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[tank_fv101]

Hello all,

I decided to sideline my other cheap PTZ (in another thread), as it's awful quality. I managed to get a secondhand American Dynamic PTZ from eBay. It's a SpeedDome Ultra 8 - 540tvl. What is puzzling me are the wires! They've all been snipped, except for the BNC. I've got a black cable with blue and brown wires inside (which must be the 24V power), and then two white cables, each with 6 wires in them:- Black, White, Blue, Yellow, Red and Green.

I'm planning to use it with my Dedicated Micros Sprite 2 (old rounded front style). Can the PTZ be used for RS-485? If so, how do I do it?

Many thanks for your time.

Edited by tank_fv101, 10 August 2011 - 12:37 PM.

[tank_fv101]

Update:- I've connected the transformer and the BNC lead and the camera goes into its 'Self Check' mode fine, and has a lovely clear picture. Now I just need some help to work out how to control it!

!

[jameswilson]

the dm will control that. Do you have a model number?

[tank_fv101]

Excellent!



On the AD sticker it reads:-

P/N: 0101-0150-32
P/C: ADSDU835P

On the camera itself it says Model Number VK-654E.

Thanks!

Edited by tank_fv101, 11 August 2011 - 08:14 AM.

[jameswilson]

try this
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[tank_fv101]

Thanks for the information, that's great.

Now, to show what a novice I am, what is the cable called that I need to extend these wires?

If this is too difficult then I may be tempted to pay someone to do all of this....so if anyone is in the Croydon area and is competent, let me know!

[jameswilson]

how far do you want to extend them?

[tank_fv101]

It's just 8-10 metres. I can do the BNC and the power no problem, but I'm not sure of what the main data cable is called? Also, why are there two lots of the data cables coming out of the camera? I'm guessing it's so it can be linked in series with another unit???

[jameswilson]

Some data protocols are 4 wire, ideally you want a belden cable but you could use cat 5

Some data protocols are 4 wire, ideally you want a belden cable but you could use cat 5

[tank_fv101]

Thank you! I'll order some now.

Any idea why there are two sets of identical cable?

[jameswilson]

nope dont use the dome sorry

[sixwheeledbeast]

Belden 8723 is normally recommended for tels.

[tank_fv101]

Sorry for bumping this thread, but I thought I'd let you know that I spent some time in my shed and got the camera working!

I'm not a professional CCTV installer, so this is the most advanced camera I've played with! From the instructions that I managed to download I found that when I opened up the weatherproof cap on the front of the arm (supporting the dome) the original coloured wires were joined onto the wires that I was seeing coming out of the bottom end of the arm - hence the different colours, and utter confusion! An expert would probably have spotted this right away!!! LOL

Anyway, this weekend I plan to get the SDS drill out and mount the PTZ on the corner of my house, and use a cat5 cable to get to my DS2. I've already wired it up, so I know it works.

Thanks for everyones help again.