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1x BirdDog PTZ Keyboard

1x Power Adaptor & Power Cord

1x Junction box

1x RJ45 Control Cable

1x Tally light Terminal Contact

Optional Accessories

What’s in the box?

1x RJ45 to Phoenix Breakout

1x RJ45 Coupler

1x RS232 8 Pin Mini Din to Phoenix

Terminal Block

Depending on your requirements, you may need to purchase these optional accessories:

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When RS422, RS485 and RS232 cameras are being controlled simultaneously.

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When more than one group of RS422/RS485 cameras is being controlled simultaneously.

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When a 8 Pin Mini Din RS232 connector camera needs to be connected to and controlled.

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Summary of Contents for PTZ KEYBOARD

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE ...

Page 2: ... Keyboard Rear Panel 12 Keyboard Screen 13 Junction Box 14 Powering PTZ Keyboard 15 Connecting PTZ Keyboard to Your network 16 NDI Connection 16 Other Control Protocols 16 Navigating the Menus 17 Keyboard Configuration 17 Keyboard Setting Menu 17 Button Light 18 Function Key Assignment 19 Factory Default 19 Tally GPI I O 20 Password Setting 20 Joystick Zoom Setting 21 Model Info 21 Adding an NDI C...

Page 3: ... 28 Resetting Deleting Presets 28 Dual RS422 Button A B 29 Adjusting Image Parameters 29 Web User Interface Configuration Panel 30 Dashboard 30 Network 31 System 32 Using Other Control Protocols 37 Cross Protocol Mix Control 38 Cross Protocol Mix Control 40 Serial Port Connection 41 Tally Light GPI I O Connection 51 GPI Connection with VISCA OVER IP Control Connection 51 Appendix 52 PTZ Keyboard P...

Page 4: ...this document are subject to change without prior notice Updates will be added to the new version of this manual We will readily improve or update the products or procedures described in the manual Best effort has been made to verify the integrity and correctness of the contents in this document but no statement information or recommendation in this manual shall constitute formal guarantee of any ...

Page 5: ...ent This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense This product complies w...

Page 6: ...s in your browser or PDF reader to increase the page size when viewing the diagrams to reveal much more detail First Step Firmware Upgrade Before you use your new PTZ Keyboard it s a good idea to upgrade to the lastest firmware We are always adding new features and improving the performance of our products so installing the latest firmware will provide you with the best user experience To upgrade ...

Page 7: ...era menus Quick Access features include the control of Exposure Shutter Speed Iris Compensation White Balance Focus PT Speed Zoom Speed The controller supports serial RS232 RS422 and IP mix control It allows you to use RS232 RS422 IP control on one controller to control cameras in a single system With IP control automatically search available IP cameras in the network and assign IP addresses easil...

Page 8: ...and audio to anywhere on a network Even fill and key alpha channel information as well as Tally can be sent over this same cable If you have a Gigabit network you have a now have the potential for a streamlined interconnected video production environment Transitioning to NDI can also occur gradually Existing SDI or HDMI signals can easily be converted to an NDI stream and piped where required on y...

Page 9: ...ni Din to Phoenix Terminal Block Depending on your requirements you may need to purchase these optional accessories When RS422 RS485 and RS232 cameras are being controlled simultaneously When more than one group of RS422 RS485 cameras is being controlled simultaneously When a 8 Pin Mini Din RS232 connector camera needs to be connected to and controlled Please browse to this page on our website for...

Page 10: ...elpful to visualize the layout as follows 1 LCD Screen and Navigation For navigating and adjusting PTZ Keyboard settings Interacting with IP cameras 2 Camera Control PTZ Joystick For panning tilting the camera in any direction and to zoom in out Alphanumeric Keypad For camera call preset call entering menu data Separate zoom seesaw control 3 Assign Keys To assign quick access to device commands 4 ...

Page 11: ...PoE power over Ethernet or if your network doesn t support PoE you can use the included 12VDC power adaptor If available PoE is the easier choice since you can use the same Ethernet cable to power and control the camera as well as send video Network Plug an Ethernet cable from the switch to your PTZ Keyboard Ensure that the cable is plugged into the NDI PoE capable port on PTZ Keyboard as shown be...

Page 12: ...er edit mode and use the alphanumeric keypad to give the camera a title suitable for your production 8 Exit this menu 9 Repeat this process for each discovered camera that you wish to add to the PTZ Keyboard 10 Test that you can call the camera by entering the CAM ID on the keypad that you assigned followed by the CAM button Joystick Calibration Move the joystick up down and left right on bootup t...

Page 13: ...ocks all image adjustment buttons and dials 3 Exposure Auto Iris PRI Shutter PRI 4 IP Interface Buttons For interacting with IP cameras 5 LCD Screen For navigating PTZ Keyboard settings 6 Reset For clearing presets 7 Setup For keyboard menu setting 8 Preset For saving camera presets Keyboard Main Panel ...

Page 14: ...Balance 14 Manual Blue Adjustment for White Balance 15 Manual Focus 16 One Push Focus 17 Focus Auto Manual Toggle 18 OPW One Push WB For White Balance 19 Assign Keys To assign quick access to commands 20 Zoom Seesaw 21 BLC Back Light Compensation Toggles Back Light Compensation setting in camera 22 OSD Menu Button 23 MON For calling monitor number Not activated for current versions 24 Alphanumeric...

Page 15: ...in place 5 Audio Port For headset use when PTZ Keyboard is added to a BirdDog Comms group 6 Tally Contact GPI I O Connector Tally control interface 7 RS232 Interface RJ 45 Port Connect RS232 adapter 8 IP Interface RJ 45 Port Connect the keyboard to a network 9 RS422 RS485 B Interface RJ 45 Port Connect an RS422 adapter to control up to 7 daisy chained RS422 cameras Group A 10 RS422 RS485 A Interfa...

Page 16: ...ndicator for the current device 5 Network connectivity Indicator a displayed means that the network is successfully connected b not displayed means that the network is not connected 6 Tilt Reversal Indicator 7 Pan Reversal Indicator 8 IP Address of the currently controlled camera 9 Camera Title Keyboard Screen ...

Page 17: ...lied DC power adaptor and cord 3 Junction Box body 4 Terminal Contact Connection For RS422 or RS232 use 5 RJ45 Port For connection between Junction Box and the camera Use a network cable to connect directly NOTE Do not use the top row of holes as these are not contact ports All labels apply to the bottom row Item 4 in the chart ...

Page 18: ...net cable To take advantage of PoE the network switch that PTZ Keyboard is direct ly plugged into must support 15 4W PoE 802 3af Connect the Ethernet IP port to PoE switch Maximum distance is 80m using CAT6 Plus cable Junction Box included Connect the Junction Box to the power supply Connect an Ethernet cable from the controller port on the Junction Box to the RS422 or RS232 port on the Keyboard P...

Page 19: ...se a single Ethernet cable to connect the Keyboard s IP port to a port on an Ethernet switch This allows you to use NDI for control as well as using the web interface for set up of PTZ Keyboard With IP control you can automatically search for available IP cameras in the network and easily assign IP addresses For more information on configurating Network and NDI settings please refer to Web User In...

Page 20: ...te the menus and select save parameter values Use the P T Speed dial to navigate the menus and the Zoom Speed dial to change and save your settings P T Speed Dial Rotate Moves the cursor Click Selects the menu item Zoom Speed Dial Rotate Change the value Click Save your value change Keyboard Configuration These menus are used to configure PTZ Keyboard Keyboard Setting Menu Navigate to KEYBOARD SET...

Page 21: ...een the IP address octets Move the cursor to each octet and use the alphanumeric keypad to enter its value Rotate the P T Speed dial to move to the next octet and repeat until all IP address octets are set to the desired values 2 Click the Zoom Speed dial to save 3 Ensure that you enter the required SUBNET MASK and GATEWAY details 4 Click the Zoom Speed dial to save 5 Exit this menu Button Light T...

Page 22: ...ts Home preset P T Reset Reset the selected camera Power Power off the selected camera Mute Mute the audio from the selected camera Picture Freeze Freeze the image of the selected camera Picture Flip Flip the image of the selected camera Picture LR Reverse Invert the L R pan direction of the selected camera None No function will be assigned to the key 4 Exit Factory Default To clear all keyboard s...

Page 23: ...ers as binary numbers Tally input numbers 8 and higher in a serial connection are ignored In this case the response is equivalent to no input Numbers in a LAN connection corresponding to cameras 1 to 10 in groups 1 to 10 are handled as the numbers 1 to 100 Tally input numbers 101 and higher are ignored In this case the response is equivalent to no input Password Setting To change the password 1 OL...

Page 24: ...an be changed by rotating the Zoom Speed knob while the setting is selected Click the Zoom Speed knob to save this setting if changed If this setting is set to OFF the Zoom Seesaw will remain active and can be used to control zoom Model Info The Model info screen displays the current IP address and firmware version of the unit ...

Page 25: ...tle 8 Exit this menu 9 Repeat this process for each discovered camera that you wish to add to the PTZ Keyboard Adding Cameras Manually 1 Navigate to the Protocol setting and select NDI 2 Click the P T Speed dial to display the NDI Camera Setup menu 3 Enter the the IP address of the camera The IP address of the camera needs to be within the same subnet as the Keyboard 4 Rotate the P T Speed dial to...

Page 26: ...ISCA over IP CGI If VISCA PELCO D or PELCO D are selected as the protocol the Baud Rate Setting screen will be displayed Use the Zoom Speed dial to set the baud rate Click the Zoom Speed dial to save and then exit this menu Adding a VISCA over IP Camera to PTZ Keyboard Adding a camera manually from Local Area Network LAN Select VISCAIP VISCA over IP as the protocol and click the P T Speed dial to ...

Page 27: ...Available VISCA over IP Cameras 1 Press the SEARCH button to display the SEARCH menu 2 Move the cursor to VISCA IP 3 Select YES to start the search 4 A list of discovered cameras will display Scroll through the list using the Zoom Speed dial 5 To add a camera to be controlled by the Keyboard press the ADD button 6 With the cursor on CAM ID assign the camera to a CAM ID by rotating the Zoom Speed d...

Page 28: ...work administrator at the Keyboard location to create a port forwarding rule in the router allowing commands to flow through the necessary ports using these values Source external port 52381 Destination internal port 52381 IP Address IP Address of the keyboard Protocol Both TCP and UDP 3 In the Setup menu of the Keyboard a Add the VISCA over IP camera using the WAN IP of the camera location as the...

Page 29: ...ll and click the P T Speed dial Controlling Cameras Engaging the Camera OSD Menu for non IP cameras 1 Press the MENU button on the keyboard to to display the OSD menu 2 Navigate the menu by using the joystick Move up down to navigate through menu options Move the joystick to the right to send an Enter command Move up down to adjust values Move the joystick to the left to send an Exit command Engag...

Page 30: ... Response to commands from the keyboard The Zoom Seesaw can be engaged to zoom in Zoom out NDI Keyboard Router To allow for more efficient monitoring of cam eras PTZ Keyboard outputs a video stream that follows the active controlled camera To do this select KB_ROUTER as the output channel of the desired NDI sources Now selecting Cam 1 on the keyboard will display the Cam 1 NDI stream and then se l...

Page 31: ...eset number on the alphanumeric keyboard and then hold the PRESET button for 3 seconds to save Calling Presets 1 Enter the preset number on the alphanumeric keypad 2 Press the CALL button Resetting Deleting Presets 1 Enter the number of the preset you wish to delete 2 Press the RESET button HOLD 3 SEC PRESS PRESS ...

Page 32: ...arge adjustments Iris Shutter Adjust manually by rotating the IRIS SHUTTER knob Auto adjust by engaging the EXPOSURE button Toggle the exposure between Iris priority and Shutter priority by pressing the EXPOSURE button Red Blue White Balance Adjust Red or Blue values manually by rotating the R or B knob Auto adjust by engaging the WB button Engage One Push White Balance by pressing the ONE PUSH WB...

Page 33: ... need to have Bonjour services loaded in order to access the unit via it s user given name Apple devices come pre installed with Bonjour while Windows devices require a small plugin available here support apple com kb dl999 locale en_AU Dashboard The Dashboard displays important PTZ Keyboard settings in one convenient window You can also Reboot PTZ Keyboard Allows you to remotely soft reboot the d...

Page 34: ...s in the Address Mask and Gateway fields NOTE The Address and Mask fields must be correct or PTZ Keyboard will not be visible on the network and a factory reset will be required in order to recover the unit Static Fallback Address Static Fallback Mask Some standalone or private networks may not have a DHCP server After 30 seconds of searching for an automatically assigned IP address PTZ Keyboard w...

Page 35: ...DI receiver over the network Click in the BirdDog Name field to edit the name The name must not include any special characters and can be any combination of a z lower case only 1 0 and System Password Settings The Web UI is secured by a user selectable password The default password is birddog one word lower case You can change the password in the PASSWORD SETTINGS tab 1 Enter the current password ...

Page 36: ... requires little or no administration to set up Unless the network is specifically configured to not allow mDNS NDI sources will be discovered The NDI discovery service is designed to allow you to replace the automatic discovery NDI uses with a server that operates as an efficient centralized registry of NDI sources that requires much less bandwidth NDI discovery server also helps with location of...

Page 37: ...rk devices API Settings RESTful API commands are available to all BirdDog hardware devices allowing users to remotely interact with devices In this tab you can configure commands that can be saved to PTZ Keyboard Function Keys when in API mode 1 Select the desired Function Key from the FUNCTION KEY dropdown list 2 Configure the command for the correct device 3 Click the APPLY button to save ...

Page 38: ...e the digital image stabiliser function for the camera identified by address x x x x The OFF value cstboff is set for the camera stabilizer parameter pic2_camstabilizer Target device and command http x x x x 8080 birddogpic2setup Parameter and value pic2_camstabilizer cstboff Example 2 In the example below the F3 key is configured to instruct a BirdDog device identified by address x x x x to conne...

Page 39: ...te IP List in JavaScript Object Notation JSON format 2 Click the UPDATE button NDI Group List Set the NDI group list NDI groups allow you to restrict communication to only devices that belong to the same NDI group NDI Groups can be very useful in larger environments to control visibility and access amongst various groups 1 Click the CHOOSE FILE button to load your NDI Group List in JavaScript Obje...

Page 40: ...cols Use VISCA OVER IP Control IP Connection Using VISCA OVER IP Control Protocol with a Visca Over IP ready Camera Video Switcher Tally contact signal HDMI SDI Remote control signal Network Cable CAT5 6 with VISCA OVER IP Control ...

Page 41: ...38 Cross Protocol Mix Control Using VISCA PELCO VISCA OVER IP NDI in one single system ...

Page 42: ...ontrol with RS232 RS422 and IP in one single system VISCA RS422 Group A 7 cameras VISCA RS422 Group B 7 cameras Up to Multiple Controllers up to 255 cameras in a single network VISCA RS232 7 cameras Pelco RS485 255 cameras IP VIsca over IP CGI PoE ...

Page 43: ...ontrolling RS422 and RS232 cameras simultanneously the keyboard can control a total of 7 RS232 and RS422 cameras When controlling only RS422 cameras the keyboard can control up to 14 RS422 cameras 2 daisy chains of 7 When controlling only RS485 cameras the keyboard can control up to 255 RS485 cameras The keyboard is capable of simultaneously controlling up to 255 cameras between mixed protocols RS...

Page 44: ...yboard to use CAT5 6 cable to make a cable suitable for controlling your camera b Use Junction Box 1 to 1 connection Follow the pinout for the RS232 port on the keyboard and Junction Box to use CAT5 6 cable follow T 568B standar pinout between keyboard and Junction Box to make a cable sutable for controlling your camera via Junction Box 12V DC Power Adaptor Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Function GND GND ...

Page 45: ...control cable RS232 connection Via Junction Box Camera with RS232 Serial connector 3 RS232 connection with the camera having 8 Pin Mini Din RS232 connector RS232 connection Via Junction Box Camera with 8 Pin MIni Din RS232 serial connector ...

Page 46: ...amera connection RS Daisy Chain Connection Via Junction Box Camera with RS232 serial connector 5 RS232 connection using RJ45 to Phoenix connector adaptor RS232 Daisy Chain Connection Using RJ45 to Phoenix connector adaptor not included ...

Page 47: ...68B standard pinout at keyboard end a 1 to 1 connection Follow the pinout for the RS422 port on the keyboard to use CAT5 6 cable to make a cable suitable for controlling your camera b Use Junction Box 1 to 1 connection Follow the pinout for the RS422 port on the keyboard and Junction Box to use CAT5 6 cable follow T 568B standar pinout between keyboard and Junction Box to make a cable suitable for...

Page 48: ...45 2 RS422 connection using multicore control cable 3 RS422 Daisy Chain Multiple Cameras connection RS422 Daisy Chain Connection Via Junction Box Camera with RS422 Serial Port ...

Page 49: ...46 4 RS422 1 to 1 connection using RJ45 to Phoenix connector adaptor Not Included RS422 Connection Use RJ45 RS422 adapter Camera with RS422 serial connector ...

Page 50: ...47 5 RS422 Daisy Chain connection using RJ45 to Phoenix connector adaptor not included RS422 Daisy Chain connection Via RJ45 to RS422 232 Adaptor Camera with RS422 Serial Port ...

Page 51: ...keyboard to use CAT5 6 cable to make a cable suitable for controlling your camera NOTE Use RS422 ports for RS485 connection b Use the Junction Box 1 to 1 connection Follow the pinout for the RS485 port on the keyboard and Junction Box to use CAT5 6 cable follow T 568B standar pinout between keyboard and Junction Box to make a cable sutable for controlling your camera via Junction Box RS485 connect...

Page 52: ...h RS485 serial connector 12V DC Power Adaptor Multicore control cable TX RX NC NC GND RX R X TX TX GND RS 422 RS 232 Camera with Serial Port RS422 A B 1 8 Toggle RS422 A or B 3 RS485 Daisy Chain Multiple Cameras connection RS485 Daisy Chain Connection Via Junction Box Camera with RS485 Serial Port ...

Page 53: ...50 4 RS485 Daisy Chain connection using RJ45 to Phoenix connector adaptor Not included RS485 Daisy Chain Connection Via RJ45 to RS422 Adaptor Camera with RS485 Serial Port ...

Page 54: ...l Connection Tally Light GPI Connection Video Switcher Tally contact signal HDMI SDI RS422 control signal GPI Connection with VISCA OVER IP Control Connection Video Switcher Tally contact signal HDMI SDI Remote control signal Network Cable CAT5 6 with VISCA OVER IP Control ...

Page 55: ...own White Brown Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Function CAMERA1 CAMERA2 CAMERA3 CAMERA4 CAMERA5 CAMERA6 CAMERA7 GND GND 1 8 1 8 1 8 TALLY CONTACT RS232 RS422 A B IP Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Function GND GND RXD TXD Color Orange White Orange Green White Blue Blue White Green Brown White Brown Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Function TX TX RX n c n c RX n c n c Color Orange White Orange Green White Blue Blue White G...

Page 56: ...53 PTZ Keyboard Dimensions Unit mm 278 0 132 0 25 0 21 2 120 7mm ...

Page 57: ...it per second A Gigabit capable Ethernet network is recommended for NDI production workflows IP IP Internet Protocol is the communications protocol for the Internet many wide area networks WANs and most local area networks LANs that defines the rules formats and address scheme for exchanging datagrams or packets between a source computer or device and a destination computer or device LAN LAN Local...

Page 58: ...al layer serial communication protocols Subnet Subnet or subnetwork is a segmented piece of a larger network Tally A system that indicates the on air status of video signals usually by the use of a red illuminated lamp TCP TCP Transmission Control Protocol is a network communications protocol UDP UDP User Datagram Protocol is an alternative protocol to TCP that is used when reliable delivery of da...

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