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System Administrator’s Guide
Document K14392V1 Rev A 87
07/07
To Enable a PTZ Camera
1. Continue or start a Maintenance Session for the Rapid Eye site.
2. Click the Video tab.
3. Click PTZ. See figure
6–2.
4. Select the Enable box. The PTZ boxes and the PTZ controller become available. Note:
the Enable box is not available if a PTZ serial device is not assigned. To assign a PTZ
device, see the procedure:
To Assign and Set a New PTZ Device, above.
5. Select a driver that matches a PTZ camera. Drivers are listed in table
6–1.
6. If more than one PTZ camera is sharing the device, select a Camera Address that
matches the address set on the dome hardware.
7. Select the port attributes of the PTZ dome: Data bits, Stop Bit, Baud Rate and Parity Bit.
8. Select the position that a PTZ camera takes after a View operator closes a Live Session.
Consult your security officer before changing the value in the When Live Closes box. See
Behavior of PTZ After a Session Closes and table 6–2, on p. 94.
9. Cameras that have a command menu can be set using the Camera Menu button. Use
the dartboard control or the rubber band control to choose a command; use the Select
button to change a value. The PTZ controls are explained next, in section
Using a PTZ
Camera.
Fig. 6–2. Configuration Settings (4) for a PTZ (3) Camera (2), on the Video Tab (1).