Canderson

Hello All, I was curious of the boards opinion on IP control of standard Pan Tilt positioners, such as the ever popular Pelco line. I have looked and noticed that many of the positioners are used with standard controllers, or MPTAZ protocols, but what I need is further information on a positioner that we can definately run through an IP interface. Typically this would be acheived with a video server or encoder, and I have used the Esprit line before run through the Axis 241 encoder using the Pelco D protocol. I was unsure however of which Pelco or other company components may be best used in my environment. I have 120VAC or 12/24VDC to work with and need something fairly compact for a megapixel IP camera. I would like to use the tiny, new Axis encoder just released and if possible I would need to control an motorized zoom lens with the device (if possible) as well. Thanks!

Hello All, I have been searching for the last couple of days without a huge amount of information being found. What I'm trying to to is find some of the following: Megapixel (1.3) Motorized Day/Night Lenses that go all the way up to almost 400MM. (tall order I know) I have looked into some of the Tokina, Fujinon, Computar and other lenses but haven't seen anything completely obvious. Also I wanted to discuss with the board, methods of controlling motorized zoom lenses and auto Iris for IP cameras. I know that many cameras have a DC or Video drive method to control the iris, however I am not having as much luck on the control of the motorized zoom with various types of IP cameras. I see that the Luminera cameras have some large format solutions which talk about motorized zoom, but not a lot of other information. I had also looked into the possibility of running the lens control through a serial/IP server or video encoder, but still haven't found the answer i'm looking for. Any info would be helpful, and please if you need further info from me let me know! Thanks!