Creation and configuration of the Video camera object is done in the Hardware tab. The object tree of a video camera is generated automatically according to its functions which are integrated into the C-Werk software package (the presence of alarm inputs, relay outputs, PTZ unit, etc.).
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You can configure recording options for a camera in the corresponding tab (see Configuring Archives).
When you have added a camera via the IP Device Discovery Wizard (see Adding and removing IP devices), you can edit the camera's parameters. The camera parameters are grouped as follows.
In the Object ID group, you can enter the camera's name and see its ID, which is automatically assigned.
Also, you can disable the camera by selecting No in the Enable field.
Attention!
In terms of licensing, every camera enabled is one channel. Disabled cameras are not subject to licensing (see Licensing of the software product). If you run out of camera licenses, disable offline / unused cameras.
In the Object Properties group you can see the following camera properties:
The IP address (assigned automatically and can be changed if necessary).
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The port used to transmit data between the camera and the C-Werk VMS (this value is set to 80 by default but can be changed if necessary).
- At first the port number is set through the camera's Web interface.
- The MAC address.
- Manufacturer, model, firmware.
- The number of the video channel (for an IP Server).
This group of settings also includes a conditional interruption of video transmission from a camera to the Server, if:
- the video stream is not displayed on either Client or web client layout.
- the stream is currently not being recorded into Video Footage.
- the stream is currently not being processed by any detection tool.
To set this option, select Yes for the Break unused connections parameter.
In the Authentication group, you can set the username and password to connect to the camera.
If the username and/or password for connecting to the camera are different from the factory settings, select No in the Use by default field and enter the current credentials.
Attention!
If the camera supports the Digest HTTP-authorization, add the symbol " : " to the last character of the password.
To enable video buffering on Clients, set the buffer length in milliseconds in the Video buffering group.
This value should be between 50 and 1000 milliseconds. If the value 0 is selected, video buffering is disabled.
In the Camera settings group you can see video image parameters (contrast, brightness, color saturation, etc.). When configuring these, you can look up short parameters' descriptions in C-Werk GUI. For more detailed information, please refer to the camera manual.
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If you set up a camera via its web page, you cannot edit the parameters in the VMS (see Adding and removing IP devices). To configure the camera in the VMS, select the Enable device settings checkbox.
You can configure fisheye cameras in the Panoramic view group.
Select a standby / substitute camera from the current C-Werk domain in the Alternative camera list. The sub camera shows in the layout when the main camera is offline.
Then you can configure them to show the nearest cameras to the alerted one (see Configuring Alerted Cameras layouts).
You can configure video streams under the viewing tile. If a camera supports multistreaming, you can configure two video streams separately: high quality and low quality. When creating an IP device with a high quality video stream, a stream with a higher resolution is selected.
To configure video streams, you should make sure that the Enable device settings checkbox is selected.
An adaptive video stream can be configured if necessary (see Configuring an Adaptive Video Stream).
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In most cases, the following parameters are set for video streams: bit rate, compression rate, frame rate, and resolution. Detailed information on configurable parameters can be found in the official reference documentation for the video camera
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To configure video streams, use the settings available in the C-Werk interface, not the web interface of the camera itself.
Important
You can any select any stream for live view or recording (see Selecting video stream quality in a viewing tile, Binding a camera to an archive).
If a camera does not support multistreaming, the parameters of the video streams are identical. In this case only the parameters of the high-quality video stream are editable (the parameters of the low-quality video stream are adjusted automatically).
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When some video stream parameters are changed, the video camera may automatically restart, in which case it will become unavailable for some time (depending on the video camera)
Image from the camera will be displayed in the preview window.
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The indicator in the upper right corner displays the current time and recording status (see Time Display).
To switch between streams in the preview window, click the High-quality stream and Low-quality stream tabs.
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When a stream is selected in the preview window, the settings for the relevant stream are displayed; settings for the other stream are hidden.