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The Button object is a child object of the Camera object and is used to display a button on top of the video image received from the parent camera. This page describes how to configure the appearance of a button, as well as how to choose the action that will occur occurs when you click the button.

The button display in the Video button display in the video surveillance monitor  must must be enabled beforehand. If no Button objects are object is created in the system, they are not a button isn't displayed.

To configure the Button object, do the following:

1. Go to the Hardware tab of the System settings
 dialog
2. window
(1)
3. .
4. Create the Button object on the basis of the Camera
 object (2)
5. object.
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6. Configure the position and display of the button in
the Surveillance
7. the surveillance window:
   1. The position of the top left corner of the button is set by the X and Y fields (
3
8. 1. 1). X
 is
9. 1. is the horizontal indent from the left border as a percentage,
 
10. 1. and Y is the vertical indent from the top border as a percentage. For example, if you set 50 and 50, then the left top corner of the button will be in the middle of the
 Surveillance
11. 1. surveillance window.
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    2. In
the Width and Height fields (4
12. 1. the Width and Height fields (2), set the size of the button as a percentage of the size of the
Surveillance
13. 1. surveillance window.
    2. Set
the 
14. 1. the Rotation angle
 
15. 1. (3) of the button in degrees from -180 to 180. By default, it is assumed that the button isn't rotated, the angle is zero
(5)
16. 1. .

    2. Set

the 

17. 1. the Transparency level

 of

18. 1.  of the button as a percentage (

6

19. 1. 4). The feature of this setting: the real transparency is displayed in the preview area (

7

20. 1. 5) only when transparency is being edited with the slider. The rest of the time, the

Button

21. 1. button is completely opaque during configuration.
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       You can configure the size and position of the button not only by entering values but also manually. To do this, in the preview area, after clicking the button, you can:

drag

22. 1. Drag the button with the mouse

;

23. 1. .

stretch

24. 1. Stretch or shrink the button and rotate it, using the green anchor points on its perimeter. You can fine-tune the button size and rotation angle manually: when Shift is pressed and when you drag the green circle with the mouse, the button changes only its size. When Ctrl is pressed, the button changes only its angle. When you press Shift+Ctrl

are pressed

25. 1. , the button doesn't change.

    2. Set

the 

26. 1. the Drawing order

 of

27. 1.  of the configured button in the corresponding field if several Button objects are created for

one 

28. 1. one Camera object (

8

29. 1. 6). The setting determines the order in which the buttons are drawn in the

Surveillance

30. 1. surveillance window.

31. Select the
 Button action—what will happen when the Operator clicks the button in the Video surveillance monitor (9)
32. appearance of the button (7):
    1. Click the Image button.
    2. Select the shape of the button in the Select image for button window.
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    3. From the Color drop-down list, select the color of the button (for the Clicker button type only).
33. Select button type (8):
    1. Clicker.
    2. Radio button.
34. Select the Button action (9)—what happens when the operator clicks the button in the video surveillance monitor:
    1. Switch between the video images of the cameras. The cameras that are controlled by the button must be added to the Monitor window (
see 
35. 1. see Selecting and configuring video cameras), otherwise, you won’t be able to switch between the video images when you click the button.
    2. Execute macros. You must create macros beforehand (see Creating and using macros).
    3. No action.
From the Parameters drop-down list (10), select a specific action that is performed when you click the button. Possible
36. Select the button parameters (10):
    1. The Pressed drop-down list—possible values are determined by the action that you selected in the previous step: it can be both available macros and the list of cameras between which you can switch.
If
37. 1. The Released drop-down list (active only if you select the Radio button button type)—available macros.
38. On the Advanced settings tab, if necessary, set
the 
39. the Button label
 in
40.  in the corresponding field (11). To display a default label for the
button depending
41. button depending on the selected action, click
the 
42. the Default
 button
43.  button (12). In this case, the label will contain the name of the camera, macro, or current object.
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    In the interface of the

 Video

44. video surveillance monitor

 interface

45. , the label is displayed only as a tooltip when you hover the cursor over the button.

46. Click the
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47. Apply button.

As a result, the Monitor will the monitor will display the button on top of the video image received from the camera, on  on the basis of which this button was button was created.

You can configure the mode of displaying the button in the Video the video surveillance monitor using the parameter of the AllowHideActionButtons parameter key of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\AxxonSoft\Axxon PSIM\Video registry key. To always display a button, set AllowHideActionButtons=0 (see Registry keys reference guide. For the information on working with the registry, see see Working with Windows OS registry).

Configuring a button to display in the Video video surveillance monitoris complete.