Configuration mode > Administration > Cameras > Camera - general
Camera - General

  1. Activate or deactivate the camera. You can deactivate the camera without deleting it. This frees up one camera license and allows you to reactivate the camera at a later time without losing configuration settings.
  2. If desired, modify the Name of the camera. This is how it will appear in Ocularis Administrator.
  3. Stream audio/video is set to Always by default. This means that the camera will always stream live video (and audio) to the device manager whether anyone is viewing the stream or not. You can change this to 'On Demand' or 'On Demand - Quick Stream Start' if you want to be able to enable or disable a stream whenever you want via Trigger or Alarm Scenario. See Stream On Demand for more information.
  4. If necessary, change the Camera ID and adapt the ID of the associated camera to the hardware. The camera ID is only required for some camera controllers.
  5. The Camera type:
  6. To change the camera driver to a different model or manufacturer, click Open converter (see Converting a camera). If you are replacing one camera with the exact same make and model, you do not need to run the converter. Simply assign the new camera with the same IP address and user account credentials and replace the hardware. The system will recognize this new device and start recording immediately. The video from the replaced camera (whether it is the same model or not) will be retained for the duration of its retention period.
  7. Select a Custom icon for the camera (see Managing sound and icon files with Custom Media) to change how it appears in the Cameras list.
  8. If the camera was not mounted upright, you can use the Rotate image function. You can rotate the image in 90° steps (90°, 180°, 270°). Some rotation angles are only available for specific camera models.
  9. Select Control camera if you are configuring a PTZ camera or a control unit in order to give the user the option of controlling the camera. This field may be active for non-PTZ cameras. In this case, it is non-functional.
  10. Specify the PTZ sensitivity (available for PTZ cameras only ) of the camera control.
  11. Select the camera position (available for PTZ cameras only ) to give the user the option of defining and using the preset camera positions.
  12. Select Invert PTZ control (available for PTZ cameras only ) to correctly control cameras that are mounted upside down.
  13. Make a selection for Action in the case of inactivity to specify which action is to be performed if a PTZ camera is not controlled. The selected action is displayed.
  14. Specify for Timeout (s) in seconds the time after which the action is to be performed if the PTZ-camera is inactive.
  15. Make entries for Action at start of video stream and Action when the video stream stops.
    The selected actions are displayed.
  16. Select the Action in the case of network error to specify an action if the camera is inactive due to network error. The selected action is displayed.
  17. Define a Dead time (s) in seconds for the selected action in which a network error will not trigger the action again.