How to find your PTZ Camera IP address?
In a local area network, the camera and computer must be in the same segment. The device will not be accessible if without the segment. The camera default IP address is 192.168.5.163, then segment 5 must be added in the computer. Specific steps, refer to page 26 of the user manual. If you want to find the IP address, then you can use thefollowing methods:
How to restore camera's default user name, password, and IP address in IR remote control?
All Zowietek PTZ cameras’ factory default IP address is 192.168.5.163, use Remote Control and press
How to restore to factory default?
How to restore IR remote controller to default?
How to stream to YouTube & Facebook?
To begin with, you need to connect the camera to the network and adjust it according to your own network environment. Please make sure that your PTZ camera, router, and computer are in the same network segment. For example, the IP address of your router is 192.168.1.1 and your computer IP is 192.168.1.222. You can set up the PTZ camera IP address to 192.168.1.163 through the web. (The default IP address of ZowieTek PTZ camera is 192.168.5.163)
Step 1:
DNS Setting
Log in the camera’s web interface, you can choose DHCP
Camera web > Configurations > Network Configure > Ethernet > DHCP
Or set your own IP address and DNS.
DNS: Set the DNS IP the same as your router’s IP address, such as 192.168.1.1. Or set as a local public DNS address, such as 8.8.8.8 and so on, depending on your local region and area.
If you don’t know how to connect to the PTZ camera’s web setting in the browser, please refer to Quick Start Guide.
Step 2:
YouTube Stream
Click on the YouTube page in sequence as the picture shows and
get your Stream Key and Stream URL, which are essential to stream
set-ups on YouTube.
Go to Configurations>Video Configure> Stream Publish and use the information from Step 2 to set up your stream.
Use Stream URL for Host Address and Stream Key for Stream Name.
Don’t forget to change your Host Port to “1935” and click the “Enable” option.
Save your settings.
Facebook Stream
Click in your Facebook page as the picture shows to get your Stream
Key and Stream URL.
Go to Configurations>Video Configure> Stream Publish and use the information from Step 2 to set up your stream.
Use Stream URL for Host Address and Stream Key for Stream Name.
Don’t forget to change your Host Port to “443” and click the “Enable” option.
Save your settings.
Step 3:
Once you have saved all the settings above, your streaming on YouTube /Facebook starts immediately, so keep an eye on the stream page.
Notice: Youtube may need audio configuration to push stream properly.
If you cannot push the stream according to the above method, try to turn on the audio. If it does not work, please change Encoder Type to AAC according to the net steps:
Go to Configurations>Audio Configure>Enable Audio Configure>Save
In conclusion, setting up streaming needs at least 3 steps: log in to the camera’s web interface, get the info from the platform you want to stream to, use the info in the right section.
How to connect with OBS & vMix(NDI models)?
For OBS users
Step 1:
Folllow the steps in the picture on the right to add an NDI source in your
OBS interface.In the thrid step, you need to click on where the arrow points
to and use its listed option as the pictures shows.
Notice: You need to download OBS-NDI plug-in before adding an NDI source,
For vMix users
How to change the camera's Zoom Speed?
Unable to turn on your PTZ camera?
How to change preset speed?
How to pull stream through RTSP(VLC)?
First, choose NETWORK for VLC media source. Then log in the camera’s web
interface, go to Configuration> Stream Publish, choose RTSP for Protocol
Type, the use Host Address and Stream Name to create an unique network
URL for VLC. Last, click play to start stream. Please refer to the
How to control your PTZ cameras by OBS?
Step 1:
Download plugin. The plugin supports the VISCA serial, VISCA-over-IP, and PELCO-P protocols.
Step 2:
Download address: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/ptz-controls.1284/download
Step 3:
How to control your PTZ cameras by vMix?
Step 1:
Open vMix Software, click “Configure various Input settings”.
Step 2:
Select the PTZ device type that matches your camera from the “Device Type” dropdown box.
Entering in the PTZ camera network address, Then Connecting to the PTZ camera. Once the Device Type and Address have been selected click Connect to connect to the camera. If successful, the controls below the Connect button will be enabled.
Step3:
Input source set up.
Add input, Input/select URL.
NOTE: The URL setting must be consistent with the setting in WEB configuration of PTZ Camera.
How to use PTZ NDI Camera connect Skype, Zoom?
First, if you have a PTZ NDI Camera, you should install NDI TOOLS, then running application, chooce NDI Camera Video source. As shown in the figure:
In the taskbar, select the “Webcam Input” button, click right key, Select the NDI HX device as the Webcam Input . For example : NDI-725761.
Select “ Calling”–>“Advanced Calling” button, click “Allow NDI® usage “.
Set “Audio & Video”, select Webcam input source “NewTek NDI Video”.
Zoom Setting :
Open Zoom software and Login, then click button “Start Video”, chooce “NewTek NDI Video”.
How to set VISCA/Pelco-D/Pelco-P protocol at PTZ Controller and PTZ Camera?
PTZ Camera setup:
NOTE: The PTZ camera remote control settings parameters must be consistent with the Camera Controller settings, otherwise the Camera Controller cannot control the PTZ camera. The addresses under different protocols can be the same or different, but under the VISCA protocol, PTZ camera address range: 1 to 7, under the Pelco-P/Pelco-D protocol, PTZ camera address range: 0 to 255.
In normal working mode, press 【MENU】key to display the menu, using scroll arrow to point at or highlight the selected items.
Using scroll arrow to “Setup”, enter into “system setting”.
VISCA Address:1~7
PELCO-P Address :0~255
PELCO-D Address :0~255
Baudrate: 9600
PTZ Controller (90950-210) setup
PTZ Setup E.g. With address code 28, steps to change to VISCA/PELCO-D/PELCO-P protocol and baud rate to 9600 are as follows: Press【SETUP】button for 3 seconds under normal working mode, it displays as follows:
Enter password:
(default is 8888)
Press [Enter]
Press【2】【8】
Press【Enter】
Move joystick downward to choose the right protocol.
Move joystick rightward to choose the right BR(baudrate).
Then press 【ENTER】,there will be a 1sec beep sound when setting done.
Press【ESC】 3 times to back to normal working mode.
Note: Steps to set all devices to be with same protocol and baud rate are as follows:
Enter into the setup page
choose the corresponding protocol and baud rate. Then all devices within 0-255 addresses are set with the same protocol and BR(baudrate).
Universal PTZ Controller (90950-220) setup
VISCA Mode Setting
Control settings (set the baud rate for a certain address code):
Move the joystick up, down, left and right to switch addresses (1-7) → ENTER →Move the joystick left and right to switch baud rate → ENTER.
EX: Select the address: 1 → ENTER → Select the baud rate: 9600 → ENTER.
When the controller switch to address 1, the control baud rate is 9600.
PELCO Mode Setting
Control settings (set the baud rate for a certain address code):
Move the joystick up, down, left and right to switch addresses (1-255) → ENTER →Move the joystick left and right to choose protocols → ENTER →Move the joystick left and right to switch baud rate → ENTER.
EX: Select the address: 1 → ENTER → Select the protocol: Pelco-D → ENTER → Select the baud rate: 9600 → ENTER .
When the controller switch to address 1, the control baud rate is 9600, protocol is Pelco-D.
