HuddleCamHD HD Color Video Camera User manual

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HD Color Video Camera
User’s Manual
V 4.5(ENGLISH VERSION)
Please read this Manual before set up Camera,
and stick to its requirements strictly for Safety reason.
Suggest you save this manual for further inquires reference.

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Precautions
Safety Tips
Please read this manual carefully before use the Camera.
To avoid damage from stress, violent vibration, soaking during
transportation, storage and installation.
Take care of each components of Camera during installation, and install
camera at where is affordable enough, to avoid drop or scratches of camera
case.
Do not apply excessive voltage. (Use only the specified voltage.) Otherwise,
you may get an electric shock or a fire may occur.
Keep the transmission of RS-485, Video signal away from powerful
electromagnetic radiation resources.
Do not shoot images that are extremely bright (e.g., light sources, the sun,
etc.) for long periods of time. Do not use or store the camera in the
specified extreme conditions. (Please refer to specification sheet of
camera.)
Do not clean camera with active chemical or corrosive detergents, and
remove dust or dirt on the surface of the lens with a blower (Commercially
available)
Do not disassemble any camera components, in case of abnormal operation,
contact your authorized dealer or the store where you purchased the
product.
After long time operation, these components may get machine wear like
Motor, slip ring, you can contact for repair or change, the local dealer or the
shop where you bought this camera.

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Supplied Accessories
HD Color Video Camera (1)
12V/2.0A DC Power adaptor (1)
Installation bracket (1) Installation screw (1)
USB3.0 data lines (3m)󰆍serial control line󰆍RS-232C to RS-485 cable
IR Remote Controller (1)
User’s Manual (1)
Main Features
Camera and Lens
Video CMOS Sensor: 1/2.8" Type Exmor CMOS 3.27 Megapixel
Image: 16:9 3.27 pixel
Video Signal:
60Hz mode, camera output 1080p30 as default, support 1080p@30/25/20/15/10/5,
720p, 800x600, 640x480/60/50/30/25/20/15/10/5;
50Hz mode, camera output 1080p@25 as default, support 1080p@25/20/15/10/5, 720p,
800x600, 640x480/50/25/20/15/10/5;
Lens zoom: 20 Optical x 12 digital zoom, f=4.7-90mm F1.6-3.5
Wide angle lens: 55.4 degree
Minimum Illumination: 0.1Lux
White Balance: Auto/Sunlight/Cloudiness/Shade/fluorescence white balance
Focus: Auto/Manual
Iris: Auto/Manual
Shutter Speed: 1/1 - 1/10,000S
Black light compensation: On/Off
Pan/Tilt Movement
Pan Movement: 0-355°
Tilt Rotation: Up: 45°, Down: 45°
Built in Pan/Tilt Motor: Pan Speed: 1-200°/Second Tilt speed: 1-150°/Second
Preset Speed: Pan running: 120°/sec Tilt running: 100°/sec

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Preset: 64 preset position, 4 Patrol lines
Rear board connectors
High Definition Interface: USB 3.0
Controller Signal Interface: 8 leads mini DIN (VISCA IN, VISCA OUT/RS485)
Controller Signal Interface: Dip-switch Pin 7/TTL Signal;
Baud Ratio: 9600/ 38400 bps
Power supply interface: DC 12V 2A
Electrical Index
Power supply adapter: 12V DC/2A
Input voltage: 12V DC(10.5-14V DC)
Input power: 24W(MAX)
Structure
Material: All-alloy, PC plastic
Dimension (Width x highness x depth) :
154x250x140mm / 330x210x230mm (NET/PACKAGE)
Working environment: Indoor
Temperature: -0 to +45
Storage temperature: -10 to +60
Color: Silver Gray

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Rear Board & function
1Front View
Lens
Adopted 10x optical auto focus lens
IR Receiver
To receive IR mote controller signal LED
Power LED
LED Blinking when power plug in, Blue color Led
Stand by LED
LED blinking while shut down camera use remote controller, and Orange color
IR Receiver
To receive IR mote controller signal LED

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2Rear view of camera
76 8 9 11 12 10
Power switch
Power on/off button
DC IN 12V socket
Working with power adaptor along with Camera
IR Receiver
When use one remote control to operate three cameras, this switch will
decide which camera you’re operating.
VISCA IN port
When connect multi cameras to PC via RS-232C (VISCA IN), use serial cable
connect VISCA OUT of the first camera to VISCA IN of the second camera.
VISCA Out port/RS485
Used for connect multi camera, and RS-485 Control.
USB3.0

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3Bottom of Camera
12
Tripod screw hole
When install the camera onto tripod, use these screw holes to fix on tripod.
Dip-switch
Used for select baud rate and remote signal output switch.
4Dip-switch Settings
ON KE
1 2 3 4 5 6


Dip-switch 1(Set Communication baud rate)
ON=>38400bps, OFF=>9600bps
(Please set the baud rate before turn on power. Baud rate setting
failed if turn off power.)

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Dip-Switch 2(Set Control protocol)
ON: RS-485 &PELCO-D (ON=RS485&Pelco-D)
OFF: RS-232C&VISCA (OFF=RS232C &VISCA )
Dip-Switch 3 (Set as Upgrading)
Set dip switch 3 as ON, then you can do upgrading of the camera, Must
Set OFF as usual working.
Dip-Switch 4& 5 (Set address code)
When you used RS232C &VISCA to control multi-cameras, suggest to
set address code as OFF;
When you used RS-485 &PELCO-D to control multi-cameras, suggest to
refer to below Camera address code setting table;
Switch 6 (Set IR signal output switch)
When set as ON, it will receive the signal from remote control and
VISCA IN to control this device, if set it to OFF means close signal
output.
Camera address code setting
Dip-switch4 Dip-switch 5
1 OFF OFF
1 OFF ON
2 ON OFF
3 ON ON
Cable Connection info
VISCA RS-232C IN Reference

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12
35
6
7
8
VISCA RS-232C IN
VISCA Out Reference
12
35
6
7
8
VISCA RS-232C OUT
Camera to PC connection
Camera
1. DTR IN
2. DSR IN
3. TXD IN
4. GND
5. RXD IN
6. GND
7. IR OUT
8. N.C.
Computer 25 Pin
1. FG
2. TXD
3. RXD
4. RTS
5. CTS
6. DSR
7. GND
20. DTR
Pin S/N
Function
1
DTR IN
2
DSR IN
3
TXD IN
4
GND
5
RXD IN
6
GND
7
IR Commander Signal OUTPUT
8
NO Connection
Pin S/N
Function
1
DTR OUT
2
DSR OUT
3
TXD OUT
4
GND
5
RXD OUT
6
GND
7
RS-485󰦊
8
RS-485󰦈

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Camera Cascade
Camera“A”
VISCA OUT
1. DTR OUT
2. DSR OUT
3. TXD OUT
4. GND
5. RXD OUT
6. GND
7. RS485-
8. RS485+
Camera“B”
VISCA IN
1. DTR IN
2. DSR IN
3. TXD IN
4. GND
5. RXD IN
6. GND
7. IR OUT
8. N.C.
OSD Menu
Access OSD menu to understand the features of camera and change the settings.
Note: Camera can’t move pan/tilt when OSD menu is displaying on screen.
Self-testing OSD Menu
There are OSD menu as following when camera start on, and it will be disappear after
self-testing completed.
Following is the parameter of camera, and different camera module adopted display
different OSD menu parameters.
ADDRESS (Camera address))
BUADRATE (Camera baud rate)
PROTOCOL (PTZ Control Protocol)
CONTROL (Camera control type)
LENSTYPE (Camera module
adopted)
DOMETYPE (Camera model No.)
VENDOR (Manufacturer name)
VERSION (Initial Factory version)
ADDRESS
BUADRATE
PROTOCOL
CONTROL
LENSTYPE
DOMETYPE
VENDER
VERSION
1
9600
VISCA
RS-232C
ACUTE
2.3.4.4
INFORMATION

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Dome OSD
Press “DOME OSD”
button on remote controller to
display:
 Pin
Chose OSD menu
Move by  or  key
 Parameters
Chose by  or  key
 Values
Display OSD parameters,
chose by  or  to change
the parameters value of menu OSD
Menu Parameters:
PAN SPEED Default value: 30
Adjustable pan movement speed scope 1~63
TILT SPEED Default value: 30
Adjustable tile movement speed scope 1~63
SCAN SPEED Default value: 6
Adjustable pan movement speed scope 1~63
TOUR PATH Default value: 1
Optional tour path at 1~4
TOUR DWELL(Tour duration time) Default value: 5
Tour duration is 1~60 seconds
PROPORTION (Speed matching) Default value: ON
ON means enable speed match function, OFF means not.
AUTO REV Default value: P
Image auto flip(positive)/N(upside down)/OFF
FRAME Default value: 60HZ
Support 60Hz & 50Hz for optional
&PAN SPEED
TILT SPEED
SCAN SPEED
TOUR PATH
TOUR DWELL
PROPORTION
AUTO REV
FRAME
20
20
6
1
5
ON
P
60HZ
1
2
3

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Note:
60Hz mode, camera output 1080p30 as default, support 1080p@30/25/20/15/10/5,
720p, 800x600, 640x480/60/50/30/25/20/15/10/5;
50Hz mode, camera output 1080p@25 as default, support 1080p@25/20/15/10/5, 720p,
800x600, 640x480/50/25/20/15/10/5;
LENS OSD
Access LENS OSD from remote controller, there is OSD menu display on
screen and its possible to adjust or change any settings of lens OSD. (Up/down
direction key to change the menu, left/right direction key to change the
parameters value)
&DISPLAY
SHARPNESS
SATURATION
NR
WB
RGAIN
BGAIN
AE
SHUTTER
IRIS
BRIGHT
OFF
NORMAL
NORMAL
3
AUTO
206
150
AUTO
1/1
CLOSE
0
1
2
3
DISPLAY
Default value: OFF
SUPPORT ON/OFF
SHARPNESS
Default value: NORMAL
LOW/HIGH
SATURATION
Default value: NORMAL
LOW/HIGH
NR (Noise Reduction)
Default value: 3
Adjustable Value 0~5
WB (White Balance)
Default value: Auto
AUTO/MANUAL/OUTDOOR/IND
OOR/ONE PUSH/ATW

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R GAIN (RED RAIN)
Default value: 206
Adjustable scope: 0~255
B GAIN (Blue Gain)
Default value: 150
Adjustable scope 0~255
AE (Auto Exposure)
Default value: Auto
AUTO/MANUAL/SHUTTER/IRIS/
BRIGHT
SHUTTER SPEED
Default value: 1/1
Shutter speed range:
1/1—1/10000
IRIS
Default value: Close
Close/F1.4-F22
BRIGHT
Default value: 0
0 ~ 31
IR Remote Controller
1. Reset:
Restart Camera and restore to factory default settings
2. Camera Selection
Select Camera of IR 1,2,3
3. Preset positions
1-9: preset positions
Set: Setting preset position
Clear: Clear preset position
Call: Call preset position
Note: if you need set number 1 preset position, you
should press Number key “1”, then press “Set” to setting
this position;
4. Zoom in/out Control Zone
+: Zoom in
-: Zoom out

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5. Pan/tilt Control
: move up
: move down
: move left
: move right
: auto Pan moving
6. Additional Function zone
Freeze: image freeze
BL: Backlight compensation
WB: White Balance
AE: Auto Exposure
D zoom: Digital Zoom
HDMI: swap to HDMI Video
output
DVI: Swap to DVI video output
Format: swap between different
format
7. Power supply Switch
Switch of stand by and
working status
8. OSD Menu Zone
Dome OSD: enter Camera
OSD Menu
Lens OSD: enter Lens
OSD Menu
9. Slow Zoom in/out Zone
+: Zoom in slowly
-: Zoom out slowly
10. Focus Control Zone
Auto: auto focus of lens
Manual: manual focus of lens

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Far: focus at far distance objects
Near: focus at near distance objects
11. Pan/Tilt Function Zone
L-Limit: Set Left limit Scanning position
Scan: Enable Boundary scanning
R-Limit: Set Right limit scanning position
Home: Camera Home position
Tour: Enable Patrolling
Rev: Image auto-flip
Remote controller Function Summary
S/N Regional Keynote functions
1 Reset
Restart Camera and back to
default Factory settings.
2 Camera ID
Chose
Chose camera according to your
Remote control
3 Preset position
function area
Chose serial no. of preset
position
To “Set” as preset position
To “Clear” preset position
To “Call” preset position
4 Fast-speed
Zoom in/out
Zoom in of camera Lens
Zoom out of camera lens

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5 Pan/Tilt control
Move camera up-side
Move camera down-side
Move camera go left
Move camera go right
Enable Pan movement scanning
6 Auxiliary
Image Freeze
Backlight compensation
White Balance
Auto Exposure
Digital Zoom
Swift as HDMI Video output
(not available with this camera)
Swift as DVI Video output
(not available with this camera)
Swipe different video formats
(not available with this camera)
7 Power on/off
Power-on/off
8 OSD Menu
Login DOME OSD Menu

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Login Lens OSD Menu
9 Slow speed
Zoom in/out
Zoom in slowly speed
Zoom out slowly speed
10 Lens Focus
adjustments
Auto focus automatically
Manual focus
Lens zoom in far end
Lens zoom in Near end
11 Pan & Tilt
Function area
Set Left points for boundary
scanning
Enable Scanning automatically
Set Right limit point for
Boundary scanning
Home position of Camera
Enable Touring
Image Up-side down option

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Operation instruction
Joy-stick PTZ Keybaord operation
To use joy-stick PTZ keyboard to control Camera including, pan/tilt/zoom
movement, set Tour scanning, enable boundary scanning, etc.
option
function
turn up Down-side movement
turn down Up-side movement
turn left Left movement
turn right Right movement
Rotate left Zoom in
Rotate right Zoom out
Special Preset positions function
Preset position No.
Functions
76
Enable stand-by status
77
To display Self-testing menu on screen
90
Image up-side down
91
Login system OSD Menu
92
Set Left limit position of scanning
93
Set right limit position of scanning
94
Restart Camera and return default settings
95
Call Lens OSD Menu of Lens
96
Home position
97
Enable regional Pan scanning
98
Enable Tour scanning
99
Enable 360 degree Horizontal scanning

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Amcap Software application
Open the CD-ROM AMCAP v3.0.9.exe software, choose Devices->USB video
equipment (or similar options), then chose “preview”, as shown in the diagram
below, you can preview image.
Before Preview Video output, please check Capture-> ;

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Adjust different video format
60Hz mode, camera output 1080p30 as default, support
1080p@30/25/20/15/10/5, 720p, 800x600, 640x480/60/50/30/25/20/15/10/5;
50Hz mode, camera output 1080p@25 as default, support
1080p@25/20/15/10/5, 720p, 800x600, 640x480/50/25/20/15/10/5;
The Camera upgrade (control)
Installed in the CD setup.exe software, completed after running HD Camera
Debugger.exe open interface as shown in figure:
Select Baudrate, Protocol, port, immediately after the completion of the
camera control If you need to upgrade the camera program, through the "import
the file... . "choose to upgrade, then click" start "to start the upgrade, when the