Page 3 - Contents
C3403M-A (3/06) 3 Contents Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 5 - Welcome; GETTING STARTED
C3403M-A (3/06) 5 Welcome Thank you for purchasing Pelco’s Spectra ® Mini dome system. Your new system features a high resolution, color camera/optics package and programmable dome drive software. This manual is designed to be a reference tool for the operation and programming of your system. Inside...
Page 6 - How to Operate Your Dome System
6 C3403M-A (3/06) How to Operate Your Dome System Operation How to Control Pan and Tilt Move joystick or press the direction keys left/right and up/down. Zoom Far To zoom far, do the following: 1. Press the Zoom Tele button or turn the joystick clockwise until zoom stops at the 32X zoom limit . 2. R...
Page 9 - Quick Programming Guide; Move the joystick up or down to view selections.; Setup Menus – Overview
C3403M-A (3/06) 9 Quick Programming Guide Access main menu (preset 95). See the Accessing Main Menu (Preset 95) section. Use the joystick to position the cursor beside menu selection.If your controller does not have a joystick, use the up or down key. Press Iris Open, the submenu/cursor moves to the...
Page 12 - Language
12 C3403M-A (3/06) Language The language for the on-screen menus is selectable. Available languages include English,Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, and Czechoslovakian.The factory default language is English. NOTE: The dome system cannot store all 10 languages...
Page 13 - System Information
C3403M-A (3/06) 13 System Information The system Information screen displays dome drive model, software version, and otherdiagnostic information. System settings cannot be changed using this screen. This screen is for reference only. Use the following steps to display the System Information screen: ...
Page 14 - Display Setup
14 C3403M-A (3/06) Display Setup Display setup allows you to program how labels are displayed on the monitor. The followinglabels are available: PRESET LABEL Identifies preset. ZONE LABEL Identifies zone. ZOOM RATIO Identifies the amount of magnification. AZIMUTH 1 /ELEVATION 2 Amount of pan from 0 ...
Page 15 - LABEL POSITION
C3403M-A (3/06) 15 LABEL POSITION Labels can be placed anywhere on the monitor. This feature allows you to customize theappearance of your monitor screen. The following labels are not set at fixed positions: PRESET LABEL ZONE LABEL ALARM 1 ZOOM RATIO - XXX.XX AZIMUTH 1 /ELEVATION 2 - XXX ° /-XX ° DI...
Page 16 - Dome Settings; CAMERA; AUTO FOCUS
16 C3403M-A (3/06) Dome Settings CAMERA AUTO FOCUS Auto focus allows the lens to remain in focus during zoom-in, zoom-out, and motion functions. There are two auto focus settings: ON (default) If auto focus mode is set to ON, the camera will focus automati-cally when using pan, tilt, and zoom functi...
Page 18 - ADVANCED CAMERA SETTINGS; SHUTTER SPEED; AGC LIMIT
18 C3403M-A (3/06) ADVANCED CAMERA SETTINGS SHUTTER SPEED Shutter speed is the duration of the electronic shutter. Program shutter speed to operateautomatically (Auto) or manually (Numeric Value). AUTO (default) The electronic shutter speed is set automatically by the amount oflight sensed by the ca...
Page 19 - AUTO IRIS
C3403M-A (3/06) 19 AUTO IRIS Auto iris is the lens function that automatically opens and closes the iris in response to changinglight conditions. Program the auto iris to operate automatically or at a user-defined level. OFF Auto iris is disabled, and control is always manual. AUTO (default) The iri...
Page 20 - AUTO SHARPNESS; AUTO WHITE BALANCE
20 C3403M-A (3/06) AUTO SHARPNESS Auto sharpness enhances picture detail by increasing the aperture gain of the camera andsharpening the edges in the picture. There are two settings: ON (default) The camera automatically maintains a normal sharpness mode. OFF The sharpness of the picture is set manu...
Page 21 - VIDEO LEVEL
C3403M-A (3/06) 21 BACKLIGHT COMPENSATION (BLC) If a bright backlight is present, the subjects in the picture may appear dark or as a silhouette.Backlight compensation enhances objects in the center of the picture. The dome uses the centerof the picture to adjust the iris. If there is a bright light...
Page 22 - MOTION SETTINGS; AUTO FLIP
22 C3403M-A (3/06) MOTION SETTINGS AUTO FLIP When the camera tilts downward and goes just beyond the vertical position, the dome rotates180 degrees. When the dome rotates (flips), the camera starts moving upward as long as youcontinue to hold the joystick in the down position. Once you let go of the...
Page 23 - PARK TIME; SCAN SPEED
C3403M-A (3/06) 23 PARK TIME This feature allows the dome to begin preset 1 after a programmed time of inactivity. Park time can be programmed from 1 minute to 720 minutes (12 hours), or it can be set to zero,which disables this feature. The default setting is zero. Park Action This feature will def...
Page 24 - LIMIT STOPS
24 C3403M-A (3/06) LIMIT STOPS Limit stops are programmable stops that limit the pan range of the dome. There must be twolimits, a left and a right, to define an area. There are two types of limit stops: MANUAL A manual (joystick) pan operation stops when a limit stop isreached. SCAN The dome revers...
Page 25 - AZIMUTH ZERO
C3403M-A (3/06) 25 AZIMUTH ZERO Azimuth is the pan angle from 0 ° to 359 ° . Azimuth zero is the pan position you specify to be the 0 ° point. Azimuth zero is normally set to magnetic north. Once set, azimuth and compass readings are based on the set Azimuth Zero point. To program azimuth zero: 1. U...
Page 26 - POWER UP; POWER UP ACTION
26 C3403M-A (3/06) POWER UP POWER UP ACTION This setting defines a specific activity (scan, preset, pattern) to be performed in the event thepower to the dome is cycled. The following settings are available: NONE No action. AUTO (default) The dome resumes its prior activity or direction before the p...
Page 27 - LINE SYNC
C3403M-A (3/06) 27 LINE SYNC Line sync refers to a programmable function that allows you to synchronize all cameras within amatrix system. NOTE: Spectra Mini automatically senses V-Sync input. No line sync setup is required for Pelco control systems that provide a V-Sync signal. For matrix systems t...
Page 28 - PRESETS; Preset
28 C3403M-A (3/06) PRESETS The Spectra Mini dome system has 64 preset positions. Each of the user-definable presets canbe programmed to use pan, tilt, camera settings, and motion detection. The programmablepresets are numbered 1-32 and 35-55. The following presets are predefined for specific functio...
Page 30 - PATTERN
30 C3403M-A (3/06) PATTERN A pattern is a memorized, repeating, series of pan, tilt, zoom and preset functions that can berecalled with a command from a controller or automatically by a programmed function (alarm,park or power-up). The Spectra Mini has one user-defined pattern. Pattern length is bas...
Page 31 - ZONES
C3403M-A (3/06) 31 ZONES A zone is a pan area, defined by a left and right limit, on the 360-degree pan plane. The SpectraMini dome system is capable of four zones, each with a 20-character label. To program a zone: 1. Use the joystick to position the cursor beside ZONE NUMBER. Press Iris Open the c...
Page 32 - WINDOW BLANKING
32 C3403M-A (3/06) WINDOW BLANKING Window blanking allows a user to program one four-sided, user-defined area that cannot beviewed by the operator of the dome system. The blanked area will move with pan and tiltfunctions and automatically adjust in size as the lens zooms telephoto and wide. If a pre...
Page 36 - PASSWORD
36 C3403M-A (3/06) PASSWORD Spectra Mini features password protection to prevent unauthorized changes to the domesettings. An operator can open the System Information and Display Setup screens, but cannotaccess any of the Dome Settings menus. Controller/keyboard commands cannot override password-pro...
Page 38 - UPLOAD ICON
38 C3403M-A (3/06) Software/Language File Upload The six-pin data port underneath the trim ring of the dome system allows access for on-sitesetup, testing, and uploading of revised operating software and language files. A Pelco fieldservice tool is required to perform these operations. Field service...
