diff --git a/web/api/app/Config/routes.php b/web/api/app/Config/routes.php
index d41c2fd9e..0f9343644 100755
--- a/web/api/app/Config/routes.php
+++ b/web/api/app/Config/routes.php
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 	Router::mapResources('logs');
 	Router::mapResources('states');
 	Router::mapResources('zonepresets');
+
+	/* Add new API to retrieve camera controls - for PTZ */
+	/* refer to https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/issues/799#issuecomment-105233112 */
+	Router::mapResources('controls'); 
 	Router::parseExtensions();
 
 /**
diff --git a/web/api/app/Controller/ControlsController.php b/web/api/app/Controller/ControlsController.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..879142f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/app/Controller/ControlsController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
+/**
+ * Controls Controller
+ *
+ * @property Control $Control
+ * @property PaginatorComponent $Paginator
+ */
+
+/* 
+We need a control API to get the PTZ parameters associated with a monitor
+The monitor API returns a control ID which we then need to use to construct
+an appropriate PTZ command to control PTZ operations 
+https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/issues/799#issuecomment-105233112
+*/
+class ControlsController extends AppController {
+
+
+/**
+ * Components
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+	public $components = array('Paginator', 'RequestHandler');
+
+/**
+ * index method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function index() {
+                $this->Control->recursive = 0;
+        	$controls = $this->Control->find('all');
+        	$this->set(array(
+        	    'controls' => $controls,
+        	    '_serialize' => array('controls')
+        	));
+	}
+
+/**
+ * view method
+ *
+ * @throws NotFoundException
+ * @param string $id
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function view($id = null) {
+		if (!$this->Control->exists($id)) {
+			throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid control'));
+		}
+		$options = array('conditions' => array('Control.' . $this->Control->primaryKey => $id));
+		$control = $this->Control->find('first', $options);
+		$this->set(array(
+			'control' => $control,
+			'_serialize' => array('control')
+		));
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/web/api/app/Model/Control.php b/web/api/app/Model/Control.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5716cc66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/app/Model/Control.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
+/**
+ * Control Model
+ * For PTZ table access via APIs
+ * https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/issues/799#issuecomment-105233112
+ *
+ * @property Event $Event
+ * @property Zone $Zone
+ */
+class Control extends AppModel {
+
+/**
+ * Use table
+ *
+ * @var mixed False or table name
+ */
+	public $useTable = 'Controls';
+
+/**
+ * Primary key field
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+	public $primaryKey = 'Id';
+
+/**
+ * Display field
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+	public $displayField = 'Name';
+
+	public $recursive = -1;
+
+/**
+ * Validation rules
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+	public $validate = array(
+		'Id' => array(
+			'numeric' => array(
+				'rule' => array('numeric'),
+				//'message' => 'Your custom message here',
+				//'allowEmpty' => false,
+				//'required' => false,
+				//'last' => false, // Stop validation after this rule
+				//'on' => 'create', // Limit validation to 'create' or 'update' operations
+			),
+		),
+	);
+
+}
diff --git a/web/api/app/Plugin/Crud b/web/api/app/Plugin/Crud
index 813857bb2..0e7910cfc 160000
--- a/web/api/app/Plugin/Crud
+++ b/web/api/app/Plugin/Crud
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 813857bb220ac8858c1dd89f11b086a7d06e70d5
+Subproject commit 0e7910cfcc19f97ca05fec97afcdb4701d4e76c9