Cisco 6500PD Installation Manual page 27

Chapter 4 Camera Management
Table 4-4
Control
Camera Settings controls
Note
Picture Adjustments
Brightness slider
Contrast slider
Sharpness slider
Saturation slider
Restore button
White Balance Mode
drop-down menu
Exposure Control
Exposure level
drop-down menu
Exposure mode
drop-down menu
Camera Video & Control Window Controls (continued)
Description
To display these controls click the Expand icon
image. The icon changes to the Collapse icon
If you make changes to any of the Camera Settings options, click the Save button to save the
changes.
To control the brightness of the video image, drag the slider to select a value
from 1 through 10. 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.
To control contrast of the video image, drag the slider to select a value from 1
through 10. A higher value increases the contrast and a lower value decreases
the contrast.
The default value is 5.
To control the sharpness of the video from the IP camera, drag the slider to
select a value from 1 through 100. 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 to
select a value from 1 through 10. 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.
Resets brightness, contrast, sharpness, and saturation to their default values.
Choose one the following white balance modes:
Auto—White balance automatically set by camera and suitable for most
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conditions.
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.
The default setting is Auto.
Choose a value to increase or decrease the exposure level of the video image.
The default value is 0.0.
Choose one of these options:
Manual—Choose this option if you want to set Exposure time and Gain
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control manually.
Auto —Suitable for most conditions.
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The default setting is Auto.
next to Camera Settings under the video
. Click the Collapse icon to hide these controls.
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