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HOW TO USE THE CGI COMMANDS

CAMERA SETTINGS MENUS CONTROL

When a Panasonic camera is connected to the VIDEO IN connector of the encoder, it is possible to control the camera settings menus using the CGI commands.

Format

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

Response

HTTP /1.1 204 No Content Cache-Control: no-cache Content-Type: text/plain Content-Length: 0

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Important Notice

It is necessary to enter the parameter value for the "CHSEL" parameter.

The parameter name should be used in combination with the "CHSEL" parameter.

Control Item List

Item

Parameter name

Parameter value

Description

VIDEO IN connector number

CHSEL

1 - 4

To designate the VIDEO IN connector

 

 

 

number to be controlled

 

 

 

 

Menu display

MENU

on

To designate the menu to be displayed

 

 

off

To designate the menu to be closed

 

 

 

 

Move the cursor upward

UP

1

 

 

 

 

 

Move the cursor downward

DOWN

1

 

 

 

 

 

Move the cursor to the left

LEFT

1

 

 

 

 

 

Move the cursor to the right

RIGHT

1

 

 

 

 

 

Change the camera menu

SET

set

To move to the lower level

 

 

esc

To move to the higher level

 

RESET

set

To reset

 

 

reset

To reset all

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic WJ-GXE900, WJ-GXD900 manual Camera Settings Menus Control, Important Notice, Control Item List

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