AXIS P7210 Video Encoder
PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)
PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)
Preset Positions
A preset position is a prede
fi
ned view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a speci
fi
c 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 .
• When setting up the Gatekeeper. See
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
fi
eld.
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-de
fi
ned home
position will have (H) added, for example, Entrance (H). The default Home position, called “Home”, will still be available.
The product can be con
fi
gured to return to the Home position when the PTZ functionality has been inactive for a speci
fi
ed length
of time. Enter the length of time in the
Return to home when inactive
fi
eld 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 modi
fi
er
#P
in
the
fi
eld. For more information about modi
fi
ers, see
File Naming & Date/Time Formats
in the online help
.
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