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You can select several cameras at once and edit their parameters to display them in the Monitorinterface box window.

To select video cameras in bulk, do the following:

  1. Go to the settings panel
  2. for
  3. of the Monitor interface object.
  4. Click the Range button in
  5. In the List of cameras tab
  6. (1)
  7. , click the Range button.
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    As a result, the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  8. dialog box is displayed
  9. window opens.
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  10. Select the required cameras in the left list of the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  11. box (1)
  12. window.
  13. Move the selected cameras to the right list by clicking the Image Modified

  14.  button (2)
  15. button.

    Info
    titleNote

    The right list is the list of cameras selected for displaying in the Monitor

  16. interface box
  17. window.
    The Image Modified

  18.  button
  19. button is used for inverse action

  20. , i.e.
  21. , that is, for moving the selected video cameras from the right list to the left one

  22. (2)
  23. .

    In both lists, you can change the sorting by clicking

  24. on
  25. the column names to make it easier to find the required cameras and their settings.

    As a result, the selected cameras
  26. will be
  27. are displayed in the list on the right of the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  28. box (3)
  29. window.
  30. If it is necessary, select the names of required cameras in the right list for

  31. complex
  32. bulk editing of their parameters

  33. (3)
  34. .

    Note
    titleAttention!
    The same parameters will be set for all selected cameras.
  35. To
  36. In the fps drop-down list, select the required frame rate of a video signal to enable decimation of a video signal for transmitting to the Monitor of the

  37. Client, select the required frame rate of a video signal in the fps drop-down list (4)discouraged to set additional grooming
  38. client.

    Note
    titleAttention!
  39. It is strongly
  40. We strongly discourage you from setting additional decimation and/or compression for video signals displayed on the

  41. Server
  42. server Monitor

  43. :
  44. , as this

  45. will result
  46. results in unnecessary consumption of the

  47. Server
  48. server resources while the video image quality deteriorates.

    Info
    titleNote
    The selected fps value must be less than the frame rate of the video signal digitized by the video capture device. Otherwise, the frame rate of the video signal
  49. will be
  50. is equal to the frame rate of the digitization.
  51. The fps, Compression, Gate, Backup archive and Gateway for backup archive settings are in
  52. All settings described below belong to the Common data for elements selected on the right group.
    For correct
  53. grooming
  54. decimation of a video stream compressed with the help of H.264 or MPEG4 codecs, the fps value
  55. is to
  56. must be equal to the keyframe rate specified in the device (IP
  57. -
  58. camera) or Axxon PSIM settings (see Configuring video compression
  59. section
  60. ).
  61. If the video compression level

  62. is to
  63. must be changed for transmitting to the Monitor of the

  64. Client
  65. client, select the required level of video signal compression

  66. in the
  67. from the Compression drop-down list

  68. of the Compression column (5). Compression
  69. . The compression level is increased from 0 (no compression) to 5 (maximum compression).

  70.   
  71. Info
    titleNote

    If the compression level is set for the

  72. Client
  73. client, a video signal on the

  74. Server is to
  75. server must be

  76. preliminary
  77. decompressed

  78. , that results in a great load increase on CPU of the Server
  79. beforehand, which leads to a significant increase in the load on the server CPU.

  80. If the Monitor
  81. is to
  82. must receive live and archive video from the selected cameras via the Gate object, then select the name of this object
  83. in
  84. from the Gate drop-down list
  85. (6)
  86. .
  87. To enable smart search in the archive of the selected cameras, select the VMDA metadata storage object corresponding to the VMDA
  88. trajectories
  89. tracks database
  90. intended to use
  91. for smart search from
  92. the
  93. the VMDA metadata storage drop-down list
  94. (7).
  95. .
  96. From the Hardware accelerated decoding drop-down list, select Do not change (default value, hardware acceleration specified for each camera is used), CPU decoder (blank value), Nvidia decoder, or Intel Quick Sync. Selecting a hardware decoder increases the load on the corresponding CPU.
  97. If necessary, select the required macro from the Macro1 and Macro2 drop-down lists (the default value is Do not change). Later you can run these macros from the camera menu in the Surveillance window (see Running macros from surveillance window)
  98. If a video archive from the selected camera
  99. is to
  100. must be transmitted to the Monitor from the Backup archive object, then select the name of this object
  101. in
  102. from the Backup archive drop-down list
  103. (8)
  104. .
  105. If the transmission from the Backup archive object is performed via the Gate object, then select the name of this object
  106. in
  107. from the Gateway for backup archive drop-down list
  108. (9)
  109. .
  110. If cameras are used to view video archive from external storage, set the Setup edge storage
  111. check box (10)
  112. checkbox. As a result, for each selected camera, the external storage available to it will be applied.
  113. By default, the
  114. Video Surveillance
  115. Monitor receives a video stream through the
  116. Server
  117. server. If it is necessary to get the video stream not through a
  118. Server,
  119. server but from cameras directly,
  120. in the
  121. from the Connection drop-down list, select Direct
  122. (11)
  123. .
  124. To save the
  125. set
  126. specified parameters, click
  127. the
  128. the Set for cameras selected on the right button
  129. (12)
  130. .
    As a result
  131. set
  132. , the specified parameters will be displayed in the list on the right of
  133. the
  134. the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  135. box (3)
  136. window.
  137. Repeat steps
  138. 6
  139. 5-
  140. 12
  141. 15 for
  142. complex
  143. bulk editing of all required cameras.
  144. To save
  145. all
  146. the changes and close
  147. the
  148. the Add/Edit Camera Objects
  149. box
  150. window, click
  151. the
  152. the Apply changes and close button
  153. (13)
  154. .
  155. Set
  156. Specified camera settings will be displayed in
  157. the
  158. the List table on the settings panel of the Monitor object
  159. (2)
  160. .
  161. To save
  162. all
  163. the changes, click the Apply button
  164. (3)
  165. .

Video cameras are now selected in bulkBulk selection of cameras is complete.