Reserve and release a PTZ session

If a PTZ camera needs maintenance or an incident occurs that requires you to have complete control over the PTZ camera, you can reserve the right to control it for a duration your system administrator has defined.

When you reserve a PTZ session, no other users can control the camera, including those who have higher PTZ priority permissions. You can then release the PTZ session when you no longer need it to let other users control the camera, or to resume the regular rule-based patrolling. If you forget to, the reservation ends after a duration of time your system administrator has defined.

You can’t reserve a PTZ session if a user with a higher priority than yours is already controlling the camera or if another user has already reserved the camera.

To reserve a PTZ session:

1. In live mode, select the camera view item with video from the PTZ camera to reserve.

2. On the camera toolbar, select PTZ to open the PTZ menu.

3. Select Reserve PTZ session. If you have started a manual patrolling, it automatically stops.

   You have now reserved the PTZ camera, and a timer shows the remaining time of the reserved PTZ session.

To release a PTZ session:

1. In live mode, select the view item with the PTZ camera you reserved.

2. On the camera toolbar, select PTZ to open the PTZ menu.

   The green color of the icon indicates that you're currently controlling the PTZ camera.

3. On the menu, select Release PTZ session.