Sensormatic RDVEXP01 Manuals

Part Number 8200-0153-01 AO 1 INTELLEX USB 4-PORT EXPANDER - RDVEXP01 Intellex USB/RS-232 4-Port Expander-RDVEXP01 The Intellex USB/RS-232 4-Port Expander can be used to add serial ports to the Intellex for the recording of text data. If the USB Port Expander drivers are already installed in Intellex DV8000 and DV16000 units with product codes D80024x-xxx and D60024x-xxx already have the USB port expander drivers installed. Installation Insert the USB cable of the port expander into one of the USB connectors in the rear of the Intellex. It is not necessary to exit Intellex. If the USB Port Expander drivers are not installed in Intellex Intellex 2.0, 2.1, and some DV8000 and DV16000 systems did not have USB floppy drivers installed at the time of manufacture. The first time that the USB floppy drive is installed it is necessary to install the drivers. The drivers can be obtained from the Sensormatic WWW site at www.TycoVideo.com or from your Sensormatic representative. If the driver files need to be downloaded from the WWW site Use a PC that is connected to the Web to download the files. The downloaded file is a self-extracting ZIP file, which contains all the driver files. Save this file to a blank floppy disk and insert the disk into the floppy drive on the Intellex. To extract the driver files double click the self-extracting ZIP file on the floppy disk and select the Unzip tab; the default location to which the files will be unzipped is C:\edgeport. Installation 1. Exit Intellex by selecting Utility, Exit. NOTE: Exiting to the system is a protected feature. You must possess the Exit to System privilege to access it. 2. Insert the USB cable of the USB Port Expander into one of the USB connectors in the rear of the Intellex. 3. If the correct drivers are not already installed on your system, the Windows Add New Hardware wizard will start. Click Next to start the installation. 4. Select “Search for the best driver for your device” and click Next. 5. Check the drive you will install the driver from. Browse to the correct folder if necessary. (If the drive files were downloaded from the Web site, the default location is C:\edgeport). Click Next. 6. After the drivers have been installed, click Finish. 7. After the Intellex RS-232 4-Port Expander has been installed, you may start Intellex and continue with the setup of the text recording interface. 2 Intellex USB 4-Port Expander - RDVEXP01 Intellex Serial Interfaces and Text Recording Internal COM ports Intellex units with version 2.1 hardware or later have only one external serial port. It should be configured as COM 2 and is dedicated to the Touch Tracker interface. (The motherboard BIOS parameters for COM 2 are I/O Address=2F8, Interrupt=IRQ3). Any additional serial ports must be added by menas of a USP serial port expander. Port Expanders The serial port expander supported by Intellex is the Edgeport/4 by Inside Out Networks. The Sensormatic part number is RDVEXP01. The Edgeport/4 driver is already installed on DV8000 and DV16000 systems manufactured with version 2.4 software. The Edgeport driver must be downloaded to install this accessory on older Intellex units. Port Assignments The serial port assignment is made by the Edgeport driver. It assigns COM ports based on the serial number of the port expander. This means that if you plug one port expander in and it is assigned serial port numbers COM 3-6, and you remove it and plug in another port expander, it will then be assigned serial port numbers COM 7-10. Always keep the same port expander with the same Intellex. If you switch Edgeports, you must then renumber the COM port setup in Intellex. COM Port Assignments These are the COM port assignments that are expected by Intellex. COM 1 Not used (disabled in the BIOS) COM 2 Touch Tracker interface for “MUX” control of Intellex and dome control from Network Client. On rear of Intellex unit. COM 3, COM 4 These COM ports are assigned to either the external USB modem or the port expanders. The external USB modem must use COM 3 or COM4 to be used with pcAnywhere. COM 5 This COM port is used by the internal modem if it is installed. If there is no internal modem, it is assigned to the port expander. COM 6 And higher Assigned to port expanders. Intellex USB 4-Port Expander - RDVEXP01 3 Since the internal and external modems have specific port number requirements, always install the modems before installing the port expanders. Adding the modem later will result in reassignment of the serial port numbers. Follow this procedure: • Install all modems. Power up the Intellex unit and allow Windows to assign COM port numbers. • Install the port expander(s). Allow Windows to assign serial port numbers. • Shut down the Intellex unit and restart. The port numbers should be stable after this. 4 Intellex USB 4-Port Expander - RDVEXP01 Connecting Text Sources Data from a text source will be recorded by Intellex if the following conditions are met: • The Intellex application must be able to open the COM port. • Serial data must be present for the text stream to be listed in the playback text box. To set up text recording on the Intellex unit follow these steps: 1. Install all desired serial devices as described above. Be sure to reboot the unit to minimize the possibility that serial ports may be reassigned the next time the Intellex unit starts. 2. In the Intellex application, click on Setup, then Text. Click on Add to set up a text stream for recording. 3. Type in a name for the text stream and select a COM port. Do not select “Unselected” or any COM port less than COM 3. 4. Set up the other serial port parameters to match the data source. 5. Click on the Camera Associations tab and select the camera(s) that will be associated with this text stream. NOTE: Text will only be recorded when the associated cameras are recording video. 6. Click on OK to close the window and save the settings. Connecting the Data Source The data source must be connected to the COM port configured in the Intellex application software and the data must be present on Pin 2 of the DB-9 connector that plugs into the port expander. If the data is on Pin 3, then a null modem adapter or cable must be used. To verify the correct COM port, connect to the port expander and send some data while Intellex is recording. The indicator on the port expander will flash amber when data is received by Intellex. If it does not flash amber, try a different input. Verifying Data Recording To verify data has been recorded, playback the video from the associated camera. Click on the “A” button to open the text display window. The text stream name should be in the box at the bottom of the text window. NOTE: The text stream name is not displayed in this box until some text data is actually recorded. You should be able to use the image playback controls and/or the text scroll controls to see the text data. It is a good idea to restart the Intellex and verify that it is still recording on the same ports. You do not want a power failure or watchdog timer reset to result in lost data after restarting.