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The PTZ object is displayed in the objects object tree as the a child object to the camera , if it is the a PTZ camera.

To configure the PTZ device of the camera, do the following:

1. Go to the Devices tab.
2. Select
the
3. the PTZ object in the
objects
4. object tree
(1).
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5. Enable the PTZ device by selecting Yes in the Enable field (2).
6. Enter the name of the PTZ device (3).
7. . If necessary, you can change the values of the parameters that are listed in the table:
   

   Parameter	Value	Description
   Object identification
   Enable	Yes	By default, PTZ is enabled. To disable it, select the No value
   	No
   Name	PTZ	Enter the name of the PTZ device
   Patrol	Yes	By default, patrolling is disabled. To enable it, select the Yes value. If patrolling is enabled, you can stop it on the PTZ control panel (see Patrolling). After you finish the PTZ control session, patrolling resumes automatically
   	No
   Save presets	Yes	By default, the parameter is disabled. In this case, the presets are only stored on the server. To save the created presets to the IP device, select the Yes value Info title Note This parameter is available only for the devices that support Absolute Positioning.
   	No
   Switch interval	1	Specify the time interval in seconds at which the PTZ device switches between the presets in the patrol mode. The value must be in the range [1, 600000]
   Tag & Track
   Priority	None	Select the control priority (see Setting PTZ mode for Tag&Track Pro)
   	Manual
   	Automatic
   	User priority
   	Manual PTZ control
   Switch Frequency	3	Specify the switch frequency in seconds
   Other Note title Attention! Depending on the camera, you can find other parameters in the Other group. To configure them, refer to their description in the interface or in the official documentation.
   Discrete control via continuous control	Yes	By default, the parameter is disabled. If you need to use the step buttons to control the PTZ camera even if the camera

does not

8. doesn't support this mode, select

Yes for the Discrete control via continuous control parameter (4, see

9. the Yes value (see Control using step buttons and virtual joystick). In this case, the discrete PTZ control

will be

10. is emulated via the continuous control commands

. 

11. 	No
    Home preset	0	Select the

Home

12. home preset by specifying the required identifier

(5). The home preset will return

13. Home preset timeout	0	The return to the home preset is performed automatically after the time

period

14. specified in the

Home preset timeout field (6).

15. parameter Note title Attention! If

the

16. the Home preset timeout value is greater than the Operator idle time value (

see

17. see Configuring PTZ control), the Operator idle time value

will be

18. is used.

To simultaneously control the PTZ camera by

19. Multiple control

    Yes

    By default, the parameter is enabled, which allows multiple users with the same priority to control the PTZ device at the same time. To disable multiple control, select

Yes in the Multiple control list (7). Otherwise,

20. the No value. In this case only one user at a time

will

21. can have

a

22. control (see Controlling a PTZ сamera)

.

23. 	No
    New PTZ interface	Yes	By default, the parameter is disabled. To use the existing presets on the device in Axxon One,

set Yes for the New PTZ interface parameter (8)

24. select the Yes value. The presets created on the device

will

25. automatically appear in the PTZ control panel

.

26. Note title Attention! If the use of the existing presets is disabled, they can be lost if the following conditions are met:

1. The

27. In Axxon One, the recording of the presets to the device is enabled in

Axxon One (see step 9)

28. the Use device presets parameter.

2.

29. The preset with the same ID is created

in

30. in Axxon One

 

31. (see Creating and editing presets).

Configure patrol:
32. Select the default patrol mode: Yes—on, No—off (9). If patrolling is enabled by default, it can be stopped in PTZ control panel (see Patrolling). After you finish the PTZ control session, patrolling will resume automatically.
33. Set the time interval in seconds at which the PTZ device will switch between the presets in the patrol mode (12).

34. No
    Patrol speed	100	Specify

Set

35. the transition speed from one preset to another in conditional units from 0 to 100

(10).

36. Use device presets	Yes	By default

, the presets are recorded in the IP device. If you want to store the presets on the Server only

37. ,

select No for

38. the

Save presets parameter (11).

Info
title Note
This parameter is available only for the devices that support Absolute Positioning.

39. parameter is disabled. To create the presets with the same ID in Axxon One (

see

40. see Creating and editing presets),

set Yes for the Use device presets parameter (13).

41. If necessary, configure the Tag & Track function (14, see Configuring Tag&Track Pro).

Depending on the camera, you can find other parameters in the Other group (15). To configure them, refer to their description in the interface or in the official documentation.

42. select the Yes value
    	No
    Camera
    Camera	{Short name.Name}	If necessary, select the camera to which this PTZ device must be assigned

to

43. (

16

44. see Camera). As a

results

45. result, the object

will become the

46. becomes a child object to the selected camera

.
48. Click the Apply Image Added button.

As a result, the PTZ device will switch is switched to the specified operating mode.
To check the operation of the PTZ device, click the Test Image Modified button. If the PTZ device is configured correctly, it will turn turns one step and return returns to its original position.

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