Ros SCE-X, Operation And Maintenance Manual

Page 1: ...05FEB08 ROS SCE X 36 1 COLOR ZOOM CAMERA OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL SERIAL NUMBER __________ SALES ORDER __________ 5618 Copley Drive San Diego CA 92111 7902 TEL 858 565 8500 FAX 858 565 8808 www rosys com ...

Page 2: ...53 04127A 05FEB08 II STANDARD ORDERING FORMAT FOR THE SCE X 36 CAMERAS ...

Page 3: ...A OPERATION 10 3 1 GENERAL 10 3 2 INSTALLATION 10 3 3 EXPOSURE CONTROL 10 3 4 ZOOM CONTROL 11 3 5 FOCUS CONTROL 11 3 6 IMAGE FLIP CONTROL 12 3 7 NEGATIVE COLOR VIDEO CONTROL 12 3 8 COMPUTER CONTROL 12 3 9 LONG LINE AMPLIFICATION LLA 12 3 9 1 Adjust LLA in Bipolar Unipolar Differential mode 13 3 9 2 Adjust LLA in RS 232 mode 14 3 10 OVERLAY CONTROL 14 4 THEORY OF OPERATION 16 4 1 UNIVERSAL INTERFAC...

Page 4: ...53 04127A 05FEB08 IV 5 3 CAMERA OPERATIONAL CHECKS 19 5 4 CAMERA TROUBLESHOOTING 19 6 MAINTENANCE 21 APPENDIX 22 ...

Page 5: ... This warranty shall be governed by the laws of the State of California In the event the defect is determined to be within the terms of this warranty then ROS agrees to repair and or replace at ROS discretion the product or defective portion at no charge to the Purchaser This warranty does not apply to expendable items or to normal wear and tear and is conditional upon performance of normal preven...

Page 6: ... assistance during installation and or operation of these products If you have any questions or problems with this product that are not covered by this manual or instruction please contact our agent in your area or contact us directly by phone or fax or email TEL 1 858 565 8500 FAX 1 858 565 8808 Sales sales rosys com Web Site www rosys com Technical Support support rosys com ...

Page 7: ...53 04127A 05FEB08 VII CHANGE RECORD REV DESCRIPTION DATE A Initial Release 05FEB08 BAL ...

Page 8: ...amera is illustrated by the installation drawings in the appendix The camera housing is constructed of stainless steel and is designed to be operated in natural but hostile environments The front window is made of impact resistant optical grade acrylic and utilizes a single O ring seal The external connector on the standard camera is an Impulse Model AG 306 The SCE X 36 1 camera utilizes a high re...

Page 9: ...l application of power with reversed polarity In addition circuits on this board generate the camera control commands sent to the zoom camera module in order to achieve control of Focus position Zoom position and Exposure Settings A wiring diagram Drawing No 53 04126 outlining the basic interconnections within the SCE X 36 1 Camera is included in the Appendix of this manual ...

Page 10: ...les of length 0 to 5 000 ft 0 to 1524m of RG 59 U or equivalent balanced line cable Zoom Range 36 1 optical 3 4 to 122 4 mm focal length Digital Zoom 12x 432x with optical zoom combined Field of View In Air 69 2o Diagonal full wide angle 57 8oH x 44 9oV full wide angle 1 7 o H x 1 2o V full telephoto Field of View In Water 50 2o Diagonal full wide angle 42 3oH x 33 2oV full wide angle 1 3o H x 0 9...

Page 11: ...r 2 4 pounds 1 09 kg 2 5 MATERIALS Housing Electropolished Stainless Steel Viewing Port Polished Acrylic 2 6 ENVIRONMENTAL Operating Temperature 0ºC to 50oC 32ºF to 122ºF Storage Temperature 20o C to 60o C Depth Rating 70 m 230 ft 2 7 STANDARD SCE X CONNECTORS 2 7 1 Impulse AG 306 Endbell Connector IMPULSE AG 306 Inline Mating Connector IMPULSE AG 206 with sleeve Pin 6 Pin 1 ...

Page 12: ...emote control from a computer terminal or any device that can send RS 232 messages On these cameras all of the operating functions including focus zoom and exposure can be controlled from the computer through two conductors utilizing standard RS 232 serial data communication A typical connection for a camera with RS 232 control is shown below CONNECTOR PIN FUNCTION 1 Coax shield and power supply c...

Page 13: ...4 for Focus Near or 12V applied to pin 9 for Focus Far Differential 2 line This mode requires simultaneous application of a voltage source both and across two camera input pins For example if the source typically 12 VDC is connected with to pin 4 and to pin 9 this causes Focus Near and if polarity is reversed with to pin 4 and to pin 9 the Focus Far action is actuated RS 232 This mode allows contr...

Page 14: ...e two separate DIP switch assemblies on the board labeled S1 and S2 S1 has 8 and S2 has 6 individual switches The ON position is indicated on each switch assembly A tabulation that follows shows the positions of switches in order to select specific modes of operation S1 1 through S1 5 provides control of input control mode selection S1 6 and S1 7 provide for video output mode selection and S2 2 th...

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Page 16: ...2 6 5 4 ON SELECTION BIPOLAR INPUTS SELECTION UNIPOLAR OR DIFFERENTIAL INPUTS S1 1 3 2 8 6 5 4 7 S2 ON 1 3 2 5 4 6 ON S1 1 3 2 8 6 5 4 7 S2 ON 1 3 2 5 4 6 ON SELECTION UNIPOLAR OR DIFFERENTIAL INPUTS 3 2 1 S1 ON 7 4 5 6 8 S2 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON AND BALANCED VIDEO OUTPUT SELECTION BIPOLAR INPUTS BAL VID OUTPUT ON ON S1 1 5 4 2 3 8 6 7 1 S2 5 2 3 4 6 SELECTION RS 232 CONTROL ...

Page 17: ...posure mode is used to optimize the camera for the existing illumination The camera s iris gain and shuttering functions are all controlled by an internal microprocessor This automatic mode is normally selected when the camera is turned on As illumination is increased from complete darkness the AGC automatic gain control is the first function to operate from maximum to minimum gain At the point of...

Page 18: ...quired This is achieved by momentarily operating the Focus switch on the remote control unit To restore Automatic Focus Control simultaneously operate the Zoom towards WIDE and the Focus switch towards FAR Generally most in air users are able to stay in Auto Focus mode all the time The one set of conditions which may force the operator to switch into Manual mode is in trying to view a relatively c...

Page 19: ...activate this function EXP DEC 12Vdc and FOCUS FAR 12Vdc must be toggled simultaneously As a way of visual acknowledgement whenever this function is activated or deactivated the camera will momentarily will text overlay the current function status e g NEGVID ON or NEGVID OFF depending of the state of the function and if the overlay has is activated 3 8 COMPUTER CONTROL ROS can furnish basic softwa...

Page 20: ...djusting the LLA is a simple 3 step procedure Step 1 Enter the LLA adjust mode This is performed by simultaneously actuating Zoom Tele and Focus Near Entering this mode will display the current LLA setting on the television monitor screen in the following format LLA XX 100 Where XX is a number from 00 to 99 representing the current LLA setting as a percentage of its maximum value At the minimum fo...

Page 21: ...ler interface and the value is retained through power cycles NOTE The LLA setting is saved only if the LLA adjust mode is exited as described above If the user changes the LLA setting then decides to turn off the camera before exiting the LLA adjust mode the current LLA setting is not saved and the old LLA setting will be implemented on next power up 3 9 2 Adjust LLA in RS 232 mode As described in...

Page 22: ...power up the camera overlay will display the current mode of operation e g BIPOLAR After all settings are displayed the camera overlay will go off NOTE Even in the OFF mode the overlay will automatically be activated when the user enters LLA adjust mode in the upper left corner As soon as the new LLA value has been set the overlay will be turned off automatically ...

Page 23: ...pens in case of a severe current overload but then unlike a fuse closes automatically once circuit conditions return to normal 4 1 3 Power Conditioning Capacitor C9 provides filtering of the input power before it is presented to the main power input regulator device XVR1 This regulator provides 10V through J3 pin 4 to the Camera Module XVR1 is actually mounted external to the board on the aluminum...

Page 24: ... located television monitor There are camera systems that use a balanced twisted shielded pair for video transmission as opposed to common coaxial cable For balanced transmission two video signals are required the normal video line and its invert Stage U6B is used to provide this inverted output as described in the next paragraph The output of U6A is coupled through C21 and R30 to the input of sta...

Page 25: ...normally include connections from the main camera connector to connector J4 These connections are buffered by circuits in device U5 These connections thus provide the microcontroller with direct input and output communication from the external RS 232 source 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 5 1 GENERAL In case of any sort of malfunction of the camera system it is wise to resist the temptation to completely tear d...

Page 26: ...ll to the camera housing 2 Remove the seal screw in the rear endbell Next Very Carefully 3 Use a standard air chuck preferably with a rubber tip to slowly pressurize the housing until the camera slides out the back Do not pressurize too quickly or the camera may tend to become airborne as it exits the housing 4 Once the camera electronics assembly is out of the housing it should be placed on a non...

Page 27: ...Red Regulated Power 4 7 5 3 VDC 5 VDC nominal TP3 Yel Regulated Power 5 7 6 3 VDC 6 VDC nominal TP5 Red Regulated Power 5 7 6 3 VDC 6 VDC nominal J5 3 Unregulated Power 11 VDC Input Voltage 30 VDC Variations in voltage from those tabulated above may be helpful in analyzing a fault If camera operation is less than satisfactory at this point ROS s Technical Services Department should be contacted fo...

Page 28: ...ors are correctly fitted and all cabling is secured All threads should be carefully inspected for burrs or early signs of galling Small areas of damaged threads may be polished to remove any offending material The threads should then be completely cleaned and coated with a waterproof lubricant When reassembling the camera be aware of any grinding or dragging that might signify thread damage As the...

Page 29: ...53 04127A 05FEB08 22 APPENDIX SCE X 36 1 CAMERA DRAWINGS 53 04125 Top Assembly SCE X 36 1 53 04128 Installation SCE X 36 1 53 04126 Wiring Diagram SCE X 36 1 52 26634 Protocol RS 232 Communication UIB ...