Home Window Controls - Cisco 2500 Series User Manual

Chapter 4 Viewing Live Video

Home Window Controls

The Home window provides controls for several IP camera features.
the Home window.
Note The IP camera administrator and users with the administrator or monitor privilege can access all IP
camera, video display, and audio controls. Users with the viewer privilege can access video display and
audio controls only.
Table 4-1
Control
IP camera controls
Stream Option
Alarm Output On
button
Alarm Output
Off button
Preset Camera
View drop-down
list
Patrol Sequence
button
Zoom Out button Use these buttons to control optical zooming.
Zoom In button
OL-19273-02
Home Window Controls
Description
Selects the mode that the IP camera uses for video streaming. The options depend
on the configuration of the Streaming Mode option in the in the Video window.
For related information, see the
Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by the
Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window.
For information about the Definition Mappings option, see the
Window" section on page
Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by the
Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window.
For information about the Definition Mappings option, see the
Window" section on page
When you choose a preset position from this list, the camera immediately goes to
that preset position.
If the camera is executing a patrol sequence, choosing a preset position from this
list cancels the sequence.
This button appears only if you enabled external PTZ for the camera. For
information about enabling external PTZ and configuring preset positions, see the
"PTZ (RS-485) Window" section on page
Click this button to execute the sequence that is configured for this IP camera.
For information about configuring a sequence, see the
section on page 3-36.
The optical zoom function requires that the IP camera be installed with a motorized
zoom/focus lens in a pan/tilt mount that supports the Pelco D protocol and that PTZ
functions are enabled. For more information, see the
section on page 3-36.
Viewing Video through the Home Window Overview
Table 4-1
"Video Window" section on page
3-35.
3-35.
3-36.
Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 Series IP Camera User Guide
describes the controls in
3-19.
"Alarm I/O Ports
"Alarm I/O Ports
"PTZ (RS-485) Window"
"PTZ (RS-485) Window"
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