Operation Manual

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2. Select your camera’s Exposure Mode.
• Auto: Allows you to set maximum Gain limit and Exposure Time settings, while retaining the full range of Day/Night controls.
• Manual: Allows you to fix the Exposure Time setting and adjust the maximum Gain limit. You should only engage this mode
if fixed exposure time is a priority.
3. Set the Max Gain setting. Increasing the gain allows for better sensitivity in low-light scenes, but also increases video noise.
4. Set the Max Exposure Time. The maximum exposure time determines the time, in milliseconds, that the imaging sensor is exposed
to light. Decreasing the maximum exposure time reduces motion blurring; increasing the maximum exposure time may help capture
more detailed still images in low-light.
5. Set your Day/Night Mode. If the camera exposure mode is set to Exposure Time/Gain Control setting, the Day/Night Mode can be
set to Auto or Manual mode and the Transition Level is enabled.
• Auto: Engages day or night mode based on the Transition Level setting; this allows you to capture color video (Day) when
enough light is available, and automatically switch to black and white video (Night) when light is unavailable.
• Manual: Requires you to choose a Day or Night mode. Day captures color video; Night captures grayscale video.
6. (Optional) Set your camera’s Transition Level, determining when the camera switches from Day to Night mode. Lighter settings
cause the camera to change modes at higher lux values.
Focus Settings
Focus Settings affect your camera’s focusing behaviors. If you set all focus behavior settings to Off, you must manually focus your
camera.
Autofocus: Causes your camera to automatically focus during runtime operation.
Sure Focus: Causes your camera to auto focus when pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) operations are complete or if the IR cut filter changes
state. When your camera achieves an auto focus lock, auto focus is turned off and the focal position will remain until the next PTZ oper-
ation. If 30 seconds pass without an auto focus lock, your camera will retain its focal position until the next PTZ action.
Focus Trace: Enables your camera to use a focus trace curve when zooming based on the distance to ground-level targets in the scene;
distance to ground-level targets is determined by the Install Height setting. If Auto Focus is disabled, your camera will not perform
auto-focus operations, but will perform focus trace corrections when the tilt angle of your camera changes.
Install Height: Determines the distance between your camera and ground-level targets for focus trace operations.
Setting White Balance
There are six white balance modes including three auto, two fixed, and one manual.
Normal mode is an auto white balance mode. It has a color temperature range from 7,500K to 2,500K. It can be used to properly white
balance scenes illuminated by daylight to warm white sources.
Extended mode is an auto white balance mode. It has a color temperature range from 7,500K to 2,000K. It can be used to properly white
balance scenes illuminated by daylight to warm white sources.
ATW mode (Auto Tracking White) is an auto white balance mode. It has a color temperature range fro 10,000K to 2,000K.
Warm White mode (Indoor) is a fixed white balance mode. It can be used for fixed lighting scenes with warmer (more yellow) sources
such as incandescent, tungsten-halogen, warm white compact florescent, or LED lighting.
Cool White mode (Outdoor) is a fixed white balance mode. It can be used for fixed lighting scenes with cooler (more blue) sources such
as true daylight, daylight fluorescent, white light LEDs, or metal halide sources.
Manual mode is a fixed white balance mode. It can be used to manually set the red and blue values for color adjustment.