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Camera Controls
Security Monitor Pro provides you with extensive control over the surveillance. You can edit connected cameras with the PTZ control provided.
- Start Camera Preview: You can watch the video captured by your camera in the preview window. When you start the preview, the camera connects to the URL or IP address that is specified in the Add Camera Dialog. If the camera is not responding or the video stream is lost, then you can manually stop the preview and start it again.
- Start Recording: This option can be used to begin and stop a recording manually. This option allows you to record an important event while it occurs and play it at a later time.
- Start Monitoring Actions: Once a motion is detected, an alert is triggered. You can choose an action when an alert is triggered such as taking a photo, recording, sending an e-mail etc.
- Take Photo: You can capture images manually.
- Start Broadcasting: You can start and stop the transmission of a live video stream over the Internet.
- Pan, Tilt and Zoom Control:
This option allows you to control movements of your IP or USB camera, if it supports PTZ feature. Depending upon the camera model and its capabilities you can Pan (using left and right arrows), Tilt (using up and down arrows), Zoom (using plus '+' and minus '-' buttons) and can move your camera to the desired position. It displays the zooming percentage in the center. If you want to reset your camera to the original position, click on the centered Reset button. The Zoom Mode Indicator indicates if current zooming is an Optical or Digital. In optical zoom the lens gets extended to magnify your subject. Digital zoom crops your image and magnifies the result of the cropping. The image looks closer because it has been expanded. But the image quality is reduced in digital zoom.
- Edit Camera: You can specify the alerts, the area to be masked, and labels through the Edit Camera option.
- Detach or Attach Camera: Preview from the main user interface can be detached and positioned anywhere on your screen.
Preview Layout
For a single camera connected, one camera view is chosen by default. For multiple cameras, a two camera view is selected. However, you can preview and control more cameras at a time through the Preview Layout.
Click View >> Preview Layout or the Preview Layout icon on the toolbar.
From the Preview Layout drop-down menu, you can select and view additional cameras simultaneously.
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