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The Camera Editor is where you work on a single PTZ camera: its angles on the left, the live preview and manual controls in the middle, and the configuration of the selected angle on the right. Fixed cameras have no control page, they are configured entirely from their settings sheet.

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Add and connect a camera

Click Add New Camera on the Cameras page and choose PTZ Camera or Fixed Camera. For a PTZ camera, pick your model from the list or choose a generic option. The camera settings sheet then covers everything the camera needs:
1

Name and model

Give the camera a name and confirm the model. The model determines which control protocol and features are available.
2

Connection

Enter the Host and Port of the camera on your studio network. Add a username and password if the camera requires authentication. The protocol, like VISCA over IP or the Panasonic HTTP interface, follows your model choice.
3

Stream source

Give the camera a video feed for previews: pick an NDI source, enter a Stream URL, or use the camera’s native MJPEG stream on supported Panasonic models.
4

Triggers

Set the PGM Trigger, the command that puts this camera into program. Optionally override the studio Fallback Commando for this camera. It is triggered when switching to this camera while it is already on air.
The connection panel at the top of the settings sheet shows whether the camera is reachable, its uptime and any connection errors.
Turn on Cloud Live to stream the camera to the cloud as a live feed, or leave Thumbnail generation on for periodic preview frames. The capture interval is configurable at Settings → Studio → Cameras.

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Work with angles

An angle is a saved shot: a camera position plus the command that plays when the angle is activated. Angles are what your automation targets. An Audio Manager trigger, a Macro or a Dashboard button executes an angle, the camera moves there and goes on air.
  • Click New in the angles list to add an angle.
  • Double click an angle card, or use Execute in its context menu, to run it. The card shows Busy while the camera moves and Current when it is the active angle.
  • Drag angle cards to reorder them.
Per angle you configure:
  • Position - either a Base preset, one of the in-camera preset slots, or a Custom captured position. Use Set from camera to capture the current camera position.
  • Command - plays when the angle is activated. By default the angle uses the camera’s own command; turn on Override to give this angle a custom command.
  • AI framing - per angle framing behavior, see below.
  • A custom thumbnail, if you want something other than the captured preview.
When an angle is targeted by audio trigger rules, an Audio Triggered by row links straight to those triggers in the Audio Manager.
Saving changes while the camera is on air asks for confirmation first, and angle settings are locked while the camera is busy moving.

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Manual control

The control pane gives you direct PTZ control:
  • Presets - recall or store the in-camera preset slots, 1 to 99. Storing overwrites the slot with the current camera position.
  • Custom - a joystick for pan and tilt, plus zoom and focus sliders, touch focus and auto focus.
Manual controls lock automatically while the camera is on air, unlock deliberately if you must, and while an angle is framing or a preset is being recalled. If Camera Assist is not running or the camera hardware is unreachable, the pane tells you exactly which of the two is the problem.

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AI framing

AI framing positions the camera to frame faces automatically. It needs two things before it can be enabled in the camera settings:
  1. Lens settings - the wide and tele horizontal field of view and the pan and tilt range of your camera, in degrees. You find these in the camera manual.
  2. PTZ calibration - a one-time automated run that measures the camera’s pan, tilt and zoom units.
Calibration moves the camera live. Make sure the shot is clear before starting.
Once enabled, you set the baseline: safe pan, tilt and zoom ranges, a Framing standard from close up to wide shot, Prevent blocked frame to avoid obstructed shots, and the Alignment TTL, how long a framing result stays valid. Each angle can then refine this: its own framing standard, how many Faces in shot to target, fine Pan, Tilt and Zoom nudges, and Prevent blocked frame to keep the camera off air when no faces are detected. Everything an angle does not override is inherited from the camera.