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Text and Display Settings

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Text and Display Settings
Description of Parameters

Open the Text & Display Settings dialog to define different types of information that are to be displayed in the image, such as comments, date and time, error messages, symbols, highlighting and level meters. The displays can be used for information or advertising purposes. They may be used for configuring the camera, help find errors or inform you about events and actions.

Note

Click on the More button at the bottom of the dialog to display all options.

Description of Parameters

Parameter

Description

Text Display

Activates or deactivates all image information displays.

The Date and Time option displays the standard time format you selected at the upper right edge of the image.

Text Color

This option controls the default text color.

Background Color

Select the desired color of the text background.

Background Opacity

Select the desired opacity of the text background color.

Date and Time

Select the standard time format to be displayed in the image.

Comment

Enter your comment to be displayed at the upper left edge of the image.

In order to display dynamically created camera information, you can use a number of special characters. These characters are listed and described in the topics Placeholders for Dynamic Image Text and Variables.

In order to format the text display in different colors, the following color codes are available:

Example 1. Colored Text Display

^#0AWWW.^#09MOBOTIX.^#0CCOM

results in this colored text display:

WWW.MOBOTIX.COM

Color

Hexadecimal notation

^#00

^#01

^#02

^#03

^#04

^#05

^#06

^#07

^#08

^#09

^#0A

^#0B

^#0C

^#0D

^#0E

^#0F

Display Font Size

Sets the size of the text that is displayed in the image.

Error Font Size

Sets the size of the error messages that are displayed in the image.

Error Messages

Activates or deactivates the display of error messages at the bottom edge of the image.

Note

Make sure that the Text Display parameter is activated.

Cover Borders

Covers the borders of inset or dual images with thin bars using the background color.

Show Event/Action Symbols

These symbols indicate events, actions or errors.

If you have activated a large number of event sensors and actions, select Symbols II to get a symbol display consisting of two lines at the bottom of the image.

Event Symbols:

Symbol

Meaning

CI

Receive text via the serial interface

EC

Event Counter

IL

Illumination

MI

Microphone

PE

Periodic Event

PI

Passive Infrared Sensor

RC

IP Receive

RD

Random Event

SI

Signal Input

TP

Temperature

TT

Time Task

VM

Video motion windows

UC

User Click

Action Symbols:

Symbol

Meaning

CL

Phone Call

CT

Text Message via the Serial Interface

EM

Email Action

FR

Image storage on a Flash device

FS

Storing Images on File Server

FT

FTP Transfer

IP

Send TCP Message

REC

LAN Image Storage

SD

Speaker

SB

Softbutton

SO

Signal Output

SP

Stop Action

TR

Image Transfer via TCP/IP

VA

Visual Alarm

Color-coding of Action Symbols:

Color

Meaning

Yellow

normal

Gray

inactive

Red

Error

Aqua

is executed

Other Symbols:

Symbol

Meaning

DY

Day lens active

NI

Night lens active

OA

Obscuring Image Areas

OT

Object tracing active

Level Meter

Display level meter as bar graph or scroll chart. The level meter is displayed in the lower left corner. You can choose from different data sources for the level meter.

Among other things, the level meter can be used for determining the best trigger level for the microphone, the passive infrared sensor or other definable event or image parameters.

Level Meter Data

Select source for meter. If the selected event is based on an analog sensor (e.g. microphone), the sensor level and the trigger level will be displayed. Otherwise, only a digital curve (0 to 1) representing the event's trigger state is shown. Events in parentheses need to be activated first.

Note

The VM and VM2 events are only signaling the trigger status of the first line of the corresponding Video Motion Definitions (i.e. VM window 1)!

Enable Object Tracing

Moving objects are highlighted in the current live image and the moving object is traced graphically. This feature can help, for example, to discover escape routes.

Note

The object tracing mode is not available on all camera models.

Tracing Camera

Object tracing can be restricted to one image sensor or it automatically follows the displayed image sensor. If both sensors are displayed, object tracing will only work on the right image sensor (as seen by the camera).

Note

This parameter is only available on MOBOTIX Dual cameras.


Storing the Configuration

Click on the Set button to activate your settings and to save them until the next reboot of the camera.

Click on the Factory button to load the factory defaults for this dialog (this button may not be present in all dialogs).

Click on the Restore button to undo your most recent changes that have not been stored in the camera permanently.

Click on the Close button to close the dialog. While closing the dialog, the system checks the entire configuration for changes. If changes are detected, you will be asked if you would like to store the entire configuration permanently.


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