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Networking

Discovering Your Network​

Windows​

1. Open the Start menu and type “CMD” into the search bar.

2. Once the Command Prompt is open, type in “ipconfig” and press the Enter key.

3. Scroll down to the section titled “Ethernet adapter Ethernet” or “Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection”.

4. Locate the “IPv4 Address” in that section. This is your computers local IP address.

5. In the example above, the PC’s local address is “192.168.15.117”, making the network range “192.168.15.xxx”.

screen capture of the windows command terminal

Mac​

1. Open a new Finder window and go to the Applications folder.

2. Open the Utilities folder and select the Terminal program.

3. Once the Terminal program is open, type in “ipconfig getifaddr en0” and press the Enter key.

screen capture of the Apple command terminal

Finding Your Camera's IP Address​

There are two ways to find the SimplTrack3's IP address.

Method 1​

Using the IR Remote

Steps​

1. Connect the SimplTrack3 to a display via HDMI, or connect it to a computer via USB selecting it as your camera in a conferencing application such as Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Navigate to the System menu.

4. Scroll down and select Network.

5. The camera's IP can be found in the IP Address field.

Method 2​

1. Enter “http://ptzoptics.local/” into a web browser. This is typically done if its the first time you've connected the camera to your network.

2. Once logged in, the camera's IP address can be seen in the web browser's search bar. Additionally, you can view all of the camera's network settings by clicking on the Network Settings tab in the dashboard.

Network Joystick Connection​

​PTZOptics carries two joysticks, the PT-SUPERJOY-G1, and the PT-JOY-G4, that can be used to control a camera via a network connection.

Steps​

  1. Ensure the camera and the PTZOptics IP joystick are connected to the same network.

  2. Press the [SETUP] button on your joystick, and select option one (1) “Network Device” for IP.

  3. Fill in the Network Device field to connect the camera. The fields are as follows:

    • Channel: Joystick Camera Address [CAM ID]
      Options include 1 - 255.
    • Protocol Select
      • PT-JOY-G4 Protocol Options:
        VISCA (UDP), VISCA (TCP), Sony VISCA (UDP), ONVIF.
      • PT-SUPERJOY-G1 Protocol Options:
        VISCA (UDP), VISCA (TCP), Sony VISCA (UDP), ONVIF. NDI, & Panasonic Control
    • IP: Enter the Camera IP Address Here
    • Ctrl Port: Enter the camera control port.

  4. Once the above fields are filled, press the [ENTER] button to save the camera to the controller.

Control Port Numbers​

  • UDP 1259
  • TCP 5678
  • Sony VISCA Protocol 52381
tip

One way to find the camera's control port number is to go to its web user interface.

Type the camera's IP address into a web browser and log in using your credentials.

Click the Control tab, then click the Ports tab below. Here, you can see the available control protocols.

Resetting the Camera's IP Address Using the IR Remote​

Press the following buttons in the order shown below:

[*] > [#] > [MANUAL]

This will resets IP information to default.

note

The default mode is DHCP.

Use one of the following codes with the IR remote to assign a specific IP address to your camera.

Input SequenceIP Address
[#] > [*] > [#] > [1]192.168.100.81
[#] > [*] > [#] > [2]192.168.100.82
[#] > [*] > [#] > [3]192.168.100.83
[#] > [*] > [#] > [4]192.168.100.84
[#] > [*] > [#] > [5]192.168.100.85
[#] > [*] > [#] > [6]192.168.100.86
[#] > [*] > [#] > [7]192.168.100.87
[#] > [*] > [#] > [8]192.168.100.88
[#] > [*] > [#] > [9]192.168.100.89
[#] > [*] > [#] > [0]192.168.100.80