Aiming a Rhombus Camera – Rhombus Support

Topics included in this article:

Best Practices Before Aiming a Camera
General Aiming Notes
Helpful Links
Contact Support or Sales

Best Practices Before Aiming a Camera

1. Ensure that the camera is wired appropriately. For more information on wiring, review our article on Connect a Rhombus Camera.

2. Unscrew the housing screws, and remove the dome.

3. Connect and mount the camera. Do not reattach the dome yet. For more information, review our article on Mounting a New Rhombus Camera.

4. Register the camera and view its live feed.

Note: R2-L live feed will look blurry with the dome removed.

General Aiming Notes

On all Rhombus cameras aside from the R360/R360S, aiming is performed manually with the dome removed. The lens is not motorized and cannot be adjusted via the web console. It's best to aim during installation before reattaching the dome.
The image module rotates on three axes to aim the lens: pan, tilt, and roll. If the lens doesn't appear to move in the direction you want, try rotating all the way around to the other side.
Once aimed, adjust the module's "roll" axis to ensure the image sensor is level. The light sensor must be located on the top or bottom, and the IR LEDs to the left and right, as shown above.
Ensure the white housing cover does not block the light sensor when the dome is reattached to the camera.
Confirm that the aim is as desired by viewing a live feed from the camera.
Cameras also feature 1.25X digital pan/tilt/zoom for fine adjustment, which can be remotely controlled in the console.

R100/R120

Aiming the R100 and R120 are relatively the same. The video below demonstrates how to move the lens to the desired orientation.

R2/R2-180/R200/R230

The R2/R200/R230 camera lens can be aimed manually when the dome is removed. For this reason, it is most efficient to aim the lens during installation.

Special Notes for R2-L and R2-180

R2-L performs best when the lens is aimed through the center (not the edge) of the clear dome. The image will appear blurry when the dome is off during aiming and become sharp when the dome is replaced. R2-L's focus is optimized at a 90ft distance; objects nearer than about 40ft will be out of focus.
R2-180 can be mounted on a wall or ceiling. When mounted on a wall, the camera can see along the wall in both directions. When mounted on a ceiling, the camera can provide a view of half the area around it; two co-located R2-180s can provide full coverage of the area. R2-180 has multiple de-warping options with different fields of view, which should be considered when the lens is aimed.

R360/R360S

Do not attempt to adjust the physical lens of the R360/R360s; the camera lens does not move.

R400/R410

Similarly to the dome cameras above, the R400/R410 have a rotatable base and lens, with an added tile to the lens.

R500/R510/R520/R540/R545

The R500 model cameras have a ball joint that allows you to rotate and angle it in any desired orientation.

Here is a top-view image of the ball joint for the R500:

R600

Helpful Links

Contact Support or Sales

Have more questions? Contact Rhombus Support at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 2 or support@rhombus.com.

Interested in learning more? Contact Rhombus Sales at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 1 or sales@rhombus.com.