The Settings panel of the Camera object

The settings panel of the Camera object is shown in the figures.

The Basic settings tab:

The Advanced settings tab:

The Streams settings tab:

The Main stream tab:

The Video stream tab:

Table describes the setting parameters of the Camera object.

№	Parameter	Method for setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
1	Identification number	Automatically	Displays the identification number of the Camera system object in the system	Sequence of numbers	-	From 1 to FaceCamOffset. By default, FaceCamOffset = 50000. The FaceCamOffset value is set using the same-name registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)
2	Name	Enter the value in the field	Sets the name of the Camera object in the system	Latin, Cyrillic and service characters	Camera	A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters except > and < symbols), case-insensitive. Number of characters—from 1 to 60
3	Region	Select the value from the list	Sets the Region structural element, to which this Camera object belongs	Name of the Region objects registered in the system	Region	Depends on the number of the Region objects registered in the system
4	Disable	Set the checkbox	Sets the status (enabled or disabled) of the Camera object in the system	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the Camera object is disabled and isn't in use Clear—the Camera object is enabled and is in use
5	Video capture device	Select the value from the list	Sets the Video capture device parent object for this Camera object	Name of the Video capture device objects registered in the system	Name of the Video capture device parent object	Depends on the number of the Video capture device objects in the system
6	Video	Left-click	Displays video image with the configured settings. When holding down the Shift key on the keyboard, opens the Web-Server page of the IP device in the default browser (doesn't work with Internet Explorer)	Video image	-	-
The Basic settings tab
7	Channel number	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the channel used to connect a video camera to the video capture board. Corresponds to the number of the BNC connector of the interface cable	Sequence of numbers	1	Depends on the type of the video capture board. Maximum 16 channels
8	Resolution	Select the value from the list	Sets the resolution of the video image frame	List of resolutions of the video image frame	Standard	Standard High Full Specific values and their application depend on the camera model. If you want to use video streams with the exact resolution, it is better to use the Streams configuring setting (see parameter 43 and following)
9	Recording quality	Set the slider in the required position	Sets the quality of the recorded frame. The value is inverse to the video signal compression level	-	Above average	Min—maximum compression level and the lowest video signal quality Max—the lowest compression level and the highest video signal quality
10	Color	Set the checkbox	Set the type of the video image received from the camera (color or black and white)	Boolean type	Set	Set—the image from the video camera is in color Clear—the image from the video camera is black and white
11	YUV 4:2:2	Set the checkbox	Sets the format of the color representation of the video signal	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the video signal is represented in the YUV 4:2:2 format Clear—the video signal is represented in the YUV 4:2:0 format
12	Color	Set the slider in the required position	Sets the color saturation of the color video image	From the maximum color saturation to a black and white video image	Average	Max—corresponds to the maximum color saturation of the video image Min—corresponds to the black and white video image
13	Brightness –Contrast	Set the checkbox	Sets the mode for adjusting brightness and contrast of the video image	Types of modes for adjusting brightness and contrast of the video image	Automatic	Automatic (Position )—Brightness and Contrast parameters are set automatically Manual (Position )— Brightness and Contrast parameters are set manually Manual setting with automatic optimization (Position )— Brightness and Contrast parameters are set manually, followed by automatic optimization
14	Brightness	Set the slider in the required position	Sets the brightness of the video image	From the maximum brightness (white video image) to minimum brightness (black video image)	Average	Max—corresponds to the maximum brightness of the video image Min—corresponds to the minimum brightness of the video image
15	Contrast	Set the slider in the required position	Set the contrast of the video image	-	Average	Max—corresponds to the maximum contrast of the video image Min—corresponds to the minimum contrast of the video image
16	Size	Set the slider in the required position	Sets the minimum size of an object at which the main motion detection tool triggers	% of the screen height	Average	Min—0% of the video surveillance window size Max—100% of the video surveillance window size
17	Contrast	Set the slider in the required position	Set the minimum contrast of an object at which the motion detection tool triggers	-	Less than average	Max—correspond to maximum contrast of the object Min—corresponds to the minimum contrast of the object
18	Record alarms	Set the checkbox	Starts automatic video signal recording on the alarms from the camera	Boolean type	Set	Set—automatic video signal recording on the alarm from the camera is enabled Clear—automatic video signal recording on the alarm from the camera is disabled
19	Number	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the microphone, the audio from which should be recorded simultaneously with the video signal from the camera	Numbers of the Microphone objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system
20	Microphone	Select the value from the list	Sets the name of microphone, the audio from which should be recorded simultaneously with video signal from the camera	Names of the Microphone objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system
21	Pre-alarm record	Enter the value in the field	Set the time period that precedes the alarm record, during which the prehistory of the event is recorded	Time in seconds (s)	-	Recommended time—from 0 to 20
22	Post-alarm record	Enter the value in the field	Sets the time period, during which the video is recorded after an alarm was registered	Time in seconds (s)	-	Recommended time—from 0 to 20
23	"Hot record" time	Enter the value in the field	Sets the time period from the moment the alarm is registered or recording begins, during which the video is recorded at the frame rate set in the "Hot record" rate field	Time in seconds (s)	-	Recommended time—from 0 to 30
24	"Hot record" rate	Enter the value in the field/select from the list	Sets the frame rate of the alarm hot recording	FPS	-	Depends on the capabilities of the camera Recommended value—from 0 to 20
25	Recording frame rate	Enter the value in the field/select from the list	Sets the frame rate of the video signal recording	FPS	-	Depends on the capabilities of the camera Recommended value—from 1 to 25 for PAL; from 1 to 30 for NTSC
The Advanced settings tab
26	Decompressor	Select the value from the list	Sets the technology using which the compressed video stream will be decompressed when displaying the video signal on the monitor Note. By default the parameter is not available for editing. To change the value of this parameter set the 1 value for the EnableCodecSettings registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)	List of available decompressors	No	BOSCH FfmpegAllInOneDecoder H263IppDecoder H264InterlacedIppDecoder H264IppDecoder MJPEGIpp Motion Wavelet 3.5 Motion Wavelet 7.1 MPEG2IppDecoder MPEG4IppDecoder MxPEG Mobotix RGB24toYUV420 StreamLabs VWV WMVIppDecoder
27	Compressor	Select the value from the list	Sets the algorithm of the video stream compression Note. By default the parameter is not available for editing. To change the value of this parameter set the 1 value for the EnableCodecSettings registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)	List of available algorithms	No	Depends on the camera model
28	Estimate motion	Enter the value in the field	Sets the threshold of the camera sensivity to motion depending on the change of the object brightness. The delta frame of the video signal is formed according to this criterion	Sequence of numbers	7	From 2 to 255
29	Key frames interval	Enter the value in the field	Sets the rate of the key frames	Sequence of numbers	8	Depends on the capabilities of the camera
The Store no less than group
30	Store no less than	Enter the value in the field	Set the time period for keeping the video archive from the camera and audio archive (in case of synchro recording) on the Server. The parameter allows storing the large archive for the selected camera using the archive of other cameras Note. It is recommended to set the Store no less than parameter for no more than 30% of cameras, as this setting is only advisory. If there isn't enough space for the archive recording, the setting will be ignored and the recording won't stop anyway. If more than 10 cameras are created in the system, then when setting this parameter for more than 30% of cameras in the system, after you click the Apply button, a corresponding warning message will appear. It can be disabled using the NotifyAbout_arch_days registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)	Day or hour depending on the value selected in the drop-down list	-	More than 1
31	Store no less than	Select the value from the list	Sets the units for time period specified in the Store no less than field	List of available time units	Days	Days Hours
The Store no more than group
32	Store no more than	Enter the value in the field	Sets the time period for storing the camera archive. When it is expired, the camear archive should be deleted Note. The archive can be deleted before the specified time if it is required for loop recording	Day or hour depending on the value selected in the drop-down list	-	More than 1
33	Store no more than	Select the value from the list	Sets the units for time period specified in the Store no more than field	List of available time units	Days	Days Hours
Not in groups
34	Additional info	Enter the value in the field	Sets the information displayed on the video surveillance monitor above the camera name. This information is added to the export file and when the frame is printed, as well as to the event log	Line not longer than 100 characters	Blank line	Latin and Cyrillic letters, numbers
35	Type	Select the value from the list	Sets the type of the camera. The setting affects the type of the icons used to represent the camera on the map	List of available camera types	-	Fisheye PTZ Standard
36	Processing priority	Set the slider in the required position	Sets the priority of the video signals processing by ADC	Order of video signals processing	Normal	Normal—normal video signals processing order 1/3—1/3 processing order 1/2—1/2 processing order
37	Recording priority	Set the slider in the required position	Set the priority of video signals processing by ADC in the recording mode	Order of video signals processing in the recording mode	Normal	Normal—normal video record order 1/3—1/3 processing order 1/2—1/2 processing order Real time—all ADC resourses are used for video signals recording
38	Rotation mode	Set the checkbox	Enables the rotation the the video image displayed on the Video surveillance monitor	Boolean type	Clear	Set—rotation is enabled Clear—rotation is disabled
39	Rotate on	Select the value from the list	Specifies the angle of video image rotation when the rotation mode is enabled	Sequence of numbers	0	0, 90, 180, 270
40	Lens type	Select the value from the list	Sets the type of lens to use	Supported lens types	No	No—select if there are neither fisheye nor panomorph lens on the camera Standard fisheye lens—select if there is a fisheye lens on the camera Autocalibration—select if there is a fisheye lens on the camera and the video conversion parameters should be automatically determined to eliminate artifacts *A0V, A1UST, A8TRT, B0QQV, B4QQV, B5SST, B6SST**—types of panomorph lenses
41	Camera position	Select the value from the list	Sets the position of the camera	Supported camera position options	Ceiling	Ceiling Wall Floor
42	Visible part	Enter the value into the field	Determines what part of the frame will be visible on the Video surveillance monitor after the conversion	Percentage	75% for the Ceiling position 66% for the Wall position Note. The default value may not be displayed in the field	0-100
The Streams settings tab
43	Streams configuring	Set the checkbox	Enables the video signal multistream feature	Boolean	Clear	Set—video signal multistreaming is enabled; different streams can be used for analytics, archiving, and display Clear—video signal multistreaming is disabled; a single stream is used for analytics, archiving, and display
44	#	Automatically	Displays the number of the stream	Integer	-	1-10
45	Enabled*	Set the checkbox	Sets the used camera streams	Boolean	Clear	Set—the stream is in use Clear—the stream is not in use
46	Default	Set the checkbox	Sets the video stream that will be used in the following cases: to display video locally and on the remote clients; to send the video stream to the remote clients and to the Videogate that will record this video stream; in cases when video request doesn't specify the stream	List of available streams	Clear	Set—the stream is used by default Clear—the stream isn't used by default
47	Video analytics	Set the checkbox	Sets the video stream used for video analytics. This stream will be used by the base motion detection tool, zone detection tools, tracking detection tool, face detection tool (if an external recognizer isn't used). The Default stream is used for the LPR server, face detection tool (if an external recognizer is used), and the detection tools that are part of the Detector Pack. The Archive/Archive (alarms) stream is used for the long-term archive	List of available streams	Clear	Set—the stream is used for video analytics Clear—the stream isn't use for video analytics
48	Archive	Set the checkbox	Sets the video stream that is recorded to the archive not upon alarm, but continuously	List of available streams	Clear	Set—the stream is used for archive recording Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording
49	Archive (alarms)	Set the checkbox	Sets the video stream recorded to the archive upon alarm	List of available streams	Clear	Set—the stream is used for archive recording upon alarm Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording upon alarm
The Main stream tab
50	IP	Enter the value in the field	Sets the IP address from which the client will receive the video data from the ONVIF Server in the Multicast mode	IP address	224.0.0.10	224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255
51	Port	Enter the value in the field	Sets the port for transmitting the video data in the Multicast mode	Sequence of numbers	Depends on the number of video cameras and streams in the system	Any valid unused port numbers. The number of ports is determined by the system administrator
The Video stream tab
52	Purpose	-	Provides information about the use of the video stream	String	Depends on the video stream designated purpose	Latin and Cyrillic characters, numbers
53	Resolution**	Select the value from the list	Sets the video stream resolution	List of supported resolutions of the video image frame	Standard	Standard High Full Particular values depend on the camera model
54	Speed**	Enter the value in the field	Sets the frame rate of the video stream	Frame rate in FPS	25	Depends on the capabilities of the camera
55	Codec**	Select the value from the list	Sets the technology used to encode and decode the video stream	List of supported codecs	Depends on the camera model	Depends on the camera model
56	Key frame rate**	Enter the value in the field	Sets the key frames rate	Sequence of numbers	8	Depends on the capabilities of the camera
57	Video quality**	Set the slider in the required position	Sets the frame quality	-	Maximum	Min—maximum compression and minimum video signal quality Max—minimum compression and maximum video signal quality
58	Lock disabling streams not in use	Set the checkbox	This checkbox should be set if the purpose is not specified for the configured stream but it is used for recording on a macro or a script	Boolean	Clear	Set—if the stream purpose isn't specified, the stream is in the sleep mode and it cannot be used for recording on a macro or a script Clear—if the stream purpose isn't specified, it can be used for recording on a macro or a script
59	IP	Enter the value in the field	Sets the IP address from which the client will receive the video data from the ONVIF Server in the Multicast mode	IP address	224.0.0.10	224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255
60	Port	Enter the value in the field	Sets the port for transmitting the video data in the Multicast mode	Sequence of numbers	Depends on the number of cameras and streams in the system	Any valid unused port numbers. The number of ports is determined by the system administrator

* Name of the interface element isn't displayed on the settings panel.

** Similar settings on the Basic Settings and the Advanced settings tabs, as well as on the settings panel of the Video capture device object, are ignored.

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Documentation for Intellect 4.11.0-4.11.3. Documentation for other versions of Intellect is available too.