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To focus a camera on a particular area, simply Right-Click the area you wish to target and the camera will move to dwell there:
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Automatic: This is a toggle between Automatic and Manual camera control. This is covered in the Camera Mode section below.
Height Map: These Height Maps are very useful where a single camera needs to cover a region that has differing ground heights within it. Each Height Map is made up of grids, and each grid has a Height Offset option which allows you to inform the camera that when it is viewing that grid it should make tilt adjustments to account for the height difference. For further information please visit to the Height Map page.
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The Selection Menu is accessed by a long left-click on the PPI Map on the camera you wish to access.
The The Selection Menu will open and allow you to access to the Camera Mini Control:
Accessing the Height Map
Within installations there can sometimes be situations where there is a need to adjust how cameras view the surrounding environment. Height Maps are very useful where a single camera needs to cover a region that has differing ground heights within it. Each Height Map is made up of grids, and each grid has a Height Offset option which allows you to inform the camera that when it is viewing that grid it should make tilt adjustments to account for the height difference.
You can view/hide the height map by toggling it on and off via the Camera Mini Control:
Camera Modes
Automatic: The camera will be controlled automatically by AdvanceGuard® based on the camera and camera group configuration. The automatic following of targets is controlled through the use of rules.
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It allows you to switch between Automatic and Manual camera mode. This option means that you can quickly take manual control of a camera to follow a target and then, once you have finished the task, you can return the camera to the Automatic setting.
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Camera Latching
Typically, the software uses the cameras to automatically follow targets. However, you can take control of a camera by latching it to another target.
When a target has been selected for latching, a free camera capable of latching will follow the target.
There are two ways to latch:
Select the Follow / Latch Targeticon, which is outlined in pink in the image below, on the Selected Track Mini Control:
RightAlternatively, right-click the target.
The FOV outline (in pink) will appear when the camera is active and disappear when the camera is inactive.
In the example below, the selected track 2159 (in pink) had been latched to automatically followed by the camera, however, the operator latched a camera to track 2-1197 (in red), by right-clicking the track.
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For further information about cameras, please navigate to the Cameras page.
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Video viewers allow video inputs from cameras to be displayed when required. Most usually, video viewers are used in conjunction with optical or thermal imaging cameras that can be called upon when an incident occurs in the areas that they cover.
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The Viewer has a Navigation Control very similar to that of the PPI Map.
Commands
Wiper: Select to enable camera lens wipers
White Lights: If this option is available, select to enable illuminating white light.
Camera Viewer Screen: This is the camera viewer display screen.
Viewer & Camera Name: This labels the viewerand the camera the viewer is streaming from.
Direction & Magnification Controls: The direction keys are used to direct the view of the camera up-down and left-right, whilst the + and - icons are used to zoom in and out.
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The ✖ is used to close the viewer window.
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Magnification Level: This is the current magnification level of the camera display.
Close Viewer: This will close the Viewer screen.
Commands: Commands will vary for each camera model, but many use a wiper, for example.
Track ID: This is the track ID which is only displayed if the Camera is following a track.
In the example below, the camera has been automatically tasked by the system to follow the Track. The operator has selected the viewer (circled in orange) from the Camera Mini Control which has opened the viewer on the top left of the PPI Map, and also the Viewer Mini Control, highlighted on the top right. The track and camera have been highlighted in the middle of the PPI Map:
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Docking/Undocking Viewers
If your system has multiple cameras you can dock the viewers together. This gives you the ability to create a rich user interfaces with a mixture of map and video views.
Using Popup Viewers
Need a sub section to cover using popup viewers
Please navigate to Viewers for more information.
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