Configuring Camera Settings
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Table 5-1 Camera Configurations
Parameter Function
Profile Select from Normal, Day, Night.
Brightness Adjusts monitor brightness. Choosing a higher value increases the video
brightness. Adjustments to this value affects the brightness of the video. Select
from 0 to 100. The recommended range is between 40 and 60. The default value is
50.
Note If this value is too high, then the video can become hazy.
Contrast Adjusts monitor contrast. Choosing a higher value increases the contrast. Select
from 0 to 100. The recommended range is between 40 and 60. The default value is
50.
Note If this value is too low, then the video can become hazy. If this value is too
high, then the dark parts of the video could lose details, and the bright parts of the
video could become overexposed.
Saturation Adjusts monitor color saturation. Choosing a higher value increases the color
saturation/strength. This value has no effect on the general brightness of the
video. Select from 0 to 100. The recommended range is between 40 and 60. The
default value is 50.
Note You might see a distortion in grays if the white balance is off.
Sharpness Adjusts video sharpness. Choosing a higher value increases the sharpness of the
video. Select from 0 to 100. The recommended range is between 40 and 60. The
default value is 50.
Choosing a higher value can introduce video noise to the image.
Gamma Adjusts dynamic range. Choosing a higher value increases the brightness of the
image non-linearly. Select from 0 to 100. The recommended range is between 40
and 60. The default value is 50.
Anti-flicker Outdoor: In Outdoor mode, you can select any exposure mode to avoid flicker.
50Hz: When the current is 50Hz, the system can automatically adjust the exposure
according to the environment’s brightness to prevent stripes in the video.
60Hz: When the current is 60Hz, the system can automatically adjust the exposure
according to the environment’s brightness to prevent stripes in the video.
Exposure Auto The video brightness can automatically change according
to the changes in the scene’s lighting. If you set a higher
gain max value, then you will get less noise.
Low Noise The video whole brightness can automatically change within
the proper exposure range according to the different
environments. The higher the gain max value is, the lower the
noise.
For the same environments, the noise of the low noise
mode shall be lower than the noise of the auto mode.
Low Motion Blur The video whole brightness can automatically change within
the proper exposure range according to the different
environments. The lower the gain max value is, the lower the
amount of motion blur in the image.
For the same environments, the noise of the Low Motion
Blur mode will be lower than that of the Auto mode.
Manual Displays manual exposure values.