(D14D-180° and D15D-Pano only)
| Right | Right lens (factory default setting, usually the wide-angle lens). |
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| Left | Left lens (usually the tele lens). |
| Both | Combines the images of both lenses and displays them side-by-side (left: left lens, right: right lens, as seen by the camera). |
| Auto | Automatically selects the color sensor for daylight and the b/w sensor for night recording (only for Day/Night cameras). |
Select the display size of the image.
Dual images (right and left image sensor) automatically require twice the width.
When selecting Custom Size, the camera will use the image size specified in the Custom Size field (see below).
(only Day/Night models)
Day/Night camera models automatically switch between day and night lenses when the illumination falls below or exceeds the level set here. The higher the illumination value, the earlier the camera switches to the night lens.
Notes:
- This parameter is only available for Day/Night models.
- Set the night switch delay to the desired value. This delay prevents switching to the other lens when illumination increases or decreases for a short period of time (e.g. a car with headlights passing by at night).
To determine the best possible value for defining the night camera level, proceed as follows:
- Click on the More button at the bottom of the Text & Display Settings dialog to display all options.
- In the same dialog, set the Text Display parameter to On.
- In the Comment text box, enter the
^IRplaceholder. The camera now displays the current illumination rate in Lux on the live image.
(See also Placeholders for Dynamic Image Text.) - Set the Level Meter parameter to Bar, and select Illumination as source for the level meter. The camera now displays the current exposure rate as a red bar on the live image. The value for switching to the night lens is displayed as white vertical line.
(all other models with dual lenses)
Switches to the other lens according to a Time Table, if the Camera Selection option has been set to auto.
If a time table profile is active or on (the 
symbol is visible), the camera uses the left image sensor. If the time table profile is not active or off, the camera will use the right image sensor.
(only displayed if Image Size has been set to Custom Size)
Enter the size of the customized image in pixels that is displayed if Resolution has been set to Custom Size. If the image size defined here has a different ratio than 4:3, you can click with the mouse near the borders of the image to move the image area within the standard image in the desired direction (panning).
It is recommended to set the coordinates of the custom size by creating a yellow frame on the live image of the camera and copying them into the required field. For additional information on this topic, see the Graphically Entering Image Areas help page.
If you have selected Custom Size, you can also crop the image. This feature will define a specific portion of the image, which will then be used for all other operations. This feature also allows an interactive definition of the yellow rectangle in the image. Next, clicking on the Adjust Custom Size button will adjust the image size to match the ratio of the selected image area, thus displaying the whole image at once.
Select the desired ratio of image quality to frame rate:
- High: Read full image sensor to deliver the best image quality.
- Normal: Good image quality with high frame rates (this is the default setting).
- Fast: Highest frame rate with some loss in quality.
This setting is recommended, if you are frequently browsing the camera events or if you are using the MOBOTIX App, since this settings provides for smoother operation. This setting is not recommended, if you are transferring video clips with pre-alarm images via e-mail, FTP or network message, since the frame rate of the pre-alarm images is limited to 1 fps.
Sets the display mode of the selected image sensor:
- Full Image: Shows the full image of selected image sensor. When using a 180° (Fisheye) lens, the uncorrected (distorted) image is round with black borders.
- Normal: Shows a corrected image from Q2x cameras in 4:3 format (i.e. not Panorama).
- Lens Correction: Shows a corrected image in 4:3 format (i.e. not Panorama) from all other cameras that allow activating lens correction (except Q2x).
- Picture-in-Picture: Displays a small preview image inside of the other lens in the main image. If the resolution is lower than VGA (640x480 pixels), the camera suppresses the preview image.
- Picture in Zoom: Always displays a small overview image in the zoomed image. If the resolution is lower than VGA (640x480 pixels), the camera suppresses the preview image.
- Event in Picture: Displays the last event image in the live image. If the resolution is lower than VGA (640x480 pixels), the camera suppresses the preview image.
- Surround: Displays four images with independent views. This mode is not available if both image sensors are used side-by-side!
- Panorama: Shows a corrected image in 8:3 format. This view mode shows a special 180° image.
- Double Panorama: Shows two corrected images, which will be displayed differently depending on where the camera has been mounted:
- Ceiling mounted: Shows two 180° views in a special projection, thus providing for full 360° surveillance. The upper image section shows "North" exactly at the center of the image (as set using the Installation Quick Control; the lower image section shows the opposite direction. Furthermore, the viewing directions of both images are linked with the second image trailing the first by 180 degrees. Note that you cannot change the tilt angle of this image as this disturb the image geometry of the projection.
- Wall-mounted: Displays two Panorama 180° views pointing in the same direction.
- Panorama/Focus: Consists of one panorama image in 8-to-3 format and two corrected 4-to-3 images below.
Notes:
- The view modes described above depend on your camera model and may thus not be available in all cameras.
- The width and height of the inset images are always a quarter of the width and height of the main image. The Enlarge inset image option in the General Image Settings dialog doubles the width and height of the inset image. The Position of the inset image options in the same dialog specify where the inset image will be displayed within the overall image.
- The Panorama display modes provide the OnScreen Control, which allows panning, tilting and zooming the corresponding Panorama window. This element also controls the trapezoid correction used for adjusting the perspective of the image.
- Day/Night cameras are using the display mode of the day sensor if the image sensor has been set to Auto.
Using these parameters, you can mirror the image (but not the displayed text) in horizontal and vertical direction or rotate it.
Note: These parameters depend on your camera model and may thus not be available in all cameras.
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Growing darkness may result in the image quality getting poorer because of image noise.
The Noise Suppress parameter minimizes this effect:
- Off: Deactivates noise suppression.
- Low: As darkness grows, the camera will use temporal filtering and will reduce sharpness and color saturation (default setting).
- High: As darkness grows, the camera will use spatial filtering in addition.
In some applications, certain image parts need to be obscured. Activate this parameter and select a Time Table, the Obscure Image Color and the area that is to be covered.
Note: This parameter is only available for Secure models.
Obscure Image Time Table
Select a Time Table profile to activate/deactivate the obscured image areas in a scheduled manner.
Obscuring Image Areas
Defines the image areas that are to be obscured; every line in the definition box (e.g. 0,270,190,100,100,2) represents one window. The image coordinates' origin is the lower left corner of the image.
Format of one line:
lens, pos. x, pos. y, width, height, type
Parameters of one configuration line:
| Image Sensor | 0 = right 1 = left |
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| Pos. x | Number of pixels from the left edge of the image to the left edge of the window |
| Pos. y | Number of pixels from the lower edge of the image to the lower edge of the window |
| Width | Width of the window in pixels. |
| Height | Height of the window in pixels. |
| Type | 0 = filled rectangle 1 = crossed-out frame 2 = mosaic (default) |
| Hint: | For defining a new or additional window, follow the instructions in the Graphically Entering Image Areas help page. |
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