The PTZ widget controls the pan, tilt, and zoom operations on the displayed camera. It appears in the Controls pane when the selected tile displays a PTZ-enabled camera.
IMPORTANT: If one of the PTZ buttons is grayed out, the PTZ
camera (
) you’re
working with doesn’t support that command.
Button or Letter | Command | Description |
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A | Direction arrows | Pan the PTZ motor using the eight direction arrows. |
B | Speed slider | Adjust the speed of the PTZ motor. |
C | Zoom in/out | Zoom in and out using the plus (+) and minus (-) commands. |
D | Quick access buttons | Move the PTZ motor to one of the eight quick access PTZ presets. |
E | Presets | Select a preset from the Presets list to move the PTZ motor to that preset, save a new preset position, or rename the preset. |
F | Patterns | Select a PTZ pattern from the Patterns list to do
one of the following:
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G | Preset tours | Select an auxiliary from the Preset tours list to start or stop an auxiliary command, or rename the command. |
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Lock PTZ | Lock the PTZ motor so only you have control of the PTZ. |
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Toggle to advanced mode | Open the PTZ Advanced mode menu. |
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Focus near | Focus the PTZ near. |
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Focus far | Focus the PTZ far. |
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Open iris | Manually control the iris (open iris). |
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Close iris | Manually control the iris (close iris). |
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PTZ home | Go to the PTZ home (default) position. |
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Flip | Flip the PTZ motor 180 degrees. |
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Menu on/off | Open the PTZ menu. This option is only for analog PTZ cameras. |
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Specific commands | Use commands that are specific to that camera model. |
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Go to preset | Jump to the preset position selected in the Go to
preset list.
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Start pattern | Start the PTZ pattern selected in the drop-down list. You can click any
preset of PTZ button to stop the pattern.
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Start auxiliary command | Start a PTZ auxiliary command (for example, a wiper blade). |
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Stop auxiliary command | Stop the PTZ auxiliary command. |
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Rename | Rename the selected preset tour. NOTE: The Rename feature for federated PTZ cameras is
not active from a Federation™ host. Use the Remote configuration task to rename
this element on a federated PTZ camera.
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