PTZOptics NDI HX Camera Setup

Step 1 - Read the manual 0:01
Step 2 - Open the box 0:17
Step 3 - Select the video resolution 0:28
Step 4 - Turn on your camera 1:19
Step 5 - Connect your camera to an HDMI monitor 1:46
Step 6 - Dynamic or static IP address 1:55
Step 7 - Remote Control Functions 2:48
Step 8 - DHCP to dynamically assign an IP address 4:07
Step 9 - Assign a static IP address 4:32
Step 10 - Navigate to the “Network” tab 4:58
Step 11 - Configure your NDI settings 5:14
Step 12 - Latest NDI tools installed on your computer 8:54
Step 13 - Final testing 9:10
Step 14 - Camera is now setup and working on your network 9:23
Step 15 - Download your the free PTZ camera app 9:38


Step 1: When you first receive your PTZOptics NDI®| HX Enabled camera, the first thing you should do is read the included manual. A portion of this manual is dedicated to the NDI|HX Setup which you should pay specific attention to on page 45.

Step 2: Inside your box you will find your camera, the manual, the power supply, a remote control, two AAA batteries and a serial connection cable used for joystick controllers.

Step 3: Once you have read the manual, it is helpful to select the video resolution and frame rate you would like to use with your camera. The camera's resolution is set by a yellow dial on the back Interface board of the camera. You can reference the available frame rates in your manual or on a table printed on the bottom of your camera.

NOTE: The default dial setting is “0” which is 1080p60fps. This is ideal for sports but you may want to consider setting “6” for 1080p30fps for the classic natural video look depending on your application.

NOTE: Keep in mind the camera does have a “dial priority” setting inside the IP interface. This interface supports 50HZ(PAL) and 60HZ(NTSC) and Dial Priority (see rotary dial on camera) formats. 60Hz is used for North America.

Step 4: Once you have set your resolution dial, can turn on your PTZOptics NDI® camera. If your network switch provides PoE (Power over Ethernet), you will not need to use the included power supply.

NOTE: Cameras support PoE 802.3af. The camera via PoE consumes between 12 - 13 Watts; but at longer cable runs can require up to 15 Watts to accommodate for voltage drop.

Step 5: When you are first getting setup it is helpful to connect your camera to an HDMI monitor, but you can also use the SDI output to view video from your camera as well.

Step 6: Powered on and connected to the network you should determine whether you will use a dynamic or static IP address. We highly suggest assigning your camera a static IP address for long-term use.

Note: A dynamic IP address can change periodically making it difficult to manage in the longer term. We suggest setting up static ip addresses with sequential IP addresses for tidy management of multiple cameras.

NOTE: Most applications will require your NDI® camera and the receiving computer or device to be in the same subnet of the LAN (example – 192.168.1.123 & 192.168.1.111 belong to the same subnet; 192.168.1.123 & 192.168.0.125 do not).

Step 7: Let’s put the included AAA batteries inside our remote control and take a look at the features. You can pan, tilt and zoom your camera using the up/down/left/right arrow keys on your remote. You can also, set a specific PTZ camera preset by clicking the “preset” button and than entering the number you want to set. You can try moving the camera and calling a preset quickly to test out the cameras movement operations. If you find the default camera preset movements too fast, you can always change the speed settings in the camera menu. You can access the OSD Menu which stands for (On Screen Display) for this camera by pressing the “menu” button. This is where you can navigate into the advanced features such as iris, shutter speed, gain, color balance, contrast, luminance and much more with the arrow keys.

Tip: You can access the OSD menu remotely using the cameras IP address in any web browser or with the IP joystick.

Tip: You can control up to 4 cameras with a single IR remote control. Use the shortcut *# and the corresponding Function key to set up unique camera IDs on your IR remote. Example *#F2 would set a camera to ID 2 on your IR remote.

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