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This page describes how to configure the parameters of the Monitor interface window:
- screen coordinates and window size;
- toolbar (displayed only in the List mode—see Configuring the display mode of camera windows);
- displaying the number, name, time, menu, camera frame, and additional info in the Surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor;
- possibility of selecting cameras that you want to be displayed in the Surveillance window using a special menu in which cameras are grouped, and you can use a search.
To set the parameters of the Monitor interface window, do the following:
- Go to the Basic settings tab on the settings panel of the Monitor interface object.
- In the Monitor drop-down list, select the monitor number in the operating system (computer monitor), the coordinates for which must set further (1).
- Set the position of the Monitor interface window in one of the following ways:
- Manually:
Set coordinates of the left upper corner of the Monitor interface window: the X (horizontal indent from the left edge of the image) and Y (vertical indent from the upper edge of the image) fields (2). Coordinates are set in percentage relative to the screen size horizontally and vertically correspondingly.
- Set the size of the Monitor interface window: the W (window’s width) and H (window’s height) fields (3). Sizes are set in percentage relative to the screen size horizontally and vertically correspondingly.
To display a toolbar in the Monitor interface window, you must set the switch to the List position on the Basic settings tab and then set the Control panel checkbox (5).
Note
If the toolbar is on, the window’s height H is automatically equal to the window’s width W. You cannot set a width less than 20%. Such a setting will be saved, but it won't be applied.
Note
By manually setting the coordinates you can adjust the position of the Monitor interface window on several monitors at the same time. This can be used when setting up a videowall. For example, if it is necessary to stretch one Monitor window to two computer monitors, set X=0, Y=0, W=200, H=100. If it is necessary to stretch one Monitor window to four computer monitors, set X=0, Y=0, W=200, H=200.
Note that if there is one computer monitor, and X and Y coordinates are greater than 100 or width and height are greater than 100, the Monitor window will not be displayed on this single monitor or will be displayed incompletely.
Attention!
When configuring videowall using Windows, note that the load on video cards to which physical monitors for videowall are connected will be distributed unevenly and cannot be regulated by Axxon PSIM.
For an even load distribution on CPU and GPU, you must configure videowall using NVIDIA® Mosaic™ technology and NVIDIA® Quadro® Sync device (see NVIDIA documentation).
- Using a test window:
- Click the X button (4).
- Place the opened test window Specify dimensions in a position where the Monitor window must be displayed:
- Click the OK button. As a result, the coordinates in the X, Y, W, H fields will be set in accordance with the size and position of the test window.
- Manually:
If you want to move the Monitor interface window, set the Allow moving checkbox (6).
Note
This setting is relevant only when the toolbar is used.In the horizontal and vertical fields of the Quad splitter group, enter the number of Surveillance windows which will be displayed in the Video surveillance monitor in horizontal and vertical directions correspondingly (7). If one of these values isn't specified, then default grid of Surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed on the Video surveillance monitor. The maximum number of Surveillance windows vertically and horizontally is 64 and 64, respectively.
Note
Fields in the Quad splitter group are inactive if the Alarm cameras mode is selected (see Configuring the display mode of camera windows).
The Quad splitter settings will be ignored if the CycleByLayouts=1 key is set, which enables paging through layouts (see Registry keys reference guide).
If you want to save the ratio of the width and height of the video coming from the camera when displaying in the Surveillance window, then set the Keep camera ratio checkbox (8). If the checkbox is set, there may be some empty space in the Surveillance window. If the checkbox is clear, the video fits the entire area of the Surveillance window while the ratio may be affected.
Note
When you work with widescreen monitors, portrait-oriented monitors or in other cases, it may be necessary to use other window proportions. For this, use the Monitor<monitor_id>_cw, monitor<monitor_id>_ch, monitor<monitor_id>_w43, monitor<monitor_id>_h43 registry keys (see Registry keys reference guide).
Set the Smoothing checkbox to display video with greater resolution on which the ladder effect appears when displaying in the small window (9).
Note
When using the smoothing function, the load on the CPU of the computer where the video is displayed increases significantly (up to 30%). As a result, if the computer does not have enough resources to use this function, the video display speed (FPS) decreases, the response to telemetry commands slows down, and so on. So, this setting is recommended only for displaying video from analog cameras or low-resolution video.
The function affects only displaying the video in the Video surveillance monitor. The original video stream from the camera is streamed to the archive and to detection tools.
Video image with the smoothing function
Video image without the smoothing function
By default, all elements of the Surveillance window (such as number, name, time, menu and camera frame, the name of the Video surveillance monitor) are displayed except for additional info (see Additional information on camera). To disable displaying these elements, set the corresponding checkboxes clear in the group 10.
Note
The date can be displayed on the video next to the camera time if the ShowDate registry key is set.
- In the Surveillance window, you can switch between Cameras using the Camera submenu (see Selecting camera to display in Surveillance window). To have cameras grouped by Computer in this menu so that you can search among them, set the Select cameras with grouping and search checkbox (11).
- To save the changes, click the Apply button (12).
The parameters of the Monitor interface window are now set.
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