What are you all using to control your PTZ?
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Not a joystick, but I’m using a Streamdeck with each button assigned to a PTZ preset, plus buttons for manual movement.
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I bought the Elgato Stream Deck XL on sale for $149 and I'm just using HTTP commands to call the PTZ presets. I created a new user in BI just to run commands, then assigned a URL to each button. The button URL is formatted like this:
Here's a screenshot from the config window:
...and the device looks currently like this. You can have multiple pages, so I have a separate control page for each camera and switch between them with button.
I find it faster than clicking a button on-screen because they're always in the same place. It's obviously not as responsive as an old analog system with a joystick, but it takes about 1.5 seconds from the moment I press the button to see the image move on my screen.
Here's a screenshot from the config window:
...and the device looks currently like this. You can have multiple pages, so I have a separate control page for each camera and switch between them with button.
I find it faster than clicking a button on-screen because they're always in the same place. It's obviously not as responsive as an old analog system with a joystick, but it takes about 1.5 seconds from the moment I press the button to see the image move on my screen.
Agreed.
Keep in mind they make versions with fewer keys for cheaper. Here's the smallest one I could find with 6 keys which should work for a lot of people for $73:
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damn appreciate the post, this may be what i have to do! i like the way you can customize presets, gamechanger.
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