Vaddio ProductionVIEW Super Joystick - Manual (Page 12)

ProductionVIEW Super Joystick
ProductionVIEW Super Joystick Manual 341-565 Rev. B Page 12 of 16
RS-232 Control of the ProductionVIEW Super Joystick
Key Feature:
The ProductionVIEW Super Joystick has six (6) discrete camera control ports which
eliminates the need for daisy-chaining control cabling. With all the ProductionVIEW consoles, all cabling
configurations are home-run type or “star” wiring configurations. Each Channel will auto-configure the
input channel for video signal and control for the camera attached.
Key Feature:
The ProductionVIEW Super Joystick can also be controlled by an external control system
such as Crestron® or AMX®. This flexibility allows for a system to be designed for multiple uses and
applications where joystick control of the cameras may only be needed on occasion.
Vaddio uses very simple control protocols to accomplish custom programming with the ProductionVIEW
consoles. The Communication Specification, API and Programming Language are listed below and
definitions are listed on the next page thereafter.
Communication Specification
Communication Speed: 9600 bps (default)
Start bit: 1
Stop bit: 1
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
No Flow Control
Female DB-9 Control Port Pin-outs
Pin 2:
TXD
Pin 3: RXD
Pin 5: GND
API and Programming Language*
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Vaddio ProductionVIEW Super Joystick |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|? - This menu |
+--------------- System -----------------------------------------------------+
|Power x- Power(On/Off) |Reset - 'CPU' Reset |
|Version - Firmware Version |ClearAll - Clear all presets |
|ExtTrigger x- Sel Active (Low/High) |Rescan - Re-Scan for Cameras |
|DspCams x- List connected cameras |Config - List Config Settings|
|DefaultCam x- Set Default Camera(1-6) |CHAIn x- CHA Source (1-6) |
|SetDefault x- Set Default Preset(1-12) |CHBIn x- CHB Source (1-6) |
|Display x- Display (CHB/CHA/Off) |SerialEcho x- Echo Serial (Yes/No)|
|SwitchMode x- CamSel->(CHA/CHB/Manual) |SerialInfo x- Status (On/Off) |
|TiltMaxSpd x- Tilt Speed Range (1-24 |PanMaxSpd x- Pan Spd Range(1-24) |
|PresetLoc x- Store Preset (InCam/Lcl) | |
+--------------- Pan, Tilt, Zoom----------+----------------------------------|
|InvertPan x- Invert Pan Dir(Yes/No) |PanSpeed x-Pan Speed(1-24) |
|InvertTilt x- Invert Tilt Dir(Yes/No) |TiltSpeed x-Tilt Speed(1-20) |
|InvertZoom x- Invert Zoom Dir(Yes/No) |OnCamInit x- (Home/Preset12) |
+--------------- Camera ------------------+----------------------------------|
|Camera x- Switch to Camera(1-6) |Preset x-Go to Preset(1-12) |
|Zoom x- Zoom (In/Out/Stop) |Store x-Store Preset(1-12) |
|Focus x- Focus(Auto/Near/Far/Stop) |BLC x-BacklightComp(On,Off)|
|Bright x- Bright(Auto,Up,Down) |AWB x-AutoWhiteBal(On,Off) |
|Move x- Move(Up,Down,Stop,Left,Right)|Pass(cr)(Camera command string) |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
*Carriage return required after each command
Note:
To display this menu on a computer, connect a computer to the RS-232 port of the ProductionVIEW Super Joystick. With a
communication program (i.e. Hyper Terminal) type in ? and carriage return, this menu will be displayed. If this menu does not
display, then the computer port isn’t configured correctly or the cable is either bad or pinned incorrectly.