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<font size=3>The software for the cameras is available as a free download
from the manufacturer of whatever cameras you have. You can daisy
chain the cameras, you just have to use the little switch on them to
identify each camera(set the first camera to 1, the second to 2 and so
on). Yes you do need separate cables for the daisy chain, but
finding them is next to impossible. I found the pin-out information
and made ours. They only use 5 of the 8 pins, the pin out is:<br>
1-------2<br>
2-------1<br>
3-------5<br>
4-------4<br>
5-------3<br>
Good luck and have fun.<br>
<br>
<br>
At 06:41 PM 1/29/02 -0600, Satish Devarapalli wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Can some one suggest a vendor for
getting the Camera control software and<br>
the visca cables. Can we daisy chain these cameras and connect them
all<br>
to a single port ? If yes, do we use any separate cables for daisy
chaining.<br>
(I see VISCA IN and OUT, so possibly we can daisy chain them).<br>
<br>
-Satish<br>
<br>
<br>
-- Original Message --<br>
<br>
>David,<br>
><br>
>We haven't played with the Tandberg Panel but have had some
tech-talks<br>
with<br>
>A/V firms that use AMX type panels. They are pretty nice but
expensive<br>
>to<br>
>purchase and costly to install. From what we saw they didn't
seem to add<br>
>enough value for the money for the average Grid node. They may
be<br>
>appropriate though for a very high end location that will also serve
other<br>
>functions like the conference room you mentioned. Most of these
systems<br>
>allow you to control all aspects of the room - lighting,
camera,<br>
>projections, sound, drapes/curtains, etc - but require that the items
to<br>
>be<br>
>controlled use devices that work with the companies panel.
That's were<br>
>it<br>
>gets expensive.<br>
><br>
>If you are looking to add camera control, the Sony and Cannon cameras
have<br>
>software which can run on the display machine to control the cameras.
<br>
They<br>
>connect up using a visca control cable in series through the cameras
which<br>
>then connects back into the serial port on the display machine or
other.<br>
>The cameras are IDed by the system and controlled individually, or
through<br>
>presets, by the software. It's actually pretty slick and the
cost is pretty<br>
>reasonable.<br>
><br>
><br>
>Gary A. Refka<br>
>INSORS Integrated Communications, Inc.<br>
>111 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1412<br>
>Chicago, IL 60604<br>
>Email: grefka@insors.com<br>
>On the Web:
<a href="http://www.insors.com/" eudora="autourl">www.insors.com</a><br>
>(847)922-8950<br>
><br>
>-----Original Message-----<br>
>From: owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov
[<a href="mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov" eudora="autourl">mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</a>]On<br>
>Behalf Of David E. Bernholdt<br>
>Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:03 AM<br>
>To: Satish Devarapalli<br>
>Cc: ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov; bernholdtde@ornl.gov<br>
>Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Tandberg Control panel<br>
><br>
><br>
>On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:40:19 -0600 Satish Devarapalli
wrote:<br>
>> Has any used Tandberg Control Panel to control the cameras we
use in<br>
AG.<br>
><br>
>I am not directly familiar with the Tandberg control panel
(though<br>
>I've seen one), but my guess is that it uses AMX, an industry
standard<br>
>protocol for the control of A/V, lighting, etc. which is widely
used<br>
>in high-end conference rooms, lecture halls, etc.<br>
><br>
>As AG becomes a more established and widespread tool, I expect
that<br>
>integration of AMX interface capabilities into AG would be
interesting<br>
>for some customers. For example: we're building some new
buildings<br>
>here shortly, and there will be a couple of connference rooms
and<br>
>lecture rooms which would be good candidates for AG nodes (not
clear<br>
>how many we'll have) and also good candidates to have AMX
control<br>
>systems (I don't know exactly what's planned in this respect).
It<br>
>would be nice if they could all play nicely together.<br>
><br>
>On the other hand, given its nature, I suspect that AMX integration
is<br>
>more likely to come from A/V vendors who supply conference room<br>
>systems and become interested in AG as an addition to their
product<br>
>line rather than the research community that currently dominates
AG<br>
>development.<br>
><br>
>Just my opinion.<br>
>--<br>
>David E.
Bernholdt
| Email: bernholdtde@ornl.gov<br>
>Oak Ridge National
Laboratory | Phone:
+1 (865) 574 3147<br>
><a href="http://www.csm.ornl.gov/~bernhold/%A0%A0" eudora="autourl">http://www.csm.ornl.gov/~bernhold/
</a> | Fax: +1 (865) 574 0680<br>
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