jmonty

Today I installed a GV-VS11 1 channel video server. I'm using it to view and control a Pelco Spectra III SE PTZ. The video works perfectly, however I worked for 4 hours today trying to get the PTZ control to work. I'm using the RS-485 + and - from the video server going to the RX + and - on the PTZ. I've tried the 2400 and 9600 baud rates as well as the Pelco D and P protocols. I'm aware of the addressing issue and tried using the true address of the camera as well as 1 above and below and still nothing. Is there something else here I have not tried? TIA

No that's something that wasn't even on my radar. Guess at this point its worth a try. I won't be back there till next week but will see if it works. Thanks

The other PTZ's are not pelco and there is not a controller joystick for the camera. They tell me that the unit had been working until last server died on them. All I was suppose to do was replace the server and configure it for the PTZ. I'm thinking that the last server was an Earthnet?

They are not using a dvr of any sorts. This is complely web accessed. I did set the server up with the proper protocols, baud rate and address like you showed in the screen shots. The other 2 PTZ's they have on site work perfectly. One of them is an IP unit and the other also goes thru a video sever, however not a Geovision model

When I boot the camera the model of the camera, Pelco D address 1, Pelco P address 2 and baud rate shows on the screen. I rebooted the the server several times but not each time I changed the settings. Were accessing the server thru a web browser and I never saw a place to configure a com port.