Milestone XProtect Smart Client 3.0; User’s Manual
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the opposite. You are thus able to freely determine whether the camera should, for
example, move up or down when you move the joystick towards you and away
from you respectively.
Absolute: By default, joystick control takes place based on a relative positioning
scheme. This means that moving a joystick will move the joystick-controlled object
based on the object’s current position rather than based on any fixed position. By
selecting Absolute, you are able to change this and use an absolute rather than a
relative positioning scheme.
Action: Lets you select the required action for an axis: Camera Pan, Camera Tilt,
Camera Zoom or No action.
Preview: Lets you quickly test the effect of your selections. When you have
selected an action for the axis you want to test, simply move the joystick along the
required axis to view the effect, indicated by a movement of the dark blue bar.
5. In the Button Setup section, specify an action for each required joystick button.
You select the required action in the Action column.
Tip: To quickly verify that you are configuring the required button, simply press the
required button on the joystick. When the button is pressed, a dark blue color will appear
in the Button Setup section’s Preview column for the button in question.
Disabling Joystick Use
To disable the use of joysticks on your Smart Client, select the Joystick Setup window’s Disable all
joysticks check box.
Joystick Setup is Tied to User Login on Particular
Computer
Unlike your views, which are simply tied to your user login and can therefore be used on any
computer with a Smart Client, your joystick setup will be tied to your user login as well as to the
specific computer on which you configured the joystick setup.
This means that your joystick setup will only work on the computer on which is has been
configured. The simple reason for this is that different computers are likely to have different
joysticks attached.
If you want to use a joystick with the Smart Client on more than one computer, you must configure
the Smart Client’s joystick setup on each computer.
Assigning Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
You are able to assign shortcut key combinations to particular actions in the Smart Client.
Tip: The Smart Client also features a small number of standard keyboard shortcuts,
immediately ready for use. See Using Standard Keyboard Shortcuts on page 88 for more
information.
To assign shortcut key combinations, do the following:
