The Live Screen of the MOBOTIX Camera

Shows the camera name as set in the Quick Installation wizard or in the Ethernet Interface dialog in the Camera name field.

Opens the online help for the current screen or dialog. If no help topic is available, the Help page will be displayed.

Displays information on the hardware, software and the most important settings of the camera.

The Live screen of the MOBOTIX camera displays the current images of the camera.

Use the dropdown menus to access certain functions of the image controls and the camera administration or open the Setup Menu to see links to all image and event control dialogs.

The Admin Menu (password-protected) contains all dialogs for configuring the camera.

Use the Player screen to view and download the events stored in the internal or the external image storage of the camera.

Use the Multi View screen to combine several cameras in different patterns and to assign special functions (highlighting, focus on alarm, ...) for the individual cameras.

The Guest screen allows viewing the camera's live image, setting the image rate within the preset limits and accessing the Live screen by clicking on the Menu link at the bottom of the page.

The PDA screen displays the camera's current image for low-resolution devices (PDAs/MDAs and mobile phones).

If you would like to see a list of events on your PDA and download event images, open the PDA Event List.

Select the desired frame rate for the Live screen.

Please note that the image rate depends to a large degree on the bandwidth of the transmission path, the selected resolution and the video codec used (MxPEG or Motion JPEG).

Use the image control functions to adjust the Live screen to your preferences:

Image Sensor

Select the right, the left or both image sensors, or a picture-in-picture (RiL or LiR) display (only available in dual-lens models).

Image Size

Select the desired image size in pixels.

JPEG Quality

Select the desired JPEG quality.

Brightness

Select the desired image brightness.

Backlight Correction

Select the desired correction level for a backlight situation in order to brighten dark image areas.

Color Saturation

Select the desired color saturation.

Sharpness

Select the desired sharpness of the images.

Exposure Window

Select one of the predefined exposure windows to adjust the exposure control.

Exposure Correction

Select the desired f/stop correction (± two f/stops).

Zoom Control

Select the desired zoom level. Selecting a zoom level of 2x or higher will allow you to save the currently displayed image section as default view or to load the saved view.

Browser

Select how the browser gets the images from the camera:
Internet Explorer: JScript, Java, ActiveX (Windows only)
Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox: Server-Push, JScript

Managing Settings

Use this function to load the image factory defaults, restore the image settings from flash, and to store the complete configuration (requires administrative access).

Displays the current status of the camera:

	Black:Normal state of the camera.
	Yellow blinking: The camera switches from one state to another (e.g. from the left to the right image sensor).
	Green: A process has been completed successfully (about one second).
	Red: A process could not be completed successfully (about one second).

The softbuttons at the left-hand side of the screen execute certain functions, most of which can be used by users with User level access.

If you have administrative access to the camera, you may assign new functions to existing softbuttons by [Shift]-clicking the corresponding softbutton.

Use these buttons to control the digital zoom and the panning functions for moving the visible section within a zoomed image:

1x Zoom

Switches the digital zoom off and returns to the regular camera view. This setting will deactivate the Center Pan.

2x Zoom

Switches the image display to 2x zoom level. This zoom level is available for all image sizes (resolutions). From this zoom level on, clicking in the image will move the visible image area within the full image.

4x Zoom

Switches the image display to 4x zoom level. This zoom level is available for all image sizes except 1280x960.

Center Pan

Moves the visible image area to the center of the full image, if zoom level 2x or higher has been activated.

Set Default View

Sets the current image area and the zoom level as default view. If Exposure Windows are used to control exposure, the window's current position will also be saved.

Load Default View

Loads the image area and the zoom level that had been saved using the Set Default View button.

The image area shows the live images of the camera as well as logos, texts and symbols of the camera. In addition, you may choose from the following options:

• If the digital zoom has been activated (2x and higher), you may move the visible image area (panning) or set the default view.
• If you are using the Internet Explorer and ActiveX is allowed on your system, using the MxPEG Plug-in for Internet Explorer reduces the bandwidth and offers additional functions while maintaining the browser-based user interface.
• Using [Shift]-click and another click with the left mouse button, you may define windows for several features of the camera (video motion detector, obscuring image areas, ...) as described in the Graphically Entering Image Areas topic.

The functions for managing image files, logo definitions and creating image profiles will enable you to use graphic files stored on the camera or from other URLs as logos with transparent areas or as watermark in every image of the camera. Using several logos will allow you to display these logos as banners at a definable interval.

If you are using Time Tables, you may also activate/deactivate the logos in a scheduled manner.

Open the Text and Display Settings dialog to change the text that is displayed in the top left corner of the image area.

Using variables and placeholders for dynamic image texts, you can display e.g. the current temperature within the camera or text received via the serial interface in every image.

Open the Text and Display Settings dialog to change the date and time information that is displayed in the top right corner of the image area.

Open the Text and Display Settings dialog to change the symbols that are displayed at the bottom of the image area.

The event symbols in the lower left corner of the image area show the event number (in this case 000807) and the symbols for the activated sensors at the time of the recording. In this image, PI (PIR sensor), VM (Video Motion) and UC (User Click) had been activated.

If an event occurs, the corresponding symbol (e.g. VM) is displayed in red.

Open the Text and Display Settings dialog to change the event symbols that are displayed at the bottom of the image area.

The yellow symbols in the lower right corner of the image area show all actions that are active on the camera. In this case, ST (Storage) and REC (File Server storage) are active.

If one of the actions is carried out, it is displayed in blue (e.g. ST); a failed action is shown in red (e.g. FS).

Deactivated messages are shown in grey (e.g. EM) when setting Messaging > Enable Message Profile to off or when using Time Tables to deactivate the messages).

If a Time Table profile has been selected in General Event Settings > Arming to activate or deactivate the camera, off is appended to the displayed action symbols.

For failed actions, an error message will appear above the symbols. Open the Text and Display Settings dialog to deactivate the error messages in the image.

Use these options to control the digital zoom and the panning functions for moving the visible section within a zoomed image. The functions are the same as for the zoom buttons.

Activate this option to listen to the audio channel of the camera.

An error message will alert you if the camera's microphone is deactivated. If this is the case, open the Loudspeaker and Microphone dialog and activate the microphone.

Changes the access level used by the ActiveX plug-in to access the camera. User access can use all functions of the ActiveX plug-in, Guest disables the audio functions and the zoom controls.

If a password has been assigned for the user or the guest level, the plug-in will again ask for login credentials to access the camera. This authorization is required for security reasons and cannot be circumvented.