TCP SETTINGS AND COMMAND LIST
TCP is a professional camera control protocol used with PTZ cameras and can be used in combination with the
CamDirector
®
Teacher Tracker. It works by sending commands to the CamDirector
®
over an IP connection,
in return the camera sends ACK acknowledgment and COM completion answers to let the sender know
the commands have been received and completed. The
below describes the commands, ranges and
CamDirector
®
answers. The TCP Settings and Command list is available as a separate document that you can
.
TCP over IP
Avonic CamDirector
®
is implemented with a TCP server. The TCP port is
1260
.
(Different to CM70 port!)
The default TCP address setting is
always 1
when using TCP over IP. As all CamDirectors
®
are uniquely identified
by their IP address, all TCP addresses are set to 1, the serial addressing plays no part. For TCP over IP, every
command starts with
81 xx xx xx
.
To control the camera, you need an TCP supported application, like
Hercules SETUP utility
or
Packet
Sender
for example. Follow the instructions below:
1.
Open the TCP supported application.
2.
Fill in the camera's IP Address, TCP port number and connect the application to your camera. Once
the connection between client and server is set up, the client will be able to send PTZ commands to
the server. The server then parses and executes the PTZ command.
3.
Fill in the command to be sent to the camera. The camera will send you the return commands.
4.
If you see the returned commands, the camera has executed the command. You can check this in
the WebInterface of the camera.
Default settings: TCP port
1260
/ TCP
address 1
The pictures below are showing an example of a TCP command (Focus near) with their return commands.
The green RX commands in the picture "Receive message" is the ACK command (to let the sender know
that the command is received and executed) and the COM command (to confirm that the command has
been successfully executed and completed). You can find these commands in the
.
Note that the pictures below are ONLY an example to show you how a TCP supported application works. The
pictures could be different from the application you are using!
TCP IP address and port
TCP command example
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