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C626M-B (3/05) 49DX8000 PC Client Application
USING PC KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS TO OPERATE PTZ AND LENS FUNCTIONS
Users with Standard User access and higher may use a PC keyboard to operate PTZ and lens functions of cameras that support such features.
PTZ and lens functions can be controlled in Live mode using the keyboard.
Table A describes the keyboard buttons that you use to control PTZ and lens functions. Operation of the keyboard shortcuts, with the exception of
the plus (+) and minus (−) keys, are self-explanatory. A procedure is provided following Table A that describes how to use the plus (+) and minus
(−) keys.
To use the keyboard (+) and (−) keys to control camera pan and tilt speed:
1. Click .
2. Select a PTZ-enabled camera from the site tree.
3. Click the mouse pointer in the camera’s view panel.
4. Press and hold the up/down and left/right arrows to pan and tilt the camera.
5. Press the plus (+) key once to increase the pan and tilt speed. Press the minus (−) key once to decrease the pan and tilt speed.
Table A. Standard PC Keyboard Functions for Controlling PTZ and Lens Functions
Key(s) Description
Insert and Delete These keys provide the following functionality:
• On-screen display, preset and pattern modes: Insert increases and Delete decreases focus,
performing the same actions as the focus control on the PTZ keypad.
• Remote camera programming mode: Insert and Delete perform the same actions as the PTZ
keypad focus (+) and (−) buttons, navigating up and down the camera menu choices.
Home and End These keys provide the following functionality:
• On-screen display, preset and pattern modes: The Home key opens and the End key closes
the iris, performing the same actions as the PTZ keypad iris (+) and (−) buttons.
• Remote camera programming mode: The Home key selects an option from the camera’s on-
screen menu. The End key cancels an option or exit a menu. These keys perform the same
actions as the PTZ keypad iris (+) and (−) buttons.
Page Up and Page Down These keys perform the same functionality in the on-screen display and the preset and pattern
modes as the PTZ keypad zoom (+) and (−) buttons. Page Up zooms in; Page Down zooms out.
Up and Down Arrow These keys provide the following functionality:
• On-screen display, preset and pattern modes: The up arrow key raises the camera and the
down arrow key lowers the camera. The keys perform the same actions as clicking the left
mouse button when in on-screen PTZ control and dragging the mouse pointer up and down.
• Remote camera programming mode: The arrow keys navigate up and down the camera menu
choices. The keys perform the same actions as the PTZ keypad focus (+) and (−) buttons.
Left and Right Arrow These keys provide the same actions as clicking the left mouse button for on-screen PTZ control
and dragging the mouse pointer left and right. The left arrow key pans the camera in a counter-
clockwise direction, and the right arrow key pans the camera in a clockwise direction.
+ and – These keys perform similar actions in the on-screen display and the preset and pattern modes as
clicking the left mouse button when in on-screen PTZ control and dragging the mouse pointer to
change the speed of camera movement. The plus (+) key, pressed once increases the camera’s pan
and tilt speed. The minus (−) key pressed once decreases the camera’s pan and tilt speed. Each
time the plus (+) key is pressed the pan and tilt speed is increased toward the maximum speed.
Each time the minus (−) key is pressed, the pan and tilt speed is decreased toward the minimum
speed.