GEO with a GE PTZ

[rory 0]

okay time to get back some from the forum

 

got a GE CyberDome Select 18X Color, KTD-405 Keypad, Ktd-312, and da GV-800 8 channel.

 

Ok the PTZ and Keypad work great.

 

Now, cant get the PC to do anything with the PTZ. It recognises the COM1 from the 312, all baud rates etc are exact matches, cable is all correct.

 

Anything special in the software i may be leaving out besides using the general settings tab to add the Kalatel PTZ and activate it .. anything else ..??

 

tanks .. will probably get it working by tomorrow anyway ... but yah know i have to ask, as i dont do much asking these days

 

Rory

[bob the b 0]

Rory,

i had a similar issue with the pc,

set the address on the gv pc to 1 number less than you have assigned it on the camera.

dont ask me how or why but i had two ptz which worked fine on a dvr at the same address, but the geo would not control them.

 

The cams were set at no 1 and 12, so in the geo i had to set them at them at 11 & 0.

Hope this helps

[rory 0]

Yeah but i dont see how you set the address in GEO, just seems to let you select it when you need it ?? GE Dome is default at 01, and default is 0 in GEO .. so theoretically should just work .. I may have to check the internal jumper one more time on the kalatel KTD-312 to maje sure its set to PC Interface .... it for some reason has an on board jumper PLUS a dip switch for this as it also can work as a data merger, why two areas to set is beyond me, think they were looking to far into the future or something .. .

 

Course its always possible the other installer mixed up the colors on the cat5 cable pair, so i switched them around and still a no go ... i wish i had this at my place to mess with first, would have helped alot .. but the camera parts took a while to come in, and they were in a hurry ..

[bob the b 0]

Rory, you can set the address in Geo,it has a drop down box to click on ver7.0.

[rory 0]

yeah but it doesnt set it there(doesnt save it), just allows you to select an address when you need to control it, for Kalatel it is 0,1,2, etc.

[bob the b 0]

On the system configure page it lets you assign different ptz as you probabaly know.

You have to activate it by ticking a box, this may be where you are going wrong.

once activated it saves the config for that cam, then its a matter of selection at the ptz control on which camera you use, not only that when the camera is selected on the screen it goes to that address automatically.

[Thomas 0]

GE has a converter box you need to use when using one of thier PTZs with a PC.

[rory 0]

yeah thats what im using, the 312. It works not guys, but still you have to unplug the PTZ Keypad so you can control it with the PC ... slow as heck also over the inet .. they have basic business DSL thoiugh which is only 128 up.