VISCA Protocol Integration

There are lots of products which claim to be VISCA compatible. Because of special implementations and deviations from the protocol specification there are quite often compatibility problems with special functions of that protocol.

GSCTelecontrol supports the following functions of the VISCA protocol:

Gsc/GeViSoft Action

Details

PanRight

Pans right with variable speed.

PanLeft

Pans left with variable Speed.

PanStop

Stops panning. Other motions (tilt, zoom, focus) are not influenced.

TiltDown

Tilts Down with variable speed.

TiltUp

Tilts Up with variable speed.

Tilt stop

Stops tilting. Other motions (pan, zoom, focus) are not influenced.

FocusNear

Focusing near.

Focus far

Focusing far.

Focus stop

Stops focusing. Other motions (pan, tilt, zoom) are not influenced.

ZoomIn

Zooms in with variable speed.

ZoomOut

Zooms out with variable speed.

Zoom stop

Stops zooming. Other motions (pan, tilt, focus) are not influenced.

PrePosSave

Stores current position as preset.

IrisOpen

Opens the iris.

IrisClose

Closes the iris.

PrePosCallUp

Recalls a preset position. Visca just supports 6 preset positions. The following preset positions have a special meaning:

  • 7: Sony Save Setup to flash

  • 8: Sony Recall Setup from flash

  • 9: Sony Reset flash setup

  • 11: white balance, auto mode

  • 12: white balance, indoor mode

  • 13: white balance, outdoor mode

  • 14: white balance, one push mode

  • 15: white balance, one push trigger

  • 16: Auto exposure, auto mode

  • 17: Auto exposure, manual

  • 18: Auto exposure, shutter priority

  • 19: Auto exposure, iris priority

  • 20: Auto exposure, bright mode

  • 21: Power on

  • 22: Data screen on

  • 23: IR-receive on

  • 24: Back light on

  • 25: Init bus

  • 26: Power off

  • 27: Datascreen off

  • 28: IR-receive off

  • 29: Back light off

IR cut filter on/off

Is controlled with the Light on/off function.

Camera on/off

Is controlled with the CameraOn/off function.

Focus auto/manual

Is toggled with the special function X.

Focus manual

Is turned on with special function XOff.