Documentation for POS PSIM 1.0.1.

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The figure shows the interface of the Monitor window.

The Monitor contains Surveillance windows and the toolbar, which includes the following elements:

  1. The buttons allow changing the number of the Surveillance windows displayed in the Monitor.
  2. The button allows managing Monitor layouts.
  3. The buttons allow switching between the Surveillance windows.
  4. When one of the Debug 1, 2, 3, modes is enabled, the current video characteristics (FPS, Bitrate, Resolution) are displayed in the field. If the Debug mode is disabled, the current date and time are displayed in the field field.

Each Surveillance window includes the video image area and the area that displays captions that are overlaid on the video image. Besides, a Surveillance window has a function menu that allows you to access various system functions.

To open the function menu, left-click the camera number in the Surveillance window.

The table describes the keyboard shortcuts available for the Monitor and Surveillance windows.

Shortcut

Action

Description

0 .. 9 Numpad

Selecting the active window

Numerals correspond to the Surveillance window numbers. To select a two-digit number, press two keys in quick succession

F1 .. F8

Selecting the number of Surveillance windows in the Monitor

F1—one window.

F2—four windows.

F3—nine windows.

F4—16 windows, etc. 

Ctrl + R

Ctrl + T

Managing video recording

Ctrl + R—start recording

Ctrl + T—stop recording

Shift + LeftClick/RightClick

Scaling video image in the window

Shift + LeftClick—zoom in

Shift + RightClick—zoom out

Tab

Switching the active window to the archive mode and back

Please, refer to Axxon PSIM. Operator’s Guide

Ctrl + “/”

Ctrl + Spacebar

Ctrl + *

Left/Right 

Managing archive playback

Ctrl + “/”—playback

Ctrl + Spacebar—stop

Ctrl + *—pause

Left/Right—previous/next frame (in the pause mode)

Ctrl + A/D

Arming the camera

Ctrl + A—Arm the camera

Ctrl + D—Disarm the camera

Ctrl + E/P

Operations with individual frames

Ctrl + E—export (save) the frame

Ctrl + P—print the frame

Ctrl + W

Increasing image contrast

Set maximum contrast. Press the same shortcut to restore normal contrast

Ctrl + S

Ctrl + H

Setting camera mask

Ctrl + S—display the camera mask

Ctrl + H—hide the camera mask

Please, refer to Axxon PSIM. Operator’s Guide

Note

For a detailed description of the Monitor and Surveillance windows, see Axxon PSIM. Operator’s Guide.