You can force a Video Panel to automatically switch to a specific view when an event occurs. The switching event can be an alarm (defined in Rules), or it can be motion. An alarm can be from an I/O device that is associated with a camera.
• Symphony does not automatically switch a Video Panel to a camera that is already being displayed in another camera panel in that Camera View.
• After a Video Panel automatically switches it will not automatically switch to another camera for 8 seconds.
• If multiple Video Panels within a Camera View switch based on activity, only one will switch - the one that switched furthest in the past. Each Camera View operates independently; therefore, if you have 2 cameras in different Camera Views set to automatically switch based on activity, they may both be showing the same camera.
Customize Video Panel Properties
1. Right-click on the image in the video panel and select Settings.
2. The Camera View Settings dialog box opens. Click the Activities tab .
Click on the video image in the panel.
Right-click on panel and select Enable Automatic Switching.
Option |
Description |
EVENT |
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Switch view when an alarm occurs |
Camera view is switched because of an alarm. |
Switch view when motion occurs |
Camera view is switched because of detected motion. Limit action to specific cameras option becomes available. |
Show alarm cameras in other panels |
Option available when Switch view when alarm occurs selected. |
| Limit action to specific cameras | If you are connected to many farms/servers/cameras you may want a view to automatically switch only to a subset of all cameras. You select the cameras that should be in this set. This is useful if you have 4 Multi Views open and you are monitoring 1000 cameras where there is rarely activity. The 4 Video Panels within a Multi View window can be configured to always show video from the last 4 cameras that had activity. |
Ensure Visible |
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DISPLAY |
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Video or Image |
Choose whether you want to automatically switch to the live video or to the still image. |
ACTION - An action can be performed after the switched view.
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Disable switching after switch occurs |
As an example scenario, imagine a Video Panel switches and the operator watches the camera, then another alarm occurs on a different camera that causes a second switch to a new view. The operator may be frustrated that the view has automatically changed. In such a case, it might be useful to Disable switching after one switch occurs. However, if the operator needs to re-enable switching, the operator must right-click on the live view and select the Enable Automatic Switching menu option. |
Hide switched view after seconds |
If the view should be blank unless an event of interest has occurred, then select this option. When no event has occurred, the panel will be black with the text “Waiting for event.” When an event occurs, the video will pop up and a countdown timer will be displayed that shows how many seconds are left until the “Waiting for event” state. The number of seconds to wait before blacking out the live view can be specified in the text box. |
Go back to previous state after seconds |
As an example scenario, you are watching live (or historical) video for camera 1. The panel switches to show an alarm raised from camera 2. Sixty seconds later, camera 1 goes back to previous state, that is, continues playing live (or historical) video for camera |