FAQ - jdeananderson/Lumens-IP-Camera-Control GitHub Wiki

How is this project different than the control software from Lumens?

The biggest difference between this project and the Lumens software (both their on-camera firmware website, and their app) is that the Lumens software appears to be optimized for security cameras whereas this project is optimized to be used in a live-event broadcast environment. It adds keyboard shortcuts, game controller camera steering, and the ability to do all of this with multiple cameras easily and quickly.

How does Lumens IP Camera Control talk to the cameras?

This project uses Lumens HTTP Protocol instead of the Lumens C++ SDK API, ONVIF, or Visca over IP. This project was implemented using the Lumens HTTP protocol to create a portable application in a high-level language that was relatively quick to code, and works on virtually any web browser on any computer. This software does not support serial control via RS232 or RS422.