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GE Security Legend User Manual[...]

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iii Cont ents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Conventions used in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Legend DRAF T User Manual iv Alarms menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Programming tips for dome alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1 Introduction This is the GE Legend User Manual . It provides an overview of the produc t and detailed instructions explaining how to program and operate all models. There is also informatio n describing how to contact technical supp ort if you have questions or concerns. For in stallation instructions, refer to the Legend Installation Manual . T [...]

Legend User Manual 2 Overview The Legend™ dome is prog rammed through a grap hi cal programming interface. The end-user ’ s system administrator and/or the installer will do t he programming. Be aware that th e installer would have turned on the passcodes for the system during installation, if th ey were to be used during normal operation. Lege[...]

3 Accessing the programming interface If passcodes were turned on during in stallation or later, access to the programming interface will be passcode- protected. Y ou must log on to program t he dome. Ot herwise, you will be take n directly to the main programming screen. The passcodes control who h as ac cess to the features of your dome. See Pass[...]

Legend User Manual 4 4. At the enter site numb er display , enter the number for the camera site you are programming. This is a 3-digit number (for example, 007, 02 1, 243). Y ou can enter one, two, or three digits and press set ( ). F igure 7. Ente r site numbe r display 5. Continue entering commands with the joystick. F igure 8. See Monit or For [...]

5 Navigating the programming inter face While in the programming interface, the joystick of yo ur keypad op erates in two mod es depending upon wh at your current action is. While mo ving amo ng the menu s of the programming interface, the joystick is a simulated mouse and you enter commands using the joystick. While controlling live video, the joy[...]

Legend User Manual 6 Keypad shortcuts The following are keypad shortcut commands carried over from CyberDome programming. Where keypad shortcuts exist for a feature, such as setting presets, you ca n use keys from the keypad, instead of menus from the programming interface, to program the feature. See Ta b l e 1 . Y o u can then go into the program[...]

7 Basic programming The dome is ready to operate with its defaults. Presets and ShadowT ours are the most commonly used programmable features. This section provides the step -by-step instructions for programming presets and ShadowT ours. For more challenging surveill ance conditions, you can ta ke full advantage of the dome’ s programming feature[...]

Legend User Manual 8 Programming pr es ets with the programming inter face T o program presets with the programming interface: 1. Access the programming interface. (For details, see Accessing the pr ogramming interface on page 3.) a. Press and hold the set ( ) key on the keypad until you he ar a beep and the programming code display appears on the [...]

9 ShadowTours Y ou have a total of 16 Shado wT ours (totaling 20 minutes) that you can define for the dome. A ShadowT our is a tour that the camera learns by recording your manual operation of the camera. Use a keypad to manually direct the camera through the desired P TZ movement s. The camera stores those movements in memory . The recorded tour c[...]

Legend User Manual 10 Advanced pr ogramming Y ou will be using the graphical programming interf ace to program the dome. Keypad shortcuts do exist for some programmable features. These keypad commands are carried over from CyberDome programming (see Keypad shortc uts on page 6). Where keypad shortc uts exist for a feature, such as setting presets, [...]

11 F igure 1 6. Me mor y sc re en ( Setup | Memory ) Passcode screen ( Setup | Passcode ) Y ou can control who has access to the features of y our dome by distributing passcodes that allow varying degrees of access. The dome ships with no default p asscodes. When you enter the programming interface for the first time during installation and go to S[...]

Legend User Manual 12 Y ou can turn on one installer passc ode, one admin passcode, and one operator passcode. They have the following permissions: • Installer : The installer passcode allows access to all dome features. • Admin : The admin passco de allows acce ss to all dome features, except passcodes and firmware updates. • Operator : The [...]

13 Ti t l e / D a t e s c r e e n ( Setup | T itle/Date ) The T itle/Date screen establishes the camera nu mber , title, and installation date for the dome. F igure 18. T itle/Date screen ( Setup | T itle/Dat e ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Camera number The programming interface reads the addr ess number s[...]

Legend User Manual 14 Network screen ( Setup | Network ) The Network screen establishes the IP addressing for a networ k connection that you can use to flash software upgrades over a standard IP connection to the dome via its Ethernet connection. F igur e 19. Network screen ( Setup | Network ) Title font size The camera title will appear on scr een[...]

15 Preferences scr e en ( Setup | Preferences ) The Pr eferences screen establishes the systemwide features of la nguage and the display of the ca mera’ s spatial coordinates. Display page ( Setup | Pr eferences | Display ) F igure 20. Display page ( Setup | Pr eferences | Display ) Net mask Enter the subnet mask address of the network subdivisio[...]

Legend User Manual 16 Coordinates page ( Setup | Pr eferences | C oordinates ) Y ou can display the dome’ s pan, tilt, or zoom coord inates on the monitor scre en, if desired. Y ou can display any or all of the coordinates. Y ou can also choose how to dis play eac h one. F igure 21. Coordinates page ( Setup | Preferences | Coor dinat es ) High te[...]

17 Pan The Pan feature displays the pan coord inate of the dome. Choices are Off, Bearings, Degree s 360 (default), and Degrees +/- 180. F igure 22. Pan coordinates Tilt The T ilt feature displays the tilt coordinate of the dome. Choices are Off, Degrees 180 (default), and Degrees +/ - 90. F igure 23. T ilt coordinates Zoom The Zoom feature display[...]

Legend User Manual 18 Set north The Set north button programs the north (0°) point for the camera. Note: When using bearings f or yo ur pan co or dinat es, they ar e easier to int erpret if you set the true due north point as the 0° point . If, however , you are using degr ee pan coordinates, you can set the 0° point an ywhere along the scal e. [...]

19 Camera menu The dome is ready to operate with its default settings. Th e defaults are optimized for general applications. Y ou can customize the dome’ s performance for challeng ing applications by changing the do me’ s camera features in the Camera menu. One camera feature , however , is adjusted with the keys on your keypad. Backlight comp[...]

Legend User Manual 20 F igure 27. Privacy masks screen ( Camera | Privacy Masks ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Mask number The Mask number drop-down box allo ws you to select the mask number that you want to program. Mask title The Mask title box allows you to give your masks unique titles. Default numerical[...]

21 Mask color Y ou can customize the color of each m ask. Individual masks will appear on screen in the color selected. Choices are Gray (default) and Red. Show The Show button displays the mask that is currently se lected by the mask number field. The screen will say “Priva cy mask preview” in the upper left corner . Press iris +/- , esc , or [...]

Legend User Manual 22 Settings screen ( C amera | Settings ) Page1 page ( Camera | Settings | Page1 ) F igure 28. Page1 page ( Camera | Settings | Page1 ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Day/Night Day/Night is a camera feature that switches the camera mode from color (day) to monochrome (night) and removes the [...]

23 White balance White balance is another camera feature that compensates for lighting conditions. It adjusts the quality of all of the colors in the video by balancing the colors to achieve the truest wh ite possible for the available lighting conditions (T ungsten, fluorescent, natural) . This feature is used instead of a more general color tempe[...]

Legend User Manual 24 Exposure: Control Contr ol is an exposure feature that determ ines which exposure control setting takes priority in automa tic and manual operatio n. Note: The Day/Night feature works only if the Exposure fe atur e is s et to Au to or Ret urn to auto . Also see Interrelationship betw een the Exposure and Day/Night features on [...]

25 Automatic adjustments •I r i s s e t t i n g ( F - s t o p ) • Shutter speed (sec) •G a i n ( d B ) Except when the shutter s peed is below 1/ 60 s NT SC or 1/50s P AL . • Iris setting (F-stop) •G a i n ( d B ) • Shutter speed (sec) •G a i n ( d B ) N/A Availab le contr ols Autoslow shut t er • Lowest shut ter speed • Re turn t[...]

Legend User Manual 26 Page2 page ( Camera | Settings | Page2 ) F igure 29. Page2 page ( Camera | Settings | Page1 ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Phase lock enabled Phase lock enabled is a camera feature that a llows synchronization of the video signal to reduce the effect of picture roll on analog video swit[...]

27 Digital zoom limit Digital zoom is an electronic camera f eature that increases the apparent size of images beyond the m agnification of the camera’ s optical lens. Because image information is not also incr eased, there is some loss of image resolution. So test the different settings for suitability . Selecting too high of a digital zoom can [...]

Legend User Manual 28 Tilt down limit T ilt down limit is a feature that sets a pr ogrammable stop for the camera at the lowest point that you want it to tilt down. By default, the pan and tilt limits are of f. Programming them turns them on. Note: The dome prevents any ho urglassing beh avior by restrictin g the tilt l imit t o 90°, when necessar[...]

29 Actions menu Y ou can program a variety of custom actions for each dome. Y our custom actions include 127 preset positions, 16 ShadowT ours, 32 macros, and 120 a reas. Y ou can edit the title and descr iption of any action and you can reassign the positions of existing presets. The keypad’ s joystick will f unction as a simulated mouse or vide[...]

Legend User Manual 30 Summar y page (A c t i o n s|P r e s e t s|S u m m a r y) The summary page provides th e number and title of all 127 presets (1 through 127) that are available for the dome, whether or not they are programmed or titled. F igure 31. S ummary page ( Actions | Presets | Summary ) No. The No. col umn of the summary page lists all [...]

31 Edit page (A c t i o n s|P r e s e t s|E d i t) The Edit page is where you program your presets. Y ou ca n select any preset number , whether previously programmed with a preset position or not. Y ou can reassign new positions to existing presets. After you have selected a number and established the duration of the preset title, you will select [...]

Legend User Manual 32 Display page (A c t i o n s|P r e s e t s|D i s p l a y) F igure 33. Display page ( Actions | Presets | Disp lay ) POS (position) The POS (position) button programs th e preset. There is one screen for programming presets. T o program a preset: 1. Select POS . The programming int erface will be replaced by a full screen of liv[...]

33 Advanced page (A c t i o n s|P r e s e t s|A d v a n c e d) The Advanced page of th e Pr ese ts screen (under the Actions menu) allows you to change a camera’ s feature settings for the duration of individual presets. Tit le P O S The preset title will appear on screen in a default position on the monitor screen (bottom center), but you can re[...]

Legend User Manual 34 F igure 34. Advanced page ( Actions | Presets | Advanced ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. No. The No. drop-down box allows you to select the preset nu mb er that you want to continue programming. Tit le The T itle box shows you the existing title for the selected preset number . Y ou can [...]

35 Night mode For the duration of this preset, y ou can change the camera’ s Day/Night setting. Day/Night is a camera feature that switches th e camera mode from colo r (d ay) to monochrome (night) and removes th e IR cut filter , which increases the camera’ s sensitivity in low light. It also allows the camera to function with IR lighting. It [...]

Legend User Manual 36 White (white balance) For the dura tion of this preset, you can c hange the camera’ s White balance setting. White balance is a the feature that compensates for lighting conditions. It adjusts the quality of all of the colors in the video by balancing the colors to achieve the truest wh ite possible for the available lightin[...]

37 Exposure For the duration of this preset, you can change the camera’ s Exposur e setting. Exposur e is a feature that esta blishes what controls the light coming into the camera through the lens. Note: The Day/Night feature works only if the Exposure fe atur e is s et to Au to or Return to auto. See Interrelationship between the E x posure and[...]

Legend User Manual 38 ShadowT ours screen ( Actions | ShadowT ours ) Y ou have a total of 16 Shado wT ours (totaling 20 minutes) that you can define for the dome. F igure 35. ShadowTours screen ( Actions | ShadowT ours ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. No. The No. drop-down box allows you to select the ShadowT [...]

39 Title font weight The ShadowT our title will appear on sc reen in the font weight selected. Choices are as shown. Default is Bold. Block color Y ou can create a block (background) that of fsets the ShadowT our title from the video behind it. The block will appe ar on screen in the color selected. Choices are as shown. Default is Black. Block tra[...]

Legend User Manual 40 Macros screen ( Actions | Macros ) Y ou can program 32 macr os p er dome. Macros are any pre set tour or programmed routin e. Each macro can contain up to 16 steps. The step, type, and type number optio ns will appear on all m acro programming screens. The step type determines what additional options are available for programm[...]

41 Speed (with Preset or T our) The Speed option al lows you to set how fa st the camera will move to the preset step. Choices are Slow , Medium, Fas t , and Max. Tr a n s i t i o n (with Preset or T our) The T ransition option allows you to set how the video will be seen on the monitor screen during a preset step. Choices are Freeze (default) and [...]

Legend User Manual 42 Display page ( Actions | Macros | Display ) F igure 37. Display page ( Actions | Macr os | Display ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. No. The No. drop-do wn box all ows you to select the macro number that you want to continue programming. Tit le The T itle box allows you to give your macr o[...]

43 Areas screen ( Actions | Areas ) Areas are similar to privacy masks. Both hide areas designated as sensitive. But whereas privacy masks cover only a portion of the video displayed, are as hide all of it. Areas replace the video with a blue screen when the camera passes the center point of a ma rked area. Y ou can also di splay the title on th e [...]

Legend User Manual 44 Display page (A c t i o n s|A r e a s|D i s p l a y) F igure 39. Display page ( Actions | Areas | Display ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. No. The No. drop-down box allows you to select the area number that you want to program. Tit le The T itle box allows yo u to give your areas unique t[...]

45 Title font size Individual area titles will appear on screen in the font size selected. Choices are as shown. Default is 26 pt. Title font weight Individual area titles will appear on sc reen in the font weight selected. Choices are as shown. Default is Bold. Block color Y ou can create a block (background) that of fsets the title from the video[...]

Legend User Manual 46 Alarms menu Y ou can program up to eight alarm inputs and two re lay outputs per dome. E a ch alarm input can call up (display) any preset, macro (preset tour or programmed routine), or ShadowT our . The eight alarms are numbered from 1 to 8. Programming tips for dome alarms Legend domes do not handle alarms the same way as mo[...]

47 Fi g u r e 4 0 . A l a r m s m e n u Summ ary s cre en (A l a r m s|S u m m a r y) Y ou can view the status of alarms from the summary page. Alarms are presented in numerical order with whatever titles have been assigned. Statuses are as follows: • On : Status shows as On if the contact for the alarm is in its active state. So, for a N/O (norm[...]

Legend User Manual 48 F igure 41. S u mma ry scree n ( Alar ms | Summary ) Summary: No. The No. column of the summary page li sts all alarms in numerical order, whether programmed or not. The eig ht ala rm s are num ber e d from 1 to 8. Summary: Tit le The Title column of the summary page lists the titles for all available alarms, whether programme[...]

49 Contact Setup screen ( Alarms | Contact Setup ) The Contact Setup screen is where you defi ne the individual al arms. For tips, see Pr ogramming tips for dome alarms on page 46. F igure 42. Contact Se tup screen ( Alarms | Contact Setup ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Contact no. The Contac t no. drop-down[...]

Legend User Manual 50 Priority screen ( Alarms | Priority ) Y ou can assign a priority ranking to your alarms that is independent of their co nta ct numbers. The topmost alarm in the priority list is the highest priority regard less of the alarm’ s number , while the bottommost alarm is the lowest priority . If more than one alarm is activated se[...]

51 Display screen ( Alarms | Display ) The Display screen is where you define the appearance of the block of alarms and relays that displays on the monitor screen. T o display the alarm block at all times, you must set the Alarm box con tent to All status and the Alarm box duration to Indefinite . F igure 44. Display screen ( Alarms | Display ) Not[...]

Legend User Manual 52 Tit le f on t we i g h t Alarm titles will appear on screen in t he font weight selected. Choices are as shown. Default is Bold. Note: If All st atus is selected for the Alarm box content feature, then the selected Ti t l e f o n t w e i g h t is overridden and all alarms are list ed in the alarm box with normal weight an d on[...]

53 Rel ay Sta t e s c ree n ( Alarms | Relay State ) F igure 45. Relay Stat e screen ( Alarms | Re lay State ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Summary: Name The Name colum n of the su mmary page lists both relays in numerical order , whether programmed or no t. The two relays are numbered 1 and 2. Summary: St a[...]

Legend User Manual 54 Control menu Y ou can program a variety of general camera features that control each dome. These general features include a specific operation for the camera to ex ecute when it is first powered up (Pow er-on), a specific operation for the camera to execute when the keypad has been inactive for a duration of time (Resume), and[...]

55 F igure 47. Comm and Ma p scre e n ( Contr ol | Comman d Map ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Summary The Summary feature lists what actions are currently assigned to each command. The Summary feature lists presets and tours separately , according to whichever list (preset or to ur) yo u currently have sele[...]

Legend User Manual 56 Power-on and R esume screen ( Control | Power -on and R esume ) F igure 48. Power-on and Resume screen ( Con trol | Powe r-on and Re sum e ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Power -on operation Power -on defines the first operation that the dome performs after it is powered up an d initiali[...]

57 Speeds/Tracking scr een ( Control | Speeds/Tracking ) F igure 49. Speeds/T rac king screen ( Control | Speeds/Tracking ) Note: Remember to select OK to save any changes you make on the page. Manual P TZ: Max pan speed (deg/s) The Max pan speed is a feature that sets the fa stest the camera will move (in degrees per second) while manually pa nnin[...]

Legend User Manual 58 Autopan speed The Autopan speed is a feature that sets how fast the camera move s while autopanning. Choices are Slow (default), Medium, and Fast. These settings are scaled according to the settin gs set for the slow , medium, and fast Macr o and autopan speed settings. If the numbers in the Ma cro and autopan speed setting bo[...]

59 System menu Y ou can access diagnostics, status , and communication logs of your system’ s features through the System menu screens. Under Diagnostics , you can see what temperature yo u r dome is operating a t. Under St a t u s , you can see a detailed listing of your dome’ s site (camera) information such as title an d IP address, customiz[...]

Legend User Manual 60 Diagnostics screen ( Syste m | Diagnostics ) The Diagnostics screen provides the operating temperature of your dome. F igure 51. Diagnostics screen ( System | D iagn osti cs ) Status screen ( Syst em | Status ) The Sta tu s screen provides a detailed listing of your dome’ s site (camera) informat ion such as title and IP add[...]

61 Logs screen (S y s t e m|L o g) The Logs screen provides a history o f the comman d, p rot ocol, and motor messages of the dome’ s most recent operations. Level 1 logs list the most restrictive and important messages, leve l 2 list those of medium restriction and importance, and level 3 lists thos e of least restriction and importance. F igur [...]

Legend User Manual 62 F igure 54. F irmware Update screen ( System | Firmware Update ) T o update (or reload) the dome’ s software using the Firmware Up date feature, see Figur e 54 and do the following: 1. Create your TFTP server using the corresp onding file from the Legend system CD. Note: Make sur e that the TF TP server is in the same physic[...]

63 System operation Legend domes are controlled from at least one cont roller keypad. Refer to you r keypad’ s manual for instructions on operating the dome. Th is chapter lists some general guidelin es and restrictions for operating the Legend domes. Setting autopan limits Rebooting the dome If you are using a GE KTD-40 5 keypad, and have valid [...]

Legend User Manual 64 Calling up presets from a keypad Most keypads have a limited nu mber of p reset numb ers they can call. If you have a GE KTD-405 keypad with firmware version 1.2.09 or later , then you can call up all 127 preset numbers (1 throu gh 127) directly from the keypad. If, however, you have a GE KTD-405 keypad with an earlier version[...]

65 T roubleshooting, maintenance, suppor t This section provides inform ation to help you diagnose and solve various problems that may arise while configuring or using you r GE Security produc t and offers technical supp ort co ntacts in case you need assistance. Se e Contacting technical support on page 67. Troubleshooting your Legend system Commo[...]

Legend User Manual 66 • IP for domes: 192.168.208. XXX , where XXX is the site number (or camera address) of the dome. • Subnet mask for dom es: 255.255.255.0 2. Copy the update file from the Legend system CD to your computer . It will usually be named in the format of Legend.raw .gz with some variations. 3. Open Microsoft Internet Exp lorer . [...]

67 After you have clicked Send File , the reloa d/update can continue processing in one of two ways: • In most cases, a notice will appear on the monitor screen saying that the update is in progress, while another message appea rs on the computer screen in Inte rnet Explorer saying that the update is proceeding successfully . • In some cases, t[...]

Legend User Manual 68 Appendix. Syst em defaults Default title positions Figur e 58 shows you all of the titles that you can tu rn on to appear on the monitor screen. F igure 58. Default title positions Default programming settings Ta b l e 4 lists the system’ s programming defaults. Table 4. Default programming settings Setting Default Alarm box[...]

69 Day/Night Automatic Digital zoom limit 12x Electronic image fl ip (E-fl ip) On Ex po s ure con tro l Iri s Gain 0 Language Engl ish Lift 0 Night mode Off IP address 192.168.208.250 Pan coordinates Degrees 360 Pan limit s Off Passcodes Off (blank) Phase adjustment 50° Phase lock enabled Off Power-on Off Preset title duration Inf ini te Priva cy [...]

Legend User Manual 70 Ti t l e f o n t w e i g h t B o l d T itle font size 26 pt T itle length 60 charact ers White balan ce Auto Zoom coordinat es P ower Zoom proporti onal On Zoom speed Variable Zoom variable tilt On Table 4. Default programming settings Setting Default[...]

71 Index A action .... ................ ............ ................ ................ ................ ............ ........... 46 actions menu ................. ... ... .... ............ ... .... ... ............ ... .... ... ............ .... ... . 29 admin passcode ................ ................ ................ ............ ................[...]

Legend DRAF T User Manual 72 L lift ................ ............ ................ ................ ............ ................ ................ .... 27 logs screen ......... ................ ................ ............... ............. ................ .......... 61 M MAC address ....... ... ... .... ............ ... .... ... ... ............ [...]

73 system menu .............. ................ ................ ............ ................ ................ .59 system operation .............. ............. ................ ............... ................ ........... 63 T technical suppo rt ........ ................ ............ ................ ................ ................ .67 tilt ....[...]