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The TELEMETRY object corresponds to the PTZ device system object.

The TELEMETRY object sends events presented in the table. The procedure is started when the corresponding event occurs.

Event	Description	Comment
LOCKED	Locked	Event is received after the LOCK command (see the table below)
UNLOCKED	Unlocked	Event is received after the UNLOCK command (see the table below)

List of commands and parameters for the TELEMETRY object is presented in the following table:

Command—command description	Parameters	Description
AUTOFOCUS_ON—enable autofocus	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
AUTOPAN_END_P—specify the end point of autopan	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
AUTOPAN_START—start autopan	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
AUTOPAN_START_P—specify the start point of autopan	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
AUTOPAN_STOP—stop autopan	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
CLEAR_PRESET—clear the selected preset	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
CLEAR_PRESET—clear the selected preset	preset<>	Preset
D2OFF—disable the additional dynamic settings for Panasonic PTZ video cameras used to increase the quality of analog video signal	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
D2ON—enable the additional dynamic settings for Panasonic PTZ video cameras used to increase the quality of analog video signal	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
DOWN—rotate video camera lens down	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
FOCUS_IN—zoom in	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
FOCUS_OUT—zoom out	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
FOCUS_STOP—stop zooming in/out of image	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
GO_PRESET—rotate video camera to the position specified on the preset	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
	preset<>	Preset
HOME—rotate video camera to the initial (home) position	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
IRIS_CLOSE—close diaphragm	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
IRIS_OPEN—open diaphragm	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
IRIS_STOP—stop diaphragm	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
LEFT—rotate video camera lens to the left	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
LEFT_DOWN—rotate video camera lens to the left and down	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
LEFT_UP—rotate video camera lens to the left and up	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
PATROL_LEARN—start procedure of patrol programming performed by recording the video camera actions	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
PATROL_PLAY—start patrolling	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
PATROL_STOP—stop patrolling	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
RIGHT—rotate video camera lens to the right	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
RIGHT_DOWN—rotate video camera lens to the right and down	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
RIGHT_UP—rotate video camera lens to the right and up	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
SET_PRESET—record the current position of video camera to the selected preset	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
	preset<>	Preset
STOP—stop video camera lens rotation	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
UP—rotate video camera lens up	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high)
SETUP—set up PTZ device	address<>	Device address
	cam<>	Camera ID to control
	flags<>	Flag of object operating (0—ON, 1—OFF)
	name<>	Object name of PTZ device
	speed<>	Speed
SEND_BUFFER—send command to COM port in the hexadecimal format	buffer<>	Command in the hexadecimal format
	parent_id<>	ID of Telemetry Controller parent object. The required parameter
	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high). The value of the parameter must be greater than 0
LOCK—lock. Switch the telemetry over to the LOCKED state for a specified time	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high). The value of the parameter must be greater than 0. It is forbidden to perform control commands with a lower priority than the specified during the lock time
	duration<>	Lock duration. If the parameter is not specified, the lock is valid until the UNLOCK command is executed
UNLOCK—unlock. Switch the telemetry over to the UNLOCKED state for a specified time	-	-
AUTOFOCUS_OFF—disable autofocus	tel_prior<>	Priority (1—low, 2—medium, 3—high). To use this command, you must add it to the Reactions tab for the TELEMETRY object in ddi.exe (see The Reactions tab)

Properties of the TELEMETRY object are shown in the table.

Properties of the TELEMETRY object	Description of the object properties
ID<>	Object ID of the PTZ device
PARENT_ID<>	Parent object ID

The TELEMETRY object can be in the following states:

State of the TELEMETRY object	Description of the object state
LOCKED—locked	Control of telemetry is locked with some priority. It is forbidden to control telemetry with a priority lower than the specified when locking (see the table above)
UNLOCKED—unlocked	It is allowed to control telemetry with any priority