Settings screen

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Settings screen

Split display settings screen

Layout setting screen

 

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1

Group Name

 

Select the target group. You can change the name by directly editing it.

Click the Add button to add a new group, or click the Delete button to delete the selected group.

2

Hide the group on the left

If you check this box, you can hide the group from the group selection combo box on the split screen. Use this when you want to hide a group temporarily.

3

margin

 

You can set the margins of the split screen display frame in pixels.

4

Title Bar

 

This is the common setting for the title bar of each display frame in the selected group. You can choose from the following:

 

Do not display

Hides the title bar.

Always visible

It is always displayed at the top of the display frame.

Always overlap

It is always displayed inside the display frame.

Overlay on hover

It will be displayed inside the display frame only when you hover the mouse over it.

 

5

Total number of lines

 

Specify the number of lines to display for the group. The default setting allows you to specify up to 10 lines.

 

6

Total number of columns

 

Specify the number of columns to split the group into. The default setting allows you to specify up to 10 columns.

7

Merge Column Count

 

Specifies the number of columns to merge down, starting from the currently selected frame.

 

8

Merge Row Count

 

Specifies the number of rows to the right of the currently selected frame.

 

9

Clear button

 

Initializes the settings of each display frame.

10

Split display area

 

Set the layout of the split display area. Clicking a display frame that has nothing assigned to it will display the Display List dialog, where you can select a screen or camera from the list.

You can also specify the display position of the equipment by dragging and dropping. If you drop it on a location where equipment is already set, the display position will be swapped with the original selection only if the display frames are the same size.

Clicking the display frame selection button "..." will pop up the "Display List Dialog" and allow you to change the display settings from the screen.

Clicking the Delete button (x) of a display frame will remove the display target assigned to that display frame.

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Application/

keep/
Cancel

 

Apply

 

Saves the current edits and applies them to the system, while keeping the configuration screen visible.

keep

 

Saves the current edits and closes the settings screen.

cancel

 

Closes the current edited content without saving it. Note that you cannot cancel the changes by going back to the settings before clicking the Apply button.

 

 

 

Display List Dialog

 

Select the screen or camera to display in the split screen frame. You can switch between "Form Selection" and "Camera Selection" using the tabs at the top of the screen.

 

(Display List/Form Selection)

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Synchronized Playback

 

Set whether or not the screen assigned to the display frame is subject to synchronous playback. For example, in a function that displays history by specifying a date and time, such as a trend graph screen, the same date and time will be displayed during synchronous playback in a split display. Note that this setting will be ignored for screens that are not related to synchronous playback, such as graphic screens.

 

2

Title Bar

 

This is the title bar setting for the currently selected display frame. You can choose from the following:

 

Defaults

Follow the group settings.

Do not display

Hides the title bar.

Always visible

It is always displayed at the top of the display frame.

Always overlap

It is always displayed inside the display frame.

Overlay on hover

It will be displayed inside the display frame only when you hover the mouse over it.

 

3

Target screen

 

Select the screen to be displayed in the display frame from the combo box. The combo box displays a list of screens that can be added to the menu.

 

hint

To add a custom form to a split view, the form's "MenuCandidate" property must be set to True. For more information, see "Adding a form to a standard project".

 

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stretch

 

This is the stretching setting when displaying in the display frame. You can choose from the following:

 

Follow the form specifications

It is displayed according to the setting in the Stretch property of the called form.

Stretch proportionally

Displays the stretch mode as "STRETCH_FULL".

Stretch equally [Keep aspect ratio]

Displays the stretch mode as "STRETCH_KEEPRATE".

Adjust the layout

Displays the stretch mode as "RESIZE_FULL".

Adjust layout [Keep aspect ratio]

Displays the stretch mode as "RESIZE_KEEPRATE".

 

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For more information about stretch mode, see "About Form Stretch Mode".

 

5

Call parameters when the screen is opened

You can specify parameters for screens that have open parameters, such as screen libraries.

For information on open parameters, see "About open parameters in the screen library".

 

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OK/
Cancel

 

OK

 

Assigns the currently selected screen to the display frame and closes the screen.

cancel

 

Closes the current edits without saving.

 

 

 

(Display list/Camera selection)

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1

Synchronized Playback

Set whether or not to target the camera assigned to the display frame for synchronous playback. When synchronous playback is enabled, the video of the same date and time will be targeted for synchronous playback on the split display screen.

 

2

Title Bar

 

This is the title bar setting for the currently selected window. You can choose from the following:

 

Defaults

Follow the group settings.

Do not display

Hides the title bar.

Always visible

It is always displayed at the top of the display frame.

Always overlap

It is always displayed inside the display frame.

Overlay on hover

It will be displayed inside the display frame only when you hover the mouse over it.

 

3

FullSelect

 

Clicking this button will select the check marks for all cameras in the camera list at once.

4

Up and down buttons

 

Edit the display order of cameras in the list. Move the camera in the currently focused row up or down one row.

5

Settings button

 

Click this button to call up the camera registration. For details on how to register a camera, please refer to "Camera Registration" in the Surveillance System Construction Guide.

 

6

Camera List

 

The cameras registered in the above camera registration will be displayed in a list. If you check the "Select" column and click the OK button, the camera will be assigned to the corresponding display frame in the split display. If you check multiple rows and click the OK button, the cameras will be assigned to multiple display frames in a batch, starting from the currently selected display frame and moving downwards to the right.

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OK/
Cancel

 

OK

 

Assigns the currently selected camera to the display frame and closes the screen.

cancel

 

Closes the current edits without saving.