User's Manual

AXIS M1043–W Network Camera

PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom)

PTZ (Pan T ilt Zoom)

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

see

View Area, on page 19

Preset Positi ons

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 30

• When s etting up Guard Tour. See

page 25

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 nam e in the Current position ﬁeld.

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 zer o to prevent the product from automatically

returning to the H ome position.

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

the ﬁeld. For more information about modiﬁers, see

File Nami ng & Date/T

ime Formats

in the online help .

Guar

d Tour

A guard tour displays the video stream 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.