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AXISP3225-LVNetworkCamera
Video
Aboutoverlaytext
Anoverlaytextcandisplaythecurrentdateandtime,oratextstring.Whenusingatextstring,so-calledmodierscanbeusedto
displayinformationsuchasthecurrentbitrateorthecurrentframerate.
Itisalsopossibletodisplaytextwhenanactionruleistriggered,seeHowtoincludeoverlaytextinanactionruleonpage22.
Howtoincludeoverlaytext
1.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.
2.Toincludedateandtime,selectIncludedateandIncludetime.
3.Toincludeatextstring,selectIncludetextandenterthetextintheeld.Modierscanbeused,seeFileNaming&
Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp
.
4.Selectsize,color,andplacementofthetextstring.
5.ClickSave.
Tomodifythedateandtimeformat,gotoSystemOptions>Date&Time.SeeDate&Timeonpage47.
Howtoincludeoverlaytextinanactionrule
Note
Todisplayoverlaytextinmultipleviewareas,overlaytextmustbeenabledineachviewarea.
1.GotoVideo>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.
2.UnderOverlaySettings,selectIncludetext.
3.Enterthemodier#D.Whentheruleistriggered,#Disreplacedbythetextspeciedintheactionrule.
Additionaltextinthiseldwillbedisplayedalsowhentheactionruleisnotactive.
4.GotoEvents>ActionRulesandcreateyouractionrule.
5.FromtheActionslist,selectOverlayText.
6.EnterthetexttodisplayintheTexteld.
7.SpecifytheDuration.Thetextcanbedisplayedwhiletheruleisactiveorforaxednumberofseconds.
Aboutoverlayimages
Anoverlayimageisastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theimage,forexampleacompanylogo,isrstuploadedto
theAxisproductandthenusedtoprovideextrainformationortomaskapartoftheimage.
Imagespecications:
•TheuploadedimageshouldbeaWindows24-bitBMPimagewithmaximum250colors.
•Theimagewidthandheight,inpixels,mustbeexactlydivisiblebyfour.
•Theimagecannotbelargerthanthemaximumimageresolution.
•Ifcombiningtextandimageoverlays,takeintoconsiderationthatthetextoverlayoccupies16or32pixelsinheight
(dependingontheresolution)andhasthesamewidthasthevideoimage.
Sinceitisstatic,thepositionandsizeofanoverlayimagewillremainthesameregardlessofresolutionandpan,tiltorzoom
movements.
Toalwayscoveraselectedpartofthemonitoredarea,useaprivacymask.SeePrivacyMaskonpage23.
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