|
|
|
Configure Cameras Location: Button in the Monitoring Control Window This is main place to configure individual cameras. To enable cameras, set motion detection, alarms, detection regions, scanning, and individual camera brightness and contrast. There are also some global settings. Number Pad in the Monitoring Control Window The Number Pad consists of eleven buttons with numbers on them displayed in the Monitoring Control Window. The number pad in the Monitoring Control Window has two functions (1) Configure Cameras and (2) Switch Cameras. Select which function you want the number pad to have by placing a check mark beside the number 10 button - the current function of the number pad is displayed in text above the number pad. Configure Cameras allows you to configure each camera. Switch Cameras will just switch camera inputs displayed in the main Sx Camera Window. Configure Cameras Remove the check mark beside the number 10 button, and click on the number button of the camera you want to configure - a Camera Configuration dialog window will popup. Camera Configuration Enable Camera Place check mark beside this item to enable the camera. The enabled camera will be used for monitoring, recording, and streaming, otherwise it will not be used. Always disable cameras which are not plugged in. Scan Scan is used in Monitor Mode only. It controls how fast the video switches from camera to camera. Scan works by cycling through the cameras one at a time in sequence looking for motion detection in each camera. The Video Surveillance WebCam Software switches between enable cameras in sequence when in Monitor Mode. Min Frames Controls how quick the Video Surveillance WebCam Software switches between cameras in Monitor Mode. It is the number of frames of video to display for this camera before it switches to the next camera in the scan sequence, if there is no motion detected on this camera. Typical value is 5. Max Frames Specifies how many frames of video to display and record if motion is detected on this camera before switching to the next camera in the scan sequence. If motion stops in front of the camera before the number of Max Frames is reached, the Video Surveillance WebCam Software switches to the next camera in the scan sequence immediately. Typical value is 15. The value of Max Frames must always be larger than the Min Frames value. Note: Min Frames and Max Frames control the Dwell Time. Dwell Time is how many frames of video are displayed for each camera in the Camera or Sx Window after a switch camera has occurred. Dwell Time is applicable to Monitor Mode only. They control how long a camera is displayed in the Sx Camera Window while Monitoring. They are not used in Record Mode. Not to be confused with Switching Speed ie how many frames are dropped when switching from one camera to the next. Motion Detection Motion detection is only available in Monitor Mode. The motion detected from a camera is displayed in the Motion Detection Window as bunch of white dots on a black background. In the Camera Window, motion detected is indicated by a red rectangle. A Motion Detection Region is displayed as a blue rectangle in the Motion Detection Window and as a red rectangle in the Camera Window. The Motion Detection Window and the Camera Window are only displayed when the program is monitoring in Monitor Mode. Sensitivity Controls how sensitive to motion detection you want the Video Surveillance WebCam Software to be. It is defined as the per cent of white dots in a region of the Motion Detection Window. Values can range for 0 to 100%. The smaller the value the more sensitive, the higher the value the less sensitive. Example a value of 0.1 means that if 1/10 of one per cent of the pixels in the motion detection region are white, then Video Surveillance WebCam Software will record the video. A value of 100 means that all the pixels in the motion detection region must be white in order for the Video Surveillance WebCam Software to record video. Typical value is 1 or 0.1 Noise Filter Filters out white motion detection dots in the Motion Detection Window. Typical value is 100. The higher the value the more white dots are filtered out. The lower the value the less white dots are filtered out. Good filtering out random white noise which can lead to false motion detection and recording. For example if there is nothing moving in front of the camera and you have white dots dancing around in the Motion Detection Window, then filter them out by increasing the Noise Filter value. But then make sure that when objects move in front of the camera that motion is still detected as well. Random white dots can happen from cameras when their not enough light for the camera, or camera is CMOS type. Motion Detection Region You can define a Motion Detection Region in the video image. So any motion detected in the region will record video or issue alarms, while any motion outside the Motion Detection Region will be ignored. To define a Motion Detection Region
Use All of Image Alternatively you can click on the Use All of Image button in the Camera Configuration dialog, so the Motion Detection Region is defined as the whole image. Alarm One can set alarms on a per camera basis. Place a check mark beside the alarm you would like to use for the particular camera. Alarms apply only to Monitor Mode, not Record Mode or Stream Mode. Alarms are checked every x number of seconds (Alarm Polling Time), for the number of video frames which had motion detected in them . If the number of frames which have motion detected in them, is greater or less than a specified value called Frames for Alarm, then an Alarm Condition is set for that camera and an alarm is issued. Alarm Polling Time is how often the Video Surveillance WebCam Software checks for alarm conditions on cameras. You can set the Alarm Polling Time parameter. Typical value is 30 to 60 seconds. Frames for Alarm is the total number of video frames with motion detected in them within the Polling Time needed to raise an alarm condition on this camera which will then trigger an email or sound alarm. If Use No Motion Detection is enabled then Frames for Alarm means, that if the total number of video frames with motion detected in them is less than the Frames for Alarm value within the Polling Time, then an alarm condition is raised on this camera which will trigger an email or sound alarm. Typical value for Frames for Alarm is 8 to 30. Use Email Alarm Enables use of an email alarm for this camera. That is if an alarm condition is detected on this camera it will be included in the email along with other alarms. See Email Alarm settings for more options. Use Sound Alarm Enables the playing of a sound alarm for this camera, if an alarm condition is detected on this camera. See Sound Alarm Settings for more options. Use No Motion Detection If no motion is detected an alarm can be issued. That is if there are video frames with motion detected in them which are less than the Frames for Alarm value with the given Polling Time, then an email or sound alarm can be issued. If this item is checked then Use Sound or Email alarm must also be checked for an alarm to be issued. Do not use for life monitoring applications, since reliability is not guaranteed. The No Motion Detection software feature is not available in some software versions of this program. If the this feature is grayed out and not selectable - it is not available for use. Use Detection Sound If checked will issue a sound through the computer speakers whenever motion is detected on this camera. It is different form the email and sound alarm in that it does not depend on an Alarm Polling Time. Rather it emits a sound immediately as motion is detected on that camera. See Sound Alarm Settings for more options. Is different and not the same as the Sound Detection feature. Effected by Arm/Disarm command. Camera Brightness button pops a dialog window which allows you set or change the brightness or contrast for an individual camera. Therefore the Video Surveillance WebCam Software can change the brightness and contrast of each camera as it monitors or records. Good if one of your cameras is in a dark place and you want to brighten up its image, without brightening up the other cameras which already are in a well lit area. This feature is operable only if the selected Hardware Type has a PCI card with a Conexant chip on it. And if there is a check mark beside Separate Camera Brightness, under menu item Global Settings. Otherwise it is grayed out.
After you change any of the above settings, and if you want to keep these settings, then do Save Configuration.
|
|
Video Surveillance WebCam Software by FG Engineering |