ACTi CAM-7300 series Instructions for use

IP Outdoor Rugged Dome
(with DC 12V / PoE / AC24V)
CAM-7300 series
Ver. 070307
Hardware User’s Manual

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0PRECAUTIONS
1. Read these instructions
All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is
operated.
2. Heed all warnings
All warnings on the product and in the instruction manual should be adhered to.
The symbol indicates the following items, please carefully read the
description next to each symbol.
a. Failure to follow the safety instruction given may directly endanger
people, cause damage to the system or to other equipment.
b. The requirements to make this device work, including hardware,
computer settings, network settings, and operation procedures.
c. The tips to make using this device easier, more convenient and more
efficient.
3. Servicing
Do not attempt to service this video product yourself as opening or removing
covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing
to qualified service personnel.
Trademarks
All names used in this manual for hardware and software are probably registered
trademarks of respective companies.
Liability
Every care has been taken during writing this manual. Please inform your local office
if you find any inaccuracies or omissions. We cannot be held responsible for any
typographical or technical errors and reserve the right to make changes to the product
and manuals without prior notice.
FCC/CE Regulation
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses,
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and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his
own expense.

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Table of Contents
0PRECAUTIONS________________________________________________ 0-1
Trademarks ________________________________________________________________ 0-1
Liability ___________________________________________________________________ 0-1
FCC/CE Regulation__________________________________________________________ 0-1
1INTRODUCTION ______________________________________________ 1-1
1.1 Package Contents _______________________________________________ 1-1
1.2 Features and Benefits ____________________________________________ 1-2
1.3 Safety Instructions ______________________________________________ 1-4
1.4 Physical Description _____________________________________________ 1-6
2Installation Procedure __________________________________________ 2-10
2.1 Connect the IP Outdoor Rugged Dome ____________________________ 2-10
2.1.1 Remove the cover ___________________________________________________ 2-10
2.1.2 Insert the cable______________________________________________________ 2-11
2.1.3 Connect cables to connectors___________________________________________ 2-11
2.1.4 LED Description ____________________________________________________ 2-12
2.2 Mount the IP Outdoor Fixed Dome (Surface) _______________________ 2-13
2.3 Mount the IP Outdoor Fixed Dome (Flush) _________________________ 2-14
2.4 Mount the IP Outdoor Fixed Dome (Wall)__________________________ 2-15
3Adjust the camera______________________________________________ 3-16
3.1 Adjust zoom and focus __________________________________________ 3-16
3.2 Adjust CCD functions___________________________________________ 3-16

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1INTRODUCTION
1.1 Package Contents
CAM-7300 series Power Adaptor (Option)
(DC12V / PoE / AC24V)
Product CD Terminal Blocks for Power, DI/O & Audio
Warranty Card Accessory
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1.2 Features and Benefits
The IP outdoor rugged dome series is a cutting-edge digital video
transmission device. It can compress and transmit real time images with
outstanding images quality (D1, 720x480) at reasonable bandwidth through
a standard TCP/IP network. That is because it is Ethernet (LAN and WAN)
ready and has the powerful ARM9 SoC and the MPEG-4 compression
ASIC inside. In addition, with these powerful hardware platform, excellent
SDK support and powerful respective apparatuses (e.g. the transcoder), this
IP outdoor rugged dome is your best choice building up either conventional
IP surveillance system or intelligent IP surveillance system.
zReal-time MPEG-4 Compression
With hardware MPEG-4 compression chip inside, the composite video
inputs can be efficiently compressed into MPEG-4 bit stream without
any delay. The ASIC base compression engine can support not only
CIF, but also FULL D1 image resolution.
zQoS Enabled Video Streaming
For real-time video streaming requirements, the IP outdoor rugged
dome series implemented the 802.1pQ features inside the SoC as the
streaming engine to make sure the video streaming package is
forwarded faster than normal TCP/UDP packet.
zAutomatic Frame Rate Control
The IP outdoor rugged dome series supports automatic/manual
streaming frame rate control, especially for multiple clients’ concurrent
access the same video stream in different network bandwidth.
zDigital Time Code Embedded
The “Digital Time Code Embedded” function is to embed the
recording time in the MPEG bit stream. Therefore, each image frame
has its respective time when it was recorded. It is very useful when
users want to find the video at an exact time or between a certain time
intervals.
zBuild-in LAN and WAN (Low Latency PPPoE Supported) Ports
The IP outdoor rugged dome series provides two RJ-45 connectors.
One is WAN and the other is LAN. The WAN port connects to the
internet and LAN port connects to the local network. Since the
internet’s bandwidth is very critical, the WAN port is equipped with a

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low latency PPPoE (Point-to-Point over Ethernet) which has excellent
transmission speed and enables the IP outdoor rugged dome series to
connect to an ADSL or a cable modem.
zDDNS Supported
The IP outdoor rugged dome series supports DDNS (Dynamic Domain
Name Server), users can set the IP outdoor rugged dome series at a
virtual domain name (such as cam1.Taipei.xxx) at dynamic IP.
Everyone can use the virtual domain name to view the video anywhere
that has the access to the internet.
zBuild-in Hardware Motion Detection
No more external motion sensors are required. Each IP outdoor rugged
dome can be set up to 3 detection areas. By tuning the object size and
sensitivity, it is very reliable to fit into your environment. Besides,
hardware motion detection delivers better sensitivity and responds
faster than software motion detection.
zBundle Powerful Surveillance Software
To extend the capabilities of the IP outdoor rugged dome series, a
powerful surveillance program is included in the package and is very
free to use. Users can easily utilize the existing PC to be a digital video
recorder. Schedule recording and manual recording keep every
important image recorded in the local hard disk. Reliable and accurate
motion detection with instant warning makes you responsive in every
condition. Quick and simple search and playback function lets you
easily find the images you want.
zSoftware Development Kit Support
The IP outdoor rugged dome series can be integrated or controlled by
user’s application program through the Streaming Library or ActiveX
control. With its high level programming interface, software
developer’s time and efforts to is highly reduced.

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1.3 Safety Instructions
zDon’t use the power supply with other voltages
This device is likely to be damaged or damage other equipments /
personnel, if you use a power supply with different voltage than the
one included with this device. All warranty of this product will be
voided in the situations above.
zDon’t open the housing of the product
zCleaning
Disconnect this video product from the power supply before cleaning.
zAttachments
Do not use attachments not recommended by the video product
manufacturer as they may cause hazards.
zWater and Moisture
Do not use this video product near water, for example, near a bathtub,
washbowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a
swimming pool and the like.
zDon’t use accessories not recommended by the manufacturer
zOnly install this device and the power supply in a dry place
protected from weather
zServicing
Do not attempt to service this video product yourself as opening or
removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other
hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.
zDamage Requiring service
Disconnect this video product from the power supply immediately and
refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following
conditions.
1. When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged.
2. If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the video
product.
3. If the video product has been exposed to rain or water directly.
4. If the video product does not operate normally by following the

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operating Instructions in this manual. Adjust only those controls
that are covered by the instruction manual as an improper
adjustment . Other controls may result in damage and will often
require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the
video product to its normal operation.
zSafety Check
Upon completion of any service or repairs to this video product, ask
the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the
video product is in proper operating condition.

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1.4 Physical Description

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1. LAN
The IP Camera connects to the LAN (local area network) via a
standard RJ45 connector. Supporting NWAY, this IP outdoor
rugged dome can auto detect the speed of local network segment
(10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet).
2. WAN
The IP Camera connects to the WAN (wide area network) via a
standard RJ45 connector. Supporting NWAY, this IP outdoor
rugged dome can auto detect the speed of local network segment
(10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet).
3. Power Input
If your power input is DC12V. Please follow the description on
the connector to connect to power.
If your power input is AC24V. Please follow the description on
the connector to connect to power.
PIN NAME DESCRIPTION
1 N
2 L
AC Power Input
3 GND E-Ground of power
4. Analog Video Output
The IP outdoor rugged dome supports one channel analog video
output.
5. DI/O
PIN NAME DESCRIPTION
1 12V DC Power Input
2 GND Ground Pin

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DI: To Trigger Logic Level 0: 0~0.4V; Normal Logic Level 1:
3.3~30V
DO: To Trigger Logic Level 0: 0.1~0.6V; Normal Logic Level1:
2.4~5V
6. Conduit Hole
These conduit holes are used for cables to go through.
7. Zoom Lever
Move this lever to adjust the optical zoom. After adjusting, rotate
it clockwise to fix it.
8. Focus Lever
Move this lever to adjust the Focus. After adjusting, rotate it
clockwise to fix it.
9. Video DC level Adjustment
Rotate it adjust the overall lighting for this camera.
10. CCD Functions DIP-switch
11. Reset Button
Step 1: Switch off IP device by disconnecting the power cable
Step 2: Press and continue to hold the Reset Button. Reconnect
the power cable while continuing to hold the reset button.
Step 3: Keep holding the reset button depressed around 6 seconds,
release the reset button. The unit will start up with factory default
settings.
PIN NAME DESCRIPTION
1 A_Out Audio Output
2 GND Ground Pin
3 A_In Audio Input
4 GND Ground Pin
5 DO Digital Output
6 GND Ground Pin
7 DI Digital Input
Item Description ON OFF
AES Auto Electric Shutter Default
BLC Backlight Compensation Default
AGC Auto Gain Control Default
F.L. Flickerless Default

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2Installation Procedure
There are three types of installation of this IP outdoor rugged dome series.
Surface mount Flush mount Wall mount
Pictures
Optional Bracket
required
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The mounting procedure can be divided into two parts,
1st: Connect the IP outdoor rugged dome series
2nd: Mount the IP outdoor rugged dome series
2.1 Connect the IP Outdoor Rugged
Dome
2.1.1 Remove the cover
Remove the dome cover with special hex wrench in the accessory bag.
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2.1.2 Insert the cable
There are two conduit holes, one is at the dome bottom and the other one is
at the side of rugged dome with plug. Remove the plug if your cable will go
through the one at the side of rugged dome
2.1.3 Connect cables to connectors
Please follow the instruction at Chapter 2: Physical Description, for how to
connect to each connector.

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2.1.4 LED Description
There are three LEDs in the system. They are indicators for power, fan and
heater respectively. According to operating temperature, the different LED
will be lighted for different situation.
NOTE: Temperatures indicate here is spec for internal IC temperature,
not for operating temperature.

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2.2 Mount the IP Outdoor Fixed Dome
(Surface)

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2.3 Mount the IP Outdoor Fixed Dome
(Flush)

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2.4 Mount the IP Outdoor Fixed Dome
(Wall)

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3Adjust the camera
3.1 Adjust zoom and focus
Please adjust the camera direction first. Then Move the focus and the zoom
lever at the Chapter 1 to adjust the zoom and the focus. Fix the zoom and
focus after adjusting.
3.2 Adjust CCD functions
Refer to Chapter 1 for what can be adjusted and how to adjust.
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