The settings panel of the Monitor object

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

The Basic settings tab:

The List of cameras tab:

The PTZ tab:

The Interface tab:

Table describes the setting parameters of the Monitor interface 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 Monitor interface object in the system	Numbers, letters, periods, hyphen, dash and underscore	NA	Depends on the number of the Monitor objects in the system
2	Name	Enter the value into the field	Sets the name of the Monitor object in the system	Latin, Cyrillic and service characters	Monitor	A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters except > and < characters), case-insensitive. Number of characters—from 1 to 60
3	Disable	Set the checkbox	Sets the state (enabled or disabled) of the Monitor object in the system	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the Monitor object is disabled and isn't used Clear—the Monitor object is enabled and used
4	Display	Select the value from the list	Sets the Display parent object for the given Monitor object	Names of the Display objects registered in the system	Name of the Display parent object	Depends on the number of the Display objects in the system
The Coordinates group
5	X	Enter the value into the field	Sets the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor interface window	% of the screen width	NA	From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors
6	Y	Enter the value into the field	Sets the Y coordinate in the vertical axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor interface window	% of the screen height	NA	From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors
7	W	Enter the value into the field	Sets the width of the Monitor interface window	% of the screen width	NA	From 20 to 900 if control panel is enabled. Otherwise, from 0 to 900. This restriction can be disabled using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)
8	H	Enter the value into the field	Sets the height of the Monitor object if the control panel is disabled	% of the screen width	NA	From 0 to 900. This restriction can be disabled using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)
9	Monitor	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the physical monitor, the coordinates for which are set. The monitors are numbered in the order of their physical location from left to right, from top to bottom. The 1st monitor is the one in the upper left corner regardless of which monitor is set as main or what number the monitor has in OS. In the figure below, the monitor numbers in OS are given in gray while the numbers in Axxon PSIM are red. *Attention! 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 any border (for example, upper border)*	Sequence of numbers	1	From 1 to 16
10	Allow moving	Set the checkbox	Allows moving the the Monitor interface window manually, if the control panel is enabled	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the manual moving is allowed ClearSet—the manual moving isn't allowed
11	The X button	Click the button	Opens the window for specifying the position of the Monitor interface window	NA	NA	NA
The Quad splitter group
12	horizontal	Enter the value into the field	Sets the number of the surveillance windows that should be displayed horizontally on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is blank), then the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed	Sequence of numbers	NA	From 1 to 64
13	vertical	Enter the value into the field	Sets the number of the surveillance windows that should be displayed vertically on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is blank), then the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed	Sequence of numbers	NA	From 1 to 64
The Basic settings tab
14	Display	Select the value from the list	Sets the mode for processing the video signals from the video cameras by the graphics card	Names of the display modes	DirectDraw (Recommended)	Direct3D is used when it is necessary to display the video from the fisheye cameras or the signal decoded using Intel QuickSync technology DirectDraw is used by default in all other cases Software—video signals are not processed by the graphics card
15	Active camera	Set the radio button	Sets the display mode for an active camera window only	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the Active camera mode is enabled and used Clear—the Active camera mode is disabled and isn't used
	Alarm cameras	Set the radio button	Sets the display mode for alarm cameras windows	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the Alarm cameras mode is enabled and used Clear—the Alarm cameras mode is disabled and isn't used
	List	Set the radio button	Set the display mode of the camera windows according to the selected layout	Boolean type	Set	Set—the List mode is enabled and used Clear—the List mode is disabled and isn't used
16	Control panel	Set the checkbox	Enables the display of the toolbar on the Monitor in the List mode	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the control panel is enabled and used Clear—the control panel is disabled and isn't used
17	Use button attached to camera	Set the checkbox	Enables the display of the Button objects attached to Cameras in the Surveillance windows	Boolean type	Clear	Set—Buttons are displayed in the Surveillance windows Clear—Buttons aren't displayed
18	Max	Enter the value into the field	Sets the maximum number of the video cameras windows that can be simultaneously displayed on the Monitor in the Alarm cameras and List modes. If the number of alarm cameras is greater than the maximum number, the Monitor will display the number of cameras specified in the Max field	An integer greater than zero (for example, 1, 2, 50)	NA	Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system. There are no restrictions on the number of cameras
19	Min	Enter the value into the field	Sets the minimum number of video cameras windows that can be displayed on the Monitor in the Alarm camers mode. If the number of the alarm cameras is less than the minimum number, the Monitor will display fewer cameras than specified in the Min field. At the same time, the Monitor fold will remain consistent with the Min field	An integer from zero and greater (for example, 1, 2, 50)	NA	Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system. There are no restrictions on the number of cameras. 0—when there are no alarms, the camera windows aren't displayed in the Monitor window
20	Keep camera ratio	Set the checkbox	Sets the ratio of the width and height of the video image in the surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the ratio of the width and height of the video image corresponds to the ratio of the camera Clear—video image fits the entire area of the Surveillance window, while the ratio may be affected
21	Show captions	Set the checkbox	Shows the captions for the cameras of the Monitor interface window. In large distributed systems it is recommended to disable captions on those monitors where you don't want to show captions. This checkbox also affects the display of frames around detected objects or abandoned objects (see Smart video detection tools operation) when viewing archive:	Boolean type	Set	Set—the Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the Monitor interface window, captions are displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detection tools are displayed Clear—the Captions submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor interface window, captions aren't displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detection tools aren't displayed
22	Smoothing	Set the checkbox	It is used when it is required to display video with greater resolution on which the ladder effect appears when 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	Clear	Set—smoothing is applied Clear—smoothing isn't applied
23	PTZ control	Select the value from the list	Sets the priority to control the PTZ devices using the Monitor object	Names of the PTZ devices control priorities	Low priority	Forbidden—the option of the PTZ control using the Monitor object is disabled Low priority—low priority of control Normal priority—medium priority of control High priority—high priority of control
24	Slideshow	Enter the value into the field	Sets the period of the automatic slideshow of the camera windows when the control panel is enabled	Period in seconds (s)	Blank field	Blank field or 0—the camera windows are scrolled every 3 seconds An integer from 1 to 600—the camera windows are scrolled at the specified interval
25	Audio player	Select the value from the list	Sets the Audio player object used to playback the audio signals and export video recordings with audio from the Monitor interface	Names of the Audio player objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Audio players registered in the system
26	Select camera with grouping and search	Set the checkbox	Enables a dialog window for switching a camera in the Surveillance window in which cameras are grouped by Computer, and you can search them by their name (see Selecting camera to display in Surveillance window)	Boolean type	Set	Set—to switch to another camera, a special dialog window opens, in which cameras are grouped and there is a search line Clear—camera is selected in the function menu of the Surveillance windows without opening a special dialog window
27	Group of checkboxes used to display the elements of the Surveillance windows	Set the checkboxes	Allows enabling and disabling the 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 except Additional info	Set—the corresponding element is displayed in the Surveillance windows of all cameras added to the Video surveillance monitor Clear—the corresponding element isn't displayed in the Surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor
The List of cameras tab
28	Number	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the video camera to display on the Monitor	Sequence of numbers	NA	Depends on the number of the video cameras registered in the system
	Camera	Select the value from the list	Sets the name of the video camera to display on the Monitor	Name of the cameras registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the video cameras registered in the system
	Video stream	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the video stream displayed from the video camera when connected directly. If connected via the Server, this setting doesn't affect anything	Numbers of the video streams	Default	1, 2, 3, 4—video streams numbers Default—default video stream
	Connection	Select the value from the list	Sets the way of receiving video image from the camera	Ways of receiving video	Through Server	Direct—the video stream is received directly from the camera Through Server—the video stream is received from the Server, to which the camera is connected
	fps	Select the value from the list	Set the FPS for transmitting the video signal to the Client Monitor	Sequence of numbers	NA	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30
	Hardware decoding	Select the value from the list	Sets the hardware decoder of the video signal. Selecting a hardware decoder increases the load on the corresponding CPU	List of available decoders	Blank field	Blank field (default CPU decoder), Nvidia decoder, Intel Quick Sync
	Compression	Select the value from the list	Set the compression level for transmitting the video signal to the Client Monitor. The given value leads to extra consumption of Server resources	Sequence of numbers	NA	In the order of increasing the compression level 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 0—the video signal is not compressed 5—maximum compression of the video signal
	Compressor	Select the value from the list	Sets the algorithm for the video stream compression which is used for the video signal recompression when displaying on the Monitor. If you set the compressor, you should also set the value in the Compression list	List of available algorithms	NA	MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, MPEG4
	Gate	Select the value from the list	Sets the Videogate object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera should be transmitted to the Monitor	Names of the Videogate objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Videogate objects registered in the system
	Backup archive	Select the value from the list	Sets the Backup archive object from which the video archive from the selected camera should be transmitted to the Monitor	Names of the Backup archive objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Backup archive objects registered in the system
	Edge storage	Select the value from the list	Sets the Edge storage object from which the video archive should be transmitted to the Monitor via the selected camera	Names of the Edge storage objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Edge storage objects registered in the system
	Gateway for Backup archive	Select the value from the list	Sets the Videogate object via which the video archive of the Backup archive object should be transmitted to the Monitor	Names of the Videogate objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Videogate objects registered in the system
	VMDA metadata storage	Select the value from the list	Sets the VMDA metadata storage object used for the forensic search in the archive of the corresponding camera	Names of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system
	Type of display	Select the value from 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
	Macro1	Select the value from the list	Sets the first macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the Surveillance window	Names of the Macro objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Macro objects registered in the system
	Macro2	Select the value from the list	Sets the second macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the Surveillance window	Names of the Macro objects registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the Macro objects registered in the system
	Guid	Automatically	Displays the unique identifier of the camera in the system	Sequence of numbers, Latin and service characters	NA	A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters) enclosed in {curly brackets}
29	Range	Click the button	Access to complex selection and editing of cameras parameters to display on the Monitor	NA	NA	NA
30	All	Click the button	Selects all cameras registered in the system to display on the Monitor	NA	NA	NA
31	Automatic selection of streams for display	Set the checkbox	Enables the function of automatic selection of video stream for display on the Monitor. Affects cameras for which the On default video stream is selected—see item 28	Boolean type	Clear	Set—video stream for display is selected depending on the size of the video image on the Monitor and the required frame frequency Clear—video stream is selected depending on the Video stream and Connection settings and on the settings of the Server and video camera from which the stream is required
The PTZ tab
32	Mouse Behavior	NA	The list of available actions with a mouse	NA	NA	NA
33	Action	Select the value from the list	Sets the reaction performed when executing the corresponding action with a mouse	Reaction list of the PTZ device object	(Default)	Reaction list of the PTZ device object
34	Param.	Enter the value into the field	Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it’s required	Depends on the selected action	NA	Depends on the selected reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets, it is a preset number. For other reactions, it is speed, if the selected reaction allows speed specifying as a parameter. If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with the Camera seleected on the Monitor, is used
35	Joystick Butt.	NA	List of joystick buttons	NA	NA	NA
36	Action	Select the value from the list	Sets the reaction which should be performed when clicking the joystick button	List of reaction of the PTZ device object	(Default)	List of reaction of the PTZ device object
37	Param.	Enter the value into the field	Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it is required	Depends on the selected action	NA	Depends on the selected reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets, it is a preset number. For other reactions, it is speed, if the selected reaction allows speed specifying as a parameter. If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with the Camera seleected on the Monitor, is used
The Interface tab
38	Alarm	Select the value from the list	Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window in the alarm state	RGB colors	Red	RGB color palette
	Armed	Select the value from the list	Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is armed	RGB colors	Yellow	RGB color palette
	Disarmed	Select the value from the list	Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is disarmed	RGB colors	Green	RGB color palette
	No frame	Select the value from the list	Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window when there is no frame in it	RGB colors	Black	RGB color palette
	No signal	Select the value from the list	Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window when there is no signal from the camera	RGB colors	Grey	RGB color palette
	Screen cache	Select the value from the list	Sets the Surveillance window background color that is displayed when the video from the camera does not cover completely the Surveillance window, for example, when the camera proportions are maintained	RGB colors	Purple	RGB color palette
	Tracker frame color	Select the value from the list	Sets the frame color to highlight the tracking objects on the video image	RGB colors	White	RGB color palette
39	Default	Click the button	Sets the default frame colors of the Surveillance window	NA	NA	NA
40	Hide capture frames	Set the checkbox	Hides the frames displayed by the Face detection module when a person’s face is detected on the video image	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the Face detection frames aren't displayed Clear—the Face detection frames are displayed
41	Over all windows	Set the checkbox	Enables the display of the Video surveillance monitor on top of all windows	Boolean type	Clear	Set—the Video surveillance monitor is displayed on top of all windows Clear—the Video surveillance monitor is displayed in the default mode

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