Milestone Smart Client 3.6 - Manual (Page 39)

Milestone XProtect Smart Client 3.6; User’s Manual
Tip: When viewing different viewpoints from a fisheye camera on the Live or Browse tabs, you
are able to navigate each viewpoint independently by clicking inside each viewpoint, or by using
the buttons in the Live or Browse tabs’ PTZ Control sections.
Maintain Image Aspect Ratio
If the check box is selected, images will not be stretched to fit the size of the camera position.
Rather, images will be displayed with the aspect ratio (height/width relationship) with which they
have been recorded.
When viewing images with their original aspect ratio, you may see horizontal or vertical black bars
appearing around the images from some cameras.
If the check box is cleared, images will be stretched to fit the position in the view; this may lead to
slightly distorted images, but you will avoid any black bars appearing around the images.
Example: The same image viewed with Maintain Image
Aspect Ratio selected (left) and cleared (right)
Update on Motion
If selected, the camera’s images will only be updated on the Smart Client’s Live tab when motion is
detected.
Depending on the camera’s motion detection sensitivity (configured on the surveillance system
server) this can help reduce CPU usage significantly.
If the camera’s images are only updated on motion, users will see the message No motion together
with a still image in the camera’s view position until motion is detected.
Sound on Motion Detection
When images from the camera are viewed on the Live tab, it is possible to get a simple sound
notification when motion is detected.
• Always off: Do not use sound notifications on detected motion.
• Always on: Play a sound notification each time motion is detected on the camera.
Will I receive lots of sound notifications? If you select Always on, the amount of motion-
related sound notifications you are likely to receive will depend on the motion detection sensitivity
of the camera in question. If motion detection for the camera is highly sensitive, you may at times
receive very frequent sound notifications. The camera’s motion detection sensitivity is configured
on the surveillance system server; consult your surveillance system administrator if in doubt. If
you select sound notifications for more than one camera, you may also hear more notifications—
again depending on the cameras’ motion detection sensitivity.
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