Bolin Technology BC-9 Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 BC 9 Series 4K SDI IP Dual Output PTZ Camera USER MANUAL Part One Camera User Manual VERSION BC 9 M 12262019 BC 9 4K12S S6MN 2020 Bolin Technology ...

Page 2: ...ION 18 PELCO P D KEYBOARD RS485 CONNECTION 21 VISCA OVER IP CONTROL 23 VISCA OVER IP NETWORK CONFIGURATION 23 OPTIONAL VIDEO OUTPUT CARDS 24 HDBASET VIDEO OUTPUT CARD 24 HDBASET RECEIVER 25 HDBASET CONNECTION 26 CONTROL THE CAMERA USING HDBASET RECEIVER 26 RS232 422 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HDBASET RECEIVER AND THE CONTROLLER 28 OPTICAL VIDEO OUTPUT CARD 32 TALLY LIGHT GPI I O CONNECTION 34 34 HOW T...

Page 3: ...IP ENCODER FIRMWARE 47 UPGRADING FPGA FIRMWARE 47 VIDEO RESOLUTION UPGRADE 47 OPERATION USING THE INFRARED REMOTE CONTROLLER 48 PAN TILT AND ZOOM OPERATION 48 OPERATING MULTIPLE CAMERAS WITH INFRARED REMOTE CONTROLLER 49 ADJUSTING THE CAMERA FOCUS 49 STORING THE CAMERA SETTINGS IN MEMORY THE PRESETTINGFEATURE 50 MENU CONFIGURATION 53 DIMENSIONS 56 ...

Page 4: ...rademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC in the United States and other countries The Software may contain h 264 AVC video technology the use of which requires the following notice from MPEG LA L L C THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO I ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD AVC VIDEO AND OR II DECODE AVC VIDEO...

Page 5: ...ings and value ranges may vary with models Please see the actual product for details Due to uncertainties such as physical environment discrepancy may exist between the actual values and reference values provided in this manual Use of this document and the subsequent results shall be entirely on the user s own responsibility Symbols Symbol Description WARNING Contains important safety instructions...

Page 6: ...iance FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance...

Page 7: ...7 WHAT S IN THE BOX Note The camera color may be in white or black per the item that is purchased Accessories Optional ...

Page 8: ...vides simultaneous 6G 3G SDI IP It is a TRUE Dual Output PTZ where SDI and IP formats can be set independently HDBaseT interface provides One Cable Solution a single Cat 5e 6 cable carries uncompressed 4K video audio RS232 422 control and IR control 4K IP video streaming and IP control power POH for running distance up to 80 100 meters 350 degree continuous pan 120 degree continuous tilt 128 prese...

Page 9: ...9 Camera Diagrams ...

Page 10: ...al 6G SDI Video Output Card 8 BNC Connector for Genlock 9 Audio Line in 3 5mm Audio Input 10 Audio Line out 3 5mm Audio Output 11 Edge Storage Micro SD card up to 128G 12 IR Remote ID Selector 13 IR Receiver 14 USB2 0 Firmware upgrade only 15 RJ45 port for RS232 Control Port 16 RJ45 port for RS 422 485 Control Port 17 Ethernet Port for IP Video Output and POE power 18 Video Format Selector For vid...

Page 11: ...djust key and to make the feature adjustments Gain Image gain adjustments Color Image color saturation adjustments Con Image contrast adjustments WB R Image White Balance Red adjustments PT S Pan Tilt Speed adjustments Zoom S Zoom Speed adjustments Preset S Preset Speed adjustments WB B Image White Balance Blue adjustments Black L Image Black Level adjustments Freeze To get a frozen image B Light ...

Page 12: ...ed with the unit Do not use any other DC power adaptor If using POE to power the camera PoE IEEE802 3bt is supported Ensure that the POE power source has sufficient power budget to power the camera or some features may not function properly You can use One Cable POH Power Over HDBaseT power up the camera via CAT6 cable when HDBaseT video card is used Cable Requirements Network Cable 10 100 Mbps Et...

Page 13: ...ble cable to transmit broadcast quality video Conductor AWG Stranding Material Nominal Diameter 18 Solid Bare Copper 0 04 in Shield Material Nom Capacitance Conductor to shield Nom Inductance Nom Char Impedance 16 2 pF ft 0 106 µ H ft 75 Ohm Type Layer Material Coverage Tape 1 Aluminum Polyester Aluminum 100 Braid 2 Tinned Copper 95 ...

Page 14: ...ow have SDI video output 5 SDI video supports up to 2160P IP Video Signal The camera can simultaneously stream IP SDI and HDMI video outputs 1 Connect the camera to the network using Cat5 Cat6 network cable 2 You need to have a web browser or VMS client software ready for IP video streaming 3 PELCO address and Baud Rate setting on the camera must be as same as the setting on camera IP WEB interfac...

Page 15: ...22 RS 232 control 3 Camera ID for IR Remote Controller 4 IR remote control signal receive current setting 5 Baud Rate current setting 6 Control COMM Port current setting 7 Video format current setting 8 HDMI current setting 9 Model number 10 Firmware version PELCO ID 1 VISCA ID 1 IR ID 1 IR RECEIVE ON BAUD RATE 9600 COMM TYPE 422 FORMAT 2160P29 97 HDMI OUT YUV MODEL TYPE MCU FW V0K010B350401A001 F...

Page 16: ...trol keyboard control PC station to operate the camera To perform pan tilt and zoom operations using the joystick of the control keyboard and to perform the Preset operation using the control buttons An application software that supports this unit is needed if you use PC station RS232 Connection 1 Set RS232 control method on Real panel Dip Switch 2 Set Baud Rate on Bottom Dip Switch to the same as...

Page 17: ... pin Mini Din adaptor to make RS232 connection for your control device 10 Use extension cables included RJ45 to RS422 232 Phoenix terminal contact adaptor to make RS232 connection for your control device 11 Or you can use CAT5 6 network cable T 568B standard pinout to make RS232 connection by following the pin definition below ...

Page 18: ...on Bottom Dip Switch 2 Set Baud Rate on Bottom Dip Switch to the same as Baud Rate setting on the keyboard you are using 3 Set specific camera address that you want to control the camera for on Bottom Dip Switch 4 If you want to have the camera address to be automatically assigned by VISCA controller set camera Dip Switch address to 0 5 Reboot the camera by turning it Off On after the Bottom Dip S...

Page 19: ...connection and RS422 Daisy Chain multiple cameras connection with Non Sony controller as below VISCA Non Sony Keyboard RS422 Connection 11 Use extension cables RJ45 to RS422 Phoenix connecter adaptor included to make RS422 connection for your control device ...

Page 20: ...ndard Ethernet cable direct connect between the camera and the controller to make RS422 connection by following the pin definition below 13 How to make RS422 Daisy Chain multiple camera connection with RS422 standard serial port controller ...

Page 21: ...itch has been set up correctly Use PELCO P D compatible keyboard Use preset 95 on the keyboard to bring up exit camera OSD menu Use joystick and Button OPEN or CLOSE to navigate OSD menu To operate keyboard please refer to the user manual of the keyboard you are using PELCO RS485 Connection Use extension cables included RJ45 to RS422 Phoenix connecter adaptor to make RS485 connection for your cont...

Page 22: ...mera and the joystick controller You cannot use the RS 232 connections while you are using the RS422 485 connection Operating Multiple Cameras Using RS 232 422 485 Using RS 232 VISCA you can connect to 7 cameras Using RS 422 VISCA you can connect to 7 cameras Using RS 485 PELCO you can connect to 255 cameras Using RS 485 PELCO all camera addresses must be set up before the connection You can set t...

Page 23: ...on appropriately to communicate on your network Connect the VISCA over IP compatible controller to the network Configure the controller to access the camera s IP address and VISCA over IP port The IP port within on your control must be set to 52381 to communicate with the camera Select VISCA protocol on your IP control device Recommended way to re assign the IP address 1 Create a local network wit...

Page 24: ...24 Optional Video Output Cards 9 Series 4K PTZ camera has two optional video output cards HDBaseT video output Optical SDI output HDBaseT Video Output Card ...

Page 25: ...emotely control PTZ camera 5 12V DC Power Port Connect include 12V DC power adaptor and cord 6 Power LED Indicator Turns red when the device is connected to power outlet 7 Heat sink surface panel All aluminum body for quick heat dissipation 8 HDMI Upholder For tightening up HDMI port in stabilization 9 3 5mm IR IN Connect to an IR receiver The IR signal received from this port can send out via HDB...

Page 26: ...rsion 1 4 needs to be used 4 Power on the HDBaseT Receiver the camera will be powered on by the receiver video will display on the monitor after running initializing 5 Information of the camera initial setting status will display for 5 seconds 6 You can set the video format of the camera to the one you want to display Control the camera using HDBaseT Receiver Using HDBaseT you can have following m...

Page 27: ...he keyboard you are using 2 Reboot the camera by turning it Off On after the Bottom Dip Switch has been set up correctly 3 Device supports RS232 and RS422 485 control 4 RS232 on HDBaseT receiver does not support daisy chain control 5 Use Cat 6 network cable to connect from the camera HDBaseT port to HDBaseT Receiver input port 6 HDBaseT will provide the power to the camera via the network cable 7 ...

Page 28: ... 568B Standard Ethernet cable direct connect between the camera HDBaseT Receiver and the controller to make RS232 RS422 485 connection by following the pin definition below a RS232 Make RJ45 connector for HDBaseT Receiver RS232 port as following b RS422 Make RJ45 connector for HDBaseT Receiver RS422 port as following c RS485 Make RJ45 connector for HDBaseT Receiver RS485 port as following ...

Page 29: ...ol to the controller a RS232 Connection RJ45 to RS232 extension adapter cable Use extension cables included to make RS232 connection for your control device You have to use 8 Pin Mini Din Serial RS232 Cable HDBaseT does not support RS232 daisy chain control So only plug in to IN 8 pin Mini Din port for RS232 control b RS232 Connection RJ45 to RS422 232 Phoenix terminal contact adaptor Use extensio...

Page 30: ...aisy chain control You cannot use the RS 232 connections and the RS422 485 connection and the same time d RS485 Connection RJ45 to RS422 232 Phoenix terminal contact adaptor Use extension cables included to make RS485 connection for your control device NOTE Use RS422 ports for RS485 connection Only use TX and TX for RS485 connection Make the RS485 connection as following pinout definition instruct...

Page 31: ...n connect up to 7 cameras Using RS 485 PELCO you can connect up to 255 cameras Using RS 485 PELCO all camera addresses must be set up before the connection You can set the camera address by operating OSD menu or by setting the Dip Switch on the bottom of the camera In this case you can use multiple control keyboards The joystick of the remote keyboard controller allows comfortable pan tilt and zoo...

Page 32: ...32 Optical Video Output Card ...

Page 33: ... the optical video card into the slot Make sure the card is completely inserted in the place properly SFP Fiber Optical Module Laser Unit Single mode 1 310nm DFB LD transmitter and PIN receiver Complaint with MSA SFP Specification SFF 8402 Connector Duplex LC Fiber Optical Cable Single Mode Connector Duplex LC ...

Page 34: ...ISCA control connection GPI connection with VISCA OVER IP control connection How to make the connection with BOLIN products Please see the User Guide BOLIN Camera and Keyboard Controller Connection that you can download it at www bolintechnology com product pages ...

Page 35: ...ew Dip Switch setting activated From the above list No 1 Camera ID address NO 2 Video color space NO 5 Baud rate setting can be set in camera OSD menu as well The camera takes either the way of OSD menu setting or the way of DIP switch setting They override each other After the camera is turned on the camera takes the last setting before it is turned on either set through the OSD or Rear DIP switc...

Page 36: ...which is the camera ID number that you want to operate on the Remote Controller For example when the camera IR ID is selected 1 on the remote controller press the Camera IR ID button 1 the camera will be controlled by remote controller When the camera IR ID is selected 3 on the remote controller press the Camera IR ID button 3 the camera will be controlled by remote controller Always check the IR ...

Page 37: ...etting Menus The setting menu selected on the main menu is displayed 1 Setting Menu The name of the setting menu currently selected is displayed here 2 Selected Item Selects a setting item The selected item is shown by the arrow cursor Move the cursor up or down by pressing the button on the infrared remote controller 3 SettingItems The setting items for this setting menu are displayed Select the ...

Page 38: ...a brightness level freely set by the user Exposure is controlled by gain when dark and by iris when bright As both gain and iris are fixed this mode is used when exposing at a fixed camera sensitivity When switching from Full Auto or Shutter Priority Mode to Bright Mode the current status will be retained for a short period of time The exposure is adjusted automatically using the values manually s...

Page 39: ...nts the camera shake when you shoot a moving subject in a dark place Select the S Shutter limit from the following 1 30 1 20 1 15 1 10 1 8 1 6 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 AE SPEED The AE Speed function allows you to reduce the exposure response speed Usually the camera is set up so that the optimum exposure can be obtained automatically within about 1 second However using the slow AE Speed function allows...

Page 40: ...you turn this ON the following items are displayed for adjustment SELECT You can choose an internal preset matrix for matrix calculation You can choose from STD HIGH SAT FL LIGHT MOVIE STILL CINEMA PRO ITU709 and B W This becomes disabled when MATRIX is turned OFF LEVEL color level You can adjust the color density of the picture Choose a value in the range from 0 to 14 The greater the number the d...

Page 41: ...hen you want to make adjustment by yourself choose MANUAL Only LEVEL will be displayed when you choose AUTO LEVEL You can set the volume of the contour correction signal Choose a value from 0 to 15 The greater the value the stronger the contour correction signal BANDWIDTH You can set the bandwidth for signals undergoing contour emphasis You can choose from DEFAULT LOW MIDDLE HIGH and WIDE For exam...

Page 42: ...by comparing variances within the same frame as well as comparing frame to frame This will reduce noise without leaving trails behind a moving object FLIP Image E Flipper Used when ceiling mounting or upright mounting Set to OFF is upright mode set to ON is for ceiling mount MIRROR You can have the image as seen in a mirror with the right side as though it were the left COLOR You can configure the...

Page 43: ...o 0 to 64 LEVEL Gamma level you can choose a level value from 7 to 0 to 7 BLACK GAMMA You can adjust the black gamma level to recreate gradation in the dark areas of the picture or to suppress noise with black out Choose a value from 7 to 0 to 7 BLACK GAMMA RANGE You can adjust the brightness range for which BLACK GAMMA becomes effective Choose from LOW MIDDLE and HIGH The range becomes small when...

Page 44: ... the slower the speed of P T P T SPEED Set P T Speed value to from 0 to 5 The speed from low to high to change the speed of P T on remote controller PRESET SPEED Set preset speed value from 0 to 5 to change the preset speed PAN DIRECTION Camera horizontal Left and right orientation setting option Normal Invert TILT DIRECTION Camera tilt up and down orientation setting option Normal Invert SYSTEM M...

Page 45: ...position when it is powered on or reset VIDEO FORMAT This Video Format selection will determine the video format of both SDI and HDMI You can change the video format by adjusting this item Select the item press button to choose the video format you want to set to then press Pressing button changes value on some product models or HOME button to confirm it After you confirm your choice press HOME bu...

Page 46: ...ra can be upgradable The latest camera firmware is available to be downloaded from Bolin website www bolintechnology com 1 MCU Micro Control Unit firmware upgrade via USB 2 IP encoder firmware upgrade via IP network 3 FPGA firmware upgrade via IP network 4 Resolution FHD to 4K firmware via IP network NOTE The firmware upgrade process is intended to be performed under the supervision of a BOLIN Aut...

Page 47: ... the camera that you bought 1 The camera you have bought is FHD resolution and 3G SDI output 2 By purchasing a upgrade license you can have following features added to the camera a Resolution will be upgrade to 4K 2160p30 23 98 b SDI video output will be upgraded to 6G SDI c Other features may be upgraded d This license upgrade feature is only applied to following models i License BC 7 4K20S LS 4K...

Page 48: ...mage output from the camera is rotated toward the right whenever you press the button To face the camera toward the opposite direction You might wish to face the camera towards the opposite direction from that of the button you pressed for example when you change the direction of the camera while checking the picture on the screen In such a case press and hold the Fn key then press the 2 REV butto...

Page 49: ...heck if the IR ID is set correctly same as the IR ID set on the camera when the camera is not responding to the IR controller Then you can operate the camera s specified by number Every time you operate the camera s using the IR remote controller the Camera IR ID button pressed in step 2 fleshes Adjusting the Camera Focus Focusing on a Subject Focusing the camera on a subject automatically Press t...

Page 50: ...n to reset the pan tilt position 2 Adjust the position zooming focusing and backlighting of the camera While holding down the PRESET button press any of the POSITION buttons 1 to 9 in which you want to store the settings Recalling the stored settings Press any of the POSITION buttons 1 to 9 in which you have stored the settings Cancelling the preset memory While holding down the RESET button press...

Page 51: ... other button in this area the PT S button light will off Zoom S Adjust Zoom Speed Press Zoom S button Zoom S button light will on then press or button to adjust zoom speed value After done press other button in this area the Zoom S button light will off Preset S Adjust Preset Speed Press Preset S button Preset S button light will on then press or button to adjust preset speed value After done pre...

Page 52: ...en press 1 STD button Scan To set the camera in scan mode press and hold the Fn key then press 3 Scan button Press one more time to stop the scanning Left Limit To set the leftmost position that the camera can pan to Use the arrow keys to turn the camera to the leftmost position you want to set press and hold the Fn key then press 5 Left Limit button the left limit position has been set When the c...

Page 53: ...53 Menu Configuration The menus of camera are configured as described below The initial settings of each item are in bold SDI Menu Configuration ...

Page 54: ...54 ...

Page 55: ...55 ...

Page 56: ...56 Dimensions Unit mm ...

Page 57: ...57 www bolintechnology com 2082 TECHNOLOGY LLC dba BOLIN TECHNOLOGY ...