Chapter 4 Camera Management

Viewing Live Video

Table 4-4

Camera Video & Control Window Controls (continued)

 

 

 

Control

 

Description

 

 

Right Arrow toggle

Click the Right Arrow to display the video image controls. The button changes

button

 

to the Left Arrow button.

 

 

Click the Left Arrow button to hide the video image controls. The button

Left Arrow toggle

changes to the Right Arrow button.

button

 

 

 

 

 

Video image controls

Note These controls appear when you click the Right Arrow in the Video Control area.

Brightness slider

To control the brightness of the video image, drag the slider, or enter a value

 

from 1 through 10 and press the Enter key. A higher value increases the

 

brightness and a lower value decreases the brightness. For example, if the IP

 

camera is facing a bright light and the video appears too dark, you can increase

 

the brightness.

 

The default value is 5.

 

 

Contrast slider

To control contrast of the video image, drag the slider, or enter a value from 1

 

through 10 and press the Enter key. A higher value increases the contrast and

 

a lower value decreases the contrast.

 

The default value is 5.

 

 

Sharpness slider

To control the sharpness of the video from the IP camera, drag the slider, or

 

enter a value from 1 through 100 and press the Enter key. A higher value

 

increases the sharpness and a lower value decreases the sharpness.

 

The default value is 50.

 

 

Saturation slider

To control the saturation of the video from the IP camera, drag the slider, or

 

enter a value from 1 through 100 and press the Enter key. A higher value

 

increases the saturation and a lower value decreases the saturation.

 

High saturation provides a vivid, intense color for a video image. With less

 

saturation, the video image appears more muted and gray.

 

The default value is 50.

 

 

Restore button

Resets white balance, brightness, contrast, sharpness, saturation, and hue to

 

their default values.

 

 

Image tools

 

Hotspot Zoom button

Click this latch button to enables the digital zoom feature, which provides five-step digital zooming in for the normal (not full screen) video display. Click this button again to disable the digital zoom feature.

To perform a digital zoom, engage the Hotspot Zoom button and click the video display. The first five clicks zoom the display. The sixth click returns to unzoomed display.

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Cisco Systems OL-28645-01 manual Video image controls, Restore button, Image tools Hotspot Zoom button