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The face of the settings panel for 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 describes the setting parameters of the Monitor interface object.
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| Parameter | Method of setting the value | Parameter description | Symbols used | 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 | - | Depends on the number of the Monitor objects in the system |
2 | The Name field | Enter the value in the field | Defines the name of the Monitor object in the system. | Latin, Cyrillic and service digits | Monitor | A line containing a sequence of any symbols (letters, digits, service characters apart from > and < symbols), not case-sensitive Number of symbols – from 1 to 60. |
3 | The Disable checkbox | Set the checkbox | Defines the mode of the Monitor object (enabled or disabled) in the system. | Boolean type | - | Yes – the Monitor object is disabled and is not in use No – the Monitor object is enabled and is in use |
4 | The Display drop-down list | Select in the list | Sets the parent Display object for the given Monitor object | Names of the Display objects registered in the system | Name of the parent Display object | Depends on the number of the Display objects in the system. |
The Position group | ||||||
5 | The X field | Enter the value in the field | Set the X coordinate in the horizontal axis for the upper-left corner of the Monitor interface box | % of the screen width | - | From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the monitors installed |
6 | The Y field | Enter the value in the field | Set the Y coordinate in the vertical axis for the upper left corner of the Monitor interface box | % of the screen height | - | From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of the monitors installed |
7 | The W field | Enter the value in the field | Set the width of the Monitor interface box | % of the screen width | - | From 20 to 900 if Control panel is enabled. Otherwise, from 0 to 900. This upper bound can be removed using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide). |
8 | The H field | Enter the value in the field | Set the height of the Monitor object if the control panel is not active | % of the screen width | - | From 0 to 900 This restriction can be removed using the UnlimitMonitorSize registry key (see Registry keys reference guide). |
9 | The Monitor drop-down list | Select in the list | Sets the physical monitor number, the coordinates for which are assigned. The monitors are numbered from left to right, from top to bottom, i.e. the 1st monitor is the one in the upper left corner regardless of which monitor is assigned as main or what number the monitor has in OS. On the illustration below, monitor numbers in OS are given in gray while numbers in Axxon PSIM are red.
Important! 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 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 the Monitor interface box if the control panel is active | Boolean type | - | Yes – hand shifting is allowed No – hand shifting is prohibited |
| 11 | The X button | Click the button | Opens the window for specifying the position of the Monitor interface window | - | - | - |
| Quad splitter group | ||||||
| 12 | Horizontal field | Enter the value in the field | Sets number of video surveillance windows in the horizontal direction to display then on the Monitor. If value is not specified (field is empty) then default grid of video surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed | Natural numbers | - | From 1 to 64 |
| 13 | Vertical field | Enter the value in the field | Sets number of video surveillance windows in the vertical direction to display then on the Monitor. If value is not specified (field is empty) then default grid of video surveillance windows depending on the selected layout is displayed | Natural numbers | - | From 1 to 64 |
The Basic settings tab | ||||||
14 | The Display drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the Display mode for processing video signals | Names of display modes | DirectDraw (Recommended) | Direct3D – is used when it is necessary to display the video from 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 a video card |
15 | The Active camera switch | Set in the position | Set the display mode for an active camera box | Boolean type | - | Yes - The Active camera mode is enabled and is in use No - The Active camera mode is disabled and is not in use |
16 | The Alarms cameras switch | Set in the position | Set the display mode for alarm cameras’ boxes | Boolean type | - | Yes - The Alarms cameras mode is enabled and is in use No - The Alarms cameras mode is disabled and is not in use |
17 | The Max field | Enter the value in the field | Specify the maximum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras and List modes | Sequence of numbers | - | From 1 to 64 Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system |
18 | The Min field | Enter the value in the box | Specify the minimum number of video cameras, boxes of which are displayed on the Monitor in the Alarms cameras even on no-alarm | Sequence of numbers | - | 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 |
19 | The List switch | Set in the position | Set the display mode according to the selected layout. | Boolean type | Yes | Yes - The List mode is enabled and is in use No - The List mode is disabled and is not in use |
20 | The Control panel checkbox | Set the checkbox | Activates the control panel for the Monitor in the List mode | Boolean type | - | Yes - The Control panel mode is enabled and is in use No - The Control panel mode is disabled and is not in use |
21 | The PTZ control drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the priority for the Telemetry control using the Monitor object | Names of the Telemetry control priorities | Low priority | 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 |
22 | The Slideshow field | Enter the value in the field | Set the period of automatic slideshow of camera boxes when the control panel is enabled | Period in seconds (s) | Empty field | Empty field or 0 - the camera boxes are scrolled every 3 seconds An integer from 1 to 600 – the camera boxes are scrolled at the specified interval |
23 | The Keep camera ratio checkbox | Set the checkbox | Specifies the ratio of the width and height of the video in the surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor | Boolean type | - | Yes – the ratio of the width and height of the video corresponds to the ratio of the camera No – video 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 cameras of the Monitor interface box. 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 events | Boolean type | Yes | Yes – The Captions submenu is available in the context menu of the Monitor interface box No – The Captions submenu is unavailable in the context menu of the Monitor interface box |
| 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 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 | Yes – smoothing is applied No – smoothing is not applied |
26 | The Audio player drop-down list | Select in the list | Sets the Audio player object used to playback audio signals and export video 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 |
| 27 | Group of checkboxes used to enable displaying elements of Surveillance windows | Set the checkboxes | Allows enabling and disabling 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 surveillance monitor | Boolean type | All checkboxes are set except Additional info | Yes – the corresponding element is displayed in Surveillance windows of all cameras added to the Video surveillance monitor No – the corresponding element is not displayed in Surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor |
The List of cameras tab | ||||||
28 | The Number drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the number of the video camera to display on the Monitor | Sequence of numbers | - | Depends on the number of video cameras registered in the system |
The Camera drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the name of the video camera to display on the Monitor | Name of the cameras registered in the system | - | Depends on the number of video cameras registered in the system | |
Video stream drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the number of video stream from camera which is to be displayed when receiving video stream straight from camera | Streams numbers | Default | 1, 2, 3, 4 – video streams Default – default video stream | |
Connection drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the way of receiving video from camera | Ways of receiving video | Through Server | Direct - the video stream is received straight from camera Through Server - the video stream is received from the Server, which camera is connected to | |
The Fps drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the fps for transmitting the video signal to the 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 list | Set the compression for transmitting the video signal to the Monitor of the Client. The given value leads to extra consumption of Server’s resources | Sequence of numbers | - | In the range of rising 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 value from the list | Specifies the procedure of video stream compression which is in use for video signal recompression for displaying on the Monitor. The value is to be selected in the Compression list if the compressor is specified | List of available procedures | - | MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, MPEG4 | |
The Gate drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the Gate object via which the live and archive video from the selected camera is to be transmitted to the Monitor | Names of the Gateway objects registered in the system | - | Depends on the number of the Gate objects registered in the system | |
The Backup archive drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the Backup archive object the video archive from the selected camera of which is to 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 storage | Select in the list | Set the External storage object the video archive from which is to be transmitted to the Monitor via the selected camera | Names of the External storage objects registered in the system | - | Depends on the number of the External storage objects registered in the system | |
The Gateway for Backup archive drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the Gate object via which the video archive of the Backup archive object is to be transmitted to the Monitor | Names of the Gateway objects registered in the system | - | Depends on the number of the Gateway objects registered in the system | |
| The VMDA metadata storage drop-down list | Select in the list | Set the VMDA metadata storage to be used for smart search in the archive | 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 | Select value in 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 – panoramic view | |
| The Macro 1 drop-down list | Select value in the list | Sets the first macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the Video Surveillance 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 | Select value in the list | Sets the second macro to be displayed in the function menu of the camera in the Video Surveillance Window | Names of the Macro objects registered in the system | - | Depends on the number of the Macro objects registered in the system | |
29 | The Range button | Click the button | Select all cameras registered in the system to display on the Monitor | - | - | - |
30 | The All button | Click the button | Access to complex selection and editing of cameras’ parameters to display on the Monitor | - | - | - |
31 | Auto select of streams for displaying checkbox | Set the checkbox | Enables the function of auto select of video stream for displaying in the Monitor. Affects cameras for which the On default video stream is selected - see 25 | Boolean type | No | Yes - video stream for displaying is selected depending on the size of video image on the Monitor and required frame frequency No -video stream is selected depending on the Video stream and Connection settings (25-26) and depending on settings of the Server and video camera from which the stream is required |
| The PTZ tab | ||||||
32 | Mouse behavior | - | The list of available actions with a mouse | - | - | - |
33 | Action drop-down list | Select value from the list | Specify reaction performed while executing the corresponding action using a mouse | Reaction list of the PTZ device object | (Default) | Reaction list of the PTZ device object |
34 | Parameter field | Enter the value in the field | Specify the value of reaction parameter if it’s required | Depends on the selected action | - | Depends on the selected action. It is a preset number for reactions connected with presets, for other reactions it is speed if the selected reaction allows speed specifying as parameter. The speed value from the PTZ device object connected with Camera selected in the Monitor is in use if the parameter is not specified |
35 | Joystick buttons column | - | List of joystick buttons | - | - | - |
36 | Action drop-down list | Select value from the list | Specify reaction which is to be performed while clicking the joystick button | List of reaction of PTZ device object | (Default) | List of reaction of PTZ device object |
37 | Parameter field | Enter the value in the field | Specify the value of reaction parameter if it is required | Depends on the selected action | - | Depends on the selected action. It is a preset number for reactions connected with presets, for other reactions it is speed if the selected reaction allow speed specifying as parameter. The speed value from the PTZ device object connected with Camera selected in the Monitor is in use if the parameter is not specified |
| The Colors tab | ||||||
| 38 | Alarm drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the Viewing tile frame color if there is an alarm on the camera | RGB colors | Red | RGB color palette |
| 39 | Armed drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the Viewing tile frame color when the camera is armed | RGB colors | Yellow | RGB color palette |
| 40 | Disarmed drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the Viewing tile frame color when the camera is disarmed | RGB colors | Green | RGB color palette |
| 41 | No frame drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the Viewing tile frame color when there is no frame from the camera in the Viewing tile | RGB colors | Black | RGB color palette |
| 42 | No signal drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the Viewing tile frame color when there is no signal from the camera | RGB colors | Grey | RGB color palette |
| 43 | Screen cache drop-down list | Select value from the list | Set the Viewing tile background color that is displayed when the video from the camera does not overlay the Viewing tile, for instance, when the camera proportions | RGB colors | Purple | RGB color palette |
| 44 | Tracker frame color drop-down list | Select value from the list | Sets the color of the frame to highlight tracking objects on the video image | RGB colors | White | RGB color palette |
| 45 | Default button | Click the button | Set the default settings of the Viewing tile frame color | - | - | - |
| 46 | Hide capture frame checkbox | Set the checkbox | Hides the frames displayed by the Face detection tool module when a person’s face is detected in the video image | Boolean type | No | Yes – the Face detection tool frames are hidden No – the Face detection tool frames are shown |
| 47 | Over all windows checkbox | Set the checkbox | Enables the display of the Video Surveillance Monitor on top of all windows | Boolean type | No | Yes – the Video Surveillance Monitor is displayed on top of all windows No – the Video 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 window | Boolean type | No | Yes – a special dialog is in use for camera selection No – the camera is selected in the functional menu of the Video surveillance window |
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