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Can a stamp be used to control a Sony Robotic Security PTZ Camera with a trackb

ChrisOChrisO Posts: 10
edited 2006-06-23 05:41 in BASIC Stamp
I would like to use a Basic Stamp to continuously read the coordinates
of a trackball (or mouse), and to send at regular intervals (via RS-232 serial
connection) serial commands for relative pan/tilt position to a Sony
EVI-D70 robotic pan/tilt/zoom camera, enabling the camera's movements
to mimic the trackball's.

Optionally, I would also like to enable the trackball's buttons to be utilized to issue zoom in/zoom out commands.

So, I would need some way to interface a trackball to the Basic Stamp in such a way that
the Basic Stamp would be able to determine the relative coordinates of the
ball's position in real time (and optionally the on/off states of the
button switches), translate these coordinates into variables, and then
incorporate these variables into camera serial commands sent by the
Basic Stamp via RS-232 to the Sony camera. Is this a realistic project for a Stamp? How would it be done?

Thanks!

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