
VISCA Pan, Tilt, Zoom Cameras
PTZ Camera
Pan, Tilt, Zoom (PTZ) cameras can be controlled by Mira Connect™, Aveo
Systems’ smart control appliance. Mira Connect uses Sony’s VISCA (Video
System Control Architecture) camera protocol to control pan, lt, and zoom,
for VISCA-compable cameras.
In addion to camera pan, lt, and zoom control, Mira Portal supports saving
camera presets, making it easy to restore presets with Mira Connect to
re-posion the camera to predened locaons.
To integrate a PTZ Camera with Mira Connect, add a ‘Universal VISCA
Camera’ to the room in Mira Portal (hps://mira.aveosystems.com)
and enter the IP address of the camera and the TCP port number. If
you don’t have an actual PTZ camera while conguring Mira
Connect, you can choose to simulate the PTZ Camera by checking
the ‘Simulate equipment’ box.
If the camera is to be controlled directly over its Ethernet
interface, the port number to use will be described in the camera’s
documentaon. If the camera will be controlled over RS-232 using a
Global Caché IP2SL interface, the port number should be set to 4999
(the default).
Next, navigate to the Camera Conguraon tab and enter the
camera’s ID (typically 1) and enter a name for the camera and press
‘add equipment’.
If you have more than one camera daisy-chained over RS-232, click
ADD DAISY-CHAINED RS-232 CAMERA to enter addional cameras.
The camera names will be visible on Mira Connect on the Cameras
menu.
Once the cameras have been added, Mira Connect will connect to
the devices and show the status of the connecon. Mira Portal will
show the equipment status as a green circle with a check mark if the
equipment was detected at the specied IP address and network
port and is controllable by Mira Connect.
If the camera cannot be connected to by Mira Connect, a warning icon ! will appear on the equipment list. If this
happens, rst check the RS-232 baud rate used by the Global Caché IP2SL (most VISCA cameras operate at 9600
bps while the Global Caché IP2SL defaults to 19,200), and then edit the camera sengs and conrm the IP address,
port number, and camera IDs used for the cameras.
On each camera, ensure the camera ID is set to the desired value (or set automacally), the VISCA protocol is
enabled, and the RS-232 baud rate sengs match the Global Caché IP2SL RS-232 sengs. Adjusng sengs on
the camera may requires access to the camera’s infra-red (IR) controller.
Step
Step
Step
Mira Connect Integraon
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CAMERA PRESETS
RESET TO DEFAULT
CAMERA CONFIGURATIONCONNECTION
192.168.100.192
5678
Add Equipment
Equipment Type*
Simulate equipment
Universal VISCA Camera
Didn’t find your equipment? Request it!
IP Address or Hostname *
Port Number * Default port 4999 is for use with Global Caché iTach IP2SL
ADD EQUIPMENTCANCEL
Update Equipment
UPDATE EQUIPMENTCANCEL
CONNECTION CAMERA CONFIGURATION
Equipment Type*
Camera ID * Camera Name *
Simulate equipment
Universal VISCA Camera
1 ClearOne Unite 200
Didn’t find your equipment? Request it!
Camera ID * Camera Name *
2 Another Camera
ADD DAISY-CHAINED RS-232 CAMERA
REMOVE
REMOVE
Add any VISCA cameras that are daisy-chained via RS-232.
CAMERA PRESETS
192.168.100.192
Universal VISCA Camera
Equipment
ADD
Firmware: 00 01 04 02 01 15 02
192.168.100.192
Universal VISCA Camera
Equipment
ADD
Edit equipment to complete additional configuration
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Successful connecon to the camera.
Camera can not successfully communicaon with
Mira Connect.
Enter the camera ID and camera name. VISCA daisy-chained
cameras are supported.
Enter the IP address and port number.