Creating PTZ presets

To efficiently monitor specific areas of interest in the camera view, you can create PTZ presets. These presets are used to move your PTZ camera to a predefined position and set a specific zoom level.

1. Launch Genetec™ Operation desktop and open the Monitoring task.
2. To display a PTZ camera, double-click or drag it from the area view into a tile.

   

3. Move your PTZ camera to the required position and zoom level in the camera view.
   1. Zoom in and out one of the following ways:
      • To quickly zoom in and out, use the + and - controls in the PTZ widget. The PTZ speed slider () next to the zoom controls defines the zoom speed.
      • Move your mouse pointer over the video tile, and then move the blue zoom slider control up to zoom in or down to zoom out.
      • Use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
   2. To zoom into a specific area, if your PTZ camera supports the zoom box or area zoom feature, draw a box on the video image in the tile to move the camera and zoom in for a closer view.
      Note:

      This function is only available if your PTZ camera supports the zoom box or area zoom feature.
   3. To recenter the camera view, if your PTZ camera supports the center-on-click feature, click in the video image to recenter in that direction.
      Note:

      This function is only available if your PTZ camera supports the center-on-click feature. Clicking multiple times makes the camera turn more.
4. In the PTZ section of the right sidebar, click Toggle to advanced mode ().

   

5. In the Presets section, from the Presets list, select a preset.

   

   Note:

   Remember that in Security Center SaaS, Axis cameras use preset 0 as their home position. After a restart or update, the cameras automatically return to this position.
6. Click Go to PTZ preset () and click Save.

   

7. In the Save preset dialog, enter a meaningful name and click Save.