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The face of the settings panel for of the Monitor interface object is shown in the figures.

The Basic settings tab

The List of cameras tab

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The PTZ tab

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The Interface tab

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The table describes the setting parameters of the Monitor interface object.

of Symbols used interface . the .Defines . digits symbols apart from symbols not sensitive symbols – .The Defines the mode of the Monitor object (enabled or disabled) .-Yes – is not in useNo – the Monitor is in useThe in Display for . Display object s . Position TheSet - interface box- installedTheSet interface box- installedThe Set interface box- Control This upper bound can be removed .The Set object if not active-This restriction can be removed .The in number assigned, i.e. the 1st monitor is the one in corner assigned as what number monitor has On illustration PSIM

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Yes – hand shifting is allowed.

No – hand shifting is prohibited. X specifying interface --- video in the horizontal direction to display then on the Monitor. If value is not specified (field is empty) then default grid of video Natural - video in the vertical direction to display then Monitor is not empty video Natural - in Set Display DirectDraw (Recommended) – is used when it is necessary to display the video from Fisheye cameras or the signal decoded using Intel QuickSync technology.

DirectDraw (Recommended) – is used by default in all other cases.

Programmed – video signals are not processed by a video card.

Set boxYes - The No - The is in use is not in useSet the cameras’ boxesYes - The Alarms cameras is in useNo - The Alarms cameras is not in useSpecifies Video .-Yes – .No – video fits Surveillance may affected.24The Monitor interface box it is recommended to disable captions are not planned to be shown in order to decrease the number of redundant events.

Yes – The Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the Monitor interface box

No – The Captions submenu is unavailable Monitor interface boxIs used when it is required to display while It is recommended to use only to display .NoYes – .No – smoothing is not appliedThe Audio player in Audio player object used to playback audio signals and export video with audio from the Monitor interface Audio player objects registered in the system

№

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 Monitor

Sequence of numbers

-

object in the system

Digits, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, and underscore

NA

A line containing numbers, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, and underscore

Depends on the number of

the Monitor objects in the system

2

The Name*
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Monitor object in the system

Latin alpabet, Cyrillic, digits and service

characters

Monitor

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 Disable
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Disables the Monitor object in the system

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Monitor object is disabled and

isn't used

Clear—the Monitor object is enabled and

used

4

The Display
drop-down list

Select

the value from the list

Sets the Display parent

object

for the given Monitor object

Names of the Display objects registered in the system

Name of the Display parent

object

Depends on the number of the Display

objects in the system

The

Coordinates group

5

The X field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper

left corner of the Monitor

window

% of the screen width

60

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors

6

The Y field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the Y coordinate in the vertical axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor

window

% of the screen height

50

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors

7

The W field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the width of the Monitor

window

% of the screen width

40

From 20 to 900 if

control panel is enabled. Otherwise, from 0 to 900.

You can disable this restriction using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

8

The H field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the height of the Monitor

window if the control panel is

disabled

% of the screen width

40

From 0 to 900.

You can disable this restriction using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

9

The Monitor
drop-down list

Select

the value from the list

Sets the number of the physical monitor

, the coordinates for which are

set. The monitors are numbered in the order of their physical location from left to right, from top to bottom

. The number 1 corresponds to the upper left

monitor regardless of which monitor is

the main one or

the

first one in OS.

In the

figure below, the monitor numbers in OS are given in gray while the numbers in Axxon

PSIM are red.

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Note

title

Attention!

We recommend setting the same resolution for all monitors in the system. Different resolution is only allowed if all monitors are aligned along

any border (for example, the upper border)

Sequence of numbers

1

From 1 to 16

10

The Allow moving checkbox

Set the checkbox

Allows

moving the the

Monitor window object using the mouse, if the control panel is

enabled

Boolean type

-

Clear

Set—allow moving the Monitor window object using the mouse

Clear—forbid moving the Monitor window object using the mouse

11

The

Image Added button

Click the button

Opens the window for

setting the position and size of the Monitor

window

NA

The Quad splitter group

12

The horizontal
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the number of

the surveillance windows

that must be displayed horizontally on the monitor. If the value isn't specified (the field is blank), then the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

Sequence of numbers

NA

From 1 to 64

13

The vertical
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the number of

the surveillance windows

that must be displayed vertically on the

monitor. If the value

isn't specified (the field is

blank), then the default grid of

the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

Sequence of numbers

NA

From 1 to 64

The Basic settings tab

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The Display
drop-down list

Select

the value from the list

Sets the

mode for processing the video signals from cameras by the graphics card

Names of the display modes

Direct3D

Direct3D

is the recommended mode that uses the most advanced Windows graphics libraries.
DirectDraw is used if the graphics card doesn't support Direct3D;
Software—video signals aren't processed by the graphics card. It is used if Axxon PSIM is installed on a virtual platform

15

The switch of displaying the camera window*

Active camera

Sets in the position

Sets

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The Active camera switch

Set in the position

the display mode for an active camera

window only

Boolean type

-

Clear

Set—the

Active camera mode is enabled and

used

Clear—the

Active camera mode is disabled and

16

The Alarms cameras switch

Set in the position

isn't used

Alarm cameras

Sets the display mode for alarm

cameras windows

Clear

Set—the Alarm cameras

Boolean type

-

mode is enabled and

used

Clear—the Alarm cameras mode is disabled and

17

The Max field

Enter the value in the field

Specify the maximum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras and List modes

Sequence of numbers

-

From 1 to 64

Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system

18

The Min field

Enter the value in the box

Specify the minimum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras even on no-alarm

Sequence of numbers

-

From 1 to 64

Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system.

0 – on no-alarm camera boxes are not displayed in the Monitor box.

19

The List switch

Set in the position

Set the display mode according to the selected layout.

Boolean type

Yes

Yes - The List mode is enabled and is in use

No - The List mode is disabled and is not in use

20

The Control panel checkbox

Set the checkbox

Activates the control panel for the Monitor in the List mode

Boolean type

-

Yes - The Control panel mode is enabled and is in use

No - The Control panel mode is disabled and is not in use

21

The Telemetry control drop-down list

Select in the list

Set the priority for the Telemetry control using the Monitor object

Names of the Telemetry control priorities

Low priority

Forbidden – option of the Telemetry control using the Monitor object is disabled

Low priority – low priority of control

High priority – high priority of control

22

The Slideshow field

Enter the value in the field

Set the period of automatic slideshow of camera boxes when the control panel is enabled

Period in seconds (s)

Empty field

Empty field or 0 - the camera boxes are scrolled every 3 seconds

An integer from 1 and higher - the camera boxes are scrolled at the specified interval

23

The Keep camera ratio checkbox

Set the checkbox

isn't used

List

Sets the display mode of the camera windows according to the selected layout

Set

Set—the List mode is enabled and used

Clear—the List mode is disabled and isn't used

16

The Control panel checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the display of the toolbar on the monitor in the List mode

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the control panel is enabled and used

Clear—the control panel is disabled and isn't used

17

The Use button attached to camera
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the display of the Button objects attached to cameras in the surveillance windows

Boolean type

Clear

Set—buttons are displayed in the surveillance windows

Clear—buttons aren't displayed

18

The Max field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the maximum number of the cameras windows that can be simultaneously displayed on the monitor in the Alarm cameras and List modes. If the number of alarm cameras is greater than the maximum number, the monitor will display the number of cameras no more than specified in the Max field

Sequence of numbers

NA

>0

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system. There are no restrictions on the number of cameras

19

The Min field

Enter the value intthe field

Sets the minimum number of video cameras windows that can be displayed on the monitor in the Alarm camers mode. If the number of the alarm cameras is less than the minimum number, the monitor will display fewer cameras than specified in the Min field. At the same time, the monitor fold will remain consistent with the Min field

An integer from zero and greater (for example, 0, 2, 50)

NA

>=0

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system. There are no restrictions on the number of cameras.

0—when there are no alarms, the camera windows aren't displayed in the monitor window

20

The Keep camera ratio
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Sets

the ratio of the width and height of the video image in the surveillance windows on the

video surveillance monitor

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the ratio of the width and height of the video image corresponds to the ratio of the camera

Clear—video image occupies the entire area of the

surveillance window, while the ratio

maynot be

saved

21

The Show captions
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Shows the captions for the cameras of the

Monitor window.

In large distributed systems

, we recommend disabling captions on those monitors where

you don't need to show captions.

This checkbox also affects the display of frames around detected objects or abandoned objects (see Smart video detection tools operation) when viewing the archive

Boolean type

Yes

Set

Set—the captions submenu is available

in the context menu of the

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Smoothing checkbox

Setting checkbox

monitor window, captions are displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detectors are displayed

Clear—the captions submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor window, captions aren't displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detectors aren't displayed

22

The Smoothing
checkbox

Set the checkbox

It is used when you need to display a

video with greater resolution on which the ladder effect appears

when displaying in the small window.

Note. When this feature is enabled, the CPU load of the computer where the display is performed increases.

We recommend displaying video from analog cameras or low-resolution video

only

Boolean type

Clear

Set—smoothing is applied

Clear—smoothing isn't applied

23

The PTZ control

26

drop-down list

Select

the value from the list

Sets the

priority to control the PTZ devices using the Monitor object

Names of the

PTZ devices control priorities

Low priority

Forbidden—the option of the PTZ control using the Monitor object is disabled;
Low priority—low priority of control;
Normal priority—medium priority of control;
High priority—high priority of control

24

The Slideshow__ s
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the period of the automatic slideshow of the camera windows when the control panel is enabled

Time in seconds (s)

Blank field

Blank field or 0—the camera windows are scrolled every 3 seconds

An integer from 1 to 600—the camera windows are scrolled at the specified interval

25

The Audio player
drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the Audio player object used to playback the audio signals and export video recordings with audio from the monitor interface

Names of the Audio player objects registered in the system

NA

Depends on the number of the audio players registered in the system

26

The Select camera with grouping and search
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables a dialog window for switching a camera in the surveillance window in which cameras are grouped by computers, and you can search them by their name (see Selecting camera to display in Surveillance window)

Boolean type

Set

Set—to switch to another camera, a special dialog window in which cameras are grouped and has a search line opens

Clear—camera is selected in the function menu of the surveillance window without opening a special dialog window

27

Group of checkboxes used to display the elements of the Surveillance windows

Set the checkboxes

Allows enabling and disabling the display of various elements of the surveillance window such as number, name, time, menu, camera frame and additional info on the camera, as well as the name of the video surveillance monitor

Boolean type

All checkboxes are set except of the Additional info checkbox

Set—the corresponding element is displayed in the surveillance windows of all cameras added to the video surveillance monitor

Clear—the corresponding element isn't displayed in the surveillance windows on the video surveillance monitor

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

The List of cameras tab

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Set the Gate is to Monitor Gateway - Gate in Set of which is to Monitor- External storage in Set External from which is to Monitor via External - External Select in Set Gate of is to be Monitor Gateway - Gateway in Set to be smart - Display type dropdown in Surveillance Video – .Panorama – . Macro 1 dropdown in Video Surveillance Window.- Macro 2 dropdown in Video Surveillance Window.- Macro objects registered in the systemThe Range Setting auto select in Monitor On default - 25.NoYes - displaying Monitor and No -25-26 depending Server video .

№	Parameter	Method for setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
1	The Number drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the camera to display on the monitor	Sequence of numbers	NA	Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system
	The Camera drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the name of the camera to display on the monitor	Names of the cameras registered in the system	NA	Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system
	The Video stream drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the video stream displayed from the camera when connected directly. If connected via the server, this setting doesn't affect anything	Numbers of the video streams	Default	1, 2, 3, 4—video streams numbers Default—default video stream
	The Connection drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the way of receiving video image from the camera	Ways of receiving video from camera	Through server	Direct—the video stream is received directly from camera Through server—the video stream is received from the server, to which the camera is connected
	The fps drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the fps for transmitting the video signal to the client monitor	Sequence of numbers	Blank field	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30 Blank field—fps value from the camera settings
	The Hardware decoding drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the hardware decoder of the video signal. When you select a hardware decoder, it increases the load on the corresponding CPU	List of available decoders	Blank field	Blank field (default CPU decoder), Nvidia decoder, Intel Quick Sync
	The Compression drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the compression level for transmitting the video signal to the client monitor. The given value leads to extra consumption of server resources	Sequence of numbers	NA	In the order of increasing the compression level from 0 to 5. 0—no compression 5—maximum compression
	The Compressor drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the algorithm for the video stream compression which is used for the video signal recompression when displaying on the monitor. If you set the compressor, you must set the value in the Compression list	List of available algorithms	NA	MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, MPEG4
	The Gate drop-down list	Select the value from the list	Sets the Videogate
	-	Depends on the number of the audio players registered in the system
	27	Group of checkboxes used to enable displaying elements of Surveillance windows	Set the checkboxes	Allows enabling and disabling display of various elements of the Surveillance window such as number, name, time, menu, camera frame and additional info on the camera as well as the name of video surveillance monitor	Boolean type	All checkboxes are set checked except Additional info	Yes – the corresponding element is displayed in Surveillance windows of all cameras added to the Video surveillance monitor. No – the corresponding element is not displayed in Surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor.
	The List of cameras tab
	28	The Number drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the number of the video camera to display on the Monitor	Sequence of numbers	-	Depends on the number of video cameras registered in the system
		The Camera drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the name of the video camera to display on the Monitor	Name of the cameras registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of video cameras registered in the system
		Video stream drop-down list	Select value from the list	Set the number of video stream from camera which is to be displayed when receiving video stream straight from camera	Streams numbers	Default	1, 2, 3, 4 – video streams. Default – default video stream.
		Connection drop-down list	Select value from the list	Set the way of receiving video from camera	Ways of receiving video	Through Server	Direct - the video stream is received straight from camera Through Server - the video stream is received from the Server, which camera is connected to
		The Fps drop-down list	Select in the list	Set the fps for transmitting the video signal to the Monitor of the Client.	Sequence of numbers	-	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30
The Compression drop-down list		Select in the list	Set the compression for transmitting the video signal to the Monitor of the Client. The given value leads to extra consumption of Server’s resources.	Sequence of numbers	-	In the range of rising compression level 0,1,2,3,4,5 0 – the video signal is not compressed 5 – maximum compression of the video signal
Compressor drop-down list		Select value from the list	Specifies the procedure of video stream compression which is in use for video signal recompression for displaying on the Monitor. The value is to be selected in the Compression list if the compressor is specified.	List of available procedures	-	MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, MPEG4
The Gate drop-down list		Select in the list
object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera
must be transmitted to the
monitor		Names of the
Videogate objects registered in the system
NA		Depends on the number of the
Videogate objects registered in the system
The Backup archive drop-down list		Select
the value from the list
Sets the Backup archive object from which the video archive from the selected camera
must be transmitted to the
monitor	Names of the Backup archive objects registered in the system
NA	Depends on the number of the Backup archive objects registered in the system
The
Edge storage drop-down list	Select
the value from the list
Sets the
Edge storage object from which the video archive
must be transmitted to the
monitor via the selected camera	Names of the
Edge storage objects registered in the system
NA	Depends on the number of the
Edge storage objects registered in the system
The Gateway for Backup archive drop-down list
Select the value from the list
Sets the
Videogate object via which the video archive
from the Backup archive object
must be transmitted to the
monitor	Names of the
Videogate objects registered in the system
NA	Depends on the number of the
Videogate objects registered in the system
The VMDA metadata storage drop-down list	Select
the value from the list
Sets the VMDA metadata storage
object used for
the forensic search in the archive of the corresponding camera	Names of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system
NA	Depends on the number of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system
The
Type of display drop-down list	Select the value
from the list	Sets the type of conversion performed in the
surveillance window on the
video surveillance monitor	Supported conversion types	PTZ	PTZ
—virtual telemetry

Panorama—panoramic view
of the image
The
Macro1 drop-down list	Select the value
from the list	Sets the first macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the
surveillance window	Names of the Macro objects registered in the system
NA	Depends on the number of the Macro objects registered in the system
The
Macro2 drop-down list	Select the value
from the list	Sets the second macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the
surveillance window	Names of the Macro objects registered in the system
NA	Depends on the number of the
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Macro objects registered in the system
The Guid field	Automatically	Displays the unique identifier of the camera in the system	Sequence of numbers, Latin alphabet, digits and service characters	NA	A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters) enclosed in {curly brackets}
2	The Range
button	Click the button
Select all cameras registered in the system to display on the Monitor	-	-	-
Opens the Add/ Edit cameras window and appears the access to complex selection and editing of cameras parameters for displaying on the monitor	NA	NA	NA
3	The All button	Click the button	Selects all cameras registered in the system for displaying on the monitor	NA	NA	NA
4	The Automatic selection of streams for display checkbox	Set the
30	The All button	Click the button	Access to complex selection and editing of cameras’ parameters to display on the Monitor	-	-	-
31	Auto select of streams for displaying checkbox
checkbox	Enables the function of
automatic selection of video stream for displaying
on the
monitor. Affects cameras for which the
Default video stream is selected
—see
item 28	Boolean type
Clear
Set—video stream for
display is selected depending on the size of the video image on the monitor and the
required frame frequency
Clear—video stream is selected depending on the Video stream and Connection settings (
item 28) and
on the settings of the
server and
camera from which the stream is required

The PTZ tab

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- available ---33 listSpecify while using Parameter fieldSpecify - action. It is a preset number for for specifying The Camera selected in the Monitor is in use if the parameter is not specified.----36 listSpecify is to be performed while clicking .Parameter field.Specify .- action. It is a preset number for for allow speed specifying as parameter. The Camera selected in the Monitor is in use if the parameter is not specified.Set the Viewing tile frame color if there is an alarm on the camera

№	Parameter	Method for setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
The Mouse group
1	The Behavior list	NA
32	Mouse behavior
	The list of
possible actions with a mouse
NA
NA
NA
2	The Action drop-down
lists	Select the value from the list
Sets the reaction performed
when executing the corresponding action
with a mouse	Reaction list of the PTZ device object	(Default)	Reaction list of the PTZ device object
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3	The Param. fields
	Enter the value in the field
Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it’s required	Depends on the selected action
NA	Depends on the selected
reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets,
it is a preset number. For other reactions, it is speed if the selected reaction allows specifying speed
as a parameter.
If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with
the Camera seleected on the Monitor, is used
The Joystick group
4	The Butt. list	NA
35	Joystick buttons column
	List of joystick buttons
NA
NA
NA
5	The Action drop-down
lists	Select the value from the list
Sets the reaction which
must performed when you click the joystick button	List of reaction of the PTZ device object
	(Default)	List of reaction of the PTZ device object
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6	The Param. fields
	Enter the value in the field

Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it is required
	Depends on the selected action
NA	Depends on the selected
reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets,
it is the preset number. For other reactions, it is speed; if the selected reaction
allows specifying speed as a parameter. If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with
The Colors tab
38	Alarm dropdown list	Select value from the list
the camera and selected on the monitor, is used

The Interface tab

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№

Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

1

The Alarm
drop-down window

Select the color

Sets the frame color of the surveillance window in the alarm state

RGB colors

Red

RGB color palette

...

The Armed
drop-down window

Select

...

the

...

color

...

Sets the

...

frame color of the surveillance window when the camera is armed

RGB colors

...

Orange

RGB color palette

...

The Disarmed
drop-down window

Select

...

the

...

color

...

Sets the

...

frame color of the surveillance window when the camera is disarmed

RGB colors

Green

RGB color palette

...

The No frame
drop-down window

Select the color

Sets the frame color of the surveillance window when

...

there is no frame

...

in it

RGB colors

Black

RGB color palette

...

The No signal

...

drop-down window

Select

...

the

...

color

...

Sets the

...

frame color of the surveillance window when there is no signal from

...

camera

RGB colors

Grey

RGB color palette

...

The Screen cache

...

drop-down window

Select

...

the

...

color

...

Sets the surveillance window background color that is displayed when

...

video doesn't cover completely the surveillance window, for example, when the camera proportions are maintained

RGB colors

Purple

RGB color palette

...

The Tracker frame color

...

drop-down window

Select

...

the

...

color

Sets the frame color

...

to highlight the tracking objects on the video

...

RGB colors

White

RGB color palette

...

2

The Default
button

Click the button

...

Sets the default

...

frame colors of the

...

surveillance window	NA	NA	NA
3	The Hide capture frames checkbox	Set the checkbox	Hides

the frames displayed by the Face

...

detector module when a person’s face is detected

...

Yes – the Face detection tool frames are hidden.

No – the Face detection tool frames are shown.

...

on the video image

Boolean type

...

Clear

...

Yes – the Video Surveillance Monitor is displayed on top of all windows.

No – the Video Surveillance Monitor is displayed in the default mode.

...

Set—the face detector frames aren't displayed

Clear—the face detector frames are displayed

4

The Over all windows
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the display of the video surveillance monitor over all windows

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the video surveillance monitor is displayed over all windows

Clear—the video surveillance monitor is displayed in the default mode

Yes – a special dialog is in use for camera selection

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