Gain Settings; Figure 1-7 Gain Settings Dialog Box; Table 1-2 Gain Settings Fields - Honeywell HCX13MW Operator's Manual

Gain Settings

Document 800-01794 Rev C
05/09
Table 1-1 Image Settings Fields
Field Description
Contrast, Configure the midtone levels of your image for best viewing. Enter
gamma a number (value) into the form field.
Brightness Enter a number into the text field.
AC power If your camera is trained on a scene lit by artificial lighting, setting
frequency this value reduces image banding. The North America uses A/C
power with a 60 Hertz (Hz) frequency. 50Hz is used in many other
countries. A few countries use both frequencies.
The gain settings affect the brightness of the image.
Figure 1-7 Gain Settings Dialog Box
Table 1-2 describes the fields on the Gain Settings dialog box.
Table 1-2 Gain Settings Fields
Field Description
Gain style The autogain algorithm of your camera sets brightness to best
display the exposure window. The gain style setting chooses which
pixels within the exposure window are used by the autogain
algorithm for setting brightness levels. Options are:
peakdetect: Uses only the brightest pixels in the exposure window,
adjusting automatically for bright pixels. This is a good setting for
watching bright areas.
darkdetect: Uses only the darkest pixels in the exposure window,
adjusting automatically for dark pixels. This is a good setting for
outdoor scenes where you want to watch a shaded region.
average: Uses all of the pixels in the exposure window This is a good
setting for indoor scenes where there are no extremely bright or dark
areas to skew the gain calculations.
clipaverage: Uses all pixels except for the darkest and brightest
pixels. This is a good setting for outdoor scenes where you want to
ignore both sky and shadows and to watch a region of intermediate
brightness levels. This is also a good setting for interior scenes.
custom: An algorithm which is not one of the above. This may be the
case if you have custom code in your camera or have made gain
style settings with the command line interface.
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