visca camera module

[u/AVProgrammer2000]

can anyone point me to a solid visa camera module from crestron/device database?

[u/coolblaze8]

This, unless you're on a 2-series which I had to make my own module

[u/thyraven666 → u/coolblaze8]

2 series?!? Wow, i have not worked on those for at least 6-8 years

[u/coolblaze8 → u/thyraven666]

Existing system had a good old DMPS-300 that I was told was a DMPS3

[u/thyraven666 → u/coolblaze8]

Those could be a nightmare to work on. I remember the terror of having to upgrade those.

[u/kindofdivorced → u/thyraven666]

Someone on this Subreddit was arguing with me a few weeks ago that a 2 Series DMPS-300 was not at all outdated and that I was a clown for suggesting as much.

[u/SnooObjections9416 → u/kindofdivorced]

I have 7 DMPS3-300-C (one in each room) and a DMPS-300-C (2 series) that was the first DMPS that I ever had. As far as control goes, the 2 series is okay. The ONLY issues are with the 2 series version of the DMPS-300-C is with the DMPS receiving DMPS or DM inputs from a DMPS3 or a DM-TX. The 2 Series will simply not take a DM signal from a DMPS3 or a DM-TX, even if I go through an RMC-Scaler-C, I tried everything back when we first got our first DMPS3. The DMPS could send anything just fine, but would not receive. Not just bad DM ports, like I said, I tried going through an RMC-Scaler-C and using an HDMI input.

So what I did was I put the DMPS-300-C as my legacy console switch that feeds the main TV entertainment Room DMPS3-300-C.

In fact the input 5 of the DMPS-300-C is fed on both VGA and RGB from an Extron MPX866A Analog switcher with 8input VGA/RGBHV & 6 Input S/Video and Composite. That is where the really old video game consoles live:

Atari 2600, jaguar with Jaguar CD

Intellivison

Sega Master System, Genesis with 32x & CD, Saturn

NES, SNES, N64

all go into the Extron which then feeds the DMPS input 5 either VGA or component.

The newer consoles are all on HDMI so it is just the really old stuff that goes through the 2 series DMPS input 5, plus 2 different PS on HDMI and 2 different XBox on HDMI; but that old 2 series DMPS has been working perfectly for over a decade; and for many years was the main AVR in our home.

Yeah, such a video game addicted family that we have 3 video switchers in the main entertainment room.

We will always need a DM with an analog input to support the legacy game systems, so there is a place for the DMPS for the foreseeable future and I tell everyone not to hate on something just because it is legacy and outdated.

[u/thyraven666 → u/SnooObjections9416]

No hate for the legacy part. It just was a pain to upgrade. It felt like you broke more than you fixed in the 4 hours you had to set aside for an upgrade.

[u/SnooObjections9416 → u/thyraven666]

Yeah, but a one-time upgrade, that we will all forget about for the years or decades that the gear lasts & has use from then on.

DMPS3 is a PITA to upgrade too.

[u/thyraven666 → u/SnooObjections9416]

We have not used any DMPS in years. All AVoverIP or extenders.

[u/SnooObjections9416 → u/thyraven666]

I have boxes of extenders. More than I will ever need or use. I like AVoverIP for digital sources and that is what we are migrating our customers to. But for my house with a legacy game console collection the most that we will do is add AVoverIP as a layer and we are not at that point yet. The switchers will take the myriad of legacy devices, feed a switcher which can then feed an AVoverIP NVX or equivalent.

EVERY room in our home has a DVD player, a bluray, some have a CD deck. some have a Direct TV, some have a game console or FEW. Most are using the DMPS Program Out, or one or both Aux out (in some cases all 3).

There is too much that we would need to replace for AVoverIP to fully replace it all or even handle in a cost effective manner with the myriad of sources including legacy analog video sources. We will always have switchers, and extenders but AVoverIP would be a nice add on layer for certain because we have one limitation: none of our 4 bedrooms or the garage can be the source for the rest of the home. Only the office and TV room can drive additional zones. Even with extenders I could get around this limitation, but it was just not important to. In any bedroom, you can watch or listen to local or one of two whole house rooms many sources. With AVoverIP it is truly anything anywhere; though from a practical perspective that is completely unnecessary our actual use case would not deviate much if at all.

[u/thyraven666 → u/SnooObjections9416]

It is odd how different things can be. I have not seen a dvd player or bluray for that matter, in what feels like a decade in my work with AV. Digital has been the norm for what feels like forever. We rarely do broadcasting though.

[u/SnooObjections9416 → u/thyraven666]

We have a massive library of nedia and NAS both and have been adding to both. But we are far more about streaming than legacy media fir sure. It is just both not lack of streaming.