The
Jameco Kitpro CJKIT-20808 Surveillance Camera Pan &
Tilt Decoder Kit Assembled found
on EBay allows you to interface a surveillance camera system Pan and Tilt
capability to the outside world.
An
example of this is using the Jameco CJKIT-20808 board to interface to a Bescor
Motorized Pan & Tilt Head with Power supply and Extension Cord Kit.
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| Bescor Motorized Pan & Tilt Head |
The
Bescor Motorized Pan & Tilt Head is a very capable Pan & Tilt device
and according to the description can support payloads up to 6 lbs. It has a Remote
Socket that is used with a remote control, but for our purposes we will use it
to interface it with a surveillance camera system.
Note: although it’s pretty safe to control the Bescor Motorized Pan & Tilt Head using the method described in this blog, this blogger still accepts no responsibility for damage to your equipment.
Wiring
the Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) decoder to the Bescor Motorized Pan & Tilt Head is
easy, all you need is a 7
pin DIN connector and some wire and cable. Here is a picture of the wiring
I did connecting the Bescor to the Jameco CJKIT-20808 PTZ Decoder board (note:
the white wires are jumpers connecting the commons together.)
The diagram below shows how to connect the wiring to the
PTZ decoder and Remote Socket connector. The white common wire is replaced by
the purple colored wire in the diagram below:
The red jumper is for the speed control. Jumping these two
connections gives the max speed control. That’s it! Plug the connector into the Remote Socket of the
Bescor Motorized Pan &
Tilt Head and place the mode switch into the “M” or manual position and turn it
on.
Connect the wires
from the RS485 connector on the Jameco CJKIT-20808 PTZ Decoder board to your surveillance
camera system and make sure
the address, protocol and baud rates of the two devices match. Now you can now control
the motion of the Bescor Motorized Pan & Tilt from the Pan and Tilt
controls of your surveillance camera system.
