Operator`s manual

1-2 AD168 System Operator’s Manual
AD168 System Features
The AD168 system enables you to oversee activities throughout your facility as they occur. This powerful
monitoring capability allows you to respond to events promptly, and coordinate with other personnel to
provide optimal site security.
Features available to AD168 operators include the following:
• matrix switching - selecting workstation monitors for video display, and subsequent selection of
system cameras to view on the monitors.
• camera control - the ability to adjust a camera’s pan and tilt movements and its lens settings with
simple commands on your keyboard.
• preset (target) callup and viewing - the ability to callup pre-programmed camera positions for
cameras with pan/tilt and motorized lens capability.
• tour activation and control - the ability to run pre-programmed camera sequences in forward or
reverse order. The ability to a hold a tour on a single camera, and then control the camera’s
movements for optimal response to an on-going event.
• salvo call-up - the ability to call multiple camera scenes for simultaneous display on a group of
monitors.
• auxiliary control - the ability to control switches that perform actions such as opening doors, closing
gates, turning lights on and off, etc. with keyboard commands.
• pattern callup and viewing - if your system is equipped with SpeedDome series domes, you can run a
pre-programmed pattern of camera views. For example, pattern viewing allows easy observation of
someone entering through a doorway, and then tracking that person’s movements through a hallway.
• alarm acknowledgment - the ability to recognize system alarm conditions as they occur, and the
means to clear the alarms and initiate an appropriate security response.
AD168 System Equipment
Each AD168 system is made up of a unique set of equipment determined by site requirements. Some of
the equipment discussed below is necessary, and some is optional. System equipment falls into one of
the following categories:
• Equipment that operators use
• Equipment that controls the AD168 system
• Peripheral equipment
Equipment That Operators Use
As a system operator, your first concern is with the equipment you use hands-on. For the AD168 system
this equipment is the AD2078A keyboard controller and the workstation monitors.
• The AD2078A keyboard controller is the device you use to select monitors and cameras, and control
camera movements. With the AD2078A you can make zoom, focus, and iris adjustments on system
cameras, and can call up pre-defined camera views and patterns. You can control switched outputs,
and clear alarms. The AD2078A is covered in detail in Chapter 2 of this document.
• The workstation monitors are where the camera video signals are displayed. Monitors connected
from the system’s switching bay will have a text overlay which provides information about the
displayed video. Dedicated monitors, connected directly to cameras via coaxial cable, typically
display video alone.
• VCRs are typically part of the workstation environment for both time-lapse and real time recording.