Panasonic PRO PTZ cameras are now fully controllable through Showcaller’s CGI REST API integration: movement, preset recall, focus, and power, all by voice.
Panasonic PTZ camera control, hands-free
Camera operation is one of the clearer cases for voice control because the alternative is usually a joystick or a tablet app, competing for the same hands and attention a director needs for everything else happening at once.
“Recall preset two on camera three” by voice, confirmed by Tally against the camera’s actual position, not just assumed, is faster than reaching for a controller, finding the right camera in a list, and tapping a preset button. And it doesn’t require looking away from the program feed to do it.
Camera power control is a smaller but genuinely useful detail here too. Being able to confirm a camera’s actually powered and ready before a show starts, without a physical walk to check, is exactly the kind of small friction Pulse and Quick Rig together are built to remove.
Panasonic PTZ joins vMix, Blackmagic ATEM, Behringer X32/Midas M32, Behringer XAir/Midas MR, MA Lighting grandMA2/grandMA3, Shure Wireless, Sennheiser EW-DX, NDI, Bitfocus Companion, Netgear AV, QLab, Allen & Heath SQ, and Ubiquiti AV.