AXIS Q6045 PTZ Dome Network Camera
PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)
PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)
Preset Positions
A preset position is a predefined view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a specific location. Preset positions can
be accessed in several ways:
•
By selecting the preset from the
Preset positions
drop-down list in the Live View Page.
•
When setting up action rules. See .
•
When setting up Guard Tour. See
page 30
.
•
When setting up the Gatekeeper. See
page 29
To add a preset position:
1. Go to
PTZ > Preset Positions
.
2. Use the pan, tilt and zoom controls to steer the camera view to the desired position.
3. Enter a descriptive name in the
Current position
field.
4. If required, select
Use current position as Home
.
5. Click
Add
. The camera’s position, iris and focus settings are saved as a preset position.
The
Home
position is readily accessible by clicking the
Home
button on the Live View page and in the Preset Positions setup window.
To set a customized home position, select
Use current position as Home
when adding a preset position. The user-defined home
position will have (H) added, for example, Entrance (H). The default Home position, called “Home”, will still be available.
The product can be configured to return to the Home position when the PTZ functionality has been inactive for a specified length
of time. Enter the length of time in the
Return to home when inactive
field and click
Save
. Set the time to zero to prevent the
product from automatically returning to the Home position.
To include the preset position name in the overlay text, go to
Video & Audio
, select
Include overlay text
and enter the modifier
#P
in
the field. For more information about modifiers, see
File Naming & Date/Time Formats
in the online help
.
The product can be mounted in three different horizontal directions. This may cause the view from Pan 0° to be changed from the
original view. Click
Set new Pan 0°
to set the pan coordinate system to zero in the current direction. Set new Pan 0° can be
useful for instance when re-installing the product after maintenance. Note that, setting Pan 0° will affect all previously defined
presets, guard tours, masks etc.
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