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Viewing Live Video
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Control
Sharpness slider
Saturation slider
White Balance Mode
Exposure Control
Note
Exposure Level
Exposure Mode
Exposure Time
Gain Control
Cisco Video Surveillance 6020 IP Camera Installation Guide
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Camera Video & Control Window Controls (continued)
Description
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.
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.
Choose one the following White Balance modes from the drop-down list:
Manual—Choose this option if you want to set the white balance by
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setting RGain (Red Gain) and BGain (Blue Gain) manually.
Auto—White balance is automatically set by camera, which is suitable for
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most conditions.
The default setting is Auto.
These controls appear when you click Camera Settings Up Arrow > Exposure Control
drawer.
Increases or decreases the exposure level. For example, if you want to add light
(overexpose) to properly expose the image, set the value to +1. If you need to
underexposure the scene, set value to -1.
Default value is 0.0
Choose one of the following Exposure modes:
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Auto—Automatically sets the exposure level, which is suitable for most
conditions.
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Manual—Choose this option if you want to set Exposure time and Gain
control manually.
Default setting is Auto.
The Exposure time option is available only when the Exposure mode is set to
Manual. Specifies the range of shutter speed settings to be used by the IP
camera. Shutter speed is measured in fractions of a second. You can adjust both
ends of the shutter speed range.
Default range is 1/5 sec to 1/32000 sec in Manual mode.
The Gain control option is available only when the Exposure mode is set to
Manual. Specifies the range of gain (amount of amplification applied to pixel
values) settings to be used by the IP camera. You can adjust both ends of the
gain control range.
Default range is to 0 to 100.
Chapter 4
Camera Management
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