Your Axis camera on physical keys.

PTZ presets, guarded tours, CamStreamer streams, CamOverlay widgets, CamSwitcher views and camera optics — on a Stream Deck, straight from the camera. Every key repaints itself to show what's actually on air.

Download plugin Source on GitHub

Windows 10+ · macOS 12+ · Stream Deck 6.9+. Free and open source (MIT). No cloud, no extra software — just the camera's IP and login.

Example layouts on Stream Deck XL, MK.2 and Mini: PTZ presets, a running guarded tour, a live stream, CamSwitcher views, CamOverlay widgets and camera optics
Six actions

Drag what you need — keys that know their state.

Each action's Property Inspector reads the live catalog from the camera (presets, streams, widgets, views) and offers a dropdown — you never type a CGI URL. Stream and switcher keys poll the camera and repaint themselves.

PTZ PresetGo to a server preset (or Home). Lit as a radio group per camera and view area.
AXIS Guarded TourStart / stop a Guarded Tour; shares the PTZ radio group with presets, reflects the running state.
CamStreamer StreamStart / stop a stream. Shows “Starting…”, then a solid red tally dot while live — broadcast convention, so you always know your output state.
CamOverlay WidgetShow / hide a CamOverlay Custom Graphic; key lit while the widget is visible.
CamSwitcher SourceSwitch to a CamSwitcher view; the view on air stays bright and the others dim.
Cam ControlCamera optics — one-push autofocus, defog (on/off/toggle), timed wiper with an on-key countdown, IR-cut filter (on/off/auto). Fixed and PTZ cameras via automatic endpoint fallback.
Key art for every action: presets, Home, guarded tours, streams, CamOverlay widgets, CamSwitcher views and camera optics, configured and idle

Each key wears its own art: the accent bar and glyph say which action it is, the name comes from the camera (or your own Label), and the bottom line carries the state — live, on air, shown, running, the PTZ channel. A stream on air pulses a red tally dot; anything idle sits dimmed.

How it works

Straight to the camera.

No cloud and no middle-man service — the plugin speaks the camera's own HTTP APIs over digest authentication on your LAN. The camera is the single source of truth.

Stream Deck key ─▶ plugin (Node, in the Stream Deck app) ─ HTTP digest ─▶ Axis camera ├─ VAPIX PTZ /axis-cgi/com/ptz.cgi ├─ CamStreamer /local/camstreamer/… ├─ CamOverlay /local/camoverlay/api/… └─ CamSwitcher /local/camswitcher/…

Credentials live in Stream Deck's settings; a per-key override lets one key talk to a different camera. Commands don't retry on a 401, so a wrong password won't trip the camera's auth firewall. Works on AXIS OS 10 through 12.

Every deck size

Mini, MK.2, XL — build your own layout.

All six are keypad actions, so they work on a Stream Deck Mini, MK.2, XL, Neo and the keys of a Stream Deck +. The plugin ships actions only — no profiles are installed and nothing is overwritten; the layouts below are examples to copy.

Example Stream Deck Mini layout: two presets, Home, a live stream, the on-air view and autofocusExample Stream Deck XL layout: a row of presets and tours, streams, views, widgets and camera optics
Install

Three steps.

1

Download and double-click

com.4xsdev.axis-gateway-kofi.streamDeckPlugin — Stream Deck installs the Camera Deck for Axis & CamStreamer action group. No profile is added — your existing layouts stay as they are.

2

Enter the camera

Set the camera IP, user and password once in the plugin's settings (digest auth, LAN). CamStreamer / CamOverlay / CamSwitcher actions need those ACAPs installed on the camera.

3

Add keys

Drag an action onto a key and pick a preset, stream, widget or view from the dropdown — read live from the camera. Stream and view keys then show their state.

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