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Identification number

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the

Camera system object in the system

Sequence of numbers

-

From 1 to FaceCamOffset. By default,

FaceCamOffset = 50000.

The FaceCamOffset value is set

using the same-name registry key

(see Registry keys reference guide)

2

Name

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Camera object in the system

Latin, Cyrillic

and service characters

Camera

A line

containing a sequence of any

characters (letters, digits, service characters

except > and < symbols),

case-

insensitive.

Number of

characters—from 1 to 60

3

Region

Select the value from the list

Sets the

Region structural element, to which

this Camera object

belongs

Name of

the Region objects registered in the system

Region

Depends on the number of

the Region objects registered in the system

4

Disable

Set the checkbox

Sets the status (enabled or disabled) of the Camera object in the system

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Camera object is disabled and

isn't in use

Clear—the Camera object is enabled and is in use

5

Video capture device

Select the value

from the list

Sets the Video capture device parent

object for

this Camera object

Name of the Video

capture device objects registered in the system

Name of the Video capture device parent

object

Depends on the number of the Video

capture device objects in the system

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Video

Left-click

Displays video image with the configured settings.

When holding down the Shift key on the keyboard, opens the Web-Server page of the IP device in the default browser (doesn't work with Internet Explorer)

Video image

-

-

The Basic settings tab

7

Channel

number 

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the

channel used to connect a video camera to the video capture

board. Corresponds to the number of the BNC

connector of the interface cable

Sequence of numbers

1

Depends on the type of the

video capture

board. Maximum 16 channels

8

Resolution

Select the value from the list

Sets the resolution of the video image frame

List of

resolutions of the

video image frame

Standard

Standard

High

Full

Specific values and their application depend on the camera model.

If you want to use video streams with the exact resolution, it is better to use the Streams configuring setting (see parameter 43 and following)

9

Recording quality

Set the slider

in the required position

Sets the quality of the recorded frame.

The value

is inverse to the

video signal compression

level

-

Above average

Min

—maximum compression level and the lowest video signal quality

Max

—the lowest compression level and the highest video signal quality

10

Color

Set the checkbox

Set the type of the video image received from the camera (color or black and white)

Boolean type

Set

Set—the image from the video camera is in color

Clear—the image from the video camera is

black and white

11

YUV 4:2:2

Set the

checkbox

Sets the format of the color representation of the video signal

Boolean type

Set—the video signal

is represented in the YUV 4:2:2 format

Clear—the video signal

is represented in the YUV 4:2:0 format

12

Color

Set the slider

in the required position

Sets the color saturation of the

color video image

From the maximum color saturation to a black and white video

image

Average

Max

—corresponds to the maximum color saturation of the video

image

Min

—corresponds to the black and white video

image

13

Brightness

–Contrast

Set the

checkbox

Sets the mode for

adjusting brightness and contrast of the video image

Types of modes for

adjusting brightness and contrast of the video image

Automatic

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Brightness

Set the slider

in the required position

Sets the brightness of the video

image

From the maximum brightness (white video image) to minimum brightness (black video image)

Average

Max

—corresponds to the maximum brightness of the video

image

Min

—corresponds to the minimum brightness of the video

image

15

Contrast

Set the slider

in the required position

Set the contrast of the video

image

-

Average

Max

—corresponds to the maximum contrast of the video

image

Min

—corresponds to the minimum contrast of the video

image

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Size

Set the slider

in the required position

Sets the minimum

size of an object at which the main motion

detection tool triggers

%

of the screen

height

Average

Min—0% of the video surveillance

window size

Max—100% of the video surveillance

window size

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Contrast

Set the slider

in the required position

Set the

minimum contrast of

an object

at which the

motion

detection tool triggers

-

Less than average

Max

—correspond to

maximum contrast of the object

Min

—corresponds to the

minimum contrast of the object

18

Record alarms

Set the checkbox

Starts automatic video signal recording on the

alarms from the camera

Boolean type

Set

Set—automatic video signal recording on the alarm from the camera is

enabled

Clear—automatic video signal recording on the alarm from the camera is

disabled 

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Pre-alarm record

Enter the value in the field

Set the

time period

that precedes the alarm record, during which

the prehistory of the event is recorded

Time in seconds (

s)

-

Recommended time

—from 0 to 20

22

Post-alarm record

Enter the value in the field

Sets the time period

, during which the video is recorded after an alarm was registered

Time in seconds (s)

-

Recommended time

—from 0 to 20

23

"Hot

record" time

Enter the value in the field

Sets the time period from the moment the alarm

is registered or recording begins, during which the video is recorded at the frame rate

set in the "Hot record" rate field

Time in seconds (

s)

-

Recommended time

—from 0 to 30

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"Hot

record" rate

Enter the value in the field/select from the list

Sets the frame rate of

the alarm hot recording

FPS

-

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

Recommended

value—from 0 to 20

25

Recording frame rate

Enter the value in the field/select from the list

Sets the frame rate

of the video signal recording

FPS

-

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

Recommended

value—from 1 to 25 for PAL

; from 1 to 30 for NTSC

The Advanced settings tab

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Sets the technology using which the compressed video stream will be decompressed

when displaying the video signal on the monitor

Note. By default the parameter is not available for editing. To change the value of this parameter set the

1 value for the EnableCodecSettings registry

key (see Registry keys reference guide)

BOSCH

FfmpegAllInOneDecoder

H263IppDecoder

H264InterlacedIppDecoder

H264IppDecoder

MJPEGIpp

Motion Wavelet 3.5

Motion Wavelet 7.1

MPEG2IppDecoder

MPEG4IppDecoder

MxPEG Mobotix

RGB24toYUV420

StreamLabs

VWV

WMVIppDecoder

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Compressor

Sets the algorithm of the video stream compression 

Note. By default the parameter is not available for editing. To change the value of this parameter set the

1 value for the EnableCodecSettings registry

key (see Registry keys reference guide)

List of available algorithms

No

Depends on the camera model

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Estimate motion

Enter the value in the field

Sets the threshold of

the camera sensivity to motion depending on the change of

the object brightness.

The delta frame of the video signal is

formed according to this criterion

Sequence of numbers

7

From 2 to 255

29

Key frames interval

Enter the value in the field

Sets the rate of the key frames

Sequence of numbers

8

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

30

Store no less than

Enter the value in the field

Set the time period for keeping the video archive from the camera and

audio archive (

in case of synchro recording) on the Server.

The parameter allows

storing the large archive for the selected camera

using the archive of other cameras

Note. It is

recommended to set the Store

no less than parameter for no more than 30% of cameras, as this setting is

only advisory. If there

isn't enough space for

the archive recording, the setting

will be ignored and

the recording won't stop anyway.

If more than 10 cameras are created in the system, then

when setting this parameter for more than 30% of cameras in the system,

after you click the Apply button

, a corresponding warning message will appear. It can be disabled using the NotifyAbout_arch_days registry key (see Registry keys reference guide)

Day

or hour depending on the value selected in the drop-down list

-

More than 1

Days

Hours

Sets the time period for storing the camera archive

. When it is expired, the

camear archive should be deleted

Days

Hours

35

Type

Select the value from the list

Sets the type of the camera. The setting affects the type of the icons used to represent the camera on the map

List of available camera types

-

Fisheye

PTZ

Standard

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Processing priority

Set the slider

in the required position

Sets the priority of the video signals processing by ADC

Order of video signals processing

Normal

Normal

—normal video

signals processing order

1/3

—1/3

processing order

1/2

—1/2

processing order

37

Recording priority

Set the slider

in the required position

Set the priority of video signals processing by ADC in the recording mode

Order of video signals processing in the recording mode

Normal

Normal

—normal video record order

1/

3—1/3

processing order

1/2

—1/2

processing order

Real time—all ADC resourses are

used for video signals recording

38

Rotation mode

Set the checkbox

Enables the rotation the the video image displayed on the Video surveillance monitor 

Boolean type

Clear

Set—rotation is enabled

Clear—rotation is disabled

39

Rotate on

Select the value from the list

Specifies the angle of video image rotation when the rotation mode is enabled

Sequence of numbers

0

0, 90, 180, 270

Select the value from the list

No—select if there are neither fisheye nor panomorph lens on the camera

Standard fisheye lens—select if there is a fisheye lens on the camera

Autocalibration—select if there is a fisheye lens on the camera and the video conversion parameters should be automatically determined to eliminate artifacts

A0*V, A1UST, A8TRT, B0QQV, B4QQV, B5SST, B6SST—types of panomorph lenses

Select the value from the list

Ceiling

Wall

Floor

Determines what part of the frame will be visible on the Video surveillance monitor after the conversion

75% for the Ceiling position

66% for the Wall position

Note. The default value may not be displayed in the field

43

Streams configuring

Set the checkbox

Enables the video signal multistream feature

Boolean

Set—video signal multistreaming is enabled; different streams can be used for analytics, archiving, and display

Clear—video signal multistreaming is disabled; a single stream is used for analytics, archiving, and display

#

Set—the stream is in use

Clear—the stream is not in use

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Default

Set the checkbox

Sets the video stream that will be used in the following cases:

1. to display video locally and on the remote clients;
2. to send the video stream to the remote clients and to the Videogate that will record this video stream;
3. in cases when video request doesn't specify the stream

List of available streams

Clear

Set—the stream is used by default

Clear—the stream isn't used by default

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Video analytics

Set the checkbox

Sets the video stream used for video analytics.

This stream will be used by the base motion detection tool, zone detection tools, tracking detection tool, face detection tool (if an external recognizer isn't used).

The Default stream is used for the LPR server, face detection tool (if an external recognizer is used), and the detection tools that are part of the Detector Pack.

The Archive/Archive (alarms) stream is used for the long-term archive

List of available streams

Clear

Set—the stream is used for video analytics

Clear—the stream isn't use for video analytics

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Archive

Set the checkbox

Sets the video stream that is recorded to the archive not upon alarm, but continuously

List of available streams

Clear

Set—the stream is used for archive recording

Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording

Set—the stream is used for archive recording upon alarm

Clear—the stream isn't used for archive recording upon alarm

Any valid

unused port numbers.

The number of ports is determined by the system administrator

The Video stream tab

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Purpose

-

Provides information about the use of the video stream

String

Depends on the video stream

designated purpose

Latin and

Cyrillic characters, numbers

53

Resolution

**

Select the value from

the list

Sets the video stream

resolution

List of

supported resolutions of the video image frame

Standard

Standard

High

Full

Particular values depend on the camera model

54

Speed

**

Enter the value in the field

Sets the frame rate of the video stream

Frame rate

in FPS

25

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

55

Codec

**

Select the value from

the list

Sets the technology

used to encode and decode the video stream

List of supported codecs

Depends on the camera model

Depends on the camera model

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Key frame rate

**

Enter the value in the field

Sets the key frames rate

Sequence of

numbers

8

Depends on the capabilities of the camera

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Video quality

**

Set the slider in the required position

Sets the frame quality

-

Maximum

Min

—maximum compression and minimum video signal quality

Max

—minimum compression and maximum video signal quality

This checkbox

should be set

if the purpose is not specified for the configured stream but it is

used for recording on

a macro or a script

Set—if the stream

purpose isn't specified, the stream is in the sleep mode and it cannot be

used for recording on

a macro or a script

Clear—if the stream purpose

isn't specified, it can be

used for recording on

a macro or a script

Any valid unused port numbers.

The number of ports is determined by the system administrator