IVS Wiki:Configuring a Privacy Switch

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Prepare all Cameras

On each camera in the room:

  1. Set the I/O Ports
  2. Set the PTZ Presets
  3. Set the Privacy Mask
  4. Add Recipients
  5. If applicable, set the privacy PTZ preset position


Set the I/O Ports

  1. Go to System → Accessories.
  2. Ensure that Ports 1 & 3 are set as Input and 2 & 4 are set as Output.
    3. Port 1 Input Port 2 Output
    Port 3 Input Port 4 Output

✎Some cameras will only have ports 1 & 2.

Set the PTZ Presets

If there are any PTZ cameras in the room, you will need to set the preset positions on those cameras.

  1. Pan/Tilt/Zoom your camera to the desired angle.
  2. Go to PTZ → Preset Positions.
  3. Select Preset Positions → Create preset position.
    1. Home Position
      • Set a typical angle that would capture the room normally.

        • ✎The Home preset may already exist. If this is the case, hit the Edit button on the existing Home preset instead of creating a new preset.

      • In the Name field enter Home.
    2. Privacy Position
      • Typically, this involves having the PTZ face the wall.

        • ✎The exact position does not matter for functionality, but having the camera visibly face the wall can help to ensure visual privacy even if the mask is off.

      • In the Name field enter Privacy.

Set the Privacy Mask

While your camera is in the Privacy Position:

  1. Video → Privacy Masks → Hit the plus (+) button) to add a Mask.
  2. Have the mask cover the entire view.
  3. Name the mask Privacy.

    4. ⚠Make sure this is the first/only mask!

Add Recipients

  1. Go to System → Events → Recipients.
  2. Select Add Recipient.
  3. In the Name field, enter the name of the camera.
    4. It is common to use "Self" for the main camera.
  4. In the Type field, select HTTP.
    5. The URL of the recipient will be in the form:
    http://CAMERA_IP/axis-cgi/param.cgi


Remote PTZ Recipient

For remote PTZ cameras, separate PTZ Control recipients need to be made alongside the standard recipient of the form: 

http://CAMERA_IP/axis-cgi/com/ptz.cgi
  1. Enter in the corresponding Username and Password for the recipient camera.
  2. Hit the Test button.
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