22 PtZ control
CONTROLLING PAN/TILT/ZOOM DEVICE
PTZ controls for PTZ devices can be brought up by selecting the
channel on the live monitoring screen and clicking the PTZ icon on
the toolbar
.
› SPEED: Movement speed of PTZ camera.
› ZOOM: Select
/ button to adjust the camera zoom.
› FOCUS: Select
/ button to adjust the camera focus.
› IRIS: Select
/ button to adjust the camera iris.
› DIRECTIONAL ARROWS: Control of the PTZ camera in 8
different directions.
› PATROL: Button in the middle of directional arrow initiates
or stops the camera patrol function.
› SET: Bring up menu for setting preset, tour and pattern.
› PTZ TRACE: This function enables camera to trace the
movement of the mouse cursor on the channel.
› PAGE SWITCH: Switch to PTZ extended controls.
The following menu allows the the control of presets, patterns,
tour, autoscan and autopan function. The settings for these
functions are described in following sections.
› PRESET: Enter preset number in No. box and select Preset
to move camera to stored preset position.
› PATTERN: Enter pattern number in No. box and select
Pattern to commence camera pattern movement.
› TOUR: Enter patrol number in No. box and select Tour to
commence camera patrolling function.
› AUTOSCAN: Enter border number in No. box and select
Autoscan to commence camera border scanning movement.
› AUTOPAN: Commence PTZ camera horizontal panning
movement.
› FLIP: Rotate the PTZ camera horizontally by 180°.
› RESET: Clear all PTZ settings.
› PAGE SWITCH: Switch to PTZ auxiliary controls.
The following menu allows the the control of PTZ camera
auxiliary functions. Some cameras have additional mechanism
such as illuminator, wiper, IR filter and others.
› DIRECT AUX OPERATION: List of common PTZ camera
auxiliary function. Select function from list and select Open
or Close to Enable or Disable function.
› AUX NUM OPERATION: Enter auxiliary function number
according to PTZ camera programming. Select Open or
Close to Enable or Disable function.
› PAGE SWITCH: Return to PTZ basic control.
23 PtZ control - Presets
Preset function enables DVR to store the positions of PTZ
camera. These presets can be called to move the camera to
specified position later.
CREATING PRESET
a Using the directional arrow, move the camera to a desired
viewing position.
b In PTZ Control menu, select Set to bring up PTZ Config
menu and select Preset function.
c Select a number for the preset.
d Select Set to store current camera position to the preset
number.
DELETING PRESET
a In PTZ Config menu, select Preset function.
b Enter the preset number to delete.
c Select Del Preset to confirm deleting selected preset.