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TC D- 21 00 1-channel H.264 V ideo Encoder Hardware Manual (DC 12V) V er . 2013/ 07 / 02[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 2 T able of Contents Precautions 3 Safety Instructions ........................................................................... 4 Introduction 6 Package Contents ............................................................................. 6 Physical Description .....................................[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 3 Precautions Read these instructio ns Y ou should read all the safety and operati ng instructions before usi ng this product. Heed all warnings Y ou m ust adhere to all the warnings on the product and in the instruct ion manual. Failure to follow the safet y instruction given m ay directl y endanger p[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 4 Safety Instructions Don’t use the pow er supply with ot her voltages If you use a power su pply with different voltage than th e one inclu ded with this device , t his device ma y be damaged or inflict dam age upon other equ ipments / personnel . All warranty of this product will be voi ded in the [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 5 4) If the video product does not operate norm ally b y following the operati ng Instructions in this manual. Adjust onl y tho se controls that are covere d by the instruction m anu al , as an improper adjustm ent of other controls m ay result in dam age, and will often require extensive work by a qua[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 6 In troduction Package Contents TC D-2100 Power A daptor (Optional) Mounting Scre ws T erminal Block s (Power , Serial, DI/O) War ranty Card[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 7 Physical Descri ption 1) V ideo Inp ut Connect an analo g camera using BNC connector . 2) Serial Port Connection via T erminal Block Connect a serial port device to t he supplied term inal block. See Serial Po rt Connection on page 11 for c onnection details. 3) DIP Switch for Serial Port Configu rat[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 8 4) Power LED The LED will light u p after device has success fully completed the boot proc ess 5) Serial Port LED LED will light up when ser ial port is active 6) Power Input Connect the power ad aptor here if y our po wer input is DC12V . 7) Reset Button Step 1: Switch off IP device b y disconnectin[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 9 On (3s) On 1s Power On About 20 Seconds Stay On Off (about 15s) Off (10~15s) Restore to Default Complete 8) T erminal Blocks for D igital Input / O utput The IP device supports one al arm input and one transis tor output. Please connect DI with Pin 1 and 3 and connect DO with Pin 2 and 4. 9) Ethernet[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 10 Basic Connections Follow the procedures b elow to connect the IP device t o the respective apparatuses. 1) Connect an analog camera to th e IP de vice video in (BNC c onnector). 2) Connect the power ad aptor to the I P device. 3) Connect IP device Ethernet port to the Network swit ch (via RJ45 conne[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 11 Serial Port Connection If the analog cam er a suppo rt s functi on s lik e pa n-til t, zoom , et c. , use the serial port to con nect the cables/pins of th e analog cam era to the IP device a nd use either R S -485, RS-422, or RS -232 to contro l these func tions. Check the connect ion p ro to col a[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 12 V ia R S-232 Connection Terminal Block Wire Mapp ing Pin Number / Lab el IP Device Pin Camera Pin 1 TX + TX + RX 2 TX - 3 RX+ RX + TX 4 Rx - NOTE: The pins/cables of the analog cam era ma y be labeled differently dependin g on the location or country where the camera is purchased. For example, some [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 13 Accessing the Device Configure the IP A ddress In order to be able to com municate with the device from y our PC, both the de vice an d the PC have to be within the sam e network segment. In m ost cases, it m eans that the y both sh ould have very s imilar I P addres ses, where onl y the last num be[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 14 W hen the left m ouse is click ed on the device model name, the default browser of the PC is automatically launche d an d the IP address of the targ et device is already f illed in the address bar of the browser . If you work with our de vices regularl y , t hen there is even a better w ay to di sco[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 15 Use the default I P address of the device If there is no DHCP server i n the given network, the us er ma y have to manuall y assign the IP addresses to both the PC a nd the device to mak e sure they are in the sam e network segm ent. W hen th e device is plugged into t he network and it do es not de[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 16 Manually adjust the I P addresses of multiple devices If there are m ore tha n o ne device t o b e used in the sam e local area network and there is no DHCP server to assign unique I P address es to each of them , all of the devices would t hen have the i nit ial IP address of 192.168.0.100 , which [...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 17 Access the De vice Now that the device a nd the PC both hav e their uniqu e IP addresses and are under the same network segm ent, you can use M icrosoft Internet Explorer on the PC to acces s the device. Note: Only Microsof t Internet Explorer is supp orted by the device at the tim e of writing this[...]
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w w w .a ct i. co m TC D- 2100 Hardware Manual 18 Upon successful connect ion to th e device, the user interf ace c alled Web Configurato r would appear togeth er wit h the login page. The HT TP port num ber was not ad ded behind the IP address since the def ault HTTP port of the de vice is 80, which can be om itted f rom the address for conveni en[...]