Instruction manual

3.3 Navigation components & toolbars

3.3.1 Explorer

This component displays a navigation structure used in all the application to browse the different devices on the

“logical” surveillance organization (the explorer structure is defined at the settings screen).

This structure will show different icons for devices, structure elements, maps, etc. and

will be filtered depending on each screen or functionality. When the Explorer is filtered,

in parenthesis you will see the filter criteria used on that screen. As an example, an

explorer that is only displaying cameras will have a label: Explorer (cameras)

3.3.2 PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom control)

This control allows moving a PTZ camera using the application interface from the Live and Monitor screens.

Depending on the camera model capabilities, the available actions and amount of elements may differ from

others.

This control will not appear for cameras that do not have PTZ functionality.

Pan, Tilt & Zoom controls

This manual control allows moving the camera to a target orientation and also changing

the zoom level through the graphical components. It’s also possible to perform some

actions described below.

Use the zoom control to increase or decrease the zoom level.

This feature is also available using the external USB Joystick.

Actions

 Go to PRESET position: Moves the camera to a pre-saved position. There are up to 128 available presets

depending on the PTZ device. This action is also available using the external USB Joystick.

 Execute SCAN: A scan is composed by: start angle, finish angle and moving speed. The camera will start

moving from the starting angle to the finishing one with the set speed. It’s defined in the camera.

 Start TOUR: A tour is a sequence of presets that are executed in a specified order. It’s defined in the

camera.

 Execute PATTERN: A pattern is a macro with camera movements programmed by the user. (Move + zoom +

preset + zoom + …). It’s defined in the camera.

Preset

The Preset component allows saving a new PTZ position into one of the Preset memory positions on the list. To

save a new Preset PTZ position:

1. Move the camera with the PTZ control

2. Choose a Preset memory position from the “Element” drop-down list

3. Press the Save button

To retrieve a PTZ preset, select the element from the dropdown list and press the Load button.

NOTE

Depending on the device type, the amount of operations that can be performed with this control and also the sensitivity of each movement may

be limited or may not be possible. In such cases this control won’t do anything.

In Axis models the element list shows custom configuration information (defined in camera Web configuration).

WARNING

If a PTZ action is being performed, It will be overridden by any new PTZ action executed.

When the new one finishes, the old one won’t go on being executed.