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Milestone XProtect ® Go 2014 Administrator's Manual
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Name Description
Delete
Only available when you have selected PTZ type 1 or 3. Lets you
delete an already defined preset. In the list, select the preset
position you want to delete, then click the button.
Before you delete a preset position, make sure it is not used in PTZ
patrolling or PTZ on event. Since the preset positions are stored on
the camera, you can bring a deleted preset position back into your
system by clicking the Import / refresh button. If you bring back a
preset position this way, and you use the preset position with PTZ
patrolling or PTZ on event, you must manually configure the PTZ
patrolling and/or PTZ on event to use the preset position again.
Test
Try out a preset position. In the list, select the preset position you
want to test, then click the button to view the camera move to the
selected position.
PTZ control wheel
Move a preset position selected in the list up and down
respectively. The selected preset position is moved one step per
click. By moving preset positions up or down, you can control the
sequence in which preset positions are presented in clients.
PTZ patrolling
Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance
server and the Management Application at the same time. Therefore, Milestone recommends that you
stop (see "Start and stop services" on page 170) the Recording Server service when you configure
such devices for motion detection and PTZ. See also View video from cameras in Management
Application (on page 39).
You can only set PTZ-related properties for pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras. PTZ patrolling is the
continuous movement of a PTZ camera between a number of preset positions. To use patrolling, you
must specify at least two preset positions for the relevant PTZ camera. To configure PTZ patrolling,
select a patrolling profile in the Patrolling profiles list and specify relevant properties to define the
exact behavior of the patrolling profile. When you have defined your patrolling profiles, remember to
schedule the use of patrolling profiles. Note that if users manually operate PTZ cameras, this can
override patrolling. You can specify a patrolling profile with only one preset if needed. Such a patrolling
profile can be useful in two cases:
f or moving a PTZ camera to a specific position at a specific time,
and for moving a PTZ camera to a specific position upon manual control of the PTZ camera.
Patrolling profiles
A PTZ camera may patrol according to several different patrolling profiles. For example, a PTZ camera
in a supermarket may patrol according to one patrolling profile during opening hours, and according to
another patrolling profile when the supermarket is closed. You can reuse the names of patrolling
profiles defined for other cameras. This allows you to use a single patrolling profile name across
several PTZ cameras, and can make scheduling of PTZ patrolling much easier. Even though several
PTZ cameras share a patrolling profile name, the movement between preset positions is individual for
each camera.
From the Patrolling profiles list, select which patrolling profile to configure: