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Panasonic GP-CX161 Camera Information
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Color Specifications |
B&W Specifications |
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The GP-CX161 cameras we carry were a custom ordered OEM part, and differ from the stock CX161 cameras. They have a different lens configuration, higher resolution; Color: 380 B&W: 430 lines of horizontal resolution, and the Lux rating is 0.5. The black & white cameras are IR (infrared light) sensitive, the color cameras have a Blue IR Cut/UV filter on the imager, so they are not IR sensitive. Since the filter blocks IR light, the color cameras will not be sensitive to light from an IR illuminator that is typically used for night viewing.
The lenses are interchangeable between all of these CX-161 cameras by removing the whole lens holder. To do this, remove the 2 small Phillips screws diagonally across from each other on the back side of the camera board. The lens will need to be re-focused when moving from one camera board to another. The set screw for the lens is a .035 or .9mm Allen wrench. When swapping a lens holder, you should loosen the set screw and turn the lens out 2 or 3 turns before mounting the lens holder on a different board, then re-focus and tighten the set screw on the lens after attaching the new lens holder.
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If you happen to cross wires and the camera goes dead, you may be able to get it running again.
The first thing to do if you suspect a blown fuse, is to use a volt/ohm meter set on "OHMS", and check the continuity between both ends of the fuse.
If the meter goes to zero (like touching both leads together), then the fuse is not the problem.
If you have high ohms, like testing the air with the leads not touching, your fuse is blown.
Get a length of small gauge wire, strip an inch of insulation off one end, and tint that end of the wire with solder a little longer the length of the fuse.
When it cools, hold it on top of the fuse and touch it with the soldering iron just long enough for the solder to melt and stick to the ends of the fuse.
If all goes well, carefully cut off the extra wire and you're back in the game!
If you overheat and move the fuse, try to carefully remove it by heating it a little.
If you remove the fuse, you may have about one chance to solder a wire on the tiny pads that the fuse was soldered to.
This is an intricate procedure because those pads are very delicate.
Be careful, with the fuse defeated the camera will no longer be protected. |
Fuse Location
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Camera Connector Pin Out
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Power the camera from a filtered and stable 5-volt DC source. Batteries supply clean DC, a computer USB port, a good power supply, or a good AC adapter will work. There are PSP 5-volt AC Adapters available that make perfect power supplies for these cameras. See below for setting up a regulator to use the cameras with a voltage source greater than 5 volts.
Both ground wires on the camera connector are internally connected. You can use both grounds together, or use either wire separately for video and power ground. Either way you do it, the grounds are all common and tied together internally in the camera. |
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A LM7805 Fixed 5-Volt 3-Terminal Positive Voltage Regulator can be used to incorporate these cameras in a system using greater than 5-volts. One 7805 regulator can power about six cameras. The higher the voltage you're regulating, and the more current you draw through the regulator, the greater the heat that will be generated by the regulator. Keeping this in mind, you should attach the regulator to some sort of heat sink or a metal object that will help dissipate the heat. You can optionally use 1uF electrolytic capacitors across the input and output to filter any oscillating effect that this type of regulator can produce. |
Voltage Regulator
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