ALIBI ALI-TS4015R User manual

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Installation
Before installation:
• Make sure that the device is in good condition and all the assembly parts are included.
• Check the specication of the products for the installation environment.
• Make sure that the wall or the ceiling is strong enough to withstand 3 times the weight of the camera.
• To avoid re or shock hazard, use only UL listed power supplies. Verify that the power supply will
provide the rated voltage and wattage for the camera. See the Specications section.
During installation:
• Camera Lens: Handle the camera carefully to prevent scratching or soiling the lens. If the lens or IR
array shield becomes soiled, clean it only with approved products. See the Cleaning section.
• Power supply: Camera drop cable: The camera drop cable includes two connectors:
—Video BNC connector: For transmission of the video signal across a coax (75 Ω) extension
cable to an HD-TVI compatible recorder.
—Power connector: When applying power, observe the power polarity. See the picture to the
left for the connector polarity conguration.
Mounting the camera
An ALI-TS4015R camera can be mounted directly to a wall or ceiling, or with a junction box. The surface
should support at least three times the weight of the camera and junction box (if used). The video/power
drop cable from the camera can be routed either through mounting surface or through a cable channel in
the mounting base.
• Mounting the camera directly to a wall or ceiling
Typical ceiling mounting
NOTE
If mounting the camera on a wall, ensure that the mounting bracket “UP” label is positioned at
the top.
If mounting the camera on a ceiling, orient the mounting base so that the cable channel is pointing
away from any source of water, dust, and other contaminates.
1. Using the drill template provided, mark the location of the screws that anchor the mounting base
to the mounting surface. See the note above. If you are routing the drop cable through mounting
surface, also mark the position of the hole for the drop cable.
2. Drill holes for the screws that anchor the base to the mounting surface. The mounting hardware
provided is appropriate for most surfaces. However, depending on the surface materials, more
appropriate fasteners may be required.
3. If routing the drop cable through the mounting surface, drill a 5/8” hole in the middle of the drill
template.
4. Route the drop cable through the hole in the mounting surface, or through the cable channel in the
mounting base, then attach the camera assembly to the surface using the appropriate fasteners.
5. Connect the camera drop cable to video and power extension cables as required. If using 12 Vdc
power, observe the polarity embossed on the power connector. See the photo above.
6. Connect the other end of the video extension cable to an HD-TVI DVR.
NOTE Drop cable connectors are not waterproof. Seal if needed.
7. Connect the other end of the power extension cable to a 12 Vdc (observe polarity - see page 1) or
24 Vac power source.
ALI-TS4015R 5MP HD-TVI 135 ft IR
Varifocal Outdoor Bullet Camera
Quick Installation Guide
The ALIBI ALI-TS4015R indoor/outdoor HD-TVI bullet cameras include a high sensitivity sensor with the
ability to send HD video across standard coaxial cable. This camera features:
• 5 MP Megapixel High Performance CMOS
• 135 ft Smart Full Frame IR
• Motorized 2.8 ~ 12 mm VF lens
• OSD menu (up-the-coax OSD control), Digital Noise Reduction (DNR), Smart IR, True Day/Night
• IP67 Weather rated housing
• Compatible with a 5 MP HD-TVI recorder (HD-TVI DVR)
• Can be installed with optional ALI-AJ1 junction box
Adjustable sun shield
Camera body
Mounting base
Lens
Photosensor
Adjustable
mounting
bracket
Maintenance access cover
ALI-TS4015R camera
Power Connector
Terminal polarity
HD-TVI video BNC connector
Camera drop cable connectors
What’s in the box
• Camera assembly
• Mounting hardware
• Video test adapter cable
• Drill template
• This instruction guide
What you need
To install the camera, you will need:
• 12 Vdc or 24 Vac power source. See Specications for requirements
• Tools and additional fasteners (may be required) for mounting the camera
• Phillips #2 screwdriver
• Video and power extension cable
• HD-TVI or CVBS video setup monitor (optional)

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• Mounting the camera with a junction box
The ALI-AJ1 junction box is shown below. It can be attached to a wall or ceiling. Video and power
extension cables can be routed in through the opening in the back of the box or through the conduit
coupling, and attached to the camera drop cables inside the enclosure.
Front
Front
plate
Box
Conduit
coupling/
cable
channel
Back
“UP”
label
Holes for
mounting
screws (3) Holes for
mounting
base
screws (6)
To use the junction box:
1. Remove the ALI-AJ1 front plate from the box by removing the three screws (see above).
2. Attach the front plate to the camera mounting base using three screws. If the box will be wall
attached to a wall, ensure that the “UP” label on the mounting plate is at the top of the camera, and
the cable channel in the camera mounting base is toward the bottom of the camera.
3. Using the ALI-AJ1 box as a guide, mark and then drill three holes for the screws that will attach the
box to the wall or ceiling. If the extension cables will be routed into the box through the mounting
surface, also drill a hole for the extension cables.
4. Attach the box to a wall or ceiling with three screws. Ensure that the wall or ceiling will support at
least three times the weight of the camera with the junction box.
5. Route the video and power extension cables into the box.
6. Attach the video and power extension cable to the camera drop cables. Observe the polarity of the
power cable connector as shown on page 1 of this guide.
7. Reattach the ALI-AJ1 front plate (with the camera) to the box.
Camera adjustments
1. Apply power to the camera.
2. Verify that video from the camera can be seen on the monitor. NOTE: You can also attach the Video
test adapter cable to the video test connector (see “Opening the OSD Menu using the joystick” on
page 2) and observe camera video with a CVBS monitor.
3. While observing video from the camera, loosen the pan, tilt and rotation lock screws, point the
camera at your surveillance target, and then tighten the screws to hold the camera in position.
0° ~ 360°
0° ~ 90° 0° ~ 360°
Rotation lock screw
Pan lock
screw
Tilt lock
screw
Mounting bracket adjustment
Open the OSD menu
The On Screen Display (OSD) provides conguration options for rening the performance of the camera. It
also can be used to block sensitive portions in the eld of view (Privacy).
You can open the OSD menu system using the built-in joystick on the camera, from either the HD-TVI DVR
Live View display or through remote login to the ALIBI recorder.
• Opening the OSD Menu using the joystick
To access the OSD joystick, unscrew the maintenance access cover located on the bottom side of the camera
(see page 1). The joystick can be rocked up (toward the front of the camera), down (away from front), left
and right, and can be pressed in (down toward the back box). Use the OSD joystick is used to open the
OSD menu and navigate through the menus. The OSD menu tree is shown on “OSD Denitions: On-screen
Display (OSD) menus” on page 3.
Toward front of camera
OSD joystick
Video test
connector
UP
• To open the OSD menus and select a menu option, press the joystick in (down toward the back box).
• To navigate the menus, rock the joystick up (UP (p), see photo above) or down (q) to move
through the parameter list menus vertically.
• Rock the joystick left (t) or right (u) to change the parameter value that appears for the parameter.
• Press the joystick in (down toward the back box) to select the parameter value shown. Changes made
to the OSD setup must be saved to be restored after power o and power on.
• Opening the OSD Menu through the HD-TVI DVR
To open the OSD menu on the HD-TVI DVR monitor:
1. Open the HD-TVI DVR Live View screen, and then click inside the screen where the PTZ camera video
image is displayed. See below.
2. Click the PTZ Control icon in the Quick Setting Toolbar. The PTZ camera Live View window will
expand to full screen and the pop-up window shown below will open.
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Menu icon
3. In the PTZ Control panel pop-up window, click the Menu icon on the Conguration line.
4. Drag the PTZ Control window to a position where it doesn’t cover the OSD menu (such as the left
side).
NOTE
The PTZ Control window direction buttons and the Iris + and Iris - keys are used to navigate the
OSD menu and set conguration options in the camera. See “OSD Denitions: On-screen Display
(OSD) menus” on page 3.
• Opening the OSD Menu through remote login to the HD-TVI DVR
To open the OSD menu during a remote login to the recorder:
1. After logging into the HD-TVI DVR, open the camera in a single Live View window.
2. In the PTZ control panel, scroll down the Preset list to Preset95, click the entry to highlight it, and
then click the Call icon. See below. The OSD MAIN MENU screen will open.
PTZ control panelPreset95 Call icon
NOTE The PTZ control panel direction buttons and the Iris + and Iris - keys are used to navigate the OSD
menu and set conguration options in the camera.
OSD menu navigation
For the ALIBI Recorder: Navigation and settings in the OSD are made through direction keys and the Iris
+and Iris - buttons in the HD-TVI DVR PTZ Control panel. See below.
Direction keys Iris+ Iris–
Iris+ Iris–
Direction keys
ALIBI HD-TVI DVR PTZ Control panel ALIBI HD-TVI DVR remote access PTZ control
panel
For remote access to the HD-TVI DVR: Navigation and settings in the OSD are made through direction
keys and the Iris + and Iris - buttons in the HD-TVI DVR PTZ control panel. See above.
The function of the directional keys and Iris buttons are dened in the table below.
Keys Function
pMove up in the parameter list
qMove down in the parameter list.
tMove to previous page, eld, or move the camera left.
uMove to next page, eld, or move eld right.
Zoom + Zoom in
Zoom – Zoom out
Iris+ (OPEN) Set parameter value, or open sub-menu
Iris– (CLOSE) Cancel change of parameter.
OSD Denitions: On-screen Display (OSD) menus
After the camera is installed on a compatible recorder, you can open the OSD menu clicking the PTZ Control
icon on the Quick Setting Toolbar or calling a Preset95 function.

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To navigate the OSD menu and select options:
• Move the cursor up/down to select the menu item.
• Move the cursor left/right to adjust the value of the selected item.
• Click the OK key to conrm a selection.
OUTPUT MODE
Use the OUTPUT MODE submenu to set the RESOLUTION, FRAME RATE and format (NTSC or PAL).
• RESOLUTION: Resolution refers to the number of the pixels contained in an image. You can set the
resolution as 5 megapixels, 4 megapixels or 1080p. The higher the value, the ner the image is.
• FRAME RATE: Frame rate refers to the number of image output in 1 second. When the resolution is
set as 5 megapixels, you are allowed to set the frame rate as 20 fps or 12.5 fps. When the resolution is
set as 4 megapixels, you are allowed to set the frame rate as 25 fps or 30 fps.
• NTSC/PAL: NTSC/PAL is only available in 5 MP @ 12.5 fps mode.
—PAL: (Phase Alternating Lines) is a color encoding system for analog television used in broadcast
television systems in most countries.
—NTSC: (National Television System Committee) is the analog television system that is used in
most of North America, parts of South America, Myanmar, South Korea, etc.
FOCUS (and ZOOM) menu
Move the cursor to FOCUS, and press the menu button to enter the FOCUS sub menu. Move the cursor to
adjust the camera lens by the FOCUS+, FOCUS-, ZOOM+ and ZOOM-.
LANGUAGE
The OSD can be displayed in either English or Chinese.
EXPOSURE
Exposure describes the brightness-related parameters. You can adjust the image brightness by the
BRIGHTNESS, EXPOSURE MODE, GAIN, DWDR and ANTI-FLICKER in dierent light conditions.
• BRIGHTNESS: Brightness refers to the brightness of the image. You can set the brightness value from
1 to 10 to darken or brighten the image. The higher the brightness value, the brighter the image.
• EXPOSURE MODE: You can set EXPOSURE mode as GLOBAL or BLC.
—GLOBAL: GLOBAL refers to the normal exposure mode, used when adjusting for unusual lighting
distribution, variations, non-standard processing, or conditions of under exposure to get an
optimum image.
—BLC (Backlight Compensation): BLC compensates light to the object in the front to make it clear,
while compensating for over-exposure of the background where the light is strong. The level can
be adjusted from 0 to 8.
• GAIN: Optimizes the clarity of image in poor light. GAIN level can be set to HIGH, MIDDLE, and LOW.
Select OFF to disable the GAIN function. Noise is amplied when GAIN is on.
• DWDR (Digital Wide Dynamic Range) DWDR helps the camera provide clear images even with bright
or dark backlight conditions. When both very bright and very dark areas simultaneously exist in the
image, DWDR balances the brightness level of the whole image to provide clear images with details.
Setting DWDR to ON to improve the image quality of images with extreme bright and dark areas. Set
the DWDR as OFF to disable the function.
• ANTI-FLICKER Set the ANTI-FLICKER as ON to prevent the image from icker.
WHITE BALANCE
White balance is the white rendition function of the camera to adjust the color temperature according to
the environment. It can remove unrealistic color casts in the image. You can set WB mode as either ATW
or MWB.
• ATW: In ATW mode, white balance is adjusted automatically according to the color temperature of the
scene illumination.
• MWB: In MWB mode, you can set the R GAIN/B GAIN value from 1 to 255 to adjust the shades of red/
blue color of the image.
DAY-NIGHT
Color, B/W, and AUTO are selectable for DAY and NIGHT switches.
• COLOR: The image is colored in day mode all the time.
• B/W: The image is black and white all the time, and the IR LED turns on in the low-light conditions.
• AUTO: Automatically switch COLOR or BW (Black and White) according to actual scene brightness.
You can turn on/o the INFRARED and set the value of SMART IR in this menu.
—INFRARED: Select this option to turn on/o the IR LED in response to the light level in the eld
of view.
—SMART IR: Use the Smart IR feature is to adjust the light to its most suitable intensity, and to
prevent the image from over exposure. The SMART IR value can be adjusted from 1 to 3. The
higher the value, the more obvious the eects are.

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VIDEO SETTING Menu
Move the cursor to VIDEO SETTING and press the conrm button to enter the submenu. In this menu you
can adjust CONTRAST, SHARPNESS, COLOR GAIN, DNR and MIRROR settings.
• CONTRAST: This feature enhances the dierence in color and light between parts of an image. You
can set the CONTRAST value from 1 to 10.
• SHARPNESS: Sharpness determines the amount of detail an imaging system can reproduce. You can
set the SHARPNESS value from 1 to 10.
• COLOR GAIN: Adjust this feature to change the saturation of the color. The value ranges from 1 to 10.
• DNR (Digital Noise Reduction): The DNR function can decrease the noise eect, especially when
capturing moving images in low light conditions and delivering more accurate and sharp image
quality. You can set the DNR value from 1 to 10.
• MIRROR: DEFAULT, H, V, and HV are selectable for mirror.
—DEFAULT: The mirror function is disabled.
—H: The image is reected horizontally.
—V: The image is reected vertically.
—HV: The image is reected both horizontally and vertically.
RESET
Reset all the settings to the default.
SAVE &EXIT
To save your new settings, move the cursor to SAVE &EXIT and click OK (Iris+) to save the setting and exit
the menu.
Specications
Camera
Image Sensor 5 MP CMOS image sensor
Eective Pixels 2560 (H) × 1944 (V)
Min. illumination Color: 0.008 Lux @ (F1.2, AGC ON), 0 Lux with IR
Shutter Time 1/25 s to 1/50,000 s
Lens Motorized VF lens: 2.8 ~ 12 mm
Lens Mount φ14
Day & Night ICR
Angle Adjustment Pan: 0° ~ 360°; Tilt: 0° ~ 90°; Rotate: 0° ~ 360°
Synchronization Internal Synchronization
Video Frame Rate 2560 × 1944 @ 20 fps
HD Video Output 1 Analog HD output
Menu
AGC Supported
D/N Mode Auto/Color/BW (Black and White)
White Balance ATW / MWB
BLC Supported
Digital Wide Dynamic Range (DWDR) Supported
Language English. Chinese
Functions Brightness, Sharpness, Digital noise reduction, Mirror, Smart IR
General
Operating Conditions -40°F ~140°F (-40°C ~60°C), Humidity 90% or less (non-condensing)
Power Supply 12 Vdc ±25%, 24 Vac ±25%
Power Consumption 9.5 W max
Protection Level IP67
Material Metal
IR Range Up to 135 ft (40 m)
Communication Up the coax (HD-TVI output)
Dimensions 3.62” × 3.5” × 10.6” (92 mm × 89 mm × 269.6 mm)
Weight 1.98 lb (900 g) approx.
Cleaning
Clean the camera dome with an approved glass cleaning solution and a lint free cloth.
• Dust can be removed from the unit by wiping it with a soft damp cloth. To remove stains, gently rub
the surface with a soft cloth moistened with a mild detergent solution, then rinse and dry it with a
soft cloth.
• Remove all foreign particles, such as plastic or rubber materials, attached to the camera housing.
These may cause damage to the surface over time.
CAUTION
Do not use benzene, thinner or other chemical products on the camera assembly; these may
dissolve the paint and promote damage of the surfaces. Before using any chemical product,
carefully follow the accompanying instructions.
Troubleshooting
Problem Possible Cause
Nothing appears on the screen - Check the power connection.
- Check the video signal cable connection to the monitor.
- Check HD-TVI DVR camera settings to verify the video resolution mode of the
camera and HD-TVI DVR match
The video image is dim or not clear. - If the camera lens is dirty, clean it with a soft, clean cloth.
- Adjust the monitor controls, if necessary.
- If the camera is facing a very strong light, change the camera position.
- Adjust the lens focus.
The screen is dark. - Adjust the contrast control of the monitor.
- If you have an intermediate device, set the impedance (75 Ω /Hi-Z)
properly, and check the cable connections.
The camera is not working properly and
the surface of the camera is hot.
- Verify that the camera is correctly connected to an appropriate regulated
power source.
The image on the monitor ickers - Make sure that the camera isn’t facing direct sunlight or uorescent light.
If necessary,change the camera position.