How to Create PTZ Button Widget

May 14th, 2013

The latest N-Button Pro and N-Button Lite support Mobotix, Axis, Panasonic and Bosh IP Camera.

The PTZ Button widget will control Pan, Tilt and Zoom for IP camera.

Here are the steps to create PTZ Button widget.

1. Download N-Button Pro or N-Button Lite and install it. Double click the N-Button Pro/Lite icon to run it. N-Button Pro/Lite Manager will be shown on your screen.

2. Click Device Manager to add IP Camera (Mobotix, Axis, Panasonic or Bosh)

N-Button Connection Setting

3. Click ”PTZ Button” to show “Properties – PTZ Button”, select Pan, Tilt or Zoom option, click OK to add a PTZ Button widget.

N-Button PTZ Button Properties

Add PTZ Button Widgets

4. The created PTZ Button widgets will show on your desktop.

Created PTZ Buttons

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How to Create Camera Widget

May 14th, 2013

The latest N-Button Pro and N-Button Lite support Mobotix, Axis, Panasonic and Bosh IP Camera.

The Camera Widget will show real-time image from the connected IP camera.

Here are the steps to create Camera Widget.

1. Download N-Button Pro or N-Button Lite and install it. Double click the N-Button Pro/Lite icon to run it. N-Button Pro/Lite Manager will be shown on your screen.

2. Click Device Manager to add IP Camera (Mobotix, Axis, Panasonic or Bosh )

N-Button IP Camera Setting

3. Click ”Camera Widget” button to add a Camera widget.

N-Button Camera Widget Proterties

4. The created Camera Widget will show real-time image from the connected IP camera.

N-Button Created Camera Widget

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Control IP Camera with N-Button Pro/Lite

May 14th, 2013

N-Button Pro/Lite v1.7 supports Camera Widget and PTZ Button. It’s very easy to create your own control panel for IP Camera or PTZ Camera.

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Here shows how to control Panasonic WV-NS202A IP Camera.

 Panasonic WV-NS202A IP Camera

1. Run N-Button Pro/Lite. Add device Panasonic, set IP Address.

N-Button Panasonic

2. Add Camera Widget and PTZ Button.

N-Button Camera Widget

3. Control Panasonic WV-NS202A IP Camera with created Camera Widget and PTZ Buttons.

N-Button control Panasonic IP camera

Here is the video that shows Control Panasonic WV-NS202A IP Camera with N-Button Pro.

Control Panasonic WV-NS202A IP Camera with N-Button Pro

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What’s New in N-Button Pro/Lite v1.7

May 14th, 2013

N-Button Pro/Lite v1.7 creates widgets that show on your desktop to control external devices, send specified data, run applications, send HTTP request etc.. It supports Serial Port/USB and Network connection between a PC and devices.

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Here are the new features in the latest version 1.7.

Support Mobotix, Axis, Panasonic, Bosch IP cameras besides National Control Devices, ENTTEC and Velleman’s devices.

N-Button Manufacturer

Support widgets for IP camera and PTZ control

  • Camera Widget: show real-time image from the connected IP camera.
  • PTZ Button: control Pan, Tilt and Zoom for IP camera.

N-Button Camera Widget and PTZ Button

Support Advanced Customized Button

Advanced Customized Button: allows to control different devices at same time. Several actions can be added and each action can work for different device.

N-Button Advanced Customized Button

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Run COP File to Send Commands

April 11th, 2013

We created RunCopFile.exe to make it easier to send a command or command list to your serial port or IP address.

Download RunCopFile here

The command or command list is included in the COP file. The COP file also includes the information of connection, that is the serial port or IP address.

The COP file is created by our Comm Operator software.

Comm Operator

a. Select menu File –> Open Connection to show Open Connection dialog, and set IP Address on TCP Client tab page, shown as below.

Comm Operator - Open Connection

b. Edit Send Data List panel to add commands, shown as below.

Comm Operator - Send Data List

c. Select menu File-> Save As COP File to save the above setting to a *.cop file. (This file can be opened by our free software Comm Operator Pal.)

Comm Operator - Save As COP File

RunCopFile.exe can be run with command line.

RunCopFile - Command Line

It also can be run with our N-Button Pro/Lite software.

a. Click Add Customized Button on N-Button Pro/Lite Manager to show properties page for customized button.

b. Select Run Application option in Action panel. Input the path of  RunCopFile.exe and the *.cop file.

Run COP File

After you create the customized buttons, you can send commands in COP file to the serial port or IP address by click the created buttons.

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Calculate Checksum with Comm Operator

March 20th, 2013

Comm Operator is a professional communication software for serial port, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP and FTDI.

Comm Operator provides several methods for checksum. It’s very easy to add checksum for your data.

You need select the method first. Click the menu Tools –> Options –> Checksum tab page to select the checksum method you need.

Calculate Checksum

Be sure to check the Check Sum on Quick Send panel of Comm Operator, then you will get the checksum automatically attached to your data.

Comm Operator -Check Sum

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PTZ Controller Supports Canon XU/BU Protocol

March 18th, 2013

PTZ Controller controls PTZ Dome/Camera through serial port/USB.

It works with Canon VC series protocol.

The latest version v2.9 build 587 supports Canon XU/BU Protocol.

Download the latest version HERE.

PTZ Controller Canon XU/BU

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Send Multiple Commands with One Button

February 26th, 2013

N-Button Pro v1.7 supports “Advanced Customized Button”. It allows to set several commands for one button widget. Multiple commands can be send one by one after click the created button widget.

Here is the example for how to control Velleman K8090/VM8090 USB Relay Card.

Requirement:

Press Button 1 – Relay 1 pulses for 1 second

Press Button 2 – Relay 2 pulses for 3 seconds

Press Button 3 – relay 3 pulses for 5 seconds

Steps:

1. Download and install N-Button Pro v1.7.

2. Launch N-Button Pro v1.7, N-Button Pro Manager panel will be shown on.

N-Button Pro Manager

3. Click Devices Manager to add the device Velleman K8090/VM8090 USB Relay Card and select the COM Port connected with it.

N-Button Pro - Control Vellman K8090/VM8090

4.  Click Advanced Customized Button to show Properties – Advanced Customized Button panel.

N-Button Pro - Setting Advanced Customized Button

5. Click Setting for Click option to add actions/commands.

N-Button Pro - Action Setting

6. Several commands can be added for this customized button.

N-Button Pro - Click Actions Setting

7. Follow the above way, another two advanced customized buttons can be created.

N-Button Pro - Click One Button to Send Multiple Commands

N-Button Pro - Click One Button to Send Several Commands

8. The created buttons will be floated on the desktop. Click to control  K8090/VM8090 relay card.

Created Buttons to Control Vellman K8090/VM8090

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Control Web-i Relay with N-Button Lite/Pro

January 28th, 2013

N-Button Lite/Pro software allows you to control Web-i relay module without any programming!

There are two ways to control Web-i relay module with N-Button Lite/Pro.

One way is to create a Customized button to send data list with TCP/IP connection. The web-i module will be list automatically in N-Button Lite/Pro.

web-i connection setting

Add a Customized button to send data list.

 Set to Send Data List

The Send Data List can be created with our Comm Operator software.

Create Send Data List with Comm Operator

Another way to control web-i module is to create a Customized button to send a HTTP request.

There is no connection needed, you can choose “Other” device and select “None” connection. 

Connection Setting

Here is the command format for HTTP request to control Web-i relay module.

http://[webi_ip]/cgi-bin/runcommand.sh?123:cmd=[command]r1t[time]:cmd=[command]r1t[time]

webi_ip: IP address of webi module.

command: control commands for relay

time: wait for the set milliseconds before next command

Sample command:

http://10.0.0.100/cgi-bin/runcommand.sh?123:cmd=254,108,1r1t1000:cmd=254,109,1r1t2000:cmd=254,100,1r1t2000:cmd=254,101,1r1t0

It will turn on relay 1, after 1 second, turn on relay 2, after 2 seconds, turn off relay 1, after 2 seconds, turn off relay 2.

Set to Send HTTP Request

Multiple commands can be sent in one HTTP request. However, there is length limit for HTTP request. It is limited to 254 bytes, it might have a problem to control more than 8 relays in one HTTP request.

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January 7th, 2013

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