User Manual

Chapter 6: Controlling a PTZ camera
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To call up a preset tour:
• PTZ control panel:
1. In live view left-click the mouse and select the PTZ control icon in the quick access
toolbar. The PTZ control panel appears. Select the desired camera from the toolbar.
– Or –
On the front panel, select the desired camera and press Enter to call up the quick
access toolbar. The PTZ control panel appears.
2. Scroll the toolbar to Tour and double-click the desired preset tour from the list. The
camera immediately carries out the preset tour movement.
• Menu toolbar:
1. From the menu toolbar, click PTZ Settings > More Settings.
2. Select the desired preset tour from the list and click to start the tour. Click
to stop the preset tour.
3. Click Back to return to live view.
Setting and calling up a shadow tour
The shadow tour command remembers the manually-controlled PTZ dome camera
movement track. One shadow tour can be set up.
Note: The PTZ dome camera used must be able to support a shadow tour command.
See Appendix F on page 157 for the complete list of PTZ commands available by
camera protocol.
To set up a shadow tour:
1. From the menu toolbar, click PTZ Settings > More Settings.
2. Select the shadow tour from the list.
3. To record a new shadow tour, click and use the directional buttons on the PTZ
control panel to move the camera along the desired path.
4. Click to save the shadow tour.
Note: The shadow tour can be overwritten.
5. Click Back to return to live view.
To call up a shadow tour:
• PTZ control panel:
1. In live view left-click the mouse and select the PTZ Control icon in the quick access
toolbar. The PTZ control panel appears. Select the desired camera from the toolbar.
– Or –