PTZ Zoom not working/PanasonicIP

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PTZ Zoom not working/PanasonicIP

Post by cknox »

I finally got Pan and Tilt to work on my recently installed Panasonic BB-HCE481A PTZ camera (ZM 1.23.2 on OPen SuSE 10.3). Command response issues were resolved by doubling the frame rate and reducing the buffer to 10.

However, I cannot get the Zoom capability to function. Anyone have any ideas as to how to correct?

Thanks in advance,

ck
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Post by zoneminder »

Unfortunately my Panasonic cam doesn't have zoom on it so I have never been able to test. Are there any errors in your web logs or zmcontrol.log?

I will have a another look anyway in case there are any obvious cockups.
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Panasonic zoom controls not working

Post by cknox »

Hello:

Sorry for the slow response here. Didn't realize my post had been moved to Hardware queries. I do not received any error messages, and pan/tilt is now working very well, as is the rest of the system. Following is the output of my /var/log/zm/zmcontrol.log:

03/27/08 11:15:23.193975 zmcontrol[24952].INF [Starting control server 18/PanasonicIP]
03/27/08 11:15:23.232464 zmcontrol[24955].INF [Control server 18/PanasonicIP starting at 08/03/27 11:15:23]
03/27/08 11:15:29.630010 zmcontrol[24955].FAT [Can't access Tele member of object of class ZoneMinder::Control::PanasonicIP]
03/27/08 11:15:32.802870 zmcontrol[24982].INF [Starting control server 18/PanasonicIP]
03/27/08 11:15:32.806255 zmcontrol[24985].INF [Control server 18/PanasonicIP starting at 08/03/27 11:15:32]
03/27/08 11:15:33.973302 zmcontrol[24985].FAT [Can't access Tele member of object of class ZoneMinder::Control::PanasonicIP]
03/27/08 11:15:34.635734 zmcontrol[24987].INF [Starting control server 18/PanasonicIP]
03/27/08 11:15:34.638959 zmcontrol[24990].INF [Control server 18/PanasonicIP starting at 08/03/27 11:15:34]
03/27/08 11:15:35.685574 zmcontrol[24990].FAT [Can't access Tele member of object of class ZoneMinder::Control::PanasonicIP]
03/27/08 11:15:38.065158 zmcontrol[25000].INF [Starting control server 18/PanasonicIP]
03/27/08 11:15:38.068710 zmcontrol[25003].INF [Control server 18/PanasonicIP starting at 08/03/27 11:15:38]
03/27/08 11:15:39.441006 zmcontrol[25003].FAT [Can't access Wide member of object of class ZoneMinder::Control::PanasonicIP]
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Post by cknox »

One quick note: this is the output from attempting to Zoom.
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PTZ Zoom Controls not working on Panasonic PTZ Camera

Post by cknox »

Curious thing: when I enable the DVR control, the up/down Zoom, Iris, and White control arrows for my PTZ camera disappear. The labels remain and those controls (specifically Zoom) still do not function.
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Post by cknox »

When I go into the Pansonic software and hover over the zoom out button, it's linked to the following:

http://<camera>nphControlCamera?Direction=ZoomWide&Resolution=320x240&Quality=Clarity&RPeriod=0&Size=STD&PresetOpera

Zoom in:

http://<cameraIP>nphControlCamera?Direction=ZoomTele&Resolution=320x240&Quality=Clarity&RPeriod=0&Size=STD&PresetOpera
jchhay007
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I have similar zooming issue on WV-NS202A

Post by jchhay007 »

Has anyone found a solution for Zooming on a Panasonic IPro camera?
mjsameth
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pansonic IP

Post by mjsameth »

Hi, I manage data centers with all panasonic IP cameras - I have not been able to do any pan,tilt,zoom, controls. Can you do a brief step by step set of instructions. They are primarily bb-hcm515a. Thanks so much!
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