Dear All, we are currently working with the PTZOptics 12x 3G-SDI (GEN 2) camera and the thread below and especially @jandraka ’s user actors have helped us a lot to understand how to control the ptz over ethernet using the TCP/IP command lines. https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/6729/answered-ptz-cam-and-isadora However we are facing a few issues now and we are hoping that you can help us solve them. The main issue is that even though @jandraka ’s user actors have a speed setting, it doesn't work to recall the preset position in the desired speed with the camera we are using. As far as we understand it: speed is simply not part of the CAM_Memory recall command line.  Therefore our idea would be to use Isadora to store and recall presets using the following Pan-tiltPosInq and the AbsolutePosition Command Line (from the manual of the camera that can be found here https://bit.ly/3kBfcBG ): As mentioned before, the difference (and in our case the advantage) of the AbsolutePosition command line is that you can also define the speed (VV WW) in which the camera is moving towards the assigned position. Furthermore, the idea to save and recall the exact position of the camera out of isadora (instead of using a preset saved in the PTZCamera) would be very welcome as well. So our approach would be to find a position manually, then do an Inquiry Command Pan-tiltPosInq, then somehow store the wwww & zzzz values in isadora and “translate” them to the AbsolutePosition Comand lines' yyyy & zzzz values to be able to recall the stored values later if the preset is needed. So what does not work with this approach so far: we are not able to parse the code in isadora: TCP Send Data Actor sends  (Pan-tiltPosInq) —>  81 09 06 12 FF   The monitor shows, that we actually get back the information we asked for from the camera. So we set the TCP In Watcher - to —> msg:string={00-FF} But if we trigger TCP Send Data —> Isadora crashes.  As far as we understand: the msg:string={00-FF} would be the way to get the HEX Number Inquiry Packet (Pan-tiltPosInq) as a string into Isadora. But this doesn't work.  Do you have a clue why? or are we doing something wrong? we use isadora 3.0.7 on our macbook pros vrom 2015 with os 10.11.6 and 10.14.6 The other issue would be how to “translate” the values wwww & zzzz from the Pan-tiltPosInq to the yyyy & zzzz values of the AbsolutePosition command . This is something we didn't touch so far, but we were already able to use the params of TCP Send Data Actor as variables vv ww & yyyy to trigger speed and pan with this command line: 81 01 06 02 P1:C P1:C 00 P2:C P3:C P4:C 00 00 00 00 FFparam1 (P1) is the speed vv and ww from range 01 - 18 (all possible velocities) param2 - 4  (P2-P4) are yyyy values for Pan Position ranging from +0990 to -0990 (all possible pan positions) we do not know yet how to use this further but as we are not able to parse the Pan-tiltPosInq, we are not able to test the "translation" any further. Does anyone know what we are doing wrong? Thanks for any advise or hint in advance, best Phillip and Benjamin

@dbiniI don't know, this looks like it could have been connectivity. It's possible the other studios simply had more reliable network connections.Are you able to run a test locally with 2 machines to see if this type of degradation occurs?

Performing some thread necromancy to say that I've just purchased Loopback for a live-streaming show I'm doing on Halloween. It makes audio routing on Mac a complete breeze. Thanks @bonemap  <3Best wishes,Woland

Here's an example patchThe first Scene is your "preshow" scene. In this Scene you'll just press spacebar to start the cycling Scenes going in their loop. The next three Scenes (Cycling Scenes 1-3) are identical. They have example content in them, and an Enter Scene Trigger connected to a Trigger Delay (15 secs) that will trigger a jump to the next scene after the delay. There's also a Gate (controlled by a Keyboard Watcher) between the Trigger Delay actor and the Jump actor so that if you need to program something in the Scene, you can press "a" to temporarily disable the automatic jump. The Final Scene is an example of what to do if you want the Scenes to continue looping forever. It's essentially identical to the previous three cycling Scenes, but instead of jumping to the next Scene (because there isn't a next Scene) it jumps to the first cycling Scene, which starts the loop again. Hope that's helpful :)Best wishes,Woland

I have logged this as a feature request in the ticket system.Best wishes,Woland

This looks great thank you. 

@eightTry to reboot, and then navigate to the Isadora folder, find Isadora.exe and right click on it.Select "Run with graphics processor" and then select "High Performance..."Hopefully you have this option, and it allows you to open Isadora using your NVIDIA gpu.

@fubbi the Tundra show is cool, the AVB system also looks good, although the sollinger implementation looks heavily abstracted. I have also used pangolins proprietary protocol and ILDA, but there does not seem to be any standard for lasers as far as I can tell, (other than just what is popular at the time) which kind of sucks. I am using an OF addon from Seb Lee (some large scale although kind of lame laser mapping here https://seblee.co/projects/lig...) that lets me use a variety of interfaces and has amazing tools basically kind of like video mapping for lasers built in.Definitely generative or programatic geometry using code or TD is the way to go, but I do have to say I have seen some OK stuff made with the pangolin software that can be triggered remotely and it does have some cool features. Not my thing, but it would be possible to run a show with Isadora in combination with a system like this, it could also be possible to make an OK DMX based show, but it would be risky work, especially if it was architectural, it would mean generating the SVGs on site and not moving the laser ever and then creating a show in a system that can upload the SVGs on board, so yes not ideal.I think to achieve this Isadora would need some more complex procedural drawing tools first and that would be a great addition- then the conversion of points from Isadora's rendering process to ILDA or some other protocol would not be such a big issue. 

The thread you replied to has a step-by-step instruction: https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/6841/using-osc-between-computers-in-separate-locations/2

Juriaan - thank you for your answer!

Thank you! That is at least 1 less operation.

@OhranGoing from one scene to the other does not fade values from an actor, it only fades/crossfades the video and the audio. If you want to pan the video horizontally you need a envelope generator where you give the starting and the end point and the time it takes from one to the other value. But I guess you also have to zoom in the video to have a sort of panning feeling.Best Michel

You can also use Midi.I have connected to MA with Artnet and Midi.Midi is a bit easier sometimes.

@MichelThe pictures start to get clearer. And, as always, the remarks of Mark shed a lot of light.Thanks for your answers.

Hi all,updating this topic with a quick question about this CCTV setup. I would imagine it working this way :CCTV > AHD to HDMI converter > HDMI input in Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle > USB input into computerI supposed the Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle is recognized as video source in Isadora, isn't it ?Does anyone have some feedback on this kind of setup ?

@bonemapHi Russell, thank you very much. Both apps work fine, TouchOSC is easy to program, stable and reliable. GyrOSC works as well but the sensors are very sensitive even with the smoother at max.I was thinking of using it for motion captures the range of the Kinect and Orbbec sensors is very limited.Will keep you posted, Hendrik

Bumping this because I just did an update and added all my bookmarks for images, video, and audio to the document. I still have to integrate the following folders of bookmarks:  Stasi filesVJ FilesVideo ConvertingMotion GraphicsTypingAlbums3DGeneratorsVoice SimulationTest ImagesClip ArtArtworkFluid SimulationFacesFile Size Calculation Enjoy  Woland

@plem I run into this problem over and over on mac! And the Solution from PAZ is the one. the surveilance of mac os is amazing. not only within downloads. 

@fubbi yes and it is useful to calculate the lenghtr of the curb ;)

@Skulpture thank you!