Adding Camera Definitions - American Dynamics MegaPower 3200 Administrator's Manual

Adding Camera Definitions

1. Click on the Partitions – Cameras to Monitors link
in the Explore menu to begin. The following
screen appears.
Figure 98. Partitions – cameras to monitors screen
2. Left click Add on the right side of the upper
screen. The Add Cameras dialog box appears.
Figure 99. Add Cameras dialog
3. To partition cameras to monitors, complete the
following fields:
• Number of Cameras – Allows you to enter the
number of cameras you want to define. The
system will number these cameras
consecutively starting with the next highest
available number. Camera numbers identify
the video input connection number on the
switcher.
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Note: If multiple cameras are defined at the
same time, they share the same video loss
detection, site, output, pan/tilt, alarm number
and location. You can edit each camera's
definition after they have been created.
• Pseudo Number. – Unique identifiers you can
give cameras to help identify their location or
purpose. For example, you could number the
cameras on the first floor of a building starting
with 1000, such as: 1001, 1002, 1003, etc.
You could use 2000 for second floor cameras,
3000 for third floor cameras and so on.
The pseudo number is assigned starting with
the first camera you specify and is
incremented by 1 for each additional camera
specified.
Note: By default, pseudo numbers in this
dialog box match the physical camera
numbers (also known as Video Input
numbers). In all other screens and dialogs,
references to camera numbers are actually
references to the defined pseudo numbers.
• Title 1 – Allows you to create a two-line title
for each camera that will display on the
monitor when the camera is called. Title 1 is
the upper line of the title and can be up to
eight characters or digits in length with the
pseudo number appended to the title. Titles
over eight characters are truncated.
Note: The CenterTitle1 and Center Title2
columns in the upper screen allow you to
position the text shown in the Title1 and Title2
columns on the monitor.
For example, to position Title1 on the monitor,
click on the Center Title1 field of the desired
camera, and choose the title position from the
dropdown menu that appears: Left, Center,
Right, or None (no title will be displayed).
• Title 2 – Allows you to create the lower line of
a two-line camera title. Title 2 can be up to
eight characters or digits in length.
• Video Loss Detection – Provides video loss
detection alarming. You can set video loss
detection for the following conditions:
− Off – Video loss detection not enabled
− Sync – To detect the presence of the
vertical synchronization pulse in the video
signal
− Low – To detect low picture content
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