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1

Identification number

Automatically

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

Numbers, letters, periods, hyphen, dash and underscore

-

Depends on the number of the Monitor objects in the system

2

Name

Enter the value

into the field

Sets the name of the Monitor object in the system

Latin, Cyrillic 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

Disable

Set the checkbox

Sets the state (enabled or disabled)of 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

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

X

Enter the value

into the field

Sets the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper

left corner of the Monitor interface

window

% of the screen width

-

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

6

Y

Enter the value

into the field

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

window

% of the screen height

-

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

7

W

Enter the value

into the field

Sets the width of the Monitor interface

window

% of the screen width

-

From 20 to 900 if control panel is enabled. Otherwise, from 0 to 900.

This restriction can be

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

8

H

Enter the value

into the field

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

disabled

% of the screen width

-

From 0 to 900.

This restriction can be

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

9

Monitor

Select

the value from the list

Sequence of numbers

1

From 1 to 16

10

Allow moving

Set the checkbox

Allows moving the the Monitor interface window manually, if the control panel is enabled

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the manual moving is allowed

ClearSet—the manual moving isn't allowed

Sets the number of the surveillance windows that should be displayed horizontally on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is blank), then the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

Sets the number of the surveillance windows that should be displayed vertically on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is blank), then the default grid of the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed

The Basic settings tab

14

Display

Select the value from the list

Sets the 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 the 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 the graphics card

15

Active camera

Set the radio button

Sets the display mode for an active camera window only

Boolean type

Set—the Active camera mode is enabled and used

Clear—the Active camera mode is disabled and isn't used

16

Alarm cameras

Set the radio button

Sets the display mode for alarm cameras windows

Boolean type

Set—the Alarm cameras mode is enabled and used

Clear—the Alarm cameras mode is disabled and isn't used

17

Max

Enter the value 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

An integer greater than zero (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

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 according to the selected layout

Boolean type

Set

Set—the List mode is enabled and used

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

20

Control panel

Set the checkbox

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

Boolean type

Set—thecontrol panel is enabled and 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 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

22

Slideshow

Enter the value into the field

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

Period 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

23

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 fits the entire area of the Surveillance window, while the ratio may be affected

24

Show captions

Set the checkbox

Shows the captions for the cameras of the Monitor interface window.

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

Boolean type

Set

Set—the Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the Monitor interface window

Clear—the Captions submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor interface window

It is used when it is required to display 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. It is recommended to use only to display video from analog cameras or low-resolution video

Set—smoothing is applied

Clear—smoothing isn't applied

26

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

-

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

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

The List of cameras tab

28

Number

Select the value from the list

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

Camera

Select the value from the list

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

Select the value from

the list

Sets the number of the video

stream displayed from the video 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

Connection 

Select the value from the list

Sets the way of receiving video image from the camera

Ways of receiving video

Through Server

Direct—the video stream is received directly from the camera

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

fps

Select the value from the list

Set the FPS for transmitting the video signal to the Client Monitor

Sequence of numbers

-

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30

Compression

Select the value from the list

Set 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

-

In the order of 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

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 should also set the value in the Compression list

List of available algorithms

-

MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, MPEG4

Gate

Select the value from the list

Sets the Videogate object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera should be transmitted to the Monitor

Names of the Videogate objects registered in the system

-

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

Backup archive

Select the value from the list

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

Edge storage

Select the value from the list

Sets the Edge storage object from which the video archive should be transmitted to the Monitor via the selected camera

Names of the Edge storage objects registered in the system

-

Depends on the number of the Edge storage objects registered in the system

Gateway for Backup archive

Select the value from the list

Sets the Videogate object via which the video archive of the Backup archive object should be transmitted to the Monitor

Names of the Videogate objects registered in the system

-

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

PTZ—virtual telemetry

Panorama—panoramic view

29

Range

Click the button

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

-

-

-

30

All

Click the button

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

-

-

-

31

Automatic selection of streams for display

Set the checkbox

Enables the function of automatic selection of video stream for display on the Monitor. Affects cameras for which the On 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 and on the settings of the Server and video camera from which the stream is required

32

Mouse Behavior

-

The list of available actions with a mouse

-

-

-

33

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

34

Param.

Enter the value into the field

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

Depends on the selected action

-

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 speed specifying 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

35

Joystick Butt.

-

List of joystick buttons

-

-

-

36

Action

Select the value from the list

Sets the reaction which should be performed when clicking the joystick button

List of reaction of the PTZ device object

(Default)

List of reaction of the PTZ device object

37

Param.

Enter the value into the field

Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it is required

Depends on the selected action

-

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 speed specifying 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

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

Sets the frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is armed

Sets the default frame colors of the Surveillance window

Set—the Face detection frames aren't displayed

Clear—the Face detection frames are displayed

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

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

Set—a special dialog is used for camera selection

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