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PTZOptics 12X NDI
®
|HX ZCAM
User Manual
Model No: PT12X-NDI-ZCAM
V1.4.1
(English)
Please check PTZOPTICS.com for the most up to date version of this document
Rev 1.4.1 3/21

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  • Page 1 PTZOptics 12X NDI ® |HX ZCAM User Manual Model No: PT12X-NDI-ZCAM V1.4.1 (English) Please check PTZOPTICS.com for the most up to date version of this document Rev 1.4.1 3/21...
  • Page 2 Warranty PTZOptics includes a limited parts & labor warranty for all PTZOptics manufactured cameras. Warranty lengths are shown below. The warranty is valid only if PTZOptics receives proper notice of such defects during the warranty period. PTZOptics, at its option, will repair or replace products that prove to be defective. PTZOptics manufactures its hardware products from parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in accordance with industry standard practices.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Copyright Notice The entire contents of this manual / guide, whose copyright belongs to PTZOptics, may not be cloned, copied, or translated in any way without the explicit permission of the company. The product specifications referred to in this document are for reference only and as such are subject to updating at any time without prior notice.

  • Page 4: Supplied Accessories

    Supplied Accessories When you unpack your camera, check that all the supplied accessories are included: ⚫ Camera ....... 1 ⚫ AC Power Adaptor ....1 ⚫ PoE Splitter* ....... 1 ⚫ Quick Start Guide ....1 Warning ⚫ Electrical Safety Installation and operation must be in accordance with national and local electric safety standards.

  • Page 5: Features

    ® | HX & IP network stream. Uses AAC audio encoding for better sound quality and lower bandwidth usage. • Control and Settings PTZOptics VISCA over IP ® | HX control through NDI ® approved platforms that offer control. RS485 remote camera control interface...

  • Page 6: Product Specifications

    Product Specifications Model PT12X-NDI-ZCAM Type PTZOptics 3G-SDI HD 1080p Color Video Box Camera Features HD: 1080p-60/50/30/25, 1080i-60/50, 720p 60/50 Video System ® SD: NTSC, PAL (NDI | HX / IP Network feed limited to 30 FPS) Sensor Panasonic 1/2.7", CMOS, Total Pixels: 2.12M, Effective Pixels: 2.07M...
  • Page 7 ® | HX / IP Network Stream: 50Hz: 1fps ~ 25fps, 60Hz: 1fps ~ 30fps Audio Compression Audio Bit Rate 96Kbps, 128Kbps, 256Kbps Support Protocols TCP/IP, HTTP, RTSP, RTMP, DHCP, Multicast, etc. General Specifications Power Connector JEITA type (DC IN 12V) or RJ45 via PoE 802.3af* 12VDC (10.8 –...

  • Page 8: Back Of The Camera

    Back of the Camera 1. 3G-SDI Video Output 5. Audio Line Input 2. RJ-45 Network/NDI®|HX Connection 6. Menu Navigation Buttons 3. Phoenix Connector (RS485) 7. DC12V Power Jack 4. Audio Line Output (Not active) 8. Power LED Indicator Note: For a high quality and reliable SDI signal we recommend utilizing the included PoE Splitter when powering via PoE.

  • Page 9: Serial Communication Control

    Serial Communication Control In default working mode, the camera is able to connect to a VISCA controller with an RS485 serial interface. ➢ RS485 Communication Control The camera can be controlled via RS485, Half-duplex mode, with support for VISCA, Pelco-D or Pelco-P protocol.

  • Page 10: Visca Command List

    PTZOptics VISCA Command List Part 1: Camera Issued Commands ACK/Completion Message Command Function Command Packet Comments z0 4y FF ACK / Returned when the command is accepted. (y: Socket No.) Completion Returned when the command has been z0 5y FF...
  • Page 11 Part 2: PTZOptics VISCA Command List Command Function Command Packet Comments 8x 01 04 00 02 FF CAM_Power Power On/Off 8x 01 04 00 03 FF Stop 8x 01 04 07 00 FF Tele (Standard) 8x 01 04 07 02 FF...
  • Page 12 settings 8x 01 04 20 02 FF Down 8x 01 04 20 03 FF ColorTemperature Direct 8x 01 04 20 0p 0q FF position: 0x00: 2500K ~ 0x37: 8000K 8x 01 04 39 00 FF Full Auto Automatic Exposure mode Manual 8x 01 04 39 03 FF Manual exposure mode...
  • Page 13 8x 01 04 66 03 FF p: Color Gain setting 0h (60%) to 8x 01 04 49 00 00 00 0p FF CAM_ColorGain Diret Eh (200%) 8x 01 06 01 VV WW 03 01 FF 8x 01 06 01 VV WW 03 02 FF Down 8x 01 06 01 VV WW 01 03 FF Left...
  • Page 14 8x 0A 11 14 pq FF pq: speed stage Limit 8x 2A 02 A0 04 0p FF CAM_UACStatus Toggle USB Audio p=2: On, p=3: Off Part 3: PTZOptics VISCA Query Command List Inquiry Command List Command Command Inquiry Packet Comments packed...
  • Page 15 y0 50 02 FF Auto Noise 2D CAM_Nosise2DModeIng 8x 09 04 50 FF y0 50 03 FF Manual Noise 3D y0 50 0p FF CAM_Nosise2DLevel 8x 09 04 53 FF Noise Reduction (2D) p: 0 to 5 y0 50 0p FF CAM_Noise3DLevel 8x 09 04 54 FF Noise Reduction (3D) p: 0 to 8...
  • Page 16 Block Inquiry Command List Command Command Inquiry Packet Comments packed y0 50 0u 0u 0u 0u uuuu: Zoom Position 8x 09 7E 7E 00 00 0v 0v 0v 0v CAM_LensBlockInq vvvv: Focus Position 00 FF 00 0w 00 FF w.bit0: Focus Mode 1: Auto 0: Manual pp: R_Gain qq: B_Gain r: WB Mode...
  • Page 17 Part 4: PTZOptics VISCA over IP Command List Command Function Command Packet Comments 81 01 04 00 02 FF CAM_Power Power ON/OFF 81 01 04 00 03 FF 81 01 04 07 00 FF Stop 81 01 04 07 02 FF...
  • Page 18 81 01 04 20 03 FF Down pq: Color Temperature position 0x00: 81 01 04 20 0p 0q FF Direct 2500K ~ 0x37: 8000K 81 01 04 39 00 FF Full Auto Automatic Exposure mode 81 01 04 39 03 FF Manual Manual Control mode Shutter Priority Automatic Exposure...
  • Page 19 81 01 04 66 03 FF 81 01 04 49 00 00 00 0p p: Color Gain setting 0h (60%) to Eh CAM_ColorGain Diret (200%) 81 01 06 01 VV WW 03 01 81 01 06 01 VV WW 03 02 Down 81 01 06 01 VV WW 01 03 Left...
  • Page 20 81 0A 11 14 pq FF pq: speed stage Limit 81 2A 02 A0 04 0p FF CAM_UACStatus Toggle USB Audio p=2: On, p=3: Off Part 5: PTZOptics VISCA over IP Query Command List Inquiry Command List Command Command Inquiry Packet Comments packed...
  • Page 21 y0 50 02 FF Outdoor mode y0 50 03 FF OnePush mode y0 50 05 FF Manual y0 50 20 FF ColorTemperature Mode y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF CAM_RGainInq 81 09 04 43 FF pq: R Gain y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF CAM_BGainInq 81 09 04 44 FF pq: B Gain...
  • Page 22 y0 50 03 FF y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF CAM_BrightnessInq 81 09 04 A1 FF pq: Brightness Position y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF CAM_ContrastInq 81 09 04 A2 FF pq: Contrast Position y0 50 00 FF y0 50 01 FF Flip-H CAM_FlipInq...
  • Page 23 Part 7: Pelco-P Protocol Command List Byte Byte Byte Function Byte2 Byte5 Byte6 Byte7 Byte8 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x08 Pan Speed Tilt Speed 0xAF Down 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x10 Pan Speed Tilt Speed 0xAF Left 0xA0 Address 0x00 0x04 Pan Speed Tilt Speed 0xAF Right...

  • Page 24: Exposure

    items: On, Off (Effective only in Auto mode). On Screen Display Menu Bright: Intensity control, optional items: 00 ~ 17 (Effective only in Bright mode). Gain Limit: Maximum gain limit, optional items: 0 ~ 15 MENU (Effective only in Auto, WDR, & Bright mode). Anti-Flicker: Anti-flicker, optional items: Off, 50Hz, Press [MENU] button to display the On Screen Display 60Hz (Effective only in Auto, Bright mode).

  • Page 25: Image

    Hue: Chroma adjustment, optional items: 0 ~ 14. FOCUS AWB Sens: The white balance sensitivity, optional D-Zoom Limit items: Low, Normal, High. AF Sense High (Effective only in Auto & One Push mode) Auto Focus IMAGE Select Item Move the main menu cursor to [IMAGE], and press the Change Value [HOME] key to enter the image page, as shown in the [Menu] Back...

  • Page 26: Information

    INFORMATION SETTING Language Move the main menu cursor to [INFORMATION], and Protocol VISCA press the [HOME] key to enter the communication Visca Addr setup page, as shown in the following figure. Baudrate 9600 Video Format 1080p30 INFORMATION Lens Type2 Version 7.2.72 Auto Focus Lock Model...

  • Page 27: Network Connection

    Network Connection Operating Environment Operating System: Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8.1 / 10 Network Protocol: TCP / IP Client PC: P4 / 128M RAM / 40GHD / support for scaled graphics card, support for DirectX8.0 or more advanced version 2.

  • Page 28: Setting Up A Network Video Stream

    2. Next, go online and download the IP Address Settings Tool. It’s available for Windows & Mac OS at ptzoptics.com/download. 3. Once you complete the download, launch the “Upgrade v2.8C” tool. Select your network connection type from the “Interface”...
  • Page 29 Set the secondary stream to MJPEG. b. Install the PTZOptics ActiveX Plugin and use Internet Explorer. i. For more detail, go to help.ptzoptics.com. 7. From the Web Interface, you can control the camera using the arrows on the left side. You can also adjust many of your camera’s settings via this IP interface.

  • Page 30: Additional Network Info

    Additional Network Info Discovering your Network IP range You can discover the IP range of your network by using the Command Prompt for Windows, or the Terminal app for Macs and following the steps below. Windows 1. Type “CMD” into the search bar in the start menu. 2.

  • Page 31: Camera Web Interface

    Camera Web Interface The Web Interface allows you to control the camera, view the video feed, and adjust many of the camera’s settings. Menu The Menu allows you to traverse the Web Interface. By default, the “Live” option is selected. Live This tab allows you to view the video feed of the camera.

  • Page 32: Video

    Video Video Format: Supports 50Hz (PAL), 60Hz (NTSC), & OSD formats. Encode Level: Supports baseline, mainprofile, highprofile, & svc-t. NDI Preset: Supports Off, Medium, & Low. Encode Protocol: Supports H.264, H.265, and MJPEG protocols. Resolution: The first stream supports: 1920x1080, 1280x720, 1024x576, 960x540, 640x480, 640x360.

  • Page 33: Image

    Image Brightness: Brightness slider. Default: 7 Saturation: Saturation slider. Default: 3 Contrast: Contrast slider. Default 7 Sharpness: Sharpness slider. Default: 1 Hue: Hue slider. Default: 7 Flip & Mirror: Check the Flip and/or Mirror buttons to rotate the image accordingly. Audio Audio Switch: Enable / Disable audio embedding Audio Type: AAC...

  • Page 34: Network

    Network LAN Settings: The Lan Settings section allows you to adjust the IP parameters of the camera. The default IP address of the camera is 192.168.100.99. You cannot change the MAC address. IP Configuration Type: Fixed IP Address (Static) & Dynamic IP Address (DHCP). IP Address: Camera’s IP address.
  • Page 35 Pelco-D Address: 0 ~ 254 Pelco-P Address: 0 ~ 31 RTMP Settings: The RTMP(S) Settings section allows you to enable or disable the two (2) RTMPS stream’s video and audio sources. First Stream: Enable / Disable Stream 1 Video & Audio (First Stream) MRL: Text field for RTMPS Stream 1’s Media Resource Locator (MRL) Second Stream: Enable / Disable Stream 2 Video &...

  • Page 36: Information

    PTZ commands to the internal server and the server will then parse and execute the PTZ commands. The command format based on VISCA is shown above in the Serial Communication Control Section PTZOptics HTTP-CGI Camera Control HTTP-CGI – Control Pan & Tilt http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/ptzctrl.cgi?ptzcmd&[action]&[pan speed]&[tilt speed]...
  • Page 37 PT Reset http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/param.cgi?pan_tiltdrive_reset Preset http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/ptzctrl.cgi?ptzcmd&[action]&[position number] [Action]: posset poscall [Position Number]: Direct Position Recall http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/ptzctrl.cgi?ptzcmd&[mode]&[pan speed]&[tilt speed]&[pan position]&[tilt position] [Mode]: (Absolute position), (Relative position) [Pan Speed]: (Slowest) ~ (Fastest) [Tilt Speed]: (Slowest) ~ (Fastest) [Pan Position]: (pan right), (pan left), (home position) 0001...
  • Page 38 HTTP-CGI – Inquiries Video http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/param.cgi?get_media_video Network Video Configuration Audio http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/param.cgi?get_media_audio Network Audio Configuration Network http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/param.cgi?get_network_conf Network Configuration Information http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/param.cgi?get_device_conf Camera Information Serial Number http://[camera ip]/cgi-bin/param.cgi?get_serial_number Serial Number *Not always accurate Rev 1.4.1 3/21...

  • Page 39: Photobooth Functionality

    Photobooth Functionality Your PTZOptics camera can quickly and easily take a series of four (4) still image or video files that are stored on the camera and made accessible with a standard web browser on the same network. Photos You have two (2) options to initiate a series of four (4) still images to be captured…...

  • Page 40: Ndi ® | Hx Connection

    Upgrading the NDI | HX ® If you have a PTZOptics non-NDI camera, you can upgrade it by following the four (4) steps below. 1. Purchase a PTZOptics NDI License. Visit https://ptzoptics.com/where-to-buy/ for more information 2.

  • Page 41: Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Maintenance and Troubleshooting Camera Maintenance ⚫ If the camera will not be used for a long time, please turn off the power switch. ⚫ Use a soft cloth or lotion-free tissue to clean the camera body. ⚫ Use a soft dry lint-free cloth to clean the lens. If the camera is very dirty, clean it with a diluted neutral detergent.
  • Page 42 (e.g. VISCA address). Copyright Notice The entire contents of this manual, whose copyright belongs to PTZOptics, may not be cloned, copied or translated in any way without the explicit permission of the company. Product specifications and information referred to in this document are for reference only and as such are subject to updating at any time without prior notice.

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