The Settings panel of the Monitor object

The face of the settings panel for the Monitor object is shown in the figures.

The Basic settings tab

The List of cameras tab

The PTZ tab

The Interface tab

The table describes the setting parameters of the Monitor interface object.

№	Parameter	Method of setting the value	Parameter description	Symbols used	Default value	Value range
1	The Identification number field	Automatically	Displays the identification number of the Monitor interface object in the system.	Sequence of numbers	-	Depends on the number of the Monitor objects in the system.
2	The Name field	Enter the value in the field	Defines the name of the Monitor object in the system.	Latin, Cyrillic and service digits	Monitor	A line containing a sequence of any symbols (letters, digits, service characters apart from > and < symbols), not case-sensitive Number of symbols – from 1 to 60.
3	The Disable checkbox	Set the checkbox	Defines the mode of the Monitor object (enabled or disabled) in the system.	Boolean type	-	Yes – the Monitor object is disabled and is not in use No – the Monitor object is enabled and is in use
4	The Display drop-down list	Select in the list	Sets the parent Display object for the given Monitor object.	Names of the Display objects registered in the system	Name of the parent Display object	Depends on the number of the Display object s in the system.
The Coordinates group
5	The X field	Enter the value in the field	Set the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper-left corner of the Monitor interface box	% of the screen width	-	From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the monitors installed
6	The Y field	Enter the value in the field	Set the Y coordinate in the vertical axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor interface box	% of the screen height	-	From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the monitors installed
7	The W field	Enter the value in the field	Set the width of the Monitor interface box	% of the screen width	-	From 20 to 900 if Control panel is enabled. Otherwise, from 0 to 900. This upper bound can be removed using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide).
8	The H field	Enter the value in the field	Set the height of the Monitor object if the control panel is not active	% of the screen width	-	From 0 to 900 This restriction can be removed using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide).
9	The Monitor drop-down list	Select in the list	Sets the physical monitor number, the coordinates for which are assigned. The monitors are numbered from left to right, from top to bottom, i.e. the 1st monitor is the one in the upper left corner regardless of which monitor is assigned as main or what number the monitor has in OS. On the illustration below, monitor numbers in OS are given in gray while numbers in Intellect are red. *Important! It is recommended to set the same resolution for all monitors in the system. Different resolution is only allowed if all monitors are aligned along a border (for example, upper border).*	Sequence of numbers	1	From 1 to 16
10	The Allow moving checkbox	Set the checkbox	Allows hand shifting of the Monitor interface box if the control panel is active	Boolean type	-	Yes – hand shifting is allowed. No – hand shifting is prohibited.
Quad splitter group
11	horizontal field	Enter the value in the field	Sets number of video surveillance windows in the horizontal direction to display then on the Monitor. If value is not specified (field is empty) then default grid of video surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed	Natural numbers	-	From 1 to 64
12	vertical field	Enter the value in the field	Sets number of video surveillance windows in the vertical direction to display then on the Monitor. If value is not specified (field is empty) then default grid of video surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed	Natural numbers	-	From 1 to 64
The Basic settings tab
13	The Overlay drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the Overlay mode for processing video signals	Names of overlay modes	Method2 (Recommended)	Method1 – video signals are processed as one stream Method2 (Recommended) – video signals are processed independently from each other None – video signals are not processed by a video capture card
14	The Active camera switch	Set in the position	Set the display mode for an active camera box	Boolean type	-	Yes - The Active camera mode is enabled and is in use No - The Active camera mode is disabled and is not in use
15	The Alarms cameras switch	Set in the position	Set the display mode for alarm cameras’ boxes	Boolean type	-	Yes - The Alarms cameras mode is enabled and is in use No - The Alarms cameras mode is disabled and is not in use
16	The Max field	Enter the value in the field	Specify the maximum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras and List modes	Sequence of numbers	-	From 1 to 64 Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system
17	The Min field	Enter the value in the box	Specify the minimum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras even on no-alarm	Sequence of numbers	-	From 1 to 64 Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system. 0 – on no-alarm camera boxes are not displayed in the Monitor box.
18	The List switch	Set in the position	Set the display mode according to the selected layout.	Boolean type	Yes	Yes - The List mode is enabled and is in use No - The List mode is disabled and is not in use
19	The Control panel checkbox	Set the checkbox	Activates the control panel for the Monitor in the List mode	Boolean type	-	Yes - The Control panel mode is enabled and is in use No - The Control panel mode is disabled and is not in use
20	The Telemetry control drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the prioritiy for the Telemetry control using the Monitor object	Names of the Telemetry control priorities	Low priority	Forbidden – option of the Telemetry control using the Monitor object is disabled Low priority – low priority of control High priority – high priority of control
21	The Slideshow field	Enter the value in the field	Set the period of automatic slideshow of camera boxes when the control panel is enabled	Period in seconds (s)	-	Whole number from 1 and bigger
22	The Keep camera ratio checkbox	Set the checkbox	Specifies the ratio of the width and height of the video in the surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor.	Boolean type	-	Yes – the ratio of the width and height of the video corresponds to the ratio of the camera. No – video fits the entire area of the Surveillance window, while the ratio may be affected.
23	The Show captions checkbox	Set the checkbox	Shows the captions for cameras of the Monitor interface box. In large distributed systems it is recommended to disable captions on those monitors where captions are not planned to be shown in order to decrease the number of redundant events.	Boolean type	Yes	Yes – The Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the Monitor interface box No – The Captions submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor interface box
24	Smoothing checkbox	Setting checkbox	Is used when it is required to display video with greater resolution on which the ladder effect appears while displaying in the small window Note. When this feature is enabled, the CPU load of the computer where the display is performed increases. It is recommended to use only to display video from analog cameras or low-resolution video.	Boolean type	No	Yes – smoothing is applied. No – smoothing is not applied
25	The Audio player drop-down list	Select in the list	Sets the Audio player object used to playback audio signals and export video with audio from the Monitor interface	Names of the Audio player objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the audio players registered in the system
26	Group of checkboxes used to enable displaying elements of Surveillance windows	Set the checkboxes	Allows enabling and disabling display of various elements of the Surveillance window such as number, name, time, menu, camera frame and additional info on the camera as well as the name of video surveillance monitor.	Boolean type	All checkboxes are set checked	Yes – the corresponding element is displayed in Surveillance windows of all cameras added to the Video surveillance monitor. No – the corresponding element is not displayed in Surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor.
The List of cameras tab
27	The Number drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the number of the video camera to display on the Monitor	Sequence of numbers	-	Depends on the number of video cameras registered in the system
28	The Camera drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the name of the video camera to display on the Monitor	Name of the cameras registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of video cameras registered in the system
29	Video stream drop-down list	Select value from the list	Set the number of video stream from camera which is to be displayed when receiving video stream straight from camera	Streams numbers	Default	1, 2, 3, 4 – video streams. Default – default video stream.
30	Connection drop-down list	Select value from the list	Set the way of receiving video from camera	Ways of receiving video	Through Server	Direct - the video stream is received straight from camera Through Server - the video stream is received from the Server, which camera is connected to
31	The Fps drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the fps for transmitting the video signal to the Monitor of the Client.	Sequence of numbers	-	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30
32	The Compression drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the compression for transmitting the video signal to the Monitor of the Client. The given value leads to extra consumption of Server’s resources.	Sequence of numbers	-	In the range of rising compression level 0,1,2,3,4,5 0 – the video signal is not compressed 5 – maximum compression of the video signal
33	Compressor drop-down list	Select value from the list	Specifies the procedure of video stream compression which is in use for video signal recompression for displaying on the Monitor. The value is to be selected in the Compression list if the compressor is specified.	List of available procedures	-	MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, Motion Wavelet 7.1
34	The Gate drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the Gate object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera is to be transmitted to the Monitor	Names of the Gateway objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Gate objects registered in the system
35	The Backup archive drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the Backup archive object the video archive from the selected camera of which is to be transmitted to the Monitor	Names of the Backup archive objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Backup archive objects registered in the system
36	The External storage	Select in the list	Set the External storage object the video archive from which is to be transmitted to the Monitor via the selected camera	Names of the External storage objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the External storage objects registered in the system
37	The Gateway for Backup archive drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the Gate object via which the video archive of the Backup archive object is to be transmitted to the Monitor	Names of the Gateway objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Gateway objects registered in the system
38	The Display type dropdown list	Select value in the list	Sets the type of conversion performed in the Surveillance window on the Video surveillance monitor	Supported conversion types	PTZ	PTZ – virtual telemetry. Panorama – panoramic view.
39	The Range button	Click the button	Select all cameras registered in the system to display on the Monitor	-	-	-
40	The All button	Click the button	Access to complex selection and editing of cameras’ parameters to display on the Monitor	-	-	-
41	Auto select of streams for displaying checkbox	Setting checkbox	Enables the function of auto select of video stream for displaying in the Monitor. Affects cameras for which the On default video stream is selected - see 25.	Boolean type	No	Yes - video stream for displaying is selected depending on the size of video image on the Monitor and required frame frequency No -video stream is selected depending on the Video stream and Connection settings (25-26) and depending on settings of the Server and video camera from which the stream is required.
42	Mouse behavior	-	The list of available actions with a mouse	-	-	-
43	Action drop-down list	Select value from the list	Specify reaction performed while executing the corresponding action using a mouse	Reaction list of the PTZ device object	(Default)	Reaction list of the PTZ device object
44	Parameter field	Enter the value in the field	Specify the value of reaction parameter if it’s required	Depends on the selected action	-	Depends on the selected action. It is a preset number for reactions connected with presets, for other reactions it is speed if the selected reaction allows speed specifying as parameter. The speed value from the PTZ device object connected with Camera selected in the Monitor is in use if the parameter is not specified.
45	Joystick buttons column	-	List of joystick buttons	-	-	-
46	Action drop-down list	Select value from the list	Specify reaction which is to be performed while clicking the joystick button	List of reaction of PTZ device object.	(Default)	List of reaction of PTZ device object
47	Parameter field	Enter the value in the field.	Specify the value of reaction parameter if it is required.	Depends on the selected action	-	Depends on the selected action. It is a preset number for reactions connected with presets, for other reactions it is speed if the selected reaction allow speed specifying as parameter. The speed value from the PTZ device object connected with Camera selected in the Monitor is in use if the parameter is not specified.
The Colors tab
48	Alarm dropdown list	Select value from the list	Set the Viewing tile frame color if there is an alarm on the camera	RGB colors	Red	RGB color palette
49	Armed dropdown list	Select value from the list	Set the Viewing tile frame color when the camera is armed	RGB colors	Yellow	RGB color palette
50	Disarmed dropdown list	Select value from the list	Set the Viewing tile frame color when the camera is disarmed	RGB colors	Green	RGB color palette
51	No frame dropdown list	Select value from the list	Set the Viewing tile frame color when there is no frame from the camera in the Viewing tile	RGB colors	Black	RGB color palette
52	No signal dropdown list	Select value from the list	Set the Viewing tile frame color when there is no signal from the camera	RGB colors	Grey	RGB color palette
53	Screen cache dropdown list	Select value from the list	Set the Viewing tile background color that is displayed when the video from the camera does not overlay the Viewing tile, for instance, when the camera proportions	RGB colors	Purple	RGB color palette
54	Default button	Click the button	Set the default settings of the Viewing tile frame color	-	-	-

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