A8mini-gimbal-camera-control

• Code for SIYI's A8 mini Gimbal Camera. Allows yaw/pitch control, as well as Auto Center, Zoom, etc.

I've read the A8 mini docs provided by SIYI themselves and came up with this handy tool to control the camera.

This also works for other supported camers with the same SDK, like the A2 mini.

Setup

• Make sure you setup your camera's default IP address and port under A8miniControl.h
• Default IP is 192.168.144.25
• Default port for control is 37260
• When using RTSP, stream address is rtsp://192.168.144.25:8554/main.264

Usage

There's the option to control it via cmd line, typing commands indexes, but you can also run it passing cmd line arguments.

Examples

After compiling with gcc A8miniControl.c -o A8miniControl

Via interactive terminal:

Run the code with no arguments:

./A8miniControl

Insert the command index (0-21):

Once you see this, type the command index you wish (list at the end of this README)

Via cmd line arguments:

Run the code with the cmd index you want as first argument

• Auto Center : ./A8miniControl 0
• Rotate Up : ./A8miniControl 1
• Rotate Down : ./A8miniControl 2
• Rotate Right : ./A8miniControl 3
• Rotate Left : ./A8miniControl 4

Note: some arguements have parameters fixed by myself, like yaw/pitch velocities. You can change that by checking the docs, and make sure you update the CRC at the end of each command.

List of currently supported commands:

• 0 - Auto Centering
• 1 - Rotate Up
• 2 - Rotate Down
• 3 - Rotate Right
• 4 - Rotate Left
• 5 - Stop rotation
• 6 - Zoom +1
• 7 - Zoom -1
• 8 - 4.5x
• 9 - Acquire the Max Zoom Value
• 10 - Manual Focus +1
• 11 - Manual Focus -1
• 12 - Take Pictures
• 13 - Record Video
• 14 - Rotate 100 100
• 15 - Gimbal Status Information
• 16 - Auto Focus
• 17 - Acquire Hardware ID
• 18 - Acquire Firmware Version
• 19 - Lock Mode
• 20 - Follow Mode
• 21 - FPV Mode
• 22 - Acquire Attitude Data
• 23 - Set Video Output as HDMI (Only available on A8 mini, restart to take effect)
• 24 - Set Video Output as CVBS (Only available on A8 mini, restart to take effect)
• 25 - Turn Off both CVBS and HDMI Output (Only available on A8 mini, restart to take effect)
• 26 - Read Range from Laser Rangefinder(Low byte in the front, high byte in the back, available on ZT30)

Note: More commands might be supported by the camera but may not be included in the list of implemented commands.

Disclamer: SIYI does provide some sample code which was used to build this code.