2.4.1 Multi-Monitoring window
After registering a camera, the camera's images are displayed on the multi-monitoring window.
Selected camera
The selected camera is the camera that is clicked and selected on the multi-monitoring window. (→ 3.1.1 Selecting Cameras)
Displays the Camera Name (→ Camera Settings Page).
Displays the Zoom Rate (→ Enlarging the camera image).
Displays the Frame Rate (image refreshing frequency).
 is displayed when recording is temporarily suspended.
  is displayed in the image of a camera in which monitoring is temporarily suspended. (→ High CPU Load Pausing)
Note
The images of registered cameras are displayed as 4 screens (2 rows × 2 columns) in the order in which they were registered. The layout can be changed in [Multi-Monitoring] under [Preferences]. (→ Multi-Monitoring Page)
If the number of registered cameras exceeds the limit of screens in a window, extra pages are automatically created to accommodate the number of cameras.
To display the camera name and the frame rate, select [Camera Name] and [Frame Rate] in [Multi-Monitoring] under [Preferences]. (→  Multi-Monitoring Page)
Sometimes audio may be interrupted, or the monitoring image may be paused.
The display load may increase and exceed maximum display capability when the data format is set to MPEG-4/H.264 and monitoring is performed by several cameras. If that happens, the following message is displayed.
If you click [OK], the data format changes to JPEG. If the camera does not support JPEG, the monitoring frame rate is automatically changed to 1 frame/second.
By doing this the image frame rate may decrease.
The maximum number of cameras that can be connected simultaneously varies according to the data format and the image size.
For more information, see your camera user manual.
We recommend that you limit the number of camera connections in order to maintain the performance of cameras used for recording.
Audio is played back for the selected camera. You can adjust the volume with the slide bar. (→  Controlling the playback volume)
When you monitor a camera that supports audio, audio may be interrupted due to your PC performance or network environment. In this case, lower the maximum bandwidth setting on the network page of the camera.
Depending on your computer and network environment, the display of the camera's image may be delayed when compared to the display in the BB-HNP11 or BB-HNP15 software, or a browser's monitoring window.
If settings related to images (e.g., resolution) in the setting screen of a WV series network cameras and some BL series network cameras are changed during monitoring, communications with the software will be blocked and the monitoring image will be temporarily interrupted.
When the mode used to combine 4 camera images into 1 is set to WV series network cameras and some BL series network cameras, red lines used to select images are displayed within the green outline of the selected camera.
If different data formats (for example JPEG and H.264) are displayed at the same time, sound and images may become out of sync due to image compression processing.
Click to center
You can center the camera image on a desired point by clicking on the screen of the selected camera.
Move the cursor on the screen of the selected camera and click the location to be the center of the display.
 
The camera centers on the point that you clicked.
Note
The camera may not be able to center on the clicked point.
This function is only available for cameras that support the pan/tilt function and can only be used when the zoom function of this program is in use.
Enlarging the camera image
The zoom functions consist of the camera zoom functions (Optical zoom, Ex zoom, and digital zoom), as well as the network camera recorder software's digital zoom. If the selected camera has a zoom function, the zoom function of that camera is used, if it does not have a zoom function the network camera recorder software's digital zoom is used. The types of zoom that can be used and the maximum magnification will vary according to the camera type.
Controlling zoom functions with the operating buttons
Controls camera zoom. (→ Menu Buttons (All Cameras))
 : Zoom in (Tele),  : Zoom out (Wide)
Controlling zoom functions with the mouse
The zoom is operated by rotating the mouse wheel or by right-clicking.
Operation Using the Mouse Wheel
Move the cursor on the image and rotate the wheel up and back. Rotate in the forward direction to zoom in on the object image and rotate in the rearward direction to zoom out.
A.
Zoom in (Tele)
B.
Zoom out (Wide) (to 1.0 ×)
Note
Zoom operations are done according to the amount of scrolling with the mouse wheel. Set up mouse wheel operations with the mouse wheel settings of the computer you are using.
The image quality of images expanded by digital zoom is reduced.
The zoom rate is only displayed on the multi-monitoring screen when using the network camera recorder software's digital zoom.
Background Colors for Cameras with Errors
The background colors for cameras with errors and no camera are as follows:
No camera
Displayed in black.
Camera with an error
Black background with [Connecting...] displayed.
High CPU Load Pausing
Monitoring will temporarily stop when there is a high CPU load (over 80% usage of the CPU).  is displayed when monitoring is paused. While monitoring is paused, the monitoring window displays the image that was displayed just before pausing. When recording, an icon is displayed in the image just before pausing.
Displayed when monitoring is paused.