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Hi.
I'm newbie with zoneminder and I have a little big problem with the PTZ control using a serial port ( /dev/ttyS0 ) with an a RS232-RS485 adapter. It works fine from Windows (tested with 100 meters of cable and PTZController) but do nothing from my Zoneminder installation.

I set the device ( /dev/ttyS0 ), the protocol (Pelco P), ... but it do NOTHING. In the log, when I attempt to move de cámera I get the following records:
COMPONENT PID LEVEL MESSAGE FILE LINE
zmcontrol 4213 INF Starting control server 6/PelcoP zmcontrol.pl 0
zmcontrol 4215 INF Control server 6/PelcoP starting at 13/05/28 19:58:04 zmcontrol.pl 0
zmcontrol 4213 FAT Can't connect: No such file or directory zmcontrol.pl 0
web_php 4094 ERR /usr/bin/zmcontrol.pl --tiltspeed=46 --autostop --command=moveConUp --id=6=> /usr/share/zoneminder/includes/functions.php 2323
web_php 4171 ERR socket_sendto( /tmp/zm/zms-044900s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory /usr/share/zoneminder/includes/functions.php 2323

My OS system is Ubuntu 13.04 desktop 64bit, Zoneminder 1.25
I've tried to another RS485 adapter (USB serial adapter, /dev/ttyUSB0 on my system) and I got the same result.
Any hints or help for me?. What am I doing wrong?. A serial port permissions problem maybe?.

Thanks.

Please, help me to configure serial port for PELCO D or PELCO P protocol.
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop(64bit), I configured the PTZ camera with Pelco-P 9600 baud and address 1.
From Windows with PTZController it's works fine, but from Ubuntu ... nothing.
I'm sure the problem is configuration (9600,8,N,1,1) but...
Please, help
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you might want to try the address either side of the actual address in the head.
Im not sure which but one of the pelco protocols p or d, has it +1.

You caould also put an led on the data line to ensure data is being transmitted

jameswilson wrote:you might want to try the address either side of the actual address in the head.
Im not sure which but one of the pelco protocols p or d, has it +1.

Yeeeeeaaaahh!!!

It's move!

Thanks James. On my ptz cam the address is 1, but on ZoneMinder the cam address must be set to 0, and it works!!!
For the baud rate, finally I open the perl script on /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Control and looking for the baud rate params of the serial, I found 4800 for Pelco-P and 2400 for Pelco-D, then I set the camera with that baud rate and... voilà! ...

Thanks James, I never would have suspected that the parameter settings of pelco device address could be wrong (-1 on ZoneMinder).

Hi! I'm configuring a hikvision speed dome camera and the source i tried with are remote rtp/rtsp and ffmpeg with success,
but the ptz won't work , so i connect the camera rs485 to the usb port of my laptop ( between them a usb to serial cable a rs232 to a rs485 converter )
how can i make it work a local control device , with the source ffmpeg or remote?
can both be mixed?
THANKS!