The settings panel of the Video subsystem section

1

The Ring field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the value of the remaining disc space upon reaching which the old recordings are deleted on loop (see General information on video archiving). If you use two or more discs for the video archive recording, the current disc keeps recording until the FreeMbCritical of free disc space is left (1000 MB by default, see this key in Registry keys reference guide).

The free space set by the Ring parameter is used for recording temporary files. This means that when you reach the limit set by the Ring parameter, the maximum size of the temporary file is Ring (the FreeMb registry key). The video that is received from such a temporary file can contain fewer frames than set by the Frame count parameter.

Note. The removal of old recordings cas start before the remaining disk space reaches the specified value if the disk space is less than 15000

MB

5000

Depends on the hard disk space

2

The Frame count field

Enter the value in the field

Sets the maximum number of frames in one recording file

Frame

1500

Ftom 1500 to 10000.

We don't recommend changing the default value

3

The Recording time field

Enter the value in the field/select the value from the list

Sets the length of the file in seconds, restricting the fragment’s size not by the number of frames, but by the time of its recording

Time in seconds

0

Unlimited

4

The Restart recording on entering the archive field

Enter the value in the field/select the value from the list

Enables the restart of recording on entering the archive

Integer numbers

-1

0—the fragment that is recorded at the moment of entering the archive is forcibly stopped, and the new one starts. As a result, the user who enters the archive sees the freeze frame on the screen corresponding to the moment of entry.

>0—the recording is restarted when you enter the archive, while the positioning in the archive is performed with a shift back to the specified value in seconds

-1—recording isn't stopped at the moment of entering the archive

5

The Rebuild index button

Click the button

Deletes the file that stores recording indexes. After you delete the file using the Rebuild index button, you must restart Axxon PSIM and create a new file with updated recording indexes

NA

NA

NA

6

The Priority drop-down list

Select the value from the list

Sets the execution priority of all Axxon PSIM processes

Names of priority processes

Normal

• Realtime, 
• High,
• Above normal,
• Normal,
• Below normal,
• Low

7

The Use virtual grabber checkbox

Set the checkbox

Provides access to the virtual video capture device settings in Axxon PSIM.

Note. You must enable Desktop Experience Feature when using the virtual video capture device on server OS and files of the avi format

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Virtual and Virtual bench values are available from the Type drop-down list on the settings panel of the Video capture device objects

Clear—the Virtual and Virtual bench values aren't available for the Video capture device objects

8

The Hide mask checkbox

Set the checkbox

Forbids the display of the video hidden by the mask of the motion detector on the screen. The video area marked by the motion detector mask is hidden by the grey color. This feature works only on the uncompressed video received from the FS or FX local video capture cards

Boolean type

Set—video hidden by the mask video isn't displayed

Clear—video hidden by the mask is displayed

Set—when you export a frame, the caption size is scaled depending on the video resolution

Clear—when you export a frame, regardless of the video resolution, the caption size remains constant set by the SubtitlesFontSize registry key, see the Registry keys reference guide

Set—by double-left-clicking, the surveillance window is expanded gradually: the first double-click expands it two times greater than the initial size, the second double-click expands it three times greater than the initial size, and so on. The surveillance windows adjacent to it are hidden on the layout

Clear—by double-left-clicking, the surveillance window is expanded to the entire video surveillance monitor

11

The Swap frame fields checkbox

Set the checkbox

Switches Axxon PSIM from basic to the additional driver if there are video artifacts when you use the basic driver

Boolean type

Clear

Set—Axxon PSIM operates with the additional driver

Clear—Axxon PSIM operates with the basic driver

12

Set the checkbox

Enables forcefully the Direct3D mode instead of DirectDraw 

Boolean type

Set

Set—the Direct3D mode is used instead of DirectDraw

Clear—the Direct3D mode isn't used instead of DirectDraw

The Pause playback at archive entry checkbox

Set the checkbox

The Pause button is clicked when you enter the archive

Boolean type

Clear

Set—the Pause button is clicked when you enter the archive; you can navigate through the archive using arrow keys

Clear—the Pause button isn't clicked when you enter the archive

14

The Step of digital zoom scale field

Enter the value in the field/select the value from the list

Sets the fractional step of the video digital zoom

Numbers with the fixed point

2.00

The maximum value depends on the maximum scale of the digital zoom (see 17).

Minimum value is 1.00

15

The Maximum ratio of digital zoom field

Enter the value in the field/select the value from the list

Specifies the maximum value of the video digital zoom

Sequence of numbers

16

From 1 to 16

16

The Cameras without video compression table 

Enter the value in the field

Sets the number of cameras connected to the video capture cards with program compression. There is no program compression for the specified cameras, that is, the compressor settings in Axxon PSIM are ignored

Camera serial number

NA

Depends on the number of cameras registered in the system