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Controlling a PTZ сamera

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 the PTZ object in the objects object tree (1).
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  3. Enable the PTZ device by selecting Yes in the Enable field (2).
  4. Enter the name of the PTZ device (3).
  5. . If necessary, you can change the values of the parameters that are listed in the table:
    ParameterValueDescription
    Object identification
    EnableYesBy default, PTZ is enabled. To disable it, select the No value
    No
    NamePTZEnter the name of the PTZ device
    PatrolYes

    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 presetsYes

    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
    titleNote

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

    No
    Switch interval1Specify 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
    PriorityNoneSelect the control priority (see Setting PTZ mode for Tag&Track Pro)
    Manual
    Automatic
    User priority
    Manual PTZ control
    Switch Frequency3Specify the switch frequency in seconds

    Other

    Note
    titleAttention!

    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 YesBy default, the parameter is disabled. If you need to use the step buttons to control the PTZ camera even if the camera
    does not
    doesn't support this mode, select
    Yes for the Discrete control via continuous control parameter (4,
    the Yes value (see Control using step buttons and virtual joystick). In this case, the discrete PTZ control
    will be
    is emulated via the continuous control commands
    No
    Home preset0Select the
    Home
    home preset by specifying the required identifier
    (5). The home preset will return
    Home preset timeout0

    The return to the home preset is performed automatically after the time

    period

    specified in the

    Home preset timeout field (6).

    parameter

    Note
    titleAttention!

    If

    the

    the Home preset timeout value is greater than the Operator idle time value (see Configuring PTZ control), the Operator idle time value

    will be

    is used.

    To simultaneously control the PTZ camera by
    Multiple controlYes

    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,

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

    will

    can have

    a

    control (

    see .

    No
    New PTZ interfaceYes

    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)

    select the Yes value. The presets created on the device

    will

    automatically appear in the PTZ control panel

    .

    Note
    titleAttention!

    If the use of the existing presets is disabled, they can be lost if the following conditions are met:

    1. The
    1. In Axxon One, the recording of the presets to the device is enabled in
    Axxon One (see step 9)
    1. the Use device presets parameter.
    2.
    1. The preset with the same ID is created
    in
    1. in Axxon One
     Configure patrol:
  6. Select the default patrol mode: Yeson, Nooff (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.
  7. Set the time interval in seconds at which the PTZ device will switch between the presets in the patrol mode (12).
  8. No
    Patrol speed100Specify
    Set
    the transition speed from one preset to another in conditional units from 0 to 100
    (10).
    Use device presetsYesBy default
    , the presets are recorded in the IP device. If you want to store the presets on the Server only
    ,
    select No for
    the
    Save presets parameter (11).
    Info
    titleNote

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

    parameter is disabled. To create the presets with the same ID in Axxon One (see Creating and editing presets),
    set Yes for the Use device presets parameter (13).
  9. If necessary, configure the Tag & Track function (14, see Configuring Tag&Track Pro).

  10. select the Yes value
    No
    Camera
    Camera{Short name.Name}
    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.

    If necessary, select the camera to which this PTZ device must be assigned

    to

    (

    16

    see Camera). As a

    results

    result, the object

    will become the

    becomes a child object to the selected camera

    .

  11. 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 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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