Controlling Cameras; Controlling Camera Manually - Sony AWS-G500 Operating Instructions Manual

Controlling Cameras

Controlling Camera Manually

Carrying out manual control
158 Controlling Cameras
This unit is equipped with a VISCA controller. VISCA (VIdeo System Control
Architecture) is a technology used for connecting a video device to a controller,
and controlling the video device from the controller. In this unit, you can
remotely control a camera supporting VISCA protocol connected to the VISCA
connector.
The remote control operations available include the following.
• Pan
• Tilt
• Zoom
• Focus
• Aperture (iris) control
• White balance adjustment
• Backlight
Notes
• The controllable range depends on the camera you are using.
• For information about VISCA cameras that can be connected to the unit, visit
the following Anycast Station portal site:
https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/SoftwarePlusSerch.aspx (for customers in
U.S.A.)
https://www.sonybiz.net/anycast (for customers in Europe, Middle East and
Africa)
https://www.ecspert.sony.biz/ecsite/ (for the other customers)
Control a camera manually supporting the VISCA protocol from this unit.
With the default settings of this unit, focus and iris settings are set to auto, and
white balance setting is set to "no operation." To control these manually, you
need to set them in the menu.
1
Press the NEXT selection button to which the camera video is assigned.
The camera guide menu appears in the menu display.
Note
If the camera guide menu does not appear, follow the procedure in
"Registering Cameras To Be Controlled" (page 69).
A guide to operations appears in the camera control guide.