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FYI... These are the commands (Sniffed in Wireshark) sent by 'ODM' to successfully control camera zoom functions.

Just an FYI...I found this software very helpful in playing ,setting and testing IP cameras.

ShaunR, To my surprise the PURE LABVIEW solution is working great for reading and logging the video stream. Unfortunately two issues i am facing. 1) The video stream it's saving to Disk is not saving the audio data. However i can play the muted video in VLC player after the file is finalized. 2) I have not been able to parse the 'Data' to extract the video and audio data for live display. I found another solution that uses FFMPEG but it seem to corrupt the first few frames. I will keep trying. I liked the RTSP solution better (compared to VLC DLL based solution) because it provides the TCP connection ID. I am hoping to use it for sending the PTZ commands once i figure out the right ones.

Rolf, Thanks a bunch for your response. The honest answer is that professionally i have done very little with CIN nodes. But this project may change that. Most of my vendors provide me with LabVIEW drivers . In some cases i am using instrument that has well defined TCP protocol that can be verified using bus sniffing tools. Your point #1 is a valid one. But I can use VLC media player and watch the RTSP stream on it while opening the customer provided demo software that let's me watch the stream on another window simultaneously while manipulating the PTZ commands to the unit. So i am hoping it will not be a problem. I respect your #2. But in T&M career i have done enough reverse engineering that this part doesn't scare me, provided the reward for successfully completing is significant enough to justify the effort.🤑. At this point i am leaning towards creating enough API calls (via CIN nodes) that will allow me to control PTZ while VLC media player is displaying and possibly recording the stream to HDD. If interested i would like to share the progress. Thanks again for reviewing the DLL and posting your comment.

OK. Here is the link to SDK info with DLL and example programs for C users. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1l9rwN0hnaW-M5rSCv3zRgATE2l_bNlJq&usp=drive_fs

I can get the RTSP stream (Audio+Video) from this camera into LabVIEW with no issues. I need to control the PTZ functionality. I used Wireshark to capture the coms between the PC and the camera unit while sending the Pan Tilt and Zoom calls from a customer provided software. I also have SDK file from camera folks. I have limited experience in creating CIN nodes from DLL. I was hoping that instead of creating CIN nodes to control PTZ functions, i can do the same over TCP/UDP interface. I was also wondering if *.pcapng captured using Wireshark has that information. Can some one review the info and let me know if it's possible? I can provide SDK if some interested. Description of DLL AJNetSDK.pdf PTZ Cam data.pcapng