Equipment control method and device

The invention relates to an equipment control method and device. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a visual control instruction, and sending the visual control instruction to visual equipment, wherein the visual equipment is equipment monitored by image acquisition equipment; and the visual control instruction is used for controlling the visual equipment to execute the first control operation; sending an image acquisition instruction to the image acquisition equipment, wherein the image acquisition instruction is used for indicating the image acquisition equipment to acquire a first picture; and the first picture at least includes the visual equipment; and obtaining and displaying the first picture. By means of the technical scheme, users can intuitionally feel the effect that the visual equipment executes the first control operation; and thus, the user experience is improved. 本公开是关于设备控制方法及装置。该方法包括：获取可视控制指令，并向可视设备发送可视控制指令，可视设备为被图像采集设备监测的设备，可视控制指令用于控制可视设备执行第控制操作；向图像采集设备发送图像采集指令，图像采集指令用于指示图像采集设备采集第画面