sorry for the late reply. life got in the way of things.
to answer the questions asked to make sure im understanding every in the end....
specific camera i am using is: Blackmagic Studio Camera (
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... diocameraPMay have over explained in the OG post, but yes i had SDI in and out's on the camera connected. (cam sdi out -> sdi in #4, HD-SDI out -> cam SDI in)
As far as "set the camera id to match" do you mean go to the camera and set it to "camera 4" if i am connected to "SDI in #4"??
side note, i did get it working. i have my equipment in a rack and followed my cables wrong. i did have my camera connected to "sdi in #4" but did not have it connected to "SDI Out". i had it connected to "HD-SDI Out" once i move it to "SDI Out" then i was able to control it just fine after that.