Introduction
This section deals with the settings associated with positioning and configuring a camera for automatic control.
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Model: The camera model.
User ID: A user friendly ID that can be used for external control, associated with whomever added the camera.
Asset Code: Insert your asset code if applicable.
Enabled: Select for the camera to be active.
Camera Stream URL: The camera Stream URL linked to this camera is for use in the ClearWay Mobile Client.
Relay ID: The relay that is activated whenever the camera is activated (most often used to prompt a DVR to begin recording the video feed). Choose ‘0’ to disable.
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Automatic: The camera will be controlled automatically by Witness based on the camera and camera group configuration. The automatic following of targets is controlled through the use of rules.
Mirror: This setting allows the camera to mirror a master camera in either automatic or manual mode.
Manual: The camera can only be controlled and moved by the operator.
Inactive: The camera will be inactive, i.e. it cannot be controlled by the operator (except via the use of relative viewer commands including the Home button), and will not automatically follow (latching) tracks. This mode will typically be applied to non-thermal cameras at night and this option can be set via a schedule rule.
Zoom Mode:
Automatic: The camera zoom will be controlled automatically by Witness based on the range of the target. The automatic following of targets is controlled through the use of rules. In auto mode you can still override the zoom but it will reset on the next target and revert to automatic zoom based on the range of the target.
Manual: This setting stops the automatic zoom that is calculated when a camera follows a target and keeps the last manual zoom setting that the operator has set, regardless of how far away the target is.
Enable Viewer Popup: This toggle enables or disables the video viewer popups.
Allow Latching: This per camera option allows the camera to be used in latching.
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Range: Defines the maximum zoom distance (in metres) that the camera should be taken to when tracking distant objects. When tracking moving targets at long zoom levels it is possible to miss the target altogether. By reducing the zoom level, a larger field of view provides greater opportunity to keep the target within the frame.
Min Range (m): Defines the minimum zoom distance (in metres) that the camera should be set to.
Zoom Factor (%): The percentage of the camera's maximum zoom capability used when following a track.
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Display FOV: These are the Field of View (FOV) visibility options for Static Cameras:
Automatic: When a target that has been selected for automatic tracking (latched), the FOV outline will appear when the camera is active and disappear when the camera is inactive.
Show: This setting always shows the FOV of the camera.
Hide: This setting always hides the FOV of the camera.
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Field of View: The size of the FOV in degrees for Static Cameras.
Default Viewer: Select the desired Viewer from those available in the drop down list.
Default Stream: Select the desired Stream from those available in the drop down list.
Height Offset Mode: Choose between the options; None, Terrain, Local and Combined.
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Tilt Delta: The numeric interval between each click of the up-down direction controls.
Areas
See Please see Camera Areas. Camera Areas will be listed here.
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Connection Details (ONVIF)
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Dwell Timeout (s): Defines a time period for which the camera will remain on a view before moving to the next position. The default setting is 10 seconds.
Target Lost Dwell Timeout (s): Defines a time period for which the camera will remain fixed on a view after losing a target it was following. During this period, the operator can take manual control, but all automatic controls will be ignored (unless the setting is set to the default setting of 0 seconds). Once the period has elapsed, if the lost target has not been located, then the camera will move to the next target or home position.
Dwell Zoom Factor (%): The percentage of the camera's maximum zoom capability used when dwelling.
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Connection Limit: The maximum number of connections possible to this camera.
Media Profile Token: A unique token identifier which applies a media profile. A media profile consists of a set of media configurations. Media profiles are used to configure properties of a media stream from a device.
Available Tokens: This allows you to select an available token from the dropdown list.
Driver Details
Show Range: Show the camera range on the PPI. By default, this appears as a green, dashed-line perimeter.
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Mechanical Details
Tilt Speed: The speed at which the camera moves left and right in degrees per second.
Pan Speed: The speed at which the camera moves left and right in degrees per second.
Mechanical Delay (s): This is the length of time that the camera hardware takes to respond to commands.
Minimum Delay (s): This is a throttling mechanism to prevent us sending out messages faster than a camera can process them. The value represents the time that must elapse before we send another command to the camera.
Camera Mode Change
The camera mode change in the Camera Mini Control is an operators feature that is available once the camera is created and in operation:
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It allows the user to switch between Automatic and Manual camera modemodes. This option means that an operator can quickly take manual control of a camera to follow a target and then, once they have finished their task, can return the camera to the Automatic setting settings, without having to change the Operating Mode within Camera Details.
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To enable the feature for the operator:
Edit their User Group.
Select the Allow Camera Mode Change option and Save.
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