The Settings panel of the Camera object

The settings panel of the Camera object is shown in figures.

The Basic settings tab:

The Advanced settings tab:

The Streams settings tab:

The Main stream tab:

The Video stream tab:

Table describes the setting parameters of the Camera object.

№	Parameter	Method for setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Presented as	Default value	Value range
1	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 symbols (letters, digits, service characters except > and < symbols), case-insensitive. Number of symbols — 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
6	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 depend on the camera model
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	Clear	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	Automatic (Position ) —Brightness and Contrast parameters are set automatically Manual (Position ) — Brightness and Contrast parameters are set manually Manual setting with automatic optimization (Position ) — Brightness and Contrast parameters are set manually, followed by automatic optimization
14	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
16	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
17	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
19	Number	Select the value from the list	Sets the number of the microphone, the audio from which should be recorded simultaneously with the video signal from the camera	Numbers of the Microphone objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system
20	Microphone	Select the value from the list	Sets the name of microphone, the audio from which should be recorded simultaneously with video signal from the camera	Names of the Microphone objects registered in the system	-	Depends on the number of the Microphone objects registered in the system
21	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
24	"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
26	Decompressor	Select the value from the list	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)	List of available decompressors	No	BOSCH FfmpegAllInOneDecoder H263IppDecoder H264InterlacedIppDecoder H264IppDecoder MJPEGIpp Motion Wavelet 3.5 Motion Wavelet 7.1 MPEG2IppDecoder MPEG4IppDecoder MxPEG Mobotix RGB24toYUV420 StreamLabs VWV WMVIppDecoder
27	Compressor	Select the value from the list	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
28	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
The Store no less than group
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
31	Store no less than	Select the value from the list	Sets the units for time period specified in the Store no less than field	List of available time units	Days	Days Hours
The Store no more than group
32	Store no more than	Enter the value in the field	Sets the time period for storing the camera archive. When it is expired, the camear archive should be deleted Note. The archive can be deleted before the specified time if it is required for loop recording	Day or hour depending on the value selected in the drop-down list	-	More than 1
33	Store no more than	Select the value from the list	Sets the units for time period specified in the Store no more than field	List of available time units	Days	Days Hours
Not in groups
34	The Additional info field	Enter the value in the field	Set the information displayed on the monitor above the camera name. This information is added to the export file and when the frame is printed, as to the event log	The line not longer than 100 characters	Blank line	Latin, Cyrillic letters and service characters
35	The Type drop-down list	Is selected from the list	Set the type of the camera. The setting affects the type of the icons used to represent the camera on the map	The list of available camera types	-	Fisheye PTZ Standard
36	The Processing priority slider	The slider is set in the required position	Set the priority of video processing	The order of video processing	Normal	Normal – normal video procession order 1/3 – 1/3 procession order 1/2 – 1/2 procession order
37	The Recording priority slider	The slider is set in the required position	Set the priority of video processing in the recording mode	The order of video processing in the recording mode	Normal	Normal – normal video record order 1/3 – 1/3 procession order 1/2 – 1/2 procession order All resources – all ADC resourses are in use for video recording
38	Rotation mode checkbox	Setting checkbox	Enables a function of rotation the video image displayed on the Video surveillance monitor	Boolean type	No	Yes - rotation mode is enabled No - rotation mode is disabled
39	Rotate on drop-down list	Select value from the list	Specifies an angle of video image rotation when the rotation mode is enabled	Numbers	0	0, 90, 180, 270
40	The Lens type dropdown list	Select value in the list	Sets the type of lens in use	Supported lens types	No	No – select if there are no fisheye or anamorphic lenses 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 auto detection of video conversion parameters in order to eliminate artifacts is to be performed. *A0V, A1UST, A8TRT, B0QQV, B4QQV, B5SST, B6SST** – types of panomorph lens.
41	The Camera location dropdown list	Select value in the list	Sets the camera location	Supported camera location modes	Ceiling	Ceiling Wall Floor
42	The Visible part field	Entered into the field	Defines the visible part of the frame on the Video Surveillance Monitor after the dewarp.	Percentage	75% for Ceiling position 66% for Wall position Note. The default value may be not displayed.	0-100
Streams settings tab
43	Streams configuring checkbox	Checking the box	Enables the multistream feature	Boolean	No	True – multistreaming is enabled; different streams can be used for analytics, archiving, and display. False – multistreaming is disabled; a single stream is used for analytics, archiving, and display.
44	# field	Automatically	Shows the stream number	Integer	-	1-10
45	Enabled checkbox	Checking the box	Sets the enabled streams	Boolean	No	Yes – the stream is in use No – the stream is not in use
46	Default checkbox	Checking the box	Assigns the video stream to be displayed both as locally and on remote clients	List of available streams	No	Yes – the stream is in use by default No – the stream is not in use by default
47	Video analytics checkbox	Checking the box	Assigns the video stream used for video analytics (including main motion detection tool). This stream is used by all Intellect detection tools (except embedded video camera detection tools) – including tracking detection tools, motion detection tool, face detection tool, facial recognition tools and detection tools that are the part of Detector Pack.	List of available streams	No	Yes – the stream is in use for video analytics No – the stream is not in use for video analytics
48	Archive checkbox	Checking the box	Sets video stream recorded to the archive not upon alarm – the continuous recording is performed.	List of available streams	No	Yes – the stream is in use for archive recording No – the stream is not in use for archive recording
49	Archive (alarms) checkbox	Checking the box	Sets video stream recorded to the archive upon alarm.	List of available streams	No	Yes – the stream is in use for archive recording by alarm No – the stream is not in use for archive recording by alarm
Main stream tab
50	IP field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the IP address from which the client will receive the video data from the ONVIF Server in the Multicast mode.	IP address	224.0.0.10	224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255
51	Port field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the port for transmitting the video data in the Multicast mode.	Numbers	Depends on the number of cameras and streams in the system	Any valid non-busy port numbers. The number of ports is determined by the system administrator.
Video stream tab
52	Purpose field	-	Displays a description of how the video stream is used	String	Depends on the video stream's designated purpose	Most Latin and Russian characters, numbers
53	Resolution dropdown list**	Selected from a list	Assigns the video stream's resolution	List of supported video resolutions	Standard	Standard High Full Particular values depend on the camera model.
54	Speed spinbox**	Typed into a field	Assigns the frame rate of the video stream	Frame rate (fps)	25	Depends on the capabilities of the camera
55	Codec dropdown list**	Selected from a list	Assigns the technology to be used to encode and decode the video stream	List of supported codecs	Depends on the camera model	Depends on the camera model.
56	Key frame rate spinbox**	Typed into a field	Assigns the key frames rate.	Set of natural numbers	8	Depends on the capabilities of the camera
57	Video quality slider**	Moving it to a position	Assigns the frame quality	-	Maximum	Min – maximum compression and minimum video quality Max – minimum compression and maximum video quality
58	Lock disabling streams not in use checkbox	Setting a checkbox	This checkbox is to be set checked if the purpose is not specified for the configured stream but is is in use for recording on command or script.	Boolean	No	Yes – if the stream value is not selected, then the stream is in the sleep mode and it cannot be in use for recording on command or script. No – if the stream purpose is not selected, then it can be in use for recording on command or script.
59	IP field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the IP address from which the client will receive the video data from the ONVIF Server in the Multicast mode.	IP address	224.0.0.10	224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255
60	Port field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the port for transmitting the video data in the Multicast mode.	Numbers	Depends on the number of cameras and streams in the system	Any valid unused port numbers. The number of ports is determined by the system administrator.

*Name of the interface element is not shown on the setting panel

**Equivalent settings on the Basic Settings and Advanced settings tabs, as well as on the settings panel of the Video Capture Device object, are ignored.

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Documentation for Intellect 4.11.0-4.11.3. Documentation for other versions of Intellect is available too.