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

The Basic settings tab.

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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 Table describes the setting parameters of the Monitor interface object.

№

Parameter

Method

of

for setting the parameter value	Parameter description

Symbols used

Representation	Default value	Value range
1

The

Identification number

field

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Monitor interface object in the system

.Sequence of numbers

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

into the field

Defines

Sets the name of the Monitor object in the system

.

Latin, Cyrillic and service

digits

characters

Monitor

A line containing a sequence of any

symbols

characters (letters, digits, service characters

apart from

except > and <

symbols

characters),

not

case-

sensitive

insensitive.

Number of

symbols –

characters—from 1 to 60

.

3

The

Disable

checkbox

Set the checkbox

Defines the mode of the Monitor object

Sets the state (enabled or disabled)of the Monitor object in the system

.

Boolean type

-

Clear

Yes –

Set—the Monitor object is disabled and

is not in use

isn't used

Clear—

No –

the Monitor object is enabled and

is in use

used

4

The

Display

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Sets the Display parent

Display

object

for

for the given Monitor object

.

Names of the Display objects registered in the system

Name of the Display parent

Display

object

Depends on the number of the Display

object s

objects in the system

.


The

Position

Coordinates group
5

The

X

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Set

Sets the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper

-

left corner of the Monitor interface

box

window

% of the screen width

-

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

installed

6

The

Y

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Set

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

box

window

% of the screen height

-

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

installed

7

The

W

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Set

Sets the width of the Monitor interface

box

window

% of the screen width

-

From 20 to 900 if

Control

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

This

upper bound

restriction can be

removed

disabled using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

.

8

The

H

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Set

Sets the height of the Monitor object if the control panel is

not active

disabled

% of the screen width

-

From 0 to 900.

This restriction can be

removed

disabled using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

.

9

The

Monitor

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Sets the

physical monitor

number of the physical monitor, the coordinates for which are

assigned

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

, i

.

e. the

The 1st monitor is the one in the upper left corner regardless of which monitor is

assigned

set as main or what number the monitor has in OS.

On

In the

illustration

figure below, the monitor numbers in OS are given in gray while the numbers in Intellect are red.

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Important

Attention! It is recommended to set the same resolution for all monitors in the system. Different resolution is only allowed if all monitors are aligned along

a

any border (for example, upper border)

.

	Sequence of numbers	1	From 1 to 16
10

The

Allow moving

checkbox

Set the checkbox

Allows

hand shifting of

moving the the Monitor interface

box

window manually, if the control panel is

active

enabled

Boolean type

-

Clear

Set—the manual moving

Yes – hand shifting

is allowed

.

No – hand shifting is prohibited.

ClearSet—the manual moving isn't allowed

11

The X button

Click the button

Opens the window for specifying the position of the Monitor interface window

-

The Quad splitter group

11

12	horizontal

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Sets the number of

video

the surveillance windows

in the horizontal direction to display then

that should be displayed horizontally on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is

empty

blank), then the default grid of

video

the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

Natural

Sequence of numbers

-

From 1 to 64

12

13	vertical

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Sets the number of

video

the surveillance windows

in the vertical direction to display then

that should be displayed vertically on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is

empty

blank), then the default grid of

video

the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

Natural

Sequence of numbers	-	From 1 to 64
The Basic settings tab

13

14

The

Display

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Display

mode for processing the video signals

from the video cameras by the graphics card

Names of the

Names of

display modes

DirectDraw

DirectDraw (Recommended)

Direct3D

–

is used when it is necessary to display the video from

Fisheye

the fisheye cameras or the signal decoded using Intel QuickSync technology

.

DirectDraw

DirectDraw (Recommended)

–

is used by default in all other cases

.

Programmed

–

—video signals are not processed by

a video

the graphics card

.

14

15

The

Active camera

switch

Set

in

the

position

radio button

Set

Sets the display mode for an active camera

boxYes - The

window only

Boolean type

-

Clear

Set—the

No - The

Active camera mode is enabled and

is in use

used

Clear—the

Active camera mode is disabled and

is not in use

15

The Alarms cameras switch

Set in the position

Set

isn't used
16	Alarm cameras	Set the radio button	Sets the display mode for alarm

cameras’ boxes

cameras windows

Boolean type

-

Clear

Set—the Alarm

Yes - The Alarms

cameras mode is enabled and

is in useNo - The

used

Clear—the Alarm

Alarms

cameras mode is disabled and

is not in use

isn't used
17	Max

16

The Max field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Specify

Sets the maximum number of the video cameras

, boxes of which are

windows that can be simultaneously displayed on the Monitor in the

Alarms

Alarm cameras and List modes

Sequence of numbers

-

From 1 to 64

Depends on

. If the number of alarm cameras

registered in the system

17

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

is greater than the maximum number, the Monitor will display the number of cameras specified in the Max field

An integer greater than zero (for example, 1, 2, 50)

-

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system.

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

18

The List switch

Set in the position

There are no restrictions on the number of cameras

18

Min

Enter the value into the 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, 1, 2, 50)

-

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

19

List

Set the radio button

Set the display mode of the surveillance windows

Set the display mode

according to the selected layout

.Yes - The

Boolean type

Yes

Set

Set—the

List mode is enabled and

is in useNo - The The

used

Clear—the List mode is disabled and

is not in use

19

isn't used

20

Control panel

checkbox

Set the checkbox

Activates the control panel for

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

Boolean type

-

Clear

Set—thecontrol panel

Yes - The Control panel mode

is enabled and

is in use

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

20

The Telemetry control drop-down list

Select in the list

used

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

21

PTZ control

Select the value from the list

Sets the priority to control the PTZ devices using

Set the prioritiy for the Telemetry control using

the Monitor object

Names of the

Telemetry

PTZ devices control priorities

Low priority

Forbidden

–

—the option of the

Telemetry

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

21

22

The

Slideshow

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Set

Sets the period of the automatic slideshow of the camera

boxes

windows when the control panel is enabled

Period in seconds (s)

-

Whole number from 1 and bigger

22

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

23

Keep camera ratio

The Keep camera ratio checkbox

Set the checkbox

Specifies

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

.

Boolean type

-

Clear

Yes –

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

.

No –

Clear—video image fits the entire area of the Surveillance window, while the ratio may be affected

.

23

24

The

Show captions

checkbox

Set the checkbox

Shows the captions for the cameras of the Monitor interface

box

window.

In large distributed systems it is recommended to disable captions on those monitors where captions are not planned to be shown

in order to decrease the number of redundant events.Yes – The

Boolean type

Yes

Set

Set—the

Captions submenu is

available No – The

available in the context menu of the Monitor interface

box

window

Clear—the

Captions submenu is

unavailable

unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor interface

box

window

24


25	Smoothing

checkbox

Setting

Set the checkbox

Is

It is used when it is required to display video with greater resolution on which the ladder effect appears

while

when displaying in the small window.

Note. When this feature is enabled, the CPU load of the computer where the display is performed increases. It is recommended to use only to display video from analog cameras or low-resolution video

.

Boolean type

No

Clear

Yes –

Set—smoothing is applied

.

No – smoothing is not

Clear—smoothing isn't applied

25

26

The

Audio player

drop-down list

Select

in

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

-

Depends on the number of the

audio

Audio players registered in the system

26

27	Group of checkboxes used to

enable displaying

display the elements of the Surveillance

windows

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

video

Video surveillance monitor

Boolean type

All checkboxes are set

checked

except Additional info

Set—

Yes –

the corresponding element is displayed in the Surveillance windows of all cameras added to the Video surveillance monitor

.

No –

Clear—the corresponding element

is not

isn't displayed in the Surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor

.


The List of cameras tab

27

28

The

Number

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the number of the video camera to display on the Monitor

Sequence of numbers

-

Depends on the number of the video cameras registered in the system

The

Camera

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the name of the video camera to display on the Monitor	Name of the cameras registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the video cameras registered in the system
Video stream

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the number of the video stream displayed from the video camera

which is to be displayed when receiving video stream straight from camera

when connected directly. If connected via the Server, this setting doesn't affect anything

Numbers of the video streams

Streams numbers

Default

1, 2, 3, 4

–

—video streams

.

numbers

Default

–

—default video stream

.

Connection

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the way of receiving video image from the camera

Ways of receiving video

Through Server

Direct

-

—the video stream is received

straight

directly from the camera

Through Server

-

—the video stream is received from the Server, to which the camera is connected

to

fps

The Fps drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set the

fps

FPS for transmitting the video signal to the Client 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 value from the list

Set the compression level for transmitting the video signal to the Client Monitor

of the Client

.

The

The given value leads to extra consumption of

Server’s

Server resources

.

Sequence of numbers

-

In the

range

order of

rising

increasing the 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 the value from the list

Specifies the procedure of

Sets the algorithm for the video stream compression which is

in use

used for the video signal recompression

for

when displaying on the Monitor.

The value is to be selected

If you set the compressor, you should also set the value in the Compression list

if the compressor is specified.

List of available

procedures

algorithms

-

MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5,

Motion Wavelet 7.1

MPEG4

The

Gate

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Gate

Videogate object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera

is to

should be transmitted to the Monitor

Names of the

Gateway

Videogate objects registered in the system

-

Depends on the number of the

Gate

Videogate objects registered in the system

The

Backup archive

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the Backup archive object from which the video archive from the selected camera

of which is to

should be transmitted to the Monitor

Names of the Backup archive objects registered in the system

-

Depends on the number of the Backup archive objects registered in the system

The External

Edge storage

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the

External

Edge storage object from which the video archive

from which is to

should be transmitted to the Monitor via the selected camera

Names of the

External

Edge storage objects registered in the system

-

Depends on the number of the

External

Edge storage objects registered in the system

The

Gateway for Backup archive

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Gate

Videogate object via which the video archive of the Backup archive object

is to be

should be transmitted to the Monitor

Names of the

Gateway

Videogate objects registered in the system

-

Depends on the number of the

Gateway

Videogate objects registered in the system

The

VMDA metadata storage

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the VMDA metadata storage

to be

object used for

smart

the forensic search in the archive of the corresponding camera

Names of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system

-

Depends on the number of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system

The Display type dropdown list

Type of display

Select the value

in

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 –

Panorama—panoramic view

.

The Macro 1 dropdown list

Macro1

Select the value

in

from the list

Sets the first macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the

Video

Surveillance

Window.

window

Names of the Macro objects registered in the system

-

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

The Macro 2 dropdown list

Macro2

Select the value

in

from the list

Sets the second macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the

Video

Surveillance

Window.

window	Names of the Macro objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Macro objects registered in the system
Guid	Automatically	Displays the unique identifier of the camera in the system

28

Sequence of numbers, Latin and service characters	-	A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters) enclosed in {curly brackets}
29	Range

The Range button

Click the button

Select all cameras registered in the system

Access to complex selection and editing of cameras parameters to display on the Monitor

-

29

30

The

All

button

Click the button

Access to complex selection and editing of cameras’ parameters to

Selects all cameras registered in the system to display on the Monitor

-

30

31

Auto select

Automatic selection of streams for

displaying checkbox

display

Setting

Set the checkbox

Enables the function of

auto select

automatic selection of video stream for

displaying in

display on the Monitor. Affects cameras for which the On default video stream is selected

-

—see

25.

item 28

Boolean type

No

Clear

Yes -

Set—video stream for

displaying

display is selected depending on the size of the video image on the Monitor and the required frame frequency

No -

Clear—video stream is selected depending on the Video stream and Connection settings

(25-26)

and

depending

on the settings of the Server and video camera from which the stream is required

.


The PTZ tab

31

32

Mouse

behavior

Behavior

-

The list of available actions with a mouse

-

32

33	Action

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Specify

Sets the reaction performed

while

when executing the corresponding action

using

with a mouse

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

(Default)

Reaction list of the PTZ device object

33

34

Parameter field

Param.

Enter the value

in

into the field

Specify

Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it’s required

Depends on the selected action

-

Depends on the selected

action. It is a preset number for

reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets,

for

it is a preset number. For other reactions, it is speed, if the selected reaction allows speed specifying as a parameter.

The

If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with the Camera

selected in

seleected on the Monitor

is in use if the parameter is not specified.

, is used
35	Joystick Butt.

34

Joystick buttons column

-

List of joystick buttons

-

35

36	Action

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Specify

Sets the reaction which

is to

should be performed

while

when clicking the joystick button

List of reaction of the PTZ device object

.

(Default)

List of reaction of the PTZ device object

36

37

Parameter field

Param.

Enter the value

in

into the field

.

Specify

Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it is required

.

Depends on the selected action

-

Depends on the selected

action. It is a preset number for

reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets,

for

it is a preset number. For other reactions, it is speed, if the selected reaction

allow

allows speed specifying as a parameter.

The

If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with the Camera

selected in

seleected on the Monitor

is in use if the parameter is not specified.

, is used
The

Colors

Interface tab

37

38

Alarm

dropdown listSelect

	Select the value from the list	Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window in the alarm state	RGB colors	Red	RGB color palette
39	Armed	Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile

frame color

if there is an alarm on the camera

of the Surveillance window when the camera is armed

RGB colors

Red

Yellow

RGB color palette

38

40

Armed dropdown list

Disarmed

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile

frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is

armed

disarmed

RGB colors

Yellow

Green

RGB color palette

39

41	No frame

Disarmed dropdown list

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile

frame color

when the camera is disarmed

of the Surveillance window when there is no frame in it

RGB colors

Green

Black

RGB color palette

40

42

No

frame dropdown list

signal

Select the value from the list

Set the Viewing tile frame color when

Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window when there is no

frame

signal from the camera

in the Viewing tile

RGB colors

Black

Grey	RGB color palette

41

43	Screen cache

No signal dropdown list

Select the value from the list

Set the Viewing tile frame color when there is no signal from the camera

Sets the Surveillance window background color that is displayed when the video from the camera does not cover completely the Surveillance window, for example, when the camera proportions are maintained

RGB colors

Grey

Purple

RGB color palette

42

44	Tracker frame color

Screen cache dropdown list

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile background color that is displayed when the video from the camera does not overlay the Viewing tile, for instance, when the camera proportions

frame color to highlight the tracking objects on the video image

RGB colors

Purple

White

RGB color palette

43

45	Default

button

Click the button

Set

Sets the default

settings

frame colors of the

Viewing tile frame color

Surveillance window

-

44

46	Hide capture

frame checkbox

frames

Setting

Set the checkbox

Hides the frames displayed by the Face detection

tool

module when a person’s face is detected

in

on the video image

.

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Face detection frames aren't displayed

Clear—the Face detection frames are displayed

47

Over all windows

Set the checkbox

Enables the display of the Video surveillance monitor on top of all windows

Boolean type

No

Clear

Yes – the Face detection tool frames are hidden.

No – the Face detection tool frames are shown.

Set—the Video surveillance monitor is displayed on top of all windows

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

48

Camera switching dialog

Set the checkbox

Enables a special dialog for selecting a camera in the Surveillance window

Boolean type

Clear

Set—a special dialog is used for camera selection

Clear—the camera is selected in the function menu of the Surveillance window

45Over all windows checkboxSetting checkboxEnables the display of the Video Surveillance Monitor on top of all windows.Boolean typeNo

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

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

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