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- From: larry@tweety.cs.berkeley.edu (Larry Rowe)
- Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
- Subject: Re: looking for RS232 pan/tilt units
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 02:48:21 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley EECS Dept.
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- In article <1jk4soINNlkv@loon.graphics.cornell.edu>, jaf@venom.graphics.cornell.edu (James A. Ferwerda) writes:
- |> Hi,
- |>
- |> I'm putting a videoconferencing suite into a computer graphics lab and
- |> I'd like to put in some cameras on controllable pan/tilt units. The problem
- |> is that all the ones I've looked at (Vicon, Pelco) require that you interface
- |> the unit to an expensive room control system like an AMX or Crestron, or
- |> to an equally expensive joystick controller.
- |>
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- Boy, am I going to make your day. I was looking for this for 2 years.
- About 6 weeks ago I found a commercial product that does the job. It's
- called CameraMan from Parkervision. The unit holds any camera and has an
- optional rs232 interface. Price is $1k - $2k for the base unit and approx.
- $500 for the rs232 interface. This solution will do pan/tilt. For
- additional money and the "right" cameras, they also support a servo lens
- controller so you can control zoom and iris.
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- Parkervision is in Jacksonville Florida of all places. Contact Brad
- Biringer there (904-737-1367) and tell him that I gave you his name.
- He's very nice, knows the product well, and will help I'm sure.
- Larry
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