Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 112)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
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Define a favorite 360° lens position
You can only save positions for 360° lens cameras.
1. Navigate to the position in the 360° lens image that you want to save.
2. On the camera toolbar, click More > Save 360° Lens Positions to save the position.
3. When you want to return to the 360° lens position, on the camera toolbar, click More > Load
360° Lens Positions.
PTZ images
If your views (including those in a carousel or a map preview) contain pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera
images, you can control the PTZ cameras using the overlay PTZ navigation button. In setup mode, in
the Properties pane, you can define whether you want PTZ click mode for the position in the view to
be default, click-to-center, or virtual joystick. Your XProtect Smart Client options (on page 95) define
whether your default is virtual joystick or click-to-center.
Tip: You may be able to use a joystick for controlling your PTZ cameras. Joystick control can be
customized (see " Joystick options " on page 100). Even though joystick and point-and-click control is
supported for a large number of PTZ cameras, not all PTZ cameras may be controlled this way.
Many PTZ cameras can be controlled simply by pointing and clicking inside the images from the
camera. If you see a set of cross hairs when placing your mouse pointer over the images from a PTZ
camera, point-and-click control is supported for the camera.
Cross hairs indicate point-and-click control. For some cameras, cross hairs may look different.
For some cameras, cross hairs surrounded by a square may be displayed. When this is the case, you
can zoom in on an area by dragging a square around the area in the image you want to magnify. For
such cameras, zoom level is controlled by holding down the SHIFT key on your keyboard while
moving the mouse up or down; this will display a zoom level slider inside the image.
Select a PTZ preset
1. To make the PTZ camera move to the specified position, you select a preset from the list of
available presets defined for the PTZ camera. On the Live tab, on the camera toolbar, click
More > PTZ Control > PTZ Presets, and then select the required preset.
2. Selecting the preset Home will move the camera to its default position.