User manual AXIS CAMERA RECORDER 1.1

[. . . ] AXIS Camera Recorder User's Manual 2 AXIS Camera Recorder User's Manual About This Document This manual is intended for administrators and operators of AXIS Camera Recorder and is applicable for software version 1. 1. Later versions of the document will be posted to the Axis Web site, as required. Previous experience of networking will be of use to the reader when installing and using this product. Legal Considerations Camera surveillance may be prohibited by laws that vary from country to country. Check the laws in your local region before using AXIS Camera Recorder for surveillance purposes. Liability Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual. [. . . ] It is also possible to Set All - include all squares in the image in the motion detection, or to Clear All - exclude all squares from the motion detection. This will automatically detect and exclude "noisy" areas from motion detection. Note that motion detection must be reasonably well calibrated before this will work properly. Show grid - Shows or hides the grid lines. The Administrator Application 25 Setting Up and Using PTZ Preset Positions Up to 25 PTZ preset positions (PP's) can be created for absolute positioning PTZ cameras. These are then accessible in the Monitor application's control panel. For relative PTZ cameras, the number of PP's will depend on the Axis video server and the PTZ driver used. For relative PTZ cameras, only the PP's defined in the video server will be listed and available for use. The PTZ preset positions dialog box is activated from the camera settings dialog box by pressing the PTZ Preset Positions button. An absolute PTZ is device is one that is capable of keeping exact track of its own position, by using a coordinate Figure 7 - The PTZ Preset Positions dialog box. It is thus possible to command it to "go to xx, yy. " A relative PTZ device, however, can only move in relation to its current position, i. e. "go up" or "go left. " The following functionality is available (for absolute devices): Wide/Tele bar - Click on the bar to set the zoom level for the camera. When clicking, the zoom level will be set to the level indicated by the cursor position on the bar. 26 The Administrator Application Tilt (Vertical bar) - Click on the bar to set the tilt position for the camera. When clicking, the tilt level will be set to the level indicated by the cursor position on the bar. Pan (Horizontal bar) - Click on the bar to set the pan position for the camera. When clicking, the pan level will be set to the level indicated by the cursor position on the bar. Pan/Tilt buttons - Press the buttons in order to move the camera in the direction indicated by the button. Use Preset Positions from Device - For absolute PTZ cameras you can choose to use the PP's on the video server, or the ones defined in AXIS Camera Recorder. For relative PTZ cameras on Axis video servers, the PP's defined PP's in the server will automatically be used, i. e. Set Position - Press this button when the relative PTZ camera has been moved to the desired position. Also used to change the position for an existing preset position to the current selected camera position. Note that names are truncated if too long for the preset position buttons in the Monitor application. - Select a preset position in the list and press this button to change the name of the preset position. [. . . ] The event name appears under the device, which indicates that this event is controlled through that device. We will now create a timer event, which is tied to the new external event; 1. Select the external event we created previously by clicking on it in the Defined Events window. Click the Add New Event button and the New Timer Event dialog appears. [. . . ]