Honeywell MAXPRO-NET manual Hiding Displayed Text, Revealing SMARTEXT

6.5HIDING DISPLAYED TEXT

The displayed monitor text is used to identify the selected camera, present current time/date and other prompt messages. Sometimes, it is required that the displayed text be turned-off (or hidden) allowing the total picture area to be viewed.

To hide the displayed text, the following must first be true.

•You must currently have a monitor selected

Press the key to remove the text from the monitor. You can manually control the selected PTZ camera as required. The text will remain hidden.

By selecting another camera, moving to another monitor or pressing the key again, the text display will be restored.

If the monitor supports SMARTEXT a played-back recording (from a VCR) can have it's concealed text information revealed.

6.6REVEALING SMARTEXT

On some video systems, it is necessary to record a camera with its identification and time/date text information remains concealed, so the maximum recorded picture area is maintained.

SMARTEXT is used to encode the text information (as data) into the recorded video signal without affecting the displayed picture. During playback, the operator has the choice to either reveal or hide the encoded text information.

For SMARTEXT playback, the following must first be true.

•You must currently be selecting a monitor that supports SMARTEXT decoding.

•You must be playing-back a recording which was encoded with SMARTEXT information.

The function of the key is then extended to include SMARTEXT decoding.

•The FIRST time the key is pressed the normal monitor text display is hidden. This is the same as before.

•The SECOND time the key is pressed the encoded SMARTEXT information (in the video signal) will be revealed and displayed on the monitor.

•The THIRD time the key is pressed the normal monitor text display will be restored and the SMARTEXT information will be concealed.

Rev. A	6-5	HMXMU001056
		03/16/05