mmehan

it's an optiview speed dome and is rated for outdoors. the one I have inside is having the same issue. just a really dark, distorted picture. it worked fine (picture wise) for about an hour while I was fiddling with the rs485 cables trying to get control. so, appearantly the auto focus isn't working and I have no control of the cameras. can any one help me fix it?

I have to set up security cameras around a construction site, so the first camera I put up is right outside my office. about 50ft. up a light pole. I am running coax for the video and catv for the power, pan, and tilt. The camera is getting power, but my video is extremely foggy and unfocused. I have the catv running to a RS485 adapter to a RS232 in the back of my optiview computer running widows xp. I can't get the camera to zoom or focus, pan or tilt in any way and can't get rid of this foggy picture. So I hooked up another camera in my office, using a short coax and the speed dome's own cables for the RS485 connection and power. I got the same problem, an extremely foggy and distorted picture and no controls at all. any help would be great.