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Display Camera
This column is visible only when the 6-digit Camera ID mode is enabled. For each system
camera, a 2-digit “site” number plus a 4-digit camera number can be designated. The camera
numbers are displayed in the format xx:yyyy, where xx is the site number and yyyy is the
camera number. For example, site 1, camera 35 is listed as: “01:0035”. This mode is useful
when groups of cameras are located in separate buildings, floors or other common areas that
are associated with a specific site.
Any non-duplicate 6-digit number can be entered for each system camera. You do not have to
type leading zeros when entering a number. Simply place the cursor in the proper field and
type one or two digits for the site number. Next, type a period (or any non-numeric character)
as a separator, then type one to four digits for the camera number. For example, to enter
02:0587, type: “2.587”. Hint: when entering Display Cameras for Site 0, the site number and
period do not need to be entered. For example, to enter 00:0001, type “1”.
If you attempt to redundantly assign a camera number to a second input, the system warns
(on the status line) that the number is already in use and displays the System Camera number
currently using that Display Camera number. Hint: a Display Camera value of 0 can be entered
to free up a Display Camera number for use with another System Camera.
When the system is in this mode, 6-digit camera numbers are shown and must be used in
various tables of the Master Control Software.
When feature is enabled in the CPU, the 6-digit number is used for all keyboard based camera
selections and 2-digit site plus 4-digit camera numbers will be shown on the monitor overlay
displays.
The 4-digit numbers shown in the System Camera column (also known as the Logical Camera
numbers) must be used for non-user interface system functions, including addressing of PTZ
cameras.
Title
The Title column is a 16-character field. To enter the characters, position the cursor over the
cell to be changed and type in the characters. To enter special characters, right click with the
mouse in the cell, and a text entry dialog box will appear. The character codes for the special
characters can be entered in this dialog box. See your Allegiant System Installation and
Operations Manual for a list of the character codes.
Installation
When an Installation cell is selected, a pull-down menu appears with Local, Remote with Local
Overlay, Remote with Remote Overlay, and Trunk designations.
Local
This is the simplest type of camera. If a camera is local, it means that an actual camera (or
other video source) is connected to the corresponding BNC input on the back of the main
Allegiant bay. Calling up a local camera on a monitor will simply display the video from its
physical BNC input. If a camera is local, Bay and Monitor columns are blank and cannot be
edited.
Remote with Local Overlay/Remote with Remote Overlay
A remote camera is NOT directly connected to the main (Master) bay; it is connected to a
remote (Satellite) bay when the systems are operating in a satellite configuration. In the
Camera Table, cameras that do not possess an actual BNC on the Master system (see table
below) MUST be designated as remote cameras. Other cameras may be local or remote (or a
trunk). When a remote Satellite camera is called up on a monitor of the Master system, the
Master obtains the video from the appropriate Satellite (via a trunk input described below).
The Bay number (or site address number) in the Camera Table is used to designate which
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F.01U.127.398 | 2.0 | 2009.03