AXIS Q1656 Box Camera Series
The device interface
Include
: Turn on to use audio in the video stream.
Source
: Select what audio source to use.
Stereo
: Turn on to include built-in audio as well as audio from an external microphone.
Overlays
: Click to add an overlay. Select the type of overlay from the dropdown list:
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Text
: Select to show a text that is integrated in the live view image and visible in all views, recordings and snapshots.
You can enter your own text, and you can also include pre-configured modifiers to automatically show for example
time, date, frame rate.
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: Click to add the date modifier
%F
to show yyyy-mm-dd.
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: Click to add the time modifier
%X
to show hh:mm:ss (24-hour clock).
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Modifiers
: Click to select any of the modifiers shown in the list to add them to the text box. For example,
%a
shows the day of the week.
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Size
: Select the desired font size.
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Appearance
: Select the text color and background color, for example, white text on a black background
(default).
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: Select the position of the overlay in the image.
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Image
: Select to show a static image superimposed over the video stream. You can use .bmp, .png, .jpeg, or .svg files.
To upload an image, click
Images
. Before you upload an image, you can choose to:
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Scale with resolution
: Select to automatically scale the overlay image to fit the video resolution.
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Use transparency
: Select and enter the RGB hexadecimal value for that color. Use the format RRGGBB.
Examples of hexadecimal values: FFFFFF for white, 000000 for black, FF00000 for red, 6633FF for blue, and
669900 for green. Only for .bmp images.
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Streaming indicator
: Select to show an animation superimposed over the video stream. The animation
indicates that the video stream is live, even if the scene doesn’t contain any motion.
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Appearance
: Select the animation color and background color, for example, red animation on a transparent
background (default).
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Size
: Select the desired font size.
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: Select the position of the overlay in the image.
View areas
: Click to create a view area.
Click the view area to access settings.
Name
: Enter a name for the view area. The maximum length is 64 characters.
Aspect ratio
: Select desired aspect ratio. The resolution adjusts automatically.
PTZ
: Turn on to use pan, tilt, and zoom functionality in the view area.
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