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Mount PTZ Camera

The Bascom PTZ camera (BSM-PTZ-L-AB) comes with a wall mount for installation on a flat wall. To hang the camera from a ceiling, use the ceiling bracket (BSM-PTZ-CBCK) instead, which is sold separately. Part 1 describes the wall mount, part 2 the ceiling bracket.

Warning: Ensure that the wall or ceiling is thick and strong enough to withstand more than 8 times the combined weight of the PTZ camera and its bracket.

Part 1: Mounting the camera with the wall mount

What you need

  • Bascom PTZ camera (BSM-PTZ-L-AB) with its wall mount, drill template, 4 expansion bolts and waterproof cable connector (all in the camera box)
  • Drill, hammer, wrench and a hex key for the M6 screws
  • Spirit level
  • A ladder or work platform

Step 1: Mark and drill the holes

Drill template on the wall, a drill at one of the four marked holes
  1. Stick the drill template to the wall at the chosen height.
  2. Check with a spirit level that the template is straight.
  3. Drill the 4 holes at the marks on the template.
  4. If the network cable comes out of the wall behind the wall mount, drill the cable hole at the circle in the middle of the template.
  5. Remove the template.

Step 2: Insert the expansion bolts

Expansion bolt being hammered into a drilled hole in the wall
  1. Clean the dust out of the holes.
  2. Hammer an expansion bolt into each of the 4 holes.
  3. Take the nut, spring washer and washer off each bolt.

Step 3: Fix the wall mount

Wall mount placed over the four bolts, the nuts being tightened, the network cable coming out under the wall mount
  1. Pull the network cable through the wall mount.
  2. Place the wall mount over the 4 bolts.
  3. Fit a washer and a spring washer on each bolt.
  4. Tighten the 4 nuts.

Check with a spirit level that the wall mount is straight before you tighten the nuts fully.

Step 4: Attach the safety rope

Camera held under the wall mount, its safety rope hooked into the rope loop
  1. Hold the camera under the wall mount.
  2. Hook the safety rope of the camera into the rope loop under the wall mount.

The safety rope holds the camera if it slips while you connect it.

Step 5: Connect the cable and insert the camera

Camera lifted into the wall mount, the notch on the adapter cover aligned with the rivet
  1. Connect the network cable to the camera's cable. Use the waterproof cable connector outdoors.
  2. Push the cables up into the wall mount.
  3. Align the notch on the adapter cover of the camera with the rivet on the wall mount.
  4. Push the camera up into the wall mount.

Step 6: Turn the camera and lock it

Camera turned to its direction, the two locking screws on the wall mount tightened
  1. Turn the camera to the direction you want.
  2. Tighten the 2 M6×16 hex socket screws on the wall mount.

Step 7: Check the installation

  • The wall mount does not move when you push on the camera.
  • The camera hangs straight.
  • The camera can pan and tilt through its full range without pulling on the cable.

 

Part 2: Mounting the camera with the ceiling bracket

The ceiling bracket (BSM-PTZ-CBCK) hangs the PTZ camera from a ceiling. It replaces the wall mount and comes with 4 expansion bolts.

What you need
  • Ceiling bracket BSM-PTZ-CBCK (sold separately; includes 4 expansion bolts)
  • Bascom PTZ camera (BSM-PTZ-L-AB) with its waterproof cable connector
  • Drill, hammer, wrench and a hex key for the M6 screws
  • Pencil
  • Pliers (only to open the cable cut-out)
  • A ladder or work platform

Step 1: Open the cable cut-out (optional)

Ceiling plate seen from above, the cut-out on its edge being broken out with pliers

Do this step only when the network cable runs along the ceiling surface. Skip it when the cable comes out of the ceiling above the bracket.

  1. Find the cut-out on the edge of the ceiling plate.
  2. Break the cut-out out with pliers.
  3. Remove sharp edges so they do not damage the cable.

Step 2: Mark the drill holes

Ceiling bracket held against the ceiling, the holes marked with a pencil
  1. Hold the bracket against the ceiling at the chosen position.
  2. Mark the 4 holes of the ceiling plate with a pencil.

Step 3: Drill the holes and insert the expansion bolts

Hole drilled at a mark, an expansion bolt being inserted into the ceiling
  1. Drill the 4 holes at the marks.
  2. Clean the dust out of the holes.
  3. Hammer an expansion bolt into each hole.
  4. Take the nut, spring washer and washer off each bolt.

Step 4: Fix the ceiling bracket

Ceiling bracket over the four bolts, the nuts being tightened, the network cable coming out of the tube
  1. Pull the network cable down through the tube of the bracket. If you opened the cut-out, lead the cable in through it.
  2. Push the bracket up over the 4 bolts.
  3. Fit a washer and a spring washer on each bolt.
  4. Tighten the 4 nuts.

Step 5: Hang the camera

Camera lifted into the bottom of the ceiling bracket, the notch on the adapter cover aligned with the rivet
  1. Connect the network cable to the camera's cable. Use the waterproof cable connector outdoors.
  2. Push the cables up into the tube.
  3. Align the notch on the adapter cover of the camera with the rivet on the bracket.
  4. Push the camera up into the bracket.

Step 6: Turn the camera and lock it

Camera turned to its direction, the two locking screws on the bracket tightened
  1. Turn the camera to the direction you want.
  2. Tighten the 2 M6×16 hex socket screws at the bottom of the bracket.

Step 7: Check the installation

  • The bracket does not move when you push on the camera.
  • The camera hangs straight.
  • The camera can pan and tilt through its full range without pulling on the cable.

Attachments

PTZ-L-AB-Wallmount_Drilltemplate.pdf(50 KB)
PTZ-L-AB manual.pdf(600 KB)
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