1.2 About the “Live” page
[select language] pull-down-menu
The camera’s display language can be selected. The default language can be set in the [Language] in the [Basic] settings. (→10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic])
[Setup] button*1
Displays the setup menu. The button will turn green and the setup menu will be displayed.
[Live] button
Display the “Live” page. The button will turn green and the “Live” page will be displayed.
[Compression] buttons
[H.264] button: The letters “H.264” on the button will turn green and an H.264 image will be displayed. When “On” is selected for “H.264 transmission” of “H.264(1)”, “H.264(2)”, “H.264(3)”, “H.264(4)”, the [H.264] button will be displayed. (→H.264(1)/H.264(2)/H.264(3)/H.264(4))
[JPEG] button: The letters “JPEG” on the button will turn green and JPEG image will be displayed.
[Stream] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when an H.264 image is displayed.
[1] button: The letter “1” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting of “H.264(1)”. (→H.264(1)/H.264(2)/H.264(3)/H.264(4))
[2] button: The letter “2” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting of “H.264(2)”. (→H.264(1)/H.264(2)/H.264(3)/H.264(4))
[3] button: The letter “3” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting of “H.264(3)”. (→H.264(1)/H.264(2)/H.264(3)/H.264(4))
[4] button: The letter “4” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting of “H.264(4)”. (→H.264(1)/H.264(2)/H.264(3)/H.264(4))
[Image capture size] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed.
Aspect ratio of “4:3”
[1280x960]
The letters “1280x960” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 1280 x 960 (pixels).
[800x600]
The letters “800x600” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 800 x 600 (pixels).
[VGA]
The letters “VGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in VGA size.
[400x300]
The letters “400x300” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 400 x 300 (pixels).
[QVGA]
The letters “QVGA” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in QVGA size.
[160x120]
The letters “160x120” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 160 x 120 (pixels).
Aspect ratio of “16:9”
[1280x720]
The letters “1280x720” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 1280 x 720 (pixels).
[640x360]
The letters “640x360” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 640 x 360 (pixels).
[320x180]
The letters “320x180” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 320 x 180 (pixels).
[160x90]
The letters “160x90” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 160 x 90 (pixels).
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Aspect ratio of “4:3”
[2048x1536]
The letters “2048x1536” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 2048 x 1536 (pixels)*2.
[1600x1200]
The letters “1600x1200” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 1600 x 1200 (pixels).
Aspect ratio of “16:9”
[1920x1080]
The letters “1920x1080” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed in 1920 x 1080 (pixels).
Note
Images are displayed in the image capture size selected in “JPEG(1)”, “JPEG(2)”, or “JPEG(3)” of [JPEG] on the [JPEG/H.264] tab.
When “2048x1536”, “1920x1080”, “1600x1200”, “1280x960”, or “1280x720” is selected for the image capture size, it may become smaller than the actual size depending on the window size of the web browser.
[Image quality] buttons
These buttons will be displayed only when a JPEG image is displayed.
[1] button: Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality1” of “Image quality setting”. (→11.2 Configure the settings relating to JPEG images [JPEG/H.264])
[2] button: Images in the main area will be displayed in accordance with the setting for “Quality2” of “Image quality setting”. (→11.2 Configure the settings relating to JPEG images [JPEG/H.264])
[Zoom] buttons
Images will be zoomed in on with the electronic zoom by the viewer software “Network Camera View 4S”.
[x1] button: The letter “x1” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x1.
[x2] button: The letter “x2” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x2.
[x4] button: The letter “x4” will turn green and images in the main area will be displayed at x4.
[Brightness] buttons*3
The brightness is adjustable from 0 to 255.
(darker) button: Images become darker.
button: The adjusted brightness will return to the default brightness (64).
(brighter) button: Images become brighter.
[Cropping] display
Cropping setup display is only displayed when the images set in “Cropping” on the [Cropping] tab of the “Advanced view” page are displayed in the main area. (→14.1 Configure the settings relating to cropping [Cropping])
Within the full angle image, the white outlines display what position the image was cropped from. During sequence operations, the cropping positions used by the sequence function are displayed in multiple white outlines (the display shown in the cropping display is not updated by changes to the position of the sequence or images).
[Rec. on SD] button*3
This button will be displayed only when “Manual” is selected for “Save trigger” on the setup menu. (→Recording stream 1/Recording stream 2)
Click this button to manually record images on the SD memory card. Refer to Section 3 Record images on the SD memory card manually for descriptions of how to manually record images on the SD memory card.
[Log] button
When the [List/Play] button is clicked, the log list will be displayed and images saved on the SD memory card can be played.
Refer to Section 6 Display the log list for further information about the log list and for how to play images on the SD memory card.
[Multi-screen]
Images from multiple cameras can be displayed on a multi-screen by registering cameras on the setup menu. (→1.4 Monitor images from multiple cameras)
Camera title
The camera title entered for “Camera title” on the [Basic] tab will be displayed. (→10.1 Configure the basic settings [Basic])
[Support] button
When this button is clicked, the support site below will be displayed in a newly opened window. This website contains technical information, FAQ, and other information.
Alarm occurrence indication button*3
This button will be displayed and will blink when an alarm has occurred. When this button is clicked, this button will disappear. (→Section 4 Action at an alarm occurrence)
Note
Since the blinking of the alarm occurrence indication button is not coupled to recording images to the SD memory card, forwarding E-mails, or other operations, check the settings of each operation separately.
Full screen button
Images will be displayed on a full screen. If the full screen button is clicked once when the image displayed in the main area is smaller than the main area, the image is displayed corresponding to its image capture size. If the full screen button is clicked once when images are displayed corresponding to their image capture sizes, images are displayed in full screen. To return to the “Live” page when displaying an image in full screen, press the [Esc] key.
The aspect ratio of displayed images will be adjusted in accordance with the monitor.
Snap shot button
Click this button to take a picture (a still picture). The picture will be displayed on a newly opened window. When right-clicking on the displayed image, the pop-up menu will be displayed. It is possible to save the image on the PC by selecting “Save” from the displayed pop-up menu.
When “Print” is selected, printer output is enabled.
Note
For the case of using Windows 8 or Windows 7, the following settings may be required.
Open Internet Explorer, click [Tools] → [Internet Options] → [Security] → [Trusted Sites] → [Sites]. Register the camera address on [Website] of the displayed trusted windows. After registration, close the web browser, and then access the camera again.
When it takes longer than the specified period to obtain the snap shot picture due to the network environment, the snap shot picture may not be displayed.
Mic input button*4
Turns on/off the audio reception (hear audio from the camera on a PC). This button will be displayed only when “Mic input” is selected for “Audio transmission/reception” on the setup menu. (→11.10 Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio])
When this button is clicked, the button will turn into the button and audio from the camera will not be heard.
Audio volume can be adjusted (Low/ Middle/ High) by moving the volume cursor .
Note
The volume cursor is not displayed when “Audio recording” or “Audio detection” is used.
When the camera is restarted, the adjusted volume level (for the reception) will return to the level that had been set on the [Audio] tab on the setup menu. (→11.10 Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio])
Actual volume level will change in three steps even though the volume cursor can be adjusted minutely.
SD recording status indicator
The status of the SD recording can be checked with this indicator.
When the SD recording starts, the SD recording status indicator will light red. It will go off when the SD recording stops.
This indicator will be displayed when “Manual” or “Schedule” is selected for “Save trigger” on the setup menu. (→10.3 Configure the settings relating to the SD memory card [SD memory card])
Main area
Images from the camera will be displayed in this area.
The current time and date will be displayed according to the settings configured for “Time display format” and “Date/time display format”. (→[Time display format])
In addition, when being adjusted, the status of brightness (→[Brightness status display]) will be displayed as well as the characters configured for “Camera title on screen” (→[Camera title on screen (0-9, A-Z)]). The number of lines for the display is 2.
A zoom operation can be performed using the mouse wheel.
When clicking a desired point while displaying live images at x2 or x4 in the main area, the camera will move to locate the clicked point at the center of the main area.
Note
When the camera is operated by a user with a low access level, images displayed on the screen may be changed temporarily. This does not affect operation of the camera.
Depending on the PC in use, screen tearing* may occur when the shooting scene drastically changes due to the GDI restrictions of the OS.
*A phenomenon in which portions of the screen are displayed out of alignment.
*1
Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator”.
*2
Used by super resolution techniques.
*3
Only operable by users whose access level is “1. Administrator” or “2. Camera control” when “On” is selected for “User auth.” (→15.1 Configure the settings relating to the user authentication [User auth.])
*4
Operable by users who belong to the access level selected for “Permission level of audio trans./recep.” on the [Audio] tab of the “Image/Audio” page. Refer to 11.10 Configure the settings relating to audio [Audio] for the permission level of audio.