Text & Display Settings

Open the Text & Display Settings dialog to define different types of information that are to be displayed in the image, such as comments, date and time, error messages, symbols, highlighting and level meters.

The displays can be used for information or advertising purposes. They may be used for configuring the camera, help find errors or inform you about recognized events and actions performed by the camera.

Note:	Click on the More button at the bottom of the dialog to display all options.

Description of Parameters

Parameter Description

Text Display

Activates or deactivates all image information displays.

The Date and Time option displays the standard time format you selected at the upper right edge of the image.

Text Color This option controls the default text color.

Background Color Select the desired color of the text background.

Background Opacity Select the desired opacity of the text background color.

Date and Time Select the standard time format to be displayed in the image.

Comment

Enter your comment to be displayed at the upper left edge of the image.

In order to display dynamically created camera information, you can use a number of special characters. These characters are listed and described in the topics Placeholders for Dynamic Image Text and Variables.

In order to format the text display in different colors, the following color codes are available:

Example:

^#0AWWW.^#09MOBOTIX.^#0CCOM

results in this colored text display:

WWW.MOBOTIX.COM

	`^#00`
	`^#01`
	`^#02`
	`^#03`
	`^#04`
	`^#05`
	`^#06`
	`^#07`
	`^#08`
	`^#09`
	`^#0A`
	`^#0B`
	`^#0C`
	`^#0D`
	`^#0E`
	`^#0F`

Error Messages

Activates or deactivates the display of error messages at the bottom edge of the image.

Note:	Make sure that the Text Display parameter is activated.

Cover Borders Covers the borders of inset or dual images with thin bars.

Show Event/Action Symbols

Events, actions or errors are represented by symbols.

If you have activated a large number of event sensors and actions, select Symbols II to get a symbol display consisting of two lines at the bottom of the image.

Event Symbols:

Symbol	Meaning
CI	Receive text via the serial interface
EC	Event Counter
IL	Illumination
MI	Microphone
PE	Periodic Event
PI	Passive Infrared Sensor
RC	IP Receive
RD	Random event
SI	Signal Input
TP	Temperature
TT	Time Task event
VM	Video Motion Windows
UC	User Click

Action Symbols:

Symbol Meaning

CL Phone Call

CT Text Message via the Serial Interface

EM Send an E-Mail

FR Image storage on a Flash device

FS Storing Images on File Server

FT FTP Transfer

IP Send TCP Message

REC LAN Image Storage

SD Speaker

SB Softbutton

SO Signal Output

SP Stop Actions

TR Image Transfer via TCP/IP

VA Visual Alarm

Color-coding of Action Symbols:

Color Meaning

Yellow normal

gray inactive

red Error

aqua is executed

Other Symbols:

Symbol Meaning

DY Day lens active

IS ISDN

NI Night lens active

OA Obscuring Image Areas

OT Object tracing active

Level Meter

Displays a level meter in the image as bar or diagram. You can choose from different data sources for the level meter.

Among other things, the level meter can be used for determining the best trigger level for the microphone, the passive infrared sensor or other definable event or image parameters.

Level Meter Data

Select the source for the data you would like to display in the level meter.

Note:	The VM and VM2 events are only signaling the trigger status of the first line of the corresponding Video Motion Definitions (i.e. VM window 1)!

Enable Object Tracing Moving objects are highlighted in the current live image and the moving object is traced graphically.
This feature can help, for example, to discover escape routes.

Storing the Configuration

Click on the Set button to activate your settings and to save them until the next reboot of the camera.

Click on the Close button to close the dialog. While closing the dialog, the system checks the entire configuration for changes. If changes are detected, you will be asked if you would like to store the entire configuration permanently.

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