Secret Feature of the Week - OSD Menu access over SONY VISCA Joystick
1,536 views · Published 1 June 2017 · 5:24 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: The PTZOptics Channel · 2017 · Science & Technology
In this weeks, Secret Feature of the Week, we discuss the need to access the OSD (On Screen Display) Menu over a serial joystick connection. Using Preset 95, you can use the SONY VISCA protocol to access the OSD menu allowing users to remotely adjust advanced PTZ camera settings. Once you bring up the OSD menu using Preset 95 you can use the joystick to move up and down inside the menu. This allows for access of the cameras core settings such as color, exposure, back light compensation, wide dynamic range and more. To move in and out of the menu items you can use the +/- iris buttons. Want to learn more about this joystick - Check out our back to the basics video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akf2oE7K2Wc The video outlines the cabling required to setup multiple PTZ cameras on the HC-Joy from HuddleCamHD which uses the SONY VISCA protocol to control the PTZOptics cameras. As you can see the joystick uses a DB9 cable to connect to the first camera. This camera can then have daisy-chained control to multiple other PTZ cameras. As you can see on the back of each PTZOptics camera we have an RS-232 in and out port that can be used for this. The middle picture shows the joystick controller connected via a DB9 to 8-pin mini din connector. The second camera connects with a cascade cable which has two 8-pin mini-din connectors to cascade camera control in a daisy-chain layout. In the wiring diagram, you can see the joystick controlled next to our cabling color code legend which includes HDMI, HD-SDI, RS-232 and DB9. Now you can see the cascade cabling which is a male to male 8 Pin Mini-din cable which connects every camera after the first camera. The first camera connected in the daisy chain can use the DB9 to 8 pin mini-din cable included with every PTZOptics camera. If your first camera is located a long distance from your joystick controller you can use a DB9 extension cable to extend the joystick cable to the location of your installed PTZ camera. In this case, you will still want to use your included DB9 to 8 pin mini-din cable which will be extended and connected to your DB9 extension cable. These DB9 extension cables are available on our website at: http://ptzoptics.com/cables/. The DB9 Extenders give you the ability to extend your serial/VISCA cables over a longer distance, giving control of your camera via joystick or USB to Serial adapter to your PC with the VISCA software of your choice. These serial DB9 Male to Female cables are plenum rated and they come in black. PTZOptics Live Streaming Camera Manufacture focused on HD-SDI, USB 3.0, HDMI and IP streaming cameras. Our YouTube channel features live broadcasting tips, tricks and tutorials for live streaming and more. ✓ Watch our Latest Friday Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QItkvlnhQyM&list=PLyY0t7zWqRQoVWffzTC2B7eWwO0DqdCFC ✓ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-H8O_q6M6P9XkgLmzxxDw?sub_confirmation=1 ✓ Join the Giveaway of the Week - http://ptzoptics.com/giveaway/ ✓ Free UDEMY Course on how we live stream here: http://ptzoptics.com/landing/coupons.html Hashtags: #ptzoptics, #livestreaming, #tech, #videoproduction, #PTZCameras, #streamingmedia, #webinar, #collaboration #wirecast #vmix #newtek #Tricaster #blackmagic #FacebookLive #YouTubeLive
