Axis Communications 2400 Positional Control of the Video Sources, Click-in-image, Zoom, Tilt, Pan

30 Using the Video Server AXIS 2400/2401 Admin Manual

Positional Control of the Video Sources

Video cameras supporting Pan Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) are connected and controlled directly from the unit’s serial ports. Depending on the type of PTZ device used, the AXIS 2400/2401 can control up to four external (stand-alone) PTZ devices for positioning cameras on your system.

Clicking a specific Video button other than Video All, automatically displays pan-tilt-configuredvideo sources in a single-imageformat that features Pan, Tilt and Zoom bars, as shown in the illustration below:

Select Preset Position To enable quick and accu- rate camera positioning, the Administrator can define within server mem- ory, up to 20 preset camera positions. Preset positions are created and saved as named entities by your Administrator and can be selected at any time from the drop-down dialog. Choosing a preset position from the drop-down dialog immediately causes the selected camera to assume the predefined orientation.

Click-in-image

For navigational control of pan tilt devices.

Focus		Zoom
Allows smooth or stepped	Allows smooth or stepped camera zoom
camera focus between near	between telescopic and wide viewing.
and far focus.

Tilt

Allows smooth or stepped vertical pan- ning of the camera.

Home (H) Returns the camera to the ‘Home’ position.

Pan

Allows smooth or stepped hori- zontal panning of the camera.

Notes: •Clicking anywhere on the toolbar’s gradient allows for a “smooth” PTZ adjustment; whereas clicking on the left or right arrows causes a stepped incremental change.

•The AXIS 2400/2401 can control a range of relative and absolute PTZ devices via the Web inter- face, or third-party TCP application. The positioning tools available from the main page depend on the PTZ device chosen by the Administrator.

•Pan Tilt control can be disabled by the Administrator and may be unavailable in the user inter- face.