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Cisco Video Surveillance 2600 IP Camera User Guide
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Chapter 4 Viewing Live Video
Viewing Video through the Home Window Overview
Microphone Off
toggle button
Click the Microphone Off button to mute the audio stream that is captured and
sent to the IP camera from the internal or external microphone of the PC that you
are using. When you click this button, the speaker that is attached to the IP camera
does not play audio that is transmitted from your PC.
Note If you are simultaneously accessing other IP cameras in different browser
sessions on the same PC, clicking this button in one browser session does
not mute the audio that the PC sends to the other IP cameras.
When you click the Microphone Off button, it changes to the Microphone On
button. Click the Microphone On button to unmute audio that is sent to the IP
camera. The button changes to the Microphone Off button.
These buttons appear if half-duplex or full-duplex is enabled for audio. For
information about enabling half-duplex or full-duplex, see the
“Audio Window”
section on page 3-23.
Microphone On
toggle button
Microphone
Sensitivity slider
Appears to the right of the Microphone On button or Microphone Off button if
audio is enabled for the IP camera. Use this slider to adjust the gain of the PC
microphone (that is, how sensitive it is to the audio that it picks up and that is sent
to the IP camera).
Snapshot controls
Snapshot button Captures and saves a snapshot image of the current video image in the format and
location of your choice, and with the file name of your choice.
When you click this button, follow these steps to save the image:
1. In the Snapshot window, click Save.
2. In the Save Picture As window, enter the path and folder for the image, the file
name for the image, and the format (BMP or JPG) for the image, then click
Save.
Snapshot Root
Folder button
Specifies the root folder where snapshot images are to be saved. Click this button
to choose the root folder.
IP camera controls
Stream Option Selects the mode that the IP camera uses for video streaming. The options depend
on the configuration of the Streaming Mode option in the in the Video window.
For related information, see the “Video Window” section on page 3-16.
Alarm Output On
button
Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by
the Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window.
For information about the Definition Mappings option, see the “Alarm I/O Ports
Window” section on page 3-34.
Alarm Output Off
button
Changes the state of the designated IP camera output port (1 or 2) as defined by
the Definition Mappings option in the I/O Ports window.
For information about the Definition Mappings option, see the “Alarm I/O Ports
Window” section on page 3-34.
Table 4-1 Home Window Controls (continued)
Control Description