The settings panel of the Video capture device object

1

Identification number*

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

Name*

Enter the value in the field

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

Latin, Cyrillic letters, 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

Disable

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 in use

Clear—the Video capture device object is enabled and is in use

4

Computer 

Select a value from the list

Sets the Computer parent object for this Video capture device object

Name 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

Type

Select a value from the list

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

Name 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

The Basic settings group

8

PCI channel 

Select a value from the list

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

List of connected channels for video capture

NA

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

9

Signal

Select a value from the list

Sets the format of the incoming video signal

List of video signal formats

PAL

PAL, NTSC

10

Resolution

Select a value from the list

Sets resolution of the video frames

List of video frame resolutions

Standard

• Standard;
• High;
• Full.

Specific values depend on the camera model

11

Speed

Set in the required 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

12

IP address

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

13

Port 

Enter the value in the field

Sets the connection port of the network IP device

Nonnegative 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

15

Name

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

16

Password

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

17

Activate watchdog 

Set the checkbox

Activates the Windows reset function when Axxon PSIM main modules freeze

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the reset function of Windows OS is enabled

Clear—the reset function of Windows OS is disabled

18

Use device settings

Set the checkbox

Allows using the settings specified in the Web-Server or other software of the IP device

Boolean type

Clear

Note. When creating 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