Operator`s manual

2-8 AD168 System Operator’s Manual
Operating Tours
A tour is a pre-programmed sequence of camera scenes that appear one after the other on monitor
screens. A monitor tour is a temporary or "scratch pad" tour programmed through the monitor section of
the keyboard controller. A system tour is a tour programmed by the system administrator as an integral
part of the system setup procedure. System tours can be called and controlled through a keyboard
controller with the keyswitch in the OFF position.
Starting a System Tour
1) Call the monitor which will display the tour.
2) Enter the system tour number (1-64) on the numeric keypad.
3) Press the RUN key in the CAMERA section of the keyboard. You are then prompted on the monitor
screen to press ACK.
4) Press the ACK key within two seconds of pressing the RUN key.
If the ACK key is not pressed within the two second interval, repeat the procedure from step 2. Note:
once a system tour is acknowledged, it becomes the current monitor tour. The tour can be modified
on the called monitor without changing the original definition of the system tour.
Controlling Tours
Once any tour is started, it is operated and controlled in the same way, regardless of its definition
(monitor or system tour), and regardless of how it was started (through an operator’s keyboard action, or
through automatic, pre-programmed system timing). The tour cycles continuously until an operator holds
the tour, or until another camera scene or tour is called to the monitor.
• While a tour is running, the monitor status line shows the dwell time for each scene as it is shown in
the sequence. The dwell time is simply the duration of each scene in the sequence, and can vary
from scene to scene. A dwell time can range from 1 to 60 seconds. A dwell setting of 61 instructs the
tour to hold (stop) on the camera scene to which it is assigned.
• When a tour is running in the forward direction, an “F” is displayed beside the dwell time.
• When a tour is running in the reverse direction, an “R” is displayed beside the dwell time.
Changing a Tour’s Direction
• Press the NEXT key in the keyboard’s section to change the tour to forward direction.
• Press the LAST key in the keyboard’s CAMERA section to change the tour to reverse direction.
Holding a Tour
• Press the HOLD key in the keyboard’s CAMERA section to hold (stop) a tour on the currently
displayed camera scene While a tour is held on a camera, keyboard control functions such as pan,
tilt, zoom, focus, iris, preset call, and auxiliary activation can be performed on that camera.
To remove a camera from a tour on hold:
• Press the B-PAS key on the keyboard’s CAMERA section, and then step to the next camera in either
the forward or reverse direction.
• Press the NEXT key on the keyboard’s CAMERA section to set the tour to the forward direction.
• Press the LAST key on the keyboard’s CAMERA section to set the tour to the reverse direction.
• Press the RUN key in the keyboard’s CAMERA section to resume the tour in the selected direction.