This question comes up every so often and so we thought we would share the latest information we have on this topic.
Traditionally you would connect a joystick/keyboard directly to an NVR to allow you to control multiple cameras and have hotkeys to jump between different live views, but some customers do only have one PTZ and for a long time most joysticks were USB-based so you couldn't easily connect them to a single camera. Now Hikvision has 2 Joystick/Keyboard models that have RJ45...
Is it Possible to Connect a Joystick/Keyboard to a Standalone Hikvision PTZ?
Traditionally you would connect a joystick/keyboard directly to an NVR to allow you to control multiple cameras and have hotkeys to jump between different live views, but some customers do only have one PTZ and for a long time most joysticks were USB-based so you couldn't easily connect them to a single camera. Now Hikvision has 2 Joystick/Keyboard models that have RJ45...
Is it Possible to Connect a Joystick/Keyboard to a Standalone Hikvision PTZ?