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ADPRO FastTrace-R by Xtralis Installation and User Manual
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7 Testing the FastTrace-R System
7.1 Installation and Testing Checklist
There are a few do's and don'ts on top of basic installation practices that should be followed to
ensure a good and trouble free FastTrace-R installation.
• Upon unpacking the FastTrace-R ensure that all the required components are there and
that you have received the right equipment.
• Remember that the FastTrace-R can only process what it is given. If you provide the
FastTrace-R with a bad quality picture you will record bad quality pictures. The FastTrace-R
can not in any way improve on the picture quality it receives from the camera.
• Always check the picture quality going into the FastTrace-R, at the FastTrace-R. Just
because you have good quality pictures at your video switcher or Multiplexer does not
mean that you will get good quality pictures going into the FastTrace-R.
• When the alarm inputs of the FastTrace-R are triggered, it is vitally important that the
camera is covering the complete scene protected by the sensor, otherwise it may be easy to
interpret a genuine alarm as a false one.
• Make sure that your alarm inputs are programmed correctly for the way that your sensors
are operating. If these are incorrect it may appear that the FastTrace-R is working but you
will actually find that your alarms are triggering when your intruder leaves the sensors view
(when the sensor goes back to its inactive state) rather than when the intruder originally
tripped it. This may mean the intruder is not seen and the event may be recorded as a false
alarm.
• The FastTrace-R's alarm inputs are available on 15 way screw terminal blocks not a 20 way.
This means that you have 10 inputs and 5 commons (all of the commons are commoned
together). It is a common mistake to wire your sensors expecting to find that each of the
alarm inputs has its own common.
• When testing the FastTrace-R make sure that you walk test all of the sensors and as you
trip each one make sure that the FastTrace-R records correctly. When reviewing, ensure
you can see who tripped the alarm and that the alarm picture that is brought up is from the
correct camera.
• If audio is fitted make sure that you get good quality in both directions.
• If you get bad quality audio:
- Check the available bandwidth the FastTrace-R has allowed for the audio at
VideoCentral.
- Check that the cabling from the microphone is shielded and is not going near any
obvious sources of electrical noise (such as monitors).
- Check that the audio cable is not running in the same cable as the power for the
speakers and microphones.
- Make sure that the central station is also capable of connecting into your site, as just