PTZ PC control and adaptor

[ChevronTango 0]

Hey guys. I'm in the process of purchaing a PTZ camera. Standard stuff, Pelco D and the like. My question is can I control its functions of a PC and what adaptors will I need. The PC in question only has a USB input/output but the video is monitored seperately so no need to worry about that. Its purely the control of the camera. I'm a tad unfamiliar with RS485 and all the other ports and wether I need adaptors for these or drivers etc. I'm running windows 7 pro x64. Thanks in advance.

[Soundy 1]

If you have no 9-pin serial ports, you'll need at least a USB-to-serial adapter (we regularly use these units: http://www.aten.com/products/productItem.php?pcid=2005010513171002&psid=20070130144911002&pid=2005022316346005&layerid=subClass7). You SHOULD be able to simply connect the ground and TX+ pins on the serial port, to the receive inputs (RX+/- or similar) on the camera.

 

Software-wise, give this a try: http://www.serialporttool.com/PTZ.htm

[hardwired 0]

In your other post, you referenced wanting to use a USB joystick, you should be able to use the software Soundy referenced, along with this... http://www.eventghost.org/

 

It's a very useful event handling/scripting Python application, you should be able to link joystick actions to the keyboard shortcuts with it.

[hardwired 0]

I knew there was something else out there I had tried before, just found it again... http://www.commfront.com/RS232_Examples/CCTV/Pelco_D_Pelco_P_Examples_Tutorial.HTM#0

 

That, with EventGhost, and a USB-RS422 adapter, should do the job.

[ChevronTango 0]

Thats great, it looks like a perfect solution. However I, after downloading the software, couldn't work out how to activate the 232 Anylyser thing remotely. The Event Goast runs nicely in the background and I can see it registering my joysticks commands and even trialed some mouse movement with it however I don't know how to get it to activate a macro or button or something in the 232 anylyser. This has all got to ideally work whilst the focus or windows is on another peice of software. Other than that, this looks perfect.