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Connect

Connect(BSTR ip, BSTR login, BSTR password, BSTR arch_password, long param, long port) set up a connection to the Server/Video Gate/Backup Archive.

• BSTR ip – IP address of the Video server;
• BSTR login – login to connect to the Server (can be blank);
• BSTR password – password to set up a connection to the Video server (can be blank);

• BSTR arch_password – password to access the archive (i.e. admin password,  can can be blank);

• long param – Server role. The parameter is mandatory.
  
  • 0 – video server;
  • 1 – backup archive;

  • 2 – videogate;

• long port – port to connect Video server. 
  

  • if 0, 1 or 2 are passed, the connection is established with port 900, 901 or 902 correspondingly;

  • if 100 is passed, the connection is with port 10504;

  • if any onter other value passed, the connection is with port number "port + 20000". For example, if port=900, the connection is established with server port 20900.

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• long cam_id – camera ID
• long compress – level of video compression 0-5 (for local camera =0). If set to -1, video stream is displayed directly from the camera without compression.
• long show – checkbox: show/hide camera (1/0)

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The result of calling the function with the parameter: camera 3 will be in the archive mode and the archive will be positioned to date «dd-mm-yy» and time «hh«hh:mm:ss» (date and time are to be set in this format only).

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IsConnected() : boolean – method shows if the Video server is connected or disconnected.

GetCurIp

GetCurIp() : BSTR – returns the IP address of Server specified when calling Connect.

SendRawMessage

SendRawMessage(BSTR msg) – sends the command to be executed to Video server.

• BSTR msg – command string view

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SetParam(BSTR param_name, BSTR param_value) - – sets the number of camera windows in CamMonitor.

• BSTR param_name - a name – a string representation of the length or width.
• BSTR param_value - the value – the number of camera windows.

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