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Closed Schwarztaxi closed 1 year ago

Schwarztaxi commented 1 year ago

Hello everyone,

I've been using the sony visca module to control our BirdDog P100, P200 and P400 cameras and it has been working wonderfully.

Since I'm using it for pan-tilt-zoom control, as well as picture adjustments, I'd love to be able to use variables to get the current values of these settings – this would make matching cameras much easier:

I've looked at their VISCA over IP inquiry command lists and they seem to match each other, as well as Sony's PTZs. Here are the links to their docs: BirdDog P100 Command List BirdDog P200 Command List BirdDog P400 Command List Sony BRC-X400/X401, SRG-X400/201M2, SRG-X120/HD1M2 Command List

Since I have no experience with programming companion modules I'm hoping that someone else can pick this up and make this module much greater than it already is :)

krocheck commented 1 year ago

There is a birddog-ptz module in the catalog. It looks like a fairly comprehensive module and may have what you need.

Schwarztaxi commented 1 year ago

There is a birddog-ptz module in the catalog. It looks like a fairly comprehensive module and may have what you need.

The birddog module does not connect to our P400s and does not show any functions for the P100s as in Issue https://github.com/bitfocus/companion-module-birddog-ptz/issues/89 on birddog-ptz.

Since the sony visca module works, is configurable without any connection to the cameras and can be used with other PTZs as well I'd much prefer to use it instead.

krocheck commented 1 year ago

Ok, well they can work on that here. I don't think the Sony module implementing Birddog functionality is reasonable.

Schwarztaxi commented 1 year ago

The Sony VISCA Over IP is just the communication standard and used by multiple PTZ vendors. The commands could be the same for other manufacturers as well. But I'd be happy to see the BirdDog module fully working as well. 🙂

bryce-seifert commented 1 year ago

@Schwarztaxi Please give the v3 version, now in beta, a try. I should be able to connect to the P400, and actions should show actions for all cameras.

Let me know if you still experience issues.