Setting up Auto-Tracking on a PTZ1A2M-25X

[Noober]

I've been using iSpy and I like it, but it doesn't do auto-tracking from what I understand. I think this camera has some kind of native ability to auto-track where it follows a moving object around by panning and tilting the camera to keep it in the center, but it only does this for a few seconds and then goes back to where it was previously. I'd like to have auto tracking set up until twenty seconds or so after movement is no longer detected. Any ideas how best to do this? Many thanks for any help.

Little black bear on the deck last night, iSpy detected it, but it walked out of frame on our deck and would like the camera to follow the bear around the deck.

 

[wittaj]

The camera autotracking is designed to track people and vehicles, not animals.

It doesn't mean it won't track sometimes, but it won't be consistent.

Is the camera GUI the grey/orange/black or the newer blue/white GUI?

 

[Noober]

The camera autotracking is designed to track people and vehicles, not animals.

It doesn't mean it won't track sometimes, but it won't be consistent.

Is the camera GUI the grey/orange/black or the newer blue/white GUI?

I think blue and white. Looks like this.

 

[wittaj]

Here is the video guide on how to set it up on that GUI. This is for a different camera, but the GUI should be very similar.

You will want to set up a min target size to help "trick" it to maybe track something other than a person or car.

Fingers crossed that the PTZs are the next line of cameras that they add an animal checkbox for tracking with a firmware upgrade.

 

[Noober]

Here is the video guide on how to set it up on that GUI. This is for a different camera, but the GUI should be very similar.

You will want to set up a min target size to help "trick" it to maybe track something other than a person or car.

Fingers crossed that the PTZs are the next line of cameras that they add an animal checkbox for tracking with a firmware upgrade.

Tried doing that but while it shows me drawing lines and graphics, anytime I try to apply the rule it says "please draw graphics" as if I haven't drawn any. Might be related to the little message "To use this function, please download and install the plug-in. Click here to download" telling me to download a plugin but giving me a file not found whenever I click the link.

 

[wittaj]

The PTZs work best with Internet Explorer....yeah we know but Explorer is still baked into Windows.

Or download and use PaleMoon 32 bit.

That download file only works with Explorer.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

Fingers crossed that the PTZs are the next line of cameras that they add an animal checkbox for tracking with a firmware upgrade.

Andy, tell those Dahua programmers to get busy on this project today!