9  Verifying camera operation

Prior to installing the camera,‎ use a bench test to verify camera operation and to configure the camera for the local network. The camera can be controlled through either serial or IP communications.

9.1  Power and analog video

Follow this procedure:
  1. Connect the power,‎ video,‎ and serial cables to the camera.
  2. Connect the video cable from the camera to a display/monitor,‎ and connect the power cable to a power supply. The camera operates on 24 VAC (21–30 VAC; 24 VAC: 215 VA max. with heater)‎ or 24 VDC (21–30 VDC; 24 VDC: 195 W max. with heater)‎. Verify that video is displayed on the monitor.
  3. Connect the serial cable from the camera to a serial device such as a keyboard,‎ and confirm that the camera is responding to serial commands. Before using serial communications,‎ it may be necessary to configure the serial device interface to operate with the camera. When the camera is turned on,‎ the video temporarily displays system information including the serial number,‎ IP address,‎ Pelco address,‎ Baud rate,‎ and setting of the serial control DIP switch: SW (software control—the default)‎ or HW (hardware)‎.
    • S/N: 1234567
    • IP Addr: 192.168.250.116
    • PelcoD (Addr:1)‎: 9600 SW

9.2  IP communications

As shipped from the factory,‎ the FLIR A3xx pt series camera has an IP address of 192.168.250.116 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
Follow this procedure:
  1. Configure a laptop or PC with another IP address from this network (i.e.,‎ 192.168.250.xxx)‎.
  2. Connect the camera and the laptop to the same Ethernet switch (or back-to-back with an Ethernet crossover cable)‎. In some cases,‎ a straight Ethernet cable can be used because many PCs have auto detect Ethernet interfaces.
  3. Open a web browser,‎ enter in the address bar,‎ and press Enter. If the following screen appears,‎ then you have established IP communications with the camera.
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9.3  FLIR A3xx pt‎ series camera configuration

Follow this procedure:
  1. Open a web browser,‎ enter http://192.168.250.116 in the address bar,‎ and press Enter. This displays the following screen.
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  2. Log in using user name: admin and password: fliradmin.
  3. Under Server,‎ click LAN Settings. This displays the following screen.
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  4. Under LAN Settings,‎ you can change the following parameters:
    • Host name.
    • Host name mode.
    • IP Address.
    • IP Address mode.
    • Netmask.
    • Gateway.
    • MTU.
  5. Under Services,‎ click Date and Time. This displays the following screen.
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  6. Under Date and Time,‎ you can change the following parameters:
    • Date and Time Settings: NTP (to use a time server)‎ or Custom (to enter a custom time)‎.
    • Custom Date & Time.
    • Time zone.
    • Time Server Mode.
    • Time Server Address.

9.4  Setting DNS name servers

Follow this procedure:
  1. Open a web browser,‎ enter http://192.168.250.116 in the address bar,‎ and press Enter. This displays the following screen.
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  2. Log in using user name: admin and password: fliradmin.
  3. On the top menu bar,‎ click Maintenance. This displays the following screen.
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  4. Scroll down to DNS servers.
  5. Enter at least one name server.
  6. Click Save. This displays a screen where you need to accept the name server change. Click Accept.
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  7. Click Restart Network. This displays a screen where you need to accept typing in the new URL to reconnect. Click Accept.
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