How to Setup Presets and Patrols – Hikvision Mini PTZ Dome

Today I am going to show you how to set up presets and patrols on this Hikvision Mini PTZ Dome security camera.

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You may recall from my previous videos, this Mini PTZ Dome camera has a motor inside to drive the direction in which the camera is pointing. It pans, tilts and zooms with a 4X zoom lens and it’s all controlled remotely. Even though this camera cannot track or follow an object, you can set it up what is called patrols to automatically move the camera around in a predefined sequence of points with a predefined speed and with predefined wait times between each point. These points and called presets. You can save 300 of these predefined combinations of pan, tilt and zoom settings, which are basically the X, Y and Z coordinates on a 3-dimensional graph. These presents are then added to a patrol or a string of presets with configurable wait times between each preset and configurable speeds at which the lens moves to the next preset. You can have 8 patrols with 32 presets in each.

You might see the word, Pattern. Patterns are not used by this camera in particular, but a pattern is a record and playback sequence of PTZ commands. I can move the camera around and zoom in and out and the camera would record those motions. I could then plan back that sequence in a loop. Using patrols is basically the same thing but you have more control over the exact speed and timings.

Patrols come in handy if you have one camera responsible for a large area. It’s great because you save money by just purchasing one camera which can cover multiple areas. There are 2 downsides to using patrols. One, is the risk that you might miss an event because your camera happens to be facing another area. The second is that motion detection may get triggered with patrols, because the camera is moving and it will consider that motion and trigger the motion sensor. You might be able to find a balance where the patrol is so slow that it doesn’t fire the alarm. Every scenario is different, so consider if patrols can work for you. For example, you may use patrols to monitor pets. The camera can scan your yard and then zoom in on your dog house. Or, patrol your property and zoom in on entry points like gates and doorways. For me, I’ll set mine up on the corner of my property to scan a wide area but then zoom in on various objects I want to keep a closer eye on.

There are a few ways to get this rolling:

Presets and patrols can be configured from the live view page on the web user interface.
They can also be setup from Hikvision’s iVMS-4200. http://www.hikvision.com/en/Tools_84.html

Let’s log into the web user interface using Internet Explorer and try it out:

Navigate to the Live View page.
You may need to click the slider on the right-hand side to gain access to the controls,
Flag icon is for presets and spinning icon is for patrols.
Through this user interface, there is no easy way to rename the patrols. It looks like you can access the preset label though the camera’s menu, but it’s even more difficult to navigate. The hamburger button turns on the menu, then you can navigate up and down with the arrows and select with the Iris+ button. I’m not even going to bother. It might be easier with a joystick.

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Let’s setup some presets:

Let’s move the camera into position to save the first preset. This will be a wide shot of my deck. To save, click the gear icon. You’ll now notice the preset label is in bold and I have the option to call that preset or delete it. Be careful with delete because there is no confirmation.
Let’s save a few more. A closeup of the back door. Now a wide shot of the yard, now the shed and let’s move past the garden then to the gazebo, then wide of the gazebo area, then let’s go all the way around for a wide shot of the front and then a closeup of the driveway entrance.
You can call of any of these presets by clicking on the call button.

Now we will connect all these dots with a patrol:

On the patrols tab, again there is no way to rename them here. Not even on the camera’s menu.
Click on the gear icon to configure the first one.
Now you can add each of the different presets. This is where the labels come in handy. I’ll add 2 here by clicking the plus icon.
A dropdown menu appears but it’s just full of preset numbers. Even if we did rename the presets, they would still unfortunately show as numbers here.
Next, I’ll update the patrol speed. 1 is the slowest, 40 is the fastest. Zoom is not affected by this speed setting.
Patrol Time: The minimum here is 15 seconds and the max is 3600 seconds or 1 hour. The timer does start until the previous preset is in frame.
To demonstrate the difference, I make the first speed 40 and the next one 1.
You can also change the order using the up and down icons.
Save it by clicking OK at the bottom of the screen.
To start the patrol, click the play button.
I’m going to even speed this up a little on the video, because it’s so slow. Now back to real time.
Let’s add all the other presets and play them.

With patrols, there is no visual indicator if they have been set up. If you delete one, there is no confirmation or messaging and nothing on the interface changes. Again, unfortunately a little confusing and frustrating if you hit delete by accident in that small mash up of buttons.

You can also setup presets and patrols from iVMS-4200:

On the Main View screen, with the camera selected, navigate to the PTZ Controls.
It’s basically the same setup on this user interface but iVMS-4200 at least gives you a confirmation message when deleting presets.
It also allows you to easily rename presets. You cannot just rename the preset here, otherwise you will overwrite the PTZ setting. To prevent this, call the preset, then rename it.
On the Patrols tab, select the patrol you want to view from the dropdown. You can then add and remove presets. When you add one, you will see the actual name of the preset and not its index number. Unfortunately, you cannot rename patrols. If you want to delete an entire patrol, you actually have to remove presets from patrols.

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There is also a tab here for pattern, but it doesn’t save if you try to add one since this camera doesn’t support this feature

By the way, it you totally mess this up and want to start over, all presets and patrols can be cleared on the Configuration > PTZ > Clear Config screen.

When I was testing this out, I noticed that after a few hours the patrol would stop in some random place. This can be corrected by setting a schedule.

Here on the Configure tab in IE under PTZ and Scheduled Tasks you can enable a schedule. Select the type of schedule and populate the days and time you want the scheduled patrol to run. It would be great if we could select different patrols to run at different times of the day. Set the Park Time, which is the wait time before the scheduled tasks starts. If you interrupt the patrol with manual pan, tilting or zooming, after 5 seconds the patrol will pick up where it left off. When you done, click save.

In conclusion I’m still very pleased with this camera. I have several other videos on it, so please check them out. I’ll add links to where I picked up my gear in my blog in the description below. Please like and subscribe if you found this video on setting up presets and patrols helpful. Thanks for watching.

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