1

The Identification number*
field

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Video capture device system object

Sequence of numbers

NA

From 1 to 2147483647.

Depends on the number of the Video capture device objects in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture

2

The Name*
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Video capture device object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture

Latin alphabet, Cyrillic, digits and service characters

Video capture device

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters except > and < characters), case-insensitive.

Number of characters—from 1 to 60

3

The Disable
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Disables the Video capture device object in the video surveillance system with distributed architecture

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Video capture device object is disabled and isn't used

Clear—the Video capture device object is enabled and used

4

The Computer
drop-down list 

Select a value from the list

Sets the Computer parent object for the given Video capture device object

Names of the Computer objects registered in the system

Name of the Computer parent object

Depends on the number of the Computer objects in the system

5

The Type
drop-down list 

Select a value from the list

Sets the type of the video capture board or the manufacturer of the IP device

Names of the types of the video capture boards and the manufacturers of the IP devices

NA

• Video capture boards (FS-3, FS-5, FS-6, FS-8, WS–4, WS-7/17, and so on);
• Network video hubs (WaveHub);
• Network devices (Axis, Panasonic, and others);
• Virtual, Virtual bench

8

The IP address
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the IP address of the network device

IP address

NA

A line presented as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx contains the values from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 and depends on the network settings of the IP devices registered in the system.

When you get live video from the ECHD server, specify the following line in the field <ECHD server address>:<GUID cameras in the system>:<external account>

9

The Port
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the connection port of the network IP device

Non-negative integer

NA

From 0 to 65535.

Depends on the network settings of the IP device

From 0 to 65535.

Depends on the network settings of the IP device

11

The Name
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the user name to connect to the network IP device

NA

NA

Depends on the network settings of the IP device

12

The Password
field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the password to connect to the network IP device

NA

NA

Depends on the network settings of the IP device

13

The Use device settings
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Allows using the settings specified in the web server or other software of the IP device

Boolean type

Clear.

Note. When you create the Video capture device object using the Camera discovery tool, the value of the checkbox depends on the settings configured in the discovery tool

Set—the settings of the IP device are used

Clear—the settings of Axxon PSIM are used

14

The PCI channel
drop-down list

Select a value from the list

Sets the number of the PCI channel of the ADC video capture board

List of connected channels for video capture

NA

From 0 to 31, depending on the number of the PCI channels on the server and on the number of the installed ADCs

15

The Signal
drop-down list

Select a value from the list

Sets the format of the incoming video signal

List of video signal formats

PAL

PAL, NTSC

16

The Resolution
drop-down list

Select a value from the list

Sets the resolution of the video frame

List of video frame resolutions

Standard

• Standard;
• High;
• Full.

Specific values depend on the camera model

17

The Rate
slider

Set in the position

Sets the frame rate of the video stream

Permissible changes of the total frame rate of the video signal transmission

Average

Depends on the capabilities of the IP camera or video capture board. For boards with software compression:

• Max—maximum permissible total frame rate of the video signals;
• Average—half of the maximum permissible total frame rate of the video signals;
• Min—one-third of the maximum permissible total frame rate of the video signals

18

The Activate watchdog
checkbox

Set the checkbox

Activates the Windows reset function when Axxon PSIM main modules freeze

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the reset function of the Windows OS is enabled

Clear—the reset function of the Windows OS is disabled