Pelco IXE manual Select a Stream, Take a Snapshot

SELECT A STREAM

1.Click the Select Stream button.

2.Select one of the following stream options:

Primary Stream: To select this stream, click the button next to Primary Stream; the stream settings appear.

Secondary Stream: To select this stream, click the button next to Secondary Stream; the stream settings appear.

QuickView Stream: To select this stream, click the button next to QuickView Stream; the stream settings appear. This is a fixed, low resolution, low bit rate, JPEG stream.

NOTES:

•If the secondary stream has not been configured, only Primary Stream and QuickView Stream are available.

•The default names for the streams are Primary and Secondary; however, if these stream names have been changed, the new names will be reflected here rather than Primary Stream and Secondary Stream (refer to Custom Configuration on page 40).

3.Adjust the stream settings as needed for the selected stream option.

If the primary or secondary streams are configured with MPEG-4 or H.264 compression, a Transmission drop-down menu appears. Select one of the following transmission types:

Unicast: A one-to-one connection between the camera and the users through which the camera sends the same video stream directly to each user. Each unicast user that connects to the camera consumes additional processing power; therefore, unicast video streams can be sent to a maximum of 20 simultaneous users.

Multicast: A one-to-many connection between the camera and the users through which the camera broadcasts the video stream to a group of users. Each multicast user that connects to the camera consumes no additional processing power; therefore, multicast video streams can be sent to an unlimited number of simultaneous users.

If the primary or secondary streams are configured with JPEG compression, an Image Rate drop-down menu appears. The available settings for the primary and secondary streams depend on the Image Rate (refer to Custom Configuration on page 40). The QuickView Stream has only two image rate settings: 1 IPS and 2 IPS.

4.Click the View button to save the stream settings.

TAKE A SNAPSHOT

1.Click the “Take a Snapshot” button.

2.The File Download dialog box opens, and the following message appears: “Do you want to open or save this file?”

3.Select one of the following options:

Open: Your computer’s photo editing program opens and displays the screen image. This function is available only when using Internet Explorer 7.0 (or later) or Firefox 3.0 (or later).

Save: The image is saved as a JPEG file on your computer.

Cancel: The captured image is not saved or displayed and the dialog box closes.

NOTE: If you are using MJPEG, the captured image will be the size of the largest MJPEG stream. If you are using MPEG-4 or H.264, the captured image will be taken using the QuickView Stream, which is approximately VGA resolution.

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