Using the Polycom PowerCam Presenter

3.In the Tracking Area field, select Restricted, Unrestricted, or Not Specified.

Refer to the following table for help in determining which setting is best for your situation:

 

Restricted

Unrestricted

Not Specified

 

 

 

 

Setup

Requires you to set

Requires you to set

Does not require

 

up the tracking area.

up the tracking area.

any setup.

 

 

 

 

Tracking

Camera will not

Camera will point

Camera will point

area

point to anything

outside the tracking

wherever it picks

 

outside the tracking

area if the presenter

up a signal since

 

area, even if the

walks out of the

no tracking area is

 

presenter walks out

area; however, it will

specified.

 

of the area.

not point to

 

 

 

reflections from

 

 

 

outside the tracking

 

 

 

area. Note that the

 

 

 

camera will not

 

 

 

follow the presenter

 

 

 

if the signal was lost

 

 

 

inside the tracking

 

 

 

area and then

 

 

 

recovered outside

 

 

 

the tracking area.

 

 

 

 

 

Ability to

Camera will not

Camera will not

Camera is

handle

point to reflective

point to reflective

susceptible to

reflective

surfaces outside the

surfaces outside the

pointing to

surfaces,

tracking area, but is

tracking area, but is

reflective surfaces.

such as

still susceptible to

still susceptible to

 

windows,

pointing to reflective

pointing to reflective

 

large plasma

surfaces inside the

surfaces inside the

 

screens, or

tracking area.

tracking area.

 

shiny walls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recom-

Use when you want

Use when you want

Use when there

mended

to exclude reflective

to exclude reflective

are no or minimum

usage

surfaces from the

surfaces from the

reflective surfaces

 

tracking area, and

tracking area, but

or you are in an

 

the presenter can

you do not want the

open space. This is

 

be limited to a

presenter to be

the default option.

 

restricted area.

limited to a

 

 

 

restricted area.

 

 

 

 

 

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