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S14 Camera Manual: An Overview Of The S14 FlexMount
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1.4 General MOBOTIX Camera Functions
Like all MOBOTIX cameras, the S14 line has a variety of software functions: from motion
detection and long-term storage right through to alarm notification via video IP telephony.
Unlike camera systems from other manufacturers, buying and installing additional soft-
ware on the computer is thus unnecessary. It is possible to use a web browser. However,
you can also download the free MxControlCenter or MxEasy from the MOBOTIX website,
which enables you to quickly display multiple cameras on one monitor, switch alarms
with sound or conveniently search for an event.
vPTZ: Virtual Pan/Tilt/Zoom Features
While MxControlCenter has been providing virtual PTZ features for quite a while, these
features are now available directly in the MOBOTIX camera. This means that you can
continuously zoom into or out of the live image using either the mouse wheel or a joystick.
When storing images or video sequences, you can choose to store either the visible image
area of the live image or the full sensor image (full image recording). This also allows you
to examine parts of an image or video that had not been visible in the live image section
on display at the time of the recording.
Automatic Image Correction (With L22 Lenses Only)
A problem familiar from the field of photography is the distortions that result from using
wide-angle lenses. Straight lines near the image borders are curved. The integrated
distortion correction features of the MOBOTIX camera (and of MxControlCenter) allow the
curve of various lenses to be corrected using software functions.
Live Video With Up To 30 Frames Per Second, Including Sound
MOBOTIX cameras deliver smooth live video with lip-synchronous audio, yet they keep
network load to a minimum. Some analog systems may also be able to deliver this, but the
recording quality is so much higher with MOBOTIX since the cameras eciently store the
high, live image resolution and frame rate without compromising image quality. MOBOTIX
technology thus provides for continuous recording of simultaneous video from 30 cameras
at 30frames per second each, including sound, all on one standard PC.
Very Low Network Load
MOBOTIX’s patent-pending streaming format MxPEG enables fast live video with sound
at extremely low network load (1 to 2Mbps). Since the MOBOTIX camera itself (and not
the computer) detects movements in the image, video sequences are only transmitted
when they are being stored externally.
Camera vPTZ functions
can be controlled with
a mouse or joystick
Using a joystick: Internet
Explorer with activated
MxPEG ActiveX plug-
in, MxControlCenter
or MxEasy required
MxControlCenter
and MxEasy can
be downloaded
free-of-charge at
www.mobotix.com