Chapter 4: The Video Viewer

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Figure 4.2: Manual Video Adjust Dialog Box

 

 

 

 

 

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Table 4.2: Descriptions for Figure 5.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

Description

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Image Capture Width

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Pixel Noise Threshold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pixel Sampling/Fine Adjust

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Automatic Video Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Image Capture Horizontal Position

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Refresh Image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Image Capture Vertical Position

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Adjustment bar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contrast

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Video Test Pattern

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brightness

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Performance Monitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Block Noise Threshold

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2.Click the icon corresponding to the feature you wish to adjust.

3.Move the Contrast slider bar and then fine-tune the setting by clicking the Min (-) or Max (+) buttons to adjust the parameter for each icon pressed. The adjustments display immediately in the Video Viewer window.

4.When finished, click Close to exit the Manual Video Adjust dialog box.

Target video settings

The Image Capture Width, Pixel Sampling/Fine Adjust, Image Capture Horizontal Position and Image Capture Vertical Position adjustments affect how the target video is captured and digitized and are seldom changed.

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Avocent IP 1020 manual Target video settings

IP 1020 specifications

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