I need a bit of help. Here's what I have
3 SD-2000-InDoor cameras.
They all have Uniboards installed (Sensornet/RS422)
Ofcourse the wires have been cut and this is my first time setting up PTZ cameras.
I searched for a manual or just 'random' documentation for these and found pretty much nothing. On the AD site, they don't even list the 2000 model anymore (which I understand because of the 'new' models) .. I was lucky enough to find ONE PDF about the uniboards.. BUT.. the manual only shows the board having TWO(2) address selectors. Mine has three.. (the manual is probably for a very early model anyway). It did give me the layout of the power/ground/Rx & Tx lines.
The cameras power-up fine as far as I can tell and get GREAT images (zooming/focus/pan/tilt works in pretest)..
Now..... hope your sitting down ..
I read on another post about using pins 3(tx) and 5(gnd) to directly connect to a Rs232 port(serial) to be able to 'test' the control of the cameras. I can't seem to get this to work. The jumpers on the board are set to RS422 (should this be sensonet?) for the (serial) connection?
I d/l'd the PTZ controller demo. Nice looking application. BUT, first is the camera address selection. (two selectors -vs- three selectors) I 'believe' I have mine set to 100. I even tried 111.. *shruggs* I did get the Rx/Tx light to blink, BUT, the camera doesn't react to any input.
there are three lights on the board(top right corner). first I believe is a RX/TX indicator, it blinks during pretest. the second is green(not sure, maybe power).. and the third is Red(??).. again, because I do not have a manual I can't be sure that the RED light should be RED or what it means..
any help would be appreciated.
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I plan on writing a VB application with video input to control the camera and scan an area. Checking for movement, changes, etc. If I can't get these to work with the Uniboard, I do have the option, of gutting them(grin) and building my own controller board. I've done controller boards before for other projects. I would just rather use the existing board.
Thanks again for any help.
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