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What command do i use to make the camera move like 10° at a time for UP,DOWN,LEFT,RIGHT the command below makes the camera keep moving right until the stop command is sent. Move Camera 1 Right FF 01 88 02 3F 00 CA Stop Camera 1 FF 01 88 02 00 00 8B Cheers

i dont think you can so i just send FF 01 88 02 3F 00 CA x times followed by FF 01 88 02 00 00 8B

Is there something wrong with this camera the sun light is coming through the window i expect it to be white but whats the yellow

I would like to buy a PTZ camera and was looking at the ones on ebay, i would like to control the camera from a computer, i have a rs232 to rs485 device is this all i need for any ptz dome? also is there any Pelco control software cant seem to find any anywhere or failing that some VB sample code. Cheers

The dome was £330 and the controller i just bought was £40 but there could be another problem now the dome says Pelco-D 2400bps and the controller says Pelco-D 9600bps does this matter?

I bought a controller AR11 http://www.rgnetworks.co.uk/cgi-bin/quikstore.pl?store=&search=yes&detail=yes&product=CCTVAR11&category=CCTV_-_Dome_PTZ_Cameras&keywords=&hits_seen=&page=search.html&and=&affiliate_id= its PelcoD so it should work there is even the possibility that the dome is faulty but if the dome works with the controller then atleast i know its all working and can try and get it to work with the computer mayb my rs232 to rs485 converter is faulty or the ptz software i've seen this http://electro.ath.cx/camserver/index.htm so there is pelco ptz software out there does anyone know the Glass Keyboard software and if i am doing it correctly? if it doesnt work with the controller hopefully i will be able to get it tested somewhere

i did try making one and it kind of worked but it made the picture really bright http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/ppswitcher2.htm?20065

Anyone know where i can get a low cost RS232 controllable video switcher from? Cheers

http://www.controlanything.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=NCD&Product_Code=VUM40

I want a video switcher that i can plug my cameras in to (up to 4) and use a computer (RS232) to select the different cameras

Well i got the dome its from world-cctv this one http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=zh-CN%7Cen&u=http://www.world-cctv.com/product/display.asp%3Fid%3D83&prev=/language_tools it has 4 inputs A B A B i've tried 485+ on both A's and 485- on both Bs selected the Pelco-D protocol on the DIP switch 1 on 2 and 3 off selected (ID 1) 1 off 2-8 loaded up Pelco software (Glass Keyboard) selected 2400bps buad set it to Pelco-D set Com1 entered 1 as Address COM1 and nothing it has a jumper and this is what it says in the manual about it: 4. RS-485 CABLE TERMINAL RESISTOR For control center, avoiding the reflection and distortion of RS485 signal and other signals, must install the terminal resister on the distant communication equipment. RS485 adaptor’s JP1 has jumper switch. Please insert jumper cap into two sticks marked ON. This indicates the connection between terminal resistor and RS485 cable. anyone seen or used this dome know what could be wrong? the glass keyboard software is a bit advanced there must be some basic software to control Pelco-D protocol??? Cheers

The dome says multi protocol including Pelco-D Pelco-P, I just found a DVR Card and Software and tested it and it has PTZ function but for Pelco it only says Pelco ASCII and Pelco Spectra what does this mean will it work with my dome? Thanks

thanks so after i've written the program all i need to do is connect the rs232 to rs485 converter to serial port and RS485+ and RS485- from the converter to the dome?

I want to put the PTZ dome on my roof and connect directly to PC and write some software to control the camera from the computer

I thort i had a problem with my dvr because at around 220GB of 250GB hard drive it keeps poping up disk full i looked at the manual and saw that the hard drive wasnt listed so i thort it was probably that so i emailed avtech and told them the problem and they said its because i have it on motion detect and once the event log reaches 6144 it pops up hard drive full even tho its not i know there isnt an easy way round this except for having it on overwrite or constantly recording but i want it only to record when there is motion at first i thort i will just have to clear the logs but it doesnt work would there be a way to modify the dvr software? the dvr is a avtech avc773 cheers

I cant remember where i read it i think it might of been on this forum but someone got the firmware and edited it for there dvr to do something it didnt do out the box, i have got it on overwrite at the moment but that means it is only using 20GB of the 250GB hard drive so only about a months worth i wanted to somehow disable the event log for motion detection so then it wont log motion time and make it pop up disk full

Hi, What do you need to control a PTZ dome camera with a DVR i got the AVTECH 780W i set the ID and put DATA+ to RS485-A and DATA- to RS485B opened the remote view software clicked PTZ control but it didnt work? Thanks

I found out its VCL protocol so i cant use DVR now because it doesnt support that protocol i've just bought an RS485 to RS232 converter but wont be here for a week i dont know if the dome works 100% yet i did connect it directly to my RS232 port i knew i wouldnt be able to do anything but i thort it might recieve a load of gibberish then i would know it was kinda of working but it doesnt recieve anything is that what its supposed to do or is my dome at fault? Cheers

Im looking for a controller for my ptz dome it is VCL protocol i would prefer a controller keyboard i've also seen those RS232 to RS485 devices but i cant find any software that i can use to control it and it has to be VCL protocol i would go for that option if there is some good control software that will deffently support VCL protocal as it would be cheaper i've seen a keyboard controller on ebay but im not sure if its compatiable http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20589&item=5964107390&rd=1 anyone know? Cheers

Hi, Anyone have any information on this dome PTZ camera? VC8E/ORBM/TP/P Cheers