Control Timing
Figure 46 Control Timing properties
These properties control timeout and interval settings for a set of camera control options. These settings affect how long a camera continues to respond to control communications after a control message is received. The reason for these limits is to prevent a camera from being left in a state of continual movement or adjustment (iris, focus, or zoom) in case communication with the device is lost.
- Watchdog Timeouts
This is the maximum amount of time that a control continues to be active after the last control message is received. For example, with the Move Watchdog Timeout set to 5 seconds, if a move control message directs a camera to pan right and communication is immediately lost, the camera continues to pan right for five seconds before stopping.
- Intervals
This property controls when the watchdog timer begins. For example, if the Move Interval property is set to 1 second and the camera does not receive a control communication within the one second, communication is assumed to have been lost and the watchdog timer begins.
You can adjust the camera controls by setting and saving the time values for each of the following properties:
- Move Watchdog Timeout
- Move Interval
- Zoom Watchdog Timeout
- Zoom Interval
- Iris Watchdog Timeout
- Iris Interval
- Focus Watchdog Timeout
- Focus Interval