ComNav V4 User manual

Installation & Operation Manual

THERMAL AND ULTRA-LOW LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM

PN 11610037 V1.0

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Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of ComNav Marine Ltd. V4 Camera System. At ComNav

Marine Ltd., we are dedicated to reliability & quality in all our products, and the V4 camera

system is a good example of that. We promise to do our best to ensure your satisfaction with

your new V4 Camera System.

Warranty Notice

Prior to the installation and/or operation of the equipment, ensure that you read, understand,

and accept the conditions of the warranties as detailed in the Warranty Information section of

this manual.

General Notice

This document, ComNav part number 11610037 Version 1 Revision 0, is the approved

Installation and Operation Manual for use with V4 Camera System. Where versions of this

manual exist in other languages, the English version shall be considered authoritative.

Proprietary

The data in this publication shall not be disclosed without permission and shall not be

duplicated, used, or disclosed in whole or in part except to the extent provided in any

contract of which this document is made a part. This restriction does not limit the

customer’s right to use information contained in this document if it is obtainable from

another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in all

sheets of this document and related drawings and document specifications herein. ComNav

reserves the right to make changes to its products or specifications at any time, without

notice, in order to improve design or performance and to reasonably supply the best possible

product.

parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without the express written permission

of ComNav Marine Ltd.

Special Note

Please see Appendix 4 for ordering information of all available camera systems and

accessories.

WARNING: Thermal imaging systems are controlled by Canadian and International laws

and are subject to export controls. Please contact ComNav Marine Ltd. with any question

concerning export compliance for the application or geographic location of the installation

and/or use of this Thermal camera system.

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There are various versions of this thermal camera system that are approved for international

distribution without the export control restrictions.

Please contact ComNav Marine Ltd. if you have any questions.

ComNav Marine Ltd.

#15 - 13511 Crestwood Place

Richmond, British Columbia

V6V 2G1, Canada

www.comnav.com

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Document History

Revision

Description

1R0

first release

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About this Manual

This manual provides essential information for the safe and reliable operation of the ComNav

V4 Camera System. Read this manual in its entirety before using the Camera System for the

first time. Keep the manual handy until you become thoroughly familiar with the operation of

the camera system.

Manual Format

This manual has been formatted to be printed on both sides of a standard Letter sized paper

(8.5” x 11”).

If you have obtained this manual as a soft-copy, please note that it is in Adobe® Portable

Document Format (“PDF”), and may be viewed & printed with Adobe Reader®, or compatible

PDF-format viewers.

When printing this manual, select “duplex printing” (or the equivalent term used by your

printer’s software driver), in order to print it in a double-sided format. If your printer does not

have built-in duplexing capability, you can still print this manual double-sided by following the

instructions that came with your printer for doing “hand duplexing”.

You should also select the Auto-Rotate and Centre option in the Print Dialog box, de-select

the Choose Paper Source by PDF page size option. Set Page Scaling to None –Reader’s

Default setting is Shrink to Printable Area, and is printer-dependant (usually set at ~97%), but

it is not needed in this instance.

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Table of Contents

Welcome___________________________________________________________________________ 1

Warranty Notice......................................................................................................................................................... 1

General Notice........................................................................................................................................................... 1

Proprietary................................................................................................................................................................. 1

Copyright................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Special Note.............................................................................................................................................................. 1

Document History...................................................................................................................................................... 3

About this Manual...................................................................................................................................................... 4

Manual Format .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Table of Contents ___________________________________________________________________ 5

List of Figures............................................................................................................................................................ 7

List of Tables............................................................................................................................................................. 7

When You Open the Box_____________________________________________________________ 10

Camera Package Contents ................................................................................................................................. 10

Safety Notes! ______________________________________________________________________ 11

System Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 13

V4 Camera System ................................................................................................................................................. 13

Pan-Tilt-Zoom Control......................................................................................................................................... 13

Joystick/Keypad Controller...................................................................................................................................... 14

Operation _________________________________________________________________________ 18

On Screen Display Symbols.................................................................................................................................... 19

Real-time data description................................................................................................................................... 19

Visible Light Camera ICON.................................................................................................................................. 19

Thermal Camera ICON........................................................................................................................................ 19

Picture In Picture (PIP) ICON.............................................................................................................................. 20

Parallel View ICON.............................................................................................................................................. 20

Functions ICON................................................................................................................................................... 21

Video Adjustment ICON ...................................................................................................................................... 21

Photo Archive ICON............................................................................................................................................ 21

Video Archive ICON ............................................................................................................................................ 21

External Power and UPS battery Status ICON.................................................................................................... 21

Telemetery/diagnose/settings ICON.................................................................................................................... 22

Thermal Camera menu............................................................................................................................................ 22

White Hot ICON................................................................................................................................................... 22

Black Hot ICON................................................................................................................................................... 22

Gain+ ICON......................................................................................................................................................... 23

Gain- ICON.......................................................................................................................................................... 23

Restore Default Parameter ICON........................................................................................................................ 23

LUM+ ICON......................................................................................................................................................... 23

LUM- ICON.......................................................................................................................................................... 23

Human Search..................................................................................................................................................... 23

Colour Palette...................................................................................................................................................... 24

Zoom Feature.......................................................................................................................................................... 24

The Telemetry/Diagnose/setting.............................................................................................................................. 27

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Care & Maintenance ________________________________________________________________ 33

Warning....................................................................................................................................................................33

Protection of Wires and Cabling...............................................................................................................................33

Periodic Checks.......................................................................................................................................................33

General Precautions.................................................................................................................................................33

Repair.......................................................................................................................................................................33

Fuse Replacement...................................................................................................................................................33

Cleaning...................................................................................................................................................................34

UPS and CPU Batteries...........................................................................................................................................34

Appendix 1 ________________________________________________________________________ 37

Specifications...........................................................................................................................................................37

Thermal Camera ..............................................................................................................................................37

Ultra-Low Lux Camera .....................................................................................................................................38

General Technical Specification.......................................................................................................................38

Power...............................................................................................................................................................38

Mechanical.......................................................................................................................................................39

Appendix 2 ________________________________________________________________________ 40

Mechanical Specifications........................................................................................................................................40

Appendix 3 ________________________________________________________________________ 41

Installation................................................................................................................................................................41

Appendix 4 ________________________________________________________________________ 42

Ordering Information ................................................................................................................................................42

Appendix 5 ________________________________________________________________________ 43

Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................................................43

Unresponsive Video Output ..............................................................................................................................43

Thermal Image appearing as too dark or too bright...........................................................................................43

Sunrise or sunset exposure...............................................................................................................................43

Warranty Information _______________________________________________________________ 44

User Notes ________________________________________________________________________ 49

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List of Figures

Figure 1 –Various Camera Systems Setup. .......................................................................................................................13

Figure 2 –Joystick/Keypad Controller.................................................................................................................................14

Figure 3 –Joystick Controller..............................................................................................................................................18

Figure 4 –Camera Startup Screen......................................................................................................................................19

Figure 5 –Parallel View.......................................................................................................................................................20

Figure 6 –Battery Status.....................................................................................................................................................22

Figure 7 –Colour palette menu options...............................................................................................................................24

Figure 8 –Colour Camera Zoom Feature............................................................................................................................25

Figure 9 - Thermal Camera Zoom feature...........................................................................................................................26

Figure 10 –Telemetry Panel. ..............................................................................................................................................27

Figure 11 –Motor tab options..............................................................................................................................................28

Figure 12 –Photosensor tab options...................................................................................................................................28

Figure 13 –Gyroscope tab settings.....................................................................................................................................29

Figure 14 –Mechanical Drawing Specification....................................................................................................................40

Figure 15 –Wiring of the V4 Camera..................................................................................................................................41

List of Tables

Table 1 –V4 Camera Box Content......................................................................................................................................10

Table 2 –Thermal Camera System Specifications..............................................................................................................37

Table 3 –Ultra-low Lux Camera Specifications...................................................................................................................38

Table 4 –General Specifications.........................................................................................................................................38

Table 5 –Power Specifications. ..........................................................................................................................................38

Table 6 –Mechanical Specifications. ..................................................................................................................................39

Table 7 –Order Information.................................................................................................................................................42