VISCA protocol command list

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VISCA protocol command list

VISCA protocol commands are used to control your LUMiO 12x, retrieve information on camera settings and get information on command send status.

VISCA commands are separated into:

Return commands
Control commands
Inquiry commands
Camera pan/tilt, zoom and exposure values

Return commands

VISCA return commands let you know if a given command is accepted, executed or if there is an error in the command itself.

Ack/completion return messages

In the table below, z = your camera's address + 8. To set your LUMiO 12x's address, use the OSD menu and navigate to SYSTEM, then ADDRESS (see Understanding OSD menu settings).

Ack/completion messages
Command packet	Note
z0 41 FF	Returned when the command is accepted (Ack)
z0 51 FF	Returned when the command has been executed (completion).

Error return messages

Error messages
Description	Command Packet	Note
Syntax Error	z0 60 02 FF	Returned when the command format is different or when a command with illegal command parameters is accepted.
Command Not Executable	z0 61 41 FF	Returned when a command cannot be executed due to current conditions. For example, when commands controlling the focus manually are received during auto focus.

Control commands

VISCA control commands allow you to customize your LUMiO 12x settings and issue movement commands.

Control commands

Command	Function	Command Packet	Note
AddressSet	Broadcast	88 30 01 FF	Address setting
IF_Clear	Broadcast	88 01 00 01 FF	I/F Clear
CommandCancel		8x 21 FF
CAM_Power	On	8x 01 04 00 02 FF	Power ON/OFF
CAM_Power	Off	8x 01 04 00 03 FF	Power ON/OFF
CAM_Zoom	Stop	8x 01 04 07 00 FF
	Tele(Standard)	8x 01 04 07 02 FF
	Wide(Standard)	8x 01 04 07 03 FF
	Tele(Variable)	8x 01 04 07 2p FF	p = 0(low)~7(high)
	Wide(Variable)	8x 01 04 07 3p FF	p = 0(low)~7(high)
	Direct	8x 01 04 47 0p 0q 0r 0s FF	pqrs: Zoom Position (0(wide) ~0x4000(tele))
CAM_Focus	Stop	8x 01 04 08 00 FF
	Far(Standard)	8x 01 04 08 02 FF
	Near(Standard)	8x 01 04 08 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 48 0p 0q 0r 0s FF	pqrs: Focus Position
	One Push AF	8x 01 04 18 01 FF
CAM_ZoomFocus	Direct	8x 01 04 47 0p 0q 0r 0s 0t 0u 0v 0w FF	pqrs: Zoom Position (0(wide)~ 0x4000(tele)) tuvw: Focus Position
CAM_WB	Auto	8x 01 04 35 00 FF
	Indoor	8x 01 04 35 01 FF
	Outdoor	8x 01 04 35 02 FF
	OnePush	8x 01 04 35 03 FF
	Manual	8x 01 04 35 05 FF
	Outdoor Auto	8x 01 04 35 06 FF
	Sodium Lamp Auto	8x 01 04 35 07 FF
	Sodium Auto	8x 01 04 35 08 FF
CAM_RGain	Reset	8x 01 04 03 00 FF	Manual Control of R Gain
	Up	8x 01 04 03 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 03 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 43 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: R Gain (0~0xFF)
CAM_Bgain	Reset	8x 01 04 04 00 FF	Manual Control of B Gain
	Up	8x 01 04 04 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 04 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 44 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: B Gain (0-0xFF)
CAM_AE	Full Auto	8x 01 04 39 00 FF	Automatic Exposure mode
	Manual	8x 01 04 39 03 FF	Manual Control mode
	Bright	8x 01 04 39 0D FF	Bright mode(Manual control)
CAM_Shutter	Reset	8x 01 04 0A 00 FF	Shutter Setting
	Up	8x 01 04 0A 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 0A 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 4A 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Shutter Position (0~0x15)
CAM_Iris	Reset	8x 01 04 0B 00 FF	Iris Setting
	Up	8x 01 04 0B 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 0B 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 4B 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Iris Position (0~ 0x11)
CAM_Gain	Reset	8x 01 04 0C 00 FF	Gain Setting
	Up	8x 01 04 0C 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 0C 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 0C 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Gain Position (0~0x0E)
CAM_Bright	Reset	8x 01 04 0D 00 FF	Bright Setting
CAM_Bright	Up	8x 01 04 0D 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 0D 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 4D 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Bright l Positon ()
CAM_ExpComp	On	8x 01 04 3E 02 FF	Exposure Compensation ON/OFF
	Off	8x 01 04 3E 03 FF
	Reset	8x 01 04 0E 00 FF	Exposure Compensation Amount Setting
	Up	8x 01 04 0E 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 0E 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 4E 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: ExpComp Position (0~0x0E)
CAM_BackLight	On	8x 01 04 33 02 FF	BackLight On
CAM_BackLight	Off	8x 01 04 33 03 FF	BackLight Off
CAM_Aperture	Reset	8x 01 04 02 00 FF	Aperture Control
	Up	8x 01 04 02 02 FF
	Down	8x 01 04 02 03 FF
	Direct	8x 01 04 42 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Aperture Gain (0~0x04)
CAM_Memory	Reset	8x 01 04 3F 00 0p FF	p: Memory Number(=0 to 127)
	Set	8x 01 04 3F 01 0p FF	Corresponds to 0 to 9 on the Remote Commander
	Recall	8x 01 04 3F 02 0p FF
CAM_LR_Reverse	On	8x 01 04 61 02 FF	Image Flip Horizontal ON/OFF
CAM_LR_Reverse	Off	8x 01 04 61 03 FF
CAM_PictureFlip	On	8x 01 04 66 02 FF	Image Flip Vertical ON/OFF
CAM_PictureFlip	Off	8x 01 04 66 03 FF
CAM_MountMode	UP	8x 01 04 A4 02 FF	Mount Up
CAM_MountMode	Down	8x 01 04 A4 03 FF	Mount Down
CAM_ColorGain	Direct	8x 01 04 49 00 00 00 0p FF	(0~0x0E)
CAM_2D Noise reduction	Direct	8x 01 04 53 0p FF	(0~0x05)
CAM_3D Noise reduction	Direct	8x 01 04 54 0p FF	(0~0x03)
FLICK	50HZ	81 01 04 23 01 FF
FLICK	60HZ	81 01 04 23 02 FF
Freeze	Freeze On	81 01 04 62 02 FF	Freeze On Immediately
	Freeze Off	81 01 04 62 03 FF	Freeze Off Immediately
	Preset Freeze On	81 01 04 62 22 FF	Freeze On When Running Preset
	Preset Freeze Off	81 01 04 62 23 FF	Freeze Off When Running Preset
VideoSystem Set		8x 01 06 35 00 pp FF	pp: 0~18 Video format 0:1080P60 1:1080P50 2:1080I60 3:1080I50 4:1080P30 5:1080P25 6:720P60 7:720P50 8:720P30 9:720P25 10:1600900@60(USB OUTPUT) 11:1440900@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 12:1366768@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 13:1280800@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 14:1024768@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 15:800600@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 16:800600@30HZ(USB OUTPUT) 17:640480@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 18:640*480@30HZ(USB OUTPUT)
CAM_IDWrite		8x 01 04 22 0p 0q 0r 0s FF	pqrs: Camera ID (=0000 to FFFF)
SYS_Menu	Menu On	8x 01 06 06 02 FF	Turn on the menu
	Menu Off	8x 01 06 06 03 FF	Turn off the menu
	Menu Back	8x 01 06 06 10 FF	Menu step back
	Menu Ok	8x 01 7E 01 02 00 01 FF	Menu ok
IR_Transfer	Transfer On	8x 01 06 1A 02 FF	Receive IR (remote commander) CODE from VISCA communication ON/OFF
IR_Transfer	Transfer Off	8x 01 06 1A 03 FF
IR_Receive	On	8x 01 06 08 02 FF	IR (remote commander) receive ON/OFF
	Off	8x 01 06 08 03 FF
	On/Off	8x 01 06 08 10 FF
IR_ReceiveReturn	On	8x 01 7D 01 03 00 00 FF	IR (remote commander) receive message via the VISCA communication ON/OFF
IR_ReceiveReturn	Off	8x 01 7D 01 13 00 00 FF
Pan_tiltDrive	Up	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 03 01 FF	VV: Pan speed 0x01 (low speed) to 0x18 (high speed)
	Down	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 03 02 FF	WW: Tilt speed 0x01 (low speed) to 0x14 (high speed)
	Left	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 01 03 FF	YYYY: Pan Position (TBD)
	Right	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 02 03 FF	ZZZZ: Tilt Position (TBD)
	Upleft	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 01 01 FF
	Upright	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 02 01 FF
	DownLeft	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 01 02 FF
	DownRight	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 02 02 FF
	Stop	8x 01 06 01 VV WW 03 03 FF
	AbsolutePosition	8x 01 06 02 VV WW 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Z 0Z 0Z 0Z FF
	RelativePosition	8x 01 06 03 VV WW 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Z 0Z 0Z 0Z FF
	Home	8x 01 06 04 FF
	Reset	8x 01 06 05 FF
Pan-tiltLimitSet	Set	8x 01 06 07 00 0W	W:1 UpRight 0:DownLeft
	Set	0Y 0Y 0Y 0Y 0Z 0Z 0Z 0Z FF	YYYY: Pan Limit Position(TBD)
	Clear	8x 01 06 07 01 0W 07 0F 0F 0F 07 0F 0F 0F FF	ZZZZ: Tilt Limit Position(TBD)

Inquiry commands

VISCA inquiry commands return information on your LUMiO 12x's settings.

Inquiry commands

In the table below, y = x + 8, where x = the camera's address. To set your LUMiO 12x's address, use the OSD menu and navigate to SYSTEM, then ADDRESS (see Understanding OSD menu settings).

Command	Command Packet	Return Packet	Note
CAM_PowerInq	8x 09 04 00 FF	y0 50 02 FF	On
CAM_PowerInq	8x 09 04 00 FF	y0 50 03 FF	Off (Standby)
CAM_ZoomPosInq	8x 09 04 47 FF	y0 50 0p 0q 0r 0s FF	pqrs: Zoom Position
CAM_FocusModeInq	8x 09 04 38 FF	y0 50 02 FF	Auto Focus
CAM_FocusModeInq	8x 09 04 38 FF	y0 50 03 FF	Manual Focus
CAM_FocusPosInq	8x 09 04 48 FF	y0 50 0p 0q 0r 0s FF	pqrs: Focus Position
CAM_WBModeInq	8x 09 04 35 FF	y0 50 00 FF	Auto
		y0 50 01 FF	Indoor mode
		y0 50 02 FF	Outdoor mode
		y0 50 03 FF	OnePush mode
		y0 50 04 FF	ATW
		y0 50 05 FF	Manual
CAM_RGainInq	8x 09 04 43 FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: R Gain
CAM_BGainInq	8x 09 04 44 FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: B Gain
CAM_AEModeInq	8x 09 04 39 FF	y0 50 00 FF	Full Auto
		y0 50 03 FF	Manual
		y0 50 0A FF	Shutter priority
		y0 50 0B FF	Iris priority
		y0 50 0D FF	Bright
CAM_ShutterPosInq	8x 09 04 4A FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Shutter Position
CAM_IrisPosInq	8x 09 04 4B FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Iris Position
CAM_GainPosiInq	8x 09 04 4C FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Gain Position
CAM_ BrightPosiInq	8x 09 04 4D FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Bright Position
CAM_ExpCompModeInq	8x 09 04 3E FF	y0 50 02 FF	On
CAM_ExpCompModeInq	8x 09 04 3E FF	y0 50 03 FF	Off
CAM_ExpCompPosInq	8x 09 04 4E FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: ExpComp Position
CAM_ApertureInq	8x 09 04 42 FF	y0 50 00 00 0p 0q FF	pq: Aperture Gain
CAM_MemoryInq	8x 09 04 3F FF	y0 50pp FF	pp: Memory number last operated.
SYS_MenuModeInq	8x 09 06 06 FF	y0 50 02 FF	On
SYS_MenuModeInq	8x 09 06 06 FF	y0 50 03 FF	Off
CAM_LR_ReverseInq	8x 09 04 61 FF	y0 50 02 FF	On
CAM_LR_ReverseInq	8x 09 04 61 FF	y0 50 03 FF	Off
CAM_PictureFlipInq	8x 09 04 66 FF	y0 50 02 FF	On
CAM_PictureFlipInq	8x 09 04 66 FF	y0 50 03 FF	Off
CAM_IDInq	8x 09 04 22 FF	y0 50 0p 0q 0r 0s FF	pqrs: Camera ID
CAM_VersionInq	8x 09 00 02 FF	y0 50 ab cd
CAM_VersionInq	8x 09 00 02 FF	mn pq rs tu vw FF
VideoSystemInq	8x 09 06 23 FF	y0 50 pp FF	pp: 0~18 Video format 0:1080P60 1:1080P50 2:1080I60 3:1080I50 4:1080P30 5:1080P25 6:720P60 7:720P50 8:720P30 9:720P25 10:1600900@60(USB OUTPUT) 11:1440900@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 12:1366768@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 13:1280800@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 14:1024768@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 15:800600@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 16:800600@30HZ(USB OUTPUT) 17:640480@60HZ(USB OUTPUT) 18:640*480@30HZ(USB OUTPUT)
IR_Transfer	8x 09 06 1A FF	y0 50 02 FF	On
IR_Transfer	8x 09 06 1A FF	y0 50 03 FF	Off
IR_Receive	8x 09 06 08 FF	y0 50 02 FF	On
IR_Receive	8x 09 06 08 FF	y0 50 03 FF	Off
IR_ReceiveReturn		y0 07 7D 01 04 00 FF	Power ON/OFF
		y0 07 7D 01 04 07 FF	Zoom tele/wide
		y0 07 7D 01 04 38 FF	AF On/Off
		y0 07 7D 01 04 33 FF	CAM_Backlight
		y0 07 7D 01 04 3F FF	CAM_Memory
		y0 07 7D 01 06 01 FF	Pan_tiltDrive
Pan-tiltMaxSpeedInq	8x 09 06 11 FF	y0 50 ww zz FF	ww: Pan Max Speed
Pan-tiltMaxSpeedInq	8x 09 06 11 FF	y0 50 ww zz FF	zz: Tilt Max Speed
Pan-tiltPosInq	8x 09 06 12 FF	y0 50 0w 0w 0w 0w	wwww: Pan Position
Pan-tiltPosInq	8x 09 06 12 FF	0z 0z 0z 0z FF	zzzz: Tilt Position

Camera pan/tilt, zoom and exposure values

The VISCA values provided in the tables below specify the pan/tilt, zoom and exposure settings that will help you adjust and control your LUMiO 12x.

VISCA pan/tilt absolute position values

Pan Angle	VISCA Value	Tilt Angle	VISCA Value
-170	0xF670	-30	0xFE50
-135	0xF868	0	0x0000
-90	0xFAF0	30	0x01B0
-45	0xFD78	60	0x0360
0	0x0000	90	0x510
45	0x0288
90	0x0510
135	0x0798
170	0x0990

VISCA pan/tilt speed values

Setting value	Pan (degree/second)	Setting value	Tilt (degree/second)
0	0.3	0	0.3
1	1	1	1
2	1.5	2	1.5
3	2.2	3	2.2
4	2.4	4	3.6
5	2.6	5	4.7
6	2.8	6	6
7	3.0	7	8
8	3.2	8	10
9	3.4	9	12
10	3.8	10	15
11	4.5	11	18
12	6	12	23
13	9	13	30
14	15	14	39
15	19	15	48
16	25	16	59
17	32	17	69
18	38	18	80
19	45
20	58
21	75
22	88
23	105
24	120

VISCA exposure values

Value	Shutter speed (in seconds)	Value	Iris	Value	Gain
21	1/10000	0	close	0	0dB
20	1/6000	1	f32	1	2dB
19	1/4000	2	f28	2	4dB
18	1/3000	3	f24	3	6dB
17	1/2000	4	f22	4	8dB
16	1/1500	5	f18	5	10dB
15	1/1000	6	f14	6	12dB
14	1/725	7	f11	7	14dB
13	1/500	8	f9.6	8	16dB
12	1/350	9	f6.8	9	18dB
11	1/250	10	f5.6	10	20dB
10	1/180	11	f4.8	11	22dB
9	1/125	12	f4.0	12	24dB
8	1/100	13	f3.4	13	26dB
7	1/90	14	f2.8	14	28dB
6	1/60	15	f2.4
5	1/30	16	f2.0
4	1/15	17	f1.8
3	1/8
2	/
1	/
0	/

VISCA zoom values

Zoom level	Value
x1(wide)	0x0
x1.2	0x8D0
x1.5	0x1194
x2	0x1A58
x3	0x2610
x5	0x31D4
x5.8	0x34BC
x6.9	0x37A4
x8.2	0x3A98
x9.9	0x3D8C
x11.8(tele)	0x4000

Setting value	Pan (degree/second)	Setting value	Tilt (degree/second)
0	0.3	0	0.3
1	1	1	1
2	1.5	2	1.5
3	2.2	3	2.2
4	2.4	4	3.6
5	2.6	5	4.7
6	2.8	6	6
7	3.0	7	8
8	3.2	8	10
9	3.4	9	12
10	3.8	10	15
11	4.5	11	18
12	6	12	23
13	9	13	30
14	15	14	39
15	19	15	48
16	25	16	59
17	32	17	69
18	38	18	80
19	45
20	58
21	75
22	88
23	105
24	120

Setting value	Pan (degree/second)	Setting value	Tilt (degree/second)
0	0.3	0	0.3
1	1	1	1
2	1.5	2	1.5
3	2.2	3	2.2
4	2.4	4	3.6
5	2.6	5	4.7
6	2.8	6	6
7	3.0	7	8
8	3.2	8	10
9	3.4	9	12
10	3.8	10	15
11	4.5	11	18
12	6	12	23
13	9	13	30
14	15	14	39
15	19	15	48
16	25	16	59
17	32	17	69
18	38	18	80
19	45
20	58
21	75
22	88
23	105
24	120

Setting value	Pan (degree/second)	Setting value	Tilt (degree/second)
0	0.3	0	0.3
1	1	1	1
2	1.5	2	1.5
3	2.2	3	2.2
4	2.4	4	3.6
5	2.6	5	4.7
6	2.8	6	6
7	3.0	7	8
8	3.2	8	10
9	3.4	9	12
10	3.8	10	15
11	4.5	11	18
12	6	12	23
13	9	13	30
14	15	14	39
15	19	15	48
16	25	16	59
17	32	17	69
18	38	18	80
19	45
20	58
21	75
22	88
23	105
24	120