User`s manual

AXIS Camera Station - Workspaces

PTZ Controls

AXIS Camera Station has two types of pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) controls; Mechanical and Digital. Mechanical

is for PTZ cameras,

while Digital can be used for both mechanical PTZ cameras and cameras that do not have this support.

Mechanical - PTZ cameras can be controlled with the PTZ Control panel. Select a PTZ

camera by clicking in its Live View.

The camera can now be directed to move according to the bu

ttons clicked on in the PTZ

control. The center buttons "+" zooms the view in and "-" zooms the view out again. To direct

the camera using the mouse’s cursor, click in the image to direct the camera and use the

scroll wheel to zoom in or out.

Presets - Preset positions that were set up in

the camera and/or in AXIS Camera Station are

included in the drop-down list.

Digital - If the selected camera does not have mechanical

PTZ support, use the digital PTZ tool to pan, tilt and zoom in the

live view image. Click in the

camera's live view and then either the zoom in or out buttons represented by magnifying

glasses. Use the navigation box that appears in the lower right-hand corner of the live view

or the red navigation box in the PTZ controls to pan and tilt in the live view image. Click on

the navigation box and with the left mouse button pressed drag the box to the desired

location in the image. It is also possible to a zoom in the image using the mouse wheel.

Note: Pan, tilt and zoom can also be achieved by cl

icking i

n the image and navigating the camera with the cursor and zoom-

ing in and out with the mouse’s wheel. For information on using the AXIS 295 Surveillance Joystick see page 21.

Camera status

Information about the camera, connection and recording status.

Area zoom

Magnify a selected area in the image. To zoom in, click in the middle of the area to be magnified, hold down the left mouse

button and draw a rectangle surrounding the area. Right-click to zoom out.

Recording indicators

Different color indicators appear in the upper right hand in the live view image to signifying recording.

• Yellow

- Manual recording in progress.

• Red - Motion detection or event recording in progress.

• Blue - Continuous recording in progress.

Indicator