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Camera registration settings screen

The camera registration screen is broadly divided into "viewing" and "recording" settings.

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Viewing and recording settings can be changed from the menu on the left side of the settings screen.

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The "Camera Settings" section on the left has the same settings for both viewing and recording.

Camera settings (settings common to viewing and recording)

The "Camera Settings" settings are common to both viewing and recording.

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Camera Name

Register and edit camera names. You can register new camera names and delete camera names using the Add and Delete buttons. If a camera is already registered, select the camera to be edited from the combo box. You can also edit the camera name directly from the combo box.

Camera Type

Select the camera type.

Network Camera	Specify this if you are using a network camera.
Video files	Specify this for video files.
Image files	Specify this for image files.
Nekaroku	Specify this if you want to view the recording data of Nekaroku. For information on connecting to Nekaroku, please refer to "Integration with Mitsubishi Electric's "Nekaroku"" in the Surveillance System Construction Guide.

Connection information etc.

For network cameras

If the camera type is a network camera, specify the URL of the reference.

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In the case of Nekaroku

If the camera type is Necarok, specify the connection information with Necarok.

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IP address	Specify the IP address of the network record.
format	Select the video compression method to connect to Nekaroku. Choose either "mjpeg" or "liveget_h264".
Unit Number	Specify the unit number of the Nekaroku.
Camera Number	Specify the camera number assigned to the camera connected to the NECAROK.

For video or image files

If the camera type is a video file or image file, specify the file name to reference. When specifying a file, you can import the target file into the system resource folder and reference it in common. If you do not want to import it into the resource folder and reference it, specify the path directly using an absolute path or relative path.

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When to use the resource folder

To use a resource folder, click the Settings button to display a file selection dialog. In the dialog, you can select the desired file, import it into the resource folder, and set it to be referenced. Using a resource folder allows you to commonly reference files from each function.

(File selection dialog)

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When you specify a file in the file selection dialog, the file name will be displayed as follows:

server:\\server_data_cnf\resource\(file name)

"server:\\server_data_cnf" is the format that refers to the public folder set on the server side, and in the above example, the "resource" folder under the public folder is the referenced folder. In this format, the public folder name is specified after "\\", and the public folder "server_data_cnf" is used by default. If you want to use a different public folder, add a separate public folder to the server and specify the public folder name after "\\".

When specifying a direct path

If you do not want to use the resource folder, specify the path using an absolute path or a relative path as shown below. If you use a relative path, the folder in which the client configuration file (such as client.xml) is stored will be referenced relative to the current folder.

For absolute paths:

For relative paths:

Username

Specify the user name to log in to the network camera. If the user name is included in the URL parameter due to the camera specifications, there is no need to specify this parameter.

password

Specify the password above.

title

Specify the string to display as the video title.

subtitle

Specify the subtitle string. If you specify a subtitle, it will be displayed in parentheses at the end of the title string.

Viewing/Viewing Settings

Settings for video playback, volume, etc.

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Browse

Enable viewing of this camera.

How to play

Select the video playback method. This setting is only available when the camera type is "Video File", and is fixed to OpenCV for other types.

OpenCV(No Audio)	Select this if you want to use OpenCV.
DirechShow(Audio included)	Specify this when using DirectShow.

volume

Specifies the initial volume setting for video playback. Specify a value between 0.0 and 1.0. This setting is only valid when the playback method is DirectShow.

Play button centered

When this setting is enabled, the video play button will be displayed in the center of the video playback area.

Camera connection test

You can test whether you can actually connect to the camera with the current settings.

If the connection is successful, a pop-up video will appear.

(Example of camera test pop-up display)

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View/display/hide switch

This setting allows you to show or hide the video player controller, title, etc.

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Video Controller

This is the display setting for the video controller. The video controller is displayed at the bottom of the video display area.

No display	Hides the video controller.
View	The video controller is always displayed.
Overlapped display	In overlap mode, the video controller appears on mouse hover.

Display title on video

This is the display setting for the title on the video.

No display	The title will not be displayed on the video.
Top left	The title will be displayed in the top left corner of the video. It will only be displayed when the video is first displayed and when you hover the mouse over it.
Top right	The title will be displayed in the top right corner of the video. It will only be displayed when the video is first displayed and when you hover the mouse over it.
Top left (always displayed)	The title will always be displayed in the upper left corner of the video.
Top right (always displayed)	The title will always be displayed in the top right corner of the video.

Title Font

Set the font for the title displayed on the video.

Position Bar

Sets whether or not to display the position bar (playbar) at the top of the video controller.

reproduction

Sets whether or not to display the play icon on the video controller.

Settings button

Sets whether or not to display the settings icon on the video controller.

Playback position text

Set whether to display information about the current playback position (such as the time being played) on the video controller. The playback position text is only displayed when playing a recording or a video file.

Frame forward

Sets whether or not to display the frame advance icon on the video controller.

Frame Rewind

Sets whether or not to display the frame-reverse icon on the video controller.

Recording

Set whether or not to display the recording icon on the video controller.

Capture

Sets whether or not to display the capture icon on the video controller.

Volume Control

Set whether or not to display the volume control icon on the video controller.

download

Set whether to display the download icon on the video controller.

Recording Menu

Set whether to display the menu item for the recording function in the menu displayed by the setting icon. This menu item is displayed only when the playback method is OpenCV.

Download Menu

Set whether to display the menu item for the download function in the menu displayed by the setting icon. This menu item is displayed when the playback method is OpenCV and when recording and playback is in progress.

Recording/Recording Settings

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Record

Enables recording with this camera.

Recorder Name

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When registering a recorder, you can select the recorder to be assigned to the camera. When registering a new recorder, you can set the recorder name, the location where the recorded files will be saved, the viewing destination, etc.

Recorder Name

There is an important concept of "recorder" in the recording settings. For details about the concept of recorder, please refer to "About recorders and recorder terminals" in the Surveillance System Construction Guide.

comment

This is an optional comment.

Recording destination

Set the destination to save the recorded file. When you click the button, the following dialog box will appear.

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Save to the server PC

Save the recording file on the server PC. If you select this setting, the data will be saved to the Panel Server to which the Panel Browser is connected. The default format is as follows:

server:\\server_data_cnf\videorecorder

In the above, the "videorecorder" folder will be created under the folder defined in the public folder "server_data_cnf" and the recording data will be saved there.

In this format, specify the public folder name after "\\". If you want to use another public folder, add a separate public folder to the server and specify the public folder name after "\\".

Save to local PC

Save the recording file on the PC running Panel Browser.

The settings for the recording destination of the recorded files must be carefully set according to the actual operation. For ideas on the recorder's recording settings, please refer to "Video Recorder System Configuration and Operation" in the Surveillance System Construction Guide.

Transferring Recording Files

Check this box to transfer the recording file to the specified location. As with the recording destination setting, you can select the server PC side or the local PC side.

For the format when you select the server PC side, please refer to the description of "Recording destination" above.

Browse to

Set the viewing destination (reference destination) when playing back recorded files. As with the recording destination setting, you can select and set the server PC side or the local PC side. For example, you can set the recording destination as the local PC, set the NAS or File server drive as the file transfer destination, and set the viewing destination to refer to the same location as the transfer destination.

For the format when you select the server PC side, please refer to the description of "Recording destination" above.

OK/Clear/Cancel

Click OK to select the recorder to assign to the camera. Click Clear to clear the recorder assignment to the camera. Click Cancel to close without saving the settings.

File division unit

The file will be divided and saved at the specified time (minutes). You can select "1", "5", or "10" from the combo box. You can also double-click to edit the value directly.

overlay

By setting an overlay, you can overlay a lamp shape or any text on the video you are recording. Any string can be specified for the text, and it can also include tag values or the date and time of recording.

Clicking the Settings button to the right of the overlay will display the overlay settings dialog shown below.

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Trigger Lamp

Display the trigger lamp

Check this box to display a trigger lamp. A trigger is when the event conditions defined in the event specification of the recording settings are detected, and a lamp (circular shape) is displayed superimposed on the video when the conditions are met.

position

Lamp position and size. Specify the left, top, width and height of the rectangular area in which the lamp will be overlaid on the video, as a percentage of the video's display size.

color

Specifies the lamp display color in RGB format.

text

Assign an ID to the text settings to be displayed as an overlay. This ID is assigned to each camera's recording settings. By registering multiple IDs, you can define multiple text display frames. If multiple text IDs are registered, you can select the ID to edit from the combo box.

position

Position and size of the text frame. Specify the left, top, width, and height of the frame to overlay text on the video as a percentage of the video's display size.

Border Color

Specifies the border color of the text display frame in RGB format.

Border Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the border of the text display frame. Specify 0 to hide the border. Specify -1 to fill the inside of the frame with the border color.

Text justification

This is the text alignment setting. Specify left, right or center alignment horizontally, and top, bottom or center alignment vertically.

Text Color

Specifies the text display color in RGB format.

Font Name

Specifies the font for displaying text.

Font Height

Specifies the height of the text display as a percentage of the video display size.

Displayed only when triggered

Check this box to display the text only when a trigger is detected. A trigger is when the event condition defined in the event specification in the recording settings is detected.

Edit text formatting

You can directly edit the text display format from the edit box. The string entered here will be displayed as text. You can also break the text and display it on multiple lines.

The following buttons allow you to embed the following information at the cursor position (formatting enclosed in curly brackets {} as shown below will be replaced and displayed at runtime).

•Add Tag...Displays the tag selection dialog.

The tag selected in the dialog is added to the cursor position in the tag display format {tag path}. By defining it in this way, you can display the tag value embedded in the text.

•Add current time: Adds the format {} to display the current time.

•Add counter: Adds the format {} for displaying the counter value.

The counter starts at 0 and increments by one every frame.

Definition example)

Time:{} [{}]

TAG01:{U01.F01.TAG01}

TAG02:{U01.F01.TAG02}

maintenance

This setting is for automatically deleting video files.

Do not automatically delete	No automatic deletion will be performed.
Automatic deletion	Files older than the number of days specified in the retention period will be automatically deleted. If the recording file transfer setting is enabled, the video files at the transfer destination will also be automatically deleted.
Automatically delete (excluding forwarding destinations)	Files older than the number of days specified in the retention period will be automatically deleted. If the recording file transfer setting is enabled, the video files at the transfer destination will not be deleted.

Retention period

This is the number of days to store the data for the automatic deletion mentioned above. If you select "Do not automatically delete" in the maintenance settings, this setting will be ignored.

Output File Frame Rate

The frame rate of the video to be recorded (fps).Frames per second)For example, if you set it to 1 fps, it will record one frame per second. The minimum value that can be set for the recording fps is "0.5". If a value smaller than 0.5 is set, it will be recorded at 0.5 fps. The value specified for the recording fps should be adjusted based on the allowable file size and the performance of the camera itself (frame rate, etc.). For example, if the camera's playback frame rate is 1 fps (once per second), even if you specify a large value such as 25 for the frame rate, the same image will simply be saved repeatedly, resulting in an unnecessarily large file size.

Recording/Recording Timing

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Schedule

Check this box to enable the schedule specification. By specifying a schedule, you can record based on the time (task) you set for each day of the week.

Weekly schedule settings

Clicking the Settings button displays the Weekly Schedule Settings dialog.

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The weekly schedule allows you to set the schedule for each day of the week from Monday to Sunday.

Clicking the "Add" button in the task editor will allow you to add a task to the time chart. This button is a toggle button, and the mode will change each time you click the button.

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In the Add mode, you can add a new task by dragging the mouse over the time chart of the day you want to add a schedule to.

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Clicking the "Edit" button in Task Editing will allow you to edit the tasks on the time chart. This button is a toggle button, and the mode will change each time you click the button.

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In edit mode, when you click on a task, handles will appear on the left and right. You can change the time by dragging these handles left and right with the mouse.

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Also, if you double-click the task, the following dialog will appear, allowing you to manually enter the start and end times.

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Clicking the "Delete" button with a task selected will delete the selected task.

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Clicking the Copy Day button displays the Copy Day dialog box.

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In the Copy Days of the Week dialog, you can select the schedule to copy from and copy it to the checked days of the week.

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■ Calendar settings

In the weekly schedule, you can define a "calendar." Using the calendar, you can set schedules for holidays, special days 1, and special days 2. With the schedules for holidays, special days 1, and special days 2, you can define which dates are holidays, special days 1, and special days 2 separately in the calendar, in addition to controlling each day of the week from Monday to Sunday. By doing so, you can control the days that fall under holidays, special days 1, and special days 2 defined in the calendar according to the schedules for holidays, special days 1, and special days 2.

To use the calendar, check the box below.

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The weekly schedule screen will then change as shown below, with the most recent calendar displayed at the top of the screen and schedule columns for "Holidays," "Special Day 1," and "Special Day 2" displayed at the bottom.

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Calendars are defined in the Calendar Settings dialog, which can be displayed by clicking on the calendar area displayed at the top of the screen.

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The following dialog will then be displayed:

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On the calendar, holidays are displayed in red, special days 1 in yellow, and special days 2 in green. Clicking on the date for which you want to change the attributes will display the following dialog:

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In the above dialog, select one of the attributes (Holiday, Special Day 1, Special Day 2) and click the OK button to set the attribute for the selected date. You can also click the Delete button to remove the attribute that was set for that date.

The calendar is registered as a single setting information for the entire system and is commonly referenced by the schedule settings of all cameras.

Event specification

Check this box to enable event specification. Event specification allows recording to be performed when the specified conditions are detected.

Event specification/condition

You can define a condition expression that references tags in the event specification conditions.

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Clicking the Settings button will display the following settings dialog:

If you select "tag specification", you can specify only the tag path. If you specify only the tag path, the condition will be ON when the tag becomes TRUE (other than 0).

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If you select "Specify Expression", you can specify an arithmetic expression. You can specify arithmetic operations, comparison operations, and refer to multiple tags.

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Event designation/period

When a specified event condition is detected, the recording can include a specified number of seconds of video before and after the detection point (each can be specified from 0 to a maximum of 3600 seconds).

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"Condition ON" and "Condition OFF" will record a single shot when the condition is met. By specifying the number of seconds before and after, you can include the specified number of seconds of video before and after the timing when the condition ON (or condition OFF) is met in the recording. These two events can be enabled at the same time.

"Between condition ON-OFF" will record continuously from when the specified condition turns ON until it turns OFF. You can also specify the number of seconds before and after this event to include the specified number of seconds of video in the recording. Note that when you enable this event, the above two checks for "Condition ON" and "Condition OFF" will be automatically cleared.

Settings screen

Settings screen