Installation Guide

AIMS Fast-Scan Radar v3.22 Installation and Operations Manual
DMT, LLC • DMT-M200-311 • 08/2009
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The camera setup starts by clicking on the “Change” button to activate the controls in the
Camera 1 setup box. A camera type (such as PelcoD) may then be selected from the “Type”
dropdown box. Next, a connection type is selected in the “Connection” dropdown box. The
connection type refers to the camera’s pan/tilt controller (Serial or TCPIP). For the Pelco
cameras, a serial port connection is selected (COMM 3).
Camera 2 may be setup the same way.
Note that the camera and type selections will automatically select and enter the serial port
settings for each camera (BaudRate, DataBit, StopBit, and Parity). Other entries must be
entered by the user to complete the setup process. These entries include the following:
• Name: (Optional) A convenient name used to identify the camera assigned as Camera 1
or Camera 2 (This name entry appears in the Client Video selection box, described later)
• COMM Port: The Pelco cameras are controlled through COMM 3; the FLIR Sentry
camera is controlled through COMM 4. (These values must be entered as shown).
• Look Offsets:
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Enter the LookOffAz, LookOffEl values for each the cameras as described
in section “4.3.2.5 Camera Look Offsets”.
• Camera Height: Enter the height of the camera above ground level in the Ht textbox.
• Camera Address: Used for multi-drop serial applications. Enter the camera address (1
..4) for the camera that will react to commands sent to Camera 1. (Can be left as “1” at
initial setup. This camera address value is normally set with other controls in the Radar
and Client software).
• IP Address (Video): Enter the IP Address of the video converter for the desired camera.
• Camera Array: Usually not checked, used for special application; detailed in “ Camera
Alignment and Operation Procedures for AIMS EA-System (dated 01/23/2008)” .
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The Look Offsets (as well as the Position Offsets) affect the accuracy of the camera pointing commands generated
by the AIMS Client (move to mouse click) and the AIMS Radar (slew to detection) programs. The default values of
“0” indicate that the Radar and camera are co-located and have home positions aligned.