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You can select several cameras at once and edit their parameters to display them in the Monitorinterface box window.

To select video cameras in bulk, do the following:

  1. Go to the settings panel
  2. for
  3. of the Monitor interface object.
  4. Click
  5. In the
  6. Range button in the
  7. List of cameras tab
  8. (1)
  9. , click the Range button.
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    As a result, the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  10. dialog box is displayed
  11. window opens.
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  12. Select the required cameras in the left list of the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  13. box (1)
  14. window.
  15. Move the selected cameras to the right list by clicking the Image Modified

  16.  button (2)
  17. button.

    Info
    titleNote

    The right list is the list of cameras selected for displaying in the Monitor

  18. interface box
  19. window.
    The Image Modified

  20.  button
  21. button is used for inverse action, i.e. for moving the selected video cameras from the right list to the left one

  22. (2)
  23. .

    In both lists, you can change the sorting by clicking

  24. on
  25. the column names to make it easier to find the required cameras and their settings.

    As a result, the selected cameras will be displayed in the list on the right of the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  26. box (3)
  27. window.
  28. If it is necessary, select the names of required cameras in the right list for

  29. complex
  30. bulk editing of their parameters

  31. (3)
  32. .

    Note
    titleAttention!
    The same parameters will be set for all selected cameras.
  33. To
  34. In the fps drop-down list, select the required frame rate of a video signal to enable decimation of a video signal for transmitting to the Monitor of the Client

  35. , select the required frame rate of a video signal in the fps drop-down list (4)discouraged to set additional grooming
  36. .

    Note
    titleAttention!
  37. It is strongly
  38. We strongly discourage you from setting additional decimation and/or compression for video signals displayed on the Server Monitor

  39. :
  40. , as this

  41. will result
  42. results in unnecessary consumption of the Server resources while the video image quality deteriorates.

    Info
    titleNote

    The selected fps value must be less than the frame rate of the video signal digitized by the video capture device. Otherwise, the frame rate of the video signal will be equal to the frame rate of the digitization.

  43. The fps, Compression, Gate, Backup archive and Gateway for backup archive settings are in
  44. All settings described below belong to the Common data for elements selected on the right group.
    For correct

  45. grooming
  46. decimation of a video stream compressed with the help of H.264 or MPEG4 codecs, the fps value

  47. is to
  48. must be equal to keyframe rate specified in the device (IP

  49. -
  50. camera)

  51. or
  52. or Axxon PSIM settings (see Configuring video compression

  53. section
  54. ).

  55. If video compression level

  56. is to
  57. must be changed for transmitting to the Monitor of the Client, select the required level of video signal compression

  58. in
  59. from the Compression drop-down list

  60. of the Compression column (5)
  61. . Compression level is increased from 0 (no compression) to 5 (maximum compression).

  62.   
  63. Info
    titleNote
    If the compression level is set for the Client, a video signal on the Server
  64. is to
  65. must be
  66. preliminary
  67. decompressed
  68. , that results in a great load increase on CPU of the Server
  69. beforehand, which leads to a significant increase in the load on the Server CPU.
  70. If the Monitor
  71. is to
  72. must receive live and archive video from the selected cameras via the Gate object, then select the name of this object
  73. in
  74. from the Gate drop-down list
  75. (6)
  76. .
  77. To enable smart search in the archive of the selected cameras, select the VMDA metadata storage object corresponding to the VMDA
  78. trajectories
  79. tracks database
  80. intended to use
  81. for smart search from the VMDA metadata storage drop-down list.
  82. From the Hardware accelerated decoding drop-down list
  83. (7).
  84. , select Do no change (default value, hardware acceleration specified for each camera is used), CPU decoder (blank value), Nvidia decoder, or Intel Quick Sync. Selecting a hardware decoder increases the load on the corresponding CPU. 
  85. If a video archive from the selected camera
  86. is to
  87. must be transmitted to the Monitor from the Backup archive object, then select the name of this object
  88. in
  89. from the Backup archive drop-down list
  90. (8)
  91. .
  92. If the transmission from the Backup archive object is performed via the Gate object, then select the name of this object
  93. in
  94. from the Gateway for backup archive drop-down list
  95. (9)
  96. .
  97. If cameras are used to view video archive from external storage, set the Setup edge storage
  98. check box (10)
  99. checkbox. As a result, for each selected camera, the external storage available to it will be applied.
  100. By default, the
  101. Video Surveillance
  102. Monitor receives a video stream through the Server. If it is necessary to get the video stream not through a Server, but from cameras directly,
  103. in the
  104. from the Connection drop-down list, select Direct
  105. (11)
  106. .
  107. To save the
  108. set
  109. specified parameters, click the Set for cameras selected on the right button
  110. (12)
  111. .
    As a result
  112. set
  113. , the specified parameters will be displayed in the list on the right of
  114. the
  115. the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  116. box (3)
  117. window.
  118. Repeat steps
  119. 6
  120. 5-
  121. 12
  122. 15 for
  123. complex
  124. bulk editing of all required cameras.
  125. To save
  126. all
  127. the changes and close
  128. the
  129. the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  130. box
  131. window, click
  132. the
  133. the Apply changes and close button
  134. (13)
  135. .
  136. Set
  137. Specified camera settings will be displayed in the List table on the settings panel of the Monitor object
  138. (2)
  139. .
  140. To save
  141. all
  142. the changes, click the Apply button
  143. (3)
  144. .

Video cameras are now selected in bulkBulk selection of cameras is complete.