How To Setup Ptz Camera

Configuring a Camera Tour

By default, each Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) photographic camera has a Dwelling house Position, where it is positioned unless a user manually controls the camera, or if the camera is automatically controlled past Symphony (for more information on auto control, see the Rule element Actions). Using the Camera Tour function, the camera can be configured to have multiple Home Positions. This finer allows the camera to cover more area.

To configure a Camera Bout:

1.Access your PTZ camera. For example, click on the PTZ photographic camera name in the Camera Tree.

two.Right-click on the live view of the photographic camera and select Camera Tour and then click Edit. from the carte du jour. The Photographic camera Tour dialog box opens.

3.From the Tour Name drop-down list, select a tour to modify. By default, there is one Camera Tour configuration. You tin create multiple Photographic camera Tour configurations with different tour locations and schedules.

4.Using the PTZ controls, move the camera to the desired location by using the arrows, and the + and - buttons to configure the zoom level.

five.To salvage location, in the Bout Listing Actions group area, click Add Current Live View PTZ Location To The List.

6.By default, Symphony volition move the camera between the different locations every 600 seconds. To change this value, modify the value (in seconds) in the Pause Time field.

7.To alter the mask an area for the new Camera Bout location, in the Bout Options area, click Modify Movement Mask. The Server Configuration dialog box open with the Devices listed and the mask took (eraser icon) tool active.

•This enables you lot to define where Symphony should track or not track objects.

•Each Camera Bout location is much similar a separate camera, since it has its own field of view. Equally a result, must ascertain the Motion Mask expanse for each Camera Tour location. For more than information on setting a Motion Mask, run across Masks.

eight.To modify perspective information for the new Camera Tour location (not all video analytic engines require this), click Change Perspective Settings. The Camera Tour location requires its own perspective information (to allocate objects properly). For more information, come across Perspective configuration.

9.To define when this Camera Tour is active, click Set Schedule for This Bout. Since many Photographic camera Tours tin can exist configured, you may decide to accept a Photographic camera Tour sequence that is different during the day than at nighttime. The Fix Schedule for this Tour dialog allows y'all to configure the schedule for this specific Camera Tour. Each Photographic camera Tour tin run on a separate schedule. Make sure that Camera Tour schedules do not overlap in time.

10.Click Apply to salve changes and OK to complete the configuration.

In the primary panel, with the PTZ Controls visible, you tin click on the numbers. For example, 1 moves the photographic camera to the Home position (Location 1) on a tour.