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The settings panel of the Monitor interface object is shown in the figures.
The Basic settings tab
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| Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range | |
1 | The Identification number* | Automatically | Displays the identification number of the Monitor 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* | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.
| 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 | Click the button | Opens the window for setting the position and size of the Monitor window | NA | NA | 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 |
Blank fied—the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed
| 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 |
Blank fied—the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed
| The Basic settings tab | |||||||
14 | The Display | 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 |
Opengl
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15 | The switch of displaying the camera window*
| Active camera | Sets in the position | Sets 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 isn't used |
Alarm cameras | Sets the display mode for alarm cameras windows | Clear | Set—the Alarm cameras mode is enabled and used Clear—the Alarm cameras mode is disabled and 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Set | Set—the captions |
submenu is available in the context menu of the 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 | 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 | 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 |
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24 | The Slideshow__ s | 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 | 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 | 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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| Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range |
| The Cameras* table | ||||||
1 | The Number | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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The Compression | 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 | 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 |
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The Gate | Select the value from the list | Sets the Videogate 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | Click the button | 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 | Set the 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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| Parameter | Method for setting the parameter value | Parameter description | Representation | Default value | Value range |
The Mouse group | ||||||
1 | The Behavior list | NA | The list of possible actions with a mouse | NA | NA | NA |
2 | The Action | 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 |
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. | NA | List of joystick buttons | NA | NA | NA |
5 | The Action | 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 |
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 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 on the video image | Boolean type | Clear | 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 |
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