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The settings panel of the Camera system object is shown in the figures.The Basic settings tab:

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The Advanced settings tab:

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The Streams settings tab:

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The Main stream tab:

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The Video stream tab:

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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*
field

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Camera

system

object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture

Sequence of numbers

2

Name

NA

From 1 to

FaceCamOffset. By default, FaceCamOffset = 50000.

The FaceCamOffset value is set using the same-name registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

2147483647

2

The Name*
field


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 <

symbols

characters), case-insensitive.

Number of charactersfrom 1 to 60

3

The Region
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Region structural element

,

to which

this

the given Camera object belongs

Name

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
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets the status (enabled or disabled) of the Camera object in the system

Disables the Camera object 

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the

Set—the Camera object is disabled and isn't

in use

used

Clear—the

Clear—the Camera object is enabled and

is in use

used

5

The Video capture device
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Video capture device parent object for

this

the given Camera object

Name

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

Video

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

  • Fisheye;
  • PTZ;
  • Standard

7

The Video video image window

Left-click

Displays video image with the specified settings.

When

When

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

  • left-click it to open the Web
-Server
  • 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

7

8

Channel number 

The Channel number
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the

channel used

channel used to connect a

video

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

8

9

The Resolution
drop-down list

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

parameter 43 and following

below)

9

10

Recording quality

The Discwrite quality (analog camera)
slider

Set the slider in the

required

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

Minmaximum compression level and the

lowest

minimum video signal quality

Max

the lowest

—minimum compression level and the

highest

maximum video signal quality

The Color settings group
10

11

The Color
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Set the type of the video image received from

the

a camera (color or black and white)

Boolean type

Set

Set—the

Set—the image from

the video

a camera is in color

Clear—the

Clear—the image from

the video

a camera is black and white

11

12

The YUV 4:2:2
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets the format of the color representation of the video signal

Boolean type

Clear
Set—the

Set—the video signal is represented in the YUV 4:2:2 format

Clear—the

Clear—the video signal is represented in the YUV 4:2:0 format

12

13

The Color
slider

Set the slider in the

required

position

Sets the color saturation of the color video image


From the maximum color saturation to

a

the black and white video image

Average

Maxcorresponds to the maximum color saturation of the video image

Min—corresponds to the black and white video image

The Image settings group
13

14

The Brightness

Contrast

–Contrast
checkbox

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

  • Automatic (Position
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  • Image Added)Brightness and Contrast parameters are set automatically;
  • Manual (Position
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  • Image Added)Brightness and Contrast parameters are set manually;
  • Manual setting with automatic optimization (Position
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  • Image Added)Brightness and Contrast parameters are set manually
, followed by
  • with subsequent automatic optimization
14

15

The Brightness
slider

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

Maxcorresponds to the maximum brightness of the video image

Mincorresponds to the minimum brightness of the video image

15

16

The Contrast
slider

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

Maxcorresponds to the maximum contrast of the video image

Mincorresponds to the minimum contrast of the video image

16
The Sensitivity group

17

The Size
slider

Set the slider in the

required

position

Sets the minimum size of an object at which the main motion

detection tool triggers

detector generates an event


% of the screen height

Average

Min—0% of the video surveillance window size

Max100% of the video surveillance window size

17

18

The Contrast
slider

Set the slider in the

required

position

Set the minimum contrast of an object at which the motion

detection tool triggers

detector generatees an event


NA

Less than average

Maxcorrespond to maximum contrast of the object

Mincorresponds 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

Clearautomatic video signal recording on the alarm from the camera is disabled 

19Number
The Recording audio table
19The Number
column
Select the value from the listSets the number of the microphone, the audio from which
should
must be recorded simultaneously with the video signal from
the
a cameraNumbers of the Microphone objects registered in the system
NADepends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system
20The Microphone
column
Select the value from the listSets the name of the microphone, the audio from which
should
must be recorded simultaneously with the video signal from
the
a cameraNames of the Microphone objects registered in the system
NADepends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system
Out of the group

21

The Pre-alarm record
field

Enter the value in the field

Set the time period that precedes the alarm

record,

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
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the time period, during which the video is recorded after an alarm

was

is registered

Time in seconds (s)

NA

Recommended time

from 0 to 20

23

The "Hot record" time
field

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

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

The Recording frame

rateEnter


field of allowable values

Enter the value in the field/

select


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

The

Advanced settings tab

26

Decompressor

Video archive
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the
technology using which the compressed video stream will be decompressed when displaying
type of the video signal
on
recording to the archiveTypes of the video archive recording

On alarms

  • Manually;
  • On alarms;
  • Permanent

*Name of the element isn't displayed in the settings panel of the given object

The Advanced settings tab:

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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)

algorithm of compression Note registry see algorithmsStore no less than

Sets the time period for storing the camera archive. When it is expired, the camera archive should be deleted

Note. The archive can be deleted before the specified time if it is required for loop recordingLens type of lens to use lens should be determined to eliminate 41 the 42 into what will be Video the be displayed 100

Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range


1

The Decompressor
drop-down list
List of available decompressorsNo

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

technology using which the compressed video stream

is decompressed when displaying the video signal on the video surveillance monior.

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 decompressorsNo

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

2

The Compressor
drop-down list

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

The Estimate motion
field


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

31Store no less thanSelect the value from the listSets the units for time period specified in the Store no less than fieldList of available time unitsDays

Days

Hours

The Store no more than group
32Store no more thanEnter the value in the fieldDay or hour depending on the value selected in the drop-down listMore 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
field

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

5The Additional info
field
Enter the value in the fieldSets 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 cameraLine not longer than 100 charactersBlank lineLatin and Cyrillic letters, digits

6

The Rotation mode
checkbox

Set the checkbox

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

Boolean type

Clear

Set—rotation is enabled

Clearrotation is disabled

7

The Rotate on*
drop-down list

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
slider

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

  • Normalnormal video signals processing order;
  • 1/31/3 processing order;
  • 1/21/2 processing order
9

The Recording priority
slider

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

  • Normalnormal video recording order;
  • 1/31/3 processing order;
  • 1/21/2 processing order;
  • Real timeall ADC resources are used for video signals recording
The Store no less than group

10

The Store no less than
field

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

11The Store no less than
drop-down list
Select the value from the listSets the units for the time period specified in the Store no less than fieldList of available time unitsDays

Days

Hours

The Store no more than group
12The 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 listNAMore than 1
13The Store no more than
drop-down list
Select the value from the listSets the units for the time period specified in the Store no more than fieldList of available time unitsDays

Days

Hours

The Fisheye group
14
33Store no more thanSelect the value from the listSets the units for time period specified in the Store no more than fieldList of available time unitsDays

Days

Hours

Not in groups
34Additional infoEnter the value in the fieldSets 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 logLine not longer than 100 charactersBlank lineLatin 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

Normalnormal video signals processing order

1/31/3 processing order

1/21/2 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

Normalnormal video record order

1/31/3 processing order

1/21/2 processing order

Real timeall 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

Clearrotation 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

40The Lens type
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the used lens typeSupported lens typesNo
  • 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 you want to determine the video conversion parameters
  • automatically
  • for artifacts elimination;
  • A0*V, A1UST, A8TRT, B0QQV, B4QQV, B5SST, B6SSTtypes of the panomorph lenses
15The Camera position
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the position of a cameraSupported camera position optionsCeiling
  • Ceiling;
  • Wall;
  • Floor
16The Visible part
field
Enter the value in the field

Determines

which part of the frame

is visible on the

video surveillance monitor after

conversion

Percentage

75% for the Ceiling position

66% for the Wall position

Note. The default value may not

appear in the field

From 0
The Streams settings tab
to 100

The Streams settings tab

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Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range


1

The Streams configuring
checkbox

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

AutomaticallySets the number of the streamInteger numberNAFrom 1 to 10
3The Enabled* columnSet the checkboxSets the used camera streamsBoolean typeClear

Set—the Set—the stream is in useused

Clear—the stream is not in use

Clear—the stream isn't used

4

The Default
column

46

Default

Set the checkbox

Sets the video stream that will be is used in the following cases:

    to
  1. To display video locally and on the remote clients
  2. ;
  3. .
  4. to
  5. To send the video stream to the remote clients
  6. and to
  7. , including the
  8. Videogate
  9. videogate that
  10. will
  11. can record this video stream
  12. ;
  13. .
  14. in
  15. In cases when a video request doesn't specify the stream

List of available streams

Clear

Set—the Set—the stream is used by default

Clear—the Clear—the stream isn't used by default

 

475

The Video analytics
column

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 subsystemYou 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
column

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

497The Archive (alarms)
column
Set the checkbox Sets Sets the video stream recorded to the archive upon alarmList of available streamsClear

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

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Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range


1The IP field50IPEnter the value in the fieldSets the IP address from which the client will receive receives the video data from the ONVIF Server server in the Multicast modeIP address224.0.0.10224.0.0.0—239.255.255.255
512The Port
field
Enter the value in the fieldSets the port for transmitting transferring the video data in the Multicast modeSequence of numbersDepends 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

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Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range


1

The Purpose
field

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**
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the video stream frame resolution

List of supported resolutions of the video image frame resolutions

Standard

  • Standard;
  • High;
  • Full.

Particular Specific values depend on the camera model

543

SpeedThe Rate**
field of allowable values

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

Minmaximum compression and minimum video signal quality

Maxminimum compression and maximum video signal quality

58Lock disabling streams not in useSet 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

BooleanClear

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

4The 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 typeClear

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**
drop-down list

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**
field of allowable values

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**
slider

Set the slider in the position

Sets the frame quality

NA

Maximum

Minmaximum compression level and minimum video signal quality

Maxminimum compression level and maximum video signal quality

The Multicast group
8The IP field 59IPEnter the value in the fieldSets the IP address from which the client will receive receives the video data from the ONVIF Server in the Multicast modeIP address224.0.0.10224.0.0.0239.255.255.255
609The Port field Enter the value in the fieldSets the port for transmitting the video data in the Multicast modeSequence of numbersDepends 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.