Specifications

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4.4 PRESET AND DOME PARAMETER MESSAGES
These commands control the position presets and some of the opera-
tional parameters of the pan/tilt platform. These messages all com-
prise 5 bytes; the Data is contained in bytes 2 and 3 as described in
the following table. Messages that are transmitted from the controller
are indicated by a “T” in the direction column, D; messages that are
received and processed by the controller are indicated by an “R” in
the direction column.
FUNCTION D BYTE #2 BYTE #3 DESCRIPTION
Goto preset
position pre-
sets 1 - 63
Store preset
position pre-
sets 1 - 63
Clear pre-
sets
Toggle auto
tour
Set dwell
time
T/R
T/R
T/R
T/R
T/R
"H"
"P"
"P"
"L"
"t"
0x01 -
0x3f
0x01 -
0x3f
"C"
"a"
"0" - "9"
Goto preset position
Store preset position
Clears all presets from
memory
Toggles autotour opera-
tion on and off
Set dwell time in auto-
tour mode to 1 - 10 sec-
onds
4.5 CONTROLLER PARAMETER MESSAGES
These messages contain information about the controller status.
These messages all comprise 5 bytes; the Data is contained in
bytes 2 and 3 as described in the following table. Messages that
are transmitted from the controller are indicated by a “T” in the direc-
tion column, D; messages that are received and processed by the
controller are indicated by a “R” in the direction column.
FUNCTION D BYTE #2 BYTE #3 DESCRIPTION
Camera
select
Monitor
select
Sequence
status
Sequence
status
Alarm active
Alarm kill
Aux function
aux01 -
aux99
Information
key
Menu active
Menu inac-
tive
T/R
T/R
T
T
T
T/R
T
T
T
T
"C"
"M"
"S"
"S"
"A"
"A"
"X"
"B"
"M"
"M"
0x01 -
0x63
0x01 -
0x63
0x00
0x01
0x01 -
0x0a
"K"
0x01 -
0x6c
"B"
"A"
"I"
Current camera
number
Current monitor
number
Sequence off
Sequence on
Active alarm number.
Alarm has been
detected on alarm input
Acknowledge all alarms
Toggles aux 1 output
Information key
pressed
Contoller is in the menu
mode
Controller is not in the
menu mode
4.6 CUSTOM CONTROLLER LCD MESSAGES
If needed, you can write custom messages from your PC for display
on the VLC485. Any information goes only to the controller LCD.
LCD CAPTURE MESSAGE
BYTE DATA DESCRIPTION
1
2
3
4 - 23
24
25
"~"
"D"
"0" or "1"
ASCII characters
0x0d
0x0a
Start character
"D" indicates a character string is to
be displayed
This is the LCD line number, either
0 or 1
This is the message string to be
displayed
"Carriage return" character
"Line feed" character (optional,
ignored)
LCD RELEASE MESSAGE
The display character string message will override any messages
displaying on the VLC485, in essence "capturing" the display.
The display release message will clear the LCD display and allow its
use by the VLC485.
BYTE DATA DESCRIPTION
1
2
3
4
5
"~"
"D"
"R"
0x0d
0x0a
Start character
"Carriage return" character
"Line feed" character (optional,
ignored)
A message sent to the VLC485 can be cleared at the controller by
pressing the Information button.