Default and preset PTZ camera positions

Last modified: Wednesday March 04, 2026.

For a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera, you can save preset positions for the camera to move to. You can use preset positions as steps in a camera tour or as a default position after a user finishes moving the camera.

Support for presets varies based on the camera model and mounting orientation.

PTZ presets configured using physical movements and zoom are available to all users. Presets that include digital zoom are usable only by the user that creates them.

Create a PTZ preset

Save a PTZ camera position as a preset.

  1. Open Tools Tools > Video view Video view.
  2. If required, click sidebar button to open the sidebar.
  3. Open an existing view from Tools Saved views or create a new one.
  4. Assign the required camera to a view pane.
  5. Hover over the pane and use the camera controls to move the camera to the required position.
  6. Hover over the pane and click video view presets button Presets and tours and select Presets
  7. Click + Save this view and enter a name.

Set a default PTZ camera position

You can configure a PTZ camera to return to a preset position after it receives no movement instructions from a user or alarm within its idle time. See PTZ idle timeout.

Setting a default position removes any set default tour. See PTZ camera tours.

  1. Assign the required camera to a view pane.
  2. Hover over the pane and click video view presets button Presets and tours and select Presets.
  3. Hover over the required preset and click set default tour button Set as default.
  4. To unset the default preset, hover over it and click set default tour button.

Use a camera feed preset

  1. Assign the required camera to a view pane.
  2. Hover over the pane and click video view presets button Presets and tours and select Presets
  3. Select the required preset.

To use a preset in a tour, see PTZ camera tours.