5–4 • Adding a USB Joystick or Other USB Controller
PIVOTCam Control Panel User Guide (1.2)
Relevant columns in the
Buttons
mapping table are as follows:
•
ID
- The ID of the control, as reported by the controller. This is not configurable.
•
Name
- You can name the controls for future reference. (optional).
•
Action
- If you are going to use buttons on the controller for camera selection, set
Action
for each such
button to
Set Value
.
•
Value (Off)
- This is the value of the parameter when the button is not pressed.
•
Value (On)
- This is the value of the parameter when the button is pressed.
•
Value
- Shows the current data value reported by the controller. This is useful for testing.
•
Mapped OID
- Specify the parameter OID from the PIVOTCam Control Panel to be mapped to the control.
For buttons, the parameter OID is
selector.selection
.
Tip
: If you are configuring multiple controllers and dividing the control functions among them, the controls
within each device class must be assigned to a single controller. The name of each parameter OID starts with
the name of its device class (
selector
,
ptzjoystick
, or
paintbox
).
The parameters that can be mapped are as follows:
13.
If you want to save the mappings in a file that can be loaded onto other DashBoard computers, click the
SAVE
button and specify a file name and path.
Note
: The mappings are specific to the controller(s) you configured. You can use the mappings on other
DashBoard computers only if their controllers are the same model, or report the exact same controls.
14.
In the
Component Tree
, within the
DashBoard Services
node, double-click
Device Class Mappings
.
The
Device Class Mappings
interface appears.
Parameter (Mapped OID)
Description
selector.selection
Camera selection. Map this parameter to a set of buttons to be used for selecting the camera
to be controlled. Each row in the
Buttons
table corresponds to a button on the controller.
For each button you want to assign as the selector for a camera, do the following:
• In the
Name
column, assign a camera name for future reference (optional).
• Set
Action
to
Set Value
.
• Set
Value Off
to
-1
• Set
Value (On)
to a camera number (
0
,
1
,
2
,
3
, etc.)
ptzjoystick.vel.tilt
Tilt axis
ptzjoystick.vel.pan
Pan axis
ptzjoystick.vel.zoom
Zoom axis (lens zoom)
ptzjoystick.vel.focus
Focus axis (lens focus)
paintbox.vel.shutter.preset
Shutter speed (lens shutter speed)
paintbox.vel.iris.control
Iris axis (lens iris)
