4 Serial Port Mode
4.1 Mode Settings
Select "Serial Port Mode" and press "Enter" to switch it to the serial port mode. In serial
port mode, the PTZ camera can only be connected to the keyboard by RS485
interface directly.
After the PTZ camera and the keyboard are connected through the RS485 interface,
please configure the PTZ parameters.
4.2 Setting PTZ parameters
Select "Serial params" and press "Enter" to confirm. Then select "Protocol" to set it.
Protocol: PELCO-D or PELCO-P. Please select it according to the protocol of the PTZ
camera.
Address: The effective value is from 1 to 255. Please set it according to the address of
the PTZ camera.
Baud rate: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 or 19200 can be set. Please set it according to the
baud rate of the PTZ camera.
4.3 PTZ Control
After the above parameters are set, please return to the main operation interface. The
PTZ camera can be controlled by the joystick or PTZ control buttons. The setting steps
are similar to the PTZ control in Platform mode. See 5.6 PTZ control for details.
Note: In serial port mode, many PTZ operations can be done, such as change
direction, zoom in/out, adjust IRIS, call, or set preset, etc.
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