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daniel514		#21 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 10:28:13 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 2/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 81 Location: Canada Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 15 post(s)		DWAM wrote: Really nice Daniel! Congrats, impressive work! Did you also design the adaptor box for connecting the head and the cam? How far can you use the cams with CAT5? Up to 100m? I never went further than 75... Bien à toi Guillaume 250 Feet = 76.2 Meters i have to test the real limit.... maybe more! Yes the box is mine too.... hardest part is soldering the multi connector for Sony: so tinny! Quote: I never went further than 75... For Bescor or LANC ? i do both.
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DWAM		#22 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 10:33:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/20/2014(UTC) Posts: 2,721 Location: Bordeaux, France Thanks: 243 times Was thanked: 794 time(s) in 589 post(s)		I too have bescor controls and lanc on the same ethernet cable, so 75m/250 feet for both is my limit unfortunately. The problem in my setup is I need USB to Ethernet adaptors. Cheap models allow up to 35/40m, the best I found so far goes to 75m. Yes LANC over 2.5 jacks is much easier to weld I guess ! ;o) I use Canon with 2.5 jacks for lanc and when I use Sony cams/dslr I switch to Wifi to control zoom
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daniel514		#23 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 10:38:24 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 2/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 81 Location: Canada Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 15 post(s)		DWAM wrote: I too have bescor controls and lanc on the same ethernet cable, so 75m/250 feet for both is my limit unfortunately. The problem in my setup is I need USB to Ethernet adaptors. Cheap models allow up to 35/40m, the best I found so far goes to 75m. Yes LANC over 2.5 jacks is much easier to sold I guess ! ;o) I use Canon with 2.5 jacks for lanc and when I use Sony cams/dslr I switch to Wifi to control zoom Do you extend the USB or CAT-5? Or USB over CAT-5 ? I use Cat-5 because its convenient... out of my controler 4 wires for PWM/Bescor and 2 wires for LANC.. i got 2 free wires for future options...
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DWAM		#24 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 10:47:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/20/2014(UTC) Posts: 2,721 Location: Bordeaux, France Thanks: 243 times Was thanked: 794 time(s) in 589 post(s)		Check this link http://expedition-electr.../pantilt/pantiltlanc.htm This is what I use my setup is: laptop with software & gamepad > usb2eth > eth cable > eth2usb > PTZ controller > bescor & cam And I need as many of all these adaptors for each bescor (I have 3) This is really the cons of this solution but it's working great anyway. I love your device with 4 integrated ETH plugs. I think you did an impressive device!
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daniel514		#25 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 10:55:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 2/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 81 Location: Canada Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 15 post(s)		DWAM wrote: Check this link http://expedition-electr.../pantilt/pantiltlanc.htm This is what I use my setup is: laptop with software > usb2eth > eth cable > eth2usb > PTZ controller > bescor & cam And I need as many of all these adaptors for each bescor (I have 3) This is really the cons of this solution but it's working great anyway. I love your device with 4 integrated ETH plugs. I think you did an impressive device! Thanks! Now i understand your setup.... USB over CAT-5.... I may push my project as open hardware... i already have some extra PCBs if any interested... i like to find a Arduino coder.... it's my biggest flaw, i did copy/paste a few projects i found over internet and it works, but i like to push the project and dont want to learn any more programming....
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DWAM		#26 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 11:38:19 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/20/2014(UTC) Posts: 2,721 Location: Bordeaux, France Thanks: 243 times Was thanked: 794 time(s) in 589 post(s)		Spino who took part in this discussion seems to be an Arduino specialist. He's building an external switching control board with arduinos at the moment. You should talk together. https://forums.vmix.com/....aspx?g=posts&t=8754 Keep us posted. This is very interesting.
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daniel514		#27 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 12:17:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 2/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 81 Location: Canada Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 15 post(s)		DWAM wrote: Thanks Spino. Yes I know about DIY projects for motorized heads with Arduino, I even tried myself with basic servo motors from a MEGA starter kit, but I thought you were talking about arduino projects specific for bescor heads which I never found yet. DWAM That was my starting point for Bescor control http://protechy.com/, i did the nunchuck version as described works great... basicly Bescor original controller simply variate voltage for speed control... very bad for low speed! The trick in protechy concept is to keep same voltage but PWM it.... For the LANC part... started with:http://controlyourcamera.blogspot.ca/2011/02/arduino-powered-lanc-remote.html On top of it.... i2c OLED/keypad/joystick calibration Lot of fun for a non programmer like me! i should cleanup my code and share it.... opensource software and open hardware.... just need some serious documentation on my part!
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DWAM		#28 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 12:45:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/20/2014(UTC) Posts: 2,721 Location: Bordeaux, France Thanks: 243 times Was thanked: 794 time(s) in 589 post(s)		Quote: Lot of fun for a non programmer like me! Yes I can imagine! ;o) Yes I had already visited this protechy website, but long before I started to play with arduinos, so I forgot about it! Not sure I will give it a try anyway, this seems to be far beyond my skills and I'll be busy on productions soon until the end of the year (hopefully). Again congrats to you! Awesome!
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DWAM		#29 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 12:51:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/20/2014(UTC) Posts: 2,721 Location: Bordeaux, France Thanks: 243 times Was thanked: 794 time(s) in 589 post(s)		Quote: The trick in protechy concept is to keep same voltage but PWM it.... @Doggy Guy, maybe that's why you have noise, because I never felt like Bescor heads were noisy
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doggy		#30 Posted : Friday, March 3, 2017 1:03:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 12/27/2012(UTC) Posts: 5,243 Location: Belgium Thanks: 294 times Was thanked: 960 time(s) in 794 post(s)		@DWAM it's using PWM speedcontrollers , just on a higher base voltage (9v) level than the Bescor normally uses to achieve a higher panning speed It's mechanical noise when at full speed , lower speed is no issue at all (typ of noticale if you know about it,or picked up by camera mic ) As mentioned before the motors are pretty weak , to fast and the constact strips bend over
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spino		#31 Posted : Sunday, March 5, 2017 7:40:36 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 12/20/2016(UTC) Posts: 182 Location: Milano Was thanked: 21 time(s) in 13 post(s)		DWAM wrote: Spino who took part in this discussion seems to be an Arduino specialist. He's building an external switching control board with arduinos at the moment. You should talk together. https://forums.vmix.com/....aspx?g=posts&t=8754 Keep us posted. This is very interesting. Take a look here: and here second part: I think that it's a good point to start for wireless control of Bescor. Not a really Arduino specialist. For my project I made some improvements of codes I found in Internet. By the way, the codes for my next controller are ready and they work. There will be two Arduinos Mega (one for buttons and potentiometers and the second one for activators to light the leds under buttons and tally lights). stay tuned :-)
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daniel514		#32 Posted : Thursday, March 9, 2017 10:56:43 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 2/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 81 Location: Canada Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 15 post(s)		My opinion about this build...: i wont recommend using (Quote from his youtube)cheap eBENK LANC remote for zoom as he does, i would make my own LANC with arduino... you keep more control when you can play with code... Also i am not a fan of wireless devices, often i works in very crowded places and some theaters are very strict on wireless devices usage to not interfere with their wireless microphones.... Who's gonna be blamed first if any interference problems? Who will be forced to shut down his system? Anyway i use SDI cables to cameras... if you can run a wire instead of wireless... go wired! it's my humble opinion... still a very nice overall setup! just not for me.... Quote: Take a look here: and here second part:
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DWAM		#33 Posted : Thursday, March 9, 2017 11:47:45 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 3/20/2014(UTC) Posts: 2,721 Location: Bordeaux, France Thanks: 243 times Was thanked: 794 time(s) in 589 post(s)		Same for me, I try to keep out of wireless as much as possible... @Spino, you can check for "camranger" for wireless controlling Bescor heads. Don't know if based on Arduinos, but it already exists... http://camranger.com/camranger-pan-tilt/
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daniel514		#34 Posted : Friday, December 15, 2017 12:02:40 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 2/26/2014(UTC) Posts: 81 Location: Canada Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 15 post(s)		DWAM wrote: Really nice Daniel! Congrats, impressive work! Did you also design the adaptor box for connecting the head and the cam? How far can you use the cams with CAT5? Up to 100m? I never went further than 75... Bien à toi Guillaume Tested (for fun)and working 225+225+100+100 feet cat 5 cables... total 650 feets!
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mattv8		#35 Posted : Tuesday, May 24, 2022 5:19:00 AM(UTC)
Rank: Newbie Groups: Registered Joined: 5/24/2022(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: Salt Lake City		Resurrecting this tread in 2022!! I'm currently working on a LANC controller with Arduino and for my x70. @daniel514, as I'm sure you found out, the x70 has the Sony Multiport rather than standard 2.5mm LANC jack. I'm curious how you determined the pinouts for the Multiport to LANC? As I understand it, LANC uses RS232. Did you have to do anything special to switch logic from 3.3V to 5V on the Arduino communications side? Did you have to do anything special with the LANC Select pin as I'm seeing on some DIY websites? Some sources of interest: https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/sony-pinout.htm https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/L-Rosen/serial-to-lanc-control-l-70f735
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