Feature Request: SDI Cam Control Data always on Output
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:53 pm
Hi,
we use a lot of the camera converters with our broadcast Cameras like Panasonic HPX3100 and others. It works well so far. But there is one central issue that is not really thought of by BMD:
The Monitor output of the Camera Converter only carries the SDI camera control data if you switch the output to PGM. That doesn't make any sense.
In an ideal world it would carry the control data at any time - no matter if you watch your camera output or switch to PGM. The reason is that we really would like to use the Arduino Shield on the output to control the iris of the cameras. With the Arduino Shield that would be no problem. You could even create a bigger tally light with it in addition to be able to control the iris of a standard broadcast camera.
This is currently not possible because of the lack of control data if the Camera Converter is switched to camera output.
Any chance that this could be changed by a firmware update?
Cheers
Robert
we use a lot of the camera converters with our broadcast Cameras like Panasonic HPX3100 and others. It works well so far. But there is one central issue that is not really thought of by BMD:
The Monitor output of the Camera Converter only carries the SDI camera control data if you switch the output to PGM. That doesn't make any sense.
In an ideal world it would carry the control data at any time - no matter if you watch your camera output or switch to PGM. The reason is that we really would like to use the Arduino Shield on the output to control the iris of the cameras. With the Arduino Shield that would be no problem. You could even create a bigger tally light with it in addition to be able to control the iris of a standard broadcast camera.
This is currently not possible because of the lack of control data if the Camera Converter is switched to camera output.
Any chance that this could be changed by a firmware update?
Cheers
Robert