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    HD Color Video Camera Command L ist Version 1.00 BRC-H900 A-E99-100- 11 (1) © 2012 Sony Corporation[...]

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    2 T able of Cont ents VISCA RS-232C/RS-42 2 Commands ................. . 3 Overvie w of VISCA ................................. .......... 3 VISCA Communicati on Specif icatio ns ............ . 4 VISCA De vice Sett ing Command ........... .......... 6 VISCA Command/ACK Proto col ... .................. . 7 VISCA Camera-Issue d Messages ............ [...]

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    3 VISCA 1) RS-232C/RS- 422 Co mmands Use of RS-232C/RS-42 2 control softw are based upo n this comman d list m ay cau se malfu nction or da mage to hardwar e and softw are. Son y Corpor ation is not liable for any such damage. Overvie w of VISCA In VISCA, the side outputt ing commands, for e xample, a computer , is called t he controll er , while t[...]

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    4 VISCA Comm unication Specificati ons VISCA packet str ucture The basic unit of VIS CA communication is cal led a packet (Fig. 2). The f irst byte of t he packet is cal led the header and compri ses the sender’ s and rec ei ver’ s addresses. F o r exampl e, the header of the packet sent to the BRC-H900 assigned address 1 from the control ler ([...]

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    5 Command and inquiry • Command Sends oper ational commands to th e BRC-H900. • Inquiry Used for inquiring about the current stat e of the BRC- H900. Comma nd Packet No te Inquiry 8X QQ R R ... FF QQ 1) = Comman d/I nquir y , RR 2) = cate gor y code 1) QQ = 01 (C omm and ), 09 (In qui r y) 2) RR = 00 (I nterface ), 04 (camer a 1), 06 (P an/Tilt[...]

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    6 VISCA Devic e Setting Command Before starti ng control of the BR C-H900, be sure t o send the Address command and the IF_Clear command using the broadcast fu nction. For VISCA netw ork administration • Addr ess Sets an address of a peripheral de vice. Use when initial izing the ne twork, and rec eiving t he follo wing networ k change message. ?[...]

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    7 VISCA Command/A CK Protocol * When the c amera addre ss selector is set to an addr ess other than 0, the value x in 88 30 0x FF will be variable. Do not transmit th e command (ex cept Address Set, IF_Clear , Comma nd Cancel, PO WER (page 12)) when any menu i s displayed on the screen. If display ed, clear the menu f irst using MENU Display OFF (p[...]

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    8 VISCA Camera-Issued Messa g es A C K/Comp letion Me ssages z = De vice ad dress + 8 Error M essag es Netw ork Change Messa ge Command Comma nd Message Comments A CK z0 4y FF (y: So cket No .) Returned when t he com mand i s acce pted. Completion z0 5y F F (y: So cket No .) Returned when th e com mand ha s been executed. Command Comma nd Message C[...]

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    9 BRC-H900 Commands BRC-H900 Command List (1/5) Comm and S et Com mand Com mand Packet Com ments EXPOS URE MODE FULL A UTO 8x 01 04 39 00 FF MANUAL 8x 01 04 39 0 3 FF SHUTT ER Pri 8x 01 04 39 0A FF IRIS Pri 8x 01 04 39 0B FF B ACK LIGHT 8x 01 0 4 33 02 F F A vailab le only when MODE is set to F U LL AU T O . SPO T LIGHT 8x 01 04 3A 02 FF IRIS Reset[...]

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    10 BRC-H900 Comman d List (2/5) * Number in ( ) is MENU d isplay v alues. Command Se t Co mmand Command Pac ket Comments COLOR W HITE B ALANCE - 8x 01 04 35 0p FF p 0: A UTO 1: INDOOR 2: OUTDOOR 3: ONE PUSH 5: MANU AL One Push WB T rigge r - 8x 01 04 1 0 05 FF R.G AIN Reset 8x 01 04 03 00 FF Up 8x 01 04 03 0 2 FF Down 8x 01 04 03 03 FF Direct 8x 01[...]

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    11 BRC-H900 Command List (3/5) Command Se t Comma nd Command P acke t Comments COLOR DET AIL COLOR DET AIL - 8x 0 1 7E 01 6 8 0p FF p 2: ON 3: OFF LEVEL Direc t 8x 01 7 E 01 69 0p 0q FF pq: 00 (- 99) - 63 (00) - C6 (+ 99) AREA INDICA TION - 8x 01 7E 01 6A 0p FF p 2: ON 3: OFF SA T URA TION Direc t 8x 01 7E 0 1 6B 0p 0q FF pq: 00 (- 99) - 63 ( 00) -[...]

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    12 BRC-H900 Comman d List (4/5) Command Set C ommand Comma nd Pa cket Comme nts VIDEO OUT D-SUB 15 FORMA T - 8x 01 7E 01 03 00 0p FF p: 0 R GB 1: YPbP r ADD SYNC(RGB) - 8x 01 7E 01 07 00 0p F F p: 0 RGB SYNC OFF 2: RGB S YNCON SYNC TYPE - 8x 01 7E 01 1A 00 0p FF p: 0 3-st ate SYNC 1: VD IMG SIZE - 8x 01 7E 01 3C 0p FF p: 0 4: 3 [SQUEEZE] 1 1 6: 9 [[...]

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    13 BRC-H900 Command List (5/5) BRBK-SA1 Command BRBK-HSD2 Command Command Se t Comm and Command Pac ket Comments TITLE Display (Sta ndar d) T itle Set1 - 8x 01 7E 01 10 uu vv 0w 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF uu: Character start position disp lay , H positio n 00-1A vv: Character start position disp lay , V positio n 00-0D w: Blinki ng chara cter di splay[...]

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    14 BRC-H900 Inquir y Command List (1/3) * Number in ( ) is MENU d isplay v alues. Inquiry Comm and Comma nd P acket Inquiry P acket Comments EXPOSURE MODE FULL A UTO IRIS Pri SHUTTER Pri MANU AL Inquiry 8x 09 04 39 FF y0 50 0p FF p: 0 FUL L A UTO 3 MANU AL A SHUTTER Pri B IR IS Pri B ACK LIGHT ON/ OFF Inquiry 8x 09 04 33 FF y 0 50 0p FF p: 2 ON 3: [...]

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    15 BRC-H900 Inquiry Command List (2/3) Inq uir y C omma nd Comma nd Packet Inqu ir y Packet C omm ents DET AIL DET AIL - 8x 09 7E 01 60 FF y0 50 0p FF LEVE L - 8x 09 04 42 FF y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF pq: 0 0 (-99 ) - 63 (00) - C6 (+9 9) FREQUENC Y - 8x 09 7E 01 6 1 FF y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF pq: 00 ( -99) - 63 ( 00) - C6 (+ 99) CRIS PENING - 8x 09 7E 01 6[...]

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    16 BRC-H900 Inquir y Command List (3/3) Inquiry Comma nd Command Pac ket Inqu iry Pac ket Commen ts VIDEO OUT D-SUB 15 FORM A T - 8x 0 9 7E 01 03 FF y0 50 0p F F p: 0 RGB 1: Y PbP r ADD SYNC(RGB) - 8x 0 9 7E 01 07 FF y0 50 0p FF p: 0 RGB SYNC O FF 2: RGB SYNCON SYN C TYPE - 8 x 09 7E 01 1A FF y0 50 0p F F p: 0 3-state SYNC 1: V D IMG S IZE - 8x 0 9[...]

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    17 BRC-H900 Block Inquiry Com mand List Lens control system inqui ry commands…..Command P acket 8x 09 7E 7E 00 FF Byt e Bit Com men ts 0 7 Destination Ad dress 6 5 4 3 Sourc e Address 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 50 40 3 Zoom P osition ( HH) 2 1 0 3 70 60 50 40 3 Zoom P osition ( HL) 2 1 0 4 70 60 50 40 3 Zoom P osition ( LH) 2 1 0 5 7[...]

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    18 Camera contr ol sy stem inquiry commands (1/2)…..Comma nd P acket 8x 09 7E 7E 01 FF Byte Bit Comments 0 7 Destination Addre ss 6 5 4 3 Source Add ress 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 50 40 3 WB R Gain(H) 2 1 0 3 70 60 50 40 3 WB R-Gain (L) 2 1 0 4 70 60 50 40 3 WB B -Gain (H) 2 1 0 5 70 60 50 40 3 WB B-Gain (L) 2 1 0 6 70 60 5 COLOR SP[...]

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    19 Camera contr ol system inqui ry commands (2/2)…..Command P a c ket 8x 09 7E 7E 02 FF Byt e Bit Com men ts 0 7 Destination Ad dress 6 5 4 3 Sourc e Address 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 50 40 30 2 1080 /720 mode (1: 10 80 0: 720) 1 59.9 4/50 mod e (1: 59 .94 0: 50) 0 Camera status (1: Po wer On 0 : Sleep ) 3 70 60 50 40 3 COLOR OFFSET[...]

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    20 Other enlar g ement inquiry commands (1/5) .. ........ Command P acket 8x 0 9 7E 7E 03 FF Byte Bit Comments 0 7 Destination Addre ss 6 5 4 3 Source Add ress 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 50 40 3 R-B (H) 2 1 0 3 70 60 50 40 3 R-B (L) 2 1 0 4 70 60 50 40 3 G-R (H) 2 1 0 5 70 60 50 40 3 G-R (L) 2 1 0 6 70 60 50 40 3 G-B (H) 2 1 0 7 70 60 [...]

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    21 Other enlar g ement inquiry commands (2 /5) .......... Command P acket 8x 0 9 7E 7E 04 FF Byt e Bit Com men ts 0 7 Destination Ad dress 6 5 4 3 Sourc e Address 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 50 40 3 Current R GAIN (H) 2 1 0 3 70 60 50 40 3 Current R GAIN (L) 2 1 0 4 70 60 50 40 3 Current B GAIN (H) 2 1 0 5 70 60 50 40 3 Current B GAIN ([...]

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    22 Other enlar g ement inquiry commands (3/5) .. ........ Command P acket 8x 0 9 7E 7E 05 FF Byte Bit Comments 0 7 Destination Addre ss 6 5 4 3 Source Add ress 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 5 V DET AIL CREA TION 0 - 3 4 3 DET AIL CRISPENING (H) 2 1 0 3 70 60 50 40 3 DET AIL CRISPENING (L) 2 1 0 4 70 60 50 40 3 DET AIL H/V RA TIO (H) 2 1 0[...]

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    23 Other enlar g ement inquiry commands (4 /5) .......... Command P acket 8x 0 9 7E 7E 06 FF Byt e Bit Com men ts 0 7 Destination Ad dress 6 5 4 3 Sourc e Address 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 50 4 COLOR DET AIL PHASE (H) 3 2 1 0 3 70 60 50 40 3 COLOR DET AIL PHASE (L) 2 1 0 4 70 60 50 40 3 COLOR DET AIL WIDTH (H) 2 1 0 5 70 60 50 40 3 CO[...]

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    24 Other enlar g ement inquiry commands (5/5) .. ........ Command P acket 8x 0 9 7E 7E 07 FF Byte Bit Comments 0 7 Destination Addre ss 6 5 4 3 Source Add ress 2 1 0 1 70 61 50 41 30 20 10 00 2 70 60 50 4 BLA CK LEVEL (H) 3 2 1 0 3 70 60 50 40 3 BLA CK LEVEL (L) 2 1 0 4 70 60 50 40 3 BLA CK GAMM LEVEL (H) 2 1 0 5 70 60 50 40 3 BLA CK GAMM LEVEL (L)[...]

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    25 VISCA Comm and Setting V alues * The setti ng is 1/60 when the video fo rmat is set to 108 0/59.94i or 720 / 59.94p . The set ting is 1/50 when th e video f ormat is set to 1080/5 0i or 720/5 0p. IRIS Par a me t er pq F N o . 1 9 F1 .9 (O PEN) 18F 2 . 2 17F 2 . 4 16F 2 . 6 15F 2 . 8 14F 3 . 1 13F 3 . 4 12F 3 . 7 11 F 4 10F 4 . 4 0F F 4 . 8 0E F [...]

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    26 P an/Tilt P osition (for ref erence) Pa n Tilt Focus Ratio and Focus Distance (for re ference) Zoom Position and Zoom Ratio (for ref erenc e) Ang le (d egre es) Le ft Right Yp Yq Yr Ys Yt Yp Yq Yr Ys Yt 0 00000 00 000 10 00938 F F6C8 20 01270 F ED90 30 01BA8 FE458 40 024E0 FDB 20 50 02E18 FD1E 8 60 03750 F C8B0 70 04088 F BF78 80 049C0 F B640 90[...]

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    27 P an/Ti lt Status Code Li st ( – : optional ) PQ R S 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 1 Panning reaches th e end of the left. 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – 1 – Panning rea ches the end of the ri ght. 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – 1 – – T ilting reaches the u pper limit. 0 –[...]

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    28 Memor y Function (Inquir y Commands) Preset No . last oper ated pp: Me mor y num ber last opera ted Comments – 00 While no Recall comma nds are used after the power has b een tu ned on 17 F ≠ 00 (or =00 for Reset, Set and Recall co mmands) 20 1 30 2 40 3 50 4 60 5 70 6 80 7 90 8 10 09 11 0A 12 0B 13 0C 14 0D 15 0E 16 0F[...]

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    29 Re vision Histor y V ersion I tem Descripti on 1.00 New edition[...]