Controlling a ptz camera, Playback, Ptz control panel – Interlogix NVR 10 User Manual

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TruVision Recorder Operator Guide

Some of the functions can only be accessed after entering a valid user name and
password.

Controlling a PTZ camera

Left-click the mouse on the desired camera image to call-up the Quick Access
toolbar. Click the PTZ control icon in the toolbar to enter the PTZ mode.

If the display is in multiview format, it changes to full screen format for the
selected camera.

PTZ control panel

Name Description

1.

Directional
pad/auto-scan
buttons

Controls the movements and directions of the PTZ.
Center button is used to start auto-pan by the PTZ
dome camera.

2.

Zoom, focus, and
iris

Adjusts zoom, focus, and iris.

3. PTZ

movement Adjusts

the speed of PTZ movement.

4. Toolbar

Turns on/off camera light. This command is

not supported on all PTZ cameras.

Turns on/off camera wiper. This command is

not supported on all PTZ cameras.

Zoom area

Centers the PTZ dome camera image. This

command is not supported on all PTZ cameras.

Jumps to the home position.

5.

Select PTZ
command

Displays the desired function from the scroll bar:
camera, preset, preset tour or shadow tour.

6.

Exit

Exits the PTZ control panel.

Playback

There are four ways to play back video:

Instant playback of the most recently recorded video

24-hour playback of the day’s recorded video (This function is called “All-
day Playback” on some recorders)

Search the video archives by specific time, date, bookmark, snapshot, or
event

Search the system log

Playback window (24-hour/All-day playback shown)

1.

Camera panel: Select the cameras for playback. Move the mouse over the
area to display the list of cameras available.

2.

Calendar panel: Blue: Current date. Green/Yellow/Red: Recordings
available on the recorder.

3.

Zoom control: Zoom in and out of the timeline to show the progress bar in
greater or lesser detail.

4.

Time line: Time of actual playback. This is only displayed in 24-hour/All-day
playback.

5.

Playback progress bar: This bar displays how much of the 24-hour period
has been recorded. Its color depends on the recording type.

6.

Playback control toolbar (See below for more information).

7. Playback

viewer.

8.

Recording type: Description of the color coding of the recording types that
appear in the playback progress bar.

Playback control toolbar

See Figure 1 below.

Description

1.

Audio and video toolbar:

Audio

on/off.

Start/stop a video clip during playback. Sections of a
recording can be saved to an external storage device.

Add default bookmark.

Add customized bookmark.

Bookmark management. Click to see the list of bookmarks
and their times.
Note: Not available on all recorders.

Digital zoom. Zoom in to a selected part of the video image.
This option may not be available on all recorders.

Archive files.

2.

Timeline: Allows you to jump forwards or backwards in time. The
timeline moves left (oldest video) to right (newest video). Click a
location on it for where you want playback to start.
In 24-hour/All-day playback the cursor shows the actual time. In
search playback, the cursor is a ball.

3.

Playback control toolbar.

Reverse play the recording. Click again to pause.

Figure 1: Playback control toolbar

 

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