Chapter 4 Viewing Live Video

Viewing Video through the Home Window Overview

Table 4-1

Home Window Controls (continued)

 

 

 

Control

 

Description

 

 

Microphone Off

Click the Microphone Off button to mute the audio stream that is captured and

toggle button

 

sent to the IP camera from the internal or external microphone of the PC that you

 

 

are using. When you click this button, the speaker that is attached to the IP camera

 

 

does not play audio that is transmitted from your PC.

 

 

Note If you are simultaneously accessing other IP cameras in different browser

Microphone On

 

 

sessions on the same PC, clicking this button in one browser session does

toggle button

 

 

not mute the audio that the PC sends to the other IP cameras.

 

 

 

 

When you click the Microphone Off button, it changes to the Microphone On

 

 

button. Click the Microphone On button to unmute audio that is sent to the IP

 

 

camera. The button changes to the Microphone Off button.

 

 

These buttons appear if half-duplex or full-duplex is enabled for audio. For

 

 

information about enabling half-duplex or full-duplex, see the “Audio Window”

 

 

section on page 3-23.

 

 

 

Microphone

 

Appears to the right of the Microphone On button or Microphone Off button if

Sensitivity slider

audio is enabled for the IP camera. Use this slider to adjust the gain of the PC

 

 

microphone (that is, how sensitive it is to the audio that it picks up and that is sent

 

 

to the IP camera).

 

 

Snapshot controls

 

 

 

Snapshot button

Captures and saves a snapshot image of the current video image in the format and

 

 

location of your choice, and with the file name of your choice.

 

 

When you click this button, follow these steps to save the image:

 

 

1. In the Snapshot window, click Save.

 

 

2. In the Save Picture As window, enter the path and folder for the image, the file

 

 

name for the image, and the format (BMP or JPG) for the image, then click

 

 

Save.

 

 

 

Snapshot Root

 

Specifies the root folder where snapshot images are to be saved. Click this button

Folder button

 

to choose the root folder.

 

 

 

IP camera controls

Stream Option

Selects the mode that the IP camera uses for video streaming. The options depend

 

on the configuration of the Streaming Mode option in the in the Video window.

 

For related information, see the “Video Window” section on page 3-16.

 

 

Alarm Output On

Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by

button

the Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window.

 

For information about the Definition Mappings option, see the “Alarm I/O Ports

 

Window” section on page 3-34.

 

 

Alarm Output Off

Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by

button

the Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window.

 

For information about the Definition Mappings option, see the “Alarm I/O Ports

 

Window” section on page 3-34.

 

 

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