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Camera - General
- Activate or deactivate the camera.
- If necessary, alter the Name of the camera.
- If necessary, change the Camera ID and adapt the ID of the associated camera to the hardware. The camera ID is only required for some camera controllers.
- Select the Camera type:
- Camera: The camera is used with or without the PTZ control functions, depending on the camera type.
- External PTZ: If the camera does not have its own PTZ control unit, you can divert the control signals of an encoder to another camera with a connected PTZ control unit. A separate RS-485 port of the encoder is required for each diversion.
- To change the camera type, click Open converter (see Converting a camera).
- Select a Custom icon for the camera (see Managing sound and icon files with Custom Media)
- If the camera was not mounted upright, you can use the Rotate image function. You can rotate the image in 90° steps (90°, 180°, 270°). Some rotation angles are only available for specific camera models.
- Select Control camera (available for PTZ cameras only ) if you are configuring a PTZ camera or a control unit in order to give the user the option of controlling the camera in surveillance mode.
- Specify the PTZ sensitivity (available for PTZ cameras only ) of the camera control.
- Select the camera position (available for PTZ cameras only ) to give the user the option of defining and using the preset camera positions in surveillance mode.
- Select Invert PTZ control (available for PTZ cameras only ) to correctly control cameras that are mounted upside down.
- Make a selection for Action in the case of inactivity to specify which action is to be performed if a PTZ camera is not controlled. The selected action is displayed.
- Specify for Timeout (s) in seconds the time after which the action is to be performed if the PTZ-camera is inactive.
- Make entries for Action at start of video stream and Action when the video stream stops.
The selected actions are displayed.
- The Action at the start of the video stream is triggered if a user has the camera in surveillance mode in the foreground, i.e. is viewing the current live image of that camera.
- The Action when the video stream stops is triggered if the current camera is closed or a different layer is moved to the foreground.
- Select the Action in the case of network error to specify an action if the camera is inactive due to network error. The selected action is displayed.
- Define a Dead time (s) in seconds for the selected action in which a network error will not trigger the action again.
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