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Hello I am looking for information on how to reprogram the Hitachi VK-S series block cameras used in Pelco Spectra dome cameras. I need to reprogram this block cameras to a different baud rate (from 9600 to 4800) trough the RS232 from my laptop with windows XP with the terminal program. Also if the commands to do that. Thank you in advance for your help Arsen

Sorry guys but I know for sure that on the Spectra III main boards communicates with the block cameras at 4800 baud and on the Spectra IV main boards communicates at the 9600 baud rate. I spoke to a Hitachi technician and he verified that and he mailed me the serial codes for the different baud rates but he didn't know how to do that with the Hyper Terminal from a PC. I will be keep searching for the answer. Thank you all for your comments

Hello Does anyone knows who sells a camera block tester w/ RS-232 connection. I need to test mostly Hitachi block cameras for the Pelco PTZ cameras. Thank you

Thank you very much for the info. Take care

Hello Can anyone please let me know on how to be able to change the firmware on the Pelco Spectra cameras? If I want to use a different model then the original block camera on Spectra III & Spectra IV. I just purchased the Pelco "IPS-CABLE" kit but the booklet doesn't explain how to do that. Does anybody knows of a shortcut to instructions on how to do that? Thank you

Thank you very much for your help.

Hello I have one Pelco camera Model: DD4CBW18 Spectra IV SE Ver: 1.06. When I boot the camera sometimes I have noisy distortion in the video especially in the bottom where there is some text and also on boot mostly will tilt the camera and hardly the pan motor turns. After it boots I am getting the error "configure failed". I tried another camera with the same results. When I tilt the camera to the top it automatically pans 180 degrees and that tells me that pan motor is working. I did a master reset with the same results. I would appreciate any feedback on this problem. Thank you

You tried another camera module? Was it the same model number? Pelco has used many camera modules in their PTZs and each one typically requires different firmware. Yes I did with same results. Is there a way I post a photo of the video in this forum?

I am using it on my test bench, the wires are about 3ft only and tried the camera on 2 different back boxes and 2 different controllers. I have other Pelco IV cameras and I don't see that problem with them. Is it possible the slip ring or one of the circuit boards is defective?

How do I replace that belt. I don't see a way how to remove it from the tilt arm gear. Thank you