User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Product overview
- Chapter 2 Installation
- Chapter 3 Getting started
- Chapter 4 Operating instructions
- Chapter 5 Live view
- Chapter 6 Controlling a PTZ camera
- Chapter 7 Playing back a recording
- Overview of the playback window
- Playback pop-up menu
- Instant playback
- All-day playback
- Playback skip time
- Searching recorded video
- Playing back recordings by time and video type
- Playing back recordings by event
- Creating and playing back bookmarked recordings
- Slideshow of snapshots
- Playing back recordings from the system log
- Playing back frame-by-frame
- Digital zoom in playback
- Chapter 8 Archiving recorded files
- Chapter 9 Using the web browser
- Windows 7 and 8 users
- Accessing the web browser
- Web browser overview
- Using the web browser to configure the device
- Searching and playing back recorded video
- Searching for event logs
- Recording from the browser
- Dual stream recording
- Controlling a PTZ dome camera in the web browser
- Capturing text insertions
- Text overlay
- Using a network storage system
- Chapter 10 Recording
- Chapter 11 Alarm settings
- Chapter 12 Network settings
- Configuring general network settings
- Configuring an NTP server
- Configuring e-mail
- Configuring SNMP
- Configuring UPnP
- Configuring an FTP server to store snapshots
- Configuring a remote alarm host
- Configuring multicast
- Configuring the server and HTTP ports
- Configuring the RTSP service port
- Telnet set up
- Checking network status
- Exporting network packet data
- Port forwarding
- Chapter 13 Storage management
- Chapter 14 Camera settings
- Chapter 15 Recorder management
- Chapter 16 User management
- Appendix A Specifications
- Appendix B PTZ protocols
- Appendix C Port forwarding information
- Appendix D KTD-405 keypad
- Appendix E Maximum pre-recording times
- Appendix F Supported PTZ commands
- Appendix G Default menu settings
- Index
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Chapter 6
Controlling a PTZ camera
You can control PTZ dome cameras using the buttons on the front panel, the keypad,
and IR remote control as well as using the PTZ control panel accessed with the mouse.
Access to PTZ commands may require a password.
Changing PTZ camera settings
You can easily change the PTZ protocol and address of the camera.
A detailed list of the PTZ commands available for many different camera protocols is
available in Appendix F on page 157.
To change a PTZ camera settings:
1. From the menu toolbar, click PTZ Settings > General.
2. Enter the desired PTZ protocol and address.
3. Click Back to return to live view.
Calling up presets, tours and shadow tours
When in live view you can quickly call up the list of existing presets, preset tours, and
shadow tours by using the front panel, remote control, mouse, and keypad.
Front panel Press Enter. PTZ control panel appears.
Mouse Left-click the mouse on the desired camera image. The quick access toolbar
appears. Click the PTZ control icon to enter PTZ mode. The PTZ control panel
appears.
Remote control Press the OK button. The PTZ control panel appears.
Keypad Press the Enter button on the keypad. For further information, see Appendix D
“KTD-405 keypad” on page 147.
If the display is in multiview format, it changes to full screen format for the selected
camera. See Figure 20 below for a description of the PTZ control panel.