HOW TO USE THE CGI COMMANDS

CAMERA CONTROL

When a Panasonic combination camera (WV-CW860, WV-CS850, etc.) or a pan-tilt head is connected to the VIDEO IN connector of the encoder, it is possible to control the camera using the CGI commands.

Format

http://(IP address of the encoder)/cgi-bin/camctrl.cgi?CHSEL=(parameter value)&(parameter name)=(parameter

value)&...&(parameter name)=(parameter value)

Response

HTTP /1.1 204 No Content CR

LF

Cache-Control: no-cache CR

LF

Content-Type: text/plain CR

LF

Content-Length: 0 CR

LF

CR

LF

Item List

Item

Parameter name

Parameter value

Description

Video input channel

CHSEL

1 - 4

To designate VIDEO IN to be controlled

 

 

 

 

Preset position

PRESET

0 - 64

To move to a preset position set in

 

 

 

advance

 

 

 

0: Home position

 

 

 

1 - 64: Preset position

 

 

 

 

Horizontal control of the pan-tilt head

PAN

–10 - –1

To move left

 

 

1 - 10

To move right

 

 

 

 

Vertical control of the pan-tilt head

TILT

–10 - –1

To move downward

 

 

1 - 10

To move upward

 

 

 

 

Lens

ZOOM

–10 - –1

To move to WIDE

 

 

1 - 10

To move to TELE

 

 

 

It will take around 30 ms for one step

 

 

 

increment or decrement of the FOCUS

 

 

 

parameter to adjust focusing.

 

 

 

 

Auto pan control

ATPAN

on, off

To start/stop auto pan.

 

 

 

 

Auto focus control

AF

on

Auto focus

 

 

 

 

Focus control

FOCUS

–10 - –1

NEAR

 

 

1 - 10

FAR

 

 

 

It will take around 60 ms for one step

 

 

 

increment or decrement of the ZOOM

 

 

 

parameter to adjust zooming.

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic WJ-GXE900, WJ-GXD900 manual Camera Control, Format, Response, Item List

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