Manage patrolling profiles

Depending on your surveillance system, you can create, edit and delete patrolling profiles:

1. In the view, select the relevant PTZ camera where you want to add a new patrolling profile.
2. On the camera toolbar, click the PTZ icon to open the PTZ menu.
3. Click Manage patrolling profiles to open the dialog box.
4. Follow the steps below and click OK to close the Manage patrolling profiles window.

   You and other users can see the new patrolling profile in the PTZ menu.

Create patrolling profiles

1. Click below the Patrolling profiles list to add a new patrolling profile.
2. Type a name for the profile and press Enter. You can always rename it later.

   

   The new patrolling profile is added to the Patrolling profiles list. You can now specify the positions and other settings for the patrolling profile.

   Note that the system only saves your changes when you click OK. Until then you can cancel all your changes.

Delete patrolling profiles

To delete an existing profile, select the profile and click .

Specify positions in a patrolling profile

1. Select the patrolling profile:

   

2. Click below the Positions list to add a PTZ preset.

   PTZ presets are defined by your administrator or, depending on user rights, you can do this by clicking the Manage PTZ presets button.

3. In the drop-down list, select a PTZ preset.
4. Repeat adding presets until you have selected all necessary positions in the patrolling profile:

   

5. Use the up or down arrows to move a PTZ preset in the list.

   The camera uses the PTZ preset at the top of the list as the first stop when it patrols according to the patrolling profile. The PTZ preset in the second position from the top is the second stop, and so forth.

Specify the time on each position

When patrolling, the PTZ camera by default remains for five seconds on each position specified in the patrolling profile.

To change the number of seconds:

1. Select the patrolling profile in the Patrolling profiles list.
2. Select the PTZ preset that you want to change the time for in the Positions list:

   

3. Specify the time in the Time on position (sec) field.
4. If required, repeat for other presets.

Specify an end position

You can specify that the camera should move to a specific position when patrolling ends. You do that by selecting an end position on the patrolling profile.

1. Select the patrolling profile in the Patrolling profile list.
2. Below On finish, go to, select one of the presets from the drop-down list as the end position.

   You can select any of the camera's PTZ presets as the end position, you are not limited to the presets used in the patrolling profile.

   You can also choose not to specify an end position at all, but to keep the default setting: No end position.

Add or edit PTZ presets

If you find that the existing PTZ presets you can select from do not suit your needs, you can create additional presets for the camera or edit the existing ones.

1. Click the Manage PTZ presets button.
2. In the Manage PTZ presets dialog box, make the changes to the presets and click OK.

   You return to the Manage patrolling profiles dialog box.

3. Continue managing your patrolling profiles and click OK to close and save.

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