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PTZ Controls
You must have already connected and set up one or more PTZ cameras as described in
Chapter 6 PTZ Cameras in the User Manual before being able to use this function. This
control panel operates just like the PTZ controls on the DVR itself.
While you can refer to 6.2 PTZ Control and
Setup in the User Manual for instructions
on general PTZ operation, there are a couple
of features in this control panel that should
be noted:
The button at the center of the directional
controls is the 3D Intelligent Positioning Key.
The tab labelled PTZ gives you access to
settings to create scans, tours, preset points
and etc. Also available are functions such as
flip, light and wiper controls.
The tab labelled PTZ Menu is for use with
PTZ cameras that have an internal menu
with the directional controls being used to
navigate within in.
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Channel Controls
In this area, you can select which cameras to view, which data stream to use,
activate two-way communication with someone near a camera and play back a recorded
video that has been saved on your computer.
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Cameras - Clicking on one of the camera
icons will open the corresponding
channel. You may have to choose
a stream (see below) before the
camera’s video will appear. Cameras
will be numbered as they are on the
DVR. In multi-camera vies, click on an
empty channel before clicking on the
camera icon.
Stream - When you are connected to the
system on the same network (LAN),
you can select whether to use the
main data stream or the smaller Extra
Stream (also known as a SubStream)
which may provide smoother video if
you have bandwidth issues. Systems
on another network will only stream
the substream. “M” signies that the
channel is using the main stream
while “S” indicates the substream.
Open All - Opens all available cameras.
Again, you may be able to choose
whether you will view the main stream
or the substream.
Refresh - Refreshes camera list
Instant Record - The DVR will start recording video from all cameras.
Start Talk - If you have a microphone and speaker co-located with a camera and you have
a microphone connected to the input port on the side of the DVR, you can initiate a
bi-directional dialog with a person near that camera. There are four options: DEFAULT,
G711a, G711u and PCM
Local Play - Open and playback a recorded video file saved on your computer. The files are
saved as .dav format which will require conversion to .avi format to play in another
application.
The color of the camera icons indicate their status:
Icon Status Icon Status
Online/
Playing
Offline
In live view mode, a new camera can be selected by clicking on the desired screen segment
and then clicking the new camera. You can re-order the layout as you desire within a multi-
screen mode by clicking on a frame to highlight it and then dragging its video to another
position on the screen where it will swap places with the video currently in that spot.