I've been doing broadcast and live event production for a long time and resetting PTZ cameras has always been more painful than it needs to be — especially under time pressure.
So I built something: smart-reset. It's a local server that runs on Windows with an all-in exe file or macOS with Python from source.
What it does:
- Auto-discovers Panasonic AW series and BirdDog cameras on the network
- One-click color reset with actual state readback
- White balance, gamma, matrix, color temp, exposure, auto iris, auto focus — all in one place
- NDI monitor with RGB parade, luma waveform, and vectorscope in the browser
- No cloud, no subscription, no account
It's free and open source: https://github.com/AndyJae/smart-reset-browser
More info and download: https://smart-reset.com
This started as a tool I built for my own productions — it works, but it's not a polished product, and I'd genuinely welcome feedback on the approach, missing features, or anything else, as well as contributors who can test against hardware I don't have access to.
u/Primary_Parsley3639 — 2 months ago