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The face of the settings panel for of the Monitor object is shown in the figures.
The Basic settings tab.:
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 |
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for setting the parameter value | Parameter description |
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Representation | Default value | Value range |
1 |
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Identification number |
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Automatically | Displays the identification number of the Monitor interface object in the system |
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Sequence of numbers
Numbers, letters, periods, hyphen, dash and underscore | NA |
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Depends on the number of the Monitor objects in the system | |
2 |
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Name |
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Enter the value |
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into the field |
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Sets the name of the Monitor object in the system |
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Latin, Cyrillic and service |
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characters | Monitor | A line containing a sequence of any |
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characters (letters, digits, service characters |
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except > and < |
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characters), |
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case- |
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insensitive. Number of |
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characters—from 1 to 60 |
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3 |
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Disable |
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Set the checkbox |
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Sets the state (enabled or disabled)of the Monitor object in the system |
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Boolean type |
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Clear |
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Set—the Monitor object is disabled and |
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isn't used Clear— |
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the Monitor object is enabled and |
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used |
4 |
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Display |
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Select |
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the value from the list | Sets the Display parent |
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object for the given Monitor object | Names of the Display objects registered in the system | Name of the Display parent |
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object | Depends on the number of the Display objects in the system |
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The | ||||||
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Coordinates group | ||||||
5 | ||||||
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X |
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Enter the value |
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into the field |
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Sets the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper |
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left corner of the Monitor interface |
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window | % of the screen width |
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NA | From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors |
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6 |
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Y |
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Enter the value |
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into the field |
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Sets the Y coordinate in the vertical axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor interface |
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window | % of the screen height |
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NA | From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the installed computer monitors |
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7 |
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W |
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Enter the value |
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into the field |
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Sets the width of the Monitor interface |
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window | % of the screen width |
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NA | From 20 to 900 if |
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control panel is enabled. Otherwise, from 0 to 900. This |
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restriction can be |
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disabled using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide) |
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8 |
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H |
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Enter the value |
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into the field |
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Sets the height of the Monitor object if the control panel is |
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disabled | % of the screen width |
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NA | From 0 to 900. This restriction can be |
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disabled using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide) |
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9 |
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Monitor |
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Select |
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the |
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value from the list | Sets the number of the physical monitor |
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, the coordinates for which are |
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set. The monitors are numbered in the order of their physical location from left to right, from top to bottom |
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. |
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The 1st monitor is the one in the upper left corner regardless of which monitor is |
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set as main or what number the monitor has in OS. |
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In the |
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figure below, the monitor numbers in OS are given in gray while the numbers in Axxon |
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PSIM are red. |
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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 |
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any border (for example, upper border) | Sequence of numbers | 1 | From 1 to 16 |
10 |
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Allow moving |
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Set the checkbox | Allows |
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moving the the Monitor interface |
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window manually, if the control panel is |
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enabled | Boolean type |
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Yes – hand shifting is allowed
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Clear | Set—the manual moving is allowed ClearSet—the manual moving isn't allowed | ||
| 11 | The X button | Click the button | Opens the window for specifying the position of the Monitor interface window |
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| NA |
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| NA |
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| NA | ||||||
| The Quad splitter group | ||||||
| 12 | ||||||
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| horizontal | Enter the value |
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| into the field | Sets the number of |
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the surveillance windows |
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that should be displayed horizontally on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is |
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blank), then the default grid of |
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the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed |
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| Sequence of numbers |
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| NA | From 1 to 64 |
| 13 |
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| vertical | Enter the value |
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| into the field | Sets the number of |
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the surveillance windows |
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that should be displayed vertically on the Monitor. If value is not specified (the field is |
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blank), then the default grid of |
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the surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed |
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| Sequence of numbers |
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| NA | From 1 to 64 | |||||
The Basic settings tab | ||||||
14 | ||||||
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Display |
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Select |
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the value from the list |
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Sets the |
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mode for processing the video signals from the video cameras by the graphics card | Names of the display modes | DirectDraw (Recommended) | Direct3D |
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is used when it is necessary to display the video from |
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the fisheye cameras or the signal decoded using Intel QuickSync technology |
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DirectDraw is used by default in all other cases |
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Software—video signals are not processed by |
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the graphics card |
15 |
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Active camera |
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Set |
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the |
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radio button |
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Sets the display mode for an active camera |
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window only | Boolean type |
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-
| Clear | Set—the |
Active camera mode is enabled and |
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used Clear—the Active camera mode is disabled and |
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isn't used | ||
Alarm cameras | Set the radio button | Sets |
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16
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The Alarms cameras switch
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Set in the position
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the display mode for alarm |
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cameras windows | Boolean type |
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-
| Clear | Set—the Alarm |
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cameras mode is enabled and |
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used Clear—the Alarm |
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cameras mode is disabled and |
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17
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The Max field
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Enter the value in the field
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Specify the maximum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras and List modes
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Sequence of numbers
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-
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From 1 to 64
Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system
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18
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The Min field
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Enter the value in the box
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Specify the minimum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras even on no-alarm
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Sequence of numbers
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-
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From 1 to 64
Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system
0 – on no-alarm camera boxes are not displayed in the Monitor box
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19
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The List switch
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Set in the position
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Set the display mode according to the selected layout.
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Boolean type
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Yes
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Yes - The List mode is enabled and is in use
No - The List mode is disabled and is not in use
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20
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The Control panel checkbox
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Set the checkbox
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Activates the control panel for the Monitor in the List mode
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Boolean type
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-
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Yes - The Control panel mode is enabled and is in use
No - The Control panel mode is disabled and is not in use
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21
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The PTZ control drop-down list
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Select in the list
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Set the priority for the Telemetry control using the Monitor object
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Names of the Telemetry control priorities
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Low priority
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Forbidden – option of the Telemetry control using the Monitor object is disabled
Low priority – low priority of control
Medium priority – medium priority of control
High priority – high priority of control
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The Slideshow field
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Enter the value in the field
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Set the period of automatic slideshow of camera boxes when the control panel is enabled
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Period in seconds (s)
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Empty field
Empty field or 0 - the camera boxes are scrolled every 3 seconds
isn't used | ||||||
List | Set the radio button | Set the display mode of the camera 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 | |
16 | Control panel | Set the checkbox | Enables the display of the toolbar on the Monitor in the List mode | Boolean type | Clear | Set—thecontrol panel is enabled and used Clear—the control panel is disabled and isn't used |
17 | Use button attached to camera | Set the checkbox | Enables the display of the Button objects attached to Cameras in the Surveillance windows | Boolean type | Clear | Set—Buttons are displayed in the Surveillance windows Clear—Buttons aren't displayed |
18 | 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) | NA | Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system. There are no restrictions on the number of cameras |
19 | 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) | NA | 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 |
20 | Keep camera ratio | Set the checkbox | Sets |
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23
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The Keep camera ratio checkbox
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Set the checkbox
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the ratio of the width and height of the video image in the surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor | Boolean type |
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Clear |
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Set—the ratio of the width and height of the video image corresponds to the ratio of the camera |
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Clear—video image fits the entire area of the Surveillance window, while the ratio may be affected |
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21 |
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Show captions |
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Set the checkbox | Shows the captions for the cameras of the Monitor interface |
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window. In large distributed systems it is recommended to disable captions on those monitors where |
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you don't want to show captions. This checkbox also affects the display of frames around detected objects or abandoned objects (see Smart video detection tools operation) when viewing archive: | Boolean type |
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Yes
Set | Set—the |
Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the Monitor interface |
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window, captions are displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detection tools are displayed Clear—the Captions |
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submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor interface |
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window, captions aren't displayed. The frames generated by the VMDA smart video detection tools aren't displayed | |
22 | Smoothing |
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Set the checkbox | It is used when it is required to display video with greater resolution on which the ladder effect appears |
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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 |
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Clear |
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Set—smoothing is applied |
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Clear—smoothing isn't applied |
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23 | PTZ control |
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Select |
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the |
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value from the list | Sets |
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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 | |||
24 | 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 |
25 | 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 | NA | Depends on the number of the Audio players registered in the system |
26 | Select camera with grouping and search | Set the checkbox | Enables a dialog window for switching a camera in the Surveillance window in which cameras are grouped by Computer, and you can search them by their name (see Selecting camera to display in Surveillance window) | Boolean type | Set | Set—to switch to another camera, a special dialog window opens, in which cameras are grouped and there is a search line Clear—camera is selected in the function menu of the Surveillance windows without opening a special dialog window |
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Names of the Audio player objects registered in the system
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| 27 | Group of checkboxes used to |
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| display the elements of the Surveillance 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 |
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| Video surveillance |
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| monitor | Boolean type | All checkboxes are set except Additional info |
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Set—the corresponding element is displayed in the Surveillance windows of all cameras added to the Video surveillance monitor |
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Clear—the corresponding element |
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isn't displayed in the Surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor | ||||||
The List of cameras tab | ||||||
28 | ||||||
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Number |
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Select |
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the value from the list |
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Sets the number of the video camera to display on the Monitor | Sequence of numbers |
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NA | Depends on the number of the video cameras registered in the system |
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Camera |
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Select |
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the value from the list |
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Sets the name of the video camera to display on the Monitor | Name of the cameras registered in the system |
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NA | Depends on the number of the video cameras registered in the system |
Video stream |
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Select the value from the list |
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Set the number of video stream from camera which is to be displayed when receiving video stream straight from camera
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Streams numbers
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 |
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—video streams numbers Default |
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—default video stream |
Connection |
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| Select the value from the list |
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Sets the way of receiving video image from the camera | Ways of receiving video | Through Server | Direct |
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—the video stream is received |
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directly from the camera Through Server |
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—the video stream is received from the Server, to which the camera is connected |
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The Fps drop-down list
fps | Select the value from |
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the list | Set the |
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FPS for transmitting the video signal to the Client Monitor |
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Sequence of numbers |
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NA | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30 | |||||
Hardware decoding | Select the value from the list | Sets the hardware decoder of the video signal. Selecting a hardware decoder increases the load on the corresponding CPU | List of available decoders | Blank field | Blank field (default CPU decoder), Nvidia decoder, Intel Quick Sync |
Compression | Select the value from |
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The Compression drop-down list
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the list | Set the compression level for transmitting the video signal to the Client Monitor |
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. The given value leads to extra consumption of |
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Server resources | Sequence of numbers |
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NA | In the |
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order of |
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increasing the compression level 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 0 |
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—the video signal is not compressed 5 |
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—maximum compression of the video signal |
Compressor |
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Select the value from the list |
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Sets the algorithm for the video stream compression which is |
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used for the video signal recompression |
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when displaying on the Monitor. |
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If you set the compressor, you should also set the value in the Compression list |
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List of available |
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algorithms |
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NA | MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, MPEG4 |
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Gate |
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Select |
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the value from the list |
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Sets the |
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Videogate object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera |
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should be transmitted to the Monitor | Names of the |
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Videogate objects registered in the system |
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NA | Depends on the number of the |
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Videogate objects registered in the system |
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Backup archive |
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Select |
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the value from the list |
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Sets the Backup archive object from which the video archive from the selected camera |
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should be transmitted to the Monitor | Names of the Backup archive objects registered in the system |
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NA | Depends on the number of the Backup archive objects registered in the system |
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Edge storage | Select |
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the value from the list |
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Sets the |
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Edge storage object from which the video archive |
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should be transmitted to the Monitor via the selected camera | Names of the |
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Edge storage objects registered in the system |
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NA | Depends on the number of the |
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Edge storage objects registered in the system |
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Gateway for Backup archive |
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Select |
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the value from the list |
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Sets the |
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Videogate object via which the video archive of the Backup archive object |
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should be transmitted to the Monitor | Names of the |
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Videogate objects registered in the system |
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NA | Depends on the number of the |
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Videogate objects registered in the system |
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| VMDA metadata storage |
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| Select |
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| the value from the list |
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| Sets the VMDA metadata storage |
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| object used for |
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| the forensic search in the archive of the corresponding camera | Names of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system |
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| NA | Depends on the number of the VMDA metadata storage objects registered in the system |
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| Type of display | Select the value |
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| from the list | Sets the type of conversion performed in the Surveillance window on the Video surveillance monitor | Supported conversion types | PTZ | PTZ |
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—virtual telemetry |
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Panorama—panoramic view |
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| Macro1 | Select the value |
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| from the list | Sets the first macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the |
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| Surveillance |
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| window | Names of the Macro objects registered in the system |
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| NA | Depends on the number of the Macro objects registered in the |
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| system | |
| Macro2 | Select the value |
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| from the list | Sets the second macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the |
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| Surveillance |
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| window | Names of the Macro objects registered in the system |
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| NA | Depends on |
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29
| the number of the Macro objects registered in the system | |||||
| Guid | Automatically | Displays the unique identifier of the camera in the system | Sequence of numbers, Latin and service characters | NA | A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters) enclosed in {curly brackets} |
29 | Range |
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Click the button |
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Access to complex selection and editing of cameras parameters to display on the Monitor |
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NA |
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NA |
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NA |
30 |
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All |
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Click the button |
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Selects all cameras registered in the system to display on the Monitor |
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NA |
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NA |
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NA |
31 |
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Automatic selection of streams for |
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display | Set the checkbox | Enables the function of |
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automatic selection of video stream for |
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display on the Monitor. Affects cameras for which the On default video stream is selected |
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—see |
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item 28 | Boolean type |
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Clear |
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Set—video stream for |
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display is selected depending on the size of the video image on the Monitor and the required frame frequency |
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Clear—video stream is selected depending on the Video stream and Connection settings |
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and |
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on the settings of the Server and video camera from which the stream is required | ||||||
| The PTZ tab | ||||||
32 | Mouse | |||||
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Behavior |
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NA | The list of available actions with a mouse |
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NA |
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NA |
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NA | |
33 | Action |
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Select the value from the list |
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Sets the reaction performed |
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when executing the corresponding action |
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with a mouse | Reaction list of the PTZ device object | (Default) | Reaction list of the PTZ device object |
34 |
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Param. | Enter the value |
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into the field |
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Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it’s required | Depends on the selected action |
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NA | Depends on the selected |
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reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets, |
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it is a preset number. For other reactions, it is speed, if the selected reaction allows speed specifying as a parameter. |
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If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with |
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the Camera seleected on the Monitor, is used | |
35 | Joystick |
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Butt. |
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NA | List of joystick buttons |
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NA |
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NA |
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NA | |
36 | Action |
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Select the value from the list |
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Sets the reaction which |
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should be performed |
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when clicking the joystick button | List of reaction of the PTZ device object | (Default) | List of reaction of the PTZ device object |
37 |
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Param. | Enter the value |
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into the field |
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Sets the value of the reaction parameter if it is required | Depends on the selected action |
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NA | Depends on the selected |
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reaction. For the reactions connected with the presets, |
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it is a preset number. For other reactions, it is speed, if the selected reaction |
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allows speed specifying as a parameter. |
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If the parameter isn't specified, the speed value from the settings of the PTZ device object that is connected with the Camera |
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seleected on the Monitor |
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, is used | ||||||
| The | ||||||
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| Interface tab | ||||||
| 38 | Alarm | |||||
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| Select the value from the list |
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Sets the |
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frame color |
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of the Surveillance window in the alarm state | RGB colors | Red | RGB color palette |
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| Armed |
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| Select the value from the list |
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Sets the |
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frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is armed | RGB colors | Yellow | RGB color palette |
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| Disarmed |
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| Select the value from the list |
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| Sets the |
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| frame color of the Surveillance window when the camera is disarmed | RGB colors | Green | RGB color palette |
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| No |
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| frame | Select the value from the list |
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| Sets the |
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| frame color of the Surveillance window when there is no frame |
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| in it | RGB colors | Black | RGB color palette |
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| No |
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| signal | Select the value from the list |
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| Sets the |
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| frame color of the Surveillance window when there is no signal from the camera | RGB colors | Grey | RGB color palette |
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| Screen cache |
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| Select the value from the list |
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| Sets the |
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| Surveillance window background color that is displayed when the video from the camera does not |
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| cover completely the Surveillance window, for |
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| example, when the camera proportions are maintained | RGB colors | Purple | RGB color palette |
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| Tracker frame color |
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| Select the value from the list | Sets the frame color |
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| to highlight the tracking objects on the video image | RGB colors | White | RGB color palette |
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| 39 | Default |
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| Click the button |
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Sets the default |
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frame colors of the |
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Surveillance window | NA | NA | NA |
| 40 |
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| Hide capture |
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| frames | Set the checkbox | Hides the frames displayed by the Face detection |
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| module when a |
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Yes – the Face detection tool frames are hidden
No – the Face detection tool frames are shown
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| person’s face is detected on the video image | Boolean type |
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| Clear |
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Yes – the Video Surveillance Monitor is displayed on top of all windows
No – the Video Surveillance Monitor is displayed in the default mode
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Set—the Face detection frames aren't displayed Clear—the Face detection frames are displayed | |
| 41 | Over all windows |
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| Set the checkbox | Enables |
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| the display of the Video surveillance |
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| monitor on top of all windows | Boolean type |
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Yes – a special dialog is in use for camera selection
| Clear | Set—the Video surveillance monitor is displayed on top of all windows Clear—the Video surveillance monitor is displayed in the default mode |
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