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Unread 15-01-2006, 00:10
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Re: camera trouble,cant tell the green-light from regular white light

I remedied the tilt problem for our camera by doing a little digging into the user manual. Somewhere in there it talks about the demo mode and the pan and tilt invert jumpers. It mentions that the tilt invert jumper needs to be installed while it is trying to track. We did this and it inverted the tilt axis, just as we wanted. The weird part is, ever since we did that, the board now responds to a jumper that is installed or removed while the power is off, where it did not before. I know this fix is counterintuitive, that is why I was a little hesitant at first. Make sure you do everything in your power to fix the inverted axis before trying this remedy. Then you can try this method at your own risk.

Also, concerning the difference between white lights and the supplied green light from the KOP, we are experimenting with different filters for the lense. We have more research to do, but at this point we are looking at using a polarizing filter and a neutral density filter. When we finish our testing, I will post the filter arrangement we find to be best. Good luck!