era with a spring wire. 4. If necessar y , insert a m emory card with the m etallic contacts f acing down into the card slot of the camera.[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 18 Step 3: Prepare for W aterpro of Installation The camera c omes with two (2) glands used for waterproof installation: Cable Gland : For use with an Exterior-grad e Ethernet cable . Exteri or-grade Eth er net cables are alread y waterproof. See Waterproof Solution with Naked C able on page 19 . Conduit [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 19 W aterproof Solution with Naked Cable This section desc ribes the procedures in using the bu ndled cable gland an d an exterior -grade Ethernet cable. 1. Disassem ble the cable gland as sho wn below: 2. Insert the clam ping nut into the Eth ernet cable. 3. Insert the sealing insert with claw . Body (with Washe[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 20 4. Attach the cable glan d body to the ho le of the cam era. Attach to Camera Side Hole Attach to Camera Bottom Hole 5. If the cable will be rout ed alon g the surfa ce , skip this step. If the cable will pass thro ugh the surface , d o the following: a. Pull the network cable through the bott om conduit hole.[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 21 W aterproof Solution with Conduit This section desc ribes the procedures t o wat erproof the c abling connections usi ng the bundl ed conduit gland and flexi ble conduit. This is th e recomm ended if other input/out put devices or an external power adapter w ill be connected to the camera or when an exterior-g[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 22 3. Pull the network cable through the flex conduit. If c onnecting other input/output de vices or an external power adapt er , pul l the cables through the flex conduit without co nnectors. The terminal block s will be attached once the cab les pass through th e camera hole lat er . 4. Insert the clam ping nut[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 23 6. Screw the conduit glan d bod y to the conduit hole of the cam era . Attac h to Side Conduit Hole Atta ch to Bottom Conduit Hole 7. If the cables will b e routed along the surface, s kip this step. If the cables will p ass through the surface , do the following: a. Pull the network cable and other cables (if[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 24 8. If connecting other cab les, attach the term inal block s to the cables. See Oth er Connection s on page 29 . 9. Proceed with Step 4: Install the Camera to the Surf ace on page 25 .[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 25 Step 4: Install the Ca mera to th e Surface Align the camera s crew holes and the c onduit hole (if necessar y) to the ho les on the s urface an d attach the three (3) su pplied screws with rubber r ings to secure th e cam era. CAUTION: When us ing electric screwd rivers, be caref ul not to touch the internal [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 26 Step 5 : Connect the Cable (s) 1. If the cables will b e routed along the surface , pull the network cable and other cables (if any) through the side co nduit hole a nd attach t he seali ng insert and the clam ping nut to the gland bod y . If the c able passes through the surface , skip to step 2. Using Flex C[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 27 3. Connect the other en d of the network cable to a switch or injector . T hen, connect t he switch or injector to a net work or PC and a p ower source. S ee Power -over- Ethernet (PoE) ex ample connection diagram below . Network AC Power Source PoE Injector / PoE Switch Power Cable Ethernet Cable Ethernet Cab[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 28 Step 8: Close th e Dome Co ver 1. Align the position of the dom e cover shroud to the di rection of the lens. 2. Ti ghten the three (3) s crews to attach the dom e cover to the cam era body . 3. Remove the plastic co vering the dom e cover . Final installation will look lik e the illustration below .[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 29 Other Connections This section desc ribes the procedures in preparing the Digital Input and O utput (DI/DO) and Audio Input and Output devices that you can connect t o the cam era using the bun dled term inal blocks. The use of these de vices, however , is optional. Connecting DI/ DO and A udi o De vices (Opti[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 30 Press and hold the orange tab as y ou insert the wire through the pin slot, then release the orange tab to secure the wire. T o connect digital input / output de vices (DI/DO), m ap the p ins to one of the pi n com binations below: Device Pin Mapping Instructions Digital Output (D O) 1 DIO PW Connect the wires[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 31 T ypical Connection Based on these specif ications, if the D I device has a voltage of 0V ~ 30V or the D O device has a voltage of < 24V ( < 5 0m A), then the camera can s uppl y internal power to these devices and ther e is no need to connect the DI/DO de vice to an externa l power sourc e. In this case[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 32 The illustration belo w is a graphic exam ple of connecting a rela y to a high volta ge DO de vice. Relay (DO1 Device) ) Camera Illuminator 110V-220V AC External Power Source NOTE: For m ore information on DI/DO connections, p lease refer to t he Knowledg e Base article All about D igital Input and Di gital Ou[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 33 How to Connect Audio Dev ices Audio input / output de vices, such as an acti ve microphone or spe aker c an be connected to the camera using the supp lied term inal block. Press and hold the orange tab as y ou insert the wire through the pin slot, then release the orange tab to secure the wire. T o connect aud[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 34 Other Adjustments and Accessor ies How to Adjust the View ing A ng le This section des cribes the proc edures in a djusting the vie wing angle and pan d irection of the camera. D7xA / E7 x / E7x A Se ries Camera Parts Ov erview Adjustment Procedur es 1 2 3[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 35 1. Loosen the tilt adjustm ent scr ews, adjust the tilt, and th en tighten back the screws to f ix the tilt position. 2. Move the rotation adj ustm ent to rotate the viewing orie ntation. 3. Loosen the pan adjustm ent screw , m ove the pan direction, and then t ighten back the screw to fix the pan pos ition. 4[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 36 D8xA / E8 xA Ser ies Camera Parts Ov erview Adjustment Procedur es 1. Loosen the tilt adjustm ent scr ews, adjust the tilt, and th en tighten back the screws to f ix the tilt position. 2. Move the rotation adj ustm ent to rotate the viewing orie ntation. 3. Loosen the pan adjustm ent screw , m ove the pan dire[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 37 How to Install / Remove the Me mor y Card The camera s upports local video recordin g or saving o f snapshots to a m em ory card. NOTE: Supports m icroSDHC and m icroSDXC cards. How to Insert the Memory Card Insert a mem ory card into the card slot with the metal lic contacts facing do wn the camera. Push the [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 38 How to Replace the Dome Co ver For m ore discrete surveillance ne eds, the bundled do me c over can be replaced with a sm oke, vandal proof c over available for purchase. T o replace the dome cover , d o the follo wing: 1. Loosen the three (3) s crews to open the dom e cover . 2. Using a screwdriver , r emove [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 39 4. Remove dom e cover from the cover housing. 5. Remove the shroud f rom the dom e cover . 6. Insert the shroud into t he replacem ent dome cover . 7. Insert the replacem ent dome cover into th e cover housing.[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 40 8. Align and attach the thre e (3) s crews to secur e the brack et to the cover housin g. 9. Fit the screw into the spri ng wire t hat is attached to the camera . 10. Attach the sc rew to the dome cover using a screwdriver . Final installation should look like the illustration below .[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 41 Accessing the Camera Configure the IP A ddresse s In order to b e able to com m unicate with t he c amera from your PC, b oth th e camera and the PC have to be within the same network segment. In most cases, it means that they both should have very sim ilar IP addresses, where only the last number of the I P a[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 42 Double-click the mouse bu tton on the camera model nam e, the def ault bro wser of the PC is automatically launched and the IP address of the target cam era is already filled in the addres s bar of the browser . If you work with our c ameras regularl y , th en t here is even a bett er w ay t o discover the cam[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 43 Use the default I P add ress of a camer a: If there is no DHCP server in the give n network, the us er m ay have to assig n the IP addresses to both PC and cam era manuall y to make sure the y are in the sam e network s egment. W hen the camera is plugged into n etwork and it d oes not detect an y DHCP service[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 44 Manually adjust the I P addresses of multiple cam eras : If there are more than 1 cam era to be used in the same local area network and there is no DHC P server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them , all of the cameras would then have the initial IP address of 192.168.0.100 , which is not a pro per si[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 45 Access the Ca mera Now that the cam era and the PC are bot h having their unique IP addresses and a re under the same network s egment, it is pos sible to use the Web browser of the PC to access the camera. Y ou can use an y of the br owsers to acc ess the cam era, however , the full functiona lity is provided[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m Hardware Manual 46 The examples in this ma nual are ba sed on Int ernet Explorer browser in o rder to cov er al l functions of the came ra. Assum ing that the camera ’ s IP address is 192.168.0.1 00 , you can access it by opening the W e b browser and t yping the following addres s into Web browser ’ s address bar: http://19[...]
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