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Identification number*

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Camera system object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture

Sequence of numbers

NA

From 1 to 2147483647

2

Name*

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Camera object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture

Latin, Cyrillic, and service characters

Camera

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

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

Disables the Camera object 

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

Type

Select the value from the list

Sets the type of the used camera.

This setting affects the set of icons used to display a camera on the map

List of available camera types

NA

• Fisheye;
• PTZ;
• Standard

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Video

Left-click

Displays video image with the configured settings.

When you click on it while pressing the Shift key on the keyboard:

• left-click it to open the Web-Server page of the IP device in the default browser (doesn't work with Internet Explorer);
• right-click it to open an enlarged window with a video image

Video image

NA

NA

The Basic settings tab

8

Channel number 

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the channel used to connect a 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

9

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 below)

10

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

NA

Above average

Min—maximum compression level and the lowest video signal quality

Max—minimum compression level and the highest video signal quality

11

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

12

YUV 4:2:2

Set the checkbox

Sets the format of the color representation of the video signal

Boolean type

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

13

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

14

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

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Brightness

Set the slider in the required position

Sets the brightness of the video image

From the maximum brightness (white video image) to the 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

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Contrast

Set the slider in the required position

Set the contrast of the video image

From the maximum contrast to the minimum 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

17

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

18

Contrast

Set the slider in the required position

Set the minimum contrast of an object at which the motion detector triggers

NA

Less than average

Max—correspond to maximum contrast of the object

Min—corresponds to the minimum contrast of the object

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)

NA

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 is registered

Time in seconds (s)

NA

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)

NA

Recommended time from 0 to 30

24

"Hot record" rate

Enter the value in the field/select the value from the list

Sets the frame rate of the alarm hot recording

FPS

NA

Depends on the capabilities of the used camera

Recommended value from 0 to 20

25

Recording frame rate

Enter the value in the field/select the value from the list

Sets the frame rate of the video signal recording

FPS

NA

Depends on the capabilities of the used camera

Recommended value from 1 to 25 for PAL; from 1 to 30 for NTSC

26

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 

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Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

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Sets the technology using which the compressed video stream is 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)

• BOSCH;
• FfmpegAllInOneDecoder;
• H263IppDecoder;
• H264InterlacedIppDecoder;
• H264IppDecoder;
• MJPEGIpp;
• Motion Wavelet 3.5;
• Motion Wavelet 7.1;
• MPEG2IppDecoder;
• MPEG4IppDecoder;
• MxPEG Mobotix;
• RGB24toYUV420;
• StreamLabs;
• VWV;
• WMVIppDecoder

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Compressor 

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

29

Estimate motion

Enter the value in the field

Sets the threshold of the camera sensitivity 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

30

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

31

Store no less than

Enter the value in the field

Sets the time period for keeping the video archive and audio archive from the camera (in case of synchronous recording) on the server. The parameter allows storing the large archive for the selected camera using the archive of other cameras.

Note. We recommend setting the Store no less than parameter for no more than 30% of cameras in the system, as this setting is only ADVISORY. If there isn't enough space for the archive recording, the setting is ignored and the recording doesn't stop anyway.

If you create more than 10 cameras in the system, then when attempting to set this parameter for more than 30% of the cameras in the system, after you click the Apply button, a corresponding warning message appears. You can disable it 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

NA

More than 1

Days

Hours

Sets the time period for storing the camera archive, after which the camera archive must be deleted

Note. The archive can be deleted before the specified time if it is required for loop recording

Days

Hours

Not in Out of the group

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Type

Select the value from the list

Sets the type of the used camera.

This setting affects the set of icons used to display a camera on the map

List of available camera types

NA

• Fisheye;
• PTZ;
• Standard

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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

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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 resources are used for video signals recording

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Rotation mode

Set the checkbox

Enables the rotation of the video image displayed on the Video surveillance monitor 

Boolean type

Clear

Set—rotation is enabled

Clear—rotation is disabled

40

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

Select the value from the list

• No—select if there are neither fisheye nor panomorph lenses 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 it is necessary to determine the video conversion parameters automatically for artifact elimination;
• A0*V, A1UST, A8TRT, B0QQV, B4QQV, B5SST, B6SST—types of panomorph lenses

Select the value from the list

• Ceiling;
• Wall;
• Floor

Determines which part of the frame is visible on the Video surveillance monitor after the conversion

75% for the Ceiling position

66% for the Wall position

Note. The default value may not appear in the field