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Installation of Sony Cameras
Sony VISCA controlled cameras can either be connected using a RS-232 or RS-
422 serial connection and are selectable on the bottom of each camera with dip-
switches. With a RS-232 connection, the maximum cable length can be extended
to 15 meters (50 feet), while the RS-422 connection extends this further to 1200
meters (4000 feet). It is important to set the baud rate of each camera to 9600
bps, for both a RS-232 and a RS-422 connection, this is also selectable on the
bottom of each camera with dip-switches.
There are no COM ports out of the Broadcast Pix Server, a 4/8 port USB extender
(Edgeport) is required to control cameras serially. Sony PTZ cameras also support
daisy chain as well as star configurations using a USB to Serial Edgeport. If using
the USB extender (Edgeport) ensure that the port flags are set to RS-422, as
described in Verifying Installation of External DDR Software.
You may either loop cameras to each other in a 422 daisy chain, have all cameras
connect to the Server with several serial ports using a star configuration, or have a
combination of both scenarios.
Vaddio cameras lines which are supported are RoboSHOT, PowerVIEW and
ClearVIEW all in a star configuration using a RS-232 configuration.
Below is the wiring diagram needed for serial cables connecting Sony, Lumens
and Marshall serial cameras to the RS-422 COM ports using a phoenix connector.
---------------Server-----------------
--------First Cameras--------
A star wiring configuration is when all camera control cables from each camera
are connected to the Server, through an Edgeport, instead of daisy chaining to
each camera. In some installations this will reduce the amount of cable run.
Another option is to have one or several long runs to a set of cameras, then
connecting each camera in a daisy chain configuration. In some installations this
will reduce the amount of cable run. See diagrams on next page.
It is important to set each camera to its proper camera address/camera position.
This is done directly on each camera and it is recommended to set each camera
to ‘Auto’ or ‘0’, as the Broadcast Pix software will automatically detect the correct
settings. On an EVI-70 there is no such setting, as it is internally set to ‘Auto’, on a
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