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Cut it with a hacksaw and reem the inside with pliers, conduit size is usually 3/4 fill of the wires

Pelco Spectra or Sensormatic/American Dynamics Speed Dome, both excellent cameras

Found this http://www.gsm-auto.com/

Looks like a Sensormatic Speed Dome

An easier route might be to go to Video In of the TV's

Just took this BEAST off a house!! Replaced with Spectra

http://www.unblock-us.com/?v=2 works great

It's all Pelco except for the inside camera, about 15 years old

Your right, it still functioned perfectly just wanted to upgrade to a dome

Conduit between all buildings?

Is there a network in place, if there is I would definitely use IP cameras.Put a POE Switch in each IDF and install NVR Software and storage at Main MDF, client software for viewing.

Yes, a bit OTT but cool

My parents are in Torquay, got a couple of friends here from Portsmouth, big Pompey fans

I believe the network they are referring to is a RS485 network so the unit should have an address not an IP

http://www.serialporttool.com/PTZ.htm

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You would have to have the market cornered to enforce the code and the casino industry is where I believe Pelco tried to do this initially

Hello Tony, where in the UK

The Manchester Code seems to shadow the entire PTZ language realm. As an analogy, I understood that the Code functioned like DOS in a PC: as an underlying basic language? If that is true, then the chassis camera communications were established on top of the Manchester Code? If this is true, then did Pelco simply establish a set of awkward commands through the Manchester Code? And then, presumably, because Pelco had some influence on the market, the Pelco protocols assumed a dominant position with the PTZ realm, and this dominance was then picked up and used by other manufacturers as a defacto industry standard? N.B. I am not expecting anyone to answer this. Just thinking aloud. I would imagine their dominance in the casino market forced other equipment control and head end manufacturers to use the Pelco protocols

I'd like to know who came up with the bright idea of human surveillance first

For the larger service clients on the mainland, with an array of equipment this tool comes in very handy. It's a little short sighted to assume that all equipment manufacturers have the required protocols for all the different proprietary PTZ's out there i.e. AD Manchester, Biphase, Sensornet etc. and support different menu commands.

In a service situation with unknown equipment and protocols this would come in handy

Its good for trouble shooting in the field

I would think the PTZ protocols originated from the Manchester Code developed at Manchester University. These control commands were probably used on a pan tilt motor first via a receiver and then developed further by dome manufacturers

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