Parameters of cameras can be bulk selected and edited for displaying on the Web-server home page.

Bulk select cameras as follows:

1. Go to the settings panel of the Web-server object.
2. Click the Range button in the List of cameras tab (1).
   
3. As a result the Add/Edit cameras dialog box appears.
   
4. Select required cameras in the list on the left of the Add/Edit cameras dialog box (1).

5. Move selected cameras to the list on the right by clicking the button (2).

   The list on the right is the list cameras selected to stream video via Web-server.   The button performs reverse action, i.e. it is used to move selected cameras from the right list to the left one (2).

   
   

6. As a result, selected cameras are displayed in the list on the right of the Add/Edit cameras dialog box (3).

7. If necessary, select names of required cameras in the list on the right to bulk edit the parameters (4).

   The same parameter values will be set for all selected cameras.

   
   

8. In the Live video dropdown list select the source of live video to be displayed in the Web-server interface (4). If the Server value is selected, then video will be received from the Server on which the corresponding Camera object is created. If the Videogate value is selected, then video will be received from the corresponding videogate and the camera is to be configured in the corresponding Videogate – see Selecting and configuring the cameras for the Videogate module.

9. By default the compression level of video sent to the monitor of the Web-server module is the same as one before storing video on disk or transmitting it over network (an empty value is selected in the Compression dropdown list). To change the video compression level select the required compression level (from 1 to 5) in the Compression dropdown list. 1 is the minimum compression level and 5 is the maximum compression level (5).

   The video compression level parameter is inversely related to the Quality parameter specified in the Camera settings. Video compression level increase reduces traffic when connecting the Client to Web-server. However, if the video compression level is set video must be recompressed on the Server – it results in significant increase of Server CPU load. The compression level is selected empirically.

   
   

10. In the Archive dropdown list select the source of archive video to be displayed in the Web-server interface (6). If the Server value is selected, then archive video will be received from the Server on which the corresponding Camera object is created. If the Videogate or Backup archive value is selected, then video will be received from the corresponding videogate or backup archive and the camera is to be configured in the corresponding Videogate or Backup archive.
11. By default camera control (including PTZ control, arm/disarm and store to archive control) is enabled according to user rights. To disable camera control select the Disable value in the Control dropdown list (7). As a result camera control in the Web-server interface will be forbidden regardless user rights.
12. To save specified parameters click the Set for cameras selected on the right button (8).
13. As a result the specified parameters are displayed in the list on the right of the Add/Edit cameras dialog box (3).
14. Repeat steps 4-13 to bulk edit all required cameras.
15. To save the changes and close the Add/Edit cameras dialog box click the Apply changes and close button (9).
16. The specified camera settings will be displayed in the List table on the settings panel of the Web-server object (2).
17. To save the changes click the Apply button (3).

Cameras are now bulk selected.