How to: Use PTZ camera controls

Last modified: Tuesday May 14, 2024.

You can control a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera directly from the Video view tool.

Task — Control a PTZ camera in Video view

  1. Choose Tools Tools > Video view Video view.
  2. Open a saved view containing a PTZ camera or drag a PTZ camera to a view pane.
  3. Hover over the PTZ camera video pane to see and interact with the virtual joystick and zoom control.
    1. You can only control one PTZ camera at a time.
  4. To use keyboard controls, click ptz control toggle button.
    1. Selecting keyboard controls turns off the virtual controller. To turn the virtual controller back on, click ptz control toggle button.
    2. Switching between virtual or physical controls applies to all PTZ camera feeds in the video view.

Keyboard controls for PTZ cameras

W Zoom in
S Zoom out
Up arrow Tilt up
Down arrow Tilt down
Left arrow Pan left
Right arrow Pan right

Calibrate and adjust PTZ camera settings

You can adjust the PTZ settings for each camera. Aware can automatically calibrate PTZ settings or you can manually adjust each parameter.

  1. Choose Tools Tools > Devices Devices.

  2. Select the required cameras and click Edit settings in the side panel.

  3. Open the Video tab and click Video adjustments.

  4. Find PTZ calibration.

  5. To make Aware calibrate the camera, click Calibrate.

  6. Alternatively, manually set the pan, tilt, and zoom steps.

  7. If required, invert the horizontal or vertical panning.