PTZ Controls and Terms

Basic functions of the PTZ Camera and explanation of terms

Cruise functions: The PTZ camera supports preset point configuration, watch position, track cruise, pattern scan, and line scan.
Automatic adjustment for the zoom ratio: When the zoom ratio of the PTZ camera is changed, the speed in the horizontal and vertical directions automatically changes with the zoom ratio. If the zoom ratio increases, the moving speed of the PTZ camera automatically slows down. If the zoom ratio decreases, the PTZ camera moves faster automatically. The zoom ratio ensures a better object tracking effect.
Power-off memory: If the PTZ camera is performing cruise operation before power-off, after it is powered on again, it continues the cruise operation after the self-test.
Link Auto PTZ Tracking: You can use the PTZ camera to track moving humans and vehicles in the detection area.

Accessing the PTZ controls

On your recorder:

Click on the camera image and select Zoom Lens Configuration as shown in the figure below:

On your computer:

After connecting to your recorder click on the icon to access the PTZ control menu as shown below:

On your smartphone:

Doubletab on the image of the PTZ camera and select the icon to access the PTZ controls:

Camera Webinterface:

Click in the top right corner of the live view screen to call or hide the PTZ control GUI, as shown in the following figure:

PTZ Control operations

Introduction to menu icons and buttons:

	Long-press the arrow keys to control the rotation direction of the PTZ. If you click , the PTZ camera keeps rotating horizontally and in this case, the button becomes sky blue. You can click it again to stop the rotation.
	Use the scroll bar to adjust the rotation speed of the PTZ. The speed stage ranges from 1 to 10. The larger the value is, the faster the speed is.
	It indicates "Focus adjustment –" and "Focus adjustment +". When you press , the camera pans in and the scene zooms in. When you press , the camera pans out and the scene zooms out.
	It indicates "Focus –" and "Focus +". In Manual Focus Mode, press and hold to make nearby objects become clear and distant objects gradually become blurred; press and hold to make distant objects become clear and near objects gradually become blurred.
	It indicates "Iris –" and "Iris +". When the monitoring screen is relatively dark, you can press and hold to increase the iris. Similarly, you can press and hold to decrease the iris.
	Auxiliary function buttons. The functions of the buttons depend on the actual models. The functions include “3D positioning", "Auxiliary focus", "One-click reset", "One-click watch", and "Lens initialization". (Click on each topic for more information)
	The functional modes include: 1. Preset Cruise (Refer to Preset Cruise for instructions.) 2. Watch Mode (Refer to Watch Mode for instructions.) 3. Line Scan (Refer to Line Scan for instructions.) 4. Tour (Refer to Tour for instructions.) 5. Pattern Scan (Refer to Pattern Scan for instructions.)
	Function: Auto PTZ Tracking to human and vehicle detection. (Refer to PTZ tracking for instructions.)

Preset Cruise

Operate on the arrow keys for PTZ control to make the PTZ camera rotate to the position to be saved, and click to add the preset points
After adding preset points, click to call a preset point to make the PTZ camera rotate to the corresponding preset point position.
To delete a preset point, click
Click the point1 text box to edit the name of the preset point.

Note: You can add 255 preset points at most.

Watch Mode

When the watch function is enabled for the PTZ camera, if no control signal is received within the configured watch waiting time, the PTZ camera will automatically execute the preset action.

Set the cruise mode to Watch Mode.

Set Time Interval: When you manually rotate the PTZ camera, you need to wait for 20 s before the watch action is resumed. Thus, you can set the time interval to 15–240 s.

Set Watch Mode: It can be set to default cruise, preset point, line scan, track cruise, and pattern scan.

Note: There can be only one watch point at a time.

Default cruise: Click the button for calling cruise, and the PTZ camera continuously rotates 360° counterclockwise at a constant speed.

Line Scan

Set the cruise mode to Line Scan.

Click start set to record the current position of the PTZ camera as the start position. Rotate the PTZ camera, and click to record the current position of the PTZ camera as the end position. Click Cruise, and the PTZ camera will cruise between the two points at a constant speed.

Tour

Tour / Track Cruise: In this mode, the PTZ camera cruises in accordance with the preset track. You can set four tracks at the same time, and for each track you can select 32 preset points and set the cruise interval for each preset point.

Set the cruise mode to Tour.

Select the tracks for which preset points are to be added.

Add and delete preset points to each track. You can click the up and down arrow buttons to change the preset point sequence.

Set the time interval between switching preset points during cruise.

Click Cruise, and the PTZ camera will cruise in the order of the preset point positions.

Note: After adding preset points, you need to click Cruise to save the track path.

Pattern Scan

Pattern scan refers to scanning in accordance with the preset path, recording the actions such as horizontal movement, vertical movement, and zoom ratio change of the PTZ camera. After recording and saving, users can directly call the pattern scan path. The PTZ camera supports up to four pattern scan paths, which are numbered from 1 to 4. Each pattern scan path is stored on the PTZ camera.

Select the cruise mode to Pattern Scan.

Select a path.

Click this button to start recording. Perform PTZ operations on the PTZ camera, and then click this button to stop recording. After the recording is completed, click the button for calling cruise, and the PTZ camera will cruise in accordance with the recorded content.

Auxiliary function buttons:

3D positioning

Enables or disabled the 3D positioning function

Click to enable 3D positioning. After the function is enabled, the button changes to , and when it is clicked again, 3D positioning is disabled. When the 3D positioning function is enabled, you can perform the following operations:

Click the mouse on the live view screen, and the PTZ camera moves the corresponding point to the center of the video.

Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse towards the bottom (top) right to form a rectangular area.

Then, the PTZ camera moves its center to the center of the video and zoom in the view. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse towards the top (bottom) left form a rectangular area. Then, the PTZ camera moves its center to the center of the video and zoom out the view.

Auxiliary focusing

Click this button to make the PTZ camera automatically focus

One-click reset

Click this button to make the PTZ camera clear the preset points and cruise path.

Lens initialization

Click this button to initialize the lens. This function depends on the actual model, and the actual GUI shall prevail.

One-click watch

Click this button to perform one-click watch.

PTZ Human or Vehicle Tracking

Link Auto PTZ Tracking: After the PTZ camera tracking function is enabled, you can used the PTZ camera to track moving humans and vehicles. The PTZ camera can automatically detect moving humans and vehicles in the detection area, and can automatically adjust its position to make them always in the center of the detection area. (Note: Link Auto PTZ Tracking is available on the PD&VD screen only.)

You can enable the option "Link Auto PTZ tracking" in the PD&VD Intelligent menu as shown below:

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