dedicated micros help

[Andy™]

installing a dedicated micros sprite 2 CCTV system today for a friend. its second hand and has 2 dome cameras (with movment) and 2 fixed cameras. place already has 4 which will be connected (from existing)

all wired, 4 existing work no problems, 2 dome cameras have video but no movement, other 2 have black screen (but system says they are conencted - will look into that more later)

main problem: cameras dont move

they are dennard 2060. ive connected them to the serial port, changed all kinds of settings on both camera & box and also tried setting everything to use coax for signal, but nothing. any ideas?

 

[Badger]

when you setup on the serial port did you rebboot the dvr for the settings to work.

 

[Andy™]

never rebooted anything. i thought the settings took effect without it. would it also need rebooted if i changed the DVR setting to coax?

also, what serial port do i use? there are 4. each time i changed something, i tried all serial ports just incase it was a different one or something

 

[Sidewinder]

Andy,

Not ever worked on micros stuff, but with RS232 (serial) communications in general a reboot is needed for any settings to take effect!

 

[Andy™]

probably the only thing i didnt try

looks like its back upto the camera's to change the settings again

 

[Badger]

wheres the job andy? also you need the serial ports that are communications of rs485 NOT rs232

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oh and the dome camera number needs to be the same as the dvr camera number ie if its on input 1 then the camera id would be set to 1 on the address board of the camera hth

 

[Andy™]

so whats the 485 bus?

according to the manual for DVR, pin 1 is data A and pin 9 is data B for RS485. this is conencted to the cameras data A&B

and ill have to alter the camera number - i dont know what one is, but the other was set to 1, which is now changed to coax. other was too high to consantly go up/down, so working on the lower camera first

 

[Badger]

on rs485 youd have a plus and minus connection or a and b as i may be called in dm, as long as a goes to a and b to b then that should be ook on connection.

 

[Sidewinder]

232 is 0-5V IIRC, & 485 is 4-20mA?

Probably should look it up but can't be bothered sorry!

 

[Andy™]

on rs485 youd have a plus and minus connection or a and b as i may be called in dm, as long as a goes to a and b to b then that should be ook on connection.

its all marked A & B is both DVR & camera book. looks like it may jst be a case of changing camera numbers to match that at DVR, & reboot the thing

 

[Badger]

id try rebooting after changing dome address and dvr settings first then tell us how that goes.

 

[Andy™]

may try on sat, otherwise monday. ill elt you know what happens.

once i get those fixed, got the 2 fixed cameras to sort... both have black screens, although one has a bit white in the bottom corner

 

[Andy™]

however I don't do camera so can't help there!

normally, neither do i

if it wasnt for a friend, i wouldnt have even been doing this job

 

[Badger]

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[Andy™]

south shields. same estate as my unit. some of the cameras face my unit. or they will once they are working properly and can be moved

 

[Andy™]

quick update

changed DVR to send through coax, changed cameras to receive signal through coax, rebooted everything and all working

looks like wasted time installing data cables.... never mind

 

[steptoe]

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[Andy™]

experience is never wasted.

definately not. not something im going to be advertising, but ill probably end up doing something similar again at some point