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One You can select and configure video camera parameters as a package several cameras at once and edit their parameters to display them in the Monitorinterface box window.

To select video cameras as a packagein bulk, do the following:

1. Go to the settings panel
for
2. of the Monitor interface object.
Click the Range button in
3. In the List of cameras tab
(1)
4. , click the Range button.
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   As a result, the Add/Edit Camera Objects
dialog box is displayed
5. window opens.
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6. Select the required cameras in the left list of the Add/Edit Camera Objects
box (1)
7. window.

8. Move the selected cameras to the right list by clicking the Image Modified

 button (2)

9. button.

   Info
   title Note

.

10. The right list is the list of cameras selected for displaying in the Monitor

interface box

11. window. The Image Modified

 button

12. button is used for inverse action, i.e. for moving the selected video cameras from the right list to the left one

(2)

13. . In both lists, you can change the sorting by clicking the column names to make it easier to find the required cameras and their settings.

    As a result, the selected cameras will be displayed in the list on the right of the Add/Edit Camera Objects
box (3)
14. window.

15. If it is necessary, select the names of required cameras in the right list for

complex

16. bulk editing of their parameters

(3)

17. .

    Note
    title Attention!
    The same parameters will be set for all selected cameras.

If

18. In the fps drop-down list, select the required frame rate of a video signal

is to be groomed

19. to enable decimation of a video signal for transmitting to the Monitor of the Client

, then select the required frame rate of a video signal in the fps drop-down list (4)

20. .

    Note
    title

Importantdiscouraged to set additional grooming

21. Attention!

It is strongly

22. We strongly discourage you from setting additional decimation and/or compression for video signals displayed on the Server Monitor

:

23. , as this

will result

24. results in unnecessary consumption of the Server resources while the video image quality deteriorates.

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    title Note

.

25. The selected fps value

is to

26. must be less than the frame rate

for

27. of the video

digitising

28. signal digitized by

a

29. the video capture

card

30. device. Otherwise, the frame rate of the video signal will be

the same as the fps of digitising.
The fps, Compression, Gate, Backup archive and Gateway for backup archive settings are in

31. equal to the frame rate of the digitization. All settings described below belong to the Common data for elements selected on the right group. For correct

grooming

32. decimation of a video stream compressed with the help of H.264 or MPEG4 codecs, the fps value

is to

33. must be equal to keyframe rate specified in the device (IP

-

34. camera)

or

35. or Axxon PSIM settings (see Configuring video compression

section

36. ).

37. If video compression level

is to

38. must be changed for transmitting to the Monitor of the Client, select the required level of video signal compression

in

39. from the Compression drop-down list

of the Compression column (5)

40. . Compression level is increased from 0 (no compression) to 5 (maximum compression).

  

41. Info
    title Note

.

42. If the compression level is set for the Client, a video signal on the Server

is to

43. must be

preliminary

44. decompressed

, that results in a great load increase on CPU of the Server

45. beforehand, which leads to a significant increase in the load on the Server CPU.

46. If the Monitor
is to
47. must receive live and archive video from the selected cameras via the Gate object, then select the name of this object
in
48. from the Gate drop-down list
(6)
49. .
50. To enable smart search in the archive of the selected cameras, select the VMDA metadata storage object corresponding to the VMDA
trajectories
51. tracks database
intended to use
52. for smart search from the VMDA metadata storage drop-down list.
53. From the Hardware accelerated decoding drop-down list
(7).
54. , select Do no change (default value, hardware acceleration specified for each camera is used), CPU decoder (blank value), Nvidia decoder, or Intel Quick Sync. Selecting a hardware decoder increases the load on the corresponding CPU. 
55. If a video archive from the selected camera
is to
56. must be transmitted to the Monitor from the Backup archive object, then select the name of this object
in
57. from the Backup archive drop-down list
(8)
58. .
59. If the
tansmission
60. transmission from the Backup archive object is performed via the Gate object, then select the name of this object
in
61. from the Gateway for backup archive drop-down list
(9)
62. .
63. If cameras are used to view video archive from external storage, set the Setup edge storage
check box (10)
64. checkbox. As a result, for each selected camera, the external storage available to it will be applied.
65. By default, the
Video Surveillance
66. Monitor receives a video stream through the Server. If it is necessary to get the video stream not through a Server, but from cameras directly,
in the
67. from the Connection drop-down list, select Direct
(11)
68. .
69. To save the
set
70. specified parameters, click the Set for cameras selected on the right button
(12)
71. .
    As a result
set
72. , the specified parameters will be displayed in the list on the right of
the
73. the Add/Edit Camera Objects
box (3)
74. window.
75. Repeat steps
6
76. 5-
12
77. 15 for
complex
78. bulk editing of all required cameras.
79. To save
all
80. the
canges
81. changes and close
the
82. the Add/Edit Camera Objects
box
83. window, click
the
84. the Apply changes and close button
(13)
85. .
Set
86. Specified camera settings will be displayed in the List table on the settings panel of the Monitor object
(2)
87. .
88. To save
all
89. the changes, click the Apply button
(3)
90. .

Video cameras are now selected as a packageBulk selection of cameras is complete.