How do I control a Sony EVI-D100 camera?

[Rak69]

How can I generate commands to control the pan and tilt functions of a Sony EVI-D100 camera?

The product manual can be found at: http://www.sony.net/Products/ISP/pdf/i_manual/D100_technical_manual_E.pdf

[DiegoF]

Hi,

On page 18 of the manual you attached specifies the configuration of the serial port on your PC:

9600 bps, 8 Data bits, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit, no parity and no flow control.

This is the information you need to configure the serial port on your PC. The rest of the information on the manual specifies the format of the frames the devices recognizes. This information is specific to your device and determines you would program your application. Basically how the data is packaged.

Your questions is too generic. There are a lot of resources on the web and on NI's web site on serial communication. It mainly depends on what programming environment you're using.

Here the link to NI's serial support site:

http://www.ni.com/support/serlsupp.htm


DiegoF

[Rak69]

Thanks for the advice. I am struggling with trying to generate the command messages for the pan and tilt functions using LabVIEW. Any advice? Are there any examples that might be useful?

[DiegoF]

Hi,

LabVIEW only provides functions to use the serial ports. The data (and the format) sent thru the serial port is determined by your application and your device.

It is unlikely that there are any examples specific to your device. Try looking for any web resources (tech support, discussion forum) for your device.

I did check the user manual to see if I could find any information. I found on page 28 the list of commands for the Pan/tilter. It provides the format of the frame to be sent to the controller.

I don't have a similar instrument, so I can't provide too much details on the operation of the device.

DiegoF