Setting The Text Overlay; Setting The Video Rotate Type - Honeywell HDZ20HD User Manual

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Setting the Text Overlay

You can superimpose text over the video image. The superimposed text can be the date, the
time, an event message, or a text string of your choosing (up to 20 alphanumeric characters).
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the video image.
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Setting the Video Rotate Type

Depending on the installation environment of your HDZ Series IP PTZ dome camera, you may
need to modify the way video is displayed on a monitor or web browser. The video rotate type
options allow you to flip the video image vertically or horizontally, or rotate the video image, as
needed. To set the video rotate type:
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In the Video Resolution drop-down list, select one of the following quad/triple/dual/single
stream options:
• H.264 Only
• H.264 + H.264 (default)
• H.264 + H.264 + H.264
• H.264 + H.264 + H.264 + H.264
Select a resolution option for each of the streams that you selected with the Video
Resolution drop-down list (see
options that are available will depend on your camera model and which stream option you
selected in step 2, above. Keep in mind that if higher resolutions are selected, the amount
of bandwidth used by the camera will also increase.
Click the Save button directly below the Video Resolution options.
Note Image attachment by FTP or E-mail is only available when MJPEG streaming is
selected. Select one of the MJPEG stream options (see
use this feature.
Figure 3-8 on page 44 to see an example of the browser with the text overlay displayed on
Click the Streaming tab (Video Format is selected in lefthand column).
Under Text Overlay Settings, select one or more of the following check boxes:
• Include date
• Include text string
If you selected the Include text string check box, type a text string in the corresponding
text box (maximum 20-characters).
If you selected the Event Message check box, a message of M will appear overlayed on
the video when a motion event occurs. A message of A1–A4 will appear when an alarm
1–4 event occurs.
Click the Save button directly below the Text Overlay Settings options.
Click the Streaming tab (Video Format is selected in lefthand column).
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• MJPEG Only
• MJPEG + H.264
• MJPEG + H.264 + H.264
• MJPEG + H.264 + H.264 + H.264
Figure 4-1). The number of resolution and frame rate
• Include time
• Event message
Table 4-1), if you want to
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