Sony PCS-XG55 User Manual

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Image Device  

1/3-type CMOS

Effective Picture Elements    Approx. 2 Megapixels (16:9)

Focal Length  

3.4 to 33.9 mm (F1.8 to F2.1)

Focus  

Auto/Manual

Horizontal Image Angle   

Approx. 8°(tele) to 70°(wide)

Zoom Ratio   

x 10 optical zoom  

 

(x 40 with digital zoom)

Pan/Tilt Angle  

-100° to +100°(Pan), -25° to + 25° (Tilt)

S/N  

More than 50 dB

GAIN 

AUTO

Control Out  

VISCA OUT RS-232C for 2nd camera control

Position Preset 

100 positions  

Operating Temperature  

5 to 35 °C (41to 95°F)

Operating Humidity  

20 to 80% (non condensing) 

Storage Temperature  

-20 to 60°C (-4 to 140°F)

Storage Humidity  

20 to 80% (non condensing)

Power Requirements  

DC 19.5V (supplied via the codec)

Dimensions (W x H x D) 

240 x 152 (including rubber feet) x 158 mm  

 

(9 1/2 x 6 x 6 1/4 inches), excl. projections

Mass  

Approx. 2 kg (4 lb 3 oz)

Others 

BrightFace function, Noise reduction,  

 

Backlight compensation,  

 

Auto white balance 

Supplied Accessories  

Camera cable (3m),  

 

Hook-and-loop pads x 2,  

 

Operating instructions, Warranty booklet

HD Codec Unit  

O

 

O

 

(PCS-XG55S)
HD Camera Unit  

O

 

–

 

(PCSA-CXG80)
Omnidirectioonal  

O

 

–

 

Microphone (PCS-A1 x 1) 

HD Codec Unit 

Video
Communication protocol 

standards

H.320, H.323, IEFT SIP

Compression standard 

H.261, H.263, H.263+, H.263++, H.264, MPEG-4SP@L3 (SIP only)

Resolution

4:3 - QCIF (176 x 144), CIF (352 x 288), 4CIF (704 x 576) 

16:9 - wCIF/w288p (512 x 288), w432p (768 x 432), w4CIF (1024 x 576), 720p (1280 x 720)

Maximum frame rate 

Max. 60fps: 

H.264 - 720p 

Max. 30fps: 

H.261 - QCIF, CIF 

 

H.263 - QCIF, CIF  

 

H.264 - QCIF, CIF, 4CIF, wCIF, w432p, w4CIF 

Max. 10fps: 

H.263 - 4CIF

Bit rate 

IP - 64 kb/s to 4 Mb/s 

ISDN - 56 kb/s to 768 kb/s (with optional PCSA-B768S), 56 kb/s to 384 kb/s (with optional PCSA-B384S)

Audio

Bandwidth and coding 

MPEG-4 AAC Stereo: 22 kHz at 192 kb/s (IP only) 

MPEG-4 AAC Mono: 14 kHz at 48 kb/s, 64 kb/s, 96 kb/s 

MPEG-4 AAC Mono: 22 kHz at 96 kb/s (IP only) 

G.711: 3.4 kHz at 56 kb/s, 64 kb/s 

G.722: 7.0 kHz at 48 kb/s, 56 kb/s, 64 kb/s 

G.728: 3.4 kHz at 16 kb/s

Echo cancellation 

Stereo echo-canceling supported  

Noise reduction included 

Automatic gain control included

Network

Protocol

TCP/IP, UDP/IP, RTP/RTCP, DHCP, DNS, TELNET, SSH, HTTP, SNMP, NTP, ARP, PPPoE, UPnP

QoS (Quality of Service)

Adaptive FEC, Real-time ARQ, ARC, IP Precedence, DiffServe

Others network features 

NAT, UDP shaping, TCP/UDP port setting, Auto gatekeeper discovery,  Packet reordering, IPv6

Standards
ITU-T (excludes audio/

video standards)

H.221, BONDING, H.225.0, H.231, H.241 H.242, H.243, H.245, H.350, H.460.18, H.460.19

IETF

RFC2190, RFC3016, RFC3047, RFC3261, RFC3264, RFC3550, RFC3984, RFC4573, RFC4587, RFC4629, 

RFC4856, RFC4628, RFC5168

Encryption

H.233, H.234, H.235 ver.3

Far end camera control

H.224, H.281

Screen Layout

Full screen, Picture-in-Picture, Picture-and-Picture, Side-by-Side split screen

Data Sharing

H.239 Video and Presentation Data*

Lip Synchronization

AUTO/OFF

Mic off Function

ON/OFF

Interface
Video input 

D-Sub 15-pin Dedicated Camera I/F x 1 

Y/Pb/Pr x 1  

RGB (D-sub 15) x 1

Video output 

HDMI (video, audio) x 1 

RGB x 1

Audio input 

External analog microphone input Mini-jack (Plug in power) x 2 (L/R) 

Audio Input (MIC/AUX) x 1 (RCA pin, stereo)

Audio output 

HDMI (video, audio) x 1 

Line Output (RCA pin, stereo) x 1 

REC Output (RCA pin, stereo) x 1

Memory stick 

Memory Stick/Memory Stick Duo Slot x 1

Network

10BASE-T/100BASE-TX x 1

Control

RS-232C x 1

Maintenance interface

RS-232C x 1

Other interface

Tablet Interface x 1

General
Operating temperature 

5 to 35 °C (41 to 95 °F)

Operating humidity 

20 to 80% (non condensing)

Storage temperature 

-20 to 60 °C (-4 to 140 °F)

Storage humidity

20 to 80% (non condensing)

Power requirements 

DC 19.5 V (AC Adapter: AC 100 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz)

Power consumption 

40 W (the unit only)/90 W (with PCSA-CXG80, PCSA-B768S)

Power consumption (stand-by) 10 W (the unit only)/15 W (with PCSA-CXG80, PCSA-B768S)
Dimensions (W x H x D) 

282 x 56 (including rubber feet) x 244 mm (11 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches), excl. projections

Mass 

Approx. 2.0 kg (4 lb 3 oz)

Supplied Accessories

AC adaptor, HDMI cable (3 m), RF Remote Commander Unit, Batteries for Remote Commander unit x 2,  

CD-ROM (Oerating instructions, Before using this unit, Connection sheet, Quick dial guide,  

Important notice regarding software), Warranty booklet

*  PC images up to SXGA resolution is supported. 

It requires the optional HD data solution software PCSA-DSG80 to send video and presentation data simultaneously.