Product specifications

The Sector Censoring screen (22X and 23X cameras only) is designed to disable
the video in areas that do not require surveillance. It is often used to keep traffic
control cameras from looking into the windows of adjacent apartment buildings, but
this feature has many other applications. Sector Censoring goes one step further,
allowing the user to turn off the video for any or all of the 16 sectors. A black screen
with the words “Blank Sector” is displayed until the camera moves out of that sector
and into one where the video is enabled. This function includes a tilt mask, where
the top and bottom of the mask is programmable for each pan sector. Only when
the tilt position is within the programmed mask will the video be disabled. The
default mask covers the entire area (full tilt up and down). Perform the following
procedure to change these limits. The censored sectors are programmed as
follows:
1. Program preset 96 to enter sector programming.
2. Adjust the tilt angle to the top of the area to be masked. Press AUX 2 to set.
3. Tilt down to the bottom of the area to be masked. Press AUX 3 to set.
4. Pan right to the end of the sector and press AP to define, as previously
described. Continue programming each sector up to 16.
5. Enter preset 94, Camera Controller, Sector Censoring to enable or disable the
masked sector.
Note: If AUX 2 and AUX 3 are not pressed for a particular sector, then the mask will
cover the entire tilt range.
Sector Censoring offers sixteen Privacy Masks that block out selected areas of a
scene. The size and position of the block are adjustable using the joystick and A/P
key.
1. Press A/P on Privacy Mask selection.
2. Press A/P at Program Pmask selection.
3. Using the joystick and AP key, define 3 corners of a block.
4. When complete, the Configure Pmask screen displays to program the next privacy mask.
5. When you exit the menu system, the privacy masks appear. The privacy mask is zoom scalable.
The default setting for video in all sectors is enabled, which permits video surveillance in all 16 sectors.
The Digital Zoom Mode screen allows the digital zoom feature on the
SurveyorVFT to be disabled (default setting is enabled). When the Zoom In button
is held, the lens magnifies the image to the limit of the 18:1, 22:1 or 23:1 optical
zoom, depending on the camera type. Releasing the button and pressing it will
enable infinitely variable digital magnification of the image.
With digital zoom, the user has the effect of a 216:1, 264:1 or 276:1 lens. Digital
magnification, however, cannot add any resolution to the picture. With each
increase in the digital magnification, the picture gets noisier and loses clarity.
Disabling the digital zoom prevents the user from going into a “digitally enhanced”
mode in applications where it is not desirable.
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