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Identification number

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Camera  Camera system object in the system

Sequence of numbers

-

From 1 to FaceCamOffset. By default, FaceCamOffset = 50000.

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

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Name

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Camera object in the system

Latin, Cyrillic and service characters

Camera

A line containing a sequence of any symbols characters (letters, digits, service characters except > and < symbols), case-insensitive.

Number of symbols characters—from 1 to 60

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Region

Select the value from the list

Sets the Region structural element, to which this Camera object belongs

Name of the  the Region objects registered in the system

Region

Depends on the number of the Region objects registered in the system

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Disable

Set the checkbox

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

Boolean type

Clear

Set — the Set—the Camera object is disabled and isn't in use

Clear — the Clear—the Camera object is enabled and is in use

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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

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Video

Left-click

Displays video image with the configured settings.

When holding down the Shift key on the keyboard, opens the Web-Server page of the IP device in the default browser (doesn't work with Internet Explorer)

Video image

-

-

The Basic settings tab

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Channel number 

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the 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 video capture board. Maximum 16 channels

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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 parameter 43 and following)

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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

-

Above average

Min—maximum compression level and the lowest video signal quality

Max—the lowest compression level and the highest video signal quality

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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 Set—the image from the video camera is in color

Clear—the image from the video camera is black and white

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YUV 4:2:2

Set the checkbox

Sets the format of the color representation of the video signal

Boolean type

Set — the 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

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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

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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 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

-

Average

Max—corresponds to the maximum contrast of the video image

Min—corresponds to the minimum contrast of the video image

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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

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Contrast

Set the slider in the required position

Set the minimum contrast of an object at which the motion detection tool triggers

-

Less than average

Max—correspond to maximum contrast of the object

Min—corresponds to the minimum contrast of the object

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Record alarms

Set the checkbox

Starts automatic video signal recording on the alarms from the camera

Boolean type

Set

Set — automatic 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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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)

-

Recommended time—from 0 to 20

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Post-alarm record

Enter the value in the field

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

Time in seconds (s)

-

Recommended time—from 0 to 20

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"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)

-

Recommended time—from 0 to 30

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"Hot record" rate

Enter the value in the field/select from the list

Sets the frame rate of the alarm hot recording

FPS

-

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

Recommended value—from 0 to 20

25

Recording frame rate

Enter the value in the field/select from the list

Sets the frame rate of the video signal recording

FPS

-

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

Recommended value—from 1 to 25 for PALFrom ; from 1 to 30 for NTSC

The Advanced settings tab

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Sets the technology using which the compressed video stream will be 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

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Estimate motion

Enter the value in the field

Sets the threshold of the camera sensivity 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

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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

30

Store no less than

Enter the value in the field

Set the time period for keeping the video archive from the camera and audio archive (in case of synchro 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

Days

Hours

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

Days

Hours

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The Type drop-down list

Select the value Is selected from the list

Set Sets the type of the camera. The setting affects the type of the icons used to represent the camera on the map

The list List of available camera types

-

Fisheye

PTZ

Standard

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The Processing priority slider

The Set the slider is set in the required position

Set Sets the priority of the video signals processing by ADC

The order Order of video signals processing

Normal

Normal – —normal video procession signals processing order

1/3 – —1/3 procession processing order

1/2 – —1/2 procession processing order

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The Recording priority slider

The Set the slider is set in the required position

Set the priority of video signals processing by ADC in the recording mode

The order Order of video signals processing in the recording mode

Normal

Normal – —normal video record order

1/3  – 3—1/3 procession processing order

1/2 – —1/2 procession processing order

All resources – Real time—all ADC resourses are in use used for video signals recording

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Rotation modecheckbox

Setting Set the checkbox

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

Boolean type

No

Clear

Set—rotation Yes - rotation mode is enabledNo -

Clear—rotation mode is disabled

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Rotate on drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Specifies an the angle of video image rotation when the rotation mode is enabled

NumbersSequence of numbers

0

0, 90, 180, 270

Select the value in from the list

No– select —select if there are no fisheye or anamorphic lenses neither fisheye nor panomorph lens on the camera.

Standard fisheye lens– select —select if there is a fisheye lens on the camera.

Autocalibration– select —select if there is a fisheye lens on the camera and auto detection of the video conversion parameters in order should be automatically determined to eliminate artifacts is to be performed.

A0*V, A1UST, A8TRT, B0QQV, B4QQV, B5SST, B6SST

—types of panomorph

lenses

Select the value in from the list

Ceiling

Wall

Floor

Determines what part of the frame will be visible on the Video

surveillance monitor after the

conversion

75% for the Ceiling position

66%  66% for the Wall position

Note. The default value may not be not displayed .in the field

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Streams configuring

Set the checkbox

Checking the box

Enables the video signal multistream feature

Boolean

True – Set—video signal multistreaming is enabled; different streams can be used for analytics, archiving, and display.

False – Clear—video signal multistreaming is disabled; a single stream is used for analytics, archiving, and display.

# field

Yes – the Set—the stream is in useNo

– the Clear—the stream is not in use

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Default checkboxDefault

Checking Set the boxcheckbox

Assigns Sets the video stream to be displayed both as that will be used in the following cases:

1. to display video locally and on the remote clients;
2. to send the video stream to the remote clients and to the Videogate that will record this video stream;
3. in cases when video request doesn't specify the stream

List of available streams

NoClear

Yes – the Set—the stream is in use used by defaultNo – the stream is not in use

Clear—the stream isn't used by default

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Video analytics checkbox

Checking Set the boxcheckbox

Assigns Sets the video stream used  used for video analytics (including main motion detection tool).

This stream is will be used by all Intellect detection tools (except embedded video camera detection tools) – including tracking detection tools, motion detection tool, face detection tool, facial recognition tools and detection tools that are the part of Detector Pack. the base motion detection tool, zone detection tools, tracking detection tool, face detection tool (if an external recognizer isn't used).

The Default stream is used for the LPR server, face detection tool (if an external recognizer is used), and the detection tools that are part of the Detector Pack.

The Archive/Archive (alarms) stream is used for the long-term archive

List of available streams

NoClear

Yes – the Set—the stream is in use used for video analyticsNo – the stream is not in

Clear—the stream isn't use for video analytics

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Archive checkbox

Checking Set the boxcheckbox

Sets the video stream that is recorded to the archive not upon alarm – the continuous recording is performed., but continuously

List of available streams

NoClear

Yes – the Set—the stream is in use used for archive recordingNo – the stream is not in use

Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording

Yes – the Set—the stream is in use used for archive recording by upon alarmNo – the stream is not in use

Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording by upon alarm

Any valid non-busy unused port numbers.

The number of ports is determined by the system administrator.

The Video stream tab

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Purpose field

-

Displays a description of how Provides information about the use of the video stream is used

String

Depends on the video stream 's designated purpose

Most Latin and Russian Cyrillic characters, numbers

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Resolution dropdown list**

Selected Select the value from a the list

Assigns Sets the video stream 's resolution

List of ­supported­ video­ resolutionssupported resolutions of the video image frame

Standard

Standard

High

Full

Particular values depend on the camera model.

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Speed spinbox**

Typed into a Enter the value in the field

Assigns Sets the frame rate of the video stream

Frame rate (fps)in FPS

25

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

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Codec dropdown list**

Selected Select the value from a the list

Assigns Sets the technology to be used to encode and decode the video stream

List of supported codecs

Depends on the camera model

Depends on the camera model.

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Key frame rate spinbox**

Typed into a Enter the value in the field

Assigns Sets the key frames rate.

Set Sequence of natural­ numbers

8

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

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Video quality slider**

Moving it to a Set the slider in the required position

Assigns Sets the frame quality

-

Maximum

Min – —maximum compression and minimum video signal quality

Max – —minimum compression and maximum video signal quality

This checkbox is to should be set checked if the purpose is not specified for the configured stream but it is is in use used for recording on command a macro or a script.

Yes – if Set—if the stream value is not selected, then purpose isn't specified, the stream is in the sleep mode and it cannot be in use used for recording on command 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

Any valid unused port numbers.

The number of ports is determined by the system administrator.