CCTV Joystick/keyboards

[Pete]

After buying a Hikvision speed dome ptz, I quickly got fed up with those annoying directional arrows etc, they easily overshoot your objective unless of course you choose your presets. I am sure a joystick would be more manageable. So checking out the prices of Hikvision keyboards I found them to be far too expensive up to 3 figures.
I then went onto eBay and checked out some cheaper ones at 2 figures, but not Hikvision. Trouble is I don't know if non Hikvision are compatable. £30 to £50 GBP is sufficient for me.

So my question is - is anyone using a Hikvision ptz with another cheaper brand of key/joy? And what is the make model and number plz?

Or will they all fit anyway: as in universal?

I am not looking forward to learning to wire up the thing anyway, as I hate heights and and Delirium tremens does not help, I'd need to detox for a month, These 2 guys charged me £100 (125$) gbp just to wire up the Cat 5e.

NVR is DS-7608NI-K2/8P

Regards

 

[nayr]

most IP PTZ's dont have joystick inputs, you'd require a NVR with a RS485 input to even consider using one.

 

[Pete]

Thanks for that, you learn something every day! I'll do some research and see if my NVR is suited.

 

[Pete]

Yep, my NVR is RS485 compatible..