Megapixel Cameras and Surveillance Software | User Manual |
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Displays the Settings menu (see Setting below).
•Enables a full screen display without the toolbar and menus.
•Selects screen layout for viewing live/archived video from multiple cameras (from left to right): single camera layout, 2x2 camera layout; 3x3 camera layout; 4x4 camera layout; 10-camera layout with 2 large and 4x2 smaller images; 8-camera layout with 1 large, 3x1 and 1x4 smaller images; 13-camera layout with 1 large, 2x2 and 4x2 smaller images. Depending on the chosen screen layout and the actual number of the installed cameras, the unused sections of the layout will be filled with a watermark image of the CBC (America) camera.
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Displays the Archive controls (see Browsing Archives below).
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Takes a snapshot of live video or an archive. The snapshot is taken from the camera which is highlighted in the drop-down list of the installed cameras (see above). To highlight another camera, left-click on the camera number. To take the snapshot from all cameras, highlight “cameras” at the root (top) of the drop-down camera list. The snapshot file names contain the camera number, date and time of the snapshot. To locate/view the snapshots in the snapshot folder, right-click anywhere on screen, then select “photo”, “browse”. Alternatively, snapshots can be taken by right-clicking on the live video image, and then selecting “photo”, “save”. The directory path to the snapshot folder is specified in the Settings menu (see Settings), or using the Right-Click menu under “Save To” (see Right- Click menu). By default, this is the directory C:/Program Files/CBC America/Video Surveillance/photo.
Selecting Full / Reduced Resolution and Zoom
In order to fit multiple video images on screen the images are displayed at a reduced resolution. The format of the reduced resolution display is determined by the chosen screen layout (see Toolbar above).
An individual camera image can be expanded to a full resolution display by left double-clicking on the image. The full resolution image can be scaled back to its reduced resolution display by left double- clicking on the image. Image resolution (in pixels) is displayed in the upper left corner of the image.
An alternative mode of viewing the high resolution content is the zoom window (see screen snapshot below).
To zoom-in on an area of interest, draw a rectangle with the mouse (by left-clicking and holding down the mouse button). A separate zoom window will open up showing live video of the selected area at a full resolution. A green outline of the selected area will appear in the underlying reduced resolution image. Zooming in and out is performed by pressing Page Up and Page Down on the keyboard, or alternatively by rotating the mouse wheel (if available). Panning of the zoomed area is performed by dragging the green outline across the underlying camera image with the mouse (by left-clicking within the outline and holding down the mouse button), or alternatively with the keyboard arrow keys.
A maximum of four independent live zoom windows can be opened per each camera. Each zoom window will display live video at full resolution. Note: the panoramic camera MP8D allows only one zoom window per channel.
