Chapter 4
Managing the Camera
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Control
Sharpness slider
Restore button
White Balance Mode
Exposure Control
Note
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Camera Settings (continued)
Click on the Exposure Control heading to access the controls.
Description
To control the sharpness of the video from the PTZ IP camera,
drag the slider. Values are 1 through 100. A higher value
increases the sharpness and a lower value decreases the
sharpness.
The default value is 50.
Resets white balance, brightness, contrast, sharpness, saturation,
and hue to their default values.
Options are
Auto (default)—White balance is automatically set by the
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camera and is suitable for most conditions.
Indoor—This white balance mode is specifically for indoors.
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You can capture images with natural white balance.
Outdoor—This white balance mode is specifically for
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outdoors. You can capture images with natural white balance
in the morning and evening.
One Push WB—This option is a fixed white balance mode.
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You can automatically readjust as required, assuming that a
white object, in suitable lighting conditions and occupying
more than half of the image area, is seen by the camera.
Manual—With this option you can set the white balance by
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setting red gain (RGain) and blue gain (BGain) manually.
Sodium Lamp—This option is a fixed white balance mode
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specifically for sodium vapor lamps.
ATW—The camera automatically adjusts the white balance
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in response to varying light conditions.
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