The settings panel of the Video capture device object

The settings panel of the Video capture device system object is shown in the figure.

The table describes the setting parameters of the Video capture device system object.

№	Parameter	Method for setting the parameter value	Parameter description	Representation	Default value	Value range
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
The IP device group
6	The Model drop-down list	Select a value from the list	Sets the model of the IP device	Names of the models of the IP devices	NA	Integrated models of the IP devices of the selected manufacturer
7	The Firmware drop-down list	Select a value from the list	Sets the firmware of the IP device	Numbers of the integrated firmwares of the IP device	NA	Integrated firmware of the selected IP device
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
10	The RTSP field	Enter the value in the field	Sets the RTSP connection port of the network IP device	Non-negative integer	NA	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
The Video capture card group
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
Out of the group
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

*Name of the element isn't displayed in the settings panel of the given object

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