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The settings panel of the Camera system object is shown in the figures.The Basic settings tab:
The Advanced settings tab:
The Streams settings tab:
The Main stream tab:
The Video stream tab:
Table describes the settings parameters of the Camera object.
Basic settings tab
№ | Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range | |
1 | The Identification number* | Automatically | Displays the identification number of the Camera |
object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture | Sequence of numbers |
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NA | From 1 to |
The FaceCamOffset value is set using the same-name registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)
2147483647 | |
2 | The Name* |
Enter the value in the field | Sets the name of the Camera object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture | Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, digits 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 | The Region | Select the value from the list | Sets the Region structural element |
to which |
the given Camera object belongs |
Names of the Region objects registered in the system | Region | Depends on the number of the Region objects registered in the system | |
4 | The Disable | Set the checkbox |
Disables the Camera object | Boolean type | Clear |
Set—the Camera object is disabled and isn't |
used |
Clear—the Camera object is enabled and |
used | |||
5 | The Video capture device | Select the value from the list | Sets the Video capture device parent object for |
the given Camera object |
Names 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 |
The Type |
Left-click
Displays video image with the configured settings.
drop-down list | 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 |
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7 | The Video video image window | Left-click | Displays video image with the specified settings. When |
you click on it while pressing the Shift key on the keyboard:
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NA |
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The Basic settings tab |
8 |
The 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 | The Resolution | Select the value from the list | Sets the resolution of the video |
frame | List of resolutions of the video |
frame | Standard |
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 |
The Discwrite quality (analog camera) | Set the slider in the |
position | Sets the quality of the recorded frame. The value is inverse to the video signal compression level |
. Note. This parameter is applicable only for analog cameras | NA | Above average | Min—maximum compression level and the |
minimum video signal quality Max |
—minimum compression level and the |
maximum video signal quality | |||||||
The Color settings group |
11 | The Color | Set the checkbox | Set the type of the video image received from |
a camera (color or black and white) | Boolean type | Set |
Set—the image from |
a camera is in color |
Clear—the image from |
a camera is black and white |
12 | The YUV 4:2:2 | Set the checkbox | Sets the format of the color representation of the video signal | Boolean type | Clear |
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 | The Color | Set the slider in the |
position | Sets the color saturation of the color video image | From the maximum color saturation to |
the 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 | |||||
The Image settings group |
14 | The 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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15 | The Brightness | Set the slider in the |
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 |
16 | The Contrast | Set the slider in the |
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 |
The Sensitivity group | |||||||
17 | The Size | Set the slider in the |
position | Sets the minimum size of an object at which the main motion |
detector generates an event | % of the screen height | Average | Min—0% of the video surveillance window size Max—100% of the video surveillance window size |
18 | The Contrast | Set the slider in the |
position | Set the minimum contrast of an object at which the motion |
detector generatees an event | NA |
Less than average | Max—correspond to maximum contrast of the object Min—corresponds to the minimum contrast of the object |
18
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
The Recording audio table | |||||||
19 | The Number column | Select the value from the list | Sets the number of the microphone, the audio from which |
must be recorded simultaneously with the video signal from |
a camera | Numbers of the Microphone objects registered in the system |
NA | Depends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system | ||
20 | The Microphone column | Select the value from the list | Sets the name of the microphone, the audio from which |
must be recorded simultaneously with the video signal from |
a camera | Names of the Microphone objects registered in the system |
NA | Depends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system | ||||||
Out of the group | |||||||
21 | The Pre-alarm record | Enter the value in the field | Set the time period that precedes the alarm |
registration during which the prehistory of the event is recorded | Time in seconds (s) |
NA | Recommended time |
from 0 to 20 | |||
22 | The 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 | The "Hot record" time | Enter the value in the field | Sets the time period from the moment when 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 | The "Hot record" rate field of allowable values | 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. |
from 0 to 20 | |
25 | The Recording frame |
| Enter the value in the field/ |
| 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 | The |
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Video archive | Select the value from the list | Sets the |
type of the video signal |
recording to the archive | Types of the video archive recording | On alarms |
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*Name of the element isn't displayed in the settings panel of the given object
The Advanced settings tab:
№ | Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range | |||||||||||||
1 | The Decompressor drop-down list | monitorList of available decompressors | No | BOSCH FfmpegAllInOneDecoder H263IppDecoder H264InterlacedIppDecoder H264IppDecoder MJPEGIpp Motion Wavelet 3.5 Motion Wavelet 7.1 MPEG2IppDecoder MPEG4IppDecoder MxPEG Mobotix RGB24toYUV420 StreamLabs VWV WMVIppDecoder | 27 | Compressor | Select the value from the list | Sets the | algorithm of technology using which the compressed video stream | compression is decompressed when displaying the video signal on the video surveillance monior. Note | 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 registry key ( | see List of available | algorithmsdecompressors | No | Depends on the camera model | |||
28 | 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 | |||||||||||||
29 | 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 | |||||||||||||
The Store no less than group | |||||||||||||||||||
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2 | The Compressor | Select the value from the list | Sets the algorithm of the video stream compression. Note. By default the parameter isn't 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 | |||||||||||||
3 | 30 | Store no less thanThe Estimate motion | Enter the value in the field | Set the time period for keeping the video archive from the camera and audio archive (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. It is recommended to set the Store no less than parameter for no more than 30% of cameras, as this setting is only advisory. If there isn't enough space for the archive recording, the setting will be ignored and the recording won't stop anyway. If more than 10 cameras are created in the system, then when setting this parameter for more than 30% of cameras in the system, after you click the Apply button, a corresponding warning message will appear. It can be disabled 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 | — | More than 1 | ||||||||||||
31 | Store no less than | Select the value from the list | Sets the units for time period specified in the Store no less than field | List of available time units | Days | Days Hours | |||||||||||||
The Store no more than group | 32 | Store no more than | Enter the value in the field | Day or hour depending on the value selected in the drop-down list | — | More than 1 | |||||||||||||
Determines 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 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | The 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 used camera | |||||||||||||
Out of the group | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | The Additional info field | Enter the value in the field | Sets the information displayed on the video surveillance monitor above the camera name. This information is added to the name of the export file and when the frame is printed. Also it is displayed in the event viewer when an event is received from a camera | Line not longer than 100 characters | Blank line | Latin and Cyrillic letters, digits | |||||||||||||
6 | The 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 | |||||||||||||
7 | The Rotate on* | Select the value from the list | Sets the angle of the video image rotation when the rotation mode is enabled | Sequence of numbers | 0 | 0, 90, 180, 270 | |||||||||||||
The Priority group | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | The Processing priority | Set the slider in the position | Sets the priority of the video signals processing by ADC from a camera | Order of video signals processing | Normal |
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9 | The Recording priority | Set the slider in the position | Set the priority of video signals processing by ADC in the recording mode | Order of video signals processing in the recording mode | Normal |
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The Store no less than group | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | The Store no less than | Enter the value in the field | Sets the time period for keeping the video archive and audio archive from a 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 you attempt 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 | |||||||||||||
11 | The Store no less than drop-down list | Select the value from the list | Sets the units for the time period specified in the Store no less than field | List of available time units | Days | Days Hours | |||||||||||||
The Store no more than group | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | The Store no more than field | Enter the value in the field | 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 the loop recording | Day or hour, depending on the value selected in the drop-down list | NA | More than 1 | |||||||||||||
13 | The Store no more than drop-down list | Select the value from the list | Sets the units for the time period specified in the Store no more than field | List of available time units | Days | Days Hours | |||||||||||||
The Fisheye group | |||||||||||||||||||
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33 | Store no more than | Select the value from the list | Sets the units for time period specified in the Store no more than field | List of available time units | Days | Days Hours | |||||||||||||
Not in groups | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | Additional info | Enter the value in the field | Sets the information displayed on the video surveillance monitor above the camera name. This information is added to the export file and when the frame is printed, as well as to the event log | Line not longer than 100 characters | Blank line | Latin and Cyrillic letters, numbers | |||||||||||||
35 | Type | Select the value from the list | Sets the type of the camera. The setting affects the type of the icons used to represent the camera on the map | List of available camera types | — | Fisheye PTZ Standard | |||||||||||||
36 | 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 | |||||||||||||
37 | 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 | |||||||||||||
38 | Rotation mode | Set the checkbox | Enables the rotation the the video image displayed on the Video surveillance monitor | Boolean type | Clear | Set—rotation is enabled Clear—rotation is disabled | |||||||||||||
39 | 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 | |||||||||||||
40 | Lens typeThe Lens type drop-down list | Select the value from the list | Sets the used lens type | of lens to useSupported lens types | No |
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15 | The Camera position drop-down list | Select the value from the list | Sets the position of | thea camera | Supported camera position options | Ceiling |
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16 | The Visible part field | Enter the value | intoin the field | Determines | what which part of the frame | will be is visible on the | Video video surveillance monitor after | the conversion | Percentage | 75% for the Ceiling position 66% for the Wall position Note. The default value may not | be displayed appear in the field | From 0 | —100|||||||
The Streams settings tab | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Streams settings tab
№ | Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range | |||
1 | The Streams configuring | 43 | Streams configuring | Set the checkbox | Enables the video signal multistream featureoption | Boolean type | Clear | Set—video Set—video signal multistreaming is enabled; different streams can be used for analytics, archiving, and display Clear—video Clear—video signal multistreaming is disabled; a single stream is used for analytics, archiving, and display | |
2 | The # field | Automatically | DisplaysSets the number of the stream | Integer number | —NA | From 1 —to 10 | 45|||
3 | The Enabled* column | Set the checkbox | Sets the used camera streams | Boolean type | Clear | Set—the Set—the stream is in useused Clear—the stream is not in use Clear—the stream isn't used | |||
4 | The Default | 46 | Default | Set the checkbox | Sets the video stream that will be is used in the following cases:
| List of available streams | Clear | Set—the Set—the stream is used by default Clear—the Clear—the stream isn't used by default
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475 | The Video analytics | Set the checkbox | Sets the video stream used for video analytics. This stream will be is used by the base standard motion detection tooldetector, zone detection toolsdetectors, tracking detection tooldetectors, face detection tool detectors (if an external recognizer isn't used). The Video Analytics stream is used for the LPR server, face detection tool detectors (if an external recognizer is used), and the detection tools detectors that are part of the the Detector Pack subsystem. You can select the Default stream using the VMDA.ignoreAnaliticStream registry key (see Axxon PSIM base version). The Archive/Archive (alarms) stream is used for the long-term backup archive | List of available streams | Clear | Set—the Set—the stream is used for video analytics Clear—the Clear—the stream isn't use used for video analytics | |||
486 | The Archive | Set the checkbox | Sets the video stream that is recorded to the archive not upon alarm, but continuously, for example, at continuous recording | List of available streams | Clear | Set—the Set—the stream is used for archive recording Clear—the Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording | |||
497 | The Archive (alarms) column | Set the checkbox | Sets Sets the video stream recorded to the archive upon alarm | List of available streams | Clear | Set—the Set—the stream is used for archive recording upon alarm Clear—the Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording upon alarm |
The Main stream tab
№ | Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range | |||
1 | The IP field | 50 | IP | Enter the value in the field | Sets the IP address from which the client will receive receives the video data from the ONVIF Server server in the Multicast mode | IP address | 224.0.0.10 | 224.0.0.0—239.255.255.255 | |
512 | The Port field | Enter the value in the field | Sets the port for transmitting transferring the video data in the Multicast mode | Sequence of numbers | Depends on the number of video cameras and streams in the system | Any valid unused port numbers. The number of ports is determined by the system administrator |
The Video stream tab
№ | Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range | |||||
1 | The Purpose | NA | Provides an | 52 | Purpose | — | Provides information about the use of the video stream | String | Depends on the video stream designated 's selected purpose | Many Latin and Cyrillic characters, numbersdigits | |
532 | Resolution**The Resolution** | Select the value from the list | Sets the video stream frame resolution | List of supported resolutions of the video image frame resolutions | Standard |
Particular Specific values depend on the camera model | |||||
543 | SpeedThe Rate** | Enter the value in the field | Sets the frame rate of the video stream | Frame rate in FPS | 258 | Depends on the capabilities of the used camera | |||||
55 | Codec** | Select the value from the list | Sets the technology used to encode and decode the video stream | List of supported codecs | Depends on the camera model | Depends on the camera model | |||||
56 | Key frame rate** | Enter the value in the field | Sets the key frames rate | Sequence of numbers | 8 | Depends on the capabilities of the camera | |||||
57 | Video quality** | Set the slider in the required position | Sets the frame quality | — | Maximum | Min—maximum compression and minimum video signal quality Max—minimum compression and maximum video signal quality | |||||
58 | Lock disabling streams not in use | Set the checkbox | This checkbox should be set if the purpose is not specified for the configured stream but it is used for recording on a macro or a script | Boolean | Clear | Set—if the stream purpose isn't specified, the stream is in the sleep mode and it cannot be used for recording on a macro or a script Clear—if the stream purpose isn't specified, it can be used for recording on a macro or a script | |||||
4 | The Lock disabling streams not in use checkbox | Set the checkbox | Sets the checkbox if the purpose isn't specified for the configured stream, but it is used for recording by a macro or a script | Boolean type | Clear | Set—if you don't specify the stream purpose, the stream is in the "sleep" mode, and you cannot use it for recording by a macro or a script Clear—if you don't specify the stream purpose, you can use it for recording by a macro or a script | |||||
The Codec group | |||||||||||
5 | The Codec** | Select the value from the list | Sets the technology used to encode and decode the video stream | List of supported codecs | Depends on the camera model | Depends on the camera model | |||||
6 | The Key frame rate** | Enter the value in the field | Sets the key frame rate | Sequence of numbers | 8 | Depends on the capabilities of the used camera | |||||
7 | The Video quality** | Set the slider in the position | Sets the frame quality | NA | Maximum | Min—maximum compression level and minimum video signal quality Max—minimum compression level and maximum video signal quality | |||||
The Multicast group | |||||||||||
8 | The IP field | 59 | IP | Enter the value in the field | Sets the IP address from which the client will receive receives the video data from the ONVIF Server in the Multicast mode | IP address | 224.0.0.10 | 224.0.0.0—239.255.255.255 | |||
609 | The Port field | Enter the value in the field | Sets the port for transmitting the video data in the Multicast mode | Sequence of numbers | Depends on the number of cameras and streams in the system | Any valid unused port numbers. The number of ports is determined by the system administrator |
* Name of the interface element isn't displayed on the settings panel.** Similar settings on the Basic Settingssettings and the Advanced settings tabs, as well as on the settings panel of the Video capture device object , are ignored.