American Dynamics Hybrid Digital Video Recorder, User Manual

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Hybrid Digital Video Recorder
11. The PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) Control box is used to set up your PTZ camera and to add position
presets. To set up your camera, select the Serial Port from the dropdown box.
Check the switch setting on your camera and select that address in the Address dropdown
menu.
The protocol is automatically set based on the serial port selection.
You can allow use of digital PTZ on the Live and Search pages with the Digital checkbox.
Digital PTZ allows a user to zoom and pan around a video stream without needing a
mechanical PTZ camera. The Digital PTZ box will automatically be selected to enable digital
PTZ. You can disallow digital PTZ by deselecting this box.
You can create camera analog or digital presets by clicking one of the Presets buttons to
access the PTZ Control window.
Analog
Digital
(1) To add a new preset, use the
arrows to point the camera to the
appropriate location.
(2) Use the Zoom Control buttons to
zoom the camera in and out.
(3) Type a unique name in the Name
field.
(4) Once you have the camera in
the desired position, click the Set
button.
(5) You can adjust the speed of the
Pan/Tilt and Zoom features in the Live
view by using the Speed slider
controls.
To adjust an existing Preset, you must
delete it by selecting it in the
Preset
field and then clicking the Delete
button. You can then set the camera to
the desired location, retype the name,
and then click the
Set button.
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