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MFR User Manual
User Guide for the MFR
Optical/Thermal PTZ Camera

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Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Change History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warranty and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Conguring the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
• Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
• Comm Port Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
• Motor Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
• Video Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
• Select Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
• Overall Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
• Base Plate Hole Centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Change History
Version Date Change Summary Author
v1.0 17/8/2017 Initial Draft RE
Warranty and Support
All Visual Engineering products are supplied as standard with a 12 month ‘Return to Base’ warranty.
In the event of a suspected product failure, users should contact the Visual Engineering support
team on the telephone number [phone] or please email us at:
[email protected]
Should the fault persist or if the support team are unable to resolve the fault, it may be necessary
to return the equipment.
Equipment should only be returned using the RMA (Returns Management Authorisation) process.
Users should contact the support team on the above number and request an RMA form and RMA
number.

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Conguring the Camera
The MFR can be congured for a specic user prole, to include; communications settings, motor
control, video format and camera type. Once congured the camera will remember these settings.
The camera is congured using a menu structure on its control interface which is only accessible
at power on. To access the control menu it is necessary to connect the camera to a serial comms
software application, such as TeraTerm.
• Connect the D-Type connector on the
control cable to a Comm port on a PC.
• Open the terminal application and
congure the Comm port to 9600 baud
• Re-power the camera, a > will appear and
shortly after !
• As soon as the ! appears type ‘v’ ‘e’ in quick
succession.
• The Main Menu shown on the right will then
be displayed.
• Select the required option.
• The function of each option will now be
described in the tables that follow.
Boot Menu
Comm Port Options
Comm Port Options
Sub Menu Description Options
Mode The serial comms standard
RS485, No Parity , RS232, No Parity,
RS485, Odd Parity, RS232, Odd Parity
RS485, Even Parity, RS232, Even Parity
Baud Rate The serial comms baud rate 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200,
38400, 57600, 115200
Protocol The PTZ control protocol Auto Detect, Visca, Pelco P,
Pelco D, Forward Vision
Unit Address
The camera’s unit address, this allows
several cameras to be connected on the
same comms bus.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

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Motor Options
Motor Options
Sub Menu Description Options
Auto Position
Correction
Whether the camera automatically corrects
its actual position if external forces
act upon it
Disabled, Enabled
Stall Detection Detects a stall in the motor drive Disabled, Enabled
Motor Speed The speed at which the motors are driven High, Medium, Low
Hold Torque The torque force which the camera uses to
hold position High, Medium, Low
Video Options
Video Options
Sub Menu Description Options
Output Mode The output video format
PAL, NTSC, 720p/25, 720p/29.97, 720p/50,
720p/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080i/59.94, 1080p/25,
1080p/29.97, 1080p/50, 1080p/59.94
Digital Zoom If disabled only optical zoom is allowed Disabled, Enabled
On Screen
Display The OSD in the camera’s video Disabled, Enabled
Select Model
Select Model
Description Options
Sets the camera type, set to either MFR or MFR-TI MKVI, TEDAS, MKIV, 10178, MKIVH, MFR, MFR-TI

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Software Control
The MFR camera supports serial communication control over RS232 and RS485. It supports PelcoD,
PelcoP & Sony Visca protocols.
The user may choose to use a software controller of their choice or use the VE Camera Controller.
This software application can be downloaded from the Visual Engineering website:
www.visualengineering.co.uk/supportdownload/9
The user should install the Software application on a PC. The image below shows what the software
application looks like.

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It is necessary to connect a USB to serial comms lead to the PC. The operating system of the
computer will allocate this a COM port number.
Once this connection between the comms lead and the computer’s operating system has been
made the user can go ahead and connect the application to the COM port. In the example below
the port COM3 has been selected. Now select Connect.
Now that the software application is connected to the comms lead the functions of the software
can be used. In the example below the pan right command has been selected. This will cause the
MFR camera to pan right. Similar commands for pan left, tilt up & down and zoom functions can
also be tried out using the intuitive software user interface.

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Specications
Amphenol Connector Information.
Part Number: 62GB-57A12-10PN-760
Mating Half Part Number: 62GB-16J12-10SN
Connections
Amphenol Connector Pinout
Pin Signal
AV PWR
BGND
CTX
DRX
EGND
FNC
GCVBS
HGND
KGND
JSDI Video
The MFR is tted with either a Fischer or
Amphenol connector in the base of the camera.
The pinout for the Amphenol connector is
described in the table to the right.
The Amphenol connector part number
information is described below to aid with
system integration.
Specications
Optical Sensor 1/2.8” Type CMOS User Presets 8
Optical Sensitivity <0.05 Lux, ICR On Protocol RS232/485 Visca, PelcoD
Optical Resolution 1920 x 1080 Pixel Pan & Tilt Range 270° tilt, Continuous pan
Optical SNR >50dB Lens Drive Silent Stepper
Optical Field of View 63.7° Pan & Tilt Drive Low Noise Stepper
Optical Zoom 30x Power Requirement 9-18V DC, 6W
Thermal Output PAL or NTSC Environmental IP68
Thermal Pixel Size 17um Weight 1.5kg
Thermal Spectral Range 8 ~ 14um Dimensions ø115 x 182.4mm
NETD <60mk@30°C Casing Aluminium

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Dimensions
182.4
ø 115
43 43
75
50
50
50
Overall Dimensions
Base Plate Hole Centres