Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera
Audio/Video Windows
Table | Video Window Options (continued) | |
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Validation Time | If the Switch Mode option is set to Auto, specify the time that the camera | |
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| waits before switching Day/Night modes. The light level must continually |
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| exceed the threshold for the duration of the validation time to trigger a |
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| transition between the modes. |
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| For example, if the Validation Time is set to 5 seconds and the current light |
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| level exceeds the Night/Day Threshold for 5 seconds, the camera switches |
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| mode. However, if the light level falls below the threshold during the |
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| Validation Time, the timer resets and the camera remains in the same mode. |
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| The default value for Validation Time is 2 seconds. |
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| Note If a camera experiences lighting conditions that cause it to switch |
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| continuously between Day and Night modes three times within 20 |
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| minutes (as the result of a low light scene with excessive IR |
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| illumination or the thresholds being configured too close together), |
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| the camera locks in to its last state for 20 minutes. |
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| For example, if the first transition is from Day to Night, the camera |
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| will switch from Day to Night to Day to Night and then remain in |
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| Night mode for 20 minutes. If the first transition is from Night to |
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| Day, the camera will switch from Night to Day to Night to Day and |
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| then remain in Day mode for 20 minutes. |
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| To unlock the 20 minute hold period, manually configure the camera |
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| to Day mode, then Night mode, then Day mode, and then Auto mode. |
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Day to Night Threshold | If the Switch Mode option is set to Auto, choose the value that specifies the | |
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| relative light threshold at which the IP camera switches from day to night |
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| mode. A lower value designates that the IP camera switches from day to |
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| night mode in brighter conditions. A higher value designated that the IP |
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| camera switches modes in darker conditions. The default value is 24 for all |
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| presets. |
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Night to Day Threshold | If the Switch Mode option is set to Auto, choose the value that specifies the | |
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| relative light threshold at which the IP camera switches from night to day |
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| mode. A lower value designates that the IP camera switches from night to |
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| day mode in darker conditions. A higher value designated that the IP camera |
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| switches modes in lighter conditions. The default value is 6 for Outdoor |
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| preset and 16 for Normal, Indoor, Fluorescent and Metal Halide. |
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Start Time |
| If the Switch Mode option is set to Night Schedule, enter the time (in 24 hour |
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| format) when the camera enters Night mode. |
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End Time |
| If the Switch Mode option is set to Night Schedule, enter the time (in 24 hour |
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| format) when camera exits Night mode. |
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