Using the Camera
Programming the Camera
Clicking the
Set
button in the PTZ Control Panel opens a new window in addition to leaving the PTZ Control Panel active. This window allows you to set up the PTZ’s Preset,
Tour, Pattern and Border functions.
If you have not already done so, please
connect your camera to the NVR through
one of the POE ports at this time. The
camera and NVR will communicate and
the cameras video should appear in less
than a minute.
Right-click the mouse to bring up the
Shortcut Menu
(right) allowing you to
select the Pan/Tilt/Zoom controls.
You can also open the controls by
clicking on the PTZ icon in the
Control
Bar
(below right) at the bottom of the
screen.
Direction is controlled by clicking and holding on a directional arrow button.
Select speed from 1 (slowest) to 8 (fastest).
Zoom
,
Focus
and
Iris
(light level) can be adjusted using the
and
buttons.
Clicking on the blue area at the center of the directional controls will hide the
control panel and allow you to select an area to zoom in on with the cursor. Right-
clicking with the mouse will return you to the control panel.
Click on the arrow at the far right to
open the expanded controls which
allows you to program and run saved
functions.
Preset
1. Enter a number for this point.
(1-80)
2. Use the eight direction arrows
on the PTZ Control Panel to
position the camera where you
want.
3. Click
Set
.
Running PTZ Functions
Launch a programmed function using the buttons in the far right of the
expanded PTZ controls:
Enter the number of the function you wish to activate and select the
function button to run that function.
Tour
A tour is the sequence of points
that your camera will move to
automatically before returning to its
starting point and repeating. You can
create up to 8 tours.
1. Enter the number (1-8) for this Tour.
2. Select the first Preset Point by
entering its number.
Border
Use this to set the left and right
end points for the camera to shift
between during its Auto-Scan. The
camera will only rotate in a straight
line between these two points There
can be only one Auto-Scan path.
1. Move your camera to either the
left or right point.
You can remove a preset point by clicking on the Del Preset button and an entire tour can be deleted using the Del Tour button.
2. Click Left or Right and then move the camera to the other point.
3. Click the other button to select the end point.
• If you get your left and right points “backwards” the camera will still move between
them, but facing the wrong way.
• When you select Auto-Scan in the PTZ Control window, the camera will move
between these two points until stopped.
Pattern
The camera will record a pattern
you create using the Directional
Controls in real-time and will
repeat it exactly when you run the
pattern.
1. Enter the number (1-5) for this
Pattern.
2. Move your camera to where you
want to start the pattern.
3. Click Start to begin the recording. The camera will record each stop, the time
spent at each point, the zoom, focus and other settings.
4. Click End when you have finished setting your pattern.
NOTE!
IP PTZ cameras do not
require additional control wires
(RS485) to operate.
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Speed
Zoom
Focus
Iris
5
View 1
View 4
View 8
View 9
View 16
View 25
View 36
PTZ
Auto Focus
Color Setting
Search
Override
Tour
Remote Device
Main Menu
Speed
No.
Zoom
Focus
Iris
5
0
Set
Delete Preset
PTZ
Preset
0
Preset
Tour
Pattern
Border
Preset
To create another preset point, change the Preset Number and repeat steps 2 and
3. You can program up to 80 Preset Points. When you have created the desired
preset points, you may use them to create a tour.
Add Preset
Delete Preset
Delete Tour
PTZ
Preset
Patrol No.
0
0
Tour
Pattern
Border
Tour
Preset
3. Click
Add Preset
.
4. Enter additional points (up to 16) the same way).
Start
End
PTZ
Pattern
0
Tour
Pattern
Border
Pattern
Preset
Left
Right
PTZ
Tour
Pattern
Border
Border
Preset
Speed
No.
Zoom
Focus
Iris
5
0
Aux
Controls additional features
such as lamp or wipers. (If
available)
Menu
Opens the camera’s
internal on-screen menu
(if available).
Preset
Point
Moves camera to a pre-set
point.
Tour
Camera will move to
a sequence of pre-set
points.
Pattern
Camera will record your
movements and then follow
that path.
Auto-
Scan
The camera will move
horizontally between two
points.
Auto-
Pan
Camera will automatically
continue to rotate 360°
Flip
Flips video image.
Stop/
Reset
Stops the camera’s current
action.
Config
Set up and save Preset
Points, Tours, Patterns
and borders for Auto
Scan
