Utilizing your Camera's PTZ Capabilities

Utilizing your Camera's PTZ Capabilities

How to control your camera's PTZ function from inside the VMS Cloud Platform.

If your camera device has PTZ Control, the controls will automatically be enabled on our Cloud Platform it is has been enabled on your camera's edge settings. 

From the Camera Glue web portal, you can access the control right from the camera's toolbar.

Before viewing your camera, first ensure that the login you are using to view your camera has the correct permissions:

Use this article here to learn more about your camera role adjustments. 

Once logged into your video portal, the Camera Icon will pull up a list of all configured cameras on your role and also sort automatically which ones have PTZ enabled:

 

Click on the PTZ camera and reveal the toolbar simply by hovering the mouse pointer over the camera image:

PTZ movement speed depends on the camera's capabilities and settings. To adjust the speed and movement of the camera there are two interfaces:

1. Relative: For a step-by-step increment in the camera movement use a relative interface. This allows users to have more control over the camera movement in terms of the rate at which the angle of the camera should be rotated. 

2. Continuous: This is a robust mode which is allowing users to pan and tilt the camera continuously. The camera can be quickly returned to the home position with the home icon.

Note: Caution should be taken while clicking the home icon and not be confused with the home icon with a down arrow. This icon will overwrite the default position of the camera and will save the new position as default.

 

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