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Pan/Tilt and Zoom Operation
Pan/Tilt and Zoom
Operation
To operate pan/tilt/zoom of the camera, there are three
operations: “Controlling via the control panel,”
“Controlling via the preset position panel,” and
“Controlling using the monitor screen.”
There are three types of modes for “Controlling using
the monitor screen”:
Area zoom
,
Vector dragging
, and
PTZ control bar
.
The available functions for the camera operation modes
vary according to the live viewer type. The available
functions are as follows:
Controlling via the control panel
You can operate the pan/tilt, moving to the home
position, zoom, and focus of the camera by using the
control panel for the monitor image currently displayed.
Image action
Select the mode of operation from
Off
,
Area zoom
and
Vector dragging
.
Pan/Tilt control
Click the arrow button in the direction in which you
want to move the camera. Continue clicking on the
arrow to keep moving the direction of the camera.
To return to the home position, click
. When
returning to the home position, the positions of pan, tilt,
zoom, and focus is returned to the factory setting.
Zoom control
Click
to zoom out, and click
to zoom in.
Zooming continues while the button remains pressed.
Note
The four edges of the image may be dark depending on
the zoom position. This is a phenomenon related to the
structure of the camera, and does not cause a problem.
Focus control
This function is displayed when
Focus mode
is set to
Manual
in the PTZF control menu (page 42).
To focus on a nearby object, click
. To focus on a
distant object, click
.
By clicking
, the focus is set to the
optimum position.
Controlling via the preset position
panel
The preset position registered in the memory is
displayed on the preset position panel.
When selecting a preset position name from the preset
position panel, the camera will move to the preset
position.
Register the preset position using the Preset position tab
of the PTZF control menu (page 43).
ActiveX
viewer
Plug-in free viewer
JPEG
JPEG/
Flash
ActiveX
Operation from
control panel
a
×
×
×
Area zoom
a
a
a
a
Vector dragging
a
a
a
a
PTZ control bar
×
a
a
×
Indicates the available area of
optical zoom.
Indicates the available area of
digital zoom.