The settings panel of the Monitor object

1

The Identification number*
field

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Monitor object in the system

Digits, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, and underscore

NA

A line containing numbers, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, and underscore

Depends on the number of the Monitor objects in the system

2

The Name*
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Monitor object in the system

Latin alpabet, Cyrillic, digits 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

The Disable
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Disables 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

The Display
drop-down list

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

5

The X field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor window

% of the screen width

60

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors

6

The Y field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the Y coordinate in the vertical axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor window

% of the screen height

50

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors

7

The W field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the width of the Monitor window

% of the screen width

40

From 20 to 900 if control panel is enabled. Otherwise, from 0 to 900.

You can disable this restriction using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

8

The H field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the height of the Monitor object if the control panel is disabled

% of the screen width

40

From 0 to 900.

You can disable this restriction using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

9

The Monitor
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sequence of numbers

1

From 1 to 16

10

The Allow moving checkbox

Set the checkbox

Allows moving the the Monitor window object using the mouse, if the control panel is enabled

Boolean type

Clear

Set—allow moving the Monitor window object using the mouse

Clear—forbid moving the Monitor window object using the mouse

Sets the number of the surveillance windows that must be displayed horizontally on the monitor. If the value isn't specified (the field is blank), then the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

From 1 to 64.

Blank fied—the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

Sets the number of the surveillance windows that must be displayed vertically on the monitor. If the value isn't specified (the field is blank), then the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

From 1 to 64.

Blank fied—the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

14

The Display
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the mode for processing the video signals from cameras by the graphics card

Names of the display modes

Opengl

• Opengl is selected by default. This mode uses the most advanced Windows graphics libraries for rendering 2D and 3D graphics;
• Direct3D is the recommended mode that uses the most advanced Windows graphics libraries. Use this mode when you need to display the video from the fisheye cameras or the signal decoded using Intel QuickSync technology;
• DirectDraw is used if the graphics card doesn't support Direct3D;
• Software—video signals aren't processed by the graphics card. It is used if Axxon PSIM is installed on a virtual platform

15

The switch of displaying the camera window*

Active camera

Sets in the position

Sets the display mode for an active camera window only

Boolean type

Set—the Active camera mode is enabled and used

Clear—the Active camera mode is disabled and isn't used

Alarm cameras

Sets the display mode for alarm cameras windows

Set—the Alarm cameras mode is enabled and used

Clear—the Alarm cameras mode is disabled and isn't used

List

Sets the display mode of the camera windows according to the selected layout

Set—the List mode is enabled and used

Clear—the List mode is disabled and isn't used

16

The Control panel checkbox

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

The Use button attached to camera
checkbox

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

The Max field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the maximum number of the 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 no more than specified in the Max field

Sequence of numbers

NA

>0

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system. There are no restrictions on the number of cameras

19

The Min field

Enter the value intthe 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, 0, 2, 50)

NA

>=0

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

The Keep camera ratio
checkbox

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 occupies the entire area of the surveillance window, while the ratio maynot be saved

21

The Show captions
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Shows the captions for the cameras of the monitor window.

In large distributed systems, we recommend disabling captions on those monitors where you don't need 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 the archive

Boolean type

Set

Set—the Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the monitor window, captions are displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detectors are displayed

Clear—the Captions submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the monitor window, captions aren't displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detectors aren't displayed

22

The Smoothing
checkbox

Set the checkbox

It is used when you need to display a 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. We recommend displaying video from analog cameras or low-resolution video only

Boolean type

Clear

Set—smoothing is applied

Clear—smoothing isn't applied

23

The PTZ control
drop-down list

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

The Slideshow__ s
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the period of the automatic slideshow of the camera windows when the control panel is enabled

Time 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

The Audio player
drop-down list

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

The Select camera with grouping and search
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables a dialog window for switching a camera in the surveillance window in which cameras are grouped by computers, 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 in which cameras are grouped and has a search line opens

Clear—camera is selected in the function menu of the surveillance window without opening a special dialog window

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

№

Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

1

The Number
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the camera to display on the monitor

Sequence of numbers

NA

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system

The Camera
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the name of the camera to display on the monitor

Names of the cameras registered in the system

NA

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system

The Video stream
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the video stream displayed from the 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

The Connection
drop-down list
 

Select the value from the list

Sets the way of receiving video image from the camera

Ways of receiving video from camera

Through server

Direct—the video stream is received directly from camera

Through server—the video stream is received from the server, to which the camera is connected

The fps
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the fps for transmitting the video signal to the client monitor

Sequence of numbers

Blank field

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30

Blank field—fps value from the camera settings

The Hardware decoding
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the hardware decoder of the video signal. When you select a hardware decoder, it increases the load on the corresponding CPU

List of available decoders

Blank field 

• Blank field (default CPU decoder),
• Nvidia decoder,
• Intel Quick Sync

The Compression
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets 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 from 0 to 5.

0—no compression

5—maximum compression

The Compressor
drop-down list

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 must set the value in the Compression list

List of available algorithms

NA

• MJPEG,
• Motion Wavelet 3.5,
• MPEG4

The Gate
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Videogate object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera must 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

The Backup archive
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Backup archive object from which the video archive from the selected camera must 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

The Edge storage
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Edge storage object from which the video archive must 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

The Gateway for Backup archive
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Videogate object via which the video archive from the Backup archive object must 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

PTZ—virtual telemetry

Panorama—panoramic view of the image

2

The Range
button

Click the button

Opens the Add/ Edit cameras window and appears the access to complex selection and editing of cameras parameters for displaying on the monitor

NA

NA

NA

3

The All button

Click the button

Selects all cameras registered in the system for displaying on the monitor

NA

NA

NA

4

The Automatic selection of streams for display
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the function of automatic selection of video stream for displaying on the monitor. Affects cameras for which the 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 (item 28) and on the settings of the server and camera from which the stream is required

№

Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

1

The Behavior list

NA

The list of possible actions with a mouse

NA

NA

NA

2

The Action
drop-down lists

Left

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Clear preset

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Right

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Clear preset

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Middle button

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Clear preset

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Scrolling

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Default

• Optic zoom,
• Default,
• Digital zoom

Shift+Scrolling

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Default

• Optic zoom,
• Default,
• Digital zoom

Shift+Left

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Clear preset

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Shift+Right

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Clear preset

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Shift+Middle butt.

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction performed when you execute the corresponding action with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

Clear preset

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

3

The Param. fields

Enter the value in 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 specifying speed 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

4

The Butt.
list

NA

List of joystick buttons

NA

NA

NA

5

The Action
drop-down lists

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction which must performed when you click the joystick button

List of reaction of the PTZ device object

(Default)

List of reaction of the PTZ device object

6

The Param. fields

Enter the value in 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 the preset number. For other reactions, it is speed; if the selected reaction allows specifying speed 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 and selected on the monitor, is used

№

Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

Sets the frame color of the surveillance window in the alarm state

Sets the frame color of the surveillance window when the camera is armed

Sets the default frame colors of the surveillance window

Set—the face detector frames aren't displayed

Clear—the face detector frames are displayed

Set—the video surveillance monitor is displayed over all windows

Clear—the video surveillance monitor is displayed in the default mode