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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.

...

The PTZ tab.

The Interface tab.

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

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

(enabled or disabled)

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 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 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 number of the physical monitor

number

, 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 is allowed

ClearSet—the manual moving isn't allowed

Yes – hand shifting is allowed

No – hand shifting is prohibited

Horizontal field

horizontal

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
13

Vertical field

vertical

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
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 display modes

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

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

isn't used

16

The Alarms

Alarm cameras

switch

Set

in

the

position

radio button

Set

Sets the display mode for alarm

cameras’ boxesYes - The

cameras windows

Boolean type

-

Clear

Set—the

Alarm cameras mode is enabled and

is in useNo - The

used

Clear—the Alarm cameras mode is disabled and

is not in use

isn't used

17

The

Max

field

Enter the value

in

into the field

Sets the maximum number of the video 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 specified in the Max field

Sequence of numbers

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

-

From 1 to 64. Depends on

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

18

The

Min

field

Enter the value

in

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

Sequence of numbers

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

-

From 1 to 64.

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

0

— when

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

19

The

List

switch

Set

in

the

position

radio button

Set the display mode of the surveillance windows according to the selected layout

.Yes - The

Boolean type

Yes

Set

Set—the

List mode is enabled and

is in useNo - The

used

Clear—the List mode is disabled and

is not in use

isn't used

20

The

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 useNo - The Control panel mode is disabled and is not in use

used

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

21

The

PTZ control

drop-down list

Select

in

the value from the list

Set

Sets the priority

for

to control the PTZ

control using

devices 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

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)

Empty

Blank field

Empty

Blank field or 0

-

—the camera

boxes

windows are scrolled every 3 seconds

An integer from 1 to 600

-

—the camera

boxes

windows are scrolled at the specified interval

23

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

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 eventsYes – The

Boolean type

Yes

Set

Set—the

No – The

Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the Monitor interface

box

window

Clear—the

Captions submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor interface

box

window

25

Smoothing

checkbox

Set the checkbox

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

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
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 except Additional info

Yes –

Set—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
28

The Number drop-down list

Number

Select the value from

Select in

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 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, 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

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 drop-down 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 drop-down 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 drop-down 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

29

Guid

The Range button

Click the button

Automatically

Displays the unique identifier of the camera

Select all cameras registered

in the system

to display on the Monitor

-

	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

30

The All button

Click the button

Access to complex selection and editing of

cameras’

cameras parameters to display on the Monitor	-	-	-
30	All	Click the button

31

Selects all cameras registered in the system to display on the Monitor	-	-	-
31	Automatic selection

Auto select

of streams for

displaying checkbox

display

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
32	Mouse

behavior

Behavior	-	The list of available actions with a mouse	-	-	-
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
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

buttons column

Butt.	-	List of joystick buttons	-	-	-
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

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

reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets, it is a preset number

for reactions connected with presets, for

. 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
38	Alarm

drop-down list

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 in the alarm state	RGB colors	Red	RGB color palette
39	Armed

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile

frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is armed	RGB colors	Yellow	RGB color palette
40	Disarmed

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile

frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is disarmed	RGB colors	Green	RGB color palette
41	No

frame drop-down list

frame

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile frame color when

frame color of the Surveillance window when there is no frame

from the camera in the Viewing tile

in it	RGB colors	Black	RGB color palette
42	No signal

drop-down list

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 signal from the camera	RGB colors	Grey	RGB color palette
43	Screen cache

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Set

Sets the

Viewing tile

Surveillance window background color that is displayed when the video from the camera does not

overlay the Viewing tile

cover completely the Surveillance window, for

instance

example, when the camera proportions are maintained	RGB colors	Purple	RGB color palette
44	Tracker frame color

drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the frame color

of the frame

to highlight the tracking objects on the video image	RGB colors	White	RGB color palette
45	Default

button

Click the button

Set

Sets the default

settings

frame colors of the

Viewing tile frame color

Surveillance window	-	-	-
46	Hide capture

frame checkbox

frames

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

No

Clear

Yes –

Set—the Face detection

tool frames are hidden

frames aren't displayed

Clear—

No –

the Face detection

tool

frames are

shown

displayed
47	Over all windows

checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables the display of the Video

Surveillance Monitor

surveillance monitor on top of all windows

Boolean type

No

Clear

Yes –

Set—the Video

Surveillance Monitor

surveillance monitor is displayed on top of all windows

No –

Clear—the Video

Surveillance Monitor

surveillance monitor is displayed in the default mode
48	Camera switching dialog

checkbox

Set the checkbox

Enables a special dialog for selecting a camera in the

Video surveillance

Surveillance window

Boolean type

No

Clear

Yes –

Set—a special dialog is

in use

used for camera selection

No –

Clear—the camera is selected in the

functional

function menu of the

Video surveillance

Surveillance window

The X button

Click the button

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

The Quad splitter group