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MxEasy User Manual: Getting Started
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By clicking the
Custom Size
button again, you can readjust or delete the area that
you have defined in the camera image. This area is also displayed at the correct
position in the full camera image, which has been darkened. You can move this area
with the mouse, change its size or delete it.
This function is useful if only certain areas of the camera image are allowed to be
monitored, for example.
When monitoring pumps at a gas station, for example, it may be useful to resize
the image to display only the horizontal strip in the middle that is of possible inter-
est. This way, the recorded images require less storage space. Compared to a full
image, the resized image requires less bandwidth for live display and less storage
space for recorded data.
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Image Quality:
The three values that can be set using this button (
Fast, Normal,
High) influence the image quality in which the image sensor is to be read. Increasing
the image quality improves the camera image but also decreases the maximum
available frame rate - for VGA resolution (640 x 480 px) and higher. The
Normal
option offers a good compromise between the High and Fast options. For more
information, see the sections
General Image Settings and Image Programs in the
Software Manual.
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Obscure Area:
If certain areas in the image are meant to remain unrecognizable,
you can use this button to obscure these areas with the camera (for example, work-
stations, public areas, etc.). To do so, use your mouse to draw one or more boxes
directly in the camera image. Windows set up in this manner will be automatically
saved and activated once you deactivate this button.
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Camera Frame Rate:
From the pop-up menu of this button (right-click), you can set
the frame rate provided by a camera (options:
No Limitation, 25 fps, 16 fps, 12 fps,
8 fps, 4 fps). This function can be used as a way to manage bandwidth. The lower
the frame rate, the less bandwidth is required to transfer the video data. Note,
however, that you should primarily use the functions outlined in
Section 4.5, “Bandwidth
Management”.
