birddog EYES P200 User manual

SKAARHOJ DEVICE CORES
Device: BirdDog P200
Introduction
The BirdDog P200 Device Core is still in alpha with just a limited feature set available to control. The
development of the Device Core is work in progress and we collaborate with BirdDog to expand the
possible features to control. At this point control is VISCA over IP.
Please notice currently the BirdDog P200 camera do not support block inquiry commands over IP, so not
all current settings on the camera will be transmitted back to our controllers. Examples
-When our controller connects to the camera some settings will not be in sync with the actual state of the
camera. The shutter speed on our controller could reflect one setting, while the actual shutter speed on
the camera could be different until the shutter speed has in fact been set from our controller
-If multiple SKAARHOJ controllers are connected to the same camera they will not be in sync
-If changes are made in the OSD these will not be reported back to the SKAARHOJ controller
The implementation is done on BirdDog P200 Firmware version: BirdDog EYES 2.7.7
Please see the “PTZ Manual” at https://www.skaarhoj.com/support/manuals/ to learn more about PTZ
control in general from SKAARHOJ controllers and in particular network recommendations.
In this manual it is worth noticing that one should not add additional Device Cores to control multiple
cameras. This is possible from the same Device Core but proper steps should be ensured (consecutive IP
addresses on the cameras) for a good user experience.
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Known Bugs
RESTART VIDEO
When a camera power cycles it can be necessary to “RESTART VIDEO” to regain control over the camera.
PRESET RECALL
Recalling presets can make the camera stop responding for a few seconds.
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Connection
When a controller have successfully established connection to the camera the serial monitor will report
"Status received from camera x!”
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Device Core Details
Currently not all items from the actions list of the BirdDog P200 Device Core have been implemented/are
working. Please see details below
Items marked with red are not working
Items marked with yellow have wrong range intervals
Items marked with blue have details
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Zoom (Binary): No display content but actions works
Zoom Settings: Can only turn Digital Zoom ON, not off
AE Comp: Only for backlight
Presets: Recalling presets will make the camera stop responding for a few seconds
System:
Power: N/A!
IR Receive: N/A!
Image Flip: √!
Tally: N/A!
OSD: √!
Flicker Reduction: N/A!
Pan Reverse: N/A!
Tilt Reverse: N/A!
Iris (Binary): No display content but actions works
Shutter (Binary): No display content but actions works
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