Login Screen; Live View Toolbar; Controlling A Ptz Camera - Carrier Aritech TruVision DVR 17 Operator's Manual

Name Description
Enter the Camera configuration
7. Camera
menu.
8. Playback Enter the Playback window.
9. PTZ Control Open the PTZ control panel in
live view.

Login screen

For most recorder functions (such as playback,
searching recordings, menu access, etc.), you need
to log in with a valid user account and password
provided by your administrator.

Live view toolbar

The OSD live view toolbar lets you quickly access
regularly used commands. Position the cursor over a
video tile to see the control toolbar.
Button Description
Camera number of the selected analog (A) or
A[x] or
IP (D) camera.
D[x]
Instant Playback: Playback the recorded
video from the last five minutes. If no
recording is found, then there was no
recording made in the last five minutes.
Select the desired camera and click the icon
to start playback.
Digital Zoom: Enter digital zoom.
PTZ Control: Enter PTZ control mode.
Audio On: Enable/Disable audio output. The
stream type must be set to Video/Audio.
Switch Stream: Switch between main stream
and substream. It also shows the current
stream, the actual bit rate, and the frames per
second.

Controlling a PTZ camera

When in live view you can quickly call up the list of
existing presets, preset tours, and shadow tours by
using the mouse or keypad. You can also control the
movement of the PTZ camera.
2
PTZ control panel
Name
1. Configure PTZ
settings
2. Directional
pan/auto-scan
buttons
3. PTZ movement
Zoom, focus, and
4.
iris
5. Select PTZ
command
Playback
The recorder lets you quickly locate and play back
recorded video.
TruVision DVR 17 and NVR 12 Recorder Operator Guide
Description
Open the PTZ Parameter Settings
menu to configure PTZ.
Controls the movements and
directions of the PTZ. The center
button is used to start auto pan by
the PTZ dome camera.
Adjusts the speed of PTZ
movement.
Adjust the zoom in
and out.
Adjust the focus in
and out.
Adjust the iris in and
out.
Displays the desired function from
the scroll bar:
Preset: Presets are previously
defined locations of a PTZ dome
camera. It allows you to quickly
move the PTZ dome camera to a
desired position.
Preset Tour: This is a defined
series of presets.
Shadow Tour: Allows you to
record a manual movement of a
PTZ and to follow the same tour
later.