PTZ for Pan Cam V3

[jplwoodward]

Maybe I am just having trouble understanding the instructions, but I cannot get the ptz left, right... commands to work.

This throws an error (trying to move 1 degree left): http://host:5000/api/deck-cam/rotary_degree/left

Does any have this working or understand the proper http get command to do this?

Also, this: http://host:5000/api/deck-cam/rotary_degree/-10,0 returns success but has no effect.

[spuggy1968]

Now your changing the "host" to your IP of you HA Server? That's what I needed to do. I was unable to use the "left", but when I used values it moved the camera.

I found using the ptz_position worked well at moving the V2, but I am just hooking up my V3 and will see how it responds!

[spuggy1968]

I was playing around with my V2 Camera... the rotary_degree function would not take any negative numbers through the API:

api/dog-cam-v2/rotary_degree/-90,0 <---- this caused an error
api/dog-cam-v2/rotary_degree/10,250 <----- this worked and my camera moved upwards.

Could not get up, down, left, right to work from API... is there some proper way to send these commands through API?

[jplwoodward]

I had my local url (192.168.1.7) in place of host. rotary_degree returns success with my V3 but does nothing. I will try positive movement and ptz_position

[jplwoodward]

After MUCH more experimenting with my V3, here is what I have concluded.

1. left, right... do not work (or I do not understand how to use them, though i have tried many options)
2. rotary_degree does work with both positive and negative values, though sometimes the camera ignores the command. (I think this is a Wyze issue, not a WyzeBridge issue, because it happens sometimes in the Wyze app).
3. ptz_position getting does not work, and the documentation is wrong. If I use" ptz_position/60,135" to position my camera, then use "ptz_positon" to read the position, it reports 40,90. If fact, it always reports the same wrong position, regardless of how the camera is pointed. The documentation says "vertical: Degrees of the angle. Can be 0-40." But clearly it can greater than 40 on the v3, which supports 90 up and 90 down.

[mrlt8]

I believe ptz_position is actually returning the current cruise point and that's why you keep getting the same 40,90..?

[mrlt8]

Some of these issues should be fixed in the latest version.

[spuggy1968]

Thank you for the great work!

[jplwoodward]

Thank you! Great project!

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[jplwoodward]

Maybe, but I did not cruising on, nor had I ever set any cruise points on that camera. I had just adjusted it it’s position originally in the Wyze app. - John

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On Jun 19, 2023, at 10:35 PM, mrlt8 ***@***.***> wrote: I believe ptz_position is actually returning the current cruise point and that's why you keep getting the same 40,90..? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#866 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ARBGBGS6YBXZU57T33GBQ43XMED6JANCNFSM6AAAAAAZMCJRWA>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.