Axis Q8665-LE User Manual page 14

AXIS Q8665-LE PTZ Network Camera
How to access the product
The Play button connects to the Axis product and starts playing a media stream.
The Stop button stops the media stream.
The Snapshot button takes a snapshot of the video image.
Click the View Full Screen button and the video image will fill the entire screen. Press ESC (Escape) on the computer
keyboard to cancel full screen view.
The Record button is used to record the current video stream on your computer. The location where the recording is saved
can be specified in the AMC Control Panel. Enable this button from Live View Config > Viewer Settings.
PTZ Controls
The live view window also displays Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) controls. The administrator can enable/disable controls for specified users
under System Options > Security > Users.
With the PTZ Control Queue enabled the time each user is in control of the PTZ settings is limited. Click the buttons to request or
release control of the PTZ controls. The PTZ Control Queue is set up under PTZ > Control Queue.
Select Focus window to define an area of the camera's image that focus should be applied on. If the focus window is set from the
live view window, any change in the camera position will return the autofocus to the entire window. To set a permanent focus
window, see About preset positions on page 28
Click the Emulate joystick mode button and click in the image to move the camera view in the direction of the
mouse pointer.
Click the Center mode button and click in the image to center the camera view on that position.
The center mode button could also be used to zoom in on a specific area. Click in the image and drag to draw a
rectangle surrounding the area to be magnified. To zoom out, rotate the mouse wheel.
Pan and Tilt bars – Use the arrows to pan and tilt the camera view, or click on a position on the bar to steer the camera view to
that position.
Zoom bar – Use the arrows to zoom in and out, or click on a position on the bar to zoom to that position.
Focus bar – Use the arrows to focus the camera, or click on a position on the bar to set the focus position. Using the focus bar will
disable the product's autofocus. To re-enable, use the PTZ control panel which is opened by clicking the Ctrl panel button (see above).
The PTZ controls can be disabled under PTZ > Advanced > Controls, see About advanced PTZ settings on page 30.
Click the Ctrl panel button to open the PTZ control panel which provides additional PTZ controls.
User-defined buttons can also appear in the Control panel. See About advanced PTZ settings
on page 30.
Select a PTZ preset position to steer the camera view to the saved position. See About preset
positions on page 28.
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