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Milestone XProtect Basis+ 6.5; Administrator’s Manual
• Absolute: For an absolute positioning PTZ camera, you are able to define up to 25 preset
positions. You define a preset position by moving the PTZ camera to the required position
with the controls in the PTZ View section, then naming the position in the window’s Preset
Positions section.
• Relative: For a relative positioning PTZ camera, the number of preset positions will depend
on the camera/video encoder and PTZ driver used. For some relative positioning PTZ
cameras you will only be able to use preset positions defined on the camera/video encoder
itself (when this is the case, the preset positions are typically defined through the
camera/video server’s “built-in” web page).
For relative positioning PTZ cameras allowing definition of preset positions through the
XProtect Basis+ system, you define a preset position by moving the PTZ camera to the
required position with the controls in the PTZ View section, then naming the position in the
window’s Preset Positions section.
How to Define a Preset Position
Note: Some PTZ cameras of the relative positioning kind do not allow you to define preset
positions as described in the following; for such cameras, you should define preset positions on the
camera/video encoder itself.
1. First use the controls in the PTZ Preset Positions for [Device Name] [Camera Name]
window’s PTZ View section to move the PTZ camera to the required position.
2. Having moved the PTZ camera to the required position, select an undefined item (may be
labeled Undefined or with a position number) in the Preset Positions section’s list of preset
position names, and click the Set Position button to define a name for the preset position.
For detailed information about the functionality of PTZ Preset Positions for [Device Name]
[Camera Name] window—such as the ability to test your preset positions or the ability to
combine preset positions with events—see Preset Positions for [Device Name] [Camera
Name] window’s sections in the following.
You are able to define up to 25 preset positions.
Each of the PTZ Preset Positions for [Device Name] [Camera Name] window’s sections are
described in the following:
PTZ View Section
The PTZ View section lets you control the PTZ camera, and watch the PTZ camera’s movements.
You use this section to move the PTZ camera to the positions you then define as presets positions
in the Preset Positions section.
To move the PTZ camera, simply click the required position in the preview picture.
The PTZ View section also features sliders allowing you to move the PTZ camera along each of its
axes: the X-axis (allowing you to pan left/right), the Y-axis (allowing you to tilt the camera
up/down), and the Z-axis (enabling you to zoom in and out; the camera will zoom in when you
move the slider towards Tele, and zoom out when you move the slider towards Wide).
As an alternative to clicking the required position in the preview or using the sliders, you can use
the PTZ camera navigation buttons:
Moves the PTZ camera up and to the left
Moves the PTZ camera up
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