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Cameraman ports and jacks – Grass Valley 3-CCD ANALOG CameraMan Rev.B User Manual

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Meet Your 3-CCD Camera System

The back of your new CameraMan has a variety of ports and jacks used to connect your camera to other video, audio, and camera
control components in your system.

CameraMan Ports and Jacks

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Cable Restrainer– Helps keep cables from becoming disconnected, or

hindering the pan and tilt capabilities of the camera.

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Composite Video Jack– Provides direct composite video output. Connector

is a standard BNC-type jack. Video cable is not provided.

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DC Power Jack– Power input for the CameraMan Camera. Plug only the

provided power supply into this jack. No other types of power

supplies should be used.

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Power– Used to power on/off the CameraMan Camera.

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Tally Light Port- Provides output and external control for CameraMan Tally

Light.

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PVI COM Jack– Used by certain

devices as a communication interface to the

camera system. (For example, a hard-wired keypad

would attach here). This is a standard 6-conductor

RJ-11 jack.

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RS-485 Jack–- Used for RS-485 communications

between the camera system and other devices.

This jack can be used to network multiple cameras or to connect

appropriate, approved peripherals using a Grass Valley T-

connector. This is a standard 4-position modular handset jack.

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Auxiliary Communication Port– Provides communications to select

Grass Valley peripherals and provides capability for future expansion.

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RS-232 Port–Provides RS-232 communications to external devices such as

PC's or other vendor control systems. This connector is a standard DB-9

(female) connector.

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S-Video Jack–- Provides direct S-VIDEO video output. Connector is a

standard mini DIN jack. S-Video cable is not provided.

RGB/Sync. Port– DB-9 connection that provides
RGB/Sync, component, Y/C, and composite video
signal output.

Video Out Jack– Aux BNC connection for
composite video output.

Gen Lock Jack– BNC connection used to
synchronize the camera to an outside sync
source.

Camera Control Cables and Jacks– The three
cables connect to the 12, 8 and 20-pin jacks to
control the camera’s lens, power and video signals.

Back of 3-CCD
CameraMan with
connector box attached
and configuration plate
removed

Back of Camera
Shroud

Ports and Jacks

Tally Light Port