How to setup PTZ control & Basic Functions

PTZs are a great solution to supplement with a CCTV system as it gives the user the ability to Pan and Tilt the camera around as well as optically zooming in on areas of importance.

In this guide, we will be showing how to control the PTZ and its basic functions. This guide will be from the PTZs web interface from a windows-based PC.

Live View Controls

Basic Settings

• Preset Image Freeze
  • When enabled, this function captures a still image and holds it until the camera has moved to the next selected preset, eliminating jarring transitions.
• Stop PTZ Control After Timeout
  • PTZ Manual Control will stop after timeout time.
• Timeout(s)
  • Alloted amount of seconds before the PTZ timeouts
• PTZ Rectification
  
  • PTZ will reinitialize its preset configuration. Only use this if you notice the PTZ drifting. 

Home Position

PTZ camera will return to home position if no operation is made within a specified period.
Note: You need to add presets or a patrol route first. See Add a preset and Add a patrol route for
details

• Mode
  • Preset or Patrol
• ID
  • Choose which preset or patrol for the Home Position
• Idle State(s)
  • PTZ will resume Home Position Mode after allotted number of seconds.

Limit

Set rotation limits to prevent the PTZ camera from hitting obstacles such as a wall.

Remote Control

When the third-party platform is used and the PTZ protocol does not match that, you can set the
remote control function to control the PTZ.

• Listener Port
  • Camera's local port, which cannot be a port that is already in use. Change the
    default setting only when necessary.
• Address Code
  • The camera can read the address code contained in instructions. The camera
    interprets the instruction only when the address code in the instruction is the
    address code configured here.

Patrol

• Resume Patrol
  • Set the time when patrol resumes.