User's Manual

AXIS M3014 Network Camera

PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)

The PTZ menu is available if digital PTZ (pa n, tilt and zoom) is enabled i n the selected view area. For more information on view areas,

see View Area, on page 16.

Preset Positions

A preset position is a predeﬁned view that can be used to quickly steer the camera to a speciﬁc location. Preset positions can

be accessed in several ways:

• By selecting the preset from the Preset positions drop-down list in the Live View Page.

• When setting up action rules. See page 26.

• When setting up Guard Tour. See page 20.

To add a preset position:

1. Go to PTZ > Preset Positions.

2. Use the pan, tilt and zoom controls to steer the camera view to the desired position.

3. Enter a descriptive name in the Current position ﬁ eld.

The product can be conﬁgured to return to the Home position when the PTZ functionality has been inactive for a speciﬁed length

of time. Enter the length of time in the ﬁeld and click Save. Set the time to zero to prevent the product from auto m atically

returning to the Home position.

To include the preset position name in the overlay text, go to Video,selectInclude overlay text and enter the modiﬁer #P in the ﬁeld.

For more information about modiﬁers, see File Naming & Date/Time Forma

ts in the online help

Guard To

A guard tour displays the video stre am from different preset positions, one-by-one, in a predetermined order or at random and for

conﬁgurable time periods. The enabled guard tour will keep running after the user has logged off or closed the browser.

Toaddaguardtour:

1. Go to PTZ>GuardTourand click Add.

2. Enter a descriptive name.