TheWaterboy
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I am toying with the idea of controlling a Sony PTZ camera with a PLC. Its just a thought at this moment, but has anyone used a PLC serial port to tell a camera to go to specific locations on command?
I can of course use the built-in alarm ports on the camera easily enough, but there are only 4 of those and I may want more positions than that. There is an interface that is available from the surveillance system but it is costly and must be licensed. In then end I may find out that there are only 4 locations that can be stored in the camera so I may be out of luck anyway.
I'll look at this in ernest in the next couple weeks but if anyone has ever done it i would love to know what you learned.
I can of course use the built-in alarm ports on the camera easily enough, but there are only 4 of those and I may want more positions than that. There is an interface that is available from the surveillance system but it is costly and must be licensed. In then end I may find out that there are only 4 locations that can be stored in the camera so I may be out of luck anyway.
I'll look at this in ernest in the next couple weeks but if anyone has ever done it i would love to know what you learned.