Basic View

The Basic View is the default view when you open the Dashboard. It provides everything you need for day-to-day camera operation: a live video preview, full PTZ controls, and preset management.

Live Video Preview

The top-left of the Dashboard displays a live feed from the camera's Stream 1 output. Above the video player, a toolbar offers four interaction modes:

Icon	Mode	Description
Point/Drag	Point-to-pan / Drag	Click anywhere in the video frame to pan and tilt the camera toward that point, or click and drag to pan/tilt continuously.
Framing	Framing assist	Helps frame the shot visually.
Info	Stream info	Displays stream details and diagnostics.

A Settings gear icon in the upper-right corner of the video player provides quick access to video display options.

PTZ Control

The PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) Control panel gives you manual control over all camera movements.

Directional Pad

An 8-direction joystick pad controls pan and tilt. The Home button (center) returns the camera to its home position.

• 8 directions: Up, Down, Left, Right, and four diagonals
• Home: Returns camera to the configured home position

Speed Tool

The tool (tortoise → hare) controls how fast pan, tilt, zoom, and focus movements occur. There are four selectable bubbles. Select bubbles toward the hare for faster movement, choose bubbles toward the tortoise for more precise, slower control.

Speed Settings Cog Wheel

The Speed Settings panel is opened by clicking the gear icon to the right of the four speed-indicator bubbles.

The panel is divided into two sections: Current Speeds and Speed Templates.

Current Speeds

Displays the live, active speed for each of the four camera motion axes.

Each axis row contains:

• Up / Down arrows: increase or decrease the raw speed value
• A numeric input: the raw speed value (editable directly)
• A percentage label: shows the value as a percentage of the axis maximum
• An orange reset button restores that axis to the value defined in the currently active speed template.

Zoom Compensation

A toggle switch located below the four axis controls. When enabled, the camera automatically scales pan and tilt speed relative to the current zoom level, moving slower when zoomed in and faster when zoomed out, keeping motion feeling proportional at any focal length.

Speed Templates

Customize and save speeds profiles to the four speed bubbles.

● ○ ○ ○ (leftmost = Template One / slowest, rightmost = Template Four / fastest). Clicking a dot loads that template's values into the editor below for adjustment.

Each template independently defines speeds for Pan, Tilt, Zoom, and Focus using the same up/down arrow interface as Current Speeds.

• Template One maps to the (tortoise / slowest) end of the speed bubble row.
• Template Four maps to the (hare / fastest) end.

How Current Speeds and Templates Interact

• Clicking a speed bubble on the dashboard applies that template's speeds as the new Current Speeds.
• The Current Speeds can then be fine-tuned individually without affecting the saved template.
• The orange reset button on any axis in Current Speeds reverts just that axis back to the active template's value.
• Templates themselves are edited only through the Speed Settings panel, changes to a template do not immediately override Current Speeds unless the template bubble is clicked again on the dashboard.

Zoom

The Zoom control has a slider plus + and – buttons:

• Drag the slider up (toward +) to zoom in
• Drag the slider down (toward –) to zoom out
• Click the +/– buttons for stepped zoom increments

Focus

The Focus control works identically to Zoom, with a slider and +/– buttons for manual focus adjustment.

SNAP button: Located next to the Focus controls. Clicking SNAP performs a one-shot autofocus snap. The camera briefly runs autofocus to find the sharpest focus point, then returns to manual focus mode. Useful when you want to quickly lock focus without staying in full Auto Focus mode.

Auto Focus toggle: Enabled by default. When Auto Focus is ON, the camera automatically maintains focus as the scene or zoom level changes. Disable it to switch to manual focus mode and use the Focus slider.

tip

When shooting in low-contrast scenes (plain backgrounds, low light), switching to manual focus and locking it in gives more stable results.

Automation

The Automation toggle enables the camera's built-in auto-tracking and automation engine. When enabled, the camera can automatically track subjects, frame shots, or run a preset tour without manual PTZ input.

• Toggle OFF: Default manual operation
• Toggle ON: Activates the configured automation mode

The gear icon next to the Automation toggle opens the full Automation Settings panel.

FreeD (BETA)

FreeD is a protocol used in virtual production to transmit camera position and orientation data in real time. The FreeD toggle enables the camera to broadcast its pan, tilt, zoom, and focus data over the network for use in virtual sets or augmented reality applications.

Free D Configuration Dialog

Clicking the cog wheel icon next to the Free D toggle opens a configuration menu with the following settings:

Setting	Description
Free D	The FreeD protocol mode — A Stream, A Poll, D Stream, or D Poll.
Camera ID	Numeric identifier for this camera in the FreeD system (default: 1).
Data Port	UDP port the camera broadcasts FreeD data on (default: 40000).

Orientation Parameters

Setting	Description
X Coordinate	Camera's X position offset in the virtual space (default: 0).
Y Coordinate	Camera's Y position offset in the virtual space (default: 0).
Z Coordinate	Camera's Z position offset in the virtual space (default: 0).

note

Free D is a Beta feature. The Data Port configured here must match the port your virtual production system is listening on.

Preset Control

Presets save and recall specific camera positions (pan, tilt, zoom). The Horizon UI supports up to 254 presets organized into 5 banks of 10 quick-access buttons.

Setting a Preset

1. Use the PTZ controls to move the camera to the desired position.
2. Click the Set button to place the camera in the Set state.
3. Enter the preset number in the number field (or select a numbered button).
4. Press Enter to save the preset to that number.

Calling a Preset

1. Click the Call button to place the camera in the Call state.
2. Enter the preset number in the number field (or click a numbered button) to call the preset. The camera will move to the saved position.

Quick Preset Buttons

The numbered buttons 1 through 10 provide one-click access to the first 10 presets in the active bank.

Preset Banks

Five Bank buttons (Bank 1–5) let you switch between groups of 10 presets, giving you quick access to up to 50 frequently used positions directly from the UI.

Bank	Presets
Bank 1	1–10
Bank 2	11–20
Bank 3	21–30
Bank 4	31–40
Bank 5	41–50