Title: EVI-D30/D31 Author: Power Mac 71 ⼀㠀 䄀嘀⁑救禍 Subject: EVI-D30/D31 Created Date: 9:44:41 AM. Sony Visca Driver EVI-D30/EVI-D31 Controller for Cameras with the Visca protocol. (example Sony EVI - D30 /31) Pan, tilt, and zoom camera with absolute or relative positioning. Synchronous or Asynchronous modes. Handles daisy-chaining and camera broadcasting.
Attach the cables required between the video encoder and the camera, then configure the video encoders settings.
Hardware connections:
Video Encoder Configuration:
Note this section of configuration is firmware version specific.
AXIS 2400/2401 firmware version 2.xx and AXIS 2400+/2401+ firmware version 3.xx:
- Set ‘Purpose’ to ‘Pan Tilt’
- Set ‘Interface Mode’ to ‘RS232’
- Set ‘Baud Rate (bps):’ to 9600
- Set ‘Data Bits:’ to 8
- Set ‘Stop Bits:’ to 1
- Set ‘Parity Bit’ to None
- Click the ‘Save’ button
- Set ‘Drivers for Pan Tilt’ to ‘Sony EVI-G20/G21/D30/D31’
- Click ‘Save’
- Set ‘Pan Tilt Serial Port’ to ‘Sony - EVI-G20/G21/D30/D31’
- Click the ‘Driver Specific Settings’ button
- A new browser window will launch to display the parameters.
- Change ‘Camera X has ID’ to ‘no 1’.
- Set the drop down box to the right of ‘no 1’ to ‘D30/D31’
- Click ‘Apply’
- Click ‘Close’
AXIS 2400/2401 firmware version 1.xx:
- Set ‘Purpose’ to ‘Pan Tilt’
- Set ‘Interface Mode’ to ‘RS232’
- Set ‘Baud Rate (bps):’ to 9600
- Set ‘Data Bits:’ to 8
- Set ‘Stop Bits:’ to 1
- Set ‘Parity Bit’ to None
- Click the ‘Save’ button
- Set ‘Drivers for Pan Tilt’ to ‘Sony D30/D31’
- Click ‘Save’
- A new window will appear titled ‘Specific parameter for Sony D30/D31’.
- Change the ‘Camera X is connected to ID’ to ‘ID no 1’ than click 'Apply' and 'Close'.
- Set ‘Pan Tilt Serial Port’ to ‘COM1 – Sony D30/D31’
- Click Save
Troubleshooting:
If the EVI-D30/D31 will not PTZ then try the following:
- Check the VISCA cable connection to make sure it is secure
- Recheck all the parameter settings.
- Restart the video encoder and try to PTZ again.
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