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8. API for Controlling External Devices Connected to VN-E4 _

8.1. Control of Pelco-D Camera

This section describes APIs for controlling external devices that are connected to the serial port of VN-E4. Make use of the APIs explained in
this section in the way as mentioned in Section 4.

This is an API for controlling cameras that support Pelco-D protocols.

(1) Pan Control

API Character String

/api/param?peripheral.serial(Number).device(Address).camera.motion.pan.

mode=Data1&peripheral.serial(Number).device(Address).camera.motion.pan.sp

eed=Data2&peripheral.serial(Number).device(Address).camera.motion.pan.sta

tus=Data3

The format above specifies the pan direction (mode), pan speed (speed) and start/stop (status) at one time. It is
also possible to set them separately over 3 times.

Example

Below is an example that indicates panning towards the left at speed 50 of a camera with an address of 123 that
is connected to serial port number 2.

/api/param?peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.pan.mode=left&

peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.pan.speed=50&peripheral.se

rial(2).device(123).camera.motion.pan.status=start

Example of Response

peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.pan.mode&200

OK&peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.pan.speed&200

OK&peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.pan.status&200 OK

Interpretation

Send the pan command to the specified serial port and camera address. Specify the serial port as 1 or 2. Specify
the camera address between the range of 0 to 255. Specify the mode as left or right. Specify the speed between
the range of 0 to 100. Specify status as start or stop. To specify stop only, make use of the API as shown in the
following example.

/api/param?peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.pan.status=stop

Allowed users

admin, operator, user

(2) Tilt Control

API Character String

/api/param?peripheral.serial(Number).device(Address).camera.motion.tilt.

mode=Data1&peripheral.serial(Number).device(Address).camera.motion.tilt.s

peed=Data2&peripheral.serial(Number).device(Address).camera.motion.tilt.s

tatus=Data3

The format above specifies the tilt direction (mode), tilt speed (speed) and start/stop (status) at one time. It is
also possible to set them separately over 3 times.

Example

Below is an example that indicates upward tilting at speed 50 of a camera with an address of 123 that is
connected to serial port number 2.

/api/param?peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.tilt.mode=up&

peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.tilt.speed=50&peripheral.s

erial(2).device(123).camera.motion.tilt.status=start

Example of Response

peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.tilt.mode&200

OK&peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.tilt.speed&200

OK&peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.tilt.status&200 OK

Interpretation

Send the tilt command to the specified serial port and camera address. Specify the serial port as 1 or 2. Specify
the camera address between the range of 0 to 255. Specify the mode as up or down. Specify the speed between
the range of 0 to 100. Specify status as start or stop. To specify stop only, make use of the API as shown in the
following example.

/api/param?peripheral.serial(2).device(123).camera.motion.tilt.status=stop

Allowed users

admin, operator, user

8. AP

8.1. Control of Pelco-D Camera