If you were ever wondering how to properly connect multiple PTZ cameras together, so have we! We have much experience in the electronic field, but there seems to always be a better way of doing something. Sometimes we even have to sit back and learn. We have been fiddling around with PTZ cameras this month and we came across this topic. We have seen and read on the Internet that the best way to network PTZ cameras is to daisy chain the PTZ cameras together and then run one CAT5 pair to your RS485 input on your security dvr or PTZ controller. However, as you can see this diagram above indicates that the best way to really control multiple PTZ cameras is by a RS485 distributor (receiver). Our team initially said that we need a device to recieve all the PTZ cameras and use a switch, operated by the user, to highlight which camera they want to control. Aside from all the RS485 inputs you would have to setup, this is really the best and most organized way to get multiple PTZ cameras to work.
Tags: managing multiple ptz cameras, ptz camera integration, rs485 connections, rs485 ptz reciever
