Polycom PowerCam Presenter User Manual page 17

3. In the Tracking Area field, select Restricted, Unrestricted, or Not
Specified.
Refer to the following table for help in determining which setting is best
for your situation:
Restricted
Setup Requires you to set
up the tracking area.
Tracking Camera will not
area point to anything
outside the tracking
area, even if the
presenter walks out
of the area.
Ability to Camera will not
handle point to reflective
reflective surfaces outside the
surfaces, tracking area, but is
such as still susceptible to
windows, pointing to reflective
large plasma surfaces inside the
screens, or tracking area.
shiny walls
Recom- Use when you want
mended to exclude reflective
usage surfaces from the
tracking area, and
the presenter can
be limited to a
restricted area.
Using the Polycom PowerCam Presenter
Unrestricted Not Specified
Requires you to set Does not require
up the tracking area. any setup.
Camera will point Camera will point
outside the tracking wherever it picks
area if the presenter up a signal since
walks out of the no tracking area is
area; however, it will specified.
not point to
reflections from
outside the tracking
area. Note that the
camera will not
follow the presenter
if the signal was lost
inside the tracking
area and then
recovered outside
the tracking area.
Camera will not Camera is
point to reflective susceptible to
surfaces outside the pointing to
tracking area, but is reflective surfaces.
still susceptible to
pointing to reflective
surfaces inside the
tracking area.
Use when you want Use when there
to exclude reflective are no or minimum
surfaces from the reflective surfaces
tracking area, but or you are in an
you do not want the open space. This is
presenter to be the default option.
limited to a
restricted area.
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