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CHAPTER 3 VIDEO CAPTURE CARD HARDWARE AND CONNECTIONS
3.4 CONNECTING A PTZ CAMERA
In order to operate a PTZ camera from your computer, you will need to have first installed the
card into a PCI slot within the computer and attached the video dongle.
You will also need an RS485 to RS232 (Serial) adapter as well as having a serial port on the
back of your PC.
PTZ Camera RS485 to
Serial Adapter
PC
3
4
2
1
STEP 1. Connect the RS485 cables from the PTZ camera to the RS485-to-Serial Adapter
STEP 2. Connect the Adapter to the serial port on the back of the PC
STEP 3. Connect the video line from the camera to any Video In port on the DVR card
(Item 4)
You may now connect your camera to a power source.
Please see Chapter 8 for instructions on operating the PTZ camera with the SuperDVR
software.
PICTURE 3-11
PICTURE 3-10
3.3 ALARM PORT
Install this dongle only if you wish to use external alarm sensors. The DVR card has built-in
motion detection software which can be used to trigger alarms when motion is detected by a
camera.
Pin Port Define Interpret Pin Port Define Interpret
Pin1 Alarm_in1 Alarm Input 1 Pin21
Pin2 Alarm_in2 Alarm Input 2 Pin22
Pin3 Alarm_in3 Alarm Input 3 Pin23
Pin4 Alarm_in4 Alarm Input 4 Pin24
Pin5 Alarm_in5 Alarm Input 5 Pin25
Pin6 Alarm_in6 Alarm Input 6 Pin26
Pin7 Alarm_in7 Alarm Input 7 Pin27
Pin8 Alarm_in8 Alarm Input 8 Pin28
Pin9 Pin29
Pin10 Pin30
Pin11 Pin31
Pin12 Pin32
Pin13 Pin33
Pin14 Pin34 Alarm_Com Alarm COM
Pin15 Pin35 Alarm_NO Alarm Normal Open
Pin16 Pin36 GND Ground
Pin17 Pin37 GND Ground
Pin18 Pin38 5V Power Source (5V)
Pin19 Pin39 Alarm_NC Alarm Normal Close
Pin20 Pin40
139
240
Use of this dongle will take up an additional
I/O port on the computer.
To connect an alarm, you will need to attach
a DB25 25-pin male solder cup and solder
the wires from the alarm to the cup. The pin
order is shown in Picture 3-10.
Pins highlighted in yellow in the chart below are only used by the QSDT8PCRS.
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