birddog P200 Quick Start Manual

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Device: BirdDog P200

Introduction

The BirdDog P200 Device Core is still in alpha with just a limited feature set available to control. The

development of the Device Core is work in progress and we collaborate with BirdDog to expand the

possible features to control. At this point control is VISCA over IP.

Please notice currently the BirdDog P200 camera do not support block inquiry commands over IP, so not

all current settings on the camera will be transmitted back to our controllers. Examples

When our controller connects to the camera some settings will not be in sync with the actual state of the

camera. The shutter speed on our controller could reﬂect one setting, while the actual shutter speed on

the camera could be different until the shutter speed has in fact been set from our controller

If multiple SKAARHOJ controllers are connected to the same camera they will not be in sync

If changes are made in the OSD these will not be reported back to the SKAARHOJ controller

The implementation is done on BirdDog P200 Firmware version: BirdDog EYES 2.7.7

Please see the "PTZ Manual" at https://www.skaarhoj.com/support/manuals/ to learn more about PTZ

control in general from SKAARHOJ controllers and in particular network recommendations.

In this manual it is worth noticing that one should not add additional Device Cores to control multiple

cameras. This is possible from the same Device Core but proper steps should be ensured (consecutive IP

addresses on the cameras) for a good user experience.

SKAARHOJ DEVICE CORES

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Page 1 Device: BirdDog P200 Introduction The BirdDog P200 Device Core is still in alpha with just a limited feature set available to control. The development of the Device Core is work in progress and we collaborate with BirdDog to expand the possible features to control.
Page 2 SKAARHOJ DEVICE CORES Known Bugs RESTART VIDEO When a camera power cycles it can be necessary to “RESTART VIDEO” to regain control over the camera. PRESET RECALL Recalling presets can make the camera stop responding for a few seconds.
Page 3 SKAARHOJ DEVICE CORES Connection When a controller have successfully established connection to the camera the serial monitor will report "Status received from camera x!”...
Page 4 SKAARHOJ DEVICE CORES Device Core Details Currently not all items from the actions list of the BirdDog P200 Device Core have been implemented/are working. Please see details below Items marked with are not working Items marked with yellow have wrong range intervals...
Page 5 SKAARHOJ DEVICE CORES Zoom (Binary): No display content but actions works Zoom Settings: Can only turn Digital Zoom ON, not off AE Comp: Only for backlight Presets: Recalling presets will make the camera stop responding for a few seconds System: Power: N/A ...