User Guide

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AXIS 242S IV - Video & image settings
Text overlay settings
Include the date, time and/or text
of your choice to be viewed on the
image. The color of the text can be
set to white or black, while back
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ground color may be set to white,
black, transparent or semitranspar
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ent. The position of the text is set
either to the top or the bottom of
the image.
Video stream
The Maximum video stream time
can be set as Unlimited, or set a
maximum stream time per session in seconds, minutes or hours. When the set time has
expired, a new stream on the Live View page can be started by refreshing the page in the
web browser. Note that the maximum video stream time does not apply to clients
connecting via multicast.
To avoid bandwidth problems on the network, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can
also be limited. Select either Unlimited or define a maximum frame rate per viewer.
Test
For a preview of the image and overlay settings before saving, click Test. When you are
satisfied with the settings, click Save.
Video source settings
These settings allow you to:
Select the physical connector the video source is connected to, BNC or Y/C.
BNC (composite video) connects a standard video camera or other video equip-
ment. Y/C (S-video) connects a Y/C (S-Video) camera or other video equipment
Eliminate any black borders surrounding the image, by making Offset adjust-
ments. See the online help for more information.
Text
overlay
Image
Overlay
(see below)