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”.

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.

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.